The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

--`~~~. a protest on the subject to the friendly Courts which signed the treaties of 1815. The protest formally disavows all the possible consequences of the usur pation, and official notice of it has been given to all parties concerned." The Bologna Gazette confirms the intelligence that Austria has admitted the neutrality of the States of the Church. It says :—" We have already announced that France had recognised the neutra lity of the Pontifical States ; and we have now to add that a similar official recognition has been received from Austria." Major Vincent Malenchini, provisional Minister of War in Tuscany, having requested permission to retire in order to resume the command of his battalion . of Chasseurs of the Appenines in Pied tient, the Tuscan Government has appointed Lieut - Colonel Xicolini, Governor of E:ba, to the vacant portfolio. By another decree, Major Biscossi is appointed civil and military commandant of the town and port of Leghorn, and of the whole Tuscan coast. The Nord of Brussels says :—" A journal lately thought proper to declare that Count de Kisseleff, the Russia n A m b assa d or , i n re ply t o an official inquiry from the French Cabinet relative to the c alling out of troops in Russia, stated that the statements made on the subject were, to say the least, greatly exaggerated. We are now authorised to say that no inquiry of the kind has been ad dressed to his Excellency, and that consequently no such answer has ever been given." The Dresden Journal announces that the Graud L Du ke of Tuscany renewed on the 14th inst., at Ferrara, the protest he made at Florence on the 29 th ult., before the diplomatic body, against the events which compelled him to quit the Duchy. The Emperor Francis Joseph, as head of the House of Lorraine, gave his adhesion to this protest. The _Munich. Gazette of the 19th says An 4nstrian corps d'arnzee of 40,000 men, who are on their way from Bohemia to the Tyrol, will be con 'veYed on the Bavarian railway from Iloff to Inns- Prnek. These troops will not make any stay in 13avaria, but will only stop at the principal stations to receive provisions." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. 'rho Moniteur says :—" The Minister of Foreign Affairs, by a circular of the 3d inst., requested all the diplomatic agents of the Emperor to deliver to th Q Governments to which they were accredited an ° facial note, having for object to announce to them th at the Imperial Government had given to the e°lllMondants of the land and naval forces the ne cessary instructions for them during the present 'War to respect the territory, the navigation, and the "'Amerce of the neutral Powers, and to observe, Particularly with regard to those States which have adhered to them, the principles laid down by the declaration of the Congress of Paris of the 16th April, 1856." BOURSE, May 23.—There has been only a limited amount of business doing, but the market remains ste ady. Various rumours have been in circulation— a,tliclig others, th a t di s t ur b ances h a d b ro k en out at 3 , loden a ; th at t h e K i ng of Naples had died yester day; and that an engagemen t h a d t a k en p l ace at M ortara, which had been taken by the French. Three s varied from 61f. 15c. to 61f. 25c. ; Mobilier to 5 85 f. to 592 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,175 f. to I,lBof. ; Northern, 875 f. to 880 f. ; Lyons, 777 f. 50c. to 780 f .; Eastern, 590 f. to 595 f. --- The following were the closing quotations :- 9 per Cents. .... 89 60 Credit Foneier 645 DO. 0. end month .. Belgian 4j — ~) Per Cents. 6l 35 Piedm on t eso (5 ) ", 0 . end mon th.... 61 35 Ro man Bl 50 - fiak Shares 2700 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 595 Spanish Threes 130 . Account ..... 592 50 , Home Debt 37 —_ RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. ,Orl e ans .qo rt h ern 880 .. 880 Ne w ditto 755 .. 750 QL.„,,, o rms and Mediterranean 775 .• 775 es 450 .. 450 teatl az Ife Fi t e :: Ile s t eril 84 rdini Aust r i all , an .. 363 75 -r-tch,,,, 25f 24e.;—ge on London, at sight, paper, 2 5 f.m-oney, . th ree months, paper, 24f. 90c. ; money, 24f. 87ic. HANOVER. The following; is the declaration made in the t he of the Diet on the 19th by M. d'Usedom, Prussian Plenipotentiary, on the subject of the 4. 44o Positi on o f H anover :—" At th e s itti ng a t w hi c h : Il e proposition of the Hanoverian Government vas presented, the Prussian Plenipotentiary pro tested, in the name of his Government, and he can °III 3T now renew that protest. Nevertheless, his r, ' c vernment cannot have any objection to the 11°Position of Hanover being submitted to the eal tination of the military commission. Prussia, the having at different times given to her Ger ,iv.(lll co-fed era t es th e p o siti v e assuran ce th a t she t et ") in ca s e o f nee d, interfere with all her oee, and even beyond the limit of her duties, Protect and defend the independence of Ger -1,17Y, hopes that the other German Federal Powers l eave to her the initiative of the milita r y 4,4 th -ast ires to be adopt e d. It i s on ly b y so d o i ng ikat•the unity, which is indispensable to ensure veh ee . eBB , can be counted on. Any proposition Would anticipate events and exceed the colts of the r i g ht of the Conf e d era ti on cannot ree i lle eve the approbation of the Prussian Govern sath-L, Which will oppose it with regret, but at th e sa me t hne with the greatest firmness." MONTENEGRO. _A letter from Cattaro of the 10th in the Agram pax say • chi ef s Gabriel Popov, one of the rebel of t he B o f the Herzgovina, induced the commander T urkish fortress of Klobuek to meet him in t eu n d eutr al spot to re ce i ve a petition which he pre , ed the inhabitant s o f H erzgov i n a wished to se v r ent to the Sultan. The commander went with- T it distrust, but accompanied by three armed 11118. the On arrivi ng a t t h e spot i nd i cate d two o f „ Turk s were k i lled, whilst the commander and the third Turk were made prisoners, and it is said we re killed shortly after. The fortress of Klobuck 18 besieged by the rebels, and it is feared that it Will have to surrender from want of supplies. The commission for fixing the frontiers of Montenegro Was dissolved on the 2d, and this act has produced Ilk certain sensation at Cettingen. Prince Danilo has called on the Austrian authorities to give ex -I)lanations respecting the defensive works which t hey are causing to be constructed near his qoutiers." Baron d e Se e ba c h, Saxon Minister to the C ourts o Prance and Belgium, has arrived in Brussels, t wh ence his Excellency will proceed to Antwerp, to : c eive, at their landing, Prince George of Saxony th e his bride, the Princess Mary Ann, sister to " King of Portugal. Viscount de Seisal, the tii °lll .4uese Minister, will also be present to meet 6 Royal couple. -=_----- R E P ORTED LTIIIIENSE DISCOVE.RI OF GOLD IN AUS'T.RALIA. t o l lin following is a copy of a letter from Mel : lir ue, the address writer of which sends his name and t4 lvt i near Friend,—l canno t refrain from informing you, vaino.±ave the most astounding intelligence to communicate . As you a re aware, I have been go• ettin a most uncer /low lv lng by gold digging, joined to the same parties I have ~,,,Worked with more than eighteen months, aid"' e have come upon a seam of gold (pure) at a_ con cover depth from the surface, 28 inches thick, and un q v t ejed it sufficientl to know that there must be hundreds miles of tons of it, as we do not doubt it may run for heave The width is several yards. he ari e are all steady sensible men, but nevertheless we were am n3.'1,41 mad by the discovery; but having now recevered, shall „ c ' u °dY knowi ng anyth i ng of it but our three selves, we has lz:itci r es erve our sec re t till we d etermine what to do. It .eentori proposed th a t I s h ould come to England with of it broken up into small pieces to buy an estate tit 11 14 . all to live on, and the two others to follow, and then do o : our discovery, as we are all of opinion that gold is khrilo wed come do to the price of silver at once if it was kl ia ' We believe millions of tons of it are in the earth eib e , lr e got to be found. I wish you had come over to s hall s` r TLe in 1855, and you were now along with us. I Write to you again in a short time. We of course do th e '"re laborious work down our hole, though we keep up Rhll"PPearance of workinc, hard. We have on ly t o sn i p off Nittnott.-eeeB as we require our wants supplied, and be care /late', excite suspicion of what we have got, and fortu m-Y,,,Nve are some distanie from the nearest party. lam _gold to the eLu°llrue buying a horse and cart, and selling some of ar elbou rne, pay for the'm with. —I am, &C. lklarch 15, 1859. THE SU*, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIIV'G, MAY 24, 1859. 'AR THIS DAB'. ) ES AND STOCKS. Closing I Business Price. j Paid. 5f 5i 7 8 58 60 10& 11) 32 85 87 89 731 714 4 5 8 9 13 14 514 52 35 40 25 27 12 14 83 85 68 70 23 25 88 90 10 10.1 94 96 75 80 124 128 101 103 504 514 50 55 78 82 9 10 p 9 lo p 81 85 It lid 1 , 1 lid , 59 6; 107 109 88 87 2 11 d 85& 8'6.! 5 7 32 33, 93 94 69 71 9 11 52 65 34 3dl 504 614 83& 84 24 / 3 d 41/ f 2/ 68/ 69/ 100 104 l i4 151 d 6 8 27 29 8 5d 105 107 22 24 78 80 41 43 5 4 d 39 41 61 62 58 60 1 63 67 55 65 5i 6i 21 8} 7 7f ORDINARY SHA CITY, Two o'CLocK. Very little activity has prevailed in the markets for Foreign and Colonial produce during the last few days, although prices have been tolerably well supported. Tea has been firm, and a rather exten sive business has been done in good qualities of congou at full rates. Sugars have been in very limited request, only the finer qualities of British West India finding purchasers, at barely previous quotations. In the refined market dried goods were in moderate demand, but at rather lower prices. Coffee has been dull, scarcely any business having been transacted in the private market, and at public sale the few small parcels sold went at a slight reduction on former rates. • For rice there has been a better demand, and prices have been steady. Saltpetre has been in request at about former rates ; but tallow continues dull, and at slightly reduced values. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool have continued to progress with much steadiness, and prices have been rather firmer, particularly for the finer descriptions of Cape, Sydney, and Port. Philip qualities. The late large arrivals, however, have induced the committee of brokers to extend the sales to the 3d June, being three days longer than originally announced. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday an average amount of business was transacted, and prices remained without any alteration of import ance. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed with more ani mation, and quotations were rather firmer. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday, of public importance. At Hamburg the rate of discount has been further reduced to 23 Per cent. Further consignments of Russian gold have been announced, but like the Australian and American supplies they have been immediately appropriated for exportation to the Continent. Within the last month a considerable quantity of bullion has been absorbed for this purpose, and the movement, it is expected, will continue some time longer. At present the continuous receipts from various parts, espe cially Victoria and New York, satisfy the demands of the exporters, and the bullion at the Bank con sequently remains almost stationary, the with. drawals being unimportant. This circumstance, combined with the extraordinary change that has taken place in the money market, where the demand has subsided, leads many persons to anticipate a reduction in the minimum. The low charges made in the general market exclude the authorities from active competition for the bills brought forward for negotiation, and the banks are reducing their allowance of interest for . deposits. It transpired yesterday that the London and West minster Bank will only give 23- per cent. for lodgments of £5OO and upwards, and 2 per cent. for smaller amounts. Share! 1 Railways. At the annual meeting of the National Bank, held to-day—F. Newsarn, Esq., in the chair—a very satisfactory report was read, stating that the net profits of the past year had amounted to X 73,203 16s. 6d., to which the profit in sale of shares was added, making the balance, with the Stock) Stock 25 Stock, Stock ,ormer Rests, £183,967 19s. 2d., froin which two dividends (at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum and 15s. bonus per share), amounting to £60,000, were paid, which reduced the present Rest to £123,967 19s. 2d., as against £104,792 2s. Bd., the balance at the end of December, 1857. A new branch had been opened at Kingstown in Ireland, and the result had been satisfactory. The chairman made a speech, congratulating the proprietors on the success of the bank, and saw no reason why Blythe and Tyne 1C p er C. pref. (Issu e d a t E5O), they should not anticipate a continuation of the , 20 Do. do. n Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.St oc k l / same dividend and bonus, in August next, as that Stock Caledo do ilO, 4i p Shareser cent already paid to the proprietors. The report was R o .l c o k D g o ie . e u r ar s . , Shares, oi No. 2. adopted, and a vote of thank s was p asse d t o th e Stock Do. do. sp.et .. Pc 6- Cork l & Band on , 51 p. c. directors and officers of the company. 6 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. In the Market for Public Securities to-day a ,tock 1 1 1.Angn. Clas A & s 7 spc small amount of business ha s b een t ransacte d , and st o oct l l a a s s: in consequence of continued purchases for invest- S N t t o oe qE. o cs o un. Ex. 5 p c t. ment the Funds have imp rove d f u ll y per cent. gt io o e ct IV a o s . t nancui6opn,er per et. New l ? per ct. St oc k 4 The speculative operati ons are li m it e d, b u t no di s - Stock East position is shown to enter into transactions for a sto s ck U n w B;G Y l o a r s k . York. Jon. Stock Soc ru cl im in n . e P s ert s h l Km' i 4 pc. fall. Consols are 911 92 for money, and 911 for the account. The Government broker has bought Stock Gras. &S W i eV.7 n a- *pc.. • £5,000 New Threes for the Savings' Banks. The stock g r o e . a s t pe N 7i rt ekm lop . r e:p o it New Threes have advanced to 90-Z- 91, and the s l t o o o ck 13 0 0 :5 4 pt.e p t t ; (Ireland) 4 Reduced to 90f: . The New 31 per Cents. are 10 Gt. Nh. of Scoiieln: marked 100 ; Bank Stock has receded to 2191 ; Stock j Gtp•S:ti&prWef! Stock and Exchequer Bills to 19s. and 225. prem. 50 reat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. c t.... The New Indian Loan Scrip is rather firmer, Stock Do. Redeemable, 4a pet. at 22 discount, being marked 92;i. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. St ock,Do. Irredeemable, d. do ock Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Lock Do Birming. guar. stock 26i Do. Chester guar.shares 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ock L on. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l ock!Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 ,oclvDo. New gua., 6 p. ct ock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 ock Lon. & N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. :ock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.a. stock, late 3d shares 124 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs 1 124 Londondy.& Ennis sh 1 ock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct 6 Do. £6 ,ock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 24 Do. 4 per cent ock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et ,ock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Lock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. io NewportAber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.e.n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares lock Do. 5 p. e. Ext.Stock,lB46 bock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 bock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Lock North British, 5 per cent Lock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent took Nth.Dev.Rail.& 13 , k.C0. Lock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Lock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 140. York, H. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire tock Ox. Wr. & Wol. ape. Ist g ,took Do. do. do., 2d gua Itock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pi ,took Scottish N.-Eastern deb ;tock Do. 34 per e. pref. stock stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Stock Do .44 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 44 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 1 'Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 Do. 6 per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. A moderate amount of business is recorded in st , Foreign Securities, and prices generally show an 1 improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 62 to 64 ; ditto New, 52 to 54; and the 4 per Cents. are firm, St 2 at 101 ; Venezuelan 5 pe r C en t s . a t 35 , an d Mexi can at 161. Portuguese 3 per Cents. have advanced st 2, to 391 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 811 82 ; ditto 3 Z , per Cents. to 621 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, to 391 ; st and Dutch 4 per Cents. to 911 ; but the 21 per gt ; Cents. are flat, at 591. The Railway Share Market has exhibited rather st more buoyancy, most of the principal lines show ing an improvement in shares of a to 1 per cent. st, Eastern Counties, Great Western, North Western, st, Midland, North British, North Eastern (Berwick), I and North Eastern (York) advanced 55., and Lan- st s t cashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have also shown a st^ slight advance. Paris and Lyons are firm, sti at 31; Lombardo-Venetian (old) shares brought 1 sto 51, and .the latest quotations were 5-1 to 5 , 1 1 for the Old, and 4; to 51 for the New Shares. I East Indian have advanced to 96; 97; Grand St: Trunk of Canada Preference Bonds to 9011; and st' Great Western of Canad a t o 131 . st sti Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have Z: been quiet, at about former values, London and st, County, however, have receded 10s., and Union of London ss. ; and Madras Irrigation were dealt in at £l. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol a if 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities \'(4lv 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOO ndia Stock Ditto Loan Scrip .. Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO onsols for Account (Juno 7) 9ll I a March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 22 19 1 Ditto Small, lld 2O 1 1 1 " Pi R eDenix I iit e c i .annA S 3c 0 4pcio. F eurn F cte O nc R t. E t IGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK D , 2 per en . 16 1 itto Account Ditto 3 p er C ent. Portu g uese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 18 22, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 pe r C ent. Sardinian, 5 per C ent. 7B Spanish 99 per Cent.. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. - Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Datch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 591 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Consols, M TWO O'CLOCK Money TWO 9 11 2 Consols for Account, June 7 .. . . 91 Railways. Bedford and Bletchleyl Buckinghamshire ....1 Clydesdale Junction..l Colchester, Stour Val., E.Lincolnshire,,g.6p.c. l E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 156. New Hartlpool. Hull ancl a Selby Do. Do. 4 Shares , London&Greenwicli Do. Preference _ outend ' Lon.,Tilby.&S Dean an! Gloster& Do. Barking Shares L Manc.,lluxtn. & atk Midsb.& Redcr,o l Pc• Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. D 6 Newmarkt.,BuryEx o o w p t e o r ft, c il t £l. 4 p. ct. guaranteed 5 p. c. Nortlin. & Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyve. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shop Shf.Ro th.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrowshry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do. do. ............. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. DOCKS, Share/ Docks. Am berg., Notting - . Bost. and Eastern JUL , . ion Belfa. , t and Ballymena. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter !Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passagc Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div , Do B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd. toB Dublin andßelf as t June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg ind Glasgow lEdin.,Perfli, & Dundee I Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.VI.R ail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds ! Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union; Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn IL 'clerry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen, Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland' Do. Shares Newtastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchasel Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney I Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon 'South-Eastern South Wales I South Yorks.& Riv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class . 18 19 9 9i 134 144 136 138 155 165 7 9 118 120 64 es 136 138 100 101 P i P 91 93 94 10 104 114 8 9 105 107 94 NI j li Ipj I [ d 22i 234 115 120 115 118 98 100 lo} 101 123 234 100 102 1100 102 27 28 30 32 45 55 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENT. Paid. Leasing Closing Co.'s. Price. iLn & N.* IT.n& N.W , Caledonin E.U.&E Gt.North.l E. Counts. 95 98 99 101 16 17 1124 136 :Caledonin rDo. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Tk.N.Md. 1l Do. !ns 110 S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. EN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E. Counts. Do. IDo. Do. L&N & L.Yk. J Do. ,Gt. North 1 ILan.& Yk T Brassay M'Clcan . tk.dt Dar Do. 64 66 115 120 89 91 Gt. West. L.Szßrgtni 86 88 8 9 IP a id Closing Business I Price. Done. Stock] Commercial, ... . . .. 100 Stock Do 4pc rCent :Fret . Min. 100 Stock East and West India... 100 Stock London ....... 100 Stock St. Katharine....;;;. 100 Stock Southampton .......... 100 Stock Victoria ............... 100 98 99 10 DO Nevi ! 19 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Can you explain why Turkish 6 per Cent. Stock is now selling at 50 or 60, when within the last three months it has been 97, and within the last four years, 107 ? The debt of Turkey is the smallest in Europe : Turkey is most punctual and honourable in its en gagements, and a proportion of the Bonds on each year paid of at par. The Egyptian tribute, pledged as additional security, is regularly sent direct to this country ; half of this tribute, it is said, is paid in dues by an English Packet Company, and actu ally retained here. Unless there is some explanation beyond what is apparent, three months hence the public will scarcely believe th a t i n th e mon th of May Turkish 6 per Cent. Stock could be bought to pay 12 per cent.—l am, &c., AN ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER. Paid Share Railw . ays. C i co i s c i e n . g 111; 0 1 11 n:a s !Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 Per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd; gu. 5 percent Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&G odrich, 16 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18721 Do. do. 1 July, 187:4 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 1 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Capc,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) ICapeTown & Dock Scrip 'Central On& (Limited)! Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c I Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c ! East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9, ;Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c,l Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds 1 Grand Trunk of Canada! IDo. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B' !Do. 6 per cent. Pref..... iGt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e, Do. New, gua.s per cent. Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New i Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '/3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c, Do. Fourth d 0........ Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.epc Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. ! Do ' do. Land d 0... Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip I 1 Oude (Limited) Scinde s Do. st Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo ISt. Andrews & Quel !Trinidad(Limited) 100 1 100 190 all 13i all 174 20 Stock 4i all 16, 1100 100 I 100 1. 3.0. Sto. I Stock 100 100 !2a. 6d 74 all 20 201 201 100 all all 100 100 all 100 all Stock I 177 80 16 17 3 1 1 4 4 3 4 6 5 7 4d par }all all all all all all 1& id I - ss. } l all 10 5 10 2 li 95 96 2 961 7 .4 L. , bec A Scrip 97 99 18 2S 291 30} 70 74 89 Al 93 95 11 lid 21. i 13i 131 7 7d 10 0 103 100 103 100 103 95 98 16 17 174 181 16 17 2i 2 d 21 11 d - -dj - --al —d d !f.i 19 2i 2 1d lid 2 id par; 'A. I Is 31 41 2 1 i ; 8 11 721 224 2334 41 5 2/ 2d 7 8 18 20 344 355 7 8 30 31 45 47 4 3 d 41 51 71 81 18 17 5 6 81 gi 18 20 MONEY MARKET AND C ITY NEWS. Stock Stock' Stock Stock . Stock, Stock Stock Stock 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid. i Closing Business Price. Done. 49 51 94 96 99 101 51. .1 98 101 108 112 104 110 108 111 107 110 122 127 178 80 08 70 107 109 115 117 108 112 102 104 01 a 33 11 11 all 1100 lz.lo 13.14 Stoekl Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 16 13 4 Stock Stock Stock ; Stock tloa Stock Stock Stock] Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 100 100 100 all 100 all all 100 100 100 Ski I 1011 51i 108 i 86 1 I 93} } g all 100 31 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 £3 is. 17i all all 100 all 84/ 31 4111 t 68 137 C 1004 1 I 11 95} 4i I li li Business Done. 21 2! 94 96 P }P 55 57 1133 136 9 10 10 Pm Is FOREIGN RAIL' Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. sha Italian Junetion Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian.... Lucca & Pi stoja, 5 p.c.E Lyons and Geneva, Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 c. Pref.. p Nortliern of France . D , .). New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) gna. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref.., Zealand BRITISH MINES. Share/ mines. Alfred Consols (Philack; I British Iron Condurrow (Camborne). 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus IG.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Ilelston) , Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crony._ N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy), .. Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) - ISortridge Cons. Min. Co. SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) !South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' 5 (Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 10 (Tin Croft lUnitedMines(Gwennap) /Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cal 5.).. I (Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) :Wh'l Mar nn (Mottle) I Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) Pat d. 2.11.10 17s 11.18.8 94 18s 6d 84 7.9.4 1 nil. niod ~.11 I 5 54 1.7.2 8 44 Closing Buenas Price. Done. 6 1 71 2 3 450 460 200 210 13 14J 2 I 1 1 11 7 8 6 7 74 12 14 I 1 235 245 ! 2} 2! ;185 195 'II 2 11 I 21f L 1 92 95 100 200 jll5 125 1 I 1/ 21 HO 11 45 47 29 31 18.18.9, FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon Accord Copper,Lim.l 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.)! 20 Do. S t.Jolind elßey,Lim.! 5 Do. Land and Mining,Co. 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... 10 Cobre Copper Cepiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 !Fortuna 20 (General 3 ILinares 5 'Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 New Granada 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 20 PontgibaudSilver, Lead, Mining and Smelt 5 Port Philip 30 !Santiago de Cuba f l ,2.BflUnited Mexican lOs 11 27 all all ta par d 37 39 9 11 2 22 24 8i 9 1 d i 11,1 1 41 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharol Joint-Stock Banks. r ce. Done. _ I !p a i d. Clo sing f Business 100 Ap - ,ra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 40 Australasia all 82 84 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 21 2114 100 Prank of London 5O - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - 80 British North American all 55 57 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 24 14 d 100 City 5O 61 63 100 Colonial - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - 100 Commercial of Landon 2O - 20 Eng., Scet., & Aus. Ch all 14 16 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 214 224 50 London and County - 29 50 London Joint Stock - - 30 100 London & Westminster 2O - 484 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 5O National Bank 25 - 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - 36 20 Ottoman Bank all 14 16 Provincial of Ireland 16 no. New all - 25 South Australia - 25 Union of Australi a all - - 25 Do. New - SS Union of London lO - 234 100 Unity Mutual 6O .- 100 Western Bk of London' 50 - d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta.& July 100 112 113 1124 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111 - Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sep. 100 109 111 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 10C 108 110 109 - Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 98 100 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 109 - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 107 109 - VictGov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - 105 AIISCI'LLANICOUS, k Share Miscellaneous. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 00 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at 1:5 dis 50 !British American Land 50 Brit. &Irish Mafr.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C )0 ,Canada Land 10 Chan .Islands Te.l.(Lim ) ock. Cop.Min.of Eng. &Smltg 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference !O Eastern Steam..., ock Electric Telegraph 5 Eng. & Augt. Cop. St.Co 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) !a GI. Iron ScrewCol.(Lint 5 Gen. Steam Navigation ;0 London Discount 4 Lond.G en. Omnibus Co 0 Mediter. Electric Teleg 0 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) 5 National Discount Co 0 Netherlands Land 0 Do do 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,i ss. at 1 dis 0 N. hr.&NovaScotiaLand 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) , 0 North of Europe Steam 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 5 Peel River Land & Min 0 Pen. & Oriental Steam 0 Do. New 0 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 0 Rhymney Iron 5 Do. New 0 Royal Mail Steam 1 Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim.) 5 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 00. do Registered D Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can P van DiClUelell Land i all all all 15g. all all Paid. Closing Business done 13 14 [5O 200 29 I 2 3 25 28 36 38 19 21 13 15 10 8 115 8 g 2 1 31 241 1 4 5 9 8 102 i I d - - 4i 50 li 11( ._ __- - I it I i I i d 21 21 7 8 82 9 11 2 22 24 lid 54 i 56 [OO 4 112i 36 3 I $ 10 THIS DAY. LA IV INTEL. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Baron Pollock, and Sir Cresswell Cresswell.) HAMER V. RAMER AND CARTER. This was a petition by the husband against the wife for divorce for adultery with the co-respondent (Carter), a solicitor's clerk. The parties were married on the 28th of December, 1845, and separated in May, 1&57. Mr. Hamer, brother of the petitioner, proved the mar riage and separation. His brother (the petitioner) had been engaged in a serious lawsuit, and the co-respondent, Edward Carter, called frequently at his house relative to this lawsuit, and became acquainted with the respondent. The petitioner remonstrated with her as to this intercourse, and a separation was agreed to. He left her his house and furniture, and went to live with his master. On the 9th November, 1857, witness, in company with a police-officer, William Morris, went to her house, and saw Carter in the house undressed. He took him into custody, and brought him before the police magistrate. He broke into the house, after knocking at the door. William Morris, police-constable—On the night of the 10th November, 1857, I called at her house, in company with the preceding witness, Henry Hamer. I knocked at the door, and she spoke to me, and came down with a candle in her hand, which was blown out. I had a candle, and went upstairs and saw a man (Carter) by the bedside undressed. He went down stairs. He came from the bed - room. I took him into custody, and he was charged with being in unlawful possession of the house, but was dis charged. Dr. Addams asked the Court to make a provision for the respondent. , Lord Campbell did not know upon what ground such an application could be made---a journeyman to make a provi sion for his wife seduced by an attorney's clerk. Dr. Addams contended there was a marriage settlement, and that she was entitled to her legal rights notwithstand ing the divorce. Their lordships decreed divorce, with costs. GWYN V. GWYN. This was a petition by the wife against the husband for divorce for cruelty and adultery. The respondent was a captain transferred from the Life Guards to the 15th Hussars. Dr. Tyler Smith proved the marriage on the 10th March, 1849, at St. John's Church, St. John's-wood. Dr. Robert Jackson attended petitioner 10 years, from 1849 to 1858. A child was'born of the marriage. Attended her professionally for bruises by the respondent. Susan Webster, wife of Joseph Webster, was servant to respondent in 6, Jermyn -street, and proved his cruelty to wards her on several occasions, until she was able tobear it no longer. He went to 12, York-road, Brighton, and saw him with another woman there, living together as husband and wife, Mary Ann Pittendale, in August, 1858, was servant in the house 12, York-road, Brighton, and Captain and Mrs. Gwyn came to live there, and lived as man and wife. Joseph Webster was servant to the respondent, and cor roborated the evidence of his wife as to cruelty and adul tery by the respondent against the petitioner. Dr. George Harrison attended the parties in June, 1858, for secondary symptoms of syphilis, communicated by the respondent to the petitioner. He acknowledged having in stilted and treated her with cruelty on several occasions. Their lordships decreed divorce. STEAD V. STEAD. This was a petition by the wife for divorce against the husband for adultery and bigamy. It appeared from the evidence of affidavits read that the respondent was convicted of bigamy at the Manchester Assizes. Their lordships decreed divorce. WALKER V. WALKER AND WATERSON. This was a petition by the husband for divorce against his wife, for adultery with the co-respondent Waterson. John Michael Stubs proved the marriage of the parties at St. George's Church, and cohabitation with the co-respon dent. She had four children and two of them were in the house at the time he called on her. Benjamin Reed is related to Mrs. Walker, but does not know how they lived together. Mrs. Ann Gilliinore is sister of Mrs. 'Walker. She was in the familyway before she was married. The parties lived with her a short time afterwards, and she went to live with Mr. Waterson. She has been eleven years with him and they live comfortably together. The petitioner did not say that she deceived him. The child was born shortly afterwards. Stephen Walker, brother of the petitioner, remembered the parties' marriage. They lived happily together after the child was born for some months. Lord Campbell was of opinion that the petition ought to ba dismissed, in respect that the petitioner was not entitled to turn away his wife for misconduct previous to the mar riage, and make no provision for her and her children. Chief Baron Pollock considered that the marriage and subsequent cohabitation of the parties: - after the birth of the child was a sufficient condonation of the previous mis conduct. Petition dismissed. RRITTAIN V. BRITTAIN AND CAMP. This was a petition by the husband against his wife for divorce for adultry with the co-respondent Camp. Further hearing. An issue was tried on the 19th of February, 1859, and the only question to be proved was the marriage. Mary Free proved the marriage of the parties at the parish church of St. John's, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, 2d August, 1840. Mr. Lilly, on the authority of the case of Tout v. Tout, asked leave on affidavits to amend the pleas of the respon dent and co-respondent. Leave to amend pleas granted, with liberty to answer. SHERIFFS' COURT. RESULT OF DISPUTING A JUST DEBT.-COCKLE V. BORER. This was a summons to recover a sum of money for printing and paper. Defendant's son appeared, and said that he disputed about half of the account ; and upon going over the items his Honour elicited that, out of a long list, only two reams of paper were objected to, and these were in a short time admitted to have been received. His Honour ordered the debt to be paid in ten days. Witness--I must ask for a little time. Plaintiff—The defendant called upon me last night, ad mitted the debt, and said it was no use my coming to this court, as he had sold oft all his things. His Honour—l'll not give any time where a just-debt is disputed, and especially after what defendant said yester day.—Short order. LOAN SOCIETIES AND PROMISSORY NOTES..--ADCOCK AND OTHERS V. LEWINGTON. This was an action upon a promissory note for £3. The amount 'sought to be recovered was a balance, and the plaintiff was a mutual loan assurer. His Honour, upon seeing the promissory note, which was regularly stamped, told the plaintiff's representative that he could not recover, as the note was for less than £5. Nonsuited. ADCOCK AND ANOTHER V. BRYANT. This was a like action, but hero the note was for £5 ; but his Honour seeing that there was a charge of 3s. for letters, struck out that amount, and told plaintiff that he must be careful what he was about or he would become _ _ liable to a penalty of 7/50 for practising as an attorney if ever he recovered such a charge. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS _DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. SINGULAR AND DARING ROBBERY FROM BREWER'S QUAY.—John Herbert, described as a brazier, of White chapel, was charged as under :—Charles Harris said he was watchman on Brewer's Quay. Last night at nine o'clock he observed something white in the gateway of Galley. quay, adjoining the Brewer's-quay. The white body moved, and witness followed it out into the street. He then saw it was a man, and that man the prisoner. Witness stopped him on Tower-hill, and said, " What have you got there, and where did you get it ?" The prisoner replied, producing a bundle, " I got it from Brewer's-qUay." It was a bundle of wet hides. Witness said " That belongs to Brewer's-quay and you must take it back." Prisoner replied, " Very well, then I will take it back ;" and he did so. The gates of Galley-quay were not closed. The prisoner was covered with a white apron, produced. Upon being asked what induced him to commit the robbery, he replied that a man with large whiskers had asked him to do a job. No one had any authority to give the prisoner such orders. The quay was not closed, and some Russian ship was being unloaded up to ten o'clock. The value of the property is D. Police-constable 53 said that the prisoner was searched, and the apron produced found in his pocket. Partridge (the gaoler) said that the prisoner had been there several times, and was an old thief. Prisoner—That is a gross falsehood. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—Why, I have taken the evi• deuce against you myself three times. Prisoner (impudently)—No, you have not. The Lord Mayor—l shall believe Mr. Goodman. Prisoner—l have never been in a police-court before, but I plead guilty. , His lordship—You must go to prison for three months to hard labour, and you will not be able to deny this con viction. A FIRST OFFENCE.--SAD CASE. —Mary Ann Close, 20, described as a brushmaker, of Shoreditch, a married woman, was charged before the Lord Mayor, with picking a pocket in Princes-street, Mansion-house, this morning. Mary Carter said she was passing through Princes-street this morning, and feeling a tug at her pocket turned round and saw the prisoner walking away. She was at once given into custody. At the station-house sheowas searched and a purse a n d t h e missing money found upon her. The prisoner, with many tears, pleaded guilty and begged to be forgiven.. The husband , man a res pec table-lookin g who also wept most bitterly, begged hard that his wife's first offence should be looked over. The Lord Mayor said it was a very sad case, and one to be much deplored. He regretted to see a woman, in an evid ently:respectable ephere of life, so committing herself. Had there been any evidence of a fOrmer offence he should have committed the prisoner for trial. In the absence of any evidence of a previous offence, the prisoner must go to Holloway for two months. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. NOVEL MODE OF FRAUD.—OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—WiIIiam Collins, of 12, Hill-street, Walworth, described as a dealer in prints, was charged before Mr. Bingham with obtaining the sum of £3 3s. by false and fraudulent pretences, from Mr. Arthur Blucher Fores, print publisher, 41, Piccadilly. ' The case disclosed a system of fraud which has been 1 practised very much of late, and is one which calls for great caution on the part of purchasers of engravings. Mr. Fores said that yesterday evening the prisoner ap plied to him for £3 3s. which he said he was instructed to call for for a Mr. Rowe, of 12, Hill-street, Walworth, and which was due from Admiral Sir Henry Keppell for a portrait of Lord Lansdowne, from Mr. Grant's pic ture ; but having had a communication from Sir Henry, requesting him to examine a print, and, if an artist's proof, to pay the amount, and finding that it was not so, but was one of his guinea prints with the title erased, he communicated with the police and had an officer (as the prisoner had been told to call that evening) in readiness. He believed the prisoner had been carrying on a similar system of fraud for some time. He asked the prisoner for a receipt, which he produced in the name of Rowe, and signed in his presence with his name " William Collins." Charles Cole, a detective, proved stepping up to the pri soner from his hiding-place just as the prisoner signed the receipt, he (Cole) having previously heard him ask for £3 3s. and seen him sign his name to the receipt. On asking him where he came from, he said from Mr. Rowe, 12, Hill street, Walworth. and that he was that gentleman's ser vant. He afterwards said that he lived at 12, Ebenezer. street, but he was not known there, and he wished for a remand. Remanded. THAMES. AN ACCOMPLISHED RIIITIAN.—DanieI M'Farlane, a rough and dissipated fellow, a boiler-maker, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with beating his wife and vio lently assaulting Robert Sutherland and Geo. Martin, police-constables 395 and 191 K division. The prisoner is an ill-conditioned noisy ruffian, and has been more than once before the magistrates for drunken ness, disorderly conduct, and assaults. Last night he was intoxicated and ill-using his wife at his dwelling in the Ferry-road, Millwall, Poplar. The screams of the wife were heartrending, and when Sutherland went into the house and interfered the woman was bleeding profusely from a blow on the face. She was sobbing loudly, and her I dress was torn. The furniture was strewn about in all directions, and a crowd of persons had collected in front of the house. The police-constable restored something like peace, made the prisoner promise to dis continue his ill-usage, and went upon his beat again with the intention of looking in upon the prisoner and his wife on his return. He had not proceeded far before the prisoner came behind him and struck him, and then gave utterance to a volley of the most foul and revolting abuse, and threatened the constable that he would do him an in jury ho would never survive. Sutherland, who exhibited the greatest forbearance, expostulated with the prisoner for some time, and at length the conduct of the fellow became so violent and noisy that he was compelled to take him into custody. The prisoner then plunged and kicked vio lently, and inflicted two severe kicks on the policeman's legs. The prisoner, having disabled the policeman, sat down on the side of the road. Soon afterwards Martin, 191 K, came to the assistance of Sutherland, and between them they raised the prisoner from the ground. M'Farlane immediately seized his right hand and bit it. Martin grasped his throat and nearly choked him before he could release his hand. The prisoner then kicked at the lower part of Martin's person ; and if he had succeeded in his intentions, "he would," said the policeman, "most likely have ruined me for life." We then got mere assist ance and carried the prisoner to the station-house. Mr. Selfe—Was the prisoner drunk ? _ _ _ _ Mr. Martin—He was cunning drunk—very artful. The prisoner —I was stupidly drunk. Mr. Selfe—You have committed violent assaults on these men. You are more like a beast than a man. You are sentencetl to one month's imprisonment. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—MiaIidOW hay, £2 15s to £4 12s ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Both hay and straw were in steady request, at very full prices. CUMBERLAND.--MettdOW hay, £2 15s to £4 123; clover do., £4 5s to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per lead. A fair trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 12s ; do., £4 5s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £l4s to £1 8s per load. Trade steady. • COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been exceedingly steady, and prices are firm, good common congou being quoted 13d. to 14d. per lb. SUGAR.-There has been a very limited amount of busi ness transacted, and prices may be quoted a shade easier. In the refined market lower rates have been current for dried goods. _ Coiimc.—The market remains very inactive, at about previous rates. Stocks on hand, however, compared with those of the same period of last year, show a deficiency of about 2,900 tons. RlCE.—Rather more activity has prevailed during the last day or two, and prices have shown more firmness. SALTPETRE.—A moderate business has been transacted, and prices have been steady. 5 per cent. refraction sold at 465. 6d., and 3i per cent. at 475. per cwt. TALLOW.—The market has been inactive, and prices have shown a slight downward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 555. ; June delivery, 555.; and last three months, 565. 6d. per cwt. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 24.—Wind this day at noon—N.B. ; light breeze, with fine clear weather. HULL, May 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Napoleon 111., from Bombay; Memorhun Parentium, from Monte Video. PORTSMOUTH, May 23.—Wind E. to N.E.—Arrived— Her Majesty's ship Banshee, from the westward. PLYMOUTH, May 23.—Wind S.—Anived:—Aseension, from Havannah. OFF FALMOUTH, May 24.—Arrived—Isabeltiso, from Manzanilla. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tussday Morning. Wind, E. Arrived—Dispatch, steamer, from Havre; Danube, from Newport. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, May 23—Adriatic, from Monte Video; Maria, from Iceland. Sailed—Ashburton, for New York ; Ceres, for Narva ; Uzella, for Harlingen. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.N.E. ; tide, five hours' ebb ; weather ivery fine. Arrived, May 24—Neptune, from Dunkirk ; Jabes, from St. Martha. Sailed, May 24—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Ears den, steamer, for Genoa. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind NN E moderate . Passed, May 2'3—Rhine, for New York ; Royal Bride, for Bombay ; Christiana, for St. Helena—all from London; her Majesty's steamer Pigmy, from the wes t war d f or the River. Passed in tow—Akbar, from Demerara for London ; Robert Lowe, screw steamer, from London for the west ward. Sailed—Trade Wind, for Leith. Mdlle. Piccoktmini has taken passages for her self and suite in the Vanderbilt steamer, which is to leave New York for Southampton and Havre on the 4th of June. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—The Pacific Company's mail steamship Lima sails from this port to-morrow (Wed nesday) for Valparaiso, via St. Vincent, Cape Verde, and Rio._ KEW GARDENS. —The National Botanic Gardens, containing the great palm-house, the old and new museums, the tropical aquariam, &c., and the royal palace pleasure grounds, flower-gardens, and new arboretum, having been greatly improved and adorned, are now open for the season every week lock om one o'clock till dusk, and on Sundays from two o'ill six. Free admission to the whole. CALEDONIAN FANCY DRESS BALL.—This annual fete, always one of the leading events of the London season, and which for many years past has drawn together the aristocracy of Scotland, has been definitively fixed to take place on Monday, the 27th of June, as usual, at Willis's Rooms. Already more than 40 ladies have subscribed their names as patronesses of the ball; and the treasurer, Sir Charles Forbes, promises that the arrangements for the present year's festival shall surpass all that have gone be fore it. INTERDICTION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF " JACK SHEPPARD."—This once famous, or infamous, drama was played during the last week at the Victoria Theatre, and was announced for future representation ; but a notice has been sent to the manager from the Lord Chamberlain's office interdicting the performance of the play at this or any other theatre for the future, and requesting that it may be withdrawn as soon as convenient. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning a man employed to attend to one of the gates at a level crossing on the North Kent Railway, just below the Strood station, by some neglect failed to clear the line in sufficient time for an up-train, by which he was knocked down, and his head literally severed from his body. FATAL ACCIDENT.—As Mr. William Bateson Whitby, a merchant of Liverpool, was leaving the Royal Institution in that town a few days ago, he came into con tact with a runaway horse and car, and was thrust so viol ently against a lamp-post that he had to be taken to the Infirmary. He died of the injuries he received on Satur day last. F 'ATAL ACCIDENT TO YOUNG MR. FARQUHARSON, or I INZEAN.—A fatal accident, which has cast a gloom over a large circle of friends, occurred on Saturday last to a you: ag student of Trinity College, Logiealmond, Perthshire, a son of Mr. Farquharson, of Finzean. He was attempting to ascend a steep brae above the Almond, when a tree by wb tich he was holding gave way in his hand. Hi s f oot , as h e slipped downwards, caught in a projecting rock, so as to thr ow him forward, head foremost, on to the edge of the rivt Ir. The neck was dislocated by the violence of the fall, and instantaneous death ensued,—.Perthshire 41dvertiser. BATH RACEST(TRIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIt.) LANSDOWN TRIAL STAKES. King of the Forest ...... Felicitas Sven ran UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION A meeting of the members of this institution was held last week ; Colonel Yorke, F.R.S., in the chair, to hear a paper read by Mr. James Fer gusson, on a circular system of fortification. Before the paper was read, Lieutenant-Colonel Alcock addressed the meeting in a few words, explanatory of what was being done in the topographical de partment of the institution. He mentioned that the several movements of the Austrian, French, and Sardinian forces were marked upon maps of the seat of war according to the latest intelligence. He gave a slight sketch of what movements had already taken place, and said that he would feel grateful for the assistance of those members who took an interest in the subject. Mr. Fergusson then addressee the meeting, explaining, his system from a large model. After giving a rapid sketch of the rise of the bastion system, he pointed out what he considered its defects. He said that Rivas admitted that the length of time at which any fortress constructed upon that system could hold out was limited, the power of the attack being, from many con current causes, and from the improvements of modern science, superior to the means of defence. The great object he had in view in promoting the circular system was by means of several tiers of guns, on parallel circular lines, to bring a prepon derating fire on any point of attack, and thus place the besieged more on an equality with the be siegers. He touched upon the great expense of masonry as compared with earthworks, showing that though he would allow double the price for his earthworks, the saving would still be great. The paper was followed by some remarks from Col. R. Wilford, R.A., and Major Jervoise, who, after expressing. their high appreciation of the science exhibited by Mr. Fergusson in his system, and the thanks due to him from officers of the two services, for his labours on the subject, explained on what points they differed from his views. Sir' W. Arm strong favoured the meeting with some observations on the probable effect of shells fired from large ordnance of his mode of constructon upon earth works. The cordial thanks of the meeting were expressed by the chairman to Mr. Fergusson and the officers who had taken part in the discussion. THE BRIDE OF A WEEK RETURNS AFTER TWELVE YEARS' ABSENCE. We have been requested to suppress the names in the following curious history, which has recently transpired, or rather the last chapter, which re cently occurred in this country. A farmer's son, some 12 years ago married a neighbouring girl, the daughter of a very respectable family. They re moved immediately to a distant place, where they had been living b u t a f ew days when upon his return home one evening the wife of a week was missing. She did not return that night, during which he felt, of course, the utmost anxiety, and in the morning he started in search of her. He could only learn that she had taken the stage alone, which led to a railroad station, some miles distant. He followed, but at the depot he lost all traces of her. He wrote to her former home, and published notices in the newspapers, b u t cou ld obtain no clue to her whereabouts. He grieved in loneliness at her sup posed criminal act, and to escape the scene where his week of unsullied happiness had been followed by so great a grief, he removed to the then sparsely settled wilderness. He here settled upon a pro mising piece of land, and in its cultivation and the cares of life sought forgetfulness of the past. He succeeded unusually—has filled offices of trust, and grown wealthy. After a few years, his home re quiring attention, he married, but his wife lived only long enough to bear him a son, and witness the first year of the little one's existence. A few weeks since, as the well-to-do-man of the world was sitting by his fireside, there entered the house a woman well clad, of fuller form, and 12 years older, but the picture of the long-lost bride of a week, and she was accompanied by a girl of near a dozen years. The sober man of the world was startled, but asked the stranger visitor to be seated. Then came her long and agonising story. All was oblivious to her for the first ten years of their separation. She could tell nothing, except of one hour of returned reason, when Ow little girl beside her, his daughter, was brought into the world. After that long time, fitfully, and at periods remote from each other, came back reason and memory. She had wandered to a distant city in a state of mild insanity; there she fell among kind people, and was installed in a.n insane asylum. After the birth of the daughter, and ten years more spent within its walls,thoughts of her youth. her home, and her husband, came back. She slowlyrecovered, then visited her parents, • learnt where her husband was, and flew to him. Be sure he clasped her in his arms, and they wept upon each other's necks. Again going before the altar they were united, and she now presides with careful dignity and ease over his household. But little is said about it in the neighbourhood, except expressions of wonder at Squire D.'s sudden and unexpected marriage to one whom they sup posed to be a fair widow with whom be had recently become acquainted.—Madison Argus, April 19. TOSSING UP FOR A:SEAT IN PARLIAMENT.—Every one knows that at the last election for Chippenham the gallant Captain Boldero lost his seat. Few, however, are aware that ho is indebted for that mischance to the un lucky toss up of a halfpenny I Colonel Boldero pressed forward his experience and long tenure of his seat; Mr. Long urged many qualifications which were not en joyed by the gallant colonel. How was it to be decided ? "Go to the wall" one of them must. In this dilemma, two eminent men stepped forward one a member of the long robe, though not a patron of Long ; the other an hon. gentleman, high sheriff of the county, candidatesdta l n a e date matters, membere m n a' t P t r e a r i e s undertook e ow e r adrt neighbouring i gt i v Y e a n t h i e m e a t taestdhk Queen'str d ho e ua c g i d dh n s gi desire which Counselsieac h e c' taking 0 0l n f g et n t h n° e : e that of h charge t of e ththoeienr n at interest candidate. i the Colonel, being agreedel,and the Iligtho, and sheriff it being moreover decided that 'the decision of the arbitrators was to be binding and conclusive; the lawyer and the sheriff retired in solemn conclave, to fix upon one of the future againmembers presented f o f wh ich But had preventedhere srethlue e s aatp a hsoao m otu nen:n e t t difficulty wstwhcehoe elh:uswhose je:odees:: theo—d effect ene t nit e cah s tompeu rfreri chance ol o v themselves il yt m ahneegtdrhe. alot ovAf eeachtiolilfaas pcat accomplished. aa c m jrhotqy i noku however, g acquaintance, accord i o rtetir ard:nir eu : o whatetweQueen's n o suggested that the question should go through the ordeal of the toss ; and producing from his right-hand trousers pocket that most useful of coins known as the British halfpenny, he pro posed that the toss, and the toss alone, should arbitrate between the parties. The sheriff, seeing no better chance of settlement, at once agreed. One toss was to decide the fate of the candidates and the representation of the borough of Chippenham in the Commons Hbuse of Farliament I Up was to spin the coin, and if it came down head uppermost the Colonel was to represent Chippenham, and if tail, the other candidate. The lawyer was to perform "up goes the halfpenny ;" the lawyer exerted his utmost skill; never, even upon Epsom racecourse, has there been seen a more splendid toss. In due time the law of gravitation brought the coin to the ground. Head or tail ? By all that was unlucky for the colonel, it was tail. The arbitrators were honourable men; they adhered to their arrangement, and forthwith informed the expectant candidates (omitting, as we are told, the exact means by which they arrived at that conclusion), and after much careful attention given to the matter, they had decided that the gallant colonel should he the candidate who should retire from the contest. The gallant colonel therefore did retire. Mr. Long and Mr. Lysley (the Liberal) were returned without opposition; an d thus the representation of the borough of C h ippenham w as n , and lost by the toss up o f a h a lfpenny.—lieene's Ba t Journal " t e e. The Minister of papersm s M s. . , L ires a lina v t e i p r y o d e s e ts t oe ts st a hi oewn attack e o l f l - k e n an o ne N r e n P a h ref r e i f a in m aps , r t ol e itip el e lt d e n e c p i o a r of and places, and he recently advertised them for f l t ace he s co o l i bel the ed i ordered evcct Civil andthn defends Tribu n a l q es u ag iA e N n on, c eye entdo;hAncona madeapt Switzerland,t., he an application oei a nthp p ei p eti l y i ei en a u t p i e o po, n ere t t o dop t f h eh e pies P rea re pe s ph i li d ehl e ca n d t . e. oc m cu ili p t e a d rv it r un e.so d w er e G es en o . f l t e io e n tie t h he e M em ini pri st e e e r d ll description of what was done by the stated that r t i o p i t a i i o rn n O n o r other t t he t fortifiedhi things into possession of the —l,ol; n e l T gi A te b oo T y mb l em ' ti p reff ra es y ci ed tdehin t z he ri P gh resi ttei French G Pd za ni n n to t and a very and a description of the fortified places in Alsace, valuable paper by Gen. Vial, at one time French 1 31 . Laverd n e t n, sellers. s representing di dTn hoet that he had come t A h m at b e as oun sa t r r• ° t the purchase,strengthcommission—the — th e A ßo l fr e et ti:l g i ree f , r n o ue nt ho t td h aek e net a p p t°r pri d c ec a e t d i ll o a: n g s s u taha b g j a e tin ct his to tsthe th oe at condition. le, 100 gunk ; the Napoleon, 90 guns nflee Toulon T ts Hi;nEths tha t t the FRENCHt R e h s e da t r h o tu harbour guns; the Ville de Paris, 120 guns; the Algesiras 100 th su e ffre Fo in n , te g n un oy n , e9rOygeunhips.; t T he he Do te n e a e w n e ,e rth ie , B c O me gun pes s e ; d an ef d t th he e Montebello, 120 guns ; the Friedland, 120 guns ; the Souvrain, 120 guns ; the Fleurus, 100 guns ; the Navarin, 100 guns ; the Prince Jerome, 100 guns ; the Jena, 90 guns; the Charlemagne, 90 guns ; an d t h e Duperre, 82. I use the term reserve, although the authorities declare the ships to be laid up in ordinary ; for they are moored stem on to the quay on which are their guns, arranged in order and ticketed ready for shipment. The 'stores are all stowed away ready at hand, and the crews are in Toulon ready to be marched on board. The Napoleon and E l ylau, accom panied by two steam frigates, have sailed for the Adriatic, under Admiral Jurieu de Lagraviere." THE GAOLER'S NUPTIALS.—The keeper of the Ross County gaol, at Chilicothe, Ohio, went to a wedding on Tuesday even i ng of last week, leaving only a serva s n i t , girl to gu ar d th e b u ildi ng, w h en a man disguised i gained entran ce , an d p o i n ti ng a pistol at the girl, and two wfi a mask gained frightened pro ceeded t ene d ' her into gi v i ng u p 'th e k e y s o f the cells, upon h to liberate a man waiting trial for murder, other culprits.—few York Tribune.. li 2 51 5