The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-16 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with
rain.
PILMOWTH, April 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maria,
from Havannah.
Buts Tor.., April 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Prosperine,
from Kustendjie.
PLYMOUTH, April 15.—Wild W.—Arrived—Excelsior,
from Havannah.
QUEENSTOWN, April 15.—Wind NW—Arrived—City of
Cork, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for
New York.

SWANSEA, April 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived-.-Margaret,
from the West Coast of Africa.

LAMLASH, April 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Erromangs,
for Pernambuco; Helm; for St. Thomas; Kato Agnes,
for New York.

(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, April 16.—City of Norwich, steamer, from
Geestemunda.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—Robert Lowe, screw steamer, from Bombay for
London.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

(THIS DAY.)
The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales
probably 10,000 bales.

VOLUNTEER CONTEST.—The second " Wemyss"
match of the London Scottish Rifles for 1867 took place on
Saturday last, against the St. George's corps, on the ranges
of the latter, at Wormwood Scrubs. The match was be-
tween ten officers, ten non-commissioned officers, and ten
privates of each regiment, seven shots each, at 209, 50J,
and 609 yards, and was was by the London Scottish with a
urijority of 116 marks. The total scores wore—London
I Scottish, 1,316; and St. GJorge's, 1,200. The day was
r wet, and a strung head wind, with occasional gusts from
the loft, rendered the shooting at times very difficult.
Ducar OF LlNcAsrzn.---Tne accounts of the.
Duchy of Lancaster show that in the year 1836 the pay-
ment to the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purso was.
£29,000, an increase of £3,000 over the payment of the
previous year. The routs received amounted to £30,856,
an increase of £4,500 over the receipt of 1865. This was
partly counterbalanced by a receipt of less by £3,000 from
wood sales and escheats; but, on tho other aide of the
account, the payment for the restoration of the Savoy
Chapel, which was £4,453 in 186.5, was only £829 in 1866.
The salaries and other disbursements of an ordinary cha-
racter amounted to £13,211, not differing materially from
the charge in 1865. The chief receipt on the capital ac-
count was £4,481 from the corporation of Salford for the
purchase of the tolls of the markets and fairs of that
borough.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—The number of Acts
passed in the present Session, which commenced on the sth
of February, to the adjournment for the Easter recess, on
the 12th instant, was 24, of which ten were public and 14
local.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S DESCENDANTS.—The birth of
a son to the Princess Christian on Sunday raises the total
of her Majesty's grandchildren to ten—six grandsons and
four granddaughters. The Princess of Prussia has three
eons and a daughter, the Prince of Wales two sons and a
daughter, the Princess Louis of Hosse two daughters, and
the Princess Christian one son.

CANNING'S STATUE.—This statue, by Westma-
cott, in New Palace-yard, Westminster, will, in the course
of a day or two, be removed from its prssont site (the spot
on which it stands being required by the Metropolitan
Railway) to an obscure vacant piece of ground in the rear,
near the Westminster Sessions-house.

ICEBERGS.—Hobart Town, Feb. 23.—The Har-
rowby, from London, reports that on Feb. 5, in lat. 45 S.
long. 127 E., she passed a large number of icebergs, ono of
them two miles long; afterwards sailed through two miles
of block ice drifting N.N.W., the ice continuing in sight
for 24 hours.

THE JAPANESE TROUPE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
—Yesterday the birthday of her Royal Highness Princess
Beatrice was celebrated by the Queen and members of the
royal family now at Windsor Castle. For the amusement
of the younger portion of the guests, the Japanese troupe
of jugglers were engaged, by command of her Majesty.
The Japanese left London by the 10.50 a.m. train from
Waterloo, on the South Western line, and on arriving at
Windsor, proceeded to the Castle, where they had the
honour of performing before the royal children and Court
in the course of the afternoon. The Japanese were accom-
panied by Mr. Mitchell, Mr. E. Prior, Mr. W. drant, and
their general manager, Mr. A. Nimmo.
A " Big" SNOWSTORM.--A Detroit paper gives
the following statistics of a recent snow stdrm in the
United States. . The storm extended over a district of
1,500 miles long and 300 miles wide, and the average depth
of the snow was /ft. It estimates the weight of five tons
to the acre, or 3,200 tons to the square mile, or a grand
total of 1,410,000,000 tons of snow, which is ten times the
weight of all the wheat grown in the United States since
the discovery of America, and this great weight of snow,
says the paper, fell in one storm, one vast cloud, and within
a period of four days only.
THE LIBRARIANSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF COM-
MONS.-It is reported that this post, vacant by the death of
Mr. Vardon, will be given by the Speaker, who holds the
nomination, to his brother, Mr. Alfred Denison, who has
for some time been his secretary. The salary is £l,OOO a
year, with a residence in the Palace.
A MAN KILLED BY HIS WIFE.—An inquest
was held on Saturday, at Etruria, Staffordshire, on the
body of James Cliffe, who was killed under circumstances
already detailed in the papers. The evidence showed that
a quarrel took place between the deceased and his wife, in
the course of which the latter struck her husband over the
head with a hammer inflicting such injuries as resulted in
his death a few days afterwards. The jury found a ver-
dict of " Manslaughter" against the woman, and she was
committed fur trial.
The New York Evening Post advises the Republi-
cans of the South to drop the terms Union and Rebel, as
applied to themselves and their opponents, and call them-
selves by their true name of Republicans. The opposition
deny stoutly that they aro rebels, and claim to be as true
to the Union as those who favour equal suffrage, and the
perpetuation of the nomenclature of the war manifestly
tends to perpetuate its feuds and hatreds. Not a few Con-
gressmen need the same advice. They talk about rebels
and enemies as if the war were still going on. How long
do they propose to keep it up ? And how much do they
suppose they contribute in this way to the propagation of
right ideas add feelings iu the South ?
EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—Large numbers of
emigrants aro now leaving Liverpool and Queenstown for
New York. The National Steam Navigation Company's
steamer Louisiana, which sailed last week, had to leave
behind at the latter port a number of passengers, while
the Queen, another of the company's vessels, which left
Liverpool on Wednesday, had over 700 passengers and a
full cargo of goods, •

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TRAINING QUARTERS.

(THIS DAT.)

NEWMARKET.

The Rake has been eased during the last day or
two, having been sweated, along with Van Amburgh,
but this morning he went a steady mile and three-
quarters gallop. Target took hermit a mile and a
half merrily. Julius galloped a mile and a quarter
very fast ; he has beaten Beadle cleverly in a mile
spin, and goes splendidly. Bombastes trotted and
cantered only. Opoponax did a mile and a half at
three-parts speed. Hippia galleped a mile and a
half. Knight of the Garter was absent. D'Estournel
went a mile and a quarter at a rattling pace, and
did not show any temper., Dragon galloped a mile
andthree quarters along with Troendero, and the latter
goes 'so well that he must run into a place for the
Two Thousand next Tuesday. Enchautcur and
Cerf.Volant only went a mile and a half, doing it.
steadily. Star of India was Striding beautifully a
mile and a quarter ; and Jasper followed Tourma-
line half a mile further than that. Sultan and Wild
Agnes went a mile and a half. Caprice led the
Amanda colt and Ben Nevis nearly two miles ; and
Man of Ross did a mile and a quarter fast. Archi-
medes is going in his old form now.