The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-30 00:00:00

~f at ccom - 11Ii• th the ttt:nd- kons's Eli- to the Imeri- iately .oclue baoks rity— TWO it this of the t of a oveliet e Was in a mpen .!ful as t gra- L of the 'chant more ry of world ;amp, dgers, d last, ;a,dy in 'ormer Ds had t, and of the Hen& 1 the sf ally lee to eupol l it the 33, or hints ,hinge )efore Arne sport- eople, ndred States when inner Anie that :pres- now 18Th 1868. have oldest sen- igned , I 7 be that them S 3 they ad a 5 ssionS Lorsed from mag )eared )rit it. it and wiety . ect ly • ob has many those those with w hole .unies azard vvide serve 0 tion," Stray gul3r I co' The 3ine," 6, The laine9't aius, New' p n able Hon e ) norir d Cro• itho ll6 ,e our le idea 1 it 10 a y be but I t calca- wofit - 1 over 'hoice• ,palaLl lock in the itio Tb° lien° )3r h er , ;12 and l atter° :e of ° are 41! MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Tile Stock iMarkets are firm, but inactive, owing, to the absence of numerous members of the Stock Ex change, as Monday next is to be observed as a holiday. The Funds show a further slight recovery. In Foreign Stocks, especially the speculative descriptions, have again improved. Railways are without particular change. The Discount . Market is exceedingly quiet, at 1 to I g . per cent. for the last bills. The funds are firm at about last night's closing prices, viz.. Consols, 95 . 1 to 96 for money, and 94 to 9 4, and dis. for account ; New and Reduced, 941 to 91 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s to 12s prem. ; India Five per Cents., 1161 to 1173 ; and Rupee Paper, 1044 to 1051. Speculative Foreign Stocks are in good demand. Italian arc =s better, at 52 to 521, and there is an advance of 4- in New Spanish, at 37ft to 37k, and in Turkish at 38 to 38. Mexicans, 16/ to 16k ; Greek, .131 to 141 ; Peruvian (1865), 86 to 87 ; Brazilian, 77 to 78 ; Egyptian, 81 to 82 ; ditto Railway Deben tures, 92 to 93 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents.. 73b to 74. Continental Railways are steadier,_ Lombardo-Ve netian b e i ng 14;- to 15k, and Great, Luxembourg Hi to 12. English Railways are without much change. Lan cashire and Yorkshire are 1281 to 1291 ; Midland, 1061 to 1071 ; South Eastern, 76/ to 77f ; London and North-Western, 1151 to 1151 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; Ditto A. 97f to 971 ; Great Eastern, 35f to 35„1 ; Great Western, 531- to 54 ; Brighton, 52/ to 53 ; 441 to 444 ; Metropolitan, li to 112 1 ; Caledonian, 741- to 75 ; and Chatham, 204 to 21. Joint-Stock Bank Shares show no change. Agra (A), are quoted at 10 to 10 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis• ; Anglo-Austrian, 51 to 51 prem. ; Chartered Arercantile, at 27i to 28a ; Consolidated, 4i to 4, 1; Imperial, 18 to .19 ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to fir prem. •, London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, at 70i to 70A ; London Joint laStock, at W. to 36 • a d Union of London, at 34i to 35 1 5- _ Cable Shares are a little firmer. The Anglo-Ameri can, at 221- to 24 ; and the Atlantic Telegraph, at 5 to sk, are nearly better. If anything, Finance and Credit Shares are a shade easier. International, Financial are 1/- to lf dis. ; London Financial, 22A- to 21i dis. ; General Credit, 2 to 2a dis. ; and National Discount, IN to ni. In Foreign Mines, St. John del Rey are 18 to 18i ; Port Philip, 1k to 1 ; and Chontales, 1 to The gold taken to the Bank of England yesterday amounted to £105,000. The Ripon leaves for the East with £3,419 in Tenders are invited by the Great India Peninsula itailway Company, to the 12th Juno, for £600,000 debenture stock, bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. The proposed dividend of the Bank of British North America of 45s per share is announced to be payable on the 4th July. Monday will be observed as a close holiday in the Stock Exchange. The following is Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmid's bullion circular :—" The prices of bar silver and Mexican dollars slightly receded shortly after the date of our last (13th inst.), and it was feared that the large amount just received by the West India mail would have still further depressed our market ; but the last prices, 605 and 584, have been realized. Other large supplies of dollars from Mexico may be shortly expected ; and, as there is no probability of any inquiry for the East, it is very doubtful whether the present prices can be maintained. The arrivals of gold from Australia and America have been on a very large scale, and further considerable remittances are shortly due. The French Exchange, however, is now at a point which leaves no profit on the export of gold, and the Bank is likely therefore to continue, as It now is, the only receiver." The reports to band from the chief continental corn tuarkets state that, though there is a further decline in some places, sellers generally are opposing more resistance to the downward tendency. In some mar kets the farmers are holding out ; but at Marseilles on Wednesday holders were extremely desirous of realising, especially in respect to supplies from the Danube. The list of applications for .the issue of £411,000 First Mortgage Sterling Bonds, of the European and North American Railway Company, will be closed on Tuesd a y next. Vice-Chancellor Malins has appointed Mr. Smart (of th e firm of Frederick B. Smart, Snell, and Co.), Ivith Mr. Roinanes, official liquidators of Thompson's Patent Universal Airtight Stopper Company. The Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society deserv e the thanks a all for. introatleiDla RYStenl of terminating annual premiums and sums assured payable during life. It is obviously so beneficial to the policy-holder, without affect ing the interests of the company, that the Principle cannot help spreading. It is arranged that the bonuses from time to time declared may be ap- Plied in the first place, in extinguishing the premiums after a limited number of annual payments, and after wards in making the amount of the policy payable durin g the lifetime of the assured. In the words of t he society—" Th e h o ld er o f a po li cy, e ff ecte d a t th e cisre4dlitnhaoly ry n r:tte of premium for an assurance payable at has thus the option of securing in combi nation the two • most important advantages which 1 ‘ ve of l a t e years b een i ntro d uce d i nto the n system of life assurance, and this without any addition to the am ount of his annua l p rem i um . Th ese t wo advan tages are, first, a ' free 'or paid-up' policy ; and, ',secondly, a sum assured payable on, his attaining a given age, or earlier in the event of his decease." ,The traffic receipts of the Great Central of Belgium "` a lvily for the week ending the 28th of April a n tll OUnt to £9,257 4 s 3d, b e i ng an i ncrease of 4 ' 2 ,955 lOs 10d as compared with the corresponding Period of last year, and making the increase lo far t his year £25,593 lls sd. Th e Board of Trade returns for the month, and four months ending April 30, have been issued ; and With regard to the month they appear to indicate rather a considerable revival in our export trade. For example, the following are the declared values of the exports for April :- 1868 1867 1866 ......... Nor with respect to 1867 are . the results of the fou _0 nths exports at all unsatisfactory :- 1868 1867 ... 56,186,529 1866 T he valu e o f the imports, which are brought down onl y to the 31st March, show analogous results — Month en di ng March 31. Three months ending March 31. 1868 ... £21,449,424 • -. £46,409,094 1867 18 399 265 1866 21,294,683 " I lt T,he imports and exports of bullion and specie mg th e four months are— Imports £7,100,102 Exports of Imorts .. £1,182240 The entriesE and xcess clearan p ces of shipping during the th -' e Period are generally favo ura bl e , com p are d w i t h ho Ose of the preceding year. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 G OVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols a Ditto for Account Juno 4 liPer Cent. Reduced 944 1, 1 ." 3 per Cent e r ,lr 2 . 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 d '''. a per Cent. J an. 1873 4,lluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1 -',O. for 30 yrs, aspire sth April 1885 l2i,. E "a (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — DO Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l2 pm Do, .£5OO Do ta. • £lOO & £2OO — 17 „ s ilk of E ng l and Stock, 41 per Cent ` 4jn• Account na : h inikti GOVERNMENT SECIJRITIEE. -`l3. tock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 la • Account n° • 5 Per Cent. .July, 1880 - 1 ) ° . 4 , , per Cent, Oct. 1888 ~.NO. Certificates — DO. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent o k - b f - 3 . L , per Cent., Jan. 1872 D„' ,A per Cent., May 1879 llO " a per Cent., Rduop.. Deb. 1872 — Do. 1877 — Do Il t. , IA • do. 1882 — 1 i B b 105} per Cent., Aug. 1873 onds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 0. under £l,OOO - pm r °REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICI S. Auentine Itepullc, 6 per Cent...... I N t O Bonds 5 per Cent. 1839 ,- IT i . O 5 per Bonds, xd D o 1 1 Per Cent., 1852 — 1 0 . - . do., 1818 1 )0. do., 18 ;(, — D;, , do., 1863 — 13 1 ) •2 per Cent., 1865 — ° ` l eenunt 7 71 i I i e Los , , Lyres G per Cent — VII )., 2 „Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0 „le 'Per Cent. jj n a ,, ) 6 per C ent — u ° — ',..1 Per Cent — 1 . )0 . u per Cent., B — D o * , , 1867 D o " sz i 1) " , Cent., 1866 0 , '',k'Crip .£32 paid D ,v a iT bi ", 6 per Cent. ,liiiir pa. Cent. , 1825 12 , 0 .40 Pri ncipaities, 7 per Cent 73 i i , a( l l Per Cent., 1867 BOl 1 .b . ; 4y 9r 7 e 7 er C o o t u a so t lidated, 1 per Con' l3 1 1 , , Ptt ,.. a o, 1.,.;°. Qooutl Issue BO ` l % ) . 4.500 B ouds 81i ..6.......1 IM.ZINIMI Do. 1100 Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1510 Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ..... 821 3 4 Governnutut Railway tichoniures .... 921 3 21 Greets 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons . • Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent • . — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Italian 5 per (7er t., 1865 — Do, Account . — Do. Marommana Itaiway — M.xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Po 6 nor Cont. Anglo-French — Ilontevicme. C por Cent. . — Ntoorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l4 Do 3 per Cen 37 ' - '3 Do. .Defer , •?d Do Land Warrants ( lleetares) Per iviar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account__ .. 861 71 7 Do 41 per Cent. (I.Tribarreu) Do 41 per Cent., 1.86'3 Do Account Po:l,..,rm•se 3 per Ct., 185:4, '6, '7, '9:60,'2?•. Do. do., 1'67 4l 1 Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Itu sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si B5l 1 t)o 44 per Cent. 1850 - - Do 1 per Cent., 186(1 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent~ 1862 Do. Anglu-Dutcl', 1861, £lOO Bonds. Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5 . .....5881r } I Do. do £ B l 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 65 41 51 Sa -dinian, a per Cent — Sp wish 3 por Cen • — Do Account ... Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account Do Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turiiish 6 por Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds - 70 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — - • Do Account Do £lOl Bonds 661 71 Do. 1863 s9k Do 5 per gent., 1865 Do Account t Do 6 per Cent., 1865 . 6ll 12 11 Do I por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — . CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 951 it, Do. Account, 4th Juno 941 it xd POLICE I.NTELLIGENCE. - THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER AND TILE CON STABLE.—Mr. Henry Tippett, a commercial travel ler, of No. 20, High-street, Holborn, was charged before Knox with being drunk and assaulting police constable Richard Do wdeswell, 163 C. The constable said that abo ut ten o'clock the previous night he was in the H a y market, when he found the prisoner, who was drunk, lying on his back. He picked the prisoner up, and he walked across the road, and got into a Hansom cab, and the cabman asking where he wanted to go, he re plied, “To He (the constable) then looked into the cab, upon which the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the nose, smothering him with blood, and on taking him into custody, and on the way to the station, he was very violent. The prisoner said that, after being roughly handled by the constable, he got into a cab, when the constable struck him because he would not get out of the cab. Mr. Knox said he could not have constables as saulted in such a manner. The prisoner said he had lost his hat, had his coat torn, been struck, and locked up. The constable said the prisoner had no bat with him. Mr. Knox said he would give the prisoner the option of paying a fine, but he would have to pay the full fine, namely, £5 or a month. THANIES. NOT VERY MILIT4 RY. —Patrick M'Hewnena, who was also called M‘liinnon, aged thirty years, military store clerk, of 2, Lacey-street, Bow, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with assaulting Charles Stevan., 1....21... 5 attendant. The complainant, a respectable and quiet man, was on duty at the cab rank in High-street, Whitechapcd, when the prisoner, who was drunk, came up to him and sail, " What do you clll yourself ?" " A man," was the reply. The prisoner immediately struck Stevens on the mouth, and left a mark which was visible. The prisoner, who could not deny the cowardly outrage, wished to settle with the complainant and give him 103. Stevens declined any compromise, and said he should act contrary to the orders of the Commissioners of Police if he made a settlement with the prisoner. Mr. Paget thereupon fined the military-store clerk 205., and told him his conduct was not very The annual dinner of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusi liers took place on Thursday evening, the 28th inst., at the Westminster Hotel, whoa the following officers were present :—General Sir W. Codrington, G.C.8.; Colonel Herbert, C.B. ; Lieut.-Col. Harrison, Lieut.-Col. Bigge, Lieut.-Col. Bruce, Major Norton, M a j or Granville, Capt. Tulloch, Capt. O'Connor, Capt. Knight, Capt. the Hon. N. Wickham Fiennes, Capt. Lidler, Capt. Bathurst, Lieut. Fitz George, Lieut. Sheppard, Ensign Mayhew, Ensign Ensign Cowan, the Hon. C. Ca rneg i e, M .P., la de n. M ll ° . l' 3Hall Dare, Mr. Clarke Thornhill, M r . W . Rotnilly, and Mr. Robert Palk. BARROWDIGGING lAI SUFFOLK.—The Rev. Canon Greenwell, of Durham, who has made such extensive in vestigations in the Yorkshire tumuli, has commenced a series of Suffolk diggings noar Ingham, Bury St. Ed mund's, the results of which will be made public on com pletion of the work. On Thursday the Suffolk Archeaolo gical Association met on the ground. So far only burnt burials have been mot with. BOILER EXPLOSION ON TUE THAMES.—A boiler explosion, causing the death of two stokers on board of a steam towing vessel, occurred off Cliffe, about four miles below Gravesend, yesterday, about midday. It appears that the steam-tug Pilot, belonging to Mr. Davis, of Gravesend, having a party consisting of about 29 persons on board, left that town at noon, and proceeded down the river on a trial trip, the vessel having been laid by for repairs during the last three months. On rounding the point near Cliffe it was observed that the indi cator showed a pressure of only a few pounds on the boiler, when it was evident that the real pressure must be far greater, and Mr. Cooper, an engineer, was about to descend the ladder into the engine-room when a rumbling sound, attended by a concussion, was heard ; the vessel rolled on her side, and a dense cloud of smoke and steam issued from the engine -room. It was at once seen that the lower part of the boiler had burst, and immediately after the first alarm was over a search was made for the two men who had charge of the engine. One of them, Charles Thomas, a young man about 23 years of age, was dragged out in a shocking state, having received severe and, as it afterwards proved, fatal injuries. The body of William Hewitt, the other stoker, was also got out. Both of his legs had been torn off by the force of the explosion, and he was quite dead. Thomas was removed to the Gravesend Infirmary, and survived about an hour. Both of the bodies were taken to the deadhouse to await the coroner's inquest. They present a sad spectacle, the flesh being quite black, and portions of it detached. THE ABYSSINIAN WOUNDED.—We have been fur nished with some account of the number and nature of the wounds sustained by the troops composing the British part of the force in Abyssinia. No details of the injuries among the men of the Indian and Belooch regiments have yet been received, but these are known to have been unim portant. Never before, probably, have such results been achieved with so insignificant a numerical loss to our selves. On the two occasions—viz., the fight of the 10th, and the final assault of Magdala on the 13th of April-- there were only 13 men and two officers wounded. The gunshot injuries were almost exclusively of the extremi ties, and generally of the lower. On the 10th six men of the 4th Regiment were wounded, five of them being by gunshot. A sergeant and private appear to have sustained the most severe wounds—the former a rifle-ball frac ture of the left leg, the latter a fracture of the loft humerus. Captain Roberts' wound was caused by a rifle ball perforating the left elbow. He was doing well by the latest accounts. At the assault on the 13th seven men w-re wounded—three from rifle bullets, one from a spear, and three were otherwise injured by splinters, &c. Of five cases in the 33d Regiment four were injuries of the lower and ono of the upper extremity. Major Pritchard's was a slight splinter wound of the right arm and shoulder; accompanied by much contusion of the parts. It will be seen with great satisfaction that-among the 15 cases there was no instance of perforating gunshot injury of the trunk of the body. When any internal organs have been traversed by a rifle ball, it necessarily follows that the gravest consequences may be feared, which wo may con fidently anticipate will not be the case CM the present 00- maw:L.—Law(' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1868. Closing i Business r ", Prise. done. 62 64 71j 75 20 30 21 si 751 77 70 72 - -$ 31 311 7 8 15 .8 102 103 kit 01 121 14 96 97 53 53i 65 57 3J 35 31 31 rat its; 52 53 19 1 2u 115 1.56 s) , 42 13} OA t zt luS 6) S. rol lu7, 7.i 77 333 31 llai 104 688 54 9i 95 130 131 i 131 133 117 119- 11 1 1 bT RU 107 101 57 581 13 15 771 7zi lu 11 113 14'6 7if i 351 101 3 129; 81 201 1 1151 lug 7 331 t 103 7I 6j SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES-FRIDAY. THE OAKS DAY. Of late years the Oaks has shown a decided falling off in point of numbers at the post. Last year Achievement frightened many away, and on this occasion the struggle has been considered to lie between Lady Elizabeth and Formosa, and the field has dwindled to about the smallest on record. There are many reasons for this. May is not the mares' month, and it is curious that the founders of the race, the crucial test for the best mare of the year, did not consider this. Why are oar great races for mares run so early in the year ? The o..ks of this year will, in addition to it: race, be remembered for ono of the most violent storms of thunder, lightning, and hail we have had for years. It came on very sad lettly about 12 31), with no other warning than a sultry and heavy at mosphere. " Descended in torrents" is a stereo typed phrase which had a real ineahing to-d ty. Below Durdans, the residence of Mr. 1 leathcote, the scene was a curious one. A large pond, three or four feet deep, had been formed by the darrunit~ up of th 9 flood, and about one o'clock, when tilt road was at its most crowded stat a rich harvesn was made by " ioughs," who carriA pedestrian: across on their shoulders, and cabs plying over the temporary ferry demanded fabulous sums. We re gret to say one, if not two, lives were lost ; horses were killed ; and the keeper's cottage at the War ren demolished. The storm continued for nearly an hour, and when at its height of falling water and ice, combined with the terrific roar of the thunder, it had about it something approaching the sublime. A small, but by no means ill-looking, lot of fil lies were saddled in the paddock. In fact, remem bering the calibre of 'the field for the last two or three years, we are inclined to rank this as, -oh the whole, of a higher average. About the first to show was Fair Star,' a nicely-framed mare with plenty of good looks and grand quarters, not quite elegantly set on. 'She came into the paddock stripped, but was, neverthless, all of a lather, and to appearances more as if she had run a race than being about to do so. The thunderstorm had pro bably had some effect on her nervous system, as such weather has on many other mortals. She was soon joined by Matthew Dawson's pair, both looking very fit ; of the two, Lady Coventry is a fine upstanding filly, with good ends, but leggy and light of bone below the knee, while L6onie is a very taking, wiry little mare, with powerful racing like quarters, and standing on short wearing legs. Janet Raweliffe, " the humble companion" of For mosa, is a shelly animal of no symmetry, and a very striking contrast to the heroine of the Thousands, who was brought to the post by Henry Woolcott in beautiful condition, handsome to the eye, but not big, and altogether the best-looking mare in the race. Judged by her inches, she is but a little one, for she reaches no higher than to 15 hands one and a half, but she is capitally fur nished, and full of muscular power. She has a pleasing head, with a gOod breadth of forehead, and a strong, slightly crested neck, reminding one more of a colt than a filly. She has strong shoulders, a good middle, famously-shaped quarters, and unex ceptionable legs, upon which she stands as firm as a rock. With her head well up, and her bold car riage, she walked away with Fordham a very pic ture, and even then it certainly looked to be all over. No animal has ever continued to improve more, and Mr. Cookson, is of course, anxious to get Buccaneer back again. The chief reason, indeed, iin trusted. Virtue, another Was his being a terrible savage, evere, g a parting y e rt with rising favourite, is a n eat, light mare, of no great power, with light limbs nicely f orme d an d we ll placed. She was a good deal f anc i e d , b ut bl ew so an e o b he fearfully on getting back to the rubbing-house after the race as to give one the idea of her being very thick-winded — she has, in fact, an enlarge ment of the throat. There was no such tho roughly racing-like filly in the field as Athena, with her good head, nice light neck, capital shoulders, etniddle, and quarters, ' and altogether well-proportioned length of limb. A weed called Curfew Bell joined company just at last, and Lady Elizabeth sound courage to canter pass the Stand. When she did enter the paddock after it was over, she showed a jaded, beaten, tucked-up animal, al. the worse fur her week's exeitatnent, and warn to a scarecrow ; and the running confined the truth of that for the Derby. When I. ady Eiji abot't appeared to take her prelitnin try canter, a cry almost of dJ rision greeted the famous mare of last year. It is not too much to say she looked a bag of bones, and had au untrained appearance strctega to sea. Tnere was no Danebury bloom upon her. How the public could have been induced to take 5 to 4 about the shadow of her former self was probably the thought that flashed on the minds of most of the spectators. Still they took 9to 2--a great supporter of the stable, we believe, accepted 800 to 200, and there was yet a belief she might retrieve her Wednesday's disgrace. A vain imagining. She again got off in the rear division, while at -a wretched pace Janet Rawcliffe made the running, and coining through the furzes Lady Elizabeth momentarily inspired Cannon with hope by run ning into her bridle, but the hope was short-lived. Before reaching the corner she died away, and Formosa, who had taken the lead at the mile post, made the most signal example of an Oaks field ever seen, by winning in a common canter by ten lengths, with Lady Coventry second, and the non staying Athena third. The Glasgow Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap) for all ages; winners of any race (matches excepted) after publication of the weights 51b extra ;• the last seven furlongs of the Derby Cours e . Sir J. Hawloy's Xi, by Oen. Williams, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (T. F.euch) 1 Duke of Newcastle's Foresight, 4 yrs, 7st (Daley) 2 Lord Westnioreland's Foresight, 4 yrs, 7st (Kenyon) 3 The followin g a l so ran: —Verulam, Lord falwerston, Secrecy, Tribune, and Queen of the Forest. Betting -6to 4 agst i, 9to 2 agst Silenus, 7 to 1 agst Secrecy, 8 to 1 each ags Foresight and Lord Palmerston, and 10 to 1 agst Tribune. Won in a canter by a length and a half. The Epsom Two Year Old Plato of 200 sovs; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners of a pl tte or sweepstakes .51b, twice or more 71b extra ; starters twice without winning a.lowed 41b, thrice 61b extra; T.Y.C. (three quarters of a mile.) Mr T. V. Morgan's Electricity, by Thunderbolt, Bst llb (S no wden) 1 Mr JOhnstene's Lord Hawthorn, Bst 61b (Cameron) 2 Mr B. E. Dunbar's The Baroness, Bst llb --(Parry) 3 The following also ran :7-'l'ho Lad of Scotland, Bianca, Ampleforth, Sovereign , Elector, Sea Breeze, and Thirl stane. Betting- 7 to 4 agst Sea Breeze, 3to 1 agst Electricity, 7 to 1 agst Lord Ilawthorn, 8 to 1 agstThirlstane, and 100 to 7 agst any other. Won by a head. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for fillies, then three year olds; Bst 101 b each ; the second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes ; the last mile and a half on the New Course; 215 subs. Mr G. Jones's Formosa, by Buccaneer ...(G: Fordham) 1 Mr M. Dawson ns Lady Covantry (Daley) 2 Mr Padwick's Athena • • ('l'. French) 3 Marquis of Hastings's Lad y Eli zabeth (Cannon) U Mr G. Jones's Janet Rawchtle .............. Page) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Leo nia ... ; .................... 6ildcr(t) 0 Mr W. Davis's Fair Star .. . ..................... (Grimshaw) 0 Mr G. Holmes's Virtue.. ........................... (Snowden) I) Mr Welsby's Curfew 13,41 ........................(J. Osborne) 0 Betting-11 to Bon Formosa, 9to 2 agst Lady Eliza beth, 8 to 1 agst Virtue, and 12 to 1 each agst Leonie and Lady Coventry. The precautions taken on the Derby-day were again had recourse to , as to the saddling of Lady Elizabeth and her stable companion, Athena ; but on this were indul ge d w ith a prelimi did not app ear t o ra i se th e backers. Wh en f a i r l y round Tat teuhatn-corner, Virtue, on the lower side, took the seceud n o h c o a c p r y a e s s i Ca o m n f t h t e h e r i e ,. L ' w ‘ a ß h d r i 3 c i r h t :, s h h ip, s public" however, place, the three immediate followers of the favourite evi dently having hadenough of it, and being passed by Athena and Lady Coventry. Lady Elizabeth even at this early period was out of it. Half-way up Fordham was seen to indulge Formosa with a pull, and, looking round to place his followers, he then with a quiet smile resumed the even t,nour of his way, the favourite passing the post in a •'w a ter canter," ten lengths in ad vance o f L a d y Coventry, who ran past the pulli ng - up A t h ena at the stand ; Fair Star just headed Virtue on the post for fourth place, Curfew Bell pulling up fifth, with Lady Elizabeth a long way iu her rear; Janet Itawcliffe and Leonia were the last two. The race was run in 2inin. 47isee. The Paddock Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs for two year olds ; winners of any race (matches excepted) after the publication of •the weights 51b extra; three quarters of a mile. Capt. Machell's Martyr, by St. Alban's, Bst (car. Bst 31b) 1 (Fordham) Lord Westmoreland's Lyttleton, Gst 71b (Kenyon) 2 Mr It. Clark's Bush Hill, 7st 4.1 b (koala) 3 Tin icaMirig 49 NA —D114013 ) jii4Clalla §tiorely colt, SHARE LIST. ORDINARY dIIAILIO3 AND STOCKS. 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Scot, stock iShropshire Union South Devon South Eastern .... Staines, Wok., Ja Wok l'atr Vale Do. C 1 / 2 , ale 0/ Neatti IVateriord -& Kilkenny! Waterloo & Whiteha I; West Corn wall Actress, Sister to Veda, Charon, Nightlight, Little Go, Acknowledgment, April Morn, Janina, Lunelle colt, and Moscow. Betting -7 to 4 agst Martyr, 5 to 1 each agst Lyttleton and Charon, 6 to 1 agst Moscow, 10 to 1 agst April Morn, and 100 to 7 agst the Miss Staveley colt. Won by a neck. The Durdans Stakes of 5 soya each, with 105 added ; two year olds Tat 81b, three 9st 61b, four and upwards, lOst 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; horses having started once at this meeting, and been beaten, allowed 31b, twice 51b ; the winner to be sold for 120 soya ; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 71b, 60 111 b over and above othor allowances ; half a mile. Mr H. Wright's Little Coates, by Lambton, 2 yrs, Est 21b (car. Est 31b) (£6O) (Butler) 1 Mr Gee's f by Dunlee—Lady Lotty, 3 yrs, Oat 21b (COO) (Lluut) 2 Mr Joseph Dawson ns Lelia, 2 yrs, Gat 71b (£8 (Gra.lock) 3 The following also ran :—David, Mochrie, and Barce lona. Jeffrey weighed for Mr. Chap:in's Sister to Veda, 21b, and the number was put up, but, having wrehcheu plate, she returned to the euclosure and her nu über withdrawn. Batting opened at 6 to 4 on Sister to Veda, and elos to 2 agst Little Coates, and 3 to 1 tazh agit B troeloaa'aud Little Coates mad.: all the running, and won o.:sily iy a length. rho Great Surrey Foal Stakes of 10 spv3 each, with 103 added, for three year olds; colts Bst 191 b, ti li a B,t 71 ) : the winner of Vie Derby 121 b, of the OAks or Two Thou sand Giineas Stakes 61b extra; fillies liaving stared in the Oaks without being placed allowed 31b. Last wile of the Derby Course. 19 subs. Lord Stamford's Vale Royal, Sat 101 b ...(J. Daley) w. o. SPORTING OPINIONS. Another Derby has been won and lost, and the " glori ous uncertainty of the Turf" was never More exemplified than in the hollow defeat of Lady Elizabeth, who was not only beaten, but shamefully disgraced. For her,defeat no valid reason has been adduced, as the mare loOked well, Ad' carried the confidence of her owner itnd trainer. That the pas formance of Lady Elizabeth, however, in the Derby was correct We do not believe, for, judging'by her brilliant public form, she was bound to have figured prominently in the, contest, whatever her fate might have, been at_ the ter mination of the race. True, May is not the " snares' month," and Lady Elizabeth might have been suffering from the periodical ills to which fillies are liable. Turning, however, to the contest itself, weiney observe that Sir Joseph Hawley deserves the thinks of the British public for the honest run he gave them with Blue Gown, as the Kentish baronet had a mere trifle on this horse in comparison with the amount he stood to win on it esicru clan and Green Sleeve. Nothing, however, emit,' shake the confidence of public backers in Blue Gown ; and the Champagne running again proved a good beacoc. For the victory of Blue Gown we were not prepared, as he ap peared to us a non-stayer, and on more than one occasion have we seen him display not the sweetest of tempers. His stable companions —Rosicrucian and Green Sleeve— galloped with great freedom, but staying is not the forte of eithEr animal. King Alfred was voted inferior to the short, weak-hocked Suffolk by the followers of Baron Rothschild; but the King ran a goad horse, and had a patient jockey been in the saddle instead of the "post-boy,' the "dark blue and yellow" would have been victorious, as King Alfred had "the foot" of Blue Gown until the last half-dozen strides. How many great races have been lost for want of a julicioas pull? Speculum, whom we stood by for the last two months, beat all the favovurites and secured a place. St. Ronan, a good honest horse, took fourth position, and beat all the leading favourites save Blue Gown. Pity Mr. Ohaplitfe horse is a "piper," as he belongs to the useful school. Paul Jones and Orion both ran bad to Tilden ham Corner. The Forest King is one of the bast-looking horses that ran, but he was early beaten, and is many points behind the best of his year. See-saw was bie6ught out in blooming ()rendition, but he does not seem to have grown or improved m terially since last year. Cap-is-pie is a powerful colt ; but et by such horses as he, Viscount, Samson, Cock of the Walk, and Brother to Bird on the Wins colt were started we are at a loss to conjecture, as winning chances they hal none. Franchise, who galloped in fine style, looking much fitter than when she ran at Newmarket, broke her,leg during the race. This, coming immediately after the accident to Captain Kidd, is another blow to Alec Taylor's stable, as both animals would have paid their training bills this year; and it is more than probable Cap tain Kidd would have won both the City and Suburban and Chester Cup, so highly had he been tried. All the horses that ran in the Darby, with the excep tion of Blue Gown, Speculum, Cock of the Walk, and Suffolk, are engaged in the Doncaster St. Leger. For this event King Alfred will, of course, be a great favourite; but as Denebary will have for its re presentative in Yorkshire Lady Eliz Linda and The Earl— the' latter of whom could nut nave lost the Derby, had he been permittml to run—we apprehend the Doncaster prize will be secured by John Day's stable. Respecting the withdrawal of The Earl, who was left in the Derby. until 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening, s )att bitter r 3:11 tdes were made, as he was essentially a public h)rs 3' If th , 319.-quis of llastiugs, however, had had the entire control of his stud, we b.diove different tactics weal 1 It tV,3 been a lopted, but as he is in the hauls of parties who pay little defer .= s to public opinion, further co.n cent oa the ma leer in wnich The E trl was av,irkol in the market is unuezessary. Oa the whole, backers had the bast of it Li connection with the Darby, an! hew heavily the ring wore hit was bold by the ominous silence noticeable when thee:lumber of Blue Gown was hoisted as the winner of the eighty ninth Derby Stakes. The pleasure of the Oaks Day was marred by the terrific thunderstorm, which burst over the district about noon. Nine runners assembled at the pest for the Oaks, amongst them Lily Elizabeth, who looted in wretched condition, and ran even worse than she did in the Derby. That she is out of form at present cannot now be doubted, and if ever she is to regain her flue racing qualities the daughter of Trumpeter must have rest, net work. There are seven meetings in thelist of fixtures for next week, the principal of which are M tachester, Croydou, and West Drayton. At present the weights have not been issued for the stakes closed at Croydon. Mr. Bealuan, however, has the Two-year-oil Stakes and Shirloy Piate at his mercy, if he will take the risk of running a goad horse like King of the Ravers over one of the wurat courses in the kingdom. The West Drayton Meeting will take place on Monday and Tuesday, and lengthy entries have been secared to !the handicaps already closed. The programme is coal posed of hurdle and flat racing; but, as the season ought to be over for jumping business, and the horses nomi nated for the various handicaps have been engaged, sore of them soveral times, we dare not attempt to analyse the list. The Manchester Meeting will be celebrated on Wedues - day, Thursday, and Friday, and the new committee have issued an attractive list, which includes twenty-ono races, equally spread over the three days. A. new race-course and stabling, capable of accommodating eighty horses, will now be found at the " Cotton Metropo.is," and, as the added money is liberal—upwards of .£1.,50) —the meeting ought to command the patronage of owners and trainers. riVa out of the seven events in Wednesday's card are completed, and the De Trafford Cup (1; miles) has secured thirty-six entries. Vespasian, 9st 101 b, heads the list, but he is in ferior to his stable companion—Knight of the Garter, 9st Mb —at the weights. The Knight ; the Clown, 7st ; Em press of India, 6st 101 b; the colt by Romulus oat of At tack, Gst 81b; Mercury, Gst - 81 b ; Tribune, Gst 41b; and Chivalry, Gst 31b, are the "cream"• of the handicap. Mercury, if he runs, will be bad to dispose of ; but -shOuld ;the Middleham colt be an abletitee, - The Clown.ou the Attack colt will prove ettucessful: - There are twouty_nominatious for the, Copeland .Stakes (about 5 furlongs), and the best of the candidates are Master Tom (31b extra), Little Duke, The Hini, The Devil's Own, Musk, colt by The Cure out of English Rose; filly by King of Trumps out of Sortie, and Rosa Pauline. Of the public performers from this lot we prefer Master Tom ; but he may be overthrown by the dark Hind, a remarkably clever filly, by King of Trumps out of Passion Plower. To the Westmorland Handicap (1 mile) there are twelve subscriptions, but, although Chivalry and Alicia have not been over-weighted, Ottoman and Master Willie read most like winning names. In the Philips Handicap (about 5 furlongs) &Met and Tho King's Daughter are the pair we should select to produce the winner, although Patrician and The Squire are rather smart at this distance. The ()lumbar Stakes (one mile) will be won by Waffles, if he can beat Hagar. _ _ For Thursday six races have closed out of the seven in the list. Eighteen horses stand from the thirty-one origi nally entered in the Manchester Tradesmen's Cup (two miles). Knight of the Garter, 9st 31b, is the highest weight accepting ; but, as he is a doubtful stayer, we do not anticipate a victory for Captain Machell's clever colt. Success 7st 71b, Lord Hastings 7st 61b, Bracken 7st 31b, the colt by Romulus out of Attack 6st. 31b, and Buttercup Sst 71b are the horses that appear best iu. The Attack colt has a prior engagement, but if he is reserved fur this race he will scarcely beat Sacc6ss and Mr Eastwoed'a representative, probably Buttercup; and to the better of the latter pair do we look for the winner. The City Handicap Plate (4 furlongs) should be carried off by The King's Daughter or Parma; and tate Selling Ilandi eap (6 furlongs) by Lady Lyoa or Scarth Nitch. For the Enville Nursery Plate (about 3 furlong) seventeen two year-olds have been handicapped, and the imposts range from Declaration, Bst 101 b, to Wad! )s, ist 21b. The horses that seem to possess the best winning chances are listed, Bst 21b; Kicksoy Wicksey, ist 815 ; Musk, .7st 81b ; and Rosa Pauline, 7st 81b ; and in retaining a couple we should take Retort and Rosa Pauline. In the Donington Plate (4 furlongs) several horses unknown to fame have been entered ; but we take Mr Daw., , on's pair—the Damsel filly and Rosa Pauline—as the best of those nominated. On Friday, in the Salford Borough Cup (li miles), 32 horses have been handicapped. The majority of the can didates will have been "run through" ere the hoar for the deci§itm Of thi4 ram arciPES aQ Kul h 6 Qt sug- BKITISII rOSSESSIONS. to. Atfantio&SELawrenoe, all 64 86 I torn.,Baroda, Ccu.lu.l st 100 105 105 1051 gu. 6 per cant... z 0 Do. shares l6 406 Buffalo k Lake Huron all 3 4 10 Do. 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(Ellogan 18.18.0 374 421 ;tray Park . 35.15.6 (1 9 14 15 Vigra and Clogan, lim all West Bassett (MN an )V. vVest 1 63 .1 : 0 0: n d 1 41571 1 44 4 5 : 1 208 i 1 2 06) WheatWliutt B Tr u e l l i v r ( . 1 0 1e v d i r l u .i t s h . 5 2 . 2 17 15 .0 7 9 1 1 Wheal Mary Aun (Men. 8 21 23 —. Wheal Setou PREFERENCE SHARES. Midland, Leicester and Hitehen, 46 per cent., 90 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, lOa 1 INES LEASED AT PIXED RENTALS. Vale of Neath, .98 011161GN ft AIL WATI. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin). 3i Paris and Orleans, 30 Hectic and San Fi•ancisca, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 11i San ‘Piptlo, Lua. 6 per cent., 18} Western and North-Western of Iranoa, 22 • Ant», rt: and Rotterdam, 91 oaHllt..lfili Win Fraucisco, gua. 7 per cent., 151 Or;;at Luxembourg, 12} • Mexican, lira., 101 South Austrian .nd Lombardo Venetian, 161 Fog AILN Itta. Anglo Braz.liri. Gold, 13-16 Chuutales tiol and silver Alining„ lint., 11 St. John del ltey, lim , 18 I DOCKS London and it. Katharine, 161 BAN L S. Agra, lim.. A, lei Anglo Egyptian, tim., ltg Auglo-Hun4ariau, 9 Lolonial, 37 Consolidated, lim., English and Ai.) de Janeiro, lim., 8 Imperial Ottoman. 11. Loudon Chartered ilatlß of Australia, 23k London and County, 5 Ditto, new, 314 London aud ies tminster, 7tl y Ditto, Scrip, 481 National Provincial of England. 133 Ditto, d and 3d 1158110,39 Oriental Bank Corporation, 421 Union or Auotralia, 0.1 9 Union of London, 351 rdISCELLANICOUS. Anglo American Telegraph, 221 Atlantic Telegraph, 521 Ditto, 8 p.ir cent , 1011 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, Jim., 5 13o.nbay Gas, tim., Ditto, new, 2t B. and 1. Ma . oetic Telegraph, lirn., 12: City Discount, lira, 21 Credit Fo❑cter of England, lim., 3 14.:Libw Vale, 13 1 Egyptian v per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua.. 83 71 Of Gen. Credit and Discount, inn., L,a Li udson's hay, 101 International Financial : , ,oclety,lim.. 31 °Luton Financial Association, Urn., 76 Ltindon:tienurai Ominous Company, tarn., 2 1-18 Ocean ►iurine Insurancc;, 191 2u l'euinsira and Grientai Ztezttu, 59i Ditu, new, 1807, 111 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 19 !Loyal M til Steam, 68 Trust and Agency of Australasia, 2 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 74 I THE CLYDE SHIPJOINERS' STRIKE.—On Wednes day the shipjoiners on striked on e Clyde intimated to the employers their willingness to withdraw their de mand for an advance of wages to the extent of 2s. per Week, and to return to work on the old terms. The strike, which has thus terminated, was commenced five weeks ago. cess, Bracken, Emprass of India, the colt by Romulus out Attack, Chivalry, and others figure in the entry. At pre sent we must esteem the chances of Empress of India and Donaldbain, both of whom have boon nicely handicapped. The , Trafford Park Stakes (6 - furlongs) is a " moral" for Uncas if he runs; but, as that is doubtful, Evelina and Soubrette will have the race to themselves. For the Wil ton Handicap (1. mile) 15 horses have been named, and, as the weights now stand, Tribune and Johu Osborne are the pair we should select as being most favourably t►eated. SPORTING PROPHECIES. MANCHESTER, WEST DRAYTON, AND CROYDON MEETINGS. " BELL'S LIFE." WEST DRATTOINT.—Iver Plate : Red Comyn, Diamond, and Bumboat. Welter Cup : Pevensey and Astracan. Colne Handicap : Muezzin, Hopvine, and Lady Glencora. West Drayton Handicap : Osprey, Clarina, and Lady Glencora. CROYDON. - Two-yr-old Stakes : Electricity. Shirley Plate : King of the Rovers. Maiden Plate 7, Airdrie or Traveller. .MANCIIESTER.—HopefuI Stakes : Ala3ter '.Co ni and Number Nip. " THE ERA." MA.NCIIESTER.—De Trafford Cup : Clown and [he Attack Colt. 'Tradesmen's Cup : Success or Fobert's best, BMufort Stakes : Palmitine and ..llartyr. 11Ltideu Pl.vb : Kicksey IVicksey. "THE SPORTSMIN." WEST DRArroN.—Handicap Hurdle Race : Ex. eitemeut or Summ2rtine. Iver Plate : Diamond Ind Sir Jos ph. Welter 'Cup : Excitement or Wed ling Peal; Colue Handicap : Bamboat or Traviata. "SPORTING LIFE." WEST DaAlMN.—iiandieLt? Hurdle Race : Toni Coke or Clarina. Ivor Plate : Diamond or Henry the First. Non-Professional Wolter Cup: ?even y. Colne - Handicap : Muezzin or Actaal. Maiden Hurdle Race : Tonic Cuke or Wedding Peal. Han dicap Hurdle Race : Isabella or Stevens's best). West Drayton Handicap: Traviata or Osprey. Vil lage Plate : Diamond or Lady Roseberry. MANCHESTER.—CopeIand Stakes : Master Tom. De Trafford Cup : Knight of the Garter. Philips' handicap : Patrician. Westmorland Handicap ; Ottoman. Clamber Stakes : Gordian Knot. " TIIE FIELD." MANCHESTER.—De Trafford Cup : Mercury, The Clown, or The Attack Colt. Copeland Stakes : Master Tom or Hind. Westmorland Handicap ; Ottoman and Master Willie. Philips' Handicap; Salliet and the_King's Daughter. Clumber Stakes : Waffles. Manchester Tradesmen's Cup : Success or Buttercup. City Handicap : King's Daughter or Parma. Selling Handicap : Lady Lyon or Scarth Nitch. Nursery Plate : Retort and Rosa Pauline. Donington Plate : Damsel filly and Rosa Pauline. Salford Borough Cup : Empress of India and. Donaldbain. RACLNU FIXTURES FOR 1868. J UNE West Drayton 1 I Newton Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 H smpton .... Manchester 3 Newcastle . Ascot Summer 9 1 Bibury Club . Beverley, Hull, and I Stockbridge . East Riding lO I Alexandra Park . Windsor Summer JULY. Chelmsford Worcester Summer ... 2 Odiham Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Stamford Radcliffe Carlisle 7 1 Nottingham July Newparket July 7 I Chesterfield Hungerford Pontefract Down Royal C0rp....... 14 1 Sudbury and Ealing Reading I Spil s by AUGUST. Deauville Leek Brighton Brighton Club 6 1 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll 1 Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Eghain l7 Hastings York August Oxford SOinerset Dover Scarborough Canterbury Great Yarmouth Derby Summer Weymouth Ipswich Lichfield Tunbridge Margate OCTOBER. Bedford 1 I Sudbury and Ealing ... Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 : Harrow •, Lanark ... 8 I Worcester Autumn.,,,, Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 ' Lincoln Autumn Cheltenham l3 I SEPT EHBER. Baden Warwick September 1 Monmouth .. 20 20 24 as Abingdon 3 I Manchester l3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 1 Walsall 23 Brecon Richmond liampten Autumn l5 Royal Caledonian Runt Kelso le and Western M TRAINING REPORTS. RrcnmoND.—At Manchester, is the De Trafford Cup, we have Scotchman's Pride and Evelina. The last named is well worth ba.zking, if at the pest. For the Tradesmen's Cup Ala nant should be b irked, as ho has done particu 'arly well of tate, a id he is coins fur it. Miss 03borne and t two year oil hava arrivJd at Elliot's to b 3 trained. Laud's Policy s,.riJusly i..jure.l herself in the stable, auu :las not been out this weelfat exerc:se. CIULTON.—.O %Vest • ..Draytou we have Maesgwatha engaged in the flindicap Hurdle Race and . the Hardie Race Plate. She has hJeu doing some rare work the fait week, and I never saw her go so well, and shall fully ex pect ti sea her returnel the whiner. Vigilant is also engaged in the Hurdle Race Plate, and he is looking first class now, but with a heavy impost ho could not win it Ma-sgwathe runs. At Radditch, Wuuditian has tw., en gagements. lie hat been doing some vary good work, anti is pretty tit, bat is so mo lerate that I cannot stand him. Actre t is doing some good work from a mile to a milts anti a half, looking an I going first-class. Virginia Creep sr, Chateau Margaux, - St. Agues, Congratulator, and he colt by Muscovice are ids) iu goo 1 work. _ HEDNESFORD. —I don't expect in iny horses will go from here to Croydon, but we are sure to have seine both at Manchester and Redditch. Edinburgh and Merry Boy are in the two handicaps at Reddiich, but it is any odds on the former, and with a good jockey up he would with Fur theDe Trafford Cupat Manchester we have the Clown, geld ing by De Clare, Master Butte: fiy, and St. Valentine. Should the Clown take it into his head to try he would about win, although St. Valentine is, a smart little horse, and very fit. In the Tradesmen's Cup, Success, Greenhorn, geld ing by Rs Clare, President LinZ;oln, Ilium, and William are engaged. Ilium will about. carry it off. We have seven in the Salford Bore - ugh Cup, but I prefer Kidder minster, or Ambition, but much will depend on the first day's running. I fancy Lord Bagot and Flying Scud are going to Redditch fJr the hurdle races. Both jump well, but I fancy they are slow. The following horses of Cliff's have been doing good work:—Ottoman, Monsieur Louis, Vermicelli, Monitor, Janitor, Troubadour, Flying Jib, Retrousse, Ambition, Master Willis, Greenhorn, geld ing by De Clare, Kildermiaster, Verity, Ilium, Torch, Bassoon, Vex, Lizzie liexam, Ben Webster filly, Wake field, Knight of Kars filly, Namauna, and Melody, who are all pretty fit. Uncas, Master Thomas, and colt by Colonist are only walking. Saunders's lot are in steady work, viz., Charlie, St. Valentine, Brother to The Lamb, Whinyard, and colt by Citadel. Hopwood's Success, Master Butterfly, and Rejoinder have been sent along in fast work, and the same may be said of Palmer's The Clown, William, and Alicia. LAMBeuaNE.—•The only horses likely to go to Man chester are Saxon's Tribune and Spurgeon. The former is in the Da Trafford Cup, and with such a light impost he ought to run forward, although he is vary tar from a race horse. My good opinion of the Catherine Hayes colt, now called Belladrum, I was glad to see verified, and when he is more fit, you readers will sea what a splendid horse he really is. Ersom.—The following have done some good work for their engagements at West Drayton—lsabella, The Cutler and False Alarm. UD NEWS. At Hurstbourne Park, Mr. S. Jacobs's Quarantine a brown colt by Vengeance, and has been put to Fitz- Roland. At Hirdwickefield farm, Stockton-on-Tees, Mr. Trot ter's Mania, by De Clare, a bay colt by Knight of Kars, and has been served by Breadalbane ; Codicil, by Annan dale, a brown colt by Young Dutchman ; and his Kitten a brown filly by Young Dutchman, and has been. served by him again. Baron Rothschild's Director (Brother to Pole-axe) 2 yrs, has been matched agst Mr. Chaplin's Sister to Hermit, 2 yrs, Bst 91b each, last half mile of the New T.Y.C., £lOO, h ft, in the July meeting. _ A watch has been made between Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Moslem, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b, and Baron Rothschild's Suffolk, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, D.M., 200, h ft, to come off on the first day of the Second Octobar meeting. TURF NEWS. It is with great regret we announce the death of Mr. W. E. Hobson, the well-known breeder, who resided near Brigg, in Lincolnshire. Amongst other good horses he bred the racing stallion. o.est, now located at Bennington Park. Mr. Hobson 'died very audlenly, and his loss will be greatly felt in the &strict where he re sided. Lord Stamford gave Brontia, 2 yrs, to Potter of E2som on Wednesday last. . Mr. Graham handsomely presonta I Fordham with a check for £5OO after he hal won the Oaks on Formosa. Count F. de Lagrange's Rib:.ean, 3 yrs, broke his 1 g in a trig! at Newmarket on Saturday, the 23rd inst., and was d_ stroyed. Mr. J. Graham has purchased Douro, 5 yrs, and he has gone into Barry's stable at SLxrivenham. The stallion, The Giaut, by King Torn, is dead. The forfeits of Chifney and Veto have been paid. H. Covey has been suspended for a fortnight, and Vinell to the Ist of July, for disobedience at the post in the Town Plate at Epsom. TYRONE AND IiACIMER.—W e have the authority of Mr. J. F. Verrall for stating that Tyrone and Hackler were scratched for all their Croydon engagements at eight a.m. on Wednesday, May 20. CHANGE OF FIXTURE.—Oxford Races have been altered to Thursday and Friday, Aug. 27 and 28, in order to avoid coming in contact with York August Meeting. Glenmore, by Blair Athol, 2 yrs, and a colt by Caven dish out of Testy, have left Joseph Dawson's stable and joined Potter's string at Epsom. - Mr. Drewitt's colours are all straw, and Mr. R. Drewitt's sky blue and black cap. REJOICINGS AT li INGSCLERE.—When the news of the Derby reached Kingsclere flags were hoisted in honour of Blue Gown's vicwry, and in the evening a band of music played until a late hour in front of Sir Joseph Hawley's training establishment. DEATH OF ARTHUR EDWARDS.—We regret to announce the death of this well-known jockey, which took place at his residence, Mill Hill, Newmarket, after a prolonged illness. In the height.of his career he commanded plenty of riding, showing to most advantage in the colours of Lord Stamford and Mr. Merry, for the former of whom he won the Two Thousand on Diopaantns in 1861, whilst his be , t race in the yellow jacket was the victory he gained on Buckstone in the Ascot Cup, after a dead hut with Tim Whiffler. He also rode for the French stable in 1864, winning the Oaks upon Fille de I'Air, and had latterly been identified with the Duke of Hamilton's interest. NA.VAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Captain J. Bolton, 12th Regiment, Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster-General, attached to the Staff of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chat ham, who has been employed for some time past, in conjunction with Commander P. Colomb, Royal Navy, in organizing and arranging a new system 6f day and night signalling for military and naval purposes, has made a complete revision of the code of signalling hitherto in use, preparatory to its being adopted throughout the two services. The party of non-commissioned officers and sap pers of the Royal Engineers who were trained at Chatham in signalling duties, according to the new code, were attached to the Abyssinian expedition, the letters since received at head-quarters all speak ing of the great utility attending the new system of signalling, and the important services rendered to the expedition by the signalling party. Arrange ments are now being carried out for establishing a school of signalling, to be attached to the Royal Engineer department at Chatham, it being intended that detachments from every corps in the service shall undergo a periodical course of instruction in military signalling. A detachment of No. 17 troop of the Military Train, under the command of Lieut. Murphy, is under orders to proceed from Colchester toChatham, and will be relieved at Colchester by a detachment of No. 21 troop from Aldershmt. 'l'tie dismounted men of the sth Dragoon Guards, under the com mand of Lieut. Gist, have now left Colchester. The Fawn, 17, screw corvette, 751 tons, 100- horse power, Commanier Charles A. Heysham, arrived at Spithead yesterday evening from the North America and West India station. illalKE7S.—(7his Day•) POTATOES. There was very little if any change in the trade. Old potatoes continue in fair supply, and new come forward rather slowly. Trade is quiet on all sides, and prices re main without appreciable change. HAY AND STRAW. There were good supplies of hay and straw at Smith field and Whitecbapol this morning, and trade was steady, without material change in prices. We quote—Meadow hay, 60S to 66e clover ? GOs to 103 s ; straw, 288 to 36s per load. NOVEMBER Liverpool 3 Leamington l7 I Sh re wsbury 9 STET PLECIIASES. OCTOBER. Browley 1 1 Ealing DECEMBER. St. Albans Kingsbury 8 BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Mty 28. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figuras of the previous account : DEBTOR. May 28. fr. May 22. Capital of the Bank.... Pr•fits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank 182,500,000 - 182,500,000 - 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 34,556,270 24 34,397,451 78 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry 69,520,670 36 403,159,593 93 53,035,478 - 667,842 75 67,589,150 64 396,338'324 63 49,165,711 - 686,541 75 interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 6,661,963 42 6,496,378 30 930,376 7G 930,376 76 7,668,273 19 8,932,889 26 Total CREDITOR. May 28. fr. May 22, fr. Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- 58,401 21 585,972 54 counted, not yet due Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of 239,037,614 88 234,670,110 64 186,108,606 - 186;109;929 - 39,533,800 - 9,U00,477 - bullion . Do. branch banks.. Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do: to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 40,628,900 - 10,141,277 - 11,829,600 - 6,685,700 - 11,842,400 - 6,'t 47,100 - 33,054,100 - 21;867,500 - 923,200 - 774,700 - 942,500 - 795,600 - 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 40,651,419 66 40,651,419 66 (Law, June '2, 1857) Hotel and furniture of the Bt.nk and landed t t , propel ty branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries 100,000,000 - 100,000,000 - 8,342,161 - 8,370,776 - 2,000,563 45 1,130,647 88 18,170,231 15 21,230,740 29 Total u 64 L 2 A , O ND 7S . 28 LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING, CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 29. The Queen has been pleased by writ und.a. the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to call Edward William Co; of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., to the state and de gree of a Sergeant-at-Law. ADMIRALTY, MAY 26. Lieutenants: Charles Edward S. Woodman and Cold.. stream Coates Robinson hve been this day promoted to be Retired Commanders under the provisions of Her Ma jesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866. MAT 2.& The Rev. Edmund Cotter has this day been appointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet. The undermentioned officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet : Messrs. M. J. Shannon, J. It. Abbott, J. Sharp '.a) (Acting), Charles Allsop (Acting), William John Sullock (Acting), Robert Sutherland, William George Paige (Acting), Walter Crichton, William Hankinson, Stephen Chantlur, and Robert Miln Rodger. Mr. Joseph Kellaway, V.C., has this day been promoted to the rank of Chief Boatswain in her Majesty's Fleet.' WHITS LINDAY—IVESTHINSTE R ABBEY. --The Dean will preach at the 1C a.m. and 3 p.m. services. The sermon at the 7 p.m. service will be preached by the very Rev. W. C. Magee, D.D., Dean of Cork. There will be a collection after the sermon for th/ 590iety f9r tba kropagativa of the Ctopel. - 27. ; COI" rt :#~