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eervedly so ; but why this Terpsichorean feat,E,which is of a very ancient Irish pattern, should be desig nated "American" we cannot imagine; however, in dancing as in other matters, there may be nothing new even in St. James's Hall. Several new songs of a humorous character were introduced, and the entertainment, on the whole, was much applauded by a very numerous and respectable audience. POLYGRAPHIC HALL. The knowledge that Mr. W. S. Woodin was again " at home" would at all times be sufficient to insure a good audience, and therefore there need be no surprise at his having a bumper last evening. We have too recently noticed his new entertainments of " Baden-Baden" and " Up in the Air" to need do more than state that they improve on acquaint ance. THE OXFORD. The entertainments at this popular place of amusement consisted last evening of several operatic selections, conducted by 111.1. Jonghmans, and per formed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Reid, and Fitz- Henry, Messrs. Bury, Tivoli, St. Albyn, &c. ; a ballet by the Hungarian family, and other attrac tions. The Oxford was litex ally crammed in every part, and the performances received throughout with loud demonstrations of approval. MADAME TITSSAUD'S. - This exhibition, in Baker-street, received its full share of visitors yesterday ; the magnificent rooms being constantly crowded during the whole of the day. The catalogue was eagerly sought after, con taining, as it does, a complete epitome of the history of England. The splendid Hall of Kings was densely crowded, and the various life-size figures of most of the crowned heads of Europe, together with relics of byegone days, evidently gave the greatest satisfaction to every one. CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday was the largest Easter Monday attend ance which has yet occurred, 29,087 persons being present. Ethardo's re-appearance was greeted with the most enthusiastic welcome. His daring per formance took place on a new and more lofty pole, erected in front of the great orchestra. The ex hibition of an enormous head of Joey Grimaldi with rolling eyes and moving mouth, by Dyk Wynkyn, excited unbounded merriment among the spectators. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, with Mr. J. Parry, gave a new entertainment last evening, entitled " Our Yachting Cruise." Mr. Reed firstintroduced himself as Mr. Wyldbury, on board his yacht the Na utilus ; and after Mrs. Reed has appeared as Elise, his stewardess, he is joined by the Hon. Adolphus Nix, a shortsighted gentleman, represented by Mr. John Parry, who has fled from his aunt Mrs. M'Nab, and hopes to join Mr. Wyldbury and his friends in their theatrical representations on the morrow. Mrs. Reed afterwards appears as Mrs. Wyldbury, and a few angry passages between the husband and wife tell the audience that an unfortunate gentleman named Gage has sought refuge on board the yacht from three mothers-in-law, one of whom is the Hon. Adolphus Nix's aunt, and the others—Mrs. Pomo, a major's widow, and Mrs. Bodger, a kind of Mrs. Malaprop. Then comes Mr. William Switcherley, represented by Mr. Parry, in the act of composing the libretto for an opera to be played on board. Mr. Swit cherley takes elaborate notes of what he conceives to be original ideas ; and in the course of his study he tries a passage of his opera, and thus awakens Mr. Gage, who had before been hiding and sleeping under an awning over the piano. This is a capital scene ; but it is equalled by the appearance of the three mothers-in-law in search of the unfortunate Mr. Gee, whom they each claim as their special pro perty. Mrs. Bodger claims precedence, because her daughter was the first wife, Mrs. M‘Nab ; because she had in her time ministered to him with Scotch comforts; and Mrs. Domo because she had used him to hardships and " made a man of him." They make common cause, however, in their endeavours to discover Mr. Gage, and he evades them only to find himself in new and more trying difficulties. But in time he rejoices at the discovery of the lisp ing Miss Mandolina Thrumb, an orphan, whom he hopes to marry without the prospect of a fourth proprietor. After this comes the rehearsal of the opera by Mr. Switcherley, and two others of the proposed performers, who each take several parts in default of the appearance of the rest of the com pany. The opera is full of " striking situations," quite equal in absurdity and drollery to the scenes which precede it. Altogether this is about the best Piece the accomplished trio have appeared in at the Royal Gallery of Illustration. We think, how ever, Mr. Burnand, its composer; has been slightly too bsurd in the scene of the three mothers-in-law. Mr. Tarry supplemented the entertainment with his new episode in Mrs. Roseleaf's family, "The Wedding Breakfast." Austrian Despatch to the Prussian Govei nment. BERLIN, April 2. On the 31st ult. Count Karolyi, the Austrian Minister in Berlin, delivered to Count von Bismark a note, of whick the following is said to be a cor rect summary : " It has come to the knowledge of the Imperial Govern ment that, in order not to assume the responsibility of having raised apprehension for the preservation of peace, the Prussian Government has accused the Court of Vienna of harbouring hostile intentions, and has even gone so far as to hint at the eventuality of an armed aggression on the part of Austria against Prussia. Although the un founded nature of such an assertion is notorious and generally recognised throughout Europe, the Austrian Go vernment feels it incumbent upon it to protest against an inculpation in flagrant opposition to the evidence of facts. "The undersigned consequently hasbeen instructed to de clare categorically to Count von Bismark that nothing could be further removed from the intentions of his Imperial Majesty than an offensive action directed against Prussia. Such an intention is formally precluded by the feelings of friendship towards the King, as well as the Prussian nation, of which the Emperor has so often given proof, both by - word and deed ; but the Emperor moreover, does not forgot the duties which Austria and Prussia solemnly ac cepted in signing the German Federal pact. His Imperial Majesty for his part is firmly determined not to place him self in contradiction with the stipulations of Article XI. of the Federal pact, which prohibit the members of the Con federation from endeavouring to redress their grievances by force. " The undersigned, while requesting the President of the Council to submit the present note to his august Sovereign, is instructed to express the desire that the Prussian Cabinet may repel without ambiguity, and as clearly as the under signed has done himself, in the name of his Government, all suspicion of a wish to violate the peace. By doing this the Prussian Cabinet would restore that general confidence in the maintenance of the peace of Germany, which ought never to have been shaken. (Signed) "KAROL - VI." Copies of this note have been communicated to the representatives of Austria at the German and foreign Courts. A BANK CASHIER CHARGED WITH FORGERY.— Mr. Wilson, who has been a cashier in Messrs. Lambton Iliad Co.'s bank in Newcastle-on-Tyne 40 years, has been taken into custody, and would be brotight before the ma. Plqtrntes of that town yesterday and remanded, charged with having forged a bond for £l,BOO upon the River Tyne Commissioners in connection with some trust property with which ho was connected. Mr. Wilson was a leading man among the Dissenters in Newcastle, and his appre hension has caused great excitement. There is no reason to believe that his accounts with the bank are w rong. Indeed they have been examined and proved to be not so. EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.—During the starch quarter just ended there sailed from the Mersey a total of 24,777 emigrants, which shows an in crease of 10,261 compared with the same quarter of last year. Of these there sailed to the United States, under the Act, 892 cabin and 18,923 steerage passengers ; and not under the Act, 860 cabin and 764 steerage passengers. During the past mouth of March the total emigration was 13,253 persons, of whom 11,787 were for the United States and the greater proportion were Irish. Messrs. Myer are placing several additional steamers on their North Ameri can station to meet the demands of the emigration traffic. Alontalivet, formerly minister under Louis Philippe, in a letter from Nice addressed to the Debats, regrets that the state of his health will not permit him to join the faithful friends who are proceeding to Claremont to •-sa 2, -, their List respects to the late Queen of the French. quotes the following passage from ono of the ladies in atteudauce on the ex-Queen :—" I am cut to the heart ; but thank God I have arrived here in time to see the Queen ° lice more, and devote myself to her last moments. I am going with Mdlle. Muser to lay her out, and to put on her, brarding t o h er own desire, the dress she wore on quitting lice.,, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ---e~-- The Money Market presents an active and firm aspect. The commercial demand for accommoda tion is rather large owing to some special heavy engagements which will be due at the end of the week. The lowest quotations of tha brokers is 6 per cent. for the best short dated paper. The sum of £3,000 was taken into the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,652 3s. 10d. on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. English Convention Bonds of Mexico, 1851. The London Bank of Mexico and South America (Limited) have received advices from Mexico of the following receipts to date by Mr. Glennie, her Britannic Majesty's Consul, on account of the divi dend and sinking fund due June 4, 1866, on the above bonds : "Mexico, Feb. 27, 1866. " Amount in Mr. Glennie's possession, $214,841 110 ; ditto in hands of Mr. Glennie's agents at the ports, $130,367 67c; making a total of $345,208 78; of which amount $288,199 60c belong to the $4,025,892 960 exist ing Stock English Convention 'Bonds." _ _ . By the above statement it will be perceived that there is already sufficient collected to pay the 3 per cent. divi dend in June, and some 31 per cent. of the sinking fund. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 90c. Firm, all in demand. The English Stock Market has been very favour ably influenced by the advices from the Continent announcing the probable peaceful solution of the Schleswig-Holstein quection. Operators have been busily buying for a rise in prices, and Consols have improved to-day 1 per cent., viz., to 86} 1 for Money, and to 861 87 for the May settlement. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 841 1 ; Exchequer Bills for March, ss. dis., and for June, Os. to 2s. dis. ; Bank of England Stock, for account, 245 ex. div. ; India Stock, 209 ; do., 5 per Cents., 102/ ; and do. Bonds, 18s. prem. The advance in the quotations for Foreign Stocks has been general, the average improvement repre senting I per cent. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 371 1 ; Mexican, 21/ ; ditto New, 18i 19 ; Greek, 131 141 ; Spanish Passive, 261 ; Italian, 581 ; Chilian Loan, 1 1 pm. ; Brazilian Scrip, 11 1 dis. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, 2 1 dis. United States Government 5 20 Bonds, 711 4 ; Erie Shares, 55i 56 ; and Illinois, 80 1. Ths dealings in the Railway Share Market have been on a very moderate scale, although prices i n several instances exhibit an upward tendency. Midland and Great Western have each advanced ss. ; North Western, 10s. ; and Great Northern A stock, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are gene rally a shade higher. Bahia and San Francisco have advanced to 151 j ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 3 2 33 ; and Great Western of Canada to 16i 17. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, but at steady rates. Alliance are dealt in at 27 + ; Consolidated at 9i ; Bank of London, at 25} ; London Financial, at 10+ ; National Discount Company, at 13 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 161 ; Reuter's Telegraph Co. shares are quoted 1 2 prem. ; and the Pasha of Egypt New Loan, f prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. *GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, April 5 3 per Cent. Reduced B9 New 3 per Cent B4 i ,i 1 Now 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs,.; Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — . June. tachequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. Msr dis 6 2 dis Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account 245 x d INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ndian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 209 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5} per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO , — Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., .£l5 pd — pm &ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account 73} 3 Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do £ICO Bonds Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Milian 6_ per Cent ___ . - Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Danubian Principalities Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Kgyptian 7 per Cent B9l 901 I)o., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds 92f Do. 1864 BBi 9 81 i Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures 9O 1 Do. £25 paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Do Account sf - Tuatemala 5 per Cent. talian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway , — Nlexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 l9/ Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French gontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid INioorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — 9eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St BBl 1 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4/ per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account - Do Passive — Do Account 26} f 1 } Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l5l 16 Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 4i per Cent. 1364 Turkish 6 per ef,nt. 1854 • Do Account. 92 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 por Cent. 1862 Do Account 6B} i 8 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent.,1563 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cont. Ditto account -- Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Dividencts on the above payable in London. Austriitn ' O per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z 4 Fe* neut., Ex. 12 Guil Po 1 per Cent. Certificates 94 French Routes 3 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. De Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for money Do. May settlement RECOLLECTIONS OF A LIFE OF ADVENTURE. By William Stainer (Mark Tapley, Jun.)—" The two voluines in which Mr. Starner has recorded his adventures are of deep and varied interest, and a career so remarkable as his has seldom been described. The volumes are excessively entertaining, and in all the varied scenes through which the author conducts us he is always an intelligent guide and a pleasant friend. We cheerfully recommend his ad ventures to all who read for amusement. There is, too, much information of positive and practical value to be de rived from his work."—Sunday Timm SHARE MARKETS, —This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. raid) Closing Business I I Price. _ done. ____ Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... Cork and Bandon Cornwall . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & a b.June. t.London, berip Certi. 90 92 127 128 55 61 13 15 5 7 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. 118 120 39 4t 6 7 Do. E. Angl. st. No.* Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock ' Do. B stock 121 123 118 110 Do. New, is. at 25 prr , Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original S. Val. Rail g - ua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Mau., She;., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd' Midland Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (.4.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North Lendou Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 80 92 G 9 60 53 80 90 42 34 83 10) 102 120 121 91 96 37 39 43 15 121 122 92 0 63 64 132 134 211 2ip 1 lip 95 97 123 1234 92 0 la l 4 I, 68 60 8 30 109 110 71 72 109 110 ' 35 37 10 II p 120 124 1} 2p 14 2pl 74 76 10 - 12 150 152 67 70 112 114 50 5' 73 75 8 9 140 113 3 lOO 102 p 51 53 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, L Cen.ln. 5s 40 102 103 P iP 0$ 7 10 11 . • gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do ['reference . . Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- • Calcutta & s. E., lim , ,a, e Town & Dock, gu l Demerara. 7 p.c. per. p• East. Ben al, gu., 5 do East 'Alan gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 E xtension .;randTrunkof Canada Do. Equip. Slort. Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. lst , ref. Bonds 1 Do. do. deferred Do. 2d f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook 1 Do. do. deferred 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 102 104 29 31 83 90 65 67 55 60 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33 70 43 108 109 1i 2 14 2 Dt.. 4th Pret. stook Do. do. dverred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New glia. b p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 4.1 per cent 99 100 91 ' 93 Do Great NY , s. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do 16 17 n 311 91 26 86 , t 8 1 :00 10 01 9 93 87 89 Do. 4;_clq. . . Do. Fifth Extension Sfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's say.. N. HLC'da,6po Ist pf.bs. Sande .... Do. Delhi d Do. do . .1 Do. Punlaub.... Do.lndus St. Flo 62 64 8' 62 99 100 98 99 97 99 OLONIAL GOVERNMENT RECUR: British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1872.4. ICan.GOv . .6 July 187744 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed ak Cape ti. Hope, 6 p.c.1873 t/o.AplAtOct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1:580-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April, and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July 90 94 PO 14 90 94 7s 80 78 SO 102 IC4 105 107 105 107 1(2 IC4 90 ?2 1.2 104 It.B 1 8 • Do. 1t , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. Sz Aug.. Natal .iov. o per cent.. N. S.W. Gov. 6 pv.,185( Do. 5 p.c. 18 : 1 to 2r,, *O2 104 101 106 104 106 1(2 )04 10) 102 93 93 Do. 5 P.c. 188 S to 189. New Zealand, 8 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc• , tia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-1 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct 90 95 87# !84 9l 95 79 81 08 100 98 100 105 107 106 107 1051 1031 1 190 100 100 1:0 100 100 BRITISH MINES. Cain. Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist orakewal is East Bassett allogan) East Caradon Easi, Cans Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G weu. Grost, L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tsusy G. Wheal Vor ( Heist Grenville Elerod's Foot •••• Efingaton Downs Margaret 'Uny Lelant Marke Valley Viwyndy Iron Ore, New Se con North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I Rogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.. • Pr. midenee Uny L.land S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clon, lira.. West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Lkskeard West C hi v erton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (11.edruth' Wheal Mary Ann (Men., Wheal Seton Wheat Trelawney (Lis. I'REFEREN( Great Northern, 5 per cent., 11 6 7 14 16 s*o 58J 18 20 8 9 31 34 4 1 7 9 3 3i 5 7 20 21 1 4 1 1} 25 26 3} 31 34 40 5 4 6 4 44 24 101 35 40 13 15 2.1.0 294 3f 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.9 32 34 390 410 2 li 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 1 2 8 10 75 80 165 175 82i 87i 25 27i 3 5 205 215 14 16 ,11G bIiARES. C 9 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern 5 per cent., irred., 106 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, ICBS FOREIGN RAILWAY!, Bahia and San Francisco, llm., gua. 7 per oent.,[lsl Great Luxembourg, 15k Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 7; I Recite and San Francisco, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 121 FOREIGN MINEK Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3/ / Fortuna (lira.), 2/ rontino and Bolivia Gold, lira., I/ Port Philip, / BANKS. Agra and 3lssterman's, lim., 524 Alliance, 11 , n. 27* ustralasia, 69 Bank of Egypt, 324 Bank of London. 255 British and Californian, 1im.,04/ Chartered %ler. of India, London. and China, 47 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 25/ Consolidated Bank, lfm., 9/ European Bank, 1im.,1t4 Imperial Ottoman, 124 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London and Brazilian (lira.), Ditto, new, 111 London and County, :7 London Joint Stock, 474 London and 11 estminster, 954 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 163=144 National Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 46 New Zealand Bank Corporation. Oriental Bank Corporation, 52 Union of London, 52/ MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2f Credit P'oncler and Robilier of Engianu, 71 I Crystal Palace, 38 Electric Telegraph, 134 Gen. Credit and Finalize of London, lim., Lludson's Bay, 16 Imperial 31 ercan tile Credit Asso., lim.. 1 International Financial -ociety,Airri.. 41 London Financial Association, lim I.A.ndon Central Omnibus Company, lint, National Discount ompany, 13 Ottoman Finanei A ssuciation, lira., 5} Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lint., 164 f I'anama, New Zealand. and Austraiian Mail, liro., 8} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 7,/ Union Marine, Liverpool. Jim., 3i f SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -- e - LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—John Henry, from Mazagau ; Napoleon, and Furet, from Gravelines ; Ocean Queen, from Calais. Arrived, April 3.—Venetia, steamer, from Gibralter. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed—Brunelle, for Quebec. Passed—Navin°, for the Cape of Good Hope. 100 11)0 all 100 100 ELECTION COMMITTEE—This Day. -- A-- NOTTINGHAM. The members of this committee re-assembled this morn mg at 11 o'clock. Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., .who opened the case of Sir Robert Clifton yesterday, resumed his address this morning. After some preliminary observations the learned counsel adverted to the evidence of the witness Corton, who had made the statement that Sir Robert Clifton had said in a speech on the hustings on the polling day, " Morley and Paget intend to attempt to block up the booths to-morrow. It is for you to prevent them. We will butcher' and pepper' them, and then nobody will buy them." Ho would esta blish to the satisfaction of the committee that there was no foundation for that statement, which was entirely uncor roborated, and that Sir R. Clifton was not on the hustings after he left it in the morning, until six o'clock in the even ing, when he addressed the electors. With respect to the evidence of Mr. Cox, who was very hostile to Sir Robert Clifton, the attack made on him was attributable to his unpopularity, and not to any incitement on the part of Sir Robert, who would give an emphatic denial as to his com plicity in the riots. Mr. Du Prat would also contradict the witness as to the part he was alleged to have taken when the attack was made on hint before the day of poll ing. The committee would learn for the first time that at three o'clock on the morning of the polling-day an attack was made by Morley and Paget's party on the committee rooms of Mr. Martin, which led to a reprisal on the part of some of those who were interested in the success of S irßobert and Mr. Martin, and was not to be attributed to the agency, direct or indirect, of either of these gentlemen. No doubt there were riots at different polling places on the day of the elec tion, but he denied that Sir Robert Clifton's denouncing and arresting them, instead of being a "sham," was genuine. The learned counsel then analysed, at considerable length, the evidence of the other witnesses for the petition, which, he said, he would be able completely to refute, and he re marked that the counsel for the petitioners had most sus piciously abstained from calling several witnesses to give corroborative evidence, although they boasted at the out set that 140 witnesses would be called. Tho committee will re-assemble to-morrow at the usual hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -^4.-- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WHOLESALE ROBBERY.—A young man, formerly in the employ of Mrs. Mary Ann Meade, milliner, of No. 22, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a ring and other articles, the pro perty of his mistress. The prosecutrix stated that the prisoner was in her em ploy for about 12 months, and left in February last; and after he had gone she missed a ring and a cumber of othor articles. Police-constable Moore, 193 0, proved taking the pri soner into custody; and finding a quantity of property (identified by the prosecutrix as belonging to her) in the prisoner's boxes. On searching the prisoner, who made n• answer to the charge, he found in his possession some duplicates relating to other articles owned by the prosecu trix, and they had been given up. _ _ _ The prisoner wished the case to be disposed of by the magistrate, and pleaded guilty Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was afraid the prisoner had been in the habit of robbing his employer for some time, and he siould commit him for three months with hard labour. THAMES. A TICKET-Or-LEAVE CONVICT RE -CONVICTED.—Thomas Montgomery, a ticket-of-leave convict, who was convicted of burglary on the 27th of June, 1863, and sentenced to 5 years' penal servitude, appeared for the second time be fore Mr. Partridge charged with wilfully and unlawfully neglecting to report his change of residence at Arbour square Police Station, Stepney, ho being a convict on ticket of leave, contrary to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, 27 and 28 Vic., cap. 47. In the first investigation it appeared that the prisoner had duly reported himself at the station-house, in Arbour square, but ho had not notified his change of residence from No. 9, Oxford-street, Stepney, to Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel, andleman-street, Whitechapel. The magis trate thought as the prisoner had duly reported himself, although he had not reported his intended change of resi dence, some allowance might be made, and perhaps if all the circumstances were reported to the Commissioners of, Police the case would not be pressed. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, now reported that the prisoner had been guilty of a series of evasions, that he had not reported himself at the H division station, in Leman street, when he was living in Oxford-street and in Leman street. The instructions on the prisoner's pardon and on other papers were plain and direct, that ho was to notify an intended change of residence, and report himself monthly at the station-house of the division in which he lived. While the prisoner was in the H divisionhe reported himself in the K division, although he had received posi tive instructions to the contrary. Mr. James Bassett, a coffee-house keeper, of No. 5, Field gate-street, Whitechapel, said the prisoner hired a room of him in the latter end of January, and paid him a week's rent in advance. Tho prisoner slept one night there, but no more, and for a fortnight afterwards called for his letters daily, but did not sleep in the house or have his meals there. The prisoner admitted that he had not acted rightly, and that if the magistrate would look over this nothing should "pass wrong" in future. Mr. Partridge—The evidence I have heard this day com pletely alters the character of the case. There has been a deliberate intention to evade the act of Parliament and to deceive the police. I shall revoke the prisoner's license, and ho will be taken back to Millbank Prison, from which he was liberated in January. Inspector Griffin immediately took the prisoner into custody. His sentence will expire in June, 1868. HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—Aun Marks, a depraved and very savage prostitute, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently assaulting John Kenny, a seaman. William Freestone, a police-constable, No. 58 K, stated that •the sailor stopped with the prisoner on Thursday night and on Good Friday, and that on tho night of the last named day she attacked him without the semblance of provocation, and broke a glass sugar basin about his head, and knocked his eye out. The man was taken to the London Hospital, and was in a really dangerous condition. He took the prisoner to the bedside of the patient this morning, and the sailor identified her, and said "She has knocked my eye out ; I don't know why she did it." That is the sugar basin with which she did it. Ur. Partridge remanded the prisoner till Saturday next. HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday. The Queen, with her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess of llohenlohe Langeubourg, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and went out this morning, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princecs Louise and Prince Arthur. The President and Secretary of the Royal Aca demy of Arts bad the honour of an audience of her Majesty to present their report on the proceedings of the Academy during the past year. Major-General Hood and Lieut.-Colonel Du Plat have succeeded Major-General Seymour and Colonel Ponsonby as Equerries in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Hohenlohe-Lange n _ bourg, and Priuce Teck, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Major Grey, and Major Teesdale, went to Brighton y ea _ terday morning, and were present at the Review of Volunteers. Their Royal Highnesses partook of luncheon with the Mayor of Brighton at the Pavilion, and after wards returned to Marlborough House. Ilis Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at Marlborough House on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. In attendance upon his Majesty were Count de Moerkirke and M. Brewer. Major Grey has succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of W ales. Butchers' Meat and the Jews. (From the Scotsman.) Probably few people in Edinburgh are aware that there is living amongst them a class of persons who will not eat a single morsel of meat killed by a butcher. They would rather eschew beef altogether than cook any portion of the carcases which are now so liberally, under the operation of the Cattle Diseases Act, sent into the city from the coun try. All animal food partaken by them must have had life taken by the sacrificial knife of their priest alone, and only his warrant is accepted as a guarantee for its soundnes3. Twice a week, in the Edinburgh slaughter-houses —on Monday and Wednesday—the Jewish priest kills, as did Aaron of old, the bullocks and sheep which serve for the food for the 18 or 20 Jewish families in Edinburgh over whom he is spiritual ruler. These animals are not slaugh tered in the ordinary way— that is, they aro not felled by a pole-axe before they are bled. Having been tied up by the neck to a ring in the side of the wall, the fore legs of the victim are shackled by the priest.. The hind legs are then tied firmly together by a rope, which is long enough to pass from the hind legs round the shackle on the front and back again. This rope is then pulled with strength sufficient to draw the fore legs close together, when the animal of course tumbles. The rope round the neck is then removed, the beast lying helplessly bound upon the ground. The priest now commences his slaying operations —and as ho appeared in Lis character of butcher on 'Wed nesday, he certainly was as unlike the popular ideal of a spiritual adviser as could possibly be imagined. Dressed in what is called his "killing clothes"—a long coat, greasy and glazed with age and dirt, as ever any son of Abraham wore, so tattered and torn that it would have taken as many patches as Joseph's coat had colours to have mended it, and a black skull-cap on—the priest entered the booth smoking a cutty pipe. When the bullock had been thrown down in the manner described, he brought out a long bladed ivory -handled knife, in size something likethat with which ham is cut in grocers' shops. Tho blade would bo about 15 or 16 inches long, and from if to 2in. broad, thick on the back, but with an edge sharp as a razor. No Gen tile fingers aro permitted to pollute by their touch this con secrated weapon, the priest having always to sharpen it himself. This he does in a very dexterous manner, a know ledge of this, as well as of butchering, forming a necessary part of the priestly education. Having satisfied himself by drawing his thumb two or three times up and down the edge that the knife is sharp enough, the priest has the head of the beast about to be killed so bent back as to force its throat prominently forward, when, with ono cut ho lays it open from ear to ear. The death struggles of the animal are agonising to witness. The beast being quite dead, the ordinary butchers proceed to skin it in the usual manner. An incision is made under the breast, into which the priest thrusts his hand to examine the internal organe. If the lungs should be in the slightest degree attached to the sides the beast is condemned and another must be slaugh tered, as indeed there must also be if the cut in the throat is not sufficient to cause death. On one occasion, some years ago, as many as 15 excellent animals had to be de stroyed before the priest got ono to satisfy himself. Meat condemned is designated " trifa," and that passing is called "cosier." Only the fore quarters of the animal are eaten by the Jews in Edinburgh, although we believe in London the hind quarters aro also used for food. Wherever there is a vein in the flesh, it must be carefully cut, or, as it is technically termed, " purged" out by the priest, in ac cordance with the injunction in the seventeenth verso of the third chapter of Leviticus —" It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwell ings that ye eat neither fat nor blood ;" and in obedience to the 15th verse of the same chapter the Jews refuse to touch the kidneys or the suet upon them—" The two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall be taken away." The only fat made use of by the Jews is that known as the skirts, which the uncircumcised dispose of to the tallowcbandler. When the beast has been dressed, and the fore quarters cut off by the twelfth rib, the priest marks the meat with a seal, upon which is engraved certain Hebrew characters, and he likewise marks it with ink in various places. These are guarantees to the faithful when they go to the butcher that the beef is " coshes." When it reaches the butcher the meat is cut up by him in pieces to suit his Jewish customers, the priest having previously "purged" every vein. The names given to the various pieces of meat by the Jews differ from those commonly in use. Thus, the thick and of the shoulder they designate " bolls," the spare rib they call " prime rib," the coarse end of the roast " chuck," the runner, " top rib" and " double top rib," according to the cut. Meat, even when passed by the priest, cannot be " coshar," or lean, for more than three days after a beast has been slaughtered ; but it can be made "coshar"again by being immersed in water. Before cooking the Jews again " coshar" the meat at their own homes by dipping it in a basin of clean water. They then place it upon an ashet turned upside down, and sprinkle it with salt, the effect of which treatment is to draw out all the blood, which runs down the sides of the inverted dish. After being once more steeped in pure water, it is ready for the fire. ONE OF SIR EDWIN LANDSEER'S BRONZE LIONS, which is to adorn the base of Nelson's column in Trafalgar square has been recently completed, and was inspected by her Majesty the other Saturday morning at Baron Maro chetti's studio. THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT ON PLANTS has been noticed from the most remote times, but recently some ex periments wore made in Paris enlarging our knowledge of the influence in its less obvious phases. A climbing plant placed in a dark place continued to grow, but not to twine in the usual spiral convolutions. It grew straight up the stick in the dark, but when again taken into the light it recommenced to twine as usual. The experiment was repeated several times, and always with the same results, showing that light was essential to its power of twining. TIIE SPITAL COMMEMORATION.— The Corpora tion of the City of London went yesterday afternoon in state to Christ Church, Newgate-street, for the purpose of taking part in the annual commemoration of the Royal Hospital. In consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Copeland acted as his locum tenens. The Blue Coat Boys occupied the spacious gal leries. Prayers wore read, and an appropriate sermon was was preached by the Bishop of Rochester. This morning the scholars of Christ's Hospital will, according to annual custom, wait upon the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, when his lordship will give each boy a bun and a pecu niary gratuity in the shape of a new shilling. The Corpora tion will again proceed to Christ Church, where a sermon will he preached by the Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A., of Gonvillo and Caius College Cambridge, prebendary of St. Paul's, and chaplain to the Lord Mayor. MR. PEABODY'S DONATIONS.—In a recent num ber of the Gartnulaube, a Leipzig paper, which has the largest circulation in the German press, there is an article on " The Homeless Boys of London," by Karl Blind, who was present at the night meeting in Great Queen-street. In it the following passage occurs : "Among the noblest virtues of Engand, whatever be her shortcomings, her charity is to to be reckoned first and foremost. There is a grim, hideous, misery, no doubt, among the proletariat of her great cities; but no sooner is an appeal made for help in a special case than gifts pour in at once. In this, as in her readiness to make voluntary contributions for great public and political objects, England excels all Europe, whilst the American Republic may be said to surpass therein every nation . of the world. Numberless associations for pub lic char i ty have sprung up ou British soil. But the double gift which an American merchant, Mr. Peabody, wh o is a resident in London, has made for such objects in England surpasses everything that even Englishmen have done e in that be half. Ho has devoted three millions of florins to the ame lioration of the condition of the working classes—a dona tion which would be under estimated i f it were called princely." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWINIARKET RACES. , -THIS DAY. NEWMARKET 11ANDICAP. Eakring Lincoln Green Pearl Diver.. 3 Eight ran. BEACON STAKES. Achievement Verulam Photograph Four ran. BIENNIAL STAKES. Ceylon 1 Mount Palatine Primate El2.ven ran, DURHAM RACES—THIS DAY. RABY STAKES. Malta Jura LAMPTON STAKES. Narino 1 Festival Won easy. WESTMINSTER. A DISGRACE TO A RIFLE Conrs.—Thomas Stephenson, 18, Keppel-street, Chelsea, a private in the Ist Middlesex Engineer Volunteers, was charged with wantonly dis charging a rifle, to the danger and annoyance of passengers at Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico. William Rollingson, 399 B, said—At 12 o'clock last night 1 was in Chelsea-place, and heard two caps snapped on a rifle in Lower Belgrave-place. I went there and saw the prisoner with a comrade in uniform. Both had rifles, and were not quite sober. When they got about 20 yards past Chester-place I heard the report of a rifle, and ran after the prisoner, catching him at the corner of Eaton-square. He at first :said ho did not fire the rifle. His comrade's rifle had the muzzle-stopper in it, and therefore accused the prisoner of it. Colonel Baring, of No. 1, Chester place, then came up, and prisoner acknowledged firing the rifle, saying he was very sorry for it ; it was a blank cart ridge. Prisoner said when he left Brighton there was some thing the matter with the nipple of his rifle, so he put saps on and fired them, until, at the third attempt, it went off. Mr. Arnold asked him if he hadn't got sense enough to know that the street was not a proper place to try a rifle in. Prisoner—lt was a forethought of mine. I didn't deny it. lam very sorry. A comrade proved that they had been using blank cart ridge at Brighton ; the prisoner said the vent of his rifle was foul and he tried four caps to clear it. He was ordered to find a surety in £5, to be of good behaviour for three months. MARKETS,—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load, Trade very slow. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load, A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to .£6 12s Gd ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per, load Trade inactive. Liverpocl Cotton Market.—TLis Day. The Market opens quietly. Sales probably 4,000. or 5,000 bales. THE "ECONOMIST" ON THE REFORM BILL.—SOmO Liberal mealb.rs of Parliament have been satisfied with the promise by the Government that they would during this session lay their supplemental reform bills on the table of the house. But no such promise can satisfy the country—out of doors nobody cares what is on the table of the house. We only know what is proposed. Who can tell what may happen before these deposited and ante dated bills come on for discussion ? The proceeding is fatally like that so common in the money market of late. The manager of a finance company says, " Sir, your bills arc capital, excellent paper ; I shall be very glad to dis eount them Of course you won't object to take the com pany's acceptance. We are short of cash just now." Just so the country is asked to consider what government will propose, because it is not convenient to propose it now. But we do not even know that the government will be in existence when it is called on to perform its engagements. We should be worse than the holder of the acceptance of finance companies, for an administration has no corporate character when it has ceased. It has no lasting unity to blame or to punish.—Economist. _ Court Crintit 12'} I I 92} 3} 3 91 9 9tS 1231 I 61 P 71i } 74 } 1 9 1 I i 0 17 14 1 i ;ITI EDITION. SUN, OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. EALING RACES.--This DAY. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE. Melrose ~ Dauntless ......... .............. . Sweet Spirit ........................................................ Six ran. W on i n a canter. 1 BLACKHEATH RACES—Tuffs DAY. HUNTER'S CUP. Pot Pourri Spalpeen ........................ 2 WEST KENT HANDICAP. Jessamine Quarantine ..................... . SELLING STAKES. . Pot Pourri ..................... 1 Shazalie ............................................................. 2 The above are the only telegrams received up to the hour of going to press. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 24. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Birthday will be celebrated on Saturday, the 26th of May next. SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain. MARCH 28. Notice is hereby given, that the Court appointed by her Majesty to have been hold at Buckingham Palace, on Thursday, the 12th of April next, is postponed to Satur day, the sth of May next, at three o'clock. SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain. Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold Courts at Buckingham Palace on the following days :—Saturday, May 5, and Monday, May 14, at three o'clock ; and Tues day, June 19, at four o'clock. The lists for all these Courts are now closed. SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain. MAncit 31. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the 2ad of May, on Saturday the 12th of May, and on Wednesday, the 6th of Juno next, at two o'clock. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 3. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. William Blenkin sop to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joh n J osep h Corrigan, deceased; George Peter Moore, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Richmond Griffin Nicholas, who retires. 15th Hussars—Paymaster Augustus Frederick 131 eham, from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster, givice Paymaster (with the honorary rank of Major) Blay ney T. Walshe, who retires upon half-pay. Royal Artillery—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Alfred John Bolemoro to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Shar key, deceased. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Edward Fox Angelo, from the 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Low, who exchanges. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Ed war d Bromhead to be Captain, without purchase, vice Charles Edward Bayard Breton, deceased ; Ensign Christopher M. Davidson to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Bromhead ; Gentleman Cadet Lindsay Robert Burnett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Davidson. 14th Foot—Lieutenant G eorge H arwoo d Cope to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice John Joseph Hill Carberry, deceased; Ensign Frederick King Laverton to bo Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Cope; Gentleman Cadet Robert William Richardson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Laverton. 18th Foot—Captain James Morris Toppin, from the 2d West India ll;ginient, to be Captain, vice Crozier, who exchanges; Ensign Charles Guthrie Phillips to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Octavius Ridley Lawson, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Coombe Lydiard, from the Royal Military College, t.) be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Crichton Jenkins, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet John Cator Stockley, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, without purchase, Tice Phillips. 21st Foot—Ensign Edward Chetwood Hamilton, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henry Woolgar Griffith, transferred to the 23rd Foot. 28th Foot—Captain Alexander W. Low, from the Ist Foot, to be Captain, vice Angelo, who exchanges. 60 th Foot—Lieutenant William John ' Everard Poole to be Captain, by purchase, vice Augustus Morgan, who re teusienaEnnt,sigbyll pjouhrenhalsVea, k v e i r ce .Bernhard urmabrilsoh Walter Courtenay Pepys, who retires; Ensign Walter Cowan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Poole • Ernest Hovell Thurlow, Gent., to be Ensiiin by purchase, ' vice * sh. 61st Foot—Reginald William fohn Burton Gent. P t r o be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mordaunt Rickets, who ro tires. 86th Foot—Alfred Wilson Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Guy F. Clarke Travers, promoted. 94th Foot—Lieut. Clifford Wilson to be Captain, without purchase, vice George James Teevan, seconded on ap pointment as District Inspector of Musketry iu India; Ensign F. Buckley Campbell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice 'Wilson. 99th Foot—Ensign Francis Hincks to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Anthony Charles M. Jelllcoe, who re tires ; Gentleman Cadet James Moore Hanson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rinks. Rifle-Brigade —Ensign Charles Frederick Hulse to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur Arbuthnot, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Francis Howard, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Hulse. The first name of Major and Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel Bourchier is Claud, and not Claude. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Herbert Henry Gilbert to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Ramsay Gibb, retired. 2d West India Regiment—Daptain William Crozier, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Toppin, who ex changes. DEPOT BATTALION.— Captain S. Blotnefield Kekewich, sth Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain John McQueen, half-pay, late Depot Battalion, re-appointed Adjutant. RECRUITING DlSTRlCT.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Clement Alexander Edwards, C. 8., from half pay, late 49th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer, vice Brevet-Colonel Brunkor, promoted Major-General. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant - Surgeon William Robert Kerans, supernumerary to the 11th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant Surgeon, vice Alfred John Belemore, ap pointed to the Royal Artillery. HALF-PAY.—Lieutenant John Mahoney, from the 66th Foot, to be Captain , without purchase. BREVET.—Colonel Frederic Augustus Yorke, retired upon full pay, Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank of Major General. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Albert Denison, half-pay late 52nd Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 3. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that Brevet-Colonel Edward Bruce Hamloy, of the Royal Artillery, be appointed a Member of the Council of Military Education, in succession to Colonel Thomas Elwyn, whose period of employment has expired. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 31. Silas Weymouth, Esq has this day been promoted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet. The undermentioned officers have been this day pro moted to the rank of Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet : Frederick Piercy, Esq., Dr. Pierce Mansfield, Augustus Robertson, Esq. The Reverend William Warner Parry has this day been appointed a Chaplain and Naval Instructor in her Ma jesty's Fleet. APRIL 2. Robert Thomas Crispin, Esq., has this day been pro moted to the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on the Retired List. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening• Amsterdam Short. 11 17i 11 1 8 1 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1i 12 li Rotterdam 25 5 5 Antwerp — 25 50 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 23 17 9 1 1 4i 25 50 3 Months Ditto 225 25 52i Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine /0 80 11 921 Vienna. lO 85 11 92i Trieste 2Bi 291 Petersburgn Berlin 46 1 6 291 Madrid ..... .................. Cadiz ........................ 47 I Leghorn ..................... 2o 621_ Milan ........................ 25 62 1 25 70 25 70 Genoa ........................ 25 62i 25 67 Naples ........................ 25 65 20 70 A COCK AND A RAT.—Ir. Paton, a merchant in Anstruther, was astonished on entering his stable the other morning to find a combat going on between a cock and a rat, the latter of which had evidently the worst of the fray. The entrance of Mr. Paton seemed to make the terror of the rat more desperate still, as it attempted to make off, but a stroke from victorious " chanticleer" again sent it sprawling on the floor, where Mr. Paton's heel at once and effectually concluded it and the battle. The fury of the conqueror, however, was not satisfied with the death of his opponent, for ou the rat being thrown to the door, the cock furiously renewed the attack upon it, and this continued until the carcass was placed beyond his reach—Edidurgli Courant. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, EIGHT O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tms DAT. PEYEWAL SWEEPSTAKES. Bortio.. Proerpino Won by a head. SWEEPSTAKES OP 100 SON'S. Afirella. Marnet.. Won in a canter. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SON'S. FOR COLTS The Peer Robin Hood Won by a short head. STAKES OF 100 SOY'S. FOR FILLIES. Melinda Loaf Sugar Veracity PLATE OE 50 SOVS. Bounceaway Novice Watercuro ... 3 Fourteen ran. DURHAM RACES—Tins DAY. NORTH DURHAM HANDICAP. Vagrant 1 Honesty 2 Gayous 3 Seven ran. WEAR SELLING HANDICAP. Risk • 1 Count Chemist Won by half a length. WYNEYARD PLATE. Deerhound 1 Count Racer Jess Fiv© ran. Two lengths. UNITED HUNTERS' STAKES, Marksman Comus Miss Taft 3 Four ran. EALING RACES-THIS DAY. HUNTERS' SELLING STAKES. Lot 84.... 1 Beverley ............................. . 2 Comet 3 Tazlioni ............ 6i.1ic ... H ... AN .. ... i .. .... . 4 Banker - Bolingbroke 2 METROPOLITAN SELLING STEEPLECHASE Ivanhoe Melrose Seven ran. 2n LIFE GUARDS CUP. Half Caste Good Lad Five ran. SUBURBAN PLATE. Sir Bobby "• 1 Four ran. N o other passed the post. SHALL-PDX IN SHEEP. A supplement to the Gazette, publish-d last even ing, contains an Order in Council, dated April 2. After the usual recitals, it goes on to say :-- "Whereas a contagious or infections disorder, known or described as the sheep pox, or variola ovine, now prevails among the sheep in a certain part of the United Kingdom, and it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorder from spreading. " Nov, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the powers so vested in them as aforesaid, make and ordain the severe orders and regulations following ; that is to say : "1. It shall not be lawful for any person to remove any sheep or lambs to or from the parish of Earl's Colne, in the county of Essex, or to drive or conduct any sheep or lambs through or by way of such parish. " 2. No skin, wool, horns, or hoofs of any sheep or lambs shall bo moved out of the aforesaid parish without a certifi cate in writing, signed by some person who may have been authorised by two or more justices of the said county of Essex to soize sheep or lambs infected with or labouring under the said disorder, under the first section of the said Act, to the effect that such skin, wool, horns, or hoofs, did not belong to any sheep or lambs forming part of a flock affected by the said disorder, or to any sheep or lambs on the farm or premises in which such disorder prevails. 3. All sheep and lambs dying in any of the stages of the said disease, wheresoever such death or deaths shall or may occur, shall forthwith be buried by the person or persons in whose possession such sheep or lambs may be at the time of death, with their skins and wool on, in pits of not less than sft. in depth, and the carcases so buried shall be covered with quicklime. "4, All sheds and places whatsoever, and all railway trucks and other vehicles which may or shall have been used or occupied by sheep or lambs affected by the said disease, shall forthwith, after having been so used, be thoroughly cleansed with water, and immediately after wards purified by chloride of lime, by the person or per sons in possession of such sheds, places, trucks, and vehicles respectively. "5. Every person in possession of any sheep or lambs in or amongst which tho said disease shall manifest itself, shall forthwith give notice, in writing, of the fact to the Chief Constable or Superintendent of Police of the county or borough in which such sheep or lambs may be. " G. And it is further ordered that this order shall con tinue in force until revoked. AltTlll3. HELPS." Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton April 19 Ditto, via Marseilles April 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet April 6 Ditto, by French packet April 22. Cape of Goad Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aprll 23 China. Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton—April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles. April 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton. April 13. Ditto, via Marseilles April 7. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 13. Ditto, via Marseilles April 7. Mauritius, via Southampton April 13 Ditto, via Marseille 3 April 7. Newfoundland ...April 11. Portugal .... 11. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. .. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet April 11. Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton......... Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. April 6. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) April 13. Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York. MaY 3 - Bermuda, via Halifax April II West Coma of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerife .... April 12 The report of the directors of th e London Bank of Mexico and South America, to be presented at the forthcoming second o rdinary general annual meeting, congratulates the p roprietary on the suc cessful progress of the bank during the past half year. The accounts show that the net profit amounts to £27,860 195., which, with £13,585 brought forward from last account, gives an avail able total of £41,446. The directors recommend that £15,000 of this sum be appropriated to the payment of a dividend of 15x. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum; that £2,133 12s. 10d. be placed t o the reduction of preliminary expenses ; that £20,000 fund; and that the balances, £4,312, be carried forward to the current half-year, subject to the reduction of payment of directors, and auditors' remuneration and income tax TIIREE YOUNG MEN . RON\ D '.' .NED.—We are sorry to have to a ' announce the premature and melancholy death by drowning of three young men belonging to the district of Applecross. It appears that they left Sernentore, where they resided, on Monday week, to transact business in Portrce, and when last seen they were passing through the Kyle of Itona late in the evening. Nothing "[nom was heard of them until a few days since the sad news arrived that pieces of the boat in which they sot out upon their journey were found upon the shore, near Portrce, in Skye, and that the poor unfortunate fellows had never reached their destination. The weather being calm when they passed through the Kyle of Item, it is conjectured that the boat had struck on some rock between the island of Raasy and Skye. None of the bodies have yet been found. The names of the deceased are Angus Maclennan, Donald Macbeth, and John Macheath. The last named leaves a widow and child to mourn his loss ; the others wore un married. The occurrence has cast a deep gloom over the neighbourhood.—Inverness Courier. The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £C3 Ila. told. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold 111 nearly 3-10 the per cent dearer in London than in Paris. too 1 TPE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL ?), 1566. 101} 104 32 3