The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been a steady demand for discount accommodation to-day at full rates. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £lBO,OOO, and the exports £1,300,000. About £120,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. At the ensuing meeting of the London Chartered Bank of Australia proprietors a dividend will be proposed of 4 per cent. for the half-year, and the reserve fund increased to £60,000. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., together with a bonus of 1 per cent., will be declared by the directors of the Commercial Dock Company, at the meeting on the 13th proximo. _ _ A moderate amount of business took place in the • Liverpool Cotton Marketyesterday, and prices were steadily maintained. The sales were 4,000 bales. Subscriptions are invited for a Lausanne and Fribourg Railway 6 per Cent. Loan, amounting to £285,000 sterling in bonds at 95 per cent„ and representing £300,000 stock. The loan to be repaid in seven years by a sinking fund, and the principal and interest are guarranteed by the general revenues of the Canton of Fribourg, besides forming a first mortgao3 on the Railway from Lausanne via Fri bourg to the frontier of Berne (about 54 miles in length). The loan is to be applied to th© comple tion of the railway, of which 20 kilometres are now open for traffic. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . Two O'CLOCK. The English Funds opened this morning with a firm appearance, but subsequent sales led to a &- cline of 1 per cent., which, however, has since been recovered, and Consols are now 931 t for money, and 921 for the account, less the dividend. The New Threes are 911 ; the Reduced, 911 ; and Exchequer Bills 10s. to 14s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1091 t ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 102 t 103 i ; and ditto Bonds, 28s. prem. A fair amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign Market, and prices show more firm ness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 80i 81 ; ditto, 1858, 70k; ditto New Scrip, 21 -a prem.; Egyp tian, lt prem ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97; ; ditto New Loan, I prem; Spanish 3 per Cents., 54t; ditto Certificates have advanced to 91 k ; and Mexicans are 31t 2. The operations in the Railway Share Market have continued moderately active, and prices itre generally a shade firmer. Great Western, South Western, Midland, North Eastern (Berwick) improved ss. ; Great Northern A Stock, North Western and South Eastern, 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1 ; Brightons, however, de clined 10s. _ _ The Foreign and Colonial lines remained dull. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, however. have improved to 211, and Great Indian Peninsula to 103. Joint stack Bank Shares remained inactive at about previous quotations_ In the Miscellaneous Market Crystal Palace Stock improved to 33-: 34 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam to 691 ; and Rio de Janeiro Improvement to 261 -I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. .3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll :3 per Cent. Console Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll i India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. lO9l 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO3l 2 , 1 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Consols for Account, June 10 .. - Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l4 10 pm Ditto £SOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Egyptian, 7 per Cent Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Tortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — 45/ Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6 O 45 liusPian S per Cent 1822 £ St 971 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 59/ Ditto, to per Cent., 1862, Scrip .1. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive. , Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Bl Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 2a i Ditto, Paid up Scrip 7oi a a Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian 6 per Cent., 1861, ex 25f. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account We believe it is likely that the Under-Secretary ship of State for War, vacant by the lamented death of Sir Benjamin Hawes , will not be filled up, but that the office of Assistant -under -Secretary, which lapsed on the demise of Mr. Godley, will be revived.—Army and Navy Gazette. La Patrie publishes the fcllo wring :—" A report was spread yesterday of the recall of our expeditionary corps in Mexico. We believe we may state that the report is completely inexact. It is, moreover, asserted that the proposed sending of reinforcements has been adopted in principle, but that the details of that measure will not be settled until the news has been received of the entrance of the French into the city of Mexico." RAILWAY PROGRESS IN THE EAST.—The require ments of the Board of Trade having been complied with, a further portion of the Cohie Valley Railway will be opened for traffic between Castle Hedingham and Yeldham on Mon day. The company will then have 13 miles of line in ope ra lion. The Ramsey Railway is about to be at once pro ceeded with. Sir Charles Fox is engisseer, and Mr. Simpson has contracted for the works, which are of a light and easy charetcter. The two vacant captain's good-service pensions will be allotted by the Duke of Somerset either this day or on Monday: The delay which has taken place in bestow ing these substantial favours on their future recipients, has been caused by the difficulty of selecting two officers from the long list of deserving men which his Grace has had to wade carefully through. The service may rest satisfied from all we have heard that the claims of every qualified officer have in this instance been most strictly inquired into, and although we understand that two names have been approved of by the duke, yet it is not even im probable that in the course of the day some alteration may be made, thus proving the anxiety which exists to do sub stantial justice.- -Army and Navy Gazette. The acting command of the 3d Brigade at Alder ehott will be rendered vacant by the appointment of Colonel Haines to be Deputy Adjutant-Genet al in Ireland, in suc cession to Colonel E u lro a rrigg.—Army and Navy G , az**. Colonel F. P. n A es, of the Bth Regiment, now acting as Brigadier a t Aldershot , will be the new Deputy Adjutant-General in weeks s eessio e n to Col. Brown rigg, who, as we stated some w n pa y. Col. Haines has earned a high Brien;u; ation er b ts a t th o h a s.: f a gimental and staff officer, his services in the field are most re distinguished, and his qualifications for his new post, as a soldie r and a gentleman, are undeniable. Should an other case of difficulty arise like that with which th e name of his predecessor has been so unfortunately associated, we feel sure that Col. Haines will deal with it in a way to bring neither discredit on the a dministration of the law nor per plexing troubles to the door of the authorities at head quariers.—Army and _Navy Gazette. Captain F. H. H. Glasse, C.B. (1846), will, it i s atoted, succeed Captain Frederick Hutton as seuio i r naval o fficer at Bermuda. Captain Hutton's time exp.& on the L ;thirst. Captain Glasse recently paid off the Terrible in e iceellent order. —Army and Navy Gazette. COLLISION AND Loss OF LIFE ON THE RIVER.--, Y "esterday morning, at an early hour, a fatal accident oc curred on the river off Grays, to a waterman named James Ju wy, residing at Gibson-street, East Greenwich. It were pet axed that the decease d, and a man named Breslau, were proceeding down the river in a small boat, which was at t ached by a rope to a screw steam vessel. The boat was b y some means run down and completely smashed by a at 'cam tug, and Jury was struck into the water and drowned; bi it Breslau saved his life by clinging to the rope until as Edstance was rendered. The directors of the Madras Irrigation Company ha eve issued their report, to be submitted to the meeting on th a 29th inst. It mentions various favourable facts con ne eted with the undertaking. Captain Minchin, formerly of the 51st Light Infai itry, and Quartermaster Hendry of the 9th Depot Bath Ilion, have been appointed Military Knights of Wind sor.- -Army and Navy (Melte. Gi )VERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's Emig ration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon the ft alowing ships—the Utopia, of 949 tons, belonging to Mess), Earned and Co., Liverpool, to sail from Plymouth for Kcppal-bay, Queensland, at Ll 5 9s.ld. per statute adult, to 1)3 ready for the reception of passengers on such day as the ,(3canmissioners may appoint between the 14th and 24th of next ; London, to t t o sailhefromJasper , belonging to Mr. Henry J o hn I.la of 7Gravesend on the 23d of June Llevt for Natal, C ape of Good Hope, at £ l 3 1 9 s . 6d. per state sa:kult. SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ",,, Closing* 1 . 2 Business sfl Share, Railways. ' ~ '"•, Price. done. l 2 13.14 1 8ir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 8 1 10 Bost,Sleat,andMid.Co. all 6 7 1C st Bristol and Exeter lOO 91 03 924 at Caledonian lOO 1081 1091 1( 5 0 Cork and Bandon all —1( 2 0 Cornwall all 64 61 64 Do. B 10 Do A g ets no di v ) all 1 2 E {till6pc.p ftll.has 1 10iall 5 6 been paid to B. st( 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 etc 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 10 11 5 1( 1 at( 2 2 st East Anglian lOO 21 22 4 at Eastern Counties lOO 56 57 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 57 59 1( at Do Bdo do 100 37 40 1( st East Suffolk st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 89 91 1( at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 291 301 11 at i3lasg. and S. Western. 100 102 101 stt 10 GreatNrthn.of Scotland all 140 145 , st Great Northern lOO 114 115 1144 st( at Do A stock at Do 13 do It Gr. S. an IW. of Ireland 300 1041 1054 , at Great Western .. lOO 721 73, I 73 2/ 11 at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 f 8 li at Lancashire & Yorkshi re 100 1081 109, 1084 9 11 at London and Blackwall 100 59 61 sty at Lon., fright.,& S. Co ast 100 122 123 1224 sti st Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 44 45 4. at at Lon. & North Wes tern 100 931 611 941 34 44 at at Lon. & South Western 100 99 100 991 st L'derry & Enniskillen. all 40 45 st ivlan., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 ' 401 414 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Dot shares all 10 Metropolitan all 81 9 84 a t Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do firming. & Derby 100 98 100 5 0 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all st 25 _ Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line . all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all ~, at Norfolk lOO 71 73 i2t at North British at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 at Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pclß 100 st Do B stock lOO ~ „. .4 1 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 97 97 4 d 2 5 Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 6 . 13 . 4 1 4d at Do Leeds lOO 551 151 55 1 4 at Do York at 10 b North London Do new 5 0 100 102 P pi 19 . 15 . 4 North Staffordshire 10 , N. and S. W. Junction. all 101 111 at Scottish Central st Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 45 47 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 105 107 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union .. , 100 45 47 at South Devon lOO 35 V 25 S. Durham & Lanc.Un all ~,,, st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 8 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 374 384 25 Do l3 84 81 f) 25 Do New, 1860 6 6 6 p st Taff Vale. st Do Pref. No. 1 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 24 34 12.10 Do ! 544 d 1p st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 130 135 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 West Cornwall all 64 64 20 West London ..... 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class all st W. Hartlepool Har.&R., 100 st West Midland -Oxford' 100 46 48 st Do Newportt 100 I 41 44 st Do Hereford ) 100 87 83 es LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. at sl Leasing Closing Business 1; Railways. (Paid. Co. s Price ; .. _ st 1 1 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead. Buckingh msi.tre. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 54 58 I Do. 54 per cent 100 Do 126 128 Do. 5 , 100 Do. 1 Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon .. . 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 10 0 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnah. g6pr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 ma E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 44 41 _ Do. Woodbridge.. 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dra . . 100 Cledon . Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West .. .. - Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 - Do. halves - Do. quarters , all Do. - Lancaster & Carlisle' 100 Ln.&N.W 199 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent - Do. Bromley, 6 per c. , all Do. ...... • • • • D3.New Sh 1861, 4 p.c. all Do ..... ... 20 22 Do.Wii. Ext. A, 44 p ill all Do. .... ... 8 9 London & Greenwich, 100 S. Eastern Do. Preferen a 1 100 Do. - Lon.,Tilb.&S, -Viend 100 Peto &Co B7 89 Lowestoft gua. I p c.. r 100 J Norfolk - Do 6 per cent lOO Do. ....., .. .. 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 3i 44 • Mid. Bradford Prefer- i • ence stock NeWMarkt, BuryEx 1 lOO Midland 95 97 5. 5.6. • E Counts. p 4 p gua. 5 per cent... i Nortlin. &Eat; tn. sp. c. all Do. .J .... 56 58 • Do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed sp. c all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool ICO N. E. Ber .. .. • North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 94 934 03 • Preston and Wyre. 1 1 all , L. yk. L &N.W 1 44 46 Do. 4 shares A ' all Do. ••• • . .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt.North.l 135 ill Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 ! Do. Do. , li : 2 41 3 South Staffordshire ] 'L 100 ,n. ~:tI N T .W .. .. Wilts and Somerset ' 1 00 IGt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn ti Croydoni all W.&l3rgtnl 84 941 PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Paid. Closing Business Share! Price. Done. 5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 t Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st O Do. shares it ICaledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 et !Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 0 , Cornwall, 5 per ant... . 64 'Dun.Perth, & Aber,Jun. O ' Do. Ist Class Pref it E. Angn. Class Asp. c It ,E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 it ;Do No. 2 It j Do. new 6p.c. st It !Eastern Union, 4p. e— st Do. sp. c. guar at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares st Do. Ip. c. guar. S. & O st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c st Great Northern, sp. c st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm. st Do. 44 p. c. do at Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm 10 Gt. Nll. of Scot. Ist pref. Ist G. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent st Do. redeem. 46 p. ct st Do. redeem. 4 p. et st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. st Do. Birm. guar. stock.. at Do. Birm. pref. stock .. st Do. Chester guar. shares - Do. Chester 8 p.c. pi. shs - Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs 0 ,Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref t I Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock it j Do.Barnsl.st£ s 2s 10dpe it ;Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. it !Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. it I Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l it !Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 it Do. 6 per cent. d 0... . • It Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) st Do. 4p c.st(div.detlil'6 s l st Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. - t Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. t Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st, late 3d shares .... 24 Londony. & Ennis. 4 shs 4 Man. Sh. & Lin. S per et. 8 Do. £6 it Do. 34 per cent, 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent /24 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c 124 Do. 44 per cent st Midland Con. 6p. c. stk.! st Do. Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c st Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem st Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable 8 Do. 44 per cent .... . . st Do.Leic. andHit.4per et st Norfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 st Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 st Do.s"Way.ValEX. 5t.1847, st Nort British, 5 per cent. st Do. New gua. 5 per cent 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. st Nth.Dyn.Rail.&Dck.Co. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. st Do. 44pr. et' redeemable it Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 7 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 99 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 .24 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 1 5 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 North Staffordshire.... 1 it Scottish North-Eastern I ,A . 7FED c bp . : :ex p . svr itrdoe. Fixed n f e . nrAi s (e, stock....! e i nia d k s6ol . epnen . . lOs.kg . c . t ' ' _ Os. t • 0 B S South tuttpohh. Do. 1,, 1 ) _ Do. Fixed 44 per cent Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent st South Wales at Do. 44 per '- cent . 4 P : c* st Do. do. 1859 '' at Do. 5 per cent . .'' .:* st S. Yorkshire, 4pi c. '''' 20 D°' SP. c. . gua. 25 Stobk. & Dar. Asp. c 5 Do. II 6p. , .. 5 Do. C 6 p. e... ,t , atrfd & Kilkny, 6p. 0. .‘..v it INV. Mid.-Oxf lst zua stk i 4 t Do. 2d do Do.l,Tewport 5 p.c.pf.red i i t t 'Do. Pe u rp o e . t.6 p. c.tpiifi ltZ 94 96 20 21 6 6i 104 106 109 111 108 110 127 129 84 86 110 112 120 92 116 118 :112 114 1104 10G 1107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 04 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 [3B 140 02 10& ,15 117 15 117 L3B 142 115 117 152 156 129 133 77 79 94 95 14 14i 124 126 68 70 :38 140 103 105 64 96 .10 112 LOS 110 1 16pm, 100 102 I 96 98 11:1 Par p 224 23i 35 140 10 11 23i 24a 101 103 101 103 86 90 28 29 33 31 33 34 42 45 126 127 120 125 ,102 104 11122 124 1119 122 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. &Ju1y..... , D 1 8 07- 52 6 i : ; . ''''''''' *** ''' *************** ** ----To " i 1 1_11 11_2 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.. • Do. 6p. c. 14 e' .' l i g e 0 108 110 Do. 5 per cent ........ i luu . 0 , 3 100 1 100 111 Do. po. 6 p l . n c t . 3 .l` , c : i f:r e . : ESrteopett. , l i 9 0 0; 1101 100 i 1 i l l 0 0 0 i • Cape G.Hope. 61) c.." 0 110 112 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 111141 Do. Do. Jan. & July, 18 1 9 89 1. 0 . ' 1 1 1 100 111112_ ,Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p 0 100 I 107 i 198 i --I.sl.B.Gov.6p.e.Ja.&July, 100 Do. 6p. u.Ap. & Oct. 100 I .7,„ N. S.W. G ov. sp. c.,18661 100 1 100 i lun Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 i9O 100 Do. d0.,1888 4tupwds' 100 1 98 99 ,New Zealand 6p. cent. IGO f 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I _ sterling, 1875 lOO 1109 111 IS. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 1108 110 Vic.G'ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July i 100 ;168 110 i ..- Do. do. 6 p.c., Ap.,toot, . 100 1105 E 1051 1011 100 all all all all THE SUN, LONDON, SATURD v EVENING, MA.Y $ 24, 1862. POLICE---THIS DAY. Business done BOW-STREET, THIS DAY. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—John King, door-keeper at the Red . Lion public-house, in the Strand, was charged with violently assaulting Thomas Ansell, a militiaman. From the evidence it appeared that the complainant was in front of the bar of the Red Lion public-house between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, drinking, when a conversation arose relative to the late review at Brighton. The conver sation ultimately ended in a quarrel, and the complainant was forcibly ejected from the house by the prisoner, but, before doing so, he (prisoner) struck him a violent blow with something that he took from a cupboard. He then, on getting him outside the house knocked him down, and deliberately kicked him six times about the face and body. One of the witnesses said that the prisoner so savagely assaulted the complainant that the blood flowed from his head " like a water tank." 103 104: 1021 1 3 The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said the com plainant behaved in a very disorderly manner in front of the bar, and as there were several respectable people there, he put him out. In doing so the coirplainant struck him,' and the chief part of the injuries he had received had been caused by a fall. The Magistrate said it had been distinctly proved that the prisoner had deliberately kicked the man in a very cowardly manner, and, in order to punish him for such an assault, he should send him to prison for six weeks, with Imd labour, without the option of paying a fine. ei 7/ 1 1} 1 1i 11 rz 4k 4 22 23 144 15 84 8I 20 21 41i 42i 8 10 8 7 43i Cli 51 63 4i 341 13 15 111 14 91 91 i pm, 3 1 3 i p' 334 i 71 34 7f 10 lu4 22 f 3 D SI of each si 103 105 120 123 131 134 80 82 103 105 92 95 103 105 I d pr 102 104 94 10 1021 617 rocKs ieparate Year. pm given given half subsequent , ear not to be half year. THE SUSPICIOUS HART EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED THIS DAY. ' John Lemon was this morning placed before Mr. Corrie, at the Bow-street police-court, charged with causing the death of Anne Gedling, of No. 11, White Hart-street, Drury-lane. The prisoner seems to be about fifty years of age, and has a number of scratches about his face which appear to have been recently done. Mr. Nugent said-1 am assistant to Mr. Lovatt, surgeon 23, Clare-street. About 11 yesterday morning tho prisoner came to our place and said his wife was poisoned. I went immediately to No. 11, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, and on going into the room I found the woman at the point of death. She gave four gasps and expired. She was foam ing at the mouth. There was a wound on the right temple which appeared to have been done with some sharp instill ment. I thought she had taken poison, from the circum stance of the foam coming from her mouth. Prussic acid would produce that effect. Corrie—Did you examine the body to discover the cause of death ? Witness—l did not. There must be an internal exami nation to ascertain that. Mr. Corrie—Then your knowledge of the cause of the death cf the woman is from what was told you by the prisoner. Witness—Yes. He showed me a bottle containing a quantity of solution of cyanide of potassium. Mr. Corrie—ls it of sufficient strength to cause death if taken inwardly ? Witness—l cannot tell. I have not examined it. Mr. Corrie—lt is a poison, then. Witness—Yes ; a very rank one. Mr. Corrie—ls it used as a medicine ? Witness—No. It is used for electrotyping, and also in photography. Mr. Corrie—Was there any label on the bottle to show where it came from ? Witness—No, sir. When the prisoner showed me the bottle, he said, " That's the stuff my wife has taken." He also produced some potassium in the lump, and said, " This is what I make the solution of." Mr. Corrie—Then he told you that he made the sola tion ? Witness—Yes, sir. He said he used it in his trade. Police-constable F 11, said about half-past eleven yester day morning I was passing White Hart-street, when I saw a large crowd of people assembled together. I inquired what was the matter, and they said they did not know, but a man had gone to the hospital with a child in kis arms. While I was waiting the prisoner came back, and I asked him what was the occasion of the disturbance ; and he replied, "My wife's poisoned herself, and I've been for the doctor." The last witness came up with him. I then went into one of the rooms and saw a woman lying on the bed. The doctor examined her and said, " She's not quite dead." I saw her gasp three or four times, and then she expired. I asked the prisoner what she had taken, and he said, "She has swallowed some of the chemicals I use in my trade." I asked in what trade he was, and he replied, " A galvanic plater." I also asked what ho plated, when he answered, " I may as well tell you the truth. I'm a smasher. I trade in base coin." I then said, " When did you trade last ?" and he replied, "Last night. We both had been out together and came home about eight o'clock, after drinking at several public houses. When we got home we got fighting, and she scratched my face with a penknife (pointing to some marks). We had a great scuffle together, and both went down on the floor." There was a broken chair iu the room, he pointed to it, and said " That's the chair we fell upon. We both got up and went to bed, and at 10 o'clock I got up, leaving my wife on the bed. While I was washing myself in the front room, my wife shouted out, ' I feel sick.' I then ran into the room and took the bottle out of her hand." Prisoner—No ; I did not say I took it out of her hand. I said I took it from the side of the hed. Witnes continued—He said, " I took it out of her hand and ran to the door." I asked him how she got the bottle and he said he did not know. Mr. Corrie--Did he say he took the bottle from off the bed ? Witness at first said said he took it out of her hand, but at the station that he took it off the bed. I found the bottle in the front room. On searching the place I discovered a quantity of blood splashed about, and also a flat iron, which was hanging up in the bed - room , a n d which appeared to have been used in the struggle. There is blood on the point of the iron. I showed it to the doctor, and he said the wound on the temple corresponded with the side of the iron. The prisoner was then taken to the station. Prisoner—l have only to say I took the bottle out of the bed. Mr. Corrie recalled Mr. Nugent, and asked him if he had compared the wound on the deceased's temple with the Sat iron. Mr. Nugent—The wound might have been produced by the flat iron, as it corresponded with it. Mr. Corrie (to the prisoner)— Have you any question to put to the witness, as he says the wound on the temple might have been inflicted with the iron ? Prisoner—No. It wasn't done with that. The son of the prisoner, a little boy of 9 or 10 years of age, was then placed in the witness lox to speak to a quar rel that had taken place between the prisoner and the de ceased the night before her death, but the magistrate thought that it was unnecessary at the present moment to examine the child. Elizabeth Guyon said the deceased was my sister. She was not married to the prisoner, although living with him. Her husband is still alive, but she had left him some time. Mr. Corrie—ls that all the evidence you have at present? Inspector Brimacombe—Yes, your worship. Mr. Corrie—Well, at present we don't know whether it was the blow or the poison that caused death. I shall there. fore remand the prisoner until this day week, in order that a post mortem examination may be made. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. DEATH ! SCIENTir 2k, ‘, _ STREET. '! Dr. Lunel has published ten observations on small-pox, from which he concludes :-1. That vac cination is not a permanent preservative against varioliform eruptions ; 2. That, contrary to received opinions, varioloids are eminently contagious ; 3. That their eruptions are mild in the case of persons who have had the small-pox ;4. That, according to the predispositions of subjects, the form of the eruptions varies from the varioloid type to that of the varicella or chicken-pox with vesicular globules 5. That it is absolutely necessary to insulate indi viduals presenting varioloid eruptions, because the latter may communicate the small-pox to those who have not had it, or in whom the preservative power of vaccination is exhausted. A report published by Drs. Bourdon, Leconte, and Reveil on the pulverisation of liquids, that is, their artificial transformation into a kind of dew, confirms the fact that waters in that state will penetrate into the respiratory organs. Sulpbureous sodo-calcareous waters, it adds, like those of the Eaux-Bonnes, lose a large proportion of their so], phureous principle by pulverisation ; and pulverised waters in general lose part of their temperature, but they adopt that of the ambient medium. Dr. Quadri, an Italian physician, has for several years past been treating the cataract with ammonia, and in many cases with remarkable success. The following instance is reported by him in the Gior nale Oftabnico Italiano :—A woman of 22, perceiv ing a diminution in her visual powers, consulted Dr. Quadri, informing him at the same time that her mother, two of her brothers, and her sister had all been afflicted with the cataract. Her eyes presented a cortical opacity, which appeared greater at the circumference than towards the centre. Dr, Quad prescribed the daily application of liquid ammonia in a watch glass to the temples, and a few centi grams of hydrcchlorate of ammonia administered internally. After following this treatment for two months, her eyes had so far improved as to enable her to resume her needle-work. The ophthalmo scope revealed at the same time a diminution in the extent and density of the opacity. The patient con tinued this treatment for five years, during which the affection continued to diminish ; she left it off for d, month, but was obliged to resume it at the end of that time, the infirmity having again gained ground ; but her return to the old treatment was again attended with success. ING S. CIVIL SERVICE. Record-office.—Mr. A. J. Crosby has been ap. pointed a clerk in London, and passed his examina tion. The Post-office.—Mr. J. Edgar has been appointed clerk in the Sunderland post-office, and passed his examination. Customs.—Mr. A. B. M'Arthur has been appointed clerk, London Docks, London; Mr. R. Moore, a clerk, Legal Quays ; Mr. E. Relf, a clerk, Imports and Exports-office ; Mr. I. H. Thomas, a clerk, Tea Department ; and T. Watkins, a clerk, Legal Quays, London. Inland Revenue Department, Excise Branch,—Mr. T. Bolger, officer of Monasterevan division, Carlow collection, has been appointed to Limerick first division, Limerick collection ; Mr. D. DaviZ, officer of Limerick first division, Limerick collection, to Monasterevan division, Carlow collection ; Mr. 'l'. Finn, officer of Cleobury ride, Stourbridge collection, to Carrickmacross ride, Drogheda collection; and Mr. J. Owens, officer of Carrickmacross ride, Drogheda collection, to Cleo bury ride, Stourbridge collection. Ireland—Mr. T. Coffey, Mr. M. Lyons, and Mr. R. Rawson have been appointed temporary clerks in the Census office, Dublin. East Indies—Capt. J. Reed, deputy commissioner of Fyzabad, has been appointed to officiate as secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude ; Mr. J. F. Shekleton, deputy assay master, Calcutta. Mint, to officiate as assay-master ; Mr. J. Gibb, assistant commissioner of the department of issue of the paper currency at Calcutta ; Mr. W. H. Brodhurst, officiating additional judge of Tir hoot and Sarun, additional judge to those die tricts ; Mr. S F. Davies, to officiate as magic trate and collector of Sarun ; Mr. J. S. Arm strong, to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy collector of Tipperah ; Mr. C. D. Field, to officiate as joint magistrate and deputy-collector of Par neah ; Mr. W. G. Young, magistrate and collector of first grade in Beerbboom ; and Mr. G. C. M. Smith, assistant-commissioner of Sontaal Pergun nahs ; Messrs. W. Murray and E. G. Glazier, re ported qualified for the public service, have been attached to the Bengal division of the Presidency of Fort William; Mr. T. 0 nslovv has been appointed civil and sessions judge of Zillah of Masulipatam ; Mr. F. S. Child, civil and sessions judge of Zillah of Guntoor • Mr. E. W. Bird, civil and sessions judge of Zillah of Tanjore; Mr. W. S. Nesbitt, subordinate judge of Ootocamund ; Mr. P. Grant, collector and magistrate of the district of Coimba• tore; Mr. G. A. Ballard, collector and magistrate of the district of Malabar ; Mr. C. G. Master, to act as sub-secretary to the Board of Revenue, Madras; and Mr. P. P. Hutchins, to act as deputy secretary to the ;Government in the Revenue De partment, Madras.— Civil Service Gazette. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. 100,Atlantic & St Lawrence us I IBom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. 206 Buffalo and Lake Huron 206 Do. New 10 Do. Preference 00 , Butlalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 00 Do. do. July 1. 1873 00 Do. do. June 1. 1871 et Clcutta.&S.Eastr. I ) 3t Cape Town & Dock Scrii .76 Demerara......... ..... tck Eastn. Bengal go. h p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 1 0 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares :04 1)0. New )0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. 10 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... 10 Do. 1878 . )ck Madras guar., 5 p. c. )ek Do. 41 p. o. Extension ck Do. 16 d 0... )elt Melb.Corp. 6 p. e. Bnds. 10 Newßrunswick do Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g,.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ `1 Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Scinde I t i Do. Pumjaub :0 Do. Do. >ck Do. Indus. St. Flo. tO Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stool stock e took; all 100 all all all Paid. all tlOO 15 all 100 Closing Price. 64 68 102 103 5i 61 8i 9 81 85 79 83 78 t 2 102 101 103 104 102 103 104} 1041 24 25 67 70 57 60 36 38 43 46 35 38 36 37 102} 1021 P 102 103 12Z 12f 81 71 98 100 93 95 92 95 1011 1021 94 96 91 93 iVAYS 5 7 4 6 103 104 P 20i 20,1 100 MARLBOROUGH STREET, THIS DAY, EARLY MORNING IN THE HAYHARKET.—Four respect able looking persons, who gave their names—Chas. Norton, Tilby-gate, York ; Samuel Robertson, Church-street, Hackney, ironmonger; Wm. Johnsom, Old Ship Hotel, Brighton ; and John Samuel Uich, 9, Robert-street, Chel sea, were charged with being drunk and disorderly in the Haymarket at three o'clock this morning, and getting a large crowd of prostitutes and thieves together. Wm, Fawbert, 108 E, proved seeing the prisoners drunk and riotous in the Haymarket at three o'clock this morning r He requested them to go away quietly, when the four of them joined arm-in-arm and walked up the Haymarket, pushing against every person there, and causing the greatest disturbance, a large et owd collecting. Uich said he did not think there was any occasion to go into particulars, but was told by Mr. Knot that flu thought differently. Brown, 128 C, proved taking Johnson into custody, while the others were taken by the first witness, and that all the prisoners were drunk at the time. Robertson said he had only been in company with the others a few minutes, but was not drunk. Mr. Knox—The officer swears you were. One of the other defendants said he certainly was " half screwed." Mr. Knox said it was really too bad for respectable per sons, as the prisoners all seemed to be, to go to the Hay market at such an hour among the lowest class of persons in the metropolis and there get drunk and make a distur bance. He should fine them 20s. each or:three days. Elizabeth Collins and Ellen White, two prostitutes, were next charged with assaulting another prostitute in the Hay market about the same time, and committed for three months each. Robert Stillwell and Alfred Phillips were also charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in the Hay market. They were fined 10s each or seven days. THAMES, THIS DAY. VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A FEMALE.—EIiza Malroney, a middle-aged female, was charged before Mr. Elliott with the following desperate assault on Catherine Collins, one of the class of unfortunates. The complainant, whose head had a bandage over it with the words "London Hospital" marked on it, and which was stained with blood, said that about 7 o'clock this morning she was in a public-house in High-street, Whitechapel, when the prisoner came in and laid hold of a pint measure out of which she (complainant) was drinking. Complainant spoke to her for doing so, upon which she was struck by the prisoner, and they had a struggle. She got complainant in the street, and then knocked her down. She instantly became insensible, and was taken to the London Hospital with a severe injury to her head. She was sent for two months to the House of Correction.. AN IRRECLAIMABLE YOUTH, —John William North, aged 13, was charged with robbing his father, a baker, in business in 25, Three Colt street, Limehouse. Mr. Young, who attended for the prosecutor, said that the prisoner's father, in consequence of the repeated rob beries committed by his son, was desirous to send him to a willing to support him. Reformatory, The pr o s ee w uto h r er s e ta ll te e d w t a fat v o e n ry Friday morning he missed a cash-box with money in it. His son had gone away and he had not seen hint till he was taken into custody at the baths in the East India Road. Mr. Elliott—Has he ever robbed you before ? Prosecutor—Oh 1 yes sir, many times; and I can do nothing with him. He has taken as much as £2 and £3 at a time. Police constable, 52 K, produced the box which had been broken open. He found ss. 4d. on the prisoner. The prisoner was sent to prison for a short period, at the termination of which he will be transferred to a reformatory. MARKETS---THIS DAY. COVENT ( The supply of wheat contini of vegetables is still extensiv ARDEN. inactive at the annexed rates FRU S. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 oto 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 8 oto 10 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 Melons, each Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 3 oto 6 01 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 8 oto 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Gooseberries lit' see 3 6to 4 6 Strawberries pr pt 3 oto 5 0 VEGETA Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 01 Brocoli, per bun. 0 oto 0 01 Potatoes, per ton 170 to 200 0 New ditto, pr pd 0 Ito 0 4 Peas, per sieve 12 oto 0 0 Turnips,dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Carrots, pr d 0.... 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 6') Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h. -sv.l2 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, Ks. 1 oto 1 3 Onions, hi. sv 1 6to 1 9 New Do., dz bun 0 6to 0 9 French beans, 100 1 6to 2 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 ales to increase, and the show re. The trade generally rules • S. d. sd. Cherries, per lb. 0 6to 1 0 Foreign ditto, punt 6to 6 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 4 oto 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Damson 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 IPlums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0 ABLER. Shallots, per lb oloto 1 • Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 1 4 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Beet, per doz. l. 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0 Mushrooms& ptl. 0 6to 1 0 Artichokes, each 0 6to 0 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 ) Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 1 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 1 0 Tomatoes, doz 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 e Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 I Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 0 to 1 6 BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 9d to 2s 6d. ; trout, 0 sOd to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, is Od to 5s Od ; 6 br io ls Od to 5s Od ; doreys, 18 Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d • lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; soles, 3d tol is Eder pair ; common oysters, —s to —s ; natives, —s to —smeltsbushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 9s • haddocks, 4s to 12s ; , Is 6d to Oa Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s • fresh herrings, 55 per 100 ; bloaters, Os per 100 ; carp and 'tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 4d to Os 8d;•; veal, 3s Sd to 48 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. - - - Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s Od to:4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. -- The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 8d to Bid , of household do., 6d to lid pet 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 22d to 3d : 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3/d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 4d ; 881 b to 96M, 4d to 41c1; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Oo ; eau skill., 11 6 1tt 2o Od to co do. fun, 5s 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Gd to Os Od; Downe,g. 6s Od to 8s Od lambs, 2s 6d to 48 Od; shearlings, 1s 2d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIII LD.—Medow hay, L 2 Os to £4 15sclover, £3 lOs to £5 15 s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—MevIow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clove! £3 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os por load. A heavy demand NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. _ Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; gee se, 5s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings 3s Od to 4s 6d ; rabbits, is 2d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 6d to is Od ' • p i ge ons, 7d to 10d each ; la r ge Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os •, snipes, Os Od to Os; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each!; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 10d to is 2d; English, 10d O each. to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s to Os Od • ' French do., 69 Od to Os Od per 120 ; leverets , Os Od to Os d THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—On Sunday last Dr. Civiale performed, for the fourth time, an operation for the stone on King Leopold. This operation, which had been postponed in consequence of the nervous state of the august patient, was perfectly successful. In less than three minutes the able surgeon removed or destroyed two large fragmenis of stone, and the terrible pain which the King had long endured ceased at once, as if by enchantment. Ile still remains at Laecken, by way of precaution, although it is hoped that Dr. Civiale's services will not again be re quired. Messrs. Fraom, Brothers, of Change-alley, Corn hill, invite tenders for £20,000 of New Brunswick and Canada Railway Six p er C ent. Debenture s in sums of not leas than £lOO. They are put of the issue of £200,000, whic h forms a first char g e on the property of the The company, and are repayable at par in Jan., 1867• coupons are payable half-yearly i n London. THE RAINBOW OF THE COTENANT. I begin to wonder who was the first man to analyse the rainbow and arrive at a clear idea of the causes which combine in its production. The falling shower and the direct light of the sun or moon must, from the first unfolding of this won drous revelation, have been seen to be its primary elements. The allegory of the winds, in the 23d book of the Iliad, indicates more than a superficial knowledge of this grand phenomenon, and Virgil, in the )Eneid, almost antedates the philosophy of Descartes and Newton, and Martial was not far from a scientific definition. Aristotle believed him self to be the first who had seen a lunar rainbow, the loveliest of all aerial spectacles, except on those rare occasions, when the aurora borealis displays its darting flushes ruby and emerald, amethyst, in this climate. But Pliny knew almost as much as we do about it—certainly as to its primal causes — as he expressed it, " Quod ergo iris sit refractie aspectus est ad solem manifestum est," and Plutarch cites it as an index of the knowledge of his time. Whatever may have been the thoughts of Adam, when the sunshine first resolved into pris matic colours, in an arch expanding over the region of the happy garden, those of Noah might well be more profound, for the rainbow became a part of his life, and through him a pledge of divine er too to the end of the world. " I do set my bow m in clouds"—marvellous utterance of a Father consi derate of His children's feathers. Those words s p os sess me, as I look out o ver the,grey sky w NV h i c h the rainbow glowed a few minutes since, and they seem to me to have all the force of an authority for research into the mind of God, the mind of man, and the ways of nature. The cause of the awful devastation of the globe is for ever rendered beautiful ; the descending shower, for forty days continued to submerge the offenders against divine justice, seems to be woven into a robe of divers colours, and made pre - eminently inspire n ''- beautiful, that they m a y henceforth ce ase to s," dread. The fleecy clouds that hold me in listless reverie half an hour since, and that are n ow dim ming into ashy h ues, seem to be impressed similar evanesce nce and unsubstantiality,with that man may look upon them hence forth as his triends, th a t once were the destroyers mofhtist race. And how an rainbow taken deep a hold h as t h at post - diluv . of the mind of mar.. It us fact we find cropping out ire the old mytholo• fansgie s , in ns thein thverocceasrsrylio'nng of Apis ; and the fth e records of that a n ndt e he ra d in o b v o e w i - n coloured combi nation of the rainbow hiero glyphics and mytholog • names of the two attendants cal rites. Bryant cites the Charmion, as the 9d i ants on Cleopata, Eiras, and ting the Rainbow and the Dove, as priestlyindica ting The • office, and bring doves to a later in Egyptian history a remembrance of the circum stances under which the earth was again peopled. rainbow was certainlyrenowned the most f Arkite emblems, an d 1 know why Hesiodshould designate it "The Great Oath," except through the prevailing power of a tradition, diving in its origin. As such, Homer knows it well, and, in accordance with established usage in the ancient world, he calla it, in a hymn to Selene, the sign and intima tion (of divine promise) to mortals. The appeal to it by the deity as something superior to the secondary gods is characteristic of Hesiod, who describes Iris as the servant of Jove, who fetches from afar, in a golden cup, the waters of many names, making her the representative of covenant and of purification. Osiris entering the ark, Deucalion reproving the lawlessness of t he men of violence by whom he was surrounded, Nannacus sacrificing in the temple, are but versions of a history,. of which the heavens bea r the best secular meo mor oiau r after the special and divine record given for ' r edification." But did Noah understand t my e t e p u - port of the rainbow , as a key - essence the _s r ies We o f man's relations to the divine essence ? nw not, but it is a key for all that ; and herein wee see how the discoveries of science lend help to theology, and indicate truths that lieand spirit.—liibberd's "Brambles and Bay Leaves." SHIPPING-THIS DAY. - - LONDON, May 24.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather sloudy. OFF QUEENSTOWN, May 22.—Arrived—Cimba, from San Francisco, and sailed for Liverpool ; Sagitta, for Bar badoes ; Orso, from Liverpool for Sydney. Orr MARGATE, May 23.—Arrived—Admiral Prena, from Calcutta. QUEENSTOWN, May 23.—Arrived—Lady Douglas, from Rangoon ; Mary B. Rich, from Matanzas ; Beaver, and Ceres, from New York. Sailed—Blaney, for Antwerp. MUMBLES, May 23.—Arrived--Stranger, from Cal dera. ---- DUBLIN, May 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Equateria, from Barbadoes. COWES, May 23.—The Harriet, smack, of and for Jer sey, from Hartlepool, with coals, was wrecked on the rocks near Bembridge, in a heavy squall, on the 20th inst.; crew and materials saved. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) G R AVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 23—Bolus, from Jamaica; Active, from Dantsic ; Zingari, from Colombo; Gazelle, from Alexan dria ; Ellen, from Guernsey; Jas. Holmes, from Barbadoes ; Angelica, from Organs ; Renown, from Jamaica ; Puree, from Cavarna ; St. Paul, from Montevideo. Arrived, May 24—Sylphide, from Libau ; Otto, from Randers. Sailed—Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne ; Neptune, for Havre. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Gilbert Monroe, from London, from St. Lucia; her Majesty's gunboat Porpoise, from the westward, for the northward ; Hambro, from London, for Cardiff. THE TRAGEDY ON LUDGATE HILL.—Up to the hour of going to press nothing further has transpired rela tive to the dreadful occurrence. 'The coroner's inquest, which is to be held at the London Coffee-house, is at pre. sent fixed for Monday, but even that is dependent on the medical gentleman to whom the post mortem examination has been confided. THE 4TH DRAGOON GTJARDS.—We feel called upon to notice a current rumour with respect to the late court-martial which, if it be true—and it has obtained cre dence—is likely to perpetuate and increase the feelings of indignation which the proceedings brought to light in the Robinson case excited. It is said that the officers who gave evidence for the prisoner upon that occasion have been since exposed to a system of persecution as galling as he bad to endure. We have heard statements of harsh and unwar of - rantable censures pronounced u p on them by the friends the prosecutor, in presence of the soldiers, for very trivial causes, and fatigue duties pu t upon them almost as severe as the celebrated back - bo ard exercise.—The Dublin Expr ER. ess. COURT MARTIAL UPON A VOLUNTEER OFFIC —Yesterday an inquiry, co nducted by order of the Earl of was Sefton, lord-lieutenant o f the county, held at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, into certain charges preferred by Major Tinley, who commands one of the Volunteer.regi ments of the town, against Capt. Maxwell, an officer in his o r Tinley going out of corps. It appeare d that upon Mai town he wrote to Captain Maxwell, requesting him to take command in his absence, which Captain Maxwell refused to do, as he had sent in his resignation to the colonel of the battalion to which he belonged, and therefore considered that until he received a reply he was honourably debarred from acting. It was this refusal, together with non-com pliance with an order for attending drills, that formed th e su bject of inq uir y , which the lord-lieutenant deemed of great importance to the service. Captain Maxwell, with muc h vigour and eloq u e nce, y esterd ay defended himself before a court, which was composed of Lieutenant-Colonel Gamble, Major Mellor, and Major Book (Volunteer officers). Captain Maxwell, while vindicating his own honour and patriotism as a Volunteer officer,. said that he felt bound, in the peculiar position in . which he stood, not to carry zrit the orders of Major Tinley, as when he re ceived those orders he was ofawating a reply from Colonel Gladstone, the chief officerthe .battalion,. respecting his (Captain Maxwell's) intended resignation. He submitted that no military offence had been committed by him in the present case; and he felt confident that the result of the inquiry would not only Thebe personally favourable to him , but such as would promote the good of the service. The inquiry then closed.pernean. aid t ing officers will f orward their repert to th e lord - lieutenant. FOREIGN RAIL 10 Algerian • [0 Antwerp & Rotterdam 10 Ardennes.... ........ 10 Bah. &S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail )0 Copiapo .. •••••••• •• •• • • 10 Ditto Extension 1 10 Dutch Rhenish ..... • • ZO Eastern of France ZO Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. N Gt. Luxem., Con. she 9 Italian Junction ••• • • • 0 Lyons & Geneva .... • • :0 Namur & Liege • • :0 Do. 6 p.O. Pref. ...... • • [6 Northern of France [6 Do. New Shares .. • • [0 Norwegian Trunk Pref oVmn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer. :0 Paris & Orleans to J Recife & S. Fran. (Pero ) ( gua. 7p. ct. 10 Riga & Dunaburg 10 Royal Danish. - 5 Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref 20 Sambre & Meuse .. 10 Do. 5 per cent. Pref 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 5i pc. Preference 20 IW. & N.W. of France PREFERENCE SHI Dividends contingent on the it ?*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk all all all all all all all all all all ,RE S Profit 100 all 100 100 100 !() ,Cornwall 44 p.c. ga.perp i*E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. it I Do. CisC, 7 p.c., lEdin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. it Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c.,4. per cent. 3858 100 it Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 it IDo. do. 44 per et. 1861 100 5 IDo. do. 41 per ct. 1861 31 [0 'Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c * 7 i Lon. &S.Western 44 p.c., 1 lOO 10 ,North British £lO Gua , all I Shares, 1861 it '*ScottishCentral44 p.c lOO irred. pref... .... [0 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 , all [0 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) 5 10 (Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) 34 * Failure of full dividends ii made good out of the profits ( a any any 100 100 100 all all 105 f I i BRITISH. !VINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford _ . . 3.9.3 - Devon G. Cone. (Taoist.): - East Bassett (Illogan) I - East Caradon ..... - East Carn Brea... I - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.)l - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l - Great South Tolgus - G.Wheal Alf d. (Phil ack); - G. Wheal Vor (llelston)! - Grenville - Herod' s- Foot - Ilingston Downs - Lady Bertha - Margaret (LJny Lelant) - Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) - North Downs - North Frances (Mogan) - N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) - North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 0 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. - South Caradon(St.Cleer), - S. Carn Brea (Illevan) , - F.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)1 - Stray Park 5 'Tamar Silv,it Lead Min. I 10 ITin Croft West Basset (Illouan) W Caradon (Liskeard) I West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogarill Wheal Buller (Redruth) Whco.l Edward (Cats.)' W heal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Maryiknn (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 3.14 6 3.0.0 7.10.0 561 17s 6.15.6 8.12 4.14 1.14. 91 4.3.0 * 1 29 81 445 455 45 17 42i 43i 18 19 26 3 15 17 4i 5 e 7 6f i 7} 40 42 2 1 21 1 9 45 47 gi 10 2 1 4) 4). 2 26 12.3 2.3 0 2,2.9 1 10.6.7 5.11.61 1 18.1m.V 28.9. 35 35 3 35 54 6 40 42 315 355 35 35 95 100 35 37 15 15 11 115 125 335 34 36 260 270 925 975 50 60 15 15 10 12 15 17 14 16 43 a 3 19 38 1.7.2 3; 4 - 1 1 V nem ii..w., i ....—.,, • , __ - - FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all I 1 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 4 1 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo ; d is. 40 Cobre Copper all 25 29 20 Copiapo . 2 Capula Silver los. 4 d jpm 1 DunMoun.Cop.Minn - .Co ail 1 14p 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 4 4 2 Fortuna... all 21 34 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr l4 I i d 11 blapunda (Limited) 1 I I p 11 1 S Linares all 7 74 6 Lusitanian 2 4 d ipm 1 Mariquita all 4 I 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L I I 4ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 2 4 5 Yort Philip 1 1 14 1 Santaßarbara GldMine 4 1; pm 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los, 14 lip m 20 St. John del Rey (L.).— 15 59 62 59 60 584 69 28.2.8) United Mexican . ...... ail 6/ 7 4 1 Worthing (Limited).... all I I DOCKS. __. stock 'Commercial 1 100 stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min 100 stock I East and West India lOO 127 129 stock 'London stock , St. Katharine. lOO 57 59 stock Southampton ' 100 , stick , Vistort a . ......... lOO 1 98 100 20 iDo New . _ .... ___ . 2 lid par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Ba,k of London ... s l o l 64 66 078 8 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 60 88 90 40 !Australasia a 25 Bank of Egypt all 224 234 50 British North American ail 54 .56 20 Chtd.Bank of India, Am. all 191 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 15 100 City 100 'Colonial . . 25 39 40 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., k Aus. Ch.. all 184 19 i /91 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lou. Char.Bkof Austrai all 25i 26 254 0 20 I Do. new all 254 ?Si • 50 I London and County 50 (London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atriean lO id fpm 100 I London & Westminster 20 794 804 79} 100 '3letrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 i d 4p 10 100 IN at. Prov. of Englanti I 42 --. 20 'Do. new ..... ..... • 50 , National Bank ...• 20 I New South Wales I all 39 il 25 ' Orient. B. Corporation i all 49 51 50 20 'Ottomanßank I all 15 26 100 1 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 91 10 I Do. new......... all I 25 South Australia .., all j 36 38 25 Union of Australia all 44 46 50 Uni ~, of London l2 324 334 32/ 3 100 Unity taint ual .. ...... 6O [ -- MISCELLANEOUS. A n e xican Mint Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural (Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) I British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limit ed)... Canada Land China do Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. S `Do. Pref. 7 per cent i Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. S p et. Perpet. Deb 1 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A Do. B. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Arts. Copper 'Gen. Steam Navigati in Great Ship Limited) Do 176 p et Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lou. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal.. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) NN ae D rt bi o o . un B . ea p lo e aß r i I c s i e rnotn. Co. p t( L L pref.. mni f . .. )) Netherlands Land Du.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl die N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). I Do. New Shares (Lim.). lOrintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4ip.e. I Rhymney Iron Do. New Rio Janeiro City Impts. Royal Mail Steam (Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land 'Submarine Tel. Scrip IDo. do. Registered 1 Do. do. : I Telegraph to Ind,a. (L.) I Trust and Agency at Austrlasia(lirn)lst is. I Tr..k Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. i U. ii'dom Tel. Co. (11m.) 10 Van Dion:meg 1,, nd .. 18 :9 2 3 24 26 41 51 25 30 18 20 9 11 110 114 12 16 83 84 105 1(9 105 109 )ar .00 102 2 21 26 27 31 3% 11 1i 2t 3 I 3i 4} A 1 1 # pl 3 /1 13 16 1 11 11 5,1 6i 56 68 68 70 10 12 181 19k 17 19 44 5 4 261 261 49 51 135 140 32 84 1 i 4 - 6 id pr id pr 1 1i 1+ 0+ 9 19 26& i 54 50 i SI 3 1061 31 4 all 'all all all 100 all 100 all all thl all E AST INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, Guildhall-yold, in the City of London, at 1 p.m , on the 31 s t day of May instant, but will meet pro forma only, and will be adjourned till the 30th day of. June, or such other day as may be appointed to re ceive the Directors' Report as to the issue of new shares. And further take notice that immediately after the transaction of the ordinary Lusiness of such meeting, a Special General Meeting of the Company will be held to authorise the issuing of the new capit a l i n s hares of £2O each instead of in Shares of £5 each, and to authorise the modification of the 7th and 9th Articles of the Articles of Association in such manner as the meeting shall think proper. By order. JOHN E. DAWSON, Secretary. May 23, 1862. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING---THIS DAY. CITY BETTING, THIS EVENING. There were very few horses backed for the Bath and Sornersetshire Stakes, Dusk being made the favourite at to 1. For the Derby The Marquis still maintains his posi tion as first favourite, 7 to 2 being the highest obtainable price about him. The following are the closing quotations : THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst The Marquis (taken) 6to 1 agst Bucketone (taken) 13 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 12 to 1 agst Caterer (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Stockwell colt (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Spite (take 25) 25 to 1 agst Ensign (offered) 25 to 1 agst Neptunus (offered) 33 to 1 agst Norroy (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Burleigh (taken) BATH AND SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 4to 1 agst Dusk (taken) 6 to 1 agst Vest End (taken) 7to 1 agst Moorcock (taken) 12 to 1 agst Can ar y ( taken ) agst tt Sappho d (taken) 1 11 0 25 t tt o oa 1 a gst Bevis (taken) FROM TBIE GAZETTE OF LAST MIGHT. BALMORAL, MAT 21, 1862. The queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased by letters patent, under the Great Seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dis pense with all the statutes and regulations observed in re gard to installation, and to grant unto the Right Hon. Charles John, Earl Canning, the Right Hon. John, Earl Russell, the Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somer set, the Right Hon. Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Right Hon. William Thomas Spencer, Earl Fitzwilliam, Knights of the said Most Noble Order, full power and au thority severally to exercise all rights and privileges be longing to a Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if they had been formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre derick C. Brown, Esq., now British Consul ar A gent at Ibraila, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Ibraila. st e ° r hE is zi Farrington, r s. DOWNING-STREET, Mix 21. Ro T b h er e t Q G u r e i e m n e h s apse b d e d e e n r, p a le n a ci se E d b t e o n a e p z p e o r in ß t r l o s n aa r to be non-elective members of the Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands. ADMIRALTY, MAY 21. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Henry Bevan Isaacson to be First Lieutenant, vice Hamil ton, appointed Adjutant. Second Lieutenant John Midlane Dyer to be First Lieu tenant, vice Morgan Henry Price, deceased. BANKRUPTS. George Waters, carpenter, New Bromley Solomon Shaw, silk Oyer, West Ham Geeorge Seeley, bookseller, Adam-street, Adolph Joseph William Jacob, boot maker, Hackney-road Charles Matthew Rees, carver, Drury-lane William Heck, fishracnger, Marylebone Thomas Henry Baker, Tunbridge George Morton, Or( at Ormond-street Daniel Wright, butcher, Tring William Addison, underwrtter, Lloyd's Joseph Lambert, cloth manufacturer, 'Bradford William Proctor, jun., tobacco manufacturer, Liverpool Robert T. Wardman, glue manufacturer ' Gateshead John Weston, paper merchant, Manchester William Ibbott, town traveller, Kentish-town Cornelius B. Slann and Charles Hanbury, merchants, Little Tower-street Albert Dawes, greengrocer, Finsbury Philip B. Watt and Oliver Long, shipping merchants, Upper Thames-street PRINCE ARTHUR IN THE FAR WEST.—We learn that his Royal Highness, whilst on shore at Tresco, on Sunday afternoon, amongst other objects of interest, visited the Piper's Hole, a capacious tavern, situated on the north side of the island. Into this cavern the Prince and his party passed to a considerable distance, a boat having been provided to cross the pool in the centre. The cavern was lighted up on the occasion by a number of candles. After leaving the cave his Royal Highness went to the residence of Augustus Smith, Esq., M.P., and walked for some time on the beautiful grounds. After the party left the grounds and gardens, Mr. Allen, the steward, had some choice flowers and vegetables sent on board the Vivid, with which his Royal Highness expresssed himself to be highly pleased and gratified. It was expected that the Prince, on Monday morning, would have landed c 0 St. Mary's, but he did not; and the vessel having replenished her stock of coals and provisions, weighed anchor and left the harbour about noon on Monday. She arrived at Padstow on Monday night, and left the next morning for Lundy Island, or Bideford. — Western Morning News. KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION.—The retirement of Mr. Huddleston frcm the contest has brought into the field another candidate, who last evening appeared in the per son of Mr. Talbot, nephew of the Earl of Shrew sbury, who has large possessions in the neighbourhood of Kidder minster. The new candidate arrived in Kidderminster last evening, between 6 and 7 o'clock. He was met at the station by a considerable crowd, and conducted into the town, where he addressed the electors in a Liberal Con servative speech. In a second address issued by Mr. Hud dleston on retiring, he says :—" After careful considera. tion I feel compelled to retire from the contest, which could only be carried on by recourse to practices w hich I cannot mention. The significant reti cence of a large number of the electors whom I have canvassed has mainly contributed to e been t Robertson,r. r y to .E• 1 of this determination." MR. BRASSEY AND THE SEEREWSBI7RY ELECTION. —We can state pos itivel y that it is not the intention of Mr. Brassey, jun., to C ontest Shrewsbury, althou gh a ro a quison signed by nea rl y one-half the electors rt u Nv o pr a no s se ea g o hb t iy u m p a, Isa r a e nhr q dgr u eet h e w s ms t eb i Br n iue gor Shrewsbury, i nyw m o. iobvu a eb l e l tt o bh w ehel ieLe the viwbe eoLtruhialbladetr candidate,ah l a He is a man of high standing, a thorough Liberal, possesses first-class business habits, and has long been connected with all large railway works in Shropshire. I V B l 6 T o Y s . h — ow T h th e at r in et t u h r a n t issued o G r E s y ear w 2 h 2 i c m h e n h d a i e v d e in Ebeenng land and Wales who had reached or passed the age of 100, and 47 women. The oldest woman, 111 years, died in Glamorganshire. With the men there was a tie ; a man aged 107 died in Hampshire, and another of the same age in Pembrokeshire, Four of the centenarians died in London, two others at Camberwell, one also at Greenwich, and one at Lewisham. More men died in the year than women, but of the 595 persons who had reached the age of 95 or upwards before they died, nearly two-thirds were women, TROPHY OF THE ART-UNION OF LONDON IN THE NAVE.—The misused terns "trophy" may be safely applied to the beautiful collection of works of art set up on the north side of the nave by the Art-Union of London, for it is in truth a token of victories achieved. So far as we have seen, it has received no notice whatever as yet from those who, either officially or otherwise, are setting forth to the public the glorious contents of the Palace of Art; probably because mention of it is altogether omitted in the catalogue and "plan of the main trophies ;" and yet we do not hesi tate to assert that, viewed with reference to the inodheerilst history of art in England, it is a collection of the hi interest and importance, second to none there. It t in taitoott, very fine bronzes, after Flaxman, Sir Riohard Wes and Foley, Armstead, Thornycroft, John Bell, Stephens , when it was Wyon ; some of them commenced at a time could be found to with the greatest difficulty any Per °° 7 i n Parian after undertake the production of them; workstuette which now fill Gibson (precursors of the artistic Eta F ley, and Marshall, 0 ~ Lawlor, the shop windows), Calder letrote bas-reliefs, and others ; small castings in iron, s e that is being produced in the only series of artistic medal• hould place the date on their Great Britain. The council s . history of their endea and give a . _ Narcissus, after G ibeenP die-engravin,g in .r..ngland. The yours to encourage medal late Prince Consort cogn i s ed so fully the valu e o f the bronzes that have been steadily produced by th e Art- Union,ar—commencing at a time when. there year a fter ye were no artistic • bron ze-workers practising th e art in this country—thatßoyal his Highnes s sought, and o f course obtained, t h e consent of the council to b e suppl i ed with a copy - o f each at his own cost. Wo confidently re it era t e th e assertion that there is no trophy in the building which ought to be viewed with greater interest than this ; and ex press our regret that, through oversight possibly, it has not obtained even record in the catalogue. However, it Iholds its place in the nave ; while others, duly described, have been moved away; and will hold it hereafter in art. history, when that history is properly written.—Builder. A NEW INVENTION.—An ignorant Dutchman, passing a number of railroad tracks in the course of a dare journey, and never having seen any before, after leng th, nonplussed to account for their use. At , examining one of them for about twenty-five t in e u y tes, mush ': scratching his head quite bald, he ejaculatesl T pup der be iron clamps, to keep der ertquakes from h f road." _. t