The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-30 00:00:00

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The he Ist of e head 3hment, of the 3W plan Le coin- Regi y, both several entirely Le light, certain 3rs, and riodical super be the ;invent, t on the of his r, C- inners, th Bri- ssioned of the tst and bark at artered )-horse Pacific to join ides at lay re it - nand- lied by service 3 non- ivision, npany, 96th nd 4th 44th, ardoe, 3e last- e, their ❑g pro s Light ?,d yea st the Ports- his ap ireDeral 'nor in Ewer a day ; Wool ughton is from ,tacked Wight, other in the Gos ey will several ief has 96th • India .an der. nandes tempo of ab s been ler in- Lieut. raught fie ser- lan is no for tuayle, ;tor of kevet- Ports- ORAY- re clad [yards. ernoon anding a,y that all the estruc- W. Lys in waited rionces when Ipleted iris to wonty iris to tiler to of the sea of Send, Komi hmere, are are )astern ployed ia. A MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTALLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day the French Rentes were 68f. 50c. Continues firm. The announcement of the dividends on Metropo litan and Lancashire and Yorkshire stocks has had a favourable effect on the railway market. Most of the leading descriptions are quoted higher than yes terday, in some cases to the extent of 1 per cent., while there is nearly a general scarcity of stock for delivery at the final settlement of the account to-morrow. In the Foreign Market the principal feature is a further improvement in Peruvian. Other descrip tions arc somewhat weaker, though scarcely varied in price. The Funds are stationary, but they con tinue firm in tone. The rate for money continues at lf to 1 j per cent, with very little demand and full supplies. No va-iations can be reported in the rates for short loans on the Stock Exchange. Consols are firm, at yesterday's prices, at 93} to 931, for money and account; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 93/ to 931. ; India Five per Cents , 114 to 1121, being / lower ; Bank Stock, 246 to 248 ; Exchequer Bill, 235. to 275. prem. Foreign Stocks were scarcely so firm at the close yesterday, the considerable advance naturally in ducing realisations. Peruvian (1865) are very firm, at 77/ to 77/ ; Mexican, at 15,1. to 16/ ; Greek, 12k to 13 ; New Spanish, 36k to 36/ ; Tur kish, 34 to 31i ; Italian, 421 to 421; Brazilian (1865), at 761 to 77f ; and Portuguese Scrip, 2} to 21 prem. Egyptian Nine per Cent. Bonds are quoted at 89f to 90f. The New Honduras Loan is steady at f to 1 prem. ex coupon. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 718 to 721 ; Erie Railroad, 1 better, at 481 to 49-; Illinois firm, at 86 to 88. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have risen 1, to 251 to 26/, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 25 to 26. The Railway Market is generally firmer upon the dividend of the Metropolitan and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the scarcity of stock for the settlement. 'There is an advance of 4 in Lancashire and York shire at 126 to 1261; of 1 in Midland, at 1054 to 1061 ;of in South Eastern, at 691 to 69 ; of in Great Northern A, at 108/ to 109 ; and in Metropolitan, at 117 to 117 f ; and of in London and North Western, at 1174 to 1181, in Great Eastern, at 31 to 311 ; in Great Western, at 454 to 461 ; and in Chatham, at 18 to 181. Sheffield are flat, at 431 to 441; and Brighton, 46 to 461. The directors of the Anglo-Italian Mining Com pany have made a call of ss. per share, payable on the 28th February. Finance shares are dull and heavy. London and Financial is lower, at 23 to 22 dis. International Finance 2to 1 dis. Credit Foucier lower, at 3 to 34 per share. In miscellaneous shares National Discount are steady, at 11 to 11i. Hudson's Bay, 141 to 15. Atlantic Telegraph Preference Shares are without movement. CflY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Including the withdrawal yesterday of £50,000 in bar gold for the Continent, the total taken from the Bank during the week is £99,000, and on the other hand, £lO,OOO has been sent in. Letters from Berlin state that a treaty of commerce cetween France and Prussia was signed on Monday last by Count Bismarck and M. Benedetti. Besides a reduction in the import duties upon wines and light cotton tissues, Prussia has made some conces sions in the duties on various articles of minor importance. _ _ the dividend of eke Metropolitan Railway is an nounced at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, leaving £6,998 lOs 9d to be carried forward. The Lancashire and Yorkshire dividend is at the rate of 6,i per cent. For the corresponding period of the previous year it was 62 per cent. A special general meeting of the Enfield Gas Com- Pany has been convened for the 6th of February, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. The annual general mooting of the Lamle Improve ment Company has been called for the 13th February, to receive the. directors' report and to declare a dividend. A dividend and bonus at the rate of 15 per cent. Per annum has been declared by the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company. The dividend recommended by the directors of the tlectric and international Telegraph Company, to be declared at th e genera l mee ti ng on Wednesday next, IS 5 per cent for the last half-year, free of income-tax. The directors of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegrarh Company have resolved to pay a dividend of 8 per cent, and carry forward £4,737 to the reserve, which will then amount to £22,416. The distribution of the British Land Company is 1 5 per cent., making 20 per cent, fur the year. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum nas been agreed to by the London Rice Company. The following is an extract from the report of the Lion Brewery Company : "In issuing their third report, the directors of the Lion I 3 rewery Company (Limited) have the pleasure to state that, notwithstanding the high prices of malt and hops, and other adverse circumstances, they have, by a large increase of sales, produced a result on the year's business which they trust will be satisfactory to the shareholders. The profit and loss account shows that, after deducting all current expenses, depreciation on leaseholds, plant, &c., a proportion of legal and other expenses incident to the formation of the company, and the interim dividend Paid in July last, at the rate of 46 per cent. per annum on the preference and ordinary shares, there remains a balance of £10,176 7s 3d, which the directors advise should be appropriated as under, viz.:-1. To pay divi dend (free of income-tax) for the half-year on the £6 per cent, preference shares, £3,000 ; 2. To pay a dividend (free of income tax) on the ordinary share capital for the Past half-year, at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum, . 5 ,663 14s 4d ; total, 48,663 143 4d. This will leave a balance of £1,512 12s 11d to be carried forward." The Bonds of the Peruvian Government, amounting to nearly 1:45Q,000, will be paid off on the Ist of tiarch, at the offices of Mr. Lewis 11. Haslewood. The following is from Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite and Company : "The London Market for American Securities bas since our last been remarkably steady, the extreme fluctuations in United States 5 20's, of both issues dealt in here, having been confined to one-half per cent. ; the closing Prices, 71 , 4 to 721 for the 1862'5, and 70i to 711 for the 1865'5, show an improvement of only an eighth per cent, since this day week. Erie Shares at 481 to 49 are unaltered, hut Illinois Central have advanced $l, leaving off 861 to 861. The market for Atlantic and Great Western securities has been characterised by a con tinued inquiry for the First and Second Mortgage Bonds of the New York and Pennsylvania Divisions, which have im proved from seven to eight per cent., the First Mortgage being last quoted 58 to 62, and the Second 56 to 60. In Consolidated Bonds the reaction from the recent advance noticed in our last, was cart ied down to 22, from which point, ou renewed purchases, they have advanced, and close firm at 244 to 25." The following are the current rates of continuation, &'e., charged at the fortnightly settlement now in progress - Cdedonian Railway 4. to back, closing 4 to 4 back. Qreat Eastern ... .... 1-32 to 332 contango, closing 1.16 to 4. Ditto n or th ern to contango. vitt° A, 1.16 to 3-16 do., closing to • contango. 14 eeds Stock ... to # back, closing B to 4 back. ~ %Won and N. Western... even to 4 contango, closing even to I (Tr eat Weste rn 1-16 to 3.16 do. Midland 3.16 to 5-16 back, closing to back. ... 4 to I back, closing 8 to 1 back. ... even tog contango. ... s back to 4- contango. ... even to I contango, closing 1.16 to 3-16 . 8 • 4 re atWesternofCanada... 6d to 9d cont ango . Bri ghton.., Trunk of Canada... 74d to i s 3d d o . " 1 8btou... ... even to s contango. eqopolitan tiover a erwick ohetnelds. BRITISH FUNDS —TWO OVLOCK. 8 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per (Join. Consols a 1)0. A ccount, F e b . 6 93i Per Cont. Reduced - N 3 per Cent 931 1 i ° r ,- 21 per C e nt. Jan. 1891 — A —O . 5 per Cent. oan. 1873 4nuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Po. for 130 yrs, expire sth April 18 8 5 — e' (Red Sea Tele & raph), AIL., V"— ‘elleqUer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 4.t 21- per Ct — pm Do £5OO — pm . 4 Do. £lOO & £2OO - pm a r ,'llt of En g l an d St oc k, 4+ per Cent 249 - uo. Account 1 IN DIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. tlD,lioa.ui hockcounlt D°• 0i per Cent., April 1874 215 ' 5 per Cent. July, 1880 E ° o . . Cer 4 rt . Cent., Oct. 1888 fieates Ro. Butane(' Paper 4 p©r Cent — ' 0 .5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — • Do. do. 1882 — Do: Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug, 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —TWO CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 por Cent — Do.ll per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 1858..... — Do. do., 1800 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds — Bueros Ayres 6 per Cent B5 Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cabs, 6 per Cent. C,ilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — 'Jo. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 - Do., Scrip £32 paid C ,- nibi3n, 6 l wr Cent. Dauisn 3p .r Cent., 1825 • Danubian erincipalities, 7 per Cent 67 Do 8 p , r Cent., 1867 E t, tutor New Con3olidatcd, 1 p,r Ceii — rtyptitm, 7 per Cent BB i D ~ :71' , e; oad issue D . (5 In Bonds 1..).J. £lO6 Bonds 92 91 Do. 1.64: I Do. 15 el Bon Is 9O Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 901 Go verummit Itai i w:Ly Liebe.' tures . ... 921 14 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex Coups -flo. Account Do. Coupons . Do. Account. . 114 ... Gastenaala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov.Rsil. Loan., 7p. Ct., £l5 pd pm It•iliau 5 per Cert., 1.865 Do, Account ... — - Do. Maremmana Raiway _ 51.oxicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account • 16 4 Do. 1864 B4 Dc A per Cent. Anglo-French dontcvideat, C. per Cent. .. — ‘loorish imperial 5 per Cent No w Granada • r. Do 3 per Con . Do. Deferred - .- Do Land Warrants (Ilectareß) Peruvian 3.,per Cent. 1863 Do Account 7B 4 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) ' — Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account .Portmguese 3 por Ct.,18;i3, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' , 394 4 Do. do, 1"67 Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid 24 pm Ruisian 5 per Cent., 18'42, £ bt 864 7 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 ... B5 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1839 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds B9l 11 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do. £B4 15s. do B5l Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . 36/ Do Acciiunt .... — Do Now Deferred 351 Do Account Do Passive — Do Account Do Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Tuckish 6 per Cent. B3 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account • — Do £lOO Bonds — Co 0 per Cent., 1862 594 9 Do Account Du £lOO Bonds 614 1 21 11 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 3ll 4 Do Account Do 6.per Cent., 1865 5l 1 1 - Doi per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrutu o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gun, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B6l French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. Do Account ' - Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. z 5.1. .. 42 Do. Account 42i i TWO WOLOOK. Consols, Money 93 Do. Account LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the title of " Who's to Win Him ?" a slight comedietta, obviously based by Mr. T. J. Williams on a French foundation, has been brought to serve as a lively prelude to the ela borate pantomime with which Mr. E. T. Smith has astonished his juvenile patrons. The prelimi nary trifle agreeably employs the feminine force of the company, and conveys a suggestive moral in showing how maidenly reserve is much more likely to secare a lover than the obtrusive claims put forward by four village belles who set their caps at a y o u ng o ffi cer i n a country village. The pantomime, which his been produced in a very costly fashion, is now in the height of its prosperous career, and is remarkable for the rapid manner in which the spectator is dazzled by a succession of brilliant tableaux. The importation of the " Parisian Carnival Quadrille" is by no means hazardous as an experiment, for the quaintness of the dance so cleverly performed by Mdlle. Finette does not in the slightest de gree pass the boundary of decorum. Mi ss Goodhall especially distinguishes herself in the introductory portion, and with Miss Furtado, Miss Caroline Parkes, and Miss Sidney, the amplest justice is rendered to the operatic parodies introduced. The harlequinade is full of spirit, and the activity of the Clown, Mr. Forrest, with the graceful dancing of Miss Esther Austin, the Harlequin a la Watteau, and the fun and flexibility of the rest of the nume rous troupe of pantomimists engagei, sustain un flaggingly the amusement of the audience. Mr. E. T. Smith, with his usual energy, is preparing fresh novelties to strengthen the favourable impression produced by his pantomime, and early in the month of February a new actor of European birth and of American reputation will make his first appearance in England in an Anglicised version of the German drama of " Narcisse." Mr. E. T. Smith has also arranged with Mr. H. J. Byron for the immediate production of " The Lan cashire Lass," which, with all those " sensational" effects which created so much excitement when the piece was produced at Liverpool a few months back, will be forthwith transferred to the Lyceum stage. CITY AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIETY.—The ball of this society took place on the 23d, and proved to be a bril liant success. The new and handsome suite of rooms of the Freemasons' Tavern, at which the ball was given, are scarcely to be excelled in fitness for an entertainment of this description. Supper was served in tasteful and lavish style in the elegant drawing room of the establishment. The usual toasts were duly honoured. Coote and Tinney's quadrille band performed an admirable selection of music in the Grand Hall, to which the members and their friends danced with zest for several hours. The whole of the arrangements were pronounced to be unexceptionable. STEEL FROM CLEVELAND IRON.—The occurrence of sulphur and phosphorus in Cleveland pig iron has hitherto prevented its being used for conversion into Bes semer steel. For the latter purpose only the pig iron ob tained from the purest epathic and hematite ores has been employed ; and the increasing demand for steel has led to some apprehension lost the iron trade of Cleveland should eventually suffer from the competition of the Bessemer steel manufacturers, unless some practical and economical method could be discovered whereby the north country pig iron could be converted inw steel. During the past year a considerable number of experimenters have been attempting to solve this important problem, and at length it would seem there is a fair prospect of success. At the last meeting of the Middlesborough iron trade samples o steel made from Cleveland iron were exhibited by Messrs. Fox, Head, and Co. These appeared of superior quality, and excited great interest, as it was stated that by the new process steel rails could be manufactured at from £9 to £lO per ton, or at about .£3 per ton under the price of Bessemer steel rails. Should these anticipations be well founded it is certain that a great impetus will be given to the iron trade of this locality. A person living at Hentield, near Bristol, has a cuckoo in a cage. It was caught last summer soon after it loft its nest. It eats bread, potatoes, meat, cheese, &v. AN OLD LADY'S iloAnn.—Llst week au old widow lady, named Evans, died at Swansea, at the house of her daughter.- She had for many years previous to her death lived in a little cottag3 by herself. After her death a charwoman, who was cleaning the cottage, dis covered, concealed in an old-fashioned night-stool, .£1,60G 10s. in gold. As there was no will, the next of kin proceeded immediately to London to prove his title to h e treasure. OFFICIAL LiQuIDATons...T.-Yesterday a notice was promulgated at the Rolls Chambers, headed " Official Liquidators' Remuneration," stating that no application would be entertained for remuneration to official liquida tors during the present sitting unless made and the evi dence in support of it left with the chief clerk on or before the 14th Much next. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8O 1868, SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. • Bristol and Exeter Caledonian • C 4.1.1 brian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast J unc. l Dun,,Perth, & A b.J unc. E.London, acrip Ceti. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Urd. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2, Great N orth of Scotlan,l' Great Northern Do. A stock • • • , Do. I kstuelc..... Do. A ew, is. at prp Gt S. auki W. 01 Ircialm, (.; t, Vie, tern. -Origiu,.; Do. 5. \ial. itasi gu:t. Do. South Waled .... Do. 'W. 111ri.-o.Y.lf.‘n, _ . -Do. Nev.i.ort _ i ice. IleTt aed Biack,,ai• S Coa , .I•on.,t2tiat., and .I.),)ve. I Do. Me.trop. EX. A.. .Nurt.ll Westen. `Lin. South Weston!, tancolt ... ... llo.:Nvw Do. Ex tez:.: io n Mc tropolltau Distncl. Do. do. Jo. i)o. and St. John' ' Alid!and Do. .C . J ShAre Do, Birtuin...S., U rrtr, II id E ent Nortli 1)0. Efd., l'th., AL Dun. Eastern—Berwich Do. (I.\ - E purol►as Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. stock. &i Darling Do. .lu. ;S",)-G1 North Loudon Do. do. 18tA 5 Do. do. 18t::0 ,North Staffordshire IN. it S. W. Junction •Scottish Central (Scot. E .Ater. stock Uo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union ISoutli Devon youth Eastern Staines, Wok., a Wok VaT Vale Do. V ale of - death ‘Vatertord Ki;kenuy Waterloo iiz, White!th We. (3Jrn wa!! Fail / Closing I Business Prim.. dens. 65 67 751 76) 2J 30 3 74j ';'s 70 96 03 301 31i ti 15 0 107 tO3 :08 109 122 i L 3 U 6 US 15i 1 2.5 21 3, 25. F.:5 4(1 i 7 16 II? 117; :0 B. 1,4 or:: to ; - 73 ;5 35 36 103 101 62 (4 129 131 ill :16 1 lip 58 CO 109 II , 58 49 43 t 5 68 9) 8 3 / 4 9; 115 THE CONSERVATIVE REFORM BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sits,—Within a few short weeks it will be- exactly one year since I commenced a series of letters to you, with the query " What will Lord Derby do ?" I showed to you clearly that there was uo reason why we were not to have a Reform Bill from a so called Tory or Conservative Government. I recalled to your memory and the memory of your readers the great, useful, and substantial reforms that had been carried in days of yore by our present illustrious chief. At the end of the session I pointed out what Lord Derby had done ; I showed the good and use ful Reform Bill he had carried for the second time in hid life, only 35 years (a brief period historically speaking) after the former one ; and •I wound up my letters by proving mo.-A incontestably that Lord Derby is no Tory aLer all, but a genuine old WThig, of the Grey, Lgusdowne, and Althorp school, and is true, even to this day, to the principles in which he was brought up. Indeed, for my own part, Ido not at all believe Lord Derby entertained (or that he holds now in 1868) in 1867 at all different opinions while he was advocating the Reform Act, which in less than a twelvemonth from the present time will have become the law of the land, to those Liberal opinions which be espoused, with language which was considered such a perfect masterpiece of oratory, in 1831 and 1832, when he was advocating " the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill." These were the days of our noble Premier's youth. He was, at any rate, quite a young man at that time.. How many of us feel boys again, and think of our Virgil, our Horace, our Juvenal, the Greek Plays, our Euclid ; and other rich stores of learning which we have been compelled, unfortunately, to lay upon the shelf for many and many along weary year, when the words come back to our memories, "That dangerous young innovator and revolu tionist, : Mr. Secretary Stanley." There, is,c.ertainly a quotation from Horace which is by no means ap plicable. to our noble Premier. He cannot with truth say, " Non sum quails eram." On the contrary, his motto might, in good truth, be "Semper eadem." Now I proceed to the main question of my letter, which - id to inquire whether there be any resem blance between the Liberal measure carried by the Tory Government of 1867 and those Liberal mea sures carried by its father and grandfather, those old defunct Tory Administrations of 1829 and 1846, so long descended to the tomb of all the Capulets. Physiologists and naturalists tell us that there are no two peas, no two gooseberries, - or even two grains of sand on the sea shore exactly alike. How much less are two human beings exactly alike. Let a child or other descendant resemble a father, grand father, or other ancestor ever so much, yet, never theless, when you come to examine both carefully together, how wonderfully marvellous is the differ ence between the individuals. No two of Nature's productions are ever quite the same. Precisely the same is it in the political world. No two Adminis trations are, or ever have been, altogether alike ; nor any two great Liberal measures. I therefore now proceed to show how totally different is the so called apostacy of Lord Derby and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the so-called apostacy of those late great and immortal men, the one the greatest warrior the world almost ever saw, one of our greatest, if not by far the greatest, statesman Eng land ever possessed. I think I can now prove how completely the con version of Peel and Wellington from extreme poli. tical Protestantism to being advocates for Roman Catholic Emancipation, and, later still, from being Protectionists to Free-traders, differs, and is at variance from the so-called apostacy of Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, from being anti Reformers in 1866 to being Reformers and carrying a good and substantial Reform Bill in 1867. Sir Robert Peel, from his earliest infancy down to the period of his apostacyin 1828 and 1829 (in carrying the total repeal of the Test Act in the first -named year and granting Catholic Emancipation the year following), had been brought up in a school of exclusive of more than ultra-Tory. The Duke of Wellington, independently of the Tory school in which he had been educated, belonged to the profession of arms, which, in the rod-of-iron reign of that well-mean'ng and conscientious but, in many respects, most mis taken and narrow-Mindei Monarch, King George 111., was quite enough to account for his being, as we all know him to have been, a most rabid Tory. Now, albeit the great change in these two illustrious and wonderful men in 1829 and 1846 respectively, and the two gigantic measures of reform and ad vancement which they carried, in the two above named years, were, I most firmly believe, the result of honest conviction, entirely emanating from efforts of most laborious and most painstaken industry, of having thoroughly investigated the opinions in which they had so consp i cuous ly held for so many years ; and, more over , . w h en th e y surrendered on becoming convinced that they could no longer with honour or conscience retain the same; nevertheless, it was an utterly new phase in their political exist ence. Whether got at honestly or dishonestly, one thing is absolutely certain, " a change came over the spirit of their dream," and, of course it was, and as a matter of history ever will be, open to all politi cians and political economists to question the honesty and integrity of those great changes. But with Lord Derby the case is totally different. He was brought up in a school as entirely and com pletely Liberal as Si r R o b ert r ee l h a d been in a school completely Tory. For the first 35 years of his life Lord D er b y b ona f i de b elonge d t o th e Whi g and Liberal party, and was for three years and a half a leading member of that celebrated old Whig Ministry headed by the late Earl Grey, the so called Father of Reform. Earl Grey's Pet was his universally well-known name in those ancient days of yore. Even if he did emigrate at the mature age of 35 from his nat i ve land of L ib era li sm to t h e colony of Toryi sm , we can only regard his rallying at the ripe a ge o f 6 8 to Liberalism in the l i g h t o f a weary traveller and emigrant who, having heaped up riches in the colony to which he had gone out as a settler in his prime, now returns to the land of his nativity to enjoy the riches of his well-earned labour. Or Lord Derby's political career might be compared (assuming his change from Whig to Tory in 1834 was to have been most deeply lamented) to a beautiful sunrise in the charming months of May or June, when nature puts forth her bloom, which inspires the mind with joy and grati tude towards the Maker and Giver of all things, yet towards day changes to a miserable wet noon and afterdoon, by which the mind becomeS'as much depressed as it had before been elevated ; neverthe less, a lovely evening sets in, and a magnificent sunset closes the day, and we are inspired with the same feelings of joy, gratitude, and happiness at the snit of the departing day as we were at the aurora and sunrise of the new-born and incoming day. • As a friend of mine remarked t o me lit t l e more than 15 years ago, in the days of the first Derby Government (my friend herein alluded to is an ultra-Liberal), when speaking of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, " lie is a vile Tory, kilt never mind, he is a man of great ability ; he began right (alluding to the fa c t o f hi s hav i ng stood for Marylebone in 1833, in favour of annual Parliaments and universal suffrage), and he will end right." As regards Lord Derby, it may be said, passing from the future to the past tense, and assuming the Reform Act of last session to b e th e last great political act of his laborious and well spent life, which, however, I earnestly trust and pray it may not be, for the good of the country, he began well and he has ended well.—l remain, Sir, your faithful servant, A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. January 24, 1868. Commodore Edmonstoue, C. 13., Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, attended by Mr. Francis J. Lory and Mr. Charles W. Co'e, Paymaster and Assistant Naval Secretaries, yesterday inspected her Majesty's iron screw steam storesbip Industry, at Woolwich, engaged in parti cular service; and mustered the crew on the occasion of their being turned over to the command of Navigating Lieut.. Charles J. Polkiughorno, who has taken up the command of that ship, the term of service of Navigating Lieut. E. C. T. Youel having expired. A Shepton Mallet butcher advertises to sell on Saturdays a singlo pound of good fat mutton at fid., and a pound of good gDgligh Pacwa at 01 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. STABBING A SAILOR. James Morelli was indicted with stabbing James Endell. The two men were sailors, and the quarrel, in which both took part, took place in the vicinity of the Sailors' Home. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. THE ALLEGED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF PRUSSIA.' Gustav Victor, a German, .was charged with obtaining money from his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador in London by false pretences. On the Bth of January the prisoner Victor came to t':e EMbls3y an - 1 . raid -he had a secrete to tell, but that he was in a destitute condi ti.►n. Baron Seinnithals was communicated with, and when the prisoner called again on thc 10th of January he sail that a conspiracy was in progres2., and that a man named -Emerick was going to Berlin to assassinate the King of Prussia, and he hid Orsini bombs in his possession. - Every time Victor came he asked fur money. Victor was told . that if his information was correct he would receive an adequate reward. The whole story was a tissue of falsehoods, - and the prisoner was given into custody, and after being examined at Bow-street was fully committed for trial. The jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press. NEW COURT. OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES. James Foxwell was to-day tried before the Com mon Sergeant, charged with collecting various sums of money under false pretences: ' The prisoner, it was alleged by the prosecution, taking advantage of his temporary connection with the City Press newspaper, went round to different gentlemen re siding in the ward of Viutry, and represented to them that it was proposed to collect subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the explosion at Clerken well, on the 13th of December, to be called the City Press Fund. The prisoner went to a gentleman named Gilbert, and told him he was a reporter for the City Press, and then informed him that various gentlemen had given subscriptions. The prisoner showed a list of subscribers, and then he (Mr. Gilbert) gave him a sum of money, believing it was to go to the fund the prisoner had represented. lle next called upon Mr. Green and Mr. Ponder, and made similar statements, and from each of whom he received money. Mr. Collingridge, the proprietor of the City Press, said the prisoner was only casually engaged ou one occasion to report a meeting of the ward of Vintry, and was not what he had represented himself, a reporter engaged on the City Press. With re spect to the fund of which the prisoner talked about he (Mr. Collingridge) know nothing whatever. No such fund was ever in contemplation in the City Press office, and the whole of the representations of the prisoner were false. The matter was brought under the attention of the Lord Mayor by Mr. Collingridge and M. De Jersey, who denied that any person was engaged to collect funds for the Clerkenwell sufferers. The prisoner, however, after this wrote to the Lord Mayer, but the result of the matter was that the prisoner was taken into custody charged with ob taining money under false pretences, and fully committed for trial. Mr. Pater, in his defence, contended that there was no fraud whatever on the part of the prisoner, but the most that could be made of the matter was that there had been some misunderstanding on the part of those gentlemen who had contributed the money, as the prisoner never represented that he was collecting for the City Press Fund, but that he was a reporter for the City Press, and that as he had reported the proceedings of the Viutry Ward mote meeting he thought it would be a good oppor tunity of collecting a fund to be devoted to the sufferers by the Clerkenwell explosion. The prisoner collected, he said, about £7, but it was not handed over to• any person, but, on the contrary, had been spent by the prisoner, upon whom, when taken into custody; only sixpence was found. The Common Sergeant said the whole question for the jury was whether there had been any false representation in the matter. They had heard what had been said by the prisoner's counsel, and also the evidence given by the witnesses, and now they would have to say was there any ground for the charge of fraud against the prisoner. The jury were deliberating on their verdict when it was intimated to the Court that there was a wit ness who had not been called. This person was the ward beadle, who, on getting into the witness box, stated that the prisoner had also told him that he was collecting for the City Press, and that the moneys, as they were collected, were paid over to Mr. Collingridge as treasurer, and that when the sum rose to £2O it would be paid over by that gen tleman to the Clerkenwell Relief Fund, The jury found a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. • POACHING IN FRANCE. We English have a notion that we are the most sporting nation in Europe, and possibly, so far as this is shown in the ardour with which a consider able section of the community follows the hounds or tramps over the stubble, the estimate is not an unfair one. But what is to be said of the fact that there are on the other side of the . Channel, in the empire of France alone, no less than between six and seven hundred thousand 'persons privileged to kill game, the majority of, whom exercise this right ; and that there is, moreover, an enormous number of unauthorised individuals the detesta tion of lindowners all the world over—the " betes noires" of the " proprieta,ire foncier," in other words, poachers? Although France is very fairly stocked with game, in which definition Frenchmen are almost willing to include every bird on the wing, and every four-footed creature that runs wild, there are nevertheless such a number of pri vileged persons to assist in their destruction that some of them often find a difficulty in bringing down even one bird per head during a day's shooting. - The consequence is they are now be ginning to exclaim in earnest against' the poachers, who, if they leave the robins and the sparroirs unmolested, do not reserve the -pheasants for licensed guns. An appeal has just been published in the Paris newspapers calling on 'licensed sports men to combine together and procure the enactment of more stringent game laws, to which it is said the Corps Legislatif, being composed for the chief part of landed proprietors, will readily give its consent. This combination is urged on the ground that the poacher not only interferes with the recreation of the privileged sportsman, but picks his pocket as well. Young partridges, which in days before rail ways were general, used to fetch. only half a franc each, now realise two francs and a half ; .and hares that used to be sold for a couple of francs, now bring at the sales of game by auction at La Vallee, the Paris game market, as much as eight and nine francs each. One result of this great increase in the value of game at Paris is that the annual right of shooting over certain farms in the de partment of the Seine and Marne, which are leased to tenants at 6,000 f. a year, is disposed of by the proprietor for no less than 10,000 f. Societies for the protection' of game are common throughout France, and the central one, in the department of Scine, is presided over by the Marquis de Nico lai, the terror of the poaching fraternity, and espe cially of the children of the " bracouniers," who are quieted when unruly by threats that Nicolai will take them away. These societies give re wards varying in amount from 50f. to 100 f. for the detecfion and conviction of poachers; still they are found inadequate to cope with the evil, and heticethe agitation now on foot.—Pall Mall Gazette. • The armour-plated iron ship Defence, 18, Capt. Charles H. May, was towed on Tuesday from the upper division in Ilamoaze to the sailing . moorings of the dock yard, De vonport. share COLONIAL (iOVEI SIENT SECURITIES. Columbia, 5 per! cent., Dec.3l, 1372 1100 • Can.Gov.6 p.c.J a. & J uly 1/77-84 ! 100 98 ICG 99,E :Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 1!JO 100 102 D. sp. c. Mar. 0 Sept: 100 100 102 !Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 86 18 !Do. sp. e. Inseribtd sk: 100 15 17 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c.1873: lOu 102 104 1.)0. Apl.& Oct 1390-1900! 100 106 108 !Do. do 1680-90 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&july, 1890-9 i! 100 107 too Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 ! 100 95 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.( ! 100 . Do. 1878, do too 11) 1104 ALittrittue, 6p. c, 1873,1 Jan. and J uly • Do. 1878 )o. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,1! 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug ; 100 107 100 1091 Natal 'lov. 6 per cent lOO 1(4 105 N.ll.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July! 100 It 3 105 N. S.W. Gev.s 186 t,! 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876! 100 98 09 Do. 5 p.c. 1883 to 1895 100 147 i 91 961 New Zealand, 6p. cent! 100 Do. 5 per cent.... ! 100 91 99 971- Nova Sootia Gov. 6p. C ! sterling, 1875 i 190 102 101 Queensland Gov. 6p. e ! 100 103 105 101} 31 6. AuB.Gov. 6 p,0.1108- 9 , ! 1 00 - I Do. 1878& upwards l' 110 111 IVio,(lov. 6 p.c. Ja &July! 100 - Do. do, April St Oct ! 100 I 110 112 ! 112} 11] Ill} 111 BRITISH. YOSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic & St. Lawrenc e, all 53 65 yt, Bonui. 5 percent.. .,Barodav . Cen.ln 100 10 4 105 g 20 Do. F shares lO p 41) 201 Buffalo tSt Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference 100 EMIL, Bran t, & Goderich 8 8 at A. :I I C , P e t/ . , C t r t . o n 1 1 :& i : 2 ,1, 6 - 3 . rj - E 1 0 .., c * 10:0 0 0 6 - 18 8 : 2 1' 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p I all 99 102 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 ‘ O3 104 st Cast Indian, gus p.c. 100 110 1101 101 10 Do. J Extension et •irand Trunkol Cana.]: 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 8 3 SS 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds all 50 52 404 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds,, all 10 45 100 Du. do. deferred all - too Do. 3d Pref. stock.— all 32 31 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pret. stock all I 194 204 100 Do. do. deterred st .It. India Pete. gua. sp.e. 100 107 108 1 93 o. Gus. 5 per cent_ 18 2 1 . 20 Do. New g ua. c 6 2 at t. t3ourh of India gun.. 5 per cent at D... 41 per cent..... 10... 92 01 et Do 201 ;rent W. a. of Can9.d4 , all 151 154 1 0 1 204 Do. New .. .... .•1 all iOO Do. p. B4s.pay. 18731 all 95 37 100 a co. 54 do. pay. 1877-6. j all 85 :7 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o ! 1 , )0 110 Ic2 103 st Do. 44 do ; 100 93 93 st Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 2') Do. Filth Extensio6l 5 st 31c1b. Cor 8 p. c. 1 00 50 & liobson's all at 4N. RI. e'rla. ape Ist pf.ba 100 83 Sr. et 'Dude & Rhilk'nd, g. 5 p.c 00 j 1911 It 5 at . . I , 100 11110 101 1100 at Do. Delhi 20 Du do st Do. Puniaub.... 100 09 100 at Do.lndum St.Floi 6 . 4 I 100 8 5 - 87 BRITISH MINES. Lam. Coneol. Gold, Una.) 1 'Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 51 01 Devon G. Cons. cravat 1 44U 430 I'rakewalls 2.1.0 . ast Bassett (Illogan) 291 10 12 Cast Caradon 2.14.1. 5 6 t'ast Cara BrPa St 2 2 'cast Grenville , East Gunnielak.e . 4 Last ......... .3.9.6 8 11 G . 'lV'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 Gani.& StA.ubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited.. all 17 16 Great South Tolgus.... 0.14.6 - Great Wheal .11d5y..... 14.9.0 - Wheal Vor 40 17 19 2)4 Grenville...... 9.0.6 14 14 Gerod's Foot . 4.10.11 35 37 - tlingston D0wn5....., 5 .10.61 24 21 Margaret (Uny Lelan'.' .3 17.6' 6 6 _alarxe Va11ey.,........ 4: 51 :4 ilwyndy Iron Ore, ling Si 2,i li e - .v S ton ........ ....I 501 60 79 - - ;orth to6kear ....... .1 384 5 7 .4.Wh Bassett(llloganl 1.4.0 North Wheal Crafty .. 2.13 A, 2 3 - Prosper 8.11.0 2 24 I'r9vidence ,Uny Lelaut t 0...." 29 3 i - i S. Caradon (St. Ulcer).. 1. 390 410 south Condurrow ...... 4.2.0 S. Wheal Fran. °Hogan 18.16.9 371 42, stray Park . '35.15.6 4 6 _ Croft....„ ......... 9 13 14 • 7 ' rra and Clogan, line .. , :ell W est Bassett (11104 an ! 14 11 W. Caradun (Ltakeard! 1 t 1 9 i 0 Chiyerto West 11 11 67 69 West Wheal Bassett fllloganl sa 85 , 5 7_ Wheal Buller(ltedrutlt'y 16 16 Wheal Mary Ann (Men , 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawuey (Lis 5.17.01 6 8 FOithaGli tales Gold and Silver Mining, li m . , 41 olin del Key, Inn , 32i BANSH. b u e o t ule n s d , l i a ct) * *l i , lin i for 0 3 years, Agra, lint. A. 111 • Anglo Egyptian , lim., 17 h I mpe rial Ottoman, 8/ 94 L v s n o n . 5 3 p 1 () e r r t cgeangte. Debentures, iil ne London and County, Ditto, new, 261 London Joint Stock, 341 • London and estmiiister, 70j Ditto, Scrip, 39 lIIISCELLANKOOS. Anglo American Telegrap h, 2 ' / 1 Atl an tic Telegraph, 4 i;+ Dit o, 8 par cent. , 1 0 Berlin Water Works , tim ., 13 1 Credit Eoncier of England. lint- 3k East India Irrigation and Canal, 161 Egyptian 0 per Cent ., V i c ero y Loan, gua. by Egypt.;Govt.9o international Financial auciety, Dui., 31 Royal Mai Steam, 65 Scottish Australian Investment, lirn., 124 Suciete linanciere d'Egypte, lint.. 31 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira., 4h United Discount Corporation, lira., 3/ Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 734 i Warrant Finance, P.m., 1 . Foreign Mail racket List, MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthomptoa......Feb. 19 Ditto, via Horseflies .......... ....... ...... ....Feb. 13. Ditto ; via Pan tins. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte VidJo .... Veb. 3. Ditto, by French packet .......... ....... P-b. 21 Ova Verds. by Brazil packet . •••••• . Feb. 3. tape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena.... Feb .1 ObilD.l, renang*. and Singapore, via Southampton.. Feb 2 Ditto, via Kartidilles ........Feb. 3 Falkland Islands llibraltar, via Souttiacapton .......... Feb 2 India via Soutnamptoa Feb. 2 DI i to, via illa.ratal es llalta,, it.gypt, tt.,o. Feb 2 Ditto, Marsailes Feb. 7. llauritius, Cape of Good LI , lie, and Natal, vi t Bouttiainptou Feb i.) Mitt ~ Alan et lee Feb .3 04 ewloundia i:d ...... ... • . Portugal Ditto, by prt\ 1 le ship to Oporto .• Ditto i tto to Lisbon United States, anada, California, &a, by British packet • • Ditto, by l Lited Statea packet Ditto ditto 'New York, Ditto ditto INT,w York) Ditto dittt (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet •. • • ••• •• Jan. 3', West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerin li'c b. 3 West In ties and Pa:;ific (except MexiJo ad Balta. _ _ Feb. 13. CubA and uexioo •.• Chont St Jol 100 UU iz iOO 104 100 1,3.13.•1 100 123 i 8; oo 101 7 SPORTING OPINIONS. (From the Sporting Life.) The expectant racing community are to a certain extent no longer " waiting for the verdict" of the Spring handicappers, and it must be confessed that they are now provided with ample material for di gestion and reflection. Billiards, which have en grossed so much attention during the vacation, have fairly gone to the wall, and as all successful British undertakings either open or close with a banquet, the Victoria Club on Monday night entertained Mr. Perry at a dinner, and afterwards made the pro moter of the billiard tournaments a handsome pre sentation. That this compliment was thoroughly merited no one will qUestion who has observed the energy, courtesy, and tact of the gentlemaa who ha: voluntarily taken upon himself the onerous duties 'of Clerk of the Cloth and handicapper. Thus in a 'few days the scene will be changed, and bookmakers and backers will plunge into that boisterous se L of speculation which in Irks the advent of gentle Spring. mace 1, even now the reporters whose business it is to chronicle the betting will find them selves suddenly troubled with an accumulation of work in compiling the long lists of the odds which way be expected to emanate daily from the Club.; and Tattersall'.:. Opinions are, as usual, still diverse as to the precise merits of the three-year-old cracks, and some enlightening movements will now soon be anticipated as the various Candidates progress in the work of preparation. No little Conversation had been created by Sir Joseph Hai% ley's commissioner coming first to the fore, and on Saturday last in vesting in htindreds on both Rosicrucian and Green Sleeve for the Derby, and:'-almost in the same breath making what must he - regarded in the light of a decided demonstration against Lady Elizabeth, seeing that the big bet he laid decidedly shook the firmness of tli6 Queen of Daneb.ury. The bets which the commissioner accepted were 6,000 to 400 about Rosicrucian and 6,000 to 500' about Green Sleeve, supplementing this with an outlay of 1,800 to 300 against Lady Elizabeth. These three transactions have a right to render the supporters of the cherry jacket especially satisfied with the spring prospects, and for ample reasons. In the first place they de cidedly confirm the statements of the present health and improvement of the two cracks, Rosicrucian and Green Sleeve, and argue the unabated confi dence of the pillars of the Kingselere establishment. We may also imply, from these three significant bets, that Sir Joseph Hawley, one of the shrewdest judges on the Turf, still holds the opinion he has maintained for a considerable period, that he has another Derby at his disposal with Rosicrucian and Green Sleeve—that he has no fear of Lady Eliza beth, and, having beaten her once, believes that when next they meet his colours will still be tri umphant. (From the Telegraph.). Consequent upon the acceptances for the Spring Handicaps being due to-day, there was considerable activity prevalent in metropolitan racing and bet ting circles. Several speculators and others who have been absent from London for some months made their reappearance, and the result has been a marked impetus to business. A curious result of the approaching return of the turf season is the re vivification of the miscellaneous characters —touts, loafers, and others—who have been in obscurity all the winter. How do these " peculiar people" exist when racing flourishes no longer? many persons might ask, and it would puzzle the most experienced observer to render a complete answer. The pros pects of Lincoln and the Spring Handicaps have brought them into renewed life again, and they may be seen once more shuffling about street corners and alleys, and, seedy and almost shoeless as they are, protesting that they "know a good thing" which is to place them once more in the possession of pockets full of money. (From the Sportsman.) The appearance of the acceptances for the Chester Cup, Grand National, and all the remaining Spring Handicaps, will fairly start the spirit of speculation throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, and the turf campaign - of 1868 may now be said to have began, although active field opera tions will not commence: until the gathering at Lincoln. It is positively refreshing to once more see the lists of quotations at Tattersall's and the Clubs assume their wonted dimensions ; while the assemblies of members at those marts of speculation have some legitimate occupation, in place of forced comments on the current events of the day. The few intervening weeks that exist between the pre sent period and the Lincoln Meeting will give abundance of occupation to bookmakers, and the time will not hang heavily on their hands now that public backers have fairly taken up the Spring Handi caps as wagering mediums. Mr. Topham may be congratulated on the flattering list of acceptances for both the Chester Cup and Grand National. For the cross-country event, 59 of the 107 originally handi capped have acknowledged themselves satisfied with Mr. Topham's treatment. Among those who have not accepted there is no animal on which there was a decided run before or since the weights appeared, and backers generally may congratulate themselves on this lucky fact. Among those, however, about whom long shots were accepted some time since may be mentioned Globule, Steamboat, Bon Espoir, Pensioner, Snowstorm, L.S.D., and Switcher (late Lucullus), who have not accepted. When the weights first appeared I cursorily reviewed them, and as at present it would be detrimental to my readers to ancilyss them minutely, so many horses being in the same interest, I shall wait until the market status is reliable before doing so, but I may mention that the few I spoke favourably of supply the front rank in the betting. The Chester Cup acceptances, notwithstanding the damaging effect the lenient treatment Viridis had received was sup posed to exercise, are exceedingly good, 56 only of the 139 entered paying 5 sous forfeit. Yesterday, in Mr. Frere's court, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in respect of the following railway bills :—The Metro politan and St: John's-wood ; the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction ; the Great Marlow ; and the Glastonbury and Street . Tramway. The opposed Ltchen Bridge Bill passed standing orders. There was:no appearance in the case of the Wimbledon and Wands Worth Canal Bill. Before Mr. Pal grave, in room 17, the standing orders were de clared to have been complied with in respect of the. Carnarvon and LlanbeFia Railway Bill; the New quay and Cornwall Junction Railway (Devia tions) ; the London and North-Western Railway (Branches, &c.). The promoters of the Lymington Harbour and Dock unopposed petition did not appear. The.opposed bill of the Sirliowy Railway was considered and adjourned until to-day ; the Maryport Improvement and Harbour was adjourned until to-morrow; and the isle of Wight Central Railway Bill was adjourned until to-day. ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Yesterday m orning an alarming accident occurred at the junction of the Bacup branch line of rail way, near Stubbins station, on the Lancashire and York shire Railway. On the arrival of the 8.10 train from Ramsbottom the engine, instead of passing the points in the direction of Bacup, ran on the main or Accrington line ; the first coach, however, a third class, containing a f ew passengers, took the Bacup metals, and was, conse quently, thrown on to its side. Fortunately, th e t ra i n was s lackening to stop at Stubbius station, its spee d be i ng henceperhour;as brought retiiaiog a n c a the lazes kbeapretlythseix miles per and the train w im mediately without any further mishap. The pg - - in the overturned carriage escaped w . th shaking Sb°llg(l.6 1 a an d a little fright. It is not . yet known whether the fault lay with the points or the • pointsman. ----- ST. GEORGE'S OPERA HOUSE, LANGHAM-PLACE, OXFORD -CIRCUS..—We see . that Mr. German Reed is about to follow up his present success in the representation of Comic Opera, with the engagement of Madlle. Liebhart, who will make her Mut ou the English stage in Auber's " Ambassadress," on Saturday evening, February 8. A new tenor, Mr. Wilford Morgan, of whom report speaks highly, will appear at the same time. The Contrabandi,sta and Offenbach's extravaganza, which are now drawing crowded houses, will then be played alternately. While adding another morning performance to his programme, Mr. German Reed has wisely limited his evenings to four, to husband the vocal powers of his company, and secure their efficiency. The Opera House will, in future, be open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, and for morning performances on Tuesdays and Fridays. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst King Charming (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Czar (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken) 100 to 3 agst Volunteer (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Tusculanum (taken) 100 to 6 agst Shakspere (taken) 100 to 6 agst Fan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Daisy (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Plover (taken) 40 to 1 agst Capt. Crosstree (taken) CHESTER, cur. 20 to 1 agst Viri•lis (taken) 100 to 3 agst Weather Star (taken) 40 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 40 to 1 ugst Seville (taken) TWO THuI.7,iIND. 100 to 40 agst itosierucian (taken) 7to 1 agst Furino3 t (taken) • 9 to 1 agst Paco (taken) 1000 to 15 agst P ,stitution (taken) 1000. t 0.30 agst Uncas (taken) .10 to 1 itst Harvester (taken) A large a!tolidau-e- at Club to-day, and business was rath :r brisk. Fur the Liipziln flaudioap Kiug Charming was supported for mouei at 100 to i ; the only but that cattle muter our notice • was 2 to 1 about Lord Lurgau's nomination. .Abova are"the quotations. RACING FIXTI FEBR' IJIZES FOR 18E8. UAItY. Nottingham Spring Dorby Spring Lincoln Spring M. Lnsaelti — iluYrow • MARGII. I L'verpool Spring U 3 Margate 0 .chnsford Spring M. 10 Epsom. Spring Meeting S , rewsbury Spring ... 10 Croxton Park Wtst Drayton l2 I Northampton Warwick Spring APRIL. Bromley Spring . 6 Durhaul Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven 13 Knighton l4 Abergavenny .,... 16 Catterick Bridge Lewes Spring Curragh April Newmarket Ist Spring Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury l4 Bath . Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Newton ' Hampton Newcastle Bibury Club Stockbridge Alexandra Park Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. . 15 Liverpool July M. Odiham, Stamford Radcliffe ..... Huntingdon . Nottingilatil July Southampton Goodwood AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Summer Wolverhampton l 7l I Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham lB I Hastings York August SEPT] Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September_ 8 Brecon Richmond Hampton Autumn . l5 OCT Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Chelmsford Autumn Dover Oxford Scarborough Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge Margate MBER. Kelso l5 Hendon l7 Monmouth .. l7 Newmarket Ist October 22 Walsal I 23 West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western M IBER. Cheltenham l3 Ealing Newmarket Hought on 19 Worcester Autumn...., 25 NOVEMBER Shrewsbury Autumn 9 Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt l7 STEEPLE FEBR 'CHASES. jARY. Windsof Grand Military and Open I Derby Spring Basehurch 2B Carmarthen Birmingham ...... 11, 12 Lincoln . ......1J liarruw 2O Bustou 3IA LiCII. Margate 23 West Somerset 2l Cheltenham ..... 26 Southdown Hunt Cambridge Grand National Hunt --- i f li r" ;ighton (Bedford) 2 Abergaveuny Roy. Artillery (Woolwich) 3 kfambledou I Bromley .. 6 Kildare Hunt Aldershot I Hendon OCTOBER. Bromley 1 I Ealing l3 DECEMBER. Liverpool Spring - Shrewsbury Spring__ 10 G'raud Military Warwick l7 Chertsoy 2O St. Albans 1 Ealing 2G I Kingsbury MARKETS.—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAIL-At the late reduction in prices there is a steady moderate demand, but transactions are not exten sive. The market for refined sugar is quiet, but prices are not lower. COFFEE.—Prices are firm. Middling plantation Ceylon, 74s 6d to 77s Gd ; good ordinary to real good ordinary native, 52s 6d to 54s 6d per cwt. TEA.—China teas meet a steady sale at unaltered cur- roncies. RUM. —Thero was rather more doing, and at quite late rates. Mauritius, is 8d; Demerara, 2s. RlcE.—Business has been confined to small parcels Banana, at lOs 3d per cwt. SAGO FLOUR. —l,OOO bags Borneo sold at 18s 61. COTTON is firm in price, with a steady demand. JUTE.—The market continues flat, and prices drooping. Common to fine, £l5 Ss to £22 10s. per ton. I-Intr.—The market remains without demand. 500 bales at auction yesterday bought in at £4B. METALS.—Straits tin is firm, at £B7 102. Scotch pig iron has advanced to 52s 6d. OILS. Cotton seed oil continues in request, at 396 on the spot, and 20s more for future delivery. Rape is firmly held at 35s 6d for English brown ; on the slot, 36s ; February to April, 36s 6d. February to June, 37s May and June. Refined; 37s to 37s 6d. Foreign, 38s to 38s 6d. Olive oil is firm. Gallipoli, £72 ; Malaga, £7O ; Mogadore, £65. Palm oil is steady at 39s 9d to 40s ; cocoa nut dull ; Ceylon, 50s ; Cochin, 56s to 5Ss 6d. TURPENTINE is stoady, at 293 American. TALLOW'. Prices are still droopi4. Y.C. wa the spot, 42s 6d ; spring, 42s 3d to 42s 6d ; last threo months, 43a 9d to 445. POTATOES. The markets are only mode ratel y su pp lied, and steady rates are paid ; bast samples maintaining their values the firmest. n i tar AND STRAW. •Ti deman d is f moderato, with a d equate supplies. to M a Meadow per oweli.ittoya. Lay, 55s t 3 86s ; clover, 56s to 100 s ; straw, 30s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The market was moderately supplied with stock, and trade was quiet. Of beasts there were 810, including 190 foreign. The beef trade ruled heavy, and prices were the same as on Monday. Of sheep, 2,990 an to hand in all, the proportion of foreign being 420. There was a quiet demand at late rates. The veal trade was dull with prices unchanged. Tho number of calves on sale was 60, of which none was fo reign. There was a dull demand for pork, and quotations were unaltered. The number of pigs on sale was 130, of which 55 were from the Continent. Quotations per stone of 81bs sinking the offal :—Beef, 38 to 5s ; mutton, 3s 3J to 5s ; veal, 3s 6d to 6s ; pork, 3s to 4s. COTTON. LivEßrooL, Jan. 30.—The market opens buoyant, with an advancing tendency. Sales probably 15,000 bales or more. SaIPPING INTELLIGENCE—I:his Day. (By Telegraph.) LinAvEssmo, Thurs.lay Morning. Arrived—Eider, steamer, from Oporto ; .Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed—Nova, and Blonde, steamers, for Dunkirk ; Seine, steamer, for Boulogne; Vigilant, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Anchored —Gambia, from London, for Sombror Island; Europe, from Sunderland, for Hongkong, Lyra, from London, for Rangoon. Passed—Coquette, barque, from the west, for London. The armour-Flated iron screw steainship Belle rophon, 14, ()apt. Macdonald, tested her machinery on Fuesday in Keyham basin. To-day she will be removed into Plymouth Souud to receive her powder. 20 st st 100 lOU 16 to