The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-12 00:00:00

MONEY 'MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The fineness of the weather during the past week has caused a more cheerful tone in several depart meats of business in the manufacturing districts. At Leeds the woollen trade has shown symptoms of improvement, athough buyers have acted with great caution ; prices however have been well sus tained for light fabrics suitable for present use. in Manchester there has been a fair inquiry for both cloths and yarns, without any material change to record in prices. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham have been more active, although a considerable number of the operatives are still unemployed. In the hardware districts, Tiz., of Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wol verhampton, no material alteration is recorded either as regards the business done, or the prices current. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada for the week ending the 28th ult. amounted to £9,836, against £9,422 last year. There was an active inquiry for cotton in the Liverpool market on Saturday, and prices were rather firmer. The sales were about 8,000 bales. A small supply of gold, viz., £2,000, was sent into the Bank on Saturday. The True Britain has arrived from Port Phillip with £129,196, and the E. A. Bright with £1i5,888. The Canada from America has brought £lO,OOO, the Tagus from Lisbon £1,609, and the Kangaroo from New York £171,300 in specie. There is still an upward tendency in the rates of discount, and bankers and brokers are proceed ing with increased reserve, owing to an impres sion that an advance may be shortly experienced. Except in special cases, where the paper offered for negotiation is of a very superior character, the mercantile public are therefore compelled to pay full terms for the accommodation they require, and within the last few days there has been a de cided augmentation in the number of enquiries at the Bank of England. CITY NEWS---THIS DAN. Two O'CLocK. Very little buoiness has been negotiated in the English stock Market to-day, and it has not led to the slightest fluctuation, Consols remaining at 93.1 for transfer, and 92-4- 1, less the six months' interest, for the account. Speculation is inactive, and the investing public are attracted to other channels for the employment of their available means. The New Talirees and the Reduced are steady at 914 ; Exchequer Bills flat at 17s. to 20s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents. 1081 1091, being heavy. Foreign Securities show no material change. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are steady at 801 ; ditto, 1858, at 701 ; and the New Scrip, 21 prem. ; Mexican at 321 ; Spanish 5 per Cent. at 54/ ; ditto Passive, at 191; but the Certificates, after being 9, have receded to 81 ; Venezuelan are fiat at 231 ; Sardinian at 83; and Egyptian at 21 prem. The Russian Loan is I prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market have continued inactive, and for most of the princi pal British lines slightly reduced prices are current. Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian, Eastern Counties, and North British have declined 54. ; and Great Northern and North Western, 10s.; North Eastern (Berwick} and South Eastern, however, remained steady at previous rates. The Foreign and Colonial Markets have remained inactive, and prices have shown less firmness. South Austrian and Lombardo -Venetian have re ceded to 211; Antwerp and Rotterdam realise 71 ; Great Luxemburg 141 141; and Sambre and Meuse 111. Great Western of Canada have de clined to 12-Z ; East Indian to 1034. Great Southern of India realise 1021, and Eastern Bengals 103. Joint Stock Bulk Shares have also been dull. Ottoman .13ank have receded to 24* 25 ; Oriental Bank to 51 ; London and Westminster to 80; and Bank of A us tralasia to 641 65. The Alliance Bank Shares are 51 prem. ; Im perial 1 prem. ; Northern Counties 11 2 prem. ; British Columbian 1 4 prem.; and Brazilian 21 3 preen. In the Miscellaneous Market London General Omnibus Company shares are steady at ; National Discount Company at 51 ; and Peel River Land at 58 ; Crystal Palace Stock, however, has declined to 351. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll India Stock ... Ditto 5 per Cent , Ditto Enfaced P 3 per, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent.. lO3l Ditto 5/ per Cent .. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1081 1 Ditto ditto, Aug. 1864 or 66 100/ Consols for Account, June 10 . 921 1 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l7 pm Ditto £SOO bitto Small FOREIGN FUNDS— , ONE O'CLOCK. 'Danish 3 pei Cent., 1825 : Bll Egyptian, 7 per Cent Greek Bk Mexican, 3 per Cent eardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passivel Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent ,1858 — Ditto Account Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 2a 1 a Ditto, Paid up Scrip T tnezuela, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dut ch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. - -- - TWO O'CLOC: , _ Conso Is, Money Ditty') Account INNS OF COURT. The Inns of Court, formerly " Hostels," or town mansions. of the great nobility, like the hotels of I Prance, are four in number ; Lincoln's Inn, the Inner and Middle Temples, and Gray's Inn. The first derive, s its name from having been erected on the grou n d where the residence and gardens of Henry Lacy, -Earl of Lincoln , tbincoln, once stood. Tradi tion tells us th a t nobleman, " being well affected to the' knowh,d of the laws," in early times induced a body o f legal wl I . ti bat professors e. to settle on his property. The :two inns ,usz,dBthe name of the Temple deduce that appellationmilitaryfr in 101 order from the settledthe once celebrated mixed re m li r a i r o of the Knig hts Te. p there. On their di,isolution , according to n profesoors of the l aw that g dale, " divers came from Thavyes Inn, Holburne," b ecame the tenant, but their settlerne,lt was plundered in the rebellion of Wat Tyler, by the mob, and the buildings were burned. The destruction of the property, both of the professors ond of the students, including all their books and records, accounts for our imperfect acquaintance With their early history. In the reign of Henry VIII., the members of the Tempb were divided into two societies as they now exist, but they still retain the ancient church in common. James 1., 1608, granted the possessions they severally hold to the benchers of the two inns and their successors for ever. Gray's Inn takes its name from the ancient and noble family of Lord Gray of Wilton, but the estate re verted to the Crown lung agu, and from the Crown the benchers h old as tenants. The government of the several inns is vested in their benchers, or, as - they were former ly termed, "ancients," who fill up vacancies as they occur, by selections from those members of the inn' who have been most distin guished at the bar. The benchers have for centu ries exercised the e.xelusive power of admitting students of their respective inns into the higher branches of the legal profession.—Dickens's " All the fear Round." A MESSAGE FROM THE OCEAN.—The readers of a letter under this heal will be pleased to learn that the Basford Hall arrived at Falmouth on the 6th of March, without further disaster. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. The number of patients reliev e d a t this hospital, during the - wee k ending May 10, was 2,956, of which 789 were new cases. ATff FRENCH POLI CY °ME. ‘rt Post say dris corres s:—"lllearn from authentic pone. - Emperor is about to recall two regiments 3 that the lent of the Ilforaing source. from Ro. 1;12°. SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuls.S. Paid.' Closing Business Railways. Price. done. Bir., Wel., and Str. Val. Bost.,Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till 6p c • p an hap 111 been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg.r. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern ....... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Ireland Great Western Do Sir Val gua. stock Lancashire & vorkshire l 'London and Blackwall I .on., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover I Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western' L'derry & Enniskillen. I 1 Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle.' Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland n 8 6 7 91 91 1081 109 921 1081 6 61 1 2 5 6 41 43 10 11 21i 22& 58 59 59 61 39 41 89 91 306 114 102 101 140 145 1 115 116 1131 1146 132 134 105 106 74 746 55 57 107 107/ 60 62 122 123 44 46 941 65: 996 1004 10 12 42 43 8} 9 Do. k shares Sid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle' Norfolk North British N or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d tiii pc has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire , N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot.. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sent. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un 1 South Eastern Sduth Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an dWok. Stockton & Darlingtonl Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do (Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 'Waterford & Kilkenny, !West Cornwall 'West London Do Ist class IDo 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midlard -Oxford!, Do Newport) Do Hereford, 46 48 43 45 87 89 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. a Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead~, Buckingh msaire. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 54 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. l2B 128 Do. 5 ~ 100 Do. ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&ECi E. Lincolnsb. g 6 pr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 .ii Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • •• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drc. 100 Cledon . . .. ..Gloster & Dean Forest all it. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Miellllo 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 199 202 2001 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0....... • Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all Do .ZO 22 D0.W,,. Ext A, 4i pc. all Do . ... ri 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen c ' 100 astern 15 120 Lon.,Tilb.&S,_-•thend 100 Peto & Co. 86 89 Lowestoft gua. *p c 100 Norfolk .. .. • • Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,&Matlock all LNW& M 37, 4,! Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,BuryEx } 5.5.6. E Counts. p i p qua. 5 per cent... pm Northn. &Eas tn. sp. a all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N.E. Bet .. .. North Western I all Midland \ lei 1(1 .• a Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt.No 92 94 L&N.W / Preston and Wyre. ! all &L. y k. 3 44 46 Do. 4 shares A.' all I Do. ••• • . . R oys t n .Hitch.& Shep., 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford' 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. 1 3 14 llp S o uth Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W .. . , Wilts and Somerset 100 Gt. West 92 94 93& Wimbledn t Croydon; all tL.&Brgtn 8i 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid. Closing Business Share! Railways. Price. Done. 5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 • • • • it Bits. & Exet. 4p. C. st. 1 '0 Do. shares it Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 1 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. E !C , Cornwall. 5 per ant.— Dun. Perth, & Abez.Jun. 10 Do. Ist Class Pref st E. Angn. Class ASD. c. 1 st E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 1 3t Do No. rz 1 It Do. new 6p.c. st 1 st Eastern Union. 4p. c— 1 st Do. sp. a. guar st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 1 st Do. Ip. c. guar. S.& u 1 st Glas.& S.West. gn. 5 p.c. 1 st Great Northt•rn, sp. c st Do.sp.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. st Do. 44 p. c. do st Do.sp.c.Redm.atsp.c.pm 10 i3t. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. it G+. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent or, Great West. (Berks and Rants Ext) 5 per cent st Do. redeem. 43 p. ct st Do. redeem. 4 p. ct st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.... st Do. sp. c. redeem. prof' A Do. Birm. guar. stock.. st ')o. Birm. pref. stock .. st Do. Chester guar. share - Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs - Do. Chester 5 p.c. IA shs 0 Lan. & Carl. 4 p.c. pre t Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock t Go.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dpc it Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. st Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pnr. st Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l st Do. 5 per centAo. No 2 st Do. 6 per cent. do.. • • • It Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk st Do. p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) st Do. 4p c.st(div.detlil'6s st Lon.Chat.&Dny. sp.c.pf. st Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. St Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent et., late 3d shares .... 121 Condony. & Ennis. 4 shs t Man. Litt. & Lin. S per ct. 6 ID°. £6 . s 94 96 20 21 6 6i 100 105 109 111 108 110 127 129 81 86 LlO 112 90 92 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 94 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 37 139 102 101 116 118 116 118 136 142 ,116 11C 152 156 129 133 77 79 94 95 14 14i [24 126 m 68 70 fpm, ;t Do. 3i percent, . 1 LO Do. redeem. 6 per 121 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. C. L 24 Do. 4/ per cent • it Midland Con. 6p c. stk. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 1 Bt DO. p.u. Fret. 1 st Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable I 6 Do. 44 per cent . st Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct 1 st Norflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 1 st Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 st Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 ' st jNort British, 5 per cent. st Do. New gua. 5 per cent 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. st N th.Dvn. R &Dck.Co. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. st Do. 41pr. et' redeemable 12 8 70 t D DD 0 00 G Leeds Berwick N. E O . 4p4p. p. c . c . e t N . , p o rel pref.t D N * D r do. North A f ae u rf f a od r er t ed e n r s, s hg , iu 1 ra 84 e..6 8 .1):. . e. 2 12 ? 25 Do. York, &S. Purch. South Bt Scottish North-Eastern 10 Do. Fixed% pret. stock st 3! P. e. pref. stock. , st Ann, 10s. per cent 1 1° 0. 9. 6 South Eastern Ann., 1.0.6) ~(Reading st Do. 41 per .. .. .. St Do, Fixed 41 per.cent st South Wales, gua. 4p . c. st Do. 41 per cent .. st Do. do. 1859.. St Do. 5 per cent ........ st S. Yorkshire, 4p. c• gua. 20 Do. S P. gua. 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... 25 I Do. B P•e••• 25 Do. Cop. 0... s t Wated P. C. st NV. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua BM, st D o . 2d do. •• • • f. 1866 st ;Do. Perpet.6 p. C. p bit 18601 st ) Do. st Do Newport sp.c.pf.red. 38 190 102 10,1 94 96 10 112 LOB 110 1 llpm, [OO 102 96 98 12 2di .. par i p 2271 2J COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, • • iCan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July lOr 1877-S2 100 100 D I) o 0 6 p . 6 c p Feb.cen t k, . 18 A S i t! Do. d p. c. Mar. 3c Sept.' 100 Do. 5 per cent lOO Do. Inscribed stock , 100 Cape G.llope Op c,1873 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 1860 100 Do. 1890 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 ' 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&July 100 Do. 6p. c.A p. & Oct.l 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 DD 0. Do. 5dp0..,ci.8,1888 8671 tuoplwBd 0 7 1 1 00 0 New Zealand 6 Nova Scotia Qov. 6 p . p. cent. 100 ; 3terling, 1875100 c. 'S. Au5,G6p.c.1872,.& up 1 100 I Vic. gov. 6 p.c. Ja.danly t 100 I DO. dO. P. 0 41 3 4901 , ....1 100 :15 140 10 11 23} 244 101 103 101 103 85 Ai 28 3 1 2 1 p 33 3 4 33 34 42 45 126 128 120 125 103 105 1123 125 119 122 Share 13.14 10 st 60 20 6.4.0 9.1&41 12.10 21i 5 71 i i 1134 14i 112,f 107 B 91i [27i 128} 11 I $P 98 10. E 67 69 62i 63 662 1 571 id 551 r , 51 842 85} 100 102 41 41 d 102 111 124 126 47i 486 105 107 46 48 36 38 84A 841 67 68 99 101 6 7 371 38i 81 6 i P 6 6 i P, 145 150 554 mil 26 36 * d ip 93 95 130 135 6 1 67 97 d 831 4 101} 1331 100 100 100 100 13.4 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 'lll 112 7 tios 1,0 1 108 1 10 10 , 1 , 01. 1 1 100 101 l log 111 1113 112 111 113 112 1141 108 109 100 101 ;90 100 98 99 109 .111 jlO9 110 108 110 08 110 104 104 . 10a 99-k 105 A THE7SITN, LONDON, MONDAY, -- !EV E NINA-, MAY 12, 1862. Business don. MARKETS-THIS' DAY. pieces, is Id to ls6d ; grease, is id to .ls-2d. Port Phili —Clean sheeps, is 61c1 to 2s ld ; scoured, is 8d to is lid lamb, is 8d to is 111 d ; pieces, &c., 101 d to is lid. Cape —Clean sheeps, is 2d to is 6 d ; scoured, lOid to is 3cl; handwashed, is 3d to is 4d ; grease, 81d to 10d. per lb. Privately the market for English wool is dull, and prices have a downward tendency. There were no imports of t.olonial wool into London last week. ~;;t i ISII POSSESSIONS. Sailwaya. too ,Atlantic &St Lawrence c Bom.,Baroda.k.Cent Ind ' i I Gu. 5 per cent !OA Bullalo and Lake Huron ;04 Do. New . 10 Do. Preference ...... ~, (IBuflalo,Brant,&Godrich '" 6p. ct. bds. Ate;. 1, 187.) 1 )0 Do. do. ./ thy 1, 18;31 )0 Do. no. June 1, 10',41 5 Clcut ta..s.,S.Eabt n. (Li! , 1 Cape Town & Dock Scrii .74 Demerara )eklEastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. ( )ck East Indian, au. 5 p. c. 0 Do. do. G Ext 1 ock Grand Trunk of Canada 10 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 10 Do. 2d Prer. 6 per et K 1 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr )0 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 !O Do. do. 1867 1 Do. do. 1872 k Gt.lndio.Ponin.gua.sp.c O Do. New gua. 5 p. c )ck Gt. South.of India(Lim I guaranteed 5 per cent. I 104 Gt. W. of Canada Sharec 34 Do. New .. ....... I )0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt ' 10 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do )0 Do. 1878 . ;lc Madras guar., sp. c. ;k Do. It p. o. Extension IA Do. 44 d 0... )ck Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 10 'Newßrunswick& Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do ;0 Do. do. B Capital do ... Do. do. Land do. .. 'l - i toes, Scinde 20 o. Punjaub ....1 is . , 1 1, 1 ; £0 Do. Do. stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. s,,g'i 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 100 stool stool stod sto Paid CIO Price. 100 15 j all 100 1 67 72 leli 1021 6 6,1 Ei 9 83 86 81 84 80 83 5 20i 21 1021 IG2/' 104 104 t i 6 24 25 71 74 6) 63 40 43 43 96 36 38 36 38 1021 1021 P 1015 10 . 4 124 121 8! 75 102 104 93 95 92 05 101 102 94 96 92 94 5 7 1 6 103 104 P 20k 201 v 9 100 103 104 1 31 - AYS 71 71 1 11 11 11 12 4; 4 18 liP 141 191 £4 9 20 21 41& 42i 8 10 8 7 43i 51 53 13 15 11 111 96 10 pm , 3 4pl 32i 331 71 8 10i 11, 214 22i Al\ D SI of each SI 102 101 120 123 131 131 80 82 103 105 92 95 103 105 d id 102 104 9i 10 "Pml Pm given half-: subsequent MARK-LANE. Much inactivity prevailed in the demand for English wheat in the leading country markets held on Saturday, and prices had a drooping tendency. All descriptions of spring corn moved off heavily at barely previous rates. The continental markets continued yen quiet. A d vices from Now York state that both wheat and flour were rather dearer, although the export demand was limited. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were less extensive. From abroad we received 27,100 qrs. of wheat, 14,472 barley, 30,051 oats, 2,lsTheans, 2,816 tares, 30 linseed, 4,468 rapeseed, 22 sacks and 2,424 barrels of flour. There was very little fresh English wheat on sale in to day's market, but several samples were offered which had been left unsold at the close of business on Friday. The total show of samples was moderate, and their general con dition satisfactory. For both red and white qualities, the trade was quite as heavy as on Monday last, and, in order to effect sales, a further reduction of from is to 2s per quarter was submitted to; indeed, an almost general fall of 2s took place. _ . We were well supplied with foreign wheat, a fair portion of which was of superior quality. The trade was very dull for all descriptions, and prices, compared with this day se'nnight, declined quite is per quarter. For floating cargoes of grain the demand ruled inactive, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. Malting barley was very scarce, and the few samples on offer changed hands at full currencies. Grinding and clis. telling sorts, the foreign supply of which was large, sold heavily, yet no material change took place in the'r value. Fine malt was in moderate request at late rates, but in- ferior and medium parcels met with very little attention. The supply of English oats was small; of foreign large. Fine samples moved off steadily, and prices were fairly supported ; otherwise, the oat trade was dull, and in some instances the currencies ruled in favour of buyers to the extent of 6d per qr. _ _ _ Beans were in short supply, and the market for them was firm, at full quotations. _ Peas, the supply of which was small, moved pff steadily at quite previous rates. In all kinds of flour, sales progressed heavily, on rather easier terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old — s 8 Ditto, white, new s4s 62s Ditto, old —s —s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s s Ditto, new Talwra, Rye— Barley—Grinding 2Bs 29s Malting .. 36s 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 70s Chevalier 66s 25s Oats —Yorkshire and Linoolush., Feeding 2ls 2 s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9s 28s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 23s 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas —Grey Maple White 37s 40s Boilers 37s 403 Flour—Town - made Suffolk 3 ,51 42s Stockton and Norfolk.. . 3Bs 39s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of foreign stock in to-day's market was very moderate, but its geaeral condition was tolerably good. The quality of the German sheep still exhibits a decided improvement, when compared with former seasons. With home-fed beasts we were fairly supplied as to number, and the condition of all breeds was very prime. Some remarkably fine Scots and crosses came to hand from Scotland. Prime beasts commanded a steady sale, at prices fully equal to Monday last; otherwise the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at last week's quotations. The top figure was 4s 4d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,200 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses ; from other parts of England 750 various breeds ; from Scotland 550 crosses ; and from Ireland, 90 oxen and heifers. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied with sheep, most of which appeared in good saleable condi tion. Downs and half-breds moved off somewhat freely, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs ; but all other breeds were a slow inquiry, at late rates. The best Downs out of wool realised 4s 10d per 81bs. Lambs—the show of which was only moderate—sold readily at extreme rates—viz., from 6s 8d to 8s per Sibs. About 400 lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight. We have to report a fair demand for calves, at 'Thursday's decline in value. The top price was 5s 2d per Sibs. There was only a limited business doing in pigs, at about stationary priCes. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d Crse. & inf. beasts 2 10 3 0 IPrimecrs-wool d 0.4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 I Free. S'thdown d 0.4 8 4 1 0 I Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Large erse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 IPrime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 ILarge hogs 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 3 8 3 10 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 8 Lambs, 6s 8d to 8s Od. Suckling calves, lOs to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. ' FOREIGN SUPPLY. B eas t s 222 Sheep and lambs.... 24,680 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs . 430 I Pigs ... • i • ... The total imports of foreign stoci into London, last week, amounted to 1,537 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, wo received 5,306—in 1860, 5,959—in 1859, 2,487 —in 1858, 2,581—in 1857, 2,220 —in 1856, 781 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LASI WEEK. From Beasts. Rotterdam ..... 116 .. Harlingen Hamburgh .... 12 .. Calais , Corunna Dordt Amsterdam — Vigo — Antwerp. . • Ostend Medemblik Oporto , Nieu Diep . Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 538 79 .. 244 36 . • --- 365 .. •- .. - .. 64 • • '''''' • • -- • • - . . 12 . , - _ , , - • • 21 . . - Total .... 128 .. 953 79 .. 277 100 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 861 498 4,267 .. i:210 .. 206 .. 185 S6O .. 441 4,878 62 .. 321 .. 258 1859 227 2,048 37 .. 180 .. LB5B 4BO 1,548 101 .. 439 .. 13 [857 .. 603 1,332 .. 24 .. 257 .. 4 1856 207 409 43 .. 122 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, May 13, 1861, and this day, Monday, May 12, 1862. Per 81b. to sink the offal. May 13, 1861. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4 to 3 8 Second quality do. 3lO 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. 310 4 2 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 8 Prime Southdown do. Lambe Large coarse'calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat smalnporkers 4 8 5 0 Beasts Sheep and lambs 21,980 Calves Pigs 360 _....... • May 12, 1862. 2 10 to 3 0 32 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 4 34 3 6 3 8 3 10 40 4 6 4 8 410 68 8 0 42 4 8 410 6 2 38 4 0 42 4 8 4,030 24,680 125 430 SUPPLIES ON SALE, MAY 14, 1860.-1 sheep and lambs, 22,160 ; calves, 135; pigs, MAY 16, 1859.—Beasts, 3,480 ; sheep and calves, 129 ; pigs, 450. 3easts, 3,440 ; 400. lambs, 21,450 ; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair eapplies of each kind of meat have been on sale at these markets. Lamb is in good request at our quotations; otherwise the trade is a sluggish state at about previous currencies. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied edsd Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 4 Prime do .. 4 2 4 4 Prime large do. 3 6 3 8 Veal 3 8 4 8 Do. small do. .. 310 4 0 Small pork ~ 4 6 410 Large pork .... 3 10 4 4 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Generally speaking our market is inactive. The business doing is still confined to good and fine new hops for home consumption, and to useful old samples for export at last wdek's currency. Mid and East Kents 126 s to 168 s per cwt. Weald of Kents l2os ]3ss ~ Sussex loss 130 s ~ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home-grown potat es to these markets since our last report have considerably increased, and about 6,000 bags have come to hand from Continental ports. The trade consequently has been much less firm, and a fall in many instances of 10d per ton has taken place in prices. The imports are-130 bags from Stettin, 16 fr, m Ham burg, 1,600 from Ostend, 400 Antwerp, 1,700 Dunkirk, 51 sacks from :Boulogue, and 2,600 boxes from Lisbon. Scotch Regents ........140s. to 150 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks ........130s. to 140 s. ~ York Regents ....1505. to 170 s. ~ Ditto Flukes Ditto Rocks 130x.... to 140 s. ,) Kent and Essex Regents. --s. to —s. Lincolnshire ditto l2os. to 140 s. ~ Foreign WOOL. The progressing heavily at a decline in the quotations, sales are pared with last series, of from id to 2d per lb. Sydney—Clean sheeps, is 5d to 58 6id; scoured, is 41d to 2s 2d; lamb, is 9d; skin, 18 7d to 2s ; loons and 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. Stock this day.... 9,795 9,066 28,731 67.609 35.042 Price of Y.C. 5356 d to 55s 3d to 5356 d to 58s0d to 469 3d to —s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 834 1,358 832 1,327 1,219 Ditto from June 1 100,401 96,637 77,€03 76,015 115,271 Arrivals last week 51 f , 13 611 104 20 Ditto from June 1 98.436 ' 94,136 91,652 116,530 93,467 Price of Town 59s 3d 55s 3d 54s 3d 57s 3d 46s fid CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The May sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Carden, Finnis, Gabriel, the Recorder, and the Sheriffs. The calendar contains the names of 128 prisoners for trial, many of the offences with which they stand charged being of a very serious nature. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said the number of prisoners awaiting trial was much larger than usually was the ease, but that no doubt was owing to the time that had elapsed since they last met. The offences charged were, he regretted to say, of a very serious nature, although it had been hoped that crimes attended -with violence against the person were on the decline. He regretted to find it was not so, for the preSent calendar contained one charge of wilful murder, and no less than four for wounding with intent. Another cause of regret was that the parties in all cases were husband and wife. The charge of s ilful murder was against a person named Lawrence, who was accused of shooting a female at Hendon. The learned Recorder then detailed to the jury the whole of the circumstances of the case, which have already appeared at length in The Sun, The unfortunate woman, he observed, died from the effect of a gunshot wound, and the prisoner had also attempted to destroy his own life with the same wea pon. No person had witnessed the deed. Therefore, it would be for the grand jury to determine, after hearing the several witnesses, whether a true bill would lie against the accused. In the next four indictments for wounding with intent, the first was that in which a husband was charged with shooting his wife ; in the second, the prisoner was accused of , Istriking his wife with an axe; in the third, the man was indicted for feloniously beating his wife with the leg of a chair; and in the fourth, a shoemaker's knife was the deadly weapon with which another husband had assaulted his wife. There was also a charge of administering poison, in which one of the party was separated from her husband, and the prisoner, it ap peared, became jealous of her from having seen her walk ing with her husband, and if the evidence bore out the charge, it was one of a serious description. That, however, as in all the other cases he had alluded to, would be for the grand jury to consider. He did not think the other cases called for any remark, as they did not appear to him to be attended with anything of a doubtful or difficult nature. In the event of the assistance of the Court being required it would most readily be given. The grand jury then returned to their room. PUBLISHING a LIBEL. Edward Crotty, a respectably-dressed man, pleaded guilty to' an indictment, charging him with publishing a libel. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, who had been specially re tained for the prosecution, said the prosecutrix was a lady of the highest respectability, named Stewart, and some years ago the prisoner had been on friendly terms with her, but the acquaintance had been broken off, and that had led to the publishing of the letter upon which the present pro secution was founded. The lady was actuated by no vin dictive feeling, and as she had been appealed to by the wife of the prisoner, he, on her behalf, asked that the sen tence of the court might be as lenient as possible. The Recorder said the offence to which the prisoner had pleaded guilty was a most aggravated one, and had he not been recommended to the merciful consideration of the court by the prosecution he should have felt it his duty to inflict a much more severe punishment than that he was about to do. The learned judge then sentenced the pri soner to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour, and that at the expiration of the sentence that he enter into his own recognizances in the sum of £lOO to be of good behaviour for two years. POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH•STREET, THIS DAY, ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—CharIes Howlin, a drover, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Charles Davey, 47 C, and there was :a• second charge of assault . against him, but the person. did not attend. Davey said that at 12 o'clock on Saturday night be was called by a female to take the prisoner into custody for assaulting her. As soon as he did so the prisoner said, 'l'll fight 40 such men as you if you don't use your staves,' and immediately struck him a blow in the mouth with his clenched fist, and gave him a violent kick on the leg. With assistance of two other constables the prisoner was at last got to the station. The female who was assaulted now re fused to appear. Prisoner said he bad been assaulted by the constable. The constable denied this, and said whatever marks the prisoner had were caused by his own violent conduct on the way to the station. The prisoner said he had been knocked about. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked him what else he could expect when he behaved in the way described. Fined 20s. or 14 days. ASSAULT ON A RIFLE V OLUNTEER.—George Williams, 6, Wilmot-street, Russell• square, was charged with assault ing James Garland, of 47, James-street, Oxford-street, a rifle volunteer. The complainant said on Saturday night in Oxford-street he saw a crowd round a woman who was in a fit, and while looking on the defendant came up with a companion and walked away, saying, " Oh, it's only a woman in a fit." He remarked to the defendant who he thought very unfeel ing, " How would you like to be in a fit P" and the defen dant then followed him along Oxford-street, and said, "Who shot the dog ?" and afterwards struck him in the eye, and blackened it, Mr. Tyrwhitt—Were you wearing your uniform at the time ? Complainant—Only my volunteer's cap. Defendant said he did remark, " Oh, it's only a woman in a fit," and the complainant was then very offensive, and said, " Go home and chain up, ugly," and he (defendant) then did say, "Who shot the dog f" but the complainant made use of an offensive expression respecting his mother. A witness, who said he was unacquainted with either the complainant or defendant, said the complainant did use an expression of an offensive nature, notwithstanding the com plainant denied it. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was bound to believe the witness, and discharged the defendant. THE EAST AND THE WEST.—The Eathen of to-day has a pleasant sound. It comes to us with a music of £30,000,000 annually in our commerce. It warbles of European tastes, sympathies, politics, and so cial organisa tion. It prompts amongst us the rise of such corporations first as the " Oriental Commercial Company of London," founded by Levantine capital, to transa ct in our markets the exuberant and urgent business of 18,000,000t0 progress of people, supposed, until lately, to be the le ast p rone in the world. A wise policy has ne cessarily much to do with such a gratifying state of things. A prospectus has been issued of the Laguna Silver Mining Company, with a capital of £20,000, in sh ares of £5 each. The mine is situated in the district of El Chico, 70 miles north of the city of Mexico. Mr. Edward Geliatly, many years connected with the management of the large marine business of the late Mr. Duncan Dunbar, has formed a firm under the title of Gellatly, fl u nkey, anti Sewell. TUE mAy-FLY.—It is now the May-fly season, and an adjoining river is celebrated for the vast number of those insects which at this period of the year pour forth from its waters. It is noon, and the sun is shining in all i ts splendour, The stream is so calm, that the waters scarcely seem to move. Now the May-fly begins to make its appearance, and what a sight it is to witness Myriads of these ephemera) pour out from the river (but not in a perfect state), following each other in rapid succession. They attach themselves by the legs to some object. Its skin then opens at the back—the insect emerges and flies, But it has not yet reached its last state. In about twenty minutes it settles again, casts another most beautiful and delicate skin, and then attains its perfect state, During this process, the in sects become a prey to swallows, wagtails, and other insec tivorous birds. Those that escape them settle on the water, and begin dropping their eggs in it, which sink to the bottom and in due time become future fiies,—EDWARD JESSE in Ono a ireelc, SEEDS. --- Linseed and rapeseed are dull, and prices have a down ward tendeney. Clover, canary, and tares command but little attention, and other seeds are a slow sale. The cake trade is dull, at about previous rates. Turnip, W hite,p.bus. 11 sto 14s Carraway 22s to 25s Swede —s —s Coriander 145 18s Mustard, Brown .. 12s 14s Hempseed, per qr sos 52s White, 7sod osod Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Tares, Winter 7s 6d 8s Crushing Old per quarter 3=s 42s Baltic Ms 58s Canary, per quarter 44s 62s Odessa Rye grass, new —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —5 Clover, Red Eng., et 4)s 68s English ......£lO Os £ 0 lOs White Foreign Red.... 44s 50s Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 15s White. 60s 84s Rapeseed, per qr.... 63s 66s Trefoil, new. 24s 26s TALLOW. The tallow market continues inactive, and prices, though without material change from Monday, have a drooping tendency. To-day, P.Y.C. is quoted at 46s 3d per cwt, on the spot. Rough fat, 2s 4d per 81bs. FOREIGN RAIL' 20 Algerian 10 ntwerp & Rotterdam. 20 Ardennes.... ...... 20 Bah. &S. Fran.. Lim.7 o.c. 5 3elgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail 100 Copiapo ............ •. • • 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 20 Italian Junction 20 Lyons & Geneva 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... 16 Northern of France.... 16 Do. New Shares ..... 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 20 Ot'mn ( Smyrna to Aidn) 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. 1im...... 20 Riga Az Dunaburg...... 20 Royal Danish— ........ 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... 10 Do. 54 percent. Pref..... 20 San Paulo, Dim, g. 7p. c., 20 IS.Aust &Lomb Tenetin 20 i. East Portug - al 7 p ct. 20 Southern of France....l St West nandern ..,..... 10 Do. 5} pc. Preference.. 20 W. & N.W. of France .. PREFERENCE SH/ Dividends contingent on the 3t *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk !Co 'Cornwall 4ip.c. ga.perp it , *E. Anglian, Clel3, is p.c. st ;" Do. Clse, 7 p.c. ;t 'Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. I;t Lond'n, per cent.... .... . . 1858 100 it Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 5t IDo. do. 4) per ct. 1861 100 5 IDo. do. 41 per ct. 1861 31 [0 Won. & Chat'in, Metrop. , Ext. B, 6 p.c... ....I 7} st Lon. &S.Wcstern 4i p.c. 100 LO North British £lO Gus. all Shares, 1861 st ,*ScottishCenfral4l p.c. 100 irred. pref... [0 ;S. -Eastern 46 p.c. 1859..' all [0 ,Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 [0 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 31 - • - . * Failure of full dividends in any made good out of the profits of any BRIT] S Alir, , a Consols (Plii/Uek) British Iron ;Clifford Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ), East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ( East Cam Brea... E. VIT'l Russel (Tavistk.), Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) l Great South Tolgus l i G.Wheal ABU. (Philaek \ G. Wheal Vor (Efelston) Grenville Ilerod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Pertha 11largaret (Cny Lelant)l 29 91 430 440 44 46 42 43 131 14 21 31 13i 14 5 5i 61 7 3 34 37 39 2 24 4 1 44 46 10 104 2 1 41 41 • . —Blarce Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Mogan) N. WWI Basset(Illo ;an) North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (St. Blazey), ; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) I Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l ISouth Caradon(St.Cleef)', S. Cam Brea (Illogan)..1 E.Wheal Fran. (Mogan); 2 31 2 2t 5 6 40 42 7t R 335 :45 974 1025 311 124 11 11 10 111 121 131 34 36 255 265 924 971 :574 624 11 11 12 13 11 13 16 17 !Stray Park 5 ITamar SilvA Lead Min 10 Tin Croft %Vest Basset (11109, - an). W Caradon (Liskeard) I West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Kedruth) Wlictti Edward (Cats.)l Wheal Kitty (ll.Lelant)l Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 1.7.2 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 5 Brazil Lands Min.Co all 1 14 I Clarendon Cons.Mineo ; dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 29 31 20 t;opiano 2 Capula Silver lEs. j d jpm 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail I /AP 3 East Del Ray (Limited) 1 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 22 .24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 14 4 4 d It Kapunda (Limited) I 2 t) $ Linares all 7 74 5 Lusitanian 2 4 d S lariquica all 2 S.RhineCopotS.Aus.L.. 4 ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 2 1 5 i'ort Philip 1 1 14 t Santaßarbara GldMine if pm 1 • Scottish Austrin. (L.) lOB. 14 14pm 90 \St.John del Rey (1,.) l5 5 8 60 60 59 28.2.81 United Mexican . all 64 74 1 Worthing (Limited) all DOCKS. stock I Commercial I 100 stock i Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock 'Fast and West India I 100 126 128 stock I London , 100 srl 58 stock St. Katharine. lOO 57 59 stock Southampton lOO stick Victoria ...... 100 I 98 100 20 iDo New 2 id par 98 100 id par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgratUr •tedSery ice Bk 60 88 90 40 Australasia all Cl 56 65 44 25 Bank of Egypt ... ... all 224 234 100 Baak of London ... ... 50 50 13ritish North Americar ail 54 56 20 iChtd.Bank of India, ezc. all 201 201 25 I Ch.lier. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 84 55 100 City ... 50 95 97 100 'Colonial..... /.0.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 , Eng., Scot., k Aus. Ch.. all 181 191 14 19 181 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 i Lon. Char.l3kof Austral all 255 26 20 I Do. new , all 251 liA 50 i,'LLoonnddoonn JointanC Stookoity 2 OlO 394 3 405 53 40 50 1 2 0 0 0 IL L o o n nd d e o n n e 4, n l (l 7e S s . t A m fr in ie s a t n e . r . , 1200 7944 tr i 8 1 0 04 100 INietrop. & ?rovinl. Bnk. 10 I i d pi. ' 100 'Nat. i rov. of England 42 " 20 I Do. new 50 iNationalßank ..... .. 25 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 39 11 25 I Orient. B. Corporation ~ all 51 52 5 1 2l) OttOnlaA sank 100 \ Provincial of Ireland ..1 25 87 0 86 10 Do. new - 25 South A.ustrana .., 1 all 135 37 25 Union of Australia ' all 44 46 444 50 fluid,. of London 100 Unity Mutual. Anglo-Me xican Mint Atlantic El. MI. Stm (1d); Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Airricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. Canada Land China do Japan Coast & River Steam 1S aviga. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sniltg. Do. Pref. 7 per cent. , Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p et, Perpet. Deb E.lndia & Lon. Ship A Do. B. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph 1 Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati ni Great Sip Limited) Do 171 p ct Preterenco Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)l L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.)l Madras Ikr. and Canal 1 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim 'l Do. 8 per cent. pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 1 i Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.e.Pret..iss.atl dis. N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Peelyt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) is Pen. tuoDbyo ma. Royal Mail ,Aitrities:nt s:art Oriental eleetlaia.ogmus S . c4L t r e iap a n. m cd. Red s, t il D i l ou Y o tj t ni a eN n n e e e y w i r 0 I ro Cityn : . i . m . ........ Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) Do. do. 1)• • Registered Dd o.. :• • • ITelegr.ph to T od , a ,E . ; ;Trust and Agen c i ( 4 AtUttrlasia (1101E4 is. Tr.A;Ln.O O . Ol Upr.ca n . U. J dom Tel. Co. (llin.) vai Die.men'a Lend .. MISCELLANEOUS. 18 !9 2 3 27 28 41 51 29 32 18 20 9 11 113 116 12 18 35 87 105 119 105 109 li ipm oi par 89 101 2 2a 25} 26i * i h i 31 3}d 12 it 1 2i 3i 34 44 ;a i li 13 16 1 1 1f 11 11 6 7 55 57 69 71 10 12 10 19} 17 19 44 54 28 264 49 51 135 140 32 34 1 1 4 6 1 1 id p 1 5 1 1 1 1 i, MINES. 3.9.3 all all i all al l kitE S Profits 100 all 100 100 100 'OCKS parate Year. •year not to be t half year. 431 21 I 141 2.14.0 3.0.0 7.10.0 567 6.15.6 8.12 4.14 1.14. 4.3.0 2; 12.3 2.3.0 2 2.0 18 10.6.7 5.11.6 18.1 4 .! 28.9. i P li? all all all all 100 all 100 all all a.l all SPORTING-THIS DAY. CHESTER-MONDAY. The followirt , ?; rses have arrived : —Paradox, Leonora, Knutsford, Sheffield, Zodiac, Reindeer, Kara Avis, Dr- Pusey, Hare, Coronet, Prince of Denmark, Zirlcika, Abron, My Mary, Maid of Chesterfield, Ophelia, Hugh Lupus, Cutler, Rock Scorpion, Costa, Vest colt, filly by Augur,. Doncaster, Defender, Escape, Dusk, Brighton, and Weasel NnwmArtinz.—Th e following have left here for Chester: Wild Rose, The Prophet, Rudiments, Madge Wildfire, General Hess, Starnpedo, Sawcutter, Chere Amie, Agag, Jung Frau, Hetty, Pig, Royallieu, Valentine, Palestro, Hadji Stavros, and Allez. y-rondement. We are requested to state that Mr. Sturt is not the owner of Siikstone. Mr. Grimshaw is the proprietor of the mare. SPOICTI ,G NO At the Newmarket Meeting the lending Derby favourites all put in an appearance for the Two Thousa- d, with the exception of Buckstone, Neptunus, and Zetland. From the hollow style The Marquis stalled off his opponents, he was immediately advanced to the position of first favourite for the blue riband of the turf, a position he will no doubt maintain, and justly so, till the day of the race. Buckatone still holds his position in the market with firmness, and deservedly so, as no horse could be in better condition, and either he or The Marquis are certain to win, but I would advise my readers to keep a sharp lookout en Duke Rollo, With regard to the races to be decided to-morrow at Chester, my fancy points to ROYALLIEU, for the Palatine Cup ; VALENTINE or INQUEST, for the Mostyn Stakes; JUNG FRAU, for the Chesterfield Stakes; VOLTELLA or TRB PROPHET, for the Wynnstay Handicap ; and JULIET, for the £5O Handicap Plate. I shall refer at length to-morrow to the Chester Cup, but in the meantime I can see nothing in the race likely to interfere with the success of SILKSTONE or THE VEST COLT. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALLS'-SATuRDAr. The heavy nature of the wagering upon the various items comprising the plethoric programme of the past Spring Meeting, as might have been anticipated, left some heavy balances to be adjusted, notwithstanding the day to day settling at the rooms at Newmarket. For that purpose th• room was opened this afternoon, as also to enable the sub scribers to compare on the forthcoming Chester Meeting. The attendance was unusually large, and the exchange, although exceedingly heavy, appeared to be met with great readiness, and passed off without a single complaint. Shortly after the money fever had somewhat subsided the attention of those present was directed to speculation upon the Chester Cup, for which a fresh favourite, highly tried by W. Day, took a decided lead in the betting, as little as 7 to 1 being taken freely ; but at last, we imagine, the layers were the most numerous, and she left off with those odds offered. This movement had a depressing effect upon Zodiac, who retrograded in favour, and at the close 8 to 1 was very freely offered against him, but without meeting with a reply. Stampedo appeared remarkably firm at 10 to 1, at which price Fairwater and the Vest Colt found sup port ; Wild Rose and Caractacus were in some demand, and were steadily backed at their quoted odds to win some hundreds, but the French representative, Hadji Stavros, about whom quite a rush was made to obtain 12 to 1 after his '• trial" on Friday, receded to 100 to 6 (offered) ; Brighton was occasionally mentioned, and some few invest ments were made at 100 to 6. Simla was backed at 20 to 1, and the Weasel at 2,000 to 30. THE DERBY.—The business transacted upon this im ortant race was extremely limited, and oonAned entirely t• the demonstration in favour of the Stockwell colt, which created quite a " sensation," his opening price being eagerly secured, and he left off with an upward tendency at k 2 to 1, taken kindly. CHESTER CUP, 7to 1 agst Silkatone (taken and offered) to 1 agst Zodiac (offered) 10 to 1 agst Stsmpedo (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fairwater (offered) 10 to 1 agst Vest oolt•(offered) 100 to 6 agst Wild Rose (taken) 100 to 6 agst Caractacus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Brighton (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Simla (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Weasel (taken) THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agst The Marquis (taken) sto 1 agst Buckstone (offered) 10 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Stockwell colt (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ensign (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Zetland (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATURDAY. For Chester Cup, bilkstone and Fairwater finished very firm. 9to 1 was laid against Zodiac, but at the close 7to I was the highest venture, which, however, was freely offered. Early in the day 10 ►to 8 was readily taken about Hadji Stavros, As the day advanced he receded to 100 to 4 (offered), which price was subsequently improved to 100 to 6 through the support of his admirers. No other event to come off at Chester was touched upon. For the Derby all that transpired within our hearing were offers to take 5 to 1 about The Marquis, which were not responded to. Closing prices : CHM ER CUP. Bto 1 agst Silkstone (taken) Bto 1 agst Zodiao (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 11 to 1 agst Vest colt (offered) 12 to 1 agst Stampedo.(taken) 12 to 1 agst Brighton (taken) 10 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken) 20 to 1 agst Caractacus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sappho (offered) 30 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 33 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tim Whifflar (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. MAY. Bath Chester Spring York Spring &Hob ary HarpeAden .. 23 Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester Ascot .. 17 Beverley Newcastle Hampton Carlisle 'Llf. Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverp00l Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford Nottingham Southampton Stamford... ........ Marlborough ? 6 Goodwood MST. arc Radcliffe 4 Brighton 6 Brighton Club Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton Reading Weulook l5 York Stockton 26 B ghtun Lichfield Bridgwater Ludlow .. 29 SEPT. Devon and Exeter 2 Derby Great Yarmouth Plymouth Oxford 4 Warwick 9 Leicester ll Doncaster ............ 18 Richmond ............ 23 Walsall .............. 24 Monmouth ............ 25 M a nchester ...........• 26 N e wmarket F 0 ...... 30 Bedford Newmarket S 0 l3 IBtit. Gloucester .. I N ew market II NOVE: Worcester 4 Hereford lO Liverpool Shrewsbury . ......... 18 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 18G2. hniz. Westmeath 3 I Curragh J uno 24 JIILT. Bollawatown ... 17 1 Down R oyal Corporation 28 ALIGt ST. Heath .......... I co 21 Wicklow 26 SEPT EMBER. Ourreigh Carlow ........ 10 Jenkinstown Park Londonderry .......... 12 - 16 THAMES TROUT PLENTIFUL.—There never was known to be so many Thames trout taken as have been taken during the last fortnight. From every part of the society's waters the glad tidings of " a fine trout yesterday," or " tl,vo fine ones the day before," &c., come to us. It can not be doubted that the operations of the society are gradu • ally being crowned with success. Many of the members of the society have taken large fish. The worthy secretary, Mr. li. Parnell, fell foul of a Si-pounder at Walton; Mr. Lyons got a 101 b. fish at Teddington ; numerous fish of from 101 b. to 131 b. have been reported as bagged ; and even we have done our little possible towards the general total. The size of the fish is also very remarkable. Never before were so many "big ones" taken thus early in the season. We are sorry to say, though, that, from all we have heard, the m jority of them have not been in that splendid form and condition in which it is desirable to see such fish. In deed, as a general rule, very largo cannot be expected to be in a fair condition before June. Some fine grayling were placed in the waters at Ilalltford last week ; and large numbers of the small trout have also been carefully distri buted up and down the water in various shallow eddies. suitable to them. One thing is sadly wanted , and a few of those large brick burrs (the fused bric ksw are often found massed together in brick kilns), dropped in here and there to form lying places for thethe trout cantrout to hide behind. Without such places as t hese that is and will of never be properly dispersed over the Ivrebreing no other necessity congregate at the weirs, the open stream lying ground ; for a trout will not lie t . h in e without a big stone to put who knows anything of trout as with salmon, as every These h burrs ld wou answer his head behind. It is with large the subject is well a ware. I, which, if the trout another purpose. They wout lu e d t e p st le ro n y ti a fu ll l ch as an th ce e of stream . 4 netting, g the ' y PPlla'Be to do, will 150011 begin to take the o society gin gerbread.-11444 :BER. 7HE CIVL A MERL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - NEW YORK, APRIL 29, 1862. SlR—There appcars to love bi 7 (Al so much said in Paili.nlent u! , d o , e Britit,lh jour.: 1s respecting the eaHtel " - Nay*: li m ptou it may beh . :,:pceted bs th© t i me t hi s let c. Eriglano, the "gr."al, h.:.,:cite ment" which York prehs t.:escrib(s to Im.ve been created by wonderful doings of the -Mcni tor, &c., may bav:. somewhat subsided-4t:l. 111,re fore, any lengftencd observations of mine V , Id be of little interest to your readers—l shill o.)!.thrse my remarks upon the subject (one, hcwiever, of much indirect importance to all Maritime nations) —into as few words, and those as practical as may be. Indeed, it does seem to me that many persons in the "old country" have been misled by the usual rather grandiose and scmetirncs very imaginative. style of description pracisk dby the uetelity of newspapers in this country, into supposiog that the case of the Monitor, or the Monitor part of the case, decided or suggested even any new or any impor tant point whatever. It may appear dogmatic, but I give my opinion, quail& val., an opinion toi , atec.l upon a general knowledge of the construction of " iron -clad," and " unclad," and " turreted," and so forth, vessels of yi at ; and thht I have read " all and sundry" the accounts and reports, official and other, published connected w ith the affair at Hampton Roads ; and the conclusion I have a rr i ve d at is, that the Monitor may or !Tiny not, be a gr ea t me nt," and be, es the Ns w York jour na l s i n effect, and some in words , describe her, as the greate s t war-ship in "all creation," but there has been no trial of her in a bona fide sense. She, as you are aware, came in at the ma (vir tually) of the business; and only for the steam-tugs which accompanied It in in her voyage from New York to James River, would not (as the Irish phrase would have it) have come in for " that same." Because the "sea," which did not affect them much, yet nearly put her fires and herself hors de combat. And in relation to her " Yard arm and yard arm fight" with the Merrimac, I seek not to be hypercritical in phrase in such things. There 'were no ma Sts nor Yards in the matter; but taking the term in the allegorical sense—as a fact, the Monitor (probably 'very judi ciously and skilfully) kept " dodging about" as far from her rather ugly-looking customer as the shoal water permitted, and that customer being the Mer rimac, which had been fighting and firing the day before, it appears to have been forgotten by most commentators, to the exhaustion, more or less, of crew, coal, and ammunition, obviously had no ob ject in continuing an encounter under the circum stances. No doubt the Merrimac performed much, but also it is evident she " stole a march" on the United States vessels, and on the authorities at Fort Monroe. The New York papers have bean mu tually accusing each biller and excusing then elves for having systematically persisted in despising that said Merrimac. They stated for months before she Ras " no good," was " lop sided," would run her rostrum into the mud," &0., &c. However, she appears to have been well managed, bat in an engi neering point of view it does appear to me, with all due deference to the opinions given in Parliarrent and elsewhere, but with some reliance on the facts of the affair, that also, in reference to her, there has been " too much talk about it." Her antagonists were unprepared—some aground and some ran aground—rand as an important point in considering the abstract question, but as no re proach (for there never was fault to find with the skill or courage of the United States navy), the sudden appearance of this new sort of craft did " scare" them a little. Why, some of the "promi nent men" of this city itself are still " scared" at the " idea" of a visit from her. Anyway, the firing at her was most irregular and hurried, and possibly any smart and equally well managed and fast steaming war vessel of wood or iron would have done as much in the same time. However, there has been, in my humble opinion, quite enough " imagination" already, and I shall not add there to. It appears to have escaped the notice of the commentators in England that the Monitor used cast, and not wrought, iron balls. It is stated that the latter were considered too dangerous to the guns on amunt of the rapid firing required. If the Monitor: had sustained without serious damage one broadside frcm a large man-of- war, or a volley from a fort of large guns, that alight have entitled her to be considered the ron-such all in the New York and many in the B:iitish newspapers, &c., appear to have determined her to be. All I maintain is that in the broad bona fide sense she had no trial whatever of such importance as to con stitute her a " criterion or example?' How or why fortifications have been brought on the tapis quoad any results from or of this" Hamp ton Roads battle" appears to me also strange. Probably some of the British public in reading the rather poetical and diffuse accounts of the light imagined Fortress Monroe took part, whereas it had no more say to it than the Tower of London. I am, sir, your obedient servant, A BRITISH TRAVELLER. From the accounts given after the first tion of the" naval engagement," it appearse several of the the lives lost on board the congress are a on friend able to Federal troops on shore firing and foe when the steam -tug of the Merrimaa was alongside taking possession a f ter the Congress had to circumstance to show that it wou ld be unfair to jud ge o f surrendered. I merely allude the descrip the merits of the Merrimac altogether from the loss and damages su stained by her anta gonists in the encounter. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, May 12.—Wind this day at noon—Westerly; light breeze, and dull weather. PLYMOUTH, May 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—J. S. Means, from St. Thomas. QUEENSTOWN, May 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Scotia, steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for Now York. FALMOVTII. May 11.—Arrived—Diana, from Bahia for Stockholm. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Little Dove and El za, from Plymmth. Sailed—Tribune, for Newport ; Alliance, for Llanelly. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. SI Arrived, May 11—An tio, from Girgenti ; Fortitude, from Guernsey ; Gi:.varni, from Bari ; Gwain Maid, from. Genoa; Alfred Maria, from Smyrna; Margaret, from Dominica; George awl Adolph. from Taganrog; Haabet and Arrant, from Alta ,ndria ; Helen, from Lubeck; Only Son, from Guernsey ; ..Imerican Congress, from New York ; Elizabeth Ann Bright, from Melbourne; Minna, from Aalborg; Thetis, from Fredenckshaven ; Elise, from Calmena ; Concordia, from Genoa; Maria Nashildor, f,om Thisted ; Jacob Silus, from Nantes ; Clarence, from Trini dad ; Chryssalite, from Canterbury ; Star of Peace, from Sydney. Arrived, May 12— Caledonia, from Hamburg; Jo b.° o'Gaunt, from Calcutta; Borneo, from Callao; G. Stamier, from New York; Sunshine, from Mauritius. DEAL, Monday Morn' r pm Passed in Tow—Daphne, from Sydney; AlPm e, Calcutta—both for London. Ann and Anchored--A. W. Spencer, for Teneriff e ; for Cal- Susan, for Genoa—both from Shields ; Au c°l-. o unt, for dera; Confidence, for Port Phillip; Johnr°oo Mischief, Calcutta; Stephen and Sarah, for Pernatnbuii odon. for Trin lad ; Hanover, for Galatz—all With others west. :c Sailed—Gauntlet and Monarch, west, direction TroN — By p t ar i l :et : l,n ' 3ieurre, under d e detectives th e direction has been of THE POLICE AITH; the Exhibition of Sir R. Mayne a staff et )f da e l : v build organised and is now 1 .,- _:d from each division of the ins. The men have been saneide. geants Tanner and Thomas, from CENTENARY t m t hh e eo t s r ce o h p ei e o ffif l i co t i a rffie n nitcte p o,o o : : ic enci e eotirni f Ts : lnE r ys :_; :t qua nted with the northwest, d 7rd. i THE no rth-ea , t i I' France a nd the are apt to conclude the nort h , n faith pervade, the whol el that the Borne , and unquestioned; bu t history, as well as further travel will teach them that, ill t h e west and south-west at least, a reformed religion has try a i s s t s issues it yearswa s as the e t hmee city etin came l 1 t 5 0 62 t r , struck deep and ancient root. Whenever the two opposing Strangers who ere amused itself with a public rehearsal of the massacre of St. meeting fi or r i e lo a u n s ci e Bartholomew. Four thousand Protestants who had been inveigled into laying down their arms, were slain on Whit- Sunday afternoon, by assailants who rushed out of vespers for the purpose. An eye-witness, of some experience, de• Blared that he never saw heads flying about in such naeueletni-. tudes. This is the glorious victory of which. th? .. pr cen f amiable Archbishop of Toulouse proposes O f d la '' beliverance, tenary celebration, to last a week, as a Feast ° f . g which on and about the 17th of May, 1862, ander:earn intimate that festival, although prohibited, good Catholics nieB „Au the where there's a will there ' s a. way — 4) 06 r' Year ,RNA" ~. 44 3i 1021 i 102} 121 7} I 14& I ~~