The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-19 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1866.

MARKETS.—This Day.

MARK LANE.
Tho trade for wheat in the country markets held on
Saturday was very inactive. The sale of good and fine
dry samples, however, was steadily supported ; but damp
wheats sold at higher quotations. For barley the trade was
firm, at fully late rates. Other articles met a slow sale at
previous quotations.
On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet, and, in some
instances, prices are rather drooping. Oats are firm ; but
other articles are a slow sale. At New York the export de-
mand for wheat and flour is very limited.
Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of :home-
grown wheat were very small. The condition of the pro-
duce was very bad ; consequently, the trade—notwith-
standing the short supply--was in a most inactive state.
The saleable parcels on the stands found buyers at quite
previous rates, and the least damp quality changed hands
in the course of the day at about late prices, but the re-
maining portion was very difficult of disposal, and remain
unsold at the close of business.
The supply of foreign wheat on sale was moderately
good. Dry parcels wore in request, and sold at very full
prices. For other qualities thole was a fair average de-
mand, and the quotations ruled firm.
Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate demand, at
full currencies.
The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. Tho
trade for malting descriptions was very firm, and rather
higher prices were obtained. Grinding and distilling pro-
duce moved off steadily, at quite late rates.
The malt trade was decidedly firm, and last Monday's
currency was well supported.
The supply of beans on sale was but moderate. Most
descriptions commanded more attention, at full prices.
The market was but moderately supplied with oats.
The demand, however, ruled quiet, but without loading to
any quotable change in prices from Monday last.
CURRENCY PER IMP. MEABVIRE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39. to 46s
Do, old 46s 515
Do., white, old sto s's
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —e
Do., now
Talavera, new s2s 604
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 3os 38s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 66s 67.
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 265
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 2os 26s
Cork, white 224 27s
Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26,
Beans—Tick
Pigeons
Peas—Grey, new
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 32, 84s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel

have commanded but little attention, and iho quotations
are almost nominal. Linseed cakes have changed hands
steadily at full quotations. Cottonseed cakes, however,
have mot a slow sale.

The amount of businessWOOL passing in all kinds of wool is
very moderate. Tho demand both for home-grown and
colonial qualities is much restricted. Nevertheless, prices
rule tolerably firm. Advices from Australia are more
satisfactory as regards the new clip.
Current prices of English wool per lb.

Fleeces—South Down hogets s d sdl
81 1 91
half-bred do 1 111 201
Kent fleeces
South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 110
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

PJLIC.E INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARYLEBONE.
Mn. SOTIIERN AND THE SPIRITUALISTS.—Robert Cooper,
11, Newman-street, Oxford-street, was brought up on a
warrant charged with publishing a defamatory libel upon
Ur. Sothern, the actor. The libel was published in a weekly
periodical called the Spiritual Times.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Montague Williams ap-
peared to prosecute, and Mr. Lewis, sen., defended the
prisoner.

Mr. Ballantine, having opened the case, called Mr.
Sothern, who most emphatically denied all that was stated
in the paper alluded to.

_ __ .....
Mr. Lewis now wished, on behalf of his client, to tender
an apology.

Mr. Knox said it was too late to do so. It came with
bad grace when tendered after the accused had been
dragged to the bar of justice for trial.
The depositions wore taken, and the prisoner was fully
committed to the Old Baily for trial.
Mr. Lewis applied that prisoner be admitted to bail.
Mr. Knox consented to take bail. The prisoner in the
sum of £5OO, and two sureties in .£250 each.

SPaRTING INTELLIGENCE..--This Day.

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VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAL

LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Copenhagen (taken freely)
sto 1 agst Valiant (taken)
9to 1 agst Caithness (taken)
100 to 7 agst Saccharometor (taken)
15 to 1 agst Provisor (taken)
15 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gamma (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken)
20 to I.agst Skirmish (taken)
33 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken)
No betting on any other race.

SPORTING NOTES.

Turf topics have been very dull during the winter
months. Several of the sporting writers have announced
that " Harkaway," the late talented prophet of the Standard
and Herald had retired as a sporting predictor. I am
happy to give a flat contradiction to this assertion. Re
continues his valuable prophecies in other papers, and I
believe he has had more engagements offered him than
he can accept.
The Lincoln Meeting has always been regarded as the
opening of the legitimate racing reason. There are five
races to be decided to-morrow—viz., the Trial Stakes, the
Brocklesby Stakes, the Lincolnshire Handicap, a Handicap
Hurdle Race, and an All-aged Selling Stakes, the four
former of which have closed with perhaps the most satis-
factory list of entries known since the establishment of the
meeting in 1851, when it took place as early as Feb. 6,
with only one flat race a day—the Trial Stakes and a
Handicap, the former of which was won by the celebrated
Nancy, an earnest of her future glorious career; and the
latter by Post-tempore, who ran second to her. Oddly
enough there were that year exactly the same number of
horses entered in the Trial Stakes as on this occasion, viz.,
14, and the conditions were much alike to what they now
are, except that the course was a mile and a distance in-
stead of a mile. The penalties and allowances almost re-
duce the race to the character of a handicap, and tho weights
of the 14 horses entered are as follows ,
yrs st lb yrs st lb
Saccharometer 6lO 6 Wild Boy 4 8 133
Donnybrook 6 10 6 Alberta 3 7 0
Saladin 4 9 6 Cracksman 3 6 13
Sidewind 4 9 3 Killarney 3 6 13
Rufford 4 8 3 Wise Mau 3 6 13
Scarborough 4 8 3 Opposition 3 6 13
Old Warden 4 8 3 John of the Isles... 3 6 13
With Scarborough at the post I should look no further
for the winner, but, with several more important handicaps
in view, he will in all probability be an absentee.
Saccharometer will be reserved for the Lincoln Handicap.
The race will be a match between Saladin and Alberta
—the former for choice. There is a very large entry for
the Brocklesby Stakes. Among the horses nominated are
the following ten engaged in the Derby ;—Viscount St.
Albans, by St. Albans out of Garnish; Whirligig, by St.
Albans, out of Maypole ; Charles 11., by Monarque out
of Frolic (bought at the Middle Park sale by Sir F. John-
stone for 650 gs) ; Regentess, by St. Albans out of sister to
Little Lady (bought at the Royal sale by Mr. G. Jones for
300 gs) ; Littleport„ by Newcastle or Van Galen out of
Eastern Princess ; Verulam, by St. Albans out of Theo-
dora ; Fitzwilliam, by Mildew out of Wentworth's dam ;
Politician, by St. Albans out of Marionette's dam; Liber-
tine, by Newminster, out of Licence ; and the colt by
Vedette out of Firmament's dam. And there aro also the
following Oaks fillies engaged : —Filly by Dundee, out of
Sacrifice ; filly by Oxford, dam by Mountain Deer out of
Isis ; filly by Dundee out of Blanche of Middlebie ; Re-
gentess (also in the Derby, as above) ; Miss gateman, by
Marsyas out of Curse Royal; Phantom Sail, by Zudyer
Zee out of Helia ; Amour Propre, by Lord of the Isles out
of Savoir Faire ; Bounceaway, by Zuyder Zee out of
Press Forward ; Laverne, by Chevalier d'lndustrie out of
Lizzie (bought at the Deans Hill sale by Mr. Thellusson
for 300 gs) ; Jessie of Dunblane, by High Treason, out
of Sweet Jessie's dam; and Confessional, by Sur-
plice out of Smut. To give an opinion of the
probable winner would only tend to mislead intending
speculators, as, at this early period of the season, it is im-
possible to tell the probable starters. The acceptances for
the Lincolnshire Handicap is the largest ever known, no
fewer than 54 out of the 80 nominated having cried " con-
tent." There is no doubt but a large field will face the
starter, for the stables are all reported to be remarkably
healthy, and the open winter has admitted of the horses
being got more forward than they ever were previously so
early in the year. The entry, it will be seen, includes re-
presentatives from all the great stables with the exception
of John Scott's, Drewitt's Godding's, and Baron Roths-
child's. Goodwin has two in—Saccharometer, 6 yrs, 9st
and Delight, 3 yrs, 6st. The former has always been a
great horse this distance, proof of which we had last year
by the style in which, carrying 9st 81b, he cut down
Gamma, 9st 121 b, Lytham, 9st 51b, and eight others for
the Queen's Stand Plate at Ascot ; and though he was
subsequently "on the shelf" until Shrewsbury, he then
proved that he still retained his former speed, and but for
the way he was bullied at the post owing to false starts,
might have finished nearer to Money Spinner, to whom he
was giving throe stone five pounds, a pretty good guaran-
tee of his abilit) to now not only dispose of his stable
companion, Delight (better known as the Placid colt),
but all the other three year olds engaged. Mr
A. Heathcote has accepted with Donnybrook,
6 yrs, Bst 101 b; Skirmish, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; and Inheritress
3 yrs, sst 91b, and of this trio Skirmish is entitled to the
preference, as he has remarkably good speed. Lord Stam-
ford has two in—Gemma, aged, Bst 91b, and Thalassius, 4
yrs, Tat 51b. The former ran in 12 races in 1864, of which
she won five, and 19 times last year, when she only got her
head first on three occasions, her best performance being
the win of the Craven Stakes at Epsom, beating Breeze and
Sidewind, giving the former 61b, and Lord Westmorland's

filly 251 b; but she showed in good form at the Liverpool
Autumn Meeting, when she won the Sefton Handicap,
beating a large field. The Chilton stable accepted with
Stockinger and Wild Bee, for the latter of whom I have
the most fancy, but as he only runs on4lb better terms than
Skirmish, they are bound to finish close together. Twi-
light, trained on Wroughton Downs, by T. Brown, is too
old to win a race of this kind. William Day's His-
torian, 5 yrs, Bst, is also well in, and if any demonstra-
tion is made in his favour he ought to be kept harmless.
Lucky Star, 4 yrs, Bst, trained by Bless at Newmarket, is
not out of the fray. Joseph Dawson has Knight of Snow-
don, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b, and Musician, 3 yrs, 6st, engaged.
The former, though fancied at Newmarket after the pub-
lication of the weights, never has showed form good enough
to win a race of this kind. Danebury accepted with three,
viz., Copenhagen, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b; Pantaloon, 4 yrs, 7st
111 b; and William Pitt, 3 yrs, Est 71b. Tho latter has not
been very well treated by the handicapper, but neither he
nor the others have much to complain of, particularly
Copenhagen, who has to be only half as good as repre-
sented to win easily enough. On his public form he is no
more than fairly treated, for when three years old he ran
wretchedly for the Two Thousand and the Derby, the
only two races for which he started, and last year he was
beaten easily for the Stockbridge Cup by Attache. His
defeat for the Two Thousand and Derby was attributed
to the hardness of the ground. If the mony is all right he
will be hard to beat, as John Day makes few mistakes.
Claxton, 5 yrs, 7st 81b, has not sufficient speed, though he
is remarkably well in. The Findon stable accepted with
four, viz., Idler, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ; Provisor, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ;
Sidewind, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; and Lady Sophie, 3 yrs, Est 41b.
The first and last named have but a very remote chance,
but should the stable back either of the others, it will be

worth rowing in the same boat, particularly should it be

Provisor. Henry Goater has three in—Filbert, 4 yrs, 7st
51b ; Junius, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ; and Mephistopheles, 3 yrs, sst
91b, of whom tho last is to be preferred ; but there must be
something wrong, as he has been nearly knocked out of the

market. The principal Epsom stable is represented by
Valiant, 5 yrs, 7st, who is well enough in to win, if in form.
Fobert stands with East Lynn, 4 yrs, 7st, but though that
is not a back-breaking weight, it must be remembered that

he is a roarer, and never distinguished himself on any
course longer than the T.Y.C., his best performance being
at the Liverpool Autumn, where he beat Skylark at 161 b
for the year, after having been defeated a day or two before
by both Queen of Trumps and The Clown, who gave him

respectively three stone fivepounds and two stone two pounds.
Welbeck is only a plater. Papoose, 4 years, Est
121 b, has as yet shown no more than plating form.
Advance, 6st 121 b, is trained by Blanton, and ran tolerably
on the only two occasions he was out last year. Of Caith-
ness I hear good accounts, as also Miss Williams, Treasure

Trove, and Oracle. The race, in my opinion, will go to
Danebury with the aid of COPENHAGEN, his most danger-

ous opponents being Saccharometer and Miss Williams.
Skiff and Aco of Hearts ars the two most trustworthy in
the Hurdle Race. The Steeplaces° I expect will be won
by The Rogue or Rook the Gardener.

A FRESH MAN.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866.
FEBRUARY.
Nottingham Spring
;CFI.
Crox ton Park l6
Northampton 2O
Windsor Spring
Newcastle Spring 2B

Lincoln

TDAevrebiy,poSoplrg 1
iSpringn
6
Warwick Spring
Doncaster
Lewes Spring

Newmarket Craven
Durham
Blackheath & Woolwich 2
Cattorick Bridge
Aborgavonny 5
Lichfield Spring
Chelmsford Spring

tIL.
Thirsk lO
Epsinn Spring dill 12
Newmarket Ist Spring... 16
Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O
Chester
Curragh 24

Ascot Spring 1
Salisbury
Bath 8
Harpenden lO
York Spring

Epsom Summer l5
Uxbridge 2l
Manchester
Ascot Summer 29

The Cashier of the United States Sub-Treasury
at San Francisco is a defaulter to the amount of $30,000.