The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AN 0 GODIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK The prospectus has appeared of the Norddeutsche Scluffbau Actie n G ese ll sc h a f t, or t h e N ort h G erman Ship Building Company, with a capital of £1,500,000 , half of which is to be first issued in !hares of £3O each. The object of the company Ls to build and repair ships of all descriptions especially men-of-war), and to construct dockyards in the port of Kiel. It is under the protection of -the Royal Prussian Ministry of Marine, and has been incorporated according to Prussian law. A preference for repairing and building all their vessels has been promised by the Prussian Government, and also an order for an ironclad as soon as the company is in a position to commence work. A site suitable for docks and shipbuilding works, near the Altona and Kiel Railroad, has been purchased, and the ri g ht o f recla i m i ng, free of charge, a con siderable portion of the harbour near the company's lands has been conceded. The list for shares is to be Closed on Monday next. Two o'CLocK. At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 70c, Offered. The English Stock Market has been very de pressed, and little business has been in progress. Consols are a little lower than the prices at which they closed last evening, the quotations for money being 90i -a, and for the account, ex div., 891 1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 8881 ; E xchequer Bills, 3s. prem. ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 100. Foreign Stocks are generally weaker, and there i 8 very little animation. Turkish 6 per Cents. (1862), are 731 741 ; ditto Consolides, 48 1 ex div. ; Mexican, 258 s;" ditto New, 251 25 ; Greek, 201 4 ; Spanish Passive, 29i 1 ; ditto Certificates, 158 1 ; Italian, 65* -1 Russian (1862), 891 90 ; and Con federate Loan, 9 11. In the Railway Share Market there has been a slight reaction, and prices have in most instances been depressed. North Western have declined £l, Great Northern A Stock and South Eastern each 158., and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Metropolitan, and Midland each 8. The Foreign and Colonial lines have not varied to any material extent. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are quiet. Char tered of India, London, and China have declined to 4 9 ; London Bank of Mexico to 9i ; Agra and Masterman to 114 115 ; and Joint Stock SecuritieS, to gt. 7. Russian Ironworks Company's shares are 6 i 7 prem: ; E s t a t es Improvement, 2.1 31 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman 5 per Cent. Loan, 11 1 dis. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a per Cent. Consols Do. Account, June 6 B9l ° per Cent. Redu ce d BBf 1 i „kTew 3 per Cent BBf 1 i .N ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — .A•nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DODo for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — D (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Do.ee BillS, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — £5OO ha £5OO - - hu Do. £lOO and £2OO lk of nt IRMO GO VERNMENT SECURITIES. Iliclian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — De.Do Account 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 Account D O 4-'O. Certificate D°. Filf • aced Paper &per Cent • — Do.loo 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ( 1 5 1 per Cet., May 1879 — DO. -O 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — D 0• llouda, £4ooo _ _ under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Aust„.; b„, -- 4",. la Bones 5 per Cent — Do,-'404 per Cent A - Doper Cent., 185 .1 811 n u rin . 1863 e--8 Ayres 6 per Cent — 10 Account • h ilian 6 C ° I Per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) to per Cent Col • 4 i Per Cent cuitllll2,laa6 per C en t . E,',•,,° pe r Cent. .Per Cent., 1864 — BanY*,_lsberip, £55 paid D O, S 3 per Cent., 1825 — Dub s 4 Per Cent., 1863 — D a 5 Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid "bial l P . • ali les , I)oXB6.parlP t ttailor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — F2'l o. Provisional Land Warrant ilan 7 y9l per Cent Second Issue 9 Do D • 1864 92 3 . o £lOO Bo d b o ,„,, . 11 8 (ir e I' erl P, £56 paid teo_44sccopeunrteents., 1824-5, ex Coupons :. Do'. 2 °.°P°llB u • - eeount t Ilateniala 5 per Cent. — Do 1 It o , ' -83 9 and 1850 — D o 11 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) e 186' o ? dis li, - erg; £s7f paid ,"cao• 3 per Cent. — DO. Account D(. 1864 2sf 5 t° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — i t „._ 0 Prench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — tlooolltevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid li e 1184 Imperial 5 per Cent DO'cr Granada 1,0 2 per Cent _ rtligliese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account _ 1) 1 , ° 3 , Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Russi an ~ ____ -° -o-eeount _ 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St., DO 4 1 Per Cent., 1850 D O ,O 1 1860 1- ) 3 , Per Cent. 1859 1859 90 891 ---°° '.' Per Cent, 1862 921 2 1 82),,,rdinia5 perCenr 4 . ~ "0. Account 'aPanish 3 per Cent Do New Deferred — 120 Account 4O Do , Acco 291 1 1 'Dani sh Cert. unt of Coup not funded Swedi sh DO Account .. .. ... . 4 per Cent . ~. TuDo. 4f per Cent. 1861. Drkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account .. . .. ..., o 6 per Cent. 185.8 ................. . Do Account,. Do £lOO Bonds . ..- ... . Do 6 per Ce n t. 1862 ...................... IDo 6 per C en t . 1863 ...... . VDo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. enezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account . Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do D per ... .. !. . " 0 . lf per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. e 8- t•,.; )3„ 11 --ao, 5 per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins I,oit n, 41 per c en t., Ex. 25f., 4-ch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — D i e 0. 4ier Cent. Certificates 1 ; 11 ° 1 gentes, 3 per Cent.. — It r° A ccount D O , ,Li Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Account C onsol s TWO O'CLOCK. 901 1 .... . • D o• 89 x d r '47erpool Cotton Market—This Day. 0 ,00 bales Market very firm andi dearer. Sales probably Koh A " THE DYMOKES BECAME CHAMPIONS.- - -ko n i 40 _ gSt the most distinguished of the Conqueror's I t ° ing' Yers W as Robert de Marmyon, on whom the Norman veort;,'?llongst other gifts, conferred the castle of T d 4,1 80 ',lll Wa rwickshire, to hold by knight's service,. an tlort:" manor of Sc ' rivelsby, near Horncastle, in the d tha t h?f Lincolnshire, to hold per baroniam, an t he peculiar Peculiar service and duty was perform ° t th:. t _ e° °f Champion to the Kings of England t o o n n s t o h f e s da ari y - s Vei eb lt.,coronation. Prom this time the M t a ttra Y m, ° and they eo4tif_ °ecanie barons of the realm per teta er 7 ti ed to en for several flourish among the greater nobles ~°ar barons with the heiresses of some of the most powerful l'hierinr the.age. But about the twentieth of Edward 1., il er i- a• - , ( 1 3 , 4411,1 3 7 011, fifth from the companion of the Con- :„ItlieL"ed, leaving only female issue ; and thus the great ' 4 •41 - 7, 4 e0 of the v- tbe divided, the Castle 9f atie4l4h:Yierttilh(f4.4hunciln t - o — t il l i i:e F ea i e2 ev e ill a e es,.and the manor of Scri e of whose dapghte . r t 'bile e•lresB, Margaret' 3r. the h ll2 John Dymoke, Knij n h c t, i W eek, illt ° that 1 l vi atcient a t nd i nonourable name.— e a ran ee C. 011' /fT °l'ti for the )A be berc l4 pasops COLONIAL GO VERN HE N' 'British Colurqbia,6 pert cent„ Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1)o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. " do: le9o-1 Do. Jan. & July, 189 t Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. Is7B . . Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Natal qov. n per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. .&,1 uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do. a pril & Oct BRITI ICam. Como'.cold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon as t, Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(Gwen., Great L ocey, limited Great South Tolgus 1 G. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 Grenvihe Herod's Foot .... Iling - ston Downs -- Margaret ll.Jny Lelant Marke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, liw Nangiles ewSe Lou ....... ••• • I North Downs • • • • • North Itoskear N.Wh'l Bassettallogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Pr ,rldenee Tiny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park . Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L•skeard I West C hi rerton 13 15 6 2 2g 36' 32 35 510 520 176 22 13 15 10 17 76 8 106 11; 326 (3 180 190 90 95 50 60 West Seton ..... . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth 1W Lea Ludo,,tt 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men, Wheal Seton 11 13 2021 2071' 18 20 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal Union • • • ritEFEKEN( I II; Cit. Western, Wt. Midland. Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, 1181: PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Northern, Boston and Sleaford 4} per cent., 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Bradford Pref. stock, 91} FOREIGN RAIL WAYII.I Bahia and San Francisco k liaL) gua. 7 per cent, 14} Great Luxembourg, 141 I San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 FOREIGN MINES, St. John del Rey (11m.), 141 BANKS. Agra and Misterman's, lim., 115 14 Alliance tun... 304 14 Ditto, issued at Stu pm., 20 Australasia, 694 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 250 6 Chartered of India. London, and China, 43 European Bank, lim.„ J 3 Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 44 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 1im.,:91 London Joint Stock, tOi London and South-Western, lim. 21 Ditto, new, 13 London and estminster, 9 National Bank, Ditto, new, 90a Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., Union of A ustralia,:ss DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 679 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company,"lol Continental Union Gas, Rm., 10; Contract corporation, lim., Credit Fonder and Mobilicr of England, 8; if Discount Corporation. 12,: Ebbw Vale, 9i Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 3 Financial Corporation, Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 10} Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 5; Indian Carrying, Um., I International Financiai society, lira., 6 Joint Stock Discount. lim.. 8; London Financial Asaociation, lim., 221 Milwall Iron Works, 6! Northern Assam Tea, lim., 11 Peninsula and Oriental Steam. 81 M Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining. lim., 5 Scottish Australian Investment, lim.. 124 GOLD FROM NEW ZEALAND.—Since the discovery of gold in Otago in 1861 the yield has greatly in creased. Otago alone has exported 1,705,677 ozs. of the precious metal. If we take £3l7s. 6d. as the local current value of the ounce, we have an increase of £6,610,374 ss. to the wealth of this province. Enormous as this is, these mines are by no means exhausted. During the first quar ter of the present year, according to the authentic Govern ment returns, the yield has been 55,713 ounces.—New Zealand Examiner. SHARE MARKETS—T is day. --",, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Railways. I r a i l / Closing 1 Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., .t Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne .... Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall all 100 110 1(0 all all 1311 1 Do. A A gets no div. till6p.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wcstern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B Do. I‘ ew, is. at 25 po , Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— 02cord Do. Newpo. t Do. Be' eford Lane , shire Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brieh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. Az South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares 3fetrop ol i tan ..... Do. New 31Id and Do, Ilirmin & Derby: Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. shares %I id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18r4 North Staffordshire IN. & S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock' uo. Scot, Mid. stick.. ews 1V Ichpool.. Shropshire Union .... South Devon 'outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ell W.Hartlepool Har.&tt Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemable ell all ERITISH Pi Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, t Cen.ln. et i 20 201 10 gu. 5 per cent Do. k' shares Buffalo d 5 Lake Huron _ Do Preference _ Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 8 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Calcutta & S. E., Rm.. • 'a e Town & DoCk, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben ad, gu, 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PAL Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I'o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim. gua. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. DNew ..... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay . 1873 Do. 5a do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4i do Do. do Do. Fifth Extension Meth. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay.. New Brunswick & Can.] Class A and B I. R I.C' da, pc Ist pf .bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do cts . Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St I'lo :SIIM: 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2. i 3.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 8.13 4.3.15 21i 3 32/ 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 li 18.18.9 3.12.81 HIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESI)AY EVEAING, MAY 17, 1865 s LAW IN TELLIGE NCE—(This Day). SHOREDITCII COUNTY COITRT. (Before Mr. Dasent and a Jury.) RAILWAY CROSSING GATES AND STRAYING CATTLE.-IM PORTANT CASE.-THURGOOD V. THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover £35 damages, the value of a mare, belonging to the plaintiff, which was killed by an express train on the line belonging to the company. Mr. Shaw (instructed by Mr. France, of Ponder's-end) appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Barnard (instructed by Mr. Ashley, of Charles-square, Hoxton) representing the company. Mr. Shaw, in opening the case to the jury, said that his client was a market-gardener, of Ponder's-end, and he owned a mare worth £35. Close to the field in which the mare was kept was a railway crossing called the Duck Lees crossing, and here the defendants had put up a gate, but in consequence of the insecurity of the fastening plaintiff's mare went through and strayed upon the line on February 24 last, it being subsequently run over and killed by the Norwich express train. For the loss of this animal the present action was brought, and the learned counsel urged that defendants would be clearly liable if it could be shown that proper care had not been taken to put up a gate with a proper catch to it. Plaintiff said that the catch on the gate was very inse cure, and he had found it open on more than one occasion. Amongst the witnesses a man named Wallis deposed that it was no person's duty to keep the gate closed. Mr. Barnard submitted that there was no case to go to the jury. Mr. Shaw urged that plaintiff had made out a case. He quoted sec. 10 of 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 55, an act for the regulation of railways, and contended that defendants were bound to put up a gate which fastened itself if opened for any purpose. Mr. Barnard then pointed out that plaintiff had not taken proper care of his own horse, which was a trespasser on the defendants' line. He argued that the defendants were only bound to put up a gate with a catch, and it would be proved, if necessary, that a very secure gate had been erected. The learned counsel referred the Court to several cases. His Honour ruled that there was no case for the jury, and that the company were not bound to put a gate which was self-fastening, it being sufficient that a gate to be fastened by hand should be erected. Plaintiff nonsuited, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.- This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE ~OF PICKING POCKETS: Nicando Cantelli, an Italian, and William Bodkin were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to pick pockets in Regent-street. A little boy proved seeing the prisoners together in Regent-street, and that Bodkin put his hand into several ladies' pockets, the other prisoner covering Bodkin. Police -constable Fitsch, 335 A, said that while on the way to the station Bodkin said to the prisoner in French " Don't say anything." The prisoners 'were then re manded. The following day a gentleman applied to the magistrate to have Cantelli relieved from custody, as undoubtedly there was some mistake, Cantelli being the son of a gentle man of high position in Florence, and having only come to this country for pleasure, and having plenty of money at his command. The application not being made to the magistrate who first heard the case (Mr. Tyrwhitt) the request was not complied with, and therefore Cantelli remained in custody. Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, instructed by Messrs. Humphrey and Morgan, now attended for Cantelli, and said he would be would be able to convince the magistrate of the mistake which had been made in the case. Cantelli was a gentle man who was sent to this country by his parents to see London, being furnished with a letter of credit upon the banking house of Messrs. Krauetler and Melville. He (Mr. Sleigh) would state how he became acquainted with the other priscner, for undoubtedly in his company he was. Cantelli, being unable to speak English, wandered about in search of lodgings, and seeing a notice of a room to let in Regent-street, Westminster, took the room, and there, un fortunately for him, the other prisoner was lodging. Bodkin being acquainted with the French language, they the more speedily became acquainted, and on the day in question Bodkin asked Cantelli to take a walk with him, and they went to Regent-street, and there what ever Bodkinidid Cantelli was wholly innocent of. The matter had been placed in the hands of Mr. East, the Italian Consul General, who, having made strict in quiries and seen documents in Cantelli's possession as well as the letter of credit, was convinced that Cantelli was innocent, and had sent his secretary to the court to prove the prisoner's respectability. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Sleigh) felt no doubt the magistrate would dis charge him, as it would, no doubt, be a lesson to theyoung man in future as to how he formed acquaintances with strangers. The secretary to the Italian Consul-General was then called, and said that the Consul-General, as well as him self, were entirely convinced of Cantelli's innocence and respectability; that his father occupied' a high position in France ; and that the young man could be in no want of money. • Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho could well understand the case. A foreigner, unacquainted with our language, had the misfor tune to go to a house like the one in question, and there became acquainted with a person, and then all the rest fol lowed as a matter of course. The case showed the impru dence of hastily making acquaintances. He should dis charge Cantelli, and remand the other prisoner for a week, the more especially so as the officer ,said he had no doubt he was known. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT. The name of the solicitor who appeared for the plaintiff yesterday was given as Leverson, instead of M. 11, Levirton. The Last Battles of the War. o -- The statements of the enclosed extract may be relied upon :—" I think I have gone through the list of those nearest to you, and perhaps a glimpse of public matters may be worth something now cut off as you are. I tell you what I received from the highest authority, that General Lee had surrendered 7,500 muskets only ; that his men had fought eight days on the rations of one day ; that on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday they had each and all day fought ; that never once, when they reported the enemy coming in force, in this direction or that, and he ordered them to drive them back, had they faltered ; they had obeyed cheerfully, and never once failed to drive them back. On Saturday morning, when he formed, they had subsisted for four days on the corn provided for the horses (they being without forage), and they had only 7,500 muskets ; they were still ready to follow him, confident they could yet cut their way through, if he deemed it best ; but if he thought the terms of the surrender such as he might accept, they were equally ready to yield to those terms. He said such noble and devoted lives he could not sacrifice. He felt it was his duty to surrender to an overpowering enemy. Their force is variously estimated ; General Meade put it at 75,000. I have heard from many officers that the victory of Friday—the last day of their fighting— was the victory of the war. The conduct of the troops under Custis Lee, who commanded the forces around Richniond,is strongly commented upon. He said of them himself they fought not like men, but lions.'. They had in charge a large train heavily laden, the roads being extremely bad—mud up to the heels of the wheels. His command was only 2,000 men ; they fought three days without food, on either side of their waggons. On the morning of the 4th, General Mahone went, or was obliged, perhaps, to go ahead for a little while. This left a gap in their lines, which was instantly filled by the enemy, who,with their overwhelming numbers, sur rounded and captured most of them. Our loss in this and in General Lee's continuous fight, is repre sented as incredibly small by our own officers, of whom I have seen many." A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. C. Joyce and Co., in the Alexandria trade, who suspended on Bth of April last, was held, yesterday afternoon, at the London Tavern, when a statement of their affairs was presented by Messrs. Kemp, Cannan, Ford, and Co., the accountants. The total liabili ties were originally £1,340,000, but they have since run off, and now only represent £312,029. The assets against these are 'placed at £121,693. It re- mains to be seen whether the liquidation will prove favourable. The underwriting account of Charles Joyce and Frederick George Westmorland exhibits debts and liabilities of £8,461, and assets £10,025. After some discussion, a resolution was put to the meeting, proposing the winding-up of the estate under the inspection of three creditors, the terms of which will be communicated to parties interested. The demand for discount accommodation in the open market is comparatively small, and the rates for the best bills are rather easier at 41 per cent. The supply of money on offer is now daily in creasing. The share-list of the Petroleum Company of Western Virginia will close on Thursday next . for London, and on Friday next for country appli cations. PICCADILLY AND PARK-LANE NEW ROAD BILL.— The evidence taken before the Select Committee on the bill promoted by the Metropolitan Board of Works for continuing Hamilton-place and making it a thoroughfare into Park-lane has been printed. The evidence was chiefly directed to the question whether this is better than widening the Piccadilly end of Park-lane. Sir R. Mayne gave testimony in favour of the Hamilton-place road, and said he should prefer two narrow thoroughfares to one wide one, as the police could divide the traffic. Much was said of the narrowness of the space left in Hamilton-place for traffic if carriages are drawn up at the doors of opposite houses; and Sir R. Mayne mentioned incidentally that an omnibus takes 7kft. But the chief traffic of the busy part of the day in Park-street is of a lighter character ; a witness standing at the end of it from 12 to 5 on the 30th of March counted the following numbers coming from the west and going up Park lane, or coming down Park-lane and passing to the west :- 911 cabs, 862 car4s, 47 private carriages, 73 omnibuses, 264 waggons, 18 drags or breaks, and 10 funeral carriages. The eastward traffic had only 70 vehicles. Mr. Tite, M.P., sup ported the opening of Hamilton-place, as practicable at such a reasonable cost as the Metropolitan Board of Works could undertake ; but there was contradictcry evidence upon the question whether this work can be done at the estimate of the board, or at all near it. The Commissioner of Woods and Forests considers that the destruction of the privacy of Hamilton-place would be a violation of good faith with the tenants of the Crown, and the question of compensation arises. Witnesses took quite opposite views of the compa rative merits of the Hamilton-place plan and the widening of Park-lane plan ; the widening of the whole of Park-lane, moving back the park railings, was suggested, and also the continuation of South Audley-street into Piccadilly. The committee unanimously ejected the bill for the Hamilton place scheme, and stated that they felt a difficulty in draw ing up a special report, as they had only one scheme before them, and it was possible that a third scheme might be better than either this or the Park-lane widening scheme suggested by the opponents of the bill. A Vienna letter mentions that the famous drama of " Frank Muller" has 'low given plats to a new piece, entitled " Abraham Lincoln ; or, the Civil War in Ame rica," and consisting of a prologue and seven scenes. These are named as follows :—Prologue---" The Plough, at the President's Birthplace." Scene 1. " The Father's Tomb ;" 2. "A Slave's Vengeance ;" 3. "A Lev& at the President's ;" 4. "The Conspiracy of Good Friday at Richmond ;" 5. " The Spy ;" 6. " Victory and Joy on the Announcement of Peace at Washington ;" 7. "Death of Lincoln." JEFFERSON DAVIS IN PERIL !—We regret to understand that it is the opinion of the highest Confederate authorities in this country that President Jefferson Davis will have great difficulty in escaping through the Federal lines; and, if he should be captured, they have but little hope that he will receive any merciful consideration at the hands of the Washington Government. The news of this morning corroborates this impression ; but we are still loth to believe that, in the face of the uni versal protest that would be made against such a proceed ing, President Johnson will so far outrage the feelings of the civilised world as to condemn the chosen head of a nation of 6,000,000, however unsuccessful, to the ignominy of the death of a felon.—The Owl. WESTMINSTER. AN INCORRIGIBLE THIEF.—Eliza Hargrave, a woman 40 years of age, was charged with stealing a great quantity of property. Thomas Downes, shoemaker, 18, Lawrence-street, said —Yesterday, in the day time, a pair of blankets of mine were stolen, and I suspected the prisoner, she had been in talking to my wife. She is a lodger. Some boys gave me information, and I went to the station. Frederick Bishop, 22, Church-street, said he saw the woman about half-past two in Church-street. Some boys were hallooing after her. I saw the blankets under her arm. She was drunk. I have seen her before and am sure of her. James Gardner, 132 V, said—The prosecutor called my attention this morning, and I looked after prisoner. This morning I found her in Oakley-street. She said she did not recollect anything about it. Prisoner—lf I did it I was drunk and knew nothing about it. Upon searching the prisoner's place the constable found a quart pewter pot, two half-pint pewter pots, a pewter half-quaztern measure ; 8 or 10 cans, quarts, pints, and half-pints, and sho was further charged with stealing them. John Edward Hudson, the Black Lion, Church-street, Chelsea, said the pewter measures are all mine. We missed the two half-pints and the half-quartern yesterday ; they were safe yesterday morning. I have seen the prisoner at my bar as a customer. Prisoner said she was drunk and might have taken them by mistake. The quart pot she had the night before with beer in it. She was remanded till Tuesday next. THAMES. ADVICE GRATIS.—THE WIDOW AND HER BROTHER-IN LAW.—Mrs. Mary Ann Payne, a widow of No. 2, Bow Common-lane, applied to Mr. Paget for his advice. Her husband, lately deceased, left seven children by a former wife, the eldest, a son, was 22 years of age. He left no will, and no letters of administration had been taken out. Her husband's eldest brother, Mr. Payne, a marine-store dealer, had taken possession of all her late husband's effects, and sent a girl to her house to take care of the property. This was done in defiance of her and against the express wishes of her late husband's children. Mr. Paget said if the applicant's husband had left no will she was entitled to one-third of the property, and the chil dren to the remainder in equal shares. The brother of the deceased had no right to take possession of the property, or to interfere with it in any way whatever. If the girl put in possession by the brother when directed she could be removed, using no more force than was ne cessary. The applicant thanked Mr. Paget for his advice, and retired. ROBBING A SAmon.—Ann Buckley, aged 22, and Katherine King, 11, were charged with stealing £9 from Nicholas Clariss, a seaman. The prosecute; an homeward-bounder, met with King, and after treating her with a good deal of liquor, was in veigled into an infamous place, No. 5, Bluegate-fields t Shadwell, where many sailors have been robbed and ill used. In this place King and the sailor were joined by Buckley, and they run away with the sailor's trousers biter he had gone to bed. All his money, £9 in gold, was in his trousers' pocket. He called out lustily for the police, and his trousers were returned to him, but without the money. The prisoners were captured yesterday by Donald 31‘Kay, a police-constable, No. 275 K, who said both pri soners were hardened thieves. They plundered every mariner they could inveigle into their infamous haunts. Both prisoners had been repeatedly convicted for robbing sailors. Mr. Paget committed the prisoners for trial, and said it was very much to be regretted that seamen would not adopt the advice given them upon their wages account to carry no more money than was sufficient for their imme diate necessities. Sailors could leave their cash with the managers of those excellent institutions, the Sailors' Homes, in Well -street and the East India-road, and re ceive interest for the same. It was a pity that seamen did not learn a little common prudence. A FEMALE SAVAGE,—Jane Carter, a masculine-looking woman, was charged with assaulting William Soul, a mariner, belonging to the ship Sarah Jane. The prisoner was endeavouring to steal a ring from the finger of tho complainant's shipmate. He interfered, and she struck him several times with her clenched fist. His eye was blackened and swollen, and there were other con tusions on his face. Mr. Paget—This is a brutal assault. No doubt the pri soner intended to rob ono of the sailors. I sentence her to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. :AIME TS—.This Day. MARK-LANE. A moderate quantity of English wheat received fresh up io our market to-day. The condition of the produce was good, and the trade ruled steady, at quite Monday's cur -1 rency. With foreign wheat the market was scantily supplied, both ex ship and ex granary. The trade was decidedly firm, and all descriptions changed hands at fully late rates. prices. Floating cargoes of grain were i n steady request, at full The supply of barley on sale was small. The trade, however, was very inactive, and prices had a drooping tendency. _ _ Malt was in moderate demand, at late rates. There was a large supply of oats on sale. All descrip tions met a slow sale, and prices had a downward tendency. Beans and peas ruled firm, at full currencies. Tho sup plies on sale were small. For flour there was a fair demand, at full quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Malt. O a t s . Fl our . English and Scotch 1,0 830 640 55Q l e 2 at.BaLl o ey, Irish - —' --1,200 Foreign 5,920 8,470 30,810 40 sks. bris Comparative Quantities and Prices of Grain.—For the Week ending May 13, 1865.—Wheat, 74,649 quarters. averago, 40s. 11d. ; barley, 8,387, 295. 7d. ; oats, 5,495, 235. 3d. For the corresponding week last year.—Wheat, 68,066, 38s. 9d. ; barley, 11,271, 30s. 3d. ; oats, 6,482, 198.5 d. BOROUGH HOP: fair business buinsinPriesseei and a moderate s doing at late rates. de mand. English In nforeignhops e o h n o t p i n a uae WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is but moderate, and tho trade is firm, as follows Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 78 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. Mr. Lever, the popular author of " Harry Lorre quer " and so many other charming novels, has just passed through Paris from Italy on his way to the Dublin Exhibition. MIDLAND. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at Derby, Mr. W. E. Hutchinson in the chair, for the purpose of considering several bills now before Parliament. Mr. G. N. BROWNE, secretary, having read the adver tisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said he was sorry to state that the Addi tional Powers Bill was not ready to be submitted at the present meeting. The preamble of the bill had been proved, with the exception of ono point. The clauses were not at all settled by the committee, and that was the reason why it h&d not been brought forward that day. He then submitted a bill authorising the construction of a joint station at Bristol, for the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and Midland Railway Companies and other pur poses. It would be erected at the expense of the three companies in equal proportions. The sum to be raised for that purpose was £150,000. After some observation, the former resolution approving the bill was agreed to. The next bill (as amended in committee) was for autho rising the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Company to make lines of railway by way of substitution for lines already authorised to be made by them, and for authorising arrangements between them and the Great Eastern and the Midland Railway Companies. The Chair man explained that the alterations would prove of great advantage to the Midland Company, and a formal resolu tion approving it was agreed to. The next bill was for making tho Bedford and North ampton Railway, which would be of advantage to the Mid land Company, who were to work the line for seven years, and to retain 40 per cent, of the receipts for the first seven years, and 50 per cent. afterwards. The resolution approving the bill was put and carried. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the following bills were approved :—A bill authorising the Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Company to extend their railway to Upwell and Crowland ; a bill to authorise the Lynn and Sutton bridge Railway Company to execute certain works at Sut ton-bridge and at Lynn ; a bill authorising the Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch Railways ; a bill to enable the London and Blackwall Railway Company to lease their undertaking to the Great Eastern Railway Company ; and a bill to authorise the construction of the railway from the Wilts and Glocestorshire Railway to the East Glocester shire, with branches. The meeting was *hen adjourned to the 25th inst. ROYAL SARDINIAN. A special goneral meeting of this company was held on Monday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration a recommendation contained in the report of the directors for raising the necessary capital to complete 125 miles of railway—Mr. Grenfell, M.P., in the chair. • The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN explained that the proposal he had to submit was for the purpose of enabling the existing holders of £2O shares to limit their liability to completing the pay ment of £lO per share, being only half the capital they had subscribed, and by converting the remaining half shares into a 10 per cent. preference stock, it would have the effect of enabling the company to raise the necessary capital for the completion of the first group of railways they were authorised to make. Those works wore in a forward state, and it was absolutely necessary that they should be com pleted as soon as possible. The sum required for this pur pose was £663,317, which included every sort of liability that could possibly arise in the completion of the 125 miles of rail way; and upon the opening of this portion of their under taking for traffic the Government guarantee of £72,720 a year would become available. Very important negotiations were now going on with the Italian Government upon the whole question of the company's concession, and more espe cially with regard to the lands granted to them along with the guarantee. It was, therefore, of the utmost importance that they should obtain the funds and complete the portion of the undertaking he had mentioned without delay. It was true that by the present proposal the original shares would be cut down from 6 per cent. to 3 per cent. ; but they would have the benefit of being relieved from further calls, and be paid off at par when they could realize money from the sale of the land which was to come into their possession after the completion of the line. With regard to the 10 per cent. preferential shares they proposed to issue, it was only necessary to state that the contractors and other cre ditors would accept them to a certain extent in case they were not immediately taken up by the public or the share holders ; but those shares would, of course, be offered rate ably to the shareholders in the first instance. Mr. BELL seconded the motion for adopting the report and authorizing the directors to carry out the recommenda tions therein for raising the requisite capital. He said when they constructed the railway they would have 500,000 acres of land immediately granted them, which might become of considerable value to the company. The directors were assured that the traffic on the line would amount to as much as the guarantee, or thereabouts, so that the Govern ment would only have a small difference to make up in paying the guarantee. In reply to questions by Mr. Turquand and Mr. A. Beattie, it was stated that there was due on the allotment of shares £338, on the first call £4,431, and on the second call £26,427. There wore 13,446 shares in all in arrear of calls. The £663,000 would be ample to complete and stock the line for traffic. It would also enable them to complete and open a portion of the second group of lines. They would cease paying the interest at 6 per cent. during con struction, but when the necessary capital was raised and the line completed the ordinary shares would receive 3 per cent. and the preference shares 10 per cent. per annum. Mr. BEATTIE and other shareholders said they were quite willing to go on paying the calls on the ordinary £2O shares, and let those who did not pay up take the conse quences, otherwise he feared that those who were willing to pay up would be placed in a very much worse position than they ought to be under the circumstances. After a long discussion and various explanations, the re port was adopted, and the directors were authorised to carry their recommendations into effect for raising the requisite capital and completing the works. The proceedings con cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors PLYMOUTH AND DARTMOOR. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Great George-street, Westminster, Mr. Harrison in the chair, to consider a bill now before Parliament, to authorise the raising of capital, and amalgamation with the South Devon Railway Company. The CHAIRMAN said the amount of additional capital proposed to be raised was £35,000 in shares. He then moved the formal resolution approving the bill, which was agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. DEVON AND SOMERSET. A special meeting of this company was hold yesterday at the office, Parliament-street--Lord Poltimore in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said there was one clause in the bill he had to submit to which their assent was requisite. It em powered the company to make working arrangements with the Tiverton and North Devon Railway Company, and also with the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. Ho moved that the clause be approved. Lord FORTESCUE seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. DIITCH-RHENISII. Tho receipts of this company for the fortnight ending April 30 amounted to £11,003, and for the corresponding period of last year to £9,019, showing an increase 0f£1984. The receipts from May 1, 1864, including the above, amounted to £270,934, showing an increase as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £41,880. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £4,666, or 42.31 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to £3,766, or 41.74 per cent., showing an increase of £9OO. The working expenses from the Ist of May, 1864, to the 30th of April, 1865, amounted to £102,531, or 37.84 per cent., and for the year 1863-64 to 3816 per cent. of the receipts. RAILWAY BILLS. In Court B, the promoters' case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (No. 3) Bill was continued all day. In group 8, the Furness and Yorkshire Union Bill, being un opposed, was referred to the General Committee ; and the Skipton, Wharf dale, and Leyburn Junction Bill was pro ceeded with. In group 9, the preamble of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Purchase, &c.) Bill was proved ; and the case of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bill was com menced. In group 11, the preambles of the Chester and West Cheshire Junction, of the Great Noi thorn and Man chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire (Cheshire lines, &c.), and of the Cheshire Lines Bi'ls were proved. In group 12, the preamble of the Central Wales and Staffordshire Junc tion Bill was not proved._ In group 14, the Great Western and the Stonehouso and Nailsworth Bills passed. The case of the East Somerset Extension Bill was proceeded with. In group 17, the Newly and Greenore Bill being unopposed, was referred to the general committe3; and the case of the Spalding and Bourn Bill was proceeded wall. In group 19, the Carnal vonsh:re Bill being unopposed, was referred to the general committee ; and the case of the Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen Bill was considered. A MAN SUFFOCATED IN A MALT BIN.—On Saturday, at noon, the borough coroner at Dover, Mr. W. H. Pay n, held an inquest at the Flying Horse Inn, on the body of Richard Taylor, a man between 50 and 60 years of age, who had been in the employ of Messrs. Leney and Evenden, the extensive brewers, and who had met with his death on the previous afternoon from suffocation, having been found in the malt-bin of the brewery, where he had been placed to " tread" the malt about an hour pre viously. The receptacle in which the deceased was found is called a " slay," the malt passing from a bin above through a small aperture. Simultaneously with the pro cess, a workman is e m pl o y e d t o t rea d it down in the skry, and it is feared that the deceased either lay down to sleep or was seized with a fit, and was thus by a slow process buried alive, although within reach of his fellow workmen, who were pursuingtheir avocations unconscious of his fate. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."— Kentish Gazette, 94 06 131. 132 NI 6 , 62 46 16 17 90 92 105 1; 7 46 47 6} 7, 30 131 145 145 131 33 86 SOR 731 ;3'. 63 65 51 5$ 45 48 ,02 104 121; 12 f 88 90 105 107 40} Ite 121 f 122 j 98 99 61 6! 137 1371, 3 3ir 131 114 103 145 54 55 z 3 25 I'9 110 67 68,i 101 IU2 37 38 - -p 9i 10i p 116 113 1 'Up 78 79 11 11' 140 144 49 51 60 6! 57 69 841 851 84 9i 155 154' 3 4p 106 108 46 48 77 80 ISIONS. 53 68 102 103 pr ip 4 4 ei 9/ 65 70 9g 101 75 85 1( 1 10:3 101 103 103 104 I ip 18 .19 55 88 63 65 54 56 55 57 47 4) 45 41 43 15 25 27 25 26 103 101 iP' i iP 10) 102 10} 1 0 i 101 W d 88 42 80 E 4 d 101 3 / 4 1021 93 95 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 81 [Ol 102 [Ol 10 Id id 101 IC2 94 97 1 - 41 31 T SECU: 94 96 93 95 93 95 83 65 8 84 104 IG7 105 107 It 6 108 107 109 1i 4 106 109 112 103 105 105 107 104 106 102 104 93 96 100 102 93 95 91 93 104 106 88 90 94 98 103 105 106 108 1071 108 i, INES. f 51 29 31 590 600 100 100 100 100 10 100 10 ICO 10 100 1301 33 1451 41 74} 120 1 108 41 121.4 I 9€l I 1371 8 6i 1331 I 109 i P 854 4/ ITIES. 1091 8 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. THE HON. MR. BETHELL. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Attorney-General by whose authority the document was prepared from which he road his reply with regard to Mr. Welch on Monday evening ; also, whether he would lay on the table the letter of Mr. Welch, and the Hon. R. Bothell confirming the same. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH BILL. Mr. MONSELL moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to relieve Roman Catholics from certain oaths which they consider obnoxious. The hOn. member did not make any remarks on the subject. Mr. LEFROY moved as an anendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He contended that the oaths imposed on a member of the House of Com mons was a part of the arrangement upon which Catholic Emancipation was conceded, and therefore he was of opinion that it could not now be objected to on conscien tious grounds. Ho also objected to bringing forward the measure at the present time, because it was ill-advised, and there appeared to be a very extensive movement going on amongst certain parties for the dismemberment of the Established Church in Ireland, and that if the change was required it ought to be brought forward by the Govern ment. Mr. WHALLEY entirely concurred in the observations of the hon. gentleman who had just sat down, and, there fore, he should vote against the second reading of the bill. Mr. C. FORTESCUE supported the bill, in order that certain oaths which still impair the great and important, but tardy, act of justice done to the Roman Catholics by the passing of the Emancipation Act, might be done away with. (Hear, hear.) (LEFT SITTING.) O'Malley Irwin v. Grey, Bart, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The reports of the above case correctly state that counsel on behalf of Sir George Grey, the defendant, alleges " Mr. O'Malley Irwin had made a mistake and had set it down in the wrong court ;" but altogether omits that the plaintiff (myself) pressed upon the Court that " it was their own officers and not the myself who had set it down, — that the officer of the Court below declined to do so ; and that if those officers were not competent and efficient to dis charge Choir dutico, it was the duty of . the cnurt to have them removed, and to have competent and efficient officers appointed." I trust to your usual impartiality to insert this letter not only in fairness to myself, but because I think it is important, to a degree, which does not admitt of ex aggeration to the administration of justice throughout the United Kingdom ; more especially as the policy of procrastination, so long adopted in this case on behalf of the defendant, cannot eventually deprive me of my con stitutional right of appeal to a higher Court from a judg ment of the Court below, which is not considered satisfac tory by my legal advisers.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, GEORGE O'MALLEY IRWIN. May 17th, 1865. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day LONDON, May 17.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with a little rain. PLYMOUTH, May 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Saxon, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope, and proceeded for Southampton. BRISTOL, May 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Minnie, from Sagua la Grande. ___ . CLYDE, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—The Wave, from Trinidad. OFF SCILLY, May 15.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Mystery, from Havannah for Antwerp; Sydney Egerton, from Shanghai. . _ _ QUEENSTOWN, May 16.—Arrived—City of Washington, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Liver pool. . SWANSEA, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chelynda, from Caldeira. OFF PLYMOUTH, May 15.—Wind S.B.—Arrived— Agincourt, from Calcutta for Hull. PIEL, May 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Fanny, for Barbadoes. SUNDERLAND, May 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Fanny Palmer, from Demerara. JERSEY, May 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Alabama, for Newport and Pernambuco ; The Electra, for Bar badoes. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 16.—Viking, from Alexandria ; Pursuit, from Charente ; Weardale, from Terra Nova. Arrived, May 17.—Alert, from St. Brieux ; Eliza, from Rouen ; Pesurneiono, from Odessa. Sailed, May 17.—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Vigilant, steamer, for Calais; Rhine, steamer, for Bou logne ; Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 16—Diligentia, from London, for Sydney. Passed, May 17—H.M.S. Medusa, for the river; Vinedas, Swedish frigate, for the East—both from the West. Sailed—Harriet Wardale, for Jamaica. PRINTING IN COLOURS.—The most interesting improvement in modern wood engraving is the printing in oil colours, which has been so successfully established by Mr. George Baxter. It is the old chiaro-oscuro engraving improved and carried on to perlection, and is practised as follows. Tke ground, m 4 nute details, and outlines aro depicted on the first block, and printed from it in neutral tint. After this, block succeeds block, each bearing a different colour or shade ; and some of the beautiful little printed paintings (if we may use the term) we see so cheap have received impres sions from no less than 20 blocks. This process has been ap plied to a certain extent in the printing of coloured maps, but being too tedious and expensive has been most ingeni ously adapted and modified. Suppose a map wants four colours, four coloured blocks aro fixed in one frame, which moves by machinery in the most exact way on the table of the printing-press. Beneath this frame, a large four-quartered sheet is placed, and receives an im pression, each quarter bearing a different colour. This done, the frame is turned round one quarter, bringing a different colour to bear on each portion of the printed sheet. The impression is again taken, and the process continued until the whole number of colours has been deposited. Even the union of two colours to form a th'rd—namely, yellow and blue to make a green—is accomplished now to per fection, from the rapidity by which the process is carried on, and thus six or seven colours may be produced from the four blocks in the frame.—Chambers's Journal. THE CASE OF ALLEGED MURDER AND ROBBERY n SPITALFIELDS.—Mr. Humphreys held an adjourned inquest yesterday morning at the Seven Stars Tavern, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, on the body of Joseph Ricklesworth, aged 77, who, it was alleged, had been drugged and robbed in a lodging-house, No. 194, Brick-lane. Before he died he made a statement to that effect, and said that Black Charley, a cpiack doctor, and another man had done the deed. He had been ill for some time, and as there was no corroborative evidence of his statement ; not even of con nection with the post-mortem examination of the body, the jury returned a verdict of " Death from effusion of serum on the brain by natural causes." THE LIVERPOOL PENSIONERS.—This corps was inspected at Everton yesterday byGeneral Sir John Jones The officers in command were Col. Mounsteven and Major Faulkner. The total muster, rank and file, was 347. After putting the corps through battalion movements the inspect ing officer complimented the men upon their clean and orderly appearance, and said that in all respects he would be able to present a favourable report to the War-office. During the firing a boy was shot in the face, owing to one of the men having left his ramrod in the barrel, and he will probably lose his eyesight. The ramrod struck the ground before hitting the boy. THE ALLEGED WILFUL MURDER AT EXETER. — The man Knowles, who killed Mr. Phillimore by stabbing hirA, in the course of a dispute some ago, was on Saturday committed for wilful murder by the Exeter magistrates. THE INMAN LINE.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company have added to their fleet the new steamship City of New York, which has arrived from the Clyde, where she was built by Messrs. Tod and M'Grogor, of Glasgow, the builders of all the other steamers ordered by the com pany. She ran the measure distance on the Clyde at the rate of 12.614 knots per hour, and is expected to bo a fast and good ocean-going vessel. With this addition to their fleet, the company announce their intention to send two vessels, one on the usual mail day, Wednesday. and the other at the end of each week from Liverpool to N ew York, and vice versa, offering facilities for traffic be tween England, Ireland, and the United States not hitherto equalled. The company have also building by the same builders tho steamship City of Paris, which is expected to surpass all their other vessels in size, power, and speed. THE RIVAL RAILWAYS OF NORTH YORKSHIRE.— Telegrams were received ih Malton, on Monday afternoon announcing the rejection of the Gilliug, Helmsley, and Pickering scheme of the North-Eastern, the competing scheme with the Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Durham, which was quashed on the referees' report on Wednesday last. Messengers were despatched to the towns in Rye dale (Helmsley, Kirby, &c.), where the news was received with rejoicing. The effect of the decision will be to insure the re-prosecution of both schemes de novo next Session. Meanwhile the great agricultural district of tho North Riding and the vast ironstone deposits of the Yorkshire moors are deprived of the facilities so greatly desired. The promoters will now have time for the better perfecting their schemes, and it is said that both parties will include the town of Malton in next year's projects, so as to utilise the Malton and Driilield and gave access to Hull. LONDON GAZETTE-..Last Evening. • FOREIGN OFFICE, MAT 13. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred Rimmer as Consul at Montreal for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Johann Heinrich Dauelsberg as Consul at Singapore for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Captain Frederick Robertson Aikman, V.C., half-pay Indian Army, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice F. V. Mills, Esq., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 16. . 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Veterinsiy-Surgeon Michael D. Byrne, from the Military Train, to be Vets- ' rinary-Surgeon, vice Edwin Thomas Cheeseman, who oftih.oi llutre arß3 resigns. 4th Dragoon G uar d s —P aymaster, w i th the honorary rank of Captain, G eorge Andrew. Coventry. ffoin th e. 11th Hussars, to be Paym as t er , v i ce D yer, w h o exc h anges. s th Dragoon Gua r d s —Ed war d A rm i tage, Gent., to be Cornet, by pu r ch ase , v i ce G eorge P r i tchard, promoted. 11 th Hussa rs —P aymaster, w i t h the honorary rank of Cap tain, Joh n Aki n Dyer, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be P a y master, vice Coventry, who exchan ge s. 14 th Hussars—Cor ne t J ose ph H arpur to be Adjutant, vice Li eutenant Franci s J o h n St uart H ay N ewton, who re signseTrgeaar tain KCoe inp d a s, to be ca the a p po i ntment. i. lJosiah pi W ta i n ll , ia v i i n ce C ß o r g ov h , il t l_ ei , M or Hugh Henry Gough, who exchane-es.. Royal Artillery—S taff Assistant-Surgeon exchanges. Wales to be Assistant Surgeon; Staff .Assistant-Surgeon Edward Joseph Boulton to be Assistant-Surgeon. Military. Train—:The appointment on May 2, 1865, of Cap tain Gisborne Horner, from the late sth West India Regiment, vice John Smith, who reverts to half-pay, has been cancelled. Grenadier Guards—Major and Brevet -Colonel Michael Bruce to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Edward G. Wynyard, who retires upon half-pay ; Cap tain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colon e l Alfred. C. Cure to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel Bruce ; Lieu tenant and Captain Clifton Gascoigue to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Cure ; Ensign and Lieutenant Robert George Gaussen to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Gascoigne ; Henry Wellesley, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gaussen. Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Vesey Dawson to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice the Hon. Denzil Hugh Baring, who retires ; the Hon. Edward Archibald Brabazon Acheson to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Vesey Dawson. 3rd Foot—Lyndon Bolton Irwin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Gould, who retires. sth Foot—Montagu John Carlisle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Adam Hay, who retires. 10th Foot—Thomas George Booth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hough= Chas. Huntley, promoted. 12th Foot—Captain Gisborne Horner, from the late sth West rnara Ttegiment, to be wreath, v eo 'lca:. 3 Pater son Fox, transferred to 61st Foot; Lieutenant Henry Macgregor Lowry to be Captain, by purchase, vice Augustus Johnnes Leeson, who retires ; Ensign Joseph Boulton to be. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowry ; Rich. Brereton Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boulton; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Mackenzie M'Lean, M.D., to be Assistant-S urgeon , v i ce Th omas Walsh, appoited to the Staff. 18th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Wallis Lipscomb to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Henry Gordon Heath, who has resigned the appointment. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Charles James Forbes Smith-For bes to be captain, by purchase, vice Edwin Fletcher Foster, who retires ; Ensign James Gordon Moir to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith-Forbes ; Alexander Roche, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moir ; Quartermaster Charles M'Lagan, from the 74th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Mahoney, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Henry Connel Whipple, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry 0. Harvey, deceased. 22d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Henry Dillon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Theophilus Bolton, who retires; En sign Charles Edgar Croker King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dillon ; Peter Aubertin, Gent, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Croker King. 24th Foot—Captain Adolphus William Campbell, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice James Taylor, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Lieut. William Richardson Bigsby Chamberlin to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Berkeley Good, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Rainforth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chamberlin ; Montgomery Charles Adolphe Cavag nari, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rainforth. 27th•Foot—Captain Matthew Fanning, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Moles worth, who exchanges. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Ferdinand Russell, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wooldridge, who exchanges. 37th Foot—Ensign Graham Bowles Dobson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice John Court Ferguson Grier, who retires ; William Candahar James Fairer Nott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dobson. 49th Foot—Lieutenant De Lacy Richard Frank Wooldridge, from 29th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Russell, who . exchanges. 56th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Nassau Bolton, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice George Stainer Gubbins, who re tires; Ensign John Edward Le Moths to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bolton; John Corse-Scott, G en t., t o,. be Ensign, by purchase, vice Le Mottee. 61st Foot—Captain John J. Paterson Fox, from 12th Foot to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Henry Edward Hillman Burnside, seconded on appointment as Captain Instructor • at the School of Musketry. 67th Foot—Staff Assistant George Mclver Campbell, 31.8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Heard, M.D., ap pointed to the Staff. 70th Foot—Captain William Cooper to be Major, by pur chase, vice Archibald John Oliver Rutherfurd, who retires; Lieutenant Charles Ro ger t o be Captain, by purchase, vice Cooper ; Ensign George Young to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roger; Gentleman Cadet Augustus Carr Vilett Rolleston, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Young. 74th Foot—Quartermaster William Maloney, from 19th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice M'Lagan, who ex - changes. 82d Foot—Lieutenant William Carden Seton to be Captain by purchase, vice William Alexander Bailie, promoted to a half-pay Majority, by purchase ; Ensign Stephen Pitt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seton ; Ensign Nesham Yelden Lloyd, from 100th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Pitt. 100th Foot—John Roberts Atkin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nesham Yelde n Lloyd, transferred to 82d Foot. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Lionel John , Fitz Gerald has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 2nd West India Regiment—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Nassau Molesworth, from 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fanning, who exchanges. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Walter John Tarte, now on half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Captain George Hewish Adams, 86th Foot, who has held the appointment the regulated period. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Heard, M.D., from 67th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Henry Connel Whipple, M.D., appointed to Staff; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Walsh, from 12th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Geo. M'lver Campbell, M.D., appointed to 67th Foot ; Assistant- Surgeon Henry William Devlin, from Royal Artillery, , to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice John 31'Kenzio M'Lean, M.D., appointed to 12th Foot ; Assistant-Sur geon G. Park, M.D., Supernumerary in 52d Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Wales, appointed to the Royal Artillery. PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.—Purveyor John Bush, from half-pay, to be Purveyor, on full-pay. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Arthur M'Carthy to be Chaplain of the 4th Class. HALF-PAY.—Lieutenant John Wells, from 86th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel William Wynne Lodder ' 59th Foot, having completed the qualifyin g serv i ce i n the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the Royal War rant of 14th October, 1858. First Lieutenant William Hutton, retired full pay, Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Order in Council of the 13th November, 1858. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Gilbert Elliot, upon half-pay, late of a Depot Battalion has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the Horse Guards' Circular Memoran dum of 15th February, 1861. ADMIRALTY, MAY 12. Mr. Frederick Skelton has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer to her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Bth May, 1865. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 171 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19i 12 0 Rotterdam 25 50 Antwerp 25 45 13. 9 4 - 13 10 Brussels 25 25 Hamburg Short 25 171. Paris 3 Months. 25 42t 25 47i Ditto 25 50 Marseilles , —.----- 2 . 12 4 0 1 : i 5 :.20 5 : 11 20 11 30 11 15 11 30 niesto _._ 30i 31 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Ir Fra ien n n k a fo , r; on the Maine Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina ................. Lisbon ...................... OporLo 47 - 4 ; if 48 48; 25 55 25 62* 25 57* 25 624 25 57i 25 62 25 574 25 62 25 57* 25 62 25 57* 25 62 51* 514 514 51-1- The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £ • 1 Us. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appen:•s that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. A THE CIVIL SERVICE CLUB.—The members of the civil service, who have for a long time past been looking about for a suitable place in which to establish their newly formed club, have at length found a home. After treating for Montague-houso and other places, they have at length secured as their local habitation the new block of buildings erected on the site of the once famous Thatched-house tavern, in St. James's-street, the premises adjoining the Conservative Club. It is expected that the doors of the club will be opened for the reception of members early in Juno. THE BIRTHPLACE OF MRS. LINCOLN.—It has been ascertained on good authority that Mrs. Lincoln, the wife of the late President, is a - native of Monmouth shire. Her maiden name was Jenkins, anti herfather.was for some time sexton of St. Paul's Church, Newliort. Ile married a Miss Russell, viho.'wa's in the employ . of Sir Thomas Salisbury; of Llanwern, and the issue of the mai riage was two daughters. The family afterwards emigrated to America, and it appears that Mi. Lincoln selected one Of fhe daughters to be his partner in M . o.—Birmingham Daily Gazette. 3a CO/ ACI lge ace on an" ilk, of I of ;c1;:' and' the xi el ren e tile clOO wee l ' t o ,a roe e b 0 "Or e l BoY$" la til 6 tow too I too 100 Shard 13.14 at at st 60 20 10 10 'OSSE 100 {lOO • 2 100 100 100 100 10) 100 100 190 100 100 0 100 100 10311 1031 1C33 i