The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

DION ti A.ARKET AND. COMMEIZCIAL _. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The continuance of fine weather and the important Change which has come over the money market are two favourable circumstances, and they are exercising a beneficial effect in the Stock Exchange. The Funds are very good, and produce a steady feeling in other securities. The settlement in foreign stocks and shares commenced this morning, and the business going forward is chiefly connected with this event. So far railw ay s h ares are scarce for delivery, but there is .!es disposition among bears to hold out than has been observable •at recent accounts. On Brighton a contango of A to /. per cent. is current. The considerable diminution in the discount de- Tl . bind no ti ce d during the last few days continues i n force. This morning the inquiry is very limited, and the minimum rate in the open market is 2 per cent., with supplieS largely in excess of the means of em ployment. , The Liv erpo ol C ot t on M ar k et h as a d roop i ng ten dency, and business is inactive. The 'William Davie, from Otago, has brought £44,000 i n gold dust. Consols are extremely firm although the business dei ••' ng is principally confined to the settlement. For money they are quoted at 941 to 94g, and for ac count at 92/ - t o 9 2 / 1 .ex div.; New and Reduced, 92 to 92i ; India Five per Cents. steady, at 115/ to 1161 ; Bank Stock, 245 to 247 ; Ex chequer Bills, lOs to 15s prem. There is no movement whatever in the market for Foreign Government Securities, but the tone is deci dledly firm. The quotations current are 15 1 1 to 151 ; Greek, 13 to 131 ; New Spanish, 35 - to 35,1 ; Italian (1861), 48Ito 48a ; Turkish (1865), 34 to 34i ; Egyptian (1864), 79 to 80; ditto Railway Debentures, 89 to 90 ; Viceroy's 7 per Cent. Bonds, 71k to 711 ; ditto 9 per Cents., 891 to 901 ; Chilian (1866), 1011 to 1021 : and dittl.(lB67), 951 to 961. • The Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent.. Loan, fully paid up, is 91 to 91;-, and the. scrip 2 to a dis. The New Honduras Lean is par to 1 prem. In American' Securities, United States 5-20 'Bonds are well Maintained, at 70. to 70-g- ; Erie Shares better, at 45 to 46 ; Illinois, 94 to 95. Atlantic and Gre a t Western Railway Debentures are 291 2 to 30, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds. 321-to 33. English railway shares are generally firm, but the variations are not very important, dealers being chiefly engaged in the settlement. Great Northern shows an improvement of at 1021 to 103, and an advance of it has taken place in South Eastern at 74. to 75 ; Great Westerns at 531 to 54f ; and London and North Western, 1151 to 116. On the o th er h an d , Midl an d s, London Brighton and South Coast and Caledonian are each lower, being quoted at 1074 to 10'4, 53Z to 54, and 75i to 76 r espectively ; Lancashire and Yorkshire steady, at to 1281 ; Manchester Sheffield and Lincoln "lre, 43i to 44 ; Metropolitan, 112 k to 1121 ; Great Northern (A), 97 to 98. The h a lf- yearly meeting of the Anglo-Egyptian Bank has been called for the 20th inst. to receive the directory' report and to declare an interim dividend ; after which the meeting will be made special, for the Purpose of authorising the directors to issue share warrants to the sh are h o ld ers t rans f era bl e to b earer by del ivery i n li eu of share certificates. The traffic receipts of the Buenos Ayres and Great Southern Railway for the weekending March 22, the increase of £566 lOs 5d as compared with _porresponding week of last year. ,nThere were no aold operations at the Bank of •e. gland yestercla he specie arrivals continue very important. The _ismain a has brought £115,500 from the West Indies. .I,,u,re,Omar Pasha and the Kenilworth, £77,000 from :itoerlibrourne ; and the Teutonia, £30,500. from New Y iee- Chancellor Stuart has ordered the remaining £35, per share of the capital of the International )i-lantract Company to be called up, payable in instal ments extending to the end of next year, with the on °f- Payina before the 20th of June at a redue ',l‘,ol X 5 per ;hare. anr i l le sars. Belding, Keith, and Co., American bankers merchants, recently established in Lombard street' 8t have suspended payment. Their are . d stat ed t , to exceed £50,000, and an unfavourable liqui pWrZonims. expected. Losses had been sustained in p er question of officially quoting the New Three T - ,„,, Ce "t• Spanish Securities will be considered on tb li e — c ,"a3r, the 19th inst., instead of on Wednesday, a, 4 th, as originally appointed. p n i ot e ed ommittce of the Stock . Exchange have ap dai •Friday, the 15th instant, a special settling In the Scrip- of the New Zealand Five per Cent. '4 1 ,1 1 for L 1,114,000. thi ne South Eastern Railway traffic return shows th e u / ‘..'"lt an increase of £1,322 over l as t y ear , and the Atlantic an in crease o f £137. Th e t ra ffi c o f and Great Western Railway for the third iv~rkApril was $112,216, being $5,251 less than the same week of last year. barrISIT TI73D6,—TIT O o'QLOOK• GOVE RNMENT FUNDS. 3 p©r C ent. Consols 94 92i 4 3 Ditto for Account, June 4 92-1 4 ~per Cent. Reduced 92 : i 4 •,,,".4. 3 per Cent _ Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 D A Do. 5 per Cent. d an. 187 3 "luities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan. 188() —___ o for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 204 • 1 , , Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 13 In 'lchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per et 13 Do. £5OO 13 , bo. £lOO & £2OO .u auk of Engla`nd Stock, 41 per Cent — -Do• Account -. INMAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1044% tock, 104 per Cent., April 120. Account 4 16.1 16 S I.. 217 15 "0. 5 per Cont. July, 1880 1024 2 4 Do, 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 120. Certificates I D - 1 0. Enf ace d p a p er 4 _ pe r Cent DO. 5 p er Cont., Jan. 18 1879 7 D°• 5/ per Cent., May o 5 pe r C en t., R d u o p . 1877 — . Deb. 1872 — Do. ~ Do, do. 1882 "L. Deb., 5 5 p p er er e c en e t., Do. Bona, 1 000 Aug. 1873 Cent., £ , 17 22 pm bo. un d er £I . OOO Cent CL_OCIC. , Ar gentine Repultc, 0 per ,Q,.,, FOREIGN rITN , DS-TWO 63 _ z.d au ' Bonds, 5 per Cent. ......, Brazilian 5 per Cent _ DO.. 41 per Cent., 1852 1858.... .... ...... ' - ' O . do , _ D d 0.,. 18 , ;0 b(). 1863 75i 4 Do. 5 per ' Cent., 1865 _ B O Account .euos Ayres 6 per Cent Cent '? 13, ) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per _ It ba, 6per Cent. • — o..olian 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cont 13 °. t 3 per Cent. B 954 , , 1)0. 1867 ',"°•, per ,Cent., 1866 O ", °., Scrip £32 paid ),,, • , ' .rubtan, 6 per Cent. V a tusn, 3 per Cent., 1825........ " olubian Principalities, 7 par Cent • 7 - 7 64 1 45 per Cent., 1867 nuado ( . l'd• td 1 per Cen' — 16, . r New _onso i a e , "Iyptinal, 7 per Ce n t ••• D,,_ I}o. Second Issue .... 791 ~. 500 Bonds ''''°. 4106 Bonds BO 4 .1) 0. 1864 1,20. cD500.0 Account 80. _ 794 4-10.£100 Bonds ..... 904 5 i U (I"€4arnent Railway ilebentures ....ti r eek 5 per Cent , 182-5, ex Coups — -"rso• Account . -.....0 f 1 , • C oupons . "0. Account lilocttetsala, 5 per Cent .. —it ,111114.2.5G0 v.Rai1.L0a n ., 10p. Ct., X•2sp —..... ' 44 6 0 865 /3_ , . Per Cent ., 1 itto for Do, !i2ccount .... . 2ite,i Alerenamana Ratway 15/ b. C4t ' 8 Account — , D n ....J o R ' 1864 ato 4 ,„ ,P.,4`r Cont. Anglo-French — Ito„7‘,lvi•Ern 6.per Cent. .. — ke.,,BQ imperial 5 per Cent n' vlrana.do. 0 0 1., - _per O en 0.j0.‘, to,orred —Pe 4°.„.;Laild Warrant (Hectares) 1 r '''' 5 rC n 8 1865 B3 Ij ° 4ec ol e t .. , e . , , r. . 4 . ................ 0_ 11 per cent.(ti;i us . ...... b " 4 t per . 1662 -, — Port° a.,'":",'lt . 96 .... 0 per ~ ~ , , 404 , . 8. 11 88 , Ct 1853 '6 '7 '9 '60,'2,',S 404 4 • .0., 1P67 b bp .... I , . 4 • do. Scrip, £2O paid —B34 /Z. :. D per 6 ent., 1822, £ St 13, 4 , Per Coat. 1850 1 ) . r i Per Cent., 1860 51 34 Do Nr Cent 1859 ° . Der C " '. 83i 41 .I), A - ' ent., 1%2 1),:""4610-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bolide., do o 188 • £B4 15s. d0..._ 7 65 5 87 1 i b, ' 6 , £lOO Bonds. . )m. Rail £B4 15s. do. —6l4 4 p.millatenola4s 7ay 7-1 Prtui 3 l, , Pbr (dent Dj:)c! ,:fee"ewer.ii)rletfUeerrild{-1. D 037 I), i,• . 0 ,. 1nt b e AZ''lve Ac b e c, e's.4l, ......................... b, Vol. Cert. oi Cou , • not funded Do T4., .eount ' . 14 1 sh 0 , , ........................ 81 Ac u Per Cent. 1):Do 8 eu " l it ... :,::,, 2161(01:0Citt:oti:it:i ........ .......................... ~, 6 p,„.. — e t ... . ................. ' ' 4 .1 1862 ~~ ~ ~. Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 64- 4 5 41 Do. 1863 -- Do 5 per Oent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D.; 4 por Cont., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 por Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payanle in Loudon. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull. — Do AcicOnnt — French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — Austrisat a psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins liglieu 5 per dent. 1851, E. z5l. Do. Account 4S } TWO o'o LOOK. Consols, Money 941 i Do. Account, 4th June 32k 3 111ARKETS.—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SVGAR.—The market opens with a good inquiry, and firm rates are paid ; but purchases so far have not been extensive. No. 92 liavannah floating is worth 27s 9d per cwt. COFFEE. —The demand cozitiuuss steaiy fur good quali ties, but there is only a moderate sale for inferior snits. TEA.—China teas firm, but not active. Public sales of Indian teas were opened rather irregularly. CocoA--The public sales this morning went with' fair spirit at about late rates. Of 2,122 begs of Trinidad about half sold. Ordinary to middling, 50s to 633; good to fine, 69s to 82e per cwt., some superior bought in at 102 s, with bids at 995. RICE. —The market is firm but quiet. At auction 3,115 bags of Dacca were bought in at lls 3d to 12s 3d; and of 2,725 bags Bengal iu another sale about half sold at 9s to 9s Gd for low and broken ; middling white bought in at 13s to 13s Gd. Ons.—Linseed is firmer at 38s rather buyers, on the spot English brown rape has receded to 33s 6J. TALLOW. The market is quiet, but rather firm; Y.C. on the spot 43s 6tl; June, 43s 6d; last three months, 41s 6d. POTATOES, &e:" - The supplies of best qualities of all growths are short but with second qualities the markets are fairly supplied. Prices of the former are consequently supported- whilst they sell irregularly and in some cases lower. New pota toes are in fair supply, and met with a brisk sale, at per cwt. as follows:—Lisbon, lOs 6d to 15s; Jersey, 16s to 245; Cornwall, 16s to 18s. _ _ COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 12.—Sales probably 3,000 bales or more. Market flat, with downward tendency. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 11.—John Bunyan, from Napier, New Zealand; Cosmopolitan, steamer, from Hamburg; F. B. Ord, from Cochin ; Victor, steamer, from Brussels; Cho bucto, from Jamaica. Arrived, May 12.—Happet, from Laurvig Margaretha, from Groningen ; Falcon and Art-Union, from .Macau ; John and Harriet, from Rouen ; Carrier, from Honfleur ; Bud, from Jersey; Marie, from Thisted ; Klara Cathiuka, from Nestved ; James Shepherd, from Shanghai ; Alba tross, from Penang; Emperor, from Shanghai; Rhi ne , steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed.—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne ; Fairy Q ueen, steamer, for Dieppe. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Empress of India, from Singapore, for London ; True Briton, from Melbourne, for London; Italia, screw steamer, from Liston, far London; Souverain, sc rew steamer, from the west, for London;, Lavinia, schooner, from the north, for the west. Sailed—Plover, and James Holmes, both for the West Indies. A NICE DISTINCTION.—Mat is a flute? Is it a wooden tuba with certain holes and keys? asks the Atheneum. These are necessary, no doubt; but the Rate, the sounding instrument, is the column of air which is confined by the wood, and shortened or lengthened by use of the holes and keys. MR. GLADSTONE'S nibbling at the Estimates the other evening, says the Saturday Review rather whimsi cally, only showed the cast of temper in which some people indulge. when, annoyed by things in general, they box the ears of the first small boy they meet. LIGHT AND COLOUR.---here is a fact showing the influence of artificial light in the production of green colouring matter. Some lilacs were placed for forcing in a heated cellar, partially light3d with gas. Those leaves that were exposed to the light 13.1caele green, as if they had been in the open air, while the remainder were etio lated. The fabt is recorded 1)5 M. Ermine in a recent number of the "Revue 'lodic...) le."—Land and Water. LLight thus imparting or creating colour, surely gives some faint hopo that, ultimately, science may, through proper agencies applied to the leuso 0f,.0r the sensitised plate in, the camera, enable light to perform its proper office as a colourist, and so to produce at last naturally coloured photographs.—En. 511N..1 THE PRINCE NAPOLEON—bai provoked from a new journal, entitled Tints Review, the folio wing curiously incoherent, parenthetical paragraph : the scorn expressed by which reads almost hysterically.—The Prince Napo leon, it is well known, has as tench idea of religion as his friend the writer of a blasphemous life of Christ. The worthy pair, with a medical professor named Robin, who bolds that mart has no more soul than a cat (we deny M. Robin the sense of one) and a few other choice spirits (the Prince always has a choice lot about him) held a grand banquet on Good Friday, we sup pose in derision of the Christian religion. Sumo years since the Prince was a member of a society of atheists, we are not aware whether his Imperial Highness (what a highness, it is sufficient to bring loathing on the name) still holds the post of chairman. This so-called highness has ever been foremost in every act of folly, and has gives his cousin, the Emperor, more trouble than he is worth. The other day he rambled through Germany seeking alliances and meeting rebuffs at every Court; truly the Emperor is baid put to it for ambassadors when he sends such a man as his cousin to represent him. The place for such a genius, such a wonderful savant (and he . considers himself iu reality a nonsuch), is decidedly with King Theodore. Why does not the Emperor give him a mission, the atmosphere of Abyssinia would bo found much more congenial than that of Berlin. REPORTED LOSS OP THE ELECTRIC The annexed is made public at the request of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty —" With reference to a report that has recently appeared in the newspapers rela tive to the alleged wreck of the Electric, steam transport tug, near Aden, on the 18th of February last, and in which it is stated that seven of the crew, including two engineers, reached Aden after experiencing great suffering, and that the remainder of the persons ou beard, 67 in number, were supposed to have perished, a letter from Commodore Heath has been received at the Admiralty, dated the 15th of April last, stating that the ship ran on shore near Adon, but subsequently was got off without damage of conse quence. Commodore Heath further states that the two naval engineers landed against the wishes of the master of the tug, and reached Aden, suffering much from the effects of the journey, and with loss of their clothes. One native of their party appears to have been killed. The report of the loss of the remainder of the crow is, therefore, untrue." THE BARRETT ALIBI.—Mr. Poland, the legal commissioner despatched by the Home Secretary to Glasgow for the purpose of making certain inquiries with reference to the alibi set up in defence of Barrett at the recent trial, examined a number of witnesses in the Central Police- court, Glasgow, on Friday last. The principal evidence was that of two police-constables and a girl named Kerr, the daughter of the landlady with whom O'Neill lived at the time he was so frequently visited by Barrett. The constables, in their evidence, denied the statements of Lindsay, the printer, examined More Barrett's agent, as to Barrett and Lindsay having met them the day of the torchlight meeting on Glasgow Green, and as to the former having given his name and address to the constables. The girl Kerr stated that she knew Barrett well, and that she saw him immediately before and immediately after the torchlight meeting, and that there was no apparent change in the length of his whiskers, as alleged by the witnesses examined for Barrett. She also stated that, though constantly in the employ of O'Neill, frequently sleeping with him at night, he disappeared a few days after the Green demonstration, and she never saw him afterwards. No witnesses were examined on the other side, as their testimony had been previously sent to London by Barrett's own agent. The evidence was duly authenticated upon oath be fore a magistrate. Mr. Poland left the same evening for London. The Royal Commission on Primary Education in Ireland is holding regular sittings in Dublin, and all the commissioners aro in attendance, Earl Powis being chairman. Tho Comm:ssion is a mixed one, and repre sents the various opinions on education existing in Ireland. The denominational educationist4, the advocates of the mixed system, Churchmen, Catholics, and Presbyterians, are associated in the inquiry. _ _ A competent judge has announced that the Princess Louise bids fair to attain as high a rank iu art as her royal mother has attained in literature. At the anniversary dinner of the Artists' Benevolent Fund on aturday last, the president of the Royal Academy men tioned that "the Queen had this year conferred a signal honour, not only on the Royal Academy, but on the whole profession, by permitting the Princess Louise to send to their exhibition a bust of her brother Prince Arthur." Sir Francis had no hesitation in saying that " the bust is a work of infinite talent, an admirable like ness, and a production full of refinement and taste." This opinion, of its merits Sir Francis "knows to b.! sh tred in by all the members of tlio Royal Academy."' EtiKre 'IIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY E V VNING, MAY 12, 1868. SI3AR4 LIST. OF.DINARY dErARICS AND STOCKS. 741 741' 2U du 76 61 3 4 75 71 7• 72 102 101, 30 8/) 7 8 ' 1021 103) 97 93 123 126 Pt 46 bii 55 45 67 3U 35 3 , , 33 128 12Fe L3} 54 162 19} t.s•l'* pu 02 la el ; ilk) 1,2 1J 145 7d 8. 100 7 100 all lOU 104 100 ,6.13.4, bOy log; 77 7..0 333 3 IG2 101 581 59 91 95 13k) 134 132 116 1 li; 11 11i 67 - t.. 1, 106. 108 - I 57 58 ff 16 131 74j r lu :i3 li3 571 4 !3i 181 t.a~ # 43i l►Yi 13 1073 1 Ipaid.l e_loalug 1 Buminces I 1 rrice• , dftne. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. Mary Snelling, a girl about 16 years of age, was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with con cealing the birth of her illegitimate child. From the evidence it appeared that the body of a newly-born infant was found by the dustmen in the outhouse attached to the premises No. 10, Duke street, Bloomsbury. Information of the circum stance was given to the 'coroner's officer, Mr. Blake, who at once set on foot an inquiry re lative to the matter. The occupier of the house, Mr. Hill, was at first communicated with, who said he knew nothing of the . matter, and afterwards the niece was asked if she could throw any light on the matter. She said the prisoner, who generally came to live with them when cut of a situation, had been unwell a short time ago, but that she had got better, and was then in a situation in Chancery-lane. Blake at once proceeded to the direction given, and on seeing the prisoner asked her whether she had been unwell at the house No. 10, Duke-street. She said she had, and, front other questions put to her, she admitted that the whole, of the suspicions of Blake were quite true. She was at once taken . into custody, and, being in a very weak state, she was taken to St. Giles's Workhouse, where she was attended to by Dr. Bennett, and having sufficiently recovered she was now for mally charged with the offence. The medical evi dence was not of a nature to justify the pressing of a more serious charge against the prisoner. The prisoner, who made no defence, was fully committed for trial. MA.RLBO ROUGII-STRE ET: A WELL-DESERVED PLINISILMF:ST.—.Louis Am let, a French cook, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing some articles of wearing ap parel, the property of, a young female named Parkes, and also with assaulting her. Mr. Frogatt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Albert interpreted. From the evidence of the prosecutrix it appeared that she had been cohabiting with the prisoner, and helping to support him by her prostitution, and that on one occasion he came home and took away some of.ber articles of clothing, and a few nights afterwards meeting her in Coventry-street asked her if she had gained ally money, and on her an swering in the negative he took off her bat, tore it to pieces, and then gave here blow in the face. After hearing further evidence as to the robbery that charge was abandoned. Mr. Tyrwhitt, in dealing with the other charge, that of assault, remarked that the prisoner was a cowardly, mean fellow, who lived on a woman and then struck her. He should commit the prisoner for two months with hard labour, order him to pay the amount of damage to the prosecutor's hat, 55., and a fine of ss. or seven days, and further ordered him to find one bail in £5 to keep the peace to wards the prosecutor for six months. The employer of the p r isoner stepperl forward, and said that he wished to prefer a ch arge o f f e l on y against him. Mr. Tyrwhitt said if there was another charge against the prisoner it, could, if thought advisable, be preferred on the expiration of his present sen tence. ' TIIA NIES. rHE MOTHER AND SON.—Sarah King, a woman of good address, about 45 years of age, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with wilfully and breaking three panes of glass in the window of the house No. 34, Copley-street, Stepney, in the vicinity of this court, and making a disturbance in the same street. _ Mr. King, pocket-book maker, said that owing to his mother's dissipated habits she was separated from his father, and three of her children were under his care. She had often disturbed him and annoyed his brothers and sisters. He had forbidden her to come near the house, but she notwithstanding con tinued to annoy them. That morning, a few mi nu oo t e d s p r. He g past 4o'elootek4 there was a l ou d k noc ki ng a t his and answered it and saw his mother, who immediately thrim a handful of stones at him and the parlour window, and broke three panes of glass. lle scut cne of hit brothers after her, and she was given into custody. The prisoner entered int) a long story of family matters and alleged grievances, and said she had brought up a large family, educated them well, and kept a large house over their heads. She was aban doned by her husband and children. Mr. Benson—Because you got drunk. The prisoner said that she was driven to drink by the tyranny of her husband and children. The Complainant—No such thing. Mr. Benson asked the prisoner why she went to her son's house at four o'clock in the morning ? The Prisoner —lo protect my children. Mr. Benson — Nonsense. You could not protect your children by go i ng to your son's dwelling at four o'clock in the morning intoxicated, and break ing his windows. You have acted a very unmotherly peace for one m on th . part indeed, and you must find bail to keep the The Prisoner--I cannot fi n d bail. Mr. Benson—Th en you must go to prison, Mrs. King, and I hope you will come out a sadder and a wiser woman. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Ilia Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a levee Yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards, when ne ar l y 100 of fi cers a tte n ded. The colonelcy of the 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot is vacant by the death of General Sir George W. Paty, K.O B K.ll. ou Friday last, in his 80th year. Th e deceas ed G enera l en tered the . , army in 1804 as ensign in the 32d Foot, and served with that regiment on the expedition to Copen hagen in 1807. Subsequently he served in the Peninsula from 1811 to the end of the war in 1814, including the siege and capture of Badajoz, battle of battles of Vittori a , t h e Py re nees, and Nivelle, battlesSalamofanaretreat from Madrid to B ur g os, the Nive on the 9th, 10 th, 11 th , 12 th , and 13th of Decemb er , 1813, besides minor Salamanca, a ffairs. For his milit ary serv ices in Portugal he was made a Comma n d er o f the Portuguese Order of St. Bento d'Avis, a Knight of the Tower and Sword, and had also received the Portuguese Cam paign Cross. For some years he commanded the 94th Regiment of Foot. In 1838 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and as a further recognition of his services was appointed a Knight Commander of that Order in 1861. He was made a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order in 1832. He had been Colonel of the 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot ex actly fourteen years. He bad received the silver war medal with six clasps. The late Sir George Pity's commissions bore date as follows :—Ensign, April 28, 1804 ; Lieut., Alay 7 ,180 a - ; Capt., April 28, 1808 ; Major, June 2 , 1814 ; Lieut.-Col. Sept. 4, 1817 ; Col., Jan. 10 , 1837 ; Major-Gen., Nov. 9, 1846 ; June 20, 1854 ; and Gen., March 14, 1862. The screw steam gunvessel Nimble, 5, Com mander Alfred J. Churchill, f r o m B ermu d a Ap r il 18, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday (Monday) morning. She brings passengers—Lieut. James A. corvetteyz after leaving Bermuda Niger, 13, Capt Bruce. D Bo u x r e in r, g la th te e of fi the rst four da numbers of icebergs were passed, and strong winds were experienced; for the remainder of the passage fair winds and fine weather prevailed. The Lizard was sighted at noo n on Tuesday, after which strong easterly winds. 'The Nimble will bo inspected to day (Tuesday) by Capt. Foley. She will then dis charge her powder and be taken into Hamoaze, where her crew will be paid off. The Nimble was commi,sioned early in 1861. The Swedish frigateVanadis left Plymouth Sound on Sunday for the eastward. " NOT FOR JOSEPH." turns o u t t o b e , w ith ver y slight variation, a plagiarism in its refrain from Cl a pis so n, the French words non merci being freely rendered by the less refined refrain "Not fur Joe." A NEW THEATRE is talked of on the site of the Old Lyons lan, in Newcastle-street, Strand, within a short distailce from tics) o:yinpie, It is proposed that it shall 1:)e largor than the Olympic, but slut so large as the Lyceum. - SERIOUS RIOT AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, A serious disturbance took place at Ashton on Sunday afternoon between the Roman Catholics and the Orange party in Ashton. The Catholic chapels have been much damaged, and it is feared that the assaults committed will in more than one instance prove fatal. On the afternoon in question about 100 or 150 Irishmen assembled on Ashton Moss. They marched through different streets, and on reaching a certain point a man left his com panions and attacked a young woman who was wearing a streamer of orange ribbon, which he tore from off her head. She immediately drew a handkerchief of the same colour and shook it in his face, and he, being irritated, gave her a violent blow on her mouth. This had been wit nessed by a neighbour, who went to the girl's assistance, when the Irishman drew a hatchet from his pocket and struck at him, but the blow was stopped by a woman who seized his arm. The Irishman then ran away, chased by the bystanders and a constable, who, Yiith their assistance, captured him. The body of Irishmen tben came up with the intention of rescuing the prisoner. They struck the police man on the head with a thick stick, and he was obliged to release the delinquent. By this time the Irish were several hundred strong, and they at once attac keel the few English men who were there, and put them to night by using sticks and stones. It being about church time the streets were full, when the Irish made a terrible onslaught on the spectators. The English were unarmed and apparently peaceably dis posed, but the Irish were armed with every kind of weapon —revolvers, pistols, hatchets, hammers, picks, spades, sickles, pokers, and the like. One or two of the English stood their ground and were sadly injured in consequence. One man was shot in the back of the head, and although the pistol was loaded with wadding only the man is much injured. A. man named Mills, a greengrocer, who was merely a spectator, by some means got into the midst of the Irish mob, and was cut, in such a fearful manner about the head with some sharp instrument that he was rendered insensible. Several men tried to break through to his assistance, but were unable to do so. By this time the English had mustered in some force ; but though they attacked their assailants with great courage they were unable to make head against them, their numbers being, so infer l ier. Part of the mob then entered St. Ann's Catholic Chapel by smashing the doors. They tore up the pews, broke down the crucifix and the figures of . the Virgin, and did damage to the extent of several hundreds of pounds. The house of the Rev. W. J. Crombleholme was then at:: c red, and,,,thedoors and windows smashed. From the windows of the schbol-room in Barufield the Irish fired pistol-shots, but the tioters were at this time in the chapel. The carpets from the sanctuary were torn up, and burnt on a piece of ground close by. The rioters then ran to St. Mary's Chapel, and here they commenced to break the windows, but revolvers were fired through from the inside, and this prevented the rioters from approaching very closely. One of the bystanders, how ever, named William Ibbotson, was shot, the ball lodging in the intestines. He was conveyed home, and' was attended by several doctors, and his life is despaired of. Mr. Hugh Mason read the Riot Act about ten o'clock, and specials were then sworn in to the number of 250. The fury of the rioters seemed now to have spent itself, and they gradually deserted the streets and went home. About eleven o'clock everything was quiet, but in half an hour afterwards a party of Irish attacked some cottages in Barnfield, and wreaked their vengeance by smashing the windows. During Sunday night several Irishmen were taken to tan Town Hall, having been engaged in the riots. A leader of the gang was captured, and was knocked down like- an ox in the road. He was locked up, bleeding fearfully from the base of the skull. About midnight another man was taken in by a party of English literally covered with blood, having been beaten by a young man for attacking some women with stones. Others were quite feeble from loss of blood, and their wounds were dressed by the surgeons in attendance. On Monday afternoon, David Flannagan, a tramp, John Flynn, a labourer, Christopher Haughton, Thomas Had field, Martin Coffey, Benjamin Tetlow, Isaac Buckley, and William Garnett were taken before the borough magistrates for being concerned in the riots. Sufficient evidence was taken for a remand, and some of them were admitted to bail. The question as to how soon there could he a dissolution with a view to the general election taking place under the new registers is now freely discussed. If it is to he expe dited, the provision in the Reform Act of last year, altering the date for the new electoral lists to come into operation from December 1 to January 1, must be repealed ; and here a month would be saved at once. But as an even earlier date may be desirable, it is now suggested that the register should, if possible, be completed by the middle of October. This might be effected by substituting, for this year only, - the 30th June for the 31st July as the time from which the grounds of qualification shall date back. The Law Times argues that instead of twenty-five days being allowed for sending in claims and obje,tions, this should be done within a fort night ; that the revising barristers should commence their work within four days from the final publication of the lists ; and that, instead of prolonging the registra tion until October 31, the lists, by the employment of an additional number of barristers, should be completed by Septerriber 27. Allow eighteen days for printing and publishing the lists, let them come into operation by October 15, and dissolve Parliament on the following day. Such is the plan proposed by our legal contemporary ; and that Parliament has full power to make such arrange raeOs as its wisdom might dictate, there can be no doubt whatever. , The Times tells the House of Commons that there is on insuperable legal or mechanical difficulty involved in the assembling of a reformed Parliament in 1868. The diffi culty rests, if anywhere, with the unreformed House. If the present representatives of the people are bent upon resigning their trusts, so as to make way for the represen tatives of a larger electoral body voting in new combina tions, they have the power of accomplishing their wishes. The necessary changes in the Act of last year are easily made, and there then remain to be disposed of the Scotch and Irish measures of Reform, the Boundary Bill, and the Bribery Bill. The Times anticipates no invincible obstacle to the speedy closing of the session in any one of these measures. The principles of the Boundary Bill have, it says, been affirmed, and it is impossible to wage a lengthened war over its details. In this, however, opinions do not agree. The sum of the position is thus stated by the Times :—" If the House of Commons be sincere in its professed desire to hasten its own dissolution, it can do so ; if it hesitates, it must not be because of external difficulties, but from re luctance to meet the fhte it professes to desire." Notwithstanding the rumours of an intended opposition to the return of the Hon. C. G. Lyttelton in East Worces tershire, there seems to be little probability of a con test. Lord Calthorpe, the late member, has issued a fare well address, in which he says : " I am glad to learn that Mr. Lyttelton, whose connection with the county is far greater than mine ever was, and whose Liberalism is vouched for in the satisfactory terms of his address, has already come forward to solicit your suffrages. I earnestly hope that he will be successful, and that you will find him as true and thorough as, from experience, I know he will find you indulgent and forbearing." The election is expected to take place in the course of next week. The active canvass of Mr. W. H. Smith in Westminster has aroused the energies of the committee for securing the return- of • Captain Grosvenor and Mr. Stuart Mill. It is thus evident that the two sitting members will coalesce, and follow the course which was adopted in 1865. At a recent meeting of the committee, Dr. Brewer, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Colchester last year; stated that forty-five Liberal members of Parliaaient living in Westminster bad, in reply to letters addressed to them, sent in their names as members of the committee, including Mr. Gladstone; Mr. Cardwell, Mr. W. H. Cowper, Mr. Brand, the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Kinnaird, Baron N. M. de Rothschild, Baron L. de Rothschild, Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Forster, Mr. Goschen, Professor Fawcett, and others. The busi ness of the evening consisted of the appointment of an executive committee, with power to add, and the passing of resolutions for the promotion of registration and the formation of committees of working men. Some exception was taken by two gentlemen present to the course Mr. Mill pursued on the Jamaica question ; but while they declined on that account to contribute towards the election expenses, both declared that they would not vote for a Tory. It was agreed that a deputation should wait on Captain Grosvenor to obtain the consent of that hon. and gallant gentleman to the raising of subscriptions to aid in the return of himself and Mr. Mill. THE LATE ELECTION AT BRISTOL.--We hear that among the disclosures to be made at the approaching inquiry into the late election for Bristol, will be the filet of three voters who recorded thirteen votes for Mr. Miles. —Western Daily Press. THREE MEN DROWNED.—OR Saturday after noon, while four men, named Brown, Prior, Frater, and Wake, were exercising in an outrigger on the Wear, at Sunderland, the frail boat was upset by the strong eddy near Ravenswheel, and before assistance could he rendered by the spectators on the river's bank the three first•named sank without a struggle, and the fourth only saved himself by perseveringly swimming for the shore. The river police dragged the place, and recovered the bodies of Prior and Frater, liut Brown's body seemed to have been carried down the stream, and probably made fast amongst the shipping. All the deceased were Monkwearmouth men.— Arorthcrn Daily Express. Rat ma.ye. rairkbl ai, a Xxeter .... 'Caledonian ._,6 CA tuUrittu Curt and Bandon...—. ' ruresil Dublin & Belfast June Dun„ Perth, & Ab.Junr 'S.London. herlp CeZti Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great East ern, Ord.stk , • Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2' tircat North of Scotland lii rent Northern Do. A mock ••• Do. 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Credit and Discount, inu.. 5 ri udson's Bay, 15 L-ndon Deneral Omnibus Company, lim., 2 National iiiscount ..ompany, 111 Societe linanciere d'Egypte, lira.. 3 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim. 2 1-16 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 71i A NEW M'Call Anderson, in a recent paper, says : —" During the treatment I accidentally discovered what promises to be the most perfect black dye for the hair which has yet been seen. After having used the bichloride lotion for some weeks, I changed it for the lotion of hyposulphate of soda ; and the morning after the first application the hair of the part, which before was bright red, had become nearly black. Ono or two more applications rendered it jet black, while neither the skin nor the clothing wore stained. I saw this patient a couple of weeks later, and there was not the least deterioration of colour, although, of course, as the hair grows the new portions will possess the normal tint. He was by occupa tion a Turkey-red dyer, and was much interested in the discoveryi though rather grieved to find, what medically must be considered one of its greatest advantages, that it did nut dye the linen, and was therefore untwailablo for his purpo§es."-13ritiA Iledica/ Journal. .. 90i I lIPER,I 41 PAR LI A LiENT HOUSE OF LORDS--LAST EVENING. The LORD GILINCELLOR took his seat on tho woolsack at five o'clock. SCOTCH BURGHS POLICE SYSTEM. The Earl of MINTO said that in moving that a select committee investigate into the working of 'the Scotch Burgh Police System he would not occupy their time very long. He should have to ask several ques tions first. What was the relation of the magistrates to tho headsof the police, &c. ? and what was the position of those belonging to the system? and he thought that an in vestigation into the subject would greatly advantage the working classes in the districts comprised in the burghs. The noble earl thou quoted the opinion of several quali fied persons as to the - working of the system, and com pared its working with that of Manchester, Liverpool, &c. Lord CLINTON said it was. not his intention at that moment to say much about the matter, but lie might state that they had no objection to the appointment of a committee, whatever complaints had been made, au-I it was advisable that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the whole operation of the system. • The Earl of DAL 210USIE said that he approved of the committee, a. , id considered that it %Vasa subj.!ct which de served the most serious conAderation. The questioa was thou put and carried. JUDGMENT DEBTORS BILL, TfIE BANKRUPTCY BILL, AND TEE BANKRUPTCY ACT REPEIL BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that with regard to these bills he had several petitions to present in their favour, but he was compelled to ask himself whether these bills would be considered by the House of - Commons, and having regard to the press of public business, he would not occupy their lordships' time by going into committee, but would ask them to discharge the order fur Committing the bills. This was complied with. RAILWAY REGULATIONS BILL. On this bill being committed, The Marquis of SALISBURY said that he had an objec tion to make to a clause, as from it two practical evils-would result. If to a railway committee they attached 'a disgrace, no ono would 13.3 a director or chairman, and again if sub mitting the case to a judge it might b 3 c nduaiv o of injustice. No ono had a greater•. respc'ct for judges than he had, but still any particular judgo might have a crochet and think that a►l railway' directors and chairmen were rogues.. (Laughter.) Now he Would pro pose to substitute that it should be proved to the 'satisfac tion of the Court that a railway director was guilty before he was punished. The LORD CIIANCELLOR.proposed as alteration, which was accepted. HOUSE OF COIDIONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. VICTORIA. Sir R. PALMER gave notice that he should not pro ceed with the motion on the subject of the colony of Victoria, which stood on the paper in his name, until further intelligence had been received. UNSOUND MALT LIQUOR. Mr. BASS asked the Secretary of State for India whe ther his attention had been drawn to a practice, said to have been adopted in India, for restoring unsound malt liquor supplied to the troops ; and whether he would lay upon the table of the house any correspondence on the subject ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE said his attention had been called to the matter last year, and a lei ter had been sent to the Governor-General ou the subject. That communication had been followed by a detailed statement from India of the treatment to which the liquor was subjected, which had beed examined by competent examiners, and, it having been found inconsistent with the health of the troops, orders had been at once transmitted to India for its dis continuance. _ CARDINAL CULLEN. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the occasion of the visit of the Prinz() of Wales, made inquiry of the Government by what style and title he was to invite and receive Cardinal Cullen ; whether he was in stru.lted to address him in the invitation by the title of "His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin;" if not by what title ; and whether on that occasion prece dence was granted to Cardinal Cullen immediately after the Royal family, and before the archbishops of the Esta blished Church in Ireland, the Lard Chancellor of Ireland, and the whole of the English and Irish nobility ? Mr. DISRAELI said no communication had taken place between the Government and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as t•o the visit of Cardinal Cullen to his Excel lency. The precedency given him was according to. the established rules of etiquette. • _ Mr. D. GRIFFITEIsaid he wished to know whether he was invited ai "Ills Eminence the Cardinal Arch bishop of Dublin ?" (near, hear, and laughter.) The Earl of Mayo said his Excellency did not address him as the Cardinal Archbishop. • TliE SCOTCH REFORM. BILL. Mr. MONCREIFif asked wit m it was likely the Scotch Reform Bill would be proceeded with. The bill had been read a second time mote than two months ago, and he thought it was quite necessary to know when it was intended to proceed with the bill. (flear, bear.) Mr. DISitAELI said the hon. geutle►nan must allow him to be the best judge of the propriety of his own con duct, in endeavouring to briugabout us speedily as possible the dissolution of Parliament. (Bear, hear.) Ho dil not know that ha was chargeable with u ,elect in not pressing this bill forward. It was of the utmost importance that the Boundary Bill should be proceeded with on Thurs day, and he had proposed to place the Scotch Reform Bill as the second order for that evening, but that course had not given satisfaction. It was his anxious desire that the bill should proceed as quickly as possible, and what he pro posed was to place it as the first order on the first open day after the Poundary Bill had been advanced another stage. HUDSON BAY. Sir C. LANYON asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies whether negociations were now in progress for the transfer of the Hudson Bay Company's territory ; and, if so, at what period the transfer was likely to b 3 made ? Mr. ADDERLEY said certain negociations were in pro gress relative to the transfer and government of t'ie ter ritory, but they were not sufficiently a lvanc.::d to allow him to state their nature at the present time. BEER FOR INDIA.. Mr. GREENE asked the Secretary of State for India whether he considered that the habit of takiug the lowest tender for the supply of the troop in India was calculated to g;ve the troops a sound, wholesitn3 beverage ; and whether he htd thought it d•sirabla to asc,..rtaiu if at the price accepted for last seasOu's supply it was possible to produce Leer calculated t o t ray. d e i g h t th J us A u i miles :.)y see, and a thousand or two thousand miles by land, and be fit for the so:diers to drink ? Si: S. NORTLICOTE said the boor sent to India had to be brewed of a certain. quality and strength. BAJra it left this country it was examined, and during the last year and a half that th e arrangem 3D t hid been iu operation he had received no complaints as to the quality of the article. THE IRON CLAD NAVY. On the motion for tha Speaker leaving the chair for the purpose of going int') committee of supply on the navy estimates, Capt. MACKINNON drew the attention of the house to certain deficiencies said t 3 exist in the iron-clad fleet. The hon. gentleman condemned the policy of the Admi ralty iu constructing ironclals, which, during the last few years, had amounted to 10 millions of money, while the worth that was got for all this great outlay was simply nothing, because the ships built were useless, and ren dered England the laughing stock of the whole world. Mr. SAI,IUDA then referred to another branch of the navy estimates, viz., designs for ships of war furnished by the private shipbuilding firms ou an invitation from the Admiralty, ,rill to the steps tAken by the Admiralty in respect of them. The private firms sent in their designs in answer Jo the request of the Admiralty, but it was a positive fact that the private builders were invariably sat aside, and the plans they had sent in were set aside by an official design coming from the officer of the chief constructor of the navy. The present system was most unsatisfactory, because it.had the appearance at least of official persons getting the ad vantage of seeing a plan and then producing something themselves, which always bore a remarkable resemblance to the plans supplied by private individuals. After a brief vindication of the Admiralty by Mr. CORRY, the house went into committee of supply, and Mr. CORRY explained the navy estimates. Their amount he stated at £11,177,290, as against £10,976,253 last year, giving an apparent increase of 401,937, but, taking into account various transfers of various items to and from other departments, the real increase, he showed, over last year was only £9,810 ; and the naval policy of the year, he added, would be to concentrate on the in crease of our armour-clad fleet as much force as was com patible with maintaining the efficiency of other Depart ments. Passing to details he dwelt for some time on the first vote—the number of men—and, pointing out that its amount must depend mainly on the strength of our fo reign squadrons, ho discussed at considerable length the suggestions made last year by Mr. Childers on this par ticular. Among other causes for maintaining these squa drons he pointed out that if we withdrew thorn or over reduced them, in the event of a war we should lose the command of the sea on distant stations, and our Lomnvrce would be destroyed; that the foreign squadrons were the h schools of our sailors, and that in most cases their strength was governed by considerations of policy, the Foreion oraffiltcye. b i e l i e n gm mentioned, u tio re h a e l d i7 tmooo,rtehraetspwonhsilieble theithancotsht e o A f dmthre oFfrernrcahn France, the e wa c s os fi t :3 o s f per the c ß e r n i t t . i self nttyva,wtalos o o f n 1 7 2 . t 7 r 3 ad o e f the value of our trade. But, after making careful inquiries from the commanding. officers who had recently returned home from foreign stations, the Admiralty had made some , reduction in those squadrons, which he explained in detail, a:nonieting in all to 15 ships and 2,758 men. Looking therefore, to all considerations - to the state of Europe and to the importance of not breaking faith with the continu ous service man, who numbered 16,751 out of the 13,963 blue-jackets in the fl ee t—th e Ad m i ra l ty h a d not been able to .propose a greater reduction in the number of seamen (which includes all ratings) than to 35,700 as against 37,015, the number of last year, but taking into account an increase of 450 in the Coastguard, and a decrease of 1,700 Marines, there was a total de crease of 2,542 men. But notwithstanding this re duction there was au increase in the two votes for wages and victuals, owing to various causes, such as increase of allowances, rise iu prices, transfers of accounts, and the like—in the first case of £85,682, and in the second of £91,258. Proceeding to the two great votes—No. 6 (Dockyards) anl No. 10 (Naval Stores)—Mr. Corry stated while on the first there was a decrease of £151,861, on the second there was au increase of £269,332, of which £231,941 was for the purchase of contract-built vessels, showing as a balance of the two votes an increase of £117,527. After explaining in great detail the shipbuild ing programme of last year—which ho showed had been pretty closely c irried out, particularly in the dockyards, both as to the number of tons ordered and the expendi ture sanctioned, ne.,Corry next stated the programme for the coaxing year. Besides the work already hegia, but not eomplsted—amounting to 1,11.6,891 tons —it includes eight new shi t is—viz., two unseenoared corvettes (to cost this year £12,205) end six armour-clad vessels, three to b 3 built in the dockyardsand three in private yards. In the deck yards are to be built the Sultan, a first-class ironclad, the Iron Duke, a second-class, and the Triumph, of the Auda cious class ; and in private yards a sister ship to the Triumph, a single-turretted Monitor of 2,700 tons, and a rain of 2,1.37 tons. Of all these Mr. Corry gave full par ticulars, and the general result of the programme of the year is that 7,478 tons of armoured ships will be built in the year, and 6,931 unarmotire4.l—in all, 14,409 tors; and that in round numbers £2,000,000 will be spent; in the dockyards and on private contract work. By this means at the end of the autumn we shell have a reserve squadron of seven ironclads, most of which will be employed as guard-ships at different ports. Having gone through an elaborate comparison of the expenditure in former years on the building of ironclads, and holding out hopes of being able to effect sensible reductions in the dockyards . , Mr. Corry concluded with some general remarks on the con dition of the Navy of a very satisfactory character- The proportion of good-service badges has risen, deser tions hav;3 decreased, the number of seamen, gunners% and trained men has increased, the men make a much more general use of the Naval savings -banks, and the sanitary condition of the Navy is excellent. Mr. CHILDERS complimented the Admiralty on their success iu carrying on reforms commenced by their prede cessors, and on their readiness to profit by the suggestions of their political opponents. Still, the Estimates, h e con tended, showed many signs of a disregard for economy, and to illustrate this he went through them minutely, cri ticising some of the items with much severity. Particu. larly ho commented on the fact that, though there was a reduction of nearly "6,000 men, the cost of the Admiralty establishments had increased by £13,000, and on the unne cessarily large staff of skilled artificers. He concluded by moving a reduction of £60,000 in the wages of Marines, pointing out that though the number of Marines was re. duced, the number of officers was raised. Lord H. LENNOX replied on the various points raised by Mr. Childers, and there followed the customary discus sion, which was less discursive than usual, the Chairman having ruled that it should be confined as closely as possi ble to the specific amendment. The amendment was supported by Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Gladstone, and opposed by Mr. Graves, General Herbert, Sir J. Hay, and Mr. Corry. On a division it was rejected by 127 to 73. _ _ ColonelSYKES then moved a general reduction of the whole wages vote by £20,000, explaining that his particu lar object was to reduce .the expenditure on the Slave Trade Squadron, which he maintained was quite useless and unnecessary. Sir J. HAY stowed Colonel Sykes that be bad been misled as to the strength of the squadron, which had been reduced very recently, and was acknowledged to be most effectual in stopping the slave trade. After some observations from Sir T. F. Buxton, Yr. Buxton, and Sir G. Bowyer, Colonel SYKES withdrew his motion ; and votes were agreed to of £3,036,634 wages to seamen and marines ; £1,335,812 victuals and clothing. The other business was disposed of, and the house ad, journed at 5 minutes past 1 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. YORK RACES—TiIIs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. GILEAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Blinkhoolio ,taken) 4to 1 agst &stay (offered) sto 1 egst Fortuuio (taken) 500 to 75 agst West‘, , iek (taken) 10 to 1 others (offered) TATTERS ALL' S—Last Evening, GREAT NORTHERN' HANDICAP. 11 to 4 agst Bliukhoolie (offered —take Sto 1) 4to 1 agst Beauty (taken freely) sto 1 agst Fortuuio (taken) 13 to 2 agst Westwick (taken and offered) 100 to 9 agst Gaut des Battailes (taken) 100 to 7 agst Strathconan (offered) 100 to 3 agst Miss Osborne (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Chelsea—with start (offered) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (offered -7 to 1 taken) 11 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Orion (taken and offered) 30 to 7 agst The Earl (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Suffolk (offered) 1003 to 15 agst Betrayal (taken and offered) - 1000 to 15 agst Typhoeus (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Forest Kiug (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. MAY. 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