The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-12 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AN , . COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCTI, - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, The demand for discount accommodation at the Bank of England, and in the open market, continues exceedingly small ; and as the supplies of floating capital are excessive, the rates are very easy. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight downward tendency in some in stances. The drafts drawn by some of the branches of the London and Scottish Bank (Limited) upon the head office in London have been returned, with the reply that they were unable to meet them at pre sent. The bank was established in October last, and has a paid-up capital of only £25,000. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 82c. A slight degree of heaviness is now apparent in the markets for stocks and shares, but this is chiefly due to the realisation of profits, and thereby to close accounts for the Easter holidays. Specula tion is quieter, and there are comparatively few in vestments. Sales having been effected to a small extent, Consols have receded per cent., say to 91 / for transfer to 911 1 for the 9th proximo. The necessary arrangements for the liquidation of the account in the Foreign and Share markets consti tute the principal business of the day. In the Foreign Market a firmer tone has been apparent, but prices have not varied materially. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 744 75 ; do. Con solides, 54i 55 ; Mexican„27l 1 ; do. Ne v, 261 1 ; Greek, 211 s ; Spanish Passive, 321 1 ; do. Certi ficates, 171 1 ; Portuguese, 48* ; Russian, 911 4 ; and Confederate Loan, 29 31. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active. The settlement of the account, however, has occupied the •chief attention of the dealers and speculators, and prices have been ex ceedingly firm. Great Eastern and South-Eastern have each improved ss. ; Brighton, South-Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), each 10s. ; and Great Northern (A Stock), £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and prices exhibit little change of importance. Union of London are marked 541 ; City of Milan Im provements, 114 12 ; Crystal Palace Stock, 37 1 ; Electric Telegraph, 116. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Saloon Steam packet Company, 1 prem.; Anglo-Egyptian Navi gation, 11 2 prem.; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 11 prem.; South African Land, 1 11 prem.; Russian (Vyk anunsky) Ironworks, 2 4 prem.; Millwall Freehold Laud and Stocks, par. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols - 1 Do. Acc oun t , M ay 9 9l} ,i -6 per Cent. Reduced B9} i I New 3 per Cent 8 95 i i New 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills,, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do. £5OO 3 6 pm Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51- per. Cent -,- Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, loi per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — • Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 • Do. 5} per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £1,000 Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. _ Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent ' Do. 4 D i- o per Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 . ' B2_ i Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) C hilian 6 per Cent o. 4i per Cent Coo mbian 6 per Cent. Bo} Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Dani sh Do. Scrip, £55 paid 3 r Cent .7 1825 Do. 4 pe te r Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent , 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Princi p . alities Do £B6_paid — -Nuador New. Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2l E Do., .Provisional Land Warrant — typtian 7 per Cent 97 6 0 , Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 1864 95 141 ...,o se r i ___ G rppk 1; £sb paid D.,„0 4 o pe un r t Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons —}2l Guatemala 5 and 1850 Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865' — DScrip, £42} paid — dis 3 per Cent. 271 } D. Acc oun t Dc 1864 26} 1 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — M ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New. Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) P eruvian . 41 per Cent. - Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account ' Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account ' -- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 48} Do Account 4B} } Russian s . per Cent., 1822, .£ St., Do 44 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account - Do New Deferred Do Account 45-1- 2 Do Passive 32 Do Account .. . .-. Spanish Cert. of • Coup not . .... ********** 171 Do Account * -_. funded Swedish 4 per CerZ ** *** : *********************** Do. 4/ per Cent. 18 . 64 .. ********** : ********** Turkish 6 per Cent. 185 i............. ......... * —Do Account ******** . ******** . ********************** 9-04 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ************* - 1 *********************** i 2 Do Account - Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 75 4 Do. £lOO Bonds 744 4f Do 6 per Cent. 1863 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO 1 enezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do. A ccoun t Do 6 per Cent., 1864 . Do. 1} per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex 10 Florins Belgia n, 44 per cent., Ex.. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 pe r Cent. Certifi-des 96k French Renter 3 per Cent. _ Do. Acco un t' Italian DO. 5 per C nt ent. , 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Coupons TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money 9l } Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. "iark e t • quiet. at droopmg prices. Sales, 3,000 or 4,000 bales, PRENCII REMINISCENCE OF MR. COBDEN.— l‘-![• Louis Jourdan writes as follows, in yesterday's BStecl e , upon the late Mr. Cobden :—" When the state of his ealt h compell e d hi m to pass the w i nter i n A lgeria I often aw him ; our dwellings were close together. In our con versations I was much struck with a contradiction which 3314 de him sm i le. This citizen of the world, this pacific C o nde who w ou ld h ave lik e d t o see a ll na ti ons g i ve e , ach oth er the kiss of peace, was an Englishman to the backbone. ' Why,' I said to him, do you not exhort your car °ll htrY to givt; a generous example to the world by instead of expending millions upon useless arraa i'.eants ?' Upon this point M r . C o bd en wou ld h a v e no No, no,' he replied. ' when you build one ironclad must build thre e , and as a member of Parliament always 'vote the millions necessary to maintain this 15r°Portion.'" 11 13 16 1 3 36 31 520 530 20 25 15 17 146 15 76 86 G . 576 . G2e 180 190 100 103 30 35 11 13 20) 210 )9 20 ritEletatENCE , HAKES Great vorthern, 5 per cent., re& at 5 per cent. pm., 104 7 Slid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di , to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. pt. stock rd., 99 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto. Com. Fund stock 5 per cent., 1001 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 129 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Pahta and San Francisco gua. 7 per (lent., 15f Dutch Rhenish, 22f FOREIGN MINES, A lamillos, limited, if Cobre Copper, 24 BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 71 1 Anglo Egyptian, lint, 12; Bank of Egypt, 3:i European Bank, lira., 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 23 Imperial Ottoman, Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 41 London and Couuty, 76 London Joint Stock, 48 London and Venezula, 6 London and 1% estminster, 95 Union of London, 54 All Elen SCE t I4L u t n NEOUI3. City of Milan Improve Commercial Union, Insurance 81:, 11942 Crystal Palace, 37 , Ebbw Vale, 74 Egyptian Corn. and Viding, Rm., 3; English and Scottish Marine, Rm., 5I Fairb Arn Eng,neering,l7 Financial Corporation, 9 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 69 Home and (1 lonial A ssurance. lim, 4 .1% atonal Discount Company, lim., 159 Quebr4cla Land, Rail, and Mining, 1im.,141 9 Royal Mail Steam, 1 0 Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 6 Van Diemen's Land, 9 THE LATE MR. COBDEN.—At a meeting of the town council of Birmingham yesterday, the mayor (Mr. Henry Wiggin) proposed, and Mr. Alderman iolliday seconded, the following resolution, which was carried unanimously:—That the council desires to jnin in the uni versal sympathy so feelingly expressed in all parts of the kingdom for the family and friends of the late lamented statesman, Richard Cobden, by whose untimely death the best interests of commerce and humanity have sustained an irreparable loss." A similar vote was carried at Bradford. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—There were ten public and three local acts passed on Friday last, when Parlia ment adjourned, making sixteen public and three local statutes in the session, which commenced on the 7th of February. SUICIDE FROM A LOVE AFFAIR. Yesterday a young woman, named Caroline Williams, destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of laudanum, in consequence of a quarrel with a young man to whom she was to have been married having broken off the match. SHARE 'his day. ORDIARY SHARES AND STOCKS. eI Railways. Bir., NVol., & Str. Val 'Myth and Tyne Brtstol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon.- Cornwall A gets no div. Do. A till6p.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun,.Perth, & , b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. W( stern Great Eastern, ( ird. s k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 't Great North of Scotland Great Norther a D A stock Do. B . o Do. New, is. at 21 pro Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Ort4inal 1) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Oxiord Do. Newpo. t Po. Ile. eford Lanc :shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., ('hat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares .. Metropolitan Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. shares ) 1 1d Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N*E purchase I Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. stock. & Darling De. do. 1855- - :8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18i,4 worth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Soot, Mid. stick 4 11- ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern . -Itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C_ Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny I West Cornw W.Hartlepool Ilar.&lt Do. A irredeemable I Do. A redeemable 100 10 'CO 1 0 100 100 itRITISH POSSK raid. l Closing Business Price. done. 95 97 130 131 5i 6 66 68 .6 17 84 91 107 1. 9 47 48 7 8 131 i 122, 1471 1481 131 .33 87 F 9 75; 76 65 67 52 53 46 49 101 1 03 519} 520 86 68 107 109 44 13 141 523 96 97 59} 60 12) 13) 21 ?fp 1361 137 106 118 51 :5 z4i /5 1101 1114 69 70 103 I(3t 37 38 11 12 p 9 10 p 115 115 1 lAp 78 79 11 11 138 142 98 50 60 61 52 55 86 66i 9 10 [55 158 3 4 p [O7 109 46 48 971 a 76 51 1191 87 42 122} } - - 74 77 53k 111 k 12 1031 At!antic& St.Lawrenee Born., Baroda, Cen.ln gu. 5 . percent shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug*. 1,87 z 1)o. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1579 Calcutta & s. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East, Ben al, gu , 5 Co East I .dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bond. , 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ..ref. Bonds Do do. deferred . Do. 2d l'r, t. Bonds. Do. do. deterred Do. rd Pref. stock..: Do. do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pref. stock . Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. • o. Gua 5 per cent. Do. New gua. p. c. Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.... Do reat %V P. of Canada.. D .New. Do. 6 p. e. lid, pay 1873 , o. 5. do. pay. 1877-s.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gna. 5 p.e Do. 4, do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B N 7. Itl.C'da, pc Ist pi. bds Scinde Do. Delhi } 0 41 d Do. do Do. Paniaub Do.lnclns St Flo ISIONa N h 3 1025 1031 pr ip 4 4b to 9i 0 70 9g 101 75 85 1(1 101 102 104 101 105 IP S 7 9 , 60 65 50 55 50 55 45 50 43 48 41 14 23 5 22 21 101 IPS i IP i IP 101 i 102 fik Ilk 85 %I.) 75 78 10 101 E 102/ 93 95 89 91 6-1 66 3 6 82 8! 1014 102i,1 Old 102' pr 101} 102! 94 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 1877-84 Do 6p. c. Feb. &Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p r. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Du. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: Is9o-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. I 88?, Mayls, Nov. Nat al , -;ov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.July N. B.W. Gov. 5 p c. , 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18 , 8-1' Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6p.c.Ja &July Do. do, .April & Oct BRITI lUam Consol. cold, lint Chi verton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. Drake wal Is.. East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara on as Carn Brea ! , :ast G:enville . Eabt Love 1 E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk' Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Cr. at L xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor „Heist Greuvil e Elerod's Foot Elingston towns Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, liu iNangi les . ►N evi Se con North Downs.. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett Mogan North 'W he .1 Crofty Prosper Ilnited Pr vidence UnyLJlanti S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. k 11logsn stray Park • • Tin - Croft West assett (IL iogan W. Caradon skeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Butler (Redruth whea • LudoAt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni :n 90 9f 90 94 9Q 94 80 82 SO 82 10s 106 106 10S 106 ICB 105 107 102 101 1(5 107 102 104 105 107 108 109 104 106 93 96 98 100 93 95 9t 93 103 105 87 90 91 66 103 105 105 107 106; 1041 INES. 5 c 31 14, 570 58 100 100 104 100 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 FI II rilE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 186 a Detector's Broadside on Quacks and Quackery ! Dr. COURTENAY'S bold, dashing, slashing pam phlet, entitled, " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery "—being a reprint of a remarkable series of Letters, published by him originally under the pseudonym of " DETECTOR," week after week, in the columns of The Medical Circular, and here re published in a formidable brochure of 72 pages octavo—Dr. Courtenay's daring, pitiless, and un compromising pamphlet -is really and truly, we would say, ACapital Substitute for the Pillory! There are certain offences against public decency and public morality, in regard to which we are some times almost disposed to regret the abolition of the punishment of the Pillory. And it is against one of these----it is against one of the very worst of these that Detector, that is to say Dr. Courtenay, has opened up his terrific, ripping, tearing, annihilating Broadside ! With a bold and, we would almost say, self-sacrificing devotion to the interest of the public disdaining to think of the pitch and filth he is constrained to handle in doing it—Detector, resolutely buckling to the un enviable task he has set himself, resolutely seizes, one after another, upon a whole set of these Quacks, fastening them, one after another, as he seizes them, in the Pillory of his Pamphlet. It is for all the world like the actual realisation of Tenniel's ruthless cartoon in a back number of Punch--wherein it may be remembered one of the Dr. Henery-genus was being pelted with some of his own medical abominations! Detector's labours in another way might be regarded as having been undertaken in imitation of one of the most famous of the labours of Hercules, namely, that of cleaning out the stable of Augeas. So far as the feather-end of a single pen could do it, Detector has cleared out his stable, that stable the doors of which he has - not hesitated to• fling wide open to the public at large ! And he has " gone in " at this effort of his towards making a clean sweep of it, so resolutely and with a will, as the sailors have it, that his (De tector's) grey goose quill, we will hope, may prove for the Quacks and for Quackery like a very twig out of the besom of destruction. The British Disaster at Dewangiri. The following is an extract from a letter from the officer who commanded the Royal Artillery at Dewangiri on the occasion of the recent disaster to our arms : Koomerekottah, February 7, 1865. I never thought that I should have to write such a etter as this. We have been most soundly thrashed by he Bhooteahs, and, what is far worse for me, they have got my guns, not taken in fight, or I should not be here to tell it, but thrown away in our retreat for want of means to carry them. To begin at the beginning : about four a.m. on the 30th of January, our camp at Dewangiri was suddenly turned out by yells, shrieks, musket shots, and every horrible noise that it would be possible to be awakened by. We rushed out in our night costume, and I got my men to their guns. It was pitch dark, only illuminated by the constant flashing of muskets on every side. Our camp was literally surrounded. Young Urquhart, with his Sappers, was hard pressed, and he him self was one of the first shot down while leading his men at a charge. We at last drove the enemy off from one part of the camp after another, getting rid of the last about 9 o'clock. We then found that, out of a force of seven officers and 400 men, one officer was killed, one wounded, and 50 men killed or wounded. It was a large proportion. We "accounted" for a large number of the Bhooteahs, and took a few prisoners, all of whom stated the Bhooteah force to be 5,000, and that the Rajah had sworn to turn us out. We laughed at the idea, and sent off to Gowhattee for reinforcements. The letter got there that evening, and on the Ist of February we got an answer to say that our force was ample, and that no reinforcements would be sent. That evening our principal supply of water was cut off, and we had no men to hold the source of it. By the 2d of February the enemy had advanced and cut off the best pass to the plains. On the 4th they held a hill which completely commanded our camp, and, to add to our troubles, our water was very nearly gone, and there was not sufficient for drinking purposes for another day. It was accordingly decided that we should retreat that night to the plains by one of the passes which was still open. I got 50 men of a native infantry regiment to help to carry my guns. They couldn't be dragged ; they had to be taken off' their carriages and carried. We started at 1 a.m. on the sth. The wounded came first, carried by 200 men of the 43d Regiment Native Infantry ; then my guns, with 50 of the same regiment. These men who were told off to help me with my guns all bolted, and left me with 16 artillerymen to shift for ourselves. We struggled on for about a mile up a very steep, bad path. At last I found it was out of the question attempting to carry the guns further. We were perfectly alone, expecting every instant to have these savages on uc. It was no use sacrificing the mon as well as the guns, so I spiked the latter and threw them into a ravine. Pushing on, we first came on two of my own wounded men, deserted on the road. We took them on, and then came upon a Sepoy deserted in the same manner. It was now getting light, and I saw we had completely lost the rest of the force. About 7 a.m. the Bhooteah yells were heard in our rear. By this time I had picked up about a dozen straggling Sepoys and a lot of camp followers. These latter bolted the moment they heard the Bhooteahs, which was a good thing for us. I got the rest together, and kept the fellows at a distance by constantly turning and letting the men who were carrying the wounded get on a bit. At one time my small party was completely surrounded. Our only chance was to attack the lot in front. I took all the men I could spare (only eight), and gave them a volley at 20 paces, which made two bite the dust ; then with a rush we put them to flight. They still continued to follow us up, but kept a respectful distance, evidently seeing that men who were fighting for their lives were not to be trifled with. How rejoiced I felt when I first saw the plains ! I knew all was right then. I got all my men safely into camp here at sunset, having brought out four wounded men and several sick who had been de serted by the mon told off to escort them. We had been 16 hours marching. My men behaved splendidly. I wish I could say the same for all the others. I wish they would hand over to my tender mercies those who deserted the sick and wounded. They ought to be hung. I don't think any blame can attach to me for throwing away the guns. In my own conscience I feel perfectly clear, but oh! so small. To be beaten by the men we have been despis ing is too much, and I feel thoroughly sick. The Lady Victoria Long Wellesley has recently purchased Bolney Lodge, Cuckfield, Sussex, from Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey. Lady Victoria Long Wel- lesley has resided for some time in Sussex, where her ac tive benevolence and philanthropic efforts for the good of the poor have won her the regard and esteem of all classes. TROUBLES ON THE FRONTIER.--A little while ago ago, when the river was frozen over below Detroit, a man from Toronto attempted to cross with a team of horses and waggon. He had previously provided him self with a passport, setting forth his age name, size, colour of the eyes and hair, peculiarities, physical con dition, and future prospects, for which he paid the usual fee. With this key to unlock the gates of Uncle Sam's exclusiveness, he anticipated no trouble in making his entrance, into this "land of the free and home of the brave." He proceeded to cross the river bn the ice opposite Wyandotte, although not intending to land at that point. The road being better on the ice than on the land, he designed to keep near the shore and travel on the ice. Ho was espied by the military guard stationed at Wyandotte, who brought him up with a round turn and demanded his passport. Having never travelled in monarchical Europe, and being ignorant of the nature and use of a passport, he did not know it was simply for exhibition, but supposed it was a sort of ticket of admis sion to the country, which was to be given up at the door, as one hands over his card to the doorkeeper of a circus. He accordingly handed over his passport, supposing him self to be inside the lines, and proceeded on his journey. When opposite the fort he was again saluted by the guard and his passport demanded. Having already disposed of the useful document, he was, of course, minus, and informed the guard of the manner in which he had disposed of it. But this was not sufficient. His own story, uncorroborated by any witnesses, was not credited, and he was ordered to cross back to Canada without delay. Furthermore, he was ordered to cross the river in a straight line, deviating neither to the right nor left on penalty of being shot. Being terrified by the threats of the guard, and the loaded muskets :pointed at his head, he attempted strictly to follow out their instructions. When he had reached the middle of the stream he discovered that the ice was unsafe, and shouted to the guard information of the fact. But they still kept their guns pointed at him, and told him to proceed straight. Rather than risk his life by being shot, he preferred to risk it on the strength of the ice. But ho had not gone far before his horses broke through, and he saved himself from drowning with some difficulty. Still the guard refused to allow him to land or to allow any one to go to the rescue of his horses. After his earnest supplications help was sent to get the horses out of the water, and the man was made a prisoner and conveyed inside the fort. One of the horses was drowned, but the other was saved, and is said still to be in the possession of a man at the fort. The owner, after being kept a prisoner for some time, was con veyed across the river, and told never to be caught on this side again. The result of these operations is, that the man has lost his team, and somebtdy has the horse which was saved.—Detroit Free Press. CEN TRAL CR. llT—This day. (Before Mr. Baron Channell and Mr. Justice Montague Smith.) PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Sophia Leander was brought up to receive judgment. She had been found guilty at a previous session for keeping more than two lunatics in an unlicensed private asylum. Baron Channell said that Baron Martin, who tried the case, had been anxious to deal leniently with the prisoner, and had allowed two or three sessions to elapse without passing sentence, in the hope that the defendant might see fit to obey the law. The _ defendant would be sentenced to one month's imprisonment, without hard labour, and to pay a fine of £5O to the Queen. PELIZZIONI'S CASE—THE SAFFRON-HILL MURDER. Serafino Pelizzioni, who was some time since convicted of what was popularly known as the Saffron-hill murder, and sentenced to death and respited, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Alfred Rebbeck, a potboy, at the Golden Anchor public-house, Saffron-hill, on the 2Gth of December last. The prosecution was directed by the Home Secretary in consequence of Gregorio Mogni having since the conviction of Pelizzioni been tried and convicted of manslaughter. When the indictment was read to the prisoner he was asked whether he would elect to be tried by an English jury or by a mixed jury of Englishmen and foreigners, he said he would prefer a mixed jury. Sergeant Ballantine, who defended the prisoner, said he had been informed that no foreign jury had been sum moned, although it was arranged on Monday that the trial should take place to-day. Baron Channel said that as far as his experience went it was always the practice to summon a foreign jury when ever a foreigner was to be tried. Seegeant Ballantine, on the part of the prisoner, said he should elect that the case should be tried by an English jury. Baron Channel and Justice Smith agreed that they could not take the learned sergeant's admission in a criminal case. He must consult with his client. The whole of the matter was then explained to the pri soner, who shook his head and appeared dissatisfied. Mr. Hemp, the clerk of the court, then put the question to him again, and the prisoner said he should prefer a mixed jury. Another long conversation took place, and at length the prisoner said he would be tried by an English jury. The case is expected to occupy at least two days. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Shee,) THE ACCIDENT IN THE BLACKHEATH TUNNEL. James Jones surrendered to an indictment charging him with the manslaughter of John Cummings and four others, on the 14th of December, in the Blackheath Tunnel. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution the judge decided that the prosecution could not be maintained, and that there seemed to have been a great deal of irregularity on the part of the company. The defendant - was then discharged, the jury remarking that the company were much to blame for not having skilled persons to act at signal stations. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE BURGLARY AT MR. WALKER'S. William Jeffery, 27, carpenter ; Thomas Brewerton, 27, confectioner ; Thomas Caseley,r,23, sign-writer ; and David Roberts, 41, silk weaver ; together with Martha Jeffery, Ann Caseley, and Louisa Brewerton, were indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the shop of John Walker and stealing 400 watches, 150 chains, divers brooches, rings, &c., value £6,000, and the sum of £7O in money. The evidence was merely a repetition of that offered at the Mansion-house during the examination of the wit nesses. The case was so fully reported in The Sun on each of those occasions that a republication of it would be but needless repetition. The prisoners were all defended by counsel, except Caseley, who acted for himself. He cross-examined the police much in the same style as he did at the Mansion house, but he did not materially alter the effect of the evidence given against him. The prisoners Price, alias Scotty, Hurley, and Wilkin son, were not included in the indictment relative to Mr. Walker's robbery. They will be tried with the others for the burglary at Mr. Johnson's, Mr. Abraham's, or Mr. Bennock's. The case was proceeding when we went to press. Extensive Robbery of Bank of England Notes, - -- This morning Detective Sergeant Webb, of the City police, apprehended a porter named Samuelson, in the em ploy of the Bank of England, on a charge of stealing a case pocket-book, containing a large quantity of bank notes. Samuelson has been in the service of the Bank for 30 years. In October last, a clerk in the dividend department of the Bank of England had occasion to leave his desk for a few minutes—the case containing the notes was lying on the desk, but on his return it was not to be found. The authorities instituted a mos diligent inquiry into the affair, but nothing was elicited to point out the guilty part. The case contained 2 notes for £lOO, 4 for £5O, 16 for £lO, and 38 for £5. The numbers were at once printed and circulated through the country, and the notes were ordered to be stopped. Nothing further was heard of the robbery until a few days ago, when two of the £lO notes came into the bank from parties at Hull who had cashed them. The circumstance was made known to the police, and an officer was instructed to proceed to Hull, and the result of his inquiry led to his returning to the Bank of England and apprehending Samuelson, who was identified as the per son who presented the notes in question. On Webb searching Samuelson he discovered the whole of the re mainder of the stolen notes concealed on him. MARKE TS --This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, both from Essex and Kent. The condition of the produce was but middling, and the trade ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in prices of is. to 2s. per quarter. Only a moderate supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. The trade, however, was very dull for all quali ties, and the rates currant were about is. per quarter below the late highest point. Floating cargoes of grain were in slcw request, at late rates. The barley trade ruled firm, at fully previous quota• tions. The supply of English produce on sale was small —of foreign, moderate. Malt changed hands to a very moderate extent, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. The trade for all descriptions ruled firm, and prices had an upward tendency. Beans and peas were very firm, at fully the rates current on Monday. The market was scantily supplied with both articles. For flour there was a fair demand, at full prices. The Corn Exchauge will be closed on Friday next. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat.Barley.lialt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,180 1,370 .1,590 2,810 370 Irish — Foreign —.brim COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN for the Week ending April 8, 1865 :—Wheat, qrs., 75,137; average 38s 9d barley, 31,291; 29s sd—oats, 4,483 ; 21e Bd. Corresponding week in 1864 :—Wheat, 67,152 ; 408 2d— barley, 29,434 ; 31s Od—oats, 9,903 ; 19s. 2d. BOROUGH HOP. We hive to report continued firmness in the trade for all good and fine hops, at fully late rates. Inferior hops are a dull inquiry. WHITECRAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade is dull, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 103 to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE -- This day. LONDON, April 12.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather. BRIDPORT, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—First Fruit, for Harbour Grace. NEWPORT, April 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—lbex, from France, for Seville. Sailed—Christabel, from Vera Cruz. PLYMOUTH, April 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship Revenge, from the Mediterranean. Sailed— Immanuel, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, April 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Novo Broniingen, from Matamoros. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, April 11—Melledgan, from St. Michael's ; Nina, from Hooksiel ; Juma, from Guernsey ; Familia, from Egersand. DEAL, ednesda Mrnin. Arrived and Passed—John Spear, W for Pugw y ash o ; Este g lle, for Lisbon ; Little Nell, for Swansea--all from London; Hotspur, from Shields, for Shanghai. Passed (in tow)---Ellenborough, from London, for Cal cutta; Harriet Wardle, from Jamaica, for London. ADTERTISEMENT.j—HoIIoway's Pills.—A specific remedy for complaints to which females are liable.—After the ex perience of many years, it is incontestably proved that there is no medicine equal to Holloway's pills for the cure of diseases incidental to females. The invigorating and purifying properties of these admirable pills soon produce a sanative revolution in the system. They are composed of rare balsams, and are so mild and i nnox i ous that they may be taken by females of all ages. As 'a medicine for family use, Holloway's pills are unequalled, because, power fully efficacious as they are in the banishment of disease, they act so gently on the stomach, that they may be given with the utmost confidence and perfect safety to young children. POLICE IN I,—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULTS ON LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—George Speake, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly, and assaulting Mr. Thomas Ken drick, landlord of the - Running Horse, Duke-street, Gros venor-square. Mr. Kendrick said that on the previous day the prisoner came to his house, annoyed his customers, insulted his wife, and made use of disgusting language. The prisoner left, but returned again and renewed his disgusting lan guage. He then tried to eject the prisoner, when he struck him (Mr. Kendrick) a violent blow in the eye, blackening it, and he then gave him into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Mr. Kendrick said the pri soner was drunk at the time, and was a regular pest to his house. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 20s. or 14 days. Daniel Ward, a wood carver, was charged with assault ing Mr. Walter Dunstan, of the Coach and Horses, Little Compton-street. Mr Dunstan said the prisoner was in the habit of com ing to his house several times a day, and had always to be turned out in consequence of his annoying the customers by drinking their drink. Yesterday the prisoner came in, and, in consequence of the bad language he made use of, he attempted to put him out of the house, when he seized hold of him and struck at him, and nearly tore all the clothes off his back. The prisoner was a wood carver by trade, and could earn £3 a week, but instead of doing so went from house to house annoying the customers. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the prisoner to find one bail in £5 to be of good behaviour for two months. INDIFFERENCE TO PITNISIIMENT.—Two girls, named Bridget Riley and Catherine Carrity, were charged with begging in Conduit -street. While in the dock they both appeared very penitent, but as soon as they were committed for 14 days each, they began dancing, and singing "Slap bang, here we are again," at the same time clapping their hands. WESTMINSTER. BURGLARY.—CharIes Williams and Charlotte Williams were charged with burglariously breaking and entering the house 8, Prince's-gardens, Exhibition-road, Brompton, and stealing therefrom a watch and chain, two silver castors, a coat, a timepiece, some waistcoats , trousers, ladies' mantles, & c., and other clothing, the property of Mrs. Gordon. Mr. Inspector Holden watched the case for the police. William Gunter, 316 B—This morning at five o'clock I was in Prince's-gardens, Brompton, and saw prisoners com ing from a private enclosure. I had suspicion, and asked them where they came from ; they said No. 12. Knowing them to have come from No. 1 entrance, I inquired further, and not being satisfied, I took them to the station. At the station we found the majority of the stolen things on the man and on the woman—a timepiece, a petticoat; a cloth mantle, two dresses, a velvet mantle, boots, and other articles. They said nothing. I went back to the house 8, Prince's-gardens, and examined the place. Mrs. Isabella Jones, housekeeper to Mrs. Gordon, proves: the ownership of some of the property. The coat, trousers, watch, and chain belong to my son. The male prisoner had my son's boots on, and my boots were taken off the female prisoner in my presence at the station. The house was locked up safe at half-past ten when we went to bed. I was the last person up. The painters had been at work, and access was obtained by means of a ladder at a back window. The servants were down before me this morn ing, and I therefore know nothing about the state the place was in. The catch of the window was not fastened where they entered. Mr. Holden stated that a bundle of ladies' underwearing apparel was packed up ready to be taken away. The prisoners, who had nothing to sly, were remanded for a week. THAMES. CONVICTION OF A RurnAN.--James Bayley, a tall and very rough and Coarse-looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with violently assaulting John Fay, a slight lad of 16. The complainant was employed at the Golden Eagle pub lic-house in Ratcliff-highway. Yesterday evening the pri soner entered the taproom there and lay down on one o the benches. He was soon asleep. The boy received di rections to awaken the prisoner. He had no sooner done so than the prisoner used foul language and abused him, and then struck him a violent blow on the face and cut his mouth. He made an attempt to kick the boy on the lower part of his person, and would have succeeded if he had not been seized by Mr. William Sargeant, the barman, who, knowing the desperate character of the prisoner and his strength, grasped him by the neck and held until a police man arrived. The prisoner was very violent on his way to the station-house, and he was described by a constable named John Ashmore, 341 K, to be the most disorderly character in the Highway. The constable also said that the prisoner was a returned convict, and had been four years in penal servitude. He was obliged to call another constable, and the prisoner threw them both down. They had a struggle with him, and it was some time before they succeeded in capturing him. The prisoner, a morose-looking fellow, in a sullen man ner, said that]he was drunk last night, and that was all about it. Mr. Paget—You are a very brutal fellow, and have severely assaulted that boy, and attempted to injure him. I have a good mind to send you to the sessions for trial. You are sentenced to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. Fall of a Public-house, Last night great alarm was created in Broad-street, St. Giles's, by a loud report, as of a falling building, and in a few moments afterwards clouds of dust were seen to de scend from the upper portion of the Rosa and Crown public-house. It was soon discovered that the back and a portion of the side walls had given way, and that nearly the whole of the lower part of the building was a heap of rubbish. Fortunately there were no lives lost. Life-belts for Shipwrecked Sailors. have for s evera l years been The committee o f th e R oya l N a ti ona l Lif e b oa t Institu tionfact that, notwithstanding all the efforts made to rescue painfully impressed by the shipwrecked seamen by means of the numerous lifeboats and rocket and mortar establishments which now happily surround our coasts, there are yet large numbers of sailors, amounting to several hundred annually, who miserably perish on our shores. After a full consideration of the subject, and taking for their data the results of accidents to lifeboats, the crews of which have been provided with efficient life-belts, and of others which have not been so the committee have come to the conclusion that a large number of the unfortunate men who are thus every year lost to their friends and their country, might be saved, if they were invariably supplied with really efficient life-belts. With a view to bring about so desirable an end the Committee of the National Lifeboat Institution have, in the first place, caused to be prepared, an efficient cork life-belt of so simple and inexpensive a character that its costli ness, at all events, should be no barrier to its universal supply to our merchant seamen. Secondly—They have decided to make an appeal to the owners of all mer chant vessels, but especially of those in the home and coast ing trade, on behalf of the seamen who work their craft, and whose lives are risked in their service, and to implore them to provide their servants with this important means of safety. Thirdly —The Committee have determined to undertake, at least for a time, the supply of life-belts of the description above referred to at cost price, with a view to bring about their general use on board our merchant ships. It is proposed to supply these belts in chests, containing the requisite number for every size of vessel, through the Custom-houses and shipping• offices at the principal ports, and to which sample chests will at once be forwarded. The cost of each belt will be 45., and the average cost of the chest to contain them will be 10s. A popular writer lately commenced a tale by asking the question, "Is a man's life worth 10s. 6d. ?" In now ap pealing to the owners of ships and employers of seamen, the committee would ask the question, "Is a man's life worth 4s. ? Lest any shipowner should, without reference to amount of cost, think that it is not his duty to provide his men with such a means of safety, it is suggested that, whilst he should provide, in the first instance, the chest of bells as a part of the ship's furniture, he should require his master and crew to pay 6d. each man annually, or I.d. each on short voyages, in consideration of being thus provided for, which amount would be a good interest on the sum thus invested; and it is thought that it would rarely happen that men would decline to insure their lives at se trifling a cost. It had at first occurred to the committee that the Life boat Institution might undertake the gratuitous supply of lifeboats to the crews of merchant vessels, but on further consideration the magnitude of the undertaking appeared so great as to be likely to interfere with the present ample sphere of its operations on the coasts of the United King dom. It is hoped, however, that those iminediately interested in the movement—namely, the owners of ships and fishing vessels, and the crews themselves, will so readily under take its direction, that there will be no need for the more direct action of the society. We may add that applications for chests of belts may be forwarded to the secretary of the National Lifeboat Insti tution, John-street, Adelphi, London, through the collet tors of customs and shipping masters at the different ports of the United Kingdom. AN INCORRIGIBLE CIDER-DRINKER !—lf I could have abolished or even moderated the use of cider in the district, my labours would have been much lightened. It may be thought an exaggeration, but I have known a Somersetshire labourer drink sixteen quarts of cider in a day. I asked this man what he would do if ho were to become suddenly rich. Ho replied, "I'd zit and drink zider all day, and when I couldna' sit, Td lie."—From a capital paper into-dad's number gf Once a Tree.k ;021 4 1041 i I ITIES. LONDON GAZETTE--Last Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Amu., 11. 53d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles William Ridley, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Frederick Maunsell, transferred to 85th Foot. 85th Foot -- Lieutenant-General Frederick Maunsell, from 53d Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir John Wright Guise, Bart., G.C.8., deceased. 21st Hussars—Captain and Brevet-Major Edmund Armi tage Hardy to be Major, vice Henry Robert Grindlay, who retires upon half-pay. Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Snowdon Hedley, M.D., to be A ss i s t ant - Surgeon, vice Wm. White, appointed to the 3 filitary Train. 2d Foot—Staf Assistant-Surgeon Bernard James Finegan to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Frederick Murray Chalk, deceased. 4th Foot—Quartermaster Cornelius Godfrey, f rom a Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice John N ewey, de ceased. 11th Foot—Captain Alex. Gordon, from the 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice A. F. De B. Dixon .who excha nges. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Anthony Edmund Donelan, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wm. Lea Smith, who retires upon temporary half-pay. 14th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Marshall Foster, from 32d Foot, to be Captain, vice A. Perry, who exchanges ; Captain Augustus Frederick De B. Dixon, from 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice A. Gordon, who ex changes. 20th Foot—The Commission, as Instructor of Musketry, of Lieutenant George Frederic Harris, to be antedated to 6th April, 1864. 26th Foot—Lieutenant Charles H. Dougherty, from the 74th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hardy, who exchanges. 32d Foot—Captain Adam Perry, from 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major C. M. Foster, who ex changes; Ensign the Hon. James Bruce Ogilvy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walter Philip Walshe, who retires ; Wm. Henry Iremonger, Gent., to be En sign by purchase, vice the H on . J. B. O g il v y. 35th Foot—Quartermaster John Robertson, from a Depot. Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Michael M'Lough lin, who retires upon half-pay. 50th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Owen Owen to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Frederick Davis, who resigns. 60th Foot—Arthur Pepys, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice the Hon. Augustus W. C. Ellis, who retires. 73rd Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Sparks, Mar tin Price to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Francis Henry Macfadin, appointed to the Military Train. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Simeon Harrison Hardy, from 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dougherty, who ex changes. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening, Amsterdam Short. 11 16-} 11 17f Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 15 25 25 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 45 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 120+ 121 Vienna — 11 30 11 35 Trieste — 11 30 11 35 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 471 ••• 47 Cudiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 25 52 2 25 57 Naples — 25 524 25 57 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 514 51 Oporto — 514 51 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per 0z.... £3 17 9 THE VOLUNTEERS. —LONDON SCOTTISH.—On Monday evening, No. 3 Company met at the Wel lington Tavern, Spring-gardens, on the occasion of the re tirement from the company of Captain Conway, who had recently resigned his commission in the regiment. The chair was taken by Ensign Puckle, who, after proposing the various patriotic toasts, gave the toast of the evening, " The Health of Captain Conway," in a highly eulogistic speech, and at the close presented him, on behalf of the company, with an album, containing the portraits of all the men under his command. The toast was drunk with Highland honours. Captain Conway replied in feel ing terms, and said that, though he had resigned his com mission, he had . not entirely severed himself from the corps, but was enrolled on the list of honorary members, and ho should continue to take an interest in all things connected with his late company. He thanked them sin cerely for the handsome present they had made to him, and he should treasure it up to the last day of his life. A vote of thanks to Ensign Puckle closed the proceedings. SCULLER'S RACE FOR .2.50.—A rowing match, in outriggers, for the above sum, took place yesterday, from Putney to Mortlake. The men were both well known in boating circles, and were Thomas Wise, of Hammer smith, and John M'Kinney, of Richmond. Mr. Marsefield was referee ; Mr. Wilson umpire for Wise, and Henry Kelley for M'Kinney. Citizen L accompanied, with a large freight. The betting was 2tol on Wise, who had the station. Wise, soon after the start, obtained the lead, and held it all the way ; and although APlCinney rowed a desperate stern wager, and was game from first to last, his opponent, who is his junior by 16 years, possessing youth and strength, was too good for him, and beat him by three lengths. Time, 25 min. 30 sec. THE PRITCHARD CASE.—On Saturday, Mr. Gemmel, Procurator-Fiscal, was engaged examining Mr. Henderson, of the firm of Burton and Henderson grocers, Sauchiehall-street, and the teller of the Charing cross Branch of the City of Glasgow Bank, not in connec tion with the serious charge against the prisoner, but with reference to a cheque which he presented to Mr. Henderson on the morning of Monday, the 20th March, for a small sum which he had no effects to meet. It is said that the prisoner called for Mr. Henderson on Monday morning previous to proceeding to Edinburgh with the corpse of his wife, and gave Mr. Henderson a cheque for a small sum, stating, as a reason for asking the money, that the banks were not open. Mr. Henderson afterwards discovered that the prisoner had no funds in the bank to meet the cheque.—Glasgow Herald. AN UNFORTUNATE CONSTITUENCY.—The London derry Journal draws attention to the continued absence of Mr. Conolly, one of the members for Donegal, from his parliamentary duties, and sympathises with the electors on the fact of their being represented by the hon. member and Viscount Hamilton. Lord Hamilton, the eldest son of the Marquis of Abercorn, was returned for Donegal in 1860, when something over 21; and the news paper sarcastically remarks, that, notwithstanding all the trumpeting of the noble lord's precocious ability, his greatest feat since he became a member of Par liament was his going out to India on a shooting ex cursion with somebody else. Viscount Hamilton stayed in the jungle a year or so, " attending to the interests of his Donegal constituents." Shortly after his lordship returned to Europe, Mr. Conolly, the other member, " thought there was no way in which he could serve the Donegal people so much as by going out to America as a blockade runner. He will soon be away a twelvemonth, as nearly as we can recollect. Nobody appears to be quite sure of Mr. Conolly's whereabouts; and, in the meantime, the free and independent county of Donegal mourns its absent member." "To us," says the article, in conclusion, " it seems a pity that the county of Donegal cannot afford to grant both members permanent leave of absence." ELOPEMENTS TO AMERICA.—In referring to the emigration from Cork—during the past week it amounted to fully a thousand persons—a local journal mentions a new phase of the passenger trade. Elopements to Ame rica have become, it would seem, a leading feature of the national " exodus." We are informed that this week's emigration " includes a fair proportion of runaways, the motive in most of these cases being of a tender nature. Indeed, the increased facility for elopements which this ready means of flight affords promises to become alarm ing. Three cases of the kind are known to have occurred within a fortnight, and how many may have remained undiscovered we can only surmise. The last of those re ferred to was a runaway match between a well-to-do farmer's son and the fair daughter of another still better off, both being from Maryborough. The young woman had provided herself with the respectable sum of £BO of her father's money, and brought a maid-servant with her. The pair were traced to Queenstown by their respective fathers, and were surprised in their preparations for embarkation. Romeo had a sound thrashing from his indignant parent; he was deprived of his passage ticket, and was torn from the arms of his Juliet, the latter being permitted to proceed with her female companion. Another somewhat similar case, in which the parties wore from Tullamore, King's County, had a similar termination." The Wexford People announces a discovery of treasure trove. Some children, playing on the sands at Saline, coast of Wexford, found an earthenware vessel which contained about 600 silver coins. The vessel Nras embedded in a small declivity about a stone's throw from the ancient ruins of Kilgorman Church. The coins are said to be Roman. A local numismatist, however, has inferred from the circumstance of " VIII." being discernible on seve ral of them, that the entire collection is English, and be longs to the period of Henry VIII. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE. —The writ for the election of a meinber for South Shropshire, in the room of Viscount Newport, who is elevated to the Upper House, through the death of his father, the Earl of Bradford, has been received, and the election will take place next week. At present there are no indications of a contest, the only candidate being Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Herbert, C.B. formerly M.P. for Ludlow. The hon. candidate in his ad dress to the electors refers them to his votes when member for Ludlow as the best indication of the general line of politics which he should pursue if elected. He adds : " Should you favour me with your confidence I shall en deavour to secure for the agricultural interest a fairer share than has of late been allotted to it in the remission and re duction of taxation. I shall support such measures as are necessary for the maintenance of our naval and military establishments in a state of efficiency as one of the best securities for peace.. At the sane time I shall be opposed to extravagant and unnecessary expenditure." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 1 agst Grinder (taken) 9to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 100 to 6 agst Paris (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lampoon (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lady of Coverdale (offered) 100 to 3 agst Moulsey (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Planet (wanted) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 4 agst Liddington (offered) 100 to 30 agst Breadalbane (offered) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ariel (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lion (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered) 100 to 7 agst Ackworth (offered) 100 to 6 agst Victorious (offered) 100 to 3 agst The Clown (taken) 100 to 3 agst Highflyer's dam colt (offered) 200 to 1 agst Industry (offered) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 on the field (offered) 50 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) 1000 to 2 agst Congress (offered) RACING FIXT FRES FOR 1865. Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Canterbury Spring Abergavenny , 2O Thirsk Cardiff Epsom Spring ... 21 ... 24 ... 25 Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB St. Columb l6 Salisbury lB Noah Herts Yeomanry 19 Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O UNE. Redditch Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer 7 Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford ' 13 Winchester lB Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Corp AUGUST. Brighton 1 York I Brighton Club Lewes 4 1 Lichfield 2B Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Baden 3l Royal Windsor l7 Stockton — SEPTEMBER. Leicester 7 I Monmouth 2l. Doncaster Brecon lB Newmarket Ist Oct 26 I Richmond OCTOBER. Northallerton 5 I Newmarket Ho. M 23 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Vincennes Vincennes NOTE [BER. Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury [ADVERTISEMENTS.] G. R. OLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park, supplies the Latest Edition of " TIER SUN " round the Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. 6d. post free.— Commissions executed. Terrible Fire and Explosion in the Borough, NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED. A portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday. Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday forenoon the premises of Messrs. Tilleard and Sons, oilmen, Great Suffolk-street, Borough, took fire, and a series of explosions of gunpowder and saltpetre ensued, which resulted in the serious injury of nearly 100 persons, and the destruction of a large amount of property. The premises in which the disaster occurred was one of two warehouses in the tenure of Messrs. Tilleard and Sons, wholesale oilmen and drysalters, carrying on business in Suffolk-street, Borough, within one door of the Winchester Music Hall. From the information obtained from personal observa tion during the raging of the fearful conflagration, it ap pears that Mr. Tilleard, jun., was in the cellar pumping up some Benzone oil, Mr. Tilleard, his wife, the servant, and three other persons being in different upper rooms. All of a sudden a cry of "Fire" was raised, when Mr. Tilleard and his wife made an attempt to descend by the staircase, but were met by fumes of burning sulphur and oils which prevented them from descending, and as a dernier ressort Mr. Tilleard pulled his wife into one of the front rooms, and having closed the door, he opened the window, and a ladder being in readiness, Police constable McConnell, No. 35 M, and a young man named Cotterell, living in the Southwark -bridge-road, were car rying her down, when a fearful explosion, shook every house in the vicinity to their very foundations, and, blew Mrs. Tilleard, the police-constable, and his assistant off the ladder—the first named falling violently upon her head. Such a scene which immediately ensued could scarcely be described with accuracy, but it may be stated that four or five other explosions of greater violence than the first took place, when the roof of the entire building was lifted high into the air. Heavy beams of timber were sent across Suffolk-street, and in their course demolished the skylights and a portion of the roof of the Winchester Music Hall, and falling upon one of the great ornamental lamps in the Southwark-bridge-road, demolished it, and prostrated Mr. Ressitor, a gentleman connected with the Southwark Water Company, who was giving instructions to Pavor, one of the turncocks. Both these persons were thrown upon the ground, and a shower of slates followed, which forced in some of the windows of the opposite public house in Suffolk-street, and the embers were driven into Ann's-court and York-place, which so frightened the in mates that they rushed out into the open road in a state bordering upon frenzy. These persons had barely gained the street when a fifth explosion took place, which so frightened the horses in passing vehicles, and those taken out of the engines which now began to arrive, that they started off in all directions, plunging in a fearful manner amongst men, women, and children. By this time Mr. Superintendent Branford and Inspectors Manson and Wise had arrived, with a powerful body of the M division of police, and Acting-Inspector Pearce came up with a strong detachment of the detective force, and they at once barricaded the whole of the approaches to the scene of conflagration, so as to keep a space clear for the engines to get near. In the course of a few minutes the brigade engines with the land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co., the latter under the command of Mr. Hedgman, one of the members of the firm; the land steamers from Hodges's distillery, at Lambeth, and one belonging to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, under the personal direction of Mr. Saunders, the superintendent of the Blackfriars-road Station, came up, and plenty of the Lambeth and South wark Company's water having been procured, all hands went to work in their usual intrepid manner, but in spite of the great streams of water thrown upon the flames, they con ti nu ed to spread, and every part of the great ware h ouse flame,wer and stru a ck not a h bo er u e t x v p a lo ri s o io u n s par ts of the body and terribly cut an d i n j ured. Mr. Isaac spurpesee:teendinognesebvrocaradl spheerestoonfs Brittain, the proprietor of the Ship, Stones-end, Borough, wa s knocked down, and was removed to the house of Mr Barnes, the Old Justice Tavern, in the Southwark Bridge road, where he was attended to by a surgeon. Dr. Donahoo, of the Westminster-road, and several other medical gentlemen, were sent for to attend to the various persons injured ; amongst the number was Mr. Gilleard himself, who was much burnt about the hands. A gentle man named Wilson, residing in the London-road : in pro ceeding along the street was knocked down by a horse that was frightened by the explosion, and upon removing him to the hospital it was found that his leg was broken. The firemen of the Brigade, under Head-Engineer Med calfe, and the Surrey Volunteers, by one o'clock had the satisfaction of finding that they had succeeded in getting the fire extinguished, but the warehouse of Mr. Gilleard, in which the disaster commenced, may be termed totally destroyed, for the front and back walls are so shaken by the force of the explosions, that the upper portions are some feet out of the perpendicular, and consequently must be pulled down. Respecting the origin of the fire nothing at present can be learned. In the cellar were two flour casks filled with saltpetre ; and whether in pumping up the Benzoine oil it became ignited and fired the saltpetre it is impossible to tell. The exact number of persons in jured must take some time to learn. THE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT OFF ERITiI.--Yes terday morning the body of George Johnstone, another of the unfortunate naval cadets belonging to the Worcester, training ship, who were drowned by the up-- was picked up t b h y e a 2 I Waterman, Februarynamlaest,d Robert Carrier. i s n e t W t nogo o f i a c h b o l o c n h By direction of the Coroner the body was conveyed on board the . Worcester. Three of the bodies have not yet been recovered. BETTING AT •MANCHESTER—TuBSDAY. Speculation at the Subscription Rooms this day 'was very insignificant, few commissions being in the market. A " dead set" was made against Chattanoog a for the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, 25 to 1 being offered against him for the Guineas and 50 to 1 for the Derby, and in con nection with the latter race his stable companion, Con gress, declined to 1,000 to 2 (offered). For the City and Suburban Handicap The Grinder and Mail Train closed equal favourites at 9 to 1 each, and Lampoon remained at his old price, 20 to 1 (taken and offered). The Lion was firm at 10 to 1 for the Chester Cup, but 100 to 3 was offered against the Highflyer's dam colt. Closing prices : cess 'ter and ing, uise out out line this and Ling ex heir .ave )me aye gen ling Shari 100 {lOO 2 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.5 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.3.6 9.10.6 60 all 1.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 4.18.0, 4.3.0 214 3 32t t. 10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.; 18.18. 30.17.6 103 101 i 1.01 8 i 102 i 88 I 107