The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

TALL who ar l of revn st diverg e eget say° ,sion find vith esa tans and instance, Fenio bat upon period of the owe to Brad' ie Tea ur and a man "real Is, bu t 2 all a ask 0 bh the .d, be richlY MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Consols are 92i s for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 924 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91 1 ; New Thee per Cents, 91 / ; ditto 21 per Cent., Jan., 1894, 951; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 5 2 die.; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 dis. ; Bank of Eng land Stock, 4 per Cent., —. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880,1141 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100/ a ; ditto Enfaced Pap( r, 5 per Cent., 1034 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, par 5 dis ; ditto under £l,OOO, In the Foreign Market stocke are flat. Turkish and Italian Five per Cents. have given way z per cent., and are now marked 41 4 1 and 53 respectively. Mexican Bonds have also receded 4, to 12i. In the Railway.. Market Great - Easterns are 1 better; Midland, ; North Western, ; Chatham and Dover, Great Northern are f lower ; Metro politan, ; Sheffield, f. The quotations are : Cale/lonian, 771 to 8 ; Great Western,. 474 to 4 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 4 ; Great Northern, 105 to 1 ditto A, 105 1 64 ; Lancashire, 122 to 1. American Five-Twenties mark a falling off of 4, at 78 781 ; the 1885 Bonds 4, at 704 76; and the Ten-Forties are / lower, at 71 74. Erie Railway shares have given way 14 per cent., to 191 194 ; and Illinois Centrals are 1 lower, at 951 96. The Honduras Loan is quoted at 82 84 ex coupon. Atlantic Telegraph Orignal Stock is 22 24, the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares remain at 3i 34, ludson's Bay l nd Anglo-Am er i can T e l egrap h Shares at 22 4 1- 22f. Shares are weak, at 121. The Mincing -lane markets are still almost en tirely closed, owing to the Whitsuntide holidays. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. Advices from Sydney announce the sailing for London of the Queen of Nations, with 45,000 sovereigns and 7,803 ounces of gold ; the Dunbar Castle, with 25,000 sovereigns and 3,082 ounces ; the Canaan, wish 25,000 sovereigns ; and the Ruahine (s.), with 25,000 sovereigns. The total is £163,500. The sum of £803,500 from Mel bourne, previously reported, is also at sea. In addi tion, the steamer Tanjore, which is expected to arrive at Southampton about the end of the week from Alexandria, with the heavy portion of the Australian mail, will bring £106,000. The aggre gate is £1,073,000. Messrs. Pasquali and Co., merchants, of Rood lane, have stopped payment, " owing to the non arrival of remittances from Smyrna. Their liabi lities are understood to be limited. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,669 over the corresponding week of last year; and the South Eastern an in crease of £3,135. The half-hearly meeting of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company will be held on the 18th of June, when " a resolution will be submitted to the meeting for the consolidation into capital stock of the company of all shares which may have been fully paid up." The ordinary general meeting of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas Company (Limited) is called for the 2d of June, when a dividend will be re commended. A general meeting of the British India Steam Navigation Company is called for the 26th instant, when a dividend is to be declared. Petitions for the winding up of the " General Company for the Promotion of Land Credit (Limited)," and the Lizard Serpentine Company (Limited), are to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the 28th instant. The tables of the importations into New York for the past month show a total nearly twice as large as for the corresponding month of last year, and even 10 per cent. in excess of the extraordi nary amount reached in April, 1866, after the close of the war. The report of the Anglo-Italian Mining Com pany, to be presented on the 28 h instant, describes the progress effected in the development of the property purchased, and the satisfactory character of the assays thus far made. The Government of Honduras are bringing out a supplemental loan in Paris, to complete the rail- Way. It is not presented in a very attractive form, although its success, through a " syndicate," is said to be assured. The ship Blue Jacket, from Lyttelton, New Zealand, with a cargo of wool, &c., of the value of £130,000, bound to London, has been totally lost by fire. She had on board £63,000 of gold ; her passengers and portion of her crew were picked up seven days after by a vessel which arrived yester day afternoon off Queenstown. The occurrence took place on the 9th of Marcia. The ship, with cargo and specie, were partly insured at Lloyd's, the remainder among the marine insurance offices. The mail from South Australia brings dates to the 30th of March. The new Governor, besides making himself acquainted with the agricultural capacities of the colony, has turned his attention to its financial condition, exposing the results of p a s t lavish expenditure, as highly detrimental to its future prospects, unless remedial measures be ap plied. These opinions indicate a probability that the prudential views argued from this side may before long be adopted. The Northern Territory Company bad notified to the Government that it would be held liable for the return, with 10 per cent, interest of the purchase-money paid for land orders held by the company. The area in the c olony under crop for wheat during 1868 was 5 33,000 acres, against 550,000 acres in 1867. BRITIfill FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, -a 3 per Cent. Reduced 9l New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con J 111.1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 -- Do (Red Sett Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoquzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i 21 p er Ct 5 2 di' Do .£5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO 2 Bank of England Stock, 4f per Cent ••• De. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Oman ra INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account. -- Do. 5 per Cont. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. ; ,.. Do. 5 por Cort., Jan. 1872 ,..,... lO4 Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 — Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 Th. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £ I,OOO Do. undor £l,OOO FOREIGiN FUNDR—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republtc, 6 per Cent ... . Do., Scrip £45 paid A.ultrian Bonds 5 per cent .. Do. 1859 66 Brazilian 5 por Cent 75 Do. 4 per Cont. 1852 _ Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 1861 — Do. do., 1863 - Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Uo Account 79 B - lenos Ayres 6 per Cent. ko 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. U.Allian 6 por Cent Do. 4i per ant.... - - Do. 3 per Cent., l'o. 6 per cent. 1867 96} Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo Liman, 6 per Cent. Dan sh, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan . q.ian Principalities, 7 par Cent 76 De 8 per Cent., 1867 Fquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Vent...,, — Do <eeoed Issue - Do. .£std, Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds •.... Do. 1861 Do. Account De. £5OO Ponds Do. 4106 Bonds B 6l English Scrip:lB6B 7sf i Do do. .£l5 pd — dis Governwcni Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 . 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupon s . Do. Acco un t G latemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Bail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It3iian 5 per Cert., 1865 — •46 Do. Account ... •— Do 11%reininana Railway — 4exican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account D. 1864- •_. . _ _ Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French iontevidcau 6 per Cent •. de:wish Imperial 5 per Cent \'ew Granada lB Do 3 per Con - Do. Deforred ?el-avian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 76} I Do 4} per Cent. (Ul:barren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account , ** P h rtsguese 3 por Ct.,1853, , o, 7 , '9,'60,'2,'3 341 Do. do. 1867..„, — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — I ,lassian 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} por Cent. 850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1802 Do do, Scrip — pa: Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO 80nde.,,, 881 Do. do. £B4 15s. do , Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds BBl Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 64 iarlinian 5 per Cent 751 Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account ...• — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrec., Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgago Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent.' ...._.,.. . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6O Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 4 .) - 1- . 4 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 . 651 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Ace. ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in LOtitiot, iustnen o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B6} Do. Account French Rentos, 3 per 'vent., Ex. 251. Italian 5 per Cont. 1891, E:. - . 25f. — Do Account 561 TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsols, Money V2I Do. Account, June 1 ~... 281 -I i BOURSE, May 17.—Tht closed as follows : II por Cent. End of month... Italian Fives 57 40 3 per Cent End of Month— 72 03 Mexican Loan ... 25 Credit Mobilier End of month... 255 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder ...1610 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. .. 915 1072 1 - ._* .ce o'clock—The market Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 3l Southern..... Western Eastern •• Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 501 728 k 467 k 55} POLICE fiVTIi.:LLIGENCE.- 7 his Day. THAMES. A SHORT SPREE AND A MERRY ONE.—Jelin Anderson was charged with stealing a coat, the property of a coun tryman, named Samuelson. The parties lived in a foreign lodging-house, No. 12, Ratcliff-highway, and in the ab sence of the prosecutor the prisoner stole a coat, pawned it, got drunk with the money, and then returned home and gavo the duplicate to Henry Elmhurst, his landlord. The prisoner said he took the coat to have a spree with it, and that the prosecutor said ho might have it for that purpose. The prosecutor flatly denied this, and said he only had one coat, and it was not likely he would part with it to enable the prisoner to get drunk with the money he could raise upon it. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. GENTLEMEN AND THE POLlCE.—Robert Fitzgerali, of New Club Chambers, St. James's-street, gentleman ; Fred. Johnstone, of Scansdale-villas, Notting-hill, gen tleman ; James Dobson, of the Langham Hotel, Regent street, clerk; William Smith, of Featherstoue-buildings, Holborn, gentleman ; Thomas Glover, of the West minster Palace Hotel, gentleman ; and Edward Smith, of No. 10, Kensington Park Gardens, gentleman were charged before 311. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in Tichborne-street. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoners. From the evidence of Sergeant Conner, 22 0, and Police constables Godwin, 47 CR, French, 13 CR, and Cobius, 43 0, it appeared that the prisoners were at the corner of Tichborne-street that morning about half-past one hallowing and shouting at the top of their voices, and pushing ono another and every one passing against the shop shutters. The prisoners on being requested to go away at first refused, but afterwards went along Tick borne-street to force their way into a cigar shop, but were prevented doing so; and as they were all drunk and very disorderly, they were at last taken to the police station. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on behalf of the prisoners, saying that he was instructed by them that they were all sober, that there was no foundation for the statement of the police, and that the whole affair arose through some persons having pushed against the prisoners. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was quite possible the affair be gan by some one pushing against the prisoners, but then they had continued it. There must be order in the streets, and that was all that was wanted. The prisoners would be fined 10s. each. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT. —There were many charges of drunkenness and assault resulting from holiday making at Whitsuntide, but none of a serious character except the follo wing : Donald It-Donald, a pensioner who gave the false name e of Joseph Jones, was charg e d w ith b e i ng d run k and dis orderly and assaulting a cons t a bl e i n th e execu tion of his duty. Oliver Huggins, 355 B, said he' was on duty in plain clothes, and was fetched to th e corner o f E a t on square, where he found the prisoner o n th e groun d with his trousers down over his boots ; h e remonstra t e d w ith pri soner on his conduct, and with assistanc e o f th e bystanders put his dress in decent order ; prisoner got up, used abusive language, and witness told him to go away ; he said he would not for six - policemen ; witness went to remove him, when he struck him on the head, knocked him down and kicked him, and was very violent on the way to the station. Prisoner said he was too drunk to know what had oc. curred. Mr. Arnold said his conduct was disgraceful and per fectly inexcusable, even on the score of drunkenness ; he sentenced him to seven days' imprisonment without the option of a fine. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &nstralia. and New Zealand, via Southampton..... May 22. Ditto, via 5' areallles May 17 Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video June 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet . June 4: Cape of Good Hype. Ascension. and St. Helena May 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 15. bibraltar, via Southampton India, via S ou t hampton May 15 uitto, Marseil es Malta, Egypt, & c . Ditto, Mars e ill es.. Newioundla May ...... ....... ........ • • May 19 Matritius, Cape of G ood Hope, and Natal, via Southamis ton Ditto, Marseilles ~ June 16 Portugal .. •... J nue 4. United States, anada, California, &a, by British packet ......May 15 Ditto ditt c ( Baltimore) Ditto, by L sited States packet Ditto, by Inman paoket May 12 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... May 17. Bahamas, via New York West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- mas) May 14 The editors of Illinois, one hundred and twenty in number, have recently been making an excursion through the South, and have gone as far as Mobile, Ala bama. Despatches from that city state that the members of the excursion party have expressed their decided ap proval of the South as suitable for manufacturing, com mercial, and industrial enterprises. CALIFORNIA NUTMEGS. —Perhaps it is not gene rally known that the native nutmeg tree grows in the Sierra Nevada range of mountains in California, but such is the fact. We have with our own hands picked them from the tree in the upper portion of Placer county, and about the head waters of Feather River, and after properly drying them, found them fully equal, in point of strength and flavour, to those imported from the East Indies. Some 19 years or more have elapsed since that time, and of course we are unable to describe with accuracy the nutmeg tree of California, more than to say that it resembles some of the species of pine ; and, in fact, most people would pass it by, as we did at first, without suspecting it to be any , thwg else but a pine tree.— Sue Mateo Gazette, March 13. THE SUN, LONDON, TVESDAY EVENING, MAY IS, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - eloßiug I3tisine6ll Share NAME. Paid. . Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 10/ 104 10 Do B lO 21 24 21 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 101 201 20 Anglo-Hungrian 8 11 It 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 54 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm 5 54 1 23 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3J 10 Bank of New Zealand - all 18 4 18 4 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, Knd China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 20 City l4 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lim. 60 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 6 20 English and Amoricau, lion 10 20 English Bank of Rio deJa- 13 19 30; 31 111 121 38 40 neiro. lim 20 English, .7- cottisli, and Aus tralian Chartered 2,81 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 284 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO k 5 lonian all 25 Do new 6 20 Lad Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do b p. c. Deb s .lB64 , 30 all 76 30 London Banks of Alexico and South America, Rm. 20 100 London and Brazilian, Lim. 45 20 Do new 74 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do now 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock.-- --- 1 London and South African al 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lim 124 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lim .. . 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. lb 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do —„. . 42 50 National.. BO 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Proviuc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 00 Provincial of Ireland.. 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia . : 100 Union of Ireland, lim LO Union of Landon 10 pr 1p all 161 17 38 88 2; 1(1 17 2 zi 121 21 26 It 11) 31 75 76 GI 01 30 27 LI 43 9 IL 21 20 24j 25 50 J. Sli 84 94 18 11 6i 623 bf 41. 7# 7f 11 4 •• •• Id 1p ... ... 4i 41 43 421 43f 6 6 8S 90 15 1S 8 6 47 48 331 301 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 16 --- Aiiil7)-Alnerican Tel., Lim all 22 22; 22j 10 Anglo Mediter 10 121 13 st Atlantic Te1egraph..........., 10 22 24 211 st Do. S per cent........., 100 6 t 70 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 153 163 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 230 241 10 Do. Now ............... 8 9 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., 1im.... 10 5 Load. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 3 21 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr iP 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. all 81 11 25 Reuter'BTelegram • all 45 ho 1.0 'Societe Transatlant., Sin... all 171 18 . 18 st Submarine Telegraph ...... 100 lig 118 1 Do. 5crip............ all llf 20 Telegraph Con. & Maiu.,lint. all 17 171 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira. all 5 : 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3 3;P MISCELLANEOUS. 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Anglo-MexicanMinC all , 151 163 203 151 161 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 5 1,1 pr 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 51 10 Do. New 6 :3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira 3O 9i t 19 Berlin Water Works, lim all 13 1 i 5 Bombay Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 4 11 id 5 J British Amarican Laud 20 British Indian Tea, Pan. 20 British Ship Owners 10 Canadian Loan and Invest- 29 Canada Company went, lim 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 9 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. Rm a ll 6 6 Moscow2s as, lint —all 50 City Of G ffi ces, lira 50 Colonial, liin. Do. . 221 . 50 Commercia. 'I ion (Assur) 5 •i' 4 p 51 of African Mer- In ha Pa ut n s Y , lim. 1877, 41 per cont all 1033 1011 2 2 1 0 5 0 Cceo:cpnpetiarenmtainleUrneioofnEGuagsialinnid , all 193 201 pref. 71 per cent 100 Corporation of Londo n 1879, 4,1 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 top Do. 1882, m per cent. all 1033 1043 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all 2i 3 2; 3 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint 10 31 21d st Crystal Palace st Do. Preference st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 108 112 20 Darjeeling, lim. ....,,,,,•,,, ... IO Eastern Assam, Jim. ....... 61 ... ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit Bo nds, and Finance, lim 8 5 3d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all •• •• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, I ron, and Coal, Ihn. .. .. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'r oy. Uua. by Egypt. G ov all 941 951 8 - 1 3 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. li nt 6 3 Eng. & Aust ral. Copper, lire 27 3 3 15 English and Foroign Credit 71 41 3, 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, Jim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn E ng i neering 5 2 Id 20 Fore-str eetWarehouseahn. 12 1 1 1P 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust anti Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 87 33 50 Gallivant, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 7 1 •1 ; I-1 15 General S team Navigation 14 26 31 274 8 50 Home & Col Marine lu. lint 6 2 'i d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 2u Hudso n ' s Bay all 123 121 12/ 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 2 0 Interna.Fi nancialSoe. lim 1 .14 . " 20 Interna. Laud Credit, lint. 6 6 46 50 Italian Land 5 Id p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 8 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 66 68 50 Land Securities, lim 6 23 116 25 London African Trading lO 7 54 2 5 Lon. & C a l ed. Marino, lim 6 —a 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lond. Financial Asso , lim 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Oinnibus.CO.lim. all 2 2/ 60 LoncL and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship,lim 25 21 161 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr tit Madras Irriga. & ciaaL Gum. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 102 103 1021 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Jim. . .... it f id 50 Merchant Shipping Jim all 33 38 50 Millwall Iron orks, lint. X 2 l lO Natal L and and Colonisa- ••• tion Co., lint 25 National Discount Co., lim 6 11 1 11 1 2 5 National P rov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 9 1 10 1 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lim. 6 31 31 10 10 New Con so li dated Dis. lira. 3 ""' a - 5 New Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 4 1 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Men • c antile Agencylim ' 21 I IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 1/ 13 1 0 Northern A ssam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B st • North Brit. Austral lim lOO 4 8 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan.. In 6l 9 193 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, Jim ll ... ... 5 Oriental Gas, lira 5 Do. New 1 4 1p 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lim 2 1 d IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 1} 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Au stralian R. Mail lim all , ~.""' •-• 5 Do. do. st Peel R. Land &Miner', lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & O r i ental Steam all 41 50 ' . 50 Do. N ew 1867 10 116 01 50 Rhymney I ron 15 Do. N ew 25 Rio de Ja neiro City Im.,lira all 61 7 20 Do. Do. 6 Gas, lim all 24 6 24 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 42 45 481 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lo oall 8 18 3 3 1 8 9 i 171 Em ta pir ud e 0 t st P. e. Gua 7 r .y ...P . : :::n e . f : 100 26 ... 23 ..... 3. 20 Societ6 Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 76d 2 25 0 05 SocieteBSo. (Insurance), Africansh urB. Ge n iLM e Australian e doMort , l i : 20 Thames and Mersey Marine 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl . 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 . 1 . 1p a B ll 34 24 8 3 1 6 10 D° do. do. all . .., 20 Trust & Loan Co., 17, Canada 5 i, f p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 5 4/ 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 13 id 20 Universal Marinean.), Him 5 14 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim 30 Van Diemar's Land 00 viceroy of Egypt, 7 p er cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 771 781 so Warrant Fluarite, lim. .... 12 12 10d West India and Pacific so -- Steam, lim. 20 2 , 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses .._ 00LO.NIAL GO ViatilltlNNT SEQUItn r. Britl lJ Columbia, d per ------------ .......... 100 110. ... . """ Van.e4ov.6p.o.Jan. ,4 July 1877-84 .... 1411 .... 100 108 llt .... 100 1(0 IC2 1021 1 - Do. 6p. 0 7eb. it Aug..., ion . 102 104 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept.. 100 102 104 i:1 90 901 c. inscribed ek.. HO 90 92 D D o o . . 56 p. p. 0. Jr•n• 'lc Jul Y.. 100 Cape G. HcP e . 6 P' o ' lB73 •• 100 102 104 Do.Apl.BtOot 1890-1900.. 100 111 113 DO. do 1680-90.. 100 107 109 v- D00..e and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100 (le, lon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 116 g u eo j cn u t l3 . ' ls April Do. 1872, do lOO 105 10? 111aurltlue, 6 p. o, 1878, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. • • ~. 1)0 IL6 toS Do. 1882, May and Net .. 00 106 103 Do. 1895, Feb. 4.. , Aug—. 10 106 Ns Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1867-75, 6 per cent ~, 'co 100 100 N.8.G0v.5 p.o.Ja.&July.. too 103 IC4 10 1 Natal 6 p et, &pi .t Oct... 00 Do _.... 1( 6 103 N. 6PV '7l to '75.. 100 90 1, 1 E Do. 5 p.c. rd. 6: to ',S.. i .N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891.. ICO _ _ D80 . . 1 5 . c. p 55 .0 111..te1Y.8'68 & Nov 1 0 to 1896... 103 981 ~ ~.) ,.1 Do. 5 percent.... DoJan, A p:l,July, Wt 1(0 93 94 94. it Da 6p c. slar & 6 ept ' 9l lOO 108 11 0 -- Do June & Dee , 1 , 91 ~.1 -- iDo Prov. , 1 Auckld. ) 1 , _ tb c rie i 1.11.2, 1'.196 .• j ' 0 is., ova Scotia 6P. c.Jan 10;1 1( 8 1 10811 and Jnly, 1875 Do 1.606.. .... 100 11 74 1,8 1 Tasmanian 6 per c, 1895 .. 1 , 81 107 i 1071 81 Do /so i '97 . ~... Victoria 6I er cent. lstal lt 0 113 1:4 _... Qu D e o en i s s r..l . l . p. c. '62-5_ 100 Do, AprilanclOct ..—... )0) 109 liu 110 01 LITERATURE. The Life of Rossini. By 11. Sutherland Edwards. One Vol. Pp. 314. Hurst and Blackett. Rapidly sketched though this biography of the greatest of all Italian Composers has obviously been, it has still, quite as obviously, been produced with all the conscientious care in any way possible, bearing in mind the remarkable rapidity of its pro duction. Mr. Sutherland Edwards, as a musical critic of undoubted ability, has, in that,xespect, one good qualification at least, for becoming the bio grapher of the great maestro. Beyond that, however, he has other hardly less recoguiza'tle qualifications. He was already " up" in his theme before its treat ment, thus, was by him fortunately unilertaken. He is a skilled man-of-letters. He has the journ &it's rea diness of pen. 1 - 13 has a wide acquaintance with the Lyrical Drama. He has an exquisite appre ciation of the divine art—mere particularly of inu_ic of a dramatic or oinratic character. The present work is ole almost coufessedly of no par ticular elaboration. It in no way affects to be ex haustive. It is a rapidly produced portraiture of the dead musician—a portraiture as rapidly produced as that pencilled by Gastave Dore. With this wel come difference, however, that Sutherland Edwards' sketch is one of Rossini as he was in life, not— as with Dore's almost painful deline ttion—a limning of Rossini as he lay in death. The Frenchman's tribute partakes of the indecorous, partakes of the irreverent. Not so our author's. Here, there is no thought of irreverence or of indecorum. The Italian Composcrpar excellence is revealed to us successively in the three great phases of his genius, or rather in the three great stages of its manifestation. Naturally enough, therefore, his " Life" is sketched in three divisions. Part One—relates to " Rossini and his Early Works." Part Two—to "Rossini at Naples." Part Three—to "Rossini's French Career." By an astounding misprint on the first page of the first chapter it is ludicrously set forth that " when in 1709 (sic) Paer's Camilla' was brought out at Bologna, Rossini, then little more than an infant, took the part of the child." Su that, according to this lapses, supposing Ros - ,4ni then to have been literally an infant, he would, at the period of his re cent demise, h.tve been about 160 years of age. Born, as Rossini was, and as Mr. Edwards correctly states upon the very next page, on the 29th of Feb., 1792 just two mouths after the death of Mozart--he hail at the period of his demise reached the age of 70, or was, in other words, four years less than an octoge narian. During th:.: first half of his life he was wonder fully industrious. During the second be was compara tively the reverse—reposing upon his laurels, as the phrase is, or enjoying his reputation. When ho was tiirty• seven, for example, he had composed thirty seven operas. ;Be, then, if afterwards he produced, in quantity, comparatively little, in the quility of his compositions, in their ripened and perfected beauty . as masterpieces, he surpassed himself, or at any rate the masi of his earli.:r achievements. Beginning the long and radiant list of his operas in 1810 with La Canibiale di Matrimonio, an opera in one act, for whic't the composer (then Lig'iteen) received £8 Ro.sini iu 1829 (when thirty S3VCII ye trs of age) ended his career as a composer for the lyrical stage with Guillaume Tell. After that he wrote in 1832 (when forty) the Stabat Mater, and, later on, (when upwards of seventy) the Mcsse Sollenelle. Restrict ing one's attention, however, exclusively to the list of his operas—what operas that list of seven and thirty comprises! Ifs first grand sucee,.s in that way in 1813 —Tancredi ! His opera of operas, three years afterwards, namely, in 1816—the most in: ea.cly characteristic of all the productions of his enius—ll Barbiere Siciglia! Another master piece,, produced in that same year, -1816 —Otello ! Two famous operas in the following twelvemonth, 1817—to wit, Cenerentola and La G'azza Ladra ! In the next, 1818— Mose is Egitto ! In the next, 1819—La Donna del Lago ! In 1823--Semiramide ! I n 1829—Guillaume Tell! Then—the Stubat Mater! Then—the Messe Solennelle ! To say nothing of all the intermediate operas, the sym phmies, the quartettes, the cantatas, the choruses ! Here, indeed, was musical fecundity. Here, in truth, and in the fullest degree, was the blending together of originality and creativeness. The astonis'aing rapidity of some among Rossini's most remarkable improvisations has been vividly in stanced by his English biographer. Due mention is made, as a ma:ter of course, for example of the famous aria di nzi, the immortal "Di Tanti Pal phi," which was composed by him while a dish of rice was being fried for his dinner, as the Venetian substitute for macaroni. The amusing inci dent of the maestro being threatened with assas sination by au infuriated drum-hater by reason of the duet for drums opening the overture to La Gazza Ladra, is duly notified. Mention is also made laughably of Sigismondi's whimsical indignation at the introduction, into the score of Otello, of horns and trombones—Sigismondi, that foe of brass in struments, exclaiming, with a shulder, " Four horns 1 are we a hunting party ?" And actually mistaking the mention in the score of the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd trombones (so the ludicrous story runs) for 123 trombones! As to the marvellous effect produced by Rossini's performance of his own music on the piano nothing can well be finer than Auber's cele bration of it in his record of their first interview. Rossini had gone to the piano at Auber's request of ter dinner, and there sang to his own accompaniment Figaro's cavatina Largo al factotum della I shall never forget," said M. Auber, " the effect pro duced by his lightning-like execution. Rossini had a very beautiful baritone voice, and he sang his music with a spirit and verve which neither Pellegrini, nor Galli, nor Lablache approached in the same part. As for his art as an accompanyist, it was marvellous. It was not on a keyboard, but on an orchestra that the vertiginous hands of the pianist seemed to gallop. When he bad finished I looked mechanically at the ivory keys—l fancied I could see them smoking ! On arriving home I felt much inclined to throw my scores into the fire. It will warm them, perhaps,' 1 said to myself ; besides, what is the use of composing music, if one cannot compose like Rossini.' " Throughout the whole volume Mr. Sutherland Edwards sustains the interest of his theme. As a biographic4l sketch of Rossini the work is clever and vivacious, and—not the least of its merits—delightfully anecdotal. THE MURDEROUS ATTACK ON TIIE POLICE AT LEA BRIDGE. The cowardly ruffian who committed the brutal assault upon Ward, a constable of the N division, at Lea bridge, on Sunday night last, and which it is probable may terminate fatally, was apprehended last night. His name is David alias Thomas White, a " brickie," or labourer in brick yards, and his past career affords abun dant evidence of his brutal nature. He was examined to-day at Worship-street, and remanded. The magis trate refused to take bail, as it was not improbable the man might die. AN UNFOR7 UNA 7 E WHITSUN EXCURSION. A number of Gravesend excursionists attended at Bow street Police-court, before Mr. Flowers, this morning, to make application for assistance under the following extra ordinary circumstances:— One of the holiday-makers, named Higgins, said they were told when they took their tickets at Charing-cross that there would be a return train at 12 at night, but at 11 there was no means of returning from Gravesend to Lon don. About 300 were left behiud, and had to remain there till this morning. Mr. Flower advised the spokesman of tho unfortunate holiday-makers to write to the directors or else proceed against them in the County Court. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(7IiIs Day.) ROLLS' CITAMBERS. (Before Mr. Church, Chief Clerk.) THE GREAT CONTENT CASE.-SAURIN V. STARR. In this casa an application was made to the vaca • tion Chief Clerk on the part of the defendant for further time to answer the bill of complaint. The Chief Clerk inquired whether the plaintiff would give further time. On the part of the plaintiff it was stated that whatever time the chief clerk thought proper would be granted. The Chief Clerk allowed fourteen days further time for the defendant to answer the plain tiff's bill of complaint, on payment of 6s. Bd. costs. Order accordingly. The Flora Theatre at Cologne has been totally destroyed by a fire 'which broke out just after the per formance had been concluded. The catastrophe is sup posed to have been the work of an incendiary. SHARE LIST. tiLIA.A - 11:1:i AND STOCKS. 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Thy Prince of Wales rode out yesterday. The Princess of \Vales drove to Kew. IVIII7SUNTIDE AM USEM EN TS. The various excursions by rail announced for Whit-Monday were extensively patronised ; those by steamboat and van were, perhaps, less so than on former occasions, owing to the uncertain aspect of the weather. The afternoon, h)wevcr, fully re paid those who ventured forth despite the somewhat threatening clouds and wind of the earlier part of the forenoon—the wind, just after midday, veering round to the S. W., the slight rain it brought up soon exhausting itself. This was a cheering cir cumstance to thousands, both young and old, and the change was immensely enjoyed. GLOBE THEATRE. —The attraction provided at this elegant little theatre for the holiday folk was a new burlesque, by Mr. Byron, entitled " The Corsican Bothers, or the Troublesome Twins." The melodrama has been very closely followed, and altogether one of the most entertaining and splen did pieces ever presented to the public is the result. The text of the burlesque displays the same origi nality, the same inventive and creative resoure.as, and the same copiousness and peculiarity of thought and expression as are apparent in his numerous other productions. Mr. E. Marshal, as Madame dei Flunki, kopt the audience in almost incessant laughter by her clumsy and exaggerated solicitude for her son. Mr. J. Clarke was capital as Fabien ; and Mr. 11. Andrews as Orlando, Mr. Tisdale as Collona, two ragged, murderous-looking Corsicans, who had been at feud, but were induced by Fabien to give up their Vendetta, were also extremely good. Mr. Ilurlestone has a very good little part; into which he throws an immense amount of, fun, and he also makes every one of the puns committed to Lis care tell with remarkable effect. Of the se, nery it is impossible to speak too highly. The Jardin Mo bile, and the closing tableaux, the Birth of Beauty, are both worthy to rank with the most magnificent productions for which the late Madame Vestris was once so celebrated. The piece is destined for a long run. GAIETY .-I •" Columbus ; or, the Original Pitch in a Merry Key," is the title of a new opera bouffe, from the pen of Mr. Alfred Thompson, wltich the proprietor of this elegant and commodious theatre has placed on the stage for the entertainment of those who expect novelties during the Whitimatide holidays. The piece was pro limed last night before a thoroughly well-rilled house. The story of Colum bus and his important discovery is the basis of this very amusing extravaganza, and with the narrative the author takes the usual privileges and makes the voyage of discovery much in rc agreeable w a Lon don audience who accompany him and the mutinous, but sometimes jovial crew, front the Court of Fer dinand and Isabella of Spain to the Newfoundland of Kokatouka than it could possibly have been to the great navigator himself. There are five very fine scenes by Messrs. Gordon, Telbin, and Son, and Matt Morgan, all well worthy of this highly and artistically decorated theatre. This ballet is in its way so exquisite that it will probably prove the chief attraction of a piece which, for the splendour with which it has been got up and the liveliness of its general effect, has had few equals on the Lon don stage. SURREY THEATRE.—A new piece, described in the play-bills as a great American drama, entitled " The Fire-fly," was produced at the Surrey Theatre last night. We shall not follow the story further than to say that in the three acts of the drama Leonard Grantley (Mr. Shepherd), the hero, has to csmtend between love and gratitude in the shape of the Duchess di Rhona, an Eigliah lady loved from b:3yhoo3, and the Fire fly, a lady with a wonderful horse and a perfect mastery, not only over her stead, but over the army itself, which makes her the grand central character of the story. Miss Edith Sandford, a young and handsome lady, made her debut in this, the principal character, and the energy, grace, and spirit thrown into a very arduous performance richly merited the recala at the close of each act, and the shower of flowers which had to be carried off the stage. ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—Commemorations of the great "Battle of Waterloo" in " sham fights" and stage spectacles of " mimic war" having long since ceased, the revival of the dramatic representation of " the battle of giants"—as the great captain of his age, the Duke of Wellington, designated it— waa last night a source of attraction at Astley's Theatre. " The Field of the Cloth of Gold" fol lowed, and elicited the admiration of a crowded and fashionably-attended house. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—The St. James's Hall Christy Minstrels give several extra performances this week. The programme has undergone a great change. What with new songs, new coruicalities, and the new talent which the management have provided for the holiday season, there is a good likelihood that St. James's Hall will prove one of the most attractive of the great centres of attrac tion during the Whitsun Holidays. ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—The " Royal Christy's Min strels" entertain their patrons at St. George's Hall immensely. Last night they performed the ope retta " Twice Married," and a burlesque adaptation of Offenbach's " Barbe Bleu," and in each of those pieces the weight of the business fell upon Mr. E. Kelly and The Only Leon, but the sex of The Only Leon was a rare puzzle to all who wit nessed the acting. The small hands and feet and the delicate arms and legs were called into court by some to prove that The Only Leon must be a lady ; while others as rigorously maintained that the mas culine manner, and, to some extent, the voice also, as clearly indicated, one of the rougher sex. This debate was no small part of the enjoyment of the evening, but as this is a matter on which every one ought to judge for himself, or for herself, as the case may be, and as neither he nor she can do so without seeing The Only Leon first as Carlotta, the Spanish danseuse, next as Victorine Lepage, the French prima donna, and lastly as Bullyette, the bride of Barbe Bleu, we say to both see her, and you will be both gratified and puzzled. Mr. B. Kelly acquits himself as an excellent actor and singer. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, HOLBORN.—A series of highly-attractive promenade concerts has com menced here, and will be continued nightly for some time to come. The artists engaged include Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss Sofia Vint a, Madame Emmeline Cole, Mdlle. Liebhart, Mr. Ver non Rigby, Mr. Maybrick, Mdlle. Constance Skiwa and Herr E. Paure (pianists), and Mons. H. Vieux temps (violinist). Theres is besides a band of 60 performers. The concerts bid fair to be a great success. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—The old-established wax work exhibition in Baker-street is always a great centre of attraction at holiday times. Judging by yesterday's attendance of visitors the present Whit suntide will be no exception to the rule that has prevailed so long. The exhibition keeps open twelve hours every day, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. A portrait model of the notorious William Sheward. has ren dered the Chamber of Horrors more repulsively attractive than ever. POLYTECHNIC.—It speaks well for the manage ment here, and the good taste of the public, that, although the Royal Polytechnic Institution is one ' of the oldest established places of amuse i nent, it continues to be still one of the most attractive and best patronised, notwithstanding the numero us counter magnets that have of late sprung into exis tence. ROYAL MUSIC HALL (WESTON'S).---7 . The Holborn establishment gives notice o f an ent ire change o f company. Harry _Rickards, Fred. Coyne, Annie Adams, Kate Bella, Mr. Liskapd: -mid the Martens n-4-e Family are among the engageme. There is also a full band of twenty instruments, under the general musical direction of Pat, Corn. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Au LONDON BET LlNG—Tins DAT. SOMERSETSHIRE STASES. 3to 1 agst Judge (taken and offered) to 1 agst Ligurian (offered) 4to 1 agst Rom.,ing Girl (taken and offered) 6to 1 apt Aftermath (offered) DERBY. 9to I egst Pretender (offered—takes to '2) 100 to 30 cast Pero Gomez (taken) 9 to 2 t.r„St Belladrum (taken and offered) 109 to 6 agst Byshworth (offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 tigit Perry Down (offered) 30 to 1 agst 14,0p - dont (taken) 100 to 1 agst Vagabond (taken) • 1090 to 10 agst Ilermiune c. (taken and orated) 1000 to 8 agst Border Knight (wanted) 1000 to 7 agst Tenedos (taken and offered) THE OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Morns (offered—take 4 to 1) 5 to 1 agst Scottish Queen (taken). SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WEST DRAYTON RACES-YESTERDAY. HURDLE RACE PLATE. Nannie.. Poleaxe , Goodfellow 3 Five ran. SELLING HANDICAP HURDLE PLATE. La Sorrentina Basquine... Lord Craven Sofftnka.... Inheritor.. Primula.. Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Five ran. FLYING STAKES Flash Spitfire ... Claymore . Twelve ran. WELTER CUP. Contempt Plunger Vubalathus Five ran. IHT-MONDAY HANDICAP. Slowmin. Fitz Ivan. 2 Plunger. TATTE RSALL'S—LAST EVLIiING. SOMERSE I'S HIRE STAKES. sto 2 agat Ligurian (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Judge (taken) DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Pretender (taken and offered) 100 to 30 agst Pero Gomez (taken and offered) to '2 agst Belladrum (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst llyshworth (taken and offered) 20 to I agst Perry Dowu (taken) 20 to 1 agat Ladas (offered) 1000 to 8 agst Border Knight (offered) 1000 to 7 agst Tenedos (offoced) 1000 to 5 agst Strathnairn (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Royal Oak (offered) 30 to 1 agat Thorwaids,m (off, , red) 1000 to 20 agst Drummer (t ak en) 1000 to 20 agst Duke of 1k (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Bosworth (olfered) 10)0 to 15 agst Ruplrt (offered —lOOO to 10 taken) 1000 to 15 agst Loid Hawthorn (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Brennus (offered) 4to 1 agst M.o:na (taken and offered) L to 1 agst Martiniqul (taken) sto 1 agst Brigantine (taken and offered) Amara was scratched for tiomersetshire Stakes and Oaks at 9 a.m., May 17. RAW Glasses, by Volgthind, are now ao longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for photographic leases has diminished, au opportunity has been afforded for applying mechanical power with the greatest success, whereby the cost of these be intiful and most perfect instruments is reduced in price in some instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they are now no dearer than those of the best French or English makers. At the depot Aallaghan, 23a, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street, the patrons of the Derby may indulge their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigtlituder at comparatively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the quality is as ever matchless. RACING FIXTURES. J UNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Newark 3 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Odibuni. 22 ilibury Club 23 . Ascot .B, 9, 10, 11 1 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 I Liverpool Summer ...29, 30 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Sutton Park .....29, 30 J 1. 1..,Y Worcester l, 2 i Southampton 13,13 Newmarket July 6, &c. I Reading 15, 16 Carlisle 6, 7 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Pontefract •9, 10 1 Stamford ... "•!, 23 Hendon ... l/, 13 I Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 Nottingham l3, 11 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 Oxford Brighton Club 5 York 24, 26, 26 Lewes 6, 7 Plymouth z6, 27 _.. . . _ Egtiam lO, 11 I Scarborough 80, 3t Wolverhampton lO, I I 1 Derby Summer ..,81, Sep 1 Windsor 12, 13 I Weymouth 31, Sep 1 St. Albans 17, 18 I Canterbury.........3l, Sep. 1 Stockton lB, 19, 20 I SEPTEMBER. Warwick 7, 8 Hampton ..21, 2 I Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 9, 10 I Hendon Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Monmouth . .. 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9. 2€ I Edinburgh ,...6, 7, 8 Curragh l9, 2‘, 11 Leicester 7, 8 I West Drayton .........21, 22 Bromley 7 8 Hereford 2l, 22 I Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Monmouth 23, 21 Chelmsford l9 20 Newmarket Irton ...25, &o. I Kelso 19 20 NOVEMBER. Harrow ^ 2, 3 illinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 I Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury ..... l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. ; JULY. Kingsbury 9 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 9 1, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester Harrow 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury lb, 12, 3 Leamington liuut ..,,23 .co Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans _________ 17 OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, G. 19, ,tc Ormsby 26, 27. Huntingdon Club.. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 21 ... 12 2k Do 3Ms ... 12 81 .. , 12 41 Rotterdam — ... 12 34 Antwerp — ... 25 45 ... 25 50 Brussels Hamburg ti ' •. __ ... 13 12/ ... 13 134 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1211 ... 122 Vienna — ... 12 671 ... 12 724 Trieste — ... 12 671 ... 12 121 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~ 9 25 ... 9 29 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 48 ... 49 Leghorn Milan — ... '26 70 ... 26 77* Genoa — ... 26 70 ... 26 774 Naples Palermo . ... 26 70 ... 26 771 Messina Lisbon — ... 511 ..... 52 Oporto — ... 511 ... 52 i Rio Janeiro - ••• • •• New York - ••• ••• PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par. and the short exchange on London is 25f. 2240. per sterling £1 On comparing, t h es e rates with t he Englis it h Mint price of £3 10Id. per ounce tor standard gold, a gold at the above price is of high r value in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight was on the 10th lust. about 1091 per cent. At this rate there is no proJt on the importation of gold from the United States. M a. REVERDY JOIINSON.—The mayor of South fimpton has received a letter from the lion. Reverdy Johnson declining acceptance of a banquet on the occasion of his departure from this part next Saturday, in the steamship Ohio, for Baltimore. 21ETIMPOLITAN FIRES.— This morning (Tuesday) Captain Shaw reported to the Board of Works that during :last night and this morning five fires had taken place in :the metropolitan district, but out of that number only one - was sufficiently important to deserve being publicly re corded, and that broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Barry, a grocer and tea merchant, carrying. en busi ness at No. 30, Winchester-street, Bethnal-green. The whole of the stock in trade was nearly destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. e v nlytit 414,4441N1 I S wi th anitit down and of pa per chord e s of aloud and corn . ,o iities , s hire ; this that , r s to ,ured a nd and t, no raal rated their Acts ever 11 Dtea peen Cat e her, onae I P 4