The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-02 00:00:00

310-11,1 i ZARKET AND OMMERCIAL i.; CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Stock Exchange re-opened this morning, but business still partakes of a holiday tone, and few transactions have been effected. The tone is not un favourable, but dull, with steadiness in the English Funds, and a further improvement in the stocks of the leading railway companies. The Foreign Mar ket is quiet. Some abatement is apparent in political anxieties, but, so far, it has not produced any decided reaction. The Money Market remains quiet. The trade bills on offer arc few, and those of the " fourth' are apparently provided for. The supply is also small. The minimum rate is 18 per cent. Consols are rather firmer, at 92 to 928 for money and account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 918 to 92 ; India Five per Cents., 1104 to 1111 ; Bank Stock, 239 to 241 ; Exchequer Bills, 235. to 28s. prem. The only improvement in Foreign Stock is a re covery of lin Mexican, at 151 to 151. Italian of 1861 are heavy, the present price being 444 to 441 ; Greek are the same, at 11f to 12k ; New Three per Cent., 331 to 341 ; Turkish (1865), 321 to 321 ; Portuguese Scrip, to f prem, and Old ditto, 39 to 39f. The New Honduras Loan is I "I prem. ex div. American Securities are steady :—United States Five-twenty Bonds are better, at 721 to 72i ; Erie Shares, 48 to 49 ; and Illinois 89 to 90. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain steady, at 20 22, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 18 19. The heavy priced railway stocks continue to im prove. This morning there is a further recovery of 1 in Midland, at 1041 to 105 ; of in Great Northern A, at 109 to 110, and in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 123 k to 123,i, and of i inMetropolitanAt 1151 to 1161 On the other hand thereis a relapse of # in Sheffield at 44/ to 451 ; and of in London and North-Wes tern, at 113.1 to 1141; in Great Western, at 44 to 44k. ; and in Brighton, at 48 to 48f. South Eastern shares are steady, at 66i to 67 ; Great Eastern, 31 to 311 ; and Great Northern (A) 109 to 110. There is no change in Bank Shares. London and County are 54 to 55 ; London and Westminster, 68 to 69 ; London and Joint Stock, 34/ to 35/ ; and Alliance, 14 to 10/ dis. General Credit Shares are 21 to 2; dis. ; Lon don Financial, 23 to 22 dis. ; and Credit Foncier, 3/ to 1 dis. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCI. Bar gold to the value of £38,000 has been sent into the Bank. La Plata takes 500 sovereigns to the West Indies. The Maria Pia is announced from Lisbon with £19,515 in specie. The meeting of the City Bank is announced for the 21st inst. The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com pany have called a meeting for the 21st inst., to receive the report of the directors and to declare a dividend. Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., announce an issue of .£1,000,000, 7 per cent, bonds, of the Panama Railroad Company at par. The bonds will be redeemed in thirty years. The committee of the debenture holders of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway have issued a long report, in which they state that they have secured the reconsideration of their claims, and that they have no apprehension of the result. The biddings for £200,000 in bills on India took place yesterday afternoon, at the Bank of England, and £125,000 were allotted to Calcutta. The mini mum price was fixed at is 101 d on Calcutta and Madras, and tenders at and above that price will receive in full. No tenders on Bombay were invited. These terms show a further diminution in the demand for the means of remittance to the East. The particulars are published of twelve bonds of the Buenos Ayres Six per Cent. Loan, and of sixty bonds of the Three per Cent. Loan, together amount ing to £28,400, which have been drawn for redemption at par. The following is the concluding paragraph of Messrs. Eusker, Offor, and Co.'s freight circular :—" Although dangerous at all times to assume the office of a prophet, we anticipate better freights during the pre sent year on several grounds. The production of ships in this country, our North American Colonies, and the United States has been very limited during the last two years, and at the same time loss of ship- Ping by casualties has been unusually heavy. We need Only refer to the cycl o n es an d h urr i canes i n I n di a and the West Indies in proof of this ; but not only has the amount of tonnage decreased, but our commerce, which has suffered so long through over-trading and financial disturbances, may now be expected to revive, and create a more active demand for shipping, with a reduced supply ; these considerations, combined with the facts that the carrying trade must exist, and that it cannot go on unless made remunerative, warrant us in looking forward to a season of steady prosperity to the shipping interest." The following is Messrs Edwards, Eastley, and Co.'s re v i ew o f the market for Linseed during the past year :—" Linseed has been unusually steady since our last annual was issued, and the course of prices has assimilated very closely to that of 1866. 67s c.f. i., and sound bags, was the value of Calcutta on the first of last January, and stocks being very light it improved is 6d per quarter by the end of the monh. tAn increased supp l y caused a decline of 2s to 3a per quarter during February, but the decline was recovered in March, and again lost in April, when 66s was current value, from which it scarcely varied until the end of June. The great scarcity of spot seed caused a reaction to 68s in July, and from then until now that has been the actual value ; with an occasional fluctuation of 6d to is, the tendency generally being upwards rather than otherwise. To-day the price is 68s, and stocks in warehouse " nil, " and at mills, with few exceptions, very short. Prices for seed on the way and for shipment were quoted from 3s to 5s lower than for ready seed, during the spring and summer months, but that ex cessive difference has lately disappeared, and they are now more nearly o n a par, owing to the relatively larger quantities on the way. In Black Sea seed a considerable trade has been done at about relative fluctuations in price to Calcutta, but the difficulty of estimating quantities on the way continues to increase, by reason of the large supplies now sent forward by steamers, so that there is less opportunity than formerly for speculative operations, and they are consequently becoming more and more circumscribed. 6s was anuary's val ue , f o ll owe d b y a decline of 5s the 6d next month, and a recovery of 4s in March, at which time the cargoes were delayed by continued easterl a decli ne to y winds; 61s occurred on the arrival of the ships, and there was afterwards little variation until June, when 64s was again paid, and from then until now Is to 2s per quarter has been the extreme fluctuation, the tendency, as with Calcutta, being always to a re covery of any temporary depression. Very little of this quality offers on sale to-day, and 66s is nominal value. The lowest quotation for seed for shipment was 59s 6d (in June), and the highest 67s 6d, which price was marked in October, when for the first time for many months forward seed was not purchasable except at an advance of is to is 6d per quarter upon the spot value. The demand for seed has remained through out the year somewhat in excess of the supply, and s o l ong as such a state of things con tinues high rates must naturally be expected. Qualities of all sorts continue satisfactory, and the "Association" has reason to be well satisfied with the fruit of the labour bestowed on its formation, and the persevering efforts to bring about the result which was, and is, its primary object. For next season large supplies are everywhere reported, and from the Black Sea about 120,000 quarters have already been contracted for, for Spring and Summer hipment, at from 62s to 60s per quarter, ae sorcling to periods of delivery." BRITIS El FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per ( Aut. Consols Do. Acc ount, oper Cent. Reduced 1} New 3 per Cent 9li 2 } Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ~. Du. a per Cent. Jan . 1873 Innuitios, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 31 yra, expire sth April 1885 — no (Rod Sea Televaphl, A.U.,., 1908._ E :01,7•,p1,3r Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2i per C t 25 pm Do £5OO pm Do. ZlOO & £ . ?00 Bank of England Stock. 41. per Cent 2l lpoi 39 Do. Account ...... INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. udiart iltock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — u. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 poc Cent., Oct. 1838 Do. Corti ticatos — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do, 5 per Cent., Jan. 1372 Do. 5?,- per Cent., May 1879 lOB -} D). 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. Do. do. 1877 — ..j do. 1882 — ll,_ ~~~~ Jan. 1. Christian, oon ; and !ompanied ;e, Prince ance upon I Princess A in the "The :eter Hall G. W. Mr. Kerr as in ex .d" char- n native ir. Mr. nd musi- Dre which ir, " And ie." He the air, 3 the vo e. The ess being ed is the ell filled, nter at- ENCE . ntry, in uty yes were re- ontinued , when of the ere ob- the ap t equip e dock powder 3h con ed with a 12- shotted ite the ted 9- dy, on e mman- wander .ly ac.. 3 of the eats of whole pistol under Labo .., one ervice. r, ser- ye one of the (gaged Lrnuni- r prin_ .31' sta- which tck at (Tart ra and ;ndent sailed nition ing in titut- Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 r Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 ; Do under .£l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 72 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Bo Account 7 51 i Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent D ) 2 por Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Gobi., 6 per Cent. Countu 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent 00. 6 per Cent., B . Po., 1867 Do., 7 per ,(knt., 1866 Sa. , fiuian, 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Ceti Do Acc‘funt Do New Deferr Do Account Do Passive... Do Acc. ant Do Cum. Cert. 01 Coup. nut In :ded D u Account To -iiish 6 per Cent. Uo•Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 6l Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Da Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 soi DJ 4 por Cent., Guaranteed .6"— Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money' • 91} 2 Do. Account SHARE 141 T.—This Day. oIiDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Brisfol anti Exeter .... Caledonian Cork and Bandon...—. .Dorn wall . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab. June. E.London, scrip Csztl. Do. ~lasl ow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. An g l. at. N o . 2 , Great North 01 Scotlan' Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm titS, and W. of frelauo 1 , 14 Western -Original ' Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtorc. Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lancashire& Yorkshire and Lilackwio• Brig - h.,Kt S Coen c-on., Chat., and Dove: Do. Metrop. Ex. A ..on. ()nil Weste : Lon. 4 South Wester: Jan., Shef., Sc Liner)! ,letropolitan...••• .• . Do. New Do. Extension ,letropolitau District Do. do. do. 10. and St. Jolin'et 14 tlidiand Do. £9 Share Durb . tid Kent . 'forth _British Do. Ed., Pth., & Du/ th. Eastern Ber wie Do. (i.N•E purchar. Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock.& Darling Do. do. 1 860-61..... orth London Do. do. 1861 5 Do. do. 1866 iorth Staffordshire 1. & S. W. Junction ;oottish Central ,00t. N. E , Aber. sto, Do. Scot, Mid. stJak ihropshire Uuion 'oath Devon 'oath Eastern 'tames, Wok., & Wo Calf Vale Do. L' ale of Neath Vaterfcrd & Kilkeni. Vaterloo & Whiteh, Vest Cornwall. Railways. I Paid, Closing i Business Price. dens. 82 84 711 71f, 20 SO 2 4 74i 75} 70 72 -d 95 07 301 314 7 8 15 6 107 , 09 1031 1094, 123 125 1 96 93 41 25 30 29 31 123 124 48 49 18 19 ID 115' r 5 77 H 15i Its 117 102 103 104; 101 f: 72 74 33 35 98 99 1231 3 i 481 i 1141 14 ;6) 6 7 45. 4 116 151 16* 1041 4 51 41 59 61 S/0 92 130 132 11 3 - 1 - 15 1 lip 53 61 113 115 56 67 42 44 66i 67 8 3 / 4 94 145 250 92 li kJ . ..UW.IU I 1.00 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 3r o l e i n ts t b , n Co e l o u m n, b 1 1 1, 72 6 . p . e . a: , 1 100 'Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 1 100 102 104991 104 -••• o. 6p. o. Feb.& Aug 1 , _,0 101 103 so.sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 101 103 Do. 6p. o. Jan. & July 100 90 92 871 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk , 100 80 91 == C DDD a ooo p .. A e j ; ? : . I.l .&&d o ojo p ou e t 3, 6 7 p. 119880 0. 98 .00 181 00 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 2 1 10 5 8 4 107 100 100 1 1 0 0 7 4 1 1 0 00 0 C D doa and 1 5 04 per N0 0 0 e cv n t. t i . 81 1 69 5 800, April 6 p.c 1 1 0 9 0 9 95 97 Do. 1878, do. 100 110 1104 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. lOO 106 108 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it, 100 105 107 1031 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 104 106 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July , 100 103 105 N. S.W. Gov.s p•o.,18061 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 97 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895; 100 974 981 9,1 17 61 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 _ Do. 5 per cent.... ▪ Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 , ueenala nd Gov. 6p. a 100 103 1(5 1031 . Aus.Gov. 6 p 0 c.1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 111 1071 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. & July 100 Do. do, April & Oct ; 100 110 112 111 101 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 ItlantiO&St..Lawrenoe all 63 65 et Itiom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln. 100 104 103 1(2 f gu. 6 per cent... 20 Do. 1' shares lO p 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference 100 L ButE,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 lOO 68 71 at Calcutta &S. E., lim lOO et Jape Town & Dock, gu lOO 18 52 100 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pi all 99 102 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 103 154 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 110 110/ 109 81 20 Do. J Extension at _irandTrunkof Canada 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred all 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 45 100 Do. do. deterred all - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 32 3 4 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred et (It. India Pen. gua. 5p.0 lOO 107 108 1061 7 90 Lo. Gua. :5 per cent lB 2 a tO Do. New gua. 5 2.0 6 2lt at tit. South of India gua. 5 per cent et Do. 4f per cent lou 92 94 at Do 2 203 Great Wes. of Canada all 15f 154 lef 20; Do. New..,. - -- 100 Do. 6p. 0 Ms. pay. 1873 all 95 97 100 Do. 54 du. pay. 1877-8.. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 1024 st Do. If do lOO 93 95 st Do. 43 do lOO 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 elb. Cor. 6p. c. Ends. 100 50 • el. & Hobson's Bay.. all st .11.1.C'da,6poIstpf.ba 100 83 95 st Seinde , 100 100 101 at Do. Delhi v 20 Do. do l5 I p at Do. Puniaub.... 100 99 100 at Do.lndus St.Flot 81, 100 85 87 rtuturE KEN b tiA Kt; ;••• GLWestern, Wt. Midland, Oxford 1 at guaranteed, 9711 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS London and North-Western, 5 per cent., 110 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYP. Bahia and San Francisco. 11. n. gua. 7 per eent.. 14t Buenos Ayres, Great Southern , gua. 7 per cent., 111 tireat. Luxembourg, Ef San Paulo, lim. , gua. 8 per cent., 18 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 131 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silyer Mining, Um., ['estarena United Gold, lina , 2i Scottinh Australian, lim., 1 BANIEE; Agra, llm., A, 7 Alliance, lins., 13i Angle- u‘trian, Anglo-Italian, Urn., 5 Australasia, ti► Chartered of India, London,land China, 281 Consolidated, lira., Latri Mortgage Bank of India. lim., Do. 5 per cent. Debentures. 166 i, for 30 years, 82 London and Brazilian, lim., 15 London and River Plate, Ditto, new, llf London Chartered Bank of Australia,P3il London and County, 54i London Joint Stock, 354 London and Westminster, 69 Ditto, Scrip, 3l Union of London, 37 MISCELLANEOUB. Anglo American Telegraph,`ll94 glo- ‘lexican Mint. 16 Atlantic telegraph, 50 1 Dit o, 8 pm' sent. ' 931 5 Canada Company 64 3. Corporation of London Bonds, 18 .2, 4i'per cent , 1015 Cre.tit Fancier Dm.. 3 5 3 Egyptian 9 per Cent, Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egyp Govt. 904 Hudson's Bay, 143 London Pinancial Association. lira., 7 Nr.tional Discount ompany, 11 North British and ITercantile Insurance, 155 oriental Gas, Urn., 65 Ditto, new, 13 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 55 4 - Ditto, new, 1867, 53 Royal 11. iii Steam. 624 Telegraph Construct. and Malateaance, lira., 113 Ditto, new, 265 National Provincial of England, Ditto, !Zil and 8d Wino, 353 7112 11 212 31 13)1 7i 61 441 I E SUN, MIND oN, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1868. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BO W -STREET. ROBBERY AT TIIE CHARING-CROSS HOTEL.--Fre derick Matiney, a kitchen porter at the Cha! ing cross Hotel, was charged this morning before Sir T. Henry with stealing an electro-plated entree dish, a table spoon, awl fork from that establishment. Mr. lliggs, the manager of the hotel, said that the prisoner was a kitchen porter, and had been some years there. He was a Frenchman, and spoke very little English. He had an excellent character, and the heal cook, who was also a Frenchman, had a very high opinion of him. A few days ago in formation was received that the prisoner had given the articles in question to a woman who was living with him. Witness communicated with the police, and the property was recovered. It had been missed. It was laid as witness's property, he being responsible to the company. Sergeant Mathews, of the F division, stated that, in consequence of what Mr. Higgs said, he went to the prisoner's lodgings, 30, New Compton-street, and saw a woman named Elizabeth Ladd. He told her that he understood she had an entree dish and cover, which Frederick had left with her. She replied, " Yes, but it was not there;" she would take him to where it was. She asked him not to go into the house with her but to wait out side, and she would fetch it to him. She took him to Little Pulteney-street, went into a house there, and came out with the dish-cover, spoon, and fork. Elizabeth Lord stated she lived iu the same room with the prisoner and three other persons. Sir T. Henry—Are you living together as man and wife ? Witness—Not as I knows on ; not in particular. There was too many living in the room. The wit ness went on to say that Frederick brought the articles home on Christmas evening and told her he had bought them cheap because they were damaged, and he should make her a present of them. After wards she took them away because a man named Paul who lodged with them wanted Frederick to lend them to him to pawn as he was short of money. She objected, saying, that they didn't belong to Frederick now as be had given them to her. Sir Thomas llenry—What did he want the money for ; was it to pay him for keeping silence ? It was because he was short. He and.his wife wanted some money. I believe he has done this out of spite because I would not let him have the things. Witness then said he and all th© rest were the worse for liquor. They had been drinking all day in her room. She paid for the drink, at least for the first two pints of rum, and she did not know how much was had in or who paid for it. Frederick was not there, and when at home he never drank anything, but he had had something before he came home. Sir Thotnas Henry remanded the prisoner for a week, remarking to Mr. Higgs that he would have a week's solitary confinement. MARLBORO Gil-STREET. ROBBERY BY A DISCHARGED SHOPMAN.—CURIOUS CASE.—George Robert Young, described as a shopman, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing the sum of £2O 4s. 61 in gold and silver moneys, the property of Mr. J tbez Barnard, artists' colourman, No. 33, Oxford-street. Mr. Jabez Barnard said the prisoner was for merly in his employ as a shopman, but discharged about five months ago. On Saturday morning last his attention was called to the state of the premises, an entry having been effected by forcing a glass trap door inside the shop, and £2 4s Gd in gold and silver were taken from the till and the cash box. Police-constable George Smith, 133 D, said that about, three o'clock that morning the prisoner came to him in John-street, Oxford-street, and asked him whether he could tell him where there was a coffee-shop at which he could get a night's lodging. He told the prisoner that he would give him a lodging, and that he should take him into custody for a robbery at Mr. Bar nard's, in Oxford-street. The prisoner said he knew nothing about it, and asked him if he was going to lock him up. He told the prisoner that he was and did so, and then went for the prose can ; and while in the dock the prisoner said " I did not do it myself, but another man did, and we divided the money between us." The prisoner afterwards said, " No, no, I might as well tell you the truth ; I did all the work myself, and I gave the other man a pound, which was half the money." On searching the prisoner I found £9 103. in gold and silver upon him, and the prisoner said that he had spent the rest. The prisoner after wards said that he had opened the glass-trap with an iron saw, and that after breaking open the cash box and till, and taking the money, he had left by the means he had entered, and that he wondered he had not been seen. He also said that he had been down to the Docks, and was afraid of being stopped, as he intended to go to New York. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. A DRUNKEN R trFFr AN.— John Purchase, a stable keeper, was charged on a warrant with assaulting Mary Ann Maudry and Frederick George Knight. The warrant was issued in disobedience of sum mons. Prosecutor Knight, who lives at 30, Bessboro'- place, said—Last Monday fortnight, about half-past one, the defendant came and asked for 14Ibs. of coals ; witness's partner, Maudry, said she would not serve him, and he then said he would well knock witness's pen down his throat if he came to the door. He then struck witness and used filthy language, and when Mrs. Maudry came and requested him to deist he struck her also. Mrs. Maudry said the prisoner told the people out side not to deal at the shop, said it was a bad house, and called witness a filthy name, when she went for the police. Emanuel Davis, 234 B, warrant officer, said the prisoner and was last night,described a :e A m l p r .a company w Burgessi t ho the n thewar rant, to prisoner's prosecu tor, whom he took to identify, he went • soner's room and read the warrant. Prisoner said he would not go, and ordered prosecutor out of his room, fol lowing the order up by striking him over,witness on the nose, making it bleed ; he kicked and refused to go, and had to be dragged by force, and when they got to the station door he caught hold of an old gentle man that was passing, struck him with both fists, and knocked him fiat on his back ; he was drank and resisted very much, besides using very bad language. Prisoner had nothing to say to the first assault, but to the second pleaded drunkenness, and that h e ordered Knight out of his room. Mr. Arnold said his conduct throughout the whole transaction was most atrocious, and sentenced him to two months' hard labour, at the expiration of that time to find a surety in £lO to keep the peace f or six months. vided a California herring for his supper. He abused her and threatened her, and said if she did not obtain a California herring for his supper he would kill her. She said she had no money for food, and he took up a table and struck her with it. She fell, and he threw the table on the top of her. Her screams and the cries of murder from the inmates brought Police-constable Clarke, 154 K, to the spot, and as he approached the house he saw the prisoner throw his wife from the door into the street. She fell and was insensible for some time afterwards. Patrick Rogers, a boy, said that the complainant was his grandmother, and that he saw the assault on her. • Timothy Gix, a police-sergeant, 45 K, and one of the strongest and heaviest men in the police ft said the prisoner was a violent and dangerous man, and had ruined one police-constable and disabled others. The prisoner once knocked down six police men in succession, and as he approached him (Cox) he struck him on the head with his truncheon. His stick flew into pieces with the blow. The prisoner was not injured. The prisoner growled out in a coarse Munster brogue that his wife refused to give hiin any supper, and the police would not leave him alone. Mr. Benson said the police had suffered from the acts of the prisoner, and that he had been severely punished. Those punishments had no effect. He wai not going to punish the prisoner for former offences, but for the brutal assalt on his wife last night. He sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and to find sureties to keep the peace to his wife and all her Majesty's subjects for six months after the expiration of his sentence. The bail required would be the prisoner in his own personal recognisance in the sum of £5O, and two substantial householders in £25 each. The prisoner, who is likely to undergo nine months' imprisonment, was then removed from the dock, threatening vengeance against his wife and the police. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. The services of the able-bodied men of thoi Corps of Commissionaires having been offered to Govern ment and accepted by the Home Secretary, 150 of them, headed by their band, were marched on Mon day last to the Vestry-hall in Covent-garden, and there sworn in as special constables. A considerable number had already enrolled themselves in various parts of the metropolis. It is understood that this division will act together in a body--under com mand of Col. Sargent, C. 8., one of the executive committee, and Capt. Walter, the founder of the corps, who were sworn in with their men—should any disturbance take place. A second division, con sisting of an equal number of men, and comprising those members of the corps whose former services have incapacitated them from ordinary wurk, have been told off to warn the special constables in else of their being called out for duty. Several of the principal Government offices are guarded at night by Commissionaires, and the services of the men are in such request that there is ample employment for a large increase in their present number. Between 60 and 70 of her Majesty's servants be longing to the Royal mews at Pimlico were sworn in as special constables on Tuesday morning last, before the two coanty magistrates (Alr. Franco and Major Lyon) who sat during the whole of Tuesday in Pimlico, swearing in large bodies of men belong ing to the General Post-office, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and many of the large firms in the neighbourhood. This district will muster several thousand constables, under the com mand of Captain Philips, deputy-superintendent of the Out-Wards of St. George's, Hanover-square. The St. George's Volunteer Rifle Corps will form a strong body of effective men in the In-Wards. The whole force is under the command of Major-General Newton. In a very quiet and unostentatious manner, the vast body of special constables which has been sworn in in the metropolis is beidg rapidly formed into a well-drilled army, which will be able to play au important part in any active measures which the Fenians may render necessary. The orders issued from headquarters were that special constables should be instructed with all possible despatch in the preliminary drill taught in the army and Volunteer force, such as facing, forming fours, right, left, deep and about, and forming and march ing in quarter-distance column. In Marylebone the orders were promptly complied with, and Mr. Superintendent Brown and Drill Instructor Dunn, of the D division, who had given their services for the instruction of the others, arranged to meet the very marked desire expressed for more advanced drilling and the mysteries of wheeling, countermarching, &c., have been rapidly acquired by all of the D division who could spare the time to attend the parades. In order to suit the conve nience of as many as possible, several squads are formed at different hours on the evenings appointed for drill. On Tuesday evening a parade of special constables was called at the School-rooms, Stafford street, and the attendance was so large that three distinct squads had to be formed and drilled sepa rately. As on previous occasions, Mr. Superinten dent Browne and Drill-Instructor Dunn were pre sent to undertake instructions of those who desired it. All the men, by special order, wore their badges and carried their batons. The rapid progress that had been made was strikingly apparent, as iu addi tion to the simple facing and formation of fours, &c., the respective companies went through the more com plicated movements necessary for troops acting as a battalion with great precision. The success of the effort to get the " specials" into something like mi litary shape at very short notice is in great part owing to the judicious employment of the volunteer element. Volunteers in the ranks of the specials are called to the front and formed into a separate company, for the purpose of serving as a practical example to the others. The drills will be continued with regularity until farther orders. A meeting of the officers of the division was held last evening for the purpose of so adjusting the district that each officer shall have the command of the men in his immediate neighbourhood. At the Thames Police-court yesterday a large number of persons were sworn in by Mr. Benson as special constables for the metropolitan police die trict. Among them were letter-carriers, tradesmen, mechanics, and Irish ballast men, all anxious to do their duty in the cause of law and order. Mr. Pag t, the senior magistrate, was engaged else where in swearing inhabitant householders as special constables. Foreigners have been enrolled in con siderable numbers. In answer to inquiries, the magistrates said their warrants would enable them to act in any part of the Metropolitan police district, a radius of 15 miles from St. Paul's Cathedral, and that was much better than making appointments for parishes or the Tower Hamlets divisions only. if that had been done, special constables might see a disturbance on one side of a street while they were on the opposite side, and be unable to cross over and suppress it. Captain John bolt and Lieutenant W. A. Barrett, of the Tower Hamlets Volunteers, and Mr. Creer, overseer, have been ap pointed superintendent and deputy-superintendent of the Ratetiff special constables, and the station house in Arbour-square, Stepney, has been named as the rallying point in the event of their services being required. Yesterday Mr. J. Phillips and Mr. C. Collambell (two of the Surrey magistrates) resumed their sit ting in petty session at the Vestry Hall, Kenning ton, for the purpose of swearing in speciil constables, and during the day above 50 more persons were added to the list of " specials" already enrolled. In consequence of an intimation from the workmen at several large firms in Lambeth, and clerks engaged during the day, of their desire to be enrolled as special constables, the magistrates have notified their intention of giving evening sittings for swear ing in special constables. 'The following have been selected at officers, and have consented to organise and lead the specials, should such emergency arise— viz., Captain Knobel, head superintendent, and Captains Glubb and Fowlers as deputies ; and Cap tains Driver and De Salis, Lieutenants Syms apd Hassey, associated with Messrs. A. Long, W. Stiff, and C. Heaton, as assistant superintendents. Toe corps will extend over seven divisions of Lambeth. The Vestry Hall is to be the headquarters of the force. Yesterday afternoon the Mayor of Newbury and several of the town justices sat at the police-court for two hours for the purpose of swearing in special constables to serve fur the period of three calendar months from the present date. The attendance comprised several professional gentlemen and many of the principal shopkeepers, all of whom expressed the greatest readiness to serve, and were accord ingly sworn in. The justices will sit again to- Mari 0 W for the same purpose, when the constables will elect their superintendent and other ottiurs. The Town Council have met and resolved upon iu creasing the strength of the police.force by the ap pointment of additional constables for three months at least. Another precautionary measure taken in this town is the removal of the Russian gun from the Recreation-ground to one of the buildings be longing to the corporation, where it is to be securely kept until the Fenian outrages are effectually sup pressed. Last week there was a very full attendance of the magistrates of Coventry at a special meeting called to take into consideration the circular addressed to the Mayor by the Home Secretary, pointing out that in the judgment of the Government it was de sirable that the local authorities should be prepared to meet any disturbance that might arise during the winter, and suggesting the enrolment of special constables. Resolutions were accordingly adopted, and since then the magistrates have been occupied in swearing in special constables. Already upwards of 2,000 have been enrolled. Though the authorities at Coventry have no idea that any Fenian sym pathies exist there, it is very gratifying to find the invitation of the magistrates so fully and promptly met. The watch committee of the borough have also given their hearty co-operation in the measures taken for preserving the public peace. SOLICITORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.—Lord Justice Lord Cairns will take the chair at the anniversary dinner of the association this year to be held is June next at Willia'a BMus. THAMES. II VERY ItARD SKULL. Dennis Hayd on , rough-looking fellow, with a most extraordinary countenance, and who is certainly the greatest ruffian that ever appeared in the dock of a police court, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with violently assftulting his wife. The prisoner is a brothel-keeper in that sink of iniquity Victoria-street, Bluegate-fields, Shad well. He has been frequently convicted of violent assaults, and on one occasion h e savagely kicked and beat a police-constable, named Burt, of the K division, who was disabled for ever.•. For this offcnce he was tried by a jury, convicted, and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment wad hard labour. On another occasion he was sentenced to two months, and ou a third occasion to fourtee u months' imprisonment and hard labour for assaults on the police. He has also been con victed of other assaults and disorderly conduct, and he has participated in more than one robbe•cy. One of his brothers had been convicted of uttering base coin, and is now undergoing a sentence of penal servitude. The two Haydons ever since they have left their native country, Ireland, hare in dulged in a career of lawlessness and crime. Last night Dennis Bud= quarrelled with his wife, a wretched old woman, because she had riot COLLISIONS AT SEA. Of the 2,766 collisions which occurred to vessels on the coasts of the United Kingdom in the eight years ending 1866, 795 happened by day and 1,971 by night. The increase in the number of collisions reported from year to year is no doubt partly attri butable to au increase in the number of ships fre quenting the coasts and narrow adjoining seas ; but in glancing at the number of casualties under this head, it is important to notice the different causes which led to the total loss or partial damage of such a large number of vessels Out of the 2,766 collisions, 524 happened through a bad look out ; the number of collisions from all causes and the number that occurred through a bad look out in each year respectively was 83 and 349 in 1859 ; 71 and 298 in 1860 ; 74 and 323 in 1861; 73 and 338 in 1862, 56 and 331 in 1863, 64 and 351 in 1864, 86 and 354 in 1865, and 87 and 422 in 1866. The average annual number of collisions in the eight years 1859-66 was 346 ; the average an nual number which occurred through a bad look out was 74 ; through neglecting to show a proper light, 19 ; neglect or misapplication of steering and sailing rules, 68 ; error of pilot, 3 ; want of sea manship, 16 ; general negligence and want of cau tion, 25 ; so that no less than 205 out of the 346 average annual number of collisions happened from causes which, by proper care and attention, might have been prevented. The average annual number of collisions from want of sea room Was 8, from thick and foggy weather 18, error in judgment 24, and from parting cables, dragging anchors, breaking sheer, and fouling, 40. It may be stated that out of the 145 collisions which occurred in 1866 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., 64 happened wheu the weather was clear and fine, and 30 when it was thick and foggy ; and out of 277 collisions which occurred between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., 102 happened in clear and fine weather, and 57 in thick and foggy weather. Of the collisions in each of the years 1859-66, the number which occurred by day and by night respec tively wds as follows :-92 and 257 in 1859 ; 94 and 204 in 1860 ; 80 and 243 in 1801 ; 91 and 247 in 1862; il5 and 216 in 1863 ; 88 and 263 in 1864 ; 114 and 240 in 1865 ; and 121 and 301 in 1866. Of the total number of collisions in 1866, 11 occurred between two steam vessels, both under way ; 169 between two sailing vessels, both under way ; 85 b e tween two sailing vessels one under way and one at anchor ; 69 between a steam vessel and a sailing vessel, both under way ; 11 between a steam vessel and a sailing vessel— viz., seven when a steam vessel was under way and a sailing vessel at anchor, and four when a sailing vessel was uccler way and a steam vessel at anchor ; and 77 happened through vessels breaking from anchors or moorings. Of the 2,766 collisions in the years 1859-66, 373 occurred in January, 341 in February, 221 in March, 146 in Apiil, 106 in May, 90 iu June, 111 in July, 171 in August, 204 iu September, 295 in October, 363 iu November, and 345 in December. 111.41IKETS—(2 his Day.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE• The supply of b eas t s h ere, t o -d a y, being in excess of the demand, pric e s o f a ll b ree d s gavo way 2d. per Blbs. compared with Monday. The top figure was ss. per 81bs. Sheep—the show of which was seasonably good - moved off heavily, at 2d. per 81bs. less money. The best Downs and half-breds sold at 4s. 101 per 81b.5. The few calves on offer wero disposed of at full quotations—viz., from 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. per 81bs. Prime pigs commanded full quotations ; but large hogs were very dull. Tho highest price was 4s. 2d. per 81bs. Per 81bs. to siuk the offa]. -s'tiluotvii u. 4 8 4 10 s d a d si d d ic r e s o e u t q in u f a . i b it e y as d t o s..... 3 3 ‘ 4 , 4 3 t . i 2 1 1:m rin e i C 2 ers-wool sheep 4 4 6 Prim. larg,. oxen ..4 4 . 6 La,ge coarse ealves.4 4 4 s P rime SeJts. &c.... 4 8 4 0 Prime small d0......4 10 5 4 (Joie. and int. sueep.3 2 3 6 Large hogs 3 4 3 8 •iecoud quality do ..3 8 4 k, , Small porkers.. 3IJ 4 2 Suckling 'Alves, 23, to 21ii ; aua quarter old-store pigs, 23s t 126 s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. _ _ _ Beasts Cows. l,lOO Sheep =11(1 lambs • . • ••• 4,5' 0 k.;alves 6 "igs 2 41 Beasts .. .•• • 5 Cows. Sheep s t .•. NEWGATE . AND LEADENB ALL. Beef ............ 3 0 to 4 6 Veal 3 10 to 4 6 Mutton ......... 3 2 to 1 6 I Pork 3 0 to 4 2 Per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Ifeadow hay, 55s Od to 85s; clover, 60s to 1058 ; and straw, 30a to 36s p'er load. A fair supply. CUMBERLAND. ,Illeadow hay, 55s to 57s 6d ; clover, 60s to 165 s Od ; and straw, 300 to 368 per load. A ~ull trade. WRITECHAPEE.—IIIeadow hay, 55s to 87s 6d ; clover, 60s to 107 s 6cl; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A slow sale. A HERO'S WORK.-BY AIRS. DUFFUS I-TARDY. Three vols.— This story is a good oue, awl well told. From one end to the other it fixes the attention, and closes by leaving r, strong impression. There is a seeming of reality about the book that is more attractive than powerful writing or exciting plot. We have a suspicion that the authoress has probably drawn her incidents very much from real occurrewus, and most of her characters are or were living entities. We have seldom read anything so touching as Aduemie's story, especially the concluding part of it.-- Pull Mall Gazette. DURHAM SCHOOL.—Durham School has met with rare success at Oxford in the case of one of her alumni— Mr. John Gent, scholar of Trinity College. His name appears in the first clas in Literis llumanioribus lately issued. His previous honours were— Hertford University Scholarship, 1865 ; first class, Moderations, 1866; Ireland University Scholarship, 1866. LADvnitTISEmENT.l—Avoid Medicines: they always aggravate chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times the nourish ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound tangs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshin. , sleep, functional regularity, am' energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 68,000 cures The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. " Rome, July 21, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Rovalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bene ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excel lent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Joly.''—Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 3 - ears' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins at Is. lid.; 1 lb.. 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6d ; 5 lbs., lls. 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 40s.—BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, zte gout-street, London; also lertnam and Mason, 182 Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; .4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and 289, 04013 - litTeot 350 Wand and 411 gIQQem And cimaista. STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLES. The Western liforning New having commented on the dangerous and illegal practice of storing gunpowder and other explosive compounds in populous towns, the Town Clerk of Plymouth has addressed a letter to the editor of that paper, stating what are the principal enactments on the subject, and the penalties incurred by parties offend. ing against them. 1. By statute 23 and 24 Vic., cap. 139, sec. 7, restrictions are imposed on the manufacture of loaded percussion caps, and the manufacture and keeping of ammunition, fireworks, fulminating mercury, or any other compositions, of an explosive nature ; and a penalty of £lO, in addition to the forfeiture of the goods. is imposed on any person keeping in any place not licensed for the purpose more than the following quanti ties of the undermentioned articles, viz.:— Ammunition containing 51b. of gunpowder. Fireworks containing 101 b. of explosive compoind. Fulminating mercury or other preparation or composi tion of equally explosive power-1 oz. dry, or Boz. mixed with 25 per cent, of water. 2. By " An Act for the safe keeping of petroleum " (25 and 26 Vic., cap. 66), any person not licensed by the local authority who shall keep more than forty gallons of petro leum within fifty yards of a dwelling house, or of a build ing in which goods is stored, is subjected to the for feiture of the article and to a penalty of £2O for each day during which petroleum is kept in contravention of the Act. 3. By " The carriage and deposit of dangerous goods Act, 1866" (29 and 30 Vic., cap. 69), the article called nitro-glycerine, or glonoine oil, is declared to be specially dangerous within the moaning of the Act ; and the Act for the safe keeping of petroleum is extended and applied to nitro-glycerine, save that any quantity whatever of nitro-glycerine is declared to be subject to the provisions of the Act. It results, therefore, that any person keeping even the sm tllest quantity of nitro-glycerine within fifty yards of a dwelling-house, or of a building in which goods are stored, except in pursuance of a license given by the local autho rity, is liable to forfeiture of the article and to a penalty of £2O per day. The same statute contains a further enactment to the effect that any person delivering any article declared to be specially dangerous under the Act to any warehouse owner or carrier, or sending such article railway or ship, or in any other public conveyance, without specific notice and description of the goods, as directed by the Act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5OO, or at the discretion of the court to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding two years. MR. CARDWELL AT OXFORD. The anniversary dinner of the Ancient Order of Druids took place yesterday afternoon, in the Town Hall. Mr. Calcutt presided, and amongst the guests were the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., and Mr. Neate, M.P. Mr. CAntwELL, in responding to the toast of his health, said : The year that has just closed will ever be remembered as memorable in the history of our legislation. It has terminated a long-continued conflict, and it has established a platform for future legislation. You are perfectly aware that if I could have had my way Reform would have been adopted earlier, and would have been more gradually pursued. lam not about to revive any of the controversies to which this question has given rise. They will best be disposed of by the dispassionate judgment of the country, and by the calm and impartial verdict of history. At the commencement of the past year some of us were strong Conservatives, some of us were advanced Reformers, some of us were moderate Liberals, and amongst that number I have always included myself ; but there was amongst us at that time a party whose existence was unknown to us, and no wonder, for it was unknown to themselves. (Laughter.) I mean a body of gentlemen who were undergoing what the surgeons call a capital operation, but they were undergoing it under the influence of chloroform, and when it was over they found that they had lost the limb on which they had been accustomed 10 rely, and that they had not expe rienced any pain or even consciousness. (Laughter and cheers.) When Benedick avowed that he would die a bachelor, he never supposed he should live till he was married—(laughter)—and when they avowed their oppo sition to all measures of organic reform, they were ex 'pected to be rejoicing in the consummation of the wisest measure of Reform that ever had been proposed to the British Parliament. (Cheers.) It is a good Englishman's rule to finish any work in which he is engaged ; and, although we have settled the borough franchise, there still remain some things to be considered in the approaching session. You are aware that the Boundary Commissioners have been amongst you, and that we shall have to deal with their report and their proposals. In some cases the ques tion will arise as to where the line shall he drawn, and I have no doubt the matter will be settled without much difficulty. But there is one question to which lam anxious your attention should be drawn, because it is scarcely of less importance than that of the franchise. We shall have to provide additional seats for the northern part of this kingdom, Scotland, not merely because of its wealth and intelligence, but because the pro. 'portion of its population, of its wealth, of its con tribution to the public burdens, has a right to an increase in the number of its members ; and the im portant question will arise how this increase is to be provided for. In the come of the last session I and others endeavoured to obtain the withdrawal from ten small villages in the southern and western parts of the kingdom of the right of returning members to Parlia ment ; and I think it is a point of considerable importance that when the fitting opportunity arise, the House of Commons should proceed in the old constitutional manner of Reform in withdrawing members from those small villages which have no just claim to return members to the British House of Commons. (Cheers.) When we have finished the question of Reform, the next question that engages our attention is that of Ireland. Arid I will frst say a word with respect to that wicked conspiracy, Fe:iianism. It can have no other effect than tb strengthen our determination to manifest our personal devotion to the sovereign who so frankly and so justly relies upon the loyalty of her subjects, and to evoke a determined resolution to support the officers of the Crown in maintaining the supremacy of the law. (Loud cheers.) But let not the feelings which such unhallowed conspira cies excite at all affect the views with which we address our minds to the consideration of that which is right and just towards our fellow-countrymen in Ireland. Let us address ourselves to those great questions in a manner worthy of the loyal Irish people, and in a manner worthy of ourselves. (Hear, hear.) With regard to one of these questions—the land question—l am the last of all men to speak in the tone of presumptuousness and confidence. It fell to my lot a few years ago to intro• dun and carry a measure which I fondly hoped would have been useful and a settlement of the question. But after the experience of several years I find that the measure has been inoperative. A commission has recently been issued to examine into the revenues of the Church of Ireland, intended, as I believe, to deal with the ques tion of the redistribution of the funds of the Church. I do not wish to disguise from you my opinion that that is spermaceti to an inward wound. (" Hear," and laughter.) It will not go to the root of the evil. It will not touch the root of the disease unless some settle ment of the ecclesiastical affairs of Ireland deals not only with the Protestant Church of Ireland, but also on equal and just terms with the Presbyterians in the North, and with that large Roman Catholic population which constitutes a great part of that country. I fully acknowledge the difficulties which surround us in deal ing with this question, but I feel also their urgency and importance ; and when we reflect that a little more than a century ago—at the time of .the Scotch rebellion in 1745 — how great a danger and how great a difficulty Scotland then was to the Throne and to the Parliament of the kingdom, let us hope that we in our day may be able to do as our forefathers did in their generation, and that as they have rendered Scotland one of the most prosperous, one of the most happy and loyal portions of the kingdom, so it may yet be in store for us and for our children to see a course of measures pursued in respect to Ireland which may have the same beneficial results. (Cheers.) With respect to English questions, that which mostpresses for solution is the question of education. I hope at the hands of the Government the question will receive en couragement, and I know that, with the assistance of Mr. Bruce, we shall have the opportunity of promoting the end in view. I hope the time is not far distant when education may be carried home so as to be avail able at the door of, every cottage in the kingdom, and that no child who is born a subject of the Queen shall be denied the blessings of a good and a liberal education. (Cheers.) We know that the religious difficulty is the chief obstacle in the way of those who are anxious to pro mote education. But I can tell you a little anecdote which happened to myself. I had the good fortune to visit a large school under the control of the Irish Commissioner in Belfast. The children were being examined separately in the distinctive doctrines of our creed, and it appeared to me that their learning in the evidences of Christianity and in the distinctive doctrinei of our Church was superior to those given to boys like me when we were educated in the great schools of this country. (Hear, hear.) I had an opportunity on the same day of being present when the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic children ware examined, not as to distinctive but as to secular education. and it appeared to me to comprise so much that was moral and Christian within it, that I should have been happy if I could have supposed that the children in our towns were receiving anything like an education of that kind. (Hear, hear.) It appears to me that, with a little earnest ness and the exercise of common sense, we might accom plish great results with regard to the education of the rising generation in this country. • THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 VCLOCK. SPORTING INTEL LIGENOS—This Day. READING STEEPLECHASE MEETING. TUESDAY, JAN. 7. Selling Steeplechase of 3 sows each, with 25 added; 4-yrs' old, list, five, 12st, six and upwards, 12st 51b ; the %%in ner to be sold by auction after the race for 50 sows, arid. any surplus to be divided between the owner of the sec.nd horse and the fund; if entered to be sold for 30 sows allowed 71b ; about two miles. Au Open tiunterb' Stakes of 3 bOVS each, with 20 added, 'Or horsos which have been regularly hunted with some established pack of hounds during the scasoj of 1867- 68, and whidh have not been in any training stable for three months prior to the time of refining for this stt,ke ; 13st each ; any previous wiener of 50 sous to carry 7lbs extra ; the winner to bj sold for 100 sous. Weights for tie Whitley Stakes (free handicap) of 5 sove each, with 30 added; winners after Dec. 31, at 1C a.m. 71b extra. About three mi Age Et lb Sir Bobby ... a 12 10 rally-ho ... a 12 3 Lawrence ... a 12 0 Carus ... a 11 12 Harold ... 6 11 5 Bristles ... a 11 4 S, atchcock ... a 11 4 Arlescott a 11 4 Shiite a 11 0 Portfire ... a 10 12 A. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 70 sovs, and any surplus to b 3 divided between the owner of the second horse and the fund ; entrance 2 sovs, to go to the fund ; about two miles and a half. Coverdale Viaterperry Nabocklisli Fore:.t Lass Chesterfield Legerdemain Puebla ... The Switcher Juker Age st lb ▪ 10 1C • alO 7 • alO 7 • a. 10 4 6 10 4 • 610 0 ... 6 10 0 ... a 10 0 ... 6 10 0 Age st lb I Age st lb The Robber (late Low in a Mist .., a 11 7 I Quicksilver) ... al2 7 Fitz-Adine ... all 5 serious Case ... al2 5 I Lord Waldegrave 611 0 sportsman ... al2 2 Pakiugton ... 4 10 10 Farnborougli ... all 12 WEDNESDAY, Jan 8. A. Handicap Steeplechase of 5 Boys each, 2 ft, with 25 added ; gentlemen riders. About two miles and a half. A Handicap Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs; about two miles and a half. A Selling Steeplechase of 3 sow; each, with 20 added ; four year olds list 41b, five 12st 51b, six and aged 12st 101 b ; the winner to be sold by auction for 50 sous, and any surplus to be divided between tho owner of the second horse and the fund; if entered to be sold for 30 sot's allowed 71b; horses which have run at this meeting without being placed first or second allowed 51b ; about two miles. Weights for the Berkshire Open Steeplechase of 10 sous each, with 70 added; winners after December 31, at ten a.m. extra. About three miles and a half. Age st lb Sprite ... a 12 7 Tally-ho a 12 3 Lawrence ... a 12 0 Garus a 11 12 Arlescott 11 4 Meerschaum a 11 0 Captain Crosstree a 11 0 Sinite a 11 0 Imogene (in 71b ex) a 10 12 Marengo ... a 10 10 Bishopton 6 10 9 Weights for the Innkeepers' Plate (handicap) of 40 Eovs ; winners after Dec. 31, at 10 a.m., 71b extra. About two miles and a half. Age st lb Sylph ... a 10 9 Waterperry ... a 10 7 Farnborough ... a 10 7 Topthorne... ... a 10 7 The Cripple ... a 10 5 Nabocklish ... a 10 5 Forest Lass a 10 4 Chesterfield 6 10 4 Joker ... 6 10 0 Snowstorm ... 5 10 0 Age st lb (Age st lb The Guide... ... 6 12 7 Clarina a 10 7 Spatehcook all 12 Puebla ... 610 5 Smite a 11 10 Le Willows ... 5 10 5 Portfire a 11 7 Joker ... ... 6 10 4 Coverdale a 11 5 Ledgerdemain 6 10 0 Fitz-Adine a 11 0 Ned of the Hills ... a 10 0 Lord Waldegrave... 6 10 9 FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid : —Clarina, Rod in Pickle, Scavenge: Special, Elvire, Prince of Wales by General William;,' Bumboat, Foreign Stamp, Deerhound, Sisyphus, Seamew (to qualify), Alice Mary, Greyfoot, Madame Bosco, Dutch Admiral, Wild Bee (to qualify), Fan (to qualify), Tormen :or (to qualify), Maurice, Morning Star, Arigill (to qualify), Gleaner, Highland Chief, Lucette, Dunsany (to qualify), Pest, Vittoria, Sportsman, and Trapeze (to qualify). STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT Lis-T.—The forfeits of the fol !owing horses have been paid :—Ballycasey, Tally-ho, Led Lady Newark. Bosco should not have been published, is the forfeit was paid to the Clerk of the Course without notice having been sent to the office. Mr. Pedley's nominations for the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger, 1869, and any others made by him since the pub :cation of the Forfeit List, Dec. 22d, 1866, are invalid At% Pcdley having omitted to pay the forfeit for Ever 4reen in the Derby, 1866, published in that list. T he horse tad been sold with engagements, and the purchaser had :tiled to pay. - - ST. ALBANS... The Cripple has been disqualified for the Lunt Steeplechase Plate on the ground of insufficient lescription, and the race has been awarded to Patience, who ~atne in second. Warwick, 5 yrs ; Bracken, 4 yrs ; and Special Commis iioner, 2 yrs, are now geldings. __ _ . The following names have been given :—Mr. John Ing ham's br f by Nutbourne, out of Lady Bird, by The Sea, 2 yrs, Cicada; b f by Jordan, out of Wryueck, 2 yrs The following assumed names have been registered :- 11r• Peters, Mr. Hood, Mr. Tatton, Mr. Humble, Mr. W. [Tale, Mr. B. Hoel, and Mr. M. J. Partington. Commis or RIDERS. - Mr. Peters, blue jacket, and orange cap; Mr. Hood, amber body, rose sleeves and cap; Mr. B. Hoe], white body, blue sleeves and cap ; Mr. Tatton, green and gold stripe ; Mr. Humble, crimson, white stars, white cap. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF TIIEIR ENGAGEMENTS.—Dac. 27, Lawrence, out of Local Cup, St. Albans; 28, at 3 p.m. (to Mr. T. Marshall) Helice, out of Reading engagements ; 30, at 9 a.m., Spatchcock, out of Donington Hunt Open Steeplechase; 30, at 9 a.m., c by Tim Whifibr, out. of Lightfinger, out of all engagements; 31, at 9 a.m., Clara le Clare and Lady Glencora, out of Manchestvr engage ments; 31, at 5.45 p.m., King Arthur, out of Donington aunt Open Steeplechase. Jan. 1, at 9 a.m., Confidenc‘‘, by West Australian, out of all engagements. BANK OF FRANCE PARTS, Jan. 2. The return of the Bank of France for the week nding to-day shows the following changes coat ared with the previous account : INCREASE. Notes 64,000,000 fr. Bills discounted DECREASE. Cash in hand.. 32,166,000 fr. Private accounts ....... .... 18,666,000 fr. Advances Treasury balance 144,000 fr. 100,000 fr. 3ank of England Returns,--This Evenim An Account, pursuant tv ap. 32, for the week ending PRUE DE the Act 7th and Bth Wen,' a Wednesday, Ja?. 1, 1868. P ARTALENT. Notes issued —.X35,971,840 I Govornmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 5,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion L 35,971,40 £35,971,810 BANKING D: :PARTMENT. Governrnt. Sem rities(including Dead Wt-ight Annuity) C 13,296,046 Other Securities 20,125,012 Notes 11,729,785 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,089,888 roprictors' Capi i ............ .£14,553,000 ...eat................ 3,101,490 nblic Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 6,314,203 Other Deposits 21,654,971 Seven Days and other Bills b90,067 £46,213,731 £46 ; 213,731 BOMBAY IIE AVY MAIL. MALTA, Jan. 1. The Pera left at 10 a.m. to-day. She may be , xpeeted at Southampton about the 10th inst. A. thrilling incident in the mission life of Mrs. Ingalls in Burmah is well told in the June number of the arptist Messenger, relating how she was sent for to visit one of the Buddhist high priests, who had been nearly killed ; and how, while in the most holy place in their temple, where none but priests had ever before been admitted, she was permitted unrebuked to use for him the sacred vessels, which none but the high priest darn touch, and to even overturn and sit on one of their gods to rest ; all through the magic influence of the Pain Killer, called by them the " God medicine," so successfully had she used it in curing their many diseases, some of them considered heretofore fatal in that climate, among which were cholera, liver complaint, dyspepsia, the bites of venomous reptiles, dm. This speaks volumes for the Pain Killer. Be sure you get the genuine, which always has Perry Davis and Son's trade mark, PAIN KILLER on the Government stamp. 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