The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-28 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AN 7, COi s elreiEßClAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Foreign and Colonial Prodnce Markets, during the past few days, have not been very ac tive. A large quantity of produce has been offered at public sale, and prices generally have been de the trade generally being averse to operate to any extent. Sugar has declined about Gd. per cwt., and tea d. to ld. per lb. Coffee sold to a Moderate extent at about previous rates, but there was a very limited inquiry for both rice and fruit. Saltpetre has been firm, and full rates continue current for all qualities. Tallow has exhibited Very little activity, and a decline of about 3d. per c at. may be quoted. P. Y.C., on the spot, is 535. 6 d. ; June delivery, 535. ; and last three months, 51s. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices slightly declined. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales. The Railway Share Market mani fested rather more steadiness, and previous quota tions were well maintained. The position of the money market is favourable, and although the exports of the precious metals to India and China are increasing, and supplies are temporarily falling off, and a large amount of capital is locked up for a short time in the sub scription to the new Brazilian Loan, there n evertheless, a large amount of capital afloat in both the Stock Exchange and Lombard-street. The supply is very plentiful and the demand light. The rates, in consequence, are easy, and we may quote good bills as done at 2i to 21 per cent., but we know of money being obtainable at 2 per cent. To some persons these circumstances might imply the probability of a decline in the Bank charge ; but as the directors, by some means or other, find e mployment for the funds at their disposal, and there is the possibility of the renewed export of silver to the East producing an adverse influence on the market, it is extremely questionable if the directors will make any reduction. A meeting of the Mexican Bondholders was held this day at the London Tavern, D. Robertson, Esq., in the chair, when a resolution was passed authorising the committee to apply to Colonel racio, the Mexican agent, for the delivering up of nearly 100,0001. now in the Bank of England on account of interest due to the Bondholders, and in ease of refusal, the committee were empowered to Write to Lord Maltnesbury to request his lordship's Protection of the interest of the Bondholders. The aspect of the English Stock Market remains llnaltered. Prices may be considered tolerably steady, with a rather moderate range of busin e ss. c onsols are firm at 97i to 98 for money and the r e sent account, and for the July account, 98i ank Stock is rather heavy at 219 to 221 ; India t °ekt 222 to 25 ; and the New Loan, 994. The (T New Threes are dealt in at 9Gi ; and the Re ared Annuities at 9Ga Exchequer Bills are 8 . to 375. prem., and those advertised, 17s. prem. The number of transactions recorded in the foreign Stock Market has not been large, but quotations remain steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 451- ; ditto De ferred, 271 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 92i ; Chilian , 6 Per C en t s ., 104 ; B r a z ilian 41 per Cents., 1001 ; lluenoa Ayres 6 per Cents., 831 ; Grenada Deferred, 6 i ; French 3 per Cents., 70f. ; Dutch 2i. per , Cents., 661 ; and Belgian 41 per Cents., 97k. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the follow 14$ as the prices of American Securities : GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per . 'sited States per Cents. 1867-1868...10 t 105 Cent United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 106 Alabama 5 per Cent SECURITIES. ... 78 11 —„ Y entucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-1872_ 91 93 'U 1 perd Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 91 9 5 M assachusetts il 5 per int. (Sterl. Bonds). ...1001 101 i - ""iesippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. u,ttond iasiPlB4l-1871... e pi 5 p Cent. Union Bk. Bonds i e enna ylvinia . sp r erCent. Stock I,2nsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ~..1877... 82 84 V;nee . see 6 per Cent. Bonds V r glnla 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 84 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82i 83i bo l a LOANS OF CITIES. " er Cent. , ! Areal 1 6 p per Cent. Bon Bonds 1856-18685... "ew Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock luiUUi9la RAILROAD BONDS. Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, liit?ot.Convertibl e 1875... 81 83 p° ll 4 Central 6 per Cent 1875... 79 81 1 0 , 111°111 Central 7 per Cent. Freeland 1860... 79 81 allinto.is Central (Shares), $3O paid.... l4 d 12d Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... 11' e do. do. 1869... 84 86 t re w York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95 vr 'York Central 6 per Cent., not ,Con vertible 1883... 81 83 "ew York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort -1883... 70 72 N . York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible 1862... • York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking 1875... N na nia 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... 88 90 -- ' 4ll sYlvania Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 89 91 A moderate amount of business has been done 4 / 1 the Railway Share Market this morning, but l a most instances a decline of kto par cent may be Quoted. Eastern Countie, Manchester, Sheffield, N orthern, Lincoln and Midland declined s s. ; G reat zi orthern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- W estern and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; and Caledonian and South-Western, 15s. The Foreign ~4 11 d Coloni a l li nes were ver y dull, and exhibit e d tittle variation in values. joint-Stock B an k s h ares were a t s t ea d y quota 41°118. London and County are dealt at 271, Lon ,.°ll a 6 nd Westminster 441 45, and Union of Austra -414 4. For the Miscellaneous shares thera was scarcely ° C 3r inquiry. Australian Agricultural improved 3 °3 and Eastern Steam were 3'k. 1111411 " an FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI OCK. (Prom the Offlesal List:) 1 144 k Stock 221 19. 3 Per Cent. Reduced .Annuities... N ewd er s tpo n oc t rk . c c u t .. Console A Annuities nauities 96A i 221 4 D i t t ooan Debentures ~.. scrip Isola ter Account —4uhaquer Bills, 21d. M arc h. June. XlOOO „ 33 7 I lab() D itto Advertised 14d l7 11,41 TISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. 44 u:h en 5 pe r Cent. Ditto 1852 , 41 per Cent. It • h iletio s A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B3i 7. 41 1ian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl wrenads New Active, 21 per Cent. - Ditto Deferred 5l iiirdinian Bon4s, 5 per Cant. ..... ..... t ill mush Ponds, :i per Cent- .. bitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 'lltkith Bonds, 6 per cent Dividends on the above payable in London. bench Rentes, 44 per Cent. il l ? °- 3 per Cent.. ex . 25 f rancs 61 gian 2. per Cent., ex. 25 francs libitto 41 p er C en t . 40 Ea, it.togo, 2. 2 per Cent•., 12 Guilders 66,i - - - TWO O'CLO( K. Coneolg, money 9 696i Gongola for a ccoun t 98 a Collmols for Account, (July) DRA„, 13 1, - '--On Thu r sday, the 27th inst., at his residence, of "0 'Thoml7 Sring-gardens, Whitehall, Elizabeth, the wife 111 r. as Roberts, solicitor, of No. 17, Spring gattleos Whitehall and " The Boundaries," Ballistic', ' leg.rat.„; KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH.—In announcf t L A W) fact that Sir John Pakington, the First Lord o A dmiralty, intended placing vessels belonging to the 1„, Navy at the disposalof men of science, should they .04 - r r . e them for the purpose of proceeding to South f T r ina to ma k e ob,ervations during the great eclipse a t ' e b un, which will be favourably observed in Peru - other neighbouring countries, the French scientific i 41 1 144 1, Cosmos, falls into a singular error. The editor W h b Sloigno, a highly cultivated man, and one tie ha" literat, probablat; nine-ten a be e-'tter knowenths of le his de of English scier o ure t hcountrymen, and auit: from the mere remote resemblance that exists be tensthe soun d s o f t h e names o f Si r J o h n Pakington er r d - 0 ,, 1 r Joseph P a xton, he commits the ludicrous of tt •) t* the creation of the Crystal pm ae 11.)11 ing ge tw eB of Hyde -park and Sydenham to the re,pected toa , ; e r an who now rules the navy. " Sir John Paking ',l"e S ays, "I'illustre iteer P,lais de cristal 111, s e'e-park et de Sidenham, shin:6 d'un sentiment de pi o ral iti aussi spontar ia qu'intelligente, a effort de poaurer des vaisieaux. la disposition de la science p ro hijohQervation de la grand 6clipse de Septembre the c- r. ain, " B cc- The announcement is borrowed from do u iVadon Athenceuin, and the allusion to the palacos r ecoi osa arose from a friendly desire to keep alive the e leCti on of au Euglishman s renown. The circuin indicates, however, how little some of the most to o l:" of our French friends understand of English tY and English citizens.—Mechanics' Magazine. rTENE- patches. Mirko and lltb, at thick, the columns Ceolyani, the com hen they ly seiz;ng ie enemy, sod, and e pursued of battle !eing that, zommand, ivanced as sac. This , attacked it became r and mug thick fog. aten along nchments. the forces wounded, ommander for Djnro ks left 520 sent, your to close in cut off the 1-quarters, lefence for gmKo." lame Com to t Mont ene and of rell-beloved n-day, 13th mit on the columns of Iley, where 3 off the re air faithful ins apply to rah an un- Danilo 1' I of heroism, hed straight rried them, ,he fugitives a for me at e you a de 3d, the All he enemy as ih army Wag )le to escape 7 to fight for 000 Turkish caparisoned is not poll" all the rich felled forest, a a sigbt of rine have itt ossovo (June I the mernorf rince. Thef ther, braving Fes. In this nded. were killed; Captain 'We the sword of lard. In the istingnishabl e themselves as fore you, 1 13 i 5 last honour! ed, and dista nces, &C., & e ' " MIBICO. vernor of Dal' la, the Torts the necessiq it is prove ° Ldoubted, th at armistice cos' Turk's noo ° Present tbeff the sword ° The CO; tly heard., loutenegri ll : f in an Au° ?EADIATOS' cc Chimes, 7/ their autdthor, it of the author, jilted visit° ,3 l i—are tur, o t ga ve his nr% hich was 13 , ° ., attended. P, Dickens P u f f, a reading e m n i ill consist which re. lo ; id which P I .: a. In col l° o by per° tli iosion of the to issue a orlie )/ May, iced grje'at. I_, , uninteriti o , P e t e last crivir i . atl: e ,..j This elic o , f the ball jo ) protest. der )uld be 1 1 °_ n d. 3e of the 0 ; * ailway tra a act of O P t o remainder) 0 lorded 11 t r. Dickens I Day.) iglish wh e t t t ioo no dieposi op j ure hase bet te d , ruled very 1 " ave conic fret° ery dull, , barley, at lip iamples r b Ar o1 1 eavy, at ° n arket, b' l , -t oo sold sloyol' value. -S Dats. 7. - 20 • Or 10, 1,210 %Su b ALL. A O 6 derate, and s. * 3 4 , d 4or 3 v 3 0.....4 u 5 3 s 4 8 l ,eo nit the q uallt /e f t The °ll° 11.2 s to 6 0a ; til bf ; led le st o e ot io ts lore clisP o ve ommon Jer st pu. bi t 0%1 ted pocein ,cline• r Jr t UirY fo tl ( # on ti?d , flop c 00 0, tillLa oc , ig l t roo m I at Pu b"°. : rtd , n repo t the to firm, and rY e rates. 0 0 d i n the Ael ife June e e rted• preps r ° steal:Or:foe, I t o tboso •Up al) Ont. iAlle SH AA,E. MAR, _,zrs (This Day). RAIL WAYS. Paid. ttamwxn. Ctosirg "rte yesterday Oimbz. Nettnr. Bost. & Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballymen Birmng. Wulynch. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanes?, em Cheshire June' Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... 'Bristol & Exeter !Caledonian.... ...... iChester &' Holyheaa Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A I Do. 13 ;Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber June. East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. 8.. ........ Do. New A l East Kent „ East Lancashire East Suffolk ........ D 0.... Edinburgh & Glasgow l Edinb.Prtli.&DundN4l Forth and Clyde June. Furness . .... Glasgow & S.Westorn (Great N. of Scotland, ,Great Northern IDo., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock IGt. Sth. &West. (Ire) I GreatWestern. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. LDo., Thirds 'Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire s Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Do. Now, 5/. 10s. Loud. Bright. &S.Cs t. - London & N. Westeri. Do. Eighths London di S. Weatgrn Lndndrry.&Coloraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. SzLincln. Metropolitan Midland ........ Do. Birming. & Derb , Midland G.West.ar. Do. Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.it berg.&llrfd Newry & Armagh N every, Warreupoim & Restrevor Norfolk... ........ Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. E astern Berwia Do. do. G. N. E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ...., `lOO I Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St. 1.00 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union ... 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 100 South Devon 100 South Eastern..., 100 South Wales all 'S. Yorksh. RiverDut 14 Do. ' all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 20 I Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. I._ 22 (Thames Hay. D. &R 100 Vale of Neath— -100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny: all Waterford&Limeriek all West Cornwall , all Wost End of London) and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class.,, Brainess this day 51 - 64 71--8 70 - 72 9 - 10 26 - 27 90 - 92 84 - 81. 34 - 36. 4} - 5 8 -8! ) 16 - 17 61 - 62 45 - 47 31 - 33 15 - i - i 90 - 92 644 - 65 27 - 28 94 -- 95 9 -- 10 1.02 A - 103 89 -- 91 , 128 -- 129 102 - 104 541 551 56 -- 53 86 -- 89 11 -- 12 p 11 -- 12 90i -- 911 1 d. 1 -- a ••• - 6 -6 ••i 108 - 109 92/ -93 i - 1 94i - 951 37i 38 is ld 92 4 93. 64 66 .•• - ••. 4 1.2 - 13 62 - 64 36 - 3 51. - 516 921 2 i a l 47 48 72 73 95 98 - 4A , 1 7ti - 8 - 9 30 - 32 ... ... 7 4 d .o 9 111 27 28 81 83 44 46 21 35A —36 A 69 691 82 83 13 15 7 5d 8 10 35 36 6 7-- - iiii 61 - BRITISH POSSESSIONS, Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Con. lnd , guar. 5 p. c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff. Brut. & God eh. p. Ads., 1 Aug..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '7 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oudo (Lim., Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares 5 Do. E. do. I all I 9 20i 100 100 all all all 1.00 1100 2skl D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s9, Geelong & Melbonnul guar. 5 per cent. ,Gd. Trunk. of Canada] par ~ ip Do. 6 p. c. Deben 1 Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p. c Gt. Westn. of Canals Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. '73, without 20i 20i 100 100 100 100 all all all all option Madras, guar. 4 A p. c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten., Do. 3cl Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) S c inde, guar. 5 per c Do par ip 8 9 183 83 75 80 74 78 ••• 400 1 tl par' 105 106 13 - 19 47 i - 49 4 82 - 83 20 - 201 A - 18i - 2 i - 244 2i loq i 1 108 - li2 108 - 112 1 106 108 18A 19. 20} 20 - 4 d 4(.1 Par p par pi I - FOREIGN. 10 all P.,ntwrp&Rotterdam 54 5 i 54 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia & Francisco par 5 all Belgian East. Junct 1 14 20 al) Beziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 24. 3 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg... 74 8 10 6 Italian Junction •• ••• 20 all Lice Const. & Bale •.• 20 all Lierro and Turnhout ... 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 3 3} p 9 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 224 234 33 all Maria Antenla 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. 214 214 16 all Northern of France 364 —36 i 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 294 294 29 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 4B 50 20 9 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. 4 •—• id' 20 14 Riga and Dunaburg 10 all Rome and Frascati,— 20 all Royal Danish •• ••• 5 all Royal Swedish 4 4 all Do. 7 per cent. ••• 20 all Sambre and Meuse 74 8 1 71 10 all Do. 54 per cent. prof B4 -- 9 20 all Southern of France I9A 20 Si all West Flanders 44 5 I 10 all Do. 54 per e. 20 all W.&N.W. of France 214 22 6 20 6 Western of Austria 20 all West. of Switzerland :.. 6 all Wiesladen 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. 20 al, Zealand .... . ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 30 Agra. & United. Serv. 40 all kustralasia BO 81 25 all Bank of Egypt 1 4 00 — 25000 aa s lll o oll i k cßritils.oho o L f f NBl L n.k o d n A. .dzdzoLunenr. 2l 214 103 50 ,City American 4 :3 5 :4 56 58 100 25 Colonial ••• ••• 204 all ,ConnuereialofCanada iCO 20 Commercial of Loud. 20 all Eng•Scot.&Aus.ent. 17i i 8 174 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of • 20 50 20 London and County 274 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 20 Lond.andWestminst, 444 5 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New — 50 25 National Bank ••• ••• 20 all New South Wales 42 44 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 39 Ottomanincia ß l e a f nk lreland 6 1 2 74 64 Do. New • •• 1 2 001 0 0 all proy 25 all South A astralia. ••• 291 25 15 Do. New — 25 all Union of Australia 45 47 46 ... 15 Do. New 3l 33 50 10 Union of Loudon 23 236 100 50 Unity Mutual , • 100 50 Westrulik of licud 119 = 17c1 100 100 100 all all St. 100 St. 'lOO 50 ' all 25 all 00; all 25 all 10; 9 20 all St. 100 50 3?. 2 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St, 100 25 16'S St. 100 St 100 St. 100 10 3/.1 20 17i 20 all 10 all St. 'lOO 102 a sii i 109 93 2i 38 n 921 a 511 1 92 14 72' ; i 12i 13 THE SUN, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices I Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies yeSter la y this day. St. 100 Buckghauish. Ln.&N.W. 99 101 St. 100 Clydesdale Je cialodon... 102 - 104 25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.4E.0 13 -- 15 St. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 Gt. Nortim 138 140 5 all E. Uu. 11. Sh. E. Count. 4 41 St. 100 Glas. Parr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. Now Do ••• 2,1 all !Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn 50 all Hull St Selby. Y. & N.M lO9 111 25 all .Do.. Shares. Do 121; all !Do. Shares. Do — 12i all ,Lon.4Greenw S.Eastern l3 14 20 all ;Do.Preference Do 24 25 St. 100 !Lon. Til., &S.' Peto &Co 9B 100 10 110 , Do. Bark. Sh. Do • --- ••• 51, all Manch.Bxton. La.4N.W and Matlock 6i Midld 2l St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 97 99 64 54 Newmarket ! BuryE.G.spc. E. Count p - ip 50 all N.4Est.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ••• ••• 25 all Prest. 4 Wyre L. &N. W ... 121 all !Do. 1 Shrs. A Do . ••• St. 100 ;Roystn.4 Hit. Gt.Northn'l37 140 10 ! all Shrews.& Her T. Brassoy 8i 9 12 , all S. Staffordah.. Mcl ean 9 - 104 50 ! all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 ' all ;Do Do 32,-t 33 St. 100 : Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn I 90 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.prof. (issd. at 501.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares I Caledn. £lO 4{ p. c Ches. & Ho. 51 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork&Bandonsip.c IDnn.Perth.&Aber.J IE. Anglian Cls. A Sb !Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c 'Do, do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 100 9 100 100 100 95 - 97 1100 - 102 - 6 = e*.i IDo. New 6 pr. c. St. East Uu. G. 6p. c. Do. 51. , 10 per cent. Do. 101 1 Debentr.Sh, Do, do. 4 per cent._ East Lancash.6p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, 5 p, c ..... Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. C. prem. Gt.N. of Scot. lst Prc Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. (B. &11. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 44 p. c. !Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per sent. Do. 5 g. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P. S Do. do. sp. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. do. do. • 110 - 115 107 - 112 111 - 117 112 - 115 130 - 133 79 - 81 :7'i :- i'il 1:20 --- iii 112 - 114 104 - 106 64 €6 lot —11 i Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. N 0.1 Do. ,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. dx N. V., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 T. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares Londy. dr Color. Sh Londy.&Ennis. Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cont. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. - 6i -- - 6 92 -- 91 87 -8, 88 -- 90 100 -- IC2 91 -10 i 16 -- 17 9i -- 101 73 -- 74 18} - 19 - 9 4 -- 9i 13i -- 144 138 -- 142 1160 - 165 St. 12. 12. 12i, Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 P.C. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. di 11. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. sp. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norfk . Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V.5p..,1847 North British . ...... Do. 71. Preference N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848._ Do. York 11. & S. Pur. North Staffordshire Wor. & \Volt , . 6 p. c. , Ist guar. IDo. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ IDo. do. Debentr. St. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. I Do, do. 7 p c pf. St. Do. do 3i p.c. pf. St ;South Devon 121 - 123 - 1 66 - 68 137 - 139 101 - 103 92 - 94 lli - 11 13E4 = ibi 97 - 99 1k- - 1 3 1 - 10 1 1.0.6 St. St. St. St. Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 'Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4j pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. 'Do, do. 4 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do, do. do. IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 121 - 123 107 - 109 99 - 101 120 - 122 125 - 130 73 - 75 10 - 101 23 -- 24 102 -- 194 101 -- 103 100 - 102 15 - , 17 27, - 28,,,, 1371 1.26 A 45 s 7 50 BRITISH MINES. . '2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l 1N - —111 l 20 14 British Iron .. 3 4 . . 20 I Cendurow (Cambrn.) 80 .- 1 . 1 0 10 1 ,Dev.Gt.Cosls. (Tay.) 460 489 -. 30 Est Basset (Illogan) 90 • 95 . 17s ,Great South Tolgus 1 4i 15 * ::. 111 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 41 51 5 ••• 7§ i Grt.W. Vor (11elstn.) I* --2 14 1 . 178 Lady Bertha - -- lh ... 8 N. Frances (Illog,au) 7. 83 . N.W.Basset (Illogan) 10* n 3 ... 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 6 7 :.. 1* Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 20 21 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... ... ... Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1.1 1* i ... 2* S. Caradon (St. Clear 395 -• 405 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 3. 4 . . 19 S.W. Franees(lllocm. 240 250 5 43 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co.I 4 14 10 9 Tin Croft *4 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) ... ... ... 1256 V. of Towey (Camar.) 1 —1/ 1i ... 13 W. Basset (Illogan) 244 251 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ),10) 110 ... 54 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 1220 230 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth) '290 - 300 ... 54 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 41 54 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 11 ... 8 I Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 47 49 4 IWh. Trelawney (Lis.) 28 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 174 lAustralian 1 los. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) I —i P 35 27 Brazilianhap.(Mued at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... . . 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 14 1 4 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica__ ... —..-I 40 all Cobra Copper 46 49 . . 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining C 0.., 1 i 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - - 94 5 li Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita - 1 1 all New Granada 4 -- 1 1 all Novean Monde ... 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.dt Smlt 6 7 5 1 Port Philip 30 lei Santiago de Cüba all United Mexican I 34 34 34 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) i ••• !.! 25 19 Australian Ag r ic u lt. 29 * 6 . 01 30 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 1 I 1.1 10 all jßerlin Water Works. 3* 4* 10 2 Do. New iss. at si. d ... ... 50 40 Brit. A mer i can L an d ... --... 100 32* Canada 133 133 St. 100 Do. Go.6pc.Jan&July 116 117* 1161 17 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 7* p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace l4 TR 5 all Do. Preference 4 all 'Crystal Pal. of France ..- _. 20 all Eastern Steam .31 — 4 . i 1 St. 1100 ;Eleetrielelegraph 1 I all ,Electric Tel. of Irel .. 5 I all i En. drAust.Cop.SmCo •14 ii 10 1 I.os. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. . _ 9 all 'Eur.&Arn.Stm.(lira.) 34 44" 20 all Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ..„ ..... 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. .. ... _.. . 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 2g —24 z. 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... _ 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7 ..... g* 10 all iDo. Extension Teleg. _ .. 10 all Mexican& S.Americn _ .. 25 5 Nat. Discount Co i _ a . l 10 6 (Netherlands Land i ___ 1 1 10 all ,Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.PLiss.at Id l3 21 5 3 i Do. Do. 100 80 'New B. &N. S. Lane , ' 16 20 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 1011 104 1 all N. B. Australasian... 4 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 24 3 1 all Oriental Gas ..... ... 4- 1 i 1 10s. Do New Shares id A p 5 all Poellir. Ld. dx Minrl ll 2i 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 80 82 50 1: i 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 59 - 61. 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 11 St. 100 S. Au% Gov. 6 p.c.bds llO --1 12 1111 25 all South Austral. Land 36 37 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 1 1 all Do. Registered W 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. ... - - ... 1 284 , Van thealeu'o Land l2 -- 14 I ~--~'. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, \JAY 28, LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) COURT OF CIIA.NCERY. (Bafore the Lord Chanodlor.) TWO APPEALS- PARKES V. TASWELL, The further hearing of these par`-beard appeals wag resumed this morning. The plaintiff filed his bill for specific performance of an agreement not under seal, and not signed by the landlord, but by big attorney, in his absence, for a lease of two farms and houses to be built thereon, at Winstone, in the county of Durham, at 2401. and 2701. per annum. The defendant pleaded the statute of frauds and un certainty of the terms of agreement which could not be enforced. The Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart decreed specific performance of the agreement by the defendant, but gave no costs to the plaintiff. The parties appealed. Mr, D:►rt is now being beard for the defendant. The bearing will probably occupy the whole of this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. RESIGNATION OF HR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE. The two Middlesex grand juries were this morning sworn according to the usual custom. There was no business to come before them, and Mr. Justice Coleridge, the senior puisne judge, before whom they have to be eworn, said it was the last time he would have an op portunity of addressing them, and expressed a hope that if the institution was to be cmtiaued it would be so modified as to lessen the inconvenience the public bad of late years been put to from the happy change of the times between the present period and the time when the services of the grand jury of the greatest court in the realm were in great requet. SPORTING IN T E I.LIG EN CB. TATTERSALL')-T HUM AY. Tic few ,ttiiscribers that dropped into tha room amused themselves by talking over the Manchester events. The only quotable bet was 1,000 to 50 against Merryman for the Derby, 1850. MANCHESTER RACES. (WEDNEs.DAY'S RACES CONCLUDED.) The Sapling Stakes, of 10 soya. each, h.ft., with 100 added, for 2 yr-olds ; colts, 84 71h; fillies, B,t 41b T.Y.C. 26 subs. Mr. Copeland's Cripplegate, Bst 4:b (Knott) 1 Mr. W. King's Quicksilver, fist 7lb (Wilberforce) 2 The betting opened at 6 to 5 on Quicksilver, and closed at 6 to 5 on Cripplegate, who won by three lengths. The Phillip's Handicap, of 70 sovs. About half-a-wile, Mr. Baldwinson's Lizzie, 3 yrs, sst 41b (Bray) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's .Lady Hercules, 4 yrs, 7st 1 3lb (L Snowden) Mr. T. Dawson's Awful, 2 yrs, sst 41b (Madden) 3 The following also ran :—Raspberry, Unexpected, Woodmite, Faugh-a-Ballagb, and Wooton. Betting.-4 to 1 each agst Lady Hercules and Awful, 5 to 1 agst Raspberry, 5 to 1 agst Lizzie (at one time 5 to 2 was taken), 8 to 1 agst Wootton. Won by a length ; same distance between second and third ; moderate fourth. The Maiden Plate, of 50 sous., for horses that have never won 501. at one time. One mile and a quarter. Mr. T. Taylor's the Little Red Rover, 4 3 rs, B,t 41b (Wells) 1 Mr. C. Peck's Coxwold, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Wood) 2 Captain Verner's Turret, 3 yre, 7st (H. Withington) 3 The following also ran :—Lazy Lass, Lord of the Manor, Lady of the Grove flay, Waterloo, Ravenstone dale, Lady of Rohallion, Darkie, and Giselle colt. Betting-6 to 4 agst Cox:vold, sto 1 agst Little Red Rover, 6 to 1 agst Waterloo, 7 to 1 agst Ravenstonedale, 8 to 1 agst Turret. Won by two length ; a length between second and third ; good lout th. Waterloo was fiftb. 1858. SCUTTLING A SHIP ON THs HIGH SEAS. -.MI SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.--A case of robbery on. the high seas, with the ottject of defrauding insu rance companies in England, which has just conic to light here is deserving of notice. The story is a long tale of roguery, but the fol lowing are the main facts : On the 4th of Fe bruary the brig Cornelia, com manded by one Henry Benet, a German, sailing under Mexican colours, and a regular trader for some time past between the Coast of Mexico and San Francisco, left the port of Mazatlan with a cargo of salt, &c., for this port. She had on board 19,000 Mexican dollars, shipped at Mazatlan by the English house of Ballingall, Thompson, Lnd Co., consigned to Mr. Thomas Bell, a merchant of San Francisco, a British subject. By the ship's manifest it was made to appear that she had on board, in addition to the above $19,000, silver to the value of $29,000 consigned to S. Hen derson, of San Francisco, by two bills of lading, one purporting to be for $22,000, the otiv.r for $7,000. On the 27th of March news reached San Fran cisco that the Cornelia had been lost on the coast of Lower California, and no suspicions were enter tained of the manner of her loss uutil three of her crew, who arrived here on the 2611 i ult.. revealed the fact that the captain and mate had scuttled the ship and stolen the treasure. The captain and mate being also here, an attempt was made to arraign them before the United States' Cuurt of Admiralty on the charge of robbery, but the attempt was ren dered ineffectual by the opinion of the United States' District A torney that, the Court had no jurisdic ion, and that he could not interfere, as " the vessel and all concerned are foreigners." The captain and mate were, however, arretted by the police, and it wa s soon elicited that when off San Quentin they scuttled the vessel; that while the crew were below, on occasion of the ship being becahied, these two worthies removed the silver out of the vessel into the ship's boat and covered it over that the crew could not see it ; that some one of the men saw enough to excite -his suspicions, however, and that, finally, aci the brig was leaking badly she was abandoned, all hands took to the boat, and landed on the coast of Lower California. Here the captain and mat-, got rid of the crew by some hocus-pocus, and gave them money to carry them np to San Diego, where they could take the coast steamer for San Francisco. The crew suspected that after they were got rid of the money was buried, and their suspicions turned out to be well-founded, for the captain haQ, since his arrest, confessed his guilt. Finding the case going hard against him, he made a clean breast of it to Mr. Bell, the consignee of the 19,000 dols. of silver already spoken of, from whose affidavit, kindly lent to me by that gentleman, I make the following extract of the captain's confession : " That the Mexican dollars (about 19,000) were, on or about tEe Bth - of February last, landed from the vessel at Cape San Lucas (on the coast of Lower California) by him, Captain Benet, and the mate of the said vessel, and• there buried by him the said Capt. Benet alone." Hethen goes on with consider able naiveté to confess, in the second place, what to ordinaryminds will appear startling enough, "That the other amounts of specie (viz., the 22,000 dols. and the 7,000 do's.) which he declared in Ws pro test to have been shipped at Mazatlan—that is (to follow his own diction) one lot of 22,000 dole. and another of 7,000 dols., were never received on board of said brig Cornelia" and . that he had signed bills of ladin g for these two lots of dollars at the instiga tion of —" (I suppress the name in a commu nication to be made public from prudential motives) " of Mazatlan." It thus appears that the two bills of lading for the 29,000 dole. (one for 22,000 dole., and the otter for 7,000 doll.) were false—fabricated to recover the insurance—as no such or any other sum represented by the bills of lading was ever shipped. The consignee is also a fictitious person "S. Henderson," of San Fran, isco, being a myth. Benet bad, b3fore sailing from Maz Alan, written to England for insurance on his imaginary treasure, with a view of recovering the 29,000 dole. from the underwriters; and bad his scheme succeeded he would have made in all 48,000 d 01 . ,. by the operation, counting the 19,000 d,ls. stolen from his vessel and buried. This latter sum the underwriters would also have been mulcted in, for it was insured regularly, and unless it is recovered they will still have to make it good. To return to the captain's confession ; he goes on further to declare " that he was the only person who knew where the money was buried ; and that he was ready and willing to go down to the place and deliver it up " lie was taken at his word, and in pursuance of his offer Lloyd's agent chartered one of our pilot boats, a swift sailing craft, and the captain and his mate, whose name is given as Louis Lenart, and who is said to be a Chilian, have been taken down the coast in charge of three of the San Francisco police with the view of recovering the silver. They left on the 30th, and may be expected back in two or three wteks. The captain's confession was made to Mr. Bell in the presence of the Chief of Police and of a mem ber of the force, both of whom have made affidavits of its correctness. He wonld not sign a written statement, and he denies having scuttled the ves sel; but no dependence cart b 3 placed upon this denial, for he swore to a tissue of falsehoods in his protest ; and the crew continue to assert that the brig was scuttled some time before they left her. THE HEW . num. Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., the eminent counsel of the Northern Circuit is to be the new judge, in the room of Mr. Justice Coleridge, who has signified his intention of retiring from the Bench. In the case of Roberts v. Eberhardt, Mr. M‘Mahon, this morning, asked the Court to allow the case to stand over in consequence of Mr. H. Hill, his leader, having returned his briefs in the case. The request was accordingly granted. The elevation of Mr. H. Hill to the jladicial bench gives general satisfaction to the members of the bar. HEMMINGS V. GASSON- SLANDER AND LIBEL-JUDGMENT, This was an action for libel and slander in which a rule had been obtained to arrest the judgment, on the ground that the inuandoes in both courts were not sup ported by the words complained of, and for a new trial, lon the ground that certain evidence bad been improperly received. The case was tried at the Westminster sitting in last Hilary terra, before Mr. Justice Erle, and it ap peared from the evidence that the plaintiff and defendant, who resided at Rye, had formerly been in partnership together as furniture brokers. On the night of March 3, 1857, the defendant's shop was broken into and some of his furniture damaged. The defendant suspected the plaintiff and his son of being concerned in the outrage, and, in the hearing of several witnesses, made use of the following words, which were set out in the first declara tion—" What do you think of my job? I'm satisfied who it was got into my shop, as George Hensman tells me he met Hemmings and his son about 4 o'clock the morn ing my shop was broken into. I found part of a letter on the floor of my shop, which was in the hand writing:of Hemmings. A correspondence ensued between the parties in the Rye Chronicle, which contained the libel complained of, Lord Campbell, in delivering the judgment of the Court, said they were of opinion there ought to be a new trial in this case. The costs of the first aotion to abide the melt of the second trial. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Priu , ., at Guildhall, Leloro Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) PLUCKROSIC V. STRONO -ACCIDENT. This was an action brought by the next of kin of a child 9 or 10 years of age, to recover compensation in damages for injuries inflicted through the alleged negli gence of the defendant's servant, It appeared from the evidence, th,.t on the afternoon of the 22d of March, there were two Scotchmen playing bagpipes, in Agar-street, Hackney, surrounded by a crowd of persons. The plaintiff was in the road with a child in his anus, when the defendant's servant came by driving his milk cart, and knocked him down inflicting injuries on the head. The learned judge, in summing up, said the action never ought to have been tried i❑ the Supreme Court, but should have been taken to the County Court. The jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff—da mazes, 51. CABBY V. OLVER -BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The main otject the lady had in view in bringing the action was to relieve herself from what she considered an imputation on her character contained in a letter written to her by the defendant. As the defendant came forward and through his counsel statad he had no inten tion to impute anything against her character, and that he still considered her a most excellent and virtuous young woman, a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff fir 101. damages. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN AB WATTS. This bankrupt was described as of Giltspur•street, and ;o-day came up for his examination. The accounts, by l‘lessrs. Butler and Canninge, com menced Ist October, 1856, and ended February, 1858, and shows—Dr.: To creditors, 26,9321. ; liabilities on bills receivable, 5721. ; profits on sales on 93,5441., 3911. Cr.: By casb, 1091 ; good debts, 6451. ; doubtful, 1,3841. ; and 492/. alleged to be due from J. Bayne and Co. for monies advanced in January last to take up accommodation bids cn which bankrupt was liable; and property given up, 3211. The charge for interest amounts to 2,6881. ; trade expenses, 2,688/. The personal expenses had been very moderate, 2621. The bankrupt had been in partnership with a person named Kelly. The partnership was dissolved in October, 1856, there being a deficiency of 16,7381. Mr. Ilughe, from Messrs. Linklater's, appeared for the assignees, and asked for an adjournment for an in vestigation of the accounts. An adjournment was granted for one month. RE PIERCE. This bankrupt was described as of Ironmonger-lane, and Liverpo3l-street, Bishopegate, carpenter, and of Mantha's Tavern, Coleman -street, licensed victualler. The accounts by Messrs. Hart Brothers show debts gm Credit: good debts, 1451. ; property, 690/. ; property in the bands of considered fully secured, 2561. The immediate real nation of the property as the tavern was put up for sale and there was no bidder. The bankrupt passed. IN RE BeSINNALIG This bankrupt was described as of Great St. Helens, merchant, and to-day was appointed for his last ex amination, but Messrs. Butler and Cannings not having completed the accounts, an adjournment was taken for a month. IN RH ROWLAND. This bankrupt was an innkeeper, at Chertsey, and this was a dividend meeting. Tae accounts, by Messrs. Bader and Cannings, shows debts, 9361. ; probable assets, 3761. The dividend wiltbe declared in a few days. coicert was given yester- CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.--A Sr.. Jame,'s Hall, by these well day afternoon , at . the k no wn and favourite •singers, The hall was well filled in ever y part, and the audieric, by their frequent ap plause, indicated the pleasure hey derived from the a musing, clever, and diversifies peiformances of the sable minstrels. THE M O BDlONS.—Theelectric;;elegraph from Wash ington on the 14 th furnishes us with the following : “The War Department has received despatches from General Johnston., .dated C aT-1 Scott, March 14. A large train of provisions was witli n two days' march of Camp Scott, as was also the eastern mail, being the first official mail since September. 71 - I .Jones, the contractor, deemed it advisable to cause a lalt till he should be re inforced by General Johnston, t, whom he sent for as sistance, as a large body of Mormons appeared in his rear. General Johnston immedately sent the necessary aid. It is reported that the Mq.mons a ppear very war like. They can be seen at al!hours in large numbers on the adjacent hills. It Is beloved h ere that General Johnston has had a brush with,he m before this." M UR DER Or A MAYOR IN SPitii.___The Droit gives an account of another dreadful cricie in Spain. It says : " Some persons of the village , Albalat, near Valencia, conceived violent animosity against the Mayor, M. Mugnoz. A few months ago, is he was re t u rning from Valencia in a cart , i n which vere seven persons, three brigands stopped the vehicle nar the bridge of Caraix, Ti and ordered him to a li g ht. ' ---ey are going to kill me!' said he, refusing to move. r -he brigands made the other people go out of the vtiole, and, seizing Mug noz, dragged him about tweny yards along the road. There one of the brigands fcred a blunderbuss into his heart, and he fell de,d ; a t t h e same mo ment another fired at him flain behind, and the third proceeded to back his bod 3 in a frightful manner with a hatchet. The seven mn who had accompanied the unfortunate mayor not oily off ere d no resistance, but, after the perpetra tion _ o ' the deed, allowed the assassins to go quletly away:: THURSDAY. The Chesterfield Handicap, of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. Winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 15 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Trabuco, 3 yrs, sst 9.b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Andrew's Martlet, 5 yrs, 7st 3i13 ..... 2 Mr. Copeland's Thornhill, 3 yrs, 6,t 31b (Nloorhouse) 3 The following also ran :—Maiter Bagot, Lord Jer ey, Sobieski, and Barbary. Bott'ng-2 to 1 agst Thornhill, 5 to 2 agst Trabuco, 5 to 1 agst Martlet, 6 to 1 agst Master Bagot, 7 to 1 agst Sobieski. Won by two lengths ; same distance between second and third ; a length between third and fouith. The others were beaten off. The Selling Handicap, of 5 goys each, 3 ft, with 40 added. Thn winner to be sold for 60 sovs. One mile. 15 subs. Mr. Tempest's Ferndale, 3 yrs, Est (Grimsbaw) 1 Mr. La Mert's Admiral of the White, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (French) 2 Mr. Edwin's Blewbury, 3 yrs, Est 12lb (W. Walter,) 3 The following also ran :—Unexpected, Silica, Wood mite, and Ambrosia. . . _ Betting-2 to 1 agst Admiral of the White, 4 to 1 agst Silica, 5 to 1 agst Ambrosia, 10 to agst Ferndale. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third ; Silica and Woodwite were the nest two ; Ambrosia was sixth. The winner was sold to Mr. Spittle for 70 sovs. The Manchester Tradesmens' Cup of 150 sovs in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. The second to receive 30 soya out of the stakes. Two miles. 47 subs, 27 of whom pay 5 soya each. Mr. J. Thompson's Herne 3 yrs, 6.t 101b...(Bullocl) 1 Lord de Mauley's Cotswold, 5 yrs, Bst 121b...(8ray) 2 Mr. Johnson's M. Dobler, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc. 516 ex ) (Wells) 3 The fullowiog also ran :—Physician, Underhand, Bashi Bazouk, South-Western, Queen Bees, Lazy Lase, Childrey, Nougat, Satinstone, and Honeytree. Betting-5 to 2 agat Herne, 6to 1 agst Bashi Bazouk, 7 to 1 agst M. Dubler, 7 to 1 agst Cotswold, 100 to 8 ag!tHoney tree. — Won cleverly by a length; same distance between the second and third. The Two-yr-old Stakes. Joyeuse w.o. City Handicap. Trabu co Duneany ___ Five ran. Queen's Guineas. Fisherman Bridecake Ravenstonedale LATEST BETTING. ASCOT CUP. 2 to 1 agst Warlock (taken) sto 2 agst Fisherman (taken) SALFORD BOROUGH CUP. 7to 4 agat M. Dobler (taken) ASCOT STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Herne (taken) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 7to 1 on the Field (offered) PAID FORFEIT.—The Hadji for the Salford Borough Cup ; Princess Anne for her Ascot engagements ; Hob goblin and Bellefield for the Northumberland Plate. ASCOT RACES. The ROYAL HUNT CUP. New Mile. Age st lb Gunboat 4 9 0 Saunterer Cotswold Huntington King of the Isles 4 8 5 Underhand Olympus Gemma di Vergy 4 7 12 Rosa Bonheur Blue Jacket Nereus Kestrel Glenmasson Katherine Logie 5 7 9 Grseculus Esuriens 6 7 8 Cotnquot Babylon Vanity Bird-in-Hand 4 7 6 King of the Forest 4 7 4 King of Scotland 5 7 4 Lord of Lorn Mitraille 3 7 3 Rocket Loyola Age at lb King Cob Antiqua'y 3 6 12 Coroner 5 6 7 La Fille du Regi ' ment Chanoinesse • Humbug 4 6 6 Hydrotnel Tricolour Pensioner Schismatic 3 6 4 Scribbler Belle Little Cob 4 6 1 Greenwich Fair 3 5 13 Night Ranger Frederick Botany Hesperithusa 3 5 6 Queen Lily 3 5 5 Gin 3 5 5 Lord Stately 3 5 3 King William 3 5 3 Melibasus Vrow 3 4 3 GOOD W 00E NOMINATIONS for t Age Brother to Bird-on•the Wing Ruination .. Leamington 5 Gemma di Yergy .••••• 4 Ventre St. Gris 3 Etoile du Nord Fisherman Rosa Bonheur... ..... 4 Rose de Florence 3 Brother to Homily 4 Hombura. 3 La Maladetta Lily of the Vale 4 Arsenal Eclipse 3 Sedbury .. MEETING. le GOODWOOD CUP. Age The Hadji Gunboat Schiedam 4 Prioress Charleston Pal mister 3 Happy Laud Physician 3 The Grand Secret Tu n stall Maid 3 Saunterer 4 Sunbeam 3 Dunboyne Hepatica Bir•'-in-the-Hand The Peer Costrel 3 TIE CONFISCATION OF CHARITABLE ENDO W MENU, By this time, says a letter from Paris, dated yesterday, the Government must be aware of the effect caused in the provinces by the Circular on the forced conversion of the hospital and other charitable endowments. This effect is of the worst character, and timid people begin to fear that, as the title by which they hold their property is not a whit better than that on which the property of these foundations rests, the day may come when they also may bs called upon to submit to some similar operation. Nothing can be more dictatorial, more imperious, or more intimidating than this " General Order" of the Minister, and this altogether apart from the merits of the opera tion. He requires that the Prefects shall use all " their influence and, if necessary, their autho rity ;" and what this means every one knows, with immediate dissolution of the Administrative Beard on any manifestation of "prejudice or inert ness." The circular further states, that the Pre fects will be estimated by the Emperor according to the more or lesszeal they use in urging on the iopera tion. It is no wonder that a missive conceived n such a spirit and dictated in such terms, should be consi dered as highly offensive to the Boards, and have excited indignation. The accounts from the pro vinces prove that such is the case, and, in dependently of the fact that the Boards are generally opposed to the principle of a change sought to be made clearly with a view to the finance, their self respect is deeply and needlessly wounded—so much so that though the project be not abandoned, yet the official correspondence issued from the Home-office for the use of the pre vinc'al press is couched in soothing and concilia tory terms. The answer to inquiries by telegraph as to the effect of the Circular was that the directors of the foundation in three import ant places, said to be Douai, Lille, and Troves, had begun by resigning their functions. Their example will probably soon be followed elsewhere. A person occupying a high official place in the Home Department has gone to Fontainebleau to communicate to the Emperor directly the unplea sant results of the Circular. ME. SPURGEON'S NEW TABERNACLE . - It having been stated that a site bad been obtained for the great taber nacle for Mr. Spurgeon, his committee have give n an explicit denial to such s tatement, and inform the public that they are still anxiously looking for an appropriate position. 113 12 104 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 28.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; light airs and cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON, May - 28.—Arrived—Ariel (s), from New York ;no specie for England. Sailed—Alhambra (ss), for Gilraltar. QUICENSTOW/i, May 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—La P ata, from Monte Video ; Highland Mary, Callan; Carl Connebarg, BArbadoer. PORTSMOUTH, May 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—Samuel Watts, from Chinches. Sailed—H.M.S. Monarch, for Sheerness. _ COWES, May 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived --F. W. Etally, from Callao. CARDIFF, May 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Mary, for Hong Kong; Bienvenu, Port Lewis; Sisters, Gib raltar. SWANSEA, May 26.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Prima Donna from CAldeira. Sailed—San Fernando, kr Co quimbo, L.x3fLASH, May 26.—Wind variable.—Sailed—James Gibb, for Prince Edward's Island. TOBBAT, May 25.—Wind S.W.— Sailed—Australian, for St. Kitt's ; Johannes, Bahia; Catherine, Cardiff. FALMOUTH, May 26.—Wind variable.---Arrived—Vie torias, from Cardenas. OFF DIINSENESS, May 27.—Arrived—Hans Eqede, from Buenos Ayres. PENZANCE, May 27. —Wind W.—Arrived--Onward, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro. OFF PORTSMOUTI, May 27.—Arrived—George Rogers, from Callao for London. OFF QUEENSTOWN, May 27.—Arrived—Edmond, for Callao; and proceeded for Dublin. PILL, May 27.—Wind W.—Sailed—Anna Dorothea, for Bombay. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Mckning. Wind N. Arrived—Lady Eglinton, from London ; Ariel, steamer, New York; Le Coq, Ch erbourg; Atalanta, steamer, Jersey ; Charlotte, Guernsey ; Rapid, Hull ; Mentor, and Dido,Sunderland ; Zaders Minde, Dram ; Pacific, steamer, Portsmouth. Sailed—Alhambra, steamer, for Gibraltar ; Lady Eg linton, steamer, Dublin ; Ally, Sunderland ; Active, Cardiff. LIVERPO3L, Fri lay Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, May 27—Meander, screw steamer, from Gib raltar, Sze; Anne Isabella, Pillan ; Invontor, New Orleans. Arrived, May 28—Wild Flower, from Gioja ; Chiara, Cyprus ; Citanta, Alexandria; Ranger, Bahia ; Isabella, Taranto; Wilhelmina, Dunkirk. Off—Northumberland,Rajahgopaul, and Moses Wheeler. (BY SUBMARINE AND BBITISR TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind N.N W. ; tide first hour's flood ; weather clou ly. Arrived, May 27.—Middlesboro', steamer, from Konigs berg; Speculation, Libau ; Babthorp, St. Jago de Cuba ; Narayane, C o l om b o ; Gofftedo, Geoga ; Anglo-Saxon, Shanghae ; Jane Perdew. Mauritius; Nord Scrennin, Gothenburg ; Cressy, Calcutta. Arrived, May 28.—Rhine, from Boulogne ; Maize. Savanille. ; Anna Maria, Nantes ; Concordia, Rotterdam. Sailed.—Bella, steamer, for Bremen ; Royal Albert, Colombo ; Albion, steamer, Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind. N. N. W. , moderate. Arrived.—llimalaya, from London, for Adelaide. Passed.—Nancy, for Barbadoes ; Zodiac, Capo of Good Hope ; Janota, Lisbon ; Hantinope, Jersey ; Accra, Cape Coast Castle ; Pandora, Swanse--all from London; Sym metry, from Sunderland, for Philadelphia; Peninsular, (a), Cadiz, London ; James Holmes, London , Barbado ; o e Louisa, Amsterdam, Batavia. Sailed—All the outward bound. ESCAPE OF THREE DESERTERS —Early on Friday morning an occurrence of a most daring character took plice Fermoy, resulting in the escape of three sol diers from the guardhouse, where they were temporarily confined awaiting the sentence of a court-martial, before which they had been that day tried and convicted for desertion. At about 1 o'clock finding the entire of the sergeant's party on guard-12 men—lying about the room fast asleep, one of the fellows, named Smith, put on his shako and overcoat and left the room, followed by the other two prisoners. They attacked the sentry, who alone was keeping watch, and beat him in a terrible manner. The three deserters—two Englishmen and the other an Irishman—then scaled the barrack-wall and effected their escape so successfully that up to a late hour on Friday evening all search had proved fruitless. The sentinel lies in a precarious state. —Clonmel parer. Bank, RELEASE OF A BRITISH BANK D BritishlßECT9lL—Mr. one of the directors of the Royal M'Leod, was yesterday released from the Queen's prison, his having expired. term of imprisonment (three months) PADDLE-WHEELS AND SCREW-PRO. FELLERS. At a recent Meeting of the Society of Arts, Mr. Scott Russell in the chair, a paper was read by Mr. John Macgregor, " On the Paddle-wheel and Screw-propeller from the earliest times." After having adverting to the supposel use of paddles worked.by animal power for the propulsion of ves sels by the ancient Egyptians, the Romans, and the Chinese, Mr. Macgregor says he first finds authentic proof of their use in two letters, written in A.D. 1543, by Blasco de Garay, and now,pre served in the national archives at Simancas, in Spain. These give the particulars of experiments at Malaga and Barcelona with large versels pro pelled by paddle-wheels, turned by 40 men. He, however, finds no evidence of the asserted use of seam by Garay for marine propulsion. The mus cular power of men, of horses, and of other ani mals, was often used and f requently patented, even to the year 1848, by Miller ; and 1856, by M oses . The Marquis of Worcester, in 1661, p a t en t e d the application of a current, to turn paddle-wheels on a vessel which they propelled by winding up a rope. Pepin, in 1690, proposed to work the i wheels by gunpowder, exploded und er p i stons ; Conrad (1709) used the force of the wind, C Weights Maillard (1733) and Goutaret ( 1 753) applied clock work, ((Harriett (1797) used falling wat er • were employed by Tremeere (1801),ongreve (1827) used the capillary attraction of a wheel of sponge or glass plates ; Dundoneld (1833) applied the oscillaions of mercury ; and Jacobi (1838) em _ ployed an electro-magnet to work the paddle-wheels of -a vessel on the Neva. The whole number of Eng lish patents relating to marine propulsion is 802, from the earliest, grantel to Ramsey in 1618, to those of Juno, 1857. The first patent relating to a steam-boat is that of Jonathan Hulls, iu 1736. He placed a paddle-wheel on beams projecting over the stem, and it was turned by an atmospheric steam-eneine, acting in conjunction with a counter poise weielit, upon a system of ropes and grooved wheels. The first notice of a successful trial of the sty am-boat recorded by witnesses is in a notarial c wificate, in Pads. This asserts that in July, 1783; the Comte de Jouffroy caused a vessel of 130 feet in length to be propelled for a quarter of an hour by a steam-eni ine on the Saone, near Lyons. Experi ments conduct-d about the same time , at Dal swinton, in - Scotland, by Patrick Miller, -'re sulted, in 1787, in the successful use o f the steam engine, by Miller, Taylor, and Symington, to propel a vessel by paddle-wheels, which worked one before the other in the centre of the boat. The Charlotte Dlindas was built on the Clyde Canal, in 1801. Although Fulton used a steamer on the Seine in 1803, and another in America, the Clermont, in. 1807, was the first that plied so as to be remune rative in that country. In 1809, the Fulton the Fire, stzatn-frit.ate, was laun c h e d a t N ew York. Bell built the Comet in 1811, at Glasgow, and used it regularly for traffic next year. In 1815, Dr. Dodd steamed from Glasgow, by Dublin, to Lon don, in the Thames, which made a stormy passage of 758 nautical miles in 121 hours. Steam navi gation was introduced into France in 1815. In 1818, Nepier's steam-packets ran regulat ly between Green' ek and Belfast. It is said that, in 1819, the Savannah steamed from New York to Liverpool, but the assertion is very questionable. The Comet first carried the Admiralty pennant in 1822. In 1825, the Enterprise steamed trom England to Cal en to in 113 days. Guns were first carried by the reamer Salamander, in 1832. The Emperor of Japan received a steam yacht, as a present from the Queen of England, in 1858. The Chinese now use mock steam-boats, with paddles turned by m n concealed inside. Having thus traced the li;story of the paddlewheel, the paper proceeds to describe the various positions in which it was placed, and the various plans and inv en ti ons re lating to its several parts—the abaft, the wheel, the floats, the paddle-wheels—in all of which there have been many successive modifications in shape and adjustment. Turning to the screw propeller, which, Mr. Macgregor thinks, may have been suggested by the motion of a windmill, as that of the paddle by the action of a waterrnill, it appears that several attempts were made previous to the introduction of steam to make the screw available for the propulsion of vessels. In 1729, Duquet submerged an ap paratus like a smoke-jack, or windmill, and the action of the stream turned its shaft so as to wind up a rope. In 1746, Bonner states that " revolving vanes, like those of a windmill," had been tried for the propulsion of vessels, but it is nct clear that the axis was turned by force inside the vessel, or ti at the mode was an ad vance on that of Duquet's. The use of the screw propeller in China may be of an indefinite an tiquity. A model of one was brought from that country about the year 1780. It had two sets of blades, turning in opposite directions; but the first distinct description of the screw-propeller to be turned by machinery inside a vessel, seems to have been by Dr. Bernoui!li, of Groningen, in 1852, and it is remarkable that this, though the airliest recorded proposal, was well enough matured to comprise the use of oblique vanes at the bow, sides, and stern, turned by a steam-engine, and capable of being hoisted out of the water. In 1768 Paw:ton proposed the pterophore, a screw thread on a cylinder, to by wholly or partly immersed. In 1770 James Watt suggested to Dr. Small the trial of a steam scew propeller. Bramab, in 1785, first patented a rotary engine for this purpose ; Ramsay (1792) put the screw between two mills, and Littleton (1790 used a three-threaded screw, while Fulton (1798) tried ono with four blades. Shot tar's screw (1800), with a jointed shaft, and worked by men, was ap plied in 1802 to 11. M. ships Dragon and Superb. The first screw steamer was tiled by Stevens in America, in 1804. In 1825 Brown used one in the Thames. The only patent for combining the screw propeller and the paddle wheel is that of Turck, in 1852. The Bee, a naval steam tender at Ports mouth, has (tarried both paddles and screw since 1842, but they are not worke 1 t gether. The forms of the screw propeller and the modes are as varied as those of the paddle wheel, and the forms which have been proposed for the Hader, both in out line and section, are innumerable. The more im portant of these are noticed in the paper. In conclu sion Mr. Macgregor says:—" In the m odes of propul sion adopted by aquatic an;mats may be found al most every plan which has been used by man with machinery. Thus water is ejected for propulsion by the cuttle fist-, and 'paper nautilus' sails are int d by the velella and water birds; punting and. owing by whelks and the leydosiren ;_a folding paddle by the lobster , feathering paddles by ducks, and oblique surfaces by fis h of all kinds. A screw like appendage is found in the wings of an Austra lian fly, but it is supposed to be shaped thus only wh-n dried after death. There is, however, one remarkable animal which propels itself by a rotary movement, acting on the water by means similar to those of the paddle-wheel and screw-propeller com le'ned. This is the infusorial insect Paramecium. My attention was called to this miniatute Leviathan by Mr. Rotert Mallet, and after some monlhe of ineffectual search, I was fortunate enough to see its operations distinctly in one of Mr. Tom kin,' splendid microscopes. A sulcus or furrowed groove runs obi-quely round the oval-shapad:body f the animal (in one variety it is only near the stern). A wave-like protul erance passing along this sulcus (with or without cilia) causes the body to ro . ate on its longer axis, and thus propels it as by the fore-and-aft stroke of a paddle, as well as by the screw like progress induced by the spiral groove. The coloured diagrams around us show, without verbal explanation, the gradual progress of marine propulsion from the early days of . Nineveh , tion of the lar application in the rotatory a n e Baby lon, and Egypt. We have traced its more particu - paddle wheel and screw, Let us hope that one of nature's smalles and btaveosies. these combined in afloat w would be a great suc cess,the giant vessel English o hearts to shores of corn of plenty—honest bearing fort n h ow ur sturdy emigrants to lands hands to works of industry—strong of knowledge--brave armies to stores h f and t e oospe o peace to the euds fields of glorlc— :itierridcse—tsotrong of the earth. TUB N E W LANDINGSTAdE AT LIVERPOOL.--The Mersey Dock Board have ordered the lifeboats to be placed at the new landing stage, as they will thus Le ava ilable at all stages of the tide. There is it appears, some difficulty about making satisfactory traffic arrange. ments fcr the stage, it being found that carts and other heavy vehicles damage the planking very seriously. The expediency of another and fifth bridge, entirely devoted to carts and cattle, is at present under consideration, together with the employment of cranes and other tackle to be erected on the piers, so tha• heavy goods might be thus placed upon the stage, the incline of the bridges at low water Leing Excessive. A YOUTHFUL TRAVELLEII.—A. good deal of curiosity from rnpc a , was mj Monday i t nd e oga d sy: _ear amongevening no t ag h i e as ib p elye a i t s utt s l: eni e gy g ai passengers ler s wE Ic a naa t lra t c l i r eln elaybtCentrallabel, the .4 station s t rai n k following inscription :—" The child's g : ra eb n ey d ae m rair o ns t g h ot e lhd r e , ' Mrs. —, Pipewell-gate, Gateshead, wilt be on the platform at the Central station, Newcastle, to receive it." The child was in excellent spirits after her day ' s ride, and bore the h an dli ng of the bystanders—all of whom insisted on reading the singular label—with great good humour and composure. Unfortunately the granddame had been at the station on Sunday evening inquiring for the little traveller, and on this occasion was not present. The child, however, evinced no feeling of grief or dis appointment on finding herself quite alone in so strange a place, and trotted off to the station master's office to await the arrival of the grandmother, apparently rather amused than otherwise.—Newcastle Chronicle. -~----;~ !~ . ~-