The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-09 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AN , COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The monthly settlement of the Consol account has occasioned slight activity in the Stock Exchange Market, where loans from day to day are in request at 3f and 4 per cent. Out of doors the inquiry for accommodation has continued limited, and as the S upply of capital on offer is still small, 4 per cent. is required for the negotiation of the best short dated paper: About 210,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for the Brazils, but 20,000 sovereign from Portugal were taken in. Tallow has been dull, and quotations for both present and forward delivery are a shade flatter. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed next Friday for a special settlement in the Shares of the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation Company, which are to be marked in the official lists. The share list of the Great Northern Brewery IQ close to-day for London, and Wednesday, the 1 0th, for the country. The share list of the Colonial and General Land Credit Company will close on Saturday, the 13th instant. The prospectus has appeared of the Petroleum Company of Western Virginia, United States, with a capital of £200,000, the first issue to be half the amount in shares of £2O each. A provisional con tract has been made for the purchase of land known to contain oil wells in the district of Western Vir gsma• The plan partially adopted by the Americans of declaring dividends every three months is to be followed. At Paris to-d a Two O'CLOC K . y, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the F renc h 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 75c. Very fir m . The English Stock market has been quiet and somewhat depressed. The transactions have been far from numerous, owing to the settlement in the Funds. Consols have not altered, the quotations for money being 90} 1, and for the account 90j. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, 1; Annuities 1885 , 13 15-16 ; Exchequer Bills, 6 s . are 88 1 prem. ; Indi a 5 per Cents., 106 f f ; India 5 per Cents., 101 f ;• and Debentures, 99f. Foreign Securities were flat at the commencement of business, but have since become firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 721 73 ; do. Consolides, 511 f ; Mexican, 26f ; do. New, 25f 1 ; Greek, 20f 21 ; Spanish Passive, 29f 30f ; do. Certificates, 15f f ; Italian, 641 f ; and Confederate Loan, 13 15. In the Railway Share Market the operations have not been very extensive, and prices have generally shown a most downward movement. Western. have receded 15s. ;North a nd Great E astern Metropolitan, Metropolitan, 10s. ; each 5 8 . , Midland, and South E as t ern, The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull. Madras 5 per Cents. have declined f, and East Inan I. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rather le di ss firm- Ilea., although London and Westminster have im proved to 951 96. International Finance have receded to sf, and General Credit 'to 51. The mshares of the Russian Ironworks Company are quo 3i 41 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman 5 per Cent. end 3 ii,preln.; Estates Investment, 1f 21 tel3l'eni.:; Moore, Mqueen, and Company, 2f :311tm. ; Ottoman Company, 1f prem. ; Ply h ShiPbuilding Company, 114 prem. i neon and Mediterranean Bank, 4 2 prem. ; Br eeserq , el `.l Company, 2+ 2f prem. ; Anglo- General and gYPtiat" ligation, 3f 4 rem • Colonial Land and Finance Land Credit,' 1121 p P rem .. : South African Gan, 11 * pr eni. '1 2 prem. ; and Rio de Janei r o BRITISII FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES. , GeTEßNltz.vr FUNDS. . Der Cent Consols ... _ 9 9* 1 N- , be. ccount, June 6 4P_I Per Cent Reduced gg 1 I - .),''W 3 per Cent ; , ..... ...._ .. 41 ew 21 per Cent. ... 185.4 — o. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .. . . —__ Anzuities, 30 yrs, expire sth jan., 1880 Da' f or 30 yrs pir e sth April, 1885 .uo fed Sea 'lleelegraph), ug., 1908 tztchectuer Bills. Xl,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 pm 13 15-16 1) % ' £ 50 0... ,i . ...; , Do. 'atik °f England4Sitot,al;sl £2oo per Cen .. t . it) Acculint ,i 231-3 Gevxm;hl PI; SECTJRITIES. _ _ 242 241 k 111.,;444 Stock 101 r Cent., AprillB74 215 1....,0. Acc ount Per k'u•.),°. 5 per Oent..,Ty", ii'iO D°l? A ccount — )°: 4,Per Celli . . Oct.. 1889 ---. uertificat; .. . ...... .. ... . — Ve• Enlaced Pap_e " ; 4 per Cent — D 0 .5 per Cent Jan. 1872 Dosl per Cent , May 1879 9-6 i bk Per Cent .49. 1866 •I ug• . D°'°. under 1,000 • Ildn .£l,OOO ........................ FOREIGN FU NDS —CLOSING PRICES. ka44841M, Bond" r Cent zilion per0°c,..; bo. 41 per Cent., 1, ; , -08 .2 611 Il n Do, 1883 .................... -Plus .A.yres 6 per Cent ~,0 Account .. , : ~ . . ....... , z . c,,,„ . "0 I Per Cent. .(............... 3 . per Cent.) - u - a, 1 1 6 Per Cent , "°. 4 i per Cent .. ColouThlan 6 per Cent.. Colon 6 per Cent. D i) h ° s,,Per Cent., ri4 8-4:',,,*eriP, X 55 paid . -,•'... 3 per Cent., 1825 4,..5e• 1 per Cent 1863 .ue. 6 ~ .......... D £g per Cent., 177347, £25 paid — anu Principalities 12/02aid ... .. ..:. ......... _,. t'tador Acw. co. ................ . per uent — • 1-, 0-, Provisional Land 'Warrant tian per Cent -L',, Second Issue '-'0 4100 Bonds - Don Do. i. 8.64 -° £lOO Bonds .. .. Scrip, 450 paid .. • ..... • Dreek 5 per Cents., 18 24-5, ex Voupons 20 Account „ L'e• Coupons .... : ...... : 'lnateniala 5 per bent.. Do. 1839 and 1850 .. . ......... Italian 5 per Cent (Mare . inn:na Rail D 1865 ... ........ , ,be Scrip, •. .ti7i pai d •.• 4.4 5 die 44 exican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Dc•'ii;6:l: .. , ...... .. Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c . . Montevidean 6 per Cent., X3O paid New Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent DoDosaraad.. 2 per Cent Deferred ... ... .. ... .. •••••••••••• Do Land War;ants (lieciaref3) Peruvian 41 per Cent. DoDo 3 per Cent. (UribarTen) -- 41t per Cent., 1862 Portuguese per Cent., 18.53. Do Account ....... .............. -- Do $ per Cea., 1 956, 'i, 9, id, ii, ;i, , be Account . . ....... .. . ........ . ............ 481 i 'ission Cont.., 1822, X th., ......... • Do 41 Pea r Cent 1850 . D o . l 1860 ..................... ,b 0 3 per Cent., 1859 .................... ,fli. 4,0 5 per • Cent., 1862 .. 891 ""4 D o 1864 ..................... 92 i 13ardinian per Cent ............... -11,a14 ' Account . . .......................... 78 l i lih 3 per Cent ........................... ,1-I°•,,ccount . .................... 47i ............... to° A.AcceviouDef.e..;;;cl ........................... . ........... • Do ,_ . Ut ...................................... 401 bo 4,-,_551 ue ............................. 29 S, .-,ce-ninit ................... .............. • ju Isrtush Cert. of Coup not funded ......... wi\edl2'l3 Account . . ... . ............................ 151 ish 4 per Cent...,. ....................... it " 0 . ' l 4 Per Cent. 1864 ..................... 88 urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ................... I/0 Account ................. 901 90 i)° 6 , Per Celli: ..... .............................. `'ctelint ...................... bo 3) /, ° 6 P er u elli: . iiiOi ..................... Dog4;-0 Aot .............. 73 21 __(o)_ ............................ _ i 2i 1 -Bonds ....................... 73 ~ Per Cent. 18.63 ....................... .IJ O n- Vett 'urateed, 4 per Cent ................ 1): . Za 3 per Cent. ......................... D connt ............................. Do Do'-'o.a per Cnt, 1862 .................... Ac ............ 38 eftnt ..................... . t,,., zyer Cent. 0.864 ................ . ....... "' 'I Per Cent ............................. ....t , Dividends on the above . payable in London. Igb.,_.. bel.in'4ll, 5 Per Cont., Ex. 10 Florin 97 butelna,4l Per cent.,_Ex. 25f. . 63 1) 0. 41 Per Cellt, Ex. 12 Gail .toreoAl‘!.Per Cent. Certifi....des Ititl„jro7Age.sentes, 3 Per Cent. ...._ iohl° .. 2.: ....................... _ bt-,;74-ePee r Cent., 1 861, Ex. 25f. 641 °llut .............................. O'CLOCK. • THREE C oasol a D o, j 1.146 .4C.CQUIttia 'his day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways, 1 3. 14 8ir..W01,. Str. Val . . Blyth and Tyne .... Boatel and Exeter .. Caledonian Cork and Bandon 'Cornwall A gets no div. Do. A Do. B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to Ii Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, az A to.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northera D ). A stock Do. B . o Do. New. 18. at 25 pm GtS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Original D . S. Val. Rail gua.; Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpo. t Do. He . eford it Lancashire & Yorkshire it L.,ndon and Blackwali it Lon., S Coast it Lon., Chat., and Dover It Lon. & North Western It Lon. & South Western It Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle 24 Do. f shares it Metropolitan O Do. New it Mid and Do, Birmin do Derby, Mid. Gt, W., Ireland Do. i shares Hid Kent .. !North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling►. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18C4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock I, o. Scot, Mid. et Joh . Sh•ews do Welchpool. Shropshire Union ... , _ South Devon... South E stern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwell W.Hartlepool Har.&H Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable • • Paul Closin g I Business P rice. done. 94 06 130 131 tzot i ti ei 62 t 6 18 17 90 92 106 1 , 8 4 S 47 7 6 100 100 160 100 10 130 132 145 147 131 .33 100 1 0 10 100 £6 $S 73; ;"4 C 4 66 51 51 46 49 102 'C4 121 121 88 90 105 107 41 13 1211 122 98 09 62 6 , 137 133 1 1 3 3;1) 1 13'! 134 IC4 116 51 55 t 4 /6 1 9 110 87 68 101 112 37 38 10i p 116 11s 1 Up 78 79 11 11: 140 144 49 51 46 1 } 130} 145/ 74 3: i I ' 2 l 1211 1 106 j 42 122 11 1 98 1 I i 9 E 2 i CO 61 55 57 85 856 84 94 155 158 3 4 p 107 109 137 6 i 46 49 P 67i f 1014 6) 57 851 I 77 80 BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Som., Baroda, A. Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. 11' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., 'a e Town SD Dock. gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Ir;dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 Cha n rge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 7d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0 o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim. gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great We s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension Meib. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v.ltl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scincle . . Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun!aub bra IDo.lndus St Flo COLONIAL GO VER' (British Columbia, 6 perj cent„ Dec. 31, 1872. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do; 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IQ7B Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it Natal q OV. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent...... Nova Sa,tia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 pots 1808-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,(3rov. 6 p.c. la & July Do. do, n pril 4 Oct BRITE lUam. Consol. Vold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ast Cam Brea East Grenville . lEast Love.l. E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (kielst ‘i Grenville Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs ,Margaret (nay Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lin, ,Tanglles IN ew - Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wlfl Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty • . Prosper United... Pr• vidence UnyLvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West iiassett (Mogan W. Caradun (I, , sYeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth .Vhea. LudoAt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni0n..... : ISIONS. 53 LS 102 103 pr 4p 4 4- ri 91: 0 70 99 101 75 85 1 1 1 101 101 103 IC3 104 9P 113 j IV, .5 88 64 66 54 56 55 57 47 4J 45 4S 43 15 25 27 25 26 103 10i 1 1 P i 1P 10) 102 10$ 10i 10i 10 41 1 88 78 62 Id' 101 102 si3 95 89 91 64 68 3 5 82 84 100 a 1011 [ooi 101 id id 00i 101 i 94 97 101 i 1001 71' SECUR: 94 96 93 05 93 95 82 84 8: 84 101 106 104 1(6 1( 5 107 1(6 108 ICS 107 109 112 103 105 105 107 107 109 102 103 92 95 99 101 93 95 91 93 104 106 83_ 90 94 98 103 105 -- - 107 108 IC7& 108 13 15 4 2 Li 21 34 32 24 510 520 171 22 13 15 181 17 74 8 104 114 '324 670 180 190 90 95 50 60 11 13 20) 205 18 20 PICEFERENCICS. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at LAKES. LO per cent. pm., 1081 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pi., Ditto,s per cent. pf., 961 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 102 BANK h. &gra and Motorman's, Bra., 123 201: Ditto, new,:6o &Mance Lim.). 33 211 Ditto, issued at z 0 pm., 211 Anglo Eg - yptian, lira., 12f Anglo-Italian, lira., lid Bank of Egypt, 30 Brazilian and Portug - nese, lira., 9j British and Californian, lira., Chartered &ter. of India, London, and China, 50 City, 11i Consolidated Bank, lira., 10a Continental, lira., 2'44 East London, Lim., 151 European Bank, lim., 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 221 Imperial Ottoman, 151 161 London Bank of blexi..o and S. America, lira. , 10 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, lit London and 11 estminster, 951 6 Oriental Bank Corporation, 53 Union of Australia, 651 Union of London, 64 4} !DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 68 7} West London and Warehouse, 14 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 Ceylon Company, 9/ City of London Heal Property, lim., 23 ; City of Milan Improvements, lim„ Credit Fonder and Mobilit rof g m l a " n 2 l, 75 8/ 8 Credit Comp a 1 7 0 n o c f le A r t o ri r ca m n a ll ur e it r i c u a s a , n i t i;..;6i Crystal Palace, 37 5 East Indian Financl ;1, lim., 55 East India Irrigation and Canal, 61 Ebbw Vale, 81 English and Foreign Credit, 51 Gen. Credit and Fiutinae of London, lim., 5¢ ; Hudson's Bay, 15; Humber Iron Wo:ks, 4 5 Imperil Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 6 Internati o nal Contract, 8 International' Financial ziociety, Sm., 51. 5 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour:, Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 81 Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 85 London Financial Association, Ern., 215 5 London General Omnibus Company, 3; Lon oa at.d Provincial Marine, 3 5 31 . dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 205 Marine Investment, lim ., 41 A ational Di scount Company, lim., 155 North British and Mercantile lasurinoe. lim., 18 Ottoman Financial Association, lira lo quebpida L ahr 441 i a amiair tau u • , SHARE 'OSSE; SII MINES. 5i 8 29 81 575 585 118.18.9 ame. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). - COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) FORSTER V. FORSTER AND BERRIDAGE-JUDGMENT. In this case it will be remembered that the petitioner, Colonel Forster, obtained a decree nisi dissolving his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co respondent, who is the managing partner in the celebrated firm of Mena and Co., brewers. The jury awarded damages of £6,000, and a compromise was effected between the parties, by which it was arranged that £l,OOO of the damages should be paid to the petitioner, and the remain der to be applied to the benefit of tho respondent and the two daughters, issue of the marriage. The costs had been taxed at £1,977. The case was argued last Tuesday as to the manner in which the damages should be divided in the way proposed, but it appeared that the respondent was not a party to the arrangement. The case was heard in January, 1863, but it had since been carried to the House of Lords, but was not proceeded with in con sequence of the compromise effected. Miss Harriette Tina.... Gretna His lordship decided this morning that the arraugemen which had been previously made should he carried ou with reference to all the parties interested in the applica• tion of the damages. Donnybrook Sympathy Nidderdale CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STABBING. Light Attraction Hesper Sarah Igo, 22, was indicted for feloniously wounding Mary Metcalf and James Silman, with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. The prisoner had been living with the male prosecutor as his wife, and imagining he was on terms of familiarity with another woman she conceived strong feelings of jealousy, and seeing Silman in a public house, at the bar of which some women were standing, the prisoner rushed in with a knife in her hand, and inflicted the wounds for which she was indicted. Ranter , Sophia Crontes The case haying proceeded some length, the Recorder thought the case did not amount to a felony, but that it was a case of unlawful wounding. The jury hereupon found the prisoner guilty of the minor offence, but recommended her to mercy. The counsel for the- prisoner urged, in mitigation of punishment, the state of mind in which the prisoner was in at the time. She was rendered desperate by feelings of jealousy, and, under all the circumstances, he hoped the court would deal mercifully with her. Filbert .... Sidewind. Viola The Recorder said there were matters certainly that might mitigate the punishment which otherwise might have been severe ; still the use of the knife under any cir cumstances must be discouraged. The prisoner, no doubt, was nearly mad by jealousy, and the injury she had in flicted on the woman had been, it seems more than pro bable, intended for the male prisoner. The learned Re corder then sentenced the prisoner to three months' im prisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied the whole of the day with try ing the indictments against a prisoner named Green, and his companions, for stealing a quantity of sugar sweepings, the property of the Messrs. Hunt. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) Timothy Heincox, butcher, living in Worcestershire, was found guilty of sending diseased meat to Newgate Market, and sentenced to be imprisoned for six months, and to pay a fine of £2O. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FIVE CHARGES AGAINST A MAN.—Walter Gregory, a carman, living at No. 3, Marlborough-row, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, furiously driving a horse attached to a cart, and assaulting police-constables Langham, 108 0, Maisey, 160 C, and West, 204 C. Woods, 160 0, said that whle on duty the previous even ing, about seven o'clock, he saw the defendant, who was drunk, galloping a horse attached to a cart in Marshall street, Golden-square. He tried to stop the defendant but could not do so until he got to great Pultney-street. Langham, 108 C, said he went to the assistance of 160 0, wffen the defendant got him down and kicked him in the head twice, and also asstulted some other constables who came to their assistance. Massey, 160 C, proved being bit and kicked by the de. fondant, and Weal, 204 C, being kicked by him. The defendant said his horse was a cripple and couldnol gallop, and the police had told lies, as he was not drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear that a man who had gal loped a horse in such streets as Marshall-street and Pul teney-streot, was a dangerous-person to the public. He should fine the defendant 40s. or a month for the furious driving, 10s. or 14 days for the assault on 108 0, and se. or 7 days for each of the other assaults. THE SIJA, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, . MAY 9, 1865. Grinder Moulsey Five ran. MOSTYN STAKES. Six ran. WYNNS TAY HANDICAP. Pantaloon Lady Bohnn Queen of Truro', Seven ran. PAEATINE STAKES. EATON PLATE. Ten ran. WELTER PLATE. CIIES TERFIELD STAKES. Seven ran. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GROSVENOR STAKES. Stanton Queen of Trump Kapunda Four ran. SELLING STAKES. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 9to 2 agst Helen (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lion (taken) 100 to 7 agst Victorious (taken) 14 to 1 aget Hightlyer's dam (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 20 to 1 agst Buckfoot (taken) 25 to 1 aget Balham (taken) 25 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) 25 to 1 agst Moestissima filly (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 30 to 1 agst Brewer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Wandering Minstrel (taken) SCRATCHED—BaIham at 3.35 this day. The defendant, who, while before the magistrate, be haved himself in a very unbecoming manner, was locked up in default of paying the fines. THAMES. A SILLY CAPTAIN.—Mary Crawley, a very low and dirty woman, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with steal ing two sovereigns and four half-sovereigns from the per son of Captain Thomas Stephenson, the master of a ship called the Lumley, lying in the river of the Commercial Dock, Rotherhithe. The prosecutor said he met the prisoner in Broad-street, Ratcliff, and they had two or three glasses of grog together, and she took his purse with £4 in it. The prisoner—Yes, she took his purse with £4 in it— that's right. We were both drunk, and I took his purse from him to take care of it for him. (Laughter.) George Coleman, a police-constable, No. 270 K., stated that he saw the prosecutor holding on to the, prisoner, and he charged her with stealing his purse and money. She said she knew nothing of it at all. At the station house he saw her tucking something in her bosom. He seized her hand, and said, "What have you got here ?" She re plied, "Nothing." He snatched the purse out of her hand. It was the captain's purse, with £4 in gold in it. The prosecutor was recalled, and said he changed a half sovereign at the first public house he entered, and that be tween the second and third public houses she took his purse from him. Mr. Paget—You went into three public houses drinking with her ? Witness—Yes, sir ; wo had some grog together. Mr. Paget—And you are master of the ship Lumley ? Witness—Yes, sir. The prisoner repeated that she took the purse and money from the captain for safe keeping, because he was too drunk to take care of it himself. She had known him eight years. Capt. Stephenson admitted the prisoner was a very old acquaintance. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. EMBEZZLEMENT A DISHONEST SERVANT. Patrick Mangin was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with felo niously embeziling various sums he bad received for and on account of Mr. John Harris, tobacconist, of No. 3, King's-place, Commercial-road, East. The prisoner was in distress, and Mr. Harris took him into his service without a character, and gave him em ployment. He employed the prisoner on Tuesday last and three following days to deliver goods for him. On Friday the prisoner absconded. and did not return. Mr. Harris ascertained that the prisoner had received three sums of money from as many customers, which he had appropriated to his own use. The amounts in all were 18s. 9d. only, but the prisoner had added ingratitude to his dishonesty, and Mr. Harris felt called upon to prosecute. The prisoner, a most impudent fellow, put on the ap pearance of an ill-used man. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. Mr. Harris begged of the magistrate to dispose of the case summarily, and save him the expense and inconvenience of attending the sessions. Mr. Paget said he had no power to dispose of this case summarily. He had no alternative ; he must send the case before a jury. WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CASE OF " RETAINING" A LEG.--Mary Har rison, a young woman of respectable appearance, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a pocket-book and up wards of £2 from the person of William Austin, of 15, Radnor-street, Chelsea. Prosecutor said that ho was returning home between 12 and 1 o'clock last night when he was accosted by the prisoner at the corner of Blenheim-street. He walked on and she continued by his side for a few minutes, when on a sudden, in the midst of her conversation, he discovered that his pocket-book and money had been stolen. He could not understand how it had been done, but he was certain that the prisoner was the culprit, as he had his pocket-book and money safe just before he met with her. He told her she had taken his pocket-book, but she positively denied it, and he told her he should give her into custody. He then saw her sud denly stoop down to adjust her boot-lace, and, hearing coin, he was certain that she was in some way disposing of his money, and then " retained" one of her legs and found ho was right. Mr. Arnold—How do you mean "retained" her leg ? Prosecutor—l clasped it tightly by the ancle, and held her till some of the money was found in her stocking. A policeman proved finding the prisoner "pinned" by the leg as described. Some silver was found concealed in her stocking. Prisoner was remanded. MISS RUSSELL'S CONCERT.—Prior to the resump tion of her engagement at the Oxford in the ensuing week, Miss Russell, the leading soprano, announces her first benefit concert for Thursday next, at the Canterbury Hall. In addition to the vocal, instrumental, and general forces of the two establishments, some well-known pi ofes sional names embellish the special programme for the occa sion, and the host of friends of the fair beneficiare may ex pect a rare treat. During the brief absence of Miss Russell, the rumour has gone abroad that her gifted relative, Mr. Henry Russell, the people's composer, is to receive the honour of knighthood, and perhaps we may hear ono or two of his stirring compositions at Miss Russell's concert, Tibia promises t 9 be a complete success; IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was gfv;;);,ycomnission to the fol lowing bills :—An Act for Amending the Law of Evidence and Practice in Criminal Trials ; East India Governor- Generals' Powers, &c. ; Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) Act Amendment ; Metropolitan Drainage Extension; Enclosure of Lands ; Herring Fisheries (Scotland) ; Land Drainage Supplemental ; Local Govern ment Supplemental ; Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) ; Rossendale Union Gas ; Mi s tl e y, Th orpe, and Walton Railway; Brighton, Hove, and Preston; Constant Service Water; Leicester Lunatic Asylum and Improve ment ; Limerick Embankment and Reclamation ; Oswestry Local Board ; Helston Road ; Ramsbottom Gas ; and Bol ton Improvement. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Sydney, and Earl St. Germans. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Glasgow and South-Western Railway (Kilmarnock Direct) ; Neath Water ; Glasgow and South-Western Railway (City of Glasgow Union) • Great Torringto n R oa d s ; L ancas hi re and Yorkshire Railway and Lancashire Union Railways Companies ; Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock; North London Railway; and Luddenden Valley Railway. . _ The following bills were read a third time and passed Bath Gas, West Worthing Improvement, and Bristo, Water. THE REVISED CODE. Earl GRANVILLE laid on the table certain papers relative to the Revised Code, but his lordship was quite inaudible in the reporters' gallery. RECORD OF TITLES IRELAND BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill wont through committee. SHEEP AND CATTLE BILL. This bill went through committee. MARRIAGES (LAMBOURNE) BILL. On the motion of the Bishop of OXFORD, this bill was read a second time. UNION OFFICERS (IRELAND) S UPERANNUATION BILL. Earl ST. GERMAINS, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained its provisions at some length. Earl DONOUGHMORE moved as an amendment that the bill should be read a second time that day six months, which gave rise to some discussion, in which the Earl of Inneskillen and the Earl of Leitrim took part. The Earl of DERBY drew attention to the fact that the noble lord the mover of the bill had not received the support of Irish peers in that house, and if the motion went to a division he would vote for the amendment. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE supported the mo. tion for the second reading of the. bill. The house then divided, and there appeared— Contents 73 Non-content Majority —27 The bill was then read a second time. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE took the oaths and his seal for Lambeth. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table, and summoned the house to the House of Peers to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several bills. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Glasgow Bridges ; Glasgow Corporation Water ; White haven and Furness Junction Railway ; and Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway. GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS. Lord PROBYN, the Controller of the Royal Household, brought up her Majesty's answer to the address with re spect to the grievances under which certain Indian officers were said to labour. Her Majesty's answer was to the effect that she would give directions that the case of these officers bo inquired into, and if it was found that ample redress had be been granted, she would direct that such steps might be taken as the case required. TESTING CABLES. In reply to a question from Mr. LAIRD, Mr. M. GIBSON said the duty of the Board of Trade under the Chain Cable Act was to give effect to its pro visions, and not to its omissions, and also that if any per son applied to take out a license under the act, to see and report that the machine for which the license was required was a proper one, and sufficient for the purpose intended. There was no power to give direc tions to inquire whether persons so applying are manufac turers or not. There had been three applications for licences, one of which was from Messrs. Lennox, Brown, and Co., and as their mac hi ne seemed perfect for the pur pose a license was granted. It was somewhat strange that the standard machine, known as Lloyd's machine, had been found defective and not to be relied on. However, he had no doubt that immediate alterations would be made in re spect to the requirements pointed out. VOLUNTEER PROMOTIONS. Col. SYKES asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether a letter dated Aberdeen, Feb. 17, 1865, and signed by five captains, four lieutenants, and two ensigns of the Ist Aberdeenshire Volunteer Rifle Corps against the appointment of Lieut. Wm. Jopp, a supernumerary lieute nant in the 10th Aberdeenshire or Inverary Rifle Corps of Volunteers, to a majority in the Ist Aberdeenshire Rifle Corps, had been received at the War-office; and, whether the Secretary of. State for War has approved of the super cession of the captains of the regiment. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the letter referred to by the hon. and gallant member had been received, but it had been returned to the senior officer in command, with an intimation that any communication of that nature ought to be made through the Lord Lieutenant. The greatest irregularity would undoubtedly arise if the usual prac tice was to be departed from. With respect to the latter part of the question, he had to state that the ap - pointment had received the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant, and, consequently, it had been approved by the Secretary of State for War. THE ROAD MURDER. In reply to Mr. WHALLEY — , Sir G. GREY said the Government had no intention of proposing such a bill to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The matter had been investigated before a very full bench of magistrates, and it did not appear that any person abso lutely refused to answer any material question, as enough had been elicited to commit the prisoner for trial. (Hear.) ARMSTRONG AND WHITWORTH GUNS. Mr. H. BAILLIE asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether, the special committee upon Armstrong and Whitworth guns had made any report in reference to the 12-pounders ; and, if so, whether ho had any objection to lay it upon the table of the house ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the first part of the report with reference to the 12-pounder guns had been received, but the second part had not been received. As the matter was in an unfinished state he could not consent to lay the portion of report received on the table of the house. BANKRUPTCY. Mr. PAULL asked the Attorney-General whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, at the earliest possible period, to submit to Parliament a measure for the amendment and consolidation of the bankruptcy laws ; and if so, whether such measure would provide for the aboli tion of the Bower of imprisonment of debtors, to compel the payment of money under any judgment or order of any court, including county courts, and other courts for the recovery of small debts. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was intended, at the earliest possible period, to submit a measure for the amendment and consolidation of the bankruptcy laws, but he feared it could not be done during the present session. The committee had, as the hon. gentleman no doubt was aware, recommended the abolition of imprisonment for debt. The whole of the recommendations would be well considered by the Government, but he could not anticipate the conclusion to which the Government would come. licm W 4444 444w404 0 r gg4W4 Yirlah Borough of Lambeth.—James Clarke Lawrence, Esq., in the room of William Williams, Esq., deceased. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 9. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Molyneux to be Captain, by purchase, vice Newton Charles Chichester, who retires ; Cornet Morris Bayntun Crosbie Yescombe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Henry Bacchus, who retires ;. Cornet Richard D'Olier George to Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Molyneux ; Ensign Jacob Pieter Deneys Vanrenen, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen,to be Cornet, vice Yescombe ; Cornet Henry Askew Cherry, from 4th Hussars, to be Cornet, vice George. 13th Hussars—William George Middleton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Timothy Fetherstonhaugh, who retires. 15th Hussars—Lieutenant Hugh Humphrys to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Robert Heron Maxwell, who retires ; Cornet Robert Marcus Briscoe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Humphrys. 16th Lancers—William Noel Hill, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Roderick Grogan Mackenzie, who retires. 2d Regiment of Foot—Surgeon Francis Cogan to be Sur geon-Major, for highly meritorious services during the epidemic of yellow fever in Bermuda. sth Foot—Lieutenant William Enderby to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick James Mylius, who retires ; Ensign Edward Drew to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Enderby. 6th Foot—Ensign Sydney George Granville to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice James Franklin, who retires; Richard Meredith, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Granville. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Matthew Coke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew Cathcart Bogle, promoted, by purchase, to a half-pay Majority; Ensign Hougham Charles Huntley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coke. 11th Foot—Ensign Erasmus Harris Vaughton to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice William Clegg, deceased; Ensign Edward Reginald Mynors Baskerville to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Vaughton, whose promotion, on March 3, 1865, has been cancelled ; Gentleman Cadet Dennett Thomas Binder, from the ROyal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Baskerville. 13th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Green, from 102 d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M‘Mullin, who exchanges ; Christian Hollingworth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Archibald Henry Swinton, who retires. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Robert Winstanley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Armstrong, who re tires ; Ensign John Charles Bradshaw to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Winstanley ; Francis Lionel Mor daunt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bradshaw. 82d Foot—James Jocelyn Glascott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Molyneux Rose, who re- tires. 40th Foot--Gentleman Cadet Arthur Wilkinson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edward Stack, promoted. 47th Foot—Lieut. William Seton Dent to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Henry Gem, promoted. 81st Foot—Lieut. Henry Benjamin Pedder, from 101st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sladen, who exchanges. 101st Foot—Mieut. William Dare Sladen, from 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pedder, who exchanges. 102 d Foot—Lieut. John M'Mullin, from 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Green, who exchanges. 103 d Foot—Lieut. William Sydney Nugent, to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieut. John Henry Bridges, who has been ordered to join the depot. 4th West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Charles Gavegan, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Frederick Douglas Crozier, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Ensign R.K.Barrow, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Chris topher Boyd McLarty Morales, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Surgeon-Major Thomas Waller Barrow to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hos pitals, for highly meritorious services during the epide- ' mic of yellow fever in Bermuda. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. J. Virtue, Chaplain of the fourth class, to be Chaplain of the third class, for distinguished and meritorious services during the recent prevalence of yellow fever in Bermuda ; the Rev. S. B. Windsor, M.A., Chaplain of the fourth class, to be Chap lain of the third class. HALF-PAY.—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ed ward Gascoigne Bulwer, C. 8., from 23rd Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase ; . Lieutenant Robert John Stewart, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, without purchase. a BREVET. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Bryan Milman, sth Foot, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858. The under-mentioned Warrant Officers to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant : Deputy Commissary Edward Rooke, Public Works Department, Bengal. Assistant Deputy Commissary Alexander O'Borne, Public Works Department, Bengal. Assistant Deputy Commissary Henry Wheldon, Com missariat Department, Madras. Assistant Deputy Commissary John James Ward Ord, Commissariat Department, Madras. 103 j 1 I ITIES. 107 f 8k SPORTING NOTES The result of the Two Thousand has settled the pre tensions of a good number of the favourites for the Derby. It will be remembered that I told my readers last week to be sure and take the long price they could get about Gladiateur for the Derby, as they would be sure to get rare hedging. Had it not been for the uncertainty about his starting for the Guineas, I would have actually placed the first three for that race. As it was, I discarded all the bolstered-up favourites, viz., Breadalbane, Bedminster, and Kangaroo, and placed Archimedes first and Liddington second. I was likewise fortunate in selecting Siberia for the One Thousand Guineas. The first day's racing at Newmarket commenced with the Two-yr-old Plate. The talent spotted Ulphus by Newminster, out of Saccharissa, and Acrostic by King Tom, out of Scholar's dam, as the pair most likely to supply the winner, and the good looks of the first-named attracted general atten tion ; but he was defeated by one of Mr. Hodgman's " V.'s," a filly by Vedette, out of Alice, one of the Diss Yearlings, for whom her owner gave but 55 guineas at the Corner last summer. A Handicap Plato stood next, and this Went to a colt by Trumpeter, but of Miss Bowzer, who only ran once last year, and then he was unplaced to Hope at Huntingdon. Upon this occasion he was made a warm favourite, and, carrying a respectable weight, he made a rare example of his field, which included Merry Wife, Brick, and Greenland. Macdonald's penalty told against him in the Two-yr-old Sweepstakes, and he was beaten after a splendid race with Tina and Fleurette. Quarantine and Tring were ultimately made favourites for the Ditch Mile Plate, and they ran first and second after a capital race, while another fine struggle was seen for the big event, the Prince of Wales Stakes, for which the corn petitors numbered 25. Diomed had the call from having been galloped at home with Kangaroo prior to the latter's departure for the Danebury stable, and his party thought him almost a certainty, but many of the public stood by Argonaut, who had only 31b more to carry than he had at Epsom. Of the others, - Master Richard, Lampoon, Cam buscan, Vivid, and Donnybrook, had the most friends, but the issue, as for the City and Suburban, was between Wells and Jemmy Grimshaw, and the latter, who rode Diomed, could not got within a neck of Sir Joseph's horse. Tho second day was well patronised. As for the attend ance, it was the largest by many thousands ever seen on the Heath, and carriages, five or six deep, lined the course kir a third of the way down one side of the Row ley Mile (upon which the Two Thousand is run), while the other side was thickly studded with horsemen and lady equestrians. From an early hour the High-street was alive with excitement, and there was, if possible, more than the customary anxiety displayed to learn the latest moves upon the Two Thousand, pregnant with the fate of so many Derby favourites. The sensation move of the morning was the striking out of Chattanooga, at 11 minutes after 9 o'clock. The field, for the Two Thousand, was far stronger than had been anticipated, only Chattanooga and Kcenig being absentees of the score coloured en the card. Of these the Danebury stable supplied three (Kan garoo, Tibia, and Pantaloon), the Whitewall stable two (Ariel and Rifle), the French stable two (Gladiateur and Le Mandarin), Gedding's stable two (Joker and Lazzaretto), and Mr. Merry two (Liddington and Zambesi), and the remainder of the field was made up of Archi medes, Jack o' Lantern, Regalia, Bedminster, Tilt, Breadalbane, and Cedric, Regalia and Tibia being the only fillies among them. There was an immense assem blage in the vicinity of the stables, and Mr. 11‘George had all his work to do to keep people out of the way of the horses at the starting place, the utmost anxiety being evinced to get a look at the cracks. There was some de lay, and four or five false starts, the latter being caused by the riders of Pantaloon and Le Mandarin, who went to assist their stable companions, but they were fairly de spatched at the finish, and when half the distance had been got over the great Danebury favourite was in trouble, while Bedminster was beaten as they passed the bushes, the issue at that point being seemingly confined to Lid dington, Breadalbane, and Gladiateur. Breadalbane, how ever, seemed to get frightened as he heard the roars of the multitude, and ran very green when within the cords, where Archimedes began to make up to Gladiateur, but failing quite to roach him was beaten a neck, Liddington being stalled off the winner by double that distance; while little Zambesi (who has not grown upwards in the least) struggled to the finish, and ran within a head of his stable companion. So magnificent a race for the Guineas has never been witnessed before, and only those in the vicinity of the Stand could say which had won till " No. 11" was telegraphed by Judge Clarkovhen a complete roar emanated from the bookmakers, many of whom thought that Lid dington had just got home. The French division were highly elated, but the general body of backers were not, as they did not stand Gladiateur. The Chester Cup, the principal race of the Chester Meet ing, will be decided to-morrow. The field will not be large, and will, in all likelihood, comprise the most of tho following : PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS. La Toucques, 5 yrs, Bst 81b J. Osborne. Tartar, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Doyle. Ackworth, 4 yrs, Bst Fordham. Soumise, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Gratitude, 5 yrs, 7st 41b H. Covey or S. Adams. Victorious, 3 yrs, 7st Morris. Buckfoot, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Wandering Minstrel, 4 yrs, } Tomlinson. 6st 101 b Daniel O'Rourke colt, 4 yrs,} Hibberd. 6st 81b Lion, 3 yrs, Est 41b J. Grimshaw. The Grinder, 3 yrs, Est 31b Heartfield. Change, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Loates. Helen, 4 yrs, Est Ward. The Brewer, aged, Est 21b Leprochaun, 4 yrs, 7st Mcestissima filly, 8 yrs, Est Macbeth, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Balham, aged, Est 101 b Redcap, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Bradamante, 4 yrs, 7st 51b When the handicap was made, Lord Zetland was imme diately picked out as best in, but he has now retired to the outside division. La Toucques, if in anything like her three-yr-old form, must be dangerous. Ackworth will have the assistance of Fordham. He ran a great horse at both the Cesarowitch and Cambridgeshire last year, but I think he will have to succumb to several of his own year, who aro quite as well treated by the handicapper. Gratitude is one of the starters that will run to win, and may secure a situation. Highflyer's dam colt is another of the middle weight division that is sure to run forward. Buckfoot performed creditably both last year and this; and if his owner backs him, it would not astonish me to see him nearly winning. Victorious and Lion will turn out the best of the three yr-olds ; and r emem b ering W hat Tim Whiffler done with nearly the same impost as the former, he must be ex tremely dangerou s . H elen, one o f t h e mos t wre t c h e d performers, both as a two-yr-old and three-yr-old, has suddenly become first favourite. She has been highly tried with the Clown, The Tartar, and several other good horses. Knowing what the same division did in 1861 with Ben Webster, no attention must be paid to her previous performances, as the parties connected with the stable can afford to wait till they get their horses so favourably handicapped as almost to reduce the race to a certainty. The judge, I expect, will hoist the num bers of— HELEN 1 BUCKFOOT 2 LION on BREWER Since the above was written, I have been credibly informed that Jemmy Grimshaw.will ride Helen. A FRESH MAN. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, X 4 I.os to £5 7s 6d; cloys; £5 lOs to 46 7s 6d ; and straw, :618s to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4los to £sl2s 6d; cloys; £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Its to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay,£4 lOs to.£s 7s 6d; clover, £5 10s to £6 7s Gd ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 13s per load. Trade slow. COLONIAL. TEL—Business has been exceedingly inactiye, and prices show no change of importance., SUGAR.—The market has been rather dull, although late prices are generally well supported. In the refined market good grocery qualities are quoted 43s 6d to 45; and titlers 45s to 47s per cwt. COFFEE.—There he.s been a steady inquiry for Planta tion and Native Coylon, and prices are unaltered. RICE.--A fair amount of business has been done, in soft grain descriptions, at full prices. TALLOW.—Business has been rather quiet, although quotations for both present and forward delivery are steadily maintained. P.Y.0., on the spot, is at 40s; June delivery, 40s 3d to 40s 6d ; and last three months, 41s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt. THE CONDEMNED CULPRIT GEORGE STEPHEN.— An application has been made to the sheriff, under the Lunacy Act, for inquiring as to the present mental condition of the prisoner Stephen. According to this act, if a prisoner while under sentence of death, or indeed any other sentence, is alleged to be insane, an application may be made to the sheriff of the county to have an examina tion made of the prisoner as to his insanity by the sheriff and two medical men, and on their certifying that the pri soner is insane at the time of the examination, and these certificates being laid before the Home Secretary, the act provides that he shall grant a warrant for the pri so n er ' s removal to a lunatic asylum during her M a j es ty' s p l easure. The particulars of the investigation in the p resen t case have not, of 4 course, transpired ; but we have gad reason to believe that the result of the investigation was a report by the medical men, concurred in by th e sheriff, that the unfortunate man is labouring under such an amount of mental disease as to warrant his removal to a lunatic asylum. It is unnecessary to speculate what weight these certificates may have with the Home Secretary.—.4berdeete gerald, stood on the paper for to-morrow would be proceeded with ? Mr PAULL in reply said he should to-morrow move the discharge of the order. THE ELECTION AT OXFORD. Sir R. CLIFTON asked whether the notification issued by a committee at Oxford promoting the re-election of a prominent member of her Majesty's Government, that the election would take place in the second week in July next, had been made on the authority of any member of her Majesty's Government. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in the absence of his noble friend, would take the liberty of answering the question. He presumed he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was "the prominent member of her Ma jesty's Government"--(hear, hear, and laughter.) --a com pliment for which he begged to return his best acknow ledgments to the hon. baronet. (Laughter.) The notifi cation had not been issued with the concurrence of the Government of which ho was a prominent member. (Laughter.) IRRIGATION WORKS IN INDIA. Mr. LIDDELL asked the Secretary of State for India, whether there was auy objection to lay upon the table of of the house a copy of his own despatches of Bth August last, and of the minute of Lieut.-Colonel Strachey, late Secretary of Public Works, upon the policy of the Govern ment undertaking the construction of the necessary irriga tion works in India, in preference to entrusting their con struction to private companies. Sir C. WOOD said the letter had been received, but as it had not yet been fully considered and answered he could not, until that was done, lay a copy of the communication on the table. WRITS REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. LESLIE asked the hon. member for Greenock whether or not he intended to proceed with the Writs Registration, &c. (Scotland) Bill on Wednesday. Mr. DUNLOP said it was his intention to proceed with the bill on that day. MR. EDMUNDS' RESIGNATION. Mr. BOUVERIE moved that a message be sent to the Lords for a copy of report of their Lordships Committee on the resignation by Mr. Edmunds of certain officers. The motion was agreed to. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE—THE AJEEM JAH PETITION. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the order of the day be read for resuming the adjourned debate in this matter. Having stated the reasons that led him to move the adjournment of the debate last night on the motion of Mr. Foster to commit one of the parties to prison, and the others to the custody of the ser geant-at-arms for affixing fictitious signatures to some petitions that had been presented to that house, in favour of the case of Ajeemjah. After the fullest consi deration he had come to the conclusion that it would be better, as Mitchell said he had evidence to meet that given against him, and when he had not had an opportunity before the extreme step was taken, to refer the matter back to the committee, when the evi dence Mitchell said he had could be produced. After a few observations from Mr. HENNESSY, Mr. DENMAN said he thought it right that everything connected with this matter should come out. It might be there were other persons, much the superior of Mitchell, concerned in the matter, and, therefore, he thought it would be well to allow Mitchell the privilege of cross examination, as by that means the real offender would more than likely be reached. The motion that the report of the committee be ro-cora mated, was agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZE PTE.—This Evening, FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 5. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Carl Gustaf Akerberg as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. WHITEHALL, MAY 8. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Arthur Blomfield, 8.A., to the Rectory of Barton-in-the- Clay, in the county of Bedford, and diocese of Ely, void by the cession of the Reverend William Gill. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 9. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. MEMORANDA. Major and Brevet-Colonel Paris W. Augustus Brad shaw°, half-pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. Captain James John Neil Buchanan, half-pay, late Gth Dragoon Guards, has been permitted to receive the former difference between the value of a Lieutenancy of Cavalry and Infantry. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 9. GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, May 9. In consideration of the highly meritorious services ren dered, during the prevalence of the yellow fever, in Bermuda, by the undermentioned officers, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that they shall be promoted as herein stated : Staff Surgeon-Major T. W. Barrow to be Deputy In spector-General of Hospitals. Surgeon F. Cogan, 2d Foot, to be Surgeon-Major. The Rev. J. Virtue, Fourth Class Roman Catholic Chap lain to the Forces, to be Third Class Chaplain. By command of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. JAM (Signed) ES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General. ADMIRALTY, MAY 5. The undermentioned officers have been this day pro moted to the rank of Assistant-Engineers of the First Class in her Majesty's F leet, with seniorit y of 29t h April, —Mr. Richard SeADMIRALTY lless Lee and Mr. MAY 8. Grenville Fordh a m lB . 6sB : , , a The u ndermentioned officers have been this day pro moted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from 7th instant : Richard Wilkes Ward, Esq., John George Anderson, E sq . (on the Reserved Half-pay List), and James Pyper, Esq. BANKRUPTS. That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. The Alliance Bank have made a call of £5 per share on the new shares of 1864, numbered 30,001 and upwards, payable on the Bth of June at the Bank,_ 5, Lothbury, and its branches at Liverpool 444 4auclAwte4', COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 161 11 17f Ditto 3 Months. 11 19f 11 19f Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris., Short 25 17f 25 22f Ditto . 3 Months. 25 45 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 1201 Vienna. Trieste — 11 10 11 20 Petersburgh - 30i 31 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 47 47i 48 48 25 55 25 L 25 57/ 25 60 25 55 25 60 25 57/ 25 62/ 25 57 25 62 25 57+ 25 62/ 51/ bli 511 51 Last night, Mr. Mason Jones delivered, at the Hanover-square Rooms, the first of his two an nounced orations on the American War. The reserved seats were not half-occupied, but the body of the room was filled with a sympathetic audience, who warmly cheered the speaker when he alluded to the virtues of the Federal; denounced the vices of the Secessionists, made a sly hit at our aristocracy as egotist and arbitrary, or lamente d the with holding of their constitutional rights from the masses of our people. As might be anticipated, Mr. Jones's "Oration' consisted of the most virulent abuse of the Southern people and Southern leaders—to neither of whom did ho concede the possession of one good quality or generous feeling—while the Northerns were the champions of liberty, who had sprung to arms, not to maintain dominion but to achieve the liberty of the slave. He described with all the pathos he could command, the brutality of the Southerns towards their slaves, how they branded and flogged them—but he completely ignored the corporal punishment inflicted on respectable women by the command of Butler, or the outrages perpetrated on young and innocent girls belonging to the first Southern families, by the soldiers of Seigel ; the acts of both being sanctioned by the Government which the orator would hold up for our admiration. Mr. Jones is an Irishman, and we do not consider that he merits his acquired reputation as a public speaker. He has the fluency which constant practice usually gives, and his last night's speech was doubtless but the repetition of an often practised lesson, for he is a lecturer by profession ; but his voice, though powerful, is not pleasing or sympathetic—its tone is a cross between a broad Irish brogue and a nasal American twang—and, although he roundly denounced the Southern sympathisers in this country, and the " snivelling writers" in our public press, we do not think that this eulogium on his patrons the Yankees will have much effect in enlisting the sympathies of Englishmen in their favour. DEATH OF A GRAND RABBI IN PARIS.—Tho spiritual head of the Jews in France, M. Illmann, Grand Rabbi of the Central Consistory, died in Paris at two o'clock on Saturday morning, after long suffering from disease of the chest, which left no hope of recovery. The rabbinical functions being elective, the different consisto ries of France will soon be convoked to choose a successor to M. Ulmann. _ yv Notice has been given by the National Bank of India that the unissued 10,000 shares of £5O each will be allotted. Of this number 5,000 have been subscribed for in Bombay at prem., and the re maining 5,000 are to be offered to sharetolders in England at the same premium, at the rate of new for every two old shares. During the last few days there has not been - mach animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The operations in tea have been on the most restricted scale, while only moderate transac tions have been reported in sugar, coffee, and rice, without any material change in values. WEDGWOOD THE FIRST ARTISTIC POTTER.—With Wedgwood the era of true improvement began. Up to this period there had been nothing worthy of the nature of decorative art ; of colour, proportion, or form. A mixture of different coloured clays, or rude outlines scratched in by a nail, a blue or brown edge line, or a paste-like medallion luted to the surfaces, were the highest efforts of ornamental art. After all that had been done for the improvement of the different bodies, they were at best flimsy and indifferently glazed—the hue of the white ware was bad, and the forms of their adjuncts were ill proportioned, often angular, and almost always without those flowing outlines that, whilst severely true to geo metrical principles, show the utmost grace, delicacy, and beauty. Wedgwood, true to the inductive spirit of an age then opening to his generation and those which would follow, took up his art as a science, and based its improve ment upon principles. Wasting his time in no impossible tracks of experiment, he pursued only those which rigidly belonged both geologically and chemically to the art of the potter. He thus produced various bodies of great ex cellence, by new combinations of materials in common use, or by an analysis and trial of those hitherto untested.-- ifttertTre Lire of iiregtcpse, tailt 1 2 1 ,3 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 ... 0 1 ... 0 2 ... 3 0 2 3 ASTLEY'S THEATRE. The energetic lessee of this theatre, Mr. E. T. Smith, last night commenced his efforts to revive the taste for English opera, such as pleased the public in the days of Braham, Incledon, and Phillips. The opera selected for the opening night was " Guy , Mannering," and in order that it might be given, with the greatest effect, Mr. Smith has entered into an engagement with Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Sii.san Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Weis.% Mr. Vernon Rigby, Mr. E. St. Albyn, Miss A. Cottrell, and a powerful orchestra, admirably conducted by Mr. J. 11. Tully. The opera of " Guy Mannerrig," to the older portion of the audience, is full of the Imost delightful associations; and those who are not thus attracted by it cannot but feel charmed with the pure, simple, and touching music of Sir Henry Bishop, and the admirable story of Sir Walter Scott, In order to move with the taste of the time some popular songs were introduced, and thus we had a ballad from all the principal artistes. Mr. Har rison sang "Be mine, dear maid ;" Miss L. Pyne, " The Power of Love," from the opera of " Sate nella ;" Mr. and Weiss, " The Wolf." The original music was excellently sung, the celebrated gipsy glee and chorus, " The Chough and Crow," elicit-. ing the most enthusiastic applause. The dramatic characters were well supported by Mr. B. Potter as Dandie Dinmont of Charlie's Hope ; Mr. Atkins, Dominie Sampson ; and Mr. Fraser, as Gilbert Glossin. We could have wished that Mrs. Macready had been a little more natural in her assumption of the part of Meg Merrilles. It seemed to us to be the lady's desire to imitate Miss Cushma n in the part, but the attempt fell far short of accomplishment. Her reading was in many parts pointless and monotonous, whilst her . attitudes were at times perfectly absurd and unnatural. The opera, however, gave the greatest delight, and at the fall of the curtain the applause was general and enthusiastic. The popular burletta of " Midas" followed the opera, and was much enjoyed from the lively and clever way in which it was performed, and the number of attractive ladies it comprises as heathen gods and goddesses, foremost amongst whom shines and sings Miss A. Cottrell. Altogether, we may congratulate the manager on the new vein of performance he has opened ; and there can be no doubt that the fine old English opera, full as it is of airs and music that have become national, will be duly appreciated. LambAh Election—This Day. This morning the electors of the borough of Lam beth proceeded to the election of a member to servo in the present Parliament, in the room of Mr. W. Williams, deceased. The hustings were erected in the large open space near the Horns Tavern, Kensington, so often the scene of fierce political conflicts. To-day there was nothing fierce or exciting, and the whole proceeding was a very dull affair indeed. Mr. ONsLow, the returning officer, briefly opened the proceedings. They were now called upon to elect a burgess to supply the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Williams, and he hoped the proceeed ings would be conducted with justice to all parties. Mr. T. WEBBER nominated Mr. Alderman James Clarke Lawrence as a fit and proper person to re present the borough in Parliament. Mr. J. A. LYON seconded the nomination. Mr. ONSLOW then inquired whether any elector had another candidate to propose. There was no response. After waiting a moment or two, Alder man J. C. Lawrence was declared duly elected. Alderman LAWRENCE thanked the electors for the honour, conferred upon him, and propoeed a vote of thanks to Mr. Onslow, and the proceedings terminated. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens stead,. bales. Sales, probably 15,000 this we tat ella'a LSO in E her- tctert r ski ;coed the is 3 ,1 eel' ;ed I _' her lir , w itil Plea th e ace ., 100 forl" ;ter' t he Ole oge )ugh le 5 I th e $ a re (414 v ri ffec" a ivg iT ed I to' 1 '4 :ge '3 i 5. cre s ' 4 ill f ° 0 c ' t Ad' P re' u 0 % ,tlie ou r do ys 01'11 I I 20i 10 100 1 ICO 100 2.14.6 3.1.0 2.7.0 2. 3.6 9.10.6 602 all 1.1.0 4.3.15 214 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ME 100 100 10) 100 100 100 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 2.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.1&G 95 I 1011 Nil i