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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1867.

POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day.

MARKETS.--This day.

COVENT GARDEN.

Our market is but moderately supplied with fruit and
vegetables. On the whole, the trade ruled steady, as
follows :--

FRUIT—Pine apples, Gs to 8s; grapes, 15s Od to 20s Od
per lb ; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od per bushel ; oranges, 2s 6d
to 7s; lemons, 5s to lOs per 100; melons, 3s to 4s each;
strawberries, 2s Gd to 5s per oz. ; pears, 3s to 6s per doz.
VEGETABLES—Cabbages, 2s to 3s Od; cauliflowers, 2s to
5s per dozen heads ; celery, is Od to 2s Od per dozen heads ;
horaradish, 4s to 6s Od per bundle ; carrots, 6d to Bd,;
turnips, 5d to 8d ; per bunch ; cucumbers, 2s tO 4s each ;
small salad, 2d to 3d; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6d per
punnet; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel ; beet, is Od to 2e
per doz. heads ; potatoes, 90s to 170 s per ton.

MAR'S LEBONE VESTRY.

EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS OF COLLECTORS.

Yesterday
,an exciting scene took place in the
Marylebone Vestry in consequen'e of the discovery
that two of the collectors of the poor-rate hal em-
bezzled large sums of money collected by them on
account of the poor-rate. The finance committee
reported that upon examining the accounts of the
B division collector, Mr. Marriner, they discovered
a deficiency of £678 4s. ld. ; that upon examining
the accounts of another collector, Mr. Tripp, they
discovered a deficiency of £1,266 4s. 11d. They
therefore recommended that the situations of Mr.
Marriner and Mr. Trip be declared vacant; that
they be prosecuted for embezzlement, and that their
sureties be called upon to make good the amount
deficient. They further recommended that, as the
defalcations took place through Mr. Watts, the
check clerk, neglecting to check the receipts, his
situation be declared vacant. In conclusion, the
committee stated that they had examined the ac-
counts of the other six collectors, and found them
perfectly correct and paid up.
Mr. BROWN, in moving the adoption of the recom-
mendation of the committee, expressed the great
pain he felt in doing so, but said he was bound in
duty to do it, and leave it to the vestry to decide
whether they would admit any extenuating cir-
cumstances.

Mr. CARR seconded the adoption of the report,
and pointed out that if the checking had been pro-
perly performed by the clerk (Mr. Watts) the de-
falcations could not have occurred. The committee
felt bound to recommend the prosecution of the
defaulters, for if they let them go, as they had done
others, they would not only be compounding felony,
but would be encouraging crime.
A lengthened and exciting debate then took place,
several members of the board being anxious to allow
Mr. Watts, the clerk, to resign, instead of dismissing
him. It was urged that he had served the vestry
35 years, and that if he were dismissed he would be
ruined. Several divisions took place with a view of
bringing about the object mentioned, but without
effect, the majority of the vestry being most deter-
mined in their resolution to punish with the greatest
severity not only the defaulters but the officer
whose negligence they maintained had contributed
to the fraud. The proceedings at times assumed a
stormy and exciting aspect, and efforts were made
to adjourn the subject for a week, but the report of
the committee was eventually adopted, and a special
vestry appointed to confirm the proceedings.

BRITISII MONEY ORDER OFFICE IN THE PARIS
EXIIIBITION.—A British Money Order Office will
be opened on the Ist April, in that portion of the Paris
Exhibition which has been allotted to England and her
colonies, and will be maintained there until the closing of
the Exhibition The office will be situated in the Colon-
nade which surrounds the exterior of the Exhibition build-
ing,land will be found between the Exchange Office of Mr.
John Arthur and the office of the British Commis-
sioners. Money orders on the office in the Paris
Exhibition may be obtained on and from the Ist
of April at any money order oflic.) in the United
Kingdom; and ou and from the seine day money
orders on any money order office in the United Kingdom
may be obtained in the Money Order Office at the Exhibi
tion. The Money Order Office in the Exhibition will be
open for the issue and payment of orders from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. daily, Sundays excepted. The commission payable
by the public for money drawn in the United Kingdom on
the office of the Paris Exhibition, or vice versa, will be the
same as that payable for orders drawn in and payable in
the United Kingdom. Money orders drawn in the United,
Kingdom on the office in the Exhibition will be paid in
sterling, or in French money at the rate of 25 francs the
pound. —By command of the POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
General Post-office, March 27, 1867.

HOUSES FOR THU LABOURING POOR.—MT. Ayrton
having charged the Corporation of London with obstruc-
tions to this bill, a notice of motion has been given for a
"return of the number of houses or dwellings for the
labouring poor erected or adapted by the Corporation of
London in the last ten years ; the amount laid out in re-
spect of the same ; and the returns in the way of revenue
up to the date of making the return." It will be shown
by this return that, so far from obstructing measures of
the kind, the Corporation has already provided three
blocks of buildings of this nature without waiting for the
intervention of Parliament. It is well known that Mr.
Alderman Wsterlow has for some years past laboured in
this direction on his own account, and also In connection
with a society commenced by him.

How " STONEWALL" JACKSON GOT HIS FAMOUS
SURNAME.—The following is Mr. Cooke's account of
the charge from which the General derived it. At this
point the Federals had nearly succeeded in driving back
their foes, and taking possession of a plateau which would
have given them the command of the field :—" Such was
the condition of things when the glitter of bayonets
caught the eyes of Bee, beyond the Henry-House Hill,
and a courier brought word that reinforcements were
coming at last. Bee galloped in the direction of
the fresh troops ; they were the First Brigade, under
Jackson. As he pressed on rapidly the disordered troops
of Bee and Evans swept by towards the rear, but the First
Brigade continued to advance. All at once Bee appeared,
approaching at full gallop, and he and Jackson were soon
face to face. The latter was cool and composed ; Bee,
covered with dust and sweat with his drawn sword in his
hand, his horse foaming. In the bitter despair of his heart
he could only groan out, General, they aro beating us
back !" The faco of Jackson betrayed no correspond-
ing emotion. Ho had his ' war look' on, but that was
never a look of excitement. His eye glittered, and in the
curt tone habitual with him, he said, coolly, Sir, we will
give them the bayonet.' These words seemed to act upon
Bee like the sound of a clarion. He galloped back to his
men, and, pointing with his sword to Jackson, shouted,
Look! there is Jackson standing like a stone wall! Lot
us determine to die hero or conquer !' His command was
partially rallied ; the detachment took their position
on the right, and Jackson's line swept steadily on
towards the plateau." This movement turned the tide, ob-
serves a critic in the Spectator. The Federals from that day
forth wero possessed with an almost superstitious belief
in the invincibility of " Stonewall's" Brigade. The battle
of Bull Run was a disastrous rout of the North, and it is
said that as Jackson rode with Beauregard after the fight
and gazed on the retreating masses, he asked passionately,
"Give me ten thousand men, and I will be in Washington
to-night l" It was the fiery Maharbal at Canino urging
irresolute Hannibal, " Victor in Capitolio epulaberis.."
BUCOLIC WISDOM.—The other day in a western
county an excellent clergyman had all his farmers
to dinner, wishing to ascertain their views on the edu-
cation of agricultural labourers. Many of the farmers were
much above the average British farmers, men of some feel-
ing, and oven education. The clergyman asked them,
" Well, now, ought the children of your labourers to go to
school ; and if so, what do you think they ought to learn?"
The farmers all thought the children ought to go to school;
they "saw no harm in that." "Should they learn read-
ing?" "Yes, reading, but not more than is necessary to
read their Bibles"—thus much iu compliment to the clergy-
man, " not more," in order that the school might bo cheap,
and not bear heavily on their pockets. "Well—and
writing ?" "Well, yes, enough writing to sign their
names"—not enough just to open any other field of
labour to them. " Well—and arithmetic ?" Empha-
tically "No" from all the famers ; "No use at all in arith-
metic." Arithmetic might throw au unpleasant light on
the rate of wages ; and, besides, it is a wonderful sharpener
of childish faculties.—Spectator.

FISH IN THE AMAZON.—Professor Agassiz, who
has lately been engaged in examining the fish of
the river Amazon, states that he has not found one fish in
common with those in any other fresh-water basin ; that
different parts of the Amazon have fishes peculiar to them-
selves; and as an instance of the teeming variety of the
Amazon, he adds, that a pool of only a few hundred
square yards showed 200 different kinds of fish, which is
as many as the entire Mississippi can boast. In the
Amazon itself 2,000 different kinds exist, a great propor-
tion of which are must excellent eating. Several aro
extremely curious, one especially, which has the power of
walking or creeping ou dry land, and of worming its way
up the trunks of trees.
Nine or ten lives have been lost by the recent
floods in the county of Wicklow. At a place called Aski-
nagap, a held named Mullhall, with his wife and four
children, were found overwhelmed with snow in their
cabin, lying dead in their beds, as if they were asleep. In
another place a woman was carried away several hundred
yards by a torrent, while her infant was found floating in
its cot on a distant stream.
A FRENCH COURT NEWSMAN.--" We learn:"
says the Figaro, " that our collaborator, Adrien
Marx, has been attached to the cabinet of the Duke do
Bassauo, Grand Chamberlain, to fill the post of court
newsman, not permanently occupied. All persons who
have had the honour of being received at the English Court
or who assiduously read the English papers, have been
struck by the utility of the post in question, where a writer
is charged to communicate to the journals an authentic re-
lation of official fetes and ceremonies, as well as of journeys
accomplished by members of the reigning family. The
idea has now been adopted of also confidinglamission of the
kind to a journalist at Paris."
ETON COLLEGE.—The School closes on Friday,
the 12th of April, for the Easter vacation. The Lower
Boys will return to the College on Wednesday, the Bth of
May, the fifth and sixth forms arriving on the two suc-
ceeding days. The Newcastle Scholarship Examination is
fixed for Saturday, the 6th of April.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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VICTORIA BE ["PING.-TATS DAY.

There was a large attendance and business was active
for the forthcoming week's events. For the Northampton-
shire Stakes the feature was the support of John Davis,
and his ultimate retirement in favour of his stable com-
panion Lecturer; the latter was in immense force, being
backed down to 9to 2 taken kindly. The demonstration
in favour of the Danebury horse completely paralysed
speculation in reference to other animals. As will be seen,
100 to 6 was offered bar one. Some speculation took
place on the Spencer Plate, as below :

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
9 to 2 agst Lecturer (taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Rama (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Dunsany (taken)
20 to 1 agst Endsleigh (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Salpinctes (taken)
20 to 1 agst The Miner (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gilead (taken)
20 to 1 agst Miss Harriette (taken)
20 to 1 agst John Davis (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Apsley (taken to £100)
500 to 30 agst Regalia and Sealskin (taken)
800 to 100 agst Mr. Brayley's lot (offered)
DERBY.
8 to 1 agst The Rake (wanted)
10 to 1 agst Hermit (offered)
11 to 1 agst Plaudit (offered—take 12 to 1)
TWO THOUSAND.
400 to 200 agst Plaudit with a run (taken)
EARL *FENCER'S PLATE.
100 to 6 agst Salliet (taken)
100 to 6 agst Hunsttnan (taken)
100 to 6 agst Lion (taken)
20 to 1 agst King Vfctor (taken)
20 to 1 agst Batthyany (taken)
20 to 1 agst Chapel Royal (taken)
20 to 1 agst Vespasian (taken)
20 to 1 agst Icicle (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sycee (taken).

NOTICE.—CIIANGE OF ADDRESS.—Joux STIRK, late of
Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks fur the
patronage he has received during the past year, and bags
to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel-
lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be
executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual.

T. and G. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street,
Shoreditch; at Throe King-court, Lomb Ari-street; and
at One Swan-yard, Bishop,gate-street.

N. Ilormss und JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattbrsall's,
Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all
races throughout the year. Address-33, °MENDEN-
STREET HAYMARKET.

Commissions.
JOHN PERCIVAL,
Oxford Cigar Stores,
3, Panton-street, Haymarket.

Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming
events daily from teu till two at the City Arches ; also in
George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler,
near Meux's Brewery. Evening's, after 7, at Mr. C. Dur-
ham's, Freemasons' Arms, Long-acre.

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Bace.

PUTNEY, Friday.

The Oxonians rose betimes this morning and went out
for a stroll before breakfast. At a quarter past 11 they
repaired to the London Rowing Club Boat-house, and
having launched their eight, got into her, and rowed all
tho way up to Mortlake against the tide, returning down
with it after a short interval. There was a great deal
of labour going up, owing to the wind being dead on
their bows, and squally, but they obviously require much
exercise. Tho great flooding to the west which, since
1852, has never been so great as during the last fort-
night at Oxford, has prevented the crew going anything
like the distance. Truly, they tried again and again, but
were obliged to turn back, as it was impossible to tell
which was the stream. The crew were "coached" and
steered by Mr. Tottenham this morning, and went off
very slowly and evenly, rowing with great pains and
well together. They proceeded up at the rata of 30
strokes per minute, their oars being well pulled through
the water. Tho pace was of course increased on the re-
turn with the wind and tide. The Cambridge crew will
go out, it is expected, at about half-past four this after-
noon. Butting is 7t04 on Oxford.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(This Day.)

Market opens without change. Sales probably
8,000 or 10,000 bales.

TIIE NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE. —lt appears
that with regard to the question of the legal right of the
national Sunday League to hold what they termed " Ser-
♦ices" on the Sunday Evenings at St. Martin's Hall, is to
be discussed before the highest legal tribunals of the
country. Mr. Baxter, the head of the "Lord's Day Ob-
servance Society," has issued a writ of summons returnable
to the Court of Queen's Bench, and which has been served
upon Mr. J. B. Langley, and to which an appearance has
been entered.

TIIF, GOVERNMENT REEORM BILL.—A meeting of
the Westminster branch of the Reform League
took place last night at the Great Hall, Broadway,
Westminster, "to protest against and denounce the
paltry measure of Reform as proposed by the present
Government." In the absence of Mr. Reales, Colonel
Dickson took the chair, and in opening the proceed_
ings said the men of Westminster, after returning
such a man as Mill, were not likely to fail in sup-
porting a proper measure of Reform. The Government
having thrown the onus of carrying the Reform Bill on
the House of Commons, it now mainly depended upon the
Liberal members whether a good bill should or should not
be carried. He was sorry to say the Liberal members were
not acting quite in the way that they should. The ques-
tion of Reform was now in the hands of the people, and,
if they did not cease from their agitation, a measure would
be carried. Any bill would be bad which did not contain
a lodger franchise, with a less qualification than £lO. The
two years' residence was too long for working mon, who
had to move about frequently to follow their work. Tho
dual voting would have to be given up, and so would voting
papers, and such fancy franchises as the savings banks
franchise. The latter franchise would be peculiarly open
to the defect of allowing the creation of faggot votes.
Rich mon would create large numbers of voters, by invest-
ing money in the savings banks for their servants and
dependents. Introducing Mr. Copus and Mr. Smith to
the meeting, the following resolution was duly proposed,
seconded, and unanimously carried :—"Resolved, that
this meeting, having seriously considered the propositions
of the present Government on the question of reform, do
positively denounce and ignore them, inasmuch as they do
not afford any possibility of the thousands of intelligent
mechanics of the metropolis and other large towns be-
coming enfranchised ; and therefore they would earnestly
entreat the Liberal members of Parliament to give their
strenuous opposition to any measure that does not dispense
with dual voting, and does not establish a comprehensive
lodger franchise." Mr. Mantel, who supported this reso-
lution, took a melancholy view of the prospects of a sa-
tisfactory settlement of reform, on account of the want
of determination in the people and the want of moral
principle in the Legislature. Members of Parliament
were very fond just now in establishing some test of fitness
before admitting working mon to the franchise; if a
similar test of political capacity was required of members
before being admitted to the House of Commons, out of
the 656 certainly not more than the odd 56 would remain
to vote. Several other speakers addressed the meeting
before the proceedings were brought to a close.

THE D. J. DRAPER LIFEBOAT.--It will probably
be remembered that amongst those who unhappily
perished in the steamship London, in the Bay of Biscay
last year, was the Rev. D. J. Draper, who with his wife
was returning to Australia. In that colony ho had been
for many years a zealous minister of the Wesleyan Metho-
dists. The Wesleyans in different parts of the kingdom,
wishing to perpetuate his memory in his native county of
Cornwall, have lately subscribed, through the Methodist
Recorder, upwards of £7OO to establish there a lifeboat
station. That amount has been given to the National
Lifeboat Institution, which is now engaged in forming
a lifeboat establishment on the Cornish coast accordingly
and Mullion Cove, near the Lizard, has been selected for
it. An inscription, carved on stone, will be placed over
the doorway of the lifeboat house, recording fully all the
circumstances of the case. It should be mentioned that
the Rer. Luke Wiseman and Mr. Thomas Smith have
been indefatigable in their exertions in collecting the
Draper lifeboat fund. It should also be stated that the
friends of the distinguished tragedian, G. V. Brooke, who
also unfortunately went down in the London, have raised
a considerable sum through J. W. Anson, Esq., J.L. Toole,
Esq., and other friends, to perpetuate his memory precisely
in the same way.