The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-09 00:00:00

.ONEY MARKET AND CITY NEIVS. I SHARE M- _- --4, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation is rather quieter, and the expectation of a decline in the rate of discount induces many parties to delay the ne gotiation of the bills until after Thursday next. It is presumed that an extensive falling off has taken place in the "other securities" owingto a large num ber of bills which have lately arrived at maturity,and the comparatively few applications now made to the Bank authorities as superior facilities are offered elsewhere. Besides the improvement which is supposed to have occurred in this respect, there has been an extraordinary influx of gold, which must have increased the bullion to an important extent. These circumstances have led to the impression that the decline of 1 per cent. will take place in the minimum on Thursday. At the Public sales of indigo, which commenced yesterday, being the second for the present year, there was only a limited attendance of buyers, and the chief demand was for the medium and shipping qualities of Bengal, which realised an advance of about 3d. per lb. on the rates previously current ; low and inferior descriptions were inactive, and were chiefly bought in. Madras qualities met with more support, and brought previous values. Al this sale 663 chests were sold and 361 withdrawn. Rather less activity was exhibited in the Liver. pool Cotton Market, yesterday, but prices were un altered. The sales were 7,000 bales. In the Rail way Share Market business was quiet, and quota tions were steady. In the Foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, no change of importance was apparent. The steamer Tyne, which leaves to-day for the Brazils, will take out £131,500, viz,, £114,150 in gold, and £17,359 in silver, About £220,000 in gold was received at the Bank yesterday. The Market for Public Securities is in rather an unsettled state. A decided improvement took place yesterday afternoon, but it has not been fully maintained, the dealings to-day having led to a partial reaction. Consols are now quoted 951 for money, and 95 1 for June. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are firmer at 931 d ; India Stock has improved to 2211 ; ditto New remains at 1064 4 ; and the Debentures are flatter at 964 97; Exchequer Bills are 4s. to 7s. prem. A very moderate business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices are rather depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 771 ; ditto New, 61 to 611 ; Russian 41 per Cents. have receded to 971 ; ditto 3 per Cents., to 654 ; Mexican, to 211 ; and Portu guese, to 454 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. remain at 864 ; and the Deferred are firm at 25 ; Belgian 41 per Cents. have declined to 96. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2 3 prem.; the Universal ditto, s prem. The shares of the London and South African Bank are 1 prem. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and, with one or two exceptions, prices have shown more firmness. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, Midland, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, have ad vanced 55.; North Western, 10s.; and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, £l. Eastern Counties and London and Blackwall declined 55., and Great Western 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the variations have been unimportant—Lombardo- Venetian are flat at 121 ; East Indian firm at 102 i ; Great Indian Peninsula at 1001 ; Grand Trunk of Canada at 34. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in good demand. London and Westminster have advanced to GO I ; Provincial of Ireland to 84 85, and Union of London are steady at 251 1 ; Penin sula and Oriental Steam are 80; Royal Mail Steam 60, and Crystal Palace 321. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 4 8 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. .. 2215 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1853 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO — Ditto Bonds under £l,OOO Consols for Account 9sa India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 15d Ditto Small 4 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brasilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Account ~ Ditto Deferred Alexican. 3 per Cent., Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . 4sa Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 45 per Cent. Ditto, 3 per Cent., 18.59 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f Latch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 664 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto June Account 911 1 12 10 stock 13 stock f stk 20 stock 12.11 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6t0u . 0 'ISIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ilways 1!.1 U Ambero . .,Nottin,g., Bost and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Slr, f. and Mid. Co Brlstol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen k Cardigan Cork and Bandcn Fork, lilrock., &Passage Cornwall Do A gets no div. A Do B S until 6pc per3n. ha sbeen pd. toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties ..• • • • Eastern Union, A it o ck Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk 1 3.14 stock Closing I Business Paid. Price. Done. 61 6! 8 70 72' 12 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Do Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Po do A stock Po do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gus. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire E. Yorkshin , London and Blackwall ,Lon., Bright.. &S Coast ILond., Chat., and Dove' Loud. &Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & Sth. Western L'deriy & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen 'Man. Shef. & Lin oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do f shares Metropolitan Midland Do r, irming. & Derby Mid. Gr. W. of Ireland Do A shares Mid Kent.... .. Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C irlisle New., Aber. & Herefd Newry & Armagh, def 'Newry, Warnpt. & RIDS Norfolk... N , lin. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock ......... Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase' Do Leeds ...... Do York North London North Staffordshire N. and S. W..Tunction Oxf Wor. & Wolverptn Peebles ...... Portsmouth Rhymney. . • Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sitt in gbourne & 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 1 ThamesHavenLk&Rail Ulster stock stock stock stock stock stock stork stock stock stock stock stock 124 stock all all all all all Gi 103 104 91 01 stock stock stock 6 7 8 8 ; 17 18 54 55! 37 39 26 28 73 80 311 32 99 100 116 117 11 120 131 133 113 114 691 701 60 65 1054 106 70 71 114 115 11 12 102 102? Id l ip 921 931 100 all all 100 all all 101 11; 42 42, stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stocK 24 2 d 1174 1184 94 96 stock 171 Mi i 32 i 10,1 16 4 7 dl 119 181 stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock 701 69 1051 71 70 1141 ...._ stock stock 16 100 100 [O2 i i 921 31 43 21 54 56 31 3d 61 62 961 061 11 1 d 491 50 80 801 106 108 0 9 9 4 45 47 14 1 17k 115 117 354 364 88 90 48 50 4 3d 42 44 87 874 66 68 77 80 6 8 394 40j 8 9ip Do . D 0.... : ..... Vale of , eath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C , rnwall West London Do Ist class Do 2nd class Worcester & Hereford 62 1 97 Q 72 501 801 1 902 131 14 46} 2 5523! 56/ p d 58 60 p 10 11 43 8 7 1 i i 5i 6 3 2d 91 i 901 1011 2} STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, May B.—The woollen cloth-markets to day have been of an ordinary character. There was not a very large attendance of buyers, and they purchased but small and select parcels of goods. It is evident that merchants do not find a very ready sale for their recently purchased spring stocks, and hence they are buying. Prices are generally firm, the cost of wool and the recent advance of £4 per tun duty imposed upon olive oil by the Neapolitan Government, coupled with the probability that the disturbances occurring in India will tend to raise the price of indigo at home, causing manufacturers to ask more rather than less for their goods. MANCHESTER, May B.—Cotton Goods.—There is not much business in yarns. Buyers for the Medi terranean market and for Germans have operated to a limited extent. Some little business has also been done for the home trade, but the India people have not done much, partly owing to spinners, who are full of orders, asking rather high rates. In cloths there is no change to notice ; the market is without animation, but prices are firm. A fair busi ness is springing up from day to day in im - ,st de partments of the trade, which has a tendency to keep prices firm, and the engagements of manufac turers are ext ens i ve . Th e uneasy f ee li ng manifest- ingitself from ti me t o ti me among th e o p era t i ves is exciting continual a pp re h ens i on , t h rea t s of strikes being a matter of almost daily occurrence. A firm in the neighbourhood of Manchester received a docu ment from th e str i ppers and grinders (a class of un skilled labourers) in their mill, which said, " We de mand i an increase in our wa ges t o 18 s. per wee k . " The firm in question, b e i ng b oun d b y contracts for some time forward, had no option but to give the advance, which of course was done. The same class of operatives in the same mill, only seven years ago, were paid lls. per day. ROCHDALE, May 7.—The wool market has not been very active to-day. Prices, however, are steady, and in the aggregate there has been a little more done than last week. The farmers are ask ing, it is said, a higher price for the n ew c li p , an d there appears little probability of the range of prices being lower than those now current. The flannel manufacturers are mostly well employed ; but, as usual at this period of the year, the market for products has been rather quiet, and not many buyers were present. Orders are not freely ac cepted at late prices, as the price of wool and of labour necessitate, manufacturers say, sonic ad vance. THE PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Engl i sh Mi n t par, £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advice, from Hamburg the price of gold is 4211- per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 3a per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English :Mint price is therefore nearly 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1091 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the trans mission of gold between the two countries. THE REPAVING OF FLEET-STREET.—The re paving of the carriage way of Fleet-street with new .Aber deen granite blocks, three inches wide, was completed on Saturday. The immense traffic had worn the old stone, which when laid down in 1816 was 9 inches in depth, to 41 inches. About 6,000 yards of granite have been taken away and new substituted, and the weight of material removed and replaced amounts to about 7,000 tons. Al though upon the previous occasion it necessitated the closing of this important thoroughfare for eight weeks, the present work has been accomplished in the short space of a fortnight. The contract has been carried out by Messrs. Mowlem, Burt, and Freeman, of Millba n k, W estm i nster, under the superintendence of Mr. Mortimer, on behalf of he City Commissioners of Sewers. PREFERENCE SHARES, Share ) Railways. Closing Business Paid.; p rim Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 poi- c -it. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c.,shares • Do. 4p. c. ufla. S. Sr, D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. !Furness, 5 per cent jGlas.& S. Wt_st.g.a. 5 p.c. Gr at Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm.,lo p.c.pm I Do. 41- p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Itedm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. NIL of Scotid. Ist pf. ( G t. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. Do. Redeemable, 41 p.ct.", Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct.' Do. Irrcdeemable, Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. of. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf:sh. Do do sp. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.kYork 6 p. c. stock. Do.llarnsl.stXs3.3 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. Lon.,t Brig. 5 pc.gu. 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.c.S.(div.def.til '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Londondy. & Cole. a sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh. lian. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31- per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Marynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent ... Mid. Con. 6 p. c. 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 1806 Do. till 1869, Ist Do. do. 2d ig.l Norfik 5 c. Ex. st. 1816 , Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.E ail. Sz Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. 'Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, IL ,t S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. c. Ist g Do. Redeem. 2d gua Do. Irredeem. 2d g•uu Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern 3 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 1 p.c. Ist is 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. -14- per cent S.-Yorkshire, I p.c.gua Stock. &• Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd liilkny, 6p. c 06 98 1100 103 51 61 100 102 110 114 108 115 110 112 108 110 124 126 81 83 110 112 00 92 751 76 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 97 09 98 100 88 90 90 92 102 103 91 101 17 18 10 101 74 76 191 20 9 101 14/ 15 138 140 116 118 [l6 118 [3B 142 .16 118 .01 103 154 157 132 130 08 70 21 22 tl5 117 [s2i 1571 12 12i 125 127 68 7 0p 1 I 1) 139 141 101 103 i 1 1 p 94 96 9 / 10 1 11 12 } IP a I) 10 111 ~ ~PI 91 93 96 9S 11- 1 d id ip 221 231 121 126 19 121 73 75 10 10i 23 231 101 103 [ol_ 103 89 91 99 101 of bd 28 29 321 331 32 33 50 53 124} 5} 119 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Chester & Ilolyhead.. Do. do. 51 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent.' Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. KLincolnshire,g.6p.c., KUnion,lfarwich Sha Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.llarr.& Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Ifartlpool.Dck.& Rail. Hull and Selby ..... Do. Shares Do. I Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich' Do. Preference ...... Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.cf.l Do. 6 per cent Manc.,lluxtn. & Matk.! Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 :E.Counts. ,Caledonin Do. ~.. Gt. West Yk.N.&Brl Yk.N. Md.' Do. Do. S. Last Do. Peto Ar Co Norfolk 100 Do. all ,LNIV&3I 100 31idland E.Coun is Do. Do. Do. Midland L&Nlirj L.Yk. j Do. Gt.Nortli T.Brassey ence Stock..... .. • Newmarkt.,lturyEx gu a r anteed 5 p. c. 5.6} Northn.k , Eastn. 5 p.c. , all Do. do. 6 per cent .. I all Do. Fixed 5 per centH all North Western Preston and Wyre. all Do. I Stares A. all P oystn.l I itch., Az - Sliep; 100 Slirewsbry& Hereford , 100 Do. Do. 1 1 South Staffordshire ..! all Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Wimbledon &. Croydn. all M'Clean.. Gt. West. L.,tßrgtn DOCKS. p a id 1 Leasing (Closing Business * 1 Co.'s. Price. Done. all Lnk N.IV 100 Ln&N.W 97 99 100 Do. 100 Do. 125 127 100 ,Do. 100 Caledonin 103 105 all E.U.kE C; 16 17 100 Gt2North.l39 141 4i 41 112 4 110 112 '207 210 63 65 115 120 94 97 21 31 95 97 * a P 56 58 14i 15 135 138 101 103 P 10 11 91 93 7i Bl Share. Closing Business Docks. Paid. Price. Done. stork Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West Indies lOO -- stock 'Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West Indies lOO stock London lOO stock St. Katharine lOO stock ,Southampton lOO -- stock Victoria 30 iDo. New , 68i i •ou to ke of ment ssem- ro w d nd or , vul mean eeing an to blue rs so all 1 100 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1860. CENTRAL CBI.] -(THIS DAY) raid. Closing Frice. Business done 84 86 OLD COURT. (Before Baron Channell and Justice Keating.) THE CASE OF THE REV. R. HATCH. 971 gn d d' 4 51-d Maria Eugenia Plummer, aged 11, surrendered to an indictment charging her with wilful and corrupt perjury committed by her on the trial of the Rev. Henry John Hatch, who was convicted of an indecent assault and sen tenced to four years' imprisonment, which he was now undergoing in Newgate. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C,, Mr. Gordon Allen, and Mr Giffard appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Cooper were for the defence. Mr. Edwin James, in opening the case for the prosecu tion, detailed the whole of the facts of the case, with which the public are well acquainted, and stated that the present proceedings had been instituted because no steps, ac cording to the present state of the law, could be taken for a new trial en the facts. The. only remedy left was to ap peal to her Majesty through the Secretary of State, there being no power to re-open the case, or to hear the Rev. Mr. Hatch on oath. An appeal to her Majesty having failed, it became absolutely necessary for Mr. Hatch to institute proceedings which would relieve him from the serious penalty and shame which had attached to him. Mr. Hatch utterly denied the whole of the statements the girl reade at the trial. The learned gentleman then proceeded to particularize the charges made against his client, and which he said he should be able to show were utterly and totally false. The first charge was that, on the evening of Aug. 11, 1859, the date at which she first ar rived at Mr. Hatch's house he put her hand in his trousers pocket in which there was a hole, and placed her hand upon his person. The second charge was that on the occa sion of a party being given at Mr. Hatch's house, on Aug. 18, he went upstairs, and having taken his adopted child, Lucy, on one knee, and the defendant on the other, Le then again exposed himself. The third charge was that the doors in the passage leading to her room and Mr. Hatch's were kept unlocked. The fourth was that on the second night after the child's arrival he went with her into her bed-room, and then again indecently assaulted her. The fifth was that Mr. Hatch took her (defendant) every morning into his own room, in which Mrs. Hatch was, and there committed assaults of the most disgusting charaoter. These were substantially sworn to by the defendant, and every one of which he would prove was untrue, and that the whole story was a cunningly devised scheme against Mr. Hatch. The child was brought to Mr. Hatch's house on the 11th of August, when the alleged assaults were com menced ; but on the 25th August Mrs. Plummer came to Mr. Hatch to make arrangements for leaving another child, and, during the whole of the time her mother was there, the defendant never said one word about the assaults. Mrs. Plummer remained in town for some time, and again went to the house, but still no mention was made of the alleged disgusting conduct of Mr. Hatch. The learned gentleman made an eloquent appeal on behalf of his client, whose whole prospects in life, he said, depended on the sworn, ‘ T f h rc e . a fao f n o lrae r oiatd m dnhrgk a eho netdrdwettftaphehhsnoaoesictsbni defence —none chw o cos n inchueea s oforrsn h gti ceogeaNrnvaNaio' when N i f. n reet beenntgoshermitrrs servants Shee—No e read aotue over,court, war ha verdict that was returned in this case. having been were calledee Cross-examinedrr eehaving H r rve a av t n c e t h rsew a no dft e n h gel a ser r sn. character t e e wam r teec e rnhe f honour and integrity. The short-hand writers' notes, taken at the trial, of the evidence of the defendant, Eugenia Plummer, having been read at length, 75 80 70 75 68 73 par a p P Pd 11 :d d 102 1021 par 1 p par p 99} 1001 ,101 102 21 22 33 34 921 934 68 70 83 S 5 6) 71 69 71 991 100 k ad ad 13 11d 131 131 74 6 1 (1, 98 100 98 100 98 100 92 94 88 90 98 99 91 93 i i d 5 7 The Rev. J. W. Hatch was then called, and examined by Mr. Gordon Allen ;he said—l am at present a prisoner in Newgate, upon a conviction for an indecent assault upon Eugenia Plummer. lam 42 years of age. I was educated at Eaton. In 1837 I went to Cambridge University. I there completed my studies. I was ordained by the Bishop of Lichfield. I was appointed to the incumbency of Chapel Norton by the same bishop. I remained there until I was appointed to 'Wandsworth House of Correction in 1851. The plans of the house and garden were then put in, and, on being sworn to be accurate by Mr. Pereira, Mr. Sergeant Shea asked several questions with respect to the distances and the existence of certain shrubberies. IRELAND. Mr. Pereira said the distance from the drawing-room window to the end of the kitchen garden was about 108 feet. There was also a kind of belt of tall shrubs in the garden, some six, seven, and eight feet high. The presext plans were made in February. He did not, while engaged in making the drawing, pay particular attention to the state of the leaves on the trees, and therefore could not speak as to whether they would interfere in any way with a clear view of the whole of the garden. By Mr. Edwin James—The drawing-room window commands a full view of the garden as far as the clumps of trees are concerned. Examination of Mr. Hatch proceeded with—ln 1856 a medical officer died in the Crimea and left a child. I was induced to adopt that child. Her name was Lucy Harriet, and she then assumed the name of Hatch. She was four years of age when I first adopted her. She was now about eight years of age. She came to Wandsworth in 1856, where she has remained ever since. In 1859 I wished to take some boarders, and I advertised to that effect, and had an answer from Mr. and Mrs. Plummer, stating that they wished to place their children out. Mr. Plummer came about the end of July, and after talking the matter over the children came shortly after. In consequence of that ar rangement I engaged the services of a lady named Howe as governess. My household consisted of my wife, her mother, two French ladies named Gratten, and two servants, Reeves End Farmer. I remember Mr. and Mrs. Plummer coming to Wands worth on the 11th of August. They brought the defendant Eugenia with them. They came about 11 in the morning. Mrs. Plummer went with Mrs. Hatch to see the rooms in which the children were to sleep. Mrs. Plummer fixed upon the children's bee-room. It was the dressing-room of my own bed-room. Mrs. Plummer wished the doors to be taken off the hinges, as she wished the children to have plenty of fresh air. I promised that should be done. Mrs. Plummer had some brandy and water at our house. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer and the child dined with us that day. Mrs. Plummer at the dinner table told me she should take her child to bed petted. Sbe said the child had been in the habit of going into Mr. Brighton's (a former school) bed, and she hoped we would do the same. We promised to do so. I never said to Mrs. Plummer that Lucy was accustotued to come into our bed. They remained with us until about seven c'clock in the evening. I and the family accom panied Mr. and Mrs. Plummer to a cab that was waiting for them. .The case was proceeding when we went to press.] NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. The trial of Edward 1). Weltzenstein, Eliza Weltzen stein, Hermann Frick, and Madeleine Jourdan, was re sumed this morning. The prisoners were indicted for conspiring together to obtain £3OO from Joseph Stohwasser, a foreigner, carrying on business in Conduit-street, Regent-street. There was also another indictment against the prisoners, in which they were charged with conspiring to impede the course of justice, by giving false evidence in the Court of Queen's Bench, in which Stohwasser was defendant. [This case had not concluded when we went to press.] TIIIS _DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in our market to-day was again limited; nevertheless, the demand for both red and white qualities ruled very inactive at fully Is. per qr. beneath last week's currency. The general condition of the samples was good. Good and useful foreign wheats were held at extreme rates, but the business done in them was very moderate. All other kinds wore a dull inquiry. Floating cargoes sup ported previous rates, but the inquiry for them was some what heavy. Tfor malting b ar l ey was somewhat restricted, but The inquiry grinding and distilling sorts were firm in price. Most kinds of malt changed hands slowly at late quotations. We have to report a slow inquiry for oats on former --- terms. Both beans and peas ruled steady in price, but flour c unmanded very little attention. ARRIVALS Tills WEEK. whe It. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English. 830 240 2,820 1,090 90 Irish 12,140 200 sac k s, .• •. 4,28 0 no BOROUGH HOP. There is rather more business doing in our market, and prices generally are well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are only moderate, an d the de mand, generally, is steady as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d' to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ;!pork, 38 10d to 6s Od per 81bs. THE REV. JAMES BONWELL'S CASE.—In conse quence of the delay which has taken pl ace in b'inging to a termination the legal proceedings against the Rev. James BRectorofat his case hili has determined weil that Philip shall St not ty the rev. gentleman be , prejudiced, and much to the amazement of the congr ega ti on, h e re commenced his ministerial ]abours at St. Phili p ' s on Sun day last, and preached the morning sermon. NEWGATE.—The following return has just been made from the gaol at Newgate, showing the number of prisoners tried during the , year 1 859, disti ngu i s hi ng th ose tried before her Majesty s judges, also those tried before the Recorder and other corporate judges ; also showing the number of prisoners tried for offences committed within the city of London, and those committed within the county of Middlesex, and other districts within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, for the same year :—Number of prisoners tried before her Majesty's judges, 173 ; number of prisoners tried before the Recorder, Common Sergeant, and Commissioners, 966 ; total, 1,139 ; London prisoners, 300; Middlesex prisoners, 839; total, 1,139. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Anstruther Union Harbour Bill, and the Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerbie Junction Bill, were read a second time. Lord NAAS brought up the special report of the com mittee on group L, to the effect there were strong grounds for believing that Thomas Welsh was guilty of corrupt and wilful perjury in giving his evidence upon the Noy Navigation Bill, and on the motion of the noble lord the minutes of the evidence were ordered to be laid on the table. PEIRS AND HARBOURS BILL. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned de bate on the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. LINDSAY said that he had been induced by his hon. friend the member for St. Ives (Mr. Paull), to place his name on this bill ; but subsequently he discovered that the bill altogether differed in its provisions to what he had supposed. He felt bound to oppose the bill on different grounds. In the first place, it proposed to confer powers to the Admiralty in reference to the erection of new harbours and the maintenance of those already in existence, without the necessity for coming to this house for its sanction. It had been a matter of frequent complaint, that the Admiralty was burthened with too much work, and it was well known that during war they were unable to discharge their duties. The Admiralty had quite enough to attend to in reference to shippinp., having to deal with no less than £30,000,000 annually—a sum that was quite large enough to occupy their attention in dispensing it properly. Indeed the hon. member for St. Ives seemed to take that view of the matter, for he pro • posed to have an inspector appointed. That official was to be paid only when his services were required, and his re muneration would not amount to more than 300 guineas, an amount quite inadequate for a person to whom such im portant duties would practically be entrusted. He objected to other details of the bill, and concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time this day six months, which he would press unless the bill were withdrawn. Mr. BUCHANAN also objected tq the bill, which he considered would lead to a succession of jobs, and would supersede the functions of the house, which would be trans ferred to the Admiralty. Mr. PAULL entered into some explanations to show that he had not recourse to any misrepresentation to induce the hon. member (Ur. Lindsay) to put his name on the bill. He denied that the present bill contained any new principle, for the principle had already been affirmed by the commissions which had sat on the subject, and in conformity with the recommendations of which the measure was framed. He was satisfied the principle was accurate, and Lherefore he should press the bill on the consideration of the house. The tendency of modern legislation was in accordance with the principle he advocated, which was in favour of reducing expenditure. In support of this posi tion the hon. member read extracts from different re: , orts of parliamentary committees. He defended at some length the proposed appointment of an inspector and he other provisions of the bill. Mr. FENWlCYObjected to the bill on the ground of its transferring a legislative power to the Admiralty. The effect of the measure would also be that on certain represen tations persons might be deprived of their freeholds against their will. Now, that was a violation of law, for it was laid down that no person should be stripped of his freehold unless a case of public necessity was clearly established by a tribunal such as the House of Commons. Sir J. PAKINGTON supported the second reading of the bill. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading 99 Against 80 Majority The bill was accordingly read a second time, and ordered to be committed next Wednesday. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill— Lord J. MANNERS presented petitions from workmen engaged in bleaching and dyeing works in favour of a re duction of their hours of labour; and by Mr. W. PATTEN, from manufactofers, to the opposite effect. (LEFT SITTING.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE ABDUCTION CASES. Another of the kidnapping cases was satisfac. torily disposed of yesterday in the Court of Queen's Bench. In the matter of the Henrys, infants, the Solicitor-General announced that, having consulted with his learned brethren they had all come to the conclusion that it was not a case in which a court of law could properly interfere. Under those circum stances, having regard to the judgment pronounced in Aroore's case, and in the case of Alicia Race, they thought it was not a case in which a court of law had jurisdiction to interfere. The question in the case, however, was a very serious one, as it affected the religion of the children, and was one for another tribunal. Under those circumstances it was not ne cessary to occupy time in the reading of the affi davits, particularly as he thought the return made by the other side was legally sufficient. After a brief discussion, Mr. Sergeant Fitzgibbon, counsel for the Rev. Mr. Shone, the Protestant clergyman whose conduct was impugned, said he was in structed that whenever the children were required, they would be brought up. The facts of the case were rather curious. The contending parties were both the maternal aunts of the children, but one of them was a Catholic, and the other a Protestant, The Protestant had possession of the children, and the Catholic sought to get them. It is said to be the intention of the prosecutrix to apply to the Court of Chancery to have the children educated as Roman Catholics. Railways. Share) 100 a tk 18 20, 20. 10 100 Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cleat ta. &S. 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Scrip Atlantic & St Lawrence' Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind' Gu. 5 psr cent.. Do, Do. B, Buffalo and Lake Huron' 100 131 all all all 100 100 100 1. 3 0. 100 100 all all all all all 100 - ) 100 5 7 100 1001 1 d 2. d —d 91 95 i ad 'WAYS. 4/ 4i 4 i t 1 2 Sip 2 21 lf lid 5j 5 d 231 21 61 7,1 8# 8 10i 191 39 391 341 35 52 54 1} licll 13 15 51 6 8 B'l id 20 21 5i 01 91 91 22 23 HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's IVeekly Return.) In the last five weeks the deaths in London have constantly declined; in the last two the decrease has not been very considerable. In the week that ended last Saturday the number registered was 1,205. In the ten years 1850-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,072 ; but, as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase, namely, with 1,179. The comparison shows that the actual rate of mortality was slightly higher than that obtained by calculation for the first week of May. The deaths from bronchitis were last week 139 ; the corrected average for corresponding weeks is 96. Those from pneumonia were 59, the corrected average being 80. It is remarkable that while the former disease was still much in excess, the latter was decidedly less fatal than usual. Phthisis (tar ried off 167 persons ; the corrected average is 158. There were 18 deaths from smallpox, 38 from measles, 35 from scarlatina, 7 from diphtheria, 53 from whoop'ng-cough, 7 from syphilis, 19 from cancer. Five children died of measles in Rother hithe, 3 in Greenwich West, and 3 in Mile-end Old Town West. A labourer died in the Greenwich workhouse whose age was stated to be 100 years. Two women died at the respective agcy of 97 and 98 years. A widow died at 14, Goulston-street, Whitechapel, from disease of the lungs, " accele rated by want of nourishment." Of 5 persons who died by suffocation 2 were children in bed; a boy aged 1 year was suffocated by the furniture of the room taking fire; and a washerwoman, aged 48 years, was choked by food. Four persons died by scalds ; among these the wife of a labourer, who fell in a fit and upset a saucepan, and a child who was scalded by a kettle of water falling on him. Five persons were burnt by their clothes taking fire—viz., the daughter of a horse keeper, aged nine years ; the daughter of a labourer, aged 11 years ; a female servant, aged 18 years ; a milliner, aged 25 years; and the wife of a brick layer, aged 49 years. Two infants were murdered. METROPOLITAN WATERS IN APRIL, 1860. With the drier weather the impurity contained in the Thames water has decreased, according to the subjoined analyses of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S. It is at such intervals that the purer water should be stored, and the best water supplied to the inhabitants of London. Even with such a proper precaution the water of the metro polis would bn six times less pure than that sup plied to Glasgow from Loch Katrine. The sample of the latter water was taken from the main pipe in Glasgow. The composition of a well water containing sewage is appended for the sake of com parison. Total impurity Organic im per gallon. purity. grs. or deg. grs. or deg. . 0•0 0.0 Distilled Water Loch Katrina water, new supply to Glasgow Well at Sandgate 312 40.96 TIIAMES COMPANIES Chelsea Southwark 1 , 14 1 . 32 1.68 I'6o 1.36 Lambeth Grand Junction West Middlesex OTHER COMPANIES. New River East London Kent The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the . gallon 3 3 9 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of which 96 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin. Last week the births of 903 boys and 900 girls, in all 1,803 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1850- 59 the average number was 1,683. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.090 in. On all days, except Wednesday, the mean daily barometrical reading was above 30 in. The read ings of the barometer fell from 30.29 in. on Mon day, the highest in the week, to 29.93 in., the lowest, on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 50.7 deg., which is 0.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest read ing of the thermometer in the shade was obtained on Friday, and was 68.5 deg. ; the lowest was on Sunday (the 29th ult.), and was 31 deg. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 37.5 deg. The mean daily range was 26.1 deg. On the first two days the wind blew from the south east, after wards from the north-east and east. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 9 8 deg., showing great dryness of the air. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 67, complete saturation being represented by 100. The humidity on Wednesday was only 53 ; the dryness 15.7 deg. That day was therefore un usually dry. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 49.3 deg. The rays of the sun were powerful, and till Saturday the highest readings of a thermometer in the sun were from 100 to 117. There was no rain in the week. A FEW WORDS ABOUT " TAMING" BIRDS.—AII the books hitherto written upon this subject, advocate cruelty as the only means whereby birds may be " starved" into tameness. Their authors, too, tell' us minutely how to snare, trap, and inveigle these poor little innocents front their happy state of freedom—thenceforward to be confined and broken-hearted for life. These men are not likely to find favour with the tende-hearted, and those who tame their little friends by the "strange music of affec tion." In this matter, we are an eccentric. Indeed, the contents of cur little volume will prove it. We fight the battle of the birds alone. Well, be it so. We are proud of the cause we advocate, and imagine that we can hear our little clients' voices raised, loud and sweet, wherever we wander at this season of love (spring), in honour of their special pleader. We delight in this sport of our egotistical fancy, and love to hear our name everywhere so familiarly associated with the happiness of the feathered tribes.-- Kidd' s Shilling Treatise on the Canary. TIIIS DAYS' SHIPPING. LONDON, May 9.—Wind this day at noon, West to South- West ; moderate breeze, with alternate clouds, sunshine, and light falls of rain. PORTSMOUTH, May B.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Queen, for Malta; her Majesty's ship Me dusa, for Woolwich. BELFAST, May 7.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Marie Amerida, from Bayonne ; Rolf, from Baltimore. Lemr, May B.—Arrived—James Duncan, from Ja maica. Sailed—Glenbervie, Valparaiso. - - FALM ou TIT, May B.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived—Thomas, from Havannah. CannirF, May B.—Wind W.—Sailed—Cornelius Anthonie, for Hong Kong; St. Vincent, for Singapore ; Hinda, for Monte Video. SWANSEA, May B.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Conqueror, or Coquimbo. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTPIAMPTON Wednesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, May B—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; Havre, steamer, from Havre; Georges, steamer, from Cherbourg; L'Etolle, from Carentan. Sailed, May B—Vienna, for Portsmouth ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey ; Ceres, steamer, for London; Roberts, for Seaham. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W. ; tide five hours' ebb; weather flue. Arrived, May 9—Busy Bee, from Sines ; Hebe, from Libau ; Nicaner, from Leghorn; Ripple, from Nevis; Crispin, from Guernsey; Jane, from Borriana ; Malabar, from Mauritius; Arabia, from Colombo; Clio, from Monte Video; her Majesty's steamer Medusa, from Sierra Leone. Sailed, May 9—Sir E. Banks, steamer, for Calais; Dahlia, for Algoa Bay. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E., light. Passed—Despatch, from Trinidad ; Clotilde, barque, from Cadiz ;' Don Pedro, screw steamer, from Lisbon ; Warban, ship, from Bombay; Lord Harding, brig, from the westward; Spiph, from Barbadoes ; Isles of the South, from Hobart-Town ; Prince Albert, from Jamaica ; Mer maid, from New Zealand—all for London. Passed in tow—Richard Robinson, from Bombay ; Con queror, from Ceylon. Passed—Britannia, screw steamer, from London, for Gibraltar. Anchored—Adelaide, from London, for Demerara. TIIAVERS COLLEGE, WINDSOR.—A vacancy has occurred in this excellent foundation for naval officers by the death of the governor, Lieutenant Charles Okes, on Monday last. The appointment rests with her Majesty upon the recommendation of the Lords of the Admiralty. Mr. Okes was made lieutenant in 1807, and declined the rank of commander in order to retain his appointment as a Naval Knight, which he obtained in 1830; and upon the death of Lieutenant Carter, he was elected governor of the college. Lieutenant Okes was universally esteemed by his brother knights, and had highly distinguished himself in the service. He will be buried in the catacombs of the Chapel Royal of St. George on Saturday next. Lieutenant Richard Francis Jewers is now governor. A particularity of the decree of amnesty just published in Spain deserves to be pointed out. Art. 4 de clares that all persons detained for having taken part in attempts against the reigning dynasty and existing insti tutions must take an oath of fidelity to the Queen before they can be set at libery. But the following article adds that Art. 4 does not comprise such persons as in virtue of special laws might be excluded from residing in the Spanish States. "It may be deduced from this clause," says the _Mats, " that the Infantes, who, according to the royal order, are to be conveyed to a foreign country, will not be called on to take the oath in question." THE SITE OF TYBURN GALLOWS.—The site of Tyburn gallows has been a frequent subject of discussion among London antiquaries. It may be interesting to those who care for such questions to learn that yesterday, in the course of some excavations connected witn the repair of a pipe in the roadway, close to the foot pavement along the garden of this house, at the extreme south-west angle of the Edgeware-road, the workmen came upon numerous human bones. These were obviously the relics of the unhappy persons buried under the gallows. CHATHAM AND THE MEDWAY.—When Mr. Chis holm Gooden a few years since drew the attention of the Government to the desperate prospects of Chatham Dock yard, on which such enormous sums had been expended, the only reply vouchsafed was, a notice of the recent im provements as to the extension of the slipways, together with the promise of a letter of thanks from the Lords Com missioners and their then hydrographer • but after the lapse of half a dozen years, even this poor acknowledgment has as yet been actually withheld. Mr. Gooden's predictions are being rapidly verified. Owing to the shameful neglect of the embankments, he foretold eight years ago that it would soon be impossible to take up a line-of-battle ship to Chatham. On the 9th of last November it was accordingly found impossible for the Cressy (80) to proceed thither, and on more than one other occasion vessels of even lighter draught have been compelled to discharge their guns and heavy stores at Sheerness to enable them to proceed up the Medway.—Hans Bush's Navies of the World. It is complained in the wine trade that excessive charges are now incurred in drawing samples of wine in bond. No more than three gills are allowed for each sam ple, and for these 6d. duty is charged. There are 32 gills to the gallon, and the duty so charged is equivalent, there fore, to ss. 4d. per gallon, while the duty fixed on all wines at present is 3.. FOREIGN RAIL Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardonnes ......... . Bah. &S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Buen.Ayres & S. Ferndo Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre & Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons & Geneva Maria Antonia .... Do. New .............. Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Perth) gua. 7 p. ct. lirn Riga & Dunaburg Rome & Frascati Royal Danish.... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 51 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c Southern of France West Flanders ... . Do. 61 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. Western of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 19'84 19 . 76 19 . 20 20'00 19.04 102 f 2 } 92 31 681 :0 1001 88 99 8i 100} I)ONCASTER RACES.—( Th?s Day.) --•---- [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BETTING-ROOM STAKES. C by Rifleman Hetty Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. TIIE DERBY. 100 to 30 agst The Wizard (taken) 6to 1 agst St. Albans (taken freely) 7to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to S agst Buccaneer (offered) 30 to 1 agst Horror (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst The Drone (offered) 50 to 1 agst The Rap (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Bro. to Rainbow (taken) Very little betting. SPORTING NOTES. DONCASTER, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. Those tutfites who avoided the Doncaster meeting exer cised a wise discretion, for the bill of fare was too scanty to appease the most moderate racing appetite. The gathering is an unmitigated failure, the attendance of company being very thin, and the racing of a mere leather-flapping medio crity. Business, too, was bungled through, the officials saeming to think that because the sport was insignificant they had no occasion to exert themselves, much in the same way that an actor who fancies he could and ought to play Hamlet, mumbles through the part of Rosencrantz with the utmost indifference. Although the fields were very small, yet the starter (not Mr. Hibburd, but in pity I suppress his name) was quite incapable of dis charging the very easy duty entrusted to him. For every race with the exception of the handicap the favourite got off with a clear lead. For the Municipal Stakes the horses must have been at the half distance when the flag was dropped. lam alone in my glory in the subscription room, for not a soul has dropped in whilst I am penning those scrambling notes. The attention of the few speculators who assembled on the course was occupied with the events to be decided. As for the Derby I never once heard its name mentioned. 1 have received plenty of communica tions respecting it, however, and a mysterious telegram has just reached me. The messenger came in hot haste and with a rapid stride, which was not, however, too fast. I eagerly opened the envelope, for the excitement which the messenger displayed roused my curiosity. It ran Thus : FROM HEENAN'S CORNER, STRAND, LONDON, TO THE FRESH MAN, DONCASTER. No news. The fight all the go. The battle for the belt is about to be dramatised by a merry Falconer, who is up to trap. It will be called THE MILL ON THE FLOSS. The rival champions will be personated by Bar-it and Pitch-hard. The former is undergoing his train ing, without his coat, on Waterloo-bridge. One of the seconds has lately had his arm in a gin -sling, and his nose the other night joined partner ship with his cheeks, but this was th e resu l t o f an acc id ent and not Wright. You may depend that some whine fol lowed the Claret. An enthusiastic Scotchnian has done that which his countrymen seldom do, " Gone bock again," after coming hundreds of miles to see the Fight. The power he intends to effect when he gets baflk he says he has learnt from old Tom. One of our prominent characters is a Hero, or rather, I should say, a Leander. He i s a r um bird, a RAREY Avis. He is up to anything, from whist ling a sparrow off a tree to taming a horse with whisper. Mr. " Specs," or whatever they call 'em, is a passive spec tator. One of the lads wished to be present, but he said in dulcet tones, and with an exquisitely soft voice, in imitation of Ethiopian serenaders "Ough, shouldlikemassa, but should Harris 'em, 'cause " His Wife's Out." A tall, stolid military person, whom you may know, says that the fight is no longer Eadiefying, and says I had better tell you about the Derby, that being a more Vicarious event than Fighting. So, in brief, I wind up my long message by telling you that, by backing Thonnanby to win, you will be made Merry; by backing The Wizard to be second you:will gain more than Nichol silver, and by investing on High Treason for a place, you will not be like the "melancholy Jaectußs," and will not liken me to the fool which was met in the forest. Having read this long and somewhat incomprehensible message, 1 composed myself to return to the subject which I started. With the exception of the defeat of Weather bound by Desmond, who was not backed for sixpence, and for whose success his owner was quite unprepared, and at which the spectators were astounded, the proceedings are not likely to be remembered longer than the Donkey Races at Barnet Farm. I will, therefore, briefly express my epinion on the probable result of the races at York, where the prospects of sport, it must be confessed, aro not very bright. Both Doncaster and York must abandon experiments ; the former must again import a steeple chase into its programme, and the latter must have its handicaps published earlier. Notwithstand ing her defeat to-day I shall expect to see Weatherbound win the Craven Stakes. Her chance, however, for the Great Northern may be preferred, and for that event I shall couple her with Flitch. Walloon ought to win the Zet land Stakes. Infanta is very fast and ought to have a chance for the Knavesmire Plate. It is doubt ful whether either High Treason or Thormanby will run for the Biennial Stakes. Should the former be brought out, I shall bo much disappointed if he do not show sufficient merit to deserve promotion in the Derby betting. For the Londesborough Cup I shall stand upon Springwell and Spicebax. Should Grenadier stari, for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap, I shall fight under hi banner. The Southerns will patronise the Salisbury Meeting, despite the unattractive character of the list. Having no complete programme of the sport before me, I cannot refer to the probabilities. A FRESII MAN. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—TVESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous, with 30 added ; 3-yr-olds, 6sl 121 b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b; cer tain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Richmond's Stockton, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b.... (Snowden) Mr. J. Osborne's Rip on , 3 y rs , E s t 121 b (Challoner) 2 Mr. Singleton's Beethoven, 4 yrs, 7st 131b(H. Robertson) 3 Hetty and Balnamoon also ran. Betting—Even on Stockton, 3 to 1 agst Hetty, 4 to 1 agst Ripon. Hetty made play for a short distance, attended by Stock ton and Ripon. At the half distance Hetty was beaten ; a very fine race in with the first two, ended in favour of Stockton by a head ; three lengths between the second and third. The Stand Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; the second to save his stake. Red House in. Mr. Dixon's Neophyte, 4 years, 9st 41b (Ed war d s ) 1 Mr. S. Jacob's King Edward, 3 yrs, sst 71b.... (Hovey) 2 Mr. Bradahaw's Andy, 3 yrs, 6st (Hardcastle) 3 imla and Vixen also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Neophyte, sto 2 agst Andy, and 3 to 1 agst Simla. Vixen lost start, and Neophyte took the lead at the dis tance, and won easily by a neck. _ _ _ The Hopeful Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for 2 yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b; win ners extra; tha second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Hopeful course. 5 furlongs. 50 subs. Lord Stamforu's Little Lady, Bst 101 b (inc. 71b extra) _ , ds) 1 Mr. O'Hara's Ivanhoff, Bst 71b (W (Edwarithington) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Lopcatcher, Bst 71b (Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Amain, King of Kent, Polly filly, and North Vold. Betting-2 to 1 agst Little Lady, 3to 1 agst King of Kent, 7 to 2 agst Lopcateher. They got away at the fourth attempt, Little Lady mak ing all the running, and winning by half a length ; a bad third. 'he Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added ; extra weights for win ners ; the second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. 62 _ _ _ - subs, 21 of whom paid 3 s ovs eac h. - Mr. Byrne's Desmond, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Whitley) 1 Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, 3 yrs, Gst 11b.. (Adams) 2 Mr. Whittaker's First Lo r d, 3 y rs , 6 s t lib (Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Shafto, Independence, Adam Bede, Red Eagle, Souvenir, and Eltham Beauty. Betting-5 to 4 agst Weatherbound, 4to 1 agst Indepen dence, 5 to 1 agst First Lord, 100 to G each agst Desmond and Souvenir. Desmond got off in front, and soon held a commanding lead ; he was never headed, and won by half a length ; four lengths between the second and third ; Independence fourth, and Adam Bedo fifth, were four or five lengths off. Red Eagle and Eltham Beauty were the last two. The Municipal Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added. Optional selling weights, the second to save his stake. Half a mile. Mr. Newland's Buttercup, 3 yrs (£4O), 7st 61b Mr. J. Osborne's Gay filly, 3 yrs (£4O), 7st 61b Knayton and Hand-over-Hand also ran. The Londesborough Plate of £5O. fled House in. _ _ _ ___... —. Mr. Coleman's Amsterdam 1 Mr. Whittaker's Black Cloud 2 Six others ran. A slower Spring Meeting was never held at Doncaster. The supply of sport was very meagre, and the muster of spectators, both within and without the Stand, was very scanty. The racing was quite devoid of interest, and the defeat of the favourite by an outsider for the handicap, was the only incident of importance connected with the proceedings. RELIEF TO THE WINDBOTIND.—The Lords of the Admiralty, in answer to an application of Captain Halsted, R.N., secretary:to Lloyd's, have notified that they have given directions to her Majesty's ship Euryalus, pro ceeding from Devonport, to give her attention to the neces sities of any ships which may be met with requiring assist ance in consequence of the prevalence of easterly winds. THE Mooßs.—Although the winter has been more or less severe, yet the strong blasts have been of very short duration. We have not had a great deal of snow; the high hills are still shrouded in white at the summit, but the moors and valleys have long ago become thoroughly dry and warm. The young birds in this district are thriv ing amazingly. Our sporting corpspondents throughout the Highlands send us very cheering reports regarding the sport of the coming season. The birds ar e remar k a b ly healthy and lively; indeed, at any similar period of the year we have seldom seen them look so well. Their plum age is bright and sleek, and altogether they give every in dication of being healthy: and abundant when the sporting 8094011 comes round.— /vest Highland Journal. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 4. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil• liam Doria, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Persia, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation to the Argentine Confederation. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward B. Eastwick, Es /., to be Secretary to her Ma. jesty's Legation at the Court of Persia WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 8 . r 27th Foot—Major-General John Geddes, from the 46th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Edward Fleming, C. 8., deceased. 46th Foot—Major-General Thomas Gerrard Ball to be Colonel, vice Major-General Geddes, transferred to the 27th Regiment. 56th Foot—Major -General Henry William Breton to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir John Home Home, deceased. 4th Light Dragoons —Captain the Hon. Charles James Keith-Falconer to be Major, by purchase, vice Brown, promoted; Lieutenant William Chains, jun., to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Keith-Falconer; Cornet James Edward Bradshaw to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chaine. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia—William Frederick Perry, Esq., to be Paymaster, from 14th February, 1860. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Pembroke —William Lewis, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant. County of Middlesex.—The Victoria Rifles—Andrew Steinmetz, Gent., to be Ensign. South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Francis Ricardo, jun., Gent., to be En sign ; Edward James Hawker, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Henry Godwin, Gent., to be Ensign ; Arthur John Sich, Gant., to be Ensign. West Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps--The Lord Radstock to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; the Rev. John Edmund Cox, M.A., to be Honorary Chaplain. 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Lieut. William Edward Hilliard to be Captain ; Ensign John F. W. De Salis to be Lieutenant, vice Hilliard, pro moted ; Benjamin Henry W. Way, Gent., to be Ensign, vice De Salis, promoted. 35th Middlesex Rifle Volun teer Corps—Henry Carington B. Bowles, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Henry Johnson S. Flint, Gent., to be En . sign. County of Lancaster.-3d Regiment of the Duke of Lan caster's Own Militia—Lieut. Frederick Beaseley to be Captain, vice Thomas Ellames Withington, resigned. 6th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—Joseph Duckworth Bolton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 33d Lancashire Rifle Volunteers--Captain Commandant Francis Pres ton to be Major; Lieutenant Pearson Biggs Ferguson to be Captain, vice Preston, promoted ; Ensign John Dale Chantler to be Lieutenant, vice Ferguson, promoted ; John Darley Brocklehurst, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Chantler, promoted. 65th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—George Hector Croad, Esq., to bo Captain ; Arthur t aniel Gill, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edward Vaughan Forshall, Gent., to be Ensign; the Rev. Samuel John Phillips, to be Honorary Chaplain. County of Warwick.-Ist Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers— John W,.lford, Gent., to be Ensi z n, vice Burt;promoted ; George Warden, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Barnabaa Chesshire, promoted ; George Yates, to be Assistant- Surgeon. County and City of York.—Hallamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps—Samuel Parker, Gent., to be Surgeon ; the Rev. Thomas Sale, D.D., Vicar of Sheffield and Prebendary of York to be Chaplain. 21st West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (Doncaster)—James Rigby, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 23d West Rid ing of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (Burley)— The Rev. Charles Ingham Black to be Chaplain. 25th West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (Guiseley)— William Maw'Pinder, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon ; the Rev. Thomas Boys Ferris to be Chaplain. 26th. West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (Ingle ton)—Joseph Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign ; the Rev, Richard Denny to be Chaplain. Kent Artillery Volunteers.-4th Cempany—Edward Stride, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. Kent Rifle Volunteers (Battalion).-26th Corps—John Anderson, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Wil liam Henry Parkyn, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain William Evans Sprague Oram to be Major; James Baker, Esq., to be Major. Kent Artillery Vo lunteers (Battalion), 10th Corps—Frederick James Ful lom, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel. County of Devon.-2d Devon Mounted Rifles—Charles Huxley Hall, to be Lieutenant. County of Sussex.—lst Battalion of Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Captain (Lieutenant-Colonel) George Green Nicolls to be Major. 2d Battalion of Sussex Rifle Volun teer Corps—Captain W. Barttelot Barttelot to be Major. 3d Battalion of Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps —Captain Commandant (Lieutenant-Colonel) R. Moorsom to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 6th Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps —Edward, Earl of Winterton, to be Captain. 10th Sussex Rifle Volunteers--Charles Raikes to be Captain, J. Woods to be Lieutenant. Ist Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The second Christian name of Lieutenant Corrie, Gazetted on the Ist inst., is Byrom, not Byrone. 12th Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Christian names o Lieutenant Osmond, Gazetted on the Ist inst., are J. IL, not S. H. County of Cumberland.-7th Cumberland Rifle Volunteers; Lindow Dickinson, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon ; Tho Rev. Henry Curwen to be Honorary Chaplain. 3d Cumberland Artillery Volunteers —John Addison, Esq., to be Captain Commandant. County of Surrey —2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Mi litia—Arthur Holme Summer, Esq., to be Captain, vice Chadwick, resigned. 21st Company of Surrey Rifle Vo lunteers—John Beasley Burney, Esq., to be Captain ; Alexander 'Webster, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; George Finch, Esq., to be Ensign. County of Nottingham.—Mansfield or 4th Nottinfham shire Rifle Volunteers—The Re►. John Thomas Brameld to be Honorary Chaplain. K irkcudbright. — lstKirkcudbrightßifleVolunteers—David Tennant, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Stirling.-sth '3ompany Stirlingsbire Volunteer Rifle COrps—Alex. Graham Spiers, Esq., to be Captain; Andrew Gordon Jeffrey, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John Bryce Buchanan, Gent., to be Ensign. 7th (Lennox Mill) Company—Gordon Wilson, Esq., to be Captain ; Thomas Wilson, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Jas. Purdon, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Lanark.-2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—George Innes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice James Carmichael Robertson, promoted. 55th Lanarkshire Rifle Volun teers (Lanark)—Alexander Maxwell Adams, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Assistant. Surgeon; the Rev. Angelo Macready to be Honorary Chaplain. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Mills, chemist, Ashton-under-Lyne, to surrender 24th May and 14th June, at 12, at the Manchester District Court. James Palmer, ironmonger, Gloucester, May 22 and June 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Joseph Bell, shipwright, Liverpool, May 18 and June 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Edmund Jones, Fenchurch •street, City, May 18 and June 16, at 1, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jame Smith, grocer, Fareham, Hants, May 18 and June 13, at half-past 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Samuel Beale, surgeon, Paddington, May 22, at half-past two, and June 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Frederick Miller, lead and glass merchant, Poland street, May 22, at two, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Newns and John Hampton Wilkinson, drapers, Wolverhampton, May 24 and June 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Vincent Allen, draper, Newport, May 22 and Juno 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Wilson, ship owner, John-street, Sunderland, May 16, at eleven, and June 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Drake, dealer in watches and clocks, Eversholt street, Camden-town, May 18, at eleven, and June 13, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Waitt and Stewart, wholesale stationers, Glasgow. Henry Anderson, apparatus manufacturer, Rothesay. Thomas Torrance, surgeon, Airdrie. James Hutton, accountant, Dysart, late of 3foorgate street, London. William Moffat, butcher, Glasgow. Alex. Steven and Son, wine merchants, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YXMIItDA.Y. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam _ 11 16f 11 16 Antwerp Brussels . . Hamburg]; Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine _ 1171 1171 Vienna Trieste Fetersburgh Madrid .... ---- 491 491 Cadiz Leghorn — 30 42 t 30 47t Milan— 25 42, 25 471 Genoa — 25 40 25 45 Naples Palermc II • _ __LO .... • • Messina •• • • Lisbon 4 1-- 62} 52i Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .. •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per 6124% £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars .... „ 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, i 0 5 11 South American Doublons The large sum of £220,000 in g old, nearly all Australian, and partly ex the Great Brit a in, was sent into the Bank yesterday. 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