The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-23 00:00:00

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Chat- couched ermin ate 3 honour st expo authors, I others. .ys 1 en 'aged by : caterer ,n enter- tho cala toa,tro, I ,nsidera -to take national m in the Lance of ;aged to -appear f of Mr. y called sudden Le ladies A , ino to well."—, i corps, bled at ,he pre -2olonel vial--a mental opriato regret uent of r regi f eel ing e regi t, as a fail ac- tion of noting 3 that ember r busi- he had LS in a volun- rolonel it and ing to less of lie, be their 0 him v that TheY id the been I done e had Dssible rolun - a this , ti n of e e the Y at a ,ction, te, s° fusion called Lora Lld b° be a 5 s not Teak, Lilo• - acted -ds e i aske d w ith 3 Vl° )e too ce to Wit cotn: iiry• gieo", s too' d in L W en cain a jiving DIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Ciry, Two O'CLOCK. Business on the Stock Exchange is pe r f ec tly in active, with little change of importance. Transactions are not likely to increase pending the motions for the disestablishment of the Irish Church. The Funds have receded a point, but Foreign Stocks have in several cases slightly improved. (a Railways there is o feature of importance. The discount demand at the Bank and in the open Market continues active, and the rate current is the official minimum, viz., 2 per cent. Telegraphic advices from Liverpool report the cotton market unchanged. Probable sales 0 ,000 bal es. English wheat is held for late rates, whiny are no freely given. Consols are less firm than at the opening, being quoted at 93 to 935 f or mone y, an d 935 f or account ; N ew and Reduced Three per Cents., 915 to 92 ; India F ive per Cents., 114 to 1145 ; Exchequer Bills, lls. to 1 6s prem. The Foreign Stock Market is steady at prices show ing no average change from Saturday's close. There 18 an advance of ik in Brazilian (1865), at 72 to 73; Turkish (1858), at 5g to 60 ; and of in Turkish (186 5), at 33; - i- to 33 . k ; in Mexican, at 155 to 165 ; and in New Spanish, at 351 to 36. Italian (1861) have declined t, to 474 ; and Turkish (1862), to 63. Greek show no change, at 125 to 13 ; Portuguese Sc rip, 4 to / prem.; and Orel Vitebsk, 78i to 79. The New Honduras Loan is steady at 4 to 14 prem. Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are steady at 594 to 90. In American Securities, United States Five-Twenty Bonds are -k lower, at 72 to 724 ; Erio Shares are quoted at 461 to 474, being 4 worse, while Illinois s how an improvement of 4, at 89 to 90. Atlantic and G rea t W es t ern R a il wa y D e benture s h ave receded 4, to 27 t o 28, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 274 to 284. The variations in railways are unimportant. Mid land, London and North Western, and Caledonian are k per cent. higher ; and Sheffield are f lower ; a nd Brighton, Metropolitan, and South Eastern are lower. The current prices are :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1254 to 1251 ; Midland, 105 to 1055,, ; South Eastern, 725 to 73 ; Metropolitan, 4 , 1 44 to 1141 ; G rea t Northern, 1044 to 1054 ; ditto 992 to 100 ; Sheffield, 424 to 43k ; London and 'North Western, 1141 to 1154 ; Brighton, 48 to 485 ; Great Eastern, 315 to 325 ; London and South Wes t,ern, 85 to 86 ; Great Western,. 465 to 47 ; and C aledonian, 804 to 801, Bank Shares are steady, the only change being an advance of 4 in London and County, which is quoted at 52 to 53. .Agra (A. shares), 10 to 11 ; Alliance, 1 4 to 7 3 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, A to 4 prem. ; Char tered Mercantile, 28 2 to 295 ;Consolidated, 4 5 to ; Imperial, 17 to 174 ; Imperial Ottoman, 4 dis. to Aar ; L on d on and Westminster, 675 to 684 ; Oriental, 42 -,- to ; London Joint Stock, 314 to 325 ; Union of •Liondon, 33 to 34. Foreig n Mining Shares are rather dull. Chontales !, 8 lower, at to dis. ; St. John del Rey steady at 48 5 to 14 ; Port Philip, 14 to 1. Miscellaneous securities are without feature, busi -4eBa being merely nominal. Anglo-American Tele- Rraph is 4 better, at 22 to 224 ; Anglo-American 11 ,,,elegrph steady, at 5 1.16 to 5 3-16 Xl44s , w arehouse, 2 to 15 dis.; Hudson's Bay, to 145 Insurance, General Omnibus, 14 to 2 ; Ocean Marine 40surance, 14s to 15s prem.; Thames and Mersey, 4 4 to 45 ; Universal Marine, 4 dis. to par. The new issue of Metropolitan District Debenture Stock is quoted firm at 1 to 11 prem. The Foreign and Colonial Trust Certificates are firm at 1 to 14 per cent. prem. Fifteen per cent. is duo to-day on the Egyptian Loan of £2,009,200. Sovereigns amounting to £46,000 were sent into t he Bank on Saturday. The adjourned meeting of the Metropolitan Railway 18 called for Wednesday next. The sittings of the Parliamentary Railway Corn "ltteos commence to-day. - The first bills to come on tor decision will be that for the amalgamation of the Br ighton and South-Eastern, and the Chatham and Dover lines, and the abandonment of the bill for the new Brighton line. The last-named will be vigo rously opposed on the part of the landowners of the district through which the line was to be made, and 4180 by the local authorities of Brighton, who would no doubt consider it to the advantage of their town if half-a -dozen new lines were made. The report of the directors of the Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance Company, issued in anti cipation o f th e meet i ng on t h e 3 1st i nst., states t h at t he profit and loss account shows a balance of .£28,069 ; after realising a portion of the securities, estimating the depreciation of those on hand at the market price 0 0 the 31st of December last, and deducting £17,000 ,„ 1.4 the mainte nanc e of th e M a lt a an d Al exan d r i a Telegraph, there remains a balance of .£46,970. Out of. this sum th e di rec t ors recommen d t h e paymen t o f a d of 2: 1 2 per cent., making, with the interim d ividend paid in June, 5 per cent. per ann um tr ee of Income tax. This will absorb £15,946, leaving £28,295 ' 0 be carried forward to the new account. The report a dds that several new cables have been laid, and the ' l. tlantic cable of 1866 has been twice repaired during thllepritg year, circumstances which have an important a, ) oil the practicability and economy with which 13ubmarine telegraphs can be maintained. A line is expected to be opened in June next connecting Susa 1 , 4 Italy, w ith M o di ca , i n Si c il y, w hi c h w ill great l y facilitate the transmission of despatches over the Malta a nd Alexandria telegraph. The report adds that the co mpany have never been in negotiatio n f or th e con struction of cables in so many different parts of the W_orld as at present. Mr. Fender has resi gne d th e h a irmanship, and has been succeeded by Sir Daniel ' °o ch, Bart., M.P. the The letters of allotment were issued on S a t ur d a y of new issue of £lO shares to the extent of .E 1,000,000 t s terling, bearing a guaranteed interest of five per cent. e r annum of the ()tide and Rohilcund Railway. Thi s ew issue is intended for the further prosecution of the Co lllPany's undertakings. The deposit of £1 per t h at's must be paid at the Bank of England on or i s e , f °re the 29th April, and interest accrues from the 'May. The calls on these shares cannot exceed £2 t',.er share, nor can th ey b e ma d e a t i nterva l s o f l ess an three months. t he Gazette returns of s p ec i e f or th e wee k ending 18th inst. show that the imports amounted to '012,867,c,', 1 4,950, and the exports to £1.2,0,3, being in favour of the stock held. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES ~, G OVERNMENT FUNDS. 1r tient. Consols a -0 . Account, April 2 931 til3er Cent. Reduced 9ll 21 kw b. 8 per Cent 9ll 21 1* • 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 4h - u• per Oen 1,..)an. 1873 -..„uttities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 - xd DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 'lBB5 — ;',',,.° (Bed Sea Telegraph), Au,,., 1908 — - ""equer Bill; £ l,OOO, 2 per Ct. D 0 4500 ll 10 pm 11, , O . £lOO & £2OO ll 10 pm - . 0 11 Of England Stock, 41 per Cent Shut °; Account Iti c r I Thiart GOVERNMENT SECURITIE S . b l o it tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 13 • Account - )3 0 ° . 6 per Cent. July, 1880 b 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — ii°. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7l 1 t or ' 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 b''' ~1- per Cent., May 1879 — ° 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 Do, do. 1877 — b Do. do. 1882 — `.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 b°. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO .. — p m 0 . under .Cl,OOO 4,, rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Apt!tine Republic, 6 per Cent. — 11t t i "au Bonds , 5 per Cent. 1859 tj o ili an 5 per Cent L s ' 4 1 per Cent., 1852 Lo s do 1858....• — ii)• .' _ 0. d0., 1840 — b o do., 1863 — B b • 6 Per Cent., 1865 ° Per 721 0 0 • i , b,, „ Ayres 6 per Cent — O Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) o, ou 6 per Cent. b„ 411 „6 per Cent — b„"' lf per Cent b: : : 6 per Cent., B .. b o l 1867 „ b i .:) 7 „ Per ,Cent, 1866 9B u 11, w. ' eicrip X 32 paid Rani i : b iau, 6 per Cent. iti tii ', l ; 8 per Cent., 1825 ~ D 0 D l arl Principalities, 7 per Cent — ,Ncti b „," Per Cent, 1867 7O . gp - „"„°r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 0 ,6' e 1. 13 , 7 per Cent •••• --- b o second Issue ... b ' £5OO Bonds °. 4 10 C Bonds — bO,Do 1)0 - 1864 • B7* 14. f.‘t)o° Bonds • • .. 88 g rtlej7 o ,rutnent Railway Debentures .... 90i f b 07,1" Per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups. — bO, A ccount .. I)Loupons 40,°,.• Account - 4, oia ll iala 5 per Cent .. — Atali'llras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., .C 25 p r, '"4 6 Per Ccrt 1865 — .., A ~ Zo ` LC COMIt . 73 Net.. ' A remtnana Raiway — bi l tt a " 3 Per Cent — Vor Account kbo a''''). 1864 — ~-..00t e - Der Cont. Anglo-French u 4 (o oh . li,tlean C per Cent. — . 4411 1 84 itu rial 5 per Cent bo tt o C a ir auar • - . Per Con. b Ferrante 0 tiv, "‘ 4 (Hectares) 0 401111101 L Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 7 Bl i I Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'69,'2,'; , Do. do., 1'67 391 I, Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid —pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Bla Do 4f per Cent. 1850 Do 41 por Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1e62 ............. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Boudt.„ Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0..,. Do., 1866, £lOO Bends B7f Do. do. Sardiniar, 5 pc:r Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do Acc , ..unt Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Acca ant Do Conn Cert. of Coui , . not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£lO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do A croun Do ..£IOC Bonds Do. -1863 Do 5 per Oent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D. I per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. .Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the above payable in Lon,lo, French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 'AA- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, 513 Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. zSf. Do. Account 47f 7 £B-1 13s. do. G 3 66} TIIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 Do. Account, March 711 E VOLUMEER EASTER REVIEW. The local preparations for the review of the Volunteers at Portsmouth on Easter Monday ap- pear to be progressing very favourably. Upwards of .£l,OOO has been already subscribed to the general fund for meeting the usual incidental expenses, but undoubtedly more than twice that sum will be re- quired to meet all the exigencies of the case. There will possibly be a much larger number of Volun teers present on the slopes of Portsdown than was seen either on Brighton or on Dover Downs, and the greater the numbers of the Volunteer army, necessarily the greater will be the strain upon the capabilities of the place where the review may take place. Five hundred horses are already required for the artillery that will be present, and nearly as many more as officers' chargers. A local committee has waited upon the authorities at the War- office and the Admiralty to discuss points of detail connected with the review, and have been met in the most cordial man- ner. Lord Longford has granted the issua from the Government stores of marquees, tents, camp bed steads, and other stores, for the use of such of the Volunteers who may determine to encamp during their stay at Portsmouth, and two of the monster forts on Portsdown•hill—Widly and Southwick— will be thrown open to the public on the morning of the review. From the summit of the barracks in the gorge of each of these works every movement of the attacking and defending armies, from the investment of the Hilsea position to the final defeat of the besieging army on the heights of Portsdown, will be distinctly visible to as many hundreds of thousands of spectators as may choose to be pre sent. The Admiralty authorities have expressed their anxiety to render all the assistance in their power, and to give a naval character to some por tion of the proceedings. A light squadron of gun boats and steam launches will take up a po s iti on in the narrow lakes between the grand old Norman ruins of Porchester Castle (th e Portus Magnus of the Romans) and the west of the Hilsea lines, and, with a brigade of seamen and marines, landed on the low shore in front, will attack the enemy's right and cover the sortie that will be made by the garrison. The iron clad squadron will not be at Spithead at the time of the review, owing to its attendance upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on his visit to Ire land, but a very respectable squadron of vessels may be collected without trouble from other resources at Portsmouth and from the adjacent ports to do honour to the occasion if necessary. Several of the Volunteer corps headquarters will arrive at Ports mouth two or three days before the review. On Sunday there will be a grand church parade on Southsea-common, and the lion. Artillery Company will attend Divine service at the ancient church of St. Thomas, in the High-street, Portsmouth. The first great feature of the review day will be the " march past" on Southsea-common. This will all be managed easily enough, but the ques tion then remains,—how will the vast body of spectators who are certain to be present manage to transport themselves to Portsdown to witness the review ? The restricted railway communication existing between Southsea-common and Cosham will be altogether inadequate for such a purpose, and there only remains, therefore, the South- Western Company's Railway from the Landport station at Portsmouth to its first station at Cosham, at the foot of Portsdown. If the railway company can convey the public, in addition to a part of the troops, over this four miles extent of rail from the " march past" to the scene of the intended opera tions, both the march past and the battle may be witnessed by one person, but if the railway people cannot do this, it would certainly appear that visi tors to Portsmouth on Easter Monday will have to elect whether they will be present at the ceremonial pageant of the march past or at the subsequent manoeuvres under Portsdown. General Lindsay, Inspector-General of Volunteers, is expected to visit Portsmouth during the present week, and com plete the necessary preliminary arrangements. AQUA 7 ICS. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. As the two eights aro expected at Putney to-day, we may be able soon to report of their respective appearances upon the Thames water. Meanwhile Putney, and the in habitants thereof, are quite eager to receive their very welcome visitors. The gentlemen from Oxford will stay, as usual, at the White Lion ; those from Cambridge will take up their old quarters, under the new management, at the Star and Garter, where Mr. Warner, the coxswain, arrived on Saturday last. The following are about the present weights : CAMBRIDGE. st. lb 1. W. H. Anderson, Trinity ... 11 3 . 2. J. P. Nichols, Trinity _l l 2 3. J. G. Wood, Emmanuel . 12 5 4. W. H. Lowe, Christ's ... ... 12 2 5. H. T. Nadin, Pembroke ... 13 0 6. W. F. hillichael, Downing ... 11 13 7. J. Still, Caine ... 12 0 8. W. J. Pinckney, Trinity 10 11 T. D. Warner, Trinity Hall (cox.) ... 8 2 OXFORD. 1. W. D. Benson, Balliol 11 3 2. A. C. Yarborough, Lincoln ... 11 11 3. R. Ross, Exeter ... ... ... 11 11 4. R. G. Marsden, Merton ... ... 12 2 5. J. C. Tinne, University ... 13 13 6. F. Willan, Exeter ... ... 12 12 7. E. S. Carter, Worcester ... 11 11 8. S. 1). Darbishire, 8a11i01... 11 5 C. R. W. Tottenham, Ch. Church (cox.) 8 8 SERGEANT CHOWN.—It will be recollected that this intelligent police sergeant of the E division of police had been very active in assisting in the arrest of various persons charged with Fenianism, and who, while in com pany with Constable Chamberlain, was shot at by Clancy in Bedford-square a short time ago, is, we regret to state become a hopeless lunatic. He has attempted to throv; himself out of window, and exhibited such dangerous tendencies that he is now obliged to be kept under restraint. Sergeant Chown, on the conclusion of the trial of Clancy, at the Old Bailey, was highly compli mented by Mr. Justice Bramwell, and ordered a special reward for his courage, and Sir T.lienry'also took occasion to speak i❑ high terms of the conduct of Chown. The wif e and two children of such an useful public servant are worthy the consideration of the benevolent. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. Merit Re warded.—This famous family medicine has stood the test of time and the most unrelenting opposition. These pills are a direct purifier of the blood and all the other fluids of the human body. During the winter and early spring no house or home should be without the means of arresting disease at its onset; such means are safely and surely pre sented in these excellent pills when they are taken accord ing to their accompanying directions. Holloway's medi cine removes dyspepsia. promotes digestion, and acts as a mild and effective aperient. Those pills are strongly re commended to those persons who are constitutionally weak and whose nervous systems have been shattered by ill nesses ; 911 such they will confer an inestimable blueing. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1868. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. BOW. S MEET. STEALING GLASSES. Henry Howard Short, a man about 41 years of age, who gave no address, and was attired in a capacious coat with a side . pocket capable of containing an innumerable num ber of articles, was charged before Mr. Flowers with stealing two glasses value about 2s from the Wellington Tavern, at the corner of Wellington street, Strand, kept by Mr. Speedy. According to the evidence of Henry Thos. Huish, barman, the prisoner was in the habit of frequent ing the Louse for some time past, and during that period they had missed several gross of glasses. on Friday, at five minutes past eight o'clock, Ie called for a glass of cooper, and after standing 10 minutes he sat down in the corner of the bar, and witness then saw him put a glass in his pocket. Ile sat there about another ten minutes, and then got up and called for another glass of cooper and sat down again for ten minutes. Witness then saw him put another glass in his pocket. lie stayed an hour longer when he went out, and wit ness, who had been purposely watching him, having his suspicions already aroused, followed him and gave him into custody. They found the glasses on On the magistrate asking whether he was known, it was found that he had been convicted four times for stealing glaSses. lie was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FRAUD TIIE UNIVEI - ISTi - 1 - :13 - E:VE - ITIC - 1:1\ - ; SOCIETY. --Thomas Pugh, a tall, respectable-looking man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with obtaining from Mr. Thomas Grant Facey, secretary of, ,the Universal Beneficent Society, No. 15, Soho-square, the sum of 305., with intent to defraud. Mr. Wet, from the office of Meesrs. Shaen and Roscoe, appeared for the prosecution, and called _ _ Mr. Wm. Nichol, who said—l am in the em ploy of the Universal Beneficent Society, No. 15, , Soho-square. The prisoner, between 10 and 11 on the morning of the 13th inst., came to the office, and said that he had been to No. 30, Dover-street, the residence of the Marquis Townshend, and that he had seen Mr. Taylor, the butler to the Marquis Townshend. I asked him if he had been there, and he said that he was sent to Mr. Taylor by Mr. Douglas, the master of the Marylebone Workhouse, to be assisted to Liverpool. I expressed my sur prise that he should be sent for such a pur pose by the parochial authorities, and then told him that he had better wait and see the secre tary, and when the secretary came I introduced the prisoner to him. The Prisoner—l never said anything about Mr. Douglas. Mr. Thos. Grant Facey, secretary of the Univer sal Beneficent Society, No. 15, Soho-square, said— On the 13th inst., when I got to the office, Mr. Nicholl made a communication to me, and in con sequence I saw the prisoner. I asked what the nature of his application was, and he said that he had been sent by Mr. Douglas, the master of Marylebone Workhouse, to Mr. Taylor, the butler of the Marquis Townshend, and that Mr. Taylor was a personal acquaintance of Mr. Douglas's, to ask him to interest himself with the Marquis Towns hend for the purpose of procuring assistance for him. I asked him for what purpose he wanted assistance, and he said to go to Liverpool, where he had friends who were able to assist him. I asked him if be knew Mr. Douglas, and he said, " Yes, I know him well ; I am an old acquaintance of Mr. Douglas, and he knew me when I kept a public-house in Lancashire," and he also said that as Mr. Douglas knew him he had not mixed him up with the casual paupers the previous evening. I then told him that I would make some inquiries and gave him a note to Mr. Douglas—it was to ask Mr. Douglas to find him lodgings till I could make some inquiries ; and he came again on the 16th, and, in answer to my question, said Mr. Douglas had treated him very well, but that Mr. Douglas thought the workhouse was not a fit place for him, to look out for some thing, and gave him a letter to the Dudley Stuart Refuge. As the prisoner appeared to be a respect able man, had tears in his eyes, and urged for assist ance to go to Liverpool, I gave him 30s. and took his receipt for it—the money being for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool. I should not have given him the 30s. if I had not believed he had been sent by Mr. Douglas. I saw the prisoner again on the 20th, the prisoner calling at the office, and he said Mr. Douglas could not understand what all the inquiries were about. I told him that I had made inquiries and found that Mr. Douglas did not know him, and that I had given him the money to go Liverpool, and that he had not done so. The prisoner subsequently left the office, and then a warrant for his apprehension was applied for. Mr. John Edward Douglas, master of the Mary lebone Workhouse, said—l never sent the prisoner to the Marquis Townsheud's butler, nor to the Universal Beneficent Society. Mr. West said that as something was known of the prisoner, he had to ask that he might be re manded. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. THAMES. SAVAGE AND PECULIAR ASSAULT.—James Ward law, the chief mate of a ship called the Fort Re gent, which left the West India Dock yesterday for dry - dock, was brought before Mr. Paget on a war rant, charged with violently assaulting a man of colour named Alexander nonit, who described him self as a sailor and a nigger of Pedlar's-orchard, Bull-lane, Stepney. The defendant was represented by Mr. Gorman, clerk to Mr. Hodgson, a solicitor. A few days since the complainant was in attend ance at this court for the purpose of giving evidence against the prisoner, who charged another person with assault. The case was dismissed by Mr. Paget on Wadlow's own testimony and no other person was examined. The complainant Bonit was pur suing his way home when he was assaulted by the prisoner, who said "11l pay you f or b e i ng a wit ness against me," called hi m a son of a -, and struck him on the face with his fist. The com plainant tried to " clear" himself from the prisoner, when another man, not in any way interested in the matter, came up and kicked him. The pri soner said, " Give it to him, and I'll pay you." The two ruffians kicked and beat the complainant in asavage manner, left him bleeding on the ground, and ran away. The case was clearly made out by the complainant and his witnesses, but one witness called for the prosecution, who said his name was David Lewis, a Jew, said that the little man, the complainant, struck the prisoner, and both ran into the shpp fighting. Mr. Paget said that Lewis ought to hare been called by the prisoner, and that he did not like the hurried and flippant manner in which Lewis gave his evidence, and asked who the man was who so wantonly and gratuitously assisted in assaulting the complainant. A witness said that the man was known by the name of Punch. Mr. Paget could not issue his warrant for the arrest of Punch. (A laugh.) A witness—l only know him by the name of Punch. He is a short, punchy-looking fellow. Mr. Paget declined to have anything to do with Punch. Mr. Goram delivered an ingenious speech for the prisoner, who, he said, was not the perpetrator or the instigator of the assault, and called a witness who saw nothing of the affray. Mr. Paget said that the case was clearly made out, and a very savage assault had been com mitted. His duty was clear on this case, and that was to punish the prisoner with all the severity in his power. A person doing his duty and attending a court of justice, for the purpose of giving evidence, was:brutally assaulted by the chief mate of a ship on his way home, and another man, encouraged by the prisoner, joined in the outrage. lie sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. The Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple are preparing for publication a History of the Temple, with a succinct account of the most eminent of its alumni. The record will extend over a period of be tween three and four centuries. THE ALLEGED MURDER ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. William Carter, the Surrey coroner, has been occu pied at the Railway Tavern, Surbiton, respecting the cir cumstances attending the supposed murder of James Randle, aged 20 years. The ottse excited great interest, in consequence of its having ,been stated that the deceased had been robbed, 4 murdered, and thrown out of the second•class carriage. of an express train while travelling from the Waterloo station to Surbiton. A host of witnesses were examined, and it was proved that the deceased was a labourer living at Surbiton. On Saturday week he left his cottage with one pound in his pocket, and at a little after five o'clock the same evening he entered the Waterloo Railway Station under the influence of liquor. He had then, it is stated, eight shillings about him, but he was so intoxicated that he was not allowed to go home by the train, and he was detained for an hour and a half. When the express train was about to leave at seven o'clock, he was placed in one of the compartments of a second-class carriage. Ile was then intoxicated, and looked sleepy. A railway porter swore that the de ceased was alone when the train left the station, and that it would have been utterly impossible for any second person to have entered the compartment in which the deceased was before the train reached Sur biton. At that time the deceased wore a cap. When the train arrived at its destination the door of the deceased's compartment was found open, and the deceased was gone. Search along the line was instantly made, and his body was found lying in the "six foot," within 400 yards of the Wimbledon station. He was quite dead. His trousers were hanging down about his legs, and his money was gone. It was supposed that he had lost it out of his trousers pocket. A ticket-collector said that he believed that when the Grain was passing by the Wimbledon station he awoke suddenly, and thought that he had reached Surbiton. He must then have opened the door and fallen out. Mr. Payne, surgeon, said that there was a severe wound on the right temple of the deceased, and his skull waa fractured. Such injuries might be caused by a man falling from a train while it was in motion. The Coroner having summed up t the jury returned verdict of accidental death. The morning papers contain nothing definite as to the terms of the resolution which has occupied Mr. Gladstone so many anxious days in preparing. The Times offers no speculations, but contents itself with making a severe at tack on the long-threatened Establishment. It tells the Liberal leader that if he succeeds he will have redeemed his party from its most scandalous weakness and its grossest inconsistency, in having tolerated so long the most audacious and most colossal of ecclesiastical iniqui- ties. That is the prize of honour for which he contends, and which will certainly give him a high place in the annals of the Liberal party. On the other hand, if he be beaten, he leaves his rival master of the field. He will establish Mr. Disraeli as the Protestant Champion, the Defender of the English faith, and the idol of half Eng land and a third of Ireland. The Daily News is more precise. It affirms that the scheme likely to be recommended by Mr. Gladstone is something like this : —After a certain date vacancies occur ring in the Crown livings and ecclesiastical dignities of the Protestant Establishment shall not be filled up. The State Church, as a State Church, will, on this plan, be allowed gradually to fade away. In each benefice and diocese it will be disestablished, as the occasion arises. The ecclesiastical revolution will thus be effected gradually; and time will be given to those more imme diately concerned in it to make arrangements for the new state of things on which they are about to enter. By this plan action could be instantaneously taken, and in the present condition of Ireland promptitude would be an enormous advantage, as giving a pledge of sincerity which is much needed. The Post feels confident that Mr. Gladstone will not fall into the error of proposing any endowment of the Catholic Church, a measure which would be rejected alike by Catholics and Protestants ; and equally confident of his not adopting the already condemned proposition of Lord Russell for division of endowments. The errors of Lord Grey and of Earl Russell must be avoided if success is to attend the efforts of the new chief. The Standard hints at dissensions in the Opposition camp, and appeals to the "conscientiousness of the inde pendent Liberals" to rescue the Government from the danger with which it is threatened. Those who remember the torrents of abuse which the same paper poured upon the half-dozen Conservatives who, in the Danish debate of 1864, manifested sufficient courage to vote with Lord Palmerston will estimate at its right figure the standard of " conscientious independence" which it has now set up. By the Ref.= Act the county of Cheshire is divided into three parts, and the divisions of North and South will be changed into South, Mid., and East. It is probable that Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tollemache, the present members for South Cheshire, will remain with their present constituents. Major Cornwall Legh and the lion. Wilbraham Egerton, now representing the northern division, are spoken of as likely to migrate to Mid-Cheshire. Two new men would, therefore, be required for the Eastern division. Mr. E. C. Egerton, now M.P. for Macclesfield, has been mentioned as one of them, but it is stated that the lion. gentleman declines to leave the constituency which has honoured him with its confidence during the past sixteen years. Mr. Knatchbull-flugessen has declined to leave Sand wich for the purpose of contesting East Kent in the Liberal interest. As, however, the heads of the party had determined not to allow Mr. Leigh Pemberton to walk over the course, Mr. Henry Tufton, a son of Sir Richard Tufton, and a good and thorough Liberal," has been introduced to the constituency and accepted as a candidate. Mr. Tufton has issued an address, in which he avows himself a follower of Mr. Gladstone, and prepared to accept any measure which the right hon. gentleman might intro duce on the Irish question. He is favourable to the aboli tion of university tests and to the establishment of county financial boards. Sir R. Dering, M.P., was present at the meeting at which Mr. Tufton was introduced, and ex pressed his entire approval of the choice of the Libera' party. " THE GIRL OP THE PERIOD."—The Telegraph has been roused into indignation by an article entitled " The Girl of the Period," which appeared in the Saturday Review. Our daily contemporary has come to the conclu- Sion that the Saturday _Review, being obliged to slander somebody, and having no one else to revile, it has pre sumed to criticise the ladies of England, and to pronounce them, with few exceptions, immodest, mercenary, false, indelicate, and utterly fallen off from the precious standard of the Georgian era. Th e picture drawn by the reviewer is so black that the Telegraph is compelled to ask in what kind of domestic and social circles could such a creature have moved. He must at some time or other have known something of English women. He must have had a mother, for example ; he may have had sisters, female cousins, aunts, even friends of the other sex ; though, as to the latter, it seems next to impossible for him to have been grasped in " friendship " by the hand of an " Eng lish lady." He can know nothing of our sweet and gentle and honourable English ladies, who, as a class, were never worthier. of reverent love and proud praise than they are to-day. He is bold enough to write, " Let us have it real, if we must only have one kind of thing ; and the queens of St. John's Wood, in their unblushing honesty, rather than their imitators and make-believes in* Bayswater and Belgravia." After that admission the Telegraph would not insult the millions of good, true-hearted maidens against whose name this wicked libel has been launched, by defending them against it. Their calumniator is best answered by the fact that they know nothing about him. A POINT OF COMMERCIAL LAW. Vice-than. cellor Malins has had before him a claim by a gentleman named Swann, against the estate of Overend, Gurney, and Co., for the sum of £26,545, under the following circum stances. A Mr. Cattley, carrying on business as hemp and flax merchant in St. Petersburg, received orders from Mr. Swann, a Scotch merchant, for a certain quantity of hemp, which he had paid for by bills drawn by Cattley on, and accepted by him, Swann- Cattley, however, used to hand these bills over to Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., and used himself to draw on that firm for the amount required, which bills they accepted - on payment of per cent. commission. At the time of the failure of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. ,Swann had paid Cattley in the usual way for a large quantity of flax, and Cattley had drawn certain bills to the amount of £26,545, which had been accepted in the usual way by Messrs. Overend and Co. before their failure. In this state of things Mr. Swann went to Cattley's agents in London, Messrs. Drake and Co., and proposed to pay the bills accepted by Messrs. Overend and Co., in order to save Cattley, or rather the flax, which in the event of Cattley's failure, would, according to Russian law, have been liable for the debts. Messrs. Drake refused to allow the pay. ment to be made until the bills were dishonoured ; but so soon as the bills were dishonoured, Mr. Swann took them for the honour of the drawer, and sought to prove for the amount agait st the estate of Messrs. Overend and Co. ; but this claim was resisted by the liquidators on the ground that, according to English law, a person who takes up a dishonoured accommodation bill for the honour of the drawer can have no better title than that of the drawer ; and that therefore, in this case, there being cross accounts between Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. and Mr. Cattley, Mr. Swann's claim must be limited to the balance due, if any, to Cattley from Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. The Vice-Chancellor held that the claim must adiAittqd With coats THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK ANOTHER FENIAN CAP 7 URE. BOW-STREET-THIS DAY. This day Edward Mohan, but whose real name is Maugham, was placed at the bar before Sie Thomas Henry on a charge of treason felony, and inciting soldiers in the army to desert and join the Fenian Brotherhood. Mr. Poland appeared on the part of the Crown to prosecute, and Mr. M'Donald, instructed by Mr. W. P. Roberts, of Red Lion-square and Man chester, defended the prisoner. Mr. Poland said he should have given some addi tional evidence to-day, but the offence being enn mitted some time ago, he had some difficulty in getting the witnesses together. lie would go as far as he could, but he was afraid he should have to ask for a remand. The first witness called was_ Richard Macarthy, who said—l am a sapper in the Royal Engineers, stationed at Chatham. I know the prisoner. I first saw him in November, 1865, in Woolwich. I know him there as Peter Mohan. I was introduced to him by a man named Thompson, who, went by the aliases of Sinclair, Williams R. Pilsworth, the latter being, I believe, the proper name. Thompson was a civilian, and I was introduced to him by a marine in a publichouse in George-street, Woolwich. It was a month after that that I was introduced to the 'prisoner. I was then in the Military Train. I took the Fenian oath. Thomson administered it to me. Mr. Poland—State the purport of the oath. Mr. M'Donald objected to the question. Sir T. Henry decided th:►t the witness could answer it: Witness—lt was to assist in the establishing a Republic in Ireland, and to take up arms when re quired to do so. Sir T. Henry—When and where was the oath administered ? 'Witness—At the beer-shop I have mentioned, r and in the month of October. In about a month after that Thomson introduced ale to the prisoner as a prominent member of the Fenian Brotherhood. I met the prisoner at the Duke of Wellington public-house ; he was rather late in arriving, when ho said he bad been detained at Aldershot, when he nearly got into a scrape. Mr. Poland—What did the prisoner ask y ou to do ? Witness—To get as many men as I could to join the Fenian Brotherhood. I afterwards went with Malony, two or three artillerymen, aril some of the Military Train, about 4or 5. The public-house I speak of was in Wellington-street, Woolwich. Thomson arrived first, the prisoner did not come until half an hour behind his time. Thomson, the prisoner Malony, and myself went out of the public- house and took a walk in the street for about a quarter of a mile, during which the prisoner said he had some news from America, and that he expected that by the New-year everything would be right in Ireland. He also said he expected an expedition would sail from America for Ireland in about three weeks. The prisoner went on to say that as it was unsafe to transmit money through the Post-office he expected a messenger with some from London. The money was to be partly expended in drink where they met or to defray any travelling expenses that might be incurred. Mr. Poland—What has the prisoner said to you about the men deserting ? Witness—He asked me how many I thought would go. Sir T. Henry—What is that—deserting ? Witness—Yes. Sir T. Henry—What did you tell him? Witness—That I could not form any idea. Sir T. Henry—What was said when the subject of desertion was talked about ? Witness—That the men were to go to London. Mr. Poland—Was anything said about changing clothes ? Witness—Thomson and Mohan said when the men got to London they would change their regi mentals and go in plain clothes to Ireland. I knew a man named Thomas Farrell. He was a civilian. I can't say I have seen him with the prisoner and Thomson. He was a Fenian, and had been con- victed in London. I also know Spriggins, a car penter in Woolwich dockyard. I have seen him with the prisoner Thomson. Spriggins is a Fe nian. Mr. APDonald—How do you know that ? Witness—He has told me so. Examination continued—The prisoner asked me for my address, and I wrote on a piece of paper, " Private i\lacarthy, No. 9 troop, Military Train, Woolwich," and gave it to him. Prisoner put the paper in his pocket. Prisoner did not say anything to me when he asked for my address further than that he should want to write to me. I saw that paper again in Woolwich at the end of the year 1865. It was then in the posses sion of the police. The prisoner never wrote to me, neither did I desert the service. I never left Woolwich. Sir T. Henry—You never exchanged your clothes? Witness—No. Sir T. henry—Did you communicate with your commanding officer ? Witness-LYes. I told my commanding officer immediately after Malony deserted. Capt. Powell was the officer of No. 9 troop. I did not see the men before they deserted at Woolwich. Farrell was at Woolwich the day they went away. It was in Jan., 1866. I cannot recollect the day I was at the Thames Police -court. I was there to give evi dence against Farrell and another man. Sir T. Henry—Did you tell your captain that you had taken the Fenian oath? Witness—Yea, sir, I did. Sir Thos. Henry—When did you change from the Military Train to the Engineers ? Witness—Last May, sir, at Chatham. John Malony recalled—ln addition to his evi dence given last Monday he said, in answer to ques tions—l went to Vine-court, Whitechapel, to a house kept by a man named Butler. I slept there the night I deserted. I changed my clothes there. Driver Thomas Farrell, of the Royal Artillery ; gunner Michael Farrell, sth Brigade ; gunners Thos. Connolly and Neil Coningham, sth Brigade; James Gough, Military Train ; William Leonard, Military Train; M•Carthy, Royal Artillery, field battery; and Jeremiah Sullivan, Royal Horse Artillery, were also at the house, and they all exchanged their uni forms for plain clothes in that house.: There were two other soldiers besides, but I forget their names. Sir T. Henry—Did they all go to Ireland ? Witness—They did, sir. Sir T. Henry—Li plain clothes ? Witness—Yes, sir. Sir T. Henry—Then eleven men went to Ireland altogether. Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Poland—Do you know the Christian name of the Farrell who was not a soldier, but who came up with you from Woolwich ? Witness—Yes, sir ; Thomas Farrell. The pri soner met us at London Bridge when we came away from Woolwich. He met us with cabs, and stood some drink before we went to Vine-street. Mr. Poland—Was Thomson the man we have been speaking about, and who was tried in Ireland. Witness—Yes, in April, 1867. Ho pleaded guilty of treason-felony, and was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude. The trial took place in Dublin and I was present in court. Inspector William Holloway, of the H division of police, was at the station when Farrell an d B ut l er were brought in in custody. It was the 31st of December, 1865. A pocket-book was found on him. I examined it and found the piece of paper with Macarthy's address on it. [This was the identical piece of paper which the witness Malony gave to the prisoner at 'Woolwich]. The witness also produced a quantity of military accoutrements which had been taken from the house in Vine-court. There were portions belonging to the Royal Engineers, Military Train, Grenadier Guards, the Royal Irish, and Tower Hamlets Vo lunteer Regiments. Constable Dunnaway said—l found all the arti cles produced by the inspector to-day when I searched the house in Vine-street two years ago. The owner was taken into custody for inciting sol diers to desert. Mr. Poland said that was as far as he was pre pared to go to-day, but lie should have evidence on the next occasion when certain important parti culars would be proved against the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded for a week, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his siat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. BANKRUPTCY ACT REFORM BILLS. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he would now go into a detail of the nature of these bills, which it was not convenient to do when first introduced. He would remind their lordships that the last consolidated measure in bankruptcy was in 1849, and no alteration took place until 1859. His noble and learned friend, then Lord Chancellor, who introduced the bill of 1859, added to it four extremely important measures. One was the total abolition of imprisonment for debt. It made also a dis tinction between trader and non-trader. It regulated the proceedings of trustees, and also provided for composi tion with creditors. In 1861 another bill was introduced, which provided very similar dis tinctions. (Hear.) It was found, however, that there was some inconvenience in the working of this bill, and some dissatisfaction was expressed. A select com mittee was appointed, which sat during the years 1861-65. In tlr. latter that committee reported their opinion as to the alteration in the bankruptcy laws in 32 clauses, and with the exception of one or two clauses his bills were similar. His act was a consolidated one, and when they were drawn any ono having them iu his hand would know what was the whole of the bank ruptcy laws. He would go through the different points which he wished their lordships to adopt. The first was the question of imprispntnent for debt. Of course they knew that after judgment execution could bc taken, and the debtor might be taken into custody. Under the e w bill they proposed to abolish imprisonment for debt altogether, that is to say, at the option of the creditor. Their lordships would then ask what they would provide instead of imprisonment for debt after judgment. They proposed that he should be required to give security, like au absconding debtor, or be put into prison in default of doing so. He would then resort lo the. Court of Bankruptcy. Of course there would remain, finally, the imprisonment from County Com is This brought him to the system of imprisonment from these courts. If a person is sent to prison from them he could not get out by any appeal to the Bankruptcy Court. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COAIAIONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. E. A. LEATILAIL took the oath and his seat for Hud dersfield. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE, who, on rising, was received with loud cheers, said he now proposed to give notice of the exact terms of his motion on the subject of the Church in Ireland. His motion would take the form of three resolutions, the first of which would declare that in the opinion of the house the time had arrived when it was expedient that the Established Church in Ireland should cease as an establishment, duo regard being had to the interests and rights of property. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The secund resolution stated that in order to prevent inconve nience no new personal interests should be created by the exercise of any public patronage ; and the third reso lution would take the form of an humble address to her Majesty praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to place her interests in archbishoprics, bishoprics , and benefices, therefore, into the hands of the house (Hear, and cheers.) He had now to ask the right hon gentleman the result of the request that he had made to him on Friday last with a view of fixing a day upon which the matter could be taken into consideration. If he could not make arrange ments to assist him in bringing forward his motion, then he should feel it his duty to bring it forward the first day he could regularly make his proposal, and that was on the house going into committee of supply next Friday. Mr. DISRAELI, who also was received with loud cheers, said it required no time to consider the course that ought to be taken when a matter of such great importance was proposed for discussion, especially when such a pro posal was made by one's opponents. (Hear, hear.) It was most desirable to meet it as soon as possible. He had no hesitation, however, in saying that the state of public business was not at all in a satisfactory state. It was of primary importance that his right hon. friend the Secre tart' of War should get a vote to-night, and then he pro posed to bring forward the Mutiny Bill, the discussion on which could bo taken on going into committee. If the vote for the army was taken to-night then he should have proposed to have taken the discussion on the right hon. gentleman's motion on that week, but the bill for the amendment of the representation of the people of Ireland stood for that day, and there were also matters connected with the boundary commission standing for consideration, in order that the dissolution which it was desirable should take place next year might not be interfered with. Look ing, however, to the subject the right hon. gentleman had proposed, and which was of such vast and paramount im portance, he thought it best that it should be taken into consideration on Monday next, and, trusting to its being concluded on Thursday, he did not propose, after such a debate and struggle as would be certain to ensue, to ask the house to sit during the following week. (Hear, hear.) He did not make any promise on the subject, but reserved to himself the right of doing so if it should be absolutely necessary. How ever, under any circumstances, they would be quite pre pared to meet the motion of the right hon. gentleman on Monday next. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE said the arrangement of the right hon gentleman was perfectly satisfactory. COMPULSORY CHURCH RATE ABOLITION BILL. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Mr. GLADSTONE said he should not move the third reading of the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Bill, which stood on the paper for that evening after half-past 12. (Laughter.) SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAY BILL. Mr. ROEBUCK said he had sent a communication to the hon. member for Chichester asking him to attend that evening in order that he might ask him a question with respect to his bill for regulating the sale of liquors on Sun days. He wished to know at what hour that evening the hon, gentleman proposed to nominate the select com mittee to whom the bill had been referred. (Hear, hear.) The army estimates would doubtless occupy the house up to 12 o'clock; the light hon, gentleman had intimated his intention to move the third reading of the Church Rate Abolition Bill up to half-past 12, and now he wished to know whether the commitee would be decided after that bill had been disposed of. Mr. J. ABEL SMITH said it was difficu:t to give an answer to the question, but at all events he would not bring it on after one o'clock. (Loud laughter.) The following are the names of members to be proposed as the Select Committee on Sale of Liquors on Sunday Bill: —Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Ilibbert, Mr. William Edward Foster, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Baines, Mr. Lusk, Mr. Leeman, Mr. John Bright, Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Locke, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Laird, Mr. Powell, Mr. Stop ford, and Mr. : K natebbull-Hugessen : Five to be the quorum. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER gava notice that on Thursday he would bring iu a bill to empower the Postmaster-General to acquire and obtain the direction of the electric telegraphs. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. The house then went into committee of supply, and Sir J. I'AKINGTON rose to move the army estimates. The gross total required for effective and non-effective services wa5.£15,455,400 against £14,388,000 last year. The right hon. gentleman proceeded to refer to the different items making up the above totals, and remarked that, with re spect to recruiting, it WIL3 at present progressing most satisfactorily. There was a matter which he hoped soon to seo abolished, and that was the scenes that were now so familiar at public houses, a matter altogether most objec tionable. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to say that General Edwards, the Chief of the Recruiting Department, also was of opinion that the using of public-houses for such a pur pose was altogether most objectionable, and it was pro posed to form recruiting depots in all the large towns in the country. (Hear, hear.) They had at pre sent two of those depots —one in London and the other in Bristol, both of which had worked so satisfac torily, and an extension of the system could 120 t i?ut be considered :beneficial both for the country and the recruit. (Hear, hear.) In the militia there was an increase of £Bl,OOO, bat this was produced by the receipt of allowing lodging money to officers. The case of the Quartermasters had also been con sidered with respect to the same subject, and it had been determined to increase the amount given to them as lodging money, viz., 10s. to 14s. per week. He also proposed to carry out the arrangement made by his gallant friend the member for Huntingdon (General Peel) of forming the mi:itia into a reserve foie° of 30,000 men, ready at any emergency to join the regular army, and General Lindsay had been appointed to the command of that reserve force. The hon. gentle man then went on to refer to the charge of the volunteer, for which he said amounted in the present year to £385,150, an increase of £24,150, and he expressed his regret that he was unable to increase the capitulation grant. [LEFT SPEAKING•] A contractors' trial of the engines of the double screw steam gunvessel Lapwing, 2, took place out side Plymouth Sound on Friday. She is 663 tons burden, and belongs to the new class, of which there are eight vessels, and was constructed at Devonport. Four of them are having their ma chinery manufactured by the Messrs. Rennie; the Lapwing is the first of the four tried, and she is supplied with two pair of engines to work her two propellers. The trials took place under the super intendence of Captain George 0. Willes, C. 8., of the Steam Reserve, assisted by Mr. William Diunen, Chief Inspector of Machinery afloat, and by Mr. Robert Nicoll, of the Keyham factory. Mr. G. B. Rennie was present on the part of the contractors. The mean of six runs, at full power, gave a speed of 10.46 knots at a mean number of 116 revolu tions per minute, the mean pressure in boiler being 261 b. The vauum 25in., giving an indicated power of 830 horses, being five times the nominal powe r. These engines are of the ordinary type, without surface condensers or superheaters, and were tried under the regulations recently issued by the Ad miralty. The result may, therefore, be considered satisfactory. The mean speed at half-boiler power was 8.06 knots, the revolutions 97, and pressure of steam Mb. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, CITY AND SUBURBAN. 7to 1 agst Nemea (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Thalia (taken and offered) . . . 10 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (taken and off.) 11 to 1 agst Speculum (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Abergeldie (offered) 100 to 7 agst Attack c (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst The Parson (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Chelsea (offered) 20 to 1 agst Strad broke roffered) 25 to 1 agst Milton (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cheitenharn (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Nyanza (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Kettleholder, (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Ravioli (offered) 1000 to 30 Miss Harriette (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Lady Rosehill (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Brother to Knight of the Crescent (taken) TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. 1000 to 250 agst Ilosicrucian (taken) 11 to 1 agst Paco (taken) 4000 to 200 agst Chelsea (taken) DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Roscrueian (offered) 100 to 6 agst Pace (offered—take 20 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Chelsea (taken freely) 1000 to 10 agst Franchise (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Sardanaple (taken) ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. Chelsea, Abergeldie, Eastley, Xi, Fakir, The Breach, Mount Palatine, Little Lord, Liddingt , m, Nine Elms, Cheltenham, Sealskin, Ravioli, Rajah, Trompette, Montag [lard, Sir Oliver, Bessie Dixon, Russian Bear, Kettleholder, Montgoubert, Armourer, Illinkhoolie, Knight of the Garter, Butterfly filly, Sister to Veda, Clarice, Grand Duke, Lady Rosehill, Actase, Brother to Knight of the Crescent, Fitz Ivan, Choral, Festival, Out and Outer, Robespierre, Gimmick, Bismarck, Clarion, Speculum, Capucine filly, Guy of Warwick, De Vere, Chapel Royal, Miss Harriette, Nyanza, Topsy, Masanillo, Hippie, Slanderer, Badsworth, Stephen Langton, Kilmun, Soffinka, Artist, Van Amburgh, Lampoon, Seringapatam, Patricien, and Acorn. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—TnIs DAT. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Nernea (taken and offered) 10 to 1 ngst Abergeldie (taken) 180 to 8 agst Attack c. (taken) 100 to 8 agst Knight of the Garter (taken and off.) 100 to 7 agst Melillo°lie (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Parson (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Chelsea (taken and off.) 25 to 1 agst Millon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Thalia (taken) 30 to 1 agst Brother to Knight of Crescent (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ravioli (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Kiss Harriette (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Speculum (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Slanderer (taken) METROPOLITAN STAKES. 6to 1 agst Blueskin (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Carnage (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Demonstration (taken) TWO THOUSAND GULNEAS. 11 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 1000 to 70 agst See-saw (taken) 20 to 1 agst Harvester (offered) 22 to 1 agst Chelsea (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 40 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 3000 to 45 agst Chelsea (offered) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications for membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black friars-road. MARKETS—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR - Both raw and refined sugars continue firm, and a steady demand prevails. COFFEE is firm, and transactions in both native end plantation Ceylon have taken place at firm rates. TEA—The market is steady with a fair inquiry. RlCE.—Only a limited inquiry prevails. SALTPETRE.—BengaI is steady, at 19s Gd to 19a 9d per cwt. for good quality on the spot, and 20 8 6d f or arrival. _ . . HEMP. —Clean St. Petersburg, £2B lOs ; Manilla, com mon, £43 to £44 ; roping, good quality, £4B. CORN. The trade in its general features is quiet, but with less of a drooping tendency in prices. The country markets continue dull at late rates. From the Continent the reports do not quote any im portant change. The attendance 'at Mark-lane to-day was moderate, and .he general demand slow. Euglisn wheat hi stead supply and held for Ate rates which are not freely paid. _ _ Foreign wheat not in heavy supply, and pressure to cell, but the trade dull at late rates. Flour inovod off slowly at later quotations. Barley fairly supported. Beans and peas steady. NE WGATE AND LEADENIIALL. MEAT. —The supply of deaf moat at market this morn ing was light, but the trade being dull, prices were not better—on the contrary, middling qualities of mutton barely supported their recent value. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 5s ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 81; lamb, 6s 8d to 78 4d per stone of 81b by the car case. POULTRY. —Prime qualities are very scarce and dearer. Best Surrey fowls, 6s to 8s; chickens 4s to ss; best Essex fowls, 38 6d to 4s 6d; Irish, 2s to 3s; gosling,a 9s to 108; ducklings, 6s to 8s; pigeons, 10d to ls; rab— bits, tame, is 6d, wild, is to is 3d each ; Ostend, 4s 2d per stone. Wild fowl continue in moderate supply, and steady in value. Pintail, ls. 61; widgeon, is. 3d. to is. Gd. ; teal, ls. to is. 3d. each. Eggs in steady demand. English, 9s. ; French, 7s. per .20. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of stock to-day was shorter than on Mon day last, and salesmen opened by asking stiffer pri ces but the dull trade at Newgate and Leadenhall renders buyers cautious and checked the advance. Of beasts there were 533 from Scotland, 2,171 from the various grazing grounds of England, 116 from Ireland, and 410 from abroad. The demand fo: beef was for some time active, bud closed dull, prices firm. Of sheep the supplies include 4,600 from abroad. The demand was steady, and prices tended upwards. The number of calves on offer was 96, of which 91 were foreign. The veal trade was brisk, and rates very firm. Pork brought stiffer prices. Quotations per stone of Blbs. sinking the offal—Bcc f Be 4d to 58 ; mutton, 3s 4s to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 4d to Ge 1 pork, 3s to 3s 4d. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, March 23. Sales to-day probably 10,000 bales. Market unchanged. MISS BATEMAN.—This lady's — engagement at tho Theatre Royal, Glasgow, which has been a most gratifying success throughout, was concluded on Friday night last. The bill of fare consisted of " Macbeth" and the two last acts of "Leah:" The promise of two such performances could not fail to draw a large house, nor did it. All parts of the theatre were crowded. There was con siderable. interest attached to Miss Bateman's Lady Macbeth, as this was the first time that she has appeared in that character in Glasgow. She exhibited throughout a tolerably just and correct appreciation of the masculine and wily consort of the usurper; but it was in the mid night scene, where, in a fit of Born nambulism, she reveals the workings of remorse, that she made the greatest hit. Her get-up and whole manner of acting in this very arduous and double part was sup er b. N ever, in fact, have we seen her rendering of this passage equall e d.— Glasgoto Herald. WHAT ARE THE "TIMES" REPORTERS ABOUT? asks the Spectator—our contemporary adding thereupon in ex planation of this inquiry —half the best touches in Mr. Disraeli's speech of Monday are spoiled in its version of it. Mr. Gladstone's "dangerous candour" appears as his " generous candour ;" " the young Ascanius of the hour" (Mr. Gladstone) appears as " the young Ascanius here ;" the House of Lords' "perfection of demeanour" appears as " perfection of manner." Mr. Bright "confesses" " the principle of endowment" instead of "contesting" it, and there are other blunders which maul Mr. Disraeli's epi grammatic sentences. It is the least accurate, we think of any of the principal reports of his speech, instead of the most so. THE PENDING MOTION.—We understand that in the event of the Government being defeated on the motion of Mr. Gladstone relative to the disendowment of the Irish Church Mr. Disraeli will recommend her Majesty to dissolve Parliament, with the view of permitting the country to eau press an opinion on a subject of such grave importance. The attempt to deal with a question of so much importance by an abstract resolution of the house does not meet with the approval of several I ading members of the Liberal party, and considerable difficulty has boon experienced in deciding upon its precise terms. While on the one hand it may be considered inconvenient to take the sense of the House on an abstract resolution, it will be contended en the other that the last session of a moribund Parliament is not fit to deal with such a question, and that the whole subject ought to be remitted to the consideration of a Par liament elected upon a broader basis of the English Re form Acts of last session and the Scotch and Irish Reform Bills to be passed during the present session. Stioll is the Ministerial argument iu Ulo vaatter.—Onrytr. i k