The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-20 00:00:00

THE REFORM BILL.—As at present arranged,

is intended to take the division in the House of
Commons on Earl Grosvenor's amendment on the
evening of Friday, the 27th.
The Government tenders for the Crown bark in
the Forest of Dean were opened yesterday at the
offices of Woods in Whitehall-place, before the
Chief Commissioner, the Hon. J. K. Howard. None
of the tenders being up to the office minimum, none
of the lots were sold. We understand the offers
were a trifle undcr last year's prices, although the
localities of the " strip" on this occasion ought to
have commanded ss. per ton over the quotations
[realised in 1865.

A call of £5 per share is announced on the shares
of the City Offices Company, payable in two in-
stalments of £2 10s. on the Ist of June and the Ist

of September next, at the Agra and Masterman'a
Bank.

In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days continued dullness has
prevailed. The public sales of tea have been
brought to a conclusion, without any material alte-
ration in prices. Sugars have been in very limited
request at barely previous rates, while a moderate
demand has been apparent for coffee, at former
quotations. Rice continues in fair request, and a
large business has been done in tallow, but at re-

duced prices for both present and forward delivery,
The beautiful plantation of Mrs. Johnston, in
Madison county, Mississippi, has been sold to J.
B. Richardson, of Boston, Massachusetts, who
intends to make it his family residence. The price
paid was $50,000 in greenbacks. Before the war
this plantation was considered worth $300,000.
COST OF BARRACKS, &C., at Hong-KONG.—A
return was issued yesterday which shows that, from April
1 to Sept. 30, 1865, £46 13s. 10d. was expended cn fortifi-
cations, £146 11s. 2d. upon military store buildings, and
.£3,194 4s. 2d. upon barracks at Kong-Kong and Kowloon.
During the same period £957 Os. was paid for temporary
buildings.
The Gazette Beige states that the chief command
of the
dn i
d.,:st
guardsghvor vacant by the death of
Baron conferred on the Count de
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A "IIAT) Do, IN S'ALFOI:O.—No little excitement
Fneoo: will Belgium,
bg:u rn'
was caused in Salford yesterday afternoon, by a mad dog,
which was found running in the streets. About ono
o'clock, information was received at the police station
that a big black dog, quite mad, had bitten several
persons and was likely to 'Jae more. Ono young man
showed the police a mark on his leg where the skin
had been broken by the animal's teeth. Several officers
immediately went in seard of the dog, and found it in
Chapel street. It ran into the' shop of Mr. Armitage,
greengrocer, and hid under the counter. Turned out of
this retreat, it ran into a hose in Brewery-street, where
the constables caught it and put it to death. Sergeant
• Hargreaves, acting under the authority of the Court Leet,
as (log muzzier, seized the brite with a pair of huge tongs
tweezers,odreatii
-
blow and a by-sstander with a hammer struck it a
Tie chase and capture occupied
a quarter of an hour,
Count d'Enzenberg, Minister of Grand Ducal
Hesse, had the honour of Wu-
g- received the day before
yesterday by the Emperor Ita
bN on the head.
private audience, and of
presenting a letter in which tie Grand Duke notified the
decease of the Landgrave of tesse-Homburg and his own
accession to the vacant landgkwate.
" Some of the journals" says the France, an-
nounced that M. Mires will shartly take a prominent posi-
tion in Paris journalism. fie is said to have purchased
•eport, bo confided to him.
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