The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-24 00:00:00

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About £57,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a slight upward movement. The great feature in City circles is the failure of Byramjee Hormusjee Cama, of Bombay, and of his houses i n L on d on a nd Liverpool, known as I° `Yrainjee, Cama, and Son. Mr. Cama has likewise establishments in China and Calcutta, and the amount of the total liabilities, although no accurate statement can as yet be made, are reckoned at nearly . 44 ) 0 00,000. The debts in London alone are esti mated at about £1,000,000. The firm carried on the business of merchants, and speculated largely in cotton, &c. The following circular has been issued to the creditors : " 21, Gresham-house, London, 23d May, 1865. " Gentl emen„ —W e regre t t o i n f orm y ou that we have t . nl a day received a telegram from Bombay, dated 17th last, announcing the suspension of Mr. B. H. Cama (the (3111 Y Partner in the firm of Byramjee, Cama , and Son , of this city and of Liverpool), and desiring us to suspend pay taent, and call a meeting of creditors. We beg therefore to announce our suspension, and that we have placed our books in the hands of Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, arid Co., with instructions to prepare a statement to lay before the creditors. We should add that the telegram states that a meeting of the creditors of Mr. B. H. Cama has been held at Bombay, and trustees appointed to realise an assets, English and foreign, and that full particulars 'Will follow by mail, which, however, cannot arrive before the 24th or 25tk proximo.—We are, gentlemen, your obe dient servant; BIRAMIEE, CAMA, and SON, Per B. H. Eranee." SPeonlations in cotton are understood to be the i mmediate cause of failure. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Iteuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67 f. 20c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has been very buoyant, and a rise of 1 per cent. has taken place in the Funds. The Government broker has com menced his purchases, and £15,000 New Three per Cents. were bought to-day. Consols for money are 901 1, and for the account, ex div. 891 The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1 ; the 21 per Cents., 1894, 731 ; India 5 per Cents., 10 61 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 7 98 • and the Enlaced 4 6 per Cents., 100. In the Foreign Market a good business has been t ransacted, and a general advance has taken place in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 721 731 ; ditto Consolides, 481 1 ; Mexican, 241 1 ; • ditto I C„, 231 24 ; Greek, 19/ 201; Spanish Passive, 4 1 1 ; ditto Certificates, 151 1 ; Italian, 641 651 ; and Confederate Loan, 9 10. Operations in the Railway Share Market have been very moderate, although prices have in most Ins tances shown increased firmness. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and Midland have eac h reproved 1; and London and Blackwall, and South Eastern, each 1. The Forei gn an d C o l on i a l li nes rema i n i nac ti ve , Without any material change as regards values. B ank and Miscellaneous shares are dull. Scinde, tlijaub, and Delhi have declined to 6/ ; Hindos :ll, China, and Japan, to 17 18 ; Bank of Queens atud, to 21; National Discount Company are steady and 15 1 ; North ern A ssam T ea, a t 21 1 ; P en insular at Ori ental Steam, at 83 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 111114. Russian Iron Works Company's shares e marked 9 10 pm. ; Imperial Ottoman 2 per Cent. stork 2 ; 11 di s . ; L on d on , Chatham, and Dover A , r (3 ek, Metrop o lit an Ext e nsion Certificates, n 4 el tl• ; and the fully paid-up ditto, 41 5 prem. 8 uoZIOT3ff3: I F ,t7 U S N D D s. Der Cent. Consols FUNDS--CLOSING 901• 1 f # i PRICES. • 891 iI 1 7 ' 1)° 4 ccount, June 6 * BBl - 1 4 I 4 - 6 ii'siDer Cent Reduced New 3 per Cent BB- I I 73i w 2 i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 A tie '. 6 , Per Cent. Jan. 1873 4.haluties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 8 18 8 8 5 0 —l4l -1 .-',O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1 _ __ . 1., " (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 . • _ Itchequer Bill £1 000 4 per Cent _ o, S ' ,-, ' £OOO 2 pin k Do £lOO and £2OO -a li t. • ^ of England Stock, 242 / 2 , 0 Account 1iq,51 per Cent 218 lba: IA -11 GovEßNmEwr SECURITIES B . 74 • N 'all Sto k, 10 r Cent , April 1 114-'9 Accocunt i per * 1061 1 1 1 b a * 5 per Cent. July, 1870 0. Account D 98* -h e ' 4 Per Cent. 888 4.10 ri .., Oct. • - JD: „x•ertificates _ Do, -Nnfaced Paper 4 per Cent 100 1 ) u• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 _ Do e • , i s i - Per Cent., May 1879 99* I, Boer Cent ., Aug. 1866 -0 ..- to • nds, £l,OOO ...... °. Kinder £l,OOO Aust.; FO REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING _ -41180nd5,5 per Cent trazilia PRICES. b A ll 5 per Cent e * li Per Cent 1852-58-60 81 p D o -Iles t , - .) 1863 Do " 8 Ayres 6 per Cent 0 Ace° t D o i 1111 .Itti a P e6r Cent e‘e c o lb l : l. oo ' l„. 2 l)4l P i , a li ,e) r Cent. t (Deferred 3 per Cent ) _ T . per Cent. ‘4100.. 0 13 7,', ? per Cent. eo.a,Per Cent., 1864 • D Et4; ~',,erip, £55 paid — _ D 0 44- ', 0 per Cent., 1825 1 )0 . 1 per Cent., 1863 — Day,„o Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid ......- 1,-"lall Principalities tq - c e n s B6 9aid - ' b - o - ar New Consolidated, 1 per Cent D", Provisional Land Warrant l . 7 Per Cent _ b •. ...'econd Issue e 41.„,°0 Bonds 921. 4io ...., 0 . • 1864 Do ZlOO Bonds 're e k' e riP £55 paid bo A 5 P ' el• Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons D o. — 2O no:',ecount ................................ D o "a Pons ti,,_ • Account silotea.,lala 5 per Cent. It alia : -1•039 and 1850 — XI 6 Per C t mar •tna Railway) D Po 1865 en ern Tn. -- . --• () Se r i, ,,, .. .2 ... ................... _ dm 11 67 1. paid e, )clean 3 per Cent. _ Do. Account 24f i D o 24 • 0 b ~ ~, 1864 Montsre ‘-'ellt• Anglo-French i,lleb Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — 62 koori 1;1 41 6 per Cent., £3O paid • lie 8 'lli trial - tv Grata o per Cent Do T, r ' r Cent .. ....... D -ar i d lA, .................. - ellrvian. 4, " arrants (Hectares) Do Sc II Per Cent. 1 pm 1), 3 r 11), 445 paid, paid in Bonds par is ..per Cent. (Ulibarren) Do %per Cent., 1862 INN.%) : e rred .. 1. ........ . ......... .......... DeDo A 86 3 Per Cent. 1853 a`'ee9ant .. ' ................................ 111,A Per aBia t . 1856 '7 '9 '6O, '62, '3, ,o,•"ecUnt .. ' " ' ........... 481 1. b o la ,r; p er per C . e . a - i ...... .. i . St. 89 b o '1 Cent., .1850 ' ' Jo u Per Ccent..„ 1859 186 Do , 2 _ _ 90 "rdi ii i„ 1864 _ 1)0 " 4 ° Per Cent .................... 4.1 41ecennt 1)o Do 3 p er Cent „ok c t'''r ._ _ I ii-e•-'-'llnt .0 w beferred o A ce ...................... D o t, °llllt 4._ assive . z Nish 0 ,.... , .! . Coup ........... . .... • .. . .. _ 1i c „,,7 1 ..0f C not funded _ wdis'uant ..................... D o 4 4 Per Cent. ..... D°Turi(isher Cent 1844 A i u Per Cent. 1854 )3,, eeouot ....... . ... ,! Dt o K. per Cent. 1858 ...... eo teeount ..... tozooutood.B ,i,33.1 is 3 1)0 per Ceni. iga .. ::- 2* 3 1 ,M 0 60,1' nearr l ed,. 1 4 86.. p .3. e . i . • . Cent--................ — L iI ( Z Z 11 . e e l e a 3 per Cent. b o q ou.t . ! .. to: Aeper Cent, 186.2 D o 6 ecalat ) 30. , Per Celli., ii 3.6.4. — ti per Cent .... ... 44 St - tvide nds on . . t '. h . e ... a . b - 0 . v .. e . . ....payable in London. )301„Paa, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ... builltiall244,2l' Per recent., Ex2sf 1, t) . 4 e r w ,-,C 'IL, Ex. 12 Guil _ resell rt,,,ert. Certificates it A occ, ~ 3 per Cent. .. D0•%140 'lit ...... ................. Per Cent. 1861 Ex. 25f 4 " 011 11t .... .............. ............. 00113 01 g 901 I D o A ........................... THREE O'CLOCK e olutt . 89i i x d .............. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share! Railways. Wol., & Str:Val myth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall . Do. A A gets no div. Do. B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgon Glasgow & S. Wt stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock 91 96 13t 132 fi 6 .6? (6 :6 17 91 93 106 1(7 46 47 6i 74 100 100 100 100 1. 0 129 i 130, 1451 1468 128 .32 £6 RS 72! ;3 C 3 C 5 51 53 45 48 103 104 1211 12:g 88 90 105 107 40 El 1211 124 98 09 61 8! 137 138 2 & 211) 133 t 134} 103 lis 51 65 .25i 1.91 10911 6Si Mt 101 1011 363 373 - -P iq 10i p 116 113 1 141) 78 79 11 111 142 141 63 55 60 61 59 61 85 85i 8i 9, 156 159 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 832 72/ 31 1081 • 1211 j tBi va 81 106 514 241 1094 61 CO 8511 Paid. Closing i Business r ri ee. done. 1221 2 1 i 8) 98i 61} 1371 8 71 7i 134 31 4 1 1(4 Do. B Do. New, is. at 25 pa Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western D S. V4l. Rail gua. Du. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire L Hidon and Blackwali Lon., Bri4h., dr S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln liaryport and Carlisle Do. i shares .. Metropolitan .... Do. New Allirand Do, Birmin & Derby Hid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. # shares %lid Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-tB. Do. do. 180-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18E4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock uo. Scot, ➢fid. st shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwell W. liar tlepool liar &R Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable BRITISH P, Atlantic &St. Lawrence, Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent.. Do. l shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do ['reference . .• • • Bull ,Braut, & Goderich 6 p.c. bite. A 11,2,.. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1,74 Calcutta & 8. E., Urn.. a e Town & Dock, gu. Demers. a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben _ al, gu SCo East 1..dia . 11, gu. 5 p.c. Do .J Extcneiou Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bondi , 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist k'ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Prof. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. :=d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. o Gus. 5 1 er cent.. • .... Do. New gtia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (tim gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do - - Great Wes. of Canada.. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Lb. 5 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do . Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B til.C'da, pc Ist pt. bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do . to Do. Punlaub.... Do.lndus St Flo " 3 4p i 1(5 107 47 4) 79 81 ,SIONS. 5 h 7 102 103 pr p 4 4, 9g 101 if) 80 99 101 101 103 1(3 104 11 3 18 19 f 5 88 62 64 54 56 55 57 47 41 45 44 43 45 25 27 24 26 103 101 i iP par 1 p 10) 102 10 101 101101 d 84 86 83 84 101 I 1024 d 93 95 89 91 65 67 all 10) 100 {lOO 2 100 100 82 81 1601 1014 10,4 1014 id id 1001 1014 94 97 1 11 101} - • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1872 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-54 - Do. 6p. c. Feb & Au 4 1f:0 93 05 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 03 95 - 1)o. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 82 64 821 2 - Do. 5 p P. Inscribed sk 100 8.! 84 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 104 107 - Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 100 105 107 - Do. do: 1',90-1 100 Ic6 108 - Do. Jan. & July, MI lOO 107 109 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 101 103 Do. 1878, do lOO 115 107 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 11! , 78 - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it, 10) 104 106 - Natal qov. 6 per cent lOO 102 104 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 96 - DN. Wv. Do. 5 p.c. 18, 1 1 87 6 to 100 S.. Go 5 p 86 00 100 102 - 93 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 100 91 93 92 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 - Do. 6 percent.... - Nova So ,tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 94 08 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 104 - d. Aus.Gov. 6 p.o 18,8-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 106 108 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - Do. do, 14 Aril St Oct lOO 108 103 108/ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. cold, lim 1 - - Chi verton - Clifford Amalgamated. - 291 30 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 595 605 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 14 15 - East Cara ion 2.14.6 121 131 - ast Carn Brea 3 4.0 61 7 -- East Grenville 2.7.0 3 3, 31 - East Loved 2.13.6 114 124 - E. WI Russell (Taviatk 9.10.6 91 - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 601 3 5 4 Gnat L ixey, limited., all 19 2) - Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 3 21 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist i 40 306 31, - Grenville 7.8.3 34 3 - Herod's Foot ... 8.13 38 40 - tlingston Downs 4.18.0 31 3 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 96 6 8 Marke Valley 4.3.0 54 54 4 Viwyndy Iron Ore, lin, 21 21 11 - Nangiles New Se ton - North Downs 3 - - - North Roskear - N.Wh'i Bassett (Mogan 3.10.6 4 1 - North Wheal Crotty - - Prosper United.... 7.1.6 21 8( - Pr. vidence Uny Ladant 10.6.7 32 55 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 510 520 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 22 - Stray Park 30.17.6 13 15 - Tin Croft 9 17 18 - West liassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (L , skeard 9 101 12 - West Chiverton ll 724 7'. 771 3 - West Seton 471 185 195 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 90 95 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 22/ 25 - Whew Ludoutt 3.12.8 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 - Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 18 20 - - Wheal Union PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 1021 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great .'astern 44 per cent. pt., Ditto, 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new, 5 per cent. pt., 7 8 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 215 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 14j 1 Sambre and Meuse, 7 BANKS. &gra and Masterman's, lim., 1 41 14 15 Ditto, new, 65) Anglo Austrian, 13i Australasia, 03 y Bank of London. 143 Bank of Queensland, Urn, 21 Bank of New Zealand, 18 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 241 1 Chartered kler. of India, London, and Chin; 481 City, 109 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Continental, lira., 191 Ditto, new, 10 East London, lim., 51 European Bank, lim., 12 Hindustan. china, and Japan (lim.), 17 18 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 18 Ditto, new, 8 Imperial Ottoman, 161 I an I Mortgage'Bank of India, lim., 4 London and Brazilian (lim.), a 4 31 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London Joint Stock, 49,1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 17 National Provincial of England, Ditto. 2d issue, 47i Ditto, 3d issue, 471 Scinde, Punjanh, and Delhi. lim., Standard of British South Africa, lim., 18 191 Ditto, issued at 6 pm., 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo Egyptian Navigation, limited (.£5), 01 Bet., bay Gas, lim., 5; Ceylon Company, 101 1 i 1 Coulnercatt Union, Icsurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mubitier of England, 81 1 Crystal Palace, 34 7 Ditto, Prtference, 114 Ebbw Vale, , E glish and Australian Copper, 11 Gen. Credit. and Finance of London, 1 1 / 1 1 ., 5 ; I Humber Iron Wo:ks, 31 Imperi.,l 3lercantile Credit Asso., lira., NH International Financial society, lira., 6 International Land Credit, Italian Land, 8 London Financial Association, lim., 211 1 2 • London General Omnibus Company, 3- i 51ilwall Iron Works, 61 National Di:couut gpmpany, lira., 1 5 1 Piteion•dnes.ijialaneain4 (..fl;nitmalp"S'rtoevaemm. Nortluan Assam Tell, lim , 2/ 4 Oriental Financial, lim ., i t t Ditto (x 7), 5 Improvem ents, lim Royal Mail Steam, 111 14 Scottish Australian I nves t men t , li m., 123 Trust and Ag ency of Australasia, lira., 21 Universal Marine. Insurance Um, , 6 4 Warrant Finance, 7 'OSSEI 1014 103 i I 101' rHE LcorioN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 180, LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr; Registrar Brougham.) IN RE WOLLHEINI. This bankrupt was described as of 14, Charles-street, Westbourne-square, merchant, lately trading in co-part nership with Joseph. Wollheim and Charles Schiff, as merchants at Alexandria. To-day was appointed for the first meeting, but no accounts are yet filed, the figures being very heavy—debts X 150,000, and assets not yet ascertained. MARKE TS—This Day, MARK-LANE. Tho fresh arrival of English wheat to this morning's market was small ; but there was a considerable number of Monday's unsold samples on the stands. The trade, both for red and white qualities, was in a sluggish state, at a decline in prices from Friday last of is. per quarter. The market was very moderately supplied with foreign wheat. The demand for all qualities ruled far from active ; nevertheless, previous quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at fully late rates. The supply of English barley on sale was small; of foreign, moderate. The trade was slow, on former terms. Malt met a slow sale, at late rates. There was a good supply of oats on the stands. Generally speaking, sales progressed slowly, at rather lower prices. Beans riled fiiin, and changed hands at somewhat en hanced rates. Peas moved off steadily, at very full prices. A fair average business was transacted in flour at full quotations. _ ARRIVALS THIS wtEx. Wheat.Barley.Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch.. 280 110 390 220 290 Irish— Foreign 1 ..17,070 5,990 43,320 430 sks. brls Comparative Quantities and Prices of Grain.—Vor the Week ending May 29, 1865.—Wheat, 88,015 quarters, average, 41s. Bd. ; barley, 8,181, 295. 9d. ; oats, 3,359 : 225. 9d. For the corresponding week last year.—Wheat, 74,321, 395. 3d. ; barley, 3,975, 295. 9d. ; oats, 5,050, 19s. Bd. The Case of the Alhambra Again, At the Marlborough-street, police-court, yesterday, Mr. Roberts applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for a summons against the proprietor of the Alhambra, for allowing stage dancing and theatrical representations, the place of public resort not being licensed for such performances. The magistrate would recollect that the elaborate judgment given by him, after hearing evidence on both sides, had been reversed on appeal to the magitrates at the Middlesex Sessions. This reversal, he would venture to assert, had caused general surprise, and was opposed to the opinion of the majority of the legal profession. Had the magistrate done at the time what he was solicited to do, imposed such a fine as would have obliged the defendant to take the case to the judges, the present application would not have been necessary, for such a decision would have been given as would have set the question at rest, and been satisfactory to the country at large. Ho thought that the magistrate, in justice to himself, his decision having been overridden by the magistrates, ought to grant a new summons. - Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would take a little time to consider the application. He must pay respect and proper deference to the opinion of the court, which was regarded as superior to a police court. lle presumed that Mr. Roberts made this application on fresh evidence. Mr. Roberts said the evidence was precisely similar to the evidence brought forward on the original charge. Tho same ballet and the same accessories would be put in evi dence. Mr. Tyrsvhitt said, that case having been decided, he could not think of granting another summons to try it over again. Mr. Roberta said, although the case and evidence would be similar, the offence would be a fresh one, the ballet having been played continuously. Mr. Tyrwhitt—That, of course, would make a difference. lie would say that his opinion remained the same as it was when he gave judgment. Mr. Roberts said the magistrate's opinion was the opinion of all real lawyers. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not show such a want of courtesy to the Middlesex magistrates as to decide on the application at once. Mr. Roberts said a case was applied for but refused by the Middlesex magistrates, who indeed came to that decision before they entered the court. The real question was not tried at the sessions ; the magistrates only took into consi deration that they had been in the habit of granting licenses under the 25th Geo. 11., and whether the ballet dancing exceeded that kind of dancing intended to be covered by such license. They held that it did not, but they did not thereby decide the legal question, which was whether the 25th Geo. 11. gave the power to magistrates to grant dancing licenses. When the magistrates granted the license to Mr. E. T. Smith they said the Alhambra must not be made a casino ; they would only grant the license for stage dancing. That, he contended, was beyond the authority Of the magistrates, and was the real question to be determined. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the question was no doubt a very im portant one. He would taken few days to decide upon the application for another summons. WDTE.—We described a short time ago M. Pas teur's observations on the fungi or mycodermata which cover the surface of wine, such as the mycoderma aceti, which promotes its transformation into vinegar, the mycoderma vini, which contributes to its preservation in its natural state, then that which imparts a bitter taste to it, Ste. lii tha paper addressed to the Academy of Sciences, M. de Vergnette-Lamotte adds some observations of his own on the subject. In 1846, M. Costa had sent some wines to Calcutta, which were sent back to him, when analysis showed that their composition had not changed; their colour only being altered. They no longer possessed the reddish-violet hue which characterises Burgundy, and they had assumed the yellowish-red colour,of old wines. At this time the existence of glycerine in wino was not known, the labours of M. Pasteur and M. Prat having but subsequently shown that this substance exercises a considerable influence on the taste of alcoholic liquors. M. de V.-Lamotte, in allusion to these facts, states that in Burgundy little fear is entertained of the sort of mycoderma or mould which occasions a bitter taste. Wines that have been kept 20 or 30 years will acquire that flavour, which is a symptom of their death by old age ; but the malady which is really dan gerous is one which attacks them in the third or fourth year of their existence. The wine in this case acquires a peculiar sweetish taste, which after a while degenerates into what the French call gout de queue de renard ; a few bubbles of carbonic acid evolved, and in the end the tartrate of potash contained in the wine is transformed into acetate of potash. This disease often attacks wine kept in bottles, so that there is every reason to suppose that all wines have the germs of mycodermata in themselves from the vat, and that these germs remain in a dormant state until a favourable opportunity occurs for their de velopment. Drawing wino frequently from the cask is au excellent means of preservation. A cold of 12 degrees Centigrade below freezing-point, alcohol, salts, tannin, acids, sulphurous gas, and' flowers of sulphur, all exercise an excellent preservative action on wine. Our author tells us that the mycodermata of wine become inert when the liquid is for some time exposed to a warmth not exceeding 40 deg. Centigrade, and this is the reason why wine that has been sent to India and back is so highly prized. M. V. Lamotte exposed a certain number of bottles containing Burgundy, having 13 per cent. of alcohol and a rich violet-red, to a warmth of 50 deg. Centigrade for the space of two months, at the end of which time it was com pared with the same sort of wine kept in a cellar. The latter had acquired the sweetish taste of diseased wine, while the former had lost .its violet-red hue and its new taste, and strongly resembled Spanish wino, though it did contain a few mycodermata in a half-organised state. If the experiment be prolonged, the wine loses all its colour at the end of a year, save a golden tint, which French wine merchants call coleurpelure d'oignon. Its taste is then so very different from that of the wine which is threatened with the bad mycoderma, that M. V. Lamotte thinks his plan of exposing wine to a moderate warmth a sovereign preservative against the disease ; only care must be taken to leave an empty space of three centi metres in the neck of the bottle. OZONOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS. Our readers know that ozone is a modification of oxygen by electricity; that its presence in the atmosphere is ascer tained by a sort of test-paper prepared with iodine, and that the quantity of ozone is manifested by the depth of colour which such paper assumes. We will also re mind them that ozone is supposed to play a great part in the sanitary condition of the atmosphere, and that there is strong presumption in favour of the idea that the absence of ozone favours of the progress of epidemics, and more especially cholera. Hence ozonometric observations have acquired considerable importance in meteorology. In a paper addressed to the Academy of Sciences, Dr. Berigny has communicated a table of such observations made during the last nine years, with 62 readings per month, and the results he has obtained may be summed up as fol lows :—The depth of colour acquired by the test-paper is in the inverse ratio of temperature, and nearly in the direct ratio of the moisture of the atmosphere; it is often in opposi tion to the degree of clearness of the sky, and in general increases as we rise to a higher level. In an atmo sphere charged with miasmatic emanations the colour of the paper is light in proportion to the quantity of such emanations, showing that in unhealthy districts there is a want of ozone. The normal acidity of the atmosphere produces no effect on the test-paper, and during storms, it acquires a deep tint with greater rapidity, owing to the electrified state of the air. The month of May yields the maximum of ozone, that of November the minimum. March and September, which are equinoctial periods, show a maximum of ozone. The lowest average of ozone occurred in 1856, and the highest in 1861; the year 1864 being the fifth between these two extremes. The summer season is generally more electrical than the winter season, a result which it was easy to foresee summer being the drier and warmer of the two. But in foggy weather the paper assumes a deeper tint; a curious anomaly. Barometric variations agree tolerably well with ozonometric ones, but thermometric ones agree much bet ter. In cloudy or rainy weather the test paper acquires a deeper hue—another singularity which it is not easy to explain. The force of the wind does not seem to produce any particular effect on the paper, but its direction does ; the winds most favourable to the manifestation of ozone being the S.E. and N.W., the opposite directions being the least favourable. Lastly, when a storm passes over France or England the test-paper always assumes a deeper colour. THE STORM OF YESTERDAY. -BURSTING OF A SEWER ON TIIE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. - FLOODING OF THE LlNE.—Yesterday afternoon during the heavy thunder and lightning storm, an old sower which passed under the North London Railway, between the Kingsland and Stoke Newington stations, burst in conse quence of the great rush of water, and flooded the lino for a considerable distance. It appeared that the crown of the arch of the sewer under the centre of the permanent way yielded, and so great was the pressure that the water shot up in a body as if out of the main and rushed along the line. Fortunately the engine-drivers of the trains had notice of what had happened, and, beyond the traffic being somewhat delayed, nothing of im portance occurred to the trains. While the storm of rain lasted no measures could be taken to check the rush of water through the sewer, and at one time there was some two feet of water by the side of tho line. At length, after the storm had passed over, although there was a force of water through the sewer from the upper northern districts, the flooding on the line subsided. Bricklayers and plate layers were at cum set to work to repair the damage to the sewer, and to make up those parts of the permanent way which had suffered. In the evening the traffic went on as sual. Yesterday Major-General A. B. Stransham, the Inspector-General of Royal Marines Light Infantry, continued and brought to a close the half-yearly inspection of the Chatham battalion of Royal Ma rines, resuming it at the point at which the previous day's inspection terminated. His visit to Chatham terminated last evening with a banquet, given by the officers to the Inspector-Gen. and the heads of de partments, both naval and military. IN RE -A DISPUTED ADJUDICATION, In re a firm of merchants in the city, the adjudication was disputed. The figures are said to be heavy, but it would be manifestly unfair to the firm to publish the facts pending the result. _ (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) :N RE LIEUT.-COL. CHESNEY-THE NATIVE INDIAN ARMY. This bankrupt was described as a retired lieutenant colonel of the Madras Native Indian Army. He was for merly a lieutenant,' then a captain, then a major, in the 23d Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, and then Deputy Commissioner of various places in India. Ho ascribes his failure to having been obliged to retire from the army in consequence of being pressed by various creditors. The accounts filed show debts £2,780, of which the bankrupt states that he shall object to the proof of about £760 under the statute of limitations. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Refer° Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) LONDON BAD FISH SENT TO PARIS-BENJAMIN V. EDWARDS. This Was an action to recover £lO for fish supplied to defendant, plaintiff being a fish salesman of Billingsgate, and defendant also a fish dealer. Plaintiff deposed that he had sold the defendant the fish charged for. Mr. Buchanan (for defendant)—"Was not Mr. Edwards employed by you to send the fish to Paris, as it was unfit for the London markets ? Plaintiff—l believe that the fish did go to Paris to a person there, but I did not employ him to send it. Defen dant bought the fish upon his own account. His Honour—Was any one present ? Plaintiff—My son. • Plaintiff's Son—l was at the stand when defendant bought the fish. He bought them in his own name. Mr. Buchanan—Were they sent to Paris ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Buchanan—They were too bad for the London market, were they not ? (A laugh.) Witness—They had been put on one side. Mr. Buchanan—They were not that day's fish, at all events. Witness—No, they were not. They were the previous day's fish, and had been put on one side. Mr. Buchanan—Now, I ask you, was the fish fit for the London market? Witness—Well, not quite. (Laughter.) His Honour thought he had better leave the case to a jury. Mr. Buchanan—l will call a witness to show that plain tiff actually employed defendant to send his fish to Paris. Defendant—l was in the s'.2rvice of a man named Myers, who consigned large quantities of fish to Paris. Plaintiff wanted to send some, and he sent them in my name, as he did not wish Myers to know that he was consigning fish to Paris. His Honour—l shall send the case to a jury. • Mr. Buchanan did not think the parties should be put to the expense. His Honour—l shall send it to a jury, to see if they would give plaintiff *a verdict upon this evidence as to the fish sent to Pars. The parties subsequently agreed to settle the ease, and defendant was to pay the debt by instalments. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PARISH PROSECUTION OP BROTHEL KEEPERS.—RacheI Nathan, refreshment-house keeper, 29, Coventry-street, and Martha Thompson, her servant, were brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, charged with keeping a brothel. Mr. Robinson (from the office of Messrs. Danger&ld and Frazer, solicitors to. St. Martin's parish) appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, of Great Marl borough-street, for the defence. Inspector Walker, C division, having proved that the prisoners were the persons keeping the house and named in the warrant, Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the prisoners to find two bails each in £4O. Mary Cross was charged with keeping a brothel at 8, Oxendon-street, and Mary Howell one at 15, James-street, Haymarket, and were ordered to enter into bail. The prisoners were all committed to the sessions. SELLING IMITATION JEWELLERY WITHOUT A LICENSE.— Wm. Justice, described as a hawker, of No. 3, Hanover street, Pimlico, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with hawking imitation jewellery without a license. Sergeant Thos. Shillingford, 4 0, said that about one o'clock that morning ho saw the prisoner offering imitation gold articles for sale. He said ho had a first-rate gold watch, and that he would sell it at cost price. A page boy bought a set of sleeve links of him, and he (Shillingford) then asked him if he had a license as a hawker, and he said he had not, but that he was employed by a firm in New York. He then took the prisoner, who had been drinking, into custody, and at the station found in his pos session a quantity of jewellery made in imitation of gold. The prisoner said ho had been dealing in the articles for years, and that he bad never been interfered with before. The prisoner said there was not a publichouse from Pimlico, where he lived, to that court, but he was known at. To do as ho had done was better than getting his living dishonestly, and he did not see why he should be picked out more than others. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner's was a most mischievous trade, as he got amongst raw servants from the country and imposed upon them. The prisoner had got no license, and ho would therefore be fined 405., or a month. THAMES. A DESPERATE RUPPIAN.—Charles Regan, a tall, coarse looking man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with violently assaulting John Dodds, an engineer, at the Wil liam the Fourth beerhouse in High-street, Poplar, George Mountford, police-sergeant, 34 K, and William Elliott, a police-constable, No. 261. K. The prisoner was in the beerhouso intoxicated and making a disturbance. He interfered with the guests, and struck Dodds, one of the witnesses. He also insulted the landlady and demanded the return of some money he had paid for ale. His insolent demand was not complied with, and he made further disturbances. Dodds left the house and called in Police-sergeant Mountford, on whom tho prisoner made a violent assault, knocked him down, and disabled him by kicking him about the head and face. A constable, named Elliott, was called in and the prisoner struck him with his fist, and was proceeding to further violence when Elliott took his truncheon from its case and struck him on the head with it. The prisoner fell and was secured. Mr. M. Brownfield, surgeon, of No. 171, East India-road, said he was called into the station-house last night to attend Mountford, who was suffering from contusions on the head, which unfitted him for duty. The sergeant could not masticate any solid food, and the temporal muscle was affected. The sergeant would not be able to return to his duty for some time. He had examined the prisoner's head. There was a lacerated wound but not deep upon it. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Paget said this was a case he must punish with con siderable severity. He sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for the assault on Dodds. For the assault upon Mountford, which was of a more serious nature, he sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. The assault on Mountford was one of a cowardly, cruel, and abominable nature, and he hardly knew whether ho was justified in withdrawing the case from the consideration of a jury. He should also have committed the prisoner for two months for the assault on Elliott if he had not been struck with the truncheon. The constable was quite jus tified in what he had done. It was proper and judicious for him to use his truncheon in this case. AN ADVENTURE AT BUENOS AYRES.—I was re turning from a ball with a friend at an early hour in the morning when I heard a report of firearms dose to me in a house. I endeavoured to break in the door, but could not. Looking through a window I saw a man, pistol in hand, who had just fired a second barrel ; at the same mo ment a man, bleeding, came out from another door crying for assistance. I rushed in with several policemen after me and wrenched the pistol from the first and seized him. Other police at the same time had broken in at another door (it was a corner house), and seeing me standing there pistol in hand, holding one man, with another apparently lying dead before me, mistook me for the murderer, and imme diately cut mo down with two severe cuts from clubbed lances on the head. I fell covered with blood. On getting up again I was lanced in several places, and beaten black and blue. How I escaped with my life I know not. I was dragged on, more dead than alive, and thrown into prison as tho supposed murderer, and remained there for about 10 hours. This is my first day out of bed. Thanks to God, the wounds are nearly healed, and I feel no ill effects from them. I feared . that my skull was fractured, but I now conclude that it is all right. I have been on shore since, living at an hotel, whence the doctors will not let me move for some days. Everybody has been most kind, and it has been taken up by our Minister here. I never knew what a thrashing was before. I offered no resistance, having not even a stick to guard a blow off with. The pistol,. I sup pose, was knocked out of my hand by the first blow, which was given me from behind, and on turning round to see who had struck me I received one across the forehead,which felled me. I was covered with blood from head to foot, but did not lose my senses. Ono of the Wounded men is dying, the other badly wounded. I shall carry a two-inch scar on the forehead, just above the right eye. What will be the end of it between our Minister and this,Government I can not yet say ; perhaps an apology--not that that will do me much good. BOROUGH HOP. English hops continue in short supply, and the trade rules firm at full currencies. Foreign hops of good and fine quality were firm in price. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is but moderate, yet the trade is slow, as follows Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, Gs 4d to .7s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. ____.. Market opens steady. Sales probably 15,000 to 20,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, May 24.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; rather fresh breeze and fine weather. FALMOUTH, May 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Rose of Denmark, from Rio Janeiro; Vulture, from Havannah ; Leopold, from Cardenas. PORTSMOUTH, May 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Con flict, from Calcutta. OFF DARTMOUTH, May 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Chili, from Octago, N.Z. Orr - PLY➢IOUTH, May 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Co lumbus, from Curacoa for Amsterdam ; Leopard, from Jamaica, CLITt, May 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—King of the Seas, from Moulmein. SountamPToN, May 23.—Wind W.—Arrived—New York, steamer, from Bremen. Sailed—Napoleon 111., for Quebec. CARDIFF, May 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Rein deer, and John, from Bilboa. Sailed—Senator IVeker, for Monte Video. STROMNESS, May 23.—Wind W.—Arrived—ESk, screw steamer, from London for Greenland. OFF SALCOMBE, May 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Emma Healy, from Mexico. , MUMBLES, May 22.—Wind N.W.—Anived—Acacia, from Caldera. OROOXHAVEN, May 23.--. VI W.—Arrivod.—Rosana, from Demerara. OFF THE LIZARD, May 23. —Wind S.E.—Arrived— The Lala (Hamburg brig), from Cape Haytien for Ham burg. Blum!, May 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Prague, from Rio Janeiro. OFF FALMOUTH, May 23.--Wi n d Juno, from Hobart Town. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 23.—Gem, from Licata. Sailed, May 24.—Dione, for Algoa Bay ; St. Paul, for Point de Galle ; Lbrd John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Young England, from London, for Moreton Bay; Rifle Man, from Sydney, for London (in tow); H. B. L. D. commercial code, from West, for North. 2000 Agents throughout the Kingdom sell Arthur Grainger's id. Pocket Dials (good time-keepers), post free, 2d. Depot, 308, High Holborn, London.—(Advt.) COMPENSATION CLAlMS.—Another compensation case was taken yesterday at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion square, " Giblett v. The Tottenham and Hampstead Junc tion Railway." A verdict for .£2,325 was given. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., was for the claimant, and Mr. Lloyd for the company. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Gilbert Charles Jackson, clerk, 8.C.L., has been preferred by the Crown to the rectory of Tockenham Week, in the county of Wilts and diocese of Salisbury, vice the Rev. Thomas Hyde Ripley, deceased. Annual value, £3OO ; population, 157. VALUE OF LAND ABOUT LIVERPOOL.—On Wed nesday an inquest commenced at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, before Mr. W. Aston, the sheriff's assessor, and a jury of merchants and others, to assess the value of a quantity of land, as well as the amount of depreciation, be longing to Mr. Edward Griffin, near Mossley-hill, Allerton, through whose estate the Edge-hill and Garston branch of the London and North-Western Company passes. Mr. Griffin's claim upon the company for the land actually taken, as well as compulsory sale, depreciation, and severance, was between £14,000 and £15,000. The case excited a con siderable amount of interest, and a large number of sur veyors, land valuers, and others were present, including Messrs. John Cunningham, Young, Scourfield, Leyland, and Williams, who had been summoned on behalf of the claimant ; and Messrs. S. Holnie, Picton, Culshaw, Shelmerdine, and other gentlemen, on behalf of the railway company. Mr. Leofric Temple appeared for the claimant, and Mr. Horatio Lloyd and Mr. Littler for the railway company. Tho jury having been sworn, proceeded to Allerton to view the land, and on their return, after an absence of between two and three hours, Mr. Temple stated the case for the claimant, and called witnesses who stated that the approach to a very large portion of the estate had been almost cut off, 70 acres being severed on d one side of the line, and 80 acres on the other. Mr. John Cunningham thought Mr. Griffin was entitled to £11,753. Mr. Owen Williams thought £13,582. Mr. John Scour field, builder and valuer, thought £13,991. In cross-exami nation by Mr. Lloyd, this witness said the entire estate was worth from £750 to £BOO an acre, which would be from £130,000 to £140,000. He believed a person could not do better just now than buy land five or six miles from Liverpool and hold it for some time. It must increase in value. He had had 3s. per yard offered for land further from Liverpool than this, and he had refused it. Yesterday the company called rebutting testimony, and the jury awarded £6,750, being £3,742 15s. for the land actually taken, and the balance for depreciation in value through severance of the remainder.—Manchester Courier. AN I NTERVIEW WITH GENERAL JOHNSTON.— Gen. Johnston's camp was a very plain one, scarcely as respectable as a division general's in the Union army. The tents were old, and scattered about without much re gard to regularity. The general's tent was a plain wall tent, not much better than the rest. In front of this General Johnston and some five or six officers of his staff were sitting. On the lid of a mess chest near them were the remains of a very plain frugal supper. Johnston is a man of about five feet nine inches in height, rather slight, but muscularly built frame. From appearance I should take him to be about 50. Only that his hair and beard are so grey you would not think him so old. He is evidently a man of great reflective powers, schooled y, combined w ith un tiring into energy. th e greatest test conversation s u bse r i e is n so natural, dignified, and easy that you at once feel at your ease, though at the same time you are conscious that he is reading your thought s refined ease and n lie possesses mu c h of the pene tration and firmness of a soldier. Ile conversed freely. A s o l p eg en anes book. of a gentleman with the remark was made on the hopelessnes s o f th e S out h con tending against the North with her vast wealth and un bounded resources, both in men and means. While this war has depopulated and devasted the South the North was never so flourishing, nor never had so large a popula tion. "True enough; yet we did not fail so much from the want of men and means as from mismanagement. Had we your Government, sir, the result might bo quite different." Ho thinks the mass of the people will quietly return to their homes and conform to the new state of things. He was bitter on the murder of President Lincoln. " Lincoln, sir," he said, "was a good man and a conservative man. His death placed in power a man of radical principles—a —Southern man—a man, I fear, of strong private preju dices, who will not try to heal up the wounds of the na tion. The scoundrel Booth was a hot-brained man, full of a kind of tragic desire of immortality. He was no friend to the South. If at any time such an act could complicate the Federal Government it is not now. Even should the President's death help our cause for a season it would be sure to bring a curse upon it ; for never did a cause flourish by assassination. All good men and true soldiers depre cate the assassin. I hope he may bo taken alive, in order to come at his accomplices." General Johnston spoke in very flattering terms of General Sherman's abilities ; but was very bitter on Jeff. Davis—in fact, attributing the whole failure to his bungling administration.—New York Ilerald. The subscription list of the A Stock of the Metro politan Extension Railways of the London , Chat ham, and Dover Railway Company is to close on Saturday next for Lond on, and on Monday for the country. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, May 19.--The- Caradoc, 2, despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. H. Wilkinson, ar rived from Marseilles on the 13th inst. She is to proceed to Constantinople in about a fortnight, to be at the disposal of Sir Henry Buiwer. The Meannee, 60, Commander H. G. Belson (in charge) arrived on the 15th inst. from the Piraeus. Mr. R. Bulwer Lytton, Secretary of Legation at Athens, who has been appointed to Lisbon, arrived by her. Capt. IVodehouse re-assumed the command on her arrival. It is reported that the King of Greece will spend some portion of the sum mer at Corfu, where the palace is being prepared for his reception. The Enterprise, 4, ironclad, Com mander Rowley, went out on the 15th inst. for piactice, and returned on the following day. The Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, Capt. F. A. Campbell, and the Resistance, 16, ironclad, Capt. W. Cham berlain, went but on the 18th to renew their steam trials. The Victoria, 102, (flag-ship), Capt. G. Goodenough, followed on the 19th (to-day), for gun practice. All three vessels are still outside. The Pelican, 17, Commander W. Comber, arrived or, the 18th inst. from Bengazi, having on boa:l7a Mr. Dennis, her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at that place, who has obtained leave fir the benefit of his health. Commander Coniber has been invalided. The Firefly, 4, surveying vessel, Commander G. R. Wilkinson, arrived on.the 18th inst. from Tunis for the purpose of replenishing coals and rating chrono meters. She left Malta on the Ist of April, and was detained at Tunis by very bad weather till the 24th, when she commenced surveying in the Gulf of Tunis, and finished the coast as far as Kabylia, about mid way between Tunis and Sousa. She went in search of a sunken rock, reported by a Greek vessel to the Commander-in-Chief to exist 11 miles from Pan tellaria, but found a depth of 450 fathoms on the spot indicated. This will remove all fears that may have arisen on the subject. The Firefly will leave in a few days for the coast of Tunis to resume operations. Tie Fanny Lambert returned here on the 15th inst., after completing the repair of the Malta and Alexandria telegraph. The work has occupied upwards of four months. She ex perienced most exceptional weather, having only had twenty-four days on which the operations could be carried on. She left on the 17th, on return to London, taking with her Mr. Irvin, superintendent at Malta, who is proceeding _ _ _ _ _ home on account of ill-health ; Mr. Temple, en gineer, and telegraph staff. The following promo tions have been made by the Commander-in-Chief on this station, consequent on the death of Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue, late of her Majesty's ship Phcebe : —Commander I. N. T. Saulez, of the Racer, to be captain of the Cossack ; Lieut. 11. L. Perceval, first of the Victoria, to be commander of the Racer; Sub- Lieut. W. G. Lecocq, of the Victoria, to be lieut. ; Capt. W. R. Rolland has been removed from the Cossack to the Phoebe ; Mr. R. C. T. Blunt, mid shipman, of the Cossack, has been appointed to the Orlando ; Mr. R. W. Craigie, midshipman, also of the Cossack, to the Phoebe ; and Mr. Murdoch, mid shipman, of the Victoria, to the Cossack. The Wizard, gunboat, Lieut. G. H. Lawson, left on the 17th for Tunis, taking Commander Perceval, who will assume the command of the Racer at that place. Mr. R. L. Smart, midshipman, also proceeded in the Wizard for the Racer. Capt. Saulez will return in the gun-, boat to join the Cossack. The Phoebe, 35, Capt. W. R. Rolland, left Malta on the 12th inst. (to -day) for Zante and Cephalonia. Her Majesty's ship Magicienne, 16, Capt. IV. Armytage, which left Malta on the 7th of April, returned to this island on the 12th inst., after having been in attendance on Prince Arthur. She met the Prince, who was on board the royal yacht Enchantress, at- Smyrna on the 14th ult. The two ships left on the 16th, and called that day at Mitylene and in the Gulf of San derlik. They returned to Smyrna on the 18th. The Magicienne lel& on the 18th, and rejoined the Prince at the mouth of the River Strymon on the 25th ult. Both ships called on that day at Grissos Bay, the next day at Khiliandarion Bay and Paiday Bay. On the 28th they arrived at Salonica, and anchored off the River Scalambria on the 29th ult. They arrived at Volo on the Ist of May, anchored near Thermopylae on the 2d, and arrived at Legrano Bay on the 3d. They remained there until the 4th, and arrived at Dolos on the sth, Syra on the 6th, Antiparos on the 7th, and Milo on the Bth. The Magicienne parted company from the Enchantress on the 9th, and sailed for Malta. The Bristol, 39, screw steam frigate, 3,027 tons, 600-horse power, master in charge John T. C. Webb, was removed from the large basin in Sheer ness dockyard to moorings in the harbour, having been thoroughly repaired both in hull and machinery and refitted for commission. She is placed in the first division of the Sheerness steam reserve. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—J. Phillips, master, additional _ . to the Cumberland, for service in the Favourite Thomas H. W. Beddows, midshipman, to the Hector; Henry W. Hill, midshipman, to the Sutlej ; IV. W. Williams, inspector of machinery afloat, additional, to the Edgar, for temporary service ; W. Glasspole, chief engineer, additional, to the Asia, in charge of engines of Geyser, on that ship being paicl off ; J. A. Douglas, master's-assistant, to the Scout ; J. A. Jones, master's-assistant, to the Edgar ; Richard P. Tully, master's-assistant, to the Achilles ; and Walter Strugnell, master's assistant, to the Dasher. PLYMOUTH, May 21.—The ship True Briton,, 1,046 tons, Capt. George H. Bawn, belonging to Messrs. Money, Wigram, and Sons, was 30 miles south-west of Scilly on Saturday, steering east by south, under all pos sible sail; wind easterly, light. She left Melbourne Feb. 26 for London, with 12,0000 z. of gold, 1,050 bales of wool. 3,000 bags copper ore, 200 tons of bark, and 60 cabin and 200 steerage passengers, including Mr. Maule and Lady Campbell, Capt. and Mrs. Despard, Mr. and Mrs. M'Culloch, Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs, Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Catling, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mesdames Petigrew, Collingwood, Desmor, and M'Pherson, and Messrs Blyth, Griffiths, Smith, Kennedy, Laver, Townsend, Taylor and Cleveland, and Dr. Watson. In lat. 53 32 S., long. 176 20 E., the True Briton was surrounded by at least 400 ice bergs, and was compelled to steer north to the 50th paral lel; this greatly detained the ship's passage to Cape Horn, which was rounded March 27. No south-east trades were experienced, but a light north-east wind. The Line was crossed April 25. Off the Western Islands strong north-east gales prevailed for three days, after which light breezes from south-west. On the 16th of April, in lat. 19 43 S., long. 31 52 W., she spoke the bark Sales, 35 days from Liverpool for Manilla. The bark Teesdale, 333 tons, Capt. J. Way, with 1,280 bales of wool from Portland Bay, Jan. 22, was off the Lizard at 2 p.m. yesterday, under all sail; wind east. She had at first principally northerly winds. In lat. 56 S. 116 icebergs were passed. Cape Horn was rounded Feb. 27, and the Equator crossed April 8 in long. 30 W. A continuation of north east winds pre vailed up to lat. 44 N., long. 49 W., until May 4, when three icebergs were seen. Since then light westerly winds pre vailed. The Teesdale spoke, May 13, lat. 49 30 N., long. 29 30 W., the British bark Marmion, 39 days from Trinidad for Greenock ; and May 14, lat. 49 29 N., long. 25 40 W., the mail steamship City of Washington, homeward bound, Tuesday, May 23. The ship Rifleman, 725 tons, Captain Thomas Main, belonging to Mr. W. Duthie, jun. of Aber deen, from Sydney Feb. 1, with seven passengers, 1,925 bales of wool, and 3,000 hides, for London, was 12 miles from Portland Bill yesterday at noon, under whole sail ; wind light. She experienced light weather and easterly winds throughout, and from long. 160 to within 120 miles of the Horn passed great quantities of bergs and loose ice. The Cape was rounded March 8, the line crossed April 11, and the Lizard sighted May 19. The Rifleman spoke March 16, lat. 44 36 S., long. 41 35 W., ,the ship John Bunyan, from Callao for Antwerp; April 3, lat. 18 30 S., long. 38 30 W., the bark Heather Bell, 38 days from Lon don ; 30th, lat. 33 37 N., long. 41 30 W., the Zelia, of Ips wich, 49 days from Antwerp ; May 17, lat. 46 30 N., long. 9 20 W., the Bremen bark Java, outward bound ; and lat. 48 30 N., long. 7 50 W., the Dutch bark Pauline Constance Elenor, of Amsterdam. The ship Witch of the Seas, 343 tons, Captain George W. Bush, belonging to Mr. Osborn, of Lyme Regis, was three miles south of the Lizard yesterday, at noon; wind light. She left Algoa Bay on the 18th of March, with 990 bales of wool, 53 chests of aloes, 202 . bales of skins, and six cabin and 16 steerage passengers for London. Off the Cape of Good Hope, which was rounded on the 18th of March, she experienced strong north-west gales, and inlat. 30 S., long. 12 30 E. south-south-west winds. The Witch of the Seas touched at St. Helena on the sth of April, and spoke on the 18th of May, in lat. 48 44 N., long. 12 45 W., the bark Olive Branch, 62 (lays from Montevideo, for London. The Julia Maxwell had left Algoa Bay for Ichaboe, and the Queen of the Bay for London. The Samuel was preparing to sail The Belle of the South, the Sarah Black, the Avonvale, and the Gem of the Nith were loading. THIRD E.T'iillTION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORT ENG INTELLIGENCE —This Day. Sylph Blackbird Auld Ailie Vespasian -P BATH RACES—Tins DAY. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) SELLING STAKES. Doralice . colt Student WESTON STAKES Thirteen ran. BATII HANDICAP. Donnybrook . v 1 Godmersham 3 Beadle LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 6to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken) 15 to 2 agst Archimedes (taken) 9to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken) 100 to 8 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Brahma (taken) 40 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered) The above are the only races received up to the time of our going to press. LADTERTISEMENT.I RACING TIMES OFFICE, 286, Strand, London, W.C.—Mr. THOMAS TEMPLE, the Proprietor of the "Racing Times," begs to inform the Sporting Public that he has commenced Business for the. Season, and will execute Commissions on all Races to any amount. Winnings guaranteed. P. 0. Orders to be made payable at Strand Post-office, and cheques crossed London and Westminster Bank (Temple bar Branch). RACING FIXT Blaydon-on-Tyne 5 Redditch Uxbridge Bradford Moor 5 Manchester Chelmsford 7 Southwell Maid tone Ascot Newmarket July Carlisle Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Stamford l3 Hungerford l3 AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Paisley Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham l5 Stockton l6 RES FOR 1865. SEPTE. Warwick Leicester 7 Dover Hereford Doncaster Brecon lB Richmond Beverley, Hull, and East Riding l4 Liverpool Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bibury Stockbridge New Forest Hunt l4 Nottingham Winchester lB Southampton l9 Chesterfield Cambridge 2O Aldershot Czuni, ' ?o, 21 Goodwood UST. OCTO Bedford I Caledonian Hunt and Oxford l7 York Great Yarmouth 22 Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Tunbridge Derby Summer 3O Ipswich Weymouth Bl I Canterbury l9 Hendon (Welsh Harp) 2l IMonmouth 2l Manchester Autumn INewmarket Ist Oct 26 Walsall Lanark IBER. Perth West Drayton Kelso Newmarket Ho. M Worcester Autumn LBER. Edinburgh 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 NOTE Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury Warwickshire and Leam ington Hunt Public-house Closing Act (1864) Amendment Bill. The following are the provisions of this bill (as amended in committee). It is entitled, " A Bill to Amend the Act of the Twenty-seventh and Twenty eighth Victoria, Chapter Sixty-four, commonly called The Public-house Closing Act, 1864 :'"— Whereas the operation of the said act has inflicted injury on and caused great inconvenience to many of her Majesty's subjects, and it is desirable that the same should be amended; be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most ex cellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : 1. This act may be cited for all purposes as the "Public House Closing Act, 1865." 2. It shall be lawful for the licensing justices at the time of granting or renewing anylicence, upon the production of such evidence as they shall deem sufficient to show that it is necessary or desirable, for the accommodation of any considerable number of persons attending any public market, or following any lawful trade or calling, if, in the discretion of such justices, they shall think fit, to grant to any licensed victualler or keeper of a refreshment house whose place of business is in the immediate neigh bourhood of such market, or of the place where the persons follow such lawful trade or calling, a licence exempting him from the provisions of the herein-before mentioned act, during such days, times, or hours as shall be specified in such licence ; and no licensed victualler or keeper of a re freshment house to whom such licence has been granted under this act shall be subject to any penalty for a contra vention of the herein-before mentioned act, during the days or times to which his licence extends ; but he shall not be exempted by such licence from any penalty to which it may be subject under any other act of Parliament; provided that a printed notice, stating the days and special hours during which and the class of persons for whom the house is open under such licence,shall be affixed in a conspicuous position outside the house. 3. It shall be lawful for such justices, from time to time, as and when it may seemfit, either to withdraw such licence altogether, or to alter, vary, or amend the same, in such manner as such justices may deem necessary or expedient. 4. The said act, as herein amended, shall be in force in such districts under the operation of the Public Health Act, 1848, or the Local Government Act, 1858, as adopt the same ; and Local Boards of Health established under or by virtue of the said Public Health Act, 1848, and local boards established under or by virtue of the said Local Government Act, 1,858, may adopt the said Public House Closing Act, 1864, in the same manner ; and the same shall come into operation at the same time as is provided for tho adoption and coming into operation of that act by corporate boroughs or boards of improvement commissioners ; provided that this section shall not apply to any district which is a cor porate borough, or within the jurisdiction of a board of improvement commissioners. 5. So much of the eighth clause of the said recited act as defines the local authority to be a commissioner, superin tendent, or other chief officer of police shall be repealed, and instead thereof the local authority shall be, in any district, city or town where petty sessions are hold, two justices of the peace sitting in petty sessions, and in any other district, city, or town two justices of the peace acting in the district, city, or town. 6. This act shall be deemed, constructed, and taken as part of the said hereiubefore mentioned act. The committee of the Stock Exchange at Am sterdam have sent the Baron d'Escury to Paris, with instructions to take steps to bring about a set tlement of the claims of the Mexican Arrear Certifi cate holders. The agents of the Dutch Committee h ave applied to the chairman of the Mexican De ferred Bondholders to invite theßritish Bondholders to join in the formation of a committee to effect an arrangement of this matter, and it is proposed to ask for a liberal grant of land in discharge of the claim of the Arrear Certificate holders. The list of applications for the Consolidated Five per Cent. Peruvian Loan is announced to be closed this afternoon (Wednesday). THE REFORMATORY ExIIIBMON.--The closing ceremony at the Exhibition of Industrial Work at the Agri cultural Hall will take place to-morrow evening. The medals will then be presented by the Earl of Shaftesbury to the representatives of the various British and foreign institutions, and several distinguished foreigners, delegated from their respective Governments, will take part in the proceedings. There will also be a grand performance of vocal music by the choir of the National Choral Society, augmented to 1,000 voices, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin. There is every appearance a a fruitful season in the Channel Islands. The export of new potatoes to Eng land from those islands is expected to commence in about ten days' time. In 1863 there were 104 public libraries in the United States, with upwards of 10,000 volumes in each. They contained in the aggregatc 2,403,477. It is estimated that there are upwards of 12,000,000 volumes in the whole of the public libraries in the. United States.—Anierican paper. LEOTARD'S BROKEN LEG.--Great sympathy is expressed about the accident, 'which is stated to have taken place in consequence of a. trapeze which ho was to catch having been badly thro fcorward ; he missed it , a nd of course fell to the ground. .14BElt. ar. 103}