The Express. — London, England, 1867-05-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(Before Lord Chief Justice florin and a Common Jury.) FRAY r. xi,- Fri". the plinitin in this cue. which was tried yes , , „ . ., 11 dwil this morning fora stay of execution upon iu the first place that the jury had been nus : Ift r object acs to 'ROTC the full court upon the t. • , 1,.,rd Chief Justice said that it wan zutneoesoory for esecntion, because no execution could issue •After the commencement of next term. He added . aiT osed it would be useless for him to give any reference to the proceedings in which the plain- . .. )1, , Fray said that she had the very best advice from , a ble solicitors. She complained that ahe bad been "r treated, that she had lost a tine estate which her r , ha was very wealthy gentleman, had possessed. Chief Justice again sug.gested the propriety I ontitf being well advised by her solicitors. fray-011, I my lord. _ HI tN T. THOMPSON. "r,j war an action to recover damages for illegal . .v„s. Ana the question raised was one of considerable wrt..uce in reference to the construction of the Metro- L .,,. Loc.ll 311111:14 . 111ellt Acts. 1,. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. Foard appeared for the : wad, and Mr. T. Halter for the defendant. lb ,. facts were admitted. The plaintiff was tenant ur h., an agreement to the defendant of the house, I.mcaster.place, Notting-hill. The rent was G.V. a and at Christmas, 1816, a ivarter's rent became due. inr the 24th lhcember the plaintiff received a notice the er.try that he was not to pay any more rent to 6. defendant until the amount due from him to the Irish fur making the road-20f. to. 1111.—had paid. On the L'Ath the plaintiff sent this notice the d,fendant, but on the :hul.lannary the defendant put for the quarter's rent. On the 7th January the II demi jolt the 111. :is. to the vestry and on the Bth the „ l a for this sum was shown to the defendant,and there ,pan the distress Wan taken out. The plaintiff had refused 1 .. pay the expenses, and therefore the broker before retir i,.: ...Lied A couch for the expenses, 18s. Under these eir „,.t..-,ce+ the question was whether defendant hada right .-. . . Tim Lad Chief Justice said that there was a good deal et diPocult~ in construing the statutes, but the case would tare been much clearer if the plaintilf had paid ,the nstre before the distress was put in. Mr. Keane—lle was told by the vestry that they would send fur it ; and he wa• boiling the money for them. Mr. Salter said that his contention was that the land- Tunis remedy was not taken away until the money had hive ;a:wally paid to the vestry. •orant was entered fur the plaintiff for sf. Tis. by con- Rot, hubject to the opinion of the fall court upon the questions of law. BAIL COURT. Meting, in Banco.—akfure Justices Blackburn, Shee, and Lush.) tri , llE r. THE MI DIANDRA ILW AY COMPANT.-JUDGMENT. Mr. Justice Lush, insdelivering judgment in this case, SAW this was an action to recover compensation in damages for the breaking down and overturning of the defendant's aarriage, whereby the plaintiff was injured. The accident arose from a fracture in the tire of one of the wheels of the carriage, owing to a latent defect in the inkling. At the commencement of the journey Me wheel was to all appearance strong and sound, and it wan airmen that such aws might occur without any fault in the manufacture of the wheel. There were no means of detecting it before-hand. The carriage on this occa sion bad been examined, according to the usual practice, before starting on its journey, and had answered to all the mai tests of eoundoess. The cue was tried before him at Durham, when he directed the jury that if they believed the evidence the defendant, were not responsible, and they found for the defendants. A rule was obtained for a new trial which was argued before himself, Mr. Jus tice Blackburn, and Mr. .Justice Mellor, on the ground that a carrier of passengers was bound at his peril to provide roalworth carriage, notwithstanding it laboured under an infirmity of such • nature that it could not be guarded against or discovered. The question was one of vast importance both to railway companies and to passengers, and as there was no casein the reports which Abased it had been argued and solemnly decided, the court took time to consider its judgment, and having done so, be Adhered to the opinion he expressed at the trial, that the law imposed no such liability on the railway company. Mr. Justice Mellor concurred. _ _ Mr. Justice Blackburn dissented. According to his view , f the law he considered the rule should be made absolute •or a new trial, on the ground that there was an absolute obligation of responsibility, on the part of railway cornea -5!, I, to provide landworthy carriage. But as the majority of the court entertained a different opinion, the rule must be discharged. Yule discharged. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) PRECMAN AND 14TYAII V. HIMHER. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Mennen, and Mr. Throw) for lb* , Plaintiff Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard for the defendant. The testatrix, Miss Mar, Woottoe Copp, was the laughter of a large fulling.millowner, who formerly carried oe business in Exe Island, Exeter. He had several other children, one of whom, a son George, was the father of the defendant. The plaintiffs were also relations. Archibald Inflows had married a granddaughter, and Mr. H.S. Strut, attorney in Loudon, wan himself a grandson of the tee. attix's aunt. On their behalf it was alleged that George 'opp had offended his father by ' • Mae Clark in 1011, but that be had continued in his ether's service at trolly wages till 1829, when his father set him up in buni ons in Liverpool Mr. Copp, nen., afterwards made a will 'hereby he l e ft hi m • pound per week on condition that he user returned to Exeter ; but as he predeceased his father gas bequest was inoperative. The rest of the Copps died me after the other, bequeathing their property to the unison, until the testatrix became the recipient of *ally the whole of it. She executed several test amentary papers chiefly in favour of the plaintiffs and it thantable institutions. The will in dispute vas made on the 18th of December, 1860, and it was fol lowed by • codicil, dated February 21, 1862. She died on the Ist of ()ember, 1866. The instruments were propounded by the plaintiffs as executors end residuary legatees, sad were opposed on the ground of undue execution and want of capacity. The specific legacies (which were very nu merous) amounted to 11,4911.; and amongst them were gdta iiOF, to the defendant, Georgina Hughes, and 1002. to her ilanghter. (The case was proceeding when our report left.] COURT OF ARCHES. (Before the Right Hon. Dr. Loshington.) %KU r. euI;LTHUMMT.—ALLEULD DICSECAATION Or ♦ CHURCHYARD. nit case, in which • churchwarden WU charged with shsterating • churchyard, and thereby offending against 6 .e Imrs m eles iestical, cae on thia morning for hearing, lad from txhe numerous witnesses to be examined rove voce it is t petted that the case will occupy a couple of His lordship has set apart two days for the hearing. home preliminary e ruceedin g s were reported in this jou rna l ho a fonner occasion. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. ecs:d for the promoter of the suit, William a magistrate of the county o f S omer . Dr. ane, Q.C., was for the defendant, C oulthurst, who was one of three church tandem of the parish of Chew Magna, Somerset m i le Queen's Advocate opened the case on the part of Aclam. It war a crimi na l proceeding and came 14 Wore the court on letter s of request from t he Bishop of n and Wells. The offence wee that a footpath had be altered, that the soil of the churchyard had been ,wed, and th a t h uman remains were conveyed to • / Pm , . The defendant had appeared under protest, on t " , Mend that the other churchwardens should have hero cated is thi s l etter, and he prayed to be dismissed fr.. the out. The objection was overruled, and a e Kt` . nl as Native allegation, which Mr. Coulthurst had filed, was nanlinissible. Th e d e f en d an t alleged that Pr-sentations bud been made to the vestry, and by • 4 root , ration o f t h e vestry the pathway was ordered to be 'ld, and all that had been done was approved by the h. and that the clergyman as well as the rural dean ' c onsented to the a lt erat i on . Th e a ll egat i on was ad ted and a h o p e was expressed that the matter would g° hr. farther, and it WAS admitted that the defendant have ordained a faculty. The admission was made the leaned counsel. The cane proceeded to the pre p'', Manor, Adhim was the find witness called. He said he Parishioner o f Ch ew Magna, and • magistrate of t- Ile had been absent about eight months and "turn.,l in August. In September he was returnini n: lauding, and it rained very hard. He eq the churchyard, and saw the path ar,=. "'" was a trench like • railway cutting. He reed • thigh of • human body and he said to • voulthu ra t, " Wh at in the world , are you doing !" toll Mr. Coulthunt that he was acting ..411 f, and he believed that be said he had begun io and Id finish it. There had been a rate to repair the • bet it was rescinded. When he said • cutting like 2 taV. it was certainly on a small scale. P.rici., solicitor to the Corporation of Bristol and the magistrate,, gave similar evidence. He saw hones removed out of the trench. Witness de -1 the conversation between Mr. Adlam and Mr. , lamest, and the former declared that it could not be without a faculty. "e mac proceeded and will occupy a sou* of days. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN NE J. U. WILN/LtHAN. :bankrupt was described as of no occupation, of ,`"Von-etret. Islington, late • prisoner for debt. %AS the Sitting fur examination and discharge. No had be e n filed, but the bankrupt s t a t es his debts ''' ab out I : , ,U4SY., including some due under a former ptcy. On the case being canna, the bankrupt did not appear, and an adjournment sine die was ordered. (Before Mr. Registrar Spring Rice.) IN ItE MANUFI. PITONNON. The bankrupt wu a diamond merchant, lately residing at Caniden-road—villas. This ia the third bankruptcy. He is said to have absconded with property worth 80,0001. in his poewession, and a reward of MR. has been offered for hi. apprehension. The petitioning creditors are the National Bank, whose debt is 1,0891. on an overdue ac ceptance. _ _ _ This wu the first sitting. Mr. Price, diamond merchant, Hatton-garden, a creditor for 4,0001., was chosen assignee. Mews. Linklater are the solicitors under the proceedings. THE POLICE COURTS. (TIIB DAT.) GUILDHALL. BREAKING A PLATE-GLASS WINDOW. Afar', Cashman the wife of a shoemaker, living at 9, Currier's-row, St . Andrew's-hill, was charged before Alderman Hale with wilfully breaking a large pane of plate-glass, value 21. William Greagsby said he was landlord of the Cock and Crown public-house, St. Andrew's-hill, Doctor's-commons. Last night, about 10 o'clock, the prisoner came to his house awl threw a piece of brick, and afterwards a last, at his plate-glass window and broke it. The Value of the glass was 21. She had been in the house during the evening, and had been put out two or three times. Her husband frequented his house, but he was not in there then. The prisoner, in defence, said ►he had five young children to maintain, and her husband had for the last nine months gone to the prosecutor's house, and spent the money there that should have kept his family. She went into the house to her husband, and wanted to get him away ; but lie came outside, ill-used her, and then ran into the complainant's house again. Complainant would neither let her go in nor turn her husband out. Her husband came out several times and struck her, and knocked her down, and then wen; . . back again into complainant's house. That aggravated her, and she threw the last at the win. dow. Her husband spent all his money and his time there. The complainant said her husband was there a great deal. Alderman Hale said he must fine the prisoner the value of the window, 40s. ; and in default of payment seven days imprisonment. BOw•STSEET. ACME IN THN GALLERY. James Kendrick, who described himself as a licensed victualler out of business, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the gallery of the Strand Theatre, and in Surrey-street, Strand, last evening. Police-constable Bartlett,. 142, said—l was on duty in the theatre, and heard a noise in the gallery and cries of " Turn him i out." I went up to the gallery where • lady came tome and told me that some young man had punched her in the eye with his elbow several times. The young man who was with her commenced quarrelling with the prisoner and upset the whole house. I went to them and separated them, and got them to the bottom of the gallery stairs, where they both wished to give the other into custody, one for assaulting the other, the other for assault ing him. I told them I could not see any marks of violence to warrant my interfering, and they must take out a summons against each other. The prisoner would not believe me and would not go away, and I was obliged to take him into custody. On the way to the station be became very violent. A woman, who be said was his wife, tried to get him away from me. A fireman, assisted by • civilian, took the woman away from us, and I took the prisoner to the station-house. He was drunk, but be knew very well what he was doing. The prisoner said that he was very sorry for what had occurred. He went to the theatre with his wife, having received an order from a friend. Unfortunately he had r a t a drop too the oomui t theatre.odrink, and did not remember what Mr. Vaughan told him that it was • pity that he took his wife to the theatre and could not keep h imself sober. He IMr. Vaughan) did not feel disposed to indict • heavy fine, as the prisoner had been locked up all night, which must have very much qualified his enjoyment of the per formances. He must pay • fine of ss. or be imprisoned four days. The fine was paid. CLERKENWELL. _ A SCHOOLMASTEZ ASSAULTING A szsrAirr. Dr. Frederick Rammer, the keeper of a school, at 3s, Park-street, Islington, was summoned before Mr. Cooke, on a charge of unlawfully assaulting and beating a servant of the wane of Martha Clarke. Mr. Davis, solicitor, of New Bond-street, attended for the complainant. It appeared that the iomplainant is • domestic servant, in the employ of • Mr. Masters, residing near the defendant. Mr. Masters' children used to go to the defendant's school / but latterly they have been taken away, and this, it was alleged, bad given rise to some unpleasantness. On the lith instant the defendant went to Mr. Muter,' house in • very excited state, and on the door belni e r r iyened be demanded to see the cook, and, it was , made use of bad language, saying that Mr. Masters' children had annoyed him, and had made grimaces to his family whilst they were sitting at hie parlour window. He endeavoured to push by the com plainant, who had the street door in her hand, and in doing so he jammed her against her wall, one of her arms being badly bruised. The defendant said that he wanted to see the cook and housemaid who bad incited Mr. Masters' children to annoy him, and that was why he went to the house. The com plainant no sooner saw him than she attempted to slam the door in his fens, and it was in preventing this that her arm got bruised. Mr. Cooke add it was very ungentlemanly of the defendant to go to the house to nee the servants. What be should have done if he had any ground of complaint was to have gone to Mr. Masters. Ho then ordered the defendant to be bound over in the sum of 201. to keep the peace to all her Majesty's subjects for 12 months. Mrs. Mary dun Havinvr, the wife of the above de fendant, was summoned for unlawfully using threatening and menacing language to Alice Jane Masters (a child), whereby she apprehended bodily harm, but that summons was dismiseed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. • CABMAN'S LICSIIRE SUSPINDED FOR MISCONDUCT. John Kelly, a cab-driver, badge 13,891, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhits u follows: Dr. Girdwood, residing at No. 19, Howley-place, Pad dington, said that on the previous afternoon he engaged the prisoner to drive him from his house to the Waterloo station, and when the prisoner got to George-street, near St. Giles's Church, be got his horse into a gallop. He told the prisoner to drive quietly, but instead of doing so he lashed his horse. He again complained to the pneoner, and the pri soner then ordered him in a rough manner to get oat of the cab. and he did so and got into another, and the pri soner then drove his cab against the one he was in, and he believed injured the wheel of it. The prisoner asked him to pay him, and he then told the man whose cab he was in to drive to the police-station, and he did so, and when there the prisoner came in and was detained by the in spector. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Dr. Girdwood said the prisoner was not exactly drunk, but was excited through liquor. Police-constable Helliur, 171 C, was on duty at the Marlborough-mews station, when Dr. Girdwood arrived, and directly after the prisoner came in and demanded payment of Dr. Girdwood. fleeing *hat the prisoner was drunk, be was charged with being so, and detained. A third cab was brought to the station, it having been damaged by the prisoner driving against it. The prisoner said his horse was a young one, and did not want any dogging. Mr. Tyrwhitt--But got it all the same. The prisoner said he went to the station to see if he was not to be paid. . . . . Mr. Tyrwhitt—lf you think a man is bound to pay a drunken fellow who endangers his life you are mistaken. You will have your license suspended for 21 days. That is the only way to punish such men as you. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1867. THE ALLEGED FORGERIES TO THE EXTENT OF 120,0001. SIANSION.HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) The further examination of Edward Devillers, the Frenchman charged with forging and 'uttering bills of r•ebange to the amount of 1%1,0001., with intent to de fraud the Leeds Banking Company, came on to-day before the Lord Mayor, pursuant to adjournment from Monday last. Mr. Poland, instructed by Messrs. Freshfield, again ap. poured for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Messrs. Parker, Lee, and Haddock, again attended for the prisoner. The court,aa at the last examination, was densely crowded. Mr. Poland stated that there was a witness from the country desirous of returning home, and to enable her to do so he proposed to take her evidence first, though it was somewhat out of order. Elizabeth Want was then sworn, and being examined by Mr. Poland, proved that she now lived at Portsmouth, but from June, 1844, to July, 1865, she filled the situa• tion of cook at York House, West Cowes, which was then occupied and furnished by the prisoner. She knew two gentlemen named FAlgeley and Watts, who were constant visitors to,the prisoner. Edgcley came almost every Saturday and remained till the Sunday evening. While there Edgeley was in the habit of looking over the trades men's bills before be went away. Afterwards she went to live as cook at the prisoner's residence, Barbara House, Bromley, when Fslgeley was in the same way a constant visitor. Mr. Ernest Bertram, examined by Mr. Poland, proved that he had been a clerk in the service of Thomas lidgeley and Co., at No. 1, Sermon-lane, St. Paul's-churchyard, from January, 1863, to July, 1865. He had been in the habit of procuring by directions, sometimes of Edgeley, sometimes of Watts, and sometimes by the witness Mr. Grant, the printed foreign bill forms which he (witness) bad been in the habit of filling up. The bills purported to be drawn by the May dampeck Forest Company. The witness examined the packets of the bills produced, which he identified. The amounts for which he filled up the hills were supplied to him by the witness Grant. After they were filled up the bills were given to Mr. Edgeley, who used to enclose them in envelopes and forward them to the manager of the Leeds Banking Company. Witness first saw the prisoner in May, 1865, at West Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. on his invitation. This was a visit of pleasure and not of business. On several occasions he am Edgeley sign the prisoner's name to those bills, and at the same time he stated that Mr. Devillers had given him authority to s4n his name. The endorsements on the bill in the name of Seale and Co. were in Seale's handwriting ; those in the name of K H. Watts and Co. were in Edgeley's handwriting, with a few exceptions, when they were endorsed by Watts him- self. The bill dated May 24, 1864, for 1,1201. 10s. (the one especially under consideration) was endorsed by Watts, for the firm of E. H. Watts and Co. The name of K Dewiness, as drawn, he believed to be in Grunt's handwriting, in imitation of the prisoner's signature. WatirMs could not say whether there was really such a company as the May dampeck Forest Company. The business in Sermon-lane was in part attended to by Mr. Watts, and the business of E. H. Watts and Co. at Leeds was managed by a young man, Henry Bryson, who, he understood, had since gone to New York. The examination of the witnesses for the prosecution will occupy the entire sitting of the court, and there is no doubt there will be a further remand of the prisoner. EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING COMPANY (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.) The adjourned general meeting of proprietors was held this afternoon at the London Tavern ; Mr. STEWART in the chair. The report and balance-sheet, which were issued some days ago, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report, stated the outstanding liabilities of the company, which amounted to 190,0001., were practically non-existent. in asmuch as they had ample resources in hand in the shape of merchandise and Egyptian go vernment bonds. Since the last meeting the di rectors had given every effect to the policy imposed upon them, namely, that of restricting and curtailing in every possible way the company's operations, closing all the agencies, and effecting a favourable settlement of the numerous claims. They believed that a quiet and steady prosecution of their claims without proclaiming their future intentions was the beat way to obtain the res titution and recovery of as much of the capital as they could lay hold of. Mr. BORK HEIM expressed himselfagainst a forcible wind ing up. Ile thought that no bus iness ought to be done, and that the assets should be realised in Egypt, and sent home to London. _ (The meeting was proceeding when our report left.) WEATHER REPORT.-(THD3 DAY.) Wr.DicluiDAT, MAY 114 II A.N. XI Ixtreme. I & tr.l W. 110 . .. 1 -..-A D. -... % W. &11 to U X , - - N gra lO.OB 41 18. K 1 1 XL me - Aberdeen -30.00 41 LN.L 1 1 N. co - Leith 1,30.07 43 X I II N. to - Anlreetan 60.111 44 XXX 3 4 X c - Greencastle 30.03 46 B.L 1 4 L so - Valentla '39.64 IS XXX 1 6 IX ro Illi Caps Clear 19.87 49 %X 4 6 XX b 0.10 - 10.01 46 X I I X 11 0v = 19.96 44 1.76.1 It 0 LN.L al .--- romance.- 29.84 47 LN.L 3 7 K.K.K. ro 0.60 Brett 11.7162 LN.L 1 5 ILL o - Laciest ass 50 N.L. C It W. ee 9.16 ieebefort 16.8666 18.1 3 3 Xll.l r LID ilmouth 29.83 48 X 31 7 X co 18.66 W o 7lnoath 39 se 4a LN.L 4 S x&x 0 - Portamoutb 15.88 48 N.& 4 4 E. 0 - London 13.81 44 Z. N.& 4 0 L o - Yarmouth 19.04 45 X 8 8 1.8. X a-I 0 Scarborough 30. 43 18.1 It a &L 0 - Shields 30.09 44 X 1 1 X an , - Helder 19.96 41 X 7- -- t o- The of the atmosphere still Increases this mornhig, and e By so in the south•west Temperature has changed but tittle. Winds are north-easterly, ueept In west of Ireland. where they are southeasterly. The weather Is overcast, and rein has fallen In the south-west. Mrs. Green, the hat revolutionary pensioner in the United States, has just died at the age of 100 years. She was the widow of a soldier of the War of American Independence. Six children, 46 grandchildren, 141 great grandchildren, and 13 grent-grest•grandchildren survive her. BILLINGSGATE-MARK WT. —Yesterday, at a meeting of the City magistrates held at the Guildhall, including the Lord Mayor, a report was brought up from the General Purposes Committee of the Court of Aldermen by Mr. Alderman Rose, with suggestions for facilitating the traffic in connexion with Billingsgate-market, which has long been in an unsatisfactory state from over-crowding, and had at length become intolerably vexatious to all persons concerned in taking fish to and from the market. The report presented by Mr. Alderman Rose, stated that they had been attended by the memorialists, and also by Colonel Fraser, the Commissioner of City Police, with the latter of whom they had conferred as to the practi cability of carrying out certain suggestions for facilitating the traffic, without interfering with other branches of trade conducted in the neighbourhood of Billingsgate. The result was that yesterday, on the recommendation of the committee and of the City Commissioner of Police, the Court of Aldermen adopted a regulation for the future management of the market traffic, to the effect that vans arriving at Billingsgate before half-past 7 in the morning will not be permitted to remain in the street after 14 o'clock, but at that hour, whether they be un loaded or not, they will be removed by the police ; and that vans with fish arriving after 8, and between that hour and 9, shall be allowed half an hour for unloading, at the expiration of which they will likewise be removed by the police, notice in each case being first given to the con signee of the fish. The court also passed some subsidiary regulations with the same view, and empowered the City Commissioner of Police to carry hem into practical effect. It was stated incidentally by Alderman Rose that much of the present confusion and delay in the approaches to the market was attributable to the practice of keerg ri blck the inferior kinds of fish on their arrival a t Bi te in order to enhance the price of the better sorts, espe cially was it attributable to the practice adopted of late years by fish salesmen in the market of selling their fish by sample, and thus, instead of emptying the vans of the fish consigned to them, converting them for hours into depots for the sale of it. THE W A RRI OR. - -The Warrior, armoured-iron frigate, 6,109 tons, 1,250.h0r5e power, is ordered by the Controller of the Navy to be completed at Portsmouth dock yardr and made ready to receive her crew on oem miss' ton by the 17th Inst. This frigate has now been so long in hand by the shipwright department of the yard that it was reasonably expected she would be ready to receive her mew and hoist her commission pennant on any day after the 9th ult., the date fixed upon origin ally for the completion of her refit. She has been so trilled with, however, from some cause or other, that now her services are required a considerable amount of work remains yet unfinished. The result is that while the controller himself must be somewhat astonished at such a state of things, his subordinates at Portsmouth are equally astonished at being called upon to finish work at a short notice which they have been treating as likely to last for a considerable time. All the available resources of the shipwright department of the yard are now placed upon the frigate to complete her with all haste, but it will be almost impossible to do this by the 17th inst. The present system of supervision of work of this kind in her Majesty's yards is, to say the least, moat inadequate.— Times. cnimcz or Elm Jaws Prowis Arsagon, clerk t • Mr. Richard Fallon, bill discounter and auctioneer, of No. 52, Marsham-street, Westminster, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with embezzling several sums of money received on account of his employer. Three cases were gone into, and Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the accused for a week, declining to take bail. WORSHIP-STREET. 1100e1C BREA IC ING. _ --------------------- Janes Smith, a powerful man, was charged with forcibly bretkirg and entering the dwelling-house, No. 49, Grey Eagle-street, Spitalfields, and stealing two watches and • large quantity of clothing and bed linen, the property of Thomas Atkins. The prosecutor was absent from the premises at the time, but the prisoner was seen to leave them in company with two other men, all of whom carried bundles of great size. The circumstance, occurring as it did at 5 in the morning. excited the suspicion of • neighbour, named Shaw. The street door was left unclosed, and he aa quickly as poseible made the prosecutors son acquainted wits the facts. The prisoner was subsequently ran into a " cul do sue," and apprehended. The others escaped. A remand was ordered. RATH LNG IN REGENT'S-PARR. —A deputation waited on Sir Francis H. Goldsmid, Bart, at St. John's lodge, Regent's-park, on Monday, by appointment, to confer with the worthy baronet respecting the proposed public bathing in the portion of the ornamental lake ad lacent to the grounds of St. John's-lodge. Mr. George Craikshank, who takes very great interest in this and similar popular movements of • sanitary description, beaded the deputation, and Mr. W. Beare, the hon. same tary, and Mr. Welitherley, of Kentish Town-road, ex plained the nature of the " boon" so much desired. Mr. Chas. Whyte, • champion swimmer, the possessor of numerous medals, bad the honour of submitting some of these trophies to Sir Francis for his inspection. It was arranged that the deputation should prepare • plan on paper of the proposed bathing-place, and wait on Sir Francis again on Monday, the 21th inst., Sir Francis kindly promising in the meantime to make • personal in spection of the Victoria-park arrangements for bathers. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BY 17Z401111.141.) BATH MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) DYRHAM PARK HANDICAP. Once round and $ distance. Lecturer, John Davis, Caithness. Comers, Red Riband, Steamboat, Douro, Libertine, Wild Moor, Whirligig, and Chevalier d'Esprit are here. WLSTON STAKES. IFfalf a mile. Lady Elisabeth,Cantine cs, Blue Gown, The Forest King, The Faun Uncle, Grinaston, Patrician, Mamma, and Weather Isle are here. SOIIERSETSHIRE STAKES. Two miles and & distance. John Davis, Pintail, G;ailer;, tirliiitaes, and Douro are here. DODINGTON WELTER STARES. Once round and a dirt - a;;;;. Jobu Davis, Stockinger, Retribution, Steamboat, Needle Gun, and Black Prince are here. BADUINTON STAKES. T.Y.C. Lady Elizabeth, Crinuston, Commissioner, Ostreger, and Van Amburgh are bare. NURSERY STAKES. T.Y.C. Etiquette, Miss Camerino, Manton Herennianus, B e l- Name, l'omi, St. Valentine, lady Edith, and Jewess are here. BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) Herr-PM3T Two o'ClLocc. Very few members present and not much doing. Quotations as follow : DERBY. to 2 apt Vauban (off. t3to 1) 1 to 1 The Rake (off) 10 to 1 Van Amburgh (t and off) 100 to 7 Dragon (t) 20 to 1 Julius (t) 20 to 1 Marksman (off) 1000 to 10 Ben Neyia (off ) 1000 to 10 Gipsy King (off) 1000 to 10 Tyndale (off) COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& MARX-LANE.--(THIS DAY. ) The fresh receipts of English wheat to-day were very moderate, and the quality generally was but middling, although millers were not disposed to operate beyond their actual wants. The value of both red and white parcels in consequence of the firmness of factors was well supported. The amount of business concluded was limited. There was a good show of foreign wheat, the demand for which was inactive at Monday's prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at late rates. The barley trade was quiet. Fine malting parcels were firm in price, but grinding and distilling sorts were diffi cult to sell, even at the late decline. Malt met a slow sale, on former terms. In oats the transactions were on a limited scale, but no change took place in the quotation. Beans were unaltered in value, although the inquiry was heavy. The supply on sale was small. Very little business was doing in peas, at late currencies. Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. On the whole the seed trade ruled quiet, at previous prices. ARRIVAL OF GRAIN. &e., INTO LONDON BY WATER CARRIAGE THIS WEEK. Oita 010ar. va. auks brla. .. .. 610 noio :: litio nolo .. 1640 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (Br TILLZOILAPH.) Mom ova own OORIMPOIMINIT.) The market continues very animated and steady. Sales to-day 20,000 bales. Speculation and export 8,000 balm MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAY.) SUGAR.—The market remains quiet. and previous prim' are with difficulty supported. Refined—Dried goo& are firm ; common lumps are not to be had under 435. ; pieces are less in request, and prices are barely supported. COVlT..ll.—'rhe small parcels of Plantation Ceylon brought to public sale have sold readily at full valuations. Ordinary small to floe fine ordinary . 71a. 6d. to 775. ; low to good middling, 78s. to 86s. ; peaberry, 88e. to 925. ; native Ceylon at a further advance of ls. per cwt. ; ordi nary email to good ordinary, 61s. to 645. ; brownish, 665. to 66,. 6d. ; bold, 70s. 6d. Taw.—The fine qualities of Indian teas are selling at firm rates; comm on rather easier. Prmirrero. —3OO bags sold at the full price of lid. Rl:N.—There is an active demand for Jamaica at an ad vance of 2d. per gallon ; Demerara sold at ls. 7d. ; and Mauritius at ls. id. RICE.—The market continues quiet. Daum:l.—The quarterly sales are progreseing quietly ; desirable qualities of Bengal at about last sale's prices; good and fine chiefly bought in at above the market value. Ordinary and Dudes sold at 2d. to 3d. per lb. under Febru. au sales rates. Dry leaf Madras are in most request, at full rates to 3d. per lb. advance. fiw9.rerraz.-150 bags sold, refraction 4i, at 18s. 9d. Corron.—Tha market continues quiet. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is quiet. Prices are quoted u follows : Town tallow, 41a. 9d. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the mot, 43a. 3d. ; June, 436. 3d. to 43e. 6d. ; October to Decem ber, 43a. 9d. to 44a. ; December, 445. 6d. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mama Pattanden and Smith report a steady demand or immediate consumption at late quotations. Moog. Darby. Mat MIL& =Mote 340 150 MO llceldgn soap is° - - - Total PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, II sr 14.—fialse : Great Eastern, 271 8— Great Northern, A, 1081 1--Locaabire and Yorkshire, 1221-- London, Brighton, and South Coast, 55 c. —London end Barth Weetern,llll 1 1 c. 1 1 121 12—Manchester. Sbeffiekl, and Linoolmhtni, 461 6—ilkiland , 106 51 16 ba 6 I—North British, 331—North Eastern, Berwick capital stot, 100—South Eastern, 621 I I e. 011 2c. 1 1 I — Great Eastern, 5 per cent., 1862, 68 c..-1111sob Central, 761—United States 6-20 Bonds, 1862, 72} — Ditto 1866.714-Great Luxemburg ehares, 21 c. 7-16 c. 1 7 . 16 tl3 16 12.16--Spanish Passives, 211—North Western Bank tat', f J.—British and Foreign Marine (Limited), par— Clonal Steam (Laited), 154 f d.—Pacific Steam, 90. Meactinmen, MAY 14.—The market opened better, and continued good, with a fair amount of business doing. Great Eastern, 271 B—Great Luxemburg, 9 5-16 I 7- I :3lL 2 lreet Northern *, 1081 91 1--Grand Trunk of Canada, 17 rest Western of Canada, 144—Great Western, 401— sad Yorkshire, 123—London and North tt eigent. 1121 111 1 1 12— 'Manchester and Count Bank (Limited), 1f p.—Manchester, ffileMeld, sad 464 1 ; ditto, Z 6 prefereace, 4—Metropolltan. 118 1n 10611.11,1,11 i f 61 1 7—North BritlA, 331 1 . 1 .1 1 —North ?wick) 101—tiouth lnatern, an 111 I —United Mates 6-20 Years' Bonds, 721—Issudon, Brighton, South Coast, an—Londe, Financial 231 d. Bla3113011•11, MAY 14.—The sales to-day were—MniOnsham and Ataffonishire Gas, a 0 shares. at 26: hallus CarrhiP shares omburr, at 11 prem. : Patent Nut and Bolt s hares, at 31 tin and Patent Shaft and Aintree, new shares, at 1 pres. Closing prices Stourbridge hallway shares, buyers, at 6; Wr mdnghan and Midland Bank shares, sellers, at 160 ; illaropehlr• Bank, sellers, at 4 : 111rmingW.a Gas, clam A. sellers. at 129: Midland Wagon shame, sellers, at 96 ; and Mantes Metal shack et to Cs. DUULIN, MAT IS—Three per Cent. Consols, 901—New Three pm. Cent, Stock, 994—Ditto, for account, Jowl 991—B a nk og Ireland £1(x) paid% Et6l 235—Hibernian Banking Compa nyC E paid:, 37—National Bank (X9O paid). I 4—Provincialßank 1:25 paid:. 84—Royal Bank (610 1, Ml—Union Bank .Llinited; paid), 121—Dublin and aaigi paid), elf el %11.11 and Great Western (IWO paid), 661—Dubtin. Widclow, and Wexford. 6 oar cent. ,1660) redeem. 1856 (all pahl), 471. One thousand pounds has been subscribed towards erecting a hospital at Shepton Mallet, in Sower setshire. The Prince of Wales, who is lord of the manor there, is about to be solicited to give • piece of land for the hospital to be built on. Tux MURDER AND SUICIDE IN HOXTON.—An in quest was held yesterday at the Green Man Tavern, in High-street, Holton Old Town, by Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, on the bodies of Henry Thomas Fletcher and Ellen, his wife. William Fletcher said he is a shipwright, and lives at 31, Woolsack-place, Willing-street. Bromley. The deceased, his brother, was • ship joiner. In September last his brother was in Melbourne in the ship Result, when it took fire, and be assisted to extinguish it, and while doing so • large spar fell and struck him on the head. Since then be had been most eccentric, more particularly when under the influence of drink. On Saturday, the 11th inst., about a qnarter-past 9 o'clock in the evening, his brother parted from him at his house, and said be was going to his lodg ings, and promised to see him on the Sunday afternoon. He was then under the influence of liquor. lie knew that he was ► married man and parted from his wife, The cause of their separation was that when she fell into a fit of drinking she would sell and pawn everything. When the deceased man came to his home he talked loud and used bad language, for which he was rebuked. Mrs. Mary Ann Straw. son said her husband keeps the Bridge-house Tavern in Holton. The deceased woman came as servant to her on Thursday last. She had a written recommendation with her from a person who professed to have known her for the last five years. The witness then stated the fade mentioned in the Express of yesterday. Henry Mead, of 57, Lever-street, • vocalist, and another witness, gave con- firmatory evidence. The coroner, in summing up, said there could be no doubt that the man had first shot his wife and then committed suicide. The next question for them would be as to his sanity when he ocenaiitted the acts. The jury found a verdict that the deceased woman h►d been wilfully murdered by the deceased man, and one of suicide against him while of unsound mind. MONEY MARKET.-(THIB DAY.) Ows o'Owow. The stock markets are decidedly firm to-day, and the amount of business is rather large. Purchases have been induced by the satisfactory state of con tinental affairs, and the prospect of a steady influx of gold to the Bank. About 600,00 W. is now on the way from Australia to England, nearly the whole of which, according to present appearances, will be retained here. The funds have been bought to a considerable extent by speculators for a rise, while an increased number of bond fide investments have also taken place. The result is an advance of about I per cent. in Consols, the Three per Cents. Reduced, and New Three per Cents. British rail ways and foreign stocks are likewise in request, and the changes in prices are nearly all in an upward direction. The transactions generally will probably still further increase after the completion this afternoon of the fortnightly settlement. There is an increased demand for money to-day, but it is chiefly in connexion with the settlement in the Stock Exchange, where the rate for short loans on English government securities has risen to 2to 21 per cent. The general charge for the best paper is 2 1 per cent. Consols are now quoted 92/ to 1, with div., for money, and 901, ex div., for the account (Juno 6); and the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 901. The Indian Five per Cent. stock continues in request, and has experienced a fresh rise of 1 per cent., viz., to 1111 to 1. Turkish Bonds of 1865, Spanish Passive, and the Committee's Certificates are still in demand, and Dhow a further advance of 1 to 1 per cent. Mexican are I better, and Italian of 1861 are inquired for. Turkish Bonds of 1865 are quoted 311 to 4; Greek, 131t014 ; Spanish Passive, 22/ to I ; ditto Certifi cates, 141 to 1; Italian of 1861, 521 to 1 ; Mexican, 161 to k. In the market for Bank shares the principal feature is an inquiry for Imperial Ottoman, which have advanced to 11 to 11 dis. Other descriptions are steady. Some of the financial shares exhibit a fractional rise, but miscellaneous descriptions are unaltered. International Financial are quoted 2} to dis. ; London Financial, 231 to 221 dis. ; General Credit, 2} to dia. ; Credit Foncier, 61 to dis. ; National Discount, 61 to 7/ prem.; and Hudson's Bay, 16 to 4. United States 5-20 Bonds are higher, at 721 to ; but Erie and Illinois Central railway shares are without variation, at 42 tot and 76 to 1 re spectively. Anglo-American =a Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference shares have improved 2s. 6d. to te. ; the former are quoted 181 to 1, and the latter, 4f to J. There is a rumour in the Stock Exchange that Mr. Laing, M.P., is to be the new chairman of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. Telegrams from Bombay quote the exchange Is. 11 13-16 d., showing a rise of 1-16 d. compared with the quotation current on the 27th ult., the previous mail day. A meeting of Venezuelan bondholders will be held on Friday next, " For the purpose of passing resolutions, urging her Majesty's government to adopt active measures to enforce on the govern ment of Venezuela the due performance of its con tracts with British subjects, and to consult what additional measures should be taken to obtain justice for the bondholders." An extraordinary meeting of the Acadian Char coal Iron Co. (Limited) is convened for the 22nd inst., when a proposal, made by Mews. Liveacy, Beattie, and Blackburn, to take on lease, with the option of purchase, the company's works and pro perty in Nova Scotia, will be submitted for ap proval. An instalment of 10 per cent. falls due to day on the last Chilian loan, and another of 16 per cent. on Saturday next on the Danubian. About 20,0001. in bar gold was sent into the Bank yesterday, and further amounts are expected to follow, owing to the increased firmness of the foreign exchanges. The steamer Tasmanian has arrived from the West Indies, with 178,0001. in specie. With the establishment of peace a check has been given to the drawing of continental bills on this country, and the result yesterday afternoon has been an improvement in the exchanges. Bills on Hamburg and three months' drafts on Holland and Paris were especially higher. The effect of the sub sidence of political distrust, however, is a move ment in the exchanges on St. Petersb urg, Vienna, and Italy in favour of those places. Yesterday afternoon's list is subjoined : Amsterdam. 3 months, 11.19 to 11.194; ditto, short, 11.164 to 11.174 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11.19 to 11.194 ; Antwerp, 3 months, 25.374 to 25.424 ; Brawls, 3 months, 25.374 to 25.424; Hamburg and Altana, 3 months, 13.9 to 13.94 ; Berlin, Cologne &a, 3 months, 6.244 to 6.25; Bt. Petersburg, 3 months, 314 to 31 , Paris, shmt, 25.10 to 25.224; ditto, 3 months, 25.31 to 2.40; Marseilles, 3 months, 25.324 to 95.374 ; Prankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months, 119 1 to 1194 ; Vienna, 3 months, 13 to 13.20 ' • Trieste, 3 months, 13 to 13.20 ; Madrid, 3 months, 484 to 484; Santander, 3 months, 484 to 484; Cadiz, 3 months, 494 to 49; Seville, 3 months, 494 to 49; Malaga, 3 months, 484 to 484; Valencia, 3 nionths, 48) to 484 ; Bar. oslocua, 3 months, 49 to 484 ; 3 months, 484 to 484 ; Heragoses, 3 months, 484 to 484 ; Leghorn, 3 months, 26.90 to 27; Genoa, 3 months, 26.90 to 27 ; Naples, 3 months, 26.90 to 27 ; Palermo, 3 months, 26.90 to 27 ; Marina, 3 months, 26.90 to 27: Lisboa, 90 days' date, 524 to 52 ; Oporto, 90 dim' date, 524 to 52. The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 2,7581. over last year; the Metropolitan, an increase of 209 f.; and the Glasgow and South Western, an increase of 13/. The honorary secretaries of the Western Rail ways Shareholders' Association have issued a cir cular, in which they publish the following com munication' received by them from the London and South Western Railway Company, and they intimate that " the committee of the association is n.lt sufficiently infonned as to the advisability of the shareholders consenting to or voting against the bills to be submitted for approval, and have given power to the delegates to vote as they think best after hearing the arguments of the directors." - London and South Western Railway, Secretary's-office, Waterloo-bridge Station, May 6. Dear air,-1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the sth instant, requesting to be informed, as to the amount of capital which will be authorised to be raised for new works by this company's pending amend ment bill. The answer is 50.0001. in sham or stock, and 16,006/. borrowing powers. The objects fo• which these amounts are sought to be raised, is the formation of two small lengths of railway at Wimbledon, of which the larger w submitted, in deference to a suggestion m►de by • committee of parliament in the last session. It is considered that all these works will he useful in the future working of the company's lines, and the bill contains powers to abandon in the same locality • line which the company was authorised to make in 1865.—1 remMn, dear sir, yours faithfully, FREDERICK CLARE, Secretary. _ . . H. S. Ellis, Fiq., Fair.p.ulr, Exeter. Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas, and waterworks shares, as given in the Stock Exchange list of last evening : Insurance—Alliance British and Foreign, In ; Com mercial Union, 3j, 1!616 ; London, 46; London and Pro vincial Marine, I, li, 1 ; Ocean Marine, 191 ; Thames and Mersey Marine (Limited), 5. this Light and Coke—lmperial Continental, 92, 3,44. Waterworks—Berlin, 111. The annexed memorandum is from the London Stock and Share Company (Limited) : At to-day's auction of the London Stock and Share Com pany the following were among the sales effected : Alhambra Company (Si. p od). 11. to 4L 15a. per share; Bedford Pantechnicon Company (71. paid), at 12a. per share; Brighton Laundry Company (fully paid), at 21s. per share; China Steam Ship and Labium Coal Compasy (U. 10a. paid), at 7a. 601. to lla. ; Dageabem Dsc Caw paily (fully paid up), Ms. to 25a. ; Day and Son (71. 10a. . paid), at ss. ; Freemasons' Tavern Company (51. paid). Is. 6d. ; Guildhall Tavern Company (fully paid), aS 31. 17a. 6d. to 41. ; Imperial Land of Ramifies ; tares, at 61. 7a. gd. to r*/. 12a. 6d. ; Isle of Wight Railway . (fully paid), at 31. 15s. ; Lanham Hotel Company (fully • paid), at 31. 6s. ; London, Chatham. and Dover Railway Preference B 6 per cent. stock, at 31) per cent. ; Soutla Kensington Hotel Company (fully paid), at 3e. per share. Messes. C. J. Ham bro and Son have ann calmed the interest due the let pros. on the Sardinian Five per Cent. Loan of 1851. The Bank of New South Wales, the oldest of our colonial banks, celebrated on the Bth of April its fiftieth anniversary by a holiday at all its branches throughout Australasia. The fifty years that have since the Bank of New South Wales first opened its doors hare proved fifty yews of great aucoess, but not unmixed with care and anxiety. The screw steamer Narva has just been char tered through Messrs. Wm. Rutty, Wightrnan, and Co., to lay a telegraph cable between Florida and Cuba. The completion of this line will open direct communication between London and Havana. • The quarterly sales of indigo commenced yester day, consisting of 7,423 chests (including 2,244 cheate of old ~noods, bought in at, or withdrawn ' from, former sales, and BEIO chests in second hands). The annexed report is from Messrs. M. W. Jewen bury and Co. : The ales opened without spirit, and the amount of orders appeared to be but small. Fine shipping qualities of Bengal maintained fully February rates; but other kinds were less firm, and ruled from par to 2d. decline. O u dee s and plant Oudes sold from 3d. to 4d. lower. Madras went from par to 3d, higher. The only parcel of Henrik passed to-day was withdrawn. The attendance of both borne and foreign buyers was limited. The following are the proportions of the different so is, :—Bengal, on•-fourth good and fine, and three-fourths middling and ordinary. • The Madras, one-third good and fine, and two-thirds said. dling and ordinary. The Kurpah, chiefly middling and onlinary. The Oudes. one-four th good and fine, and three. fourths middling and ordinary. The Manilla, middling and ordinary. 1,470 cheats hare passed to-day, of which 527 were withdrawn, 236 bought in, and 707 sold. TUESDAY EVININO. Consols, which closed yesterday at 901, ez div., for the 6th of June, opened this morning at the same quotation, and closed at 901 tot. For money the last price was 91 to 92, with div. The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock 891 to 90. The official business report is am follows :—Three per Cent. Coned', for money,9ll, 2, 11 ; ditto, for account, 90k, +, ex div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891,90; New Three per Cents., 891, 901, 891 ; Bank Stock, 253 ; India Stock, 218 ; ditto Five per Cent, 1111, 1,11,1, 1; ditto Four per Cent., 96ex div. ; ditto Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 10'4 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 108 ; ditto Bonds, 525. prem. The India Five per Cent. Stock was again in demand and very Arm. Exchequer Bills were quoted 21s. to 265. prem. The foreign stock market was hrm, and an improvement was observable in many instances. As regards the speculative de scriptions, Spanish Passive, the Commit tee's Certificates, Chilian Scrip, Greek, and Turkish of 1865 (Five per Cents.) were in good demand and rose to R per cent. Russian scrip was 1 better, and Mexican and Italian of 1861, 1. Most of the Egyptian bonds advanced Ito 2 ; Turkish of 1863 and 1865 (Six per Cents.), as well as Brazilian of 1863 and New Grenadian Three per Cents., 1 ; Brazilian and Peruvian of 1865, the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan, and Portuguese, ; and New Grenadian Deferred, 1. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Own o'Oiocz. British mining shares are in fair demand to-day, owing to the firmness of the metal market. The settlement, which will be completed this afternoon, tends,however,tocheck freshbusinessat the moment. West Chiverton shares are quoted 6Gi to 68; Wheal &ton, 106 to 116 ; Prince of Wales, 51s. toots.; Great Retallack, 41 to 5 ; Clifford, 5 to 4 ; East Caradon, sto 4 ; Chiverton Moor, 61 to ; South Caradon, 340 to 360 ; Devon Great Consols, 390 to 410 - Wheal Uny, 1 to 11; and North Retallack, to 3f. At Prince of Wales Mine meeting yesterday the accounts showed a credit balance of 1,8771., and it was mentioned that the mine is now making a profit of 6001. per month. RAILWAY&-(THIS DAY.) olham. The railway market is firm to-day ; but the changes in the chief stocks are confined to a riot) of per cent. in Lancashire and Yorkshire, South- Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover ; and a reduction of 4 in Great Northern A. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 116: k to ; Great Western, 41), to 11 ; London and North Western, 112 to ; Midland, 1001 to 107; ; Lam ceshire and Yorkshire, 123 i to k ; Caledonian, lotli to 107}; South Eastern, 63i to 1 ; Great Eastern, 28 to I ; Great Northern, toq to 1094 ; ditto A, 109 1 1 to 11q; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16 to 17 ; North British, 33.1 to 34 ; and Brighton, Shan etas (For to-day's • t see page 4.1 It was stated at the farmers' dinner at Bland ford, in Dorsetahire, last week, that a broker in klark•taoe sold 25,000 quarters of grain during the first week of this month. _ _ WHITEHALL, MAY I3.—The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. George Earl of Hadaington, to be her Majesty's High COlllllllll. sioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. FRENCH PROTESTA NTII4II. —A Paris letter in the Sal at Public of Lyons says :—" The Pastoral C.nfereno .s of Paris last week opened their :34th annual meeting in the hall of the Societe Imperials d'Horticulture, Rue die Cr... nelle St. Germain. The portion called orthodox, which just now holds the highest place in the protestant church of Pans, bad refused all the localities dependent on the protestant places of worship in the capital. The Prefect of Police, however, being more liberal, granted them the hall in question. The election of M. Martin Psachoud by a Lug., majority, as definitive president of there conferences, may be considered as • significant protein against the arbitrary acts of the Paris Consistory in no sped to that clergyman. The election of M. Mejanelle- Vincent, en elder of the Nimes Consistory, has been at the same time • well.tuerited homage to the firm and liberal attitude assumed by that assembly in the recent divergences produced in the reformed church of Franco. An interesting incident marked the first pastoral eon ferenoe. The assembly decided that a letter should be written in their name to the minister' of domino is Ger many, to testify the ardent desire felt by all French pro testante to see peace maintained between two nations which God made, not to tear each other to pieta, but to labour in common, each in its own sphere, for the progress of civilisation and spread of the Gospel throughout the world." A NORTHERN SENATOR AT CHAR LEATON The well•known member of the republican party, Senator Wil son, addressed some 5,000 coloured people in • square at Charleston on the aural inst. The Nero York ileralel reports thefollowing aapartof his address:—You are now the peers andequals of every other mania the country in your rights, and I trust you will be the squal of every other nom in devotion to country, in love of liberty, of justice of education, and of industry. You have been roads free. No man can now enter your cabin, and take from you the wife of your bosom or the children of your love. (Sensation, and murmurs of "No, good Lord.") No one can separate you now. (A negre-a, " No, my Lord, they cannot.") Another add, " That is a glorious thing. Your rights have now been secured, a nd aro hereafter to be seoured, in the constitutions of all the States. Never vote unless you vote for your isountry• which made you free. (Expressions of went.) Regis• ter your names. (" We will.") Vote for • united country. (" We will.") Vote for the old flag. (" We will.") Vote so to change the constitution of this State that your liberties may be consummated and made secure. (. Yea, bless the Lord.") Cherish no hates nor prejudices growing out of your past relations. Never say or do any. thing to provoke a war of races. Do not Lite your late masters. No body of men since the world began Lae ever been punished more than they have been punished in this great contest. Their brave leaders—wbere are they Defeated ; some of them are in exile, their M all lost, every object in their lives gone, never to sa w so back again. As the country grows sad becomes the foremost station of the globe their record will grow darker and darker. It is • terrible fate. God knows would sot lay any more burdens upon them. Oltverat PALACE. ONE SHILLTNO DAT..— TUESDAT, MAT 14. —Admissions on paymeet, ditto by smarm TUESDAT, tickets. 799 ; total visitors, 2,060.