The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There has been rather more activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days. Tea has been at full rates, and the fine descriptions of sugars have slightly advanced. For coffee, however, the demand has been limited, and holders have accepted rather lower rates. Rice has been dull ; and in fruit, spices, and saltpetre the dealings have not been extensive. Tallow con tinues exceedingly dull, and prices have tended downwards for both present and forward delivery. A fair amount of business was recorded in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, 8,000 bales having been sold at previous rates. No alteration is exhibited in the general condi tion of the Money Market. The inquiry, although not very active, is sufficient to impart firmness to the quotations, but, at the same time, ample accom modation can be obtained for the purposes of trade. Subscriptions are still being made to new companies, which also tend to augment the general inquiry. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. A call of £2 per share, amounting to £1,500,000, is due to-day on the South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian; and of £1 is. M., or £41,250 on the Buffalo and on the Lake Huron Railway shares. The half-yearly dividend has been advertised for payment on the several Brazilian 5 per Cent. Bonds. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool have been well attended during the last few days, and a slight advance has been established in the rates for the better descriptions of Sydney and Port Philip. At the public sales of indigo, prices have been steadily maintained, good and medium qualities having realised an advance of 3d. to 4d. per lb. on the rates current at the previous auctions. The sales will close to-day, and the quantity already held has been 3,202 chests. There has been very little activity to-day:in the market for Public Securities, as speculation is dull and the attention of the dealers is principally absorbed with the liquidation of the account in Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares. Consols are 941 95 for money, and 95 to 951 for the account, being lower than they were at the close of business yesterday. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 931 ; Indian New Loan is steady at 1061 d ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 981; ditto 51 per Cent. ditto remains at 104, and Bank Stock at 226 and 2271. Increased heaviness is apparent in Foreign Secu rities, and the transactions have been rather limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 75 to 751 ; ditto New, 591 to 601; and the 4 per Cents. have receded to 1011 ; Spanish Deferred, to 37 ; Chilian 41 per Cents., to 851 4 ; Russian 3 per Cents. are firm at 646; but Mexican remains at 211 1, The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 1 prem.; Universal ditto, 1 1 prem. ; and the Thames and Mersey ditto 11 2 prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, and the principal dealings have been connected with the liquidation of the fort nightly account. Prices have been flat, but in one or two instances a steady improvement has taken place. North-Eastern (Berwick) and South-Eastern have advanced ss. ; and North Eastern (Leeds), 10s. ; Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, have declined 55.; Bristol and Exeter and Midland realised previous rates. The Foreign lines were very inactive. Buenos Ayres and San Fernando declined to 61, and Pernambuco to 111. In the Colonial Market East Indian receded to 1014 ; Great Indian Peninsula were 98d ; Grand Trunk of Canada 321 33. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shires have continued ina c ti ve , an d pr i ces have not Varied to any important extent. Bank of Australasia im proved 108. to 15s. ; City Bank, 10s. --- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 2271 6 71 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93/ f 3 3 per Cent. Co nso l s A nnu i ties 91 1 4 a i I New 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es Ditto 21 per Cent India Stock .. .. — Ditto b per Cent. . Ditto Enfaced Pap er , 4 per C ent . .. Ditto 5 per C en t . Ditt ) 51 per Cent lO4 Ditto Debentures, 1858 - Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £l,OOO l2 Consols for Account (6th June) 5 4/ 5 Exchequer Bill s , £l , O OO, 11d 3 Ditto Small 4 3 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brasilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 9O; Ditto Scrip, 1860 d Chflian 4/per Cent B5l Mies •3 - -,scan 3 - per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent. Account — Ditto 3 per Cent Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1359 64 a 4 i Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred 3 per Cent Account 37 Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account .. 751 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 por Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto June Account TRT BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.—The confirmation of the election of the Bishop of Rochester took place this day at Bow Church at 11; and the consecration of the right rev. prelate will take place on Thursday, at Lambeth Chu.Tch, at 11. Advices from Southern Russia give a favourable account of the growing corn crops. Strong hopes are en tertained that the harvest may repair the deficiencies of recent years. It is a satisfactory consideration that if the in telligence reported from St. Petersburg to Paris should be confirmed the possibility of the contemplated - Russian loan being negotiated in the London market will be wholly at an end. According to a circular of Messrs. Arles Dufour Lid Co., of Lyons, the present positien of the silk trade du ring the past month has but slightly improved. Orders for the United States, as well as for Eu ro p ean consump tion,. alth oug h very limited, have created a certain activity, and prevented a further decline in French and Italian silk but, in consequence of the fall in London, China descrip tions nave been somewhat lower, and several transactions have taken place, particularly in Tsatlees. The accounts thus far of the prospects of coming silk crops an., on the whole, more favourable than for several seasons past ; but, evith the exception of Spain, where the worm has reached the fourth stage, it is yet too early to speak with perfect confidence. CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLDERS.—A curious leetirn has just been - presented to Parliament, in which an attempt is made to classify the male householders of Edin 'burgh, taking "the real rent of their houses without deduc tion," as stated on the valuation roll for 1859-60. The first claw in the return comprises those occupations none of Whore members occupy houses under £lO rent or value ; the seem Ld class, those occupations some of whose members live in ha uses below £lO, above half these latter being at or m u ) D e . The third and fourth classes comprise the more akille 4 labour classes, and the less skilled, respectively. Th e .result of *the paper is, that the present constituency coo l or.ises 1,763 persons of class 1, 3,484 of class 2, 2,185 of class 3, and 431 of class 4; whereas if a Reform Bill gave the fr.a.achise to occupiers of houses rented at or above £6, the coru , tituency would comprise 1,763 , of class 1, 4,477 of class 2, 4,285 of class 3, and 1,285 of class 4. Of class 2 nearly th•e-sevenths live in £lO houses, and such a Reform Bill wen ad enfranchise two-thirds of the remainder ; of class 3 nearly a fourth live in £lO houses, and such a bill would give the franchise to nearly another fourth ; of class 4, one fourteenth live in £lO houses, and such a bill would treble the number enfranchised. The constituency under such a bill would comprise more than half the householders of /dirtburgb. But it is added that many persons classed in 'this return as occupiers of dwellings rented under £lO are already on the roll of voters as occupiers of business pre sraisez with £lO rent, or which with the dwelling-house naake up £lO. A Jeremy Diddler visited Stamford last week. Re salected for his hostelry the Roebuck Inn, Broad-street, where ,he took up his quarters on the 80th ult. He repre sented himself as manager for Mr. Gay, contractor for the metropolitan railway now in progress, and stated that the object o 4 his visit to Stamford was to purchase timber in the locality for his employer. He went and examined the trees in B Arghley-park that had been blown down during the late gale',. and on hi s return to his quarters he informed the la:acllord that ho had purchased the whole of them by Private contract. He then expressed a wish to be recom raende d to some higglers, who would remove the timber to the railway station, and with the view of assisting him in his undertaking, Ir. Preston, landlord of the Roebuck, introd need him to Messrs. Smith and Dexter, higglers, of Easton, with whom be bargained to remove the timber at 3cl. per foot. There was a sale of timber, the pro pert , of Lord Exeter, at Wakerley on the 3d, whither N[r. _Preston kindly drove his patron in a " trap" hired of iktr. Reynolds. On alighting at the village the man pro ceeded in the direction of the wood where the sale was being held. Mr. Preston shortly afterwards followed thither, and informed the auction eer and others assembled that he had brought to the sale an extensive purchaser of timber, not forgetting to tell them also that he had pur chased' all the fallen timber in Burghley -park. Inquiries anxious to be intro- W ere then made for the eminent contractor's agent, the i l l ealagers of the sale being particularly litced to him. He was, however, nowhere to be found, and In length Mr. Preston's suspicions were aroused that he had been victimised. The fellovi (a Scatchman, and who 'ue7nted to a ood of the measurement of t ube) has .knowledge rot ossess plac g e beea heard of,—/Staniford Mercury. SHARE MARKET-- (THIS DAY.) Share Railways Amberg.,Notting., Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch Junc Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon 'ork, Islrock., &Passage Cornwall Do A A gets no div. 'Do 13 until 6pc perm. 1 hasbeen pd. toB Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun., Perth, &A b. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk Do Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth It Clyde Junction 'Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Po do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great. Western Do Str Val g,uB. stock ' Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. &S Coast Lond, Chat., and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & Bth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennisiu Man. Shef. t Lin• oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do Hirming. & Derby Mid. G. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent.... ... . Do, Cray Line . . Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber. & ITerefd. • Newry & Armagh, def.. ; Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. Norfolk.. N. hn. Counties Union.. North British Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stoc` , D A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase 1 Do Leeds ..... ...... Do York North London .. North Staffordshire.... N. and S. W. Junction.. Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn Peebles...... ......... Portsmouth Rhymney .. ;Scottish Central 'Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sitting bourne & Sheer. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 'Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do Pref. No I ThamesHavenLk&Rail Ulster • • Do . Do : ;Vale of Neath ;Victoria Sta. and I'im ;Waterford & Kilkenny 1 ;Waterford & Limerick ;West C rnwall West London Do Ist class ... • .... Do 2nd class Worcester & Hereford 61 6f 13.14 stock 8 8} 70 72 11 12i stock stock 61 7i 103 10-1 93-i 91 stock stock stock stock Gi 7 8 9 17 18 54 55 36 38 25 27 78i 798 3! 32 99 101 1151 1161 116 117 131 133 113 114 681 691 60 65 10n 104 j 70 71 113 114 11 12 1001 Id 101j P 92 93 stock 101 111 42 421 121 10 stock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock took 25 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock all 100 31 100 100 stock 12} 24 2 d 117 1174 9.1 96 IN ni 7 6d 54 56 3i 3 d Of 61} all 951 071 1 (1 51} 5l 79t 801 106 108 3d £4 91 44 46 14 16 115 117 341 354 88 N 48 50 4 3d 42 44 861 97 66 68 78 80 6 8 39 40 8 1 Olp 1 . 564 2 3ip d 57 59 ip 10 11 54 6 2 1 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Blythe and Tyne 1 . 0 perl c. pref. (issu'ed at 1 7 50 Rris. & Lxet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41- per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun E. Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B f, p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c IE. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l 'Do. do. No. 2 j Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 pclr jEdin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 96 94 Do. 4 p. c. gua. S. & D. I Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c Grc at Northern, 5 p. ct Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm, (it. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. prefl (;rest West. (Perks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. Do. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Trudeemable, Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. (It. W. Ches. S p.c. pf. sh. Do d t, sp. et. pref Do Birmg.guar. Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. all 1100 Do. do. do. Lan.kYork 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.Cs3s 10c1 pc I Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan.) • • Lon.ct Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2' Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen'..... Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.e.S.(div.deftil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Londondy. ,t Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis.. sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. .C 6 Do. 34 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Marynort & Car., 4 p. o Do. 41 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p. o. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Newport,Aber.&c.pref. 5 p.c.redeem.at 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with option till 1R66 Do. till 1869, let is Do. do. 2d is. Norfrk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1547 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st4l347 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. C Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. Dck.Co. N-Eas t. Con s.Pret. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do i IP Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848.' Do. York, H. ik S. "'unit. North Staffordshire— . Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. c. lst g. Do. Redeem. 2d gua Do. Irredeem. 2d gun Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central. new pf Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is 'oath Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd do Kilkny, 6 p. c all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all 92 9t 94 971 1 t( id p 221 2 31 124 126 119 121 73 75 10 10i 23 23} 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 85 88 28 29 321 33i 32 33 50 53 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing i Business Price. Done. 103/ 1131 1001 1 1001 921 117 161 961 51 1 i i 1 I Closing Business ( Paid. i Price. Railways. Done. 1 1 ,14 111 12 104 i 1021 3} 10 1 12.10 Share stk 20 stock 12.10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 26 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock 12} 124 stock 6 stock 124 12,} stock stock stock fi stock 10 12 10 12a. stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s. 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock 101. 103 51 1 100 102 110 114 110 115 110 112 108 110 124 126 81 83 110 112 90 92 751 76i 118 120 117 119 111 112 103 105 85 87 97 99 99 100 88 90 90 92 102 101 94 10.1 17 18 10 101 74 76 11 20 9 10} 14. 15 138 140 116 118 1116 118 1138 143 116 118 101 103 154 157 132 136 OS 70 21 22 115 117 1521 1571 12 12i 125 127 4 *n 68 70 I in 139 141 1101 103 1 04 9 1 p 01 10} 111 121 110 111 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways, Leasing Itiosing! Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 54 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshirea.6 p.c., E.Union,Harwich Stu Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dr c t, Do. New .. Gloster& Dean Pore 4 Hartlpool.Dek.& Rail. Hull and Selby ... Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.c! . . Do. 6 per cent........ Mane., Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer 7 ence Stock .... • .... 100 Midland Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6 E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent .... all Dc. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western k NW ,/ Preston and Wyre. i all L L y k. j Do. l Stares A. all Do. Roystn.Hitch., & Skep 100 Gt. North. Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey Do. Do. 1 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clcan.. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon & Croydn. I all L.& Brgtn all F. N.`'l'& N.W 100 &N. 97 99 100 o 5ll 51! 100 o . 125 127 100 Do . 113 116 100 Caledonin 103 105 all E.U.&E C 16 17 100 Gt. North. 138 140 all loo E.Counts. 41 41 100 ,Caledonin 100 iDo. all ;Gt. West all Yk.N.&l3r all Yk.N. all IDo. all 'Do 100 Ln.&, N.W 100 S. East 100 Do. 100 ,Peto &Co 100 N,, , rf o lk 100 Do. all ,L NW &II Share, Docks. DOCKS. :110 112 207 209 63 65 115 120 91 97 21 3/, 95 97 * I r 66 58 141 15 135 138 102 104 P 101 11 9! 94 74 84 Price. ra.d. Closing sto k stock stock stock stock stock stock 30 , Business Done. Commercial lOO Do. 4 per Cent.Prefillin lOO East and West Indies, 11;0 London lOO St. Katharine lOO Southampton lOO Victoria D. New ....... 1100 103 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DA Y.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, &c. HENDERSON V. JOHNSTONE. This was an appeal from a decision of the Court of Session in Scotland in an action of declarator calling on the defen dant to denude himself of certain heritable trust estates, conveyed to him in security of money advanced, bills granted, and professional business done for the pursuer, and convoy them to the pursuer. The Lord Ordinary, by his interlocutor of 12th December, 1857, afterwards affirmed by the Court of Session, ordered the defendant to produce his pfofessional accounts in pro cess, and failing his doing so, ordered him to convey the estates in question to the pursuer. Against this decision the appellant appealed. Mr. Young and Mr. Neish were heard for the appellant. The learned counsel contended that the appellant had a lies upon the estates for the money advanced by him, and he was not bound to denude himself thereof until the money due to him was paid. The Lord Chancellor, without calling on the respondent's counsel for a reply, considered that the decision of the Court of Session was right, and ought to be affirmed. The other noble and learned lords were of the same opinion. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Court of Session, and dismissed the appeal with costs, reserving to the Court of Session to repone the appellant on payment of costs and production of his accounts, against the interlocu tors complained of, of 12th December, 1857, and 12th January, 1858. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channel and Mr. Justice Keating.) THE UNION BANK FRAUDS. Pullinger, who pleaded guilty to the two indictments against him for embezzlement, was to-day sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude on the first indictment and six years on the second—making 20 years in all. The trial of Richardson, the late secretary of the London Rifle Brigade, has been postponed until next sessions, owing to the illness of Colonel Hicks. THE CASE OP THE REV. MR. HATCH AND EUGENIA PLUMMER. _ _ _ Much curiosity was exhibited in court this morning with respect to the sentence the learned judge would impose upon the child Eugenia Plummer, in consequence of the verdict of guilty that was returned against her late last night. In consequence of the recommendation of the juxy, with which the verdict was accompanied, it was suggested that the girl should be removed from the charge of her parents for some considerable time, and placed under the care of some person to be agreed upon. Application has also been made to the Secretary of State for the release of Mr. Hatch from Newgate. At three o'clock Eugenia Plummer, who was found guilty yesterday of perjury, was placed in the dock to receive sentence. Mr. Baron Channell, addressing her, said that after a long and patient trial she had been found guilty of the crime of perjury; but in delivering their verdict the jury had recommended her to the merciful consideration of the Court. It was a lamentable thing to see a young child of such tender years standing at the bar of a curt cf criminal justice convicted of such an offence. As he understood the finding of the jury, her misconduct was attributed to a want of care and attention to her moral and religious education. It was upon that ground that the jury had recommended her to mercy. The crime of perjury was one of a very serious character, for when that offence was committed it placed in jeopardy and peril the liberties and lives of her Majesty's subjects, because it was upon the belief of evidence given upon oath that juries returned their verdicts. Whether hor parents were justified or not in believing the charge she made against Mr. Hatch, the Court thought that she (the defendant) was not responsible for their acts, inasmuch as the whole proceedings were taken by direction of her parents. There was reason to suppose, judging from the finding of the jury, that from neglect and indifference to her education, she had acquired habits of untruthfulness, which might lead to grealtinischief if not corrected. The Court felt that it might treat her as having given way to untruthful statemeats for the purpose of getting out of Mr. Hatch's family, to which she seemed to have formed a dislike. Under these circumstances the Court desired to pass upon her as lenient a sentence as pos sible, but at the same time one that would operate for her benefit. The sentence would be that she be imprisoned in the Houseof Correction at Holloway for three weeks, and that at the end of that time she should be placed in a reformatory school, as should hereafter be ordered by the Court. A pro posal had been made by her friends, which had received the anxious consideration of the Court, but he could not at that moment treat it as part of his judicial sentence. The proposal, however, would be at once submitted to the Secre tary of State, and if ho believed that under proper securities it would tend to promote her welfare, the sen tence now passed would undoubtedly be remitted. While she remained in prison her comfort would be attended to and she would have the benefit of instruction from a lady who had devoted considerable time and attention to the care of female children. She would then be placed in are • fsrmatory school, and he hoped that her education would be attended to. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. She cried slightly towards the conclusion of the sentence, but her father who was with her appeared quite unmoved. In a few moments after she had been taken down stairs she was brought back by direction of the learned Judge, who informed her that he found he could not send her to a refor matory for less than two years. His sentence upon her, therefore, must be three weeks in Holloway Prison, and two years in the reformatory school. That matter would, how ever, be dealt with by the Secretary of State. The prisoner cried a little and was removed. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE STOHWASSER CASE. The prisoners, Edward and Eliza De Welzenstein, Her mann Frick, and Madame Jourdain, who were found guilty of conspiring together to obtain from J. Stohwasser the sum of £3OO were placed at the bar to receive judgment. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said the prisoner De I,Velzenstein appeared to be the chief actor in the con spit acy, and therefore ho should sentence him to two years' imprisonment with hard labour, and the other three he should only sentence to six months' imprisonment with hard labour each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOE,OUGII-STREET. THE GERMAN BAND NUISANCES.-Philip Arleston, a boy, one of the members of a German street band, was charged before Mr. Beadon as follows : Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the complainant, Mr. Martin, eatinghouse keeper, of 6, Market-street, Oxford-street, and said that his worship might remember that some time back the com plainant appeared at that court in consequence of being annoyed by a neighbour, a publican, named Flower, who had exhibited in his window some offensive placards and engaged musicians to play in front of his house. The an noyances had ceased for some time, but Mr. Martin had now to complain of defendant being ordered to play when he was requested to leave. E 164 said he saw the prisoner and six others playing. 'and they refused to go. On the way to the station, the prisoner said the landlord of the public-house had given him 4d. not to go away. Prisoner said he did not understand it. Mr. Beadon said it was monstrous and cruel on the part of tho publican towards a neighbour. Ho should fine the prisoner 405., or a month in default. THAMES. ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT ON BOARD SHIP.— A gentleman named White applied to Mr. Yardley for a summons against Captain Doyle, the master of the ship Horissa, for falsely imprisoning his son, a youth for 84 days at sea. Mr. White said his son, who was standing by his side was entered as a midshipman, on board the Horissa, and he paid a premium of 61 guineas with him to the owner of the ship, and expected he would have met with good treat-. ment from the captain, who, however, had been guilty of a gro .t stretch of authority by confining his (the applicant's) son for 84 days on the homeward passage. Mr. Yardley—How long did the passage last ? Mr. White-129 days, sir. The applicants son, in answer to questions from Mr. Yardley, said he was confined in his cabin 84 days, and only allowed bread and water. An officer of the ship here said he was only allowed one quart of water daily. Mr. Yardley said the case was not one he could decide summarily unless an assault was committed. He thought the case was one more suited for one of the civil courts at Westminster in an action for damages. Mr. White said no violence was used. His son was or dered to his cabin andkept there 84 days, and he considered it was a very tyrannical pnoceed:ng. Mr. said if the case was made out all he could do would be to order the defendant to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions. Mr. White asked if the captain was not liable for depriv ing his son of proper food. Mr. Yardley said the 223 d section of the Merchant Ship ping Act, 1854, would meet such a case as that, if the youths allowance of provisions was reduced by any quantity not exceeding one third of the quantity specified in the agree ment the complainant would bo entitled to compensation at the rate of 4d. per day, and if his allowance was reduced by more than one-third of such quantity, Bd. per day. The complainant might, if he thought proper, take out a sum mons against the captain to recover summarily 565. for a reduced allowance of provisions of more than one third for 84 days, being at the rate of Bd. per day. Mr. White said he would adopt the course suggested by his worship, and afterwards consider whether he should not proceed by action against Captain Doyle for false im prisonment, :THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, !MAY 15, 1860:' THE NAVY. The screw steamship St. George, 00, at Plymouth, will be put in commission shortly. It is reported that after the screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. Tarleton, has been to the Cape of Good Hope and Gibraltar, she will return to England, when his Royal Highness Prince Alfred will leave her for the St. George. The Fcrew steamship Orion, 91, Capt. John J. B. E. Freer, which has been some time in the Medi terranean, is daily expected under canvas only at Plymouth. Her machinery is deranged, and when the screw revolves she leaks aft; the decks also are reported to be in a very bad condition. She will go into Keyham steamyard. The screw steam frigate Melpomene, 51, Capt. J. F. E wart, flag of Admiral Martin, from Portsmouth, which put into Plymouth Sound on Sunday after noon, sailed in the evening for the Mediterranean. The Virago, 6, paddle, Commander M. B. Dunn, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the eastward. The Rainbow screw gunboat steamed out of Portsmouth yesterday to Spithead to test her ma chinery, preparatory to proceeding to Queenstown as tender to the Ajax steam coastguard ship at that port. The Immortalite, 51, screw, is being eoppered in No. 7 Dock, at Portsmouth. The Ariel, 9, screw, will go out of Portsmouth harbour this morning to Spithead, for the purpose testing her machinery. The Argus screw coastguard vessel sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the westward, with the broad pendant of Commodore Yelverton at the main. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Henry Lanchester, acting 3d class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for tempo rary service in the Stork ; and W. J. Hall, pay master, to the Bacchante. THE ARMY. Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulett, C 8., will assume the command of the South-west District on the 17th inst. Capt. Norton, several of whose inventions and missiles have recently been brought under the no tice of the Government, has succeeded in effecting some improTements in the balls fired from the ordi nary Brown Bess musket. The balls used by Capt. Norton in the trials he has made at Chatham and Gravesend are those cast in a No. 12 mould, and enclosed in his gossamer cartridges, a very small charge of powder only being required. In the experiments made at Gravesend Master Gunner Alexander, RA., the artillery instructor to the volunteer corps, fired 20 shots in succession at a two-feet 'target, each shot striking the target at a distance of 200 yards. The range was then ex tended to 250 yards, and the same number of shots fired, when, with only two or three exceptions, each struck the target. In firing these 40 rounds not the slightest difficulty was experienced in loading, although the balls fitted so closely that the barrel appeared to be effectually sponged out by the gossa mer casing of the cartridge. The charge of powder used in each cartridge was only two and a half drachms, and from the size of the gossamer cart ridge there was no loss of propulsive power by windage. TEE DEFEXCES OF PORTSMOUT.7. A lecture was delivered on Friday by Colonel Shafto Adair, at the United Service Institution, on the subject of the Defences of Portsmouth. Sir John Burgoyne occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of military men and members of the House of Commons. The LECTURER entered into very lucid and inte resting explanations respecting the existing land defences of Portsmouth, pointing out that the prin cipal channel was fully commanded by the South sea and other works, and that no large vessel could enter with any chance of success under the fire of that battery. In the e vent of an attack by gun boats and vessels of light draught of water, it would be desirable to have some supplementary works on Southsea.common, the fire from which could be cir culated on the channel. The works on Portsdown hill are of a very extensive and complete character, but it is necessary to have other forts in advance of the Elson works, in consequence of the extended range of projectiles. A battery of Armstrong's or Whitworth's guns can send shot from Ryde-pier into the centre of Portsmouth Dockyard. Vdvery increase of range in projectiles involved the neces• sity of new forts in advance of existing ones in order to meet the breaching power of an invading army. The Isle of Wight required to be for. tified very extensively. The gallant lecturer re garded that island as a great outwork of the naval foi tress of Portsmouth, which it was neces sary to protect. The position of each of the forts and batteries on the island was explained, and the greatest importance attached to the one on Cliff End, nearly opposite Southsea. For the manning of these extensive lines of defence he relied to a great extent upon the services of the volunteers, of whom there were now not less than 14,000 in the various artillery corps. He passed a high eulogium upon the soldierly bearing of the volunteers, and referred to the advance in line of 1,500 of th em , on a recent occasion, w i th a prec i s i on and steadiness n o t surpassed by any of the regular troops. Rega r di ng P ortsmouth as th e b as i s o f military operatio ns i n th e case o f i nvas ion at any point in the south of England, he suggested the formation of a military district with three divisions Of about 15,000 men, of whom one-third would be regulars, one-third militia, and the remainder vo lunteers. The line of railways which extended from Dover to Plymouth would, in case of neces sity, afford great facilities for the movement of these forces, and the construction of stockades and batteries, at places which he indicated, would be most valuable in offering resistance to the march of an enemy. The lecture was replete with valuable details re specting the defences of this great maritime arsenal, and at its conclusion, Sir John Burgoyne, in propos ing a vote of thanks, stated that many of the sug gestions had been under the consideration of the Government, and some of them were in course of being carried out. THIS DAPS MARKETS. lIKY MARKETS, SMITHFIELD..--AIMIOW hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £slss Od ; and straw, 11 53 to 12s per load. Trade dull. Supply good. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l7s to £1 14s per lead. A slow inquiry. _ _ _ WHITEOHAPEL.—MetuIow hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; cloves £4 5s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 58 to £1 103 per load. Both hay and straw changed hands heavily, on easier terms. COLONIAL. TE.k.—There has been a good demand for most qualities, and prices are exceedingly firm. SUGAR.—The market has been steady, but only a mode rate business has been done at about previous prices. In the refined market fully former rates have been current for dried goods. CoFFEL—The inquiries have been limited, and prices hav, undergone a material alteration. RICE.—The market has been very dull; prices, however, are well maintained. SALTPETRE.—A moderate amount of busin ess h as b een transacted in the better qualities, and prices have advanced about 6d. to ls. per cwt. TALLOW.—Business, on the spot, has been inactive, at slightly reduced rates, but for forward delivery there has been more animation. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 533., and last three months 50s. 3d. to 50s. 6d. per cwt. STRIKE OF JOINERS AND CARPENTERS.—The joiners and carpenters of Bury have struck for an advance of wages. For some time efficient workmen have been in receipt of £1 Es. per week, but others have been receiving rather less. The present demand of the workpeoplo is that in future 2s. advance should be paid to every man. The masters, we understand, are willing to give £l. Bs. per week to efficient workmen, but are not disposed to 'give the same wages to all the workmen alike.—Bztry Times. A FATAL FIGHT AT CAMBRIDGE.—On Satur day evening last two young men, named Nathan Brazier and Henry Wales, after playing several games at the Bell public-house, Northampton-street, Cambridge, had a quar rel, and eventually got to fighting, when, after three rounds, the latter received a fatal blow, and died instantly. Yesterday morning an inquest was held at the Merton. Arms, Northampton-street, when, after a lengthened in quiry, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Brazier, and also against Royal Parr, the landlord of the Bell, where the fight occurred, for inciting the said Nathan Brazier. The prisoners were formally remanded before the magistrates till Tuesday, when they will be committed upon the coroner's warrant. ARMY COOKING. That military affairs are passing through a " period of transition," and that the transit is attended with considerable demand on the public purse, are truths which we need hardly be at the pains of repeating. The Army Estimates have impressed the facts very forcibly on the public mind, and a bill of £15,000,000 for a single year furnishes a characteristic monument of the crisis. Among the sundry notable inventions, however, which have contributed to the efficiency of the army, there is one which deserves especial notice, for its object is not the destruction, but the preservation of life, and its operation will be, not to absorb money, but to econo mise it. To the ingenuity of Capt. Grant the soldier is indebted for a new system of cooking. Those who know what kind of practices were superseded by the discovery will be able of themselves to ap preciate the magnitude of the 'reform, but ordinary readers will probaldy be the better for a little in formation on this curious subject. When the health of our troops was taken into earnest consideration by the authorities a short time ago it came out that the soldier, among other gratuitous privations, was debarred from those salutary changes of diet which instinct no less than experience is found to suggest . Regiments lived exclusively upon boiled meat. Even at home stations, in their own barracks, and with all the appliances of civilised life around them our soldiers were confined to the same sodden rations day after day till the stomach revolted from the unnatural monotony. There was a good deal spent upon the army, to be sure, but not enough to give the soldier the benefit of an oven or a fryingpan. Hero and there the men would club their pence together to get a little indulgence by way of pri vate subscription. At Woolwich, for instance, the town baker would do a bit of cooking for the garri son, but the annual cost to a body of 400 men was £lso—a considerable tax to be paid for an occasiona escape from the everlasting "soup and bouilli." All this while, too; the expense of the established system was really very large, and the regulation " boilers" consumed coal enough in their dreary work to turn out a good Lord Mayor's dinner. This was the system on which Captain grant pro ceeded to operate, and, after the usual difficulties, he succeeded not only in devising, but in intro ducing, a scheme of great merit. His invention consisted of a simple cooking apparatus, or " battery," by means of which the men, with about a quarter of the usual fuel, could dress their victuals in the manner most conform able to their tastes. His "kitchen" would not only boil, but would. bake, stew, steam, or fry. It would turn out meat puddings, suet dumplings, hot pork, and roast potatoes. It would make good soup or Irish stew, and connoisseurs even remarked that its baking was done particularly well, being attended with a flavour equal to the best " roasts. As to its economy, we learn from an official report, dated at Woolwich on the 6th of March, 1838, that the saving of coals accomplished by Captain Grant's apparatus would amount to n o 1(13 than 297 tons per year for every 1,000 men. Testimony was given also to the excellence of the system in all other respects, and the summary of the results was perfectly surprising. The saving in fuel, not only for cooking, but for kindling, was exceedingly large. The new methods of dressing placed at the soldier's discretion were acceptable in the extreme. The action of the machine allowed of a regular rotation being established, so that roast, stewed, boiled, or fried meats, varied with vegetables and puddings to suit, might be served to the different rooms in due succession. The men themselves escaped the tax of the town oven, and the facility , with which the apparatus was Managed and regu lated produced a material economy of labour and trouble. After this description of Captain Grant's inven tion, it is almost unnecessary to add that it forced its way into favour. An apparatus was first con structed to cook for 1,000 men, and when the plan had been found perfectly unobjectionable it was in troduced at Aldershott, which encampment is served, we believe, upon Captain Grant's system to the present day. In October, 18,53, the Secretary of War pronounced the system to be better than any of those submitted to him for such purposes, and he proposed to adopt it generally in barracks as circumstances allowed. Altogether, "kitchens" have been established on this plan sufficient for the wants of 60,000 men, and it is clear that the inven tion holds its position still, inasmuch as Captain Grant was requested to prepare his apparatus for the use of the expedition to China. What the re sults of the discovery must have been in respect to economy and comfort we need not attempt to com pute, but it can hardly be too much to ascribe to this cause some of that singular improvement in the health of the troops which Mr. Sidney Her- , bert himself hardly know how to explain. The men have now wholesome victuals and appetizing food. They are, somehow or other, in far better condition than formerly ; and common sense, we think, suggests that these two facts must have some connexion with each other. This was the case introduced to the House of Commons by Colonel Lindsay on Friday last. The fact is that, lige most inventors, Captain Grant has taken little by his discovery. He has been suc cessful, no doubt, and has probably been paid for his kitchens and kept harmless for his dis bursements; but he has received little beyond. His invention, which really amounts to a public benefaction, was prosecuted at his even risk, and established from his own funds. Had it failed to to approve itself to the authorities the loss would have been all his own, aild, as the result has been successful, it does appear as if something beyond mere purchase-money and reimbursement might have been conceded to his claims. There is a :curious antithesis in the two " batteries " which are supplied to the Chinese expddition, as representing the latest discoveries of modern science. One is warranted to mangle and destroy at distances before unheard of ; the other is expected to keep men in good condition, and - to mitigate by its wonderful efficiency the hardships and privations of life on a campaign. It is some thing like the old contrast between Congreve rockets and vaccination. Unhappily, we depend as much on one develoyment of science as on the-other, and nob9dy grudges Sir William Armstrong his rewards ; but poor Captain Grant is naturally of opinion that his more peaceful invention might also have been acknowledged by some substantial kind of compliment. We doubt if the public will consider Mr. Sidney Herbert's explanation in the matter as quite satisfactory. No doubt, the new kitchens have been duly preferred, bought, and paid for ; but, besides all this, there is surely some obligation re maining? No doubt, too, other inventors have deserved well of the State likewise, but Captain Grant has certainly enabled us to improve the sol dier's condition, not on ly w i t h out f res h expense, but with a positive saving. He has done for us at no charge at all what we must needs have done somehow at a considerable charge. H e h as been practically successful in a p u bli c en terprise involving considerable r i s k, an d h as proved himself a true benefactor to the British army. Are such s erv i ces su ffi c i ently rewarded by a gratuity of £5OO P We think not, and we are moreover of opinion that, while we are so uncom monly liberal in every other department we might well afford a trifle on the score of national gratitude. —Times. FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO CAPTAIN M'CLIN TOCK, R.N.-!—The Lord Mayor has fixed Satirday, the 19th, at one o'clock, for the presentation of the freedom of the City to Sir Le( gold M'Clintock, at the Guildhall. His lord ship has invited a large and distinguished company to the Mansion-house on the evening of that day to meet Lady Franklin, Captain M'Clintock, and his gallant comrades of the yacht Fox.— City Press. AN ADVENTUROUS PADDLE STEAMER.—Advices from Fernando Po state that the Littleton, of London, a small paddle wheel steamer of not more than 80 tons bur. den had put in there, in distress, on her voyage to New Zealand. She had been five months from England, at tempting to make the passage by sail, although a perfectly fiat bottom. She left Fernando Po on the 16th of March under steam, her captain purposing to touch at St. Paul de Loando and at the Cape of Good Hope for:further supplies. At a meeting of the creditors of John and Anthony Blaikie, advocates, held last week at Aberdeen, Mr. Archibald Borthwick, C.A., Edinburgh, was ap pointed trustee upon the sequestrated estate. Messrs. Nowall Burnet, advocate, Horn, of Pitmedden, and W. Adamson, sharebrokor, Aberdeen, were named as the corn • missioners. Several claims were given in, but no approxi mation was made as to the actual state of affairs. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—OP Friday last, whilst the workmen employed at the Rainhill Asylum were pulling down some walls in order to carry out the improvements going on they found a living toad embedded in the solid masonry. From the position in which it was found it is quite evident it mu,t have been built in the wall at the time the building was erected, now some 15 years ago. It is alive at the present time, and, indeed, quite lively.—Liverpool Post. ►SNAhES FROM AUSTRALIA.—In company with a few black swans, wild duck, pied crows, &e , which have arrived in Liverpool by the Lightning and Great Britain from Melbourne, a case of some of the principal snakes from Australia has been received by Mr. Edward Wilson, for presentation to the Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park. They have been placed there in the society's splendid col lection of serpents, having arrived in first-rate health and condition and are interesting as the first Australian snakes ever introduced into England.—. Australian and New Zea• land Gazette. DISEASE AMONG CATTLE IN SCOTLAND:— Within the last few weeks a disease of a fatal description has broken out among cattle in the neighbourhood of Auchterarder, which has deprived aeveral farmers of nearly all their stock. The epidemic appears to be spreading to neighbouring parishes, where several animals have already died after a few days' illness. The malady seems to be new. After becoming affected they die in a short time. The epidemic is ascribed to the want of sufficient fodder and to feeding the animals on rotten and diseased turnips, &c, .ENGLISH and IRISH CHURCH and A:4UNI VERSITY ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 345, Strand, London, W.C. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Society will be held at the Chief Office, 3.5 Strand, on MONDAY, the 28th day of May, at One o'clock precisely. By Order of the Board, JOHN SHERIDAN, Manager. THIR D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-43MS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAD ASSENT. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills : Exchequer Bills (£13,230,000). Municipal Corporation Mortgages. Inclosure. Marriages (England and Ireland). Dwellings for the Labouring Classes (Ireland). Pawnbrokers' Act Amendment. Customs. South Devon Railway. Caine Railway. Liverpool Corporation Water. Liskeard Water North London Railway. Liskeard and Caradon. Railway. York Improvement. Leicester Cemetery. Chesterfield and Worksop Road. Bagnelstownand Wexford Railway. Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway. Marple Now Mills and Hayfield Junction Roads. Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway. Wellington Suspension Bridge. Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway. Croydon Gas. Grundy Fen Drainage and Improvement. Railway Clearing House (Ireland). Spalding Water. Glossop and Marple Bridge-rrad. Edinburgh Railway Station Access. Brompton, Chatham, and Gillingham, &c. Water. Lower Kingsferry Road. Glasgow Corporation Water. Norwich Corporation Markets. Cannock Chase Railway. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and Canal Company. Lincoln, Heath, and Market-Deeping Road. Commercial Docks Act Amendment. Mirfield Gas. North Staffordshire Railway. Sheffield Cutlers' Company. Hedon Corporation and Borough Improvement. Finn Valley Railway. Manchester Improvement. Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway. Belfast and Ballymena Railway. Stockton and Darlington Railway. Great Southern of India Railway. Andover and Redbridge Railway. Midland Railway (Use of Railways in and near London). West Somerset Railway. Carrickfergus and Larne Railway. Dublin and Wicklow Railway. East India Coal Company. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of St. Germans, and Viseount Sydney. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Daniel Stewart's Hospital Bill was read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : the Everton Drainage; North British Insurance Com pany ; Tewkesbury, and Upton .upon-Severn, and Malvern Junction Railway ; Sirhowey Tramroad, and Sheffield Water. HORSE RACING BILL. Lord REDESDALE stated that he had received a communication from the noble lord connected with the Jockey Club, and should therefore fix the second reading of his bill, regulating the weight to be carried by race horses, for the 7th of June. The' Bankrupt Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill, the Public Improvements Bill, and the Common Lodging houses (Ireland) Bill were reported without amendments. CIVIL SERVICE IN INDIA. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a despatch from Mr. E. 11.- Lushington to the Commissioner of the Nuddea district, dated the 23d of October, 1859, re lating to the treatment of natives by European planters in India, and also for a report of Mr. Reed, to the Lieutenant-Governor referred to therein. The noble marquis also presented a petition from certain natives of India praying for their admission into higher offices of Government than arc now open to them. The noble mar quis entered at great length into the grievances of the petitioners, and said it was the general wish in India that Royal commissions might be sent out to inquire into state ments set forth in their petition. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This EVENING The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considere I and ordered for third reading :—The Manchester and Buxton Road, the Dorset Central Railway (Extension of Time, &c.), and the North and South Lanarkshire Roads. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Savings Banks Bill, from various parts of Ireland in favour of Tenant Right Compensation, from certain temperance so cieties and other bodies against the Wino Licenses Bill, praying for withholding Government 'grants to Schools of Art whore designs are made from naked female models. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Usher of the Black Rod summoned the Speaker and members to the bar of the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given by commission to different bills, for which see Lords' report. PARLIAMENTARY CITIES AND BOROUGHS. Sir W. MILES moved for an address for a return setting forth, in columns—the names of every parlia mentary city or borough in England and Wales ; the rateable value of such city or borough at Lady-day 1556; the gross estimated rental at Lady day 1856; the annual value of property assessed under schedule A, exclusive of railways and canals ; the annual value of pro perty assessed under schedule A, including railways and canals ; the cities and boroughs to be placed in alphabetical order, and the total of each column to be given; and the cities of London. and Westminster, and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Marylebone, Finsbury, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, and Southwark to be given separately.—Ordered. PAROCHIAL CONSTABLES. Mr. DEEDES asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in any measure this session to repeal the Acts relating to the appointment and payment of paro chial constables, viz. 5 and 6 Vic. c. 109 ; 13 Vic. o. 20 ; and part of 7 and 8 Vic. c. 52. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that no doubt the alterations that had taken place rendered it necessary that there should be a change in the laws passed some time ago. It was very desirable that the laws in question should be repealed, and as soon as ho had obtained the necessary information on the subject it was his intention to bring in a bill to meet the requirements of the case. DRAWBRIDGES IN DUBLIN. Sir E. GROGAN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he could say when the repairs of the drawbridges on the quays in Dublin would be completed, and if he had any objection to lay a copy of the contract entered into by the Board of Works for such repairs upon the table of the house? Mr. CARDWELL said that he had no objection to lay the document alluded to on the table of the house. LICENSES. • Mr. DUTTON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the wholesale wine license at £lO 10s. conferred upon the holder the power of selling by retail, without the necessity of taking an additional retail license ? Sir F. KELLY also asked a question on the same sub ject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said it was never the intention of the revenue department to deprive the holders of 10 guinea licenses of the privileges which they were entitled to under the present law. On making inquiry of the authorities of the revenue he was informed that there was no intention to prevent persons hold ing such licenses selling a single bottle of wine by retail, and such an intention had never been entertained by the Government. DISTRIBUTION OF POWER-SOUTHERN ITALY. In reply to Mr. GRIFFITHS, Lord J. RUSSELL said there was no ground for the state ment whichappeared in the Indepoulance Beige, to the effect that the French Government had intimated to Lord Cowley that, in the case of the occurrence of contingencies in refe rence to the present distribution of power in Southern Italy, France would feel it her duty to claim further territorial compensation. THE PORTE. Mr. J. LOCKE inquired whether her Majesty's Govern ment were in possession of any information to the effect that Russia had concentrated a considerable army on the Pruth, and that the Ottoman Government had assembled a corps d'arinee at Weeden ; also whether her Majesty's Government had been advised that Prince Gortchakoff had assembled the representa ives of all the Powers except Turkey, and had stated that the condition of Chris tians in the Turkish dominions was every day becoming more insupportable, and that it was hoped by Government to obtain the concurrence of other powers, and would make a strollg remonstrance to Turkey on the subject. LoreJ. RUSSELL said that no intelligence had been received in reference to the first question. As regarded the second matter a despatch had been received from the British ambassador at Paris stating that M. Thouvenel had announced it was the intention of the French Government that the action in respect to tho question should be that of the five great Powers of Europe. ARMY ESTIMATES. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord PALMERSTON said that the army estimates would not be brought forward on Thursday after 11 o'clock at night. TIIE DERBY DAY. In reply to Mr. E. JAMES, Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government woul I not ask the house to depart from the usual practice in ad journing-on the Tuesday till after the Derby Day. It was not proper for a private member to bring forward a motion on that subject, and he would move the adjournment on this day week. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 12. This day had audience of her Majesty, Senor Carlos Gutierrez, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Honduras, to deliver his credentials ; and the Count de Lu dolf, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, to deliver his credentials; to which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Ed ward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Core- MAIM FOREIGN OFFICE, 111A.y 12. Th e Queen has been pleased to approve of Pon Juan Miguel Winder as Consul, at Southampton, for the Re publ:e of Peru. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 14. The Quoin has been pleased to appoint Samuel Cock burn, Esq., to ba President and Senior Member of the Council of the Island of Nevis, during the temporary ab sence of President Sir Carlo Arthur Henry Rumbold, Baronet. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Frederick Close to be Captain, vice 'William M. King, deceased ; Lieutenant Robert Loftus Tottenham to be Second Cap tain, vice close. The promotion of the undermentioned officers to be antedated to 9th April, 1860 :—Captain and BrevetMajorW. J. Bolton and Second Capt. M. Tweedie. Brevet-Major James Sinclair to be Captain, vice Frank lin, placed on the Supernumerary List ; Lieutenant Richard O'Hara to be Second Captain, vice Sinclair. Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Captain John Sweeny tq be Captain, vice Elliott, whose commission has been cancelled; Lieutenant James MacGillivrav to be Second Captain, vice Sweeny; Quartermaster -Sergeant John McLernon to be Lieutenant, vice. MaeGillivray. _ BREVET.—Quartermaster William Elliott, having retired upon half-pay Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th Dec., 1855. ADMIRALTY, MAY 14. Retired Rear-Admiral John Ge. rge Aplin to have the rank and title of Retired Vice-Admiral from the 2d inst., in pursuance of the Order in Council of May 7, 1858. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Freeman and John Clifford, web manufacturers, Leiecster, to surrender May 31 ant June 21, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. .David Widdowson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, May 31 and June 21, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. John Williams, surgeon, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, May 25 and June 26, at eleven, at the Bristol Listrict Court. John Box and Henry John Lewis, corn merchants, Gloucester, May 31 and June 26, at eleven,-at the Bristol District Court. George Thomas Suter, dealer, Weymouth and ➢lelcombe Regis, May 30 and June 20, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Stephen Moss and William Ashworth, dyers, Woodallll, Halifax, May 25 and June 22, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Epaphras Clayton, grocer, Opensbaw, near Manchester, May 25 and June 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Alfred Haslam, coach proprietor, Manchester, June 6 anfil_22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Muggeridge, builder, St. George's-place, Brix ton road, May 25 and June 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Thorp, linen-draper, Surrey-house, Clapham road, May 28 and June 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Jones, boot and shoe maker, neansgate, Man chester, June 5 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. George Price Simcox, carpet manufacturer, Hendham Vale, Manchester, May 25, and June 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Peter Hay, dyer, Paisley. Edward Alexander Falconer, g rocer, Canongate. John Fleming, commander, Royal Navy, Muasdale, C ampbeltown. George Henry Chasles Francis Malcolm, commonly called Viscunt Forth, Duke-street, Edinburgh. William Abbott, agent and dealer, Toberiuory, Argyle - shire. Hubert Macdonald, grocer, Hawiek. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts DAT. knisterdam Ditto - 11 16i ttottqrdain — 11 16i 11 16/ .... ..., Antwerp - 25 35 Brussels — 25 30 25 35 ffamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine. • 1 l7i 117 Vienna Neste Petersburgh — 341 34/1 Nladrid Cadiz — 49/ 4 50 Leghorn — 30 40 30 45 Milan —, 25 40 25 45 Genoa — 25 40 25 45 Naples Palermo -- Messina — Lisbon .. — Jporto .. Rio Janeiro — New York — • • • • Foreign Gold i n liars (Standard).... per oz. L 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 4-. • • 7? 0 0 0 iilver in Bars (Standard) ...... • . .., ~ 0 5 la South American Doublons 59R c:a 52a 52i BATIE BALES,—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TRIAL STAKES. Fitz Avon Amsterdam Lady Peel Ten ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Informer Harlequin Grillade • Thirteen ran. NINTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Big Ben M ttilda Colt Eight ran. EIGHTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Cape Flyaway Brother to Rainbow Blue Ruin Seven ran, LATEST BETTING. TILE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Thormanby (taken freely) 15 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mainstono (offered) THE CLII AJr P ONSHIP. The following letter has been addressed to a contemporary : Sir,—Ever since the appearance in your paper of May 7 of the letter of Torn Sayers, I have endea voured by every means in my power to ascertain from him in an official way, guaranteed by the presence of the editor of Bell's Life, whether he in tends to abide by the date recently fixed for us by that gentleman for the champion's belt and stakes. The editor of Bell's Life, in view of the sentiments of that letter, acknowledged the propriety of such inquiries on my part, and also of such proposed official response on the part of Sayers, and did what he could by letters and telegraph despatches to get Sayers here to answer. Until Saturday, however, it was impossible for him to ascertain, with cer• tainty, even in what p ar t o f England Sayers then was, and finally, through the failure of such efforts, I received information on Saturday from the editor and referee, that he could not interfere further in the matter. Now, sir, as I am left as it were " all at sea," and as it was yesterday stated in Bell's Life that I was desirous of bringing the matter to an amicable arrangement with Sayers, I will state what I am willing to do. I Am willing, first of all, to accept of the pro position made by a writer in Bell's Life, that Sayers and I should have a "belt apiece," to be gotten up by public subscription, provided that the true champion's belt remain in the hands of the editor of Bell's Life, to be fought for again, the best man to take it. If that be not agreed to, I will accept the proposition put forth in. Punch—viz. to divide the belt—l to take on e half, and Punch—viz,, to keep the other half. I will then head a subscription tolprovide a new half to his, and in this way I think good feeling may be preserved on both sides. If neither of these propositions (proceeding, as they do, from English sources) are allowed me, then I shall claim that Sayers meet me on neutral ground, where our late battl e ma y b e proper l y re sumed. Though lam not yet quite ready to be come a member of the Peace Society, I will cheer fully vary my propositions somewhat to suit him. As the belt may be said to be eqiially own ed by both of us, I will agree t o r un him i a for foot race from one hundred yards to the with live mles hint for the the s belt,takes or andbellt, willor rlowwihlilmfor belt, or wrestle I will swim a mile with him for the belt, or I will take hold of hands and jump from a housetop with will agree in two months to be ready to fi g ht t h e him for the belt. If all these offers will not do, I four best men that can be produced in E ngland, afisgtioltldor it tha n any thi ng f ld, if I won it I conl a beginning with Sayers, at interv a l s of 30 days ath l er w • else • but I am waling, und er th e present state of haveap art, it; for I the would beltr. public feeling, to accept of half of it. _lf that be denied me, and through the exceptional action or the British authorities I be denied the privilege of another meeting, I shall have no alternative but to go home, refusing all English testimonials andslib scriptions, and shall hereafter feel at liberty--nay, justified by all the equities of the late transaction —to sign myself " The Champion of the World." —I 'main, sir, your obedient servant, lonN C. lIEENAN. Saracen's Head Hotel, Snow-hill, London, May 14. THIS DAYS' SHIPPING. LONDON, May 15.—Wind this day at noon—South moderate breeze, and cloudy; PORTSMOUTH May 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Tier Majesty's steamer Virago, from Plymouth. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, May 15—Havre, steamer, from liaNTe Hammonia, steamer, fro], New York, and left for Ham burg. _ \ y er -00 ;he 'he 100 at rly no ;he Led re bt, ry ;es. les. Sys aril for un has sed dy. itly ;ed. 6ys, mil for .om for 297 to d sh aad lty of ►d so