The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-12 00:00:00

The Assassination of President Lincoln. Confederate Gen. E. G. Lee has addressed the following letter to the Montreal Gazette, denying the assertion of Mr. Stanton that the assassination of Lincoln was approved in Richmond : TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONTREAL GAZETTE. Sir,— Although it is beneath the dignity of a Govern ment, or the humblest servant of a Government, to notice any Charge made against it which is preposterous for its littleness and meanness, yet, as I know of no one nowout side of Confederate and Federal lines who can better speak upon the subject which prompts this note, I beg leave to address the public through your columns. In a despatch addressed to Major-General Dix, dated Washington, April 24, 2 p.m., and marked official (in which Mr. Secratary Stanton announces the capture of Macon, Ge orgia, in violation of an acknowledged armistice, and states his permission for the Federal commander to rectify his di shonourable act), the following language occurs : "This Department has information that the President's murder was organised iu Canada and approved at Rich mond. One of the assassins now in prison, who attempted to kill Mr. Seward, is believed to be one of the St. Albansi raiders. "E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War." (The italics are mine.) My object in writing this is to say that I, as an officer of the service of the Confederate States of America, in their behalf, deny everything which Mr. Stanton means by the assertion that the " President's murder" was "approved at Richmond:, I assert that no official of the Confederate States authorised, or was cognisant, of that assassination ; an d I mak e thi s assertion because I have h ear d b o th th e P resident and Secretary of State express views concerning the policy of the Confederate States in conducting this war so utterly at variance with the unmanly charge of the Fede ral Secretary that I know they neither prompted nor sanc tioned the deed. It is my high privilege to know most of the members of the Confederate States' Government, and to have had frequent official intercourse with them. And for the m ( as their own self-respect will not permit them to no tice it) I aver, upon the faith of a Christian and the honour of a gentleman, my belief that they were as little the pro moters of the murder as Secretary Stanton or Vice-Presi dent Johnson. A few days before I left Wilmington (a broken invalid) I had the honour of conversing with the President and Mr. Benjamin, and the remembrance of the high, noble send- Monts expressed by both increases the wonder how Mr. Stanton, who knows them, and the other members of the Confederate States' Government personally so well, could lend himself to this low slander, when he must ha - ve known it to be such. In denying it indignantly, contemptuously-, I fear that I am even in my own humble person conde scending too far ; but I think this despatch should not go u ncontradicted to the world, although, perhaps, our past re cord would have been it best rebuke. Whether President Lincoln's murder was " organised" in Canada or not is a !natter of which lam equally ignorant and careless. I be lieve this statement to be false—l know it to be so, so far as it involves any imputation of instigation, complicity, or remotest connection on the part of myself or of any other Confederates, so far as my knowledge extends. As the act of an individual whose motives are, as yet, undeclared and unknown, it was a daring one, concerning the perpe trator more than any one else, and each one may criticise it as his feelings dictate. But as the act of a Government would be a cowardice which I would scarcely have be lieved that even Mr. Stanton could have charged upon the Confederate authorities. If he have any proofs let the world have them, and judge between the two Govern- Inents.—l am, respectfully, &c., EDWIN G. LEE, Brigadier-General, Confederate States' Army. St. Lawrence -hall, Montreal, April 25. bIONEY MARKET uuIiiTITERCIAL INTELLI4ENGE, - -0 - - TWELVE O'CLOCK. A very good inquiry has prevailed to-day for dis count accomm o d at i on, i n consequence of a large number of bills having fallen due in connection with the trade of India. Brokers still require 4f Percent, for the negotiation of the best short-dated Inm ercial paper. At th e B an k o f E ng l an d th ere nave also been numerous applications. The weekly returns of the Bank of England present r an ges more s a ti s f actory t h an were genera ll y ula gined, the bullion and reserve of notes having the n increased, while a reduction has taken place in amount of other securities. Subjoined is our usual analysis : Active Circulation ..• ••• ....£21,238,875 369 525 131111i°4 Decrease •• • •• • •• • • •••• 14,862402 met l n;ease ••• ••• •'' • ••• ..• ••• ••• 182,128 P 3 120 554 , nblic —crease , , eposits 8,988 I nc ••• •.. 7 349 114 Other De 'el'eas° • .. . ... :••• .636,649 Rosus ... .. ... ge„re .„ecoase ••• ••• ••• 467,505 a liay and Other Bills ... ''' 1,106 ::: ::: 13,760,032299248 Decrease Genernment Securities ::: ::: Other S ecurities ... •.* 20,068,537 206,370 Decrease :: : : N . o alteration. lo,9Bi • - 7 3 950 otes Unemployed ...... ::: ::: ... - '444'335 Increa se ••• •.• ••• ..• In the return issued this morning by the Bank of Pra ;„4g -n ee an increas e i s s h own i n t h e bullion amount to £ 3 60,000, an d a di m i nut i on o f £720 , 000 i n .tile bilis discounted. The advances have been -11gInented £32,000, the notes in circulation 224 ,000 Whil , and . th e T reasury b a l ances £24,000, e the current accounts have been reduced X 168,0 00. ~e ater cla thil Y £3,000 i n go ld was ta k en i nto t h e B an k J y ~,, T he dire c t ors of the City Offices Company have il: 4 a , de a call of £2 10s. p er s h are , paya bl e on or uele re the 15th of June, at the Agra and Master kan's Bank. Po ? he C ommittee of the stock Exchange have ap t, -- tea -, Wedn es d ay next a special settling-day in t Te Sha res of the Registered Land Company, but iteY are not to be marked at present in the official lists. piNotice is given that the subscription-list of the , Yrlaenth Shipbuilding, Dock, and Ironworks Com- L' a ilY close on Tuesday next, the 16th inst., for and on Thursday, the 18th, for coun t ry a PPlicants. The su bscription -list of the Estates I nves t men t ins tan Co su bscription-list will c l ose on T ues d ay next, t h e 16th t. _ The d ea li ngs in the Foreign and Colonial Produce limi ted during n the last few day s h ave b een on a t I.ra ni ted scale. Tea h as b een neglected, while few nsactions of importance have been effected in Sugar or coffee. Rice has been in demand, but, owing to the high rates d emanded by holders, there has b een only there h as been a moderat e b usiness. For tallow a moderate inquiry at steady rates. At the public sales of s econd series f or the col onial wool (being the m enced yesterda p re sent year), which em y, there was a good attendance of both ho me and foreign niP dealers, a n d a fair ceti aliantion prev a il e d for the better descriptions ° of A us torf _. Prices the , howe ver, compared w i t h t h ose previous sales, exhibited a decline of about am to ld. per lb. The quantity to be offered mounts to about £1.68,724 bales, principally Australian. Two o'CLock. A t Pari s to-day, accordbag to Mr. Reuter's tele gtar,ll) the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 70c. of 4.he English Stock market has shown symptoms -- aeti vitY, and quotations have varied, although not to any important extent. The Funds, after „ e g 1- lower, have recovered, and Consols are ;p rw quoted 901 i for money with the dividend, and 1 for the account, without the dividend. The 1. , , e w Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1 ; , lehequer 13a s, 6 s. .1 061 , prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., { tr. i s )reigli stocks ha ve b een dealt in to a rather values rge extent, and a few changes have occurred in A • Tu r ki s h Consolides remain at 518 * ;w v e4 eali are better, the ex all being 261 I, and the janiLoan 251 i ; Greek are fi rm at 2 01 21; sh Passive have ad vance d to 29* 30*, and the otertificates to 151 i ; Italian are 64* i ; and a rise t li Per Cent• has taken place in the Confederate hase, which is now 13 15. The American market : not been v ery animated; United States Bonds " ' I T a ill at 631 i ; Illinois at 75 / ; and Erie at 55 1. b e ' ll the Railway Share Market the dealings have i rt ,T l .. verY restricted, and prices have in several 11 c es shown a slight depression. Great Northern wve declined 10s. and Great Western, North estern, Metropolitan, Midland, and South Eastern each s s. The P Yrel • material -"`r alteration- lines remain without ~n anColoniald Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull. London and Westminster have receded to 95, Union of London to 53, and London Financial to 22. Subjoined axe the current quotations of some of the principal new projects :—Russian Iron Works, 3 4 prem. ; Estates Investment Company, 21 prem. ; Ottoman Loan, dis. par ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 1i prem.; South African Land and Finance, 1 1i prem. ; Colonial and General Land Credit, 1 1- prem. ; London and Mediterranean Bank, 1} 2 prem. ; Blackwall Shipbuilding Company, 1* 1f prem. ; Animal Charcoal Company, 11 21 prem. ; British Mining and Smelting, 1 1i prem. ; Anglo- Egyptian Navigation, 4 1 prem. ; Lion Brewery Company, 21 2f prem. ; Ottoman Co., 1 11 prem. ; and Moore, M'Queen, and Co., 14 21 prem. ' BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. - 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, June 6 B9i a o per Cent. Reduced B Bi i i New 3 per Cent BBt New 2i 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 6 Dp. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, n per Cent 240 2 Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101- per Cent., April 1874 2lB 16 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. 5i- per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — l3razilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 pe - i Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 41- per Cent . Colombian 6 per Cent.— Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent, 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent, 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do £B6 paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 93 2} Do £lOO Bonds Do Scrip, £5O paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account 2o} Do. Coupons Po. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £s7} paid 4} } dis Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account DC. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4} per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 1} per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 4B} I Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 4} 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 New Deferred — Do Account — Do Passive — Do Account 291 k Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l5/ 1 Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 9Ol 90 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 721 31 Do. £lOO Bonds 73 1 Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent look Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent.,1864 — Do. 11 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. lustrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certill—xtes 961 French Rentes, 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Italian t, per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet and drooping. Sales, about 6,000 bales. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) THE SUGAR ROBBERIES. John Green, Samuel John Phillips, and William Ive mee, were again placed at the bar, charged upon a fresh indictment ; the two former with stealing, and the latter receiving, a large quantity of sugar, the property of Messrs. Holdsworth, Hunt, and Co. The prisoner Phillips was last night aquitted of the charge laid against him, but the present indictment was proceeded with to prove, if possible, his complicity in the robbery. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty against Green and Phillips, but guilty against Ivemee. Mr. Poland said as there were still other indictments against the prisoners he should proceed with them. Commercial Treaties with Prussia and Austria. The President of the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce has received the following letter from the Foreign-office respecting our commercial relations with Prussia and Austria : "Foreign-office, May 9, 1865. " Sir,—l am directed by Lord Russell to acquaint you, for the information of the Chamber of Commerce over which you preside, that her Majesty's Ambassador at Ber lin, having addressed to the Prussian Government certain questions as to the position of her Majesty's Government with regard to the new Zollverein tariff, has received in re ply authoritative information to the following effect : "1. Great Britain will be admitted to all the benefits of the new tariff of the Zollverein States on the Ist of July next, whether, the treaty between Great Britain and the Zollverein be concluded or not at that Elate. "2. The tariff of the Zollverein States, which will come into force on the Ist of July next, will embrace all the re ductions contemplated by the Franco-German treaty of 1862, including those for 1866. "In communicating the above information the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs requested that the attention of her Majesty's Government might be called to the two fol lowing points, although he added that the events to which they related were not Likely to happen : " 1. Should the treaty recently concluded between Austria and the Zollverein not come into effect their relations will continue to be regulated by the treaty of 1853, which grants certain preferential rights to Austria until the Ist of January, 1866 ; and in that case England, in common with other Powers, would.norbe admitted to those rights until the last-named date. Should the treaty be accepted and ratified at Berlin and Vienna, Great Britain will be admitted to all the exemptions and deductions of duty accorded by it to Austria, from the Ist of July, 1865. " 2. In case the commercial and political relations of the Zollverein should not be entirely regulated with all foreign States before the Ist of July next, England and the other States which are freely admitted to the benefits of the new tariff might incur the obligation of exhibiting certi ficates of origin on goods imported into the Zollverein. " I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LAYARD. " To th e P res i dent of the Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool." By advicas from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per marl and the short exchange on London is 13.6 i per £1 stErlin Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 10ths per cent, dearer in Lo ndon than in Hamburg. nen:L is and :slo of Ir a to royal 2 Goe ) Lon ,y Wei j i the royal :ajestf all a t by th e aches ° ber of, r e d in ig .b . at !ft tho 1. a nd Thep d th e card! Conn" ,n-gar" al the for dinn er arites , S . ricy the 0 , the n herst, n. 31i " I Mari pare for the ay O f s for 5 i iestY , 5 .icl. n glish r fos t tre, i° web' , as not setits- giTil l . g 0 ti lelv 3rforir TliE SUN, LOADON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12 1565. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I Paid.' Closing I Business 13.14 st st st 50 20 10 10 Bir., 'ol., & Str. al Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bando' Cornwall Do A gets no div Do 11 • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.rerth, & b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great. Eastern, Ord. s k. Do. E. Angl. st N 6. 't Great North of Scotland Great Northera D .A stock Do. B o Do. yew, is. at 25 pm GtS. and W. of Ire!and Gt. Weste n Original . Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Ox.ord Do. Newpo t Do. He eford Lane shire & Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lou., Bri.4h., Sr S Coast. Lon., chat., and Dover Lon. & N orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet, & Lincoln Maryport arid Carlisle 06. i shares .. 'Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. i shares Id Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,'& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G•N•E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle •• Po. stock. & Darling. d 1855-58 Do. do. ,1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 ........ North Staffordshire• N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C.ntral Scot. N. E .Aber. stock t . o. Scot, Mid. at 4 h-ews & IVelchpool Shropshire Union iouth Devon .South E , stern .. tattles, Wok., & Wok Taff' Vale Do. C . Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw till W.Hartlepool Han& it Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 100 100 100 10 100 10 10 10 100 BRITISH POSSE; 62 (6 16 17 CO 92 106 1 8 41 47 7 8 130 132 145 147 131 33 F 6 1 ,4 '43, 3 C 4 86 51 53 46 49 , 02 'O4 121 121 88 90 105 107 4( 13 1211 122 98 99 6! 63 137 133 3 31p, 13 1 134 1 IC4 116 5F 35 4 26 1 9 110 67 68 101 1t 2 37 38 9i 101 PI 116 115 1 l 78 79 11 11 140 144 49 M 60 61 55 57 85 85:: 89 9, 155 154 3 4 p 107 109 46 49 77 80 43 51 61 13) 2gi 144} 73 2; 31 120 a a 1211 i I 974 i 611 1341 i 1331 3 541 i 109 j 85 41 55 101, 3 1033 f LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE WALHEIM-A WEST-END MERCHANT ARRESTED. This morning an application was made for the release of Mr. Walheim, a merchant, of 14, Charles-street, West bourne-terrace, and also of Alexandria in Egypt, now a prisoner for debt. It appeared that Mr. Walheim has been arrested by the Scinde Bank, who are creditors for £24,000, under an order of Mr. Justice Mellor, upon the allegation that Mr. Walheim was about to leave the country. It was stated that the English-creditors alone represented a sum of £lOO,OOO. Mr. Linklater, who appeared for the petitioning creditor, did not oppose the release. The affairs of the estate were now under administration at Alexandria, and it was believed that the presence of Mr. Walheim would be advantageous to the creditors in that country. Creditors to the extent of £60,000 had no desire that Mr. Walheim should be any longer confined. Mr. Sargood, also on behalf of creditors, said he should not oppose the order of release if good bail were offered. Mr. Bagley, on behalf of the Scindo Bank, opposed the application, and urged that it would be much better if the estate were administered in this country in preference to Alexandria. His Honour adjourned the consideration of the order of release until assignees should be chosen under the estate. Order refused at present. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Jones.) THE LATE SPORTS AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL.-DISPUTED PRIZES.-MYERS V. DOUGLASS. This was an action to recover £2, the value of a certain prize, which plaintiff alleged that he had won at the recent sports at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. His Honour—What is this £2 for? Plaintiff—A long jump. His Honour—What ? A long jump ! What do you mean by a long jump ? Plaintiff—l was one of the competitors at the sports at the Agricultural Hall. His Honour—What are you ? Plaintiff—l am a professional pedestrian, and I fairly won the prize for £2 in the long jump. His Honour—Well, but cannot this case be settled ? Come, defendant, can you not settle this ? Defendant—No, indeed, I cannot, for I consider it to be a very great imposition. His Honour—Well, for aught I know it may be. I can not tell, as I do not know anything about sporting matters. You had better go into the other office and see if you can not make some arrangement with the plaintiff. Plaintiff and defendant went out together and conferred for about half an hour, and upon their return into court defendant said, "I am agreeable to refer the matter to the editor of Bell's Life in London." Plaintiff—l cannot agree to that as I shall have to pay for the report. His Honour—Oh ! no, you will not. All the costs will be the charges made by the editor of Bell's Life as referee. Plaintiff—Oh I.then, I will agree. His Honour.—lf you are successful you will not have to pay anything, and your hearing fees paid to-day will be returned. The case was then referred. There was a second case against the defendant, but it was not gone into in consequence of the above being re ferred. The Court was crowded with sporting men who were interested in the result of the action. MARKETS—This Day, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,.< Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. ly shares Buffalo_ &Lake Huron Do Preference IBuff.,Brant,& Goderich 6p c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, Calcutta & S. E., Urn.. a e Town do Do'ck, gu. Demera . a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben2al, gu sdo East I.: dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .J Extension .. Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bond, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist rref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red ... Do. 4th Pref. stook . Do. do. deferred ... Gt. India Pen. gua. t 0. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (Urn gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W. s. of Canada.. D New. .. Do. 6 p. C. Bds. pay 1873 1 1 , 0. 5 , do. ray. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fit th Extension Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B q. It 1.0 da, pc lst pf.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun!aub Do.lndus St Flo " MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. Most samples were received in fair average condition, and the trade ruled steady, at full prices. With most descriptions of foreign wheat the market was somewhat scantily supplied. Holders of all qualities were firm in their demands, and previous quotations were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at full currencies. . The market was very moderately supplied with barley. The trade was steady, at full quotations. Malt was in fair request, at full prices. With oats, the market was well supplied. Generally speaking, the trade was quiet, yet very little change took place in prices. Both beans and peas were in short supply, and fully previous rates were obtained for both articles. There was a fair demand for flour, at full currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,340 480 1,420 1,030 1,130 Irish — Foreign 3,930 2,460 41,710 820 sks. brls NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are fairly supplied with most descriptions of meat. Tho trade generally is slow, at rather lower prices. Per 81b by the carcase. ad ad ad ad Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Interior mutton.... 4 0 4 8 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Middling mutton.. 4 10 5 2 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 5 4 5 8 Prime small d. , ....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 0 Large pork 3 6 4 6 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Lamb, 6s 4d to 7s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale is very moderate. Most qualities are in steady request, at fully late rates. In foreign hops about an average business is doing, at full currencies. Mid and East Kent ..... 110 s to 200 e per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings llos to iaJs Older hops American —B 10 - COLONIAL. TEL—The market has remained very quiet, and there is, scarcely any business doing. Good common congou is quoted 11d. to 12d. per lb. SUGAR.—OnIy a moderate business has been done in West Indian without any material change in prices. In the refined market good grocery lumps are quoted 435. per cwt. • COFFEE.—Ther e h as b een a v ery limited amount of busi ness transacted, but quotations for both native and Plan tation Ceylon are firm. RICE. —The high rates demanded by holders has in some measure checked business. Soft grain East Indian, how ever, continues in demand. TALLOW. —The market has remained without material alteration as regards prices. P.Y.C. on the spot, and to June, being quoted 40s. 6d.; and for last three months, 418. 9d. per cwt. IRON SHIPBUILDING AT SOUTHAMPTON.—The largest iron -steamship ever built at Southampton was yesterday launched from the premises of Messrs. Day and Co., the eminent engineers and shipbuilders of the Northam ironworks at that port. This vessel has been built for the Hamburg and American Steampacket Com pany, and will sail between Hamburg, Southampton, and New York in conjunction with the Germania and other vessels belonging to the company. The following are her dimensions :---Length between perpendiculars, 313 ft. ; breadth, 40ft. 2iin. ; depth, from base line to spar deck, 35ft. 10in. ; tonnage, builders' measurement, 2,484. She has a spar deck flush fore and aft, straight stem, and round stern, and will be brig rigged. Accommodation is pro vided for 60 first-class, 160 second-class, and 600 emigrant passengers, and she will carry 900 tons of cargo, with 800 tons of coal in her bunkers. Her contract speed, with these weights on board, is 13 knots per hour. The noble vessel was designed by, and has been built under the superinten dence of, Mr. Macormao, the contractor for Messrs. Day, and is a very handsome specimen of nautical architecture. Her engines of 400 horse-power, nominal, also supplied by the builders, are fitted with horizontal cylinders, surface condensers, steam-jackets to the cylinders, and other im provements. She will have four boilers, with superheat ing apparatus, and an auxiliary boiler for heating the cabins and cooking for the emigrants. A few minutes before eleven o'clock yesterday morning Lieutenant- Gen. Sir Josias and Lady Cloete, Col. Sir H. James, R.E., of the Ordnance Survey Department ; Mr. Diederichsen, the representative of the . Hambu rg an d A mer i can Com pany ; Capt. Trautmann, the commander of the new ship ; Mr. Rubie, surveyor to the Board of Trade ; Mr. Davidson and Mr. Lamb, the general and engineering superinten dents of the Peninsular and Oriental Company at South ampton; Mr. Mer3ar, secretary of the Union Steamship Company, Messrs. Day, Stebbing, Summers, Duncan, and other gentlemen, assembled on the platform to witness the launch. Everything being in readiness the dog-shores were knocked away, and Lady Cloete christened the ves sel " The Allemannia" as she gently glided down the slip into the water. Her mean draught of water when launched was 10ft. As soon as the vessel was in the water she was taken under the factory sheerlegs to receive her machinery and the principal vis'tors adjourned to a luncheon, at which "Success to the Allemannia" was cordially drank. The new steamer is expected to be ready for sea some time in the coming month of July. Two other large iron steamers, one of them for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, are in an advanced state of construction at Messrs. Day's yard. THE GOLDEN ROSE AT ROME.—Henrietta Maria, when at Amiens in 1625, was presented with the Golden Rose by Urban VIII., and is, I believe, the last of the English crowned heads who have been so honoured. The ceremony of blessing the Golden Rose took place this Lmtare Sunday in the Papal Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at Rome. A cardinal priest said mass, the " General" of the Carmelites delivered a sermon in Latin, and the Rose was blessed by the Pontiff himself. It was at one time expected that the Golden Rose would this year have been presented to the Empress of Mexico ; some named, however, the young Queen of Portugal; but we believe that the Golden Rose of 1865 still remains in the Papal treasury.—Shilling Magazine. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UNLICENSED THEATRICALS.-Mr. G. C. H. Lewis, of Ely-place, applied to Mr. Yardley this morning, as the solicitor to the Dramatic Authors' Society, on behalf of Mr. Stirling Coyne, the secretary of the society, for a sum mons against the proprietor of the Eclectic Hall, Little Denmark-street, St. Giles's, - for the performance of stage plays at the hall on the Bth of March last. Mr. Lewis said the bill of the entertainment for the night in question would not show the nature of the pieces performed, but he should be prepared to show by witnesses that stage plays had been performed, and the Act (the 6th and 7th Vic.) thereby—the place being unlicensed— infringed. Mr. Yardley granted the summons. THREATENING A TRADESMAN IN REGENT-STREET.—THE PROSTITUTE NUISANCE.—EIiza Smith, of 8, King-street, Soho, prostitute, was brought before Mr. Yardley by Rose killy, ono of the warrant officers, for using threatening language towards Mr. Henry Dolby, of Regent-street. Mr. G. C. H. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marl borough-street, for the defence. In opening the ease for the prosecution, Mr. G. C. H. Lewis said he appeared on the part of Mr. Dolby, a gentle man who had been trying for some time past to put down a most serious nuisance which existed in Regent-street, and in consequence he had brought upon himself the ire of a number of perpons, amongst them that of the prisoner. A short time ago Mr. Dolby had caused the prisoner to be taken into custody for annoying him, and she was then fined 40s. He (Mr. Lewis) mentioned that circumstance to show the course of the prisoner's habit towards Mr• Dolby. Mr. Henry Dolby, engineer, of 56, Regent Quadrant, was then called, and said—On the evening of Wednesday last I was in the neighbourhood of the County Fire-office, and there was a crowd there. I approached the crowd to see what was the matter, and then I heard my name pro nounced by the prisoner, who was then in custody of Austen, 336 A. She said, "That Dolby, I'll do for him. He has caused me to be arrested. I'll have my re venge on him, and I'll smash in his new plate- glass front which he has caused to be put in with the money he has got for prosecuting us." In consequence of that I went to wards the station, and seeing Sergeant Owen, told him to go to the other constable's assistance. I followed him, and when I got nearly back, the crowd was trailing over the road towards the station. I walked in the crowd, and heard the prisoner repeating similar threats, mentioning my name, and the police could hear all she said. I saw Mr. Williams there, he having given prisoner in charge. While being given in charge the prisoner became very violent, and triedto get at me, saying, " You —, I'll have my re venge on you ; and if not now, when I come out." This was said in the presence of Mr. Williams and the police. I once gave her into custody, and she was fined 40s. at this Court. I swear Igo in bodily fear. By Mr. E. D. Lewis—When I first saw the prisoner she was soliciting for the purposes of prostitution. When she used the threatening language she was in the custody of the police. She did not say, "If you give me into custody, I'll take your life or have revenge." Austen, 336 A—OnWednesday night I was on duty near the County Fire Office, and had the prisoner in custody. She was in custody when Mr. Dolby came up, having been given into custody by Mr. Williams, and she was struggling with one hand on the railings. I heard her use threatening language. She said, "That old Dolby shan't take me up for nothing. I'll shoot him or burn him in his bed. He's got a new plate glass front through us, and I'll either break it, or employ some one to do it." Sergeant Oliver then came to my assistance, the prisoner was taken to the station, and on the way the prisoner threatened Mr. Dolby. While at the station he said, "You— I'll break your window when I get out," and she then endeavoured to strike Mr. Dolby, but was prevented. She was so violent that the .acting inspector ordered her to be removed and locked up. [lt should be stated that on Mr. Williams' charge the prisoner was brought to the court yesterday, but was discharged.] Last night when taking her into custody she said " I don't care now, Mr. Knox is not there. I've got a gentleman to find me plenty of money." By Mr. E. D. Lewis—She did not say " If you give me into custody I'll have revenge." She was in custody when she first made use of the threat. Sergeant Oliver, 294 A, and acting inspector Dodsworth having given evidence, as also Mr. Tyrwhitt Jones Wil liams, principal of the firm of Hendrie and Co., wholesale perfumers, of Tichborne-street, Mr. E. D. Lewis addressed the magistrate on the pri soner's behalf, contending that the threats made use of by the prisoner were not such as to cause Mr. Dolby to go in fear, and that they were only made use of by the prisoner while under excitement consequent upon being given into custody. Mr. Yardley said there was no doubt in his mind that there was abundant evidence of personal threats towards Mr. Dolby, and Mr. Dolby's fear was the fear of a mind of ordinary strength. He should call upon the prisoner to find one surety in .£5O, or two in £25, to keep the peace for a month to Mr. Dolby and every other person. THAMES. A DISHONEST NEIGHBOUR.—EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.— William Clack, a inean-looking man, aged 40, and described as a fishmonger, of High-street, Shadwell, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing a bushel and a half of oats, the property of Mr. William George Drew, licensed victualler's biscuit baker, in the same street. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The prosecutor has extensive stabling for his horses and carts in a place called Sun Tavern-gap, Shadwell. Clack rented a small stable, in which he kept one horse and a cart, opposite. For some time past Mr. Drew has missed large quantities of corn and other provender, and his recent losses have been at the rate of ten quarters per months. A few weeks since Mr. Drew lost a large cask of lard valued at forty pounds, which was rolled out of his stable in the day time in the temporary absence of his servants. Last night, a few minutes before 12 o'clock, a police constable named Wenham, No. 248 K, while exa mining the stables of Messrs. Drew and Son, found one of the doors open. Believing there was something wrong ho went round to Messrs. Drew's establishment in the High street and rung the bell, but failed to disturb the sleep ing inmates. In a short time ho returned to Drew's stables and saw the door close quickly. Wenham pushed it open, turned on the light of his bull's eye lantern, and saw the prisoner Clack inside with a bag of corn in his hand. The policeman said, " Hallos., what are you doing here ?" The prisoner made no answer, but trembled excessively, and dropped the bag on the ground. The constable took the prisoner into custody and searched his stable. In a loft he found a sack filled with corn, on the floor about another sack of corn loose, and in the lower part of the stable a bushel and a half more samples of the corn which the prisoner dropped in Messrs. Drew and Son's stables, and the various parcels in the prisoner's stable were produced. Mr. George Thos. Jessup, horse-keeper to the firm of Drew and Son, and Mr. William George Drew, sen., had no doubt of the corn being the property of the prosecutors. It consisted of two sorts of oats with a few tares mixed with it. The prose cutors' stables were made fast at five or ten minutes past 11 last night. The corn dropped down a funnel from the granary above into a square bin. Mr. Jessup left that bin about three parts full last night. It was in the same state when he was aroused at three o'clock this morning, but it was very easy to remove corn from the bin which held 10 quarters, and let more down from the granary above. The witnesses could not say how much had been taken away, the bulk was so large. Mr. Drew, sen., said that a sack, with the name of Kidd upon it, was found in the prisoner's stable. Mr. Kidd was the name of his miller. Mr. Charles Young said hundreds of bakers dealt with Kidd the miller. Mr. Drew, sen., said the prisoner did not deal with Mr. Kidd, but had been using his (Mr. Drew's) corn and selling it for some time. He had lost ten quarters per month. It was a most serious loss. The Prisoner—lt is the first time I have ever been in custody. Mr. Charles Young—You will hold your tongue, Mr. Clack, if you wish' me to defend you. Mr. Partridge—l shall send this case to a jury for trial. Mr. Charles Young—The prisoner will reserve his de fence. Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, afterwards attended, and said he was instructed by Drew and Sous to prosecute the prisoner at the sessions. SALMON FISHERY BILL.—Sir G. Grey's Bill has been printed. It contains provisions for the forma tion of fishery districts by the Secretary of State on the application of the Quarter Sessions, and new provisions for the appointment of boards of conservators to see to the execution of the law and the protection and improvement of the salmon fisheries, and to appoint water bailiffs for that purpose. The conservators are to grant season licenses for fishing for salmon, the funds thus obtained to be em ployed in carrying the law into effect. The licenses may range from £1 (or less) for rod and line to £lO for a box, crib or cruive, or V weir; the Home Secretary to approve the scale of charges to be made for fishing weirs, &c. The observance of the law is to be enforced by penalties, and persons convicted for a third time of fishing with lights or spears, or fish roe, or out of season, may be sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour. " Fixed engines" are de fined, and ancient rights to use fixed engines are to protect only such as were lawful in use in 1861 in pursuance of ancient right. Three special commissioners for English fisheries are to be appointed. They are to decide on the legality of fixed engines in use, and of fishing weirs, &c., subject to a right of appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench. The prohibition against fishing with lights, spears, &C., and using roe as a bait, is to apply to trout in a salmon river subject to a board of_ conservators, and in any such river it is to he close time for trout from Nov. 2 to Feb. 1. Boards of conservators are to have power to fix, with the sanction of the Home Secretary, a close season in the first half of the year for such eel fisheries in a salmon river as are fished by nets, baskets, iron gratings, or other contri vance attached to dams or posts driven into the soil. COLONIAL GO VERNME NT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dee. 31, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-r4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 95 D'. sp. c. Han & Sept 101 93 05 no. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 82 84 Do. 5 p Inscribed ak 100 81 84 Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 10:1 106 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 104 106 Do. do: 1090-1 100 115 107 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 108 108 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 1, 5 107 Do. 1878, do. 100 169 112 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May ift, Nov. Lb 101 107 109 Natal qov. 6 per cent lOO 102 103 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&•luly 100 92 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 00 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1891 100 91 93 921 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 Do. 6 per cent... . Nova Sc •tia Gov. 13 p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 1041 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868.9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 107 109 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, II pril & Oct lOO 1071 108 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Conseil: Uold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 29 31 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 575 685 Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 18 2 , 1 East Cara , ion 2.14.6 131 14 as t earn Brea 14.0 64 71 7 fast Grenville 2.7.0 34 3 East 1.0ve.1 2.13.6 134 141 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 31 4 Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. 604 4 6 4 Great L ocey, limited all 18 19 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 11 2 G. Wheal Vor (Heist ‘l, 40 001 311 Grenville 7.8.3 3) 44 Herod's Foot . . 8.13 88 40 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 31 3 Margaret tUny Want 91 6 81 Marke Valley 4.3.0 54 54 4 m wyndy Iron Ore, lieu 21 1i Of Nangiles New Se ton North Downs.. 3 - - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 3.10.6 4 t North Wheal Crotty 2.8.0 2 1, - - Prosper 7.1.6 21 34 Pr vidence Uny L,lant 10.6.7 52 4/ S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 510 520 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 22 Stray Park 3017.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 161 17 • West 1 assett (Il?ogan W. Caradon 114 skeard 9 101 11 West Chi rerton ll ai 6* 1 %Vest Seton Wheal. Bassett 'Mogan 51 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 50 60 %t' hea Ludo ,tt 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seto u Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 18 20 - Wheal Ifni n 4 rILEFEKEN( I I I ; SHAKES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pl., 102} North British 5 er cent., 10/ North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 27 i'ItFWEItENCE sIIARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4 4 per cent. pr., Ditto, 5 per cent. pr., Ditto, new, 5 per cent. pl., 47i LINES LEASED AT FIRED RENTALS. S. Yorkshire and River Dun, It 3i • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco t lhn.) gua. 7 per cent., 14} Dutch Rhenish. 21 Ureat Luxembourg, 13} roitEIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., lid Cobre Copper, 27 I udamouutana of S. Australia, lim., BANKS. Agra and Muiterman's, lira., 121 illiance tun.). 319 2 Ditto,t e issued o sissuedaflndia, 20p m.2 Chartered Australia. and China. 271 Chartered mer. of Ind' t, London, and China, 509 N:ng ish Joint Stock, lira., 121 Imperial Ottoman, 16, 9 London B..nk of 31exi,o and S. America, Urn., 10 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 779 London and 1t estminster, 959 5 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 69 9 Oriental BanK Corporation, 53 9 Union of Australia, 541 f Union of London, 539 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lira.. 10 : I Ceylon Company, 101 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 8} 9 Ebbw Vale, 8 9 Egyptian Com, and Trading. Um., 21 3 Electrio Telegraph, 120 Gen. Credit and rinance of London, lim., 51 Home and CI donial A ssurance, lira, 41 ImperLd Mercantile Credit .Asso., lira., 6 Indian Carrying, lim., International Financial Society, lim., 6/ International L.and Credit, lira., 5/ Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 9,8, London Financial Association, Jim., 22 31 :dray Irrgation and Canal, Ditto (all), 194 Milwall Iron Works, 61 Natal Lund and Consolidation Company, lira., la National Discount Company, Rm., 151 Oriental Inland Steam, 2 Pen naula and Oriental Steam, 85 1 Royal Mail Steam, lot Smith, Knight, and Co., 1im.,1 14 Universal Slarin?, Insurance, lim., 89 The quotation of gold at Paris is about 16 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.176 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Zd 17s. 106 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is rather more than 1-IGth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. Al 96 IJO 131 t 6i ISIONS. 55 t 8 102 103 pr ip 4 4 ti 9h g 70 9g 101 75 85 1( 1 10i 101 103 113 104 184 19, €5 88 64 66 54 56 55 57 47 43 45 41 43 15 25 2/ 25 26 103 101 3 IP 3 IP 103 102 101 loi Wig) d 88 %2 78 E 2 i id 101 102 93 95 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 81 1006 1016 1006 101 fd id 1006 1016 94 97 The Fall of Richmond, A Canadian in Richmond writes to the Montreal Gazette as follows :—" Richmond, April 15.—After a sharp contest between the ' rebel' army of less than 50,000 men, and the United States' forces, amounting to about 115,000, the city fell into the hands of the latter, the remains of the ' rel9er army leaving it to its fate, in order to hurry to Danville and there join the army under General Johnston, which it failed to do owing to thegreat cavalry force of the enemy, which headed it off at every road leading to that point, On the 9th the remains of the army under General Lee, numbering from 17,000 to to 20,000 men, was surrendered. For these figures I have the word of General Alexander, C.S.A., Chief of Artillery of the Ist Corps, who is well in formed in the matter. lle told me also that the remains of two divisions of cavalry under Generals Fitz Hugh Lee and Rosser cut their way out of the United States' forces, but that Lee returned with a part of his command on hearing of the surrender of his chief. As to the gallant Rosser, he is gone, and they do not know where he is. General Lee has lost nothing of his reputation by this reverse. He made a good fight against great odds, and a rapid and clever retreat. If he had 5,000 or 6,000 good cavalry he would have got away. His force of that arm was about 5,000 men, on half-starved horses; that of the enemy was about 12,000, and the horses were in good condition. As for this city, from the Capitol, which is on a fine site in the heart of the city, you see a waste of ruins from Main-street to thn river. This is the business part of the city, and it was set fire by pillagers, half drunk with " apple jack." The banks are included in the ruins. Nothing but a long row of blackened chim neys now meets the eye where once there was the stir of business. The fine bridge of the Central Railroad over the James is also burnt. This was done by order of the C. S. General commanding the place. I went to Mr. Davis's office, and found it to be a good-sized apartment, with a long oval table, covered with cloth in the centre, and a chair lined with leather by the side of it. This chair was the seat of Mr. Davis up to the time he had to quit the capital. A few large envelopes were lying about, with the words " C. S. of America," " Official busi nes:3" printed upon them. Confederate States bonds were selling in the street for sc. Only think of that ! It tells the tale of the fall of this city more for cibly than any other thing. Many persons were getting them as curiosities. Few persons have been able to come here yet, for it is not easy to obtain a pass. The city and environs are full of interest, and if the city was open to visitors, there would be a flood of them. To many of you, and the officers of the army in particular, the ground covered by the lines of defences in front of Petersburg would be of the greatest interest. It is cut up by a maze of works. Only two divisions of the Army of the James occupy the city—the 3d of the 24th Corps, and the Ist of the 25th Corps (negro)." THE DEATH OF THE CZAREWITCH.—The particu lars which we were enabled to publish last week of the illness of the late Czarewitch were of great medical interest in more than one respect. They have interest, as clearly showing that the disease of which the Czarewitch died was not of the nature of the • cerebro-spinal meningitis now epidemic about the Lower Vistula. So far from this death, which has occasioned universal sadness, being of a sudden or epidemic nature, the disease had been going on for years, and would seem to have been serious for three months past. Though there were unusually acute and painful symptoms before death of the nature of cerebro-spinal meningitis, the case was essentially the common one of psoas abscess, with disease of the bones of the spine. This disease does not generally terminate with acute symptoms, but is always liable to do so. In the Ozarewitch's case it originated in a fall from his horse. It is the more necessary to be ex plicit in the statement of these particulars, as there has been a great amount of fear excited in this country in con nexion with epidemic forms of disease on the continent ; and the telegraphic accounts of the case of the Czarewitch were of such a nature as to lead to the idea that his death was occasioned by one of these, an impression which is entirely removed by our information. The post mortem examination showed that a tubercular tendency exists in the constitution of a Royal family likely to exer cise a most important influence on the history of Europe and the world. The case has a more strictly professional interest, as illustrating the occasionally obscure and varied nature of the symptoms by which caries of the vertebra) and psoas alscess are accompanied ; simulating, in turn, lumbago, intermittent fever, and cerebro-spinal meningitis. The facts of the case impress us with the importance of a remark contained in the just published notes of Sir Benja min Brodie, though admitting of only a qualified applica- Von here. Lumbago "is generally supposed to be an affection of the muscles. lam myself inclined to believe that it has a more deep-seated origin, and that the actual seat of the disease is in the lower part of the spinal cord itself, or at least in the nerves which arise from it."—Lancet. THE STOCK OF COTTON.—The stock of cotton continues to be pretty.well maintained at Liverpool, although it has somewhat decreased of late. Annexed is the weekly movement of affairs during the current quarter as compared with the corresponding periods of 1864 and 1863 : 1865. 1864. 1863. Bales: Bales. Bales. Week ending April 1 ... 580,010 297,060 295,330 71 „ 8 ... 605,920 ... 309,760 ... 278,000 71 „ 15 600,530 369,240 ... 365,100 17 „ 22 ... 575,480 ... 414,460 413,330 17 _„ 29 520,150 ... 370,760 ... 366,480 May 5 ... 537,010 ... 364,250 356,610 The stock at the commencement of the current month thus showed an increase of 172,760 bales as compared with May, 1864, and of 180,400 bales as compared with May, 1863. Although the future is not yet quite free from anxieties, the "cotton famine," which has so long depressed the in dustry of Lancashire, may be clearly regarded as at an end. IRISH DOGS.—Sir R. Peel has laid before the House of Commons a Dogs Regulation Bill for Ireland. The owners are to take out dog licences at 2s. a year for each dog, with a fee of 6d. for registering au owner's licence or licences. There will be a penalty for keeping an unlicensed dog. The occupier of premises where a dog is kept or " permitted to live or remain" is to be liable to the licence duty unless he can prove the dog to be there without his sanction. The account of the re ceipts from dogs is to be annually laid before Parliament. Notices stating the course to be pursued for the registra tion of dogs are to be fixed on the outside of all the church and chapel doors in Ireland or other public and con spicuous buildings. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE POET THoll.—How SOON WE ARE FORGOTTEN.—The town of Inverury and the Poet Thom are indissolubly associated in litera ture, wherever the language circulates, and many people who never saw the town or the poet's house wept over the story of -his life. It is rather remarkable, when such is the case, that the remembrance of the poet, in the locality rendered classic by the strains of his muse, should well nigh have sunk into oblivion before a quarter of a century should have elapsed. As an instance, we may state how a gentleman residing in Edinburgh, a literary divine of high standing, who knew the story of Thom's life, and sympa thised with it, was some years ago delighted in being appointed one" of a deputation to visit the spot where Thom wrote most of his poetry. His heart had long craved such an opportunity to see where Thom had toiled, and sung, and, above all, to hold converse with the young family of orphan daughters he had left behind. So, on arriving at the In verury station, he hurried up to the town ,and asked at the first one he met if they could show him where the family of the late Mr. Thom lived. " No, never heard of the name.' The same question was asked and answered with the same barren result, as he went on, and it was not until he had got beyond the outskirts of the town on the south side that he could hear where the daughters lived. These interesting young ladies had the misfortune long ago to lose both parents—have been brought up mainly under the care of a grandmother—and have been necessitated to appear during. the past month in court to give evidence in t he case of their uncle, George Stephen, their sole earthly su pp ort and pro tector. It is heartrending, for the sake of these young girls, that so dark a gloom should have app eared to their cloud eTa e s t orp re children home and hearts at present, when all nature t is astir with joy. Their future lot wo dare not anticbiepa ; h maturely re children of men of genius who may moved enerous people, .) a g th Ab moved by the hand of deat h are le d b a sort of legacy to the nation, and they should be ado p t Journal that fi rs t carried the c u p of comfort to the without any doubt in t he matter. It was e erde en famished lips of the fa ther of these ladies, a long time ago, in the shape of a £5- no te, and the burst of sterling gratitude it evoked was ample recompense. Au immediate small subscription to give these well-educated ladies a start in the world, I doubt not, would go far at tha present event ful period in their history to lift a heavy burden from their hearts, and tend to give the future a brighter aspect in their eyes.—Aberdeen Journal. METROPOLITAN MARKET BILL—In anticipation of the second reading of this bill, which is fixed for Mon day next, meetings have been held in the Camden-road, Holloway, of the residents of the district, with a view of opposing the measure. It is alleged that the market area was expressly reserved for the purposes of the market in 1857 ; that time has not been given to ascertain if the market's requirements will permit any portion of the space to be let off for building; and, further, that if the market do not require the surplus space it is still most objection able, on sanitary grounds, to adapt a scheme for placing the dwellings of the labouring and industrial classes within the walls of a cattle market. sPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Da. CHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) CHESHIRE STAKES. Moulsey Success Macbeth Eight ran. LADIES' PVIZSE. Qui va lh Birague War Whoop 1 Six ran. RACING FIXT . York Spring St. Columb . l6 Salisbury lB Noi th Herts Yeomanry 19 Redditch Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer 7 Maid tone Ascot l3 Beverley - 14 Liverpool JU Newmarket July ......... 4 Carlisle ..................... 4 Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Hungerford l3 13 Stamford AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham l5 Stockton l5 SEPTE: Warwick Curragh 5 Dover 7 Hereford Leicester 7 Doncaster Brecon .. 18 Richmond Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 2G Walsall Bedford Royal Caledonian Runt 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Curragh l7 Newmarket Ho. M 23 Worcester Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury ;lIER. Warwickshire and Leamington Hunt 2l SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, May 12.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, May 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Bunsen, from Rangoon. SWANSEA, May 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Riverhead, from Caldera. Sailed—Countess of Bectivo, for Cuba; Jura, for Coquimbo. LIMERICK, May 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cecile, from Bilboa. PORTSMOUTH, May 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Graf von Bubon, from Sulina. CLYDE, May 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Runnymede, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Michael Georplo, for Bom bay. CARDIFF, May 11.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Anna Magda lena, for St. Thomas. Rola-HEAD, May 11.—Wind B:E.—Arrived—Palestine, screw steamer, from New York. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 11—Zephyr, from Gothenburg ; Apollo from Skeen. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Agnes, from Jamaica; Balcombe, from Gre nada ; James Russell, from China—all for London ; Colum bine, from Londori, for Naples. Bank of England Return.•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, May 10, 1865. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 1.......428,608,825 Government Debt £11,015,1(0 Other Securities 3.6.31,9 W Gold Coin & Bullion 13,95 Silver Bullion X 28,608,82 51 £28,008,8'25 BANKING D roprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 &cat Valle Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na- EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) 510,081,441 Other Securities 09,5f. 7 Notes Gold and Silver 803,2;7 Coin tioual Debt, and Dividend counts) 7.349.11i tither Deposits 13.760,0.52 Seven Day and other Bills 407,5C5 £39,331,205 £39.331,2C5 '. MILLER, Chief Cashier. May 11, 180. THE TRIAL OF DR. PRITCHARD.—This trial will, we believe, take place at Edinburgh in the end of Tune.— Scotsman. THE DISTRESS IN LYONS.—The Emperor, who, on learning from the Prefect of the Rhone of the distress among the silk weavers, had forwarded a sum of money for their relief, has now announced a further donation of 20,000 f. The Empress has also sent 10,000 f. for the same object. CRYSTAL PALACE, ONE SHILLING DAY, Thurs day, May 11.—Admissions on payment, 1,381; ditto by season ticket, 719 ; total visitors, 2,100. FRANCE AND PRUSSIA.—The Moniteur of Wed nesday publishes the following note :—" A telegram just received informs us that M. Benedetti, his Majesty's Am bassador at Berlin, and the President of the Council, Minis ter for Foreign Affairs of Prussia., have exchanged ratifi cations of the treaties of commerce and navigation, of the arrangement for the international railway traffic, and of the literary convention concluded on the 2d August, 1862. These acts, which will very shortly be officially published both in France and Prussia, will take effect from the Ist July next." NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.— A paragraph which appeared yesterday under this heading in a morning paper states that the Prince of Wales had a narrow escape while travelling on the Chester and Holy head line on Monday last. We are informed that there is no justification for this startling announcement. Tho train was delayed six minutes in consequence of a hot axle, but reached Holyhead in perfect safety, and only four minutes late. TIIE BLACKBURN RELIEF COMMITTEE.—Atter an existence of upwards of three years and a quarter, the Blackburn Relief Committee finally closed their chari table labours this week. The distress was first felt in the cotton districts by the operatives of Blackburn at the close of 1861. Early in 1862 a large number of the operative classes of Blackburn and other towns in the cotton districts were plunged into the deepest distress by the stopping of the mills and manufactures in which they had been employed. " To such an extent was the distress experienced in the town of Blackburn that at one timer3o,ooo out of its 63,000 inhabitants had to be supplied by and were dependent on public charity for their subsistence," quoting the words of the Relief Committee, which may be accepted as most re liable testimony. The development of labour schemes and of the sectarian industrial classes contributed to the main the distress has gone into the tenance of public order during the most critical period, a n d is concerned, without any dis turbance timely and liberal aid granted by the charitable of this and other nations alleviated their suffem ings and soothes' sternertps ta n s c o o f efealri havingnagss. Blackburn been llappi promoted by the suffering popula tion, has p r o n p e o t r t yb havinghowever,, beention, ocommitted r s them. o b n y al injury T o r ile d a d m i s a tr g e e s been without its mitigating circumstances - upon the people. H u ndreds of working men, and women too, have been t a ught to read, write, and cast, an d f ro m 700 to 800 have been also taught to sew, knit, and plait. One grand effect of the panic now rapidly going into the past is, that the people of every grade are more sympathetic with each other than it found th em, an d t h at ou t o f 30,000 former recipients of the charity of the Relief Committee there were last month only 156 r ece i v i ng their bounty, though there were then 4,500 persons usually employed in mills and cotton sheds out of work, while nearly 19,000 were working full time. At a meeting of the Relief Committee last Monday night, Alderman Sturdy presiding, a statement was read which showed that last week 119 personshadbeen relieved by the committee at a cost of £9 95., and that their total expenditure for the month just ended was £304 11s. 6d., including£l23 16s. general relief, £169 12s. 6d. in clothing, £35 Bs. 6d forthe school fees of 1,080 children, and £lll4s. 6d. expenses of management. The amount of funds received from strictly local sources during the whole period of dis tress has been £18,565 12s. The balance in the hands of the committee is £382155.3d. The committee unanhnously resolved, owing to the decrease of distress, to finally close their relief operations at the end of the present week. REVIVAL OF TRADE AT MONTE VIDEO.—The letter of our Monte Video correspondent will be perused with satisfaction by our mercantile readers. News by the present mail is, as he observes, "calculated to raise the goo ds to the River Plate." d The o pi ng political spirits and o f ssohcifalpecrosndoiftion of the Banda Oriental was rapidly improving, under the firm but temperate ad ministration of General Flores, and it is to be hoped that, peace hai now b een established in the country on a secure and lasting basis.—Brazil and River Plate Mail. [RES FOR 1865. Cork 22 I Bath 23 Harpenden ' 26 Epsom 3O f NE. Hampton 2l Newton . 2l Newcastle Curragh Odiham Bibury `B Stockbridge TLY. New Forest Hunt l4 Winchester lB Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Cambridge 2O Goodwood Down Royal Corp '4s y Ox m f . o k rd ........................ 17 Yarmouth .............. : .... .. : ..... . ..... 2222 . Plymouth ....... 24 .Lichfield ........... .. ........ Devon and Exeter 2B Derby Summer O. Ipswich Weymouth Bl :MEN OCTO: NOVE: -4 - trate sub olel7 ) our ,lour it us T of rt in niJst racile ; anY et to ;tand :lit of 4e ! 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