The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-01 00:00:00

310NEY MARKET AND COmIrJRCIAL IN TWELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE. Following the reduction last week, the Bank Court have, after a very short deliberation, made a further downward movement off per cent. in the official minimum, which is consequently now 31 per Ce nt. This amelioration was in a great measure exPected from the continued daily influx of gold into the national establishment, and the very small d etn and for di scount accommo d at i on exper i enced y the authorities consequent on the lower rates current in the open market. The annual meeting of the Emperor Life and Fire Assurance Societies was held yesterday. The report sho wed that during the year 1,491 proposals had been received amounting to £396,010, and 1,309 policies had been issued for £338,036. The claims i n the life department for the year had been only i3 ; 358 - The fi re c l a i ms amounted to £ 1,681 6s. 6d. A b onus had b een g i ven to t h e pol i cyholders dur i ng t he year from 22 to 48 per cent. on the premiums Previously paid, and a dividend was declared to the shareholders at the rate of 5 per cent., free of in come tax, and a bonus of 1 per cent. The total amo unt of life and fire assurances effected was ~`2,332,312. Advances had been profitably made on Ireehold and leasehold securities during the year, and new tables introduced to meet the requirements 13.1. members of building societies and others. „ Mes srs. J. Henry S c h ro d er an d C o. h ave an `'elluced that the half-yearly interest on the bonds of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas (Cuba) Rail -I;°ad, and on those of the Matanzas and Sabanilla (Cub a) Rail roa d , w i ll be paid on and after the 15th of Ju n e• They a l so i nt i mate t h at t h e part i culars 6 abanill a the drawing of the bonds of th e M a t anzas an d (Cuba) Railroad Loan, 1853, will be subsequently publisAed. taken into the Bank. yesterday. Two O'CLOCK. lic A t the Pari s B ourse, th i s morn i ng, according to liters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 27e. The discount establishments have reduced their 21 ,wallee on d epos i t accounts / per cent, viz., to f call, 2,1 at seven days; and at 14 day s ' n otice Of withdrawal. fn Th ere has been no fluctuation in the English b l ada, the re d uction in the rate of discount having , n een ,. i ll a great measure anticipated. Business has —rntaued rather quiet, and Consols are 911 1 for 111° °eY, and 89/ 90 ex div. for account. Poreir. t , 6 Securities have been very firm, although (:Istness ha s not b een active. Turkish 6 per Cents. a 862 ), are 741 ; ditto Consolide.s, 48/ /; Alexi e'n, 241 3 ; ditto New, 231 ; Greek, 201 4 ; i 'Panis h passive, 321 1; ditto, Certificates, 16 / 1 ; ta T lian ' 65 i 2 ; and Confederate Loan, 7 8. lit) 4 1 the R ailway Share Market the dealings have than very numerous, and prices have shown little .„ . ,ge of importance. North-Eastern (Ber 'c') and Great Western have each declined 55., „a4d Great Eastern and Metropolitan each ss. !IThe Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain 'IQ at about previous quotations. %aik,and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. ''eadon'and Westminster have declined to 954, and Oriental Bank to 471. bubliu Connecting Trunk Railway shares are quoted 3 3- prem. ; Peruvian Railway C o ., 3/ prem. Shi ; Li buil on Brewery Company, 3 31 prem. ; Ply outh pding Company, 7 9 prem. ; London and Mediterranean Bank, 2 3 prem ; Ottoman Co., . 1 prem. ; A Stock Metropolitan Extensio n Rail- London, Chatham, and Dover, 4 41 prem. ; ditto fully paid up, 5 51 prem. ; North ern Assam J: ea, A Shares, prem. ; ditto B Shares, 1 ; and Russian Ironworks, 8 9 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONB O'CLOCK. A GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 91i 1 - Der Cent. Consols 89i 'JO , 1)0. Account, June 6 89k .I.„Per Cent. Reduced 89! +lea. 3 _ xi. per Cent' lea , . 2). Per Cell Jan. 1894 _ 1880 —4,llti• ti o gr 3 C o e yr nt s7 . JeaxnpirelB7s3th Jan., Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1908 — ~ Do uted Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908, par z'lcll,equer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per ' D o , xSoo ----, 1885 lll Do. allk of England Stock,Cent — Do A 1 ccount I -'..1114-X GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -11411StOCk, 10i per Cent., April 1874 1.,"-'° Account 10 6 - : - n e • 5 per Cent. July, 1870 -it',o. Account V. 1 per Cent. Oct. Oct. 1888 j.,°. Certificate; iV. l'alaced Paper 4 per Cent V''' 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do, s,peer Cent., May 1879 _ 15-•,* t Aug. 1866 _ b • B onds, £l,OO O _ °. wader xi.,00 0 It o.satrittn Bonds, 5 per Cent FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE _ n zi lian 5 per Cent O'CLOCK. -e 'll per Cent., 1852-58-60 to 'Li°. 1863 if,„° Ayres 6 per Cent Ch,ii,.'at,Deer Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _— (2,01•,., per Cent -°. 4i Per Cent 001;.;rabialk 6 per Cent. 00 Per Cent. Du Per Cent 1864 o. 8 • _— Do b tu, h /.1 1 3 , £55 paid '',," Per Cent., 1825 -. Per Cent., 1863 I)iii,b9 Per Cent., 1 773-77, £25 pa 13,,-.14„4 Principalities •'''lo---",l'raid .......................... . 1 4 (1 7,.; 'IOW Co r ated, p o i r Cent _ ~ .rovisio 1 L d Warrant gYAtino t's an 1: 1 ,: 0 . 0 ,S t 1 eoc:. )P a e to d r ii l ti C s s : t t 96 96 41,°0 Bonds 931 4} ...., 0 1864 93i. _ (ire:lzt,ril), 400 paid b o AuceoPer Cents., 1824-5, ex? -::: 1) 0 c ilat ........................ 0:A unPons te.lZ.cleellet _ 1) 0 - `l,,t,ia 5 Per Cent _ Intlia•r-t4 and 1850 DD,z;iB°6:er Cent (Alarenunana Bailw . a . y .. ) _— oR . . .............................. ... —dis ekit'crlP, X 571 paid _ 13 411 3 Per Cent 0. Acco t • .00 ila 23 1) 0 t 1864 _ „1„) p,Per Cent. Angle-French _ " 0 '' el ial 5 • E 25f 20c k°o4tevidea erg; 1. £30 paid 4,,, o ils}, t n 6 per Cent., _ "ell. G",..,-"lllperial 5 per Cent bo ~nana .. . D 1) 0 - Per Cent Pe 4a'l(l INTaiT;;;;,; . alectaies) N'ia a 4 1 P o . erCent. Do a er11 1), £l5 Paid,'paid in Bonds —___ dis bo ~Per Cent. (Uribarren) _ ho if Per Cent., 1862 Pori eferred 80 -...aglie 0 o 4e 3 Per Cent., 1853 B count ................ ;.* 49 tOBI 3 ,, Per Ceni., 18;Sa, i, ; 9, ; b, ' 62 1 3 ' ,i4",eouut ... . ... ~ ....................... . —. D o : 5 Per dent., 1822, X St., bo 3 Der Cent 1850 ' .7 1) 0 n 1860 D o E Per Cent., 1859 1. 90i I 1 4 B° per Cent., 1862 ftrdi liiit 1864 14 13 0, 11 5 Per Cent .. . Pani,t7calat .. . Do 13° Ae" 11nteent Al'lecw° beie"rr..e-ti 4; .0,-, ° --eeount Dais l'ltssive ~, ecollt.t ..... . I°.. 1 Cert. of Coup not funded t(li`tecount ... ... . "turr_ Q). per Cent.. ,i 4 ,1 Per cent. li'di bb o 84 6 per Cent. 1851 c , -keeouut Do b 0 A Per Celli. . 1.4.8 .00 -e•colint coin ........ . nt. 1862 ..................... _ii ▪ i 'a A P..c1ka.;1..:7. • 74i D° 6,per C ent. 1 8 6 .. Velie,"ll'eTranteed, 4 per Cent Ala 3 -. bo. A Per Cent. _- - Do/3 0 , 6 eeennt ......................... Do punt ll i, iiio'i (), .. i' e PeTc e a:, .... • 43 01 7 lieller Cent .... . .. . ................. -7: .oi. At iat . ividends on the above payable in Lona gitia.44, 5 Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ..• .1114Q:12'1.41 Per cent., Ex. 25f b be,. 4,,Per ent, E. 12 Guil reaehlf_r Cent. Certifieues 130. A'"ltes, 3 Per Cent. .......... . It4ha4-I.,cenunt ..... b ~, per Cent 184 .. .iai• 66f 25c 0' eeollllt .' ' E x . . 64 rise X3O ,4. 0 . 44 ... i .. :: ........................... :1:3:789:11 O'CLOCK. : : K . 144,1,11,, ....... ~ ..... , ... , ...... .-.•-•--.........0 • mlar. , May 29. re out in the by Miss out, accom- Wales. by the Duke r the Coun- ;rabant took Wales, and ?n route for the Duke of , May N.. ved a letter the birth of ;on of the chess Maria- ouen, "that I the Dupe r sent to lus the Bona" employed in nbridge Was ass tho Prince cost er House• ester enter pe-street last the Duke of the Earl of d Lady Rose Chaplin 2 and Count de Hotel from a arrived in 3:160n. Paris fronl ved at din" ,or-street, the ter, the "Ton. in and Lady erton, Lady Kr. arriage 120 cily Stuart Lord ifeuri Duchess of Lscelles, 3 18 " ici d Cavendish, Devonshire 7 and Leal Foley, 0 331 rienna ; also end the Iron. •scourt ; 8 10 Mr. 11. [r. John Abe' daUgh ter , 3 o f Visconob r Two. f knowledg e ; . e of self, and :cur, it would eening phi' ;elves o dious persistenc e we are n°t on t out to 11 ce of wacti. was gttea . iot er ' s tip t' S ' CI boa rp yO , to caP si tlaer of t i ; i o stas t i, ;o sa ve t' a Gen,so4 SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I lRailways. Paid. C i t e ing I Business Bir.. Wol,, dt Str. Val.. and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A (A g ets no diva B • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & a b.J one. Edinburgh & Glauov. & S. W. stern Great Eastern, I )rd. Do. E. An.l st No. A 4 '6 13l 132 fi 6 6! eG !6 17 90 9! 106 1. 7 44 47i 6V 7,, Great North of Scotlandf Great Northera D A stock 131 14 143 749 128 32 Do. B o Do. New, is. at 25 pry. Gt S. and W. of Ireland . Gt. 'lVcstc n OrLinal D VA'. Itail gua. Do.. South Wales 1)o W. Mid.- Ox on! F 6 RR ;3 ;4 f 3 f 5 50 52 i 5 18 C 3 e 4 122 122, 88 90 105 107 1221 ;231 96 99 611 624 1 0. Ncwpo t 10. Ile tford Lane shire&York,dore L ndon and Mani:wall Lon , Coast. !lon., Chat, and Diver _ . Lon.' Ss North Western Lon. & South Western: Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Uo. shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid'and Do, Birmin . Sr Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent No. th British Do. Ed., rth ,'Sz Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (.N•E purchabc Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. :Stock. ik DArling. De. d , . 1855-f 8 Do. do. 1850-61 North London Do. New Do. do 181,4 139 '43 2& 7ip 135} 134 1(4 1(6 51 55 vli 25 11► 111 6S GS! lot Pill 36, 373 9a 10; p 116 11i North Staffordshire N. 3: S. W. Jui,ction Scottish G ntral 1 Up 78 79 111 111 14L 144 53 55 zieot. N. E Aber. stock t:o. Scot, Mid. st "ek s`h-ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union iouth Devon -outh E stern ' 4 IIIWS., Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford ,Ir. Kilkenny West Cornw JI W. Hartlepool 11 ar.it it Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 51 !9 61 851 tl 81 9, 155 159 3 4 p 106 108 47 4) 79 81 ER ITIS El P ISIONS. Atlantic &St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... Do. le shares Buffalo 'e Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Auz. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 174 Calcutta & S. E., a c Town do Dock. gu. Dcmera , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben_ al, gu ' 5 Co East I dia.,, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. &cured 54 L 6 102 103 Pr /PI 4 4. ra 9j 99 101 75 80 99 101 101 103 IL3 104 i fp 18 1,1 53 86 61 63 54 55 '55 57 47 4 45 44 43 45 25 2; 24 26 103 101 Do. 2d Pr f. Bonds. Do. do. deterred Do. Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred ... 9th Pref. stook. Do. do. deferred (it. India Pen. gua. sp.c ro. Gua. 5 er c - nt Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D .41 per cent Do reat s. of Canada.. D\ New Do. 6p. e. Bdg. pay 1873 Do. 5 S do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited If adras, •gua. 5 p.c Do. 42 do Do. 93 do Do. Fifth Extensioi Cor. 6 p. c. finds Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v.llLC'da, pc let pf.bds Do. Delhi IDo. do F. Do. Puniaub Do. Indus St Flo i iP Par i p 10) 102 VI 10j 101 10id 84 86 82 84 Id 1011 1021 93 95 89 91 65 67 3 5 82 84 it)01 1014 lOui 1013 id id 10'), 10'e 94 97 COLONIAL GO VHRNMEN British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31, 1472 Can. Gov. 6 J uly 1877-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept no. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape U.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-I Do. do: 1.90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Ilvsr 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, r. p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. l•• 78 Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. Natal 4 ;ov. a per cent N.B.Gor 6 p.c.Ja.&.luly N. S. W. Gov. 5 ire., 1846 Do. •5pc.18 1 to 187 e Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18b8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril k Oct BRITI Cam Cons6l. Cold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) ' East Cara !on as:, Cam Brea East G:cnville East Love,l E. W't Russell (Tavistk Gam & StA übyn(Gwen. Great L +xi,. limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lielst , t, Grenvil e lierod's Foot •••• Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, lid, Nangiles New Sewn North Downs North Roskear h• 1 Bassett(liloqith Nonh Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Elnyl,lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan . I tray Park Tin Croft West I tosett (Mogan W. Caradon akeard West C hiverton West, Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan [ Wheal lin.ler (Redruth whea Ludo tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men W heal Seton clawney (Lis. Wheal t'REFEREN Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. Great Northern 5 per cent., 112 j PREFERENCE SQARES London, Chatham, ice., Metrop. Ext Ditto, C, 6 per cent., 771 A-K.ll;h. 2, 105] AND iSTOCIES. B 6 per cent., 99a • , Otthll73 HAIL BAn Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 r, Cape Copper, Ilm., lij WAYS. BAN B B. llicinee tim.l. 201 Chartered tiger. of Indl t, London, and China, 46 Continental, lira., Ditto, new, 121 12 Eng IA Joint Stock, lim., 121 Hindustan, china. and Japan (1im.),;171 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 17 Imperial Bank, lira., 281 Imperial Ottoman, 164 A Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4 London and County, 75 London and South African, 184 . • London and ‘t estminst,r, 901 tt oriental Bank Corporation, 474 Union of Australia, 61 Union of London, 52: MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Urn., ICf Ceylon Company, 1 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 Ebbw Vale, 91 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 3 (Jim. Credit and Finan.ie of London. lira.. 5 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 7/ International Financial :-ociety, Rm., 6/ Joint Stock Discount. lim.. 81 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Ern., 2/ Northern A1313: , 111 Tea, lira., 11 6 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lira., Rt Pen usula and Oriental Steam, 82 11 Ditto, new. 571: Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim.; 231 Royal Mail Steam. 118) South Africin Mortgage and Investment, Um.. 21 Thames and Mersey Marine (insitracce), lira., 7/ The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.'..0 per .£1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.. , s that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. 1 he course of exchange at New YOrk on London for bills st 50 days' sight is about 241 per cent., and the premium on gold 127 per cent. At these rates thei eis ft small profit on the iznpoi ta ion of go d fr An the Unite! States. By adv;c;s from llamburg the price of gold Is 425 per marl aad the short exchange on London. is 13.01 per .£1 sttriin . Standard gold at the English Mint price ie, therefore, about 10tha per cent. dearer inndon thin in Hamburg. PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.—This morning 3lr. Hemp made the usual declaration of outlawry at the Sheriffs' Court. The name of Mr. Richard Bethell occurred no less than three times ; once at the suit of Edward Ismael), and twice at the snit of Frederic Gates. T SECUIi 94 98 9:t 95 tl3 15 82 84 8: 84 104 167 105 107 Ic6 108 107 IC•9 WI 103 lt.o 1(8 103 105 105 407 104 106 102 104 93 96 100 102 93 95 91 93 104 106 Es 90 98 99 103 205 106 103 ICB 109 INES. 7 7i 291 SO, 690 610 3.14 at It et BO 20 101 100 1 luo 100 103 10 10 1u 160 71 31 FR 7 3.14 124 90 a 191 3 I 1101 70 i 611, A 60 85! 6 'USSR 1 - 41 1 4} iOl 6 7; 102 11, all 10) 100 {lOO 2 109 100 ITIICS. 100 100 10i 103 100 1041 109 I 111 M 13 15 6 1 21 3: 32 15 510 520 17i 22 13 15 17 18 76 8 I'6 12 726 7 185 195 00 95 2.3 25 11 13 2021 2074 18 20 r: at: FHE Stirk, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENaG JUNE 1, 1F65. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd) IN DE THEOBALD.-DILL DISCOUNTING. This bankrupt is described as of Springfield Gaol, pri soner for debt, and he came up to-day to pass his last exa mination, and for the order of discharge. His debts are .£2,500 ; assets trifling. Mr. Brough supported, and a creditor for £5O opposed in person. After a lengthy examination it appeared that the bank rupt had been entitled to £7OO per annum, which was for feited by the bankruptcy, and that ho had borrowedmoncy upon bills at a ruinous rate of discount, the opposing cre ditor having charged 40 per cent. His Honour granted the order. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE TOWNLEY GARDNER.-FAILURE OF A CLERGYMAN, This tankrupt was described as a curate in holy orders, of 41, Storey-street, Islington, and to-day ho came up for the first meeting- and choice of assignee's, the debts being about £3OO, and the failure caused by illness and insuffi ciency of means., IN RE CAPTAIN CROSSMAN.-THE HON. R. BETHELL'S AFFAIRS, This bankrupt was a captain in the Indian army, inva lided home, and now a prisoner for debt, to-day being ap pointed for the first meeting and choice of assignees. It will be remembered that the bankrupt ascribes his failure to having been induced to become liable for the Hon. R. Bothell, and a medical certificate is now attached to the proceedings, setting forth that if the bankrupt is longer detained in custody, he will be deprived of that attention necessary to him. It is anticipated that some arrange ments will be made. Naval and Military Intelligence. Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., M.P., First Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, accom panied by Mr. M. Gibson, President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Bentinck, M.P., went down to Woolwich yesterday and visited the dockyard, for the special purp ose o f see i ng i n operati on M r . Richardson's patent apparatus for burning petroleum for steam purp oses now un d er th e cons id era ti on o f Government. They were received in the yard by Capt. Biddlecombe, the master-attendant, Mr. Tur ner, master-shipwright, and Mr. Frickett, civil en gineer, inspector of machinery. Steam was promptly got up under the new boiler manufactured by the Admiralty to carry out a course of experiments, and in the absence of the inventor various questions were asked of Mr. Frickett relative to the advantagesand economy likely to be derived from the introduction of petroleum. Mr. M. Gibson was desirous of ascer taining what were the means, if any, of extinguish ing a tank of petroleum when by any chance it be came ignited; or what remedies could be resorted to, in that event, to prevent the danger of fire to the ship or premises in which the petroleum was in use. The answer understood to have been given was " that an equal amount of caution should be taken as with gas or gunpowder." It was also explained and tested satisfactorily that petroleum was not liable to explosion. It was remarked that it should be stored in properly constructed tanks, free from exposure to fire. In that case no great danger could be apprehended from a tank of petroleum, if the ne cessary precautions were adhered to which common sense and reason would dictate. His lordship and party having spent some considerable time in wit nessing the operations and effect of the new fuel went on board the ironcased cupola ship Prince Al bert and the armour-clad corvette Pallas under com pletion in the yard, and returned to London shortly before 6 p.m. The Channel Fleet, consisting of the Edgar, 71, Capt. G. P. Ifornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, K. Black Prince, 16, ironclad, Capt. Lord F. Kerr; Defence, 16, ironclad, Capt. Augustus Phillimore ; Hector, 24, ironclad, Capt. George W. Preedy, C.B. ; Prince Consort, 33, ironclad, Capt. George 0. Willis, C.B. ;' and Trinculo, gunboat, tender to the flagship, left Portland roads on Tues day afternoon for the westward, under steam power, for a cruise. The whole of the additional land required for the construction of three repairing, factory, and fitting basins and new docks, workshops, factories, and other establishments at Chatham Dockyard has now been closed. The site of the new basins and do cks is being excavated by a party of nearly 1,000 con victs, who are daily engaged on the lines marked out by flags. The original estimate for the works proposed to be executed at Chatham Dockyard in volved an outlay of 1943,876 ; but, in consequence of several additions made to the original plans, the former estimate has been exceeded by the sum of £306,124, making an outlay for the works con templated to the present time of £1,250,000. In order to procure the necessary space for the works actually in progress, as well as those contemplated, the whole of St. Mary's Island and the adjacent flats have been enclosed by an embankment extend ing from the northern end of the present•dockyard to the extreme end of Sovereign Reach, the whole forming an area of 380 acres, of which there are 74 acres consisting of three large basins formed out of the natural creek which formerly separated St. Mary's Island from . the mainland. The largest of the three basins, the site of which is now marked out, occupies exactly 33 acres, with a uniform depth of 30ft. at high-water neaps, and with a wharfage frontage of 5,800 ft. This basin, which is designated the fitting-out basin, will communicate with the Medway at Gillingham Reach, a sufficient depth of water being obtained to allow of vessels fully equipped with the whole of their guns and stores on board to proceed direct to sea. The second basin, the entrance to which will be from the former, is named the fac tory basin, and will be occupied by vessels in the hands of the engineers, fitting - with their machinery and engines. This basin occupies an area of 20 acres, with a wharfage frontage of 3,750 ft. Along its southern side a block of buildings, between 2,000 ft. and 3,000 ft. in length, is now in course of erection, consisting of factory, boiler-shop, smithery, fitting and erecting shop, brass foundry, and other estab lisments, in order that the whole of the arrangements for fitting vessels in the basin . may` be close at hand. On the opposite side of the factory basin has been marked out a site for a camber, with berths in con nexion, on which iron vessels of large size can be placed high and dry. This portion of the works, however, has not received any official sanction, nor has its cost been include d in any of the estimates, although some arrangement of the kind will be ren dered imperative for the reception of iron vessels when in reserve. The third basin—that nearest to the existing dockyard—is designed as a repairing basin, and it is in connexion with this that the chief work is now being executed. This basin is also con nected with the others by means of locks, while at one end it communicates directly with the Medway, nearly opposite Upnor Castle. Its water area is 21 acres, with 3,500 ft. of wharfage. Connected with this basin, on its south side, are four graving docks, each 420 ft. in length on the blocks, with 28ft. 6in. of water over the sills at neaps, and 31ft. Gin. at high-water springs. Already between 2,000 ft. and 3,000 ft. of the river wall have been completed. The walls of the repairing basin are now in progress, as well as the large factory building adjoining the fac tory basin. According to the amended contracts, which are based on the bill now before Parliament, the period for the execution of the repairing basin, docks,and factory basin is not to exceed four years, and they are to be completed by the autumn of 1869 by means of paid labour. During the same period the convicts will be employed in the comple tion of the river wall and embankment, the con struction of the locks and dams, and the excava tions for the foundations for the fitting -out basin. e y f e o a r r t e l: i o n p a ay d m di e ti n o t n o t f o £ 1 5 4 8 0 0 :0 0 0 0 0 0 dpuerrinagnnthuemnef for Under this arrangement provision will have to be fourtmhae employment of made convicts, and £15,000 per annum for dredging the Medway. The widening and deepening of the harbour, so as to provide a channelway of 600 ft. in width to a mean depth of 27ft. at half tides will be undertaken by Government plant and hired labour. The ship Alnwick Castle, 1,087 tons, Commander F. De Carteret, R.N.It., arrived at Spithead on Tuesday evening from Calcutta, with troops, and yesterday morning was towed into Portsmouth har bour and berthed alongside the railway jetty of the dockyard She was to disembark the troops this morning under the superintendence of the military authorities of the garrison, for transmission by rail way to the depots of the regiments to which they belong. The officers on board were Major Battis coinbe, 91st Highlanders ; Major D r i es d a l e, 42 d highlanders e ngal Ca ; lry ; Capt. reaPt.L"e'wife, and child, 13th BGregory, wif e , and child, 88th Foot; Capt. Burnaby, 51st Foot; Lieut. Tucker, 19th Foot; and Lieut. Steer, 3d Madras. There were besides 400 time.expired men on board from various regiments serving in India—the great est number brought home this season by any one hired transport—with eight soldiers' wives and 20 children. The Alnwick Castle sailed from Calcutta on Feb. 7, and from St. Helena on April 21, round ing the Cape on April 9. The Equator was crossed on Feb. 19. Very light winds were experienced from Calcutta to Cape Recife, then a heavy gale from W.N.W., which lasted 24 hours. From the 24th inst., up to arriving at Spithead, fresh breezes were experienced from N.W., W., and S.W. The following vessels were spoken during the voyage : —Feb. 10, in lat 19 55 N, long 88 46 E, the ship 35 28 S, 21 40 E, the ship George Kendall, from Hippolyta, from Calcutta to London. April 6, in Calcutta to Hull, out 71 days ; April 28, in lat 2 01 S, 21 43 W, the ship Camb'ray, from Calcutta for siApril 30, in 1 38 N, 22 68 rom Shanghai for London, Mol davia, from Sarawark for London, out 115 days; o LW u iv t , e9:l3l3:dosalh;isp; out j in 7asb 4 d O dea sB N , 2 6 18 W, the bark on the 28th inst., in lat 46 28 N, 14 04 W, the schooner Marie Louise. One child and ten men died during the passage home. On disembark ing the troops at Fortunouth dockyard this morning the Alnwick Castle will sail for London. She has a general Calcutta cargo. The time-expired men brought to England from Calcutta, from regiments serving in India, in Mr. George Marshall's Indiaman Winchester, also re ported in The Sun, were disembarked from that ship at Spithead yesterday morning by Government steamer, and forwarded by rail to the depots of their respective regiments, the Winchester afterwards sailing from Spithead for London about an hour astern of the Alnwick Castle. The troops brought to England in the Renown, Commander Taylor, R.N.R., from Calcutta, as re ported in The Sun of yesterday, were landed early yesterday morning from the ship at Portsmouth dockyard, and sent on by the military authorities to their several destinations by railway, the Renown being towed out of Portsmouth harbour at 10 p.m. by Government steam-tugs, and making sail from Spithead for London, with the wind moderate from about S.S.W. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in -Chief has approved the following arrangements :—Lieutenant Bridges, of the 103 d Regiment, is to join the depot on the expiration of his leave of absence ; Ensign Stanton, of the Ist Regiment, is to proceed from the depot to the service companies in India with the next , draught ; and Staff Assist.-Surg. T. Daby is to proceed to Colchester for duty. In the Royal Naval Reserve, James Alex. Kidd has been appointed engineer. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, GREAT EASTERN. Col. Yolland has passed over this company's ex tension from Haverhill to Shelford, and expressed his satisfaction with the state of the line. The ex tension between Bury St. Edmunds and Sudbury is rapidly approaching completion, and it is expected that traffic will be commenced upon it in July. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, to consider .a bill now before Parliament ; Col. Pearson in the chair. The CHAIR3IAN adverted in feeling terms to the loss they had sustained since the last meeting by the death of Mr. Brodrick, their late excellent chair man, who had for many years devoted his best exertions to the interest of the company. The bill he had to submit was for authorising the company to construct certain railways, forming a loop line of railway in the Staffordshire potteries, and to repeal certain of the provisions of the company's acts, with respect to minerals and to enact others in lieu thereof. Mr. Burchell, the solicitor, read the heads of the bill for the construction of a loop line six miles in length from the Hanley branch to the towns of Burs lem, Tunstall, Newchapel, and Harecastle on a high level, the cost would be £150,000. The CHAIRMAN stated that the bill authorized the raising of £300,000 on shares for the purpose of constructing the line mentioned, providing addi tional rolling stock, and other provisions for the general purposes of the company. Mr. RENNICK moved, as an amendment, that the bill be not further proceeded with, but on a show of hands the amendment was rejected, and the bill was approved, Mr. G. SMITH moved a resolution, recording the shareholders' high estimation of the merits of the late 'chairman, Mr. T. Brodrick, and expressing re gret at the loss sustained and their sincere condo lence with Mrs. Brodrick and other members of the family. Mr. HERAPATH seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings ter minated. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern ; Mr. C. R. Col man in the chair. The report stated that the receipts for the half year ending the 25th of March last amounted to £10,440, and the working expenses to £5,137, leaving a balance of £5,303. To this was added £306, the balance from the preceding half-year, making £5,609, from which was deducted £3,602 for the interest on loan capital, leaving £2,007 for dividend on the preference stock. The traffic on the line for the past half-year had exceeded that of every previous corresponding period. The receipts for the . six weeks subsequent to the 31st of March last were £2,685, against £2,250, showing an in crease of £435 over the corresponding six weeks of last year. The directors recommended that a divi dend at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum be paid on the preference stock of the company for the past half-year, leaving £39. With respect to the pro posed extension railway from Kilkenny to Mary borough and the Parsonstown and Roscrea Junc tion, the portion of the line between Kilkenny and Abbeyleix, a distance of 19 miles, had been completed and was opened for traffic on the Ist of March last. The works on the remain ing portion of the line from Abbeyleix to Mary borough, where it would form a junction with the Great Southern and Western Railway, were in a very forward state, and it was expected this portion would be ready for opening in the course of the summer, which would have the effect of bringing a considerable traffic over the company's railway. The capital account showed that £595,385 had been ex pended. The CIIAIR3IAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it must be very satisfactory to the pro prietors to observe a steady increase in the traffic. There was no doubt that the extension line would operate beneficially on their traffic, and tend to in crease the balance available for dividend. It was also satisfactory that they were enabled to pay a half per cent, more this half-year than for the same half of last year. The extension of time by ten years for paying off the Government loan would be of consi derable advantage to the company. Mr. DELAHUNTY seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and explained that great ad vantages would arise to the company from the open ing of the extension lines now in course of con struction. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. R. Jack son, Mr. Adams, Mr. Hill, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Radcliffe, the solicitor to the company, took part, in the course of which an amendment proposed by Mr. Adams was negatived, and the motion for the adoption of the report was carried. The ret;ring directors and auditor were re-elected, and a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum was declared on the preference stock. for the past ha:f-year. BUFFALO AND LAKE HURON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern—Mr. P. Rawson in the chair. Mr. Short, the secretary, halving read the notice convening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was the first meeting they had had since the working of the line under the agreement with the Grand Trunk Railway Company. Up to the present time no serious difference of opinion had arisen. Should, however, any serious difference arise between them it would be settled by arbitration. The Grand Trunk Com pany were now .prepared to make payments on ac count of the operations for the past half-year, but the settlement in regard to the working would de pend upon annual results. It would, therefore, be useless to enter into details or any discussion on the subject at that meeting. The holders of option shares would soon have to decide as to what they would do, as on the Ist of July next their option would cease, and the Board would have power to deal with those shares. They had already received applications with regard to them from persons who were not holders of option shares. The directors would be prepared to pay the interest due on bonds of the company in August next. _ Mr. C. HOLLAND seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. BRYDGES explained the position of matters with regard to the Buffalo-bridge, the construction of which was of the greatest importance to the company. The engineers were now making the necessary surveys, and so soon as the plans were completed it was arranged with other companies that the works should be commenced, each company agreeing to pay ponta.ge and toll for passing over it. The amount would not be so much for this company to pay for passing over the bridge as it now cost them for keeping up the ferry. With re gard to the accounts they were . only made up for five mouths, but he, was quite satisfied when they were made up to the end of the year there: would be no great difference between them. lie believed that the renewals for this year on the Grand Trunk and other lines would not exceed £90,000; The loss on the currency in this year would not be above one-third of what was charged in the past half-year. Mr. M'EwEN explained that the reduction of ex penses and exchanges mentioned by Mr. Brydges would make a difference in favour of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company of £lO,OOO in the cur rent :lialf-year, w:thout taking into account any. increase of traffic which thej , might fairly expect. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the week ending May 13 amounted, for local passengers, to £5,130; for foreign passengers, to £2,L17; for emigrants, to £535; for mails, &c., to £892; for local freight and live stock, to £13,754 ; and for foreign freight and live stock, to £3,820--total, £26,185, against £21,504 for the same week of 1864, showing an increase of £4,681. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the above date amounted to £454,373, against £427,514 for the correspond ing period last year, showing an increase of £26,859. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BURGLARY.-Wm. Green, a young man, who has been several times convicted of felony, was again brought up, charged with burglariously breaking into the house of Mr. George Lane Fox, of 43, Grosvenor-street, and stealing a time-piece and other articles, the property of Louisa Tis sington, the housekeeper. - The evidence taken on a previous occasion having been read over, Joseph King, a warder at the House of Correction, proved three or four convictions against the prisoner, whose real name was Phillips, but who also went in other names. The prisoner asked the magistrate to give hiln another chance, as he had an opportunity of going to America. Mr. Yardley said he could not do so, and the prisoner would be committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial. The prisoner, who up to this stage of the case had be haved himself in a very quiet manner, now changed his conduct, and exclaimed in a loud voice, alluding to the warder, " You shall suffer for this, seo if you don't." He was instantly removed from the court by the gaoler. THAMES. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT AND FLIGHT OF THE DE FAULTER.—Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, renewed this morning to Mr. Partridge an application he had made to Mr. Paget for a warrant to apprehend John Thomas Knight, late traveller and collector to the well-known and respect able firm of Brown and Moore, millers and flour-factors in Lover Shadwell. On the application last evening to Mr. Paget, Mr. Charles Young said that Knight was a defaulter to the extent of .£1,00(1 and that he had absconded and gone to Australia. The object of the prosecutors was to obtain a warrant, and send a detective officer to Australia to apprehend him and bring Lim back to London. Mr. Paget asked if the justices in Australia would back his warrant for the arrest of the culprit ? Mr. C. Young--Decidedly they will. Warrants have been sent from England before and offenders arrested in Australia and brought to England and convicted. Altar some discussion on the point, in which Mr. C. Young, Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, Mr. Paget, and others took part, the magistrate said he would hear witnesses. Mrs. Sophia Smith, baker, of 13, West-side, Bethnal green, stated that on the 4th of the present month she paid £l6 ss. to Knight on account of Messrs. Brown and Moore. Mr. Henry Cundell, baker, of 4, Hays-place, Bethnal green-road, paid an account of £l4 to Knight on the 30th of March last. Mr. Brown, one of the prosecutors, said that he and his partner had not received caller of the sums paid to Knight on their account. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said he had heard that Knight had left the kingdom on Monday last. He went to Liverpool, and there heard that Knight had sailed for Australia. 113 gave information to the police direCtly ho heard the prisoner had absconded. He went to Liverpool in search of Knight on Friday, the 19th of May. Mr. Paget—And found he had given you the slip ? You may take a warrant. Mr. Charles Young stated to Mr. Partridge that, owing the absence of Mrs. Smith when the warrant was about to be framed, and her indisposition, he was compelled to re new the application, and would call the necessary wit nesses. Mr. Partridge—What is the amount of Knight's defal cations ? Dlr. Charles Young said the amount of which Knight had defrauded his employers was ascertained to be £l,OOO, but all the customers of the firm of Brown and Moore had not been waited upon. Mr. Partridge said the information of ono witness was quite sufficient, and referred the parties to the clerk's room to frame the information on which the warrant could be founded. Mr. Charles Young said the villain Knight had deserted his own wife and family, and that another married woman was tho partner of his flight. MARKETS •--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. About an average supply of beasts was on sale here to day, yet the demand for all breeds was steady, at an advance in the quotations, com, aced with Monday, of 2d per Sibs. The best Scots and crosses sold at 5s 2d per Blbs. The show of sheep was tolerably good. The mutton trade was firm, at 2d per 81bs more money. Downs and half-brads realised as 2d to 6s 4d per 81bs. Prime lambs moved off freely, at very full prices. Inferior lambs were a slow sale and rather cheaper. In somo instances the best breeds produced 8s per 81bs. Calves—the supply of which was good—ruled steady, at late currencies. Pigs were rather dearer, and there was an improved demand for mulch cows, at from £l6 to £22 etch. Per 81b to sink the. offal. s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0 Second quality do ..4 2 4 (i Prime large oxen —1 8 4 10 Prime Soots, ae....5 0 5 2 Crse. and inf. sbcep.4 e 4 10 ccond quality do ..5 0 5 6 d s d Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 8 6 0 Prime 3111c:own c 0.6 2 6 4 La fie coarse calves. 4 2 4 8 Prime small d0......4 to 5 2 Large hogs ....3 6 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Lambs....6s 4d to Bd. Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 27s each. . _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. 1 Foreign supply. Boasts Beasts .. _ 1,02 Cc ws )4O Sheep and lambs 1t,.6 Calves , 6.0 Pigs 370 Cows. Sheep and lambs Caves ' 15 , Pigs — MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL—Tbe supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade is inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 68 4d to 70 4d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 48 Od to Sc 4tl per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 31.—The supplies of stock were mode rate, and the trade ruled steady at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s 6d to Gs Od; lamb, Gs 8d to 7s 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81b to sink the offal. BAMFORD, May 31.—A1l kinds of stock moved off freely at extreme quotations. Beef, from 3s Gd to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Gd to Gs 2d ; lamb, Gs 8d to 8s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s Od; pork, 3s Gd to 4s 10d per 81b. Suckling calve; 16s to 21s; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l5 to £2 0 each. RAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Idep,dow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover, .£5 Os to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 1.4 s per load. trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £4 Os to .£5 7s Od; clover, £5 Os to'.£6 Gs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to 41. 15s per load. A slow inquiry. WIIITECIIMPEL.-31eadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5p (Id; clover, £5 Os to £6 10s Oa ; and straw, 41 7s to £1 14s per load. Supply limited, THE NATIONAL GERMAN RIFLE MEETING.— The second National German Ride Meeting will take place in Bremen, on July 16. It promises to be of larger dimen sions than the first meeting, which took place in Frankfort in 1862. A building has been erected in which as many as 4,000 persons can dine at the same time. The number of targets will be 150. From Germans in Now York $1,500 have been received to bo distributed as prizes ; from Java, 1,000 guld. ; from Hayti, $500; and from California (San Francisco), a nugget of gold worth $1,200. CURIOSITIES OF THE POST-OFFICE.—Sir Rowland Hill has shown that the whole nation may be benefited by a reform which nt the same time benefits each of us indi vidually. In 1830, the last year of the old system, the letters which passed through the Post-office were 70,000,000; they were 240,000,000 in 1844, rose to 410,000,000 in 1853, and will fully reach 700,000,000 in the present year. In London alone the number of letters delivered in 1863 was 160,000,000, more than twice as many as in the whole kingdom in 1839. There are now 1,100 receiving -houses and letter-pillars in the metropolis, and more than 16,000 altogether; showing that the immense number of 40,000 letters are put into each receptacle in a year, taking one with another. As there are 5,300,000 inhabited houses in the United Kingdom, this gives about 120 letters on an average to each house. Considering bow few letters the humbler classes receive, the average indicates how large must be the receipt of letters by the commercial houses. Striking an average in the same way, every ono of us— men, women, boys, and girla—receives twenty-two letterp in a year.—Once a Ifrea, RAILWAY BILLS. In the Lords' Committees on Tuesday the follow ing bills were passed :—The Tiverton and North Devon, the Bristol and Exeter, the Great Eastern and London and Blackwall, the Metropolitan, the Great Northern (Hornsey and Hertford Branch), the Hammersmith and City, the Bristol Joint Sta tion, and the Corwen and Bala and Bala and - Dol gelly. In the Commons; Group 9, the Gieat Nor thern and Leeds, .Bradford, and ,Halifax Junction Amalgamation Bill was proceeded with. In Group 17 the preamble of the South-Eastern Bill was proved. The preamble of the Midland Great Western of Ireland (No. 2) Bill was also proved. In Group 20 the preamble of the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Bill was not proved, and the Ely and Ogmore Valleys Junction Bill not proceeded with. The Ogmore Valley (No. 1) Bill, being unopposed, was referred to the General Committee. In Group 22 the preamble of the Caledonian and Scottish Central Amalgamation Bill was proved. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : Great Western North Western South-Western 1865. 1864 ... £69,683 £69,042 112,036 107,998 24,845 33,055 Brighton ... 19,789 26,84 Midland ... 45,717 38,199 South Eastern ... ... 22,329 22,515 Great Northern ... ... 34,449 31,685 Lancashire and Yorkshire 39,751 39,030 Bristol and Exeter 6,962 6,910 North Eastern ... .. 64,134 58,852 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiro 17,659 15,565 Great Eastern „.. 31,349 29,095 - These returns•, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are, in most in stances, of a satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £641 ; on the North Western of £4,038; on the Midland of £7,578 ; on the Great Northern of £2,964 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £751; on the Bristol and Exeter of £52 ; on the North Eastern of £5,282 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln of £2,130; and on the Great Eastern of £2,254. The South Western, however, shows a decrease of £8,210 ; and the Brighton of £7,055. Liverpool Cotton Triarlmt—This Day. Market opens rather dearer. S.ale, probably 20,000 bales or more. The King of the Belgians made an excursion two days back to Meysse. The rural communes through which his Majesty passed warmly testified their satisfaction at his improved health. M. Gcoffroy de Villeneuve, deputy of the Aisne, died at Paris yesterday morning, after a protracted illness. STABBING. —A dreadful murder was committed at Middlesborough about midnight on Saturday night. A young man named Francis Coates, a moulder, was stabbed by an Irishman named Henry Hughes, and died soon after from the injuries he had received. Some persons had been watching Hughes, who was in company with a woman of loose character, near Albert-bridge, Marton-road, and this had greatly exasperated him. As Coates was passing him he rushed upon him and stabbed him in three different places with a dagger knife. The prisoner and the woman aro both in the custody of the police. Coates was a native of Thirsk, in the North Riding, and war a young man of good character. His dying deposition was taken before a magistrate, Mr.H. Thompson, at the police station. Several persons witnessed the murder, but the attack made upon Coates by the prisoner was so sudden that they were powerless to render assistance. Coates in his deposition distinctly speaks as to Hughes, with whom he was slightly acquainted, being the murderer. He says he was passing along the street when Hughes, who was standing against the railway station wall with the woman, named Elizabeth Goulding, rushed at him and stabbed him in the abdomen, saying, " You're one of the —that's been watching me— take that." The woman at the same time challenged the other persons that were about "to come up to the scratch," sa3 ing that. " her man would servo the best of them as he had done the other fellow" (meaning Coates). Coates died about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, as he was being removed to the Infirmary in Newport-road. If is wounds, three in number, were dressed at the police station by Dr. Fawcett, assistant to Mr. Dickenson. They were (one) a superficial cut on the right side of the neck, three inches long and a quarter of an inch in depth; (two) a deep wound in the abdomen, left side, penetrating, it is thought, to the stomach, and through which the bowels protruded ; and (three) a deep cut just above the right thigh. The officers who took the prisoners into custody were Inspector Read and Police-constable Peacock. The male prisoner was arrested in a street on the north side of the railway, and when taken into custody had the knife in his hand. Tho murder was of the most cold-blooded cha racter, and the officers state that none of the parties were the worse for drink. A more revolting case of deli berate murder it is impossible to imagine. The prisoner does not seem to exhibit the slightest remorse at the part he played in the transaction. He is a strong muscular fel low, of dark complexion, about sft. Sin. in height. He has been in the town for a number of years. He represents himself as a single man, but it is known that he has a wife and family in Ireland. Coates was a young man, about 22 years of age, and unmarried.—Leeds Mercury. Yesterday morning a large pleasure van, belong ing to Mr. Briggs, of Union-street, Southwark, filled with persons of both sexes, was crossing Wands worth Common, on the way to Epsom races, when it was discovered to be on fire, through some of the smokers having dropped their lighted tobacco amongst the loose straw spread at the bottom of the vehicle, which blazed up and set some of the females' apparel on fire, and one or two were severely burnt. The flames communicated with the curtains round the thlc and the awning, and no water being at hand the van was rendered a complete wreck. Another accident of' a more serious nature happened to Mr. Leggett, engineer and die sinker, Caledonian-road, Islington, in company with Mr. Anseii and Mr. Pearse, noighbours,who set out in a dog-cart forEpsoni, to witness the race for the Derby. They had crossed Westinissster bridge and were proceeding towards Bennington, when the horse, a vicious animal, which had been hired at a livery yard, became unmanageable and went off at atere rifle pace. Mr. Leggett, who was driving, lost all control ilision over the horse, and the dog-cart came in violent ti c t o ,d . the with a heavily laden van, the force of which T h h i • , three gentlemen a considerable distance. h ey w, re taken in an insensible state to the hospitsl, sv ere Mr. Leggett expired. Mr. Ansell and Mr. Pearse remain in a precarious state. SHOCKING 'ACCIDENT BY MACIIINEHY.—A man, whose name at present is unknown, has been re ceived into St. Thomas's Hospital, having received so serious an injury that it is deemed advisable not at pre sent to question him as to the cause of the occurrence, but from what his companions state ho was feeding a chaff cutting machine worked by horse-power. All of a sudden the horses started the immense blade used for cutting the clover, fell upon his right arm, and actually cut his hand off. The poor fellow, having lost such a large quantity of blood, is not expected to recover, Two accidents to well known men are mentioned in the French journals. M. Guizot, at his seat of Val- Richer, near Lisieux, passing without a light from one room to another, struck against a piece of furniture and fell, inflicting a severe contusion on his bead. The Rouen journals state that he is recovering. The other case is that of M. Diaz, the painter, who, slipping on the oaken floor of his studio, came down with considerable force and hurt his left hip, Tile medical attendants have ordered a total abstention for some days from any kind of exertioPf SPORTING INTELLIGENCE= -This Day. EPSOM RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STAND STAKES. Bolcno Baltaglia Veluti 10 rau LATEST RETTING. • • TUE OAKS. • 3 to . 1 n.gst Wild (taken) 6 to . 1 :Igst White'Duck. (tilltep) 7to I. tigst Zllllyr (talz.m) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. JUNE. Blaydon-on-Tync Itedditeh Uxbridg,3 Bradford Moor Manchester.....,,, Ch , Amsford South‘vell Maid tone Ascot 133ve.,rley, Hnll , and East, Lidiug Liv,;rpo.,)l 1-liamptou I Newenstle . Odiham ..., Bibury .... Btockbridge rLY. JII NONVIIIa July 4 Carlisle Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Stamford l3 Hungerford l3 New Forest Hunt l4 Nottingham Winchester l3 .Southampton l9 Chesterfield Cambridge Aldershot Camp 2O, 21 Good*ood - ,)O 1..".5T. AUG' Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Paisley Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham ' . l5 Stockton lB Y0rk..... Great Li rmuu t,ll. Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Ex , tt&r Tunbridge' Derby summer Ipswich Weymouth Warwick Leicester 7 Dover Hereford • 7 Doncaster Brecon • lB Richmond 0U1:0 Bedford Caledonian Hunt and Perth • West Dray ton Kelso. Newmarket Ho. M 93 Worcester Autumn Edinburgh . 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 NOVEMBER. Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury IADTERTISEMENT.I • " TATTERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races . throughout the year. Place-betting and double events.. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day LONDON, June I.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. SounumrTox, May 31.—Wind SM.—Sailed—Ger mania, screw steamer, for New York. • FALMOUTH, June I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ariel, from Havannah. SWANSEA, May 31.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Merrimac, screw steamer, for Valencia. CLYDE, May 30.—Wind S.W.—AiTiyed—Express, from Demerara. CARDIFF, May 81.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—James Banks, from Bilboa. Sailed—Lorenzo, for the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, May 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Charybdis, from Vancouver's Island; Don Quixote, screw steamer, from London, and proceeded for Ilavannah. QUEENSTOWN, May 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sun baam, from Callao. COWES, May 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—America, screw steamer, from New York, and has proceeded for Bremen. BELFAST, May 31.—Wind S.E.—Arrivad—Carlsknowie, :rom Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, May 30.—Wind W.S:W.—Arrivod-- Eliza bo.th, from London for Calcutta. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Juno I—Fanny Lambert. steamer, from Malta ; Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; Ocean, from Guernsey; Queen, from Memel. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Sarali and Emma, from London, for Calcutta. M. T. Bac, the well-known barrister, formerly member of the Constituent Assembly and Legisl at ive Body, has just died suddenly, of gout in the heait, at the age of 53. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT.---This (Thurs day) morning Mr. T. Cooke, the head -constable of Newington, gave information to Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, that on the previous afternoon, whilst the com pany was returning from the Derby, and the roads were crowded with vehicles, a girl, named Jane Gibson, nged 4 years, whose parents reside at New-street, Camden-street, Walworth, was in the act of crossing the road, when a brewer's dray came along, and the poor child stepped in front of the horses, was knocked down, and run over. Sho was picked up and taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where she was examined by the house surgeon, who pronounced life quite extinct. An inquest will be held on the body, in all probability, to-morrow. DREADFUL CASE OF BURNING.—A shocking oc currence was reported this (Thursday) morning. It appears that a female named Watson, residing in Col lier-street, Southampton-street, Penton:vine, was standing in front of the stove washing her children, when, owing to her crinoline overhanging the fender, her clothes be came ignited, and she was quickly enveloped in flames. Her screaming brought assistance, and the fire was ex tinguished, but the poor creature was so terribly burnt that she was obliged to be removed to the hospital, where she lies in a most precarious condition. THE OLD MORGUE.—This building on the Quai du Marche-Neuf is now completely pulled down. It was erected in 1804, and during its GO years of existence received 23,000 bodies, of which about one-fifth were females. Like the Assize Courts, the Morgue has had its celebrities. In the first must be placed Louise Leroux, surnamed the Belle Ecailliere, whose body when exposed on the marble slabs attracted all Paris to see it. The same occurred in 1837 for the Bergere d'lvry, killed by a-man named Ulbach, who carried his audacity so far as to go and see his victim when exposed. During the events of the sth and 6th June, 78 persons were carried to the Morgue. Then might be witnessed families in tears seeking a hus band, a brother or a son, among the corpses disfigured by horrible wounds. The catastrophe of the Champ-de- Mars on the 14th June, 1837, on the occasion of the mar riage rejoicings of the. Duke of Orleans, also caused numerous victims. Among 22 persons carried to the Morgue was an individual in whose pocket were found a dozen watches and a poignard. The outbreak of 1839 again sent to the Morgue a largo number of victims, the majority of whom were not clainied; among the bodies were recognised that of Jean Toures, who was condemned by the Court of Peers, in the trial of April, to 20 years' imprisonment, bat was restored to liberty by the amnesty of 1837 ; that of Jean Fournier, who, in July, 18'30, had hoisted the tricoloured flag on the towers o f N otre- Dame, and that of Guillaume °Met, on whore was found reserved fo a papersta4rng that the conspir a t ors i n .case of success him the post of .Prefect of Police; under his waistcoat he wore a blue scarf with a gold fringe, no doubt intended to serve as the insignia of his new post. But of all the bodies brought to the old Morgue since 1801, that ono which excited the greatest curiosity and the most profound interest was that of young Joseph Anizet; whom the murderer Eligabide, since become celebrated for the crime, had killed at La Villette by smashing his skull with stones; his body was carried to the Morgue, and all Paris want to see it. The boy was designated as the "enfant de Ira Villette." By a measure quite unparalleled in the annals of the Morgue, the corpse was embalmed by the Gannal process, and being dressed in the clothes worn by the boy, was placed, not on the marble slab, but on a little white bed, where it remained exposed for t wo months atid a half. The murderer was condemned - cud executed at Paris. The rooms in the interior of the funeral station of the Marche-Neuf had also their illustrious guer:ts, among others Were Duchatelet, formerly editor of the Palriote (.16 la ifeureze, and of the Siecle, who was found dead one night at the corner of the Rue do is Hachette ; the actor Lepeintre, the elder, who threw himself into the Canal Martin after having seen Le Pentlzt acted ; the neor lars, a foreign prince; and, lastly, Gei. , rd de ereal, 11ute,. o hanged himself at two o'clock in the mor.iingi the ' do la Vieille-Lanterue, during a cold of 10 deg. Fahrenheit. MADAME4TUSSAUD'S.—The exhibition, in Baker street, we are glad to find, continues to beunprecedentedly attractive objects which well attended ; indeed, otherwise, considering the many and to : which the spirited pro prietors everywhere meet the eye, ofthegroat outlay purchasingthem. The principal attractive model?, size, are the late President Lincoln, and Mr. Jefferson Davis (the late President of the Confederate States.) The model of John Wilkes Booth, the dastardly assassin of President Lincoln, is 901;s4breC1 t 9 V) an authentic; :MBER. Canterbury l9 . Hendon (Welsh Harp) 2l Monmouth 2l Manchester Autunin Newmarket- Ist Oct 26 Walsall Lanark wmt. SEPTE: st at at 20 st at _ ____ 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.'3.6 P.10.G 60 all 1.1.0 40 7.8.3 8.13 1.18.0 4.3.6 32 1 7.1.6 10.6.; 18.1gqj 10.17.6 i