The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-15 00:00:00

__ _ : ___.. _ . -- r -- - -'. . , . . : - THE SUN t LONDONI "*". ......,...r.1 ~........................ MONEY MARKET SH AR s isani-,:z.rs , This Day). t LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. --..........—__ Leasing Closing Prices Business AND RAILWAYS. Bhr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies this day this day. Closirg Pried: Business done COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. —.............. Bhr. Paid RAILWAYS. this day this day. — l3t — . 100 — B — uckg — hamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 100 CITY, Two o'CLocx. St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caladon... 100 102 ------ —-- ----" ---- 25 all Col•Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 13 15 The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 121 1( tmbg. Nottng. Bost. St. 100 E•Lin. g. 6 p.v Gt•Northu ... ... 138 heavily, and prices of most descriptions tended ..„ & Eastn. June—. 51 6 •5 all E. Ult. 11. Sh. E. Count. 4 4 3 ou all Belfast & Bally-men ... ... St. 100 Glas. Bs.rr. & Caldonian. downwards. The sales were estimated at 6,000 1.3 i all [truing. Wolverh. Neils. Direct. bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. Stour Va11ey........ 7i —Bl St. 100 Do. New Do. In the Railway Share Market there was less anima- St. 100 B 25 all GlstrADn•Fr Gt.Westn. ... ... 261 50 all Hull & Selby Y. & N.M. 103 110 Lion, and the quotations were unaltered. 25 all iliac it burn 9 10 Ch irk e e s n h h ir d e . J La tin n :t sb. c 69 71 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do l t The only arrival of import once this morning is the Shaftesbury, from Melbourne, with 8,180 ozs. 25 all Blyth &. Tyneoriginal .£25 (ms. at £45).... 26 27 St. !100 Bristol & Exoter..... 88 90 89 121 all Lon.&Greenw &Eastern. 12t 131 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 25 of gold, worth about 32,720/. Other vessels are St. 1100 Ca1ed0nian........,. 831 841 841 541 4 St. 1.00 ()heater & Holyhea 36 • 38 36 St. 100 Lou. Til., &S. Peto &Co. 94 96 10 It) I Do. Bark. Sh. Do .• ••• 'now due, and during the next fortnight a consi- 50 .11 Cork and Bandon... ... ..• 51 all Mauch.Bxton. Lo.&N.W. 20 all o C o o Dni rk .w.a , B l l i ack. & Pass. ... ... derable influx may be expected. The last advices and Matlock & Midld. 21 2i from the colonies reported the departure of the fol- ••• ..• 61 51 Newmarket lowing ships, viz. : 10 all Do. B - iP Date of Sailing. Ounces. . 50 . all Dublin&BelfastJune ... —.4 50 all N.& Est.s p.c. Do 57 —59 Jan. 12—Anglesey Pt 13—Istamboul . ~ 19—Albion 8,828 St• 100 Eastern Counties._ 57 58 571 i 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &I\ •W. ... ... „ 30—Coleroon Feb. 6—Roxburgh Castle i s• B—Morning Star 4,783 25 2 Do, New A. ... ••• •.• 10 all ,Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 9 ~ 8— Sydenham .. 2 6 ,669 25 East Kant .... ..... ... 14 16 12 -all S.Staffordsh.. M.MClear, 10 1(4 --. St. 1100 E as t L ancas hi re ... 86 88 86 50 all I WearVal.g6p c Stk • dsDar. ... ... 20 1 all Total 118,4 70 25 all ,Do Do 32 ?.3 ---- 10 I all Do. East Suffolk •. . ••• . St. 100 I Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westu. l 88 90 90 25 St. 1100 20 1 all 10 all St. 100 't. 100 0 all St. 100 St. 100 Or 2473,916 Besides these consignments, 410,0001. is comin g forward from the Brazils, and 17,0001. by the Pera, from China. The West India steamer, viz., the Magdalena, is also expected to bring a moderate supply. It is by this vessel that some remit.ance is likely to arrive for the Buenos Ayrean Bond holders, not the Medway, as inadvertently stated yesterday. I Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth.&Dunde , ‘ Forth and Clyde June. Furness ... ....... Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth.&West.(lre) Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. !IsDo., Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., Do., Wet. Riding Dn. Do. Southpurt. London & Blackwall Po. New, i s. 5/. 10s. Lond. Bright. & S. Cs t. London & N. Wester , Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Wanch.SheL&Lincin. Metropolitan 'Midland ....... Do. Birming. & Derb- Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. k Shares ......... Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.l , berg.&Hrfd. Newry & Armagh ti ewry, Warrenpoito & Ristrevor Norfolk_ ........ Northn.Counties Qn North British North Devon, Rail. 6 Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock N. astern Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North. London N. & S. Wstn., Ramp 'stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... IPeobles Portsmouth - 63, 274 - 28 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c. pref. (issd. at 501.) Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4p c. Ches. 4 Ho. 5i P C. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandonsb.c. Dun. Perth. &Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Has. Co. Ex,sp. c No.l Do. No. 2 89 - 91 9i - 10 104 i - 104 87 - 89 125 - 127 98 - 100 56 - 564 56 - 53 94 - 96 1011 x d ui :: loi 6 - 64 About 130,000/. in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The return ou Fri day will probably show an increase in the bullion. Silver is very dull, but maintains its value, bars being ss. Id. per oz. standard, and dollars ss. per 83 85 10 12 p 10 12 87 87 1 d lid 108 - 112 105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 L 7 - 132 87i i i Do. New 6 pr. C. St. Fast Un., G. 6 P. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 104 Debontr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash .6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth, Edin.6z Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth.&D un. 4 p.c Furness, 5 p. c....... Glas. & 5.W.G.5 P.C . Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. C. Redeem. It transpired yesterday afternoon that Sir Geo. Hodgkinson and Co., shipowners and brokers, bad biten compelled to call their creditors together. Their liabilities ai e about 24,000/., and it is feared that the estate will not yield more than 3s. in the pound. - 6 = ii 1.05 - 106 93 - 93 3 - 1 913 - 923 93 1 1 i 1 i 3 914 i 24 ••• ---- ••• 72 - 74 Idi =:. li9 Owing to a rather more active enquiry for dis count accommodation, the terms are now within a fraction of 3 per cent.—the Bank minimum—but in consequence of the large supplies of avai:•able capital ample facilities aro afforded the commercial community to obtain all they may require for the legitimate purposes of trade. Business in the manufacturing districts, and also in some branches in the metropolis is increasing, which, of course, has influenced to a slight degree the enquiry for dis count both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England. It seems to be the general impression that the official quotation will remain at 3 per cent. for some time, but the expectation is no longer entertained of a, further reduction. - ••• •• 911 - 92 62 - 61 361 6 90i 11 1 631 2' at 10p. c. prem.... Do. 4i per cent ...... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 110 - 112 102 - 101 p. c. prem. Gt./I. of Scot.lst Pr( Gt. S do W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. (B. &11. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester c. P. S 'Do. do. 5 p. c. do .Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do ........... . Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. di N.W., Coy. dr Nuneaton 5 r. ct Lon. di S.W. 7 peret 62 -- 64 10i -- 111 i• fa 92 94 87 89 87 89 99 101 91 10 16 17 ft 72 —74 i 19 20 10 14 lb 38 140 59 - 61 -- 3 521 - 521 90h - 91 2 - 1 -47 i 72X - 733 93 - 95 The market for the Funds has continued very firm, and a moderate amount of business has been transacted, notwithstanding the progress of the settlement in foreign stocks and railway shares, 'which always diverts attention. Some influence has been created by the arrivals of specie and the general abundance of money. Political affairs also appear more satisfactory, and some speculative Purchases hare been made in consequence. Con sols have been 96i for money, and 96i for the account but they are now 96/ I and 96i, sellers, respectively. The New 3 per Cents. are 95 ; the Reduced, 95i ; India Debentures Scrip 99a ; Exchequer Bills, 365. to 395. premium, and India ponds, 18s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stock is 220 to 2211,,aud India ditto 223. Very few transactions have been recorded in the _ Fo reign Stock Mark e t, b u t p r i ces are ra th er fi rmer . Turkish 61per Cents, are 97i to 98, and the 4 per fin. nominal. Sp an i s h 3 p er C en t s . are 431 ; do. Deferred, 26i ; Russian 4i per Cents., 1001; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 90 91 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 193 . ; and Peruvian 4 per Cents. 82. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks t—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi 4'a, 19i 20 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 83 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto Per Cents., 99 101; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43 44t ; ditto New Deferred, 26 ; and ditto Passive, 61 7. - 4$ 8 - 9 8 - 9 - 165 late 3d Shares ... Londy.dr. Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cont. Do. do. do. £6 30 - 31 i I'd 119 - 121 66 - 6S Rhymuey Scottish Control Scr.A. N. E. Abrdn . St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Uniou Siti ngbourno dz Sheer ,South Devon South Eastern ,South Wales IS. Yorksh. Rivar LO6 - 108 261 - 27 78 - 80 45 - 46 - 3 2 54 - 364 6 4 4 - 691 821 - 831 13 - 15 7 - 5 8 - 10 35 - 36 Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Aid.Cousol.6 p.c. St. Do. Con. Br. Lir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red, 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpot. 6 pr. ct. Norfk D eb. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 /3. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 V.5p..,1847 North British . ...... Do. 71. Preference N. E. Bcrw. 4 p. c. Pe Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1818 Do. York IL & S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & 'Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. .c. 2d guar Do. do. Debentr. St Scot. Cout.Now Pref Sc. N. E. Aber. g. 6p. c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf, St Do. c10.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon .37 - 139 99 - 101 90 - 92 ". 10f -- ii} Do. Stainee,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18.15 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale... lo = ioe Do. Pref., No. 1.,.... Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath ......... 95 97 11 I d ••• ••• 100 - 102 Waterfd. 41; Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Coi West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B - par 22 23 115 120 104 106 98 100 - 6i West London... Do. First Class Do. Second Class 118 - 120 125 - 127 74. - 76 10 - 10.4 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under I. A tian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar, 5 p.c. i - iP Do. fixed 4A pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4} p.c. Sh Do. New 4A pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4A p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Gnar 'Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. 1858. 1857. Great W es t e rn 427,198 £28,539 North-Western South-Western Erighton 13,198 15,425 Midland South-Eastern - 17,754 18,265 Great N or th ern Lueashire ani Yorkshire 21.341 23,221 Itristul and Exeter 5,929 6,240 Zast Lancashire 5,673 6,357 N M anchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 8,364 9,827 orth-Eastern Stafford Oxford, Worcester , and Wolver 3,841 3,863 West Hartlepool ' Xdinburgb, Perth, and Dundee 4dinbnrgh and Glasgow GGreat No r th of Sco tland 1,156 1,148 rand T run k of Canada North ern West ern of Canada. 10,427 11,507 '" c lthern of France ' The transactions reported to-day in.the Railway all are Market have b3en extremely limited, and "ing to the very unfavourable traffic returns of 344 , nY of the leading lines-more particularly the leondon and North Western-prices in almost all instances have declined i to 1 per cent. Great Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, receded ss. ; Caledonians, LAncashira and York shire, South Westerns, and North E astern (Ber- W i i ck), 10s. ; Norfolk, 153. ; and North Western, Great Northerns impr ove d a b ou t 5 8. T he Foreign and Colonial lines have been exceedingly quiet. Great Luxembourg and Pe:nambuco were 4 shade lower. East Indian declined 10s., and Cheat Western of Canach 10s. Mines, Banks, and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares have begin in very moderate request, and exhibit little variation in quotations. Australian Agricultural shares have declined about 10s., and Van Diemen's Land improved 15s. 24 -24 i 101 - 193 101 - 103 Do. Additional A ... Buffalo di Lake flur.l Buff., Brnt. Godeh.' 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'T; Do. do., 1 July, '7:; Do. do., 1 June '74 I - iP 9 - 10 185 - 90 79 - 82 - 80 iist -103 27 - 28 •.. - ••• 46 -, 51 Calcutta and S. East. Central Dude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara,. 1 Watorfddi Kilk. 6 pc. li - 1# eastern Bengal east Indian Do. C Shares - $ 111 - 112 1 - fa Do. E. de. Do. 4i p. e. Burls. ,'59 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben.,. G't, In. Pen. g. 5 per c. Do. Now. guar. 5 p.c. Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New 20} 46 48 81 83 21i 2111 - 1p 18i 191 2} lid Ws., payable '57 do., '76, p. '60... do. , '73, do.. do., '73, without, 106 - 111 106 - 111 option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. l Do. 3d Ex., g. Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c 105 108 19i 20 201 21 par ; 2P I - li? o . lIIIITISII FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (Tram the Officsal List:) mufflers dose. t s %A Stock . 22lk 20 2 : uer Cent. Reduced Ananitics N . — Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 61 i i " i per °tint. Annuities 9 5. 0 A -oat , Annuities, expire str, Jan. 1860.. 13 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 1$ 7.16 Ditto 311 years, expire sth April, 1885 lB india Loan Debentures — I D lift tin cl ri n, itto Scp 1:10110 i K Ditto, tinder £lOOO li CoLsol; fer Account 4schegner Bills, 240. March. June. 1000 . • 1 :560 Until , 13 i I tehequer Bonds 1i.358 .. R4 per C0nt,,,. 3 2 i 35 8 , , Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. , t r alulan 5 Per Cent. saexican 3 . per C . Ditto Account . .', '7 '' ' l9i it aravian Bonds, 44 p — e ,;• . e' e ' n 'i" ' '''' ''• ****** 19 i _ itsui D i i l t a t n o, bonds, i n p ds or C , ir n 2 t : * * ** ! t. --,:s• per Cent B2 14 .. ihrdinian Botisis, 5 per d e nt: . BP A nteh Bouds, 3 per Cent. ......... '"' ?I- 90 1 1 D Ate New Deferred, 3 per Cent, 26 soi • ... Ditto Account Turkish Bontis, 6 per cent ......... 97 1 7 Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Ceut . 3 Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent DlTidende on the above payable in Loudon. 'I HAER O'CLOCK. 963 a i Consols, money Consols account (May 6) .................. 96a LOCAL SHARE MARKETt, LIVERPOOL—APRIL 14. STOCIi EXCHANGE—The market gave way !If the day nearly 1 per cent., but towards the close prices ;naproved. London and North Western, 934 — Dov e " , in the middle i — Eirkenheads, 704 East Lancashire, Bq. 7-- astern Counties, 11. i /-,—York and North Midland, 36i 7 '2:Chester and Holihead, 181 fi—Caledonians, 411 G reat Western, 56 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87 1 icT4idlands, 91 4—North British, 13 A—Berwicks, 22. i $ ..... (1 -N1 Rhenish, 431 rand Trunk of Canada, 111 Northern, Western of Canada, 19—Sheffields, 351 B—Leeds ziorthern, 234 i• MANCHISTER, Ann 14. htus,pea E XCHANGE.—The market opened with a general r e ,Ta, sales very dull, and prices closed at about the 11r; tions of yesterday. Birkenhead Stock, 704 --East aLhivere, re, Rq—Londons, 91--Sh e ffi e ld s, 351 6 —Trunks, __L ab 20 1 Midlands, 91/ i--Blackburns, 9 i— tem Counties, 11 11-16—Leeds, 87i —District Bank, 10i pm. BRITISH MINES. . . 1i 12 , Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l 96 10 1 , 20 14 British Iron 1 i .... ••• ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 90 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) .460 , 480 ... 30 East Basset (Iliogaq (.10 100 ... 17s "Great South Tolgus 14 15 ... 17 , 5 ;Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk ) 4i 6 } ... 7i'Grt.W. Vor (lielstn i 1 3 / 4 2 ... 17s Lady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 71 81 ... . N.W.Basset (Mogan) 11 13 ... 61 15 North Wheal Crofty 4 5 ... 4 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) IT6 .--. 181 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) .., . • ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1/ /1 ... 26 S. Caradon (St. Clear) 375 390 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) 41 4i . . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 210 221) 5 46 , Tam. S. &-, L. Min. Co. i 11 10 9 Tin Croft 36 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) ... ... ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camar.) 11 11 ... 16 W. Basset (Illogan) 23 24 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrcl.) 10) 110 ... 56 ,Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 220 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 3.20 .., 56 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 6 61 ... It 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 -- 11 .., 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Mould. ) 43 45 4S Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 -- 26 ... FOREIGN KIN fr.. ______------ 20 71 'Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) t -- § P 35 27 Brazilianlinp.(issued at .C 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cdcaes di Cuiada .. ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 12 . 6 131 1 6 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica — ...d 40 all Cobre Copper 39 41 ... 16 Copiapo - 15 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 lf Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita * It 1 all New Granada 1 all Novean Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.di Smlt 6 7 5 1 Port Philip ••• ... 30 16f Santiago do Cuba all United Mexican 3 3 /4 4 3i MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) . . -- . . 25 19 ;Australian Agricult. 29 30 29 i 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 11 . 16 10 all Berlin Water Works 36 41 10 2 Do. New iss. at Si. d .., ... 50 40 ißrit. American Land . . ... 100 326'Canada 1 35 145 St. 100 iDo.Go.llpe.Jan&July 113 114 1131 ci St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 25 30 25 all 'Do. Prof. 76 p. cent. 26 28 5 all 'Crystal Palace II 11 11 5 all IDo. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... .- 20 all Eastern Steam 46 e St. 100 ,ElectricTelegßaph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ._. . . 5 all lEn.daust.Cop.SmCo .11 11 14 10 LOs. E Eur.ur Im.tm.oiin) 4 .... nd s .Jetn.Tel. ... 9 all 4r, 41 20 •11 Gen. Ir.Se.CoL(lim.) ... ...I 15 14 IGen. Steam Navigat. ... 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 - 31 31 20 10 'Magdalena St. Navig. . . . 10 all ,Mediteran. Elec. Tel. .7 8 10 all bo. Extension Teleg. ... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Amerien ... . 25 5 .Nat. Discount Co 1 i.t 10 6 ;Netherlands Land i —l/ 10 all Do, Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at ld l4 2 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 20 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. 976 93 6 981 1 all N. B. Australasian... g 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas - ii 1 10s. Do New Shares .... ... Ap 5 all Peellir. Ld. do Minrl. '2 21 50 all Peninsular di Oriental 77 .-- 79 784 8 50 10 Do. New . . WI 7ip 50 all Rhpuney Iron ...... 21 23 100 r 460 oyal Mail Steam.... 6 1 63 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 1 - 11 St. 100 S.Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds. 106 --- 108 . 25 all South Austral. Land . , -- ~. 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 - 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can .. - ... 151 i 100 ) 28. i, Van Diemen's Land ii -- 16 i 15i 16 134 St. 100 50 3i St. 100 St. 100 St. St. St, 25 St. 100 100 100 ltii 109 tOO 31.1 20 20 10 gt. 16i 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all I all all all 'lOO 1100 12s6d all all all all 20 20 20 20 FOREIGN. 10 all A.ntwrp &Rotterdam 6 64 20 all Ardennes ..• ••• 20 3 Bahia & Fra• cilco — 31 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 20 all Be ziers to Graissessae 6 all Carrneaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 31 34 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 271 —27 i 20 2s. Euphrates 20 all Gt. Central of France ... — 20 all Great Luxembourg 7i 8 7i 16 6 Italian Junction .. ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout wef • .. ,1 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 41 41;. , 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 254 261 33? all Maria Antenla 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 20 all Natant. & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 204 211 16 all Northern of France 37 —37 i 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 84 94 20 all Paris and Lyons 321 32 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 5O 52 20 9 Recife & San Fmk , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. 1 id 8 1 20 11 Riga and Thinaburg lg 10 all Rums and Frascati 20 all Royal Danish l5 17 5 all Royal Swedish — 4 all Do. 7 per cent ••• ••• 21 all Sambre and Meuse_ 8 10 all )o. 54 per cent. pref. 84 9 20 all Southern of France 2ll 211 8; _ West Flanders .. . 4i 5 10 all Do. SA per e. Pr..tf . 9 -- 94 20 all W.41114.W. of Francs 24, 25 20 6 Western of Austria... - ••• 20 all West. of Switzerhne ••• 6 all :esiaden 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. ••• 20 all Zealand JOINT-STOOK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Serv. • 40 all ~ k ustralas,a BO 82 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 46 48 40 all Bri.Col • Bk.& Ln. Co ... •. 50 all Briti s h N. American ••• 56 20 - 10 C. flk.of Ind.Au &Ch. 31 2i 1 2 % 0 0 4 a 25° 11 5 C C t m y C o lonialn-re all Of . C . ; 57 59 581 100 20 ICominercial of Lend. 20 -all ! ! En g.Seot.&Aus.C n t. 174 184 18 20 All ; Lon• Ch. Bk.of A..,st. 19 20 194 50 20 London and Count 50 10 London Joint St ock !' 28 100 20 Lond.andWestininst., •• 451 1 00 35 Nati o n a l P ro. of Eng.! 20 . 10 , Do. New 5 0 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales .„, 4 3 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 3 74 - 38 33 20 all Ottoman Bank 1 00 -4 ' ) P r ovincial of Ireland 61 6 3 10 all Do. New •• ••• ; 25 5 5 l a 1 12 1 1 :3 ( j ' o n iD u t (o) h n. No P e as Av r t u r s a t l r i 15 Do. New — - 31 50 10 Union of London 2? it, —24 i 100 50 Unity Mutual lop 50 Westrnßk of Lond 19 .2 17d, Do. Do. Do. Do. a ( , 73r T THE SUN, LONDONI T - HURSDAY EVENING, THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. TRIAL OF SIMON BERNARD—(FOURTH DAY) The trial a Simon Bernard was resumed this morning at ten o'clock. Eliza Rudio recalled and examined by Mr. Hawkins. —After she was married, her husband worked at an enve!ope-maker's in Southwark. When he left it he had nothing to do, and she went to her grandmother's at Nottingham. Her husband came there to ber. He lived five months in Rupert-street during the time she was at Nottingham. She did not know how he main tained himself, but he always said he was doing better than her. On inquiries, he said he gained his living as well as he could. She knew he was not getting it by envelope-making. At the end of the five months be came to Nottingham. He came from Bellioio, and was 22 or 23 years of age. She knew nothing of his history before she married him. He lived with her at her grand mother's, at Nottingham, about two months. He did no work there then. He brought 51. with him, which he said a gentleman gave him in London. She did not know who the gentleman was, or what was his occupa tion. She made no inquiry, but was very glad he had got it. Afterwards they went into lodgings in Notting. ham. He had no occupation, but she worked at the lace business He used Whelp her in the lace trade. Witness stated their various residences in Nottingham. For the last six months be was there her husband commenced as a teacher of languages. He could get no pupils, and he went to London and took lodgings in Brook's-market. Sot joined him in Bateman's-buildings about three weeks before last Christmas. He had then nothing to do. He had many foreigners amongst his acquaintances. Money was given to her husband before Christmas by many friends. Mr. Taylor, of Nottingham, gave him some. She did not know if her husband ever received money from a charitable society. He received money also from a Countess and banker. She never saw Orsini or Pierri, and did not know if her husband was acquainted with them. Her husband used to go out in the morning and return at night, when he was in London. She did not know where he went. Other persons lodged in the house in Bateman'e-buildings. There were different bells for the different lodgers. The bell was rang once for the persons on the second floor, and twice for those on the third floor. She first saw Dr. Bernard about a fortnight after Christmas. She told him they were in great distress, and he then gave her two shillings. He asked her if her husband had any work and she told him be had not. Her husband wrote to le r once from Paris. She was certain Dr. Bernard gave her 10s. either the same week or the next after he gave her the two shillings. She understood a little Italian. She might understand a conversation in Italian but not in French. When she returned to London with Mr. Smith she was taken by him to the Bedford Hotel and there lodged. She never went back to Bateman's buildings. She was staying at the Bedford Hotel now. Smith bad taken her to Paris. All her expeue , s were defrayed by the police, Rho also provided her with clothes and pocket money. When at the Bedford Hotel she was not visited daily by the police. Smith came to see her about twice a week. She could not recollect if Rogers came with or without Smith. Mr. Williamson, a psi cewan, came there. (Rogers was called into court.) On looking at him she believed he did call with Saunders. Four detectives came on one occasion and remained about an hour. They came separately to her room. It was on the first Saturday she was there. All of them except Smith called again on the Sunday morning ; all came again on the Monday, and she believed they carne every day for the first week. They only remained a short time. Her husband's papers were seizsd at Nottingham. No papers were produced to her at the Bedford Hotel. Her mother afterwards came to the Bedford Hotel. She was there now. The police defrayed the expenses. Saunders and Miss Cheney went with her to Paris. The hotel in Paris was kept by a person named Saun ders. They left London on Thursday night, and left Paris the following Saturday night, before her husband's trial. She saw her husband in prison. All her expenses there and back were pail by the police. She returned to the Bedford Hotel, where she bad been stay ing ever since. She was not examined in Paris; she was only taken there to see her hus band. She did not remember that any questions were put to her in prison. She saw her husband twice on that occasion— the Friday and Saturday. She was not allowed to have a private interview wii,h her hus band. Saunders and some of the French p o li ce were went early t a o P w a e r e i k s , a r g e a t i u n r w ni i n t g h s p r a e u s n e d n e t r on a e n a d c h r e o m c occasio n . n s i e o d n ,; twice—ones on Saturday, and a second time two or three . the S re he n last (Wednesday) night week. She saw her husband again days before she left. She was not allowed to have a pri vate interview with her husband. She was not examined there. He had asked permission to see her. B4ore her second visit she knew her husband's life had been spared. Her only object iu going to Paris a second time was merely to see her husband. She was nob driven about Pat is by the police. She remained at her hotel with her baby. She had seen the police at the Bedford since her return, but they had not been into her room. She hadohad no money from the police during the past week Re-examined by the Attorney-General—She believed she was taken to Paris for the first time to identify her husband. She was very anxious to see as much of him as the authorities would pertni , . She petitioned the Empress to save his life, and the following week she beard it was spared. She had no onnenunication with the police till after the 14th of January. Miss Cheney only went with her the first time. She never received more than one letter from her husband after her depar ture. Mrs. Fay read the letter to her. She did not know what had become of it or the envellope. She did not notice the post mark nor the colour of the stamp. Mr. Wiliam Bruford, assistant to Mr. Brown, pawn broker, Red.-es -court, Leicester-square, deposed that on the Bth of January a coat and waistcoat were taken out of pledge by a female; the clothes were pewned in the name of Rudie. Madame Mechenheiir, who appeared to be very ill, was next examined by the 'Att .rney-General—She de pose I she was a native of E igland. Her husband now resided at Brussels. They formerly lived at Birming- Lane She knew a person of the name of Pierri when at Birmingham. She first became acquainted with him in England about ti.e and a half years ago. He got his livelihood as a teacher of languages. She I,ft Eng'and about three years ago last Christmas, and had lost eight of him till the beginning of this year. Perri called on her at Brussels about the 7th or Bth of January. He met her husband at the door, and went out together. She followed them to the Cafe Suisse. When she got there she found Pierri bad left. He, however, joined them about two minntee after, and informed them that he found the train went earlier than be expected, and that he would be obliged to Ileave that evening. He said be must return to the house because he had left his, railway rug there. Pierri had a package and said, " Madame, will you take this !" and she said " Thank you." She took it into her baud and immediately remarked it was very heavy, and asked him what it was. He said it was a new invention and that she was to bold it for him till he returned. It was wrapped up in light brown paper. She judged it was metal by its weight. There was a hole in it in which she placed her thumb through the paper. It was like something oval with a hole at the top. She did not open it. It was loose and shook in her hand. They after wards dined together close to the Northern railway station. Pierri afterwards left by the train for Lille, taking the package with him. He bad no luggage. That was the last she raw of him. Pierri wore a black beard and moustache. Cross-examined by Mr. Simon.—Her husband was a Frenchman. They received no foreigners at their house in Birmingham. She had met foreign acquaintances at Pierri's house in Birmingham, but she did not know their names. She never saw Orsini or Dr Bel nard. She never heard of the Society of the Friends of Italy. M. Louis N. Mechenheim'examined by Mr. Macaulay, (LC., corroborated the last witness, and added that Georgi at the Cafe Suisse, gave Pietri a small parcel which the latter gave the wi tness's wif t whilst he and Pietri returned for t he lattere railway rug, lett by him at witness's house. Pierri put the parcel on the seat of the carriage behind him that it might not fall to the ground. Cross-examined by Mr. Simon --110 only know of an t Birmingham, lie knew nothing o f O rsin i or D r. heard H ungar ian physician and an It alian who v isited Pietri a' Bernard. He had never of the Society of the Friends of Italy. Mr. Edward Morley, examined by the Attorney- General—He depose d he was clerk in the Bank of E u g• land. On the 26 th o f November last, a gent i an au came to him and exchanged 435 i. in gold for Bank of Eng landgave th e name of Orsini, No. 2, Graf notes. He 101., and twenty 20/. Dam (Th e numbers of the mites the nine found upon Orsini. ) The ton-street, Kentish-town. He gave him one 51 three corresponded with 5 7 The alto notes produced, changed by Bernard, ev . er e . given to Orsini, Pierri The two 10/ and also the notes found upon and one Si. mot ' s produced were also given to Oreini. Ile managed a branch of Messrs. notes were all dated Bth August , 18 , Mr. Powell recalled — 'ear"), in London ; change for deposed giving Bernard g old t h e two 201. notes produced (two of those given to Orsini for gold) Speilltnann's business (foreign b Bernard wrote his name on both notes in witness's pre sence. He did not notice if the nam e of "T. Alleop' was on the notes over Bernard's name. The notes were paid 0 th same day into Robarts ' bank ; . another note pro( laced bad on the back , in the prisoner's handwriting, of Park-place, Bayswater, S. F. Berna rd, 12 , 5 F. G r. notes," meaning, he suppos ed, 12 five fl or i n German notes. Other evidence was then given relative to the tracing of the Bank of England notes. Madame Itighet zi r xamined by the Attorney-General, deposed—She arrived that morning from Brussels. Her husband kept the Ca•ti Suisse, at Brussels. She corro borated portion sof Georgi's evidence. She remem b ere d seeing the prisoner after Ge ores arrival. He was in the coffee-room smoking, but she could not say if it was during the time the articles were there. She saw the articles several times. They were in halves, and she screwed two of them together. Some were in parcels and others uncovered. facie of the pieces had 24 or 25 small holes in it. She counted thew. She only saw Bernard once in Brussels. About that time she remem bered the articles being taken away by Z‘rgheirs. CroEs-examined by Mr. E. James—She was the wife of the witness Righenzi, examined yesterday. She left 99,1 56 f 26t 13 20 St. St. St. St. 12i 12i 126 91 1 46i 73 Oi 4i 5 20 12A 25 20 St. St. 8A St. St. 25' 10 LO.O 111 i 81 21i 1 i i 19 18k 19k 1 203 i f 14t 54 5 1 a noi 103 A 1381 99i ,'`" 1a 1 7 1 7 15, 1858: APRIL_ Brussels last evening, about a quarter-past six o'clook. Her husband bad sent her a letter, which was now at the hotel. She came over with Mr. Saunders. Ho brought her the letter from her husband. Saunders told her she was to come here and give evidence in this business. He did not tell her to say anything. She gave her evidence in Brussels some months ago. She made a drawing of the halls, which was given to the Juge d'lnstruction, at Brussels. She was examined three or four times. She had seen Saunders t-everal times. The drawing produced she bad not seen before. Re-examined by the Attorney-General—She was examined before the British Consul at Bruise's and gave a correct description of the ball'. M. Devisnaes re-called and examined by Mr. Badkin— On the Bth of January last Orsini purchased a pistol at witnesses's shop and took it away with him. He gave 160 francs for it. The pistol produced is the same. Orsini brought it back accompaiied with Pierri to have the hammer repaired. It was fetched by Gomez on the 12th of January. He did not know them at the time. Mrs. Fay, wife of William Fay, examined by the Attorney-General—She had lived in Bateman's buildings since the beginning of the year. Rudio and his wife lived there. They were in great distress. She had lent them small sums such as 61., ls., or 4i.at a time. She remembered Bernard's coming to the house, and they im mediately after showed signs of being better off. Mrs. Rudio and her husband paid witness what they owed her, and took several articles out of pledge. Before Bernard's visit they lived upon pledging their clothes. She saw Bernard twice ; once he came into her room by mistake, and on the second time she met him on the landing. She remembered Rudio going away. In his absence Mrs. Rudio brought her letters to witness and asked her to read them to her. One had yellow stamps and the Paris postmark on it. When ebe had read the letter the envelope was burnt in her fireplace, and the letter was taken up stairs by Mre. Rudio. The enve lope was burnt immediately after the letter was read by Mrs. Rudio. Witness had not seen the letter since. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—Witness hal seen Mrs. Rudio and her child at the Bedford Hotel. She told Mr. Saunders how much she should like to see them, and be took her to the Bedford Hotel. Saunders searched Mrs. Rudio's lodgings at Bateman's-buil lings two or three times after she had left them. Foreigners constantly visited Rudio ; she bad never seen English men visit him. She had occasionally seen him go out with foreigners. She never knew of his sleeping out during the five weeks he lived in the house. She knew nothing of him before he came to lodge in the house. She never knew of any one giving him money before Bernard's visits. Mrs. Rudio received four letters, but only one of them was from her husband. Madame Brion, examined by the Attorney-General— She resided at the Hotel de France et Comoiegne, Rue de Montmartre, Paris, and kept the hotel in January last. Two persons came there in January, and took room 50 in the hotel, and slept there for some time. They passed by the names of Swiney (Gomez) and Andreas (Pierri). She afterwards saw them in prison in Paris. They con:- tinned to lodge t.gether in room 50 forjfour days. Gomez then left ; Pierri remained till the day of his arrow - . The same day that Swinoy left, a third person came who passed by the name of Da Silva (Rudio). She had since recognised him in prison as Rut'ie. Sydney left in the morning and Da Silva came two hours after, and con tinued to lodge in the same room witk Andreas up to the time of his arrest on the night of the attempt en the Emperor's life. Gomez and Pierri were visited by a person named A.ll-.op. She had since recognised him as Orsini. He visited the hotel almost daily both bef ire and after Gomez had left up to the time of the attack on the Emperor. G,mez came again t' the hot-1 only on the day of the attempt. Orsini took his coff,e at her hotel. On 14th Jan., Orsini came and remained' onetime with Pierri and Rudie, Ilewae therefrom 12 to 1 , rl.le was joined by Gomtz after be had been there a little time. Gumez came on horseback. The four west toe ether to room 50. Orsini and Gomez came again about 5 o'clock. They remained together Some time, and then I-ft. Sbe saw no more of them that day till Rudio returned in the evening, about 10 o'clock, after the attempt on the Emperor's life. Ile came into the parlour, and asked for his bill, as he wished to start the neat morn ing at `o'clock. He then went up to his room. Police officers carne three times to her house that night, and asked only for Pierri ; but witness pointed out to them Da Silva (Ruci as they asked for an Italian. He produced his passport, which they examined, and went away satisfied. They paid a second visit, and again left. satisfied. They came a third time between 12 and 1 o'clock, and went t.o the room No. 50, where Rudio was in bed. They then brought down Radio with a revolver and a poignard, and t )ok him away. Cr oss-ex,+rnined by Mr. Simon Pierri and Gomez when they first came occupied themselves with breakfasting, talking, and reading the newspaper. They did not go out mucb. The first time she saw the four was on the morning of the 14th. Gomez and Pierri were in the dining-room, where Orsini and Gonve found them. (Gomez followed in Orsini. Orsini was always very calm in his manner. They remained only a short time in the room, and then she believed they went ne- Gomiz appeared to be in a great hurry. She did not Fee them go out. The Lord Chi,f Baro❑ asked the Attorney-General if there were many more witnesses to be examined. The Attorney-General said there were several in point of number, but he thought they would net occupy much time in exmination. Toe Court at two o'clock adjourned for a short tune. On resuming, evidence was called tracing the move ments of the prisoner till the time of the arrest and the articles found on him, which closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Jamxs will address the jury for the defence to morrow morning. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The further proceedings in the Great Shrewsbury Peerage cairn is postponed till Tuesday. The further hearieg in the Scotch Appeal cause, An . der-on (pauper) v. Anderson, is delayed till to-morrow at half-past 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Their Itrdships of the House of Lords will sit and &- liveer judgment in writs of error in several causes stand iug over fir judgment on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor sat to bar appeals in his own court, W,a:Lninete!-h.ll, this day at two o'clock. Oo taking big seat he prececti , l 1) Lel: c'uin‘vl in rs the suitors in chanc , ry. The Lord Chancellor rase in a quarter of an hour. The Master of the Rolla and Vice-Chancellors pro ceeded to hear rnoions. The law Judges of the Queen's Bench, the B irons < f Exchequer, and the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, eat in their respective Courts. The procesion of the judges arrived at Westminster in the following order, with their rePpective traia bearers :—The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Jutice (C,ekburn) of the Common Peas, the Maser of the Rolls, Lords Ju , tices liuight Bruce, and Tamer ; Vice- Chancellors Kinderiley, Stuart, A. Wood ; Coleridge, Wightman, Willianwe Crompton, tied Willes; B.trons Martin, Bramwell, Watson, and Channel. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). CLERKENWELL. FATAL AFFBAT.—This morning, a .powerful young man, named Jones, was placed at the bar ch arge d w i t h causing the death of a man whose name is at present. unknown. From the evidence it appeared that hst night the pri soner was in the neighhourbood of the New Cattle Mar ket, Maiden-lane, arid having been engaged drinking with some other men a quarrel arose, a fight followed, and during the disturbance the deceased received such injuries that death ensued in a very short time. Evidence sufficient to justify a remand having been adduced, the prisoner was ordered to be t rought up again on Wednesday next, in order that a post mo:tem examination of the unfortunate man might be made. It is said that witnesses will he forthcoming who will prove that the death of Jones was mainly owing to the effect of an old injury sustained by him on his head, two years ago, while engaged in removing some fur niture. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(Thi2; Day.) LONDON, April 15.—Wind this day at noon, S. W.; light breeze, and fine. PLisiou'ru, April 14.—Wind S.E.--Sailed—Belmont, for Quebec. SHIELDS, April 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Sir Wm. Wallace, for Quebec. DARTMOU EU, Apt il 14.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed— Scout, for New York. OFF PENZENCE, April 13.—Arrived—Western Star, fr.mi Barbadoes. QUEENSTOWN, April 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Countess of hlalmesbuiy, from Rio Grande; Mischief, Antigua CORY, April 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Liffey, from Barbadoes. MILFORD, April I'.--Wind S.W-- Arrived—Meander (as), from Liverpool fur tho Mediterranean, with engines out of ordor. CROOKHHVEN, April 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Bieno Arno, from Porto Rico for Liverpoo . SUNDERLAND, April 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Plan tapnet, for Quebec. OFF TORBA, April 13.—Arrived—Bremen, from Bremen for New Orleans. (ny ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Marquis of Bute, from Sunderland; Courier, steamer, Jersey ; Penelope, Berdianshi ; Havre, steamer, Havre ; Daniel, Bourdeaux ' • South Picton, Newport ; La Poule, Cherbourg ; Br ide,Newport ; Purveyor, Lyme; St. Ives, Newport. Sailed—Wonder, s., for Havre ; Anne, Newport • Die patch, s., Jersey ; Gipsy, Llanelly ; Pottle, Cherbourg ; Hope, Llanelly. LITERrOor., Thursday Morning. Arrived—Balbec, s.-s., from Havre • Crystalline, Ams tent= ; Gazelle, St. Michael's; Santiago, Valparaiso. Arrived, April 14.—Shaftesbury, from Melbourne, hav ing 8,180 ounces of gold; Astrea, from Mauritius; Onta rio, and Arctic, New York ; Joseph Howe, New Orleans ; Providentia, Ostend. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S. ; tide first hour's flood ; very Sue. Arrived, April 14—Jane Loden, f r om Savannah ; Ca tharine Pemberton, Adelaide; Eliza, Buenos Ayres. . Sailed—Hanover, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Tbur e sday Aforning. Wind S., light, fine. Passed — Suffolk , f or Soilly ; Revival, Adelaide ; John Pierce, Alevagavissey, zlnd not John Price, as reported yesterday—all from London. SPORTING NOTES. THE LAST OF THE METROPOLITANS. The pleasure-seekers of the metropolis have received with some uneasiness and incredulity the reports which have been circulated respecting the discontinuance of the Epsom Spring Meeting. The Licensed Victuallers, who established the gathering, feel scandalised that even a thought of its abandonment should ever have been enter tained, whilst certain inhabitants of Epsom have raised a great outcry against the impending di-solution of their early meeting. These fears may after all be groundless, and Mr. Dorling may have no intention to deprive his fellow-townspeople of a copious source of revenue or lop , off a branch of amusement which is so popular with Londoners. Certainly a diminution of sport cannot be urged as a reason for the abolition of the meeting, for the racing has annually increased, and, indeed, the programme promises a supply to-morrow which will be beyond the ordinary demand. The card will contain seven items, two of which are appointed to close this evening. The weather seems to have taken a propitious change, and if a bright atmosphere and interesting sport can induce people who have been "lung in populous city pent" to breathe the pure air, the Grand Stand and en closure are not likely to lack occupants. The racing at York has not exercised much in fluence over speculation on either the City and Sub urban or the Metropolitan Stakes, both of which events, as betting races, have been remarkably open. For the shorter race a large field may be calculated upon, whilst the number of starters for the " Metrop.' seems likely to exceed the average. Speculation on the City and Suburban has been quietly pursued ; still, although the lists of quotations published from time to time have not been very lengthy, yet the brAtieg has taken no limited range. Although Fisherman's performance for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap was an extraordinary one, yet the admirers of the old horse can scarcely be sanguine enough to be lieve that he has a chance of even equalling his York ruining at Epsom. If Tournament were to be the representative of Drewitt's stable, I should be induced to regard his pretensions with partiality, but Blue Jacket will in all probability be the trusted champion from Lewes. This horse ran two good races last year, and his known ability and Fordham's luck may bring him through in triumph. Schiedam has been supported with much spirit, and people declare " by all the blood of all the Howard," that the stakes will go to Fiudon. I dislike bottled up horses and shell therefore record a vote of want of confidence against Schiedam. Should Maillo. do Chantilly only run up to her true form, she is likely to compensate French turfites for the disappointment which her defeat for the Cambridgeshire occasioned them last season. That she is wonderfully fast, and that she possesses no ordinary racing merit was clearly proved by her performance with Saunterer and Fisherman at Chantilly last summer, and her forward position in the Cambridgeshire—ao event for which she went to the post notoriously amiss. S ;me expectations are entertained of the Flying English man, but I di) not share them. Raven showed a good deal of form last year, and the lenient impost placed up in him has deservedly caused his chance to be seriously considered. His running subsequent to the Brighton Meeting can scarcely be deemed a criterion of his true merit, for that was totaLy at variance with his antece dent". The course will be ill adapted to Costrel, who has proved that he neither likes a distance nor a severe course. As the last feather breaks the camel's back, so will the "last quarter of a mile' . at Epsom be fatal to Costrel. The running of Tunstall Meld for the Great Northern Handicap has caused much at tention to be directed to T. Dawson's lot. No sign of the coming animal, however, has yet been made. Blackthern was beaten in his trial, and Terrific, there fore, is the only animal of whom a xeectatioes may be en tertained. The popularity which Beadsman obtained by his success at Newmarket was cf somewhat brief dura tion. He seemed about to be made a very prominent favourite for this eves t, but the demonstration which was to advance him to the front rank in the betting has not been well sustained. Should the horse be as fit as be was at Newmarket, I shall be much surprised if he do not obtain a very forward position. 01 the remaining three-yr•olds, Little Trea•ure and Wouvermaus are most to my fancy. The owner of the former has strong faith in his filly's ability to repeat for him his triumph with Adamas last year. Little Treasure is a smart tidy enough, and she has doubtless given her owutr Batts factory proefs of the soundness of her pretensions. The Epsom people, too, believe that on his own ground Wouverinanm will not occupy his old place of second or third. The horse improved ufoa his Northampton running at Newmarket, and as he has been a long time trying to get his heat first past the post, he may succeed to-morrow. I shall therefore select against the field— BLUE JACKET, LITTLE TREASURE, AND WOUTERMANS. Mooarque won the Nevimnarket Handicap with such decided cleverness, that, despite his Extra weight, the confidence which placed in his chance for the INlErhen POLITAN STAKES is certainly well founded, Still, his ability to concede 151bs. to Borderer, the winner cf the Northamptonshire Stakes, may be well doubted, especial : , al a probability exists that the Lewes horse will be sent to the post to-morrow nearly 71ss. better than he was at Northampton. The Wrestler, after having been some what unsteady in the market, was at York aga n brought into the betting with considerable force. The horse has already shown much improvement of form, but I am disposed to think that he will be "asked to do too much" to give I."2ibs. to Telegram, whose race with Eclipse at Newmarket is alone sufficient to impart a formidable appearance to his chance. Black Tommy will, if he retain his Derby and his Doncaster form, be difficult to dispose of. I certainly prefer him to the other top weights. The - City and Suburban, and Metropolitan Stakes have been re tnarkw being won either by the same horse or the same jockey. This year may furnish no exception t ) the rule, and I shall riot ho sur prised to see Fordham at ibe head of the list for each event. For the Metropolitan my interest shall be re presented by BORDERER, BLACK TOMMY, AND TELEGIIAM. For the Inkerman Plate New Bright❑ and Green wich Fair are the most attractive varnts, and either Ad miralty or Saxe Weimar may win the Railway Plate. For the Two-yr-old S;akes my fancy points to Fusee and Mtz Methlies. A FRESH MAN. STEALING' TBE MADONNA. A letter from Rome, in the Univers, contains thelollowilsg extraordinary tale :—" In the cathe dral of Velletri, near limn°, was an image of the Virgin, nearly covered with gold, and decked out with necklaces, rings, and jewellery, and it was held in great veneration by the people. In the Holy "Week, it was, according to custom, screened from view by a curtain, and on Holy Thursday some person contrived to steal it. On Good Friday, the archpriest of the cathedral received a note thus conceived :—" I, the undersigned, know the thief, and the spot in which is deposited the image of the Madonna, and 1 will make revelations on three conditions—impunity for myself, the release of my brother, who is to be condemned to death, and a pension of 10 crowns a-month. —VENDETTA.' The archpriest having ascertained that the image really had been abstracted, communicated the strange epistle to the delegate, Mgr. Giordani. In stead of seeking at once for the writer of the letter, this dignitary applied to Rome for orders, and the Pope, tearing the total loss of the image, and. the effect that would be produced amongst the t.eople, directed that the first condition of the bandit should be accepted, but that the other two should be re jected. Vendetta having learned this reolution, spread amongst the people of Velletri the news of the robbery of the image, which the clergy of the cathedral had kept secret, and he wrote to the clergy that ho would be content with impunity for himself and with five hundred crowns paid down. On Saturday the people went en masse to the church, and waited with anxiety for the arrival of that part of the service in which the crucifixes and images are uncovered ; but the veil which had covered the image of the Madonna was not removed. Ott Sunday the people again went to the church, but as the image was not displayed, they became excited, and murmured ; and at length some of them got ou the altar, and tore down the curtain. Tile rumour was then spread by friends of Vendetta that it was the Jesuits who had stolen the Madonna ; and the excited people, believing the falsehood, broke into the convent occupied by the Jesuits which is neaorstora r cathedral, and with cries of Madonnarneverebd completely sacked it, and ii' -treated' the ascended father , . Shortly af the suffraga bi; cop remained the pulpit, and exhorted the people ,heyept, in the church to be calm, but to him. Thera is 110 garrison to.x (i.3osition could be rails in the town, so that Li o the i bishop descended 011011do:,1o2t en made to the mob. :‘,Vceljeyncredible scene occurred; hrmed with a poignard, from the pulp v it e , z a vi e e c t - t - a the brigand ddressed the people :—' 13 , 3 obdusfi3tthers are innocent ! It is I tuna to whom I giant a delay The Ar a donna ! But I will only restore it who stole the pasacteieniditetfl i,andn.cortn shall . have consented to the when the gov till l a , o c u t d l ay h:v v e e p u r m o g pOscl. to it, Becalm, therefore, cowl? an d shout no more I I warn you, in conclusion, that my companions ate armed as well as I r What followed that harangue, we have not yet learned ; but a deputation of the municipality and chapter of Velletri have arrived here, and have bad an inter view with the Pope. Orders have been issued to despatch a troop of gendarmes on horseback and a company of Swls3 infantry to Velletri to establish order." ~ ,_ ~ p,._ ~_..,.~ ____~_- LITERATURE. Christianity in China, Tartan!, and Thibet. By M. L'Abbe Hue, author of " The Chinese Em pire," &c. Vol. 111. Longman. M. Huc proceeds with his careful and elaborate work on the establishment and varying fortunes of )ci l a B rs t Christianity in China an d it s ne i g hb our i ng s t a t es. conversionsgi v e s severalninterestingthe royal particulars He brings d own hi s ree)rd to the com mencemen t of h re c s e p n e t c u ti r r y g , a th n e d f• ly of Prince Sourima. The • narrative comes do— s n to the death of the Emperor Khang-Hi, the contemporary of Louis XIV. The style and cha racter of the work is, of course, the same as its pre decessors, and mere attractive to the readers who sympathise with the progress and exten sion o f Jesuitism th an to those of another faith. Never theless all of unprejudiced minds will be able to appreciate the courage and self.d v e ot'on of the mis steearies, and the difficulties and dangers wit ti which they had to contend. The followi ng descrip tion will give some idea of th e r i s k s they f ly one ,entered in the furtherance of their i; less laneasr The eminent French Minister, Colbert, had projec'ed a mission to China, and had made the necessary introductory arrangements when death clo se d hi s career. His suggestions were, however, carried out by his successor, Louvoie, and six Jesuit mis sionaries were despatched. They sailed for - Batavia, and from thence to Siam, where they arrived in safely, but they were not so fortunate in their sub sequent journey : Fathers de Fontaney, Gerbillon, Da Visdelon; Bouvet, and Le Comte then embarked on board a small French vessel of the Indian Company and set sail for Macao. " The vessel," says Father Le Comte, " belonged to Mon sieur Constance, and appeared to be good, but she was so knocked about that in a few hours she began to open at all her seams." She had, in fact, encounteted one of those terrible typhoons that cause such fearful ravage' in the Chinese seas, The wind had become so terrific that the sailors, losing courage, left off working the ship. The pilot, thinking it more prudent to run ashore than to struggle with the tempest at the risk of being swallowed in the waves, abandoned himself to their mercy, and was providentially cast upon the shore, without injury, behind an island near the extremity of the kingdom of Cambodia. The pilot declared it would be necessary to make a stay of several months, and wait for the next monsoon, which might enable them to get the vessel off shore, double the points, and continue their voyage; but the missionaries, more annoyed by the delay than fearful of any dancer they might incur by going on, resolved to proceed by land to Siam, in the hope of there meeting with soma English vessel bound for Canton. They plunged into the forest, therefore—hoping to find a village and natives who might serve them as guides--but they soon lost their way, and then their lives wore in as great a peril on land as they ha! been More in the terrible typhoon at sea. Tho brooks swollen by the rains, had rendered the paths almost im passable; and the poor missionaries, walking barefoot through rushing streams and fields covered with water, were terribly tormented by the leeches and gnat., which in these countries aro the scourge of the stranger; and the forests were besides infested by serpents, tigers, elephants and buffaloes, which prevented their enjoying one mo. ment's undisturbed repose. There was, too, ens enemy still more formidable than these, against which the wayfarers had to struggle, nam e ly, hunger. A s they had soon consumed the small stock of provisions they had brought away with them, and were reduced to distressing scarcity, they would, in all probability, have been starved to death, but for the accidental discovery of a village. The inhabitants of it were not, indeed, in a position to afford them very suberantial help, being themselves very slenderly provided with food, but they gave them enough to enable them to resume their march, and also showed them the way back to their vessel, which they reached, after a journey of fifteen days, in a state of great ex haustion. These fervid and intrepid monks had now had au opportunity of know in , what a difference there is be• twee loving hardship and * suffering in a call, in your own country, and putting these resolutiuns into practice in the depths of forests in a remote and foreign land. The stranded vessel was at length got Into the port of Siam, and the missionaries, after waiting there for some months, decided to embark on board a Chinese junk that was going to Ning-Po, a considerable town of Chino, in the province of Tche-Kiang. The following sketch of the character of the Em peror Kiang-11i may be interesting to those tin acqueinted with the attributes of that monarch : When he had barely attained the age of manhood, he had to front numerous and powerful enemies, who were attacking him on all rides; to give chase to formidable pirates who were infesting his coasts,—to disperse the im mense armies of the valiant Ciu-Sang-Koui, who had excited all the southern provinces to insurrection, —compel the Kings of Canton and Fo-Kien to sub ieissien,—subjugate the prince of Cheni-Si,—and finally extinguish, in the blood of the Mogul princes, the scions of the ancient conquerors of China, the claims that they were emloavouriug to revive. This is what Khang-Hi had to effect when ho was scarcely twenty years old; and it may bo imagined what energy and sagacity it demanded from the young Emperor. Khans-Hi soon learned from the missionaries attached to his court to what a far higher degree of perfection the arts and sciences had been carried in the West, and he knew better than to follow merely the Chinese books in such matters. He pointed out to his astonished people a new path, into which inordinate attachment to ancient custom, as well as mistaken presumption, had hitherto pre vented their entering. Ho himself cultivated the scioeces of Europe with incredible ardour; and geometry, astro nomy, medicine, anatomy, and other branches of physical science, beeeme successively the subjects of intense appli cation to him. In the cause of art he was no less zealous than in that. of science; ho established in his palace various atelers, in which he kept the most skilful and industrious artists and workmen constantly employed, giving them the masterpieces of Europe as models ; painters, sculptors, en gravers, enamellers, arti:ani ie steel and cop; er, emulated each other in endeavouring, under the direction of Euro peans, to satisfy the taste of a prince who could so well appreciate and reward works of merit. It was this love for science and art in Kliang-17i which " procured for the missionaries a freedom of access to his person not granted to the first dignitaries of the empire, nor even to the princes of the blood; and in the frequent conversations, in which this great sovereign seemed to for get the majesty of the throne to place himself on a level with mere monks, the truths of Christianity were often discussed. He could not but appreciate the purity of the moral system of the religion with which he thus bee-me acquainted, and he spoke in praise of it before his whole court, protected its ministers by a public edict, and per mitted its flee exercise throughout his empire ; but it not, nevertheless, appear that he ever had any serious in tention of embracing it. If he favoured the missionaries it was because they were useful to hint, and that the splendour of their talents shed glory on his reign. The missionaries of Pekin had I.),:cn orerwhelmed by the favouts of the Emperor Khang-Hi, and we nerd not, there fore be surprised at their zealous eulogies of the monarch who had raised them above all the princes of Chins. In speaking of the splendour of his reign, they are continu ally comparing him to his contemporary Louis XIV. of. France; the " Historical Portrait of the Emperor of Chins," published by Father Bouvet in 1697, carries out in detail the parallel between the two sovereigns. and Louis XIV., who could net but be flattered by it, several times testified his esteem for Khang-Hi ' with out breaking through the custom of the Kings of France, of not sending embassies to China for fear of compromis ing their di pity. Mireberiu says somewhere, in speaking of Louis XIV., that he was the most Oiiental king of the West ; and when we see in what honour the arts and sciences were held at is s eha during the reign of Khang-Hi, may we not say that he was the most Western monarch of the East? The work is, of course, far from its completion, arid is yet some distaneo from the record of the labours of I. L'Abbe Hue himself. The attention which has lately been directed to the Celestial Em pire and the Mongolisn dominions will probably ensure for this work an extensive c'rculation, ludo pendently of the authority attaching to its a u tho r ' s na me and position among those of his own creed. The writer has contrived to invest a somewhat tedious subject with some degree of interest, and to advance another step in his laborious undertaking with credit to himself and satisfaction to hie readers. The Mohawk Chief. By the author of "The Fall of the Nan Soung." 3 volt , . Newby. • In the preface to this work we aro told that the author is a young adventurer in the " vast arena of literary contention," and this fact affords room for the charitaVe hope that time and experience may give him the opportunity for improvement. They may teach bins that fine writing conftists in something more than the transposing of words and ntle the use of the second person sin g ular ; that wog and men do not usually addr ess a lady as "Mi - that the grand melo-dramatic effect of carrying o f the heroine is now school of the Minerva press. Tile fact of an Indian generally abandoned to the chief beinc , the successful competitor for the hand of the fair Maria certainly gives some degree of :to e :10 1 1 novelty to the work, though it does not say muc h for the taste of the heroine Shert it is true, e n v o ery dou lL b ll 7b a e n s e when the extreme vulgarity of civilistd lover.. 1 is • to see the name of a previous work ou the title- e es r tiz , PaAs the style of the wrter, and the occasional asfasion of his ideas and sentences, would . made , takennhostoreqadu soem to mark this as a first attempt. Should he ever make a third attempt, we should strongly recom mend him to revise it most carefully, and expunge vulgarity and coarseness which °ffexpunge, ofid the reader in this work ; to abandon the attempt eloqu°nce, which is certainly a forlorn at condense and simplify ; to refine andrevise ; to then, possibly, he may pr o d uce vi‘n ; and a afford saqsfaction to lovers off thework which will and despt rate school of fiction. very romantic TIII LATE FIRE IN A.LEGATE.—The adjourned coro n tr s inq lest was brought to a close vesterday, when the jury, siter a careful r.umming up by the coroner, an n , unct,., that they were unanimous in their verdict wh . lch was that the premises had been wilfully set on fire by the two persons who were seen to leave tbe house at or near 9 o'clock at night ; but who those persons wer3 there was not sutE,iierit evidence to prove. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a meeting of the council of the College, on the 14th inst , Mr. Thomas W o rmald, one cf the surgeons of St. Bartholom ew ' s Hospital was elected a membei of the Court of E xam iners , in tl.e vacancy occasioned by the decease of . Mr. BenjaminO the sameT Travers, n S t e h r e j e j a a n e t k sSounrigaenopnr,zoe her M a 7 a j a e r s d t e y d .. to Mr. Alfred Poland, of Guy's Hospital, for his essay on gun shot wounds and their treatment. r,~ ~~~ -,u~~, ' t J F ~y~ L ~, Afy