The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-14 00:00:00

"fITE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1866.

MARKETS.---This Day.

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MARK-LANE.

The imports of foreign produce with London lastiweek,
amounted to 17,031 quarters of wheat, 4,284 barley, 58,374
oats, 2,088 rye, 1,180 beans, 2,287 linseed, 51,121. refined,
14,058 Indian corn, 1,701 sundries, and 2,194 sacks of flour.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English
wheat were again moderate, but in improved condition.
At the opening of business factors demanded an advance
of from ls. to 2s. per qr. for both red and white qualities.
Sales, however, progressed slowly ; nevertheless last
Monday's currency was well supported.
Foreign wheat—the show of which was by no means
extensive—was held at Is. to 2s. per qr. more money.
Millers purchased cautiously at late quotations.
Floating cargoes of grain were quite as dear as la s
week.

The show of English barley was limited—of foreign,
moderate. The sale for all kinds was inactive, at about
stationary prices.
Malt was in full average supply and steady request, on
former terms.

We were heavily supplied with foreign oats; yet a full
average business was transacted in all kinds, at last week's
currency.

The few beans on the stands wero disposed of at full
quotations.

Pigs were quite as dear as last week, with a fair demand
No change took place in the value of flour.

The amount of business transacted in wheat in the
country markets held on Saturday was but moderate.
Prices, however, ruled firm, and in some instances higher
rates were obtained. 'The spring corn trade ruled quiet,
on former terms. Flour was in but moderate request, at
late rates.

On the continent the wheat trade is steady, at full prices.
At New York both wheat and flour are selling at higher
rates.

CUtLREXCY PER IMP. MEASURE.

Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s
Do., old
. 46s 51s
Do., white, old s:'s 5s
Do, new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s
Do., navy
Talavera, new s2s 60s
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 36s 43s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 66s 67s
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 28s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 27s
Cork, white 23s 28s
Scotch, Feeding 22s 27s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons .., 46s 50s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 32s 34s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel
_ .

French, p.e sack 34s 38s

METROPOLITAN C A.T TLE.

There was a full average supply of foreign beasts and
sheep on offer here to-day, in but middling condition.
With foreign calves we were very scantily supplied. Sales
progressed slowly, at drooping currencies.
The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts
were only moderate. The quality of. most breeds, however
was prime. From Scotland the receipts were by no means
extensive, but in very prime condition. The supply from
Ireland was limited. The attendance of buyers was rather
limited, and the beef trade was in a sluggish state. Com-
pared with Monday last, however, no quotable change
took place in prices. The primest Scots and crosses sold
at from 5s to 5s 2d per Blbs.
The arrival of boasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and
Cambridge amounted to about 1,100 Scots, crosses, and
short-horns; from other parts of England, 550 various
breeds; from Scotland, 260 Scots and crosses; and from
Ireland, 40 oxen and heifers.
The supply of sheep was moderately good, but there was
no improvement in the weight of the various breeds. The
mutton trade was heavy, and inferior sheep declined fully
2d per Blbs. The best downs and half-breds, out of the
wool, produced 6s per 81bs. Our quotations now refer to
shorn sheep only.

Lambs were very dull, and ad to 8d per 81bs lower than
on this day se'night. Tho supply was limited.

- - -
The few calves in the market sold at irregular quota-
tions.

Pigs were a dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices
The number on sale was small.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

s ds d s ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 8
Second quality do ..4 4 4 8 Prime 'thoowo to 510 6 0
Prune large oxen ..4 0 0 La ge coarse calves.s 45 .0
Prime Scots, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......6 0 6 4
Crse. and int. sheep. 4 0 4 6 .t..arge hogs .4 0 4 4
Second quality do ..4 8 5 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 10
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Lamb....7a 4a to i, 6d.
Suckling calves, 2:1; to 21s ; arm quarter-old store pigs, 30s
to 33s cacti.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 3,500 Beasts, I2OD
Cows. — Cws .
bheep and iambs 23,300 Sheep rtn I mo. 7 two
Calves Ca yes 2
Eggs 3OO Pigs 4O
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 11,973 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 11,279 ; in 1864, 6,478 ; in 1863,
6,189 ; in 1862, 3,646 ; and in 1861, 5,430 ; and in 1860,
5,215.

Sydney, lid ; and CaP94wool, Id per lb as compared with
last sales. Privately, the woci trade is dull, and prices
have a drooping tendency.
Current prices of Erglish wool per lb.
sd a d
Fleeces—South Down hogets.. 1 91 1 101
Half-bred do 2 0 2 1
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Kent fleeces
South Down ewes and wethers.; 1 712 1 8
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing
.

TA.
Our market is somewhat he LLOWvy, and prices are eu-ooping.
P.Y.O. on the spot is selling at4ss. 6d. to 455. 9d. per cwt.

Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866.
Stock this day 39,541 49,554 33,406 27,295
Price of Y.C.
—s Od —8 Od —S Od 45s 9d
Delivery last week ~, 1,291 1134 1,163 1,025
Ditto from June 1 ~. 77,238 72,368 91,125 100,790
Arrival last week ...... 220 638 115 338
Ditto fa in June 1 78,492 83.761 79,510 95,112
Price of Town

LAW INTELLIGEACE (This Day.)

COURT OF QUEI'N'S BENCH,

(Nisi Prius Sittings at Guilclhall7l;efo;iirTLstice Mellor
and a Commcn Jury.)
STRUTT V. CARR.

This was an action brought ly the plaintiff, a builder,
residing ai Peckham, to recover a snm of £25, alleged to
be due by the defendant, as commission on the sale of some
houses and land.

From the evidence it appeared that the defendant had
been in partnership with Mr. Eludson, recently deceased,
and carried on business as a timber merchant in an exten-
sive way at Millbank. In June, 1864, the plaintiff, who
had transactions with the firm, mortgaged three
houses and some land in Meeting-house-lane, Peck-
ham, to the defendants, in consideration of money
which he owed them. He subsequently became a
a bankrupt, and undertook to dispose of thr property
in question for the defendants, the stipulation being that
he should receive 5 per cent. en the account of purchase
money realised. He contended that the money had not
been paid, although he had succeeded in selling the pro-
perty for £1,050, and, on the other hand, the defendant
produced an acknowledginent of £2O to the plaintiff, and
had also paid £5 into court. The plaintiff's contention was
that his bankruptcy voided the validity of this document,
and that it had reference to a different transaction alto-
gether, which was denied by the defendant.
The plaintiff was examined and swore positively to his
version of the transaction, and evidence was given to
show that 5 per cent was the usual commission given on
the sale of house and landed property. The defendant and
Mr. Gibson, a solicitor, who purchased the property, gave
evidence to the effect that the plaintiff had been fully paid
what was due, with the exception of £5 lodged in court.
His Lordship, in summing up, remarked on the conflict-
ing character of the evidence, and the jury immediately
found a verdict for the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,Th s Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A WATCHMAKER CHARGED WITH STEALING WATCHES
LEFT FOR REPAIR.—HUMOROUS CASE.—Mr. Cole, a
watchmaker, formerly living at No. 3, North-row, St.
George's, but latterly at 15, King's-place, Chelsea, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a watch and
chain of the value of £7, the property of John Searle, a
coachman, residing in Ham-yard, St. George's.
The prosecutor said that about two months ago he took
his watch and Albert chain to the prisoner's house, No. 3,
North-row, the former to be repaired and the latter to
have something added to it. He called upon the prisoner
several times, but each time was put off by some excuse
and on tolling the prisoner, about a fortnight ago, that he
was determined to be put off no longer, and to have his
watch and chain done or undone, he then said that he had
pledged the articles.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prosecutor whether the prisoner
was a watchmaker.

The prosecutor said ho represented himself to be one.
The prisoner said he was in want at the time, being out
of employ, and that induced him to part with the property.
Inspector Bowles asked for a remand, as there would be
other cases against the prisoner, not fewer than 14 dupli-
cates all relating to watches, no doubt left with him to
repair, were found in his possession.
Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the application.

Charge of Robbery against a Major's Son.

BOW-STREET (THIS DAY).
Edward Hamilton Finney, gentleman, the son of Major
Edward Hamilton Finney, an officer in the army, residing
at 9, Godolphin-road, Hounslow, was placed at the bar this
morning, charged, before Mr. Vaughan, with stealing a
silver spoon from•the Albion Tavern, Gt. Russell-street.
Mr. Sleigh attended on the part 01 the prisoner.
John Jerrard sBid, on Saturday last the prisoner entered
the Albion Tavern between three and four o'clock to dine ;
and as a large quantity of plate had been lost since last
Good Friday, it was his directions to the waiters to ob-
serve the number of silver spoons, &c., placed on each
table. He told the waiter to watch the prisoner, and re-
port to him if anything was missed. There were three
silver spoons on the table at which the prisoner was sitting.
He partook first of some saddle of mutton, and when the
waiter was clearing the table for the second course he
missed some of the silver, and reported the circumstances to
him. After this the prisoner's father came in and eventually
the prisoner quitted the dining-room for the smoking-
room. He sent a constable into that apartment to watch the
young man. He knew him to be a son of the elder gentle-
man, who was in his company, viz., Major Finney.
Mr. Vaughan—ls it a habit to count the silver of each of
the tables in the dining-room ?

Witness.—Yes, in consequence of the losses that have
taken place.
Mr. Sleigh—Can that be taken down, sir, as evidence ?
Mr. Vaughan—Yes, I think it can.
Mr. Sleigh—Bo it so, by all means, then.
Mr. Vaughan—Was there any other person sitting at
the table beside the prisoner ?
Witness—Only his father, and he did not come into the
dining-room when his son entered.
Mr. Sleigh—You knew Major Finney when he came in,
did you not ?
Witness —Yes, sir.
Mr. Sleigh—Did not the major go into the smoking-
room with his son ?
Witness—Yes, sir.
Mr. Vaughan (to witness)—You ought to have stated
that fact in evidence.

Joseph Hanscomb said—l am waiter at the Albion. The
last witness told me to watch the prisoner and the plate
that was on the table. I did so as requested, and saw
there were three silver table spoons lying there. After
the young gentleman had his first course I missed one
spoon. I think the prisoner came in about a quarter to
four, as near as I could recollect. It was my duty to watt
at the tablo and the next one to it. No person was sitting
at the table near the prisoner. The saddle of
mutton, of which he partook, was served as soon as he
came into the room.

Mr. Vaughan—Had the prisoner's father entered the
room before the mutton was cleared away ?
Witness—No, sir.
Mr. Vaughan—And that you swear ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Vaughan—The prisoner's father, then, had not come
into the room before you had missed the spoon.

. Witness—No, sir.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh-1 reported the loss of
the spoon in less than five minutes after it was gone. The
major came in after I had missed the spoon. The major
and his son left the room together; they went to the
smoking-room. I was not present when the prisoner was
taken into custody. I did not see the two gentlemen leave
the house.

William Lynch, detective constable, of the F division,
said—At 5 o'clock on Saturday evening I was sent for to
the Albion Hotel, and the prisoner pointed out to me as a
person who was suspected of stealing a silver spoon. I sat
in the box adjoining the one he occupied. The prisoner
and his father then went into the smoking-room, and sat
there until they both left. I watched them. They pro-
ceeded down Brydges-street, and haying followed them
as far as the Strand, prisoner's father left him, and then
he (prisoner) went into billiard room No. 252. When
he came out he went to wards Charing-cross, and returned,
and entered an umbrella-makers' shop. The next time I
saw him he was in custody of an officer, in a cab, nearly
opposite the shop door. I accompanied the officer to the
station-house. Prisoner had a walking-stick in his hand,
which Mr. Wallis said he had not paid for, when he was
taken into custody. When he was at the station he was
asked to show what he had in his pockets. He took a
number of things from his coat pocket, but when I told
him he had got something else there I took out the silver
spoon produced.

Mr. Vaughan—Did he say anything about it ?
Witness—No, sir, he made no reply.
Mr. Sleigh—Do you mean to say he said he could not
account for it.

Witness —No ; he was unable to reply for about a quar-
ter of an hour after he was charged with the robbery; pri-
soner then said he could not account for it.

Mr. Sleigh—Was he taken into custody for stealing the
walking-stick ?
Witness—Yes; I believe ho was.

John Dowdell, another detective officer of the F divi-
sion, said—On Saturday afternoon, I watched outside the
Albion Hotel till about half-past six, when I saw the pri-
soner and his father Come out. They stopped at different
places, and before the prisoner's father left him the priso-
ner went to 368, Strand—the shop of Mr. Wallis, having
an umbrella in his hand. When he came out I saw he had
a walking-stick as well as his umbrella. Directly he came
out of VV atus's shop he hailed a Hansom cab, and then Mr.
Wallis came running out after him, and when he saw the
prisoner ho said to him, " You've stolen my stick." Those,
I think, were the words. The prisoner then took out his
purse and said he would pay for it. I then told Mr. Wallis
I was a police constable, and that I would take him into
custody for stealing the stick.
Mr. Sleigh—Mr. Wars did not give him in charge then?
_ _ _

Witness—No, sir. Mr. Wallis, however, afterwards
came to the station house, and charged him with stealing
the stick. I told him, when he was at the station, he could
take his things from his pockets himself if he choose, and
he then took out a number of articles, but in consequence
of his not producing all, I said, " You've something else,"
and I then put my hand in the same pocket and pulled
out the spoon. Prisoner said, on being asked to account
for the spoon, that he could not do so.
The witness Jerrard here identified the silver spoon
found on the prisoner as the property of his master, Mr.
Cooper. It had the words " Albion Tavern, 26, Great
Russell-street," engraved on it.

Dowdell then produced the articles found on the pri-
soner's person. They were of the most miscellaneous
description :—A purse, .£2 is 6d. ; do. £2 11s. ; loose cash,
3s. 3d. ; silver watch, gold chain, gold ring, gold pin,
silver tooth pick and case, 2 knives, railway key and case,
fusee box, tobacco pouch, 19 keys, 2 pair of kid gloves, 1
pomade bottle and case, 3 small bottles of scent,
1 pot of cold cream, 1 pot of extract of meat,
a tin case, a packet of tobacco, 2 packets of
tooth powder, 1 packet of dye, 14 small combs, 1 small
ivory handled knife, 3 new pairs of gloves, a silk hair
net in box, 1 ivory hammer, 3 glove patterns, a knuckle-
duster, 8 receipts, a silk umbrella, half a return railway
ticket, and a meerscham pipe and case.
Mr. Wallis—l keep:a shop at No. 368, Strand, and am an
umbrella manufacturer. Prisoner came into my shop on
Saturday evening, and said he wanted a stick similar to
one he had purchased of me some time ago. I showed him
nearly all I had, but he did not select one. Another cus-
tomer came in, and then he left. I observed he had a stick
in his hand. I followed him, and on seeing him in the
street, I said, "That stick belongs to me." He was just at
Exeter Hall when I saw him get into a cab. He
then offered to pay for it. A police-officer came
up, one of those, I suppose, who was watching him. He
was then taken to the station-house. I cannot say whether
the prisoner ever bought a stick at my shop. I don't wish
to press the charge against prisoner.

Mr. Vaughan—The charge has been made, and I cannot
allow it to be withdrawn.

This being the whole of the evidence against the
prisoner,

- Mr. Sleigh said he felt that the course taken would be to
commit the prisoner for trial, but he had to ask that he
might be formally remanded for a week, which would pre-
vent his trial taking place at Middlesex Sessions then sit-
ting, He was a young gentleman of the highest respect-
ability, and up to Saturday last had borne the highest cha-
racter for honour. He also asked that he might be admitted
to bail. His father, Major Finney, and his solicitor, were
quite prepared to enter sureties for any amount.
Mr. Vaughan said he had intended to remand the pri-
soner in order that inquiries might be made about him.
There were two purses and other things that required some
inquiry to be made.
Mr. Sleigh—A great many of the articles were undoubt-
edly the property of the prisoner—the knuckleduster, for
instance—that was given him by his father, who was pre-
sent, and could state so if necessary.

Mr. Vaughan said, under all the circumstances, he should
remand the prisoner for a week, but he would take two
sureties of £250 each for his appearance on Monday next.
Major Finney and his solicitor having entered into the
required recagnisances, the prisoner quitted the dock and
left the court in company with his father.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. This Day.

LONDON, May 14.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly; moderate_breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.I
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, May 13—George P. S eymour, from St. Vincent ;
Masonic, from Silkie ; Ludwig Hoy; from Dantsic ; Ka-
trina Marie, from Uddewalla ; Likkens Hoeb, from Dantsic ;
Protector, from Gothenburg; Queen of Sheba, from Tobago,
Celestial, from Nickorie. _ _

DEAL, Monday Morning.

Passed, May 14—Clifton, screw steamer, Tigress, barque,
and Redbreast, barque, from the west ; Alma, from New
York; Asia, from Sydney—all for London ; Oliveira, for
Oporto; Margaret Smith, for Demerara—both from Lon:
don.

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE comprises, all
told, 6,882 persons. There is a fearful item of £3OO per
wawa toz their faunal ()sp•nses•

SPORTING NO CES.

THE DERBY.

The Epsom Meeting, which attracts to the Downs nearly
the whole elite of England, commences to-morrow. The
Prince and Princess of Wales will be present on Wednes-
day and Friday. The Woodcote Stakes (run to-morrow)
will be won by Achievement, her most dangerous opponent
being Hermit. The Rous Free Handicap reads well for
The Pirate or Endsleigh, and the Brighton Stakes for
Attache or Sidewind. The Badminton Stakes is at the
mercy of Problem. •

Wednesday is the red letter day in the calendar of sports
of not only the United Kingdom but of the wide world, for
in what part of the known globe does not the "Derby"
absorb the attention and excite the imagination of all who
take an interest in the progress of the equine race ? Is the I
the name not known at Morocco, whence came the
Byerley Turk, and are not the nomadic dwellers in the
desert beyond Euphrates, who sent us the Godolphin
Arabian, the Dailey Arabian, and many other Arab
steeds of the highest lineage to improve our Eng-
lish breeds, familiar with the magic word ? And
is it not known and speculated upon in every capital in
Europe, as well as in the far distant East, and even at the
Antipodes, where many a "nugget" will change hands
upon the result of the great event, the probable chances of
which it is now my duty to discuss ? The race at hand is
the 86th anniversary of the Derby, which was first run for
onlyiDniolr
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86, when
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hoe f
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rbri ezoreoi onbfeyrhso r sit es nominated for it was
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Major
O'Kelly'slinbury',s
Boudrow, by Eclipse, second. Since then the vast increase
of breeding and racing is told by the fact that now the
entry comprises no fewer than 274 horses, so many of
which, it is to be regretted, have been tried and found
wanting, that the field will not number more than 25 or 26.
The following are the most likely runners :
Mr. Sutton's Lord Limn by Stockwell Oustance.
Duke of Beaufort's Rustic,Cannon.
Marquis by Stockwell nnon.
Marquis of Hastings's Blue Riband, by
Fazzoletto
Marquis of Hastings's Lecturer, by Cos-
terdale H. Day.
Lord St. Vincent's Redan, by Artillery T. French.
Lord St. Vincent's Lucifer, by The Cure Mr. Bevill, jun
Mr. Chaplin's Vespasian, by Newminster J. Grimshaw.Mr. Naylor's Monarch of the Glen, by
Stockwell
Mr. Naylor's Hawthorn, by Stockwell..
Norman.
Marquis of Exeter's Knight of the Cres-
cent,
n.
wbee.
by Knight
woifckS,t.bPyastrtoicekk ....... ... ..
T. Asha
Mr. Earl of Glasgow's c by Young Melbournevl Parry.
Earl of Glasgow's c by Brother to Bird
on the Wing—Rapid Rhone's dam J. Osborne.
Mr. Mr. RD iagwb ys
0' sn s be
Stabber,r gel d i ,bbyy
Marquis of Ailesbury's J.
I.oGialst.ner:
Watts'sStraLthancoenreat,n,bby Newminstery Newminster
LSnyonwoh.den.
Mr. G. Bryan's
Mr. Savile s Leybourne, by Musjid
Mr. Savile's Corsair, by Skirmisher E. Sharp.
Baron Rothschild's Robin Hood, by North
Lincoln
Baron Rothschild's Janitor, by King Tom Wells.
Mr. Robinson's Maori Chief, by Lord of
the Isles
Lord Stamford's Freedom, by Newminster A. Edwards.
Lord Lyon has held tke first position in the betting since
the downfall of Student. That he could give Elland 101 b
and lose him, as Mr. Sutton stated, after the latter defeated
Breadalbane and Dalby, is all " blarney ;" but still the
easy way he won the Two Thousand entitles him to be
held in the greatest respect. Redan, from his dead heat
with Lord Lyon and his subsequent running, must be there
or thereabouts at the finish. Rustic has been backed for
no ends of money. Blue Riband and Ceylon are both in
the same stable. If the latter was in any other stable he
would be as good a favourite as either Lord Lyon or Rustic,
as he has beaten all the public four of this year, and when
1,000 to 5 is laid against him, it shows that the stable have
got a clinker in either Rustic or Blue Riband. Rustic won
the trial easily, and will be the mainstay of the Danebury
interest. Strathconan has no chance. Lord Glasgow's
Toxophilite colt has been asked a question which he has
satisfactorily answered to his noble owner's satisfaction,
having in a trial beat his lordship's horse, who ran fourth
in the Two Thousand, in a canter by eight lengths, which
is quite sufficient to make the backers of the favourites
tremble. Monarch of the Glea will be more at home
over the Derby course than he was in the Two Thousand.
Knight of the Crescent is almost sure to get a place if he
does not actually win. Leybourne's easy victory over
Beelzebub at Newmarket ought to give him a great chance,
as the horse was not quite fit in the Two Thousand.
Vespasian will represent Mr. Chaplin's interest, and that
will be all. He will be ridden by J. Grimshaw, whose
term of suspension ceases at the Epsom Meeting. Aber-
geldie hails from Lyttleton, and is a remarkably good-
looking horse. He is the property of a Liverpool gentle-
man, who would like nothing better than to win the
Derby. His form, lam told, is the same as if The Clown
were in at Bst 21b, and those who would back the latter at
that weight should got on Abergeldie ; but I confess, I
should not fancy Mr. Barber's horse, except at about 7st
71b, when he might have a chance. Jem Goater will have
the mount. Westwick is a big rough kind of outsider,
whom we saw run in The Craven Week, and has, I con-
ceive, the same chance as is indicated by the odds that are
offered against him. Janitor will run a much better horse
than he did at Newmarket, and if any surprise is in store
for the fielders there is none more likely to accomplish it
Both Nottingham and Stabber are affected with the
"metallic fever," and they had better be left alone at pre-
sent. In forestalling the judge in his decision I will place
RUS TIC 1
TOXOPIIILITE COLT 2
LORD LYON 8
But Knight of the Crescent and Monarch of the Glen will
try and get placed.

The field for the Oaks will be made up from the follow-
ing :
Mr. Johnstone's Elfeta, by Newminster Morris.
Marquis of Hastings's Repulse, by Stockwell Cannon.
Duke of Beaufort's Ischia, by Wild Dayrell Lowles.
Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Tormentor, by King
Tom J. Mann.
Mr. Harlock's The Queen, by Fitz-Roland Norman.
Mr. Swindell's Proserpine, by Marsycs J. Goater.
Capt. Gray's Castanet, by Rataplan Daley.
Mr. Merry's Mirella, by Gemma di Vergy H. Covey.
Mr. W. Morris's La Dauphine, by Stockwell A. Edwards.
Mr. Naylor's Wild Briar, by Stockwell
Mr. Harenc's Honeymoon, by Rataplan H. Grimshaw
Mr. S. Thellusson's Actma, by Stockwell Deacon.
Lord Glasgow's f by Y. Melbourne —Maid
of Masham Osborne.
Lord Glasgow's Sister to Minie, by Barbatas Parry.
Mr. Bowes's Klarnet, by De Clare Ashman.
Mr. Saxon's Monitress, by Idle Boy
Tho winner will be either REPULSE or TORMENTOR
the former for choice. A FRESH MAN.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866.
MAY.
Manchester
Wye
Southwell 24
Ascot Summer 29
Beverley 33
Stockbridge
Chelmsford l9
Liverpool Summer
Ipswich
Hungerford
Newcastle on-Tyne 26
Worcester
'Y.
Knutsford
Radcliffe 23

Epsom Summer l5
West Drayton
Redditch.
Cornwall
_22
JU

Windsor Summer 5
Newton
Hampton 7
Kanturk 7
Newark 7
Hawick
Odiham
Bibury l3
JU.

Carlisle
Newmarket July

Pontefract
Abingdon
Mansfield
Reading
liundleby ..,
N ottingham
Stamford l9

12
17

SEPT:
Baden-Baden B, 5, 7
Chantilly

AUG

Winchester 24
Spilsby
Cambridge 24
Southampton 25
Chesterfield
Huntingdon
Goodwood 3l

:MBER.
Paris (Autumn) 23, 30

UST.

Jersey 1
Brighton 7
Brighton Club
Lewes lO
Egham 14
Wolverhampton 14
Stockton l5
Oxford l6
Hastings 2l

SEPT]
Warwick September 4
Leicester 6
Doncaster
Brecon l7
Canterbury lB
Richmond
OCT
Northampton
Bedford
Lothians' Racing Club 3
Bromley 4

E
Lincoln NOV
Liverpool

York August 2l
1 Dover 23
`Plymouth
1 West Drayton
Lichfield
Tunbridge 2B
Yarmouth
Derbyßummer
Weymouth
MBER.

Hendon (Welsh Harp) 20
Monmouth .
Manchester Autumn 21
Wordsley ............. . 24
Newmarket Ist October 25
Walsall
,BER.

Newmarket 2d October._ 8
Harrow ..... 16
Newmarket Houghton ... 22
Worcester
:MBE R.
I Shrewsbury
1 Leamington Hunt l9

IRISH RACING FIXTURES.
JUNE.
Mullingar
JULY.
Carlow
SEPTEMBER.

C a rmgh -
OCTOBER.

Curraj

, ................ 4,5, 5

:h ....................... . .............................. 16, 17 18

FRENCH RACING FIXTURES.
JUNE.
Vincennes ...........•••..14. .
17 24, Toulouse
Montauban ............ l7 24, 28
OCT BER.

.................. 28
Paris .......................... 7 I Vincennes
Chantilly .... . .......... 14, 18 I

The Committee of Council on Education intend
to have a collection of Periodical Literature at the Paris
Exhibition of 1867. The collection is to include one
specimen, which may be of any date in the year 18E6, of
each newspaper, review, literary, artistic, or scientific
journal, magazine, tract, or pamphlet, play, &c., street-
ballad and the like, published in the kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, or in any of the British Colonies, in
the course of the year 1866.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--{This Day.)

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY.

DERBY.
75 to 40 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
3to 1 agst Rustic (taken)
13 to 1 agst Rodan (taken)
16 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken)
20 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken),
20 to 1 agst Toxopholite (taken)
25 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken)
25 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken)
30 to 1 agst Yespasian (taken and offered)
100 to 1 agst Robin Hood (taken)

TATTERSALLS'—SA T URDAY.
THE DERBY.
65 to 40 agst Lord Lyon (offered, 70 to 40 taken)
3to 1 agst Rustic (taken and wanted)
100 to 7 agst Redan (taken)
15 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken)
18 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken)
20 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (off, 25 to 1t)
22 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Vespasian (effered)
33 to 1 agst Toxophilite colt (taken)
40 to 1 agst Stabber (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Strathconan (taken freely)
1000 to 15 agst Bribery colt (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Corsair (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Westwick (taken)
1000 to 40 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken)

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END.
65 to 40 agst Lord Lyon (taken) •
sto 2 agst Rustic (off, 3 to 1 taken to £1,000)
12 to 1 agst Redan taken and offered)
15 to 1 agst Blue Ri p,nd ( offered)
20 to 1 agst ToxophiVite colt (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken)
25 to 1 agst Knight 4,f th. O,.bcent (taken and,
offered)
28 to 1 agst VespasisT (taken and offered)

1000 to 10 West Stalker (taken and offered)
1000 to 5 agst Lecturer (taken and offered)
2100 to 1200 on Lord Lyon, Rustic, and Blue Riband (t)

THE MANCHESTER MARKET.

The transactions on the Derby have not had a wide
range. . Lord Lyon is very firm, 7 to 4 taken and offered.
In to 40 was booked
Hundred even was laid that Lor daLbosfuotn
didnot
start
one instance
the first favourite. Afterwr ads Rustic appeared a
tsrhheiatink shaky,
e,
sl
teasnsd duringwl 0a
s 0 tdotehe3elOi
week.ned.
aid.
absolutelyOn e
3s to 1 that could be owbtallaid, Rustic, and.
the—lmituat lenehy
but in the evening all
about him were taken
aoTdan has been also in
The Commissioner has
13 o 1 to
taken as low as 10 to 1; and after lettingh quiet for
any amount,
a day or two he offered to take 100 toahnnidmtabke
en about
tio the latter
7allto
and finished by taking
Nothing less than 100 tot? has been
he could get.
price
Blue Riband. Monarch of the Glen A.bergeldie
have received about an equal amount of s
having been backed at 100 to 6, but finished 20 to 1
taken and offered, and offers were made to takeatth
about Monarch of the Glen. Knight of the Crescent,at
though backed at 25 to 1, has not been in great demand,
oak
The same price was taken about The Stabber early in atjui
day, but after the demonstrations at Tattersalls 40 to 1
could have been obtained. Lord Glasgow's lot were at 40
to 1 (offered) during the greater part of the day, but later
on 25 to 1 was taken about the colt by Toxophilite—Phy_
salis ; 100 to 1 was offered againstany of the others, 5 to 1
being takers his lordship finished in the first three. Any
price offered against the Bribery colt, and a few "tanners'
were put on The Corsair and Laneret at 1000 to 10 each.
Not a transadion booked on any other event for the week.

CLOSING PRICES.
DERBY.
7 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered)
3to 1 agst Rustic (taken)
13 to 1 agst Redan
14 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken and offered)
18 to 1 agst[ Monarch of the Glen (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken and af.)
25 to 1 agst Vespasian (offered)
25 to 1 agst Toxophilite colt (taken)
83 to 1 agst Stabber (offered)
50 to 1 agst Bribery colt (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Corsair (taken):
1000 to 10 agst Laneret (taken)
1000 to 5 agst Janitor (taken)

THE CHANTILLY RACES.
PARIS, Sunday.
The Chantilly races were run to-day, with the follow..
ing result :

Piux DU DANGER.

Gontran
Tonrmalot
PRIX DE L'OISE.

1
._ , 2

Scavola

Bruneau
Salambo

1

HANDICAP

Florentin .
Baionette.
Silouet ,
Czar

DERBY.

Auguste
Won by a neck. Fourteen started.

PRIX D'ETANQS.

Anglo-Saxon.

1

MR. DURHAM'S STATUE OF HER MAJESTY,
intended for the front tower of the Record Office, is
finished, and will
be immediately raised to its permanent
place.

THE ORIGINAL MEPHISTOPHELES in M. Gounod's
"Faust," M. Balanque, who sang here as Signor Bilanchi,
is dead !

THE CANNON-STREET TRAGEDY.—The behaviour
of William Smith, committed to take his trial for
the murder of Mrs. Mil!son, has been for some time the
prevailing subject of conversation in Eton. So far as
mere demeanour is concerned, Smith's conduct in Eton
just previous to his arrest would lead to a supposition of
his innocence. On Sundays of late he has regularly at-
tended a place of worship once or twice a day, having fre-
quently attended St. John's Church, Eton. While present
at one of the services of this church, since the murder, a
little girl commenced crying, and this trifling circumstance
seemed highly to amuse Smith. In no respect did the ac-
cused alter his mode of life since the day on which the
murder was committed. He lounged about Eton, or fre-
quented his favourite "house of call," just as usual, and if
guilty certainly gave no indication of anything unusual
having happened. Many persons in Eton have a great
belief in his innocence. Although Smith has been leading
an idle, purposeless sort of life for the last fow years he is a
man not destitute of education. in his boyhood he was
sent to the "Porny" school in the High-street, where
he received a good plain education. He is an adept at figures,
his forte being mental arithmetic, and he possesses the sin-
gular qualification of being able to work out a calculation
and give the results in a few seconds mentally. His pen-
manship also would be a model to any clerk. Yet with all
these attainments, which should have secured him a fa-
vourable position in the community, he seems to have
made but little way, and to have by degrees become what
is known at Eton as a " cad."

CRYSTAL PALACE.—HALF-GUINEA DAY.—Satur-
day, May 12..—Admissions on payment, 3,207 ; ditto, by
season tickets, 11,068 ; total visitors, 14,275.
THE SCOTCH BANKS AND THE CRISIS.--The Glas-
gow Citizen of Friday night says:—" It is satisfac-
tory to know that in the midst of the panic which has
disturbed so disastrously, and we believe causelessly, the
various markets of the country, the Scotch banks were
never sounder, more prosperous, or their resources more
ample than at present. Trade with us is also generally
sound, and in many departments there is much briskness.
Any panic felt in this quarter has been confined almost
entirely to the Stock Exchange, where much valuable pro-
perty has been thrown away at prices preposterously
117-
low their real worth, and what, when the storm blows y,
they will again
pAa raR speedilycu cco,
s sA ::tiaa!rn . "
aj
ne
Jefferson,
original
sac,.
innß, a
ntuhwcr
three
-act
aa.yrh,ea
told
"Theul pdrnrot
thdoaputLac;e:endsnhdt
olaecntm.l
ea3rukl,aw,ni clf
will
rine sa Mr.tkeer
hisAfilr.stßaips on his re
has given a new word to
quer is used as the synonym
the French language. -8'

e: that;a°:ytThAien-re
n-stree-t
is a chambe
of trkllev, 0 cheat.
with that
heat, at that establishment'
The super-
intendent F 0 nvt
olaitrhst,DlCltt
.erm;
HEAT AS A CURE
wwinirttiehtnetdegnobtaoacfnotdnhrteeamTdiuparotkiirigr;
open
gratuitously, for the admission of persons afflicted
disease. The hospitals admit such eases, but
avowedly
no medical treatment avails. It is most desirable it should
be known that there is within the reach the means of relief
and cure, as heat, raised to a sufficient
poisons that are not sudden in their point, extracts all
effects.
H
SUICIDE OF COLONEL OBBs, _The La Plata
arrived at Southampton
day of the voyage in the yesterday- On the second
St. Thomas's, col. Hobb Tyne steamer, from Kingston to
s, who was a passenger, jumped
overboard. Col. Hobbs
gaged in suppressing the
wasone of the commanders en
outbreak of negroes in Jamaica.
issued A notice has been
warning travellers intending to enter the Austrian States,
either by the Tyrol
or any part of the Italian frontier, that
they should have
their passports viseci at the Austrian
Embassy
either
in London or Paris.

The accounts from the manufacturing districts
for the past week have generally been unsatisfactory,
consequent upon the disturbed state of financial
affairs and the disturbance in political circles on
the continent. Business at Manchester has been
partially suspended, while at Leeds, Bradford, and
Huddersfield the operations have been on a very
limited scale. In the hosiery and lace departments
of Leicester and Nottingham there has been a want
of activity ; while a heavy tone has prevailed in the
hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, awl
WW.YerhamPton.

Naval and Military lutelligence.

The Duke of Somerset held a levee on Friday
afternoon at the Admiralty. There were present--
Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher, Vice-Admiral Sir R.
Mundy, Vice-Admiral W. Ramsay, Rear-Admiral
A. Farquhar, Capt. G. Tryon, Capt. A. Cumming,
Capt. W. S. Brown, Capt. S. S. Stanhope, Capt.
C. M. Buckle, Capt. L. J. Moore, Capt. Jas. Raw-
storne, Capt. A. T. Thrnpp, Capt. H. J. Raby,
Capt. F. A. Hume, Commander M,C. Alexander,
Commander De Robeck, Commander J. D. Curtis,
Commander T. K. Mackenzie, Commander H. M.
Bingham, Commander M. Lowther, Commander C.
F. Hotham, Commander H. E. Crozier, Lieut.-Col.
W. Adair, R.M., Lieut. A. H. Webb, Lieut. W. C.
Geary, Lieut. O. S. Cameron, Lieut. G. Blakely,
Lieut. J. Bruce, and Dr. Smert.
Rear-Admiral Sir G. Ramsay, C. 8., on Friday
went down to Woolwich and hoisted his flag on
board the Fisgard, on taking over his appointment
to relieve Rear-Admiral the Hon. C. J. B. Elliott,
as Commander-in-Chief on the south-east Coast of
America. The new admiral, it is stated, will imme-
diately take his departure, and will transfer his flag
to the 35-gun screw frigate Narcissus.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8.,
will finally leave his residence at the Admiralty,
Whitehall, on Saturday next, for Devonport, to
assume his new appointment of Admiral Superin-
tendent of that station.

The armoured iron frigateßellerophon, 14, Capt.
E. Tatham, has returned to Portsmouth from her
cruise in the Channel with the experimental gun car-
riages and their guns, and has now been berthed
alongidc the dockyard to discharge them to the
shore again, the trials having -Deco Tare,34sllt to a final
conclusion. The committee of officers who have
conducted the trial on board the Bellerophon met
on board that ship for the last time on Saturday to
close their report for the information of the Ad-
miralty. The trials on board the Bellerophon
are supplementary to those conducted by Captain
Key, C. 8., on board the Minotaur, with this addi-
tional feature, that the iron carriage and slide sent
for trial by Sir William Armstrong was tested for
the first time on board the Bellerophon. Four car-
riages with their slides have, therefore, been brought
into competition in these trials—viz., Capt. Scott's
iron carriage and slide, Sir William Armstrong's
iron carriage and slide, and the Royal Arsenal iron
carriage and slide, and the Admiralty wooden car-
riage and slide. The three iron carriages carried
each a 12-ton 9-inch rifled gun, and the wooden
carriage carried a 12-ton 10-inch rifled gun. The
practice with the last-named gun was very limited
in these trials on board the Bellerophon, owing to
the compressors of the carriage failing to hold the
gun sufficiently secure when fired, although the gun
was only fired with shot and shell by 351 b. powder
charges, instead of the full charge of 501 b., and then
only as a lee gun. The Arsenal carriage gave way
in several of the details of its fittings, breaking its
running-in chains and the teeth of its wheels. The
gun's weight is also only borne by the angle iron of
the carriage frame—the trunnions of the gun reach-
ing short of the single side plate of the carriage on
each side—and continuous firing from the gun must
have eventually loosened the rivets and destroyed
the carriage. The carriage was made altogether
much too light for its work, and many of its mecha-
nical arrangements were fitted contrary to generally-
understood principles. The Scott and Armstrong
carriages and slides were both well suited to their
work and answered admirably, as did also their
compressors. The running-in-and-out chains of
the Scott carriage were very superior to those of the
Armstrong, the latter being excessively slow. In
point of simplicity combined with strength the Arm-
strong carriage appears to have the advantage over
the Scott. In strength combined with ease and
rapidity of working the Scott carriage has the ad-
vantage over all the others. The precise merits of
the two carriages will, however, have to be defined
by Capt. Key and the committee in their reports to
the Admiralty. Mr. Cunningham's training and
running-in-and-out gear, having been fitted to the
Admiralty pattern wooden carriage was not much
tested, yet quiet enough to prove its simplicity,
efficiency, and ease in working, either in training
the gun, running it in on the slide, or holding it in
running out. The result of all these competitive
trials on board the Minotaur and Bellerophon may
be very easily forecast. The Admiralty will select
the best points of each of the carriages and slides
that have been under trial, and with these under
consideration will add other suggestions, and from
the whole cause to be designed a carriage and slide
which will be established as the pattern carrirge and
slide for mounting heavy ordnance on the broad-
sides of the ships of her Majesty's navy. If this
the usual official plan in such cases—possesses no
other particular merit, it will certainly prevent any
heartburning or jealousy by inventors at the car-
riage of the one having been preferred to that of the
other. The guns on the Scott and Armstrong car-
riages, mounted on the port broadside of the Belle-
rophon, fired the greatest number of rounds with
451 b. powder charges, with both shot and shell, at
extreme elevation and depression and degrees of
training. The wave of concussion appears to have
been terrific outside the ship, the wooden sheathed
hammock nettings being split up fore and aft over
the ship's battery, but no damagewas done on board.
It would be advisable to build the bulwarks and
hammock nettings of all ships intended to carry such
heavy guns in future of light iron plating. It may
be observed, in conclusion, that the Bellerophon,

like the Minotaur, would give no quick roll or lurch-
ing when in the Channel, and merely heeled over
under sail at times from six to eight degrees. Be-
yond a certain bearing in the water these heavy
iron ships, in fact, do not seem to feel the motion
of a Channel sea, which they let run up their sides,
and occasionally into their maindeck gun-ports,
without even making an effort to "lift " to the
wave. The Minotaur, Warrior, Bellerophon, and
other heavily-armoured ships have all behaved
alike in this respect among the moderate waves
of the Channel. The steering of the Bellerophon
during her cruise has been most satisfactory, the ship
having answered her helm under all circumstances
with great promptitude and certainty. Under sail
alone she is described as being surprisingly handy
and efficient for a ship with her proportion of rig to
displacement. The ship now only wants her guns
to make her complete as one of the finest as well as

one of the most powerful and fastest ironclad inen-
of-war in the world. Her present condition inboard
is very creditable to Capt. Tatham, his officers, and
crew. _ _

_ _ ...
The hired troopship Shannon, from Madras., ar-
rived
on Thursday evening at the Royal Arsenal-
pier, Woolwich, and landed her troops yesterday
morning at 9p.m. They consisted of three troops of
the C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, averaging
140 men each, and were commanded by Licut. - Col.
Awt....a. dna capt. J. E. Watson, holding the rank
of Major
in India.. There were likewise 86 time-ex-
pired men and invalids belonging to the 77th, 20th,
34th, and 88th Light Infantry Regiments, and Ist
Royad, The landing
gage was unavciand debarkation of the bag-
shower, and the Shannon dably performed amid a heavy
atnnon promptly left in tow of
three steam tugs
for
Artillery were the London docks. The Royal
provide
ith
quarters in the east
square of the barracks, and
the infantry
tem-
porarily accommodated were
in the Old
their removal to Netley. Capt. Hospital until
Deputy-
Assistant Quartermaster Gen.,
dr Naugle,
ments on the landing of te troops, the
es-
cortedarrange_
meats
to the Royal Artillery parade by who were
Warde, C. 8., and the whole of hi 2 sta.ff'laGen.
played up by the regimental band. and were
The hired troopship Lord Warden, 84 days
arrived at Woolwich on Friday evening, and out,
landed
her passengers and baggage on Saturday morning;
at the Royal Arsenal pier, The passengers consisted
of twobatteries of the 17th Brig,adeGarrison Artillery
from Madras, many of whom have been stationed in
India for various periods ranging up to 20 years. The
following is the strength :—Capt. J. M. Macintyre
(having held the rank of major in India), Capt. R.
A. Baker, Lieuts. B. Yald win, W. E. Denison, F.
Weston, and A. A. Newman, 168 non-commissioned
officers and rank and file, 19 women, and 43 chil-
dren ; also Mrs. Macintyre and five children, and 19
time-expired men and invalids belonging to the fol-
lowing infantry regiments :—The 10th, 19th, 20th,

21st, 23d, 60th Rifle Brigade, and the Ist Royals.
One death only occurred during the voyage, that of
an invalid, ten days before sighting the British
coast. The weather is reported to have been calm,
and the health of the troops generally good.
The sailing Indiaman Hotspur, • apt. Toynbee,
belonging to Messrs. Smith, of London, arrived at
Shithead on Saturday from Calcutta. She was towed
into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday and disem-
barked ler troops at the dockyard, whence they
were tizansferred to the Royal Victoria Military
HosrAal at Netley, and their other destinations.
The Hotspur's troop and passenger list comprised :
--From Calcutta—Capt. Wallace, 101st Regiment,
in military charge of troopson board ; Lieuts. F. 0.
Fuller and A. Lloyd, 101st Regiment ; Dr. M'Far-
land, Royal Horse Artillery, in medical charge of
troops ; Mr. G. Hadcock, Royal Artillery, and Mrs.
Hadcock, and: four children ; Dr. Atkinson, Indian
army, Mrs. Atkinson and Infant ; Capt. Dowler,
98th Regiment, Mrs Dowler, andinfant daughter of
Major Edwards; Mrs. Lushington and child, Mrs.
Turnbull and five children, Rev. W. Bailey, Mrs.
Bailey, and two children ; Mr. W. M'Adam Stewart,
Mrs. Thorn, Miss Leslie and three children of Mr.
G. M. Jackson, 123 non-commissioned officers and
men invalided from various regiments serving in
India, with 17 women and 13 children. From the
Cape of Good Hope—Two private soldiers dis-
charged from the 91st Regiment; Mr Corbett, Mrs.
Corbett, and infant; Mr. Spalding. The wife and
infant daughter of Sergt.-Major Scott, 38th Regi-
ment, the infant daughter of Mr. Jackson of Bur-
hampore, and one invalided soldier died during the
voyage. The Hotspur, immediately on discharging
her troops at Portsmouth dockyard, was towed out
of the harbour again, and resumed her voyage for
London to discharge her cargo, consisting of 334
tons of indigo, 200 tons of rapeseed, and 78 tons of
tamarinds, &c.

The Field-Mashal Commanding-in-Chief has ap-
proved the following arrangements :—Ensign Sulli-
van, of the 26th Foot, to join the depot uu the 14th
inst., the battalion being under order to return home
on being relieved by a regiment from North America.
Ensign Phillips, of the 34th Regiment, to join the
depot for duty as a supernumerary officer. Capt.
Lees and Lieut Kerans, 84th Regiment, to proceed
from the depot to the service companies in Malta on
being relieved by Capt. the Hon. W. H. Herbert
and Lieut. Wilson, of the 38th Regiment, to join
the depot companies on the 15th inst., in succession
to Lieut Sinclair, to embark with draught.
Thd following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. George R. Heneage, to the
Bellerophon ; Lieut. Frederic J. Easter, Lieut.
Frederick W. E. Kuper, and Lieut. G. 0. Moore,
to the Jason; C. Alder, to the Duke of Welling-
ton ; Lieut. W. T. Down, to the Mullet ; Lieut. F.
W. Edwards, to the Orontes ; Lieut. E. Scale, to
the Asia; H. W. Death, paymaster to the Trinco-
malee ; L. IL Edwards, assist.-paymaster, to the
Victory, for Admiral's office; F. A. Keogh, assist.-
paymaster, to the St. George ; R. Osborn, clerk, to
the Orontes; G. Finlay, assist. clerk, to the Bos-
eawen ; E. J. Fleet, master's assist., to the Jacob ;
F. A. Haig, and J. C. Roughton, master's assist.,
to the Bellerophon ; F. Roberts, master's assist., to
the Pallas ; W. J. Scullard, master's assist., to the
Pearl ; R. H. Wellings, master's assist., to the
Duncan; Commander R. A. 0. Brown, to the Vigi-
lant, vice Commander Byrom, invalided ; sub-
Lieut. H. J. Garbett and Sub-Lieut. G. B. Bedford,
to the Pearl ; Sub-Lieut. H. T. Wright and Sub-
Lieut. W. T. Morgan, to the Jason ; A. R. Sims
and W. B. Almack, midshipmen, to the Pearl ; A.
E. M'Murdo and G. Trower, midshipmen, to the
Jason.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE.

A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held
at Manchester on Friday,`„Mr. Watkin, M.P., in the
chair.

The bills submitted were those for transferring to
the Sheffild, Great Northern, and Midland Railway
Companies, the powers of the Liverpool Central
Station Railway ; for constituting the Great Nor-
thern and Midland joint owners with the Sheffield
of the new line between Manchester and Liverpool,
for enabling the Sheffield to widen portions of their
main line, for a deviation in the Liverpool line near
Manchester ; to transfer the West Riding and
Grimsby to the Great Northern and Sheffield jointly;
to authorise the South Yorkshire to widen and im-
prove a portion of their line ; and-for new railways
at Hatfield-chase, also between Manchester and
Stockport, between Macclesfield and Warrington,
and between Louth and Five-mile-house ; and ex-
tensions of the Hoylake Railway to Parkgate ; of
the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's-quay Railway
to Neston, and to Hoylake Railway, near Birken-
head ; and also of the Chester and West Cheshire
Junction, at Chester, and to the river Dee and to
Neston.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving formal resolutions ap-
proving the bills, for some of which the capital was
found by local promoters, made reference to the failure
of Overend, Gurney, and Co. He said it was a great
calamity, and it was impossible to say what the panic
it led to might bring about ; but he hoped people
would have more sense than throw their property
away simply because a number of speculators had
chosen to inflate the responsibilities attaching to a
moderate capital. This company had found the
combination of which 0 verend, Gurney, and Co.,
under its modern management was an illustration,
competing with them whenever they had to borrow
money; and different railway systems had found this
same combination competing with them in the con-
struction of railways that ought never to have been
made. There were in this country 400 to 500 miles of
railway, very badly made—made at enormous prices
—inefficient as means of accommodating the public,
representing in great measure a fictitious value, be-
cause where £1.00,000 was put down as spent upon
them, really the value of the work done was only
£50,000 or £60,000 ; and this sort of system of con-
structing railways before their time had been bols-
tered up by banks at a usurious rate of interest. He
hoped it would put an end to a great deal that was
going on in the country that was depreciating railway
enterprise, not only as regarded the terms on which
that enterprise must borrow its money, but also as
regarded unfair competition set up in different places.

The resolutions were adopted, and the meeting
was adjourned till after Whitsuntide for the con-
sideration of other bills. '

MERTHYR, TREDEGAR, AND ABERGAVENNY.

A special meeting of this company was held on
Thursday at the offices, Aberga.vcnny ; Mr. Isaacs
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting had
been called to take into consideration the bill now
before Parliament for the complete transfer of the
undertaking to the London and North-Western
Company. It was proposed that they should receive
London and North-Western 5 per cent. guaranteed
stock in lieu of their shares, and the directors were
unanimous in recommending that the proposal be
accepted.

A resolution approving the bill was carried unani-
mously. _ _

The CHAIRMAN announced that there would be
another meeting of the shareholders, and then the
company would be dissolved.

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The gross traffic receipts on this company's line for
the four weeks ending the 21st of April amounted to
£96,674, from which £2,594 was deducted for ex-
pense of collecting and delivering goods, &c., leaving
£94,080. To this was added £2,691, for rents and
sundries, and £4,394 for steam packet service;
total, £101,165. The expenditure, including rates,
taxes, tolls, Government duty, coinpensation
(x 0,214),
amounted£4636s . and expenses of steam packet service,
to. £54,800, leaving a net sum of
The total receipts for 11 weeks and
three days, ending
as above, amounted to £250,384
and the expenditure to
£159,512, leaving a net sum
of £90,872.

GRAND TRUNR OF CANADA.
The traffic receipts for the week ending the 21st
of April on this company's line amounted to £6,447
for local passengers, to £2,688 for foreign passen-
gers,
to £976 for mails, &c., to £14,537 for local