The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-19 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE o'CLocK. The Money Market to-day is very firm, and there is an increased reluctance to transact busi ness, owing to the stoppage of the European Bank. The nominal capital is:14,000,000, in shares of £5O each, with £600,000 paid. The Bank was formed by the amalgamation of the Union Bank of England and France, the English, Belgian, and Netherlands Bank, and the English and Irish Bank. The specie movement during the past week has been o f a very moderate character. The imports have been to the extent of £272,308, chiefly from Australia and the West Indies; while the exports h ave been con fi ne d to rem i ttances to the Continent, thr ough private sources, estimated at £110,538. Two O'CLOCK. Towards noon everything on the Stock Exchange a ppeared rather depressed. Consols were lower, but they are now higher than they were yesterday afternoon, and affairs generally have left off with an extremely buoyant appearance. Consols are therefore 87i to j for money, and 86/ to f for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities have been dealt in at 854 to ; Bank Stock, 2421 ; In dian Stock, 210 ; and India Fve per Cents., 1051 to I . All the principal foreign speculative stocks con tinue in a very buoyant state. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 31f 4 ; Mexican, 17 / ; do. New, 15 Greek 10f 11 ; Spanish Passive, 21f ; the Certifi cates, 14* 15f ; Italian, 381 I ; and Brazilian Scrip, 5 i dis. United States 5-20 Bonds, 65f 66 ; Erie Shares, 441 454 ; and Illinois, 771 f. rat her d u ll' the Railway Share Ma r ket h as b een and prices generally have shown less .! rn inees. South Eastern, have declined 1 ; G r e a t Eastern, ; Great Western, f ; and North Western, South Western, and Midland, each The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inac tive, at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request. Bank of London are dealt in at 15 16 ; European, at 14 15 dis. ; Midland, at 17} ; and Alliance have declined to 161. Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England are at 11 21 ; Fore-street Warehouse at 11* 12 ; London Financial, at 5} ; and National Discount Company, at 111 121. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . O CVERNMENT F UNDS . . Der Cent. Consols , Do. Account, May 9 B6l 5 9 0 per Cent. Reduced Bsi N 3 per Cent 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 B sk A I) 0 . 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — ao.unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Aug D0(14 - (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Ez t. March. June. c u e qner Bills, .£l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — 1)e £lOO and £lOO — Batik of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account Isn. n E a , --• , TOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,43a Stock, 109 per Cent., AprillB74 2lO Do. Account I) ,°. 5 per Cent. Oct 1870 ,`-'O. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 "0 . Certificates DO. Enlaced P aper 4 per Cent 1..,°. 5 per C en t., J an. 1872 uo. 5 1 per C en t., M ay 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — no. under £l,OOO A _ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 'ar. gelatine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd -- pm "„Ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 orazilian 5 per Cent 94 Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 6B 7/ ~, Do. S cr i p, £45 pa id 'llenos Ayres 6 per,Cent ~,,,, _ftaiDoiz 6 per pe r C r e e n e t nt (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _— Do Scrip, £5O Do. 4i per Cent 1 dis Do. 6 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. _ C iPbel 6 per Cent. Danubian _ auj ell 3 per Cent., 1825 _ Principalities Do . Account c•quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do.,Provisional Land Warrant •Ir D o Defer re d ptian 7 pe r C ent e., Second I D o £lOO Bonds ssue B BBB Do. 1864 B3 41 PDo Rl,OO Bonds B7 e• Government Railway Debentures B5 6 —dis q r .u „,' £ 6 O paid t,Db ij c... efoccuccltts ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .....- - itil,a.telala per Cent. n all 5 per Cent 1865 • ,0 Acco 574 -,, Accou n t Ti. Maremmana Railway — Do,-lltleae 3 per Cent — Account D o • 1864 — 1,1 1)0 6 per C ent. Anglo-French — jeoltl)videan 6 per Cent., £3O p a id — N o II 8 11 I in pe r ia 1 5 per Cent evv t. DoGranada 2 per Cent ( *nee 3 per Cent., 1853 D ° 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '60, '62 , '3, 0. Account 43 Atlasian 5 per Cent, 1822, £ St B5 E? 4 1 per Cent. 1850 D°'' 4 1 per Cent, 1860 .... — r. ,3 per Cent. 1859 — D°° 5 per Cent. 1862 B4l 24 l i i .. 5 per Cent. 1864 B9 84,ruLeian per Cent . 18 -uo• Account 13 ,, al lish 3 per Cent -ue Account - 39/ Po New Deferred Do Account Do Passiv e 2ll --1210 A.ccount 1 'banish Cert. of Coup not funded 2l 2 11 . Do Account l5 141. 'Wedish 4 per Cent. , Do. 41 per CCen t ent. 1864 4 - urkish 6 per . 1854 Do Account po 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 D o A c pe ountr Cent. 1862 62 1 De £lOO Bonds 64/ 3 Do 6 per Cent, 1863 — Do 5 pe r Cent.,u 1865, paid up Scrip — Acc ,_ 1 )o. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — V enezuela 3 pe r t Cent Ditto account 1)0 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do. 1864 3l/ Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgi an , 41 per cent., E x. 25f. Do 1 per Cent. Certificates French llentes 3 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account Consol s f or money TWO O'CLOCK. 87 D 0.,., A ccount 9 th i nst. B6* 811:IPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON May 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; mod era t e b reeze, an d fi ne weather. LITE /tp - 0 - L, May 18.—Wind S.W.—Saited—City of b e ` ir k, Scre w s t eamer, for N ew York; Victoria Cross, for • u ° l llbay. CA RDIFF, May 17.—Wi n d S . W . - - S a il e d —Hindo, for Route Video. SOITTILUIPTO; May 18.—Wind W.—Arriv e d—Ri pon, ser2w steamer, from Alexandria. OFF P ENZANCE, May 18.—Arrived—Gladiator, from Adelaide Le LI VERPOOL, May 17.-- w i n d S.W.—Artived— _Thenson, from P ernam b uco. li ot -DUNDEE, May 18, —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Queen, from terdam. ed, ay Ow TELEGRAPH.) Sail steamer, for oslt9en—dV. GRAvEsEND, Saturday Morning. elocity, steamer, for Calais ; Holland, • P DEAL, Saturday Morning. •w i ass ed, May 18—Star of Peace, for Columbo ; Eagle's 1 . , 11 g, for Sierra Leone ; Dundee, for Jamaica—all from ti °lld ° ll ; Odin, froth Shields, for Leghorn ; General, from . underland, for Shanghae. A a f 488 ed, May 1 9.—Maldon, ship (in tow), from Calcutta; • -glis tal screw steer, from Liverpool—both for London. LiParrer - - -ANT TO HOLDERS OF UNITED STATES SEc tjb tr . 4 . ' ITI Es.—The Secretary of the Treasury of the that States, in his last annual report, estimated fist at for the last three quarters of the now current al year the revenue would fall short of the de etrimall,clB upon the Treasury $112,194,947. The bTetal statement, published on the Ist of this ,211th, shows that at the close of the first seven ii.4,ouths of that expenditure the venue was $55,372,002 4 e zcess of the BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 - -- - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 6 8 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 510 53) - Drake walls 2.1.0 s. - East Bassett ( I llogan) 291 1 3 l5 - East Caradon 2.14.6 5 6 - East Cam Brea 3l 11 2 Nast Grenville 2.14.0 14 251 - East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 i I - East Loved 3.9.0 8 9 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Laftey, limited., all 21 22 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 I 16 - Great Wheal Busy. - - G. Wheal Vor (Helst.n 40 16 18 171 - Grenville 8.18.0 11 2 - Herod's Foot ..... - iiingston Downs - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 - Marke Valley 4 10.6 a II 4 %Iwyndy Iron Ore, lim 21 2 1 16d - New Setoff ........ - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 1 I North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.6. 375 400 - - - S. Caradon videnee ( U s t n . y e ti r an ). t . 10T i , 32 34 - South Condurrow 3.10 if 2 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 15 20 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 4 6 Tin Croft g 13 15 r ,, 13 8 a l a d aru ss l n ye e Anr ti e 5 Vigra and Clogan , lim all 3 5 ,n :s ii e o a a rd 9 6 7 - West Bassett (Illoian - NWWWvhh.heeeCaaaallt - West Chiv e rto n ll 671 721 - West Seton... ... druth 471 130 140 g n 51 80 85 21 174 (Men. 16 8 1 3 5 - Wheal Seton -.. Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5 ; 1 19 11 20155 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per cent. pt, Ditto, No. 1, 5 per cent, stock, 46 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pl., 103 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 4, 1031 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 4i per cent., rd., 95 si North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. .&., 5 per cent., 1865, 100 i London and S.-Western 41 per cent., 91 Midland A and B £5 pf, IC4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 90 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 2i 13 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, I , i t FOILEIGN Frontino and Bolivia Gold, United Mexican, lira., 2 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 69 BANKS,. Agra and Mssterman's, lint., 32 '4Bl 30 29 Alliance, lint.. 141 161 Anglo Austrian, 41 Anglo Egyptian, lint., 21 Bank of Londo n . 161 161 16 City, 19/ Consolidated Bank, lint., 9 European Bank, lim. 14 15 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 31 3 4 Imperial Ottoman, 9} Ditto. new, 8 i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 31 3 London and River Plate, 61 Ditto, issued at 11 pm., 12} London and County, 76 London Joint Stock, 46 1 Merchant Bank, lint., 19 18 Ditto, new, 14 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 11 1 Midland Bank, lira., 17 South Australia, 31 Union of London, 511 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 16i Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gna., 2 g City Offices, Rm., 1 211 Company of African Merchants, lim., 2f Credit roncier and nobilier of England, 3 2 1 1 Discount Corporation, 61 Egyptian Com. and Trading, 11m., 61 61 61 Fairb urn Engineering, 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, }, g Hudson's Bay, 151 16 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 61 Imperial Mercantile Credit ABBO., 11M. 10 9 International Financial society, Lim., 3 London Financial Association, lim 8 9 7 London General Omnibus Company, lim, Si f National Discount t,ompany, 12e Ocean Marine Insurance), 22 hames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Dm., 7 Warrant Finance lim., g 1} By advie ;a from Hamburg the price of gold Is 427 per mark and the short exchange on London is l&5 per £1 sterlin4. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, at about 27_10ths per cent. dearer in jimaburg than in London. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share/ Railways. Elnatol and Exeter Jaledenian 89 91 Canibrian Cork and Bandon 126 ;29 55 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno ; Dun„Perth, & A b.June: .London, erip Certl, Do. Glasgow & S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. etk.] Do. E. Angi. at. No. • Great North of Scotian Great Northern Do. A stock 20 15 d 112 114 38 39 6 7 122 124 IY2 134 Do. B stock. Do. New, ts. at 2.5 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua.i G 42 55 Do. South Wales . Do. W. 141d.—Oxfor, Do. Newport Do. Hereford 56 58 33 40 34 34 ....... Lancashire &Yorkshiru London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover 121* 121 94 96 26 28 MetrOp. Ex. A Lon. & N orth Western Lou. & South Western Man., Shet., dti Lincoln ftletropolitan. Do. New 1194 ;20 921 q3ll 81 03 ;27 18 2 3pl Id 1 p 85 90 Do. Extension..... Metropolitan District Do. do. de. Do. and St. John'sW'd Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby %lid Kent North British 1221 123 If I; 94 ?,1 Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Bernriet, Do. (I.N °E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle 54 55 5 27 108 1W 70 72 108 110 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central 35i 34 10 11 p' 120 121 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 118 150 66 63 Scot.-N. E ,Aber. stock Do. Scot, ➢lid. st Jck . • Shropshire Union I South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Da C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitehal IWest Cornwall 48 49 72 74 7 8 140 143 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 124 3 13.1 3 55 41 P 5 6 26 7 61 120 19i t 91 21 31 621 2 12ii i 7 84 6 7 61 7 1231 61 Paid.' Closing I Business Price. dune. BRITISH Atlantic &St.LAWITIICe Bona., Baroda, Cen.ln. U. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- t......• • Calcutta & S. E., urn iape Town & Dock, gu• Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Boncis.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D. 41 per cent Do Great Vyes. of Canada.. Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. o. Bds- pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. i Indian Branch, limited Madras, glut. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. do Hudson's Bay N. Rl.C'da, 6pc let pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi I g 4. {:3 Do. do Do. Punlaub. .. Do.lndus St.Fic) 1 3 ) 100 103 62 54 ISSIONS G 4 50 100 102 id ip 41. 42 8 9 76 80 60 65 100 102 100 102 1016 102 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 6') 55 57 50 55 42 45 42 45 27 30 108 U 9 1i 2 p 2 99 101 91 93 15} 5} 5 9 e 6 83 ,45 in 100 1( 2 CO 02 86 88 61 63 8r 82 98 100 97 99 8 6 97 99 1 1 1001 99 974 8! SECUR: 92 94 90 M 90 43 77 79 76 79 102 104 102 101 lia 104 102 104 86 83 1(0 Ic2 1(5 1 7 102 1( 4 103 105 101 103 104 108 99 101 90 03 92 9' 90 95 88 88 9t 98 72 73 96 99 98 100 104 106 100 102 rose: COLONIAL GO VEENMEN' ,British Columbia, 6 pert cent., Dec.3l, 1872: . Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 g. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl. & Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1690-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do ffauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1t , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov..t, Do. 1895, Feb. Auz Natal goy. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.,SzJ uly N. S.N . V. Gov. 5 pv.,186t) Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. a p. a sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct 101} Val i 201 20 1 ,ITIES. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY EVENING 19, 1866 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr,) PECK V. PAIR. This was an action by a tradesmafl against one of his late servants, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of defendant's leaving plaintiff's service without giving duo and proper notice. Plaintiff said that he had engaged the defendant as a weekly servant, and the custom was that there should be a week's notice on either side. Defendant did not give that notice before he left, and plaintiff considered that ho was entitled to damages. _ _ Mr. Buchanan, who appeared for defendant, asked plain tiff if he did not acquiesce in defendant's leaving, but plaintiff denied it. Mr. Buchanan—Did you find fault with him for not working on Good Friday? Plaintiff—Yes, I did. Mr. Buchanan—Then you think that a master ought to make his servant work on Good Friday ? Plaintiff— Oh ! no ; but I deal in perishable articles, such as Ostend rabbits, and it is the custom of our trade to work on Good Friday. Defendant's hours were from 7 in the morning until 8 at night, with usual meal-times, and he could go out to them regularly, though when we were very busy he had to get them in the shop. Mr. Buchanan then called defendant, who said that he had reason to complain that he was shut up in the shop for so many hours, and it happened very frequently that he had not proper time to his meals. He mentioned to plaintiff that the place did not suit him, and said he should leave on Saturday night. To this plaintiff agreed, and defendant left. Plaintiff—l deny it, and can produce a witness to shoW that I never accepted the notice. _ _ _ His Honour said that upon the case before him there was oath against oath. A master had a perfect right to sue a servant who left his employment without giving notice, but plaintiff had not made out a case to the satisfac tion of the Court. Plaintiff said he would elect to be nonsuited, and should bring adother action and produce his witness. Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DESTROYING , THE CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' ''IIOWBILLS.- Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, applied to Mr. Barker on behalf of the Christy's Minstrels for a summons under the following circumstances. Mr. Lewis said that two bill posters, annoyed at not being em ployed to post the bills of the Christy's Minstrels' enter tainment, had resolved to revenge themselves by tearing down and destroying all bills relating thereto. They had carried on this system for some time past, and' it must be admitted that it was one calculated to considerably injure his clients. The offence that formed the subject matter of the present application was committed on Thursday last, when the men entered the White Bear, Piccadilly, under some pretest and succeeded in abstracting a Christy's Min strel bill, which they at once destroyed. Mr. Lewis con cluded by applying for summonses against the men for wilful damage, and Mr. Barker at once ordered them to issue. General Jubal A. Early's Mexican Ex periences. The following letter has been addressed by the ex-rebel Jubal A. Early to the editor of the New York Daily News : HAVANA, April 15th. Sir, have just returned from Mexico, after a sojourn of three months in that country. Having received from Virginia several letters of inquiry in regard to the prospects for emigrants to Mexico, and having learned that many persons in that as well as the other Southern States desire to emigrate, I will state, through your columns, the result of my own observation and the information received from others on whose judgment I could rely. I must state, in the first place, that my personal observa tion of the country was confined to what I saw in passing and re-passing over the stage route from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico ; the greater part of my time having been spent in the latter city. The lands in the Cordova Distiiet and about Orizava, through which the stage route passes, are unquestionably rich, and intelligent gentlemen, who had seen other parts of the country, informed me that there were other districts in which the lands were very rich, and capable of being made very productive by the proper use of capital and labour. But colonists will have many difficulties to encounter in all of them. There has been no systematic effort to survey or ascertain the locality of the public lands, until that recently made under the superintendence of General M'Gruder, Chief of the Land Office. All the lands at Cordova which have been surveyed as public lands have already been parcelled out and have supplied but a small number of colonists. Land titles in Mexico are in a very unsettled condi tion, and but few men know the boundaries of their own lands. So uninformed is the Government it self in regard to the lands to which it has claims that, in making a contract with General Hardeman, of Texas, for the survey of the public lands in Durango, the whole risk and expense of discovering those lands have been thrown on him, and he is to receive compensation only in the event of his being able to find and survey the lands, the Governmkit not even undertaking to furnish him protection against guerillas and robbers while he is fulfilling his contract. The lands offered by private indi viduals in alternate sections to colonists, so far as lam informed, are in remote districts, where the Liberals, or. Dissidents, as they are called, have control, and the Government can afford no protec tion. ashanakv T dede h itb e fseo v erer ery highly coloured accounts of the country been h o eumr excited,eand have which have aavneye paen rs b se e od e n n sw published, ha proprietorsve r ee and e h i y e lands expectations for sa sale ef toa largeinere increase influx enormously tthe e prices which having arrived lands,ei i t n he t r he fr c o o m un th tr h the Government, Go a v v e e r b n e m en en u t, n o a r bl f e to procure private individuals. The legitimate consequence of all this has been that many are returning in a great state of dissatisfaction, while others, who relied on the de lusive promises of aid from the Government, find themselves not only - without means of obtaining lands, but of returning to their former homes. It is exceedingly difficult for those who have succeeded in getting lands to procure labour to put them in a state of cultivation, as the entire population cannot be relied on for that purpose. All idea of procuring assistance from the Govern ment must be abandoned by those who desire to emigrate to the country. I have no doubt that Mexico has resources which, under a stable govern ment, and with a capital and labour sufficient, are susceptible of a very considerable development ; but those who go there expecting to find the beautiful and fruitful land which is describedoin some of the published accounts, will be doomed to as sad a dis appointment as that experienced by the. old Spanish conquerors in the research for the fabled Eldorado. On the railroad which is being constructed from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico practical and ex perienced engineers. contractorsand mechanics, may find employment, but otherwise very few positions are open to • those who do not wish to cultivate the soil. Physicians who can speak the language, can get permission to practise their professions, but beyond this there is no opening whatever for any of the learned profession. As to the stabithy of Government, I will state that I have no information, except what may be obtained by any sojourner in the country who can not speak the language. Though I remained in the National Capital for nearly three months, I did not see, even casually, so far as I know, the Emperor, Empress, or any Minister of the Government, nor did I seek to see them. I think, however, lam warranted in saying that any one who desires to make Mexico his permanent home, must do so without reference to the duration of the present Government. Information as to the length of time which that Government is to be maintained in the country is not to be obtained in Zlexico. _ I have not advised any of my - personal friends to emigrate to the country, and my knowledge is not sufficient to justify me to now giving my positive advice either was ; but, though my own determi nation to remain in exile is unchanged, I feel a deep interest in the welfare of all my countrymen of the Southern States, and the knowledge which I ob tained from my own observation, as well as from the information cf others, is sufficient not only to authorise me, but, in my estimation, to make it my duty to advise allthose who are desirous of seeking new homes not to give up their present ones and emigrate to Mexico, until they shall have examined the country in person, or ascertained through some friend on whose judgment and experience they can rely, that their situation will be bettered. Above all, let no man who has a wife and children carry them to Mexico until he has secured a certain home and a fair prospect of support for them. By observing this caution much disappointment and suffering will be avoided.• I send this communication to your paper for pub lication, as I have no doubt that in that way it will sooner reach the mass of the readers for whom it is intended than in any other. Respectfully, J. A. EARLY. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 20 Ditto, via Marseilles Junell3 Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet ...... June 4. Ditto, by French packet ~ May V. Cape of Good awe, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton May 20. Ditto, via Marseilles .... May 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 2). India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton 3lay 2) Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton May 29 Ditto, via Marseilles . Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 20. Ditto, via Marseilles May 23. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille3 June 7. Newfoundland .., 1 May 23. Portugal ... . . .June 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet May 23 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ~May 25. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ~ June 10. West Indies and Pacific, (except Bahamas and Honduras) May 9. Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York. May 31. Bermuda, via Halifax. .May APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and prac tice of medicine, and received certificates to p rac ti se , on Thursday, May 17 :—Alderson Newsam, Totnes, Devon; Th om as Silvester Gell, Stafford; Arth ur Griffith Evans, Narberth, Pembrokeshire; Edward Roberts Smith, Dud ley; John Deardon Bush, New cas tl e - on -T yne ; James Campbell Macaulay, Leicester ; and J ames Mil war d , Car en the same day, -Ric a h l a s°' rd Careless Sanders, London Hospital. passeddCar diff. T his h following first examination gentleman, : 0 vEREN D, GURNEY, AND CO. (LlmlTED).—Yes terday, at Vice-Chancellor Wood's chambers, an application was made to pay £1,500 forthwith into court. In a case in Chancery two receivers had been appointed— one for the town,,and the other for the country. Ono of them had deposited the money with Overend, Gurney, and Co., and it was lost by the stoppage. The other receiver had £1,500, and was anxious to get rid of the money by paying it into court. The chief clerk (Mr. Weatherall) did not consider that it was vacation busineSs. The point was, however, strongly urged, as all parties consented, and the money would. be safe in court. Under the circumstances, and the consent of all parties, the order was made as prayed, and the receiver allowed to divest himself of the money. The town of Antwerp, wishing to give a concert to Sing Leopold 11., who is about to visit that town for the first time since his accession, determined to engage two celebrated Parisian singers, Mdlle. Nilsson and M. Faure. The lady demanded 2,000!. and the gentleman 4,000 f. for singing two morceaux each, so that the corporation of Ant werp has been obliged to renounce its intention. The Itioniteur du Calvado,; states that M. Victor Chatel of that department has again collected a great num ber (1,000 to 1,200) of flints dressed by human agenCy, and belonging to the age of stone ; they have been discovered near Campandre-Valcongrain. Amongst them is a small sa w, pertectly toothed, and a whistle, formed out of a pierced flint. There is also an unusually fine hatchet of large size. ' THE HORSE SHOW.—This Day. The great horse show, which has now become an event of annual occurrence, commenced to-day at the Agricul tural Hall, Islington. The entri e s thi s year are exceed - ingly numerous, and the competitors for honours em brace some of the finest specimens of the noble animal eyes ever looked upon. The hall has been arranged with the greatest possible convenience, and a perfect view of the various animals, as they gallop round the large tanned ride in the centre of the building previous to their receiving the prize, has been secured to every visitor. The hall also presents a very attractive appearance from the number of useful and ornamental articles displayed with the utmost taste to tempt the pockets of the crowd of visitors. There is the greatest diversity in this portion of the exhibition, which we think will prove far more attractive than the horses to many of the thousand visitors who will be certain to throng the Agricul tural Hall during the days of the "Show." There are stalls for the sale of perfumery and other fancy articles of that description, also those devoted to more useful and elegant articles. There is a fine display of horticultural productions, the foremost of which of course is made by the Messrs. Carter, the eminent seedemen and florists, of High Holborn, who have gained such distinction at the shows of the Crystal Palace. The visitor must not omit to view the wonderful productions here very tastefully displayed—more especially the show of ferneries, which are the most beautiful ever exhibited. They also exhibit some charming hanging baskets filled with beautiful plants, for the drawing-room as well as the conservatory, which cannot but secure universal admira tion. Messrs. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, display, as usual on these occasions, an elegant collection of clocks for the drawing-room and library, many of which are very superb in their ornamentation, and which elicited universal admira tion. Messrs. Hunt and Pickering, of Leicester, made a very good display, but those stalls we have specially men tioned are the chief attractions of this part of the exhibi tion. The judging for the prizes for the horse show commenced very early iu the morning, but owing to the large number of entries in each of the classes it had made but little progress up to a late hour in the afternoon. The judges were the Earl of Portsmouth, Sir W. Wynn, Bart., Sir G. Wombwell, and Capt. P. Williams. In the Class for Stallions the first prize of £4O was secured by Mr. Topham of Northampton for his five year old bay, which stood 15 hands 3 inches high. The second prize of 20 guineas was awarded to H. R. Phillips for his eight year old bay. In Class 1 for Hunters, the weight carried not to exceed 15 stone, the first prize of £6O was carried off by Mr. T. Sutton of Darlington, by his Voyageur, a bright chesnut, standing over 15 hands high. The second prize of £3O fell to Mr. Joseph Thompson, for his six year old Rain bow ; vnd the third prize was awarded to Mr. H. Percy of Northumberland for his bay Ingleby. Nos. 33 and 37 were highly commended. In class 2, for hunters, without condition as to weight the first prize of £3O was awarded to Si G. Wombwell's Hawkseye ; the second, £2O, to Mr. Thos. Gee's Tom and the third, .£l5, to Mr. Henry Spencer's Lucy. The exhibition of ponies is extraordinary, and among the animals exhibited are some of the smallest specimens of living horseflesh we ever witnessed. This portion of the exhibition seemed to be the most attractive part of the show to the non-professionals, but, of course, the great majority of the visitors manifested their anxiety in the larger animals. Amongst the visitors was Mr. Sothern, who seemed to take a great interest in the exhibition, " his lordship" having an eye, we suppose, on the finest animal in the collection. Another Destructive Fire at Poplar.—This Day. The parish of Poplar has been singularly pro lific in fires during the last few weeks, there being scarcely a day without the occurrence of an out break. Some of the fires were of trifling importance, and not worth publicly recording, but others were of an extensive character, and were attended with great loss of property. This (Saturday) morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock, a Mr. Gibbons discovered the premises of Mr. Forsyth, an oil, colour, and Italian warehouseman, 97, Crisp-street, near where the fire happened the day before, to be in flames. The inmates having been aroused by Mr. Inspector Allison of the K division, they succeeded in making their escape in safety. Conductor Gill quickly attended with the Royal Society's fire-escape, and was succeeded by several land-steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co., and numerous manual ones of the Metropolitan brigade. The mains of the East London Company having been drawn the firemen went to work, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished until the warehouse was burnt out, and the back premises severely damaged by fire, water, &c. The origin of the misfortune could not be ascertained. FIRE AT WESTMINSTER.—About 1 o'clock in the morning a fire broke out in the laundry belonging to Mrs. Lucas, No. 14, Greycoat-street, Westmin ster, which did considerable damage. THAMES. HORRIBLE CHILD MURDER.—A young woman Darned Sarah Spratt, aged 24 years, was taken into custody yes terday evening by a police constable named Edward Kiddie, 483 K, .on the charge of wilfully murdering her male illegitimate child on the 17th of April last. She was to be brought before Mr. Partridge this afternoon, after the hearing of the night charges. On the day above named the body of a male child, nine days old, was discovered in the drill ground of the Stepney Grammar School, Trede gar-square, Mile-end, by Mr. Thomas Valiance, the drill instructor. The skull was fractured, and there were other marks of violence on the child. A coroner's in quest was held before Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, and a jury, on the 20th of April, and a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. The case was put into the hands of Inspector Kenessey of the K division for inquiry, and he ascertained that the prisoner had given birth to a male child at No. 111, Half Paved-court, Salisbury-square, Fleet street, on the 7th of April. She was attended in her ac - - couchement by Mr. Reed, a respectable surgeon of Fleet street. She was seen with the child in Bow and in the neighbourhood of Tredegar-square on the 16th of April. The infant was murdered the same night and thrown over the wall of the drill ground. She afterwards told a Mrs Goodyear, of Angel-road, Bow, who is nursing another illegimate child of the prisoner's, that the deceased expired in her arms between Old Ford, Bow, and the Globe public-house in the Mile-end-road, and that she left the body in the street. A black shawl, and a white calico night-gown, in which the body was wrapped, have been traced by Inspector Kenessey to the prisoner, and there will be an overwhelming mass of evi dence against her, including the evidence of Mr. Cornelius Edwin Garman, surgeon, of Carlisle-terrace, Fairfield-road, Bow, who made the post mortem examination of the body, and who will clearly prove that death was caused by foul means. The prisoner was in the service of a respectable family at No. 14, Surrey-grove, Newington, last night when she was taken into custody. The father of her illegitimate children is a Custom-house clerk. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The ordinary weekly meeting of this board was held yesterdarat the offices, Spring-gardens, Sir John T hwaites in the chair. The cash statement showed the following balances in the hands of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £335,207 15s. 3d. ; deposit accounts, £157,557 13s. 5d.; total, £492,745 Bs. Bd. The board was engaged in private for two hours upon the matter of advances to be made to the Thames Embankment contractors. Upon the admission of the-public the clerk (Mr. John Pollard) stated that a committee of the whole board had agreed with the report of the finance committee, which recommended "that Mr. Ritson be paid the sum of £8,020, being one-half of the retentions on the works ac tually executed and materials upon the ground, under his contract for the Thames Embankment North (No. 2); that Mr. Furness be paid the sum of £12,575, being one half of the retentions on the works actually executed and materials upon the ground, under his contract for the Thames Embankment North (No. 1)." The recommen dation was put in the form of a motion, and upon a divi sion was carried by a majority of seven—the numbers being, for the motion, 20 ; against it, 13. In reference to the bills now before Parliament for improvements in the metropolis—including the Thames Embank ment (North) Approaches, which are to extend to the Thames Embankment from Charing-cross, the Chelsea Embankment, and the Park-lane improvement—a notice was on the paper that the board would consider the sub ject, and also the report of the Select Committee of the he House of Com mons on Metropolitan Local Government, &c., recommending th e continuance of the coal and wine n d uaens informedan dth e levying the that boardofan improvement hadbeen In•aetes.etiaTthineschwaiitrh the Government, 'through Mr. Goschen, upon the subject, and had received a letter from that gen tleman informing him that the Government had agreed to assist the board in obtaining the coal and wine dues for five years to enable them to carry out these improvements. After several long addresses it was ulti mately resolved " that this Board agree to the proposal that the coal and wine dues should be continued for five additional years, and to the principle of an improvement rate, half thereof to be charged on the owners, and to be raised in the like manner as the property-tax, and on these conditions is prepared to proceed with the three improve ment bills now before I'arliament." Mr. Shaw, pursuant to notice; presented a memorial from the vestry of St. Marylebone, with respect to the inequality of the assessment of the city of London, upon which the ex penses of the Board are estimated, as compared with the assessment of the rest of the metropolis, and praying for inquiry whether the assessment 'et the city of London is made upon a like. estimate or basis as the county rate, and fn conformity with the Acts of Parliament, which matter was referred to a committee for consideration. M r . Brush field thought it would be desirable that measures should be adopted for the purpose of inquiring searchingly into tho origin of fires w hich take place in the metropolis. This matter was referred to the Fire Brigade Qommittee, and, the ordinary routine business having been disposed of, the Board adjourned. M. Du CHAILLU VINDICATED.—Captain RaChon of the good ship Antoine, which sailed on Friday into od news for M. du Chaillu and utt er con- Havre, brings go fusion to his enemies. He arrives direct from Lagos, and declares that during his stay in Gaboon he took part in the capture and. destruction of a huge gorilla. The gigantic brute measured two metres 70 centimetres from the crown of the head to the heel. He had been pursued by the na tives for carrying off a native woman from a plantation. Therefore the savans themselves are defeated, for it was only at the sceance lately held at the Acad6mie, to deter mine the fact of the animal's existence, that the story re lated by Been and other naturalists of its fondness for the refined society of the black ladies was pronounced to be utterly untrue and incompatible with every reasonable supposition admitted in natural history. LORD LYON AND HIS JOCKEY.—That Lord Lyon's victory was jeopardised by the unconquerable habit he has got of refuseing to quit his horses there is no deny ing, for when he had beaten Rustic he hung so to Saver nuke that it required all Custance's efforts, with his arm weakened by his recent accident, to get his horse's head in front. He rode, I should say, with a figure of eight ban dage round his arm, which had not been a little tried by the may Hermit kicked and plungedwith him tho previous day, and he now feels the effect of the strain upon his arm so much that he will not ride again until Ascot. Bold as was his undertaking to ride Lord Lyon, it afforded him a fine opportunity for showing his good jockeyship, and it was a pleasure to witness the steadiness and patience with which he rode, and which those coming on in the same profes sion would do well to imitate, as well as his manners and customs.—Morning Post, Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day. Market opens very quiet, and prices are about below yesterday's rates. Sales probably 5,000 bales. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : " A strong barometrical pressure is extending over Norway, Holland, and France, where the wind is moderate generally between N. and E., and the sky clear. The mercury marks 771 on the coasts of Norway and 772 at Yarmouth, as well as at Brussels. The gales which are occurring on the Atlantic cause the barometer to decline on the western shores of France and England, and pro dace strong breezes over Norway. The sea, gene rally smooth, is rather rough at Gibraltar. On Wednesday evening there was lightning at Madrid." At Paris yesterday the weather was again fine. At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked 17 6 Centigrade (63 3-5 Fahrenheit.) A letter from Brussels to the Echo de Luxem bourg says :--46 The period for holding the camp, which is ordinarily fixed for July or August, is post poned this year to the middle of September. Each regiment of infantry will send one battalion there, each cavalry regiment two squadrons, and the artillery two batteries. The entire army will be thus represented and passed in view for the first time by the Bing, on his return from the visit which he is to pay to Luxembourg." The muncipalities — of Dusseldorf, Dortmund, and Hagen in Westphalia have decided on send ing to the King of Prussia a remonstrance against war. The Prussian journals continue to publish accounts of the hostile manifestations of the populations whose interests are compromised by the mobilisation of the landwehr. In Austria, on the contrary, the enthusiasm for war is as great as in Italy. A'-fatal accident occurred the day before yester day on the Vincennes railway. I. Doucet, a mer chant, residing at La Varenne, was sitting outside the imperial of one of the carriages, when he endea voured to pass from one compartment to another, but at that moment the train entered a tunnel, and the unfortunate gentleman's head coming in contact with the roof of the arch, he was thrown in the per manent way. His skull had, however, been so fear fully smashed that death was instantaneous. A communication from Dresden says :—" The armaments of Saxony are being urged on with the greatest activity. The ordinary effective of the war footing will be exceeded, and to obtain that result soldiers have been taken below the regulation height. Nobody has objected, for the public sentiment is most favourable to the present dynasty. The measure by which Bavaria has mobilised her army has pro duced a great sensation throughout Saxony. Th e most complete understanding reigns between the two Governments. MISS HELEN FAUCIT is announced as about to afford her generous aid to the committee of the Consump tion Hospital, Brampton, by undertaking to read the drama of " Ulysses" (to which is wedded. Gounod's music), at the concert in behalf of the institution, on Friday, the Bth of June. By this benevolent effort in the cause of charity an unusual opportunity of hearing this accomplished lady will be offered to the public. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Mr. Hugh Frederick Sills, on the result of a competition of five candidates for four ',situations, to be a clerk in the Secretary's office, Chelsea Hospital. Mr. Frederick Nugent Cresswell Macgregor to be a dockyard clerk in the Admiralty. Mr. Henry Stephens Holmes Peglei to be a clerk in the Patent Office. The Salut Public of Lyons states that the 41st and 78th regiments of infantry in garrison in that city have received orders to leave for Thionvillo.and Cambrai, where they are to arrive from the 2d to the 9th Tune. They will be replaced at Lyons by the 13th, coming from Bastia, in Corsica, and the 55th, returning frenz-Africa. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Large supplies of vegetables are on sale, and the show of fruit is tolerably good. Most kinds of produce are in fair request at our quotations. , FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 2s Od to 38 ; foreign do, Os to Us Od ; filberts, 1s 9 d to 2 s Od per lb ; apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od pef half sieve; oranges, 4s to lOs ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES—Summer cabbages, 9d to is 6d; cauli flowers, is to 2s; horseradish, is to 2s per dozen heads; greens, 2s Od to 3s WI; turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; carrots, 4s 6d to 5s Gd • turnip radishes, 9d to is 3d; spring onions, 9d to is id per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 8d per bundle ; forced asparagus, 3s to 6s per bundle ; old onions, 2s Od to 2s 6d per half sieve ; seakale, is Gd to 2s 6d; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet ; cucumbers, Gd to 3s each ; cos lettuces, lOd to is 6d per score ; new potatoes, 2d to 8d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7i-d. to Bd. ;of household ditto, tid. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 24d to '4l; G 4 to 72 lbs, 3d to —d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 31d ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 31-cl ; 88 to 96165., 33d to 4d; 96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to .10s 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, Gs Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, 7s 6d to 9s 6d ; lambs, 3s to 5s Od ; shearlings, is 6d. HAY. SMITIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 108 ; clover, £5 5s to £6 158 Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Iicadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Moadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Trade slow. ---- COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. ff. Walls End Hetton ... 18 6 South Hetton Walls End Haswell... 1 1 7 8 06 1 11 ,e e e u s gh . 11 2 1 1:7 . d O 6 . Pensher Primrose ... 16 6 South Kelloe Kelloe Buddle'sWestHartley 17 3 Hastings Hartley ... 17 3 South Hartlepool l7 ON. Staffordshire ...... 17 0 Ships at market, 49 ; sold, 43. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, May 17. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. ---M- ---- ay 17. May 10 . fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation .. 884,371,925 8,812,834 75 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 12,346,715 22 108,416,732 27 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 261,667,226 50 240,768,829 49 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 666,258 75 796,428 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 Surplus of receipts not _ distributed - - Sundries Total CREDITOR. May 17. May 10. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 366,460,158 44 347,670,984 07 Do. branch banks 333,629,640 316,713,905 Advances on deposit of bullion 4,456,000 5,071,700 Do. branch banks 12,370,500 12,864,100 Do. on French Public Securities 13,583,300 13,094,300 Do. by branch banks 6,991,900 6,442,400 Do. on railway shares and debentures IJ. branch banks 21,351,100 20,902,500 Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees _ _ (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 -- Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 8,434,226 8,434,226 Expenses of manage ment 1,526,287 79 1,504,375 40 Sundries Total 1,541,110,965 70 1,506,897,511 62 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. The students of Vienna have resolved to send to the Emperor Francis Joseph an address expressing their loyal attachment. The Memorial de la Loire states that the foun dries of St. Etienne are now casting, for the Italian navy, conical steel balls on a new system. The Gazette de Lucerne states that horses are being bought up in that canton for Italy. One firm is re ported to have entered into a contract to deliver 3,000. The Unita Italiana publishes the following as an authentic letter from Garibaldi addressed by him to a friend in Parma :—" Caprera, May B.—l have given no orders to any persons in Parma to make enrolments of volunteers. The youth of Italy know their duty and will not be deluded. When Italy wants me, be assured I shall not faiI.—GARIBALDI." THE SUNDAY BANDS IN THE PARKS.—The eleventh season of these bands will commence next Sun day in Victoria Park, and the following Sunday (May 27) in Regent's Park. CHINESE PIRATES.—A newly issued Parliamentary return shows that during the command of Vice-Admiral King in the Chinese seas—between the 24th of June, 1865, and 18th February, 1866—.71 piratical vessels were cap tured. 30 of those vessels were burnt, and 24 given up to mandarins. No award of prize money has yet been made for any of these captures. MRS. YELVERTON AND THE "SATURDAY REVIEW." —EDINBURGH, Friday.—ln the first division of the Court of Session, to-day, an application was made for a new trial, in the case of "Longworth or Yelverton v. the Proprietors of the Saturday Review." The application was grounded on the alleged fact that the verdict in the previous action was against both law and evidence, and had been given through a misapprehension on the part of some of the jury as to the directions given to them by the judge in his sum ming up. SILK CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA.—The culture of silk is attracting attention in California. At the Industrial Exhibition in 1865 of the Mechanics' Institute, a Committee on Silk Worms and the Culture of Silk, after a thorough examination of the subject reported that, " California is one of the best, if not the very best, silk-producing countries in the world." It appears that Mr. Louis Prevost, of San Jose; has met with such success in the busi ness as to warrant, fully, the declaration made by the committee. His success, however, was not attained without loss and perseverance. After raising the necessary mulberry trees from seed, - he attempted to import -silk worm eggs from China. He made three efforts, but failed three times, as the eggs were found _worthless on arrival there. A quantity ordered.from France, however, turned out well, and the worms hatched from them produced silk pronounced to be of the first quality by European experts. Since then Mr. Prevost has extended his experiments, and during the past year he has raised over 100,000 cocoons. The mulberry grows here luxuriantly, and the warmth and dryness of the climate are especially favourable to the hatching of the eggs, to which cold and rainy weather is fatal. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.—FromIBSS to 1864, in elusive, American exports, specie value, were largely in in excess of imports. We give the figT* s es , 3 r 3 mil senting, in round figures, this excess—Po lions ; 1856, 12 millions ; 1857, 2 1R 2 60 42 millions ; 1859, 18 millions ; ns ; 1861, 58 millions ; 1862, millions 3 7m millions millions ; 1864, 12 millions . the imports general in years in which American ex ports, were 1845, 24S e 1844 , I t B h 6 e 3 only 9 1741, rtslBe4x9c,eoldBesdo, our iss2, 1853, and 1854. TlhBe4. highest I Itexcess been of this FAILURESt ew a s I t N he A3 3 that there were very few failures in impression I 7E Rmi s o has In 1863 and 1865. An examination of some recent statistics atallo46n2tslotoo. about one-half shows that there were in that year 530 failures, I w B i 6 t h 4 totalthe liabilities bankruptcieso f this sum for each year. The year 1857 reported 14,257 failures, with liabilities of $265,818,000 ' • and t he year 1861, 5,9 3 5 failures, with $178 , 632 , 170 of liabilities. Average of failed liabilities from 1857 to 1865, $76,473,000. Wells, Fargo, and Co., have sued the shippers of the nitro-glycerine, the explosio n o f w hich caused such destruction of life and property at San Fran cisco a fortnight since. They lay their damages at $lOO,OOO. The parties sued have been examined and held to bail on a sum equal to the damages 'darned. THE BOMBARDMENT OF VALPARAISO. The Liverpool Post gives an account of an indig nation meeting held in that port with reference to the late bombardment of Valparaiso. Our con temporary thinks that whatever was the cause, the bombardment seems to have been in perfect ac cordance with the laws of nations. Except in re ference to the destruction of property, the Spaniards avoided doing anything that would destroy human life. The objects of destruction were public build ings ; and previous to the bombardment a notice of four days was given, in order that individuals might remove themselves and their property beyond the range of the guns. At present this is the extent of the precise information. The imputations cast upon .the British authorities by the New York: Herald are not to be received unconfirmed. We may rest assured that the Admiral never gave the promise alleged ; and we may also rest assured that his instructions were to act in reference to strict neutrality. Great efforts were made to avert the calamity, such as it was ; and very possibly the Chilians were obstinate in refusing to accept condi tions, because they were under the belief that the protest of the representatives of all nations, as well as of the English and American residents, would deter the Spanish Admiral from carrying his threat into execution. The authorities in Valparaiso may have deceived themselves, and acted on the per suasion that their personal property was not in danger, but that the property bf other nations WAS in danger, believing mistakenly that at the last moment the English and American fleets would interpose and save the city from a bombardment. This supposition, however, will not justify the con.. duct of Spain in making an attack upon an enemy utterly devoid of all power of resistance or of re taliation. The Post thinks that the British Govern ment also stands exposed to much blame. Co-ope rating with France and the United States it could have brought influence to bear upon the Court of Madrid which would no doubt have dissuaded it from pursuing a quarrel which could result in no benefit, much less lead to glory. We ought not, however, to forget that soon after the commence ment of the dispute the Cotirt of Spain referred the question to England and France, promising to abide by their decision. At this moment we are not in possession of wh a t t h e French or English Govern ments did to o r presumew het whether that they did u anything;dd no t butaccept axe bound thee m ediation, and that, th ere f ore, no further notice -was taken of hostile proceedings. British di p l omacy, unfortunately, concerns itself with large affairs only ; the obscure Governments on the West Coast are too insignificant to warrant a display of power which could be exercised with dignity only i n P aris, Berlin, and Vienna. One consequence of thi s ab staining from a duty which greatly concerns the trade of the country has been the perpetual com plaints of British subjects against the Peruvian and other Southern States. Nothing is done, simply, perhaps, because the feebleness of these pre übhcs was of such a nature as to excite only a palpable indifference. Seeing, however, that Spain held a different opinion respecting the potency of Chili, our Government was certainly wrong in permitting the quarrel to mature into danger, without at least warning our merchants trading to the West Coast to look to their own interest, as the Government would not interfere if their persons or property were expose I to the eventualities of war. -- LONDON GAZETTE.--Last Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Christian William Lawrence, Esq., now a Third Secretary, to be a Second Secretary in hor Majesty's Diplomatic Service. MAY 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane, Esq., now a Third Secre tary, to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplo matic Service. MAY 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Thomas John Hovel! Thurlow, now a Third Secre tary, to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. MAY 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Arthur Henry Seymour, Esq., now a Third Secretary, to be a Second becretary.in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, ADMIRALTY, MAY 17. - - Lieutenants William Hobson Moubray and Robert Hussey Moubray have been this day promoted to be Re tired Commanders, under the provisions of the Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1854, and 24th March, 1866. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 13 11 15 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 12 0 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 55 25 60 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 0 25 121 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine _ 119 119} Vienna — ]3 30 13 60 Trieste — 13 30 13 60 Petersburgh - 241 ___ Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 29 50 29 50 RACING- FIXTI M. RES FOR 1866. Epsom Summer 15 West Drayton Redditch 2l Cornwall :22 Manchester Wye . .. So - uthwell 24 Ascot Summer 29 JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Kanturk Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury l3 Beverley Stockbridge Chelmsford.. Liverpool Summer Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Worcester L Y. Knutsford Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Cambridge 24 Southampton 25 Chesterfield . 25 Huntingdon 1 Goodwood UST. JU] Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield Reading Hundleby Nottingham Stamford l9 AUG Jersey 1 Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l York August 2l Dover 23 Plymouth 23 West Drayton Lichfield Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 VParwie k September "E V Leicester Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond OCTC Northampton Bedford L o thi an s' Racing Bromley NOVE Lincoln . .................... 1 Liverpool ................ 5 MBER. Hendon (Welsh Harp)... 20 Monmouth . 2O I iiiancTet;ier Autumn 21 Wordsley Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall )BER. Newmarket2d October 8 Harrow .. .. 1G Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Worcester :MBER. Shrewsbury ............... 11 Leamington Hunt .... .„, 19 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. Mullingar • JTJLY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. C arragh 4 , 5 , 6 OCTOBER: Curragh ...................................................... 16, 17 18 FRENCH RACI AIA Bruxelles 3, 6 I Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l :NG FIXTURES. Vissembourg 2l Paris (Summer) 26, 27 JII Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse 24, 28 Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amions LY. 16 I Abbeville 22 Le Pin 2 29 Saintes 29, 30, 31 Caen Chalon-sur-SaoneSrr. L e Mans ...... . .............. Laon l9, 20 Tarbes I,l3leis I Baden-Baden 31 AUG 4,5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourges. Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg ................. 19 SEPTE Baden-Baden ......... 3,5, 7 I Chantilly ................. • . 16 1 OCT( Paris 7 clialatillimmommio 14, 18 :MBER. Paris (AUtumn) ...... 23, 30 I BER. Yincennes le -30, 3er ! cts rtY etY er jig the for de" )tild 3ge' turn to LAN/ 100 st 20 20i 10 100 / 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 2 100 100 190 100 100 1(0 100 100 108 i 15 lii 871 926 71 2 10:}