The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-10 00:00:00

310tiiIi MARKET AND 0 01IMERCIAL INTELLIGBNOR, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. This being Good Friday there was no business done on the Stock Exehange. The following are yesterday's closing prices : BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 per (Jeer. Consols Do. Account, May 5 a per Cent. Reduced 92 5 14 21 New 3 per C en t 92 4 11 New 25 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. ell an. 1873 — An 30 vrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for '3O yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2 9-16 t , no (Red S ea Televaph), Au.,„ 1908 — '''telloquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. D o £5OO — Pm Do. £lOO & £2OO — B ink of England'Stock. 45 per Cent 241 Do. Account INDIAN JOVEItNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 105 per Cent., April 1874 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do.l per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7l 8 Do• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D o- Si per Cent., May 1879 — Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 lOl / do. Do. 1877 — „ Do. d o. 1882 — -Lk. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bons, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. und er £ l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Aui trian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazili an 5 per 'Cent — ad 1 3.15 per Cent., 1852 — Re.-. do. , 1858.... ~% do, 1860 — ~„1 - '0- d 0 .., 1863 — 1- ' O . 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 751 1 41 Donsuen A.yres 6 per Cent — 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 1.1 b 4 , 6 per Cent. Do.on 6 per Cent..., — 45 per Cent — Uo. Do., 6 per 1867 1 5. DO., 7 p er , C ent., 1866 — Do., Scrip £32 paid 0 mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 pn• Cent., 1825 D tnubfan Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do per Cent, 1867 do to‘nar New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent — t)u. Second Issue — Do. £5OO Bonds Do. XlO6 Bonds B3 2 Do. 1864 Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 825 Government Railway Debentures .... Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — Do. Account De. Coupons , •• Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . — Ronduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Iti lien 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account • , 741 Do. Maremmana Raiway 5l Mexican 3 per Cent Do. 186 1 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French Moori s h 6 per Cent. • 00000 ,•••• Imperial 5 per Cent — New Gr ana d a , Do 3 per C en - Do. Deferred „., De Laud WarrantslB6s (Htares) r eruvian 5 per— Do Account .• 801 791 Do Do 45 p 45 p er Cent.. er Cent. (1862 Uribarren) - ,‘ D o Account r cirtenes e 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 391 Do. do„ 1867 it iissian 1)°- 5 do., Cent Scrip, £lO paid — per , 1831 Do 45 per Cent. 1850822, £ St 854 4/ Do 4i per Cent, 1860 Do '' - ' 0 3 per Cent., 1859 -, 5 Per Cent., 1862 "0- Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds B5l Do, do. £B4 15s. do — 1)0 . 1866, 1 £loo Bonds BB Do Sardinian, 5 pedroCent £B4 15s. do. — 6 Panigh 3 per Con Do Accc,unt ... Do New Deferred Do Account Do Pa ss i ve D o Account , Do Com, Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent' Do Account 13 , 0 6 per C ent. 1858 "o Account Do XlOO Bond Do 6 per Cent s 1862 Do Account O £lOO B on d s , Do. 1863 — - "e 5 per Cent 1865 -uo Account " 341 , 1 5 D o 6 per Cent., 1865 4- '-) 1 Per Cent.., Guaranteed . enezu e l a, 3 per Cent. l 'e 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... F rench Dividends on tho above payable in London. A Rentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — ~,118.trisu 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins itallan 5 per Cent. 1831, E x . 251. Do. Ac count 4Bl 5 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 931 i Do. Account, sth May 931 1 AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN, Aprillo, 5.15 a.m. the Cun ar d steamer J ava, from New York on '' a e Ist inst., is noiN passing Browhead Signal station, HALIFAX, April 9. The Inman Royal Mail steamer Etna arrived here Yetterday. All well. QUEENSTOWN, April 10. t The National Steamship C om p an y' s s t eams hi p at n ' from N ew Y or k , arrived off here i t 3 a.m. this morn i ng w i t h $ 5 3 ,000 i n spec i e. She Md ed passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. BAVARIA. MUNICH, April 10. to The Minister of the Interior has issued a circular t he Prefects of the departments stating that the principles ad op t e d b y t h e G overnment are the mai ntenance of the independence of Bavaria, but ,eithe r i solation nor union with the North F erm anConfed era ti on ; th e l oya l f u lfil men t a er treaties w ith P russ i a ; avo id ance o f eoanti-G erman policy ; the regulation of the tt moron interests o f G ermany i n accor d ance w i t h eat ies ; educ a ti on o f t h e peop l e an d i mprovement of their social condition ; liberal development of the c ountry ; and the strenghthening of the national , w e l li ces• The circular, in conclusion, states that ft; tue respecting freedom of opinion in the public tilectienaries, the Ministry will not suffer any hos the agitation on their part against the Government, • ( igh it is willing to pass over recent occurrences in silence. )f The folT ey th a, .ollowing detachments from the regimental d epots at Chatham garrison have been placed under ()r ders rn Itto embark f or M a lt a , t o j o i n th e serv i ce co ea of their c orps — v i z., 83 non - comm i ss i oned ?the ?ulcers and men of the I s t B a tt a li on o f th e B t h ) Regim en t ; 46 men o f a ll ran k s o f t h e Ist Battalion of the 14th Regiment, and 50 non "l'mnissioned officers and privates of the 31st Re • „ gunent. The officers selected to proceed with detachments above troops have orders been detailed. The are under to embark at bY direction of Field Marshal the Duke of Cam ridge, the following non-commissioned officers and I°ll of the Ist R oyals at Chatham have been awar ded silver medals and gratuities for long ser :lee and exemplary conduct—viz., Colour-sergeant ro Miller, m e d a l and gratuity of £l5 ; Sergeant 21111 Donohoe and Private Michael Walsh, each a .41e441 and gratuity of £5. Th e presen t at i ons were trk illad e Yesterday by Col. J. W. S. Smith, C. 8., com ofallding the I s t d epot b attalion, at a general parade the whole of the officers and men. 2 ,P , y' er Majests v iron armour-plated s hi p A c hill es, tin Capt. Edward W. Vansittart, C. 8., left Ply ith Sound on Wednesday eveni ng to assist at I ",p recepti on o f his Royal Highness the Prince of ales at Dublin. L _ SALM ON FISHING IN THE TYNE.—The stor my ther on Wednesday s eems t o h ave d r i ven the salmon int With ° the Tyne. On that day one boat caug ht 16 l arge fish nthe drift net, and smaller quantities were caught by et' boats. Fi ne salmon was selling at from 2s. to 2e. '". per lb. at Shields wholesale. vveTihe P rices of Hta orninn's Teas are grea tly re d uce d ; th e i r iitat ctti knrw n superiority h as attracted a host of spurious to°!as; therefor e not i ce all Genuine Packets are signed, is London C 0.," L ou d on. 300 Confectioners are Agents c 'acion and 2 ,200 Chenaietsin.the Country., 1 9. anied , and r Ma- from Hag- 28. merit the with ner. the ters two. :'hey ion. SHARE LIST. ORDINAB,I .3J:14.1.1.15.S AND STOCKS. Railways. VriWtt andßxeter !Caledonian .)ain brian Cork and 8and0n...... t42ornw.(ll Dublin & Belfast J unc I iDuu„rerth, & Ab.Junc II:. London, scr ip Do. ,Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. IDo. E. Augl. at. No. ireat North of Scotlan€l ;Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New. 18. at 25 pm tit 6, and W. 01 Ireland Western Du. 6. Val. hail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Alid.—Oxloru Do. Newport Do. liereford ..... ' Lancashire it Yoriishiru PLJndon and Blackwall' Lou., Brigh.ot 6 CUaSC 'I -on., Chat., and Wye, Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. .Nortn Wcateri, Lou. South Westert. Man.. shel., Lincoln Aletropolitan..„. Do. New Do. Extension...— Metropolitan District Do. do. do. 1)o. and St. J0111;1'81'4 'u Do. .Cs) Share Do, Birmiu.. & Dierb) ►ttd lient . Nor'.o British ;JO. Pth., Az Dun. Eastern—Berwich Do. li.N 2, purelisst Do. Leeds Do. York Dc,. Carlisle Do. Stock. St Darting. Do. do. 1800-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire do S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central 1 8cot. N. E ,Aber. stock Uo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union 'South Devon 6outh Eastern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Vail' Vale Do. C Vale of Meath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & White ,Vreet Coruwaii Paid. ' Closing Prioc. 81 83 70 72 20 30 3 4 75 77 70 72 102 101, 3 1 3it 0 8 15 6j 102 IC3 96 98 121 125 94 96 Id 10 47 49 25 au 45 26 1258.126 591 51 lU 1111 12 15 1/41 115 81 87 424 13, 113 115 107 108 73 75 104 , i 105 7S 75 33 35 10). 101 58 60 93 91 126 132 121? 131 114 !VI lit , 57 f. 5) 106 708 56 58 43 15 72 74 I/ 1u 143 145 1 'Of BILITISEL rOSSESSIONS. A t il4ll tic St. La wrenoe Rum., Baroda,t Cen. In. gu. 6 per mit... all 100 16 all all bo. shares hutlalo a Lake Huron Do. Preference But!., Brant, & Goderich 5 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lien at .e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .randTrunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist „Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prti. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Frei. stook , Do. do. deterred .... t. India Pen. gua. sp.e. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0.. t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent .... po. 4f per cent.. Do ;rent Wes. of Canada Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. u Bus. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 1 Madras, gua. 5 p.O Do. 41 do Do. 41 do Do. Fit th Exteusiob vlelb. Cor 6 p. c. Ends. Rel.& Hobson's bay.. N. Itl.C'da.6pc letpt.ba , Oude & Rhiik'nd, g. 5110, icinde • Do. Delhi Do. do te . I Do. Puniaub.... 04, Do.lndus St.lelor ei° 100 tOO 100 all 100 100 100 1100 15 100 100 64 66 1021 1034 3 5 7 68 71 18 b 2 I go 102 104 i 1651 109 110 151 16; 78 62 4 45 33 35 27 29 18 14 109 110 14 2l 16 21 102 103 94 96 161 161 98 100 91 91 100 102 93 85 89 91 83 65 114 104 100 101 1001 1011 10J 101 Si 89 Business dene. 131tITIS11 MINES. Cam. Consol. Cold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (illogan) .East Caradon 'East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy-- G. Wheal Vor (lielst.,u Grenville Herod's loot ..... Uingston Downs Ilargaret (Uny Lelani Ilarke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, lim Ston ..... North toskear . N.Wh Bassett(lilogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence ,Uny Lelant l S. Caradon (St. Cleer) )South Condurrow s.Wheal Fran. (Ulogau Stray Park • Pin Crott .......... Vigr.. and Clogan, est Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard %Vest Chiverton -- ...... . West 5et0n....... ..... Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Butler (Redruth Wheat Mary Ann Men. Wheal Seton .......... Wheal Trelawney (Lis. %;v 121. L, uio V Zit. i - t - firitisb Columbia, 6 per . cent., Dec. 31, 1572.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug, , Do. 5 p. 0. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & joy Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape (1.1.10pe, 6 p.c.1873 Do.Apl.& Oct 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900..... Callon, Nov. 1878, 6 p., Do. 1872, do.. Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Jo. 1882, Mayls, Nov. I Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal diov. 6 per cent N.l.i.Gov.6p.o.Jada my N. S.W. Gov.s p c.,18&, Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189& New Zealand, 6 p. cent, Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-9 Do. 1678 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. & July Do. do. A pril & Oot 2.1.0 224 2.11.4 31 2.14.0 8.3. ti 3.0.0 11.7.6 554 5.17.01 raisiN 21. 31 5 6 4 440 40) 10 1 a 2 4 5 2 24 14 2 4 8 14 14 2 4 5 164 174, 18 19 11 16 38 40 21 2/ 8 8 6 66 2i 11 60 70 5 7 2 3 2 24 25 27 360 400 374 420 I 14 1N 10 2 61 66 Iss 19 75 8a 16 14 21 23 8:4 b 74, 6 8 T SEULJ 100 101 1 93 100 i 98 100 86 88 85 67 104 106 109 110 107 109 106 IUB DB 100 11J 111 105 107 104 tog 106 to 107 109 1(6 ifid 99 to 9J 101 98 99 95) 96i b7i tigi 102 104 103 105 100 100 100 100 100 100 110 )11 - - 11Ih 112 i :1T113:6. 87 el gel 51 YEEFERENCE Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2. 82 Great Northern, 5 per cent. rd. at to per cent. pm., 107 Great Western, 4 per cent irred. 701 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham IL and C, 91f FOREIGN 'CALL WA rt. Great Luxembourg, 9} San Paulo, Urn., gua. 8 per'.cent., 18 South Austrian sad Lombardo Venetian, Ili FOUICIGN MINIGb.L Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lint., 4 1-16 St. John del Key, lim , 22 BANbS. Agra, lira., A, 10 I Ditto, B, 8 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 191 Australasia, 5.5 British North American:) Chartered :ler. of India, London. and China, 281 t Consolidated, lim., 4i English and itio de Janeiro, lira., 7f Imperial Ottoman. 11 Loadon and Brazilian, lim., Ditto, new, London Chartered Banc of:A.ustralia, 21 London and County, 61/ 2 Ditto, new. 341 London Joint Stock. 311 2 ' ' London and %I estrninster, 68 Ditto, Scrip, 461 Iletropolitan Bank. lim., 74 National Provincial of England, 131 Ditto, 2.1 and 3d issue, 39 Oriental Bank Corporation, 43 Union of Australia, 4S t Union of London, 3lf MISONLLANICOUtI. Anglo American Telegraph, 221 1 Atlantic Telegraph, Ditto, s per cent 102.4 11 Berlin Water Works, 14 Ditto, new, 6 I Ceylon Company,:7l Credit Fonder of England, lim., 3 21 Crystal Palace, -- Ditto, 6 per cent. perpeti. deb., 10) Ebbw Vale, Egyptian v per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua. byEgypt. Goy., 89 Ditto Scrip, It Gen. Credit and Discount, I Im., 6 1 General Steam Navigation, V nucleon's Bay, 14 1 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, Dm., 41 Panama, New Zealand and Aus. [I. Mail., 4 31 l'edinsuia and Oriental *teat., 5 Di to, new, 1567, It} II Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 18 Royal Mai Stearn, 63 14 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 731 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.—A meeting of the West Suffolk Chamber of Agriculture was held on Wed nesday at Bury St. Edmund's, Major Wilson in the chair, to consider the question of the education of the working classes in the agricultural districts. The chairman gave a summary of the Government Bill, which appeared to meet with the general approval of the meeting, but there was an almost unanimous objection to the clause providing for grants from the public funds to schools for mete secular education, the meeting being of opinion that no education of which religion did not form a part should be sanctioned by the state. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN I\ G, APRIL 10, 1868. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, April 9. Paris is absorbed in its religious duties, and fora moment there is a lull in the wearisome round of private parties and official soircles. Most of our senators have left town, and even the busy tongue of gossip is unusually silent. " No Thoroughfare " is about to be produced at the Porte St. Martin, under the title of " L'Abtlne." M. Eug6ne Haag has passed from our midst at the age of 60. His youth was spent in Germany, where he devoted his atttention to theological studies. He was a man of profound learning, and was the author of the "History of Christian Dogmas," and, in conjunction with his brother, of " France Protestante." As an item of news interesting to your military readers, I may state that the Chassepot rifle has been furnished to twenty battalions of Foot Chasseurs. Although the whole of the infantry, with the exception of the Gendarmes, of the Guard, are now supplied with Chassepots, there are still 800,000 in store, Their value is about 70f. each. There is some probability, not to put it higher, that the Emperor will shortly pay another visit to Algiers, in order to ascertain the present condition of the Arab population. As far as my information extends the details of this visit were arranged with the Duke de Magenta during his recent sojourn here. Advices from Bremen announce that emigration thence is going on rapidly. In the course of two or three days between 7,000 and 8,000 passed through the city, principally from Saxony and Prussia. Our papers just now contain a paragraph to the effect that your Queen has written to the Sultan to inform him that the Prince of Wales will pay the East a visit in return for that made by the Sultan to England last August. One subject of general conversation here is the dis tressed condition of the working classes in various parts of Europe. From Turin we learn that the discontent and want are so great that a very little would tend to proluce disorder, if not serious riots. A legal notice put a stop to the sale by the sculptor Clesinger of some of his latest works. The sale had awakened great interest, and the reason why it was not allowed to proceed was.that some_ person claimed to have the right to make photographic copies of the works. I am told that at the last sitting of the Swiss Federal Council at Berne the President officially contradicted the rumours respecting an increase of French troops along the Geneva frontier. The suppression of the bands of the French cavalry regiments, as ordered by an Imperial decision of the 4th of April, 1867, leads to a reduction of expenditure of 532,000 f. But the camping service at Chillons and other large centres of military instruction produces an increase of 1,549,050 f. This arises from the circumstance that, as the soldier has by the new law to remain a shorter time under the flag, the necessity is felt of giving a more rapid impulse. to his practical instruction and of more promptly forming his military habits. The Minister of War is of opinion that these results can only be obtained in special camps, and, in consequence, the War Department proposes to extend the duration of those establishments and to increase the number of troops to be sent there. M. Duruy, the Minister of Public Instruction, having had his attention directed to the deficiency of France in the cultivation of the Eastern languages,- as compared with England and Germany, he directed, some time back, that the subject should be carefully considered ; and now a bill relating to the reorganisation of that portion of public education has been sent to the Council of State, and M. Genteur, it is stated, is appointed to report on it. The empire of Russia, in the opinion of the Times, is just now passing through one of those revolutions which determine the progress of nations. The controversy is between Free Trade and Protection, and a comparatively small party have offered a successful resistance to the for mer. A commission which sat upon the question not long ago confined its suggestions of financial reform within very narrow limits, and it is now thought doubtful whether a new commission may not undo some of the little which had been done. Russsia for the Russians, and Russia for herself, are the cries which have prevailed against the interests of seventy million of consumers._ The question is still alive, but it is impossible to say that the prospect is bright. The higher Russian credit stands the better it is for Russian creditors as well as for Russia itself, and nothing would so tend to confirm this credit as a tariff more in accordance with the commercial principles now recognised in Western Europe. The reorganisationof the medical service of the Prussian army has now been realised, the late campaigns in Bohemia having discovered its deficiencies. A sanitary corps ha: been established, the members of which will be in almost all respects, except name, combatant officers. The arrange. molt is very similar to that proposed by the late com. mittee on our own medical service. The settlement of the difference in the Greek Orthodox Church of Hungary is likely to cause the Diet some trouble. Up to 1848 the whole Orthodox Church was under one metr .politan, who resided at Cariosity, in Sla vonia. Although the members of the Orthodox Church belonging to the Rouman race were three or four times as many as those belonging to the Servian race, the hitter had the lion's share in all matters affecting the Church. In 1813 a separate national Rouman Church was established, and the question now is, how to divide the spoils. By the Ordinance of 1863 the Churches are to belong to that of the two nationalities in the language of which the registers and other ecclesiastical documents were kept,and where this could not be ascertained to the majority. This decided the question, as a rule, in favour of the Servians. The Roumans ask to have these cases of litigation decided administratively by the Government, while the Servians want to leave the decision to the legal tribunals. The " Interconfessional " - Bill in Austria permits parents to determine before marriage the religion in which the children are to be brought up. They can come to an agreement on this head before marriage, or on the birth of each child, or come to no determination at all. An appeal is allowed from the decision of the parents. By one of the clauses every child of 14 can freely select the creed to which he wishes to belong. Change of religion and proselytism cease to be punishable acts. No one is to be forced to pay for a creed to which he doe, not belong, or to follow the formulas of any worship,. whether his own or another's. The Sunday question gave rise to some discussion. Arguments from economy and humanity were adduced in support of the Church view that there should be a general cessation of labour on tin Sunday. On this point an amendment, proposed by Baron Tintli, was a,lopted by 76 votes to 65, to the effect that al public works which were not urgent should be suspended on the Sabbath. Every creed is at liberty to adopt what religious ceremonies it chooses at funerals, but evcrythin else relating to burials is confined to the civil authorities. It is stated in a Vienna letter that the inquiry which had been ordered by the Minister of the Interior respecting the marriage of the Archduke Henry is terminated. Nothing more will be done than to admonish the persons who aided him in committing the " illegal act." The rumours con. cerning the conciliatory intentions of the Emperor are not confirmed. On the contrary, there is every probability that the interdiction to return to Austria and the suppres. sion of the appanage will be rigorously maintained. There is published to-day a despatch from Sir Robert Napier, in Abyssinia, to the Secretary of State for India, which conveys the report of the Assistant Quarter-Master General as to the different departments under his direc tion. From this report it appears that the Land Transport Corps are in full working order, that the well-sinking, &c.,: proceeds satisfactorily, and that the trigonometrical surveyors, with the aid of the photographers, are likely to put us in pos session of extensive geographical knowledge concerninL, the route passed along. The railway being made between Zoola and - Komaylee, however, does not make suffleien progress. - The commanding engineer reports that maul and great difficulties have had to be contended against from the different.descriptions of plant sent from India he states that the rails received from Kurrache, differ in size from those from Bombay, and: tha: many of them are bent, and others not finished. This together with the scarcity of skilled labour, has preventet the railway being carried on successfully. The India] authorities seem during this campaign to do nothing without blundering. Sunk this kind of thing should no: be continued. The telegraph, too, has only been con• strutted as far as Addigerat, on account of the didicult3 of obtaining poles ; but the concentration of the men uPoi this work, and on that of the railway, is likely by the next despatch to have put an end to a great extent to the present backwardness. A correspondent of the British MecEcal Jou: n w from Suez :—"The Golden Fleece arrived here March 2; from Annesley Bay, having on board 2)8 invalids of different corps, who are ea route to England. The greater number of them are unfits, who are rejected on climatic grounds, or those on whom old Indian diseases were re developed ; sixty-one of them, sent down from Senafd, having been there stopped, as unfit to endure the long march to Antalo. Beyond the former station we have not any invalids on our list. There are about six ophthalmia cases, contracted up country ; and several dysenteric ano diarrhoea cases, with the same history ; but the greater number date their diseases from India. The invalids have left for Alexandria. The weakest of them have beer selected to be put in American sleeping-cars attached tc the Suez line, each man being able to lie down, which relieves the fatigue of the long journey. They are to be supplied with hot tea on the route, and ordinary luedica) comforts with tinEgi • THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The following has been forwarded to us for pub lication from the India-office : LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR R. NAPIER TO THE SECRE TART OF STATE FOR INDIA. Quartermaster-General's Office, Headquarters Camp, Attala, 14th March, 18G8. Right Ilonourable Sir—l have the honour to enclose the accompanying report by the Assistant- Quartermaster-General at army headquarters, on the several departments of the Abyssinian expe dition working under the Quartermaster-General's Department.—l have, &c., R. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General, Commanding the Forces in Abyssinia. The following is a report of the several depart ments working under the orders of the Quarter master-General's Department, Abyssinian Field Force : Camp, Attala, March 14. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. The last return received from the Director, Transport Train, dated Bth inst., shows 4,682 camels, 9,793 mules, 954 ponies, 4,278 pack bul locks, 534 draught bullocks in the corps. Of these, 8,000 mules and ponies have been specially told off for duty with the Highland Train, to work from Senafe to the front. This order was only lately issued, and consequently the whole of these animals have not yet entered upon their duties on the high lands ; there were, however, on the Bth inst., 5,512 mules and ponies with the Highland Train, and of these 684 are reported sick. No return of number of sick in the Lowland Train has been received. The Lowland Train is fully employed in pushing commissariat and military stores and troops from Zoula up to Senafe, and it has now the assistance of 273 mule carts and 262 bullock carts, which have been brought into work. The strain upon that por tion of the Transport Corps working on the high lands has in a great measure been reduced by local transport procured for the conveyance of com missariat stores, such as flour, grain, &c., from Senale to Antalo. Large numbers of native pack bullocks, Mules, and ddnkeys are daily employed for this purpose., and the system has been found so far to answer admirably. The natives in the neigh bourhood of Antalo, however, are not so willing to enter into an engagement for the conveyance of supplies to the front, through fear of the Gallas, whose territory we have now entered ; but it is hoped that their fears may be assuaged, and that they may soon be persuaded to assist us in this matter, and so relieve our own transport as far pro bably as Lat, about 80 miles south of Antalo. An officer has been sent to Berbera, with directions to purchase as many camels and donkeys as possible, and orders have . also been sent to Egypt for a fur ther supply of transport animals of every descrip tion, to replace casualties and to reinforce the Low land Transport Corps, the strain upon which is still very great. either side sketched in the country between Zoolla and Senafe. Lieutenant Carter has commenced tri angulating, fixing paints and taking up the topo graphy of the country between Senafe, and Addi gerat ; the triangulation at and near Koomaylee has been connected with that at Senafe by a traversed line, executed by Lieutenant Duniler, R.E. By the foregoing, it is hopol that a fair survey route of the army, showing the country on either side for a dis tance of from 10 to 13 miles, will be obtained, and on the return of the army more geo,graphicAl in formation will be furnished. RAILWAY. The last report received regarding the progress of the railway from Zoolla to Koomaylee shows six miles and 576 yards of the line to have been com pleted on the 26th ultimo, leaving five miles and 1,184 yards still to be completed. The command ing engineer reports that many and great difficul ties have had to be contended against, from the different descriptions of plant forwarded from India. He states that the rails received from Kurrachee differ in size from those received from Bombay, that Many of them are bent, and that the fish plates at tached, are not bolt drilled in an uniform manner; in addition to this, there has been a paucity of skilled workmen, and an insufficient amount of ordinary labour, on account of the number of other works on hand at Zoolla ; but orders have been issued for every available man to be put upon this work, and the officers commanding at Zoola and Senafe have been directed to render every assistance in their power, by placing strong working parties at the disposal of the commanding engineer. The most difficult part of the line has been completed, and it is hoped that the work will now progress more rapidly. TELEGRAPH, The telegraph line is completed and in working order to Addigerat, a distance of 101 miles from Zoolla, though interruptions constantly occur by breaks in the line, generally supposed to be caused by natives of the country, who steal the wire. The progress of the line onwards towards Antalo is at present delayed for want of poles ; none suitable are procurable in the neighbourhood, and our trans pOrt animals , are so fully employed in carrying up provisions and moving troops that for the next two or three weeks there will be a difficulty in bringing any up from Zoolla. The 2i Company Bombay Sappers, and 53 Tent Lascars, have been placed at the disposal of Lieut. St. John, R.E., director of the telegraph, to assist in putting up posts, and laying the line. PHOTOGRAPHERS AND SIGNALLERS. The headquarters of the 10th Company Royal Engineers, including photographers and signallers, generally march with the headquarter camp. The photographers have been employed in photograph ing plans and views, as well as surveys of the route onwards, prints of which are handed over to the commanding officers of corps previous to the march. Ten non-commissioned officers and men of her Majesty's 33d Regiment have been in structed in the use of flags, for the purpose of signalling, and the men of the 10th Coinpany Royal Engineers have occasionally been practised with the army night signals. WELL SINKERS. Lieutenant Le Messurier, R.E., with a party of the 10th Company Royal Engineers, has been en gaged improving the supply and the arrangements for watering animals at all the posts occupied by our troops, from Ko o maylee to the front.. The supply of water at K oomay l ee , the largest depot on the line, is now reported ample, and is distributed by means of six Norton's tube wells, one Bastier's 21. -inch chain pump, one fire-engine, and six dipping wells. At Upper Sooroo troughs and tubs have been fixed, and 18,000 gallons of water stored by the road side, and a second road, to lead to the water supply, made, to avoid the high road at any time becoming blocked up ; a tube well has also been driven, which affords pure drinking water, and a separate tank has been reserved for the native Sho hos. 'At Undul the supply is also reported good. One Bastier's 2i-inch chain pump has been fixed over a masonry well, 32 feet deep, and two Norton's tube wells driven ; troughs and shoots have been erected to receive the supply from these wells, and one other well has been dug, about 28 feet deep, with au average depth of four feet of water; in each. At lienderta (half-way between Undul and Raraguddy) two wells, of 30 or 40 feet deep, have been dug in close proximity to the road, but. no water reached. Small reserve tanks have beeirinade` where the spring issues from the rock above, aria iadders have been erected against . the faceof the three .cascades, so that the wa te r a b ove may be more easily reached. At Raraguddy th e drinking water for the camp runs from springs into six tabs, placed on stones, and tanks have been built by the road side, from which the water runs by its own gravity into 54 feet of troughing erected for animals. At the foot of the Senafe Ghaut, arrange ments for the water supply have been made, a tank has been dug, and four tubs placed for watering animals. At Sonde the supply is ample, and has been well developed. Drinking water has been ob tained from six Norton's tube wells. Water for camp purposes is provided in eleven tubs, fed by two additional Norton's tube wells. Water is supplied to the transport animals in 80 feet of troughing, led from a pond by a stone duct, and and the surplus water is utilised in irrigating the soldiers' gardens. At Goongoona, A ddigerat, and Antola the arrangements have been perfected, but reports regarding them have not yet been re ceived. TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY. Lieutenant Carter, R.E., Superintendent Great Trigonometrical Survey, Abyssinia, reports that a base line had been measured at Koomaylee, and the position of a sufficient number of peaks has been fixed to allow of the topography of the country be tween Koomaylee and Senafe being taken up. Lieutenant Iloldich, R.E., has worked up the Koo maylo rode ; AO With coaraguliDg piatf4 Qri THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAL JVA Y. (From the Calcutta Englishman of Feb. 28.) The Euphrates Valley Railway promises ere long to come forth from the twilight of things visionary into the broad sunshine of practicable facts. The question which Lord Palmerston's Government bad to leave unsettled eleven years ago has lately been brought before the present Ministry, with almost every circumstance in its favour, by that unwearied promoter of railway enterprise, Mr. W. P. Andrew. But for the possible protraction of this Abyssinian war we might assume the absolute certainty of his early success ; and even as things stand the war need not be accepted as a fair excuse for fur ther shirking of an important venture. A Govern ment guarantee for the first cost of a railway which shall bring England within 14 days' reach from India involves considerations entirely apart from the progress of an enterprise conducted on•the prin ciple of ready money payment. The whole estimated charge for a railway from the Mediterranean to Bus sorah would not exceed ten millions sterling, a sum easy to raise for such a purpose in a country where money is just now unusually cheap and stagnant, if only some reputable government will find the needful sunray against improbable loss. Of the gain to England from an enterprise which would shorten the journey t'.) Bombay by a third of the time now needed for it, and make Kurrachee in point of time as near the old coun try as Canada is now, there can be little doubt the .fairness of Mr. Andrew's reckoning once as sumed. Admit for argument's sake the data brought out in his letter to Sir S. Northcote, and his claim to a fair trial is manifest enough. Sol diers could be sent from England to Kurrachee in fourteen days at any season of the year, at a saving of nearly £47,000 a year for transport alone, besides the indirect savings caused by the shortened time and the healthier journey. The yearly charges for the Indian mail service would be largely reduced by the new route. With quickened mails we should see new developments of Eastern commerce, resulting in larger revenues for the Post office. The Euphrates Valley line, aided by the coming extension of our railway system from Kotree to Peshawur, would " secure for us almost a mono poly of the trade with Central Asia," while our great rival Russia, thus hampered in the struggle for com mercial greatness, would find herself outflanked in time of war by a power that could pour any number of English troops into India before a Russian army could reach Peshawur. Besides enabling us to seal India from all chance of invasion on her north western frontier, such a line would free Persia from Russian dictation, and secure a " short, cheap, easy, and safe outlet for her trade with Europe, in place of the long, expensive, and difficult route by the Black Sea." The whole length of railway from Seleucia to Bussorah, a distance of 850 miles, much less than that from Calcutta to La hore, would be easily defensible, with its termini resting on seas of which England is already the virtual mistress, especially on the Indian side. Such a line, if fairly practicable and built within a rea sonable time, would insure Bombay and Central India a long continuance of that busy cotton trade which, born of the American civil war, bids fair to gain a fresh impulse from the embarrassments which have followed it up to the present time. Advantages like these speak for themselves. But how about Mr. Andrew's data? Are his estimates coloured with the rose-pink • lines of a lively fancy rather than the sober reflections of sound experience? We think that on the whole he has not overdrawn his bow. The estimates given at the end of his letter seem to bespeak our trust in the soberness of his judgment. They are based on calculations of existing, not on dreams of future, traffic. Of the " enormous development of com merce which would ensue on the opening of the great natural highway between the East and the West" he has the self-denial to take no reckoning, although such a development may be taken for granted, if only the new highway cau be got ready soon. A net income of five and a half per cent. on the capital needed—about £8,500,000 may therefore stand for a moderate summing up of profit and loss, if it be true that the line presents no sort of difficulty after the first ninety miles, that the natives of the coun try are well inclined to the scheme, and that the Grand Turk has not only granted a concession of the whole line, but also avowed his willingness to pay towards the expense of it. lie might as well offer to guarantee the cost at once of the whole line. Failing that, however, we think that the English Government might safely guarantee an undertaking even more profitable for England than for India. If it will not, let Sir S. Northcote set his colleagues the example of a wise concession to a fair demand. THE PRUSSIAN MILITARY MEDICAL SERVICE. - 4.--- Our Berlin correspondent informs us that the reorganization of the Prussian medical service has now been realized. It will be remembered that this service did not fulfil the expectations which had been formed, and that it was quite unequal to bear the sudden strain which had been put upon it during the late campaigns in Bohemia. The accounts which were published in this country regarding the hospitals, field service, and medical organization, and the condition of the wounded immediately after the great battles which suc ceeded one another with such rapidity, were not by any means flattering to the war administration of Prussia. The fact is the Prussians were scarcely prepared for the amount or for the rapidity of the success which attended their arms, and they were hampered beyond measure by the enormous number of the enemy's wounded which fell into their hands. The Austrian prisoners were, more over, composed of so many nationalists, speaking so many different dialects, that the medical care of their wounded was calculated to ,strain the powers and capabilities of the best adminis tration to the utmost. Our German friends are, however, anything but the unpractical people they are sometimes represented. No sooner were these deficiencies apparent than they set about to overcome them, by deputing one of their ablest medical officers to-examine into and report upon the medical services of all the different European armies. On the 20th of February last a Sanitary Corps was established ; but the Royal warrant has not been published, in consequence of some regulations being worked out for putting the whole act into full operation. It is ex pected, however, that it will be very shortly published, by which medical officers will be made in almost all respects, except name, combatant officers. As regards all rights and, claims they will be added to the combatant forces, and not mixed with the chaplain and purveyor's depart ment. The arrangement is very similar, indeed, we are told, to that proposed by the late committee on our own medical service. As soon as, the warrant has been published we are promised an article thereon from Berlin, by which our military readers will be able to realize more fully the considerations which weighed with the Prussian military authori ties, and ascertain the exact organization which they have adopted.—Lancet. According to the Bermuda Royal Gazette, the screw steam frigate Constance, 35, Capt. Hugh T. Burgoyne, was appointed to leave the island on the 26th of March for Halifax, to return with a middle month mail to Bermuda; where she would remain until early in May, when she accompanies the Ad miral to North America. i CRYSTAL PALACE. —One Shilling Day, Wednesday, April 9.—Admissions on payment, 833; ditto by season ticksgio, t9tftl Tifiityrts, 2,065. CON FEN 710 N OF ROYAL B URGIIS. The Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland met on Tuesday in the Council Chambers, Edin burgh ; the Lord Provost of Edinburgh presiding. It was agreed to take steps to preserve the ancient burghal and corporation records of Scotland as far as possible, with the view of making them available for illustrating the history and progress of the na tion. A discussion ensued on the Scotch Reform Bill, in the course of which a difference of opinion was expressed as to the expediency of granting representation to the Universities. As to the num ber of representatives for Scotland, it was, how ever, unanimously agreed to remit to the annual committee, with conventional powers and special instructions, to urge on the Legislature the claims of Scotland to at least 15 additional members. The bill to amend the procedure in the Court of Session and the judicial arrangements in the superior courts of Scotland was next brought up. The Lord Provost said that the only objection he had to the bill was that it did not go far enough. He should like to see something done for the abolition entirely of intermediate sheriffs—that there should be a sheriff for each county residing in the county town, and that from his decision there should be an appeal at once to the Court. He trusted that in this bill, or in some subsequent measure, arrange ments would be made fur carrying out that idea. Mr. M'Andrew, assessor for Fortrose, said he thought that in the meantime the Convention should be glad indeed that the Lord Advocate had brought in the present bill, which he had no doubt would have a very important effect in promoting facilities for carrying on legislation in Scotland. The bill was then remitted to the annual com mittee. It was agreed to petition in favour of the Land Writs Registration Bill generally. Several other public measures relating to Scotland having been considered, the Convention adjourned till the next day. On Wednesday the Convention resumed its sittings, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh again presiding. After some preliminary business had been disposed of, the Assessor of Culross moved —" That a committee be appointed to take into consideration the address presented to the Par liament of this ancient kingdom by the com missioners of the General Convention of Royal Burghs thereof, met on the 29th of October, 1706, approving a safe and honour able treaty, but objecting to the treaty as it stood on the ground of its inadequate securities, and to report how far the fears therein expressed have been realised by the subsequent history and present state of Scotland." In supporting his motion, the assessor said that sixty years ago he began to read the history of the country, not as a Whig or as a Tory, but with perfect indifference in regard to these matters, and he had come to the conclusion that there was a beginning of the end of that kindly feeling between England and Scotland, which had so long existed. The chairman said he considered that the motion was an uncon stitutional one. Mr. Colston, Edinburgh, moved the previous question, which was seconded by Baillie Brown, assessor, Dunfermline. On a division the motion was rejected by 25 to 2. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh then proposed—" That it be remit • ted to the annual committee to consider what steps should be taken to appoint the day for the hold ing of fast-days throughout Scotland, and if possi ble to procure a general abolition of fast-days in the Church." Dean of Guild Law said he did not think that the Convention should interfere in this matter, and remarked that for them to do so in the way proposed would be to trample on the toes of a great many prejudices, and they would do more harm than good. Provost Whitelaw, Dunfermline, said that holidays in this country were by far too few at present, and he thought that instead of diminishing them by abolishing the fast-days steps should be taken to increase the number. The Lord Provost of Perth pointed out several inconveniences felt by the mercantile community by fast-days being held in different parts of the country. He believed, how ever, that railway companies would vote for a great many additional fast-days in Scotland, because they were the means of increasing their revenues. After some further discussion, the Lord Provost withdrew his motion. It was agreed to petition Parliament in favour of the Electric Telegraph Bill. Several matters having been remitted to committees for li consideration, the Convention adjourned till the first Tuesday in April, 1869. THE FENIAN TRIALS. On Thursday, just befare Air. Justice Keating quitted the Bench, at the Old Bailey, James O'Neill, was placed in the dock. Mr. Poland said the grand jury had ignored the bill against the prisoner for murder. ➢lr. Justice Keating said he was not aware of the fact. Mr. Poland —The prisoner was one of the per sons who was indicted with the Desmonds and others for wilful murder, arising out of the late ex plosion at the llouse of Detention, Clerkenwell. Mr. Justice Keating—There being no charge against the prisoner, and upon your recommenda tion, Mr. Poland, he can be discharged. Before, however, he is set at liberty, it had better be seen whether there was anything alleged against him at the Coroner's inquest. It having been ascertained that no other charge was preferred against the prisoner, the Judge di rected him to be set at liberty. Mr. Poland —It would be a great convenience to know the day fixed for the trial of the other pri soners charged with wilful murder. There are a great many witnesses, and it would enable them to attend without difficulty. The learned Judge said he would state the matter in a short time. It was eventually arranged that the Fenian trials should commence on Monday, the 27th inst. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, April 8, 1868. P ARTMENT. Governmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE DE Notes issued ..,..£34,728,315 £34,728,315 BANKING B. £34,728,315 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (includingEx- • chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts _ . :PARTMENT. Governmt. Socu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £13,268,000 Other Securities 18,715,61,0 Notes 10,117,270 Gold and Silver ; Coin .„ 1,096,762 Other Deposits 21,146,623 Seven Days and other Bills 512,601 £43,197,672 £43,197,672 MAY, Deputy Gaehier. DEATH OF ONE OF THE JAPANESE TROUPE.—The " top-spinner" of the Japanese troupe, who have to appear at the Lyceum Theatre on Monday next, died at the house where they lodge, in Upper Stamford-street, on Wednesday morning. Ho had been ailing for some considerable period before he came to England, having first shown symptoms of failing health at Brussels. He was originally a very robust, healthy man, apparently about 40 years of ages. The little girl who is with the troupe, and whose playful antics on the stage are so amusing, is the daughter of the deceased performer. Her mother is in Japan, and it was with the greatest reluctance that the poor woman was persuaded to allow the child to be taken away from her.—Pall Nall Gazette. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Mr. and Mrs. German Reed will partly change their programme for the Easter holidays. Thu " Quiet Chateau," which they make highly entertaining by their inimitable acting, will be retained, but Mr. John Parry comes out with a new song entitled " A Public Dinner," a subject the scope of which will enable him to display his humour to the greatest advantage. In a few weeks, we understand, a new entertainment from the pen of Mr. F. 0. Burnand will replace " Our Quiet Chateau." HOLIDAYS IN LAW AND EQUITY. —The offices of the Common Law Courts are closed till Wednesday. On Saturday the Chancery offices will be opened, and then closed on Monday and Tuesday next week. MR. JUSTICE WlLLEs.—Xesterday Mr. Justice Willes concluded the sittings at the Judges' Chambers, where he has attended da , ly since the latter part of February. - '" - - SPORTLNG INTELLIGENCE HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. April 2, at 3.30 p.m., Feodor, out of all races for which ho is handicapped. April 3, at 4.15 p.m., Captain Crosstree, out of all en gagements. April G, at 9 a.m., The Plover and Bess, out of Kings bury engagements. April 6, at 9 a.m., Weather Isle, out of all handicaps published to date. April 6, at 4.30 p.m., Globule and Lord Waldegrave, out of Kingsbury engagements. April 7, at 9 a.m., Wild Moor and Esca, out of all en gagements. April 8, at 9 a.m., all Mr. Clifford's horses out of all en gagements. NOMENCLATURE. The following names have been given : __ . Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's. Br c by Knight of St. Patrick —Bostka, 3 yrs, Moslem. Mr. H. Marsh's Yearlings. Ch f by Diophautus—Margery, Tei-Ma. B or br c by Rinaldo—Madame Wharton, Ballarat. Mr. H. Marsh's T wo-yr-olds. BI f by Prime Minister—lscoyd, Nubia. B c by Touchwood—Violet, by Voltigeur, Sandalwood. Br f by Primo Minister—lmposture, Simla. Mr. M. Dawson's. Colt foal by Blair Athol—Carlotta, Tullibardine. Forfeit List. The forfeits of the following horses have been paid._ Banjo, Domino (to qualify). NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.—A match has been made to take place on the first day of this meeting between Prince Soltykoff's Demonstration and Admiral Rous's Puff, both 3yr olds, 6st 101 b each. 1 1 .31.31., .£lO4 h. ft. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. Entries for the Epsom Grand Stand Cup (Handicap) of 300 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second horso to receive 511 sovs, and the third 25 sovs. Derby Course. 37 subs. Age. Gby Vedette—Vixen ... 4 Capitaiue Le Sarrazin 3 Bliukhoolie 4 Hermit ... 4 Lord Palmerston Duchem ... 4 Priority ... 4 Papillon Lictor ... ... 3 Elmira t... ... 3 Warlike ... ... 3 West wick War ... 5 Taraban Fervacques ... 4 Lady Ilighthorn Sileuus ... 4 Clarion 3 Angus ... Contempt... Brilliant ... Corporal ... Annie .Laurie colt Paul Jones ... Brown Jug ... T horndyke Tormentor Ack woeth .1.44 Redcap ... Miss Harriette .., Nutna Pompilius Phemy colt Attack colt Ajax ... Spruce Aurifera ... 3 ING MEETING. April 14. icap Steeplechaee of 10 SOPS bout three miles and a. half. Ago at lb Bishopton 6 10 9 L.S.D. a 10 7 Owen Roe... ... 5 10 4 Ace of Trumps, by King Tom ... a 10 5 Gorsehawk ... a 10 3 Risk a 10 2 Miss Dodson ... a 10 0 True Heart ... a 10 0 Sylph .. a 10 0 The Tavern ... a 10 0 The Novice ... a 10 0 Grey Morn 5 10 0 Pretty Queen ... 510 0 Cruiskeen a 10 0 Hampton Lass ... alO 0 Crusade ... a 10 0 Colenso 410 0 LICHFIELD SP TUESDAY, The Lichfield Grand Nandi each, with 100 added. Al Age at lb The Doctor ... a 12 12 Globule ... a 12 0 Meauwood... ... a 11 10 The Nuu a 11 8 Sprite ... a 11 7 Albrighton ... a 11 7 Philosopher ... a 11 5 Sir William ... a 11 2 Greenland ... a 11 2 The Guide a 11 2 The Robber a 11 0 Huntsman's Daugh ter ... ,all 0 Nebsworth (@Jacob) a 11 0 Arlescott a 11 0 Patience ... a 10 12 Bridegroom (h b)... a 10 12 Master Oliver ... a 10 9 HAMBLEDON HUNT (WATERLOO) STEEPLE CHASE MEETING—THURSDAY, April 16. The South Hampshire Grand National, an Open Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 100 added. About three miles. Ago st lb The Doctor ... a 12 10 The Lamb ... 6 12 4 Benazet ... ... a 12 4 Sir Bobby ... ... a 11 12 Highilyer ... ... a 11 4 Fortunatus ... 5 11 4 The Robber ... a 11 2 The Guide ... a 11 2 Hippolyte ... a 11 0 Hall Court ... a 11 0 Cunning Boy ... a 10 12 The Waterloo Plate (handio Age et lb Legerdemain a 10 12 Woodbury Hill a 10 12 Arlescott a 10 10 Nimrod ... alO 5 Lizette "' 610 5 Contraband 6 10 4 Pakrita ... 410 Marengo ... ... a 10 4 Risk 6 10 4 Flying Horse ... 610 ap) of 100 sous. About two id a half. miles Age st lb Benazet ... a 12 9 The Guido... a 11 7 Woodbury Hill a 11 4 Dermot Asthore a 11 4 Legerdemain ... 6 11 2 Demon a 10 12 Lizette 610 12 Nimrod ... ... a 10 10 Long Tom... a 10 10 The Tartar ... a 10 9 Age st lb Ace of Hearts ... alO 9 Contraband ... 6 10 7 Pakrita 410 5 Roue ... 6 10 5 Serious Case ... a 10 Nu ... 6 10 4 Odd Fellow ... 4 10 0 Lytham ... alO 0 The Gift ... 6 10 0 Clarina a 10 0 RACING FIXT RES FOR 1868. IL. AP. Newmarket Craven 13 Hendon l3 Knighton l4 Lichfield Spring l4 Abergavenuy Catterick Bridge l6 Eastbourne M Chester 5 Egliuton Hunt Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury 1 Lewes Spring . 2l, I Thirsk 1 Ourragh April 23 1 Croydon Spring Liverpool Hunt Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Cardiff :AY. Bath Wye ICroydon Ist S ammer Harpenden I Epsom Summer Paris [NE West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 liungerford Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. l5 Liverpool July M Wiliam l6 Stamford Radcliffe .... 2O Huntingdon 2l. Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood AUGUST. Deauville Leek 3 Oxford Brighton Brighton Club 6 Canterbury Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Derby Summer Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Lichfield I Egham l7 Tunbridge Hastings York August SEPTEMBER. Baden Warwick September ... 1 i Monmouth .. l7 Abingdon 3 Newmarket let October 22 I Leicester Doncaster September... 8 Edinburgh I Brecon l4 West Drayton 29 Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 and Western M Kelso 1,5 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. LONDON COMMISSION EXCHANGE, FARRINGDON-ROAD, E.O. Established Nov. 1, 1867. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION—FIVE SHILLINGS. W. B. ROCHE, Secreta.ry AQITATICS. SCITLLERS' RACE FOR £50.-(YESTERDAY.) A Scullers' Race for £5O, between Edward Gilbert, of Hammersmith, and Edward Mayo, of Barnes, took piaco this afternoon, between Putney and Barnes, Old John Phelps, of Fulham, acted as referee, whilst George Drewett acted as umpire for Gilbert, and Joe Sadler for May. Young Biffen showed up Gilbert, and George Hammerton, the veteran, May, who was backed to win at 2to 1. Gilbert was, comparatively speaking, a novice, May having rowed many times. Gilbert won the toss, and took the Middlesex station. May took t the a he and was soon half a length in n, when immediately rowed over to the Middlesex front, a t starting, side, and looked as if a foul was imminent. They were in in dangerous proximity to each other, and many thought a foul bad occurred, but it was not claimed. Gilbert soon after drew up, and at Bishop's Creek had caught his anta gonist, who up to this appeared to be rowing his best, but caught a heavy sea. Gilbert now went clear, and May adopted most extraordinary tactics, going over to the Surrey side, and wilfully fouled a barge, which necessitated his stopping. Amidst the groans of the speutators who accompanied the race in two opalallos2ts\hn exhibition: _r3ueoliGtinvsdaai oiesibear .eadruHetoj 1:r at2mhoa4eyfu steamboats. The race was now virtually over, s and the execrations upon May's head were lbsb3oeirouciatd.dyhg, pe2Naaasnsost r isdiif.nno del2oerg t eewshpse este.ers.mith . thelp33rs oniso.ef race,e2o.(f); postwas—GT Theyhi fbiaessel tr tf i r tho AciitV t 9 w 4411 ;91Yillg Rao 'lt COll. ;sler, Aing anu- men fp to were the and elves the fore ►tive 3e to loan ius i for the ;elf 'hare L 0 00 74 1 351 4; 8 so} f 1251 i 50f i 1 41 112 I 73; I 031 109 I 15 f 1 i