The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-12 00:00:00

m en of ;hin-lane, uge, rest iole dap ,onibard: ; hick the have an e services brought to Wain -eatly in" E n glish tiporarily Ut il ; L unu sual or 10 1 l bablY be n as the ,fisted on re sterdaY ,Gur ney, )ulties in the rate e ffect 011 [aht ban e bus iness o pora.. , estion ID tation ,cellor of ;d to 14 7 1 tedl Li a ti le On e- Le ore o°° : ich m ore ye or 0 to 113/8 It 0 0 0° gal was, Asa it i ; rad° dir e A is 1) 1.)11 t 0,1 0.0 '2,5; 11 0 tO ;17 f ree 1" ° Oa th . 001, P er e io't er d, Per leo 0)1 ; io* c oci , ; r el 6 g ' t ios, SO 1 1 0 • 1 09 ...., oa to 4 (I i 1 6 10 11 t o Al frO° , ga iDS, gg 31 a; roe 0 ° 6 3; ; Os 19 litig* bet to~ (1I NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, O'CLOCK. 1 , The direct ors o f the Bank of TWELVE England have advanced their minimum rate of discount from 9 to 10 per cent., and the proceedings in Parliament last night have given great satisfaction. The sum of £137,000 was taken to the bullion department of the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. The International Financial Society have issued the satisfactory notice that they are prepared to discount at the Bank rate all their outstanding acceptances. It was announced before the close of business that a petition for winding u Gurn e p the affai rs o f O veren d , y, and Co. (Limited) had been taken before Vice-Chancellor Wood, and that Mr. Turquand and Mr. H arding have be en appo i nted joint liquidators. It was stated yesterday afternoon that the drafts of the Consolidated Discount Company were re turned unpaid. This concern Was established in January, 1864, to take over the discount business of Messrs. Sandman and Co. The nominal capital is £1,000,000 in shares of £5O, with £l2 10s. paid. The specie movement during the week has been of a favourable character, owing to large arrivals from Australia and New York. The imports have amounted to about £513,507, while the exports have been to the extent of £211,597, chiefly to the Brazils and the Continent. wo O'CLOCK. The Funds h ave r i sen per sent. T and everything at the finish of business looks most encouraging. Consols are, therefore, 85 for money and the account. The New Threes are 84 ;and Reduced Annuities 84- } ; Bank Stock, 240 ; Ex chequer Bills, for March, ss. dis. ; India 5 per Cents, 1041 1051 ; ditto Debentures, 100 101; and the Bonds, Bs. prem. Foreign Stocks are buoyant. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 29 i• ; and Mexican, 151 t; ditto New, 1 4 ; Greek, 10 11 ; Spanish Passive, 22 ; the ) Certificates, 14i 15i ; Italian, 39 40. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinned very dull, but prices generally exhibit more buoyancy. Metropolitan have improved 6 ; North Western, 2 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1 / 1 ; Mid land 1; Gr ea t Western, ; and Great Eastern, ; while Brighton have declined li. • The Foreign and Colonial lines are generally a shade firmer. Great Luxembourg are marked 12 12k. Grand Trunk of Canada, 19 to 20 ; and Great Western of Canada, 14} to 15. Bank and miscellaneous shares aro , in most in stances at enhanced quotations. Bank of London are dealt in at 17 ; Imperial Bank at 24 ; London and County at 71 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England at Ito ; Imperial Mercantile Credit are at 11 to 10 dis. ; National Discount Company at 14 to 13; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., 15i dis. QTO T O'. At the last moment UARTER affairs in HREE the City CLOCK have relapsed into a very tranquil condition. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 6 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols 86 1 i 5 1 6 1 i Do. Account, May 9 4 i 1 8 per Cent. Reduced B4k i New 3 per Cent 4 / liew 2i per t. Jan. 1894 _ Do. 5 per C ent. Jan. 1873 An nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan " 18851880 ' Do. f or 30 yrs, aspire sth April, DO (R e d S ea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 ,,, _ March. June. Do Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 p er Cent. £5OO . Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent _ 240 ' Do Acc oun t ... Lupus GOVERNMENT SEC URITIES. 5. 74 In dian Stock, 101 A per Cent., p • Do. Account 1 Do. 5 r Cent. Jul, 18 70 Do. 4 p p e r Cent., Oc t 1888 104 . 7 --• Do. Certificates ' Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do,Do. 5 per Cent., Jon. 1872 • sj per Cent, May 1879 — 100 1 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO. — Do. under £l,OOO A FOREIG N FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES . rgentine Republic, A 6 per Ce n t., £l5 p d — pm ustrian B onds, 5 per Cent, 1859 lir azilian 5 Do . 4 i p aper Cent . . ...... Cent., 1852-58 -60 Do. 186 3 . ~.., Do. 1865 0 Ac .../ count Bu e nos cri p , £ 4 5 Paid. per Ayres 6 per Cent .. . Ohili l3° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) an 6.per Cent., .. po° Scrip, £25 paid . 4/ per Cent. Colo p° 4/ 6 Per Cent ............................. —d i s cinbian 6 per dent .g,„llb, 6 per Cent .yptiau per Cent CO., Second Issue Do 1) 4100 Bonds ..................................... De. 1864 ..................... 82 1 D £lOO Bonds • . ..„. „ . „.. . : ....... o. Governmeot .ItailZty...Debentures. %reeo. .£5O 'd dis 5 Pai ................................. per Cents., 1824_5, ex Coupons -lir'°. Account ........................ 3°' Lou Polio .......................................... 4 4°' Account ................................ .411..teraala 5 per Cent.. ...allati K u per Cen t ............ .......... A 1865 ..................... r)° Account .................................... Doc• Ilaremmana Railway . .................. it.a4llc3colauleir,Ce.nt ........................... 16 151- 16 ~ Do ' ................................ 1864 .. . t , ...... - ............ 14 im." o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ... . ........ M oorish 6.per Cent., £3O paid ...... ,V.. fish Imperial 5 per Cent . .............. "evy' Granada. 4. ort, guese 3 - •.... oa l e i p .. ii:i .:: ............. .... Do 3 Per CePenrt ,1856 , '7 o '9 60 . '76" .i: --- , 0 . „ toe . ~7 7 7 7 7 7 ..... IR,7lB,iatt s riZ. a l lo t . ... i i ii : .e i gi • • • • eoe • :o ••• ..... i? 4 ,13 4 i Per Cent. 1850 .......................... 84 ''-',° 4 1 per Cent., 1860 ..................... 791 D 3 , Pox Cent. 1859 ........................ 49 50 ..„° 0 Per Cent. 1862 ........................ 81 ' 2 1 p, 'Jo. 5 per Cent. 1861 ........................ ,Thnian 5 per Cent ................. 13 l'°. Accoutt ..................................... Account l t ili sh 3 per Cent. ........................... D 0 1° N ...... ........................... -- 7 - _ 0 ew- Deferred ........................... 32 3i D° Acco unt ... .............................. 8 ico Passive .................. 22f 1 "° A ccyunt .... ..... ........................ . .......... banish Cart of Coup not funded l5 141 Do .A. ce le w , , oun -,'ustk 4 per Cent.. . . Turki""o per Cent. 1864' ,1)0sh 6 per Cent. 1854 Account ..... .-. . . ", 0 6 per Cent. 1858 "0 ",s0 Account .. . Do£loo Bonds .t, - 6 per Cent. 186.2 DDo Account .. . Do £lOO Bonds . .._ o 6 per Cent. .................. DDo 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scnp 29 k o Account - ~..,.Do• 4 per Cent. Guaranteed V enezuela 3 per • Cent. DDitto account 1)°o 6 er Cent., 1862 • Apccount . Do. 1864 1311 , 43 h 2 i per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail ............ / 4 ., 4- :° ,i.per Cent. Certificates ............... t ' rico Ilentas 3 per Cent. 12, 1i Z4.. Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ......... 40 39 ccount ......................... ~-,. TW 7; O'CLOCK. A C°llB Do °lB . for roolloy inst. 9tk .................... , ......... z3igi I ex div. 1 ccount .......__ Major_ rota t 'll Docroß ?- 3 IORISON'S PILLS. urinated Gen eral Daniel E. Si c kl es h as b een no th -5 %a by the P resident for United States Mi n i s t er to _ lio. c• Ile m embers of the United States House Judi tary orua:,, "tee who have examined into the matter, now .th `tte ' - t is said, that they are satisfied beyond a doubt . of the Illit of both Clement C. Clay and Jefferson DaNAs in ass a ssinaati on of President Lincoln, that of Clay being Dithe 44efg Ticknor and Fields, the Boston publishers, become the custodians of the valuable copyrights of jackjaaies Parton's popular biographies of Burr, Franklin, B°ll ' and Butler, and will henceforth be his publishers. tragic affair occurred in open court at Helena, Ark4ns_a{:?, las.t week. William Hanley, who once belonged s t b! , ith Illinois cavalry, was before the court for horse to 1, 41 • 111 ' an , d his wife was on the witness stand, testifying v 1-18 ha stolen several hcrses, when he drew a re a_novter h and shot her, the ball entering her head. A second afterilttacirtnivlY escaped the Mayor of Helena. It was only co . eaPer struggle that Hanley was overcome and liof:4ll:tutted tog 01. : 3 121 li e igra l t o io r n na , oaz have resolved to abandon the plan to fight for predominance. An affray - , ird 4 ^^ °ecurre d in which eight "Gentiles" were killed. Pla elle • av e been posted everywhere about Utah, warning 141" of 11°rn aonirsin to depart. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU. BritifigroTuiafa, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 lie. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed ek Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.& Oct • 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 u Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 C,ylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1578 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it Do. 1895, Feb. & AuZ Natal qov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c., 180 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 189? New Zealand, 6 . p. cen. Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queenslad Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 1)0. 1878 & upwards r Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. Ja & July Do. do, a pril & Oct 13ItITIS %Jam. Consa. Gala, lira. IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville. 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 M 92 94 90 93 90 93 77 79 76 79 102 101 102 101 102 104 102 104 86 8) 102 101 107 1 9 102 1(4 107 109 104 (06 104 108 99 101 90 93 90 95 87& 881 91 98 72 73 98 100 98 100 1N 106 102 103 6 7 8 10 520 540 i 1 18 19 64 74 3 . 3i 3i 4 8 9 3 33 5 21 1 15 17 2i s 38 40 43 5 4 6 3 41 23 136 35 40 13 15 1 t 1 32 34 375 400 1 2 2 15 20 4 6 13 15 3 5 East Gunnislake.. East Lovell _ _ E. W'l Iturpe.ll(T!tvistkl Gam.Sz StAubyn(G wen. 4 Great L ►xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal busy G. Wheal Vor (He'atm Grenville Herod's Foot Ejliniston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley 4 Idwyndy Iron Ore, liw New Sewn ••••• - North Roskear V.Wh'i Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... Prs,videnee UnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan - Stray Park Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal AI ary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton ..... Wheal Trelawney 1 2 8 67i 721 130 140 80 85 20 22 3 5 195 205 13 15 V ILEFEttEbItIE bilAttEb Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 99 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland. Oxford st guaranteed stock, 118 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock. 1291 North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. Midland A and B .£s:pf, 104 3 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, lian., gull. 7 per cent., 131 Dutch Rhenish, 201 Great Luxembourg, 12 Sambre and Meuse, 7i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 121 I F Ol l/410-14 St. John del Rey, lim., 43 BANIut Agra and Masterrnan's. lim., 32 7 1 41 Alliance, lim.. 15 18 171 Bank of London, 17 City, 7 Consolidated Bank, lira., 8 71 European Bank, lim., 3 6 Imperial Bank, lim.. 24 Imperial Ottoman, 9 Ditto, new, 81 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 211 London and County, 61 70 71 London Joint Stock, 42 3 London and South-Western, lira.. 1 6 London e 90 1 Oriental B ank Corporation, 411 5 Union of London, 47 I MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. grua., 21 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 11 1 1 Ebbw Vale, .6 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 11 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 211 Hudson's Bay, 113 15 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim.. 10.1 12 10 International Financial Society, Um., 3 ; 3 London Financial Association, lira ., 91 10 Midras Irrigation and Canal, 13 Ditto (all), 173 National Discount ( ompany, 1 11 13 Ditto, issued at 5 prem , of which 31 is to pay, 4 Ocean 31 arine Insurance), 103 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lim., '2 11 123 181 dis Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 72 Royal Mail Stearn, 108_9 _essrs. Trilbner and Co. have just published an edition of twenty-five copies only for sale ---A‘ Le Livre des Visions; on I'Enfer et le Ciel decrits par Ceux qui les ont Vus," par Octave Delepierro ; a very curious book, illustrated with photographs. An American paper, the Telegrapher, states that it is intended to apply electricity to Alden's type-setting machine, so as to enable a person in Washington to set type by telegraph in the offices of large daily papers in New York. In the May number of the Atlantic Monthly, Mr. James Russell Lowell takes the President in hand in anew "Biglow Paper" of considerable length and the old pun gency. The Rev. Sella Martin and the Rev. Dr. Patton have just arrived as delegates from the American Mission ary Association (Freedmen's Aid Society) for the purpose of furnishing information in regard to the freedmen in America, to the benevolent societies of Great Britain and the 094tinent. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day ORDINARY SHADES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I p a i d. l Closing I Business Price. done. Wino! anu Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast J un , un„Perth, & A b.J un `.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Weste Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. • Great North of Scotlan Great Northern DJ. A stock .. Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Origina Do. S. Val. Rail gu Do. South Wales ... Do. W. .511 d.— Oxforu Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S C oas t on., Chat., and Dove Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lou.& North Wester n . __ . - F 8 110 124 126 65 63 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 20 15c lil tl3 37 38 6 7 120 122 i3l t 3 54 5' 69 33 40 31 3i 118 119 52 Ot 23 25 • Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid'and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby %lid Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do. G.N•E purchasi• Do. Leeds Do. York DO. Carlisle ... Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London _ _ 1151 )'6 91. 93 56 59 .23 124 2 p id p 88 90 118} 119, 11 21 68 JO 52 t 4 Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral ( Scot. N. E , Aber. stock' uo. Scot, kid. mt.)ck Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E,stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West CornwAll BRITISH A.tlantio&St.Lawrenee Born.,Baroda. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference 8 9. 1 E•Brant,&Goderich l p. c. 872-3- 1 ......• • Calcutta & 8. E., .at e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p. Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds I charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock _ Do. do. deferred .... Gt. Irdia ro. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. a.. Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D. It per cent Do Creat Wes. of Canada., Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Jo. ft do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Ends. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Rl. C da, 6po pf. be Scinde .... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub...• Do.lndus St. Flo. 5 27 106 108 68 70 106 1(8 35y sad 10 11 p 120 12t 1 2p, I 2pl 73 75 108 112 148 350 60 68 45 48 70 72 8 9 .40 143 1-3 ) 100 103 52 64 ;ESSIONS, 64 66 99 101 IP 4 4i 8 9 76 80 96 98 60 65 100 102 99 101 100 102 13 20 85 87 60 63 55 60 55 57 60 55 41 45 40 44 24 26 104 1:6 1 1 99 ICI 91 93 151 16 ei 9i e 6 83 r,5 1} Op 100 101 91 93 80 83, 61 E 3 8 . 82 91 100 97 99 ti 96 98 105 3 51 371 8 100 ICO 100 100 100 100 90 11 117 j 18 16 21 11 21 59 121 7 0 1.13.4 100 100 100 all 1071 8, - - p 70,1 711 2i 1 100 i 1& 19 104 ,ITII S. 2.1.0 29 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.6 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Th's Day. Suspension of the Bank Charter Act. MARLBOROUGH-STREETI REFUSAL OF OUTCASTS TO ENTER A WORKHOUSE.— Elizabeth Smith, Georgina Goodall, and Ann Anderson, the three young women charged with frequenting Hyde Park, without visible means of subsistence, were again brought before Mr. Knox, When before Mr. Knox on the last occasion they refused, notwithstanding they had no place to go to, to enter a workhouse, and Mr. Knox re manded them for a week, in the hope that at the end of that time they might change their minds. They, however, still refused to go to a workhouse, and Mr. Knox com mitted them for fourteen days each, at the same time tell. ing them that if at the end of that time they thought proper to attend the court ho would try and find employ ment 11 for them. The following is a copy of a letter addressed last evening by the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England to the Government, with a copy of Earl Russell and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's letter in reply, authorising the Bank to extend their issue of notes : " BANK OF ENGLAND, May 11, 1866. " Sir,--We consider it to be our duty to lay before the Government the facts relating to the ex traordinary demands for assistance which have been made upon the Bank of England to-day conse quence of the failure of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. " We have advanced to the bankers, bilibrokers, and merchants in London, during the day, upwards of four millions sterling, upon the security of Government Stock and Bills of Exchange, an un precedented sum to lend in one day, and which therefore, we suppose, would be sufficient to meet all their requirements ; although the proportion of this sum which may have been sent to the country must materially affect the question. " We commenced this morning with a reserve of £5,727,000, which has been - drawn upon so largely that we cannot calculate upon having so much as £3,000,000 this evening, making a fair allowance for what may be remaining at the branches. it We have not refused any legitimate applica tion for assistance, and, unless the money taken from the Bank is entirely withdrawn from circula tion, there is no reason to suppose that this reserve is insufficient. " We have the honour to•be, Sir, " Your obedient servants, " H. L. HOLLAND, Governor. " THOS. NEWMAN HUNT, Deputy-Governor " The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, M.P., &c." " To THE GOVERNOR AND DEPUTY-GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. " Gentlenaen,—We have the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of this day to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which you state the course of action at the Bank of England under the circumstances of sudden anxiety which have arisen since the stoppage of Messrs. 0 verend, Gurney, and Company (Limited) yesterday. " We learn with regret that the Bank reserve, which stood so recently as last night at a sum of about £5,750,000, has been reduced in a single day, by the liberal answer of the Bank to the demands of commerce during the hours of business, and by its just anxiety to avert disaster, to little more than one-half of that amount, or a sum (actual for Lon don and estimated for the branches) not greatly exceeding three millions. "The accounts and representations which have reached her Majesty's Government during the day exhibit the state of things in the city as one of ex traordinary distress and apprehension. Indeed, deputations, composed of persons of the greaten weight and influence, and representing alike the private and joint-stock banks of London, have pre sented themselves in Downing-street, and have urged with unanimity and with earnestness the necessity of some intervention on the part of the State to allay the anxiety which prevails, and which appears to have amounted through great part of the day to an absolute panic. " There are some important points in which the present crisis differs from those of 1847 and 1857. Those periods were periods of mercantile distress, but the vital consideration of banking credit does not appear to have been involved in them, as it is in the present crisis. " Again, the course of affairs was comparatively slow and measured; whereas-the shock• has in this instance arrived with an intense rapidity, and the opportunity for deliberation is narrowed in propor tion. "Lastly, the reserve of the Bank of England has suffered a diminution without precedent, relatively to the time in which it has been brought about ; and, in view especially of this circumstance, her Majesty's Government cannot doubt that it is their duty to adopt, without delay, the measures which seem to them best calculated to compose. the public mind, and to avert the calamities which may threaten trade and industry. If, then, the directors of the Bank of England, proceeding upon the pru dent rules o f action by which their administration is usually governed, shall find that, in order to meet the wants of legitimate commerce, it is requisite to extend their discounts and advanceS upon approved securities so as to require issues of notes beyond the limits fixed by law, her Majesty's Government recommend that this necessity should be met imme diately upon its occurrence, and in that event they will not fail to making application to Parliament for its sanction. " No such discount or advance, however, should be granted at a rate of interestless than 10 per cent., and her Majesty's Government reserve' it to them selves to recommend, if they should see fit, the im position of a higher rate. "After deduction by the Bank of whatever it may consider to be a fair charge for its risk, expense, and trouble, the profits of these advances will accru e to the public.—We have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servants, " RUSSELL, " W. E. GLADSTONE. Downing-street, 11th May, 1866." A Frenchman's Account of the Derby. "Every variety of our species was to be found there, , in close quarters, and brought under the same glance • as if melting into one another—from the young lord admired for his turn-out, to the juggler admired for his feats of strength ; from the great lady display ing her lace, to the gipsy displaying her rags ; from the betting-man, trembling lest he should not lay his head on the pillow of a millionaire, to the beggar, happy in having made a fortune of a few pence ; from the woman of pleasure with painted cheeks, to the Ethiopian with a sham complexion. Neither, indeed, was there any lack of matter for painful reflections, had it been the proper time for philo sophising—in such bold relief stood forth the woeful contrasts presented by modern civilisation ! " Hark ! the bell is ringing. The jockeys have been weighed. The grand race is about to begin. The competitors proceed from the enclosure, in which they have been passed in review by the amateurs, towards, the starting -post. They are 18 in number, and among them Royallien, a French horse belonging to the Count de Lagrange. But alas ! Royallien is neither first nor second favourite. It is to Dundee, to Diophantus, but especially to Dundee, that the opinions of connoisseurs and the sympathies of the crowd have beforehand assigned the victory. Dundee and Diophantus are the two chief actors in view in the betting drama. An immense murmur arises. The policemen move off, driving be fore them, to keep an open space, the mob of loiterers scattered over the course. A cry from all parts, ' Hats off !' Every eye is tur ne d to one sole point. The signal is given. They are off ! they are off 1' I am not going to describe the various accidents of this memorable race, but there: is one which my national vanity forbids me to pass over, in silence. During one part of the race our compatriot Royallien figured among the foremost, and valiantly sustained the honour of France, when suddenly, 0 cruel fate! at one of the turnings Atherstone, another of the horses, knocked up against him, caused him to lose his stride, and threw him back upon Dundee, who was next behind.' Was it in consequence of this misadventure that Royallien did not come in first ? I dare not go so far as to say that, but there is no patriotic exaggeration in supposing that, with out this accident, Royallien would not have been the sixth. The conqueror,' however, was—Dundee ? No. Diophantus? No more than the other. The two favourites only came in after a horse, certainly very powerful and very handsome, but which had been quoted very low in the betting list. Such is the fortune of war !"—Louis Blanc's Letter on Eng land. THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, says the Law Times of to-day, is still suffering severely from his old complaint, sore throat, which the east winds prolong. He was erro neously reported as having been present at the dinner of the Royal Academy on Saturday last. In fact he has not We are h a pp y t o h ear q th u a i t tt i li g is u l: w ous r e a L o r some days. THE SEN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 180. lIER MAJESTY. hurt%* sunk WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by Lady Churchill. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS (From the Illustrated London 21*ews) The will of the Right Hon. Lady Augusta Gordon- Hallyburton, of Kensington Palace, and Hallybur ton House, Forfar, wife of Vice-Admiral Lord John Frederick Gorden-Hallyburton, G.C.11., was proved in the London Court, on the 9th ult., the executors being Mr. George Dalhousie Ramsay, of the War offi ce ; the Hon. Gerald Henry Brabazon Ponsonby, and Mr. William Henry Kennedy Erskine, the son. The personalty was sworn under £12,000. Lady Gordon-Hallyburton was the widow of the Hon. John Kennedy Erskine, and by her first marriage had three children—a son and two daughters—but no issue by second marriage. Her ladyship's will bears date August 3, 1855; a codicil Jan. 31, 1856; and a second codicil Dec. 2, 1865. In the disposi tion of her property her ladyship refers to a " will fund" and a " settlement fund," in both of which her husband Lord Gordon-Hallyburton takes a life interest, and at his lordship's decease her ladyship disposes of the will fund to her son, William H. K. Erskine, and the settlement fund to her daughter Millicent, wife of Mr. James Hay Erskine Wemyss, of Wemyss Castle, Fifeshire, for her own separate use. Her two daughters take interests under marriage settlements. There are several specific bequests, amongst others a dia mond tiara, diamond and gold bracelets with the crown and cypher W.R. and A.R., together with several diamond, emerald, and ruby rings left to her ladyship by Queen Adelaide, which she be queathed to the person who shall become the wife of her son, William Henry Kennedy Erskine, or to him absolutely, and bequeaths the rest of her per sonal ornaments between her daughters, Lady Munster and Mrs. Wemyss, in equal shares. Her plate, carriages, horses, &c., and the rest of her own personal property, over which she possessed a power of disposition, she leaves to her said son, whom she appoints residuary legatee. The will of the Right Hon. Williamina Baronesss Douglas, relict of Baron Douglas, of Douglas Castle and Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, and late of Grosvenor-square, was proved in London on the 23d ult., under £30,000 personalty. Her ladyship was the daughter of Lieut. General the Hon. James Murray, and died Feb. 3, 1866. The will is dated April 30, 1864. The executors and trustees are Lieutenant - Colonel Frederick Clinton, Grenadier Guards ; Mr. Charles T. Wilson, Bryanston-square ; and Mr. William Brownrigg Elliot, of the Middle Temple, to • each of whom there is left a legacy of £lOO. There are bequests to nieces, and to servants, free of duty ; and tier ladyship bequeaths her carriages, horses, plate, books, pictures, wine, furniture, and all the rest of her property, real and personal, in trust, to pay the interest to her niece, Cordelia, wife of Major-General Charles Trollope, and the princi pal to be at her disposal by will. The will of Lieu tenant. General Archibald Dyce, colonel 'of the 105th Foot, late of Grosvenor House, Grosvenor-square, Southampton, was proved in London, on the 17th ult. by his daughter, Jane Dyce, the sole executrix. The will is dated Feb. 24, 1866. The, gallant gene ral leaves the whole of his property, including his freehold residence in Grosvenor-square, equally be tween his two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth Dyce, for their own absolute use. Mrs. Charlotte Jane Thorne leaves the following charitable bequests : To the British and Foreign Bible Society, Church Pastoral Aid Society, Church Missionary Society, and Curates' Fund Society, each £lOO ; to the Governesses' Asylum, Kentish-town, £5OO ; to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-road, £5O ; and a like bequest to the Trinity Church Schools, St. John's Schools, Town Mission Society, and the Society for Encouraging Female Industry, all in Tunbridge Wells. The magnificent new reading-room of the Paris Bibliotheque Imporinle, built after the model of our own room at tho British Museum, will be opened to students on the loth of August. A CLERICAL JOE MILLER. —Among forthcoming books the newspapers toll us one is a Spurgeon jest-book, under the title of " Anecdotes and Stories of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, now first collected and arranged." This must not take to itself the credit of being the earliest cle rical budget of wit. Mr. J. C. Prince, well known as a minor poet, whose contributions to literature are familiar throughou, Lancashire, died at his residence, Brook-street, on the sth inst. Mr. Prince, whose health has for a long time been failing, was in his sixtieth year when he died. BYRON'S " DON JUAN," RECENTLY TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN by Gildemeister, is said to be a most perfect rendering of a great work from one modern language to another, as admirable, in its way, as Coleridge's version of Schiller's "Piccolemini." r CURRAN'S THREE SIMPLE RULES OF LIFE were something like the following :—Never to do anything to day that can be put off till to-morrow ; never to do any thing yourself that you can get any other person to do for you; and never to do anything at all that you can possibly avoid doing. The English Government has just presented to M. Frangois Got, captain of the ship Valliant-Basque, of Bor deaux, a handsome telescope, as a mark of satisfaction and gratitude for having saved the crew of the English ship Simla when in distress. THE PASTON LETTERS. —The recent criticisms of Mr. Herman Merivale upon the famous " Paston Letters," and the subsequent discussion upon theirgenuine ness, have suggested that a strict search should be insti tuted for all the originals. Her Majesty, it appears, has commanded an inquiry to be made for the three volumes of MS. letters presented by Sir John Penn to George 111., but, notwithstanding the strictest search, they have not yet been discovered. In other depositories for the archives of the Crown search is also being made, and it is now hoped that the inquiry at preseat taking place under the direction of the Lord Chamberlain may be successful. AN ODD WAY OF PUTTING IT ; OR, A PREDICTION TO THE ABSURD.— The debates on the Oxford Union enjoyed a little unwonted publicity, thanks to Mr. Disraeli. Doubtless Mr. Gladstone never expected the Hebre w prophet to mire upon him a second Nathan, and bring - to remembrance the sins and offences of his youth. But Mr. Disraeli, in his favourite part of the Angel— which we first heard of from his own lips within these walls—has apparently selected the Recording Angel for his speciality, and opening his black book reminds the Chancellor of the Exchequer that his opinions of to pay are inconsistent with those which ho expressed 35 Years ago at the Oxford Union. It is like being told in the vestry by your parish clerk after sermon, "That's not the doctrine you preached 35 years ago !" or being reminded with reference to one's wife, " That is not the sort of woman you admired ;" or with reference to one's own head, " That is not the sort of hair you used to wear !" or of one's waist (so to call it), "that is not the sort of figure you used to sport—thirty-five years ago !" The enemy must, indeed, be short of ammunition when he is obliged to load his guns with rusty nails and such-like missiles. THE VALUE OF COTTON TO THE UNITED STATES. —The amount of cotton that has come out of the South since the war closed has been equal in value to six or seven years' production of the precious metals in the whole country. We do not mean equal in value only in the same way that the corn, wheat, or hay crop is esti mated, but in a much more important and wider sense. Cotton is not only an article of prime necessity for home consumption—not only employs millions of hands and hundreds of millions of capital among ourselves—but it takes the same place as gold and silver in the commerce and exchanges of the world. In this sense w' say the three or four hundred millions of dollars' worth of cotton that has come out of the South since the war closed —in one year—is equal in value to six or seven years' produc tion of precious metals in California and the other states and territories on the Pacific side of the continent. We speak in round numbers, for we haye not the data to be precise as to a few millions. But every commercial man or statistician who has thought upon the subject knows that our estimate is about correct. The amount of cotton has been variously estimated from a million and a half bales to two millions and a half. Say the amount was two millions of bales ; and this, at the high price of cotton, would yield over three hundred millions in gold.—New York Jerald. An interesting volume of American folk-lore is announced for publication in Now York—" The Legends of Long Island," by W. A. Chandos Fulton. It is said that the stories in this work are founded on the quaint and beautiful legends with which this State abounds. The foundation of the stories is Indian, but the incidents given are thoSe which attended many of the first settlers in their strugglee Apixt§t the Red Men. THAMES. SHAMEFUL PLUNDER OF BRANDY.—John Kerjan, aged 32, of Boddy's-place, Upper Ground-street, Dlackfriars, and John Robinson, 23, of No. 35, Baxendale-street, Bethnal green, lighternaen, were charged with stealing brandy on the river. Mr. Beverley, of the Customs Solicitors'-office, said the prisoners were also charged with an assault upon a Cus tom-house officer in the execution of his duty. That charge would be abandoned, but he should exhibit informations and ask for summonses against the prisoners for obstruct ing a Custom-house officer in the execution of his duty, for which the punishment was six months' imprisonment. Edward Smith, a Custom-house officer, was on general duty outside the East India Dock on the preceding after noon, and in charge of a lighter containing 100 casks of wine on behalf of the Crown. He noticed what was very suspicions on board—three lighters going down the river. They were all lashed together, and towed by a sailing barge. The barges were moored at the entrance of the East India Dock, and he went on board one of them called the Robin. The barge smelt very strongly of brandy. Some had been spilled on deck. The prisoners were on board and intoxicated. They went down into the cabin and came up again. He went into the cabin and saw the lighterman dead drunk. Robinson took from behind a locker a stone bottle containing a half gallon of strong brandy 32 degrees over proof, and both prisoners drank some. They offered it to him. He refused it, and asked where they obtained it, to which they replied, from the Elephant and Castle at Newington. Such brandy was never sold in public houses. Several other lightermen, in a state of intoxication, came into the cabin, were sup plied with brandy, and went up again. He wept on board a lighter, called the Bell,'the property of Mr. Lucy, a mas ter lightermatr. There were 30 casks of-brandy on board. One of them had been spiked, and a gallon of brandy taken out. That accounted for the confusion and drunkenness on board the three lighters. Robinson endeavoured to break the bottle containing the brandy, and to destroy the evidence. He had a violent struggle on board the lighter with Kerjan, and he attempted to throw him overboard. A sample of the brandy from the plundered cask was pro duced. It was precisely similar to the brandy in the bottle. Edward Hinbest, a Custom-house officer, confirmed the statement of Smith in every particular, and said that Kerjan wanted to fight him. Mr. Joseph . Smith, solicitor, addressed the magistrate for the prisoners, and after some discussion they were fined 40s. each for the unlawful possession of the brandy, and the summonses for obstructing the officer in the exe cution of his duty were made out and served upon them. WESTMINSTER. THE POOR AND PAROCHIAL REGULATIONS. -401111 Easton, aged 22, was charged with neglecting to work for his main tenance. Mr. Morley, the master of St. Margaret's Workhouse, Park-street, Westminster, said that defendant was one of about 30 idle persons who had been receiving relief from the parish for years, and were most unwilling to work for their living. On Wednesday week the defendant was sent to the stoneyard to work. He could earn Is. 4d. per day, but he was idle and only earned Bd. After last Monday he absented himself from the work altogether, but came last night and solicited relief. He gave him an order and then handed him over to the police. Mr. Arnold said he did not very clearly see his way in the matter. The defendant was not a pauper being main tained in the parish at the time of the refusal to work. This was labour out of doors, not in the workhouse. The Master admitted that this was so. They unfortu nately had no place in either of the workhouses where they could well set them to work. They found them employ ment out of doors, at which, if they fairly laboured, they would be prevented becoming chargeable to the parish. A man was bound by law to work to maintain himself, and to prevent his being chargeable to the parish, and that was the very complaint here. Had defendant done the work he might, he world have had:no occasion to come to the workhouse for relief. The regulations which had been made in the parish corresponded with those of St. Pancras and other large parishes, and were framed in accordance with law. Mr. Arnold said that the matter had never been brought before him until now, and he should remand the case to ascertain the opinions of the Poor-law Board. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, May 11. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. May 11. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art: 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank May 3. fr. 182,500,000 and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes it circulation 881,233,475 Banknotes to orderand 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 ,000,000 904,184,275 receipts payable at sight 10,841,673 11 Treasury account cur- 7,654,361 24 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 240,768,829 49 196,808,025 60 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 796,428 75 838,968 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 11,447,045 92 15,440,930 59 Total 1,506,897,511 62 1,479,629,018 15 CREDITOR. Cash in h an d and in fr. May 11. May 3. c. fr. Branch ba n k s ........ 520248302 64 526,889,589 , Cdmmercial bill s over- , , due Commercial bills dis connted, not yet due 847,670,984 7 322,410,891 48 Do. branch banks 316,713,905 306,762,637 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 3,574,507 57 214,345 82 5,071,700 - 1 `1,864,100 - 5,274,900 - 12,079,500 - 13 ,094,300 6,442,400 - 12,560,400 - 6;190;700 - and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Fencier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 33,022,900 - 20,902,500 - 32,445,500 - 20',277,600 - 655,900 - 510,100 - 597,500 - 451,100 - 6 0,000,000 - 60,000,000 - serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,0 , 00,000 100 , 000 , 000 Rotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage- 8,434,22 G - 8 ,436,074 - Tient Sundries 1,504,375 89 1 ,489,250 34 7,034,622 40 1 4,396,322 46 Total 1,506,897,511 62 1 , 479 ,629,048 li Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Roßpm). PARIS, May 11. The Bank of France has raised its rate of discount from 3fr to 4 per cent. M BE R LlN, ay 11. The Bank of Prussia has raised its rate of dis count to 9 and 9i per cent. for bills and advances respectively. MALT AND BARLEY.—The quantity of malt charged with duty in the United Kingdom in the year 1865 amounted to 48,946,497 bushels, a larger quan tity, we believe, than in any previous year ; and besides this 4,661,287 bushels wore free of duty for distillation and expertation, and 55,321 busshels for feeding cattl e . Th e quantity retained for home consumption was 51 , 74 6,129 bushels, being 50,000 less than in the previous y ear . T he quantity of barley imported into the United Kingd om i n 1865 amounted to 7,18,404 cwt., equivalent to 2,189,153 qrs., a quantity greatly exceeding the import of 1864, but oniy 435,000 cwt. more than in 1863. FRESH OUTBREAK OF THE FIRE DT THE EAST INDIA DOCK.—Betwoen twelve and one yesterday morn i ng a fresh outbreak of the fire took place in the East India Dock. Some fire-engines being still in the locality the fire was at once prevented from extending, but a vast quantity of jute was destroyed. FRAUDULENT USE OF TRADE LABELS;—On Thursday, at the Canterbury City Court, a shopkeeper of the city, named Ladd, was charged with selling six bottles of Scotch ale bearing the labels used on the bottles of Bass's pale ale. Evidence was given in proof of the sale and to show that the ale was not Bass's ; and the case being clearly established against the defondant, he was fined 10s. and costs, it being stated on . behalf of Messrs. Bsss that there was no desire to pre for a heavy fine. Opinions of the American Press. Theßoston Advertiser says :—" As visible and gra tifying evidence of the position among its fellows to which peace has restored this nation, we com mend our readers to the varied intelligence respect ing foreign affairs which we laid before them yes.. terday morning. In the first place, we have the gallant Commodore Rodgers warning the Spanish fleet at Valparaiso that they must observe the laws of nations, and actually hauling in with a fleet headed by that formidable engine of war the Nionadnock, between the Spaniards and the town, and plainly signifying that he is entirely ready to try conclusions with the Spanish iron-clad flagship. The English squadron is smaller in the number of vessels and also guns,' so that for once we do not play the second fiddle to that customary per former. Then we have Mr. Seward discussing the Mexican questiol with M. Drouyn de L'Huys, with an evident sense that his feet are at last planted on solid ground, and bringing the French Minister to a clear understanding that when the French troops withdraw it must be without any promises on the part of the United States to do more than observe their old policy—which would be to witness calmly the overturning of Maximilian's throne by the Mexican people the moment his French ally turns his back. And, finally, we have Mr. Seward send ing his compliments to the Austrian Court, with the blandest of possible assurances that it will be a very serious matter indeed if Austrian recruits are sent over to assist the Archduke in demonstrating that he is the idol and saviou r of his people." The New York Times of the 26th ult. says that the exports of cotton from New York " ran ahead of all precedent during the week ending last even ing, having reached 22,277 bales, of the currency value of $3,882,769, or an average of about one hundred and seventy-five dollars a balle.,76l2ncblualdeesd, in the exports were to Liverpool, 7 valued at $3,109,648 ; Cronstadt, 1,412 bales, valued at $236,100 ; Hamburg, 982 bales, valued at $157,997 ; Naples, 747 bales, valued at $145,642 ; Bremen, 682 bales, valued at $122,174 ; Antwerp, 246 bales, valued at $47,363 ; Havre, 308 bales, valued at $43,145 ; and Barcelona, 137 bales, valued at $20,700. The footings of the week's return make the total shipments of the staple from this port exclusively, since the first of the current month, 63,731 bales, or an average of about three thousand bales for each business day ; and since September 1, 1865, 416,167 bales, worth at least eighty millions of lawful money. Since the Ist inst. the receipts at the port have been 36,661 bales, since Jan. 1, 1866, 271,580 bales ; and since Sept. 1, 1865 —less than eight months-723,348 bales, certainly equal to a currency value of one hundred and thirty-eight million dollars. Estimates of the available supply now here range from 170,000 to 230,000 bales, the average being 200,000 bales, representing a currency value of not less than thirty-five million dollars. The Mobile Nationalist says :—" In view of the general anxiety to procure estimates of the probable cotton crop of 1866 some of the principal Southern journals have collected statistics of the expected yield, which we give in the following:—The Colum bus (Georgia) Sun estimates that the crop will yield fr0m1,200,000 to 1,500,000 bales. The New Orleans Times thinks it will be 1,500,000 bales. De Bow's Review, the editor of which has recently made an extensive tour through the United States, also cal culates the crop at 1,500,000 bales. The chief cotton factors in New Orleans estimate it at from 1,500,000 to 1,800,000 bales. On the other hand, various letters received by the Secretary of the Trea sury from the Southern planters announce that the crop will barely reach 1,000,000 bales. The way that De Bow and others arrive at their conclusion is —first, they calculate that at least one fourth of the help has disappeared ; second, that a part of the remainder will not be so effectual as formerly; third, that one quarter less land is being planted than usual ; fourth, that a great deal of the fencing, ma chinery, stock, &c., has been destroyed or dete riorated ; and, adding all these items together, de duct a proportionate amount from au average crop. But do these astute gentlemen not know that if three-fourths of the help formerly had remained, only three-fourths as much machinery, &c., would be needed, as only three-fourths as much land can be cultivated—but that each man will raise as much as formerly, and the result will be three-fourths of a crop ? Now, what are the facts ? We have talked with a great many men, especially planters, from every portion of the cotton region, and the following are our conclusions :-1. There may be one-third less coloured people on the plantations than before the war, but there are enough more white people working, and so much less land (proportionally) planted in corn, sugar, rice, &c., that there are in the cotton-fields certainly not less than three-quarters the force there was in 1860. 2. That while there is, certainly much less [and planted than formerly, it is mostly sugar, rice, tobacco, &c., that have been neglected, and that at Least three-fourths as much land is planted in cotton as before the war. 3. That while in some few cases the freedmen are not doing well, they are generally doing more and better work than whbn they were held as slaves. 4. We cannot tell how much stock, &c., has been destroyed, but every planter we have seen is satisfied that he has enough, or will be able to procure it, to culti va t e an d save hi s own. 5. The land has had a rest from cotton for several years, and consequently every agriculturist knows that it must be in condition to produce an increased crop per acre. 6. We have known many planters to give dismal aceounts from distant states and dis- tricts which they had not seen ; but we have yet to see one who does not report matters as progressing much more favourably in his own neighbourhood than he had believed possible. 7. Having been raised in Georgia, we are as well acquainted with the negro as most of his traducers, and we feel con- fident from our knowledge of his character, and from the testimony and experience of others, that the freedmen will work faithfully to the end of the season, disappointing the croakers as much thereby as they have already done by going so generally to work. 8. The cotton raising capacity of the South had been regularly increasing before the war, until the crop came t o exceed 5,000,000 bales, and, with labour, stock, and machinery enough, would exceed that amount now. From the foregoing premises we cannot see how it will be possible for the forthcoming crop to fall below 3,000,000 bales, and should not be sur prised if it should reach 4,000,000. We have come to these conclusions with regret, for we believe that no greater calamity could befall the South than a 3,000,000 bales crop of cotton, carrying the price down, as it will be sure to do, below the actual cost, at present high prices, of raising it. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.„ _ --- Amsterdam Short. 11 15 11 17 Ditto. ... 3 Months. 11 191 12 i *Rotterdam —1 I 12 BAntwerp — 25 471 25 60 russels — 25 471 25 GO 13 1 3 Hamburg — 13 12 Paris ..................... , Short 25 10 25 25 Ditto .................... 3 Months. 25 45 25 65 Marseilles Frankfort, on the Maine 119 120 Vienna 13 50 14 0 Trieste — 13 50 14 0 Petersburgli _ Berlin 461 47f Madrid 47 S _.Cadiz 29 50 O 0 80 0 Leghorn 29 50 Milan 29 5 0 SO 0 30 0 Genoa Naples The proposal to Congreos to pass a law bestowing c. 12), seems to meet with go o V th ict. sides of the Atlantic, with the conditional protection on English books in such a shape a s to meet the general requirements of our International o piratical firms. hasotser in ill() Copyrightexception ti approbationon O Af c c n ( o 7 oo 3: n B tlbv transferred Mr. Heiry E. Sweester, who up to theist o f e 14th ult was associated with Mr. Charles H. S we 8 e ta management of the New York Round Table, -1 to the cultivated etser is also classes in America to raise its circulation not less than hisappeal, t i h n o i t number tothe latter gentleman, t who b o makes an about to start a paper on the plan of our Pall Mall 25,000. Mr. Charles p ll ap . New York evening • Gazette. Colonel Jenks, of Philadelphia, has invented breech-loader which loads and fires 32 rounds per minute, Much is I)DM=nod the hied rapid ruing ever achieved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Tuis DAY. DERBY. 7to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 3to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 12 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 14 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 16 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 25 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stabber (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) 66 to 1 agst Westwiek (taken freely) Very little betting. BETTING 'AT MANCHESTER— rr DAT). , DERBY. 100 to -C- - agst Abergeldie (taken) 1 40 to' 1 agst Bribery colt (offered) No other change of importance. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MAY. Manchester ................ 23 Wye . 23 Southwell 24 I Ascot Summer 29 NE. Beverley l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Summer Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Worcester ',Y. Kiln tsford Radcliffe 23 Winchester 2l Spilsby Cambridge ......... Southampton 25 Chesterfield Huntingdon Goodwood 3l UST. Epsom Summer l5 West Drayton ' Redditch. Cornwall 22 JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton.. Kanturk Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury l3 Jl7 Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract. Abingdon Mansfield Reading Hundleby Nottingham Stamford l9 I AUG 7 7 Jersey 1 York August 2l 7 I Brighton Dover 23 ' Brighton Club Lewes lO West Drayton Egham l4 Lichfield Wolverhampton l4 I Tunbridge 2B , Stockt on l5 Yarmouth Oxford l6 Derby Summer 29 Hastings 2l Weymouth t 29 Warwick SEPTEMBER. Sept em b er 4l Hendon (Welsh Harp)... 20 Leicester Doncaster .................. 11 Manchester Autumn 2l Brecon ........................ 17 Wordsley 1 Canterbury .................. 18 Newmarket Ist October 25 Richmond ................ 18 Walsall OCTOBER. Northampton .............. 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Bedford Lothians' Racing Club 3 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Bromley 4 Worcester 30 ............. NOVEMBER. ..... Lincoln _. ............. 11 Liverpool 5 Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. Mullingar JULY. _ _ Carlow 4, 5 j Downßoyal Corporation 18 SEPTEMBER. Carragh " 4 , 5 , 6 OCTOBER, Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACI MA NG FIXTURES. - . Bruxelles 3, 6__ I Vissembonrg 2l Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 Paris (Summer) 26, 27 La Marche 2l JUNE. Vincennes 3 Toulouse 24, 28 I Montaüban JULY. 1 I Abbeville 1 Le Pin 22 8, 9 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 8, 9 Saintes 2B, 29 15 Caen 29, 30, 31 Toulouse St. Omer Rouen , Metz..., Amiens AITGUS T. Deauville..... 4, 5, 61 Le Mans Rochefort 5 Laon l9, 20 Bourges... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 I SEPTEMBER. Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 f Paris (Autumn) ...... 23, 30 Chantilly OCTOBER. Paris 7 Vincennes .................. 28 . Chantilly l4, 18 j Sporting Propheci s on the Derby. All the sporting writers, with one or two exeep ions, give LORD LYON as the winner. Respite of Charlotte Winsor. -- Sir George Grey has recommended that the sentence of death shall be commuted to penal ser vitude for life, and the murderess will not therefore be executed. COUNTRY MARKETS. Z moderatelyoO F t r attended,. e] r but owing to To-day's mark L et iV vi the present monetary crisis the recent improvement in prices was for the moment arrested. The business, how ever, that occurred in wheal was at the rates of last Tues day, being 2d. to 3d. per cental advance on the rates of this day week. Flour quiet at the late advance of Gd. to Is. per sack. Holders of Indian corn required prices ranging from 9d. to is. per qr. above thosa of Friday last, and this had the effect of materially checking the demand. Beans firm. Oats unchanged. Oatmeal steady: Malt a shade dearer. DERBY-FRIDAY. A moderate supply of wheat, and the demand ruled healthy, at from is to 2s more money. Malting barley no minal ; grinding barley a small show, and prices unaltered. Beans were fully is higher, and oats at extreme rates. New white wheat, 53s to 57s ; old red, 48s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 32s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 21s to 265; old, 28s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 51s to 525; new, 44s to 483 per 38 stone. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. The supply of wheat was pretty fair to-day, and there was a steady business done. A poor show of oats, and prices were rather higher. New white wheat, Ms to 558; now red, 43s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 36s to 44s per qr ; grinding, 31s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, 27s to 325. Beans, 448 to 51s per 38 stone. S TAMFORD-FRIDAY. New white wheat, 50s to 528 ; red do., 46s to 48s per 70 stone. Barley, malting, 36s to 40s; grinding, 28s to 31s per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 28s to 30s per 21 stone s Beans, 43s to 46s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. We quote wheat at our market to-day at is to 2s ad vance on former prices, with a dull sale. Beans and oats again higher. Averages, May B .—Whoat, 501 qrs, at 40s 9fd ; bar ley, 100, at 41s Od ; oats, —, at Os Od. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. Since our last report the trade has remained quiet, and all articles aro fully 6d below the currency of the preceding market day. Refined sells slowly at 6d decline. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. 8. d Walls End Hetton ... 18 EL d. South Hetton 18 3 Hartlepool Hetton Lyons ... ... 16 0 Eden Main Tunstall Kell oe West Hartley .........17 3 Davison'sGray l5 0 Walls End Haswell... 18 6 Ships at market, 56; sold, 42. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. l Australia and New Zealand. via Southamptoa.,...May 20. Marseilles .......................... June 14. BrazD p vi i t t siat t o o .d , pia Verde. by British packet. ......... June 4. Cape by French packet .......... .. ............ May V. o f Good Elope, Ascension, and St. Ilelena....May 25. 'bins. Penang. and Slnfrapore. via Southatnp t ' Ditto, via Marseilles, .......................... May 14. Falkland Islands .................................. Southampton. • May 20. Gibraltar, via Southavpton .................... May 14. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton—. May 2). Ditto, via Marseilles ........ . .... May 14 India (13,51321a7), via Southampton May 14. Ditto, via Marseilles May 23 ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 11. nittO, via M arseilles ,May 14. Mauritius, via Southampton • June 7. Portugal May 23. May i Ditto, via M arse il le 3 Newfoundla n d .Juno -1. • • • ... Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. . via southautp- Ditto, by United States packet, Un tis it h ed p S a t c a k te et s and British North America, bYßri-may, 16. Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet. via Londonderry M ay ;Vest Cont of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .jkl ay 13. West Indies and r a dii° (except Bahamas and Honduras) .............. . ... .• Cuba and Mexico ................ 'Slay 14 nay 2V. THE PLEASANT•ILUTHOR OF "THE SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE" now, for the first time, stands revea l e d as t h e Ho noura ble Emily Eden, sister of L or d A uc kl an d, th e G overnor -Goneral of India, and promises a new book, cal "Up the Country : a Journal ill the Upper ro- TiA l ce4laclii6t, 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 f 100 2 100 100 'OSS. 25 4 3, I t4i 15 100 14 : a ~ .