The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-16 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is very little business doing in the city, although the attmlance is larger than is usual on a Derby Day. The heavy engagements in which all classes have recently been participating, and the nu rserwas failures that have occurred, have some damped the ardour of commercial men for the races. A quieter and more confident feeling, how ever, is very manifest in discount circles, and there .leas eagerness evinced to obtain accommodation. There is still a very active demand at the Bank of England for assistance, but more inclination is shown by the brokers to negotiate business. There was a withdrawal of V 3,000 in gold from the Bank yesterday for the Continent. The demand for silver for the Continent has been brisk during the last few days, and as the supply was small several amounts in gold have been with drawn for transmission there. The bar silver brought by the last West India packet has been sold at ss. lid. per ounce standard for Hamburg, being an advance of id. on the price last obtained. The following circular has been issued by the old and respectable firm of Messrs. Hallett, Ommanney, and Co., bankers and navy agents, announcing their suspension of payments. The debts and liabilities are not stated, but are supposed to be considerable. It is feared that one of the partners has heavy com b:laments with various public enterprises :—" In consequence of the recent extraordinary pressure in the money-market, and the impossibility to realise securities, we are under the painful necessity of sus pending our payments. We have placed our books in the hands of Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., who will as speedily as possible prepare a statement of our affairs to lay before our creditors, whose indulgence we earnestly crave." Two o'CLoca. According to Reuter's telegram this morning, the French Rentes were 64f. 15c. Firm. The English Funds continue to be the chief Medium for investments, and Consols have improved per cent., the quotations being 864 8 for money ; and 851 1, for the account, ex div. The other mar kets, especially the Foreign, show animation and buoyancy. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked 84/ 85 ; the 21 per Cents., 1894, 691; ditto 5 per Cents, 1021 ; Bank Stock, 240, 242 ; and the India 5 per Cents., 104/ 4. -A- good business has been negotiated in the Foreign Stock Market,, and quotations generally tend in an upward direction. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 30 1 ; Mexican, 16 1 ; the New, 131 141 ; Greek, 10 11 ; Spanish Passive, 221 ; the Certi ficates, 15/ 16 ; Italian, 39 40 ; Brazilian Scrip, 7 6 dis, United States 5-20 Bonds, 65 66 ; Erie Shares, 45 46 ; and Illinois, 77 78. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been on a very limited scale, consequent upon the absence of many of the dealers and spectators at Epsom. Great Northern A Stock, London, Chatham, and Dover, and Metropolitan have each improved 1 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 4 ; While Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined each 4 ; Great Eastern, ; and South Eastern, /- The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Rank and Miscellaneous shares are flat. Alliance have declined to 16 18 ; Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China to 35 36 ; Imperial Otto- Man to 94 ; Oriental Bank to 461 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are inactive, 44 1 dis. ; London Financial, 2 3 ; and National Discount Company, 114. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols , Do. Account, May 9 Bsi -4 7 . "Jer Cent. Reduced B4l 5 11 . 4- New per Cent B4l. 151 41 43 w 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 69f AilD o 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 lO2l nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April,"lBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March, Juno. Do t fE diekuer Bals, .£1,000,3 per Cent £5OO — dig Do £lOO and £200 Bankk or England Stock, 5 per Cent Pe Account — b,DIA.. - 1 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ' l an Stock, loi per Cent., April 1874 — Do . Do. Account —°' 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. per Cent., Oct. 1888 • — Do. Certificates 4 .... DO. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — 130 . 5 per C en t., J an . 1872 n °' 5 i per Cent., May 1879 — ' - ',,0• Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D° Bonds, £l,OOO — dim iio under £l,OOO FOREIGN FI7NDS—ONE O'CLOCK. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm truiztpann B s o p n e d r s be s n p t er Cent, 1859 • 4- } per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do Do 1863 — D° Account_ , 1865 — o• 671 I En Scrip, £45 paid Duos Ayres 6 per Cent — c a l per C en t . (D e f erre d 3 per C ent.) 76 41 la 6 per Cent Coolilboln:Sb664cilariPanPePri6r cpeX2CCenesrntpCtaiendt. — dig b ) die ti, per ant. ;Man ) 7 pe r C en t 4 , 13 ~ Second sue 'Jo £lOO Bonlsds , Do. 1864 Bl# .0 £lOO Bonds B6 Do. Govertment Railway Debentures — bo. £5O paid '„reek 5 , bDOOO.. 040eue z o r ian C ts oats., 1824-5, ex Coupons • Account rllaternala 5 per Cent. .. — Winn 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account ki Do. plar emmana Railway — "4eXican 3 per Cent Do. Account • 16fa 17 Do 1864 l4l s, ont e t Do 6 per Cent. Angl o -F renc h — videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid 11 • ~, 'perish Imperial 5 per Cent „"ow Granada cortltguese 3 per Cent, 1853 Do 3 Do per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — . Accoun Ru ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 43 11 85 Do 4 par Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B4i Do 5 pe r C en t. 1864 B9 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account --,- Do Passive Do Account 221 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded -- Do Account lsli• S wedish 4 p er C en t . — o. 4i per Cent. 1864 D o Ac count T urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — • Do 6 p er Cent. 1858 Do Account 6O Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account • — 13 C. £lOO Bonds 65 DO 6 per Cent., 1863 Do SDo Acc pe r Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — o unt3ol 1 . v 4 per C en t . G uaranteed "nezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account — nc'° 6 per Cent., 1862 — aJ• Account Do. 1864 — Dutch 1\ 2 t Pe" e.nt Ex. 12 Guil — ~ p o .fir Cent. Certificates ranchital. ntos 3 per Cent. 1,' 44 5 per Cent 1861, Ex. 251 BBl 91 -.Jo Account " ,.... 39 9 1 r, ,ohs TWO O'CLOCK. Do'' ols f or b _ money 'l AcCOunt 9th in<t. ‘iW . llO 'S TO UR DOCTOR ? " —MORRISON'S PILLS. Lu i s bin 18 understo o d th a t th e re ti remen t o f Dr. as g'on, judge of the Admiralty Court, will take place W as' he h as d elivered judgment i n the Banda and e Rive ee u prize case, which may be now shortly expected to 11 °P TRADE WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—In the Year (main a t m . 6 77 , 070 cwts. of foreign hop s w Mi chaelmas , 18 o 4,836 were imported into the U n ited Kingdom, and only qt " 1 8. of foreign nutit hops were exported from it. The th an ay r eceived f rom th e United States was much smaller ti.-Fn in 4 the p revious year. The quantity of British hops ort e d the y ear amounted to 15,425 cwts.; the bulk of maS t ' 4ll3o rt trade is with Attstillia. SHARE MARK: ORDINARYSHA. , -cai I ways. (Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June , Dun,.Perth, & b.June &London, scrip Certi 110. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 1 •Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D ~ A stock Do. B stock Do. Is. at 25 po. IGtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport to. Hereford... Lancishire& Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brig h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. .A Limn. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Ntetropolitan. Do. New Do Extension...... Metropolitan District. _ Do. do. do. Do. and at. John'sW'd Mid , and Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin & Derby Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern— Berwioi‘ Do. U.N •E Do. Leeds •Do. York DG. Carlisle Do. btock.& Darling, Do. do. 1860-tit - North London Do. do. 1864 Do. nlO. 1865 North Staffordshire N. do S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock 00. Scot, Mid. stJck Shropshire Union South Devon 'oath E stern it aines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale to I. , leath Watcrfortl dr. Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornw.ll.l RR{TIS II Atlantic & St. I.awrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. go. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron' Do Preference Buff:,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- ••••••• • Calcutta & b. E., lien ai e Town it Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Benal, gu., 5 do East ladiau, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist --ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prt f. Bonds Do. do. deterred 1)0.3d Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prei. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. 0. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. Soul hot India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.... Do Great W 4 R. of Canada.. Do. New ...... Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited l Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Pit th Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. C. Bnds. lz Hudson's Bay.. N. ttl.C'da,6pe Ist pf. bs Scindo Do. Delhi Do. do cd Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St. Flo bD COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia,6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572. 4 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja..t July 1877-s4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. '5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 187; - 3 uo.Apl.& Oct , 1890-1900 IDo. do; 188040 Do. Jan.&July, 18904 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900, Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, - Jan. and July Do. IS7B 1)o. 1882, May , 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal • .ov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.Jul) N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,186i Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1870 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... .. nova So tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 4ucensland Gov. 6 p. c s.Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1888-: , Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Is July Do. do, II pril & Oct BRITIS Cam. ConsoL Cold, lira Chiverton lifford.amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tame East Bassett (Mogan, East Caramon East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved N. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn m(Gited. weu. Grcat L , xey, li. Great South Tolgus Great Wheal busy G. Wheal Vor ,Llelst Grenville Eierod's Foot Elingston °owns 51aagke Valley rraretiUny Lelant 5 s if e w w yn s d e y lr wn o . ...... .. .... BID North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I llogan North Wheal Crotty .• Prosper United.... Pr vidence Uny Lvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft 'Agra and CL)gan, aim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lsakeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. ettNNERENCIt; North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Stockton and Darlington A, 6 per cent., 6 Ditto, B, 6 percent., 3 L PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Great Eastern 4i per cent. pt., Ditto, 5 per cent.:•pf., t 5 I'OtLJtJUN KA IL WAYS. Great Luxembourg, 13 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 12 FOREIGN Alamillos, limited, Chontales Gold and bilver Mining, 2! Don I'edro, North Del Hey, St. John del Hey, Lim., 51, United Mexican, litre., Washoe Gold, Um., 1 BANK Agra and Misterman's, Um., 33 27 Alliance, ll n.. 18 16 Bank of London. 16 18 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and Mina. 19 Chartered Al er, of India, London, and China, 365 5 6 Consolidated Bang, lira., 71 8 7 . European Bank, Rm. 3 Hindustan, China, and Japan, 11m., 8 Imperial Bank, lira., 26 45 Imperial Ottoman, lot Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lira.. London Bank of )lexido and S. America, litn., 10 London and Brazilian film.), 40 London and County, 75 London Joint Stock, 45 5* 65 London and South-Western, lim., 15 London and bt eatminster, 945 55 Oriental Bank Corporation. 165 Union of London, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 161 Australian Mort. Lam:land Finance, lira., 45 City Offices, lira., 25 Consolidated Discount. lira 15 Credit Foncler and ilobilier of England, 5 45 Egyptian to m . and Trading, lira., 1 Gen. Credit and Finanse 01 Loudon. lira.. f 1 Of Hudson's Bay, 185 Imperial Land Company or Marseilles, Rm., 7 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., iim. 10 International Financial :,ociety, Um., London Financial Association. lira., 2 8 London tifeneral Omnibus Company, lira, If Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 185 Merchant Shipping, him., 9 National Discount t_ ompany, 11 lit Peninsula and Oriental steam, 135 Ditto, new, 50 Royal Mail Steam, 1(9 The Price of Gold. By advic:s from Hamburg the price of gold Is 427 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.54 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the Eng,ll,ll Mint price is, therefore, at abeut 2. 10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. ►'tie quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mine ptn., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Zd 1", a. Mid. per ounce tor standard gold, it appears that gold Is about2.loths per (tent. dearer in Paris than in 14011014 ETS.—This Day. LEES AND STOCKb. Paid'Closing 1 Business trice. dene. F 8 90 126 29 55 65 13 15 3 5 87 70 70 72 29 15 d' 111 113 33 39 6 7 122 t 24 4 !36 GI 58 57 69 39 tO 34 3 ) KO ;12 92 01 26 27 119 :2 1-2 94 83 C 2 127 129 2 3 j id 88 90 1181 (19 )1 2 i IS 00 52 r 4 5 27 IG6 108 68 ;0 106 118 351 36i, 10 11 p, 120 )21 ' 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 118 150 66 68 45 48 70 72 8 9 140 143 1 3 100 103 62 54 120 20 93i 3 614 2 129 123 4 2) 6k 731 t ESSIONS, 64 53 99 101 i P 4 4 4 8 9 76 80 96 98 60 85 100 102 93 101 100 103 18 20 85 67 60 63 55 6J 55 57 50 55 41 41 40 41 24 26 IC4 1 , 6 1 t 1 11 t• 99 ICI 91 93 15& 16 6i Sid eo 83 .5 100 101 91 93 SO .83 61 63 8 98 100 97 99 6 I 96 98 1021 21/ 21 SECUR 02 94 00 1,3 90 C 3 77 79 76 79 102 104 102 101 102 104 102 lu4 86 8) W 2 W 4 li7 1 9 102 I'4 107 10 104 IC6 104 :08 99 101 110 03 go 05 874 9 8 9! 96 72 75 98 100 98 100 101 106 102 103 6 7 8 10 stu 53) I I 13 i 5 5 6 2 21 2 8 9 3 31 5 21 t 2 { t$ 1 ,1i 15 17 4 3 33 10 41 5 4 6 21 Itcl 35 40 13 15 i I I I 32 34 375 400 It 2 5 20 i 6 IS 15 3 5 1 2 7 8 67i 72i 130 140 80 85 12) VA - 3 . 5 195 205 13 15 3S 4 122 24 POSS. .ITI b:S. ,Ii MINES. 2.1.0 29i 2.14. 3t 2.14.0 8.3,0 3.9.0 10.8. t, rilE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEALING, MAY 16, 1866 AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE ALLEI\IANIA. NEW YORK, May 5, Morning. The schooner Friend, with a party of Fenians, left Eastport, ostensibly for Portland, on Tuesday night. On the following morning she raised the flag of the Irish Republic, and captured and took possession of the British schooner Wentworth. The crew of the Friend afterwards scuttled that vessel and transferred themselves to the Went worth. • The Federal steamer Winooski was sent in pur suit and overhauled• the Wentworth, but, deceived by her name and appearance, allowed her to pro ceed. After an unavailing search for the Friend the Winooski returned to Eastport yesterday. It is rumoured that the Fenians in the Went worth subsequently made a descent upon the Wand of Grand Henan. Captain Grace, a prominent Fenian, declares that O'Mahony caused the failure of the Eastport expedition by countermanding the sailing of an iron vessel laden with arms to be landed for the use of Fenians in British territory near Eastport. Several Fenian circles are reported to be in favour of trying Stephens immediately upon his arrival for complicity in O'Mahony's mal feasance. The Fenians who still adhere to O'Mahony will, it is stated, attempt nothing until the arrival of Stephens. The' accessions to the Roberts' faction have been very much less than the number of those who abandoned O'Mahony. The Fenian Senate is now in session at New York. The funds of both factions are reported to be nearly exhausted. For the present all receipts are entirely suspended. The Fenian prisoners at Cornwall, Canada, have been committed for trial at the Fall Assizes. Col. Wheeler, arrested as a Fenian, has testified against the prisoners. General Cranley, of New Orleans, has been ordered by the President to surrender the seques tered cotton to the civil authorities, and not to in terfere in future with the Federal Courts. [he President has announced that the peace pro clamation of April 2 does not interfere with the previously organised military trials. The New York Times says that the President considers the writ of habeas corpus restored through out the States with the exception of Texas. Mrs. Davis had an interview with her husband at Fortress Monroe. She was accompanied by her daughter, and they still remain at the fortress. A bill has been referred to the Finance Committee of the Senate providing for the reduction of the rate of interest on the natiozal debt, and the fund ing of the same in 30-year bonds at 5 per cent. Several amendments have been offered to the bill report: l from the Reconstruction Committee, among them being one to admit the Southern States to full representation on March 4th, 1867. Another proposes to admit them whenever they assume a loyal attitude and their representatives are able to take the test oath. The House of Representatives has passed a bill reviving the grade of General in the Federal army ; also the Senate Bill admitting Colorado into the Union. An amendment to the latter bill, granting State rights and the suffrage to the negroes, was defeated by 95 to 36 votes. The House has unanimously passed a joint reso lution expressing the regret of the Congress at the recent attempt upon the life of the Czar of Russia, and congratulating 20,000,000 of serfs upon the providential escape of the Sovereign to whom they owe the blessing of freedom. A resolution has been introduced in the house re questing the President to communicate all instruc tions given to the Federal naval commander in Chilian waters. General Stoneman has issued orders prohibiting the assemblage of any bodies of armed men except soldiers and policemen. Quiet was nearly restored yesterday. Both branches of the Tennessee Legislature'have passed a bill disfranchising any engaged in the late rebellion. A convention is in session at Knoxville to consi der the project of making East Tennessee a separate State. A serious riot has occurred at Memphis, origi nating in the attempt of a party of negro sol diers to prevent the police from making an arrest. Fighting ensued between the police, aided by the citizens, and the negroes, and continued during Wednesday and Thursday. One policeman and 15 negroes were killed, and a large number wounded. Several school houses and 30 or 40 negro dwellings were burnt. The negro soldiers recently mustered out were kept in Fort Pickering by white regular troops. The negroes threatened to burn the city. Num bers of them have been arrested, and all were found heavily armed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES.—TUESDAY, MAY 15. The Derby of 1866 has been as yet remarkable for the dullness and lack of excitement that has characterised the proceedings connected with it. At one time it looked as if one of the most exciting struggles ever known would have gladdened alike sportsman and speculator, but on the with drawal of Student from the scene the interest flagged, and the pretensions of Lord Lynn and Rustic were so patent that the race was regarded as a match between the two. The most sanguine believers in " dark" horses could pick nothing from that mysterious division, while the form of those that had run was confessedly so moderate thatnothing could be expected from that quarter. Sb Rustic and Lord Lyon, Lord Lyou and Rustic, has been the see-saw usque ad nauseam of prophet, tipster, and the racing world in general. True, there were always to be found some know ing people who would maintain that this or that hor;t3 would astonish the favourites on the day, but the opinion of everybody competent to judge has pointed to the two as the only horses, with the exception of Redan, worthy of serious consideration. This has been the state of affairs up to the last 24 hours, when a Toxophilite colt of Lord Glas gow's has, on the strength of a favourable trial last Satur day, come into strong favour, and he, moreover has pleased every one who hat seen him gallop. The position which his stable companion, the Rapid Rhone's dam colt, held behind Lord Lyon in the 2,000 Guineas, of course, would give them an excellent line, but the roan this afternoon made such a bad race of it in the Craven Stakes with the Duke, from whom he was receiving 191 b., that Lord Glasgow's chance of the great race seems anything but easy. There was a great disposiaon to back Blue Riband, Rustic not bqing in quite such good odour, at 7 to 2, while the Mar quis of Hastings' horse came to 12 to 1. This, indeed, might be termed the feature of the afternoon, as Blue Riband seemed to become a better favourite every hour, while Rustic certainly did not go in the market as a second favourite should. CRAVEN STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; 3-yr-olds ist 71b ; 4-yr- o ld s, B st 121 b ; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 41b ; mares allowed slb and geldings 31b ; the last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. Marquis of Hastings's The Duke, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Cannon) 1 Lord Glasgow's roan colt by Brother to Bird on the Wing, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Parry) 2 Mr. Chaplin's Breadalb ane , 4 y rs , B s t 121 b (Custance) 3 Mr. J. Johnstone's Rococo, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (car. 7st 81b) . _ . (Morris 4 Mr. W. Robinson's Hur unu i, 3 yrs , 7 s t 71b ... (S Adams 5 Mr. Savile's Leyb o urne, 3 y rs , i s t 71b (Loates 6 Mr. Savile's Brother to Guerilla, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (H. Covey) 7 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (J. Snowden) 8 Betting-5 to 2on The Duke, 10 to 1 each agst Breada!- bane and Leybourne, and 100 to 6 agst Rapid Rhone's dam colt. Breadalbane, in the centre of his horses, took a clear lead when fairly under weigh, attended by Rococo and The Clown, the two being followed on the right by the fa vourite, the Rapid Rhone dam colt, and Leybourne, Hu runui and Brother to Guerilla lying away. As they came through the bushes The Duke ran up to the leader, and as they entered tho Mile Course Rococo dropped, leaving Lord Glasgow's colt in attendance upon tho leaders, who retained their relative positions into the straight, where Breadalbane was in trouble, and, giving way as they reached the distance, the favourite came on and won in a canter by threelengths. Breadalbane, who was headed at the enclosure, finished a bad third, Rococo fourth, Hu runui fifth, and Leybourne next ; the other two beaten off. MATCH.-100 sous, h ft; five furlongs. Captain Shaw's Colleen, by Rattle, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Deacon) 1 Mr. Betting —inSga to 4on Colleen. 7st (Elphick) 2 Gambler held a slight lead round the tarn, where Colleen B lrs Gambler, 3 yrs, joined him, the pair running together to the distance , when the favourite came out and won a close raco by neck. Roes STAKES, a freo handicap of 20 sovs each, 10ft, with 200 added for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile. 26 subs. Baron Rothschild's Tonrmalin, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Peak) 1 Mr. W. Bevill's Ostregor, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Count Batthyany's King Charming, 4 yrs, Bst 81b a . _ .... _ • (Daley) 3 Mr. Johnstone's Holstein, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Cameron) 4 Major Stapylton's Sundeelah, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (Carroll) 0 i Mr. R. Sutton's Gardevisure ' 4 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Ed war d s 0 Mr. Padwick's Wild Agnes, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Morris 0 Duke of Beaufort's Siberia, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Cannon 0 Lord Westmoreland's Brahma, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Hibberd 0 Mr. Dyson's ns Jack o'Lantern, 4 yrs, 7st 131b(Challoner) 0 Mr. Merry's The Primate, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (II. Covey) 0 Mr. J. B. Morris's Nukuheva, 4 yrs, 7st (H. Day) 0 Mr. E. Brayley's Endsleigh, 4 yrs, 7st (Murray 0 Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 5 yrs, Est 121 b (Ward 0 Mr. W. G.Craven's Caustic, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Kenyon 0 Lord Exeter's Arabia, 4 yrs, Gat 41b (Dunbar 0 Mr. R. B. Jeffery's Sylph, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ... (Thompson 0 Mr. Hugh Smith's Wild Parsley, 4 yrs, Est 41b (Pringle) 0 Mr. Fleming's Cecrops, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Capt. Day's Stinger, 3 yrs, Est 21b (including 51b extra) , (Scorey) 0 .Marquis of Hastings' Sweet Anne, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (carried sst 121 b) (Phillips) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Sweet Anne, sto 1 each agst Garde visure and Cecrops, 7to 1 agst Wild Agnes, 10 to 1 agst Jack o' Lantern, 100 to 6 each agst Sundeelah, Brahma, Cutaway, and Holstein, and 20 to 1 each agst Ostregor, Tourmalin, and Endsleigh. Won by a neck. King Charm ing finished a bad third ; Sundeelah was fourth ; Brahma fifth ; and Cecrops sixth ; the next pair were The Primate and Caustic ; the others, who were pulling up, were brought up by Holstein, Gardevisure, and Sib er i a. _ _ lloirrox STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for 2-yr olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allow ances. New T.Y.C., three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Hughes's Little Ellen, by Costrel, 3 yrs, (.£:19) 7st 71b (Cameron 1 Mr. Hodgman's Vidi, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (.£4O) (Quince 2 Mr. Hughes's Guinan., 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (X4O) (Prior 3 No betting. Little Ellen jumped away with a clear lead, which she retained to the end, and won in a canter by three lengths. The winner was sold to Mr. Turner for 50 guineas. WOOOCOTE STARES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; for 2-year-old colts, Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst ilb ; the owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. New T.Y,C., three-quarters of a mile. 62 subs. Col. Pearson's br f Achievement, by Stockwell, Bst 71b . _ (Challoner) 1 Mr. Chaplin's ch c Hermit, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Mr. A. Lupin's b f Jenne Premiere, Bst 71b (G. Pratt) 3 Mr. E. Brayley's b c Dick Turpin, Bst 101 b (Cannon 0 Mr. T. Jenning's ch f Ct;thleen, Bst 71b...(H. Grirnshaw 0 Baron Rothschild's ch c Jasper, Bst 101 b (Wells 0 Mr. Savile's br c D'Estournelle, by Parmesan—Clair vrd" dam, Bst (Doyle) 0 Lo Feodor, iib Bst 101 b (Ed war d s ) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Achievement, 7t o 4 ags t H erm i t, Stamford's ant'a e br e 10 to 1 each agst Dick Turpin and Jasper, and 12 to 1 agst Feodor. BBIGHTON STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 sovs added (handicap), fot all ages. Winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. .36 subs. Mr. Watt's Applccross, by De Clare, 3 yrs, 6st_4lb . _ . (Cameron 1 Mr. W. Morris's The Warrior 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Edwards 2 Mr. Rickard's Valeria, 4 yrs, Gst 51b (Murray 3 Mr. G. Angell's Attach 6, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Parry 0 Mr. York's Lytham, 5 yrs Bst 51b (Loates 0 Marquis of Hastings's Lecturer, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Cannon 0 Capt. Gray's Audax, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Challoner 0 Mr. R. Kelso's Filbert, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Scorey 0 Mr. Hodgman's Vixen, 4 yrs, ist 41b ..(Heartfield 0 Mr. Hodgman's Victoria, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Quince 0 Capt. Barron's Hidalgo, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, carried 6st 121 b (H. Clark) 0 Lord Westmoreland's Lady Sophie, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Kenyon) 0 Betting —5 to 2 agst Lady Sophie, 6 to 1 each agstLytham and Vixen, 8 to 1 each agst Audax and Hidalgo, and 12 to 1 agst Applecross. Won in a canter by three lengths ; a bad third. Lytham was fourth, Audax fifth, and Attache and Lady Sophie were tho next two. HEATHCOTE PLATE of 50 soya, for all ages, 2 -yr-olds and upwards. Weiglit for age. Winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. T. Steven's Cranbury, by Surplus, 5 yrs, Bst 7lb . - . (Payne) 1 Mr. H. Chaplin's Problem, 2 yrs, 6st, in 51b ex. (Kenyon) 2 Mr. Pryor's Vernlarl, 2 yrs, 6st Mb, in s]b ex. (Murray) 3 Lord Westmoreland's Kilkenny, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 4 Mr. Alwyn's Bright Phoebus, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Harrison) 0 Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon 4 yrs, Bst 12, in 51b ex. , (Cannon) Mr. Porter's Fortin:lens, 8 yrs, Bst 11b, in 51b ex. (Hibbard) Mr. Samuel's Autec ratrix, 2 yrs, s st 91b T. Webb) Mr. R. Ten Broec0; Scarlet, 2 yrs, s s t 91b , car. s st 10Ib Mr.yrs, sst 91b • (Evans) 0 (J. Reeves) 0 itt England's ng —3 to St 1 Stud agst Problem, 4 t o 1 eac h agst Verulam Betting-3 and Cranbury, 5 to 1 agst Kilkenny, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Cranbury, with a c lear l ead of Problem, Pantaloon, and Kilkenny came on together to the enclosure, where th e i c 2 former quitted his horses, and won easily by a length ; a bad third. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MAY. Epsom Summer.... l5 West Drayton ..... 2l Redditch... ........... 2l Cornwall `22 Manchester Wyo Southwell 24 Ascot Summer IT. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Kanturk Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury ............... JU Beverley 33 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Summer Ipswich ilungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Worcester ,Y. Carlisle 3 Newmarket July Pontefract ......... 9 Abingdon ........ . ....... . . 10 Mansfield .... . Reading .......... . ......... Hun dleby ottingham .......... . s tanif 9 rd , ..... stottommitt 19 Knutsford Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Spilsby Cambridge 24 Southampton 25 Chesterfield Huntingdon GootlWOOd eiti 00000 stet 00000 81 THE DERBY DAY. This morning the principal thoroughfares of the metropolis leading to Epsom presented the usual appearance that characterises the " Derby Day." From an early hour the railway stations were crowded with persons of all classes, and the streets and roads in the south and south-western parts of London were a scene of bustle and animation. Vehicles of every description, from the dash ing . open carriage and four to the coster monger's cart, and conveyances of a nondescript character, some evidently improvised for the occa sion and full to overflowing, rattled along the roads. The bulky hampers were abundant, while the occu pants of the more humble conveyances had made ample provision for their "creature comforts," to which in some instances justice was already being done. The pavements were lined with spectators, and there was the usual amount of " chaff" from omnibus tops and along the road, while the spectacle presented by some of the turn outs caused much amusement, and elicited com ments by no means complimentary to those who availed themselves of those grotesque modes of con veyance to the Downs, and were replied to in a similar strain, but the utmost good humour pre vailed. The arrangements of the police were excellent, and, with one exception, we witnessed no accident, and that not of a very serious nature. A man in some hybrid sort of vehicle, between a cart and a gig, was proceeding at a rapid pace along the Kennington-park-road, and when close to the Horns a band of music struck up, and the ani mal, whose appearance emulated that of the far famed Rosinante, under the influence of some musical proclivity, or actuated by some other cause, came to a dead stop, and sent the driver, who was then engaged in gallantly saluting some ladies stationed at a window, flying over his head. The man, who was more surprised than hurt, regained his feet, and mounted his seat, but the horse, which was a " jibber," immediately com menced a series of operations incidental to that eccentric animal. Planting himself firmly on his fore feet, he struck out with his hind legs With a violence that threatened to demolish the frail vehicle. He then swayed from side to side, as if under alcoholic excitement, and finally attempted, but without success, the performance technically known as "bucking." Ultimately, i under the influence of the argumentunz ad baculum liberally supplied by his driver, he started off with great speed, as if to atone for his pre vious escapade. Perhaps at no part of the Surrey side was there a greater crowd assembled than at the Elephant and Castle, which for some time was rendered almost impassable to pedestrians. The Horns Also, and other places in the neighbourhood, were thronged, and here for some minutes there was a dead lock from the number of conveyances that thronged the part from Kennington and Kennington-park Roads. Notwithstanding the arrangements made by the railway authorities at the Waterloo and other sta tions the accommodation was inadequate to the demand, and hundreds were compelled to forego their visit to the Downs. The preceding remarks apply with little variation to other parts of London which this day exhibited, the same motley features and the same spirit of drollery and excitement which are invariably evoked by the Derby Day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, May s.—Money abundant. Gold, 1271. Exchange on London, 139 ; on Paris, 4.7 k. Stocks firm and active. New York Centrals, 92i ; Illinois, 121 i ; Erie, 54 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 102. Cotton firm-34. Flour firm and active. Wheat firm, and advancing. Corn quiet. Provisions steady. Coffee quiet. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet. Petroleum very firm ; crude 27 ; refined, 42i. Week's receipts of cotton at New York, 8,000 ; three days' sales, 5,000 bales. ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA. SOUTHAMPTON, NAY 16. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxonia, for New York, with a large cargo, including French jewellery,value 48,075 f., and a North Ameri can Lloyd's Company's steamer,with a full cargo and French jewellery, value 4,700 f. Both sailed last night with clean bills of health. Each steamer had nearly 800 passengers for New York. As yet not a single case of cholera had occurred amongst the large number of passengers conveyed across the Atlantic by these company's steamers. The official inspection by the Government quaran tine officer, before sailing, as to ventilation, cleanli &c., was highly satisfactory. ness, MARKETS.---This Day. IW--- MARK-LANE. The quantity of home-grown wheat received fresh up to our market to-day was moderate, and, on the whole, in tolerably good condition. As regards prices the trade ruled firm ; but the amount of business transacted was only moderate. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. In all kinds sales progressed slowly; late rates, however; wore supported. Floating cargoes of grain found buyers, at the recent improvement in the currencies. The supply of foreign barley was moderate; of English small. The trade was heavy, on former terms. Malt changed hands to a fair extent, at full quotations. Large supplies of oats were on sale. Fine parcels were in steady request, at late rates ; but for inferior qualities the demand was inactive. Beans were firm in price, and the value of peas was well supported. In lour a moderate business was passing, at Monday's currency. Elm , ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 850 20 1670 100 720 Irish — 1000 Foreign 11,370 8,460 37,890 1220 sks. bls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending May For the corresponding w ee k 12, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 59,964-455 9d Wheat 74,649-40s 11d Barley 6,441-36s 4d Barley 8,387-29s 7d Oats BOROUGH HOP. Very little business has been passing in hops. As re gards prices, however, the trade has ruled firm. WHITECHAPEL. Fair supplies of meat are on sale at this market, the de mand for which is inactive, at our quotations : -- Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; mutton , 3s 4 d to 5 s 8 d ; lamb, Gs 6d to 7s 6d; veal, 4s 63 to 5 s 6d ; an d pork, 4 s Od to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. The National Portrait Gallery, 29, Great George street, Westminster, will be opened to the public on Whit /tom:lay, Tuesday, and (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) lEPSOM, Wednesday. With the first dawn of day those who had passed the night in the usually quiet town of Epsom were astir, in order to complete the preparations they had begun to celebrate the national holiday with becoming spirit. The great effort seemed to be in the commissariat department, for in a great many instances shops hitherto devoted to the sale of pots and pans, boots and shoes, and wearing apparel of I every description, were converted into "genteel dining-rooms ;" and in the windows were displayed a variety of edibles, consisting of bilious-looking hams, beef boiled to the consistency of rock, pork pies remarkable for antiquity, and other delicacies, to satisfy the hungry crowd that visit the quiet, and we might almost say, sleepy town of Epsom. In the principal streets there was also a great display of glazed calico flags, which, if not adding to the beauty of the place, at least give it a holiday ap pearance, and thus while the inhabitants testified their feeling, they were not at much expense in do ing so. The roads leading to the far-famed Downs were also early alive with persons, all anxious to take advantage of the unusual supply of specie in the town, and many with the most peculiar articles were to be seen wending their way to the world-renowned race course. The conveyance of aqua Pura was enormous. It seemed as though all the costermongers in the metropolis had turned to but one line of business, as their barrows for the disposal of fruit and vegetables were on this oc casion converted to a totally different use. From three to four barrels, some of which had contained paraffin, herrings, salt-fish, and flour, were fixed on the fragile vehicles and filled with water from the nearest source of supply, and then laboriously transported to the course to supply the thirsty bi peds and quadrupeds of the lower orders, or perhaps to be used in washing the salads of the more aristo cratic visitors. However, be the purpose what it may, we should say from the great many engaged in the business it was exceedingly profitable, and that it involved no very great outlay of capital. The early trains by the South Western and London and Brighton and South Coast railways brought an immense number of visitors, and, although many availed themselves of a fly, thousands betook them selves to the old, old route of a long constitutional walk through the long and narrow lane that skirts the corn-fields to the Downs. THE COURSE. The Downs are crowded to an extent that we have seldom seen. The hill opposite the stand and far past the paddock, and up on the left to the " corner," is one dense black mass of carriages and people —a houseless population as numerous in its crowds and as varied in its elements as that of the metropolis itself. It is a real Derby gathering, and, if possible, a Derby gathering exaggerated with all its queer melange of high and low—blacklegs and lords, card-sharpers and countrymen, gentlemen and ladies, knaves, fools, showmen, holiday folks, foreigners, trampers, lame, halt, and blind ; all, in short, whom toil or money could bring together near London, and what does that not comprise ? Here is a blind man reading the Scripture, while near him two other blind men led by dogs are play ing so vehemently on whistles as unconsciously to drown his voice ; beyond these is a juvenile band whose performances one cannot overlook or pardon, even on account of their youth ; and to these, after a brief interval of Aunt Sallys and cocoa-nuts, succeeds a conjuror, apparently swallowing whole reams of coloured paper. Where is the course ? asks a stranger. The place where it used to be is black and surging like the ocean in a gale. Here and there a stray policeman surges up and down like a stormy petrel, a soldier of the Guards is borne helplessly along on the bil lows, or a parasol floats past like some tiny memo rial of a wreck. There is a Babel of discordant sounds. The shrill voices of the ladies who sell the cards, the sharp crack of the tin guns firing for nuts, bells ringing everywhere apropos of nothing, Mr. Dorling himself riding frantically up and down, and every one pushing, swearing, making futile at tempts to smoke, or looking out for some friend to admire the extraordinary paletot which has been got up regardless of expense for this spe cial occasion. Raise your head a little and look across towards the hill. There is another nation there, surrounded by and entrenched behind all the vehicles in the world. Fifty thousand dejeuners in the open air are simultaneously going on. There is a wilderness of parasols, pink and blue, and deli cate white, a prevailing voraciousness which you abhor, because it is so far off, and in the immediate foreground all the travelling jongleurs have congre gated to amuse the people on the hill, who seem to be thinking of hampers and sandwiches, and cham pagne, and Fortnum and Mason, and everything, in fact, but the great business of the days Under the Grand Stand is a sort of disused wine-cellar, whitewashed clean enough, but as small, as ill-placed, and as inconvenient as can well be imagined. Here the visitor finds himself among apparently a new race of pigmy men, with their gay-coloured silks shining brightly un derneath great overcoats, who converse by winks and nudges of the elbow, and who, with bridle and saddle round their necks, proceed with solemn gravity to seat themselves in the scales and test in an amateur manner their precise weight before weighing by the proper authorities. There is nothing in the whole proceeding that is of interest. From the weighing-room there is always a general move to the paddock, the cool quiet of which pretty meadow comes in like a rest after the turmoil of the course. There is an odd muster always here —peers, trainers, jockeys, owners, backers, betters, all more or less engaged with note-making on little slips of paper or small books, and all on the look out for authorities, " horsey" men, and what not. From this point a rush is made to the seats on the Grand Stand, where thousands are now waiting with anxiety the solving of the Derby problem of 1866. LONDON GAZETTE. —This Evening. C ROWN-OFFICE, MAY 12. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA- Town of Nottingham- MENT. Ralph Bernal Osborne, Esq., and John Russell (commonly called Viscount Amberley), in the room of Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, Bart., and Samuel Morley, Esq., whose e l ec ti on for the saidtown has been determined to be void. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 15. Gth Regiment of Dragon Guards - Lieutenant George Clayton Swiney to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur George Smith, who retires ; Lieutenant Arthur Fitz patrick Godman to be Captain, by purchase, vice A. Alfred de Bourbel, who retires ; Cornet Samuel Garnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Swiney; Cornet Henry Blackburne Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Godman ; Murdoch Gillian Maclaine, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase , vice Garnett ; Th omas Gor don Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hamilton.Grie Grieve, -Veterinary-Surgeonßurr f rom half h rat' • 7-SurgB°n, vi ce 7th pa ll n u l s a s upon tempor ar y half-pay. John lela.srMkeirlit(alrYstT e r l a nss in ) , , t wbeo retires purchase, vice Henry Faulkner,_ p 17th Lancers-Sir Charles Nugent, Broanirto.,totod.be Cornet, by Second Captain, vice W. S. Boileau, Royal Engineers-Lieutenant H e nrSpe p n l c a v o r od Pa u l p m o o n r to tem porary half-pay. John Ist Regimen:, of Foot-Lieutenant Charles re tires ; Ensign Robert Charles Dudgeon to be Lieutenant, Henry who t o be Captain, by purchase, vice Jh vice Dudgeon. t b o y h p e u E rc n h s a i s g e n, , vi hy ce p S u t r e o e h r ase ; R , ichard Eaton Bouchier, Gent. , 3d Foot-Lieutenant Shapland Graves to be Captain, by En signpuichpasa by pur ev,idvizWanielliao chase, vice Graves ; Richard Compton Maul, hurenLeriewntehonarnett,ires; mriffitstoT be Ensign, by purchase, vice Griffith. Gent., to sth Foot--Captain Francis Henry Fender to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Milman, pro moted, without purchase, to a half-pay Lieutenant- Colonelcy. 13th Foot-Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wilmot Horton Tre vor Power to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Henry Leet, appointed to the Staff. IGth Foot -Lieutenant Charles Tempest Sheringham to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Fleming Marson, who retires ; Ensign John Randal Mackenzie Clunes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sheringham ; William Llewellyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clunes. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Duncan Malcolm Irvine to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant John Emmett, de. ceased. 25th Foot—Captain Thomas Rowland to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson- Ross, promoted, by purchase, to a half-pay Lieutenant- Colonelcy ; Lieutenant Horace William Scriven to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rowland ; Ensign Arthur Harry Turner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice . _ Serbian. 45th Foot—Ensign James Clarendon Ramsbottom Isher wood, from the 69th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Molly,who exchanges. 46th Foot—Capt. Frederick Sayer, from half-pay 23d Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles S. liP.A.lester, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Lieut. William Francis Spen cer to be be Captain, by purchase, vice Sayer, who re tires ; Ensign Robert Brereton to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Spencer; John Thompson Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brereton. 48th Foot—Lieut. Wm. R. Tudor has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission ; Lieut. John F. W. Kane, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Croker-Sing, who exchanges. 51st Foot—James Hay Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F. W. L. de Malachowski Griffa, who re tires; Assistant-Surgeon Geo. S. Burnside has been per mitted to resign his commission. 53d Foot—Lieut. Bobt. Prince to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major James Herne Wade, promoted by purchase; to a half-pay Majority; Ensign Thomas Bur nett Hitchcock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prince ; Aubone George Fife, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hitchcock. 65th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major James Paul to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. Young, promoted, without purchase, to a half-pay Lieutenant . olonelcy. 69th Foot—Ensign Lawrence Bomford Molloy, from the 45th Foot, to be Ensiga, vice Isherwood, who exchanges. 76th Foot—Ensign Thomas William Best to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Augustus George West, who retires ; John Bladen Metcalfe Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Best. _ , 78th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edgar Croker-King, from tho 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vico Kano, who ex changes. . _ _ 87th Eiiot—Ensign Horatio Edward l'aget to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Willi am W. Jeudwine , who retires ; Ensign Wm. Scott, G en t., t o b e E ns i gn by pur chase, vice Paget. 89th Foot—Lieutenant George Francis Dowdeswoll has" been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 97th Foot—Paymaster F. Scrivener, from 103 d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster with the honorary rank of Captain Henry Lewis de la Chaumette ' deceased. 99th Foot—Captain H. F. Winchelsea Ely to be Major, without purchase, vice Patrick Johnston, promoted, without purchase, to a hall-pay Lieutenant 2 Colonelcy. 103 d Foot—George Pumfrett, Gent., late Lieutenant and Adjutant 17th Lancers, to be Paymaster, vice F. Scrivener, transferred to the 97th Foot. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Francis John Rogers Sheridan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Bernard Thomas Howard, who retires ; Lindsay Henry John Barnard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sheridan. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant West Holmes Hill has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. BREVET. Second Captain William S. Trevor, Royal Engineers, to be Major. Paymaster Henry Sheppard, 67th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. The brevet promotion conferred upon the under-men tioned officers, in the Gazette of 13th February, 1866, to be antedated, as follows: Major George Dean Pitt, half-pay, late of 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant Colonel, from 21st March, 1865, instead of 6th March, 1866. Captain Louis Walter Fisher, 40th Foot, to be Major, from Ist March, 1864, instead of 6th February, 1865. Captain John Thompson, 50th Foot, to be Major, from 21st March, 1865, instead of 6th Feb., 1866. Captain Clement R. Johnson, 50th Foot, to be Major, from 21st March, 1565, instead of 6th Feb., 1866. The following promotion to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, consequent on the death of Major- General Charles A. Browne, Madras Infantry, on Feb. 14, 1866 : Colonel Henry Palmer, Bengal Infantry, to be Major- General. Major-General George Balfour, C. 8., to take rank from June 5. Major-General P. Harris to take rank from June 13. Major-General Hubert Marshall to take rank from Oct. 9. The undermentioned officers, who have retired upon full pay,. to have a step of honorary rank as follows : Lieut.-Colonel Charles Woodfall, Madras Infantry, to be Colonel. Lieut.-Colonel William Graydon, Bengal Infantry, to be Colonel. - - - Major William Thurlow Baker, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals George Harper, Bengal Establishment, to be Inspector-General of Hospitals. Surgeon-Major Donald Macfarlane, Madras Establish ment, to be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals. MEMORANDUM.—Lieut.-Colonel William Pym Young, half-pay, late 65th Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the con ditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. Foreign. Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia mid New Zealand, via Southamptoll.,,,, May 20 Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil an d Cape Verde. by British packet. ..... juunne 14 c 4. Ditto, by French packet .. M Cape of Good Hope, As cens i on , an d St. Helena.... May 2 ; * 5. China, Penang, and Singwore, via Southampton.. May 20. Ditto, via Marseilles May 29 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 29. India ( t: 3 C t 00 ; Lgcvyubiptaatya Marseil l es) ), , v a i n a d s o C uetyhl Southampton m n , via pto n . S . o . u . ..................... ... .. .. i .if y a y y 22 8 2 0 ) Indiamai Malta, it i ( Ditto, via Harseilles .. ........................ May 23 Ditto, vtliaalindarAsedielnle,sv.i.a..S.o.u.t.h. .............. .............. M u n e y y 2 2 0 3 .. Mauritius, via Southampton ..................... June 3 „June Ditto, via Marseille 3 . ........................ Newfoundland .......................... Portugal .................. . ..... . ........... .....June 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United Eitates and British North America, by Bri tish packet .............. D D 1 1 t t t t o co 6,bylacilcraodnratek.d.i...n. .States.p.a.c.k.e.pt.ac...kvie::l; :1;u . t (i h .er a a..r m ay.n. p d: : June a a 2 12 3 0 . t0n...... ... ....................... Ditto, West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerifre . -- 4 .-. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas Hon duras) .................. ...... ..... M ay , U. Cuba and Mexico ...... May 21. Ba h am as, via New York. ... ..... B er muda, via 1 : ia1ifax.......... ................................... bl. Mr. W. N. HODGSON, M.P. The Carlisle Journal states that on Monday Mr. W. N. HodgsOn, M.P. seemed more free from pane - than he has been since the aceident. Still, suffering as he has been from concussion of the brain and broken . ribs, .it !will be impossible for several lays to - say that the - Patient is out of immediate danger. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, EPSOM RACES—THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE DERBY. The 87th DERBY STAKES of 50 says each, h ft., fot 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 51b ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. Mile and a half ; to be run on the new course. 274 subs. Value, £7,550. LORD LYON .. (Custance) 1 BRIBERY COLT (T. French) 2 RUSTIC ...... ..(Cannon) 3 Twenty-six ran. LATEST BETLING ON TBE COURSE. THE DEBBY. 5 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) sto 1 agst Rustic (taken) 10 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 12 to 1 agst Toxophilite colt (taken) 15 to 1 a gst Bribery colt (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blu3 Riband (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Vespasian (taken) No other change. HEALIII OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-GTneres Weekly Return) It appears from the return issued by authority of the Registrar-General that in the week that ended on Saturday, May 12, the births registered in London and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,397 ; the deaths registered, 3,496. The annual rate of mortality was 30 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,076 boys and 1,012 girls ; in all, 2,088 children were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1836-65 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,006. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,628. It was the nineteenth week of the year ; and the average number of deaths for that week was, with a correction for increase of population, 1,305. The deaths in the present return exceed the esti mated number by 323. In ecnsequence of the very cold weather that prevailed in the week ending the sth inst., when the mean tempera ture of the air fell to 42.5 deg., the mortality of last week shows a considerable increase. The deaths lathe last three weeks were 1,492, 1,545, and 1,628. The deaths from ra I ew l e e whooping -cough rose t o 113 ; th ose f rom p hthi s i s , bron chitis, and p nemon i a to 2 08, 188, and 101 respectively. A n o ee d, d C °rElknan aged 70 ,, years, died accelerated a S te t. d Jo b h y n- w et a re n e t. t ; Post mortem. (Inquest.) A seaman died in the workhouse, St. George-in-the-Ea s t, of " frost-bite." The two follow ing deaths by cholera were registered :—A girl, aged 5 years, died on 6th May, at 5, Gibraltar-walk, Hackney road, of " cholera." It is added in a note--" I have reason to believe that this was simply a bad case of English cho lera." A boy, aged 4 years, died on the 11th of May at 4, Victory-place, Bermondsey, of " choleraic diarrh (six hours)." The following two deaths by carriage accidents were registered in the week : —" A railway van guard, aged 14 years, fell from a vanity Upper Thames -street. Died on 3d May in a few minutes. The wife of a labourer, ag e d 53 run years, over by a brewer's cart, manslaughter against the driver. Died on 30th April at Plumstead. The Registrar-General has received returns from the Registrar of Records and Vital Statistics for New York, where the causes of death are now returned weekly in the same form as in London. Tho total deaths in the week ending April 21 were 421, of which 15 were from fever, 2 from "infantile cholera." Twelve were natives of England, 99 of Ireland, and 52 of Germany, and 249 of the United States. The mean temperature was 58 dogs. in the third week of April—that of Greenwich was 50.8. The causes of 1860 show the population of New York to have been in that year 805,651. The annual rate of mortality last week was 28 per 1,000 in London, 31 in Edinburgh, and 25 in Dublin ; 33 in Bristol, 26 in Birmingham, 36 in Liverpool, 31 in Man chester, 33 in Salford, 34 in Sheffield, 39 in Leeds, 28 in Hull, and 29 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 33 in Glasgow. LIVERPOOL.—The Registrar-General is informed by Dr. Trench that in the week ending sth inst. three fatal cases of cholera were registered within the borough, and that one additional case was recorded during the week ending last Saturday, 12th . inst. All these four deaths occurred in the workhouse, among German emigrants. Those deaths which took place on board the vessels in the river are not here included, as they were beyond the limits of the regis tration districts. _ At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.777 in. The atmo spheric pressure increased to 30.11 in. on Monday, and de clined to 29.43 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 51.7 deg., which is 0.3 deg above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was 66. G deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night temperature occurred on the same day, and was 41.2 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 8.9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 72, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the south-west and west. Half an inch of rain fell in the week; the most of it on Friday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, May 16.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LryEnrooL, May 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bowfell, from Calcutta. Saited—Patna, for Hong Kong ; Sir H. Lawrence, for Calcutta. CLYDE, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Abbie Thomas, from Trinidad. Orr LITERPOOL, May 15.—wind S.W.—Arzived--. Stephenson, from Pernambuco. CARDIFF, May 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Hindo, for Monte Video. OFF PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Arrived—Wave Queen, from, Al goa Bay: OFF CROGRECAVEN, May 11.—Arrived—City of London, screw steamer, from New York. DUNDEE, May 15. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Dundee, from Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind W.—Sailed—Lord Nelson, for Melbourne. COWES, May 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Hermann, screw steamer, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, May 15.—Wind W.—Sailed—Saxonia, screw steamer, for New York. IBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM. 1 GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 15—Radient, from Winda.o ; Ann Catba.. rina, from Revel. Sailed, May 16—Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Vigi. lant, steamer, for Calais; Xantippe, for Trinidad; Non pareil, for Moreton Bay ; Robin Hood and Portland, for Hongkong; Callera„ for Bombay; Star of Peace, for St. Holena ; Gladstone, for Calcutta ; Montrose, for St. -Vin cent ; Spanker, for Colombo ; Lucerne, for Corfu. No arrivals. Sailed—Lorenzo, for London. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens with a fair demand. Cotton freely offered. Sales, probably 6,000 or 8,000 bales. MAY DAY IN YORKSHIRE. Farm prospects, apart from cattle plague effects, easterly winds, the gr ass i n th e pastures h.t enotvery cheering in this county. Con sequent on t h e continuaucer mback ck cutti ng eo n long ar siderablyfrota the fine growth of early spring, and on Mon day the state of the fields was not such as to induce farmers to break their pastures, and, except in needy cases, cattle were not turned out. - Clovers and wheats, which looked so well a few weeks back, are both much cut. Early pota toes have been killed by frost. Altogether it is a backward, cold season. ANOTHER EXPLOSION CAUSED BY NITRO-GLYCE RINE.—A tremendous explosion occurred in Sydney, New South Wales, on the 4th of March, and is believed to have been caused by nitro-glycerine. The explosion oc curred in the stores of Messrs. Molison and Black, in the height to of b a e t c least se 15 Br id ge - s treet, which we re totally destroyed. Th e no i se of th e explosion very much resembled the discha rge of artil lery,d at oft. the The time within concussion a and the p osition of the occurrence was ind icated by a d ense column of du st and rubbish which i radius the i ascended du s of three or t atmosphereo wa s such that the glass of all the windows which dows hap penedfour hundred yards was smashed, indeed it is said that so me windows at a much greater d' lo 'stance were also broken. As to the stores, they were completely demolisLed, there being net one stone left upon the buildings was bourhood the damage instantaneous. In the immediate neigh of the surroun.din e done was very great. Several g buildings were so much injured that it they wa s expected would have to be pulled down, and the en tire street w as so damaged that all business was put a stop to for some As (says the d y y ilornin to origintheof m of the explosion Sydney March 21st) n othing definite is know:. Herald The general impression which prevails is that the explosion was in somep way or other occasioned by the liquid called nitrogly cerine, but in what manner is as yet a matter of mere conjecture. Two cases of this substance were imported per the Ramsay, and, as we are informed, were placed in the Queen's stores at the Custom -house on the 10th of February, and they remained there until the 28th. These cases were marked M over 356 and M over 363, the words . blasting oil' being also written on them. On Monday morning Mr. Winckler, to whom the cases were con signed, pointed out to the Inspector-General of Police where he thought they might be found. Capt. M‘Lerie thereupon directed a number of labourers to search for the cases, which they accordingly did, but no traces of them could. b e .discovcred.. 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