The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COUMERCIAL INTELLIGENOR, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Stock Market continues to have a firm and Upward tendency, a condition encouraged by the remarkable fineness of the weather, and various other circumstances of similar import. The funds are a point higher, but Exchequer Bills are flat and lower. Most of the leading speculative Continental securi ties aro in demand, and Italian, foreign stock, and Great Luxembourg railways, are higher. There is also observable a revival of demand for Russian Bonds. In English Railways the mnfit noticeable feature is a sudden fall in Great Northern A. On the other hand Great Eastern have further rallied, on the fresh instances of a more elfi ..„oicht and decisive administration. The inactivity of Discounts has discouraged business in Bank Shares. The money market shows increased ease, and the rate for the best paper is not more than 2 per cent. with full supplies. The Liverpool cotton market is telegraphed firm with probable sales 12,000 bales. The corn market is very heavy, and is to 2s lower. The Germania has arrived from New York with £171,500 in specie for England, and the Union with X9U,000. Consols are firm at Saturday's close, at 94a to 944 for delive and 92/ to 93 for account t . New and ry, Reduced, 924 to 93 ; Indian Five per Cents. are f better at 16 to 164 ; Bank stock steady at 246 to 248 ; Exchequer Bills are 3s lower 5s to 108 prem. The foreign Stock Market is firm, with a demand for It a li an. The 1861 Loan i s 4 b etter, t h e prese nt pric e b e i ng 49 to 491. Viceroy of Egypt's 9 per Cents.. have also advanced 1, at 904 to 91k, and Mexican 4, at 151 to 16. On 'the other hand, Egyptian (1864) are 4 lower, at 81 to 814, and Greek, at 13 to 135, have similarly declined. •yr Spanish are 354 to 351 ; Turkish, 344 to 34 1; Chinon (1866), 102 to 103 ; ditto (1867), 95 to 96 ; Egyptian Railway Debentures, 91 to 92 ; and the Viceroy's 7 per - Cents., 714 to 72 ; Russian bonds have improved. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. American Securities moderately firm. United States 5-20 Bonds are quoted at 704 to 701. Erie Shares, steady, at 451 to 45/ ; Illinois, 4 higher, 95 to 954. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded - to 284 to 29 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 32 to 324. English Railway shares are on the whole steady, the only important movement being a fall of If in Great Northern A. London and North Western and Caledonian are also each 1 lower. On the other hand, Midland and Great Eastern are 4 higher, and Metropo litan R. The following are the potations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127 i to 128 ; Midland, 107 to 1074 ; South Eastern, 761 to 76 ; London and North Western, 115 to 1151 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto (A stock), 954 to 961 ; Great Eastern, 34 to ; Great Western, 531 to 531 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 534 to 54 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 42 to 425 ; Metropolitan, 112 to 1125 ; Caledonian, 74 to 744 ; London, Chat ham, and Dover, 184 to 181. Foreign r a ilw a y shares, are firm. Great Luxem bourg i s -5 better, at ng to 114 ; Lombardo-Venetian. , 14/ to 151. Bank shares are in little request, and the only change in prices is an improvement of 4 in Anglo- Austrian, which are quoted at 4/ to 51. Chartered Mercantile steady at 27 to 28. Consolidated, 44 to 44; Alliance, l3 to 12 dis.; Agra (A) shares, 9 4 to 105 ; London and County, 52 to 53 ; Imperial Ottoman, i to 4 prem. ; Loudon and West minster, 71 to 714 ; Union of London, 344 to 35i • London and Joint Stock, 344 to 354. Finance shares are a shade firmer. Credit Fonc!er is marked at 2 13-16th to 2 15-16th ; General Credit, 24 to 24 dis. ; International Finance, 2 to 11 dis. Foreign Mining Shares are rather dull. St. John del Rey remain at 16 to 174 ; Chontales are 4 lower, at 24 to2j; Port Phillip steady at 14 to 14. Miscellaneous securities are without feature. Anglo- American Telegraph, 224 to 22/ ; Atlantic Telegraph • Eight per Cent., 4 15-16 to 5 1-16 ; Hudson's Bay is better at 15g. 'to 15 4 ; Fore-street Warehouse 2 to 1 dis. ; London General Omnibus, 1/ to 24. Bar gold to th e v al ue o f £76,000 was sent into the Bank on Saturday. The annual general meeting of the Hammersmith Bridge Company has been called for the 4th June for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company. A special general meeting of the City of London Gaslight and Coal Company has been called for the 29 th inst., to consider a bill now pending in Par liament. The directors of the British Shipowners' Company have called a special meeting of shareholders for the 25th inst., for the purpose of passing a resolution, " That the capital of the company shall be reduced from £2,000,000 to £1,000,000, and that the object be effected by reducing each shore from £2O to £10." Messrs. Hassel and Cogan, of Bristol, in their cir cular, report a good demand for most descriptions of light leather, the supplies of which have been small and scarcely adequate for present requirements, and on some goods a trifling advance has been obtained. The heavier. descriptions, although the supplies brought forward of these have been small, are more than sufficient for the wants of the buyers. The total sales in London of raw snow, from the 9th to 15th May, were 1,645 toss WesClndia, 1,035 tans Mauritius, 174 tons Porto Rico, 982 tons Cuba, 3,385 tons Havana, 136 tons Guatumala, 140 tons Manila, and 70 tons Java—or equal to 6 , 755 tons. These returns do not include the private sales of 15th inst. Five vessels, freighted with raw sugar, arrived at the port o f London from the 7th to the 13th May, and their cargoes consisted of 296 tons Trinidad, 649 t one Jamaica, 913 tons Mauritius, and 85 tons Penang —or equal to 1,943 tons, against 7,341 tons at the lame time last year. The stocks of cane and beet !sugar in France on May 9th amounted to 41,693 tons, against 61,221 tons in 1867, and 80,842 tons in 1 866. The coupon for the half-yearly dividend, due on the 22nd inst., of the Egyptian Nine per Cent. Loan will be paid at the agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. The Anglo-Austrian Bank have removed from St. Mildred's-court to their new offices, 18 . and 19, Fen church-street. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a Goy ERN XENT FUNDS. or Cent. Consols . itto for Account, Juno 4 - t tier Cent. Reduced 92i 31.• -V"' 3 per Cent - New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 ---- . per Cont. Jan. 173 • li nnuities, 80 yrs, expi e b bth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E Do (Red S ea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — chequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 2 per Ot 5 Pm Do. £5OO Do. C.OO & £2OO 'auk of England Stock, 41per Cent 248 Do. Account ~ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. illdis stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB7l ... 217 15 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 por Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do 5 per Cent., Rep. Deb. 1872 • Do. do. 1877 Do. do. 1882 Dv.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO --- -- - -- FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICIS.; Arecentine Repulic, 6 per Cent... . Auitriam Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 B rstilian 5 per Cent ad Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 Do. do., 1858 — Lo. do., 1840 — -I Do. do 1863 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 76 si. 6} I enos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ' 10, 1 4 6per Cent. — 0 tulian 6 per Cent ••• ."... Do. 4} per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent., B •.• & p m, 1867 0 , 7 per ,Cent., 1866 ,„. Do., Scrip £32 paid ‘J )I, rnbian, 6 per Cent. Ds.nian• 8 per Cent., 1825... 13 inubfan Principalities, 7 i_ar Cent — De,„_ 8 per Cent., 1867 .. _ 79 f } '".uador No 0 nsolidated, 1 per Cent. — I , . w e ••"47ptian, 7 per Cent o ••• -'- .., 0 0. Second Issue .. ... 79i i!o. £5 , 10 Bonds De. 41011 Bonds — Do. 1861 — De. Account b.. 1500 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• (.4 ( invernn'ent Railway t)el)enturaq .... 91 Gre ek 5 per C en t 1824-5, ex Coups. • 1) 0 A , , 18} r , • MC llir r i it, e I • l.t,upou7 Il o•A .. 51 • Account ~.. utteniala f net- (lent bl °lldura.a,..- =, ~. • • ..,. I Rd oras peg G 0 , ; ,. Rail, loan an., lop. Ct., £25 p 4t 5 Do. Account Maremmana Itairray 1/..xicat 3 per Cent D itto for Account Do. 1864 Mme vidOct.r Omi Anglo-French — itoorish imperial 5 pe per Cent. r Cent — New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Defermd Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Pertrrian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . .• DO 4 4 per Cont. (Uribarren) ..s. ~,,, ~s fiat r 17. ise and iterday ,0 01d1 5 Bea- in tho V. 18. he fol ch 26 : tcre of re the mmis - re d or ~mnity ctim 3 l senta- .e 16th )ed the t suffi- y invi- ►. The were 1 the , P° 3 ically 1 by a d iust• 18. Cal- I re' en t of aative pang I out Of a ypar : and ate. iarlet used that bee" ..,e, 3 ; and With of night oting m ber fling, ancl ;to o vs of to of in fl 205., out. The :g.) Do 4 per Cent., 1862 • Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2.'3 401 1 Do. do., 167 4O 1 Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid ll Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4* per Cent. 1850 — Do 4* per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 — Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ,,. 84} 31 4* Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£lOO Bonds.. Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 631 1 1 gsrdinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per' Oen . Do Account ... Do New Dcforrid Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc.uut Do Corn. Cert. of Coui•. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account ..• --- Do £lOO Bonds 65 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ..• Do Account Do £lOO Bonds - Do. 18G3 -- Do 5 per Cent., 1865 • — D , Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 57/ 1 D , 1 per Cent., Guaranteed - -- Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — De 6 ier Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do Account — French Rentos, 3 per Cont., Ex. 2M. — Austrisu o par Cent. Ex 10 Merino Italian 5 per Cont. 1861, EL.. 25f Do. Account 494 9 4 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 944 I Do. Account, 4th June ... 934 4 SHARP, LIST. ORDINARY sUAiseS AND STOClib lisilways. Paid. elobing ?rise. ItStifirbi ana Kketer .... 1 Caledonian ...... 'Cambrian Cork and Bandon...—. Dublin & Belfast June. & A b. J une. li.London, norip Cezti. 1;2 o 742 731 20 Su 3 4 73 77 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotian 4 Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New. is. at 25 pin GtS. and W. of Ireland t. Western —Original Do. 3. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. hlld.—Orlord —d n 2 toi 31} 7 8 15 6 102 103 97 La • 122 126 94 96 bS 61 66 68 3u 3 5 su 33 Do. Newport Do. Hereford ..... -.• Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., ek S. Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dove: Do. Metrop. Xx. A Lon. & North Western Lon. .S; South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New _ ... 1274 128 61 54f 19 •51 )1511 wu 92 42* 121 1 111 1,4 Do. lt;xteneion.. •• • • Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W 'o Midland ............ Do. £9 5hare........ Do, Birmin.. k Dart., Mid Kent • Nort B h ritish Do. Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern Ber w Do. (..2i•!6 purohaat Do. Leads •• • • Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... ...• Do. Stock. it Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1868 . North Staffordshire . N. di S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. N , Aber. stock iOS 107 79 84 107 1072 70 f 8 33i 14 1(2 103 58} 69c vl 95 13U 1341 1 , 1 13; 117 •- 19 11 Ili 57 b 9 107 109 Uo. Scot, Mid. s tools Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Me of Neath 57 ES 43 15 70i ;7 1, 11 ICI 145 Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall ihare, Log 4 314 147} al lei 1151 I 1011 f I 33; f 101 59 1 1171 18i ';l3 I I I l ii BRITISH YOSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic &St. Lawrence; all 54 46 at too „ A 105 gn. 5 per cent... 20 1./o. I. shares l6 20; Hunt° Lake Huron ail 3 4 10 Do. Preference . n „ Bud:Mr:mt. &Goderioh 6 p.c. 190 68 71 et Oaloatta &8. E., litn ii.o et Jape Town 4% Dock, gu iot, 18 52 100 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p all 99 Ita st East Bengal, gu., sdo ltas 044 165. et East Indian, gu.s p.c. 100 109 110 111 20 Do. .1 Exteuslou at urandTruukot Canad, 100 151 16; 100 Do. Equip. Mori, Bun& 1 charge 0 p.o a i l 78 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 13 45 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pr.t. Bonds all 33 35 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d P ref.stoOk all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred , all 100 Do. 4th Prut. stook 100 Do. do. deterred ..• all et Gt.ludiaPen.gua. sp.u lOO 109 110 pp D i:: : li G e u w a. g. 5 u p a. er b er . 6 18 II 20 .tg at qt. South of India gua. 5 per cent et Du. 41 per cent lOO 91 96 et Do 20 $ Great Wee. of Canada all 161 161 20g Do. New ...... all 00 Do. 6p. o Me. pay. 1873 all 98 100 oc Do. 54 du. pay. 1877-8 all 91 9i et • Madras, gua. 6 p.o et Do. 41 do IOU 93 ea et Do. 44 do .... . .... . 29 Do. Fifth Exteneiob 5 a t Meth. COr. 6p. C. Buds. 100 50 Mel. & Hobson's ksay all et N.Rl•C'da,6polatpf.h a 100 83 $5 at Oude&Rhiik i nd,g.sp. a 100 1,31 10(4 et Soinde ...... 109 1411 11.24 et Do . Delhi ...... g d lOU 10 .4 1621 103 go Do. do r d . 2 g p et Do. Puniaub.... p 100 101 102 it Do.lndus St. Flor b 7 COLONIAL GOVIgItNaI/GrIl: dICUUKIII/06. 1 2 1' 872 6 . 1) .7 100 . Bri oe ti n t p Co e l o u s en i b . Uan.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July 1877-84 'Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug l,O 98 100 :04 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 vs 100 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 86 88 Do. sp. 0. Inscribed a k too 85 67 Cape G.llope, 6 p.e.1873 100 104 106 Do.Apl.Bloot. 1890-1900 100 109 110 Do. do 1880-9 v 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 106 108 D 13.11 per cent. 15 April and 15 Uot., 1900 lOO 18 too Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p., lou 110 111 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873 Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Lb 100 167 wv Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 166 r g 9 10 Natal ciov. 6 per cent.. 100 - 9 : NIC: D B8 0. 5 p ..GV774.6I.C:jPIa:LI 8871616 v 100 g ii t 101 to lol 1888 18 96 100 10 0 951 9 0 _ si vii l) te s c r .s lin p g er , ce18:5t......: . -..... 1 1 0 9 0 0 1 9 0 7 2 i v i B o l 4 93 New Nova 'Zealand, scot : a o o f: . p 6 . De n t p.c. 110103 10! , ill -___ 1 1 Queensland ,Aoo.,..ol. . :G 7. Gov. iypi.6ou. pp . awo . &ai l: sl it s . . 1. 0 y, .. 100 00100 11 i i 112 . , 1101 i Do. do. April ,t Oct.. 10 r ~ttrAttiN it 41. rest LuxemLourg, 111 1 Mexican, lim., San Paulo, gua. 6 per eent.,lBi FoitiClo 74 ws. Chontalee Gold and Sliver Mining, 11m., 21 Dan Pedro, Nerd' Del Rey, 2 1-.6 Pm Port Phillip, 11 Roesa Grande, 1 St. John del Key, , 171 1 DOCKS East and Wes t India, 121 BANES. Agra. lim.. A. 10 - Ditto, 13, 71 Alliance, 121 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 1 1 4 i Bank of Egypt, 32 , 'hartered Bank ot India. Australia. and chi n .. 174 Chartered /der. of India , L ondon. and Ca Itla, '476 Consolidated. lira., 46 English and Ala de Janeiro, lim., 8 imperial Ottoman. WO I London Chartered Bang of Australia, 211 London and County. 52} London and Westminster, Ditto, Scrip. 48:6 National Provincial ot England. • 13Z1I Ditto. 2.1 and :Id issue, 39 Union or Australia, 4si MISC OMAN NOUS: Anglo American Telegraph, 221 Atlantic+ Telegraph, 536 4 Ditto, 8 per cent , 100 11 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, im., 5 lirit;sh American Land. ill City Disrount, lim, ll U•ty td Mu cow Gas. lint, 5. Credit Ponder ot England, Ihn., 2 13-18.3 East India Irrigation and Canal. 176 Ft:yn. tan perViceruy Loan, iftla lot Egypt. Gov., 01 Electric an t International Telegraph, , indson's flay, IN I I I ondon h'inatt.tia i Association. lim.. 8 National DiscJunt ornpany. t-euttish Australian Investment. lim.. 129 New Zealand Luau and Mer. Agency. lim., 21 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 59i 9 Ditu, new, 1857, It Viceroy of E2,ypt (Mortgage) Loan. 72 EXETER HALL—Judas Maccabteus will be per formed, for the last tim3 this season, by the National Choral Society, on Wednesday next. Conductor Mr. G. W. Martin. Madame Florence_Lancia, Miss Lucy Prank loin, Mr. G. Perren are among the principal vocalists. "See the Conquering Hero Comes" will be performed by the band and chorus of 700 performers. 10 et et Bodine.. THE SUN, LONDON, AIONDAY EVFA,AfNG, MAY 18, IS6S, THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OP EDINBURGH. The following despatch was received on Sunday by the Secretary of State for the Colonies : " TIM EARL OF BELMORE TO THE DUKE OF BuCKING- HAM AND CHANDOS. " Government House, Sydney, March 27. "My Lord Duke,--It is my Painful duty to inform your Grace that a most determined attempt was made on Thursday, the 12th of March, to assassinate his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by a person named O'Farrell, who, I believe, has for some time past, and until six or seven months ago, been residing in the colony of Victoria. " 2. His Royal Highness on that day honoured with his presence a public picnic, which took place at Cluntarf, on the shore of what is known as Middle Harbour, in roit SPORTING NOTES. It is now an understood fact that the Marquis of Hastings is not likely to be able to " arrange" with his turf creditors, who are principally large book makers, at any rate until after the Derby has been decided. The terms of the compromise were cer tainly not tempting to those gentlemen, as I believe the proposition on that nobleman's behalf was to pay one-fourth of the amount owing at once, and a similar sum, which was to be considered a settle ment in full, at a period of three mouths afterwards. The principal objector, who is said to be the largest creditor, offered to accept the amount of the compro mise proposed if settled at once, and as his receipt of the second instalment probably depende I upon Lady Elizabeth winning the Derby, against which he may have laid the marquis a lot of money, the ob jection is anything but au unreasonable one. Th 3 Bath Meeting, which Willa:net; 3 to-morrow, will be watched with tha most intense interest, as frequently one or other of the Derby favourites re ceive their quietus at that charming spot. Spe culum is engaged in the Sixteenth Biennial Stakes, but the Duke of Newcastle will se Lrcely bi is iacci to start him in the face of the great chanc3 he pos sesses for " The Blue Itiband ;" an 1 I must there fore pin my faith on Sr. ItogAN, unless Griarston has recovered his blnt form. As regards the Beaufort Cup, I do not anticipve seeing more than six or seven a t th e po s t out of the twenty eight nomination s , an d they will probably be Achievement, Gomera, Bliukhoolie or Knight of the Garter, Goodwood, Julius, and The Earl. Achievement's style of winning the Doncaster Cup was so first rate that I think she has only JULIUS to fear, but, great mare as she is, I fully anticipate seeing her defeated by this fine son Of St. Albans. If both of them should be beaten, it will probably be by The Earl, who will, in my opinion, stay the two miles and a half as well as anything in the race. There are no less than sixty-four youngsters en gaged in The Seventeenth Biennial Stakes, of which I fancy Miss FooTE and Da VERE in the order named. For The County Members' Plate SisTEit TO VEDETTE is turned loose, and ought to win. The acceptances are not yet out for the Bath Handicap, but whichever Lord Westmorland runs, FORESIGHT or GANYMEDE, seem well enough in to be successful. Tne Somersetshire Stakes, run on Wedneslay, has .only sixteen acceptances. Last Monday, when none of the prophets even mentioned Ploughboy as a starter for the Great NorthernNHandicap, from a reference to The Sun of that date it. will be found that I stated that if an outsider won it would be Ploughboy. It gave me great satisfaction to see him beat the two bolstered up favourites Beauty and Blinkhoolie, and run into a place. On this occasion I shall plump for Is it a matter of wonder .that some of the princii el claimant; feeling that they have been dallied with an •'.; humbugged beyond endurance, hav;3 now indignantly de termined to reject all such proposals, and leave their noble debtor to be dealt with by public opinion and by his own conscience, if he has not long ago gat rid of such a troublesome article? From first to last the affair has been most discreditable and disgraceful, and connected, as it is, with a member of the Jockey Club, must be ex cessively annoying to the members of that august body. It is idle for the legislators of the turf to urge that they take no cognisance of betting, and therefore must occupy the position of mere spectators in any dispute of which it may be the foundation. Thoy can never get over the fact that a notorious defaulter takes part in their deliberations, on a footing of equality with themselves; they can never forget that they are men of high social standing, of unim peached honour, and of unbounded influence over not only the business, but the morality of the turf ; and in view of such dignity, character, and lower--in view of ths slur that is cast upeu them by the ass wietion with a man in the position of the Marquis of Hastings it behoves them —and I for one earnestly imp'ore them - to save from fur ther disgrace the spert whose desinies are in their hands by the im:nediate adoption of such stepeas will prevent the repetition of s fl .grant a scandal and cause of reproach. It is well known that from the psculiae framing of the laws iu regard to defaulters at Go.elwoo I, York, aid Ascot, such a et :to of things as I he.vo describe 1 is utterly impos sible, as any credit sr ism prevent Hi dehtor's horse; running so long as he fails to absolve himself teen his defeult. 1$ it not a grievance that at New:net-kit, Epson, Doncaster, and all other meetings but those I have named, this very stringent but necessary law does not obtain, and that. :Ley man, even though steeped to the lips in deft, may run his horses and make muuey on them if he can, all the while snapping his fingers at the creditors whose just claims he refuses to recognise? As the case now stands, a member of the Jockey Club, a body whose power iu such matters is unlimited, is at once the greatest defaulter of the turf, and the owner of the first favourite for the Derby. It is known—in fact, it is not denied—that he has backed his mare to win him an enormous sum at long odds ; and it is certain that by merely guaranteeing the liabilities of the commissioners who in this case acted in his behalf, he actually stands to win a fortune from the very moo to whom ho is at the same time so deeply indebted. In fact, should Lady Elizabeth win the Derby—and the present market odds are only 3 to 1 against such a contingency— the bookmakers will have to pay to his lordship's agents the money hey have betted against the mare ; while, though they,know that every farthing of the money so ob tained from them will pass direct into their debtor's pocket, they have, under the present laws affecting racing and bet ting, absolutely no power to deduct either what is due to them on past accounts, or even reimburse themselves for the bets made by the Marquis on this very race—some of them so long ago that they are now possibly so much lost money. Is it not high time that the laws which sanc tion so monstrous an injustice should be swept into the dusthole of all effete, oppressive, and absurd legislation ? Is it not high time that the Jockey Club who alone can institute a reform; sweeping indeed but indispensable to the welfare of the turf, should bestir themselves to prevent a repetition of the gross scandal which has drawn attention once more to the subject ? And is it not high time that all honourable mon should join in a respectful but earnest ap peal :hat they who hold the reins of the sport, should no longer be indifferent to the ruinous course which it is pursuing ? If I might venture to make a suggestion to Lord Hast ings or his advisers—on the supposition, of course, that they entertain a real intention to at least attempt the clear ing off of his liabilities—l think there would be no diffi culty in devising a plan which would at once accomplish their object without entailing much real cost. It is well known, as I have before said, that his lordship stands to win an enormous stake on Lady Elizabeth at long odds. If he desires a relief by honourable means from his em barrassment, he has only to send into the market a commis sion to hedge his mony, which could now be done on such highly favourable terms as to realise a sum, which added to the xle,doo he and his friends pretend they are willing to produce, would at once very nearly clear off the whole of his liabilities. By this means he would be able to pay the bookmakers from the profits he could even now realise upon the transactions he has at present outstanding with them. I am quite aware, that should a large sum of hedging-money be suddenly thrown into the market, it might possibly affect the favourite's position in the quota tions, but even this difficulty might readily be got over, for I fully believe not one of his lordship's creditors, if good names were given, would refuse to take the present market odds about the mare to sums proportionate to the amounts owing to them. Providing these bets were to be taken in part of their demands, they would, I am quite sure, take their chance of finding an opportunity of retail ing them. In this view of the case, supposing that the Marquis owes a little over .£49,000, in set-off against this he is the present holder of bets upon which, were he so disposed, he could easily realise a ready profit of upwards of £29,000 of the amount. I throw out this suggestion, confided that it would prove an easy means of rescuing the Marquis of Hastings from a position, disgraceful to himself and his ancient mime, emberrassing to his friends and discreditable to the ordsr to which he bslonge, and of, at t h e, same time, d big justice to ael Les of men by who,ni he has never suffered any pecuniary loss, who have never dealt unfairly by him, and who sutler in mind and pocket from h:s ungentlem oily and unjust . treat ment at them. Let it be noted that it is capable of proof thee his Lirdship has not lust money on the turf ; that, as a matter of fact, Ito has absolutely won from !II )st of at) b sakm .rs ; that three of his heaviest creditors have assured mo they have on the be ;awe paid him I tr i p suns of m mey, and that one gentle man who paid him list year ..£21,00,) is now out of pocket by his transactions with him to the extent of no less than .£l,OO, and cannot even get an offer of settlement. Let it be remembered also that this defaulter has from the com mencement trilled with, laughed at, and now defies his creditors, that he owes them thousands of pounds which they have little hope of ever recovering, and that ho has every prospect of winning an immense fortune from them which he will put into his pocket, and, probably, keep there; and the racing world and the general public have some means of arriving at a true conclusion as to the honour of a nobleman, and the prospects, under presert laws, of the national sport of England. Jackson. " 3. This fe' e was given in aid of the fund of an excel lent institution called the Sailors' Home, andaAlmission to it was by tickets costing £land 10s. respectively for gentlemen and ladies. About 1,500 persona were present, having been conveyed there from Sydney and the neighbourhood by water. _ "4. It had been once postponed on ccount of the in clemency of the weather, and the day fixed for holding it twice altered so as not to interfere with the religions ob servances, first of the Jews and afterwards of the Roman Catholics, members of4oth communities being expected to attend in large numbers. 5. His Royal highness, attended by Lieutenant Haig, RE., and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and accompanied by my self, and also by Lord Newry, Commander and Mrs. Rowley Lambert, Commander Campbell, RN., and by the members of my family and staff, arrived at Clontarf at about from ten minutes to a quarter past two p.m., in the steamer Fairy, which has been placed by its owner at the disposal of his Royal Highness during his stay here. " 6. On landing we were met by the President, Sir William Manning, Q.C., by the Chief Justice, Sir Alfred Stephen, C. 8., and by other members of the committee, and immediately proceeded to the luncheon tent. " 7. After luncheon, which lasted rather mere than half an hour, Sir W. Manning proposed the health of her. Majesty, which was enthusiastically received. Imme diately afterwards his Royal Highness quitted the luncheon tent, and, giving his arm to Lady Belmore, proceeded to another, placed at a short distance, followed by our partY and by a few other ladies and gentlemen. " 8. These tents were placed on a sort of flat plain of limited extent, having steep rocks as a background and the. sea on its other sides. Behind the tents and to one side of them the ground was rough and wild, but before them there was an open level space -of a few acres in extent, rather sandy in most places, but covered with short grass. Between this and the shore there is a thin fringe of gum trees. A considerable number of persdns were walking about in this open space, and a corroboree' by some 300 aborigines had been arranged to come off on the ground during the afternoon. After leaving the ground, which his Royal Highness proposed to do at an early hour, he would probably have proceeded to explore the inlets further up Middle Harbour, and then have returned to Sydney. ` 9. As soon as the ladies had arrived at the tent I have before alluded to his Royal - Highness called Sir William Manning and walked away in conversation with him across the open space. As he had previously told me that it was his intention to hand Sir W. Manning, as president of the committee, a cheque in aid of the funds of.the institution, I naturally concluded that he was about to do so then— which indeed was the case. I did not, therefore, pay particular attention to the movements of his Royal High ness, but walked slowly in the same direction engaged in conversation with the Chief Justice for about sixty or eighty yards, when I believed I stopped and turned round towards the tent. Almost immediately I heard a cry from the other side of the clear space near the belt of gum trees, and on turning round saw a rush of people. I had heard no shots, and it at once occurred to me either that some game or the corroboree was about to begin. Some one near me said, The Duke is shot,' and another person, He is shot, and has fallen down dead.' Just then some one I knew—l think Sir W. Manning himself —came up to me and repeated that the Duke was shot. I had not gone many yards when I met a number of persons carrying his Royal Highness between them towards the tent. 1 immediately saw that he was not killed, and the expression of his face struck me at once as not being that of a person mortally wounded. I turned to precede him to the tent, and meeting Captain Lyons, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Charybdis, asked him to go and get the ladies out of it. He hurried off at once, and by the time I reached it only two or three were remaining in it, strangers to me, whom I immediately ordered out, and I endeavoured to arrange some cushions to place the Duke on, which was scarcely done before his Royal High ness was brought in. " 10. The first thing I recollect the Duke saying was, Give me air.' The side of the tent was pulled up, and I took off his neckcloth and opened his shirt and under waist coat. Mr. Eliot Yorke took from him at the same time several articles of value, such as his watch, &c., which he was wearing, his Royal Highness dib,play:ng meanwhile great self-possession. " 11. Dr. Watson, surgeon of her Majesty's ship Chat lenger, was among the persons who carried his Royal Highness to the tent, and Dr. Powell, assistant-surgeon of her Alajesty's ship Ga'a ea, and several medical gentlemen who were among the company on the ground were almost immediately in atteneance, one of whom, Dr. Wright, for tunately had his instrument case with him. " 12. On his Royal Highness's dress being removed, the bullet was found to have entered half an inch from the spine, between the ninth and tenth ribs, taking an oblique direction, and was found to lodge about five inches from the umbilicus, and four inches and a quarter beneath the right nipple, having in its course traversed a distance of 12. f inches. The shock ltas very considerable, and it was thought advisable not to remove the ball at the time. " 13. My aide-de-camp, Captain Beresford, started off in the Fairy to secure the attendance of Dr. 'Young (surgeon of her Majesty's ship Galatea) at Government House, by the time the Duke might arrive. Lady Belmore and the ladies of the parties, accompanied by Lieutenant Fitz- George, RN., followed after a little time, a message being sent by Mr. Fitz-George to the commanding officer of the Galatea, to have the boats in readiness on our arrival. Lady 13elmore was just able to get the needful prepara tions made in a room on the ground floor at Government House before w. arr ved. ser i r ‘.l ic 4 e . s We of were o re fortunately ofthetrain a e b d le n t u o rs r,: s ai s l rseoleucteedlvebsyomf the Florence Nightingale for the Sydney Infirmary, and who had only arrived in the ship Dunbar Castle the week before, under the superintendence of Miss Young. " 15. So far I have informed your Grace with some minuteness of what occurred on this occasion within my own knowlege and observation. A very full and, on the whole, correct account of the outrage itself, and of the subKquent arrest of the prisoner was published the next (Friday) morning in the Sydney Morning :Herald news paper, which I have abstracted, with some trifling correc tions and amplifications with red ink in the margin. " 16. From this your Grace will learn that O'Farrell came behind his Royal Highness (who, in common with several other naval officers, wore a uniform frock coat and white trousers) while walking with Sir William Manning, and deliberately shot him in the back with a revolver, being at a distance from him at the time of from four to six feet. He then covered with his pistol Sir William Manning, who.. had turned round towards him, but providentially this barrel missed fire. O'Farrell has since stated that this second shot was also Intended for the Duke. He raised the pistol a third time, intending, he says, to shoot hiinself. At this moment Mr. Vial, coach builder in this city, jumped upon his back and forced his hand down. The result was that the ball struck a gentle man (Mr. Thorne) who was running towards his - Royal Highness, passing through his trousers, the elastic of his boot, and his sock, and entering the foot a little in front of and below the inner ankle, passing in a direction downwards and outwards deep into the arch of the foot, and lodging in the heel bone, near its articulation with the cubord bone. The ball was firmly embedded in the bone. It was extracted on Saturday, the 14th, and Mr. Thorne is going on well. " 17. O'Farrell was then seized by several persons and taken into custody by Mr. Superintendent Orridge. A determined effort was made by the bystanders to lynch' him, and I am afraid that but for the exertions of the Chief Justice, Lord Newry, and the men composing the band of her Majesty's 50th Regiment, he would probably not have left the ground alive, as the police would have been overpowered. " 18. He was got on board a steamer (which was close at hand) in about ten minutes, and a disposition being shown by the people on shore to again try and get posses sion of him, orders were given for the steamer to proceed at once to Sydney. " 19. I enclose an extract from the Empire newspaper. which describes what took place in some detail. "20. On arriving at Sydney the prisoner was conveyed to the Government gaol at Darlinghurst, and was brought up on Friday morning, the 13th of March, for examination in the Debtors' Prison before the acting Water Police Magistrate. The examination was continued on Monday, the 16th, and at.its close he was committed for trial at Darliughurst on the 26th inst., that day having been fixed by a rule of court on the application, I believe, of the Attorney. General. " 21. 1 enclose a copy - of the evidence taken at the inn uiry before the magistrate. "2'2. On Saturday morning, the 14th inst., the shock having disappeared, the bullet was extracted - with facility from his Royal Highness by Dr. Young, surgeon of her Majesty's ship Galatoa, and Dr. Watson, surgeon of her Alajesty's ship Challenger. Since that tone no unfavourable symptoms have occurred, and his Royal 11 ig:mess con tinues to progress as favourably as could be wished. There are no symptoms of any injury to the lungs. " 23. I have only to aid that the prisoner was arraigned yesterday before the Supreme Court. Ho pleaded Not Guilty. On the application of counsel •for the defence, the trial was postponed until Monday next, to enable them to endeavour to procure further evidence with regard to the prisoner's antecedents. Although the prisoner has avowed himself to be a Fenian, his family have under taken his defence on the ground of insanity. • " I have, •/(7.c., BELMORE. 4 ! lii§.C4acq the Duke of bpkingham and ehaudps.",, PLOUGHBOY, although I should by no means ignore the chance of VIXEN g. The names having most attrac tion for me of those animals engaged in the Weston Stakes are HILDA, BADSWORTII, and DE VERE, and I fancy their chance in rotation. Bad as he is I shall expect to see CORK JACKET he starts, who is a win the Welter Stakes. The Badminton Stakes G d r i ° s N ta i n i ces of race horsewill go ground. I think DEMONSTRATION will win the Dyrham Park Handi cap, and if beat it will most likely be by DEFIANCE. One of the most agreeable day's sport of the tove over I s D h D o I r N t week will be at Wye on Wednesday, where I can only advise speculators to back MINUTE GUN for both the Wye Handicap and The Olanteigh Tower Handicap Plate. A capital programme has also been issued for a day's racing at Croydon, but none of the stakes are complete for analysis. The week's amusement will be concluded at Har penden on Friday, and as the acceptances for the principal handicap are not made until to-morrow, I can only say that COURT CARD is as well in as anything. I think the issue of the Two Year Old Stakes lays between LAMPOON and LELIA. The other races I think it best to say nothing about. A Flt Sl' NIAN. THE At .4.IIQUISOF GS AN I) TIIE TURF'. (From the Sportsman.) It is a thankless task to rake up the muddy waters of turf scandal, but when they threaten the stability of the institution itself, every one who would see it preserved should gird up his l o i ns fur t h e wor k. It is, we are assured by the alag,e of popul ar w i s d om , impossible to touch pitch without being d e fil e d ; but the cleanes t o f h an d s should n o t at times shrink front the ( risk of contamination. These observations, introductory of some few COUMICEAS on a flagrant scandal which at present forms the chief topic of conversation in turf circles, and which more deserves the strictures it arouses than anything of the kind in the modern history of our national sport, aro in no degree in tended as au apolo g y , for I consider it a duty to assume for the moment a Curtian part, an d spea k out boldly in the intere s t o f justice, decency, an d f a ir dealing. After these r emar k s, it is almost unnecessa ry to add that the esclandre referred to is that in reference to the position, in regard to the turf, of the Marquis of Hast ings, whose n on -settlement or non-arrangement of his last y ear's r acing accounts has excited an unprece dented amount of consternation and ill-feeling, not only among his creditors, but throughout the sporting world. When the argument of the whole story is, that his lordship owes large sums of money to men from whom it is possible h 3 may, th ro ugh his agent-, in a few days demand a fortune; that they will have to pay him, while he distinctly refuses to pay them; that, in a word, the greatest defaulter on the turf is at the same time the owner of the first favourite for the coming Derby, your readers will be somewhat prepared for the miserable de tails I must lay before them. In the Sporting Gazette of last Wednesday I find the following sweet paragraph, a work of art, executed with all the skill that b,neficent nature and long practice furnish to the aristocratic toady settlement of th e THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS'S ACCOU NTS.—The gentle man who has hi h erto exerted hi mse lf towards effecting a Marquis of Hastings's accounts, " re yesterday, on finding so many im pediments throw n i n his way. In the ordinary affairs o f life, as conducted by straightfor ward,tired from the contest " houourabl e , and business me n, the only recoguised mode of settlin g an account i s t o p l y it. Strange as it may seem to th e so i -clisant p i ou s, who regard sport as the broad road with th e undes i ra bl e termiuus, there aro on the turf straightf orward, honour able, and business men, who take precisely the same view of their own and other people's liabilities. There are, undoubtedly, others who delude the unwary into entrusting them with money, with which they subsequently run off ; but, as a rule, they aro not marquises, they are looked upon by :sporting men as scoundrels, and they are known under the generic title of " welshers." It is all very well for our friend Jeamea to give " the gentleman" credit for " exertion," and to attri bute the non-payment of his lordship's debt's to " impedi ments thrown in his way." The writer evidently knows on which side his own bread is buttered, and undoubtedly deserves all credit for an ingenious mode of stating the case, which serves his own interest; by at once " smoothing down" the marquis of Hastings, in leading the world to suppose he has been hardly dealt with, and, by implication, throwing the onus of the unfortunate " situation" on the shoulders of the very men on whom it entails the greatest hardship. In the face of a representation so plausible but so misleading, I feel it my duty, knowing the whole facts of the case, to i'ey a " plain, unvarnished tale" before the sporting world. During the early part of the present year, after much diplomacy on both sides, and adeetite Firsteeting to the more Spring M a vastamount of smooth wards and broken vows on that of propisal was at length prominent creditors. It w as to t h e e ff ec t t h a t a sum of £lO,OOO should be imme diately forthcoming, and that r a h 4s d l e o r duringds i lordship's t advisers,eh N ewlnrk 4 definite at the same time a guarantee should be given that a simi lar sum should b 3 furnished in six months.- It was esti mated that the total amount, £20,000, would be sufficient, after clearing off some of the smaller claimants, to allow of the payment, to those of larger interests, of a dividend of something like 7s. in the pound. 'That these are the true facts of the case I am in a position to assert fearlessly, as some of the principal creditors—representing among them more than half of the whole liabilities of the Mar quis—did me the honour to consult me as to what was best to be done in the matter. I suggested that they should demand a guarantee for the settlement in full of their claim; in the event of Lady Eliza beth winning the Derby; but at the same time strongly advised that in any case they should accept the terms offered as describ:d. ab..ivo. My pr0p0.:313, meeting xvitli favour, they were a !opted as a lino of ac,io.i ; aal it was confidently hoped th.tt at length a roost trolleying and harassi ig dispute woul I be brought to a happy termina tion. What was the result ? That the programme chalked out by his lordship's advisers during the First Spring Meeting was wholly abandoned, and that on Mon day last the creditors were offered a new arrangement, to the effect that they should be paid £lO,OOO, but without any guarantee that a like sam would be forthcoming iu six months. The creditors were in fact offered what would positively amount to a present payment of about Os. or Os. 6d. in the pound, and were left to imply that they might at once " abandon hope " of the balance. OXFORD AQUA 7 ICS. All the boa's have made good progress during the week. Corpus especially seemed to have improved, and will give Exeter some hard rowing to catch them. Exeter and University have rowed the course in quickest time, their respective pac.•s being as nearly as possible the same ; and, therefore, should Exeter rise to bead of the river, University will probably show in the second place. We subjoin the order of the crews in which they will start on Monday night:- 1. Thasenose I 7. Mortou I 13. Balliel _ 2. Corpus B. St. John's ii. Pembroke 3. Exeter 9. Christ Church 15. Magdalen 4. Universly 10. Worcester 16. Oriel 5. Lim: du. 11. Trinity 17 New College 6. Wadham 12. Queen's 18. St. Mary Hall The races will commence punctually at seven o'c:ock. On Thurs Jay night the Corpus crow wont down to Nun ham by train to row the annual match with Radley. The course was from Nunehani Railway Midge to the island at Nuneham. Corpus, in their light boat, gave the boys about half a length start, and the race, which was good throughout, was won by Radley by about two feet. TUE RADLEY CREW. 1. E. M. Longridse (bow) 6. R. Griffiths 2. A. H. Evans 7. E. L. Burgess 3. W. 11. Dunn 8. H. lluublon (stroke) 4. S. Sma , t 'l'. Longridge (cox.) 5. F. Wade The names of the Corpus crew we did not obtain accu rately, and sud, not give them. A meeting of the 0. U. B. C. was held on Friday night at seven o'clock, to discuss the race with the Harvard Uui verrity, which seems likely to come off, after so many difficulties have been thrown in the way. The Americans wish the race to take place in September, 1869, a most in convenient time for the Oxunians ; still there is every pcobab lity of a rac.•, as, after our frien , is on the o; her sale have agreed to our terms, we surely c.tnnot refuse them the much wished-for-race. NAVAN RACES.—The objection to Behnontine in the Navan Plate has been overruled, and the race awarded to h . m. W. Elton, apprentice to the late Mr. A. Day, is now engaged for H. F. Haynes's stables. Once More and Wonderful Woman, two well-known performers iu the north, wore destroyed after injuries re ceived while steeplechasing at Wark. The Duke of Newcastle has been appointed steward at York, in the room of the Marquis of Hastings, who re tires by rotation. Vermicelli, by Young Dutchman, 2 yrs, who showed twice in Selling Stakes at York, has been purchased by Lord Westmorland, and joins T. C.iff's string. Mr. G. Holmes's filly by Newminster out, of Dutchman's' Daughter was named Lady Dewhurst after her easy vic tory in the Zetland Stakes at York. The fa li:oaable northern light-weight, Hudson, was thrown at York on Tuesday, but fortuuately escaped w.th a slight bruising on his side. Mr. Lawrence, a well-known midland bookmak .r, pur chased the two year old colt by Tad:nor out of Miss Sol lon for a " century " before ho ran in a Selliog Stakss at York on Tuesday. Albatross, 3 yrs, after winn!ng ths Corporation . Stakes at DJ:it-aster on Friday, was purchased by Mr. Brutus grove for 72gz ; and he also gave 2.5ge for Paleface ; Cu riosity, who ran last in a previous race, also changing hands to Mr. M. Clarke for 24gs. The brown yearling filly by Gunbo t out of Misfortune, by Fallow Buck, by Venison, purchased at Chester on Thursday last at Messrs. Tattersall's sale, has been named MagJala. Mr. Stephensonpurchased Philosopher, by Newminster, 3 yrs, previous to the Wiltshire Stakes, and afterwards re named him Socrates. Mr. Stephenson has also renamed the three year old Festival, Seisurs, setting a good ex ample to owners, as much confusion was occasioned by the other horse mining of the same inane. ( 'i LIED 7) T VON • SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evenng, SOMEILSETSHIKE STAKES. 9to 4 agst Vixen g (taken) 3to 1 agst Ploughboy (offered) DEREI. sto 2 agst Lady Elirtboth (taken and offered) 13 to 2 agst Rosicrucian (offered —take 7 to 1) 9 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 9to 1 agat Blue Gown (talc( n) 10 to 1 agst Orion (taken and off ,red) 10 to 1 agst Paul Jones (oinred—:aka 11 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Suffalk (tAtm) 25 t:o 1 agat Green Sleeve (taken) 50 to 1 agst Paco (offered—take 1030 to Ill) 1000 to 13 agst St. Ronan (taken and offerel) 1000 to 13 agst Tympanum (offered) • 1000 to 15 agst Botrayal (offered) 100 to 3 agst 11,estit ution (offered) 1000 to 3 aLlt% Chelsea (offered) 1000 to 2 agst Typhoeus (offered) • 2to 1 agst Lndy El zTheth, with a start (offered) 3to 1 agA Sir J. llawley'sbt ;offered, take luo to 50) PLACE BETTING. Even Lady Eliz•L'oetli (tak.•n) 2to 1 agst, Risierucian (taken and offered) 9 to 4 agst Speculum (taken) 3to 1 agst Orion (taken freely) 8 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 10 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken) SCRATCIIINGS. Puff and Aekworth out of Somersetshire Stakes. The &turned and Tormentor out of Beaufort Cup. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. MAY. Rath Croydon Ist Summer .. 21 Epsoni Summer Newark JUNE West Drayton 1 Croydon 24 Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 I3everley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 24 Stockbridge Alexaudra Park 3O ARRIVALS AT BATII. Liddington, Phce'ms, Paris, Professor Anderson, Trom bone, Ploughboy, Vivo*, Amazon, Capucine f, Speculum, Julius, Grimston, DJ Vere, Tympanum, Cork Jacket, Naivete, Achievement, Lily, Tremble, Lord Fal mouth, Sundow, Juanita, Zone filly, Gomera, Milton, Cromwell, Lily, Miss Foote, Miss Evelyn, Athena, Blucher, Cock of the Walk, Birdseeker, and Belvie. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.-THIS DAY. BOMERSETSIMLE STAKES. sto 2 agst Vixen gelding (taken) sto 1 agst Puff (offered) 6to 1 agst Ploughboy (taken) 6 to 1 agst Gomera (offered) DERBY. 100 to 35 agst I.a ly Elizabeth (taken) 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (offered —take 7 to 1) Bto 1 agst Speculum (offered—take 100 to 12) 10 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 100 to 8 agst Orion (taken and off.) 100 to 8 agst Paul Jones (taken and off.) 1000 to 35 agst Suffolk (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken, after 100 to 6, 20 to 1, and 25 to 1 had been taken) 2000 to 25 agst Tympanum (taken) IMPERIAL PAR LI A MEN I HOUSE OF LORDS—(I:Ims EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took hid scat OR the Woolsack at fiva o'clock. PETITION. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from the Vestry of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, relative to the crowded state of the dwellings within the parish. THE EDUCATION BILL. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that he had pro mised to inform the noble earl opposite what course the Government intended to take with regard to this bill. The second reading should come ou on the 22d inst. It was an honest bill on the part of Government, and he should have desired to proceed with it, but looking to tbo position of politics and the affairs of the other house, he was obliged to announce that the Govern ment were reluctantly compelled to abandon the bill, and therefore he moved that it should be discharged. Earl GRAN VILLE said that he approved of the course taken by the noble duke in with.trawiug the bill under the present circumstances, and entirely agreed in the matter of the conscience clause. lie regretted that the bill itself could not be proceeded with, fur there were man.) points which might Lave beau made the subject of discussion an I improve ment. It was absolutely necessary, as Parli.onent did not know what Government would do with regard to educa tion, that they should be informed what course was tu be • pursued. The Duke of MARLBOIIOUGII :said that there would be no departure on the part of the office from the course usually pursued until an altsrativa was made by Parham .nt. REGULATION OF RAILWAYS BILL. The report of Amendments was brought up, and The Marquis of SALISBURY urged upon their lord 'ships that they would nut persist in tit, clause which prop..ssd what he might term excessive supervision over • tho companies. If they enforced this regulation with regard to tickets, the effect would be that the com panies would not alter their fares or lower them. The best thing that they could do would bate leave railway companies to take care of themselves, orthey would introduce a system of red-tapeisin which had been found most,obuoxious inth!vern ment officers. The putting the price up )n the tteket.l would . necessitate, when any reduction took pl ace, the printing of fresh numbers of them. After a few remarks from Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, the clause was carried. (LEFT SITTING.) ROUSE OF COMMONS—Tms EVENING. The SrEAKErt, took the Chair at 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. Mr. ADAM moved the issuing of a new writ for the Eastern Division of Worcester, in the ro_uu of Lend Cal thorpe, now Baron Calthorpe. The motion was agreed to. IRISH CONVICTS. Air. TAYLOR asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was a fact that at prisoner iu Mouutjoy Prison, who deeared himself a Uunarian, was ordered by the governor to select his religion as Anglican, Romati.Cathe lie, or Presbyterian,and that, on decliuiug to do so, he was seute..c.m.l to a penal cell, with bread and water ( let ? Tnelhrl of MAYO pr esume d t h e qu? sti,.,n related to the case of Jotru Murphy, a convict, awl which took pla.lo iu the year 1835 Wheu the man was received iu prison the governor applied to, hint to know what was its religion. The convict said .he had none, and when he was removed to another prison the goveinor at once directed the convict to select his religion immediately— (laughter) —bu; he still refused, saying that he had bout., and had never been to church, and the governor then ordered him to be placed on wn:d diet tor three days. (Laughter.) Two days after he had to ba taken to the bus pit4l; but after he had been there about t days tits was di charged therdroin and again put ou penal diet. (Laughter.) He then selected th It aliAll Catholic re ligion. Penal diet did not consist of bread and water alone. It would, however, be necessary to make a rule to meet such cases for the future. IRISH CATTLE. In reply to Mr. O'BEIUSE, Lord R. MONTAGU said Irish cattle, with respect to their importation into this country, WilEt• precisely in the same position as English cattle. The c.tttle fro.it Spam and Portugal did nut enjoy any privil•ge nut possessed by that of England. :INDIAN IRRIGATION. Mr. SMOLLETT asked the Secretary ui State for India whether the offer to purchase the works of the E tat India Irrigation and Canal Company in Oriss t, on account of Government, had been finally decliued ; if so, to in quire whether the proposals to carry out the Beh:tr and Orissa, schemes of irrigation, by raising au additional capital of two millions were now being made upon the sole responsibil ty of the speculators, auu with out any assurance of repayment at a future period from the Indian Treasury ? Sir S. NowriluoTE said since the offer of the Govern ment to purehase a meeting of the company had been held, and they asked fur higher terms than those recorded by the •2. over no r er al of mud's. The Government de clined to increase the offer, and the matter so remaiued. The advertising for further capital by the company was entitely on their own account, and in no way connected with the Government. BOUNDARY BILI . On the motion of Mr. DISRAELI the orders of the day were postponed until after the notices of motion for the purpose of appointing the select committee to white' this bill had, been referred. Mr. HARDY then moved the appointment of a corn mittee to consider the boundaries of about 33 boroughs, as laid down by the Boundary Commissioners, and to report what, if any, alterations should be made therein ; and also that all petitions presented to the house relative to the said boroughs be referred to the cOmmittee, and that the committee have power to recelve and call for maps, me morials, reports, papers, and records concerning the sail boroughs, and to confer with tho Boundaq Commis siouers and those employed under theta in their in quiries. The committee to sit daily, and to c insist of the following nueubtirs :—Mr. Walpele, Sir William Stirling- Maxwell, Mr. Wietbread, Mr. Austiu nett Me. Cludgson. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether the decision of the committee was to b 3 iu any way tettEned, or whethci: they would have the power to inquire into b o th the o i and the flew boundaries, and whether they w ould havetsit power to postpone the cousideratiou of c ertain b ro o l u v g h r of Mr. tl A !WY said it was proposed to give the p postponing the consideratiln of any case. A discussion took peace with re s p ect to the wording of the motion, when o call tor further evi af ter the word therein : —'• And t motion was ulti- Mr. MONK moved the addition of the following words deuce if they should thiulz fit ;" hut the tnately withdrawn. andlvith " th b e e members for the Mr. HARDY s b u , g r g o e,te u s gb dthatt s anda the co words ' u ntiesrespectively ' added. all partkas:bat he thought would meet the approbation of and the words were d I d ' e l ide. su ggestion was agreed to, ad Mr. NEWDEGATE said as there was not a single coun ty member on the committee, ho should move that the committee should consist of seven instead of five. Mr. 110EBITCK said be hoped the Government would oppose the motion, as it was desirable to get through the work as soon as possible. Seven members, he thought, would take longer time for consideration than five. Mr. HARDY sail ha zould not support such a pro- Rosa). The committee was ultimately decided to remain as it was set forth in the motion, aud, this having been ageeed to, the bill was referred to it for conAderation. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (SCOT- LAND) BILL. On the reading of the order of the day for going into committee on the Representation of the People (6cotland) Bill, kr. . T .dA.X . rEli, moved "That it be an instruction to the committee that, instead of ad ling to the numbers of the house, they have power to disfranchise boroughs in England having, by the census returns of 1361, less than 5,000 inhabitants." The 11-m. member said he felt it all ialperw,ive duly to make the present mo tion, and he hope.' after what he had to say in support of it had been heard that the house would be induce:l to give its assent to. the proposition. Since the year 1710, live years after the Union, the progrcss of wo.dth in Scotland has been very great. From that; p,riod !town to the present the w e alth o f Eng land had increased 800 pe r cent., whilst that of Scotland had in Teased no less than 2,501) per cent. Ife altogether oppesed the proposal of increasing the number of members of that hone.e, and he thought. that the way in which the additional m -tubers for Scotland ought to be pro cured %sta.: disfranehising some of the small r pocket boroughs in England. (Rear, hear.) Ho brought the matom forwnrd solely on his own responsibility, an .l teat as a ouistitution question was involved iu the matter he hope" the house would agree to his proposition Mr. W ITH LIED supported the proposition of ttko hoa. member fur Montrose. (LEFT SPE.UiLNG.) MARKETS.—(This Day.) f-. CORN. The supplies of• wheat coming on sale on all sides are light, but the fine weather and tho favourable accounts of the crops promising an early harve,t, renders holders more ready to sell, and buyers less disposed to extend their operations. Business therefore continues dull, whilst prices droop. From the country markets quotations come generally Is to 2s lower on the week. At Mark-lane the attendance was moderate and the tone dull, and offers at In to 2s decline for English wore not refused, although the quantity offering was small. Tho fine qualities of foreign wheat were hardly to be quoted lower, but secondary sorts gave way to the same extent as English. Floating cargoes of wheat off the coast are 23 lower on the week. Barley is in limited supply, and relatively firm, bring ing late rates for both malting and grinding samples. Beans hold for previous currency. Peas moved off steadily, at quite as much money. Oats in fair demand, at the extreme of late rates to 6d advance ou the week. Oil seed dull. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was rather an increased supply of sheep and lambs, but not of beasts. The trade bought cautiously, owing to the weather, but the favourable accounts from Newgate and Leadenhall made salesmen firm in their terms for prime stock, but secondary sorts were depressed. Of beasts there w0re.1,265, from Scotland, from various parts of Ireland, and from abroad, 3,910. Prime English beef maintained its value, but several qualities and foreign were lower. Of sheep and lambs the proportion of foreign was 5,090; the trade ruled heavy for mutton, but bast qualities were not purchasable on lower terms; lambs sold slowly. Of foreign calves 136 arrived. The trade was more active, and ruled firm. Pork unaltered. 30 foreign pigs at market. Totil offered—Beasts, 3,910 ; sheep and lambs, 27,310; calves, 145 ; pigs, 290. Quotations—Beef, 58 2d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s ; veal, 3s 4d to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s to 4s Gd ; lamb, bs 8d to 7s. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. There is very little passing, and quotations remain without much variation. &MAlL—Refined in fair demand, and firm. Raw sugars quiet, but well held. The quantity landing is heavy. COFFEE. Some small sales of good qualities of Ceylon have been made at full prices. TEA.— Pending the auctions, which commence to-mor row, there is little doing beyond the inspection of samples. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 18.—Sales probably 12,000 balm. Mar. ket held firmly. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, The Government Departments will be closed on Saturday next, it being officially announced that her M tjesty's birthday is to *a celebrated on that day, the 23.1 inst. The corps enumerate.' b:3low were inspected at Woolwi.2ll oa S itarday by the Co:n.nandant of the Gar. Lon, M3jor-Gen. E. C. Warde, C.B. :--Tho Coast Goard )yal Artillery, at 10.30 a.m. ; tha ;loyal Engineers, at 12 noon ; tha Military Store Staff C wp., at 2.30 p.m. ; and the Military Trit;n, at 3.3 J r dn. The General was to-day to proceed to Maidstone, and insp,ct, the depot of the Royal Horse Artillery. • her Ai ijesty's screw storeship Industry, Staff Connuander Pulkiughorne, arrivel at Spithead on Saturd y morning from MAlta and Gibraltar with obsolete and returned stores on board, and also as supernumerari.2s a few seamen and marines inva lided home from her Majesty's ships on the Medi terranean station. The latter were disembarked from the Industry at Spithead by the steam tender Sprightly, and the Industry afterwards sailed for Woolwich. PROTESTANT MEETING IN TIIE CITY.—A. meeting of laynon, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, was held this afternoon, when resolutions were unanimously passed condemning the bill of Mr. Gladstone to disestablish the L ish Church. TILE MURDER IN NORTON FOLGATE,----The unfOl , tuuate woman Grossmith has sunk under the injuries sho rece:ved, and expired this morning. THE OUTIIAGE IN THE CITY.—The two boys charged with atta►npting the murder of a woman in Seath ing-lane were placed before the Lurd Mayor to-day, but the injured woman not bAug able to attend, they were again remo,wled. His ROYAL HIGHSESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. —The following address to the Queen has just been adopted by the Vestry of Clerkenwell on the subject of the recent attempt upon the life of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh :—" May it please your Majesty,— We, your loyal subjects the Vestry of the parish of Saint Jaites and Saint John, Clerkeuwell, beg most respectfully to express to your Majesty our feelings of horror and indignation at the bass and cowardly attempt to assassi nate your son, his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin burgh, and humbly to offer to your Majesty our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy. We beg to express our astoni,thnient that an individual could be found in this vast empire base enough to perpetrate so foul an act, and our de:•out thankfulness that it pleased Divine Providence to watch over and protect his Royal Highness ; and we earnestly pray for his speedy and complete recovery. We feel confident that this event will toad to increase and strengthen the national attachment of your Majesty and the Royal family, and we avail our selves of this our first opportunity of assuring your Ma jesty of oar unfailing loyalty and devotion." KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Council have elected the Mv. Dr. Barry, head master of Cheltenham School, to the offico of Principal. Dr. Barry was fourth Wrangler and second Smith's Prizaman, seventh on the first-class of tho Classical Tripos, and formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cotubridge. A REWARD FOR BRAVERY.—The National Life boat Institution has presented to Mr. Quigley, Coast guard, Whitby, its silver medal and an inscribed record on Tull uin for having during winbor descended by a rope the cliffs sAith of the harbour, 390 ft. in height, and thus saving the lives of four persons, being the master and crew of a schooner wrecked on the rocks, out of reach of lifeboat and rocket apparatus. The master had a broken leg, but was safely landed. Nine other men who aided in the exploit ar,) suitably rewarded. The vessel went to pieces, and but for the prouipt action of the men referred to all must Lave perished. ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINRURGIL—The suns contributed towards the rebuilding of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh now amounts to upwards 0f.£50,000. Among the recent contributions Was ono of £.1,000 by Mrs. thiclutnan, Moray-play: Edinburgh, in addition to her former autp..cription of Ll,OO. •In acknowledgment of this liberality be inauagers of the iatirwary have resolvA to dedicate a manorial ward in the new hosp:tal to the memory of Mrs. I3uchanan's late husband. WORCESTER StNIMER MEETING.—Lord Coventry, I, ord Westmorland, Colonel Forester, and Mr. G. Payne are the stewards of the fOrthcoming races at the "faithful cities' The principal events close on June 2. WINCILESTER, 1869.—Admiral Rous, Lord Portsmouth, Mr. Chanibe,rlayne, ani Mr. Pryor have accepted the stewardship of these races next year. A veterinary certificate, signed by Mr. IL J. Cart Wright, of Wolverhampton, M.8.C.V.5., of the ages of the following horses, the property of Captain Barron, has been officially lodged :—Fidelia, b f., 3 yrs; Souveuanco, eh f, 3 yrs ; Ptouesae, bf, 3 yrs and Batcatnier ch c, 3 yrs. la. ... ..... _ - ) 50 ) - r i - . .... ~BEBY man 0.1 4 e fore pertY that was :uilty r the It on ioner xiso- I the I g ot that ; so n told into five poke Iced, vick -3 hiS inap t ;oily atelY Dario pair h tlio dines , ,w 36 les at ►f 031 WAS aeiia e e% - th3C adier Lais's ~.