The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1867.

MARKETS.--This day.

MARK-LANE.

There was a fair amount of business doing in wheat
in the country markets held on Saturday, and prices had
an upward tendency. The sales for all kinds of spring
corn ruled steady, at full quotations.
On the continent wheat has further advanced in price,
although the demand has been far from active. Barley and
other produce has changed hands freely. Very high prices
continue to rule in the American markets.

The imports of foreigh and colonial produce into Lon-
don last week, were 30,513 quarters of wheat ; 14,286,
barley ; 69,2;6, oats; 13,335, beaus ; 1,330, pees ; 4,131.
tares ; 4,464, linseed; 12,956, rapeseed ; 5,230, maize ;
15, sundries ; 1,202 &qtek6 and 12 barrels of flour.

The supply of English wheat fresh up to our market
to-day, coastwise and by land-carriage, was limited, and
in but middling condition. The attendance of millers was
suaall, and -the demand for both red and white qualities
was inactive, at prices about equal to Monday last.
We were well supplied with English wheat, in which
very little business was transacted, at last week's quota-
tions.

Floating cargoes of grain were very firm in price.
The supply of English barley was vary limited—of
foreign, moderately extensive. All kinds moved off slowly;
nevertheless previous rates were well supported.
Malt, the show of which was seasonably extensive, was
a slow inquiry, at last week's quotations.

We were exclusively supplied with oats, in which about
an average business was doing, at late rates.

The few beans on offer were taken off slowly, on former
terms.

Peas were quite as dear as last week, but the demand
for them was fax from active. The flour trade was steady
at full quotations.

Linseed moved off steadily, at very full prices. In other
seeds only a limited business was passing. Cakes wore a
dull inquiry.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE

Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 55. to 65s
Do., old 625 693
Do., white, old 625 72s
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 535 64s
Do., nev
Talavera
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 385 51s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 73s 745
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 235 30$
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 2os 255
Cork, white 2oa 303
Scotch, Feeding 225 29. s
Beaus—Tick
Pigeons
Peas—Grey,

Map-le
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 44s 46s
Stockton and Norfolk

American, per barrel
French, per sack 44s 52s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was about an average supply of beasts and sheep
here to-day. Sales progressed heavily, at depressed cur-
rencies. The number of calves was very limited.
From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts
froth up this morning was very moderate as to number,
but in fair average condition. The supply from Scotland
was rather limited, whilst no fresh arrivals were reported
from Ireland. The attendance of butchers being far from
numerous the demand for all kinds of beasts was heavy,
at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last
of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots and crosses sold at 4s 10d
to 5s per Fibs.

The supply from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge-
shire comprised about 1,200 crosses, and shorthorns; from
other parts of England, 400 various breeds, and from Scot-
land 183 Scots and crossos.

Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was only
moderate, all breeds met a heavy sale, at 2d per 81b less
money when compared with this day sen'night. The best
Downs and half breds in the wool changed hands
at 5s 8d to 5s 10d; out of the wool, 4s 8d to 4s 10d
per Blbs.

Primo Down lambs were in moderate request at 83 per
81bs, but inferior breeds gave way 2d to 4d per 81bs. The
supply from the Isle of Wight-was confined to 50 head.
The few calves in the market sold at high quotations--
viz., from 4s 6d to 65 per Blbs.
The show- of pigs was tolerably good. The demand was
heavy, at barely last week's prices.

Per 81b to sink the offal.
sded s did
Crse & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 2 5 6
Second quality do ..3 I Prime 6'tliclOwn d 0.5 85 10
Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 8 Lae coarse calves. 4 6 5 4
Prime Scuts, &c.... 4 10 5 ti Prime small d0......5 6 6 0
Crse. and inf. stieep.3 63 1 Large hugs .3 2 3 6
Second quality do ..4 0 4 10 Smal! porkers 3 8 4 2
Lamb.... 78 Od to 8. Od.

Suckling calyee, 21s to 235 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 225
to 265 each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 1 l5O
Cows.
Sheep and limbs 6 360
Caves 79

Beasts 2,2,0
Cows.
Sheep and lambs 19,790
Calves B6

Pigs

Pigs...

Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Groat Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, April 23, 1866, and this day,
Monday, April 22, 1867.

April 23,
186 G.

April 22,
1867.

s d s d a dsd
Coarse and inferior beasts 310 to 4 2 3 4to 3 6
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 4 4 8
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep ... 4 2 4 8 3 6 310
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do 6 8 7 0 5 8 510
Lambs
Large coarse calves 5 4 510 4 6 5 4
Prime small do.
Largo hogs
Neat small porkers 4 4 410 3 8 4 2
Beasts 4,280 3,200
Sheep
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 24, 1865.—Beasts, 4,290—,
sheep, 14,050--calves, 65—pigs, 330.
April 25, 1864—Beasts, 4,36 o—sheep, 22,140—calves'
147—pigs, 470.

The total imports of foreign stook into London last week
amounted to 8,412 head. In the corresponding week in,
1866, we received 16,614 ; in 1865, 6,141 ; in 1864,
4,443 ; in 1863, 2,572 ; in 1862, 2,641; and in 18617
2,491.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LIST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Antwerp
... 733 ... ~. 167 ...
Boulogne 26
•.• ---
Bremen 65
Cadiz

... - 4 ...

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2109104 •,• .....
::: 4 .....
Caen
Calais
323 ....
Copenhagen7_ 135 ... _
...._
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...
......
Geistemunde -31
Amsterdam ••• •••
314 ... 3094 •••
Glloatmtebnurbugrg -
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Harlingen••• ••• 12 •••
78
72 ... . 20 ...
Dieppe
•••
...
Lionueur... - •••

••• •••
Ustend ••• ... 204 •
103
Rotterdam
97
The yearly comparison of vroekly imports is as follows
Boasts. Sheep. Lams. Calves. Pigs
2682 ...11,558 946172 _1256
1866
1316 3,568 ... 1 176 _lOBO
1865
1199 2,426 4 ... 221 593
1861

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Inferior beef 3 2 8 e
Middling do. 3 5 4 0
Prime large do 4 2 4 4
Prime small d 0..-4 4 4 6
Veal 4 6 5 $
Lamb. OS 0,

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Inferior mutton.... 3 4 1 2
Middling nautton..4 4 4 6
Prime do .......... 1 6 4 8
Large pork ....... 3 0 3 6
small pork. ........ 3 4 2
Id to Os Od

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

These markets are fairly supplied with potatoes, Which
move off freely at very full prices. The imports last
week were about 220 tons from Dunkirk, 50 boxes fro m
Alexandria, 80 bags from Christiania, and 1 bag from
Rotterdam.

Regents l2os to 1505 per ton.
Flukes ..130s to 1705 „
Scotch Regents llos to 1605 „

BOROUGH HOP.

The sale for all kinds of hops is heavy, and the quota-
tions are almost nominal. Last week's imports wore 44
bales from Ostend and 12 ditto from Antwerp.
Mid and East Kents
Farnham and country
71
Weald of Kent
77
Sussex
77
Yearlings loos to 145 s
17
Olds 503 to 903
I,

Kent Ileecos ...., 1 5 1 6
south Down ewes and wethers 1 b 1 61,
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

SPORTING NOTES.

A general meeting of the members belonging to the
Victoria Club was held on Thursday last, in connection
with the Soiled Dove case, at which it was almost unani-
mously decided by those present to decline a settlement
of the bets, as recently arranged, by a legal number of
the committee at Tattersall's, and to appeal to the Jockey
Club.. That they will, for the sake of a number of
interested 'parties, who only object because they are
pecuniarily affected, be likely to entertain such a pro-
position, diametrically opposed to one of their fundamental
rules—" The Jockey Club and the stewards thereof take
no cognizance of any dispute or claims with respect to
bets "—is simply preposterous, and Mr. Frederick Fisher
is worthy of all praise for his manly courage in opposing
such selfish conduct. There is no doubt the public will
insist upon this just, right, and proper decision being
enforced. I write advisedly in asserting that sundry mem-
bers present, although they did not object to the memorial
carried at the Victoria Club on Thursday, think the
decision is the fairest for all parties concerned, and do not
wish, nor do they think it likely, to be disturbed.

_ .
The great difficulty of analysing the list of races which
are embraced in the above meeting is caused by the un-
certainty of owners starting the different animals engaged
therein, for which, in many cases, there is reasonable
excuse ; but, on the other hand, and with many unplea-
sant exceptions, the scratching of " favourite" animals at
the last moment, or not running them, naturally creates
a great deal of disgust amongst the backers of horses.
For instance, why, if, as is patent to every one con-
versant with training, he ought to have been, was not
The Hermit struck out of the Two Thousand Guineas
Stakes weeks ago ? Why did the Duke of Hamilton
keep Wild Agnes in the betting, although she fluctuated
like a weathercock in the City and Suburban until the
day before the race, and eventually bring out a
brute like Clarice, not good enough to win a Railway
Plate, who was clearly palmed upon him, as though
privately tried to beat the winner of the St. Liz Handi-
cap ; according to public running he could not have been
within a distance of the winner.

Tuesday, "big with the fate of thousands," will set at
rest the differences of opinion, which are wide as the
poles asunder, respecting the merits of the favourites for
the Two Thousand Guineas, with the exception of The
Hermit, about whoni, however, I gave your readers a
pretty straight tip on the 25th of March, when I wrote as
follows :—" Hermit pulled up very lame two or three days
ago, after taking a gentle canter, and has about as much
chance of winning the Two Thousand Guineas or Derby
as the writer of this article ;" and I can only repeat that
if the result in his case for " Tho Blue Riband " is not
equally disastrous for his unfortunate backers, I am not
competent to judge of equine infirmities. Underneath is
a list of the probable starters and jockeys, at any rate of
those,which are, in my estimation, at all likely to interfere
with the result :

HORSE. SIRE. DAM. JOCKEY.
Plaudit Thormanby Plausible J. Snowden
Julius
Vauban Muscovite
Marksthan ... Dundee
Trocadero ... Monarque
Feiragus
Van Amburgh Van Galen
Dwain Glent Young Mel- t Tasmania's jJ. Boaterdwyr ) bourne 1 dam
Colt by Toxophilite Miss Sarah... Aldcroft
• sFlash of
Wells.
Jasper
1 Lightning $
Knight of the} Prime Minister Rosa Bonheur Custance
Garter
!Knight of St. 1
Star of India'
, Ava
1 Patrick )
Mandrake ... Weatherbit
Of Major Elwon's horse I made the following remarks in
an analysis of this race last winter, and then selected
him as the absoluto winner.

" Plaudit landed the only .two stakes for which lie put
in an appearance, but his merit must be judged of princi-
pally from his last performance in the Olearwell Stakes,
and although many of the talent think The Rake's form
in the Middle Park Plate—in both cases the line is
through Achievement—decidedly best, I beg to differ
with them, feeling fully convinced Lord Lyon's sister was
not only amiss when she ran Major Elwon's horse to a
head, but decidedly more so the next day in her encounter
with The Rake, in which case surely it is not unfair to set
altogether on one side this wonderful filly's performances,
and test their qualifications by the next best horses in
these races. Pericles obtained third place to Plaudit, re-
ceiving 31b from the latter, who beat him, and Knight of
the Garter, who ran third at even weights, was beaten
no farther distance from The Rake in the Middle Park
Plate. On the Friday of the same week in the Prender-
gast Stakes, Pericles, in the receipt of 31b from Knight of
the Garter, beat him cleverly by a length, thus making
the pretensions of the two favourites for the great prize
at Epsom, which I shall take another opportunity of dis-
cussing, very much alike. Meanwhile his gallant owner
having expressed an intention of starting him for this
event, has exercised a wise discretion, many of the Two
Thousand Guineas winners having given convincing
proof of their inability to get successfully over the Derby
course, which I doubt this son of Thormanby, out of
Plaudit, being able to do."

Julius has been backed for immense sums of money by
his owner, the Duke of Newcastle, and the principal sup-
porters of Mat Dawson's stable. It is a well-known fact
that many promising and public-performed two year olds
never run up to their form in after years, whilst others
make as great an improvement on their previous merits;
and, placing this son of Julio in the last category, I am in-
clined to give him the preference over all the other favou-
rites. His trainer, one of the finest judges in the world,
i; I believe, sanguine to a degree, otherwise his grace
would not offer to take 3 to 1 to £l,OOO, which he did at
Tattersall's on Saturday, and would very likely have taken
over and over again.

Vauban is a good, game horse, but will prefer the
course for the Epsom event ; whether or not, shall
ignore his chance this journey.
Marksman is uow backed in earnest for this Rowley
Mile spin, but he possesses an infirmity of temper which
prevents me from recommending your subscribers to make
any investments on him, although I am not disposed to
deny the probability of his proving himself a racy horse
when in the humour to try.
Trocadero is one of the most improved horses in training
at Newmarket, and, having been satisfactorily tried by
Jennings, is sure to be very near the winner.
The Maid of Masham and the colt by Toxophilite, ont
of Miss Sarah, will represent Lord Glasgow's interest
and, with Tom Aldcroft, one of the finest horsemen in
the world, on his best, I shall not be at all surprised, but
especially delighted, to see Lord Glasgow's triumph with
General Peel in 1861 repeated on the present anniver-
sary.

The other competitors whom 1 have selected as starters
—.Van Amburgh, Owain Glendwyr, Ferragus, Jasper,
Knight of the Garter, Star of India, and Mandrake—have
no attraction for me ; indeed I believe the judge will have
to decide between Plaudit, Julius, Trocadero, and Master
Butterfly. It will, lam satisfied, bo a close race between
one or two of the last mentioned ; however, 1 shall expect
the judge to place
PLAUDIT
JULIUS .. 1
2
LORD GLASGOW'S BEST 3
On the same day, the Coffee Room Stakes should go to
PRIPONNIER. Tho Sweepstakes of 200 sous each to
GRIMSTON ; and the Sweepstakes of 300 sous each seems
likely to be a walk over for WEsTwicK..
On Wednesday the Two-Year-Old Plato has no less
than 89 subscribers, but I question though the majority
are "dark" youngsters, if any one will be lucky enough to
produce the superior of LADY ELIZABETH and SUFFOLK, in
one of whose success I have the greatest faith. At the
same time, believing the Marquis of Hastings possesses
ono of the best two-year-olds we have seen this season, or
are likely to do this year, she must represent my interest.
The only other events worth alluding to are the Prince of
Wales Stakes over the Cesarewitch Course, which
from his recent form is bound to win. A Sweepstakes of
100 Sovs. each which OSTREGER'S owner should secure ;
and a Sweepstakes of 50 Soya each, in which PERICLES
will take a deal of beating from all corners. Mr. Ten
Broeck ought to win his match, CHANTILLY V. Demonstra-
tion.

The groat feature of Thursday will be the Ono Thou-
sand Guineas Stakes, but if, as I am lad to believe that
wonderful filly