The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

X 11.ARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCR, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Tne 'progress of the settlement continues to check somewhat the ordinary business in public securities. N evertheless, the leading descriptions are firm, be cause scarce. There is some inquiry for the Funds, for the employment of floating balances- The firmness of English Railways gave way late yesterday afternoon, and this morning there is renewed heaviness in this. market. The Foreign Sptaorisck, Market i s supporte d b y the firm prices from Spanish and E g ypti an b e i ng except i ona ll y heavy. The money market keeps very quiet, and bills having lese then three months to run are taken at 2 P ( '" e•L'llt• The supply is still large and increasing. h i ! the Stock Exchange money is not worth more than 1 2 per cent. on home Government stocks. • Corn is firm at Monday's advance. beTtteher Liverpool cott on mar k e t i s fi rmer , an d . The Funds are firm at yesterday's prices, but, except in connection with the settlement, business is quiet. Consols for money are quoted at 943 to 944, and for account, at 1P, 7 1 - to 93 cx dig. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 112:1 ; to 93 ; Boil: Stock, 243 to 247 ; India 5 per Cents., 115/ to 1161 ; Exchequer Bills, 1 lower, at 8 to 14 prem. Among Foreign Government Securities, New Spanish and the Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Bonds are lower, at 35.1 to 33/ and 71± to 711 respectively ; Italian are fractionally firmer, at 481 to 49 ; Mexican are quoted 151 to 16 ; Greek, 13 to 13k ; Turkish 34 3 to 343 ; Clilian (1866), 95 to 97 ; ditto (1867), 101 to 103 ; Egyptian (1864), 80 to 81; ditto Railway Debentures, 89 to 90 ; and the Viceroy's 9 per Cents., 90 to 90. 1 ,-. The Spanish Colonhil 8 per Cent. Loan, fully paid UP, is 91 to 914, and the Scrip 2 to 14 dis. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. Colonial Government securities are steady. The following are the- prices :—Canada Six per Cents., 103 to 104 ; the Five per Cents., 90 to 91 • Mauri tius Six per Cents., 104 to 106_ ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 100 t o 102 ; New Zealand Six per Cents., 110 to 112 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 106 to 107 ; and Victoria Six per Cents., 112 to 113. American Securities are steady. United States 5-20 Bonds are marked at 70)s• to 702 ; Erie Shares, 45 to 46 ; Illinois, 94} to 95. Atlantic and Great - Western Railway Debentures remain at 29. 1 - i to 30, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 331 to 34.1. Foreign Railway shares are without change. Great Luxemburg is inquired for at 103 to 10k, and Lom -141%10-Venetian at 143 to 154 ex div. English Railway shares are generally flatter, partly °wing to speculative accounts being closed. Great Northern .is 4 lower, at 102 to 103 ; and a f all of is noticed in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 1127 i to 128 ; Midland, at 1061 to 1071 ; and , !reat Norther n (A) , 964 ;to 974 and of in South ast ern, at 74 1 t o 75 ; Great Eastern, -at 33i to _ 4 ; -London, B r i g h ton, and S outh Coast, at 535 to ; and Metropolitan, at 1112 to 112± ; Manchester, G t f l l ea a i D t n k c o k v dV e re'sa,nd Lincolnshire, steady, a t 43k to 44 ; an tleB7,to 5 1 3 9 4 . to 531 ; London, Chatham, Shares are quiet, at yesterday's quota -45.), (A) 9„ to 104 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 - Austria.n, 4k to 5 prem. ; Chartered rcantite, 27 to 28 ; Consolidated, 42 2 to 41 ; Im ' 18 to 19 ; Loudon and County, 52 to 53 ; 4nedon and Westminster 70 to 71 ; Oriental, 42 to o f 1 „ ) `' ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; Union "'Km, 34 to 33 ; Imperial Ottoman, to Loudon, °reign Mining I • Shares, St. John del Rey are Tlo n ed p t tale; 21 to at 18k to ;port Philip, 13 to ; awn -24 at ln a 'alisc e ll a neous Securities there is very little doing, atop, Only movement is an improvement of 5 in Lt "Y, which have been dealt in at 155- to 15±. ,loglo-A.lnerican Telegraph, 23 3-16 to 23 5-16 ; At- Fore -street 11A, arehouse, 2 to lk dis. ; London General T he , 5 to 2A. : ; National - Discount, 10-k to 105. vest • ',milker operations at the Bank of England The 44.rdaY consisted of the withdrawal of £lO,OOO in _,Lotsohocoin for Alexandria. Cl 6 Ciintyspoefeie Baltimore, from New York, brings e The silver by the . West India packet was entirely of , 6 1, 0% ;.enct it was yesterday sold at 604 d per ounce, Tb 4 g a firm er mar k et. cop s of sum oe £3Bl 17s 2d has been received on ac- Jq --" Ecuador dividends. kill B t. p o e n ei n al a g iils en4r a l meeting of the Surrey and Sussex Company has been called for the p endi inB t., for the purpose of considering a bill now Acc ng in Parliament. ti;o;ording to the Dundee Advertiser the spinners ceteleufacturers of that' town have unanimously d to reduce the working hours from sixty per Z i e ,2,.as at present, to fifty, by closing the works en fur o n Saturdays, and one whole hour to be given l , r l . "eals on the other working days of the week—this anott;lecrinent to remain in force for one month, when further aentieoenting will be held t o d e lib era t e as t o Th e :N I • w eek etropolit an Railway traffic return shows this • n increase of £4B over last year, and the Gins )ol7.and So uth -Western an increase of £637. following are the rates of continuation, &c., P ro ., " have been current at the settlement now in : — Caledonia n , 3to back, closing, 5-16 to 31 '4 , Great Eastern, 2s to 3s contango, closing 4 to t o 3 j, Great N ort h ern, to 3 contango, closing to el os , 1 . 6 ; Gr eat N orthern A, even to 4 coating°, ( ing 1- 16 to 3-16 contango ; Leeds Stock, 1-16 to 11' _ e "tango, closing ± to 3 contango • London and 3_,!sui Western, even to 5 contango, closing 1-16 to Colltano.o • Great W estern, 1-16 to contango, b tl ; Z n g 3- 16 to ' 5-16 contango ; Midland, 1-16 to 3-16 to e: C losing 3-16 t o 5-16 b ac k ; Metropolitan, 1-16 boe 16 contan go, c l os i ng 1-16 back to 1-16 contango ; si r s, 4 to 3-16 contango, closing ± to 3 contango ; t o e e felds, 1-16 to contango ; North B r iti s h, 5 b ac k ( 4 , ri ven, closing even to 5 contango ; Great Western Q rs ` j . u 4 nada, 6,1 to 9cl even, closing e ven t o 5 contango ; Id Tru n k o f Canada, 9d to is 3d ev en , c l os i ng even to contango ; Brighton, to even, closing. v en to contango. The traffic receipts of th e G ran d T run k Railway of C.l nada, f or th e wee k en di ng April 25th, show an in :;,.; , 4 se of £2,982; and the receipts of the Buenos a , , F ., (t r e,,a and Great Southern Railway an increase of 1 86 , 7 : , as compared with the corresponding period of the earni ngs o f t h e G rea t L uxem b urg R a il way f or b e e ; week ending the 10th inst. amounted to £6,869,. c orr n g an increase of £1,159, as compared with the T e h7"ding . period of last year. /i on followin, is Mr. Sam Mendel's weekly re -1808 o f the ganchester market, dated May 12, a This market continues very dull ; prices . are t t ,,,_ t tle lower, but not sufficientl freeso to stimulate J'ra to resuine operations on a scale , 8 0 351•ITISTI grIINDhi—TWO VOLOOK• p er ~..e f .4NNIENT 94k 1 D u lA. Consols I, UNDS. 3 Per 'lto or Ac count, June 4 ~..I'le,v Vent. Reduced 93 21 11 e Per 0" t I %' 2 Do . Per Cent. Jan. 1894 41144. Par Cont. J an. 1873 Do. for l ; 30 Yrs, expire sth Jau., 1881 — bo °() YrF4 exuiro sth April 1885 --- Md S II 1 ' keho O ft e ek,rnph), Aug., 1908 .•• --- b o. iller 134/s, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct Bl2 l b n 13. "' .£ 5 OO 4 41 c f t £lO O & £2OO Bl2 1..)0:3, 11 gl and Stock, 41 per C ent 247 1 1; , e eerait Ildi a t 4,14 GOVERNMENT SECURITIE.S. bp . ° i; 0i per Cent., April 18e4 Do E`eceunt Per 1)0.1 C ent. •ruly, 1880 D o. oPer Cent, Oct. 1888 o. tertiacates b o. 5 ej_a_cel Paper 4 per Cent — 1)0. sper Cent., Jan. 1872 Lk, 5147rneent., Slay 1879 Do, ~ent., Ilup. Deb. 1872 — D, 13 % do. 1871 — b • 1) o b , 5 do. 188' ) ell • Per Cent., Aug. 1873 0. 4 4 ° ,1 8 7 5 per Cent., .£l,000 er £l.OOO 17 Pm Ar tOrti., **************** A "lellti ' - 'Gli . 111 / 1 1DS —TWO ()LOCI. 1 1 ,, . n o R e 11 1 . '`FlLtn 13, P A il be, 6 per Cent...". kilia o 6 la Q B , 5 per Cent. 1859 xd .b, a ) . 41 ~, Per c ent 4 por c e b • a l it., 1852 O. ° •7 1858 1)0. do., 18 in — t o. 5 do. b Per 6 1863 751 6 li ' Aci:„ e ut, 1 8 65 iepo s ky,r,,nl (`' 2 p er 6 3 Per Cent D 4 , 1 3 i,t , Co e , cerlpti (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 1 . ) 4 0 ~,, f , • ()Ai "nt n o , P er 0... t ......................... De,: "a I, or co e .h a t ~...: .......................... b o. : 7 iB G7 - .) to ....................... .•• ~5 . i 0, 1 )° ._ , ' SC)cll. 'Cet‘t-, 1:AVG...... .............. I),,„';uabißliDdC32 Paid - -tal i, e' - Per Cent .......... . -- jl)lllbian P P r r i C `), 85 .. ktoo 8 Pot. 6fl("Palities, 7 ..... Cent 7 o} r: 34 0 r Nevrt•nt.., 1867 ................ .....- 77 tl.tiati,7ls,r .o,u.golidated, 1 per Oen% 13 1 ,- Dt o ii, ; oilit i _k s J u ' •t ....................... • ••• -_,,, o ' fo(e) °, 3 , , 0 ..................... ••• .• • 1 i 4 }l (,))., L 0 j a r ___ b ° .• .. b 0 o• tc).l .................... 80i 80 .....£4(n) _ Account - ' 4 100 g""16- t , r o, . t 0,04 ..................... 81 ‘ 4 eek 6!E '11"4,t 'lto 1 . : ...... . ............. ..." i 9°7 11- 1 )0 . 4 Per ecut ,B!'':7.9ebent r(ts bo. tj'''oen t , .'' ' -4-0 , ex. Coups --- . ho. 4 u,),,,, ........................... , • • c,e,,..,‘ ............................ . • vtbat .......... ................ssollt, Gqatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras GOT. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p lt hied 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account . 741 Do. Moreaunano iZoiway — liexica-r. 1 per Cent . Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Monteridaan 6 per Cent. hloorish Imperial 5 per Cent Kerr Granada l4k Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 B3l Do Account •• Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 ~ — Do Account - Portmguese 3 per Ct.,1853, '6, '7,'9,'60,'•2,': 401 Do. do., 1'67 4Ol 40 Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent.., 18z2, £ Si B4l Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Ccnt., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - I Do. Anglu-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondt., Du. (10. £Bl 15s. do. 1)o., 1366, £lOO Bonds._ 1)o. (I) £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 6l 31 f i r - dinton., 0 p,r Cent — hirtnish :3 per Con . — Do . Account Do New Dacrr.,l Do Account Do l'a,,sive — Do Acc.unt Do Com. Cert. of Con .. not funded — Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Bl Do Account _- Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 6lk Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 641 Do. 1863 s7f Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 sBf 8 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed - Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 18(54 ' 21k Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... - Dividends on the above payable in liondos.. Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch "iip per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do Account • — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austria n a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ItaliaL 5 per Cent. 1831, E. 25f. Do. Account 4Bl TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 Do. Account, 4th J uno ... 92k 3 THE CITY ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. THIS DAY. This afternoon the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs, attended at Buckingham Palace to present the address which had been unanimously voted to her Majesty, congratulating her Majesty on the happy escape of the Duke of Edinburgh from assas. sination in Auszalia. The civic procession was formed at Guildhall, the members of the Corporation all wearing their full official robes, andiron its arrival at the Palace the deputation were conducted to the Royal pre sence. The address having , been read, her Majesty graciously replied that she felt deeply the sympathy her subjects have invariably offered her iu times of painful anxiety, and the address of the citizens of London on the present occasion was one of the most welcome character. The Lord Mayor, the mover and seconder of the address, having had the honuur of kissing hands, the deputation retired. MARKETS.—(7 his Day.) CORN. This weather maintains prices, and with favourable ac counts of the growing crops, buyers operate with undimi nished caution. On the other hand, the farmers do not offer any but scanty supplies, and prices of Eng lish produce aro consequently free from any appre ciable depression. Holders of foreign were also firm, owing to the supplies to come forward between this and harvest being regarded as by no means in excess of actual requirements. Although, therefore, a slight decline is occasionally observable, there is no general depression. Al Mark-lane to-day the attendance was small, and the trade slow. Scarcely any English wheat fresh up, and rates firm. Foreign in moderate supply, and sparingly purchased at :lie partial decline of is noticed on Monday. Flour dull at late rates. Barley, beans, and peas move off in retail at unaltered Oats maintain their value, but sell slowly. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—The market is firm, with a good inquiry for floating cargoes, and the rates paid fully maintain the re cent quotations of 27s 6d to 27s 9d for No. 12 llztvannah. On the spot the demand is steady for grocery, and mode rate for refining sugar. COFFEE.—A steady busiuess is passing without appre ciable change in prices. TEA.—The public sales of Ind'au tea have finished up at moderate rates for fine and full prices for common grades. RwE.—Prices are maintained at auction ; 1,365 bags good white Bengal sold at 15s 3d par cwt. GINGER is in steady request at late moderate prices ; 131 barrels 85 bags Jamaica sold at 35s to 45s for dark to fair, bright small, 54 cases middling small Cochin sold at 40s. ; 80 cases good middling bought in at 50s to 502. 3 barrels green bought in at 25s per cwt. PIMENTO quiet. 26 bags ordivaay greyish sold at 2d to 2id. TALLOW. Tho market is quiet at 43s 6d spot, 43s 3d June, 41s 3d last three mouths. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 13.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Mar ket Oightl firmer, generally higher. Foreign Ilan packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 23. Ditto, via Marseilles .......... ""• Ms l y 13. Ditto, via Pansuaa ....... .....•• ... Brazil, Buenos Ayre s , and pouts Video. .... ay 22 % Ditto, by Irrenoh p ao k et . June 4 ....... ....... ... .. M 22 Cape Verde. by Brazil paoket . ... June 4. Jape Good Elope. <l.s oonsion• and St.. ilel.3aa June 12. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou.hampton_May 23. Ditto, via „„ Ilarsellles ........ ......... ... •. un 13, may Faikland Islands •.... ...... .............. .June 1. ilbraltar, via Southampt on.. ......... May 16. India, via Southampton ............ ..... ....May 30 Ditto, via Marseilles ...... ..... ......... May 25 r:gypt, .......... .............. May 16. Malta. Ditto, Marseilles May --. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton_ Ditto, Marseilles , 3ray IS Sewfoundla n d . .......... May 23 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... Ditto c ltto to Lisbon United States, anada, California, do., by British ' packet Ditto, by 1_ nited States packet Ditto ditto (New York. D;tto ditto New York) Ditto ditt. (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet .... IS. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ......May 17 SHOCKING DEATH.—A fatal accident occurred to an artilleryman, named George Rowley, a private in the B Battery, of the 4th Brigade, yesterday. The Battery was on the march from Mansfield to Nottingham on Tues day morning, and having ridden on one of the waggons for two or three miles, Rowleyattempted to get off for the put , pose of walking. In doing this the spur caught the drag chain, and threw him ou the ground, and before he could recover himself the wheel passed over his chest. Medical assistance was procured as speedily as possible, but the poor fellow survived the accident only an hour and a half. OPENING OF A NEW RAILWAY.—A new line of railway, unimportant in a commercial aspect, but which will be welcome to the tourist and the sportsman, was opened yesterday. The line is that of the Tees Valley, about nine or ten miles in length, which joins the Stockton and Darlington Railway near Barnard Castle, and goes to within a short distance of the celebrated High Force, a magnificent waterfall. The scenery in the neighbourhood is some of the most picturesque in England; while the long stretches of moorland, on which grouse abound, which extend into Westmoreland will afford ample pastime for the sportsman. THE POISON OF THE COBRA.—An extensive series of experiments has recently been conducted in India by Dr. Shortt to test the efficacy of a large number of reputed an tidotes to the poison of the cobra. These antidotes have been brought forward by claimants for the prize of 1,750 rupees offered by the tlutrajah of Travancore for the dis covery of a specific, but not ono of them has boon found to possess any counteracting influence over the rapid and deadly action of the poison. In consoptence of communi cations which he has received from various parts of Europe, Dr. Shortt has made arrangements with Dr. Tilbury Fox to superintend any experiments which may be made in England with the view of discovering any real antidote which may be in the possession of any one in Europe. Dr. Fox has boon supplied with an ample stock of active poison, both in the liquid and crystalline form, for the purpose. Dr. Shortt will finally test the virtues of any specific which may possibly be discovered. prices. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1868. THE MINISTRY AND THE H?ISII CHURCH. Last night a very large meeting was held at St. James's-hall, Piccadilly, called by the Reform League in support of Mr. Gladstone's Resolutions, and " to denounce the conduct of Air. Disraeli and the present Government." The time fixed for the proceedings to commence was half-past 8, and it was fixed so much later than the usual time of holding meetings in order to allow the Holborn and Clerkenwell Leaguers to march with banners and bands to the West-end. The hall, however, was well filled long before 8, and the people com posing the assemblage were generally of a more respectable class than ordinarily attend large " de monstrations." Mr. Beaks presided, and in ac cordance with the programme of the proceedings no members of Parliament were present, but in their place the platform was crowded with " advanced Reformers." The meeting closed in the usual manner. The CHAIRMAN, who was very warmly cheered, commenced the proceedings by saying he could give the Queen's answer to Mr.. Gladstone's resolutions. Ile thereupon read the Queu's message, and directly the import of it was understood the people arose and gave many hearty cheers for her Ma jesty. When silence was restored the speaker said that he had intended to propose three cheers for the Sovereign, but they had anticipated lain. He then went on to say that it was not in his power to entertain that gathering after the manner of the attractions presented in that hall last week—(a laugh)—when there was an unusual array of most reverends, right reverends, right honourables, and honourables, lords spiritual and temporal—(laugh ter) —the highly refined gentlemau in every rank in and out of the Church, who were assembled there to do battle on behalf of one of the most inexcus able things in existence—the Protestant State Church ascendancy in Ireland. (Cheers.) On this occasion there was "ho ritualistic bishop to be re ceived with a storm of hisses, and the re wa s no liberal dean to be hooted and yelled into silence— (laughter)—neither was there any achiepisco pal club-stick to rap order on the table in case that meeting should be disposed, like the select ticket audience of last Wednesday, to be a little obstrepe rous. (A laugh.) So he had to trust td the good feeling of the people to keep order, and they were not to be led astray by bad examples even of the highest classes.. (Laughter and cheers.) This meeting was called together in discharge of a great public duty—a duty thrust upon the people by the conduct of the Ministers, who now held their offices by the sufferance of their opponents, and by doing the work their opponents desired to be done. This Ministry has appealed from the vote of the House of Commons to the people, not by a dissolution, but by a public statenient that the people's opinions were not in accord with the vote given on Mr. Gladstone's re solutions. Assuming, as they mi g ht assume, t h at this statement was not a miserable p ar t y cry, lik e the "No-Popery "cry, and the " M aun d ay day " letter, and that it was an honest opinion of Mr. Disraeli's, this meeting was held to show that the " conviction" of Mr. Disraeli and his friends was wholly erroneous—at all events, as regarded the working men of the metropolis (cheers), and it was fair to assume that the people generally of the empire would endorse the same views. (Loud cheers.) The gathering had been called to say, not only that the people were in per fectßesolutions, but that a th cc ey ord des w ir i e th d Die. the d G is l e a s dn t s a t h oiiseh 's ment of the Irish Church and the establishment of a perfect religious equality, and they also protested against tit) con tinuance in office of any Ministry not prepared to carry these Resolutions into full an d i mmed i ate The people, to o , were met that evening at (Loud cheers.) to ers declare that th e mee ti ng o f . the previous Wednesday did no t represent the national feeling, and leaving th e Lord Mayor of London to settle with the citizens of London— especially bow far he was entitled to represent them or misrepresent them on the occasion referred to—the other part of the meeting might be called a meeting of Church shareholders merely, in whose o pinions the majority o f th e i r countrymen di d not share. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Beales) as a conscien tious lay member of that Church—and he could declare that out of the whole meeting hell in the hall on the previous Wednesday there was not one more honestly attached to the doctrines than he— wholly and entirely dissented from the objects of that meeting held i n support of the Protestant State Church in Ireland. Ile concluded by reading Mr. Gladstone's answer to the Queen's Message, and upon hearing this the meeting again rose en masse and lustily cheered. Mr. ODGERS, one of the working men speakers, moved this resolution :—" That this meeting cor dially approve the Resolutions introduced by Mr. Gladstone, and passed by the House of Commons, for the disestablishment of the State Church in Ire • land ; and, on behalf of the working men of Eng land, claim for their Irish brethren the immediate adoption of such further measures as shall secure to them entire religious freedom and equality." He pronounced the clergy to be very unwise in their generation. They called this a political ques tion, he said, and a political question they would find it. The day had gone by when the bishops could say what sh ould be done, for the people with their newly-found power would soon clear away a few bishops. (a •-- laugh) The Archbishop of Ar magh might well support the Primate of England in protesting against the disestablishment of the 'ash Church, seeing that their family had taken £8,000,000 out of the Irish Church, and he con cluded a long and somewhat violent speech by declaring that the existence of the present Go. vertu - ilea was u nconstitutional, and was an usur. pa t io n • Disraeli." SPORTING IN rELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING.-TUESDAY. mile. _ Mr. CREMER seconded the resolution, and said doubtless some o f the papers would declare that resolutions were sp o k en to by nobod i es, b ut t h e no bodies who were speaking there had been in the past strong enough to wring a lodger and household franchise from a Tory G ove rnment, and would compel the Govern ment to do j ust i ce to I re l an d b y disestablishing the I r i sh Church. Ile went on to draw comparisons between the meeting of the pre vious week and that meeting, and, calling one the meeting of the shepherds and the other of the wit l h rish Reform L2agne, the shepherds. sheep, declared that the s h ee p were now s h ow i ng they i 1. 1: bad . o n w o concern ATT, of the sup ported the resolution, and said, as an Irish Dis senting Protestant, do ngreyltly the wrong which bad been ny of tla n e e Ihim rish h s and ss in the grinding yr is Church, ca not only to the population, but t o a ll ot h ers out side the pale of the State Church. It was a l l very well to say that it was a "sentim en t a l grievance ;"tet s, felt l e b Roman Catholic cheers, but the Irish State Church was on l y a good th i ng to those who liked it, and there we re not many who did that. (Loud cheers.) lie declared, amid warm j a u n s d ti e c e n enthusiastic Ireland, la ic d, this great wrong, the Irish would rise up as one m an to go hand in e ast n b y extinguishing that if England would d o hand with their English brethren. The resolution Nv as further supported by Mr. MOTHERHED, and beiug put Was c arr i ed amid accla- oration. Mr. CoNNoLLY, the stonemason, moved the second resolution :—" That this meeting denounce the con duct of Mr. Disraeli and the prese n t G overnment, with regard to the Irish Church, as su b versive of public honour and morality, t en di ng to place the Crown in a n t ag onism with the c onv i ct i ons of the people, calcul a t e d to produce the most mischie vous results in Ireland, and such as s h ould induce the country to insist upon their immediate retirement from office." He said he could hardly find words to express his contempt for the Government which would remain in office after the majorities which had decided against them, and still more difficult was it to speak about a man who wou ld dare to interpose Ministry a t n h d e the n peamcopol. of the th ie did notelQaeen between the believe that Mr. Disraeli would have remained in offi ce excep t Ntionide" in conjun ct i on w i t h opery'! cry, i n w hi c h in secret obedience to the House of L or d s, some of the o c s l e e r l n g y e which they would sever succeed. Th e spea k er pro ,mtboerrsaisdeesai re , d , ceeded at some length to speak upon the general question of the Irish Church, and Warmly de nounced the party that dared to uphold what he termed so monstrous a wrong. The resolution, which was seconded, was spoken to by several persons, and carried at an advanced hour. MEETING AT PRESTON. PRESTON, Tuesday Night. To-night a '%rand and enthusiastic meeting has been held in the Corn Exchange for the purpose of considering the disestablishment of the Irish Church. Mr. Councillor Dobson occupied the chair. Speeches were delivered by various gentlemen absolutely condemnatory of the Irish Church Establishment. Among the speakers were Mr. Mason Jones, who delivered a most able and conclusive speech, which was received with cheers. He earnestly called upon the entire country to declare indig nantly its want of confidence in her Majesty's pre sent Ministers, and its desire to see Mr. Gladstone restored to power. He denounced in the most emphatic terms, the spurious attempts to raise a " No-Popery" cry, characterised it as an act of in cendiarism, and called upon all who had the wel fare of the country and its progress at heart to he prepared for the next election, whether they came early or late, and to send into power men of free dom and lovers of religious equality. Mr. Jones called for three cheers for Mr. Gladstone, which were given with great enthusiasm, and followed by three for Mr. Bright. He argued, amid applause, that bishops and archbishops should attend to reli gious and not legislative duties, and not only con demned the Irish but the English Church. Mr. Jones said there was no course left open for the present Ministry except to resign. The following resolutions were carried amid applause : " 1. That this meeting rejoices at the triumphant majorities by which the House of Commons has re solved that . ,' it is necessary that the Established Church of Ireland should cease to exist as au esta blishment, due regard being had to all personal in terests and to all individual rights of property.' It desires to express its warm admiration of the spirit and ability displayed by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and other Liberal members of the house in realising this important result ; .and also the hope that the policy thus initiated will be strenuously supported by all the friends of religious equality, not only at the present time, but when the question is remitted to the country at the approaching general election. " 2d. That this meeting regards the conduct of the present Government, and especially of the Prime Minister, Mr. Disraeli, in refusing to resign, in obedience to the overwhelming and repeated ad verse decisions of the House of Commons, with profound indignation ; and hereby protests against such conduct, as being contrary to constitutional usage and without precedent in the history of this country, as debasing to political morality, as expos ing the Government to general distrust and con tempt, and as an insulting defiance of the power and authority of the House of Commons, and there fore imperilling the rights and liberties of the Eng lish people. " 3d. A copy of the above resolutions to be forwarded to Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. The interest attached to the Great Northern Handicap appeared to be more than usually extended on the present occasion, a fact that was abundantly proved by the large attendance both of Northern and Southern sportsmen. Blinkhoolie maintained the premiership almost unshaken up to the last, until the support awarded to Fortunio, on the strength of a high trial at home with Lord Hastings, caused the Middleham horse tobe equally fancied. Beauty, in consequence of the advance of Fortunio, was sent back in the betting, but Westwick maintained the position ho has held for some time back with much firmness. Between this quartet and the others of the thirteen runners there was a wide gap in the market, the outsider division being headed by Geant des Batailles. Fortunio won cleverly, beating Westwick by three-quarters of a length; while third place was obtained by a rank outsider in Ploughboy. Both Blinkhoolie and Beauty cut up indifferently, and Glut des Batailles and Stratbconan, who have for some time back figured prominently in the quotations, likewise greatly disappointed their backers. The remainder of the day's racing, which was of average interest, will be found fully detailed below : The Craven Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added. One Mr Mackenzie 's Rampart, by Defender, darn by Rifle man, 3 yrs, 7st Glb (inc. 61b ex.) (Canierou) I Mr Plummer's Caprera, 3 yrs, 7st 10lb (iuc. 101 b ex.) MT wen) 2 Betting-13 to Bon Rampart, who, pulling hard, waited to the half distance, when he healed Cap rera, and woti easily by a length. The Zetland Stakes of 5 soya each, with 80 added. ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. st fan' and Deter .... at Caledonian at liatrubrian 'rk and Bandon...—. 20 'ern wall at Dublin A Beltaat June Et IDun„rerth, 4k Ab.Junc X.London, scrip Cetti Do. at Glasgow .k. S. Western at Great Eastern, Urd.stk. , at Do. E. Angl. et. No.2' at Great North of Scotlan d at Great Northern at Do. A stock ...... , at Do. B stock at 10. New, ts. at 25 pm et GtS, and W. of Ireland at Gt. NVestern -Original at Do. 6. Val. Rail. gum. 't Do. 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Holmes's f by Newm luster —Dutchman's Daughter, Bst 61b Mr Johnstone's Lady Hawthorn, Bst 101 b (Cameron) 2 Mr Jackson's Fitzwilliatn, 9st (inc. 41b ex.) (Custance) 3 Mr R. Chilton's Little Duke, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 0 Mr F. Gordon's Sunshade, Bst 61b (T. Challouer) 0 Mr Gregory's f by Cam erino—Alcohol, Bst 6lb (H. Covey) 0 Mr Johnstone's Harvest Homo, Bst 41b (Hudson) 0 Count Keglevich's Zapolya, by &fiend, Bst 101 b (R. Challoner) 0 Mr J. Osborne's Inon, by Carbi neer , Bst 101 h (U. Walker) 0 Betting-11 to 10 aget Fitzwilliarn, 9to 4 agst Dutch man's Daughter filly. The favourite cut out the work at a smart pace next the rails, followed by Dutchman's Daughter filly, Lord Hawthorn, and Zapolya, Inon bring ing up the rear. This order was preserved for a quarter of a mile, when Lord Hawthorn and the Dutchman's Daughter filly came out from the ruck, and the latter took up the Inning, winning easily by two lengths; Fitzwil liam v beaten a neck only for second place ; and two lengths in his rear was Z•tpolya, fourth ; Sunshade was fifth, and the other three were in a cluster, Little Duke being the last. Harvest Homo was fractious in going to the post, and throw her jockey. The Great Northern Handicap of 200 sovs in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if de dared by noon on Tuesday, April 7th ; winners of a handicap value 1,000 sovs, after April 1, at 10 a.m., to carry 141 b, of one of 500 101 b, of one of 200 71b, of one of 100, or the second for one value 1,000 51b extra ; no horse to carry more than 141 b extra: the second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. Two miles over the OM Course. Capt. Gray's Fortunio, by Voltigeur —Fortuna, 4 yrs, Est slb ........(Kenyon) 1 Mr Bowes's West w i c k, 5 yrs, B st T. Ohalloner) 2 Mr R. Porter ns Ploughboy, 4 yrs, Est 41b ...(M‘Ewee) 3 Mr Watt's Strath conan , 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Custance) 0 Mr Chaplin's Blinkhoolie, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 0 Mr Masterrnan's Honesty, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ( H. Covey) 0 Mr J. Wood's Beauty, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Butler) 0 Mr J. Parker_ us Deceit, 4 yrs, Gst 71b - (Renshaw 0 Mr T. V. Morgan's Chelsea, 3 yrs, Get 21b (car_._6st . 31b) _ . (Cradock) 0 Mr Graham's Beanstalk, 4 yrs, 6st (carried Est llb piarnmond) 0 Lord Zetland's Geant des Battailles, 3 yrs, ost 121 b (inc. 51b extra) (carried sst 131 b) (Jeffery) 0 Mr G. Angel's Kettleholder, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Wilson) 0 Mr J. Osborne's Sister to Little Agnes, 3 yrs, ost 71b (W. Platt) 0 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Blinkhoolie and Fortunio, 6to 1 agst Beauty, 7 to 1 agst Westwick, 10 to 7 agst Geant des Batailles, 20 to 1 each agst Stratheonan and Honesty, 100 to 3 each agst Chelsea and Beanstalk, 40 to 1 agst Ploughboy, 50 to 1 each agst Honesty and Deceit, 1,000 to 10 each agst Kettleholder and Sister to. Little Agnes. After many false starts, which lost nearly half an hour at the post, Kettleholder, attended by Westwick, Sister to Little Agnes, Blinkhoolie, and Beauty, cut out the work, the others being headed by Fortunio, and whipped in by Sttathconan ; Honesty, who soon, however, left Strath conan, and took a forward place in the ruck. No change occurred, except that Blinkhoolie and Kettleholder alter nately ran in front, till coming along the woodside, when Beanstalk broke down, and the jockey dismounted. At the mile post Kettle'uoller gave way to Honesty, who came round the Middlethorpe turn with a clear lead, but was joined in the last half mile by Fortuuio and Westwick, the pair being closely followed on the right by Ploughboy. At the distance Fortunio and Westwick drew away, and Fortunio, having the best of it, won by three quarters of a length; five lengths separated second and third; Honesty, half a length behind, was fourth. Blinkhoolie was fifth, Strathconan sixth, Beauty seventh, Geant des Battailes eighth, Kettleholder ninth, Sister to Little Agnes tenth, Deceit next, and Chelsea, pulling up on the pcst, last. The Knavesmire Plate of 100 sous, in specie. Half a mile. Mr Feaster's Lady Zetland, by Voltigeur —Skylark, 3 yrs, Bst 21b Mr Do'esou'a Hector, 2 yre, ist . (Cradock) Mr J. Jackson's Duchess of Athol, 2 yrs, Est 81b (Butler) Mr G. Silverside's progress, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Marston) Mr J. Gilby's Phantom - , 3 yi.s, gst Mb (Drury) 0 Mr F. Gordon's Lady in Waiting, 2 yrs, 6st 81b (carried 6st 131 b) (M. Noble) 0 Mr Robert Johnson's Captain Whit", 2 yrs, Est 1 llb (Hammond) 0 Mr Johnstone's Tabouret, 3 yrs, Bst 51b...(T. Challoner) 0 Mr J. Radcliffe's Soubrette 2 yrs, Est 81b (Kenyon) 0 Mr Johnstono's Lady Flora, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Cameron) 0 • Betting-2 to 1 agst Soubrette, 6 to 2 agst Lady Zet land, 100 t 0.15 agst Duchess of Athol, and 10. to 1 " bar two." Lady Zotland =do the runniug, and won easily by a length ; two lengths between second and third, same X , etween.,third and fourth. The Stand Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added. T.Y.C. AL , * Graham's Festival, by Tournament—Penelope, 3 yrs, ist. 121b(£40) (Coslett 1 M .3. 1 r - .nbery's Thermometer, 4 yrs, 3st (.£10) (li. Taylor 2 Mr E. Lascolles Vermicelli, 2 yrs, Gst (X 10) (Wilson 3 Mr ril-ilby's Percussio n , 3 yrs, 7st 91b (.£10) (G Walker 4 Mr Glutplln's Miss Seilon c, 2 yrs, fist (.£10) (Jeffery) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Festival, 2to 1 agst the Miss Sellon colt, and 4to 1 agst Vermicelli. Festival got off with the lead, and, without being headed, won, after a good ra* e, by a neck; four lengths between secund and third, two lengths betw een thi r d an d f ourth. _... _ . _ The Union Hunt Plate of 2 Boys each, with 50 added. Two miles and a half. Mr J. Simison's Helen, 6 yrs, 13st Zilb (Ar. R.Walker) w.o. WINCHESTER RACES-TUESDAY. The experiment of bringing the Winchester Meeting forward, so as to join on with the popular Salisbury gathez ing, has proved highly successful. Adverse weather, as far as the comfort of the visitors was concerned, a' tended the opening day of the meeting, although in other re spects the rain that fell did good service in softening the running ground. The attendance was considerable, and the racing quite up to the mark. The Three Yearl Oid Biennial was won by Cock of the Walk, a representative of Danebury, who divided the favouritism with Witchcraft. The Winchester N ursery Stakes resulted in the overthrow of a hot favourite, in Suilinka, on whom odds were laid, and in the victory of a dark outsider in Mr 11. Goater's All brook. The fielders met with another turn in the Hamp shire Stakes, for which Venomous was made the favourite, but he bolted after starting, and the race was carried off by a rank outsider iu Viscount St Albans. John Day's stable was again successful for the Fourth Biennial with Miss Foote, and the day's sport was woun i up with a spl,u , lid race between Zeloo and Peggy fur the Welter Cup, which terminated in a deal heat, the former subse quently walking over. Third Winchester Biennial Stakes of 10 so'va each, with 40 added, for three-yr-olds. One mile. Mr J. Day's Cock of the Walk, by Chanticleer—Whim sical, Bst 10lb Mr E. C. Clayton's Lymingto n , B st 101 b (j Dale y) 2 Mr Padwick's Witchcraft., Bst 61b (T. French) 3 Mr G. Jones's Janet Rawcliff, Bst 61b (T. Adams) 4 Mr J. Powney's Lady Raglan, Bat 61b (Cannon) 5 Marquis of Hastings' Equerry, Bst 1,01 b.. ...(T Saddler) 6 Betting-2 to 1 each agst Cock Of the Walk and Witch craft, and 3 to 1 agst Lymington. Cock of the Walk made play throughout, and won in a canter by three lengths from Lymington, who was a similar distance in advance of Witchcraft. Janet Rawcliffe was fourth, a head only in advance of Lady Raglan. Equerry, last throughout, was beaten off. Tho Winchester Nursery Stakes of 100 sots, for two-yr &pls. T.Y.C. Mr H. Goatees Allbrook, by 'Wild Dayrell—Eli za b o th , by Dani,tl O'Rqurks, Bst (Cannon) 1 Mr H. Wright's Prebendal, 7st 2lb (Peppler) 2 Duke of Hamilton's Hymen, by Neville, 7st 71b Mr Woodward's Nelly, 84 (Hartley) 3 (Lavis) 0 Mr Padwick' s S o ffi n k a , 7 s t 12Ib (Clement) 0 Mr J. Saxon's April Morn, 7st 101 b .................. (Vinell) 0 Mr H. Goater's Buxton, 7st 3lb Mr Thelluss on ' s Wi nc hilsea, 7st 21b ............... (Killick) 0 Mr J. Saxon's Hagar, 7st (Seaton) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Soffinka, sto 1 agst Allbrook, Bto 1 agst Hymen, and 10 to 1 agst any other. In one of the breaks-away which preceded the start Nelly came in col lision with Hymen, and the jockey of the former was thrown, but sustained no injury. Hymen made the run ning, closely attended by Winchilsea, Prebendal, and Soffinka, Allbrook lying off until rea c hi ng the distance, where Hymen dropped away, and Allbrook an d P rebendal came on, the former winning easily by a length. Three lengths divided tho second and third ; Hagar was fourth, Buxton fifth, Soffinka sixth, Winchilsea seventh, April Morn next, and Nelly last. The Hampshire Stakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 100 added if three horses start. One mile and 5 fur. ilr Flight's Viscount St. Albans, by St. Albans —Gar nish, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Sanderson) 1 Mr W. Goater's Nelaton, 4 yrs, 814 41b (P. French) 2 Mr E. Brayley's Douro, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr Jones' Lizard, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Daley) 0 Mr R. C. N a yl or ' s Wild Briar, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (J. Ad ams) 0 Mr E. Brayl e y's P r i n ce Regent, 3 yrs, Bst4lb (i nc. 5 1 b ex) (Cannon) 0 Mr H. Goater's Venomous, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Hibberd) 0 Betting -5 to 2 agst Venomous, 3to 1 agst Prince Regent, 4 to 1 agst Wild Briar, and 6 to 1 each agst Douro and Nelaton. The favourite made play with a clear lead of her horses for about three hundred yard; when she bolted out of the course, and Hibberd was un able to get her into the track in time to take any further part in the race. The command was then taken by Wild Briar, who held a clear lead of Viscount St. Albans, Nelaton, and the Wizard, Mr. Bray ley's pair lying off until rounding the bond into the straight, when Wild Briar, who appeared to be winning in a canter, "cut it" in the most unmistakeable manner, and Viscount St. Albans and Nelaton came away side by side; but Nelaton never being quite able to get up, Viscount St. Albans won very cleverly by a head. Douro, who ad vanced from the rear within the distance, finished a bad third, and his stable companion, Prince Regent, was fourth, Wild Briar fifth, and The Lizard next. Venomous did not pass the post. The Town Plato of 50 soy; added to a sweepstakes of 5 Boys each, 3ft to the fund. Half a mile. Mr H. F. Haynes's Robert Laundry, by Ben Webster, 2 yrs, sst 71b (.£3O) .(Deakin) 1 Mr H. Goater's Lady Ward, 3 yrs, 7st3lb (£3O) (Hibbord) 2 Mr Walter's Sting, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£3O) (Anthony) 3 Mr J. Dixon's Excitement, 4 yrs, Bst llb (.£3O) S. Adams) 4 Mr O'Hara's c by Frogmoro —Secrecy, 2 yrs, oat 71b (.£3O) (Weston) 0 Betting —2 to 1 agst Excitement, 9 to 4 agst Sting, and sto 2 agzt Robert Laundry. Lady W'ard and Sting in company made running, until within a hundred yards from horns, when Robert Laundry, who had beon lying handy, took the lead, and won easily by a length, a head only separating second and third. Excitement was fourth. The Secrecy colt bolted soon after starting. The winner was sold to Mr. H. Wright for 155 guineas. The Citizens' Plate of 60 sous. Half a mile. Mr. Trimmer's Magnolia, by Knight of Gwynno or Diophantus —Rosy Morn, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Killick) 1 Captain Christie's Salliet, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b ...(T French) 2 Mr. Ruff's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Wyatt) 3 Mr. Samuel's Amour Propre, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (PePPler) Mr. P. Gauge's Miss Camerine, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Sadler) 0 Mr. Rickard's Harlington, 4 yrs, 7st (Viney) 0 Mr. J. Wood's Northern Star, rs, 3 y 7st 4lb (Hibbard) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Sugarstick, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (F. Webb) Mr. flight's Sour Grap es, 3 yrs, Ost (Weston) 0 Mr. Saxon's Rosecleer, 2 yr s , s st 71b (Vi ne ll) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Lady Geraldine, 2 yrs, sst 7lb (Spencer) 0 Mr. Aston's Chateau Margaux, 3 rs, 7st 21b... "J. Clark) 0 Mr. Goddard's Laud Ho (late I sabel), 3 yrs Est 101 b (Bannister) 0 Mr. Henry's Henry the First, 3 yr ys, rs, Bat 51b (Cannon) 0 Gst 71b (Milne) 0 Mr. T. Hughes's Seringapatam, Betting— 5 to 2 each a gs t S alliet and Magnolia, 10 0 to 4 15 each apt Amour rropre and Lady Mary, and 10 to 1 agst Seringapatam. After a long delay at the post, caused by the anxiety of the jockeys to get off, the flag wits lowered to an equitable start, but Magnolia being quickest on her logs was soon clear of her opponents, and, never being headed, wm in a canter by four lengths from Salliet, who defeated Lady Mary a length for second place. Amour Propre was fourth, Sour Grapes fifth, Sugar stick sixth, Northern St ar , C hateau Margaux, Marl i ng ton, and Lady Geraldine next, the last of all being Miss Camerine. The Fourth Winchester Biennial Stakes of 10 sovieach, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. Mr. J. Day's Miss Foote, by Orlando—Gossamer, Bst 61b (Cannon) 1 Mr. Graham's Minna Troil, Bst 61b (J. Adams) 2 Mr. J. Astley'sf by Atherstone—Overture's dam, Bst 31b _ (S. Adams) 3 Mr. Flight's f by Warlock —Viz:niece, Bst 61b (T. Sadler) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Baden, Bst 616 (aartley) 0 Mr. 11. F. Haynes's Tho Alderman, Bst 101 b _(f. Day) 0 Mr. Mann's Sovereign, Bst 31b 6 (Scorey) 0 Mr. J. Wood's Iron Duke, Bst 1 Olb (J. Goater) 0 Lord llowth's f by Rangor—'Mlineepie's dam, Bst 61b (T. French) 0 _ . Betting-6 to 4on Miss Foote, 7to 4 agst Minna Troil, and 10 to 1 "bar two." The Overture's dam filly and Minna Troil side by side made the running, with a slight lead of the favourite, until a little over a distance from home, when the Overture's dam filly was disposed of, and the favourite and Minna Troil ran together till reaching the commencement of the stand enclosure, when Miss Foote got slightly the best of it, and won cleverly by three-quarters of a length. Three lengths separated the second and third, Iron Duke fourth, Vimiere filly fifth, and Baden last. The Welter Cup, valuo 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. One mile five furlongs. • Mr. W. S. Jones's Z eloo, by Turuus —Miss Margaret aged lOst (Mr. A. Yates) t w.o. Mr. J. Saxon's Peggy, 4 yrs, lOst 21b (Mr. F. G. Hobson) t 0 Mr Woolcott's Cork Jacket, 3 yrs, lOst 101 b (inc 71b ex) (F. Adams) 3 Mr P. Wickham's Pevensey, 4 yrs, list 101 b ...(Owner) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Paiushill, 3 yrs, lOst 101 b (Mr Crawshaw) 0 Mr H. Goatees Venomous, 3 yrs, lOst 81b (Mr Edwards) 0 Betting.- 9 to 4 agst Pevensey, 5 to 2 agst Painshill, 3 to 1 agst Venomous, 5 to 1 agst Cork Jacket, and 6 to 1 agst Peggy. Pevensey was the first away, but in a few strides was joined by Peggy and Painshill, the three com ing on in company, just clear of the others until a quarter of a mile from home, when the lot closed and came on in a body to the distance. Here Zaloo, Peggy, and Cork Jacket drew away, tho two former finishing a dead heat. Cork Jacket was third, a head only in rear of the dead heaters; Pevensey was a bad fourth, Painshill fifth, and Venomous last. Deciding Heat —Zeloo walked over, and divided the stakes with Peggy. VULPICIDISM IN YORKSKIRE.—Foxes abound in such numbers in the Weld district that, now the hunting season is over, several tenant farmers have found it neces sary to intimate their intention of openly destroying them. Although a watchman with gun is employed in some cases, still the loss of a lamb per might on the average has to be endured, and nocturnal depredations in poultry roosts are frequent. This state of things is attributed to over pre servation and defective buntiog, the "kills" being small in comparison with the "runs" last season. Agra, Ditto, B, 8 Austrian, 1 1 Australasia, 51 Imperial Otloman, IU/ London Chartered Banc of Australia, 21; London and County, 52 1 Ditto, new, 311 London Joint Stock, 351 London and ►1 estininster, 7 0 1 1 National Provincial of klinzland..l33 Oriental Bank Corporation, 42 Unity!, or Australia, 45 MISCELLANICOUS: City of Moscow Gas, lim., 4/ I Credit Fonder ot. Eogiand, kiln., 3 Egyptian t per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua.by Egypt. Goy.. toi iluuson's fl*Y, }6 l Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, lif Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan. 724 iy The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange ou London is 251. 170. per .CI sterling. .in c.anparing these rates with the English Mint price of .4:1 tie. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it 8ype....4 that gold is at t+b)ut the same price in Paris and Loudon. The , ;puree of exchange at New York on London for Gills at tin days' sight is about 1101 per cent. At this rate there is a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United states. FORGED ANTIQUITIES.—The surreptitious trade introduced by the man known as "Flint Jack," it appears, is being carried on on the Yorkshire \Voids by numerous imitators. Last week Mr. Charles Hartley, of Melton, succeeded iu tracing and exposing a► wholesale vendor of spurious arrow-heads of flint, who had various connexions along the line of railway across the welds. The forged flints are sold to farm servants, and by them disposed of to unwary collectors. News is also to hand that "Flint Jack" himself (who has just been released after a year's imprisonment in Bedford Gao]) is also at work at his old trade of deception, and has boed driving a lucrative trade at Northampton—so much so that one of the local papers finds it requisite to give a caution agaiudt the purchase of of all "flint arrows and stow) ache." . , IMPERI PAR LI AMEN T HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THis DAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o'clock. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (METRIC S YSTEII) BILL. Mr. E WART moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to legalise the metric system in weights and measures. The hon. member referred to the bills that had been introduced and considered in former sessions of Parliament, and said that whenever inquiry had been made relative to the desirability of adopting an uni form system of weights and measures for commercial pur poses, the unanimous opinion was invariably in favour of the metric system of decimals and subdivisions. It bad been urged that the great inconvenience which would result from any extensive change in the present system o weights and measures was a sufficieut reason not to adopt the metric system, but he thought such an objection was not sufficient. A slight iuconveuieuce no doubt would for a short time take place, but the great result would be an enormous extension of the trade of this country. The metric system was in full force in upwards of 20 countries, whore it gave universal satisfaction. Mr. GRAVES seconded the motion. He was one who was fully convinced of the absurdity of the present plan of weights and measures in use in England, and the simplicity and beauty of the metric system. It would be a matter of the greatest importance to this country with respect to the extension of its commerce if one uniform system was adopted. The system was now iu full operation iu various countries, and it worked with au ease and clearness that spoke highly in its favour. It had been adopted by the Govern ment of Franca in their various official de partments, and America was now only waiting for this country to make the change, in order that that great and exteusivo country might follow our example. Mr. B. HOPE opposed the motion. He said tho house was now asked to adopt a plan of weights and measures, called the metric system, without a clear description and definition having been given to the house as to what the system really was. The bill proposed to abolish a system which everybody clearly understood, and to substitute in its place one of a complicated sytem of deci mals. It was, he did not deny, one for facilitating calculation, but applied to the purposes of everyday life of the poor man, who would be baffled and more deceived than he was at present. It might be all very well for the merchant; princes of Liverpool and other great towns who coul afford to keep clerks to attend to their accounts, but to make it penal for a poor man because he did not know the value of a decigramme, was going too far. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six month,3. Mr. P. URQUHART supported the second read!.ng of the bill. (LEFT SITTING.) SPORTING INTEL LIGENOE—This Day. YORK RACES—THIS DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MATCH. Chelsea beat Russian Bear by a short head. EGLINTON STAKES. The Eglinton Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 44 yds.) Donaldbain I Lord Hawthorn 2 Carnerino c .. ... a Four ran. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. MAY. Bath Croydon Ist Summer .., 21 Epsom Summer Newark 2l Paris JUNE West Drayton 1 I Newton Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 Hampton ... Alauchester 3 Newcastle Ascot Summer 9 Bibury Club I Beverley, Hull, and Stockbridge East Aiding lO Alexaudra Park I Windsor Summer JULY. Chelmsford Worcester Summer ..: 2 Odiham Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Stamford Radcliffe Carlisle 7 j Nottingham July Newmarket July 7 I Chesterfield Hungerford Pontefract Down Royal Corp...—. 14 j Sudbury aad Ealing Reading Spilsby AUGUST. Deauville Leek 3 Somerset .. Brighton - 4 Dover Brighton Club 6 Scarborough Sum m I Lewes Su er Wolverhampton ll I Great Yarmouth Stockton Plymouth • Windsor August l3 Ipswich Egham l7 Lichfield Hastings York August Oxford SEPTEMBER. Baden, Warwick September ... 1 Monmouth Abingdon 3 Manchester I Lei c e ster Doncaster September 8 Walsall Br econ Richmond Hampton Aut umn l5 Royal Caledonian Haut Kelso l.;* and Western M OCTOBER. Bedford 1 I Sudbury and Ealing ... Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 1 Harrow .. Lanark 8 I Worcester Autumn. Chelmsford Autumn Cheltenham Liverpool Shrewsbury NOVEMBER. .. 3 1 Leamington .. 9 1 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Bromley DECEMBER. St. Albans Kinatry 1 Eailing g6L 8 LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. AMIIRALTY, MAY 9. Royal Marino Light Infantry.—Lieutenant Graham Hewett to be Second Captain, vice T. M. Hewett, to half pay. Dated Sth May, 1866. Goirge Pratt has this day boon promoted to the rank. of Euguieer iu her Majesty's Flout, with seniority of 7th April, 1668. MAY 11. The undermentioned othzers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's fleet:— Mr. William Fisher Rowe, with seniority of 7th April, 1868 ; Mr. E Inland Clark, with seniority of 23d April, 1868. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short -. 11 17} -. 11 18 Ditto Rotterdam - -. 11 19f -. 11 19 Antwerp - -. 25 35 -. 25 40 Brlssels Ilanaburign - ... 13 91 ". 13 101 Paris Short 25 15 ... 25 221. Ditto 33ls. -. 2) 3 . 2} -. 25 37 1 Marseilles-. - 25 3 . 2} -. 25 40 Frankfort-on-the-Main -.-. 124 -. 1201 Vienna - -. 11 621 -. 11 871 Trieste •-• -. 11 82i ... 11 90 I'etorsburs - _. 321 ... a2l Berlin ". Madrid - -. 48 5 -. 48 Uadiz - -. 44 -. 49 Leghorn.- - -. 28 10 -. 28 20 Milan - .- 28 10 -. 28 20 Genoa - -. 28 10 .- 28 20 Naples -. - ... 28 10 ... 28 20 Palermo - ... 28 -10 ... 28 20 Messina...... - ... 28 10 ... 28 20 Lisbon - ... 511 .. 51} Oporto .....-. -- ... blf ... 51f Governor M'Cormick, of Arizona, and the Mexi can Governor of Sonora had an interview, at which ar rangements were made for securing the right of transit through Mexican territory. Volney Winchel, s well-known broker, in Spring field, Massachusetts, left that city oa the 10th April, and it is considered highly improbable under the circum stances that have transpired, that his clients will have the satisfaction of welcoming him back. On April 9, T. Monroe Kibbe, of Somers, Connecticut., called and asked for the United States Bonds, for which he had left with the broker 44,500 in Seven-thirties for exchange, and re-. ceived an evasive reply, a l t hou g h the Seven-thirties h ad been given to him ear l y in March. When Mr.Winchel found that he could not evade his client's demand, h e l e f t, without beat of d ru m, Mr. Winchol ha d shaken of al l encumbrances, wife, fi as ,ed his h he had tie d he said, cre r ditors ito Newr r r s d that a Yo n dec amping drum, mutt to the su r p r i se of the wife rn y ear ago, d whose trepidati on con firmed as well as creditors. It is feared that his liabilities are very considerable, and the loss io Mr. Kibbe comprises his entire savings for years. A bad feature of the case is that the chief sufferers are poor men who have had all their earnings thus swept off ; but at the same tines it must not wholly be taken for granted that Mr. Winchel is the gross swindler he at present appears to bo. An election bet, which should remain unique, was made in Danbury, in pursuance of which a Republican must walk t,) New Haven to witness the inaugut ation of Governor English, and vote the Democratic' ticket next spring. Had the Republicans gained the day it would have devolved upon the Demod 4 at to perform the pilgrim age, and vote the ticket et the victerieus party. 22 2.i 2 2$ kris inds t his talf- AY. ida cut, pre.. be nen ,ntic onY ;ul - of the ex- ace, gir oyal fists• ster ieet wee the , in s of ded ' jell was ric anY .ere oh da- [err the Ini of nail rith o n - ,bi nod the 3ry the ,his ,Lu jug lej the rd, the 0 5- Lich tbe 0 13 9 GiO line 9 ,tel vho i an i A‘ ;Ui ll 001 t i 9 Ll O3 (3 5° btlt