The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

-TO.NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGE NO R. TWELVE O'CLOCK. ADV ANCE OF THE RATE OF INTEREST. The B an k of England have advanced t the rate of disc ount from 7t o 8 per cent. Affairs at t Stock Exchange are very unsettled. The tendency of the rate of discount is evidently upward. In the general money market- 71 and per cent. are the terms for first-class short-dated Paper, and as a consequence of this stringency the inquiry at the Bank of England is active. The 'withdrawal of gold for shipment abroad, and the adverse position of the exchanges, are the primary causes operating against easy money, but there is neverthelos a good supply of floating capital, and O nly a moderate commercial demand for accommo dation. There has been a very limited amount of business trtillsacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Mar kets during the last few days. The operations in tea have been deferred until to-day, when a small quan tity will be offered for public competition. Sugars nave been in moderate request at steady rates, while Superior qualities of coffee have fully maintained for mer values. I n rice, fruit, and spices there has b.een little chan ge o f importance, with the excep tion of pepper, which has advanced about ld. per lb. Tallow remains dull at aboUt former values. 0- old to th e amount of 50,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for shipment to Brazil, and £2,000 in bar gold was also taken out. We are requested to announce that Mr. J. M. lilenck has been appointed secretary to the Amity Insurance CoMpany (Limited). Two 'CLOCK At the P ar i s B ourse this morning, ?ac O cording . to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were quoted 62c. 75f. Very quiet. After so severe a depreciation, it is satisfactory to report a little firmer tone with an upward tendency, although no su b stantial recovery has yet occurred. Forei gn politics are the principal cause of distrust, and every item of intelligence received through Neuter's telegraph-office is read with the greatest merest. Monetary affairs, and the uncertainty felt With regard to the stability of some of the finance campanies, and the f a ll i n t h e market value of all, naturally exercised a very injurious in fluence. At the latest moment, however, the tendency, as already indicated, is a little more enco uraging. Co nso l s are now 861 for money, a lid 86i 4for the June accounts These prices are precisely the same as those last current yester day afternoon. When the market, however, opened this morning there was a little weakness, and the New Threes and Reduced Annuities are Yet a trifle flatter with very few transactions. Bank Stock is marked 242, 243 ; India 5 per Cents. 105 ; Enfaced 5i per Cents., 106 ; and the De bentures, 101 I. Exchequer Bills remain at nominal quotations. A fractional advance has taken place in many of the Principal Foreign Stocks. Mexican are better, at x} . l7 ; ditt o N ew, 15i ; Turk i sh 5 per Cents., 28i and Spanish Pas s i ve B on d s h ave i mproved to 2241 23 ; th e C ert ifi cates, 15i e. Italian, how ever, are 1 per cent. lower, at 37} ; but the new loan has risen 1 per cent. to 58 60. Greek are 10 11 ; Brazilian Scrip, 9 8 dis. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 3 2 dis. ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 66 f ; Erie Shares, 54, 56 ; and Illinois, 76 77. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Very dull, and prices have shown a further depres sion. South-Eastern have receded ss. ; Great 'Western, 7s. 6d. ; Lancahire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; North Western, 15s. ; Midland and North Eastern (Berwick), each £1; and Caledonian and Metro politan each £1 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little chang e of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally show a further downward movement in values. Alliance are dealt in at 18 4. ; Bank of London at 19 20 ; IteAerial Alliance at 9-4- ; London and Westminster, at 9 4 ; Union of London at 52 ; Credit Foncier a nd Alobili er of England at 2f 3 ; London Finan cial at 9} ; National Discount Co. at 11f ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co. at 12i. ~, BRITISH FUNDS D VOVERNMRNT rtrius. 861 : 6 —ONE O'CLOCK. . Der Cent. Co nso l s 86 1 ~ Do. Account, May 9 84/ 4 -1 a per Cent. Reduced 841 I 3 per Cent 681 Newri' 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 1)0 . 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan 1880 D°Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth A (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.,.march. June. pril, " lBBs _— EXchequer Bills, £lOOO3 per Cent, — Do. £5OO _ iT Do £lOO and £2OO .).i• - ) 3 Da Do of England Stock, 5 per Cent Account 1 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. `l4llan Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do_ Do. Account . 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 _ Do. 4 Per Cent, Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates _ _ Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent 1:) , 0 . 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ",°. per Cent., May 1879 lO6 ._... ',. 0 . lieb., 4 per Cent. Aug. 1866 uo. Bond, £l,OOO lOl bo under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd —pin !111-strin I:tonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — nrazilian 5 per Cent bo. 41 per Ce nt.,1852-58-60 Do. 1863 D° Do. 1.865 ~ Ago ......................... R I , - ''' 5t unt........ £45 paid -pli Ayres 6 per Cent ''° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) D° c Lilian 6.per Cent — 11 1 dis r Be ,r l P, £25 paid ~0. 41. per Cent dis Do. 6 per Cent Colonibian 6 er Cent. — Cuba„ 6 r c P eit . Lams rlu . per Cent, 1825 tvabilaolla•bokarcllcoPuriiinteipalities — _ New Consolidated, 1 per Cent _lOl g ".I Provisional Land Warrant r Man 7 per Cent _ I)°., Second Issue 4j 0 £lOO Bonds B7l 82 3 T , D o 1864 vo £lOO Bonds B5 6 .„'.lO. Government Railway Debentures — dis , uo. £5O paid r,,eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons -uo• Account - -',O. Coupons 4 -'O. Account ,ili atemala 5 per Cent. r I talian 5 p er C en t 18 65 60} T. O. Maremmana Railway — exican 3 per Cent 163., 16 i be. Account 14 , Do 1864 per l) ° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French . -...T.entevidean 6 per Cent., .£3O paid aa,,, Garish Imperial 5 per Cent "evir Granada portlignese 3 2 3 per per Cent., 1,78,539, , , 2 , 60, 6 , 3, 43 -vo. Account Russian 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent 1850 1) , 3 4i Per Cent., 1860 VI 3 per Cent. 1859 * l-1 . 1 , 0 5 per Cent. 1862 B3/ Barth'''') 6 Per Cent. 1864 _ ,nian per Cent uo• Account Phatiish 3 per Cent D O Account 39i 9 Do New Deferred -Do Account ei,6o P assiv e D 0 A • °clut ............................. _ ,441 sh Cert. of Coup • not funded .1„.."24-A-Tecount .......... . Dos -u 4 Per Cent I , : Ills er Cent. 1864 4 Per Cont. 1854 13° Ace° t 1) 0 6 ul., .......................... , per Cent 1858 ,Lr-,'o Account D O f Ipooor Beoenndtl. 862 D 0 Per 591 2 9 60 r‘o XlOO Bonds ..... 66i Do 6 per Cent., 1863 T‘ ° 5 per Cent 1865 mid up Scrip —_- , _ bo-0 A. 1 '-` A cc ollut ...................... % , 0 ,, • ' Per Celli'. ........... — tat6.9zuela 3 per Cent. _ o Per .. • ..2 Lo - per Cent • , . 1862 ..... _ I.l° A-ceoun.t t 1864 butebl.vi...euds on the above payable in London, --- -..-. k-' pe*. Cent , P 12 Gail D e , , ...a. ppe 1 per Cent. Certificates — ittolileh -Kt ntes 3 per Cent D° 6 1,- Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ..... ..• 7 0 Acceunt , 1 , 117(1 !V , 003801 s fo /), r - Mo TWO O'CLOCK. • ney ........................... 'o..4.ocount, 9th inst. .... 8.-61 KENT SECURITIES. 92 94 90 93 90 93 74 80 76 79 102 194 IC2 104 112 104 102 104 86 8) iti2 104 1(5 17- 103 106 107 109 104 (06 104 106 99 101 90 93 90 95 87i 884 91 90 72 7.3 98 100 98 100 105 107 102 103 6 7 8 10 520 '540 18 6} 7i 3 s 3i. 4 8 9 3 31 5 21 '42 I 14 1 1i 18 20 3 33 40 44 5 4 6 31. 41 21 ltd 35 40 13 15 4 1 32 34 375 400 If t 5 20 4 6 13 15 3 5 1 2 7 8 674 72i 130 140 80 85 20 22 3 5 20) 20 13 15 ritEFEREN Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 88 Ureat Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2;96 7 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock, 129 7 North Eastern, York, ti. and Selby purchase, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 83 .1 . 1 1C FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 13} tjreat Luxembourg, 11/ 11 Imperial Mexican, lim., 9 Sambre and Meuse, 6} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 111 FOREIGN NI NEF. rrontino and Bolivia Gold. lira., St. John del Rey, Lim, 52 50 BAN K 8„ Agra and lliasterman's, lim., 40 33 Alliance, Rm., 161 19 1 angle Austrian, 41 Bank of London. 211 19 Bank of New Zealand, 181 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 8 Chartered ter, of India, London, and China 37 City, 19 , Consolidated Bank, lim., 8 n Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 4f 5 English, Scotch, anti Australian Chartered, 23 European Bank, lim., 6 of Imperial Bank, lira.. 244 5 Imperial Ottoman, 94 Ditto, new, 9 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London and County, 764 London Joint Stock, 46f 7 London and 11 estminster, 95 ri 41 Oriental Bank Corporation, 44 Union of London, 521 2 MISCELLANEOUS, Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cant. gua., British Ship Owners, 32 Ceylon Company, Of Credit Foncler and ?dallier of England, 3f 2 f 3 Ebbw Vale, •6i 'Egyptian Cont. and Trading, lira., 2 1 Gen. Credit and Fi nance 0 1 I,mdon, Inn.. I; 2 f Imperial Land Company or Marseilles, lim., 7 Luiperinl Mercantile Credit A With, Lim., 74 International Financial .:-.ociety,:hm., 21 6 Land Securities, Jim., 24 London Financial Association, lira . Of London t, entral Omnibus Company :lim, National biscount omuany, llf Ditto, Issued at 5 prem., of which 31 is to pay, 31 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Bra., 1 31 14 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 73 Ditto, new, 50 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 2* The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about er mille pm. and the short e xc h ange on London 18 25.15 per £1 sterling. , On comparing these rates with the English 'Mint price of Zs 11S. told. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2- 'utile per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at BO days' sight is 108 ) t o 107 per cent. At these rates th ere is no profit on the importation of god Iran the United states, SHARE 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. share/ Railways. I Paid*l Closing I Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon... 89 91 127 128 55 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 Cornwall Dublin & Belfast ,Juno Dun„Perth,& A b.Junc s.London, terip Certi Do. Glasgow 4 S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. `,4 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pa Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S.‘Vai. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford - Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lancashire &Yorkshire ILJndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,4 S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. Is North Western Lon. it South Western Man., Shei., A; Lincoln 2) 15 (1' 113 113 381 39, 6 7 12! 123 &3j 54 57 69 35 .40 31 31 10, 121 95 97 2d 23 IZOI 120; 9a 93 63 62 1304 131 2 & 3ki. 1 1 lnl 92 Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do. _ Do. and St. John ; f4'd Ilid'and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin & Derby aid Kent L 22 122: 1E 2 92 1)4 North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (.U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-G1 North London Do. do. 1814 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire 57 58 6 27 109 itt) 71 72 109 110 36 36i 10 11 p 120 121 1 21) 1 1 2p 74 76 108 112 119 151 66 68 N. & S. W. Junction : Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock vo. Scot, Mid. stook ; Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E- stern 48 50 73 74 8 9 140 143 1 - 3 ) 100 103 Staines, Wok., & Wok I Taft' Vale Do. C 'Vale or Igeath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Wliiteha i t West Cornwall 52 54 BRITISII POSSESSIONS. Atlantic& St.l.awrenoe Bom.,llaroda, Cen.ln. au. 5 per cent Do. I' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich l 6 p.c. 872-3- -• • •••• • Calcutta & lim _a; e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• East. Ben,,al, gu., 6 do East Indqto, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Eitensioii Grand Trunk of Canada ) Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ... Do. 2d Prof. Bonds.: Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent 4.1 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. D. New . Do. 6p. lids. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 42 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnda. & Hudson's Bay N. lil. C 'da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi I 0 c. 3 Do. do Do. Puniaub...•l g o . Do.lndus St. Flo 1(0 100 100 all 100 100 @4 b 8 103 104 i fp 44 5 8 9 76 80 96 98 62 67 100 102 101 102 1034 1011 9 1 23 85 87 63 66 55 60 55 57 50 55 41 41 40 41 25 27 25 27 1091 1101 1i 2 p 14 2 p 99 101 91 93 15} 16 5 40 9k e 6 83 100 101 91 03 86 88 61 63 8) 8! 99 100 98 99 1 , 1 97 99 I in } ii COLONIAL GO VERD British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. C. Mar. & Sept 1 )0.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.C. 1873 Do.Apl.BzOct 1890-1900 Do. do; .1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal per cent N. 8.G0v.6 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c., 188 t Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 r Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. a p. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS Cam. ConsoL cold, Um Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. cravat Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loyal E. W'l Russell (Tavistk G am. & StA übyn(G wen. Gnat L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal isusy G. Wheal Vor (Heist , t, Grenville Herod's Foot •••• ilingston Downs 3fargaret (Uny Lelant 3larke Valley ktwynscleywnlron Ore, lin , Nev North Roskear v .Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United...—. • Pr videnoe Unylalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Con durrow S.Wheal Iran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clog - an, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chiverton West Seton. ... Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton iWheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 29i 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.11.0 10.8.0 LE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, IKO. (This Day). LAW INTEL COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings •in Banco, before Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Shee.) NICHOLSON T. NEVILLE AND CO. In this case the plaintiff, a contractor, brought an action against the defendants, who aro boat builders, to recover the value of a promissory note for £l,OOO ; but on the 3d of February last, two days before the trial, an arrangement was made by which the plaintiff consented to accept £5OO in money and a promissory note for £5OO "in settle ment" of the cause of the action. However, the promissory note was not paid, and the action being undefended judgment was entered for the plaintiff. The defendant afterwards applied to Mr. Justice Mellor is Chambers for an order in satisfaction of judgment, the object of which was that the judgment should be stayed, but his lordship refused to make the order. An appeal was then made to the Court by the defendant, and the rule was argued this morning. Mr. H. James appeared in support of the rule, and Mr. Cowan for Vie plaintiff. The Court considered that a cheque which :had been dishonoured, notwithstanding the words "in settlement' did not entitle the action to be stayed. Rule discharged with costs against the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— Thus Day. -----+ MARLBOROUGII-S TREET. COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A GlRL.—Robert Cousins, a musical instrument maker, of No. 13, Market-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, with assaulting Jane Hatton, a girl, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Hatton, the landlady of the house. It appears that the mother of the prisoner was making a disturbance on the second-floor landing of the house, when Mrs. Hatton went up to tell her to go into her room as she was annoying the other lodgers. The complainant fol lowed her mother up stairs, when the prisoner rushed out of the room, having nothing but his shirt on, and struck the complainant three violent blows in the mouth, cutting it and smothering her with blood, and theu ran into the room and locked himself in. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a cowardly and unprovoked assault, and fined the prisoner 40s. or a month. ' THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE. - George Wells, a cab-washer and labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Arthur Tennant, a police-constable, No. 192 K. The complainant said that he took a woman into custody last night in the Mile-end-road for being drunk and dis orderly, and had reached Sydney-street on the way to the station-house, when the prisoner came out of a public-house and demanded of him what he was going to do with the woman. He replied that he was about to lodge her in the station• house. The prisoner hit him and allowed the woman to escape. He seized the prisoner and struggled with him. They both fell, and the prisoner while engaged with him on the ground kicked him on the shoulder, which was very painful. They were up and down several times, and he was repeatedly struck and kicked. The struggle continued until assistance came. Robert Hagan, of No. 17, Redman's-row, carman, con firmed the statement of the policeman. The prisoner said he was very sorry. He had a mother 80 years of ago to keep, and worked very hard for her. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one month's im prisonment and hard labour. • EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING.— James Smith, a tall man, of foreign appearance, with large black beard and moustache, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stabbing John Penny, of 13, St. Anne-street, St. George-in-the-East, cabinetmaker. The evidence of the complainant, whose right aim was in a sling, was that he met the prisoner in TJmberstone street, Commercial-road, and ho asked him to show him the way to Wells-street Sailors' Home, and promised him a glass of beer for doing so. On the way he asked for the beer, and the prisoner made an attempt to stab him in the belly with a knife. He put his right arm down and the knife went through the fleshy part of it. He had been to the hospital, and his arm was dressed. He lost a good deal of blood. The prisoner, in defence, said that he was violently attacked by the prosecutor, and used his knife in self defence. James Stroud, No. 656 A, heard both men crying out "Police," "Murder," and " Stop thief," and found Penny bleeding from the arm. The prisoner was sober, the pro secutor was drunk. Fry, police-constable, said the prisoner had been robbed and assaulted by a ticket-of-leave convict, who was in pri son, and was to be tried at the next sessions. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner. ELECTION COMMITTEES —This Day. DEVONPORT. The members of this committee, Mr. H. C. Wynn, chair man, reassombled this morning, and the case for the sitting members was proceeded with. Mr. Forrand, M.P., examined by Mr. Cooke—He had represented the borough twico. In his addresses to the electors at the last election he cautioned his friends and supporters against resorting to any illegal practices. He gave his agents the strictest orders not to spend sixpence in bribery or treating which could have the slightest ground for getting up a petition in the event of his being returned. He stated distinctly in the presence of the two innkeepers examined yesterday that he had strictly forbidden the spending of money on bribery. The borough of Devonport was very extensive, containing between 17,000 and 18,000 inhabitants, and nearly 3,000 voters. It was necessary to have several committee-rooms in order to carry on the business of his election. The hon. member then denied in detail several of the statements made in support of the petitioner. Several others were also examined, but the proceedings are likely to last the great part if not the whole of to morrow. GALWAY. This Committee resumed sitting at the usual hour. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., who appeared for Mr. Stubber, one of the unsuccessful candidates, and who is the second petitioner against the return of the sitting members, ap plied to the Committee this morning to allow to be evi dence taken on the part of Mr. Lever, whose petition is being proceeded with, to be used for the pnrpose of his client. That course was not unusual in Parliamentary committees, and would limit considerably the inquiry. Mr. O'Malley Q.C., for Mr. Rowland Blennerhasset (ono of the sitting members), objected to this course, but would have no objection to allow the evidence of such of the witnesses examined to be admitted as ho would not feel disposed to object to on the part of his client. The arrangement was agreed to by Mr. Chambers, and the case for Mr. Lever against the return of the sitting members was resumed. Michael Duggan was examined by Mr. Inderwick. He said he was a shoemaker living at Galway, and remembered at the last election being solicited by John Pearse and Sir R. Blennerhasset. Mr. Morris was present at the time. He refused because he said that he had determined to vote for Mr. Lever. There was a meeting of the shoemakers that day, and he went to the room where it was held, followed by Mr. Pearse. When they entered the room Pearse said that he (witness) was going to vote for Lever, upon which they turned him out of the room. Mr. Pearse followed him down stairs, and said he would see him " rightified," pro mising him at the same time £5 if he voted for Morris and Blennerhasset. By the promise of that bribe he was induced to vote for them. He got drink several times from Mr. Pearse, but only 2s. 6d. in money. The reason assigned by Pearse for not paying him the £5 was that he had not received the money from Blake and Cannon, soli citors of the sitting members. Other witnesses gave similar evidence, and the inquiry will in all probability be continued during the remainder of the week. MARKETS.—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 158 Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load. A steady inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £ 2 Os to £ 2 8s per load : A moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 108; clover £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 48 per load: Trade firm, COLONIAL. TEA.—Tho operations have been on a very restricted scale, and prices have remained without change of import ance. A small quantity is announced for public competi tion this day. SUGAR. —The market continues dull; prices, however, are in most instances maintained. In the refined market there has been a moderate business entered into, and late quotations are fully supported. COFFEE.—A fair demand has prevailed for all good and fine qualities of Ceylon, and prices have remained firm. Other descriptions, however, are a shade cheaper. RICE.—A moderate amount of business has been trans actod in soft grain qualities, at about former values. TALLOW.—The market has remained rather quiet, and only a limited speculative business has been done. par.cj . on the spot is quoted 475. 3d. ; May and June delivery 475.; and last three months, 495. per cwt. Liverpool. Cotton Market—This Day. The effect of the falling off in the receipts ad vised by the City of Boston has been quite neutra lised by the unfavourable aspect of the German question. Sales probably 4,000 or 5,000 bales, and prices again in favour of purchasers. CRIMINA This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBING A PUBLICAN. Thomes Jones was indicted for stealing £2105., the pro perty of Mr. John Sadler. The prosecutor kept the Burridge Arms publichouse, Plumstead, and on the day of the robbery the prisoner entered the bar and called for some refreshment. While the back of the person who served him was turned, he reached over the bar and abstracted two sovereigns by means of a stick he had in his hand, at.the end of which there NV /1.4 a quantity of bird-lime. The money was after wards found in the prisoner's mouth. The jury found him guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. 'NEW COURT. FORGERY BY A CLERK. Henry Alfred Parker, who pleaded guilty last session to a charge of forgery and uttering two cheques for £650, was this morning brought up for sentence. The prisoner was a c]erk to Messrs. Black and Co., of Covent-garden, and in that capacity ho was regarded as a person of the utmost integrity. It appeared that he had become mixed up with betting men, and it is supposed he became involved, and that to relieve himself of his liability he stole a cheque book belonging to his employers, and filled up two of the cheques for .a sum amounting to £650. He presented the cheques at tho London and Westminster Bank, and the forgery being a close imitation of the signature of the firm, he obtained the money, and then absconded to Aus trilia. The prisoner being well known at the bank, it was soon discovered who had presented the forged cheques, and an application was made to the Home-office, which re suited in Sergeant Nicholson being sent to Australia, where he captured the prisoner and brought him back to Lou don. Sentence was postponed last session in order to give the prisoner an opportunity of giving information as to the manner in which he had disposed of the money, but beyond stating that he had paid .£l5O to a betting man, which that person denied receiving, no information had been given. When the prisoner was captured in Australia he had in his possession al)out £55 in money and a quantity of clothes worth about £7O, and this was all that had been recovered, there being a sum of over £2OO still out in bank notes, two of which were for £5O and five for £2O. The Common Sergeant, on sentencing the prisoner, said he had pleaded guilty to an offence which was of a very serious nature, viz., forghig And uttering cheques to a con siderable amount in order to gratify his taste for betting of. horse-racing. It was not on account of insufficiency os salary that the fraud had been committed, but solely it was supposed to gratify a taste for gambling. There was no palliation at all for such an offence, and under all the circumstances of the case he felt it his duty to sentence him to five years penal servitude. ROBBERY By A BUTLER. James Andrews was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering eight receipts for the payment of money with in tent to defraud, and also for stealing a quantity of plate, the property of his mistress, an aged lady named Black burn. The prisoner had been for a number of years in the ser vice of Mrs. Blackburn, and was looked, upon as a confi dential servant. He had charge of the plate, and in con sequence of certain irregularities ho was called upon to produce the whole of the silver, when he was unable to do so, and ultimately admitted he had pawned a quantity of it, and produced the tickets. The learned counsel who defended the prisoner submit ted that the prisoner was bailee of the plate, and therefore there had been no stealing, as it had been recovered. The Common Sergeant overruled the point ; it might as well be urged that a chambermaid was baillee of the sheets. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr.Me tcalf said there wore other cases against the prisoner, but it was not intended to press them. A large quantity of wine had been abstracted from the bottles in the cellar, which had been replaced by water. The prisoner had £4O besides perquisites, and had been well taken care of by his aged mistress in her will, all benefit of which he would now lose. The Common Sergeant said it was a very bad case, and taking into consideration the disgraceful position he had placed himself in, and the loss he Would sustain by the altered'arrangements of his late mistress, he should pass upon him a comparatively light sentence. He wished to know whether he was a =riled man. The counsel for the prisoner said he was, but that his wife had been an invalid for many years, and this had occasioned his becoming involved. Sergeant Cole, of the Metropolitan police, said he had known the prisoner for a long time, and instead of his treating her in a proper manner he allowed her only ss. a week for herself and children. The prisoner was a thorough drunkard. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Representation of the People Bi'l. The following amendments and clauses are to be proposed in committee:- 21n. WENTWORTH BEAUMONT. In clause 3, line 29, to insert " < returning officer' shall include the sheriff of any county, and shall apply to every person having the execution of, any writ for the election of a member or members to serve in Parliament for any county or borough." To move the following clauses : Clauses A.—lt shall not be lawful at any elec tion for any candidate, or any one on his behalf, to pay any money on account of the conveyance of any voter to the poll, either to vote for himself or to any other person, or for any person to re ceive from any candidate, or any one on his behalf, any money on account of such conveyance ; and any person paying or re ceiving money contrary to this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall also be liable to forfeit any sum not exceeding pounds for every such offence to any person who shall sue for the same, with full costs of suit; and any can didate who shall be declared by the select committee appointed for the trial of any petition concerning the election for any county or borough to have committed any such offence at that election, shall be incapable of sitting in Parliament for such county or borough during the Parliament in which such committee shall have been appointed. Clause B.—Provided always that nothing in this act shall prevent any candidate in any, election from providing, at his own expense, a pass or ticket for the conveyance by railway of any voter, in order to his voting at such election. Class C.—The justices of the peace in quarter sessions assembled shall, immediately after the pass ing of this act, appoint convenient polling places in every county, and may from time to time alter such polling-places, so that there may be a polling place in every parish or township in which there shall be not less than 200 resident electors, and a polling-place for every two or more parishes or townships in any of which separately there shall be less than 200 resident electors, at some con venient point at which, as nearly as possible, 200 voters from such small parishes or townships may most conveniently attend to record their votes. Cladse D.—ln every borough, wheneyer an election shall take place, the returning officer 'shall provide sufficient polling booths, sc . ) that as nearly as possible there shall be at least one pollit booth in every area of one square mile in which there shall be resident not less than 200 electors. Clause E.—On every election the fees and ex penses of the returning officer shall be wholly paid and defrayed as follows, and not otherwise (that is to say), in the case of a county out of the county , rate of that county, and in the case of a borough out of the money to be collected Nr the relief of the poor in the several parishes and townships within that borough, and the provisions contained in the statute of the sixth year of her Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter 18, sections 54 and 55, with respect to the expenses therein referred to, shall be applicable to the fees and expenses by this section provided for, and such foes and expenses shall include the reasonable fees an d travelling ex penses of the under sheriff, dep u t y sheriffs, and returning officers, and all sums reasonably e erection of h us ti ngs and the deputy expended in h pro viding of polling booths and rooms, and of poll clerks and other requisite officers, and of profes sional assistance, and all other reasonable disburse ments by the returning officer in relation to such election. by Me ssrs . H urst LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW WORK.---A new story, entitled "Sir Owen Fairfax," from the pen o f L a d y a E n ni d ily ßl P ack n e s t ° t n . Like all just been issued all the produ c ti ons of this accom plished lady, "Sir Owen Fairfax" is remarkable for its graceful style, moral tone, and pleasant and original por trayal of character. It well supports the hi g h reputation of the author of "The Discipline of Life." "Sir Owen Fairfax" will speedily become a fa vour i te book with all novel readers. In 1863, t 7,659 passengers sailed to America from Hamburg alone. From a little t own i n Germany numbering only 2,481 inhabitants there emigrated to America, in 1865, fifty-seven person; and they carried with them hard cash to the value of $12,000. DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL, -0.- SUMMARY OF BILL. DISFRANCHISEMENT. By grouping boroughs in Schedule A (population of each borough under 8,000), seats gained ... By taking one member from boroughs in Schedule B, that did not, as the boroughs in Schedule A, admit o f grouping (population of each borough under 8,000), seats gained Total seats gained ENFRANCHISEMENT. By dividing the Southern Division of the county f Lancaster (population 627,656) i n t o t wo division: and giving to each division three mem b ers, seats ' appropriated 3 By adding one member to every county or division . o . f . a county (not already having three members and) having a population above 150,000 seats appropriated 23 By giving a third member to four boroughs having a population exceeding 200,000 (Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds), seats appropriated 4 By giving a second member to the borough of Salford, having a population exceeding 100,600, seat appro priated dividing the borough of the Tower Hamlets (popu lation, 647,815) into two divisions, and giving each division two members, seats appropriated ... 2 By making Chelsea aad Kensington (united popula tion 133,547)) into a borough returning two mem bers, seats appropriated ... ... 2 By giving one member to each of six unrepresented municipal boroughs having respectively either within its municipal or its intended Parliamentary boun daries a population exceeding 18,000, seats appro priated ... 6 By.giving London University one member, seat appro priated 1 By adding one member to the three counties of Ayr, Lanark, and Aberdeen each, returning one member, and having a population respectively of 198,971, 631,566, and 221,569, seats appropriated ... 3 By giving a third member to the borough of Glasgow, having a population of 394,861, seat appropriated... 1 By giving a second member to the city of Edinburgh and the borough of Dundee, having respectively a population of 73,805 and 90,417, seats appropriated 2 By giving the Scotch Universities one member, seat appropriated ... • ... 1 Total ... ... 49 Quarantine and Cholera. (From a Supplement of the London Gazette.) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 7th day of May, 1866. By the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Somerset, Sir George Grey, Sir Thomas Fre mantle, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Bruce. Whereas, by an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George IV., cap. 78, it is, among others, enacted, " That it shall and may be lawful for the Lords and others of his Mpesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, to make such order as they shall see necessary and expedient upon any unforeseen emergency, or in any particu lar case or cases, with respect to any vessel arriving and having any infectious disease or distemper on board, or on board of which any infectious disease or distemper may have appeared in the course of the voyage, or arriving under any other alarming or suspicious circumstances as to infection, although such vessel shall not have come from any place from which his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, may have ad judged and declared it probable that the plague or any such infectious disease or distemper may be brought, and also with respect to the persons, goods, wares, and merchandise, and other articles, as afore said, on board the same ; and in case of any infectious disease or distemper appearing or breaking out in the United Kingdom or the islands aforesaid, to make such orders and give such direction, in order to cut off all communication between any , persons infected with any such disease or distem per and the rest of his Majesty's subjects, as shall appear to the Lords or others of his Ma jesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, to be necessary and expedient for that purpose, and likewise to make such orders as they shall see fit for shortening the time of quarantine to be per formed by particular vessels or particular persons, goods, wares, merchandise, or any other articles, or for absolutely or conditionally releasing them, or any of them, from quarantine ; and all such orders so made by the Lords or others of the Privy Council, or any two or more of them as aforesaid, shall be as good, va lid, an d e ff ectual to all intents ' and purposes, as well with respect to the commander, master, or other person having the charge of any vessel, and all other persons on board the same, as with respect to any other persons having intercourse or communication with them, and to the penalties, forfeitures, and punishments to which they may re spectively become liable, as any order or orders made by his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, by and with the advice of his or their Privy Council, concerning quarantine, notified by proclamation or published in the London Gazette And whereas a certain infectious disease—that is to say, Asiatic cholera—is prevalent in certain , • foreign parts ; and whereas it is expedient to cut off all communication between persons on board any vessel infected with that disease and the rest of her Majesty's subjects : Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers con ferred upon them by the above -quoted section of the said act, the Lords of the Council do order, and it is hereby ordered,- 1. That in case of any vessel arriving in any port of the United Kingdom having such disease on board, no person shall land from such vessel for the space of three clear days after her arrival, without the permission of the local authority. 2. The local authority shall forthwith cause all persons on board the said vessel to be examined by a physician or surgeon, and shall permit all such persons to land immediately who shall be certified by such physician or surgeon to be free from such disease. 3. All persons certified by such physician or sur geon to be affected with symptoms of such disease shall be removed, if their condition admits of it, to some hospital or place to be designated for such pur pose by the local authority ; and no person so re moved shall quit such hospital or place until some physician or surgeon shall have certified that such person is free from the said disease. 4. In the event of any death from cholera taking place on board of such vessel, the body shall be taken out to sea, and committed to the deep, properly loaded, to prevent its rising.. 5. The clothing and bedding of all persons who shall have died or had an attack of cholera on board such vessel during her voyage, either at any foreign port or on shore at such port, or on her passage to the United Kingdom, shall be disinfected, or, if ne- cessary, destroyed under the direction of an officer of the Customs. 6. The local authority, for the purposes of this order, shall be the Local Board of Health where there is such local board; and in any corporation where there is no such local board, the local autho- rite shall be the. Town Council of such corporation. 7. All persons offending against this order shall be liable to such penalties as are imposed by the said act of Parliament upon persons offending against the provisions thereof. ARTHUR HELPS. The market for Foreign and Colonial Produee are quiet without any very material change in prices. Regarding Russian tallow, Messrs. Cul verwell, Brooks, and Co., state as follows : During the past month the market has presented a rather unsettled appearance, and prices have ex perienced some fluctuations, the disturbances being chiefly due to the warlike aspect of continental affairs. iThe demand for consumers has been mostly slack, owing to a good supply of home-made tallow ; and the principal business has been with speculators, who have operated to some consider able extent in Y. C. for future delivery. At the moment the market is quiet, with steady prices, the latest quotations for Y. C. being 475. for ready delivery, the same for June, and 48s. 6d. per cwt for October to December next. There has also been a large supply of tallow from the Black Sea, which has tended to restrict the demand for other descriptions, further quantities also beingexpected. A new Express Company, called the th Mer Merchants' York, Union, has been organised in N©wa capital of $15,000,000. 38k 71 122 20 133; it 531 i 3 1191 934 3 21 4 117 i 161 91i 56 7 26 4 51 8j II 1201 I 1071 61 P 711 1 f 108} 18 Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday Major-General A. B. Stransham, In spector-General of the Royal Marines, commenced his summer inspection of the Chatham or first divi sion of Royal Marines Light Infantry at head quarters. The Inspector-General arrived at the Royal Barracks, attended by his Aide-de-Camp, Capt. J. C. Travers, shortly before 3 o'clock yes- terday afternoon, and, attended by a numerous Staff, proceeded at once t o th e G r eat Lines, where the whole of the available officers and men of the division were formed up in review order, under the command of Col.-Commandant J. O. Travers, C. 8., with the divisional and Queen's colours in the centre. The division was formed into ten com panies, the whole numbering close upon 800 officers and men, the remaining portion of the battalion being occupied in the ordinary garrison and divi sional duty. The troops were in heavy marching order, and each man, including the flank com panies, was provided with 15 rounds of blank cartridge. On the arrival of Major-General Stransham and Staff, at a few minutes after 3, the battalion gave a general salute, with colours lowered, and the inspection immediately commenced by the Inspector-Genera ridinc , along the line and inspecting the several companies in contiguous columns. This completed, preparations were made for the customary field-day manoeuvres and bat talion exercise, in which the division was occupied for about two hours, the manner in which the vari ous operations, directed by Major-Gen. Stransham, were effected reflecting credit on both officers and men, and eliciting the unqualified approval of the Inspector-General. The inspection will be resumed this morning, and will, it is expected, be concluded this afternoon. The 87th Royal Irish Fusileers, Col. J. C. Lyons, were inspected on Southsea-common yesterday by Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Buller, commanding the South- West district. The military invalids by the Anglesey di sem _ barked at Spithead yesterday, and were removed to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. The ship proceeded to London to discharge her cargo. Yesterday an official communication from the Admiralty was promulgated at Chatham dockyard, in which their lordships expressed their approval of the successful exertions made by the officers and men of the establishment on the occasion of the re cent launch of the iron-clad frigate Northumber land. As a mark of their satisfaction with the con duct of all concerned they direct each of the officers and men engaged at the launch to be granted a day's leave of absence from the dockyard, without any deduction being madejrom their pay. The Pelican, screw, Capt. Cator; was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday, under the superintendence of Capt. John Seccombe, of the Liverpool, and placed in the third-class Steam Reserve ; she has been four years and eight months in commission. The Tribune, screw frigate, Capt. Lord Gilford, was inspected at Spithead yesterday, after her arrival from the Pacific ; she is ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth, and will proceed into the harbour this day, after discharging her powder and shell. The ironship Bellerophon, Capt. E. Tatham, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday for the purpose of making another trip for experimental purposes. The Orontes, troopship, Capt. H. W. Hire, re ceived orders at Portsmouth yesterday to be taken into dock and have her defects immediately surveyed and reported on, before she makes another voyage The Fancy, gun vessel, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday for a trial of speed at the mea sured mile in Stokes Bay, in charge of Lieut. J. B. Michell, of the Steam Reserve. The gunboat Hind, tender to the Coastguard ship St. George, 72, Capt. Edward P. Rice, at Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, on a tour of in spection. ELECTION IN FELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM The new writ for thisborough arrived in Notting ham on Saturday morning, and was proclaimed in the market place. The nomination is fixed for Wed nesday, and the polling the following day. ose of the Liberal candidates (Mr. Sergeant Simon) has withdrawn from the contest. Mr. B. OSBORNE addressed large meetings on Fri day evening, and vindicated himself from the charge of dividing the Liberal interest in the borough. He maintained that he had not split up their interest, and had as fair a right to come forward as my Lord A mberley or Mr. Cossham, His reputation was as dear to him as that of either of his competitors. Were they to be told that the representation of this great city was to be in the hands of a " select vestry ?" (Cries of " No. 30.") He had been asked by both parties (the independents and those who had solicited Lord Amberley and Mr. Cossham). He declined the overtures of the second, saying, " First come, first served." He would not leave the people who first came and asked him to fight their battle. If he had done so, he might have gained hi 3 election more easily, but he would have been dis graced. "England," it was said, " disliked coali tions," and Nottingham.would dislike the coalition that was now taking place—Lord Amberley and Mr. Cossham. What a coalition ! What a Robin Hood to beat the political drum of Little JOhn! He (Mr. Osborne) was fighting against five other men. With Sir G. Jenkinson he had no sympathy or coa lition. Sir George was not a man of his kidney. My Lord Amberley told them that there were only minor differences between himself and Mr. Cossham. The son of the great W big Prime Minister talking of minor differences ! What were they ? Lord Am berley went only for a reduction of the franchise— Cossham went the entire hog. Lord Amberleyliked to mix spirits with his water—Cossham would ex communicate him for it. Lord Amberley wished to reform, but not revolutionise, the Church—Cossham would pull it down. The other four candidates also addressed meet ings of their supporters, and the greatest excitement prevails in the town. READING. A vacancy having occurred in the representation of this borough by the appointment of Mr. 0-. Shaw Lefevre as a Commissioner for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, he was re-elected on Satur day last without opposition. • STAMFORD. Sir J. Hay, who has appeared as a Conservative candidate for the representation of Stamfoid, will probably be returned without opposition. Sir J. Hay, after remarking that the Whig Radical party, " strong in the masterly inactivity of Lord Palmer ston," were content to enjoy' the fruits of office and to sacrifice their principles to their place, pro ceeds to observe in his address to the electors : " The necessity of conciliating the Radical faction has obliged the Russell-Gladstone Cabinet to introduce an unsatisfactory Franchise Bill ; and, entirely ne glecting those constitutional reforms that are ren deredh necessary by the changing condition of ti t n ; nation, they ha ire sought to give a preponderating influence to those classes from whom mistakenly anticipate the grant of a ne t w d h , power." Sir John states that, if returenoef our I Con endeavour " to preserve the true comprehensive measure of stitution by a just and compre lease_le shallo f " Sir John the franchise. incomplete extension of Conservative Reform," rather than b . y a partial and ,eaffineciieneY refrain Christian Church regards the maintenan f ce asrothpe education of the people, a a r n a d m e o t itls importance, ion o f a national and he is an advocate rm fo y re a ig n n d npaozyin,,,a addsbigh should abstain from giving advice from ” threatening when we are Sir John, " we satnadtethe maintenancefu, , o l f u th e e u a r unasked, prepared to strike. naskeodf GLASGOW, May s.—Cott on —Th e cotton -market has been dull and drooping this week, and prices have de clined id. to lid. per lb. from last Friday's quotations. The market for goods and yarns continues dull and depressed. The business transacted has been very limited. Prices are in favour of buyers. Iron—The pig iron -market has been unsettled this week ; warrant s, which wore bought at 70s cash, went down to 675. cash on Monday. The market im proved again, and then declined, prices fluctuating between 68s. 6d. and 675. prompt cash, 655. on Wednesday, closing sellers at 675., and buyers 665. 6d. cash. Shipping iron is very irregular. 1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BATH RACES._Tats DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Mr. Pitt . Lord Craven . Out-and -Outer . 1 3 Six ran. Arrived —Dick Turpin, Stub ti Watchbox, Sandal, General, and Alcazar. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—TIIIS DAY, GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Regalia (offered) sto 1 bar one (offer..ld) 7to 1 agst Dolan (offered-8 to 1 taken) 7to 1 agst Dalby (taken and offered) - 10 to 1 agst Friday (offered) 100 to 6 agst Miss Hawthorn (offered) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 3to 1 agst Rustic (offered) SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 2to 1 agst The Miner (taken) 4 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) TATTERSALLS'—Last Evening. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Regalia (taken) 4to 1 agst Redcap (taken) - 6to 1 agst Cathedral (taken) 7to 1 agst Windham (taken) 7to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 9to 1 agst Dolan (taken) 16 to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 100 to 30 agst Rustic (taken) 10 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 11 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 20 to 1 agst Vespasian (taken and offered) •28 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 30 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 40 to' 1 agst Stabber (offered) 50 to 1 agst Nottingham (offered) ITALY. GENOA, May '7. Yesterday being the anniversary of the departure of the thousand of Marsala a great demonstration took place in this town. Shouts were raised by the crowds of "Long live the King, Garibaldi, and War !" Five hundred Genoese have offered themselves as volunteers during the last two days. MESSINA, May 6. Mazzini has again been elected to represent this town in the Chamber of Deputies by 329 against 203 votes. FLORENCE, May 7, Intelligence received here from all the Italian provinces reports great enthusiasm in favour of war. The National Guard are offering their services and the soldiers called upon to join their regiments are everywhere readily coming forward. Prince Humbert has taken his departure for Lombardy. General Prim has left this city for Paris. NAPLES, May 7. The Municipality of Naples has voted annual pensions of from 200 to 2,000 francs to Neapolitan soldiers who may distinguish themselves, and to the families of those who may be killed in a war against Austria. The municipalities of Crema and Palermo have adopted resolutions to a similar effect. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. This Day. LoNDoN, May B.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LIVERPOOL, May 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tangier, from Bombay. OFF LIVERPOOL, May 7.—wind N.E.—Arrived—Mur mer, from Trieste. PORTSMOUTH, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anglesoa, from Calcutta. OFF PLYMOUTH, May 7.—Wind S.S.E.—ArrivPd— Brodraye, from New York for Copenhagen and. Cron stadt. OFF CROOKHAVEN, May 7.—Arrived--City of Boston, screw steamer, from New York. Hula., May 7. Wind S.E.—Arrived—Observer, from Demerara. QUEENSTOWN, May 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—St. Carlo, from Trieste. GLOUCESTER, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Minorca, from Triesto FALMOUTH, May 6. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Maringt from Demerara. [By ELECTRIC TELEGRAM 1 Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 7—Au ' Genoa ; Thunderbolt, from Calcutta. Arrived, May B—Gustaf Wasa, from Goethenburg ; Iris, from Guernsey ; Estonia, from Trieste ; Christina, from Gothenburg ; Albion, from Guernsey ; Jemitna, from Dantsic; Harbinger, from Lisbon ; Belle of the Plym, from Genoa; Blue Jacket, from Canterbury; Leopold, from S altkallan. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Delphine, from London, for Rio Janeiro. Anchored—Veneendor, frem London, for San Sebastien% The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Thursday, the 10th inst., a special settling day in the second issue of shares in Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), which are to be marked in the twice a week list, and in the shares of Skidmore's Art Manufactures, &c., Company (Limited), which are not to be marked. • THE ICE TRADE.--A speculator Las realised a large sum by supplying various public establish ments in Paris with ice. In consequence of the' mild winter the ice-houses in the neighbourhood of Paris are nearly empty, and the fortunate speculator has undertaken to bring an immense quantity by railway and canal. Twenty waggon-loads arrived in Paris on the 26th ult. from Base, in Switzerland, containing each five tons of ice. Steam vessels have arrived at Havre from Norway for several days past laden solely with ice, which is brought to Paris by the Seine. The ice which comes from Nor way forms blocks of a cubic yard, on an average. Tho consumption in Paris is estimated at fifty tons a day.— Licensed Vieuallers' Guardian. MASSACHUSETTS IN THE WAR.—The Adjutant- General of Massachusetts has just completed a very inter eating document of 767 pages, showing the part borne by that State in the war. Massachusetts contributed over 159,165 soldiers, including 96,270 three years' men, and 26,163 enlisted in the navy. Eleven million six hundred and eighty-Eve thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven .d dollars and sixty cents bounty money was .. dist s n e b rv ute ice baniouonntgies44W7 e 2 r s e u m iv en en . tolnthetheextennatvalof a 5 n i d 09 7; 4 1 0 7 4 0 8. Five. Washoifnget:njoylieralubntlicaat:d thousand four hundred and thirty-eight officers were com missioned by the State. Of this number, Boston furnished 1,241. Of the 111,681 o ffi cers and enlisted men in the military service, 260 officers and 3,27 8 men were killed ; 104 o ffi cers and 1,882 men died of wounds ;75 officers and 5,594 men died of disease; 3 officers and 1,840 mon died EIKE TO B E w . in rebel prisons ; 313 officers and 11,731 men were dis charged, and 1,026, taken prisoners, have never been charged for disability; 72 on wore dishonourab ly roeeitie dtish-e, Englishman in the was sta rted the other day •-- hat healrirdHfAroTmE, bNuatLsltsannd3fEasNmßisEsisnTg. 1 asks the Spectator, is the best external unrtinergestthelargest characteristicam possible usefulness attainable by a n o o u f lit the class when pre sent age ? The question among a group of literary men, tphoesictiaognersoci all doing nothing with en gaged in that occupation, and each was ca ll e d on t o t e ll his ideal as honestly as he characteri s ti c, could. The r e pli es, a ll in tenselyvf position of a constitutiona lele alla little bi zarre . " The king," said one, who will be recognised by many from ceivable, gr ea t wealth, the sentence, "is the best con of useful ness, and e great respect, indefinite possibilities normous power, to be attained without obse rvation, or re "Well," sa id another, or exertion, except in chat." " I'd rather be Speaker, live at the g centre of thin gs, ar everything, see everything, and have nothing ser iou s h "p oh do but sit and bok dignified for half the y ear. " !" said a third, " Varden's berth is batter than the Speakership. The librarian of the House of Commons may hear as much as he likes, and as little, and do and leave undone pretty much as he chooses. It is a literary hermitage in the centre of the world." «j agree with Lever's external position," said the fourth, that "there never has been, and never will be again in the world, a position so good as that of a British Peer with £40,000 a year." "(live me £lOO a year," said the fifth, "with nothing to dO, and cultivation enough to enjoy doing i t. ,, ~ That's !Piggish," said the sixth, " the best position would be Editor of the Times, with no night work." And the seventh summed up by demanding with brief alliterative compactness, a ciin . arqulsate and a million." By adviocb from Hamburg the price of gold is 1 . .7 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per XI stcriin Stan d ar d gold at the Englith Mint priceambur I ' s there. ore 14 . about 2 - lOths per cent. dearer hi II - g than in London, r ~' 'o n, AC- :elcn~ , e lena, 7, S`.eUl ?inc e [burg- ' r inse inceko e per" ening. b Jr. 7. .essed 60? itb 3 nger; an d a this 10 13i$' g 7 `5 Jai3Or li n o. at 1 tW ° liSS ed d tho 1 the Aver' ccer a l3° rge°' tio ol lica /1 came life it i 5 Lind' ote ° Ide' 20 10 100 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 , 11 Al . 1021 3 I(3} 991 98 71 1