The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-21 00:00:00

AMERICA, ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, from Halifax and Boston, arrived at Queenstown at 6.45 p.m. on Saturday, with 174 cabin passenners, and $15,243 in specie. She landed 126 sacks of mails and eight passengers, and proceeded at 7 p.m. for Liverpool. All well. NEW YORK, May 8 (Evening). A resolution has been referred to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives in favour of an amendment to the constitution to authorise an export duty on cotton. A resolution has also been passed instructing the Judiciary Com mittee to report a bill prohibiting the admission, as a State, of any territory wherein the franchise is denied on account of colour, and declaring such denial to be unconstitutional. Mrs. Davis is still at Fortress Monroe. She is permitted to remain with her husband from reveille to sunset every day. Secretary M'Culloch had a long interview yesterday with Mr. Davis. President Johnson has ordered the release on parole of ex-Senator Guin, now confined in Fort Jackson. It is generally believed the President will veto the bill admitting Colorado State into the Union. O'Mahony has issued circulars declaring that the Eastport expedition was proposed by Kilian, who continued an useless expenditure after he (o'Ma bony) had ordered the recall of themen, and that the launch of an Irish ironclad upon American waters, to co-operate with the expedition, had been pre vented by red tape formalities. Capt. Grace declares the Eastport expedition to have been planned by O'Mahony and Killian, in order to sell the bonds. Roberts, Sweeny, and O'Mahony subsequently caused the failure of the expedition because of Killian's popularity. Several circles have, after an investigation, acquitted O'Mahony of all blame in the Eastport fiasco. The Peruvian, Quebec, China, City of Boston, and Borussia have arrived out. NEW YORK, May 10 (Evening). To-day the House of Representatives adopted the amendment proposed by the Reconstruction Com mittee by 128 against 37 votes. The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Smythe as collector of New York. The Senate has concurred in a joint resolution relative to the attempted assassination of the Czar of Russia. A bill has been introduced in the Senate provid ing that the President cannot remove any officer appointed by consent of the Senate, except members of the Cabinet. It is believed that the House of Representatives will reject the constitutional amendment reported by the Reconstruction Committee, a number of the Republican members having declared themselves opposed to it. President Johnson, replying to a recent address presented by a delegation of Methodists, said that great misapprehension existed with reference to the present condition of the South, and that the irregu larities there were grouped together in order to con vey the impressiou that they illustrate the condition of the country. Individual conduct should corre spond with what was professed. He believed that if a proper spirit of government was persevered in, a good feeling would soon be restored. The interests of both sections demanded a strict compliance with the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. The President has approved the West India Telegraph Bill. It is believed that the Grand Jury of 'Norfolk will bring in a bill of indictment against Mr. Davis and the other leaders of the rebellion. Judge Underwood charged the jury yesterday, urging the necessity for the punishment of treason. Secretary M'Culloch has advised a relaxation of rigour to Mr. Davis in his imprisonment. Fort Goodwin, Arizona, has been captured by savages, and the garrison, 124 in number, mas sacred. The cholera is abating in New York Quarantine, and the steerage passengers on board the steamer England have been permitted to come into the city. Stephens, the Fenian Head Centre, is reported to have arrived here to-day by the steamer Napo leon, from Havre. MIS C ELLANE OUS NEWS. The Boston Traveller, of April 25th, says—A re sident of New York city has lately given by will a handsome fund to Harvard University, for the pur chase year after year of works of American art ; a proof of interest in the arts in connection with university education that may be the beginning of an important movement. The American Screw Company at Providence, with a capital of $1,000,000, is reported to have divided $1,000,000 among its stockholders in 1864, and $1,200,000 in 1865. EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants from Europe to New York from January Ist to May 2nd, was 48,661. During the same period in 1865, 23,811. PROGRESS AT THE SOUTII.—As one of the signs of progress " down South," the Charlottesville (Virginia) correspondent of the New York Herald States that on a Sunday he witnessed in a large school-room under the Baptist church about three hundred coloured children, of all shades, from nearly white to ebony black, assembled, and thirty or forty white persons, many of them belonging to the first families in the country, and most of them the sons and daughters of former slave owners, were engaged in teaching them. Away in one corner of the room a distinguished and learned law professor of the Virginia University (Professor Minor) was labori ously engaged in teaching one bright-eyed little darkey his letters, and quite a number of the students of the University were pursuing similar avocations. As many as five hundred children have been in school at one time, and the average attendance is nearly three hundred. The United States i of over two Quartermaster-General has records of the b • hundred thousand Union soldiers, and recommendsthose an appropriation of one million dollars to place whose bodies ar e scattered in cemete r i es , where they will be safe f r om desecration. General Thdisonituail asissued an order to forbid ploughing or b g the graves of soldiers at Atlanta. There were only six persons in Memphi s (Ten nessee) in 186 1 who vo ted a g ainst secession . Now there are not less than six hundred p ersons claim ing to be one of the six. There are seventeen manufactories of paper collar s in the New England States, and each girl employed makes about one thousand of them daily. The Washington Chronicle says the American Agricultural Department has recently received several highly interesting letters from most of the Southern States, which represent this year that the crops, especially the cotton crop, will b e exceed ingly l arge providing the season continues propi tious. The Mobile Register places at the head of its columns the na me of General Robert E. Lee as a candidate for the President of the United States in 1868, and remarks that there is a concentrated organisation now in progress to put forward the model hero of the Confederacy as the States Rights Democratic candidate for the next Presidential campaign. THE MEXICAN COLONY. of Cordova The colony numbers now among its members G e „ man, Wilcox, Slaughter, an d Broadwell, Flournoy, Gray, Hardem—aEarly, Hind- Colonels and Boulildi near Cer Snead of Texas, Terry, Chiles, and Porter. Judge Gen. Magruder is at Cordova. Settled also dova are Gens. Price and Shelby, Gov. Harris ' , Judge Perkins, Dr. Tisdale, and a great many others, who are engaged in farming. j u d ge a Shattock, of MississipPi,nd late of California, i s near Precidie, in the department of Mazatlan ; also many Californians and Missourians, all raising cot ton. Judge Terry, with a party formerly from California, is near Guadainfare, farming and rais ing stock. On the Rio Verde, in San Luis Potosi, are also settled a colony of cotton planters, with Colonel Mitchell, of Missouri, at their head. A large number of former Confederate officers are also employed on the railroad from Mexico to Vera Cruz, among them being Generals .Leadbetter and Stephens. The wife of Maximilian is very populir COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold 1291. Exchange on London, 142 ; on Paris, 4.01. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 92i ; Illinois, 1211; Erie, 73k; 5-20 Bonds, 102. Cotton firm and active : middling upland, 34k. Wheat and flour dull ; corn quiet. Provisions quiet, and prices drooping; coffee and sugar steady ; molasses quiet. Petroleum very firm ; crude, 29 ; refined, 45. Receipts of cotton at New York for 30 days, 4,000 bales ; export during four days, 6,000 ; stock, 170,000. ORLEANS, May 9.—Cotton quiet ; low middling, 32 ; three days' sales, 4,000 ; receipts in five days, 4,000 bales. Secretary M'Culloch has promulgated his usual monthly statement of the public debt, which gives the following figures for the amount of debt on May 1: Debt bearing interest in coin 51,186,092,841 80 Debt bearing interest in currency 1,888,313,544 62 Debt on which interest has ceased 877,729 64 Debt without interest 432,392,755 54 Total Since April 1 the debt has remained almost sta tionary, having decreased but $117,025. The amount in the Treasury on May 1 was $76,676,407 2c. in coin and $61,310,621 80c. in currency ; total $137,987,028 82c., an increase during the month of April of over $15,000,000. The Secretary of the Treasury considers the financial condition of the Government very easy, and has ordered the various assistant treasurers to discontinue receiving deposits upon temporary loan after May 15. In the above exhibit of debt the temporary loans amount to more than $131,000,000 of the currency interest-debt, and the interest paid upon them being decreased, and other means being taken to encourage holders to withdraw them, they will to a great extent be drawn out of the treasury within a few months. The Secretary has finally deter mined to begin funding the debt, and to secure ample powers has had Senator Sherman offer a bill authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 5 per cent. 30 year bonds to an amount equal to the debt, and to be disposed of at his discretion. These bonds are to be used exclusively in retiring the debt, and are to be called " the Consolidated Debt of the United States." They are exempted from taxation by the United States in consideration of the low rate of interest, and are to be payable, principal and interest, in coin. The bill also applies $30,000,000 a year to the reduction of the principal of the debt. It has been referred to the Senate Committee of Finance, who, it is said, will report upon it favourably. There are one hundred and thirty millions of available funds in the United States Treasury. The amount of bonds held by the treasurer as security on national banks is three hundred and fifty-six millions. The total amount of national bank cir culation is two hundred and sixty-eight millions. It is expected that the next monthly statement will show a reduction of six millions in the national debt. The Stock Market was generally stronger this morning, with a slight advance, and with a general expectation of increased faith in current values. The Money Market was easy at 5 per cent. to the Stock Exchanges, with exceptions at 4 per cent, on Government and 43- on railway securities. Discount easy. First-class paper 53- to 6 per cent. for 60 days. Gold opened at 1271-, and closed at 1271- +. Foreign exchange opened at 109+ o bank bills on England at GO days, and closed at 1091 to 1; and for short sight, at 1101- to mi. Commercial bills were quoted at 108+ to 109. Money, stocks, and petroleum were generally active. The following were the latest quotations:— United States Gs, 5-20's '62, 1021 ; U.S. Os, 81 cp., 1081 to 108-1; ditto second call, 109 ; U.S. 6s, 1881 rg., 109 ; Hudson River, 1101 ; Erie, 731 to 734; New York Cen tral, 921 ; Reading, 1071 to 1071; Michigan Southern, 771 to 771 ; Illinois Central, 122 ; Cleveland and Pitts burg, 82 ; Rock Island, 1241 to 1241; North-Western, 288 to 281; North-Western preferred, 601; Fort Wayne, 991; Ohio and Mississippi certificates, 25-1 to 26/ ; Canton, 581 bid ; Cumberland, 45 to 451 ; Mariposa preferred, 251 to 261. The principal feature of the woek in the financial world has been the failure of the National Bank of Washington. The amount of its notes in circulation is $lBO,OOO, which is, however, secured by United States Bonds. The bank was also a Government depository. The failure is at tributed to the suspension of Bayne and Co., stockbrokers, Baltimore, a member of the firm being the principal of the Bank. The capital of the Bank was $200,000. Amongst depositors were many army paymasters, who will lose heavily. Another series of Wall-street forgeries have been dis covered, and the perpetrator, John Ross, a broker, has de camped. He forged checks to the amount of $129,600 on Albert Speyer, No. 27, Pine-street ; on Howes and Macy, No. 30, Wall-street, $108,000; on Crones() and Co., $50,000 in gold; Black and Spaulding, No. 19, Broad street, $50,000 in gold, and Groesveck and Co., No. 30, Broad-street, to an immense amount, the exact figures at present unknown. Other firms are supposed to be losers. To stimulate the exertions of the parties enaged in endea vouring to effect the capture of Ross, a reward of five thousand dollars for his apprehension, and an additional sum of ten per cent. on all the stolen money recovered, has been offered by the Union and Continental national banks. The Secretary of the Treasury has taken a decided step in the right direction towards funding the national debt. A bill, which is understood to have received his approval and that of the leading New Yerk banks, has been intro duced into the Senate by Senator Sherman. It provides for the conversion of the present obligations of the Go vernment into coupons, or registered bonds, of such de nominations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre scribe. These bonds to bear five per cent. interest, in coin, to be redeemable, in coin, at the expiration of not more than thirty years, and to be known as " The Con solidated Debt of the United States." It is also provided that these securities be exempted from taxation in any form, either by State or municipal authorities. The bill also provides for the conversion of 7.30's into 5.20's at the option of the holder, and applies $30,000,000 a year to the reduction of the debt. THE PUBLIC DEBT. The following is a statement of the public debt of the United States on the Ist of May, 1866 : DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. 5 per cent. bonds ..................... 6 ......... 8198,241,100.00 6 „ of 1867-8 .................. 18 , 3 25,591.80 , of 1881 ..................... 283,744,150.00 6 77 ~• 5 $ 1 7 1 76 —-- 2 Total debt bearing coin interest DEBT BEARING CURRENCY I NTEREST. '07,841.80 6 per cent. bonds . 4,634,000.00 T e mporary loan 131,497,853.62 Certificates of indebtedness 1 and 2 year 5 per cent. notes 6,036,900.00 3 year compound interest notes 167,012,141.00 3 year 7-30 notes ------ Total debt bearing currency intere5t—51,188,313,544.62 Matured debt not presented for payment 8877,729.64 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. U. S. notes 415,164,318.00 Fractional currency Gold certificates of deposit Total debt bearing no interest ......... $452,392,755.54 Total debt .A.m't in Treas (coin) 576,676,407.02 " (currency) 61,310,621.80 Total amount in Treasury 137,987,028. 82 Amount of d e bt , less cash in Treasury... $27--- IN 9 ,689'842.78 The above is a correct statement of the public debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the de partment on the Ist of May, 1866. HUGH M'CuLLocH, Secretary o f th e T reasury. This statement shows a decrease for the month of $117,025, and an increase of money in the treasury of over $15,000,000. The Secretary of the Treasury considers the financial condition of the Government very easy, and has ordered the various assistant treasurers to discontinue re ceiving deposits upon temporary loan after - May 15. In more than 5131,000,000 of the currency-interest debt, and with the colony, and is said to be a very remark- ' the above exhibit of debt the temporary loans amount to means beingrest paid mken upon them n t 0 1: the in t erest niermagebehinolgdardsectorewinstehd,draanwdthotehmer, able woman. She reads, writes, and speaks with accuracy French, German, Italian, Spanish, and English. She also excels in the art of painting . they will to a great extent be drawn out of the treasury She is young and handsome, and one of the most within a few months. accomplished and sensible women of the age. Th e i mpor t at i ons of dry goods at this port during the Wherever she goes she is received with applause week ending May 4 compare as follows with those of the and admiration. previous week:— General Lewis Cass, at the last accounts, was still alive, though his family were in daily expecta tion of his decease. The General is now in his eighty-fourth year. He passes most of his t i me in sleep, undisturbed. At rare intervals he wakens up sufficiently to ask for some of his old friends, who are sent for, but on arriving, even within the hour, he is generally asleep again. His disease is softening of the brain, from years of mental labour in the service of his country. He has all the care, attention, and nursing it is possible to give. His family look upon him with the greatest reverence and affection, and pray that his last day on earth may be far distant. At times he is able to converse quite freely and rationally with his family, but this is the exception, not the rule. 1 --May Consumption. Pkgs. Value. Pkgs Value. Manufactures of w 001... 708 $301,191 577 $245,833 Manufactures of cotton. 951 334,073 549 175,648 Manufactures of silk 223 224,335 175 189,569 Manufactures of flax 892 245,640 305 115,466 Miscellaneous ..2,260 139,322 491 105,082 Total 5,034 $1,244,561 2,097 $1,831,098 Withdrawals. Manufactures of wool 759 $331,393 752 $320,518 Manufactures of cotton. 569 181,250 321 103,066 Manufactures of silk 138 146,345 158 170,488 Manufactures of flax 550 174,595 478 134,149 Miscellaneous 1,686 29,561 6,867 46,655 Total 3,702 $863,111 8,576 $772,876 Warehoused. Manufactures of wool 605 $263,197 220 $95,906 Manufactures of cotton 374 122,743 84 29,065 Manufactures of silk ll6 127,790 72 61,711 Manufactures of flax 631. 134,682 63 21,464 Miscellaneous 756 13,913 10,696 49,020 Total 2,482 $662,32511,135 $257,166 Receipts and Disbursements at the Office of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, at Now York, for the Month of April, 1866. April 1, 1866, by balance Receipts during the month — Customs 511,093,212 Loans 7,873,121 Internal Revenue 465,196 Post Office Department Transfers Coin Notes Patent Fees ... 3,391 Miscellaneous ------- 46,780,293 Total $120,674,618 Payments— Treasury drafts 532,189,036 Post Office do. 32,594,063 Debit balance, April 30, 1866 Balance, Cr., disbursing accounts $10,289,404 Receipts during the month 13,811,144 24,100,549 Payments 14,668,130 Balance Balance, Cr., interest accounts 51,850,662 Appropriations 175,418 2,226,081 Payments in coin Payments in notes 175,010 362,241 Balance $11,663,839 The Philadelphia Ledger of to-day says :—" The banks forming the Philadelphia Clearing House Association have deposited with the United States Assistant Treasurer the full amount of ten millions of dollars at four per cent., the limit beyond which the assistant treasurer cannot receive deposits from them under the special agreement of pay ment on demand. It is a singular fact that since the re duction of the rate of interest allowed on deposits, the treasurer has received a greater amount of money in the same time then ever before at higher rates. The Union Pacific Railroad Company, Eastern Division (Kansas), have executed a mortgage of their road from Wyandotte to Fort Riley, including rolling stock, depots, and all other property excepting the lands granted them by act of Congresq, to J. Edgar Thompson, Philadelphia, and Henry M. Alexander, New York, for $2,240,000, with interest payable semi-annually in gold, at six per cent. per annum. The Government stamps on this instrument amount to $2,240. (From L. P. Morton and Co.'s Circular, New York, May 5, 1866. _ _ There has been a temporary lull of the speculative acti vity in railroad shares, under which prices declined ; yes terday the market recovered tone, with a general improve ment in prices. Erie has been more active on specualtion, ranging from 731 to 74k, and closing at 734. The specu lative activity in Illinois Central continues; the price has fluctuated between 1181 to 122 k, and closed at 121 k. State Stocks have been more active, especially Virginia 6's, which have ranged at 67 to 68, and closed at 68. Mis souri 6's closed at 74 ; Tennessee 6's, at 90 to 904 ; and North Carolina 6's, at 83 to 84. Gold has fluctuated between 1251 and 1294. The pre mium was affected but little by the maturing of over twenty millions of coin interest on Five Twenties, a large amount of sellers options having matured simultaneously and Exchange having advanced. The price closed yester day at 127 k. Foreign Exchange is about 1 per cent. above the closing quotations of last week. Yesterday, prime Bankers Ster ling, 60 days, closed at 109 to 1091 ; Francs, long date, 5.161 to 5.15 Cotton has been dull, under the continued heaviness of the Liverpool market, but prices have been well sus tained. Yesterday, Middling Uplands closed firm, at 31 to 35 cents. foreign Imports at Now York (Gold Value). General Merchandise Dry goods. Total. For week ending April 27 ... ...54,322,749 ... 81,906,886 ... $6,229,635 Previously ... 50,202,291... 52,589,356 ... 102,791,647 Total since Jan. 1...554,525,040 $54,496,242 $109,021,282 For same period, 1865 ... ... 32,433,332 15,268,753 47,702,085 Foreign Exports from New York (Currency Value). For Week ending May 1. Exclusive of Specie. To Liverpool 52,014,355 ~ London 274,114 „ Havre „ Bremen 352,991 „ other Ports Total 79.4gA Previously '9;46093 Since Jan. 1 584,173,526 From Jan. 1, 1865 „ „1, 1864 52,540,442 MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE AT NEW YORK. IMPORTS. From California, past week Previously 10,585,927 Since January 1, 1866 $11,904,197 Sono priod 1865 7,471,294 EXPORTS. For Week ending April 28 573,880 Previously 5,994,735 Since January 1 6,068,615 Same time 1865 The Palestine Exploration Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SLN. SIR,—A further report has been received from Capt. Wilson, in charge of the first expedition of this Fund, dated Jerusalem, May 2, 1866, of which the following is the substance.—l am, &c., G. GROVE, Hon. Sec. Sydcnham, May 19. Astronomical observations have been made at Tibneh, Ras el Ain, Kefr Saba, Caesarea, Athlit, Mukhalid, Bir Addis, Lydda, Ain Shems, Beit Jib rin, and Hebron. A reconnaissance sketch was made of the route and a plan of the ruins of Caesarea, and the course of Wady Surar was ex amined. "Archaeology.—All the tombs we could find at Tibneh were opened and visited. Many of the loculi' contained great numbers of bones, and one a perfect female skeleton, which, however, crumbled to pieces directly it was touched. Detailed plans were made. At Abud a fragment of a Greek in scription was found, and near the village a number of rock-hewn tombs, in one of which the sides were painted ; the porticoes were ornamented in a style somewhat similar to that of the Tombs of Kings and Judges at Jerusalem. A plan was made of a curious old building near the village of Mezarah, and of the castle and fountains at Ras el Ain. Kefr Saba has been an old site, and near it we found portions of the old Roman road. Kalansawa, Kakun, Burjel, Atal, Arsuf, and other old ruins on the plain were visited. At Caesarea were found portions of the outer wall, the amphitheatre, a pool, and four aque ducts ; a plan was- made of the Crusaders' church. At Tantura men were quarrying stone for the Jaffa market ; they had opened a great portion of the mound, but found no remains of a temple or other pc building. d h photogr At aphs of theiebro il ua n ra Ne inv masonry, were ab l a e n t d o get de tail drawings showing its character, which is iden tical with that of the Wailing Place masonry ; un fortunately, we arrived there the first day of Bairam and were unable to avail ourselves of the permission to enter the mosque which his Excellency Izzet Pasha would otherwise have granted. A couple of days were given to the exploration of the water sup ply beyond the Pcols of Solomons ; the low-level aqueduct derived its supply from a fine fountain in Wady Aroob, but the source of the high-levelone could not be found, the depth and softness of the mud in the long tunnel preventing all attempts to get through it ; I hope to get some one here to undertake the explo ration next October, before the winter rains com mence. At Jerusalem itself two excavations have been made, one in front of the gate Gennath (so called), the other in front of the Babel Burak of the Haram ; the former is finished and shows the gate way a t t o t e b r e is o nf olcomparatively, it modern isf c t r d s t e r e u p, i b o u n t, the sill has not yet been reached. I have been able to get down into the continuation of the passage from this gateway, a portion of which forms the present Mosque of El Burak. I have no plan with me to lay my sketch down on, but after running east for a short distance it turns sharp to the south and ascends by a gentle incline. The masonry is very fine, apparently Herodian ; the faces of the arches have the same moulding as that in the Mosque El Burak. A curious cistern near the Bab el Kat tanin has also been visited. Anderson returned yes terday, 2d, from Nablus, with a valuable addition to our photographs. He was opposed, from the moment of his arrival, in every possible way by the Samaritans, who came down from the mountain while the old roll was being photographed and tried to make a disturbance. Fortunately, the negatives and camera were preserved. Anderson's negotia tions were conducted with great skill and judgment ; the Amram (priest) was his friend throughout, and great assistance was kindly give t n. by Mr. Falscher, the Protestant missionary at Nablus. A descent of Jacob's Well was made, and a few additional exca vations on Mount Gerizim, showing the castle and church to have been built on a rough masonry plat form. "Photographs.—The following have been 'added to the list :—View of large tree (Balutti) at Tibneh ; two views of tombs at Tibneh ; ruins near Mazarah ; three views of the ruins at Caesarea ; view of ruins at Dor ; two views of ruins at Athlit ; six views in and around Hebron (three of Haram masonry) ; two views of Beit Jibrin ; Samaritan camp on Mount Gerizim ; view showing conical hill north of Gerizim ; view of masonry platform (so called 12 stones) ; place of sacrifice on Gerizim, with wood and kettles prepared ; Samaritan inscription in tower (S.W. end of town) ; view in gardens at Nablus (for specimens of trees) ; two views (pano rama) of Ebal and Gerizim from Jacob's Well ; two views of old silver case, containing Pentateuch ; one photograph of interior of old roll ; two photographs of an old Pentateuch (the book wrapped in shawls, and mentioned in your note), one photograph is of the portion with the name of the scribe, the other of the Ten Commandments. " Geology.—The only peculiarity noticed has been the formation of the plain north of Jaffa, which is traversed in a north and south direction by low hills of tertiary sandstone ; these retain the water draining down from the mountain country between them, making large marshes unfit for cultivation, and causing in great measure the unhealthiness of the district. We found, however, that formerly there had been a perfect system of drainage, the water being carried to the sea through open cuttings and tunnels in the sandstone hills ; these are now chocked up with rubbish and rank vegetation. " Corporal Phillips, R.E., will leave for England, with the instruments, photograph negatives, &c., on the 14th of this month, taking the first Peninsular and Oriental steamer for Southampton after his arrival at Alexandria. " Anderson and I intended returning via Naples and Rome, arriving in London on the morning of June 10. I need hardly mention to you the assist ance which Mr. Moore, our Consul, has given us ; his kindness to travellers is too well known to re quire any remarks of mine. His Excellency Izzet Pasha, the Governor of Jerusalem, has been most obliging in granting every facility for excavations, &c., in his district.—Very sincerely yours, " C. W. WILSON, Captain Royal Engineers." THE SUN, LOINDOIN, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1866. THE DERBY NIGHT. A facetious correspondent of the Racing Times gives the following novel sketch of the after appear ance of the great national race-course on Derby. Day, or, as the title has it more correctly, The Derby Night : How many sporting writers of every grade of fancy have exhausted the faculty of invention by recording annually doings on a Derby-day, the vast streams of humanity encountering the real and imaginary pleasantries, toils, difficulties, and dangers of the road—the speed orslowness of the rail —the enormous increase annually (on paper) of holi day devotees to this the greatest carnival of Cockney dom ? But these are of the Derby-day. Has any one ever ventured to describe the mysteries of a Derby-night ? Not a night erst at Vauxhall, the departed, or at Cremorne's fairy land, or the ancient Barn of Highbury's fast gentility, or the City-road temple of ancient Greece, but a nocturnal sojourn on the cool downs of Epsom, on Wednesday, the 16th of May, in the year of grace 1866. Without any well-founded suspicion of lunacy, either by the idol of my heart's young affections, or by ordinary friends or acquaintances, I being, as will-makers describe, of sound mind, memory, and understand ing, took, by way of novelty, the resolution of actually observing the Downs by moonlight, or rather what the Downs might have presented had our useful satellite ventured to show ; yet, although she failed to put in an appearance, the mighty mul titude of stars shone with unusual brilliance, and shed a dim, subdued halo over the scene. The fleet Mongrel had pulled off the last race, and the cheers which greeted Grimshaw after his temporary recess had scarce died out, when the several divisions of thirsty constables, from A to X, had formed, answered to their numbers, stood at ease, and dispersed when the dusty sight-seers radiated from the centre of at traction in every direction; in short, when most well-regulated members of the British public were wending their way homewards I remained with a couple of trusty friends behind, but not alone. The impromptu snacks indulged in during the afternoon from various patrons of Fortnum and Mason, who generally regale their casual friends arriving by rail, only seemed to whet our appetites, and thecold spread at dusk, or " diner a la ruse," the French call it, proved but a careless make-up for the more studied, warm repast served within the limits of civilisation. Not withstanding the calls of friends, we contrived to reserve a few of Pontet's choice weeds to console us as the shades of evening advanced, when the locality promised some adventure in variety. The booth-keepers were totting up the result of the day's harvest. Waiters packed the remains of eatables, and then lolled about smoking very dirty pipes, and drinking the thickest of opaque beer. Bashi-Basouks of the modern Babylon gathered in numerous groups—some by their carts and barrows, others near flimsy erections which had been em ployed by day in various services. Male and female gipsies, and other types of the semi-savage, wearied by incessant exertion, lay in heaps under cover of tents, temporary stables, and other contrivances. Later on scores of lanthorns, borne by industrious travellers, bobbed around the Course to Tattenham Corner to the valleys on either side, and to the dis tant;hills, seeking stray treasure, stowing away in light carts such garments, smelling-bottles, reticules, parasols, and similar odds and ends found during the excitement of the races, and before the owners had lost them. Empty bottles, of which many hun dreds were thrown away form the surface of large baskets, and the traveller, by aid of a fast trotter, finds his way to town when the crowds are slack ened, sells his plunder, and returns for more. The pretty little town of Epsom, famed alike for its races and salts, lay stretched in the distance, bril liantly lighted, and the busy clatter of voices proved how large the numbers were which still lingered behind within its precincts. The scene before us seemed something like an extensive battle-field when the fray had ended, save that for cries of the wounded, rude snatches of nigger songs, shouts and laughter of both sexes, rung in our ears from every side. Several young gentlemen, with veils on their hats, surmounted by small wooden dolls, were en deavouring in vain to knock down worthless cocoa nuts. Others, - whimsically inclined, were wishing themselves with Nancy ; a few invoked pretty little Sarah with the fashionable hair, declaring that the young lady ought to be " a-hangel miles up in the air." One plaintive youth called upon " sweet speerits" (probably gin) to hear his prayer, and so on. The national songs were murdered in every variety of husky key. The tribe of Krect card dealers, Aunt Sallys, vendors of metropolitan mis cellaneous pies, Belle Isle sausages, sharpers and duffers of all sorts, who remained behind, gradually sought such shelter as presented itself, and so saved the trouble of walking home, many taking the celes tial canopy for a covering ; and, as they afterwards lay placidly, I could hardly help envying the appa rent repose of our less-favoured fellow-mortals, freed from any anxiety as to City panics, and caring nothing for limited liability. On the verge of a slope near the modern structure called the Downs' Hotel, an old acquaintance of mine, one Napoleon Flummux, was trying hard to keep on his legs. The London home of orange-peel is in Paternoster-row and the narrow streets about the Post-office, but every part of the Downs seemed to be the one chief suburban receptacle for the rind of an unusually large winter stock of real St. Michael's consumed on the Derby day. No wonder Flummux had a difficulty in keep ing his perpendicular, but he had now evidently got into a new sphere of operation. During a long course of years he had been engaged in numerous hazardous mercantile pursuits, among which may be told shofel pitching, or dealing in spurious coin, vending pork-liver ketchup, real lead pencils, an tique poultry, wild ducks, teal, partridges, and other high and ancient game ; assisting at the thimble, three cards trick, general imitation, countryman amongst sharpers, and snapper up of trifles light and heavy, he now looked like a descendant of Stiggins of Dorking ; and as he cannoned against two of us, we endeavoured to maintain his perpen dicular, in return for which, after fumbling in more than one pocket, he produced a small roll, and handed each of us what he termed a " track," headed in large letters by way of inquiry, " Is this the right path ?" I told him it was the broad way which led to Epsom, and a word or two brought out the fact that after having been secretary to a reformed prize fighter, he was now a " Town Mish'n'ry," engaged on special duty to caution way farers about the path in question. He said, with some apparent difficulty, " We know the right, but s-shtill the wrong purshue," complained that the blacking with which his shoes had been polished must have contained strong beer, or the little Downs' liquid taken had some most unusual effect. Another gentleman now appeared, made up like a country magsman, and expressed his sur prise that any gents should be left on the Downs. True, he had lingered behind, because of a real nob who had just come over with an unheard-of amount of cash for the Fenians, but like a good fellow had resolved to spend it among the right sort, instead of furthering rebellion in old Herrin, and he was to be seen in a booth hard by, where he had made everything right with Lord Lyon, and could lend any decent sort a hundred or two on being satisfied of his responsibility. " Kyus Jemmy, " observed the missionary, " all 'as glitters isn't gold. I know this gent. He used to tell me about errors of ways and all that before I got into the respect able line—he don't intend to part, he don't my lambkin, and now the blues are most on 'em taking themselves off, you may get into the town with your Fenian, and see nobody bests the young creature Jemmy." Some signs were then exchanged between the two worthies, known only to themselves, and the countryman vanished, perhaps to see whether any other stray member of the Verdant family remained on the scene. Flummux apprised me that the party was Jemmy Jonhson, formerly inventor of harrowing tales of distress for the benevolent—had performed several small journeys for concocting begging letters, and was now shy on account of a great haul recently obtained from the charitable world, through his having lost all his cattle by the plague. " This rinderpest has told wonderfully . well, sir," he said; " the broker's in for rent, and dreadful accidents in mines was getting stale, — however, sir, it's a free country, very free country." In that small castellated building—relic of best part of a century, called Prince's Stand, from the windows of which the former Prince of Wales viewed the first Derby, a cheap show was announced, and from a waggon hard by we induced Flummux to try an oration, so as to give us a specimen of the mode in which he or his employers supposed pro selytes were to be gained, and how many persons he had succeeded in inducing to retrace their steps homeward instead of staying to see the races. By the aid of a couple of nondescripts he was placed astride a barrel, looking like a seedy dilapidated Bacchus, with two naphtha lamps borrowed from an insane costermonger, who was endeavouring in vain to get rid of his remaining stock of stale nuts which he called " filbeards," by inducing stray lookers-on to take up a handful, and laying a wager that he would guess within one how many nuts any hand, large or small, contained. " Now, my young whiteybrown, go ahead," was the coster's polite request when the lamps were ad justed. " My friends," he began, " are you in the right path? Think of-" The conclusion of this sentence was unluckily marred by a straggler land ing a pellet of flour in front of the orator's hat, which bursting gave his upper habiliments a snowy . character. A little laughter was of course the ine vitable result, which caused a rush of roughs so quickly that it was difficult to imagine where they came from ; and a sleek-looking personage between an undertaker from Short's-gardens and a cadger of the " clean and respectable" mould, got his hand entangled in a couple of large fish-hooks, which I generally carry in my pockets on such occasions ; and it took a great deal of trouble and no small apparent pain to disengage them, when he apolo gised very humbly in having mistaken my pocket for his own entirely by accident ! A friendly member of the police, who observed the transaction, took off his belt and rewarded the operator with a couple of strokes of the buckle end. The officer having suggested that Flummux should remove from his perch, that gentleman did so, after having been rewarded with a little more' flour, but he subsequently fraternised with the parties, and adjourned to the neighbouring bar to " liquor up," after which operation he retired, in tending to get a shake down, as he said, " on, the quiet," and rise like a giant refreshed to see the deacon inthe morning, and obtain instructions for his mission on Friday, the off-day being hardly con sidered of sufficient importance to justify the cost of auxiliaries in his new occupation. " The squarest game on the ground ! The squarest game !" screamed somebody. On looking round, the performance seeme d t o be a couple of round pieces of wood placed at such a distance that a ball could not go through them, but no person could bring them to the ground at once. A younger member of the industrious family now .got his left hand in difficulties among my fish-hooks, and I had great trouble in releasing him, but his gratitude was immense. A welcher, who had been sadly maltreated during the races, then appeared on the scene, in the hope of some off-chance turning up to enable his returning towards the central districts unobserved, but his mate, who had " collared," to use a phrase appa rently well-known to the hearers, had omitted to go back as promised, and it seemed impossible to show as he was, with scarce a thread of anything an inch in width; so complete a case for a friendly , rigger -out seldom happened. Luckily, at this junc ture, an ex-tipster, who had also practised exten sively the welching profession, came up, and a scheme was suggested for the benefit of the gentle man in difficulties. [ADvEnTisEmENT.]— Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of oases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrheas, haemorrhoids, liver: complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 96,278. Mr James Roberts, timber merchant, of Fernley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobi, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. Eiityyears' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasmi, sickness, and vomiting—Maria Joly.—Cure No. 51,816. The Rev, James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment.— In tins, lib, 2s 9d ; 21b, 40 6t ; 51b, 115 ; 121 b, 225 ; 241 b, 400.—Barry Da Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 19, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 830, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, Ne; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and che mists. —Beware of spurious imitations. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. " THE SATURDAY REVIEW" ON MR. D ISRAELI AND REM RM.—ln its peculiar way, Mr. Disraeli's speech on the Redistribution of Seats was a valuable contribution to the study of the great question of Reform. It is a question on which he has reflected long and anxiously, and which he has pursued into detail further, perhaps, than any other man in the House of Commons. In all that he said on group ing, on boundaries, on local interests, on the claims of rising centres of population, on the functions which the house has to discharge, there was evi dently present a well-informed, subtle, ingenious mind. He had also the opportunity so dear to every competent leader of an Opposition—the opportunity of being magnanimous. lie was himself master of the subject; he had even got private but reliable statistics which showed him that, so far from the working-man being a fly in the ointment-pot of county voters, the ointment-pot was full of flies, and that great county proprietors were in a large measure dependent on the support of hedgers and ditchers. Of the whole subject of reform the Government was totally ig norant; and not only that, the Government was so ignorant that it did not know it was ignorant. But having beaten down his foes, Mr. Disraeli scorned to kick them when down. On the contrary, he seemed willing to raise them gently up, and to tell them what to do. They have brought in a bill equally vexatious and useless, but they may retrieve their position if only they will accept the advice of one who is not ignorant. Let them withdraw their wretched and abortive attempt at a bill, and bring in a proper bill next session. And Mr. Disraeli had the courage to define what he meant by a proper bill, and to state how its details were to be settled. Supposing the present bill withdrawn, he suggested that more statistics should be obtained, statistics that the Government would recognise as trust worthy, and that should show how the county con stituencies would be affected by any reform bill, as well as the constituencies of the boroughs. He pro posed that special commissioners should determine the proper limits of boroughs before any change was made ; and this being done, he declared him self in favour of a scheme of reform that should be based on these principles—no total disfranchise ment of any borough, no addition to the repre sentatives of counties, but a transfer of a certain number of the second seats of small boroughs to new constituencies formed by grouping large contiguous Northern towns. It is a great thing that the leader of the Opposition, instead of contenting himself with mere destructive criticism, should have had the boldness to put forward a scheme of his own ; and it must be acknowledged that much that he had to say against the scheme of the Government deserves anxious consideration, and that there is a captivating simplicity and air of fair ness in his own proposal. Any possible manner of dealing with the smaller boroughs is open to some objection, and it is not therefore wonderful that Mr. Disraeli should have been able to urge many excel lent objections against the Ministerial plan of group ing together boroughs now represented. But on other points Mr. Disraeli's remarks were at once novel and triumphant. We do not, for example, see any obvious answer to his criticism on Mr. Glad stone's proposal to allow the dwellers in the suburbs of great towns to become voters for the boroughs if they wished this, and were also willing to place themselves within the boundaries of the municipa lity of the towns. As Mr. Disraeli truly re marked, one great object of these dwellers in su burbs is to evade the payment of the rates to which they would be subject if they were under the control of the municipality ; and the permission given them to join the Parliamentary borough would thus be nugatory, for they would never take advantage of it. There were also in his speech traces of a great audacity and of a comprehension of the whole subject in throwing away the usual Conservative claim for an increase of county mem bers, and in saying that all that is wanted is a re cognition of the growth since 1832 of many large towns in the North which ought to be represented, and which might easily receive representatives if a few of the smaller boroughs ceased to send a second member. Mr. Disraeli knows far too well the situation of his party to think of opposing a Re form Bill altogether. He acknowledges that a change is necessary because new towns have come into existence during the last 30 years. Let these towns be represented, and then the only remaining question would be the question of the amount of the franchise ; and this point ought to be settled by referring to the guide which new statistics, carefully drawn up, would provide. If there were really no difference at bottom between the proposal of Mr. Disraeli and that of the Government, except that he suggested what he had decided on after long and mature deliberation while the Government was only floundering and delaying through its inherent weak ness and ignorance, the wisest thing would be per haps to follow Mr. Disraeli's advice, and to wait till another session. But there is a fundamental differ ence between the two proposals, although it is veiled in some obscurity. The basis of the Govern ment measure is something wider than the mere enfranchisement of a few northern towns or groups of towns. The Liberal party has a further motive in desiring a considerable redistribution of seats. It wishes that the franchise should be given to as large a number as can be supposed to be fit to receive it. 'This is an aim which Mr. Disraeli altogether overlooks. It is no part of his programme to inte rest as large a number as may be in the return of the representative body. He only looks at the representative body itself, and wishes it to be a faithful reflex of the interests and opinions of the country. His opponents, if they know their own case, will deny that this is enough. They will say that it is a great aim to have a good representative body, and that it is also a great aim to have this representative body returned by all Englishmen who are capable of taking an honest and intelligent share in politics. This is why so largo a dealing with the less important boroughs is to be justified. TIIE " ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES." " the Secretary of the Treasury is considering the subject of issuing a loan, at five per cent., which he has ample power to do." Such is the purport of recent information from Washington. This measure will be of the utmost importance, and there is no doubt that, under proper manage ment, such a loan can be popularised, and by that means sufficient sums be procured to pay off the loans which are rapidly becoming due, and thereby effect a great saving in the interest account of the nation. There will be $1,021,335,732.80 due in 1867-8, as follows : Bonds 6 per cent. due in 1868 5 8,908,341.80 Bonds 6 per cent. due in 1867 9,415,250.00 Compound interest notes, duo in 1867 and 1868 Seven -thirty Treasury notes due in 1867 _ and 1868 There are also still outstanding Texas indem nity bonds and Treasury notes, &c., past due to the amount of $1,373,920.00. There is also due temporary loans, certificates of indebtedness in 1866 and five per cent. Treasury notes, due December 1, 1865, amounting tb $ 1 8 7 ,549,646.46. This latter sum has been partially reduced or funded, and Mr. M'Culloch will be competent to deal with it judi ciously from the ordinary revenues, and the adop tion of such measures as are within his power. But in regard to the large sum of over one thousand and twenty-one millions of dollars, which will be due in three years, prudence requires that measures shall he taken to redeem it, or to make such arrange ments as will put it in a shape that will be manage able. That business having been done clearly and effectually by the issue of long bonds, there would be no bonds to be met before 1871. If the Secretary is enabled to issue and dispose of long five per cent. bonds, he has the advantage of offering new investments to capitalists. A long bond at five per cent. is preferable to a short one at six per cent., as the investment is not liable to be disturbed, and persons who desire a permanent and settled income have a means of making themselves easy in 'reference to their acquisitions. As money flows in for subscriptions to the new five per cent. loan, the old loan at six per cent. would be retired. The holders would have no option but receive pay ment, and, in case of payment to them, the majority of them would either have to pay premiums for the purchase of other six per cent. loans, or decide that it would be better to take the new loans at par. The reductions in the amount of interest paid by the United States would be very considerable. If Mr. M'Culloch could not put out his loan for $1,021,335,732.80 before 1869, the saving to the country would be as follows : __ Upon $830,000,000 of Seven-thirties, 2.30 per cent._per annum sl9 150 000.00 UPon $18,323,591.80, 1 per cent 1;8305948 $20,982,359.18 The compound interest notes will be paid off in full of principal and interest, to wit : $173,012,141.00. What the whole saving would be we cannot compute, as we have no table of the principal of these notes, but, if a saving of .one oer cent. on the interest for the whole sum is made, it would be $1,730,121 . 41 per annum. Now, why cannot this important measure be effected ? It would be a happy auxiliary in reduc tion of taxation. Twenty-two millions of internal taxes could be released, and the industry of the country would be so much better off in consequence. A long United States loan at five per cent. would command attention here and in Germany, now that the credit of the United States is established firmly in European minds. It would be superior to British Consols or French Rentes. It would offer an inte rest to Englishmen beyond anything to be realised from •European securities. It would naturally attract foreign capital, and become a favourite in-. vestment. To render this loan successful in America nothing would be so likely to insure a prompt negotiation as to make it free from taxation upon the principal, as is the case with other loans, and to keep the interest also free from the income tax which is levied upon other interests re ceived from the Government. The Treasury could well afford to give up the income tax on the five per cent. loan, as there would be still a large margin of reduction. For instance, the interest on $830,000,000 of Seven-thirties is $6,059,000, which, at five per cent. income tax, returns to the Govern ment $302,950 yearly ; but the annual saving en the interest of Seven-thirties by replacing them with a five per cent. loan would be nineteen mil lions and a half ; so with the six per cent. loans in the same proportion. The Government would lose a few hundred thousands by exempting the five per cent. loans from income tax, but it would ga in millions. The offer of a United States loan free from income tax would be an attractive novelty, and it would call the attention of capitalists to the five per cent. loan as a very beneficial and popular invest ment. In America the five per cent. loan would offer a solid and undoubted security at par. That the loan can be managed with success we have a full guaranty in the manner in which the Five-twenti es were negociated in the midst of the war, and whil e the issue was uncertain. The same tact in manage ment, the same means used to make the loan popu lar, will insure speedy and large subscriptions/ l e that the Secretary of the Treasury would be able to report to Congress in December, 1868, that the whole of the loans and compound interest notes becoming due in 1867 and 1868 had been retired, and that the public burdens had been reduced by an immense saving on the national interest account. COUNTRY MARKETS. OXFORD-SATURDAY. There was but a small attendance at the Corn Exchange, to-day, and trade was dull. Purchasers of prime samples of wheat had to pay from is to 2s per qr more, which confined the transactions chiefly to purchasers from necessity• English barley was very scarce. Oats and beans wer e much asked for, and more money was obtained. Farmers complain that, owing to the cold nights, th e gr ass crops l a many places will be thin. NORWICH - SATURDAY. The supply of wheat was tolerably good at this market to-day, and although the demand was slow prices must be quoted fully as high as on this day se'nnight, and in som e instances were rather in favour of the sellers. In barley , oats, beans, and peas, little•doing. The week has been a dry one, but with cold and brisk easterly wind, and sever° frosts in the early morning. Warm and genial weather I S now required. White wheat (weighing 641 b), 50s to 54s ; old red (Ott ° (weighing 651 b), 48s to 50s ; new red ditto (weighl ng n . 601 b to 631 b), 42s to 47s ; best malting barley (weig1 1 ” 1 „ 1 0 521 b to 531 b), 36s to 38s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 21 w' 34s to 365; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 30s t . O 32s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 57s to 39s ; peas (maple), 3 b s to 38s per qr. Flour, 31s per sack. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat f r om the growers‘tbro demand for which was slow at a b ou t recen t ra tes. Thee to was very little barley showing, a nd p r i ce s we re equal last week. Of oats the show was small . and the tone (3A the demand proved firm. Beans were in l supply, moved off at about is per qr advance. Old white wheat, 53s to 5Gs ; old red, 4Gs to 49s ; white, 53s to 57s ; new red, 45s to 49s per 36 stone. O ats, ;, l old, 30s to 35s ; new, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, °-" 50s to 53s ; new, 42s to per 47s 38s stone. LEIOES TER—SATURDAY. sea The show of wheat was middling. Buyers pure—a sparingly, and prices were not much altered. In bar there was not much passing, and late rates were maintain ed ' Oats were in demand, and commanded in high Pr, i n There was a very limited show of beans, whi c h were held at rather more money. New white wheat, 50s to 52s ; new red, 46s to 49s ' • ° 11 : white, 55s to 56s ; old red, 49 s t o 52 s per 36 s t o ne. D 3 o '; ley, for malting, 35 s t o 39 s per qr.; gr i n di ng, 27s to 3, 4 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 335; new, 27s to 32s per ", stone. Beans, old, 50s to 52s ; no w , 44 s t o 46s per 38 sto ne Fine flour, 40s to 42s ; seconds, 32s to 35s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was only a moderate supply of wheat, and til° condition of the samples was good. The tone of the de" wand was quiet, and late rates were paid. Barley a very small show, and business may be written as nomina, There was a scanty supply of oats, which sold readilyit late rates. In beans a tolerable trade was done. I show was meagre, and the best qualities were 18 per `i• higher. New white wheat, 48s to 52s ; new red, 4Gs to 49s Pe r 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 37s to 40s per qr. ; 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 28s per 24 st n g e o. Beaus, new, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. Malt, 64s to vu Flour, 35s to 37s per sack of 2801bs. grinding. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 2° Ditto, via Marseilles June 13 Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet .....June 4 . Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mey - 95. China. Penang, and Singipore, via Southampton May 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... ... May 21. r India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via South am pt o n May 2q Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton AlaY 29 Ditto, via Marseilles . Ma y 23 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via S ou th amp t on MaY 20. ; Ditto, via Marseilles MaY 23 Mauritius, via Southampt on ........ June : - Ditto, via Marseille June ‘• Newfoundland .... , ... • Portugal . •••••Jun e 1 Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. .... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ...... ... Ditto, via Cork .... Ditto, by Can a di an pac k et, v i a Londonderry .• 3ray 25. West West Coast of Af r i ca, M a d e i ra , and Teneriffe .. • • June i 0• West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) ............. ... may 29' • • Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York M a Y 3 1 .. Bermuda, via Halifax .MaY:•-•-• THE DUTY OF A GENERAL—A comman der shou ld be self-collected in a battle, calm under a shower of darts or the whistling of artillery ; but to prove his c° 111. 1 g :: he is not called upon to charge windmills with the chicv'ilio madness of Don Quixote, or to slay 800 enemies With do own hand, as recorded of Aurelian and Richard CC ellr fo r Lion. Charles of Sweden and Attila loved fighting fighting's sake; for the certawinis gaudia, as Casei ° ....%Thy writes ; " the rapture of the strife," as Lord Byron I be lates the passage. Yet a brave general is not obliged th e a vulture snuffing blood like the truculent Sing u r ge Huns. He can maintain his reputation for personal of flog, without jumping alone into the midst of an army e f , ting as Alexander did from the walls of Oxydrace ; o r 00 , r .r • a host of many thousand with 300 men, as Charl es 1C. .. 1. 0 1 g did at Bender; or of placing his foot first on the sea ladder in emulation of the extreme daring of the 000 s of Bourbon, undei extreme circumstances, at the stormier n o Rome. Charles I. lacked moral courage, but he NV dig , craven physically. His bravery in the field and 0 151 , 110 1 nity on the scaffold went far in atonement of his P°1:•06, weaknesses and shortcomings.—Dublin University To .. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Dyspel 3 , ei .„soal digestion, Flatulency, Heartburn, Biliousness, r",,rai Want of Appetite.—French philosophers trace t he t heta l feelings of the mind to the state of the stomach, and the is much wisdom in the speculation. The stomach to .ts , human body is more than the kitchen to the domestic ow blishment :be it ever so slightly disordered, the wis a f the ternal economy is deranged. The young may smile n io o simile and disbelieve the tremendous sacrifice indige,s he y exacts from its victims. The day will come when ' fl - z er will lament over their dyspepsia, as thousands etr c ' fi lir than themselves have done, when it will be for their ttio fort and happiness if they will remember these propl'vf 6 ' words and hold in readiness Holloway's pills a certain 6 guard. Births. CogicrioosElnAeguceLo,Enc—sitrOaebnnlceet,hsootef Cirencester, the daughter , at the Royal Aare,,sittirsl geif• g w h if t e er o . f the PriaciP ArmuntrrEv—On the 18th inst., at Somerville, Ls-, lumney, of a daughter. -ros d, STENTIOUSE—On the 19th inst., at 65, Finchley --evr the wife of T. Stenhouse, Esq., of twin daughters...o, WIELAND—On the 17th inst., at 37, Marlboroug!! so n. N.W., the wife of Major Wiland, of Harefield, ot Marriages. peter % HARRISON—HowsoN—On the 17th inst., at St-, fo ess, Levenshulme, William Harrison, of Barrow-inle"ices" eldest son of Wm. Harrison of Ed worth Parkt ii . o ics ovt ter, to Rose, youngest daughter of the late Wra• of Skerton, Lancaster. 131 13' PERRY—PARNELL—On the 17th inst., at elde st Bton-square, George B. Perry, to Emma SoP,-..,--gsestou' daughter of the Hon. H. Parnell, of 13 7 I 'J -- square. ry Combo, Esq., agpdea,Bl7,ls. B C A o:I N B AR P,- 33 0_n tho 17th inst. at 23 Talbot-terrace/ 13aYs'datell w H o e i n Wad mro.njothhon 15th inst., at 5, Beresford-street, rnard, aged 80. DESKS —On the 14th inst., Mr. Thomas Peeks , — A ,_ ia r ti ll GRE GO i d n' al LE min — Hotel, Cockspur-street, Manager of the Great Nortu. Hotel, King's-cross, aged 36. ins t., at gßichard Greville, Esq. fronsel MICHELMORE—On the 14th inst , at Berry Pomeroy —63. On the 15th • t M i lford Cottage, Dear Totnes, Devonshire, Thos. Michelmore, Es+ , ag ed 0 , MARSDEN— On the 16th inst., at C olne House , Earls Co m e' Essex, Sidney Jane Marsden, wife of Lt.-01. Diti .8., raged og London : Printed and Published by WILLIAPS of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter, at Tar. SUN :„ °. tg Of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Ado — ' Middlemen. —Monday, May 21, 1866.