The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-26 00:00:00

rEWPgiTugemiLxi raw The'daYs - oddrupled in the foinaftiiOn of a araiiiiiiineEt "ale; says : the Times, always a period of busy speculation. thousand rumours chase one another out of existence. i.eSent crisis has, however, bein for some time foreseen, and as it is not occasioned by the defeat of a Ministry and the coniecpient accession of a new party to power, but simply by the failing health of the Premier, it might be supposed that it would be resolved with comparative ease. But there are elements of strangeness in the state of affairs 'which are wholly with Ont parallel. The statesman henOnred by the ,Queen with the duty of re-forming a flinistry has fairly soon the high plaCe he occupies ; he is the first in` power and in ability of the colleagues of Lord Derby, and he had acquired a position in the House' of Commons to which no other statesman of the day can pretend. Yet, if Mr. Disraeli be evidently the fitting successor to Lord Derby, it must be remembered also that he has achieved that distinction in spite of every disad vantage of birth, of education, and of position, and in spite, above all, of the great and at one time ap parently unmitigated distrust of the party now ac cepting ,him as their leader. The Tory party, the Chancellei of the Exchequer has often declared, is the historic party of England ; but of that history he himself cannot claim the inheritance. It has ever accounted itself the party of long descents will ancestral English honours, but Mr. Disraeli has boasted that " literature was his only scutcheon," and has described himself as " a gentleman of the press." The records of the early career of the Chancellor of the Exchequer have often been cited as additional evidence of the inconsistency of his opinions with his present position, but the Conserva- tires have never harshly judged the effervescence o 1 youthful independence. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has served the Conservative party for more than twenty years. He slowly reconstructed its parliamentary organi sation, and has thrice brought it into power:. By the public he has been always regarded as the ruling spirit of the Cabinet. The time has arrived for the servant to become the malter ; nor could Mr. Disraeli have accepted a lower place without a loss of dignity which would have been unworthy of himself and discreditable to his party. We believe the members of Lord Derby's Cabinet, with probably only a single notable ex ception, will compose Mr. Disraeli's Ministry, and the conduct of public business will receive'no check. Some changes are, of course, inevitable, and may, perhaps, tend to the increase(' stability of the Administration. The nomination of Mr. Disraeli as First Lord of the Treasury places the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer at his dis posal, and in recent times the two posts have been filled by different persons ; but Sir Robert Peel was First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1835, following the example of Mr. Pitt, and it may not be inconvenient to revive the practice. Whenever Lord Derby was absent, the excessive weakness of his Administration in debating power in the House of Lords became painfully apparent, and it will be a matter of common prudence to strengthen the new Ministry in this respect. The transfer of any prominent member of the House of Commons to the here ditary Chamber is commonly a tax on the patriotism of the new-made peer, but when an heir-apparent is sum moned in his father's barony the hardship is sensibly diminished. Lord Derby himself sat for several years in the Upper House before he succeeded to the family honours, and the singular destiny of Lord Stan ley would be consistently fulfilled were he to lead the House of Lords while continuing to hold the seals of the Foreign Office. Other solutions of a difficulty which must by some means be solved are, how ever, possible. The political abilities of Lord Cairns are put to little use in his position as an independent supporter of the Ministry, and means may possibly be found of en listing his services more directly in the ranks of the party he adorned when a member of the House of Commons. It is said, indeed, that Lord Chelmsford desires that he .may be relieved of his office upon the reconstruction of the Government. Such changes as have been foreshadowed would scarcely alter the personal composition of the Ministry ; nor is it probable that Mr. Disraeli's Adminis tration will differ materially from that which was led by Lord Derby. The House of Commons will weigh with candour the conduct and pretensions of Mr. Disraeli's Ministry. Mr. Disraeli is known and admired by the House, and members willingly entertain the proposals oi one who so manifestly defers to its authority. Of the possible changes which may take place in the constitution of the Cabinet it would, in the opinion of the Post, be premature to speak. It is, however, by no means improbable that the woolsack will be vacated, and in that event we may expect to see the Great Seal entrusted to the custody of Lord Cairns. Mr. Disraeli will most probably continue, whilst First Lord of the Treasury, to discharge the functions of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and no material changes may be expected in the offices of Secre taries of State. It is not unreasonable to assume that Mr. Disraeli obtained assurances of the support of the principal members of the Cabinet before the Earl of Derby placed his resignation in the hands of the sovereign and sug gested that the present Chancellor of the Exchequer wa: the fittest person to whom to entrust the task of forming a new Ministry. Lord Stanley, to whom common rumour pointed as the probable successor of his father, favours the present arrangement, and most persons will be inclined to think that he has acted wisely in postpon:ng till a future time claims which must eventually be recognised. There seems to the Daily News to be no alternative but the elevation of Lord Stanley to the Upper House. His removal will leave Mr. Disraeli without a colleague iu the .Commons capable of speaking with authority on great questions of policy. Sir John Pakington, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy are tolerably efficient heads of departments ; under pressure they are equal tc the delivery of good party speeches ; but above this level nothing can raise them. It is possible that Mr. Disraeli may seek for aid where Lord Derby looked for it in 1864 —in the Cave. Mr. Lowe and Mr. Horsman are out ot the question ; but Lord Grosvenor, whose intellect is up to the ducal standard, and Lord Elcho, who is a Eta.; above it, remain. Lord Cairns, out of office, is as helpful In debate as if he belonged to the Ministry. His advice In the Cabinet would be valuable. But if he were dig posed to exchange the life tenure of the Lord Justiceship for the precarious party tenure of the Lord Chancellorship, the duty of presiding over the sittings of the Peers wou ld prevent his assuming the Ministerial leadership. There have been times, the Herald observes, when Cabinets have been broken up by the punctilios of men who would serve under none of less than high hereditary rank. Those days have gone for ever, and Mr. Disraeli adds one more name to the catalogue of brilliant Corn moners who have been Premiers of England. More :he adds the example of a man who, through his commanding ability and steadfast devotion to his party, and far-seeing oomprehension of its necessities, and opportune recog nition of its mistakes, has made himself its head, raised it from despond, and enabled it to set a permanent stamp upon the legislation of the empire. As a rule, perhaps, it is better that the Chief of the Cabinet should sit in the "louse of Commons. Various sections of the Liberal Opposition, as is well known, contemplate, whenever the day of their return to office arrives, accep',ino. Mr. Glad- stone as Premier, and it is certainly as well that the leader of the Government should be a member of the House in which the principal questions arise and the principal busi mess is transacted. . retrospect of Mr. Disraeli's career does certainly not 'warrant the Standard in refusing to him all the credit which he wins by his present elevation. If Mr. Disraeli has not been always of the same opinions, it is only to say of him that he is not free from a common human infirmity. ''Co bring against him his early Radicalism is no more to fasten a reproach upon the Conservative statesman than to allege that he was once youthful and unripe, and is now middle-aged and mature. Everyone who thinks strongly xut all about politics has gone through the same stages of belief ; few have emerged from the domain of the early A-ions into the region of settled faith with less freshness fof youth than Mr. Disraeli. If he is not now what he was thirty years ago, he has but gone through the process ':which was held to be no fault in Halifax end in many Other of our greatest English statesmen. Fairly regarded , and in th e spirit which Mr. Disraeli himself invariably ihews to every fair opponent, his career has been one of singular and remarkable consistency. • It is, the Telegraph contends, obvious that a new Finance Minister will be required. Should the Premier confine his choice to his colleagues, Sir Stafford .Northwte would, of course, be the statesman first suggested to his mind ; but there are manifest obstacles to Sir Stafford's removal from his present post. He has mastered the intric .te and important details of Indian government, and has espe- cially devoted himself to the work of preparing and super- intending the Abyssinian expedition : and it would be a serious loss to the public service if another were now to supersede him. There are not many men in the Ministry who are, to use a homely expression " big enough for the place." Mr. Wilson Patte n may be thought of :he has character, capacity, and the confidence of the House ; but he is no longer youms , and would pr o b a bly s h r i n k from the task. Will Air. Disraeli endeavour to go beyond his own colleagues, or will he ask us to see, perhaps,in Mr. Ward I runt a candidate of sufficient mark and experience foe the Exchequer ? If so, it can only be with the idea that finance at this moment is not the main business of the ('ahinet. The revenue is unhappily inelastic —no possi bility for the ingenious remission of taxes exists, nor does anybody dare to demand it ; so that an accountant, rather than a Chancellor of the Exchequer, might carry on -the w rk. Leaving the problem of discovering one to tilt Prime Minister, we may observe that the woolsack will probably have a new occupant. Lord Chelmsford has earned his pension, and for some time past everybody ha s peen expecting that he would make room for the stronger 11 ea, Iwhichupon the shoulders of Lord Cairns. 'he Star is sorry that it cannot congratulate Mr. Dis raeli with a more thorough a dmiration for his genius and his career. That he has won the position which mtelldc than.' he is so well qualified to fill we are glad to record. That inere ability sprung from obscurity has thereby gaiLied a triumph over prejudice and flunkeyism, : is some thing which, regarded even in the most practical and btrines3-like point of view, the co untry_ o ught to look at with satisfaction and new hope. But we wish the triumph won by Mr. Disraeli had been snore thoroughly a legitimate success ; that it had been . earned by the inauguration of great political measures, rather than by clever triumphs over political opponents. We wish we could think of any great thing projected, planned, and done by him for his country which history might boast of. :md in the memory of which the mere record of the offices he filled might seem but of little interest. Lookinc , back over . his career as i m p ar ti a lly as we can, we remembe r notlupg of the kind. Hi s h as b een a greaetriumph for di individual career. But it is lackinr , in much which the aftertuw tl4lllu Awn 9f thail ,the P;csqa. BURGLARY AiVD AI'TEMPI .ED MURDER. The Maidstone Journal has the following account of the burglary and attempted murder at Linton Park :—" Early on Tuesday morning the watchman employed at Linton Park, on going his rounds, discovered a light in owed the lower passages of the mansion, and on going to the other side of house found one of the winskws on the ground floor open. He at once entered, and encountered two men either with masks on or their faces blackened. A struggle took place which awakened the household, con sisting mostly of maid-servants and the housekeeper. The latter with great presence of mind immediately rang the bell connected with her bedroom ; and that hanging immediately over where the scuffle was going on, at once gave an alarm. The burglars seem to have been well armed for a close encounter ; the watchman had only an ordinary walking-stick, but he did not succumb to the fearful odds against him until he was sadly injured on the head, and a pistol shot fired at him ; fortunately, however, the shot did not take effect. After disabling the watch man the thieves ran along a passage leading to the outer door, but that being fast they turned into another passage, and up a flight of stairs, at the top of Which is the house keeper's bedroom. This being fast, they prowled along another passage, and entered a room where two maid-ser vants slept, locking the door behind them, and threatening the terrified yourig women with instant death if they made any alarm ; the thieves, however, quickly made to the window, which they at once opened, and jumped out into the kitchen yard below, a depth of fourteen feet, and at once made their escape. Being disturbed in their operations they had not been able to secure any booty, but several rooms appear to have been entered, and the manner in which the fellows got into the house, their desperate struggle with the watchman, and their final daring leap from an upstair window upon a stone pavement below, she; that they are no novices in their calling.. The attempt at murder also by firing the pistol proves they came prepared to commit any crime that was needful in the accomplishment of their purpose. The affair took place betweeh three and four o'clock, or very shortly after the fillt-named hour. The wounded man had strength to crayil along twards the housekeeper's and maid-servants' bedioams, and the large dinner-bell of the mansion having been rung by the housekeeper and maids, alarmed the villagers, and assistance arrived. Lord and Lady Holmesdale and the bulk of the household (as is known) being in London, there was only one of the stablemen at home, and he quickly carried the news to Maidstone, informing the Kent County Constabulary, and, what was equally important, summoning Dr. Joy to the assistance of the wounded man. Mr. Superintendent Ovenden was quickly on the spot, and directed his men and others to scour the neighbourhood, he himself gaining what informa tion he could froili those present. Dr. Joy also dressed the injured man's wounds, which were several severe ones on various parts of the head, and we are sorry to hear the poor sufferer is still in considerable danger. Lord Holmes dale, who was in London, lost no time in visiting Linton during the day, and gave directions that everything that could be of service to alleviate the sufferings of the injured man was to be done, and Dr. Joy, at his lordship's request, has attended him daily. A painter, of Boughton, was taken before Mr. Charles Whitehead, at the magistrates' clerk's office, charged with the offence, and remanded till Saturday. LAW AND POLICE. LANGTON v. WAlTE.—Vice•Chancellor MaEns had before him, on Tuesday, the case of Langton v. Waite. The plaintiff in the case borrowed £6,000, and deposited as a security for the repayment £22,000 Grand Trunk Railway of Canada stock. The transaction was concluded through Messrs. Price and Pott, stockbrokers, the defendant, a member of the firm of Messrs. Foster, Braithwaite, and Co., being transferee of the stock, and having new certifi cates. The loan was for three months, at £7los. per cent., and the stock having been sold, or, at all events, dealt with by the lenders during the loan, and the price having varied, as the plaintiff alleged, from £42 per cent., when it was deposited, to £3O, when it was returned, the main question was whether they were entitled so to deal, and if they did, whether they were not liable to account in con sequence. The plaintiff alleged that he had durante sold the stock, and in consequence of the lender's refusal to allow him to redeem incurrec a loss of £BBO in the pur chase, according to an alleged custom of the Stock Exchange. The plaintiff subsequently brought an action for damages against the defendant, which was stayed, and the defendant denied the custom •ged, whereby the defendant had incurred the stated loss, and also averred that by the custom of the Stock Exchange a lender of money on the security of stock for a fixed period could deal with such stock in any manner he thought fit. This the plaintiff entirely denied, and now sought an account on that footing. Mr. Price [was examined vied roce in court on the question of the alleged custom, and what had taken place. CREDITORS AND SHAREHOLDERS.—In the matter of the Trowbridge Water Supply Company, on an application to the same Vice-Chancellor by certain creditors for com pulsory winding up, it appeared that the majority of the shareholders were in favour of voluntary winding up under supervision. Hi 3 Honour allowed the rights of the share holders to triumph. YEAT3IAN V. YEATMAN AND DEMPSEY.—The Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde, after hearing the arguments, has refused to grant a new trial in the case of Yeatman v. Yeatrnan, Dempsey, and Blackburne. It was a petition by the husband for divorce on account of adultery. This appli cation was made on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. There is a cross suit by the wife for judicial separation, in which the Judge Ordinary will give judgment shortly. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.—HEAVY PENALTY.—At the Guildhall, Samuel Benoni Beal, a stationer and dealer in photographs, carrying on business at St. Paul's-church yard, appeared before Sir Robert W. Carden to answer thirty-four summonses taken out against him by Mr. Henry Graves, of Pall Mall, the well-known publisher and engraver, for unlawfully selling, on the 31st of July last, seven pirated photographs of a painting called " Ordered on Foreign Service," four of " My First Ser mon," and two of " My Second Sermon," knowing the same to have been unlawfully obtained ; and for unlaw fully and fraudulently selling one photograph of " His Only Pair," having thereon the name of the complainant, who did not execute or make such photograph. Also for unlawfully selling, on the 12th of August last, seven copies of " Ordered on Foreign Service," four of " My First Ser mon," and two of " My Second Sermon," knowing the same to be unlawfully made ; and likewise for unlawfully and fraudulently selling three photographs of " His Only Pair," two of " The Plough," one of " Saved," and one of "Taming the Shrew," having thereon the name of the complainant, who did not execute or make such pho tographs. The offence having been proved, Sir Robert W. Carden said : I think it a very hard case that one gentle. man should be so robbed by another. I call t1,03e house: , which receive these photographs no better than the receivers of stolen goods, and this they must knyw per fectly well, and Mr. Beal must have known it perfectly well. Under these circumstances I shall take off eight cases, about which there is doubt, reducing the number to twenty-six, in each of which cases I inflict a fine of £5, or seven days' imprisonment, which will amount to £l3O, or six months' imprisonment. I hope this will be a warning to all those who endeavour by the advantages belonging to art and science to encroach on the property of other people. The first salmon of the season caught in the River Avon, in Hampshire, was caught last week. It weighed 321 b. The Countess de Stollberg, Lady-Superior of the Hospice of Belhanie, at Berlin, has just died of typhus fever caught while visiting the provinces suffering from famine and epidemic disease. The Hebrew passover will soon commence. It lasts for eight days. During that period the Jews eat un leavened bread. This is made in London, and is sent to all parts of the country, and until recently even to America and Australia. It is only within the last two years that the unleavened bread consumed by Jews during passover has been made in Australia. Each healthy person, it is estimated, consumes 71b. of unleavened bread during the eight days. In London this bread is made very thin and crisp; in the South of France it is made very thick, and so hard that it is broken with a mallet. Mr. A. Cleasby, the unsuccessful candidate for the representation of Cambridge University, says in his address to the members of the Senate, that he came for ward on the understanding that he was to be supported by " the really Protestant and Conservative feelings of the university." He found that those feelings were arrayed against him in the person of men of high character and great influence. He does not, however, attribute his defeat to the decay of those feelings in the university, but to the tactics and matured preparation of his opponent's friends. SUICIDES IN LONDON.—The number of suicides al the metropolis in the last seven years has ranged only between 251 in a year and 267 ; the returns for all Eng land, completed only for the first five of the seven years, show a range from 1,317 to 1,392. In the year 1867 the number of suicides in London was i6O, or one in 11,855 of population; 47 occurred in the first qulrter of the year, 77 in the second, 66 in the third, 70 in the fourth. The last return for all England, in 1865, skews 1,392 suicides, an unusually large number, amounting to one in 15,080 of population; and in that year the number in London was unusually high, being 267, or one in 11,212 of pope. lation. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1868 CHURCH CHOIRS. Canon Oakeley has done an invaluable ser vice to piety and good taste, according to our notions, in the recent pamphlets he has pub lished on the question of singing in our churches. It is not our province to enter into the question in its ecclesiastical aspect. The Archbishop of Westminster has so clearly , taught us what our view should be in that re spect that it would simply be a piece of imper tinence were we to offer an opinion. But what, possibly, may not be unbecoming in us to do, is to express our strong admiration at the happy way in which the express wish of autho rity—put, indeed, in language which only just falls short of a command—coincides with the teaching of the learned and accomplished Canon of Westminster, and with what seems to us . . the only sound rules of healthy taste. That the true spirit of ecclesiastical music should have become lost in a country which has had the spiritual life crushed out of it by penal laws is not very surprising. And that the direction and arrangement of choirs and church music should have fallen into the hands of well-intentioned ladies and gentlemen in many of our congregations, is but a neces sary consequence of the cramp from which the Church has suffered. Priests, doubtless, have been glad to get a little singing at any price almost, and in every congregation there is generally a certain clique amongst " the faith ful " who are only too glad to get things in their own hands, and to accommodate things to their own tastes. No man who has had to do with choirs of church singers has had much reason to call in question the criticism of the Pagan Horace. Of all the touchy people this world ever produced, those who have been accustomed to sing in church choirs are without comparison the touchiest. Be the choir one of the fashionable ones attached to fashionable churches, or are they the vulgar struggling of a parcel of country girls and lads in a village hamlet, the result is about the same. There is, we suppose, something more nearly touching the centre of the human " ego ' in the voice of a man or woman than in anything else. The sound that they are enabled to emit from their throats possibly is something more intensely personal, is more absolutely the possession of the singers, than anything else ; and, consequently, any disre spect, or want of appreciation of that peculiar form of sounds, strikes more forcibly home than any other kind of blow. We have known per sons of considerable pretensions to piety, who could bear with a saintlike patience to be told that they were somewhat untruthful, or not straightforward in all their ways, who could not stand for a moment to be told that they were singing rather flat, or that Miss Bobkins sang with more taste and expression than themselves. Some take their sensitiveness out in one way, some in another. Miss Tremolo is almost ill when Miss Tambureen is going through her favourite "Et incarnatus," and Mr. Blunderhead, who is of no religion in par ticular, is busily engaged with the latest in telligence in his newspaper while Mr. Growler and Mrs. Squeekam are going through a flourishing piece of figured sentiment at the offertory ; and he only becomes conscious of the obligations which are upon him when he is roused to commence a solo at the elevation, which draws tears of devotion from Mrs. Greene and her two fat daughters, who go in for groceries and British wines as a matter of business, and romance as a matter of amuse ment. Mrs. F. Sharpe and Miss B. Flatt are rival prima donnas. The whole service, as far as their minds are concerned, consists in strain ing every nerve to outdo each other in the solos ; and, between times, in thinking one of the other—" If she only knew how she has fallen off, and what a voice she has got, she would not stick herself up there so boldly." Some are sentimental singers. They have learnt from good masters all the unreality of acting a musical part, and sing with nearly as much feeling, but not half so much devotion, as some of the second-class chorus performers at Covent Garden. Others are wondering all the time what so-and-so will think of their voices, and tune their song to please some spe cial friend, who is drinking in the fascinating strains over his Garden of the Soul in the left hand benches. The greater part of the medio crities are simply living in lively anticipations of the break up of Miss Bobkin's voice, Miss Tremolo's, and Miss Tambureen's, entertaining distant hopes that Mr. Blunderhead, Growler, and Mrs. Squeekam's, together with that never ending Mrs. F. Sharpe, and Miss B. Flatt, will either get an incurable cold some day, go to India, or get up one of those fortnightly quar rels, which may poss i b l y end in their giving up religion of a Sunday morning altogether. That such a consummation as this has before now taken place, we ourselves can assure the reader from personal experience. The moral discord of a choir of church singers, with such extraordinary mixtures of conceit, vanity, touchiness, worldliness, profanity, indifference, self-assertion, as is difficult to describe, forms a somewhat unharmonious accompaniment to the deacon, subdeacon, and priest at the altar, who with love, reverence, and devotion take their part in the adorable mysteries, and offer that tremendous sacrifice in presence of which the angels stand in awe. That all the singing portion of every church in this country possesses the qualifications of which we have been giving a faint description, we are not at all ready to assert. Our picture, possibly, may be a little overdrawn. We are rather puffing together a bouquet made up of flowers, plucked out of different beds, than pointing out what we have observed growing together in one alone. That such qualities have existed we do not assert so much as a matter of conjecture and evidence, as a matter, from time to time, of personal observation. And that we have not put together one quarter of the abuses, mischiefs, and worse, that manifest themselves amongst singers at different inter vals, will be admitted, we feel confident, by any man of experience and of observation on this point. Looking, then, upon the matter as a simple question of taste, we decidedly con sider it incongruous to have Mass going on at one end of the church, and such perfor mances as we have been describing at the other. And when we go on further and remember that these musicians are the representatives of the angels, or, at all events, of the loVe, re verence, praise, devotion, and thanksgiving of the people of God ; and that before His holy altar, and in His sacred presence, and in the sight of His assembled people, they sing forth holiest words at holiest times, we cannot help the feeling crossing us that, as a matter of taste, we should prefer something more in harmony with the solemnity and holiness of the occasion than the complicated display of vocal blunders made by pretentious men and women over music, which very often is far beyond their capabilities. After the moral incongruity, to us, nothing is so distasteful as the jarring effect upon the ear and temper, of music of which one knows every . note by heart, being strained and jangled, twisted and excruciated, and hunted to death by a pack of half-in structed and self-confident singers. To bring into church all the mannerism, method, and mimicry of the theatre, without the possibility of being able to introduce its fascinations, or that which humanly bears about with it a charm, is one of the most extraordinary blun ders we are acquainted with. The opera may be very good in its way, but it certainly is not quite the thing for a Catholic church. But, where all that belongs to the opera in the way of singing is introduced, except that which alone lends it a beauty, the fault turns into a sickly stupidity. It is like an antiquated man of fashion thinking to ingratiate himself into a new society by presenting himself without his wig, his teeth, his paint, and those other appurtenances which keep for the time being body and soul together, and prevent the vari ous portions of his mortal coil from unwinding I themselves before the discriminating public. Nearly all ; the inconveniences and all the bad taste we have been referring to will be avoided by substituting boys ig the place of SPORTING INTELLIGENOE. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING—TuEsDAY. Beautiful weather characterised tho opening of this Mid land meeting, and as a consequence there was a large at tendance, especially after the first race, several of the fac- tories having closed to afford the workpeople a holiday. Not a very large number of turfites entered the town before noon yesterday, the opening of business having been delayed until two o'clock in order to allow of the arrival of the Metropolitan trains. Six events were set down for decision, Catton walking over for tho first, the Trial Stakes, and Sister to Maid Marian saving her stake. For the Stand Plate five of the 18 coloured turned out, and Chapel Royal was at once made a warm favourite at 6 to 4, and he justified this confidence, winning rather easily by a length and a half, the rest being close up. in the great event, which came next, only a third of the runners of the 39 displayed on the card went to the post. Master Willie was elected favourite, and his great form towards the end of last year warranted the confidence reposed in him. The race was of a most chequered charac ter, for at first it seemed as if Leases, after his usual fa shion, when in the humour, were about to run completely away with it, and then Master Willie showed so formid ably as to look all over the winner, when victory was wrested from him in the last few yards by Grey Stocking, who ran with a remarkable gameness, which she has sel dom hitherto displayed. She is, as will be seen from her pedigree, an own sister to the famous Athena, one of the crack Danebury fillies. Maidment, with the most enviable luck, rode hero the winner of the third handicap of impor ranee in the new season, having previously steered Indi gestion for the Lincolnshire Handicap, and Reindeer for the City Handicap at Lincoln. The remainder of tho races will be found detailed below : The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; three yr olds, Est 71b ; four, Bst 51b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; m and g allowed Bib; and maiden three yr olds at the time of starting allowed 31b ; four, 61b ; five and up wards, 91b; winners of 200 sovs at any one time, 51b; twice, 101 b ; thrice, 141 b extra. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. R. Walker's Catton, by Mildew— Bonny Blink, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Kenyon) w.o. Mr. Savile's Sister to Marian, 3 yrs, saved stake. The Stand Plate of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, to the fund ; a winner of any handicap after February 21, at ten a.m., 71b extra; half a mile. 18 subs. Mr. Pryor's Chapel Royal, by Newminster—Queen Bee, 5 yrs, ist 91b Mr. Atnberyis f by Young Melbourne— Tightfit, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Kenyon) 2 Mr. H. Goater's Secrecy, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Peppier) 3 Duke of Newcastle's Nike, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (inc. 71b ex.) (Murray) 4 Mr. G. Angel's Retirement , 3 yrs , Est 71b (Butler) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Chapel Royal, sto 2 agst Tightfit filly, 5 to 1 agst Nike, 7 to 1 agst Secrecy, 100 to 12 agst Retirement. Afterke on the leftonefalse start the th the lo e t r g n o n t ni a n, away tolerably by theblywell Ni Tightfit filly on the right, and Chapel Royal on the inside, to the distance, Here Nike was beaten, and the favourite got level with the Tightfit filly, and, taking a slight lead at the commencement of the enclosure, won easily by a length and a half ; a neck only separated second and third ; Nike, close up, was fourth, and Retirement last. The Nottingham Spring Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft., with 100 added; winners once after Feb. 7 (at ten a.m.) 51b, twice or a winner of any handicap of 200 soya 101 b extra. One mile and a quarter. 46 subs. Mr. R. C. Naylor's Groy Stocking, by Stockwell—. Heroine, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Maidment) 1 Lord Westmorland's Master Willie, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Kenyon) 2 Mr. T Jennings's Cauth leen, 4 y rs, 7st 31b...(11uxtable) 3 Mr. S. Thellusson's Leases, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Deacon) 4 Sir C. Legard's Indigestion, 6 yrs, 9st lib (inc 10lb ex. (Custance 0 Mr. T. Eskred's Edinburgh, 6 yrs, Bst Glb ... (Whiteley 0 Lord St. Vincent's Lucifer, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 0 Sir W. Elliott's Three per Cent.; 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Cameron) 0 Mr. J. Dawson's Numa rompilius, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (H. Covey) 0 Mr. W. Hale's f by Malcolm—Manoeuvre, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Marsh) 0 Mr. Bowles's Belzoni, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (G. Walker) 0 Mr. G. Ringrose's Lady Sykes (h b), 6 yrs, 7st 31b l ag e s a t ch Th ag re s e t (Mordan) 0 Mr. W. Davis's Fair Star, 3 yrs, Est 51b aster Willie, Indigestion Lucifer, 12 peeaßruecthtetlinenetFa:ntdottolh e e 2 M a a c g a h n s a t ce g u M s v t o 6 an t d l o s to 1 agst Leases, 100 to 7 agst Grey Stocking, 20 to 1 agst Belzoni and Numa Pompilius. The thirteen competitors reached the starting post a few minutes before the appointed time, but the start was delayed a quarter of an hour, owing to several [causes. Belzoni bolted twice, whilst Lady Sykes was very frac tious and had to be led to the post. Deacon broke one of his stirrup leathers, and to obtain another had to walk Leases back to the enclosure. Eventually the flag was lowered to a moderate start, Fair Star whipping round, however, was left at the post, and Butler returned with her to the enclosure. Leases, the moment the flag was dropped, jumped off in front and at a rattling pace cut out the work, Master Willie, Edinburgh, and Three per Cent. being his immediate attendants, Cauthleen, Lucifer, Lady Sykes, and the Manoeuvre filly succeed ing them in a body, the rear being brought up by Belzoni, Grey Stocking, and Numa Pompilius, the latter absolutely last. After rounding the turn at the back of the stand Leases increased his lead of Master Willie, who was clear of Indigestion - and Edinburgh, Three per Cent. and Lucifer being the most prominent of the remain der. On the far side Grey Stocking took her place at the quarters of Lucifer, where she was immediately joined by Cauthleen, Numa Pompilius still acting as whiyper-in. These positions were held till about two hundred yards from the Mansfield turn, whore Lady Sykes broke a small blood vessel in the head, and Mordan immediately pulled her up, walking her back to the enclosure. Before reaching the turn Leases for a moment drew back to his horses, of whom Master Willie, Indigestion, Grey Stocking, Cauthleen, and Lucifer were the most prominent, but when behind the mound he shot out again, and came into the straight with a clear advantage. Mr. Thellusson's horse retained his command till within a hundred yards of the distance, when he gave way, and Master Willie was left with the lead of Indiges tion in the centre of the course, Cray Stocking next the rails, and Cauthleen on the right. At the distance Master Willie looked all over the winner, and the cry was raised, " Master Willie walks in." But at this moment Maidment called on Grey Stocking, and the mare answering gamely deprived Master Willie of the lead, and won in a canter by a couple of lengths ; a similar distance from Master Willie Cauthleen was third, whilst Leases was beaten a neck only from Jenniugs's mare; Lucifer was fifth, and Indigestion, who had run prominently to the distance, where he com pounded, was sixth, the Manoeuvre filly was seventh, Bel zoni eighth, Numa Pompilius ninth, Three per Cent. tenth, and Edinburgh last. The Park Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; throe yr olds, Bst 21b ; four, 10st ; five, lOst 101 b ; six and aged list ; m and g allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for £lOO ; if for £BO allowed 51b; for £6O, 101 b ; for £4O, 141 b; for £3O, 181 b. Half a mile. Mr. W. Goodman's Van Dieman, by Van Galen—Char lotte Russe, 3 yrs, Est 12Ib (no) (Goodwin) 1 Mr. Nighingall's Adjutant, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (£3O) (Wyatt) 2 Lord Westmorland's Buckenham's dam f, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b (Kenyon) 3 Mr. Fletcher's Moses, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (30) (Cameron) 4 Mr. E. H. Rhys's Paradise, 3 yrs, Est 91b (30) (Butler) 0 Mr. T. Stevens's Betlow Lass, 3 yrs, Est 91b (30) (J. Clark) 0 Mr. Beadman's Brenda, 3 yrs, Est 91b (car Est 111 b) (£3O) (Peppier) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Brenda, 3to 1 agst Van Dieman, 4 to 1 agst Buckenham's dam f, 5 to 1 agst Adjutant. At the third attempt Brenda and Adjutant jumped off in advance, Moses coming next, Paradise, Van Dieman, and Betlow Lass in the rear. At the distance Adjutant took up the running, the favourite retiring beaten. Van Die man challenging Adjutant at the stand, won by half a length, Buckenham's dam filly being: third, a length be hind her ; Moses was fourth, half a length in the rear of Lord Westmorland's filly, Brenda fifth, Betlow Lass sixth, and Paradise last. The Innkeepers' Plato of 50 sovs; a winner of any handi cap after February 21, at ten a.m., 71b extra; three quarters of a mile. Mr. Pryor's Chapel Royal, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (inc. 71b extra) (U. Corey) 1 Duke of Newcastle's Bismarck, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b 2 Mr. T. Eskrett's Alarmist, 3 yrs, sst 81b (H. Clark) 3 Betting- 6 to son Chapel Royal, 6to 4 agst Bismark, 10 to 1 agst Alarmist. Immediately after the start Chapel Royal took up the running with Bismarck in attendance, Alarmist last. These positions wore maintained throughout, the favourite winning by three lengths, double that distance separating second and third. The Maccaroni Stakes of 50 sovs for hunters ; four year olds, list ; five, list 121 b ; six, 12st llb ; aged, 12st 71b ; thorough-breds, 101 b extra ; winners of 30 sovs, 41b ; of 50, 51b ; of 80 and upwards, 101 b extra ; gentlemen riders ; professionals, 71b extra ; 2 miles, on the flat. Mr. J. Wright's Lord Begot - , by Ne wrninster—Yeatsall's dam, 4 yrs, 12st 71b (inc. 211 b ex.) (lleartfield) 1 Mr. Calder's Marksman (h.b.), aged, 13st 31b (in. 101 b ex.) (Mr. Bevil!) 2 Mr. G. Carr's Elvire (h. b.), 4 yrs, list 101b(in. 1015 ex.) (Mr. F. G. Hobson) 3 Mr. Brockton's Primrose, 4 yrs, 12st (Owner) 4 Mr. T. Wilkinson's Verdi, 4 yrs, list 1011 a (Mr Spence) 5 Capt. Ifeinsley's Wilford, aged, 13st 7 1 b (inc. 141 b ex.) (Mr. Woodhouse) 6 Mr. Judd's Robin Hood, 6 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr. J. Perkins) 7 Mr. Coltman's Luck's All, 13 st (inc. 7 lb ex.) (Owner) 0 Mr. Houghton's Moll in the Wad, 5 yrs, 12st 51b (in. 71b ex) (Mr. Pair) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Elvire, 100 to 30 agst Lord Begot, 4 to 1 agst Marksman, 8 to 1 agst Primrose, 10 to 1 agst Verdi. Primrose made the running, followed closely by Marksman, Elvire, Verdi, Lord Begot, Luck's All being last of all, a long way in the rear. No change occurred in passing the rear of the Stand, but on rounding the turn at the bottom of the course Lord Begot joined the two leaders, and all three raced to the distance, Lord Bagot winning by two lengths, and four lengths separating se cond and third; Primrose was fourth, Verdi fifth, Wilford sixth, Robin Hood seventh, the absolute last being Moll in the Wad. Luck's All pulled up lust time round. women, and professionals or semi-professionals in the choir. The innocence, unworldliness, purity, simplicity, and candour of the child seems to us to ring and resound again in the full, clear, mellow silver of his treble voice. The very tone is witness to his innocent boy hood ; it speaks of sins, dangers, falls unknown to him. And the very fact of boys being com pletely under control, of nothing being expected from them that a lot of singing boys cannot pm-form, is security enough against those sick ening attempts of adult choirs to make dis- Pla, vs which everybody knows a r e m i sera bl e • failvres except themselves. The worst faults boys will commit will be a little levity and. thoughtlessness in conduct, as far as the moral side of the question is concerned. And as for singing, their voices may be a little loud, a little harsh, a little uncultivated, but they will be genuine. They will be boys' voices sing ing in boys' fashion. And whatever may be said, they will possess an elasticity and a hearti ness, a force and a reality, which lends a charm even now to our grand old cathedrals, and which, it is to be hoped, and as we believe will be the case, will shortly lend a charm also, unknown before, to many a church in and outside the Archdiocese of - Westminster.— Westminster Gazelle. AMERICAN MARKETS. (Fron t Messrs. Belding, Keith, and Co.'s Circular.) FRIDAY, Feb. 21. To those who have been receiving our circular in a se parate form, we owe perhaps a word in explanation on its appearing in the Anglo-American Times, and thus only. If you before received the A. A. Times you will now have with it two pages more matter than formerly, besides our circular, and are thus gainers; if you did not, you get, instead of our Circular, a well-conducted journal, treating upon all subjects of interest in connection with the United States. We think these reasons are all we need offer to show that we have sought to improve, and we be lieve the result will be fully satisfactory to all. We repeat our last week's matter as to the Central and Union Pacific Railroad Ist Mortgage Bonds, which, owing to the rapid increase in the demand for them in New York, have been advanced 5 per cent. each, and are now selling at 100 and 95 respectively with accrued in terest since Jan 1, but at these rates they are a splendid investment, paying over 81 per cent. in gold. These roads are in reality one and the same, the one being the Californian or Western portion, and the other the Eastern portion of the great line which is to unite the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and which is expected to be completed in 1870. They are both built under the same Act of Congress, and enjoy the same privileges. The following will show that these First Mortgage Bonds are not only a first lien upon the road and all its lands—which are 12,800 acres to each mile—and also on the capital stock of the company of $100,000,000, but that they take precedence of the same amount which is loaned them by the Government as a Second Mortgage. These securities are divided into four classes :- I.—UNITED STATES BONDS. Having 30 years to run, and bearing six per cent. cur rency interest, at the rate of $16,000 per mile for 517 miles on the Plains ; then at the rate of $48,000 per mile for one hundred and fifty miles through the Rocky Mountains; then at the rate of $32,000 per mile for the remaining dis tance, for which the United States takes a second lien as security. The interest on these Bonds is paid by the United States Government, which also pays the company one-half the amount of its bills in money for transporting its freight, troops, mails, &c. The remaining half of these bills is placed to the company's credit, and forms a sinking fund which may finally discharge the whole amount of this lien. 2.-FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. By its charter the company is permitted to issue its own First Mortgage Bonds to the same amount as the bonds issued by the Government, and no more, and only as the road progresses. The trustees for the bondholders are the Hon. E. D. Morgan, United States Senator from New York, and the Hon. Oakes Ames, member of the United States House of Representatives, who are responsible for the delivery of these bonds to the company in accordance with the terms of the law. 3. -TILE LAND GRANT. The Union Pacific Railroad Company has a land grant or absolute donation from the Government of 12,800 acres to the mile on the line of the road, which will not be worth less than $1 50c per acre, at the lowest valuation. 4.—THE CAPITAL STOCK. The authorised capital of the Union Pacific Railroad Company is $100,000,000, of which $8,500,000 have been paid on the work already done. The First Mortgage Bonds can be had at 95, with into resepayable in gold, which yields about 9 per cent. on the investment, at the present price of gold. We purchase these and any other American Railway or State Bonds at the lowest prices in the American market, and deliver them here for 1 per cent. commission. Wo refer to our Table particulars as to several Rail roads, and shall be pleased to give further particulars on application. We cash the Coupons from these as of all gold-bearing Coupons from bonds sold by us at 4s. ld. per dollar, or collect as per our advertisement. Office of the National Currency Bank, No. 2, Wall-street. The money market is growing easier —abundance at sto 6 per cent. Gold is between 141 to 142 ; silver is 7 to 8 per cent. cheaper. The Government stock market is strong, and outside iaiesting is good. Tho Central Pacific Road—the line f:om San Francisco to Salt Lake Valley—is in a very promising condition. H av ing opened the tunnel through the Sierra Nevada, its onward progress eastward to Salt Lake City is easy. We are infidel as regards railroad securities, but we believe in the bonds of this company, and have commenced to fill orders for them at $l,OOO for $l,OOO bond, adding interest since January 1. The bonds will be sent by express, prepaid. MARKETS. (By Telegraph to the Journal of Commerce.) CINCINNATI, Feb. 7.-No. 2 spring sold at $2 18e. ; winter held at $2 50c. to $2 55c. for No. 1. Corn quiet and unchanged; shelled held at 90c. Rye unchanged. Mess pork dull at $2l 75c. to $22 for new. Bacon 9.1 c. shoulders; 12 to 121 c. for sides and clear sides. Lard out of market ; prime leaf held at 14c. ; country sold at 13c. Gold 1411, buying. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. -Flour firm and quiet ; spring extras 58,75 to $lO,OO ; wheat No. 1, quiet, at 82,071 to $2,08. No. 2 advanced 1 to 11c., $2,021 to $2,03 ; new corn steady at 871 c., old corn quiet at 81c. ; oats steady at 571 c.; rye quiet, and lower at 531 to 58c. ; barley quiet at $2,05 for No. 2 ; $1,73 to $1,75 for rejected ; provisions were quiet, mess pork nominal at $2l. Cut moats quiet and nominal ; rough sides, alc. Green firm at 131 c meats firmer. Hams from dressed hogs 114 to 12:c. Lard firm at 134 c for prime, 13e for No 1. Dressed hogs quiet and firm at $8,25 to $9, dividing at 200 pounds and $8 to 88,25, dividing at 100 pounds. Live hogs firm at $6,12} to $6,85 for light, $7 to $8,25 for fair to good. Beef, cattle dull at $5,75 to 7,50 for light good steers. Sheep closed active at 4,25 to 5. Receipts-3,800 bbls. flour, 21,000 bush. wheat, 75,000 bush. corn, 30,000 bush. oats, 2,200 dressed hogs, 3,000 live hogs. Ship ments-4;800 bbls. flour, 3,500 bush. wheat, 8,000 bush. corn, 2,000 bush. oats, 1,600 dressed hogs, 1,900 live hogs. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 7.-Flour dull. Favourite spring extras at $lO to $10.25. Wheat unsettled ; No. $2,02 ; No. 2at $1.97. Oats quiet at 58c for No. 2. Corn active and firmer at 82c for new shelled. Rye nominal. Dressed hogs lower at $7.80 to $B,BO. Receipts-1,200 bbls flour, 16,000 bush. wheat, 4,000 bush. oats, 3,000 bush. corn, 1,000 dressed hogs. Shipments-700 bbls flour. ST. Louis, Feb. 7.-Bacon ; clear sides, 124 to 12;c; dry salt do., 12c. Lard quiet; kettle and steam, 131 c. LOUISVILLE, Feb. 7.-Tobacco firm ; sales 76 hhds lugs to medium leaf at $5.15 to $l5. Superfino flour $7.75 to $8 ; fancy $12.50. Wheat $2.40 to $2.45. Oats 66 to 68c. Corn on the ear and shelled 75 to 78c. Mess pork $22. Lard 131 c. Bacon-shoulders 10c ; clear sides 13c. Bulk shoulders 9c ; clear sides 121-c. ; cotton 161 to 17c. MEMPHIS, Feb. 7.-Cotton active at 18 to 181 c for middlings ; receipts of the week 15,928 bales ; exports, 12,514 bales; exports 12,514 bales, stock in port 19,808 bales. Flour firmer ; superfine $9 to 9,50. Mess pork $24 to $25. Bacon-clear sides 13 to 14c. Bulk shoulders 9 to to 91c. ; clear sides 111 c. Lard-keg leaf 14 to 141 c. Corn 93 to 95c. Oats 80c. _ _ _ NEW YORK--California flour has been in demand, and is growing in favour with the trade. As contrasted with other white wheat flour is regarded as cheap, hence tho greater activity. Our present stock is moderato, and the quantity in transieu for this market is about 150,000 quar ter sacks; this will only supply the wants of the trade two months. To California we must look for the major part of our supplies of white wheat flour for the summer months. At the close the market is firm. Tho sales of the week are 25,600 sacks. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7.—Cotton active—sales to-day 8,500 bales; exports 5,129 bales; sales of the week 29,300 bales ; receipts 31,297 do ; exports—coastwise 987 do ; foreign 8 ; 861 do. ; stock 100,034 bales. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. I.—Cotton.—Arrived since the 28th ultimo of Louisiana and Mississippi 6,191 bales ; Lake, 479 ; Tennessee, 3,290 ; Mobile, 816 ; Texas, 45 ; together, 10,821 bales. Cleared since the 28th ultimo for Liverpool 13,525 bales ; Havre, 1,673 ; together, 15,198 bales. Stock in warehouse and on shipboard not cleared on the 31st ultimo, 92,919 bales. We left the market at the date of our last report ruling at 14/ to 151 c for ordi nary, 161 to 161 for good ordinary, 171 to 171 for low middling, 17/ to 18 for middling, and 181 to 181 for strict middling, since which, under the influence of tho en couraging accounts from Liverpool And New York, fac tors have been enabled to establish a further advance of fully cent per pound. On Wednesday, although the movement was checked by a decline in foreign exchange, a limited supply offering, and the high prices asked for all desirable lists, yet the sales summed up 4,800 bales, at full prices, generally leaning to the outside figures of previous quotations. On Thursday the demand con tinued, with a fair degree of spirit, and 5,500 bales changed hands at figures indicating a pretty general advance of lc, the improvement, however, being the most marked in. the better qualities. Yesterday the market opened with more stringent pretensions on the part of factors, and only a moderate amount on sale, which caused several leading buyers to stand aloof ; but there was, neverthe less, a fair demand, and the business summed up 4,000 bales, at irregular and still higher rates, to which we have made our quotations conform accordingly. This makes an aggregate for the past three days of 14,300 bales, and a total for the week of 24,700 against 24,800 last week, and 28,500 the week More. The business has been divided between buyers for foreign export and the North, the latter operating more freely than for some time past. It is understood also that no inconsiderable ajnount has changed hands on speculation. The receipts at this port since the Ist of September (exclusive of the arrivals from Mobile, Florida, and Texas) are 332,418 bales, against 472,479 bales the same date last year, and the increase in the receipts at all the ports up to the latest dates, as compared with last year, is 127,776 bales. In the exports from the United States to foreign countries, as compared with the same dates last year, there is an increase of 74,534 bales to Great Britain, of 58,339 to France, and of 92,958 to other foreign ports. MOBILE, Feb. 7.—Cotton closed firm; sales to-day 4,200 bales middlings at 18;c; receipts 1,567 bales; sales of the week 14,400 bales ; receipts 12,093 bales; exports— foreign 15,821 bales ; coastwise 7,182 bales ; stock 71,213 hales. AUGUSTA, GA., Feb. 6.—Cotton advanced to 4c ; sales 1,200 bales. Receipts 900 bales middling 18 to 181 c. CHARLESTON, Feb. 7.—Cotton active and advanced to ; sales 1,500 bales middling at 18 to 181-c ; receipts 1,538 bales. WILMINGTON, N. C., Feb. 7.—Spirits turpentine ad vanced 2c ; steady at 55c. Rosins—lower grades in de mand ; strained and No. 2 $2,20. Cotton buoyant ; mid dlings 171 c. Tar active at $2,20. BALTIMORE, Feb. 7.—Cotton very firm ; middling 194 c. Flour quiet and steady. Wheat firm and unchanged. Cotton firmer; yellow $1,17 to $1,20; white $1,15 to $l,lB. Oats steady at 74 to 76c. Rye dull at $1,55. Provisions firm. Bacon shoulders 12c. Bulk shoulders 91c. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.--Cotton steady ; middling upland 19}c ; middling Orleans 201 c. Cloverseed $8 to $8,50. Flaxseed $2,75 to $2,80. Petroleum very dull ; crude 15 to 15} ; refined in bond 22 to 22te. Flour firm ; superfine $7,50 ; extras . $8,75 to $9,50 ; Western extra family 510,50 to $l2 ; Pennsylvania and Ohio ditto $ll to $l2. Wheat steady ; red $2,50. Rye $1,58 to 51,60. Corn advanced 2c; new yellow $1,20. Oats 73 to 76c. Barley—sales 2,500 bush New York four rowed at 52,10. Groceries and provisions unchanged. PHILADELPHIA.—There is a more hopeful feeling among the merchants, and a more active state of affairs is antici pated as the season advances. Money is abundant at cheap rates, but it affords no incentive for speculative opera tions. Cotton meets a steady inquiry at the late ad vance. Coffee, sugar, and molasses are held firmly. Fish are in better demand, and prices of mackerel are higher. There is a fair business doing in both foreign and domestic fruit, at former rates. Hemp and hides are quiet. Iron meets a steady inquiry at the decline noted last week. There is but little lead here in first hands. Naval stores are rather firmer, and spirits of turpentin e has again advanced. In oils but little doing. Plaster is scarce. Provisions are in small supply, and most descrip tions command better prices. The stock of rice in first hands is very much reduced. Tallow, teas, tobacco, and wool are steady. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—Flour quiet, extra. $8,25 ; superfine 57,50. Wheat very quiet at $2,50 to $2,70 for ordinary to choice shipping. Legal tenders 71c. THE MARKET.—Friday Evening, Feb. 7. Asms.—The market for pots is steady, with a fair in quiry and light receipts.. We quote $8.25 to $8.37. Pearls are scarce nominal. BEESWAX.--There is a moderate demand at 40c to 41c. BREADSTUFFS.—The market for State and Western flour is more active in part for export, but at a decline of five to ten cents. The sales are 6.100 bbls. at $8.25 to $9.00 for superfine State ; $9.70 to $10.15 for common extra State; $10.20 to $11.75 for good to choice do. ; $8.25 to $9.00 for superfine Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, lowa, &c., and $9.40 to $10.20 for extra do. ; $10.25 to $11.75 for choice extra do., including shipping brands of round hoop Ohio at $9.70 to $10.30, and trade brands of do. at $10.40 to $13.75 ; good to choice white wheat extras at $12.50 to $15.00; St. Louis at $10.50 to $12.00 for common to good, and $12.00 to $15.50 for good to choice, closing steadily. We quote : Superfine State ... Extra State ... Super Western Extra Western ... Extra Ohio round hoop Ditto (trade) Extra Genesee Extra St. Louis ... 88.25 to $9.00 ... 9.70 to 10.75 ... 8.25 to 9.00 ... 9.00 to 10.20 ••• 9 70 to 10.30 .., 10.40 to 13.75 ..• • 10 40 to 13.75 10.90 to 16.00 Southern Flour is in limited request. Sales were made of 250 bbls. at $lO to $11,25 for common to fair extra, and $11,30 to $l5 for good to choice do. - • California Flour—The market is very quiet, but prices are not quotably different. The sales are 350 sacks at $13,25 to $13,75. Wheat—The market is a little more active, but at a con cession of one to two cents on the part of the holders. The sales are 24,000 bushels at $2,41 to $2,42 for No. 2 spring delivered ; $2,81 for winter red Canada, and $2,82 for Amber State. Rye—We do not learn cf much inquiry, but prices remain nominally without change. Rye Flour—Thera is a very moderato business doing at about former prices. Sales were made of 200 bbls at $7,25 to $9,25. Corn Meal is in fair request. We notice sales of 500 bbls at $5,00 for Western, and BrandyNN ine on private terms. Barley—There is but little offering, and holders are de manding very full prices. Barley Malt is firm ; 2,000 bush sold at $l,BO to $1,90. Beans—With a small supply prices are very much un settled, and decidedly in sellers' favour; mediums are held as high as $4,75 to $5. Corn—The market is one to two cents easier and not very active. The sales were 39,000 bush., at $1,23 to $1,27 for now western mixed; $1,28 for very choice do; $1,21 to $1,271 for new white western and southern ; and 81,25 for new yellow Jersey. Oats are dull, and prices are in the buyers' favour ; sales were made of 24,000 bush. western at 831 c. in store. CANDLES—Adamantine are moderately active ; 1,000 boxes adamantine are noted sold at 19c. ; sperm at 45c. ; patent 550. COFFEE —The market for Rio is quiet, but prices are steadily held. We do not learn of any sales of moment. COPPER—There has been an active speculative demand in ingot, and prices at the close are very much better. The sales for three days foot up fully 950,0001b5., closing with business at 23c. to 23ic. for Baltimore. Detroit is not offered under 231 c. to 24c. COTTON —The market is more active in consequence of the favourable European advices, and higher prices are prevailing. The sales are 8,73 G bales, including 1,150 to spinners, 3,665 to speculators, and 3,931 to exporters, of which 1,530 are in transit. We quote Upland and Florida. Mobile. N. Orleans. Texas. Ordinary Good Ordinary l4 182 191 20 Low Middling 191 191 20 20} Middling DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.—Most descriptions have ruled very quiet for the past three days. There is perhaps a little better inquiry for drugs at the close. The sales are 50 bales gum gedda on private terms ; 250 bbls. copperas at 71c. ; 80 acetate lime on private terms ; 25 cases oil lemon, on the spot and and to arrive, on private terms ; 6 casks cream tartar at 281 to 28.1 c; gold ; 200 kegs bicarb. soda at $6,44; 200 tons soda ash at $2l to 2-1; 100 drums caustic soda 4/ to 5/c., and 15 do. at 41 to 5-ic. DYE WooDs.—The market is dull and heavy. Of log wood there is a largo stock ; the demand is light and freights s, high that exports are unprofitable. The cur rent quotations are $l7 to $l9, currency, for St. Domingo, and $l4, gold, for Jamaica. GUNNY BAGS.—There is a fair inquiry at full prices; 500 bales in Boston were sold at 181 to 19c.; and 200 bales here at 19c. GUNNY CLOTH—The market is in the same position. The sales are unimportant. HAY—Is unchanged ; sales are making at $1,05 to $l,lO for, shipping, and $1,20 to $1,35 for retail qualities. HEMP—The market for all qualities is very dull. Former prices are demanded. Manilla, 101 gold. HOPS—The market is quiet. The brewers continue to supply their pressing wants at about former prices. 'We quote American at 15 to 60c, and Bavarian at 30 to 45c. IRON—Scotch Pig—The trade is still confined to job bing lots at $3B for Eglinton and $4O for Glengarnock ; 25 tons Clyde were sold at 837,50. American has been sought after to a large extent ; the sales since our last foot up fully 10,000 tons, for delivery all the year, at $33 to $35. Tho Thomas Company are now out of tho market at these prices. Another lot is reported of 1,000 tons No. Ito No. 2 for early delivery at $32 to $34. LATHS—The market is quiet. We quote Eastern at $3, 3 months. LEAD —ls at Gi to Cie., gold, for ordinary foreign. NAVAL STORE;.—Crudo Turpentine.—We have to note the sale of 100 bbls on private terms. Spirits Turpentine —There is a still a deal of excitement in this article, and sales are noted at a larger advanse ; 50 bbls., merchantable order, to arrive, were sold at 61c.; 120 bbls. do., on the spot, 611 c ; 23 bbls. do at 60ic. ; 10 bbls. do. at 63c. ; 10 bbls. do at 65c., with a disposition to sell small lots only even at the latter price; for bonded lots 53c. is bid, with sales of 300 bbls. on private terms. Rosins—A slight ad vance on former prices is freely bid for common and strained grades, without leading to much business ; No.l SECURITIES. a, :3 $. 4 •—• . •-• E -1 P;:4 c CA E 4. 4 American Gold U.S. STOCKS. ss, 10-40 yrs 6s, '67 Os, '6B Os, '6B ss, 10-40 yrs. coup. ... 1041 1044104 k Os, 'Bl coup. 1118 1114 1111 1111 1114 ... Os, 81 reg. 11.0 q 111: 7 till Os, '62, 5-20 years ...coup ... 1114 ... 110 i 1111 I.lli 6s, '62, 5-20 years reg. 108 i 108; ... 1081 1081 Os, '64, 5-20 years ...coup. 1094 1111 109 109; 1091 Gs, '6l, 5-20 years reg .• • 6; '65, 5-20 years ...coup. 1083. 1093 IC9i 110 11 0 1: 6; '65, 5-20 years new issue lOB 1071 ... 107 1 - ••• A 6; '67, 5-20 years new issue lOBl 1071 1071 ... 108-i 7-30 Tr. Notes, Ist Series ... ..• 7-30 Tr. Notes, 2d Series 1088 107-: 107; 1071.1071 107 .07i NEW YORK, Jan. 29. COST OF FREIGHT AND INSURANCE TO CORK AND LONDON. No IWheat 69s 4d to 70s 2d perlBolbs C.&F. to Lond. f.o.b. Do. No 2 66s 7d 67s 4d „ 1, 71 Maize, old 42s Od 42s 3d „ „ „ Petroleum new 41 mv is s 1')( 1 1 41s 3d " 41 C. F. &I. to Cork " f.o.b. Naphtha ... is Od Spir. Turp 27s Od „ 25s 10d ... Tallow 41s 6d 41s lld „ London. Lard 4Bs 2d 49s Od „ Oil Cake £lo 6s 5d to ..£lO 9s 10d C. & 1 71 . to London. Lard Oil £56 5s Od from hero. 71 Agili ii. 77 71 II Births. ALLEN—On tho 25th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. A' J. Allen, of a son. F ULCHER __On the _2sth inst., at Oakside, Surbiton, the wifo of H. C. Fuleher, Esq., of twin sons. TROTTER—On the 25th inst., at 41, Beaufort-gardens, tlio Hon. Mrs. Trotter, of a daughter. Marriages. GRIGGS—JONES —On the 22d inst., William Henry, t he youngest son of the late Robert Griggs, Esq., of Canter" bury, to Harriett, youngest daughter of Edward Jon of Upper Thames-street. RAMSAY —SANDYS—On the 24th inst., at St. Peter's, ° square, Hugh Francis, second sou of Sir Alex. RacciWri Bart., of Balinain, to Jane Maria, daughter of Go ner F. H. Saudys, Bengal Army, of Douglas Villa, Chelteir ham. Eatoo Deaths. GORY—On the 23d inst., at Devonshire-place house, V3l. Cory, aged 49. CRANE—On the 24th inst., at 29, Sussex-street, W arty ic l ' - square, F. C. Crane, 31. D., aged 77. - 6‘ FERGUSON—On the 25th inst., at 21, Giltspur - s treet, George Ferguson, F.R.C.S., Eng., aged 31. yde'' LAURIE —On the 24th inst., at St. George's-plac e, park-corner, John Minet Laurie, Esq., of M asive- Dumfries -shire, aged 55. SCARLETT On the 23d inst., Wm. S. Scarlett, of Barnes, Surrey, and Glasshouse-street, London, aged 72. „ TOWNSHEND—On the 25th inst , at 21, Norfolk-stroof,i lane, the Rev. Chauncy Hare ownshend. ----- so , London : Printed and Published by WILLIA.AI ANI)R 1 2, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tau SON Office, N° 2 o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Se voy, iu the Count; Middlesm-.Wednesday, February 26,1x66. sorts have moved rather quickly, and advanced prices fully 25c. to 50c. per bbl. are sustained ; the sales aro 500 bbls. Llack at $3,03 flat; 500 bbls. black at $3,01; 1,000 bbls. do. at $3,10 ; 240 bbls. strained at $3,18: ; 106 bbls. do at $,3,25; 300 bbls. No. 2 at $3,372; 607 bbls. No. 1 at $4,2,178 bbls. do. at $4,25 ; and 410 bbls. do. at $4,50 ; the closing price may be noted as follows : —Common, $3,121 ; good strained, $3,25 ; No. 2, $3,371 to $3,50 ; No. 1, $3,75 to $4,50 ; pale, $5 to s6.—Tar--We have to quote the sale of 100 bbls. Washington at $2,75; Wilmington is held at $3,121 ; do. rope at $3,25. OlLS.—Linseed—The business is still limited to trade lots at $1,15. Fish oils—There is some little business at prices generally unchanged : the sales are 500 bbls. South Sea whale on private terms, supposed at about 63c., and 118 bbls. sperm, per ex White lying, at $2. Refined aro as noted in our last. Lard—There is some little bade in this article at very full prices ; 14,600 galls. are noted, sold at $1,20 to $1,22. Olive is held at $2. Castor at 51,75 to $l,BO. PETROLEUM.—Crude—There continues a brisk inquiry at full prices; 300 bbls. in bulk, on the spot, were sold at 11c.; COO bbls. deliverable next week at 11c. ; and 2,500 in shipping order, seller's option the balance of the month, at 161 c. For bonded there is little or no change to note; the t:•ansactions to-day are unimportant; we quote at 2t: to 25c. for standard white. For Philadelphia delivery wet have no sales to report. Pnovisroxs.—Pork.—The market is very quiet, but prices aro steadily held. We notice sales of 500 bbls at $22.50 to $22.62 for western moss, cash and regular way, closing at $22.50 cash ; $21.50 for '66 to '67 mess ; $l7 to $18.25 for prime and extra prime, and $19.50 to $2O for prime mess. Also for future delivery 250 bbls new wes tern mess for March sellers option on pt. The afternoon market is quiet, but prices are firmly held. 503 bbls new western mess sold at $22.70, regular. We quote old mess at $21.37 to $21.62} ; new mess at $22.50 to 22.75 ; ditto for March delivery at $22.75 to 23, and ditto for April at 22.87 to 23.12}. Beef.—There is a fair call at former figures. Sales were made of 395 bbls at $ll to $l2 for plain western mess, and $lB to $22 for extra do. Tierce Beef.—There is a good business doing at steadily held rates. We notice sales of 950 tcs, at $31,75 to $34,75 for prime moss, and $37,00 to $40,00 for India mess. Beef Hams—Are in moderate r , quest, at about former figures. We notice sales of 214 bbls. at $2B-to $32. Bacon Sides.—The market is firm, but not very active. The sales are 430 boxes at 101 to 10p. for Cumberland cut; 11P. for short rib; 13 1 to 13itc. for short clear, and 122 c. for long clear. Cut Meats.—There is a good demand at former rates. Sales were made of 350 pkgs. at 121 to 13c. for hams in dry salt; 13 to 131 c. for do. in sweet pickle ; 81 to 9tc. for shoulders in dry salt ; and 8 to 84c. for do. in sweet pickle. Butter.—There is an active demand for the good to fancy grades, and as the offerings are small full prices are maintained. The medium grades feel this improvement c3nsiderably ; sales are making freely, and satisfactory rates are obtained ; the common grades are steady, bat quiet. The receipts of Canada butter are liberal, but aro mainly of inferior quality, and will not sell readily. We quote State, in Welch tubs, at 40c. to 50c. ; do., in firkins and half firkins, at 48c. to 50c., with occasional lots of fancy at 52c., and Canada at 25c. to 35c. Cheese.—We do not learn of any derided change in the market since yesterday. The advance in gold in addition to the willingness of holders to sell renders it easy for shippers to fill orders. The majority of the expo' tors are, however, unwilling to purchase unless at very low prices. Lard—The market is more active. Prices, though not quotably different, are not so firmly hold. Sales were made of 1,470 tcs. and bbls. at 131 to 14}c. for N. to kettle rendered city ; 131 to 141 c. for 1 western ;14;c. for steam rendered and kettle dried do., and 141 to lac. for kettle rendered do. We quote : Pork— Mess bbl New mess „ Prime ... ... ... $21.50 to $— ... 22.50 to 22.70 17.25 to 11.00 ... 19.50 to 20.00 Prime mess Beef, bbl — New Plain New extra.. Prime extra, tes. India mess, tes. Cut Meats— 12,00 to 18.00 to 32,00 to 37.00 to 19.00 22.00 35.00 39.00 Hams, per lb Shoulders ... Butter 12 to 131 8 to 91- ... 18 to 37 ... 38 to 50 Canada, per lb State dairy „ Cheese— Dal y 10 to 14 Factory „ ... 12 to 15 Lard,.......... 13 1 to 141 RICE.—The market is quiet, but prices are uncharged. We notice sales of 500 bags Rangoon in bond at -lc. gold. We quote Carolina at Di to nic. SEEDS—There is but ve.y E.,lc doing in clover seed, and prices are declining. We quo' e 12 to 13c. In timothy there is a small business doing at $2,75 to $3. For flax the de mand is for retail parcels at about $2,60 to $2,70. Lin seed—The sales noted are 1,000 bags r.t $2,28, and 1,000 bags and 5,000 pockets at $2,30, all here. SOAP—Castile may be quoted at 16 to 161 e. SPELTER—There has been a little better business ; 350 tons Stolberg and Silesian were sold at 61 to 61c., gold ; a slight advance is now obtainable. SUGAR—The market for raw is fairly made at firmly hold figures. We quote fair to good refining at 121 to 121 c, and N.'. 2 Box at 121-c. The sales are 614 hhds. at 121 to 13-1-e. for Cuba`lsl to 151 c. for clarified Demerara; 1,095 boxes Havana at 111 to 14}c., and 38 bags St. Domfngo at 12c. The demand for refined is good at well sustained rates. We quote soft yellow at 11i to 15ic. ; soft white at 151 to laic., and crushed, powdered, and granulated at 17c. TALLOW.—The market is steady. Sales were made of 80,000 lbs at 11 to Hie, the latter price for fancy. STEARINE—There is a moderate business doing. Sales were of 82,000 lbs at 131 to 141 c. GREASE—The sales are 45,000 lbs at 8 to 101 c. TEAS.—The course of the gold market has checked trade to some extent to-day. The sales from first hands 1,416 half chests green, and 1,350 do. Oolong. TlN.—Business is rather light at the moment, and prices quite nominal. Straits at 24c., gold : Banca 251 to 26c. do. ; English 23 to 2310., do. Plates—We have no further sales to report. Twit/woo—Leaf—There is rather an active trade in the low grades at steadier prices. The sales are 685 hhds. Kentucky at 71 to 14c., and 50 cases Ohio at 61 t•o ie. NEW YORK STOOK (From Ole Sock Reported officially on each day o day, Febuary 1 EXCHANGE. the Week endi 1868. ing Mou- -- • ko Lr FI A! E. an El at Th ho. for Ch Vi sal sta all 80` rein Sta, ark,