The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

literary nificant ctor is , 3ciated. w claim ter and ned last i n the athews, Charles of the a Easter DM the o play cleverly ion, tra last to 1 classic d lively Warrior )ersons ticeable gon, the was so 't before ig actor zardoue tie, for, secure a cOni )l.. Ile cideOlY , at the )rdially Three which ithous, s pros:' famous .a play 3CUtIY O aph . arit better he eon it" (to Sat log striouS In and moll'', Ixion,' d, cle -11 pro' -timed lir. $• tomes- e Post . class, of the ar, ariety and it Lich U )layed ) does general satisfaction, and the poorer as well as the more London and County have improved to 78fr 79 ; well-to-do visitors were supplied with wholesome food Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 28 29 ; and drink at the lowest possible figure. and Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England to 10* -s • - The following are the current quotations of value of the principal new projects :—RussianVyksounsky Iron Company, 2 2i prem. ; Moscow Gas,, e I prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 1i prem. ; Anglo- Egyptian Navigation 21 prem. ; and Saloon Steam Packet Company, 1 prem. MADAME TUSSAUD'S. But for this celebrated exhibition Baker-street would be a ten'a incognita to the large majority of the denizens of the modern Babylon, and live only in the recollection of our provincial cousins through legends of the glories of the great cattle show in times gone past. But whilst Madame Tussaud continues her exhibition, and it now appears to have become a settled institution, Baker-street will now be a shrine of popular pilgrimage, for where else can we see the presentimehts of so many that have been great and good (to say nothing of that peculiar chamber wherein the greatest villains of the century are immortalised), in the habits in which they moved and had their being ? Here We have a right royal gallery from the time of the Conquest to the present day ; whilst the dresses and accessories are always fresh and ever new, it being one of the secrets of the proprietors of this exhibition that whatever they touch ever fades. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Sent. Consols , Do. Account, May 9 a per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities,. 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do. £5OO 7 Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent -- Do Account LNDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874.- Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5 per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent lOOl Do. 41- per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chili= 6 per Cent Do. 4- per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. • Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Do. Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do £B6 paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2k Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent 961 k 7k Do Second Issue 96i Do £lOO Bonds ' Do. . 1864 941 Do Scrip, £55 paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) - - "i li] 91 i -89-4. 89i t- THE OXFORD AND CANTERRURY HALLS shared with the theatres the public patronage of Easter Mc 'adaY• • At the Oxford th e o p era ti c se l ec ti ons , co nducted by Mr. Jonghmans, were much applauded, and the other , branches o f th e entertainment met with the usual welcome. "Hodge Podge," th e o pti ca l illusion which has been pro visionally constructed to mean a "stage play," is still per formed at the Canterbury Hall, shorn of the characteristics 'Which marked it out for attack, but retaining all its picturesqueness and scenic beauty. The varied attractions ALHAMBRA of this now very popular esta blishment brought a large assemblage within the splendid bui lding which has been so brilliantly redecorated. The operatic, choregraphic, and gymnastic entertainments, which follow each other in such rapid succession, ap peared to afford unqualified satisfaction to the throng, and the combination of the creature comforts with the musical and miscellaneous amusements seemed far from distasteful to the majority. MONEY' AN 0 Do 1865 Do Scrip, £42i paid Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Dc. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4-1 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account die 26 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '6 2 , ' 3 , Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St., Do 4k per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred ..- Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. l6l Do. 4} per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ... Do Account Do £lOO Bonds ; Do 6 per Cent. 1862 , Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..., enezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 Do. 1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24. per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 63 2} Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi—des 97 French Rentes, 3 per Cent. 171 Do. Account Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9l i t Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Marlot—This Day. Market quiet at drooping prices. Sales probably 3,000 bales. The French Chambers and the American War. The Moniteur gives the following report of the discussion raised in the French Chambers by M. Pelletan, who moved an amendment on the address, expressing sympathy with the United States : M. EUGENE PET LETAN—III the present stage of the de bate I should be very cruel to the assembly, and still more cruel to myself, if I were to make a speech in extremis on the death-bed (as I fear it will be) of our last amend ment. (Laughter.) The speech from the throno passed over America in silence; your draft address maintains the same reserve ; the yellow book itself contains on this subject nothing but a pure white page. Now, it seemed to us that the American question was one of sufficient importance to be treated of otherwise than by reticence. However, there is now no occasion for discussion, because while I am speaking to you the news arrives that the victorious swords of Grant and Sherman have settled the question. Richmond is taken. (Interruption.) A Voice—So much the worse. M. Pelletan—The pro-slavery rebellion is crushed, and the American Republic is restored in all its majestic unity. (Further interruption.) President Schneider—Gentlemen, by your interruptions you only lengthen the speech. M. Pellatan—Do not murmur so loud, I conjure you ; they may hear us on the other side of the Atlantic. (Ex clamations and noise.) Several Voices—Make an end of it. M. Pelletan—For the last four years North America has borne the bu r d en o f th e most terrible civil w ar that ever ravaged a nation, and during the whole course of this cruel trial she never for a single instant entertained the idea of suspending liberty. (Ah, ah.) She never dreamed of in voking the principle of public safety, or opening that door through which all political crimes make their way. But more ; it has renewed its executive power under, we may almost say, the fire of the enemy, and that without violence and without di sturbance—(interruption)—and it has done this so orderly and calmly that this page of American his tory is the page of honour of the 19th century. (Confused and increasing noise.) M. Pelletan—President Lincoln—(Cries .of " Divide, divide.") Other Voices —Hear the speaker. M. Xelletan—President Lincoln felt that he held the fate of the New World in his hands, and he lifted up his heart to the height of its destiny ; he has abolished slavery —(redoubled cries of "Divide"}—and he has restored the glorious American republic. (" Divide, divide" —confused and tumultuous noise.) A Member—Enforce silence, Mr. President. President Schneider—Let the speaker try to get a hearing. 31. Gamier Pages—lf people would only listen, the speech would have been done by this time. Several Voices—Divide ! M. Schneider—l cannot deprive M. Pelletan of his right to go on. It is for the Chamber to listen—(exclamations) —but, at the same time, it is for him to speak in such a way as to induce his auditors to hear him. M. Pelletan—The President asks a miracle of me which lam not able to work. It did appear to me that wherever in the world anything great and noble was done, France was present and an approving party; and I would that my voice this day could be heard on the other side of the Atlantic with an address of congratulation to the Presi dent of the U n it e d St ates. —(T umu l tuous exc l amat i ons o f dissent.) I cannot struggle against your determination not to hear me, and I shall sit down. On a division, M. Pelletan found his amendment supported by 24 votes. PARDON OF THE PRISONER PELIZZIONI.—Yester day evening the Sheriffs received a communication from the Home-office, notifying that her Majesty had - been pleased to grant a pardon to the prisoner Serafini Poliz zioni, and he was immediately afterwards discharged from Custody. MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is very little activity, the inquiry for money being small, and the su pp l y very abundant. The rates for the best bills continue at 3 Only 1 £.3,000 in t per cent. y e sterday, gold was taken into the Bank The directors of the Commercial Bank Corpora tion of India and the East have, in anticipation of the meeting to be held on the 26th inst., declared a dividend for the six months ended the 31st of December at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. Subjoined are extracts from the report of the directors of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, issued last evening : "Li handing to the shareholders a balance-sheet showing the position of the company's affairs, the directors have to con g r atulate them.o n th e resu lt s o f th e h a lf-year's opera tions. By the figures in the statement annexed it will be seen that the great exertions made during the past half-year have not been without commensurate results, the balance of profit and loss account showing a net sum available, after Paying all charges and expenses during the past half-year, °f C 394,024 16 s . 4d . It will be seen, however, that in this large amount is included the sum of .£40,000 received from the old Credit Mobilier and Credit Fonoier Companies . (being their reserve funds), and the sum of £160,296, the amount of premiums received on the issue of the new shares of this company, making together the sum of £2oo,996,leav ing, therefore, £123,728 16s. 4d. as the net sum earned by this company during the six months just elapsed. While Meeting the just expectations of the shareholders in the amount of the .dividend which the directors recommend should be declared at the ensuing meeting, they have promi nently borne in mind that there is no way so sure of main taining and augmenting the scale of profits as that of com manding public confidence, by the formation of a large re serve fund ; they therefore have decided to appropriate £200,000 to that purpose. In fixing the dividend at ls. per share on the £5, and ss. per share on the £2 10s. paid, equal to 20 per cent. per annum, the directors believe they have placed it at such a rate as may fairly be counted upon as a minimum dividend. They further have decided that in every half-year, when the profits will admit of a larger dis tribution, such increase should be made in the shape of a bonus, which, in the present instance, is fixed at the same amount as the dividend, thus making a distribution equal to 2 0 per cent. per annum on the amount of capital paid up. To further show their great desire to ensure the results of the minimum dividend of 20 per cent. per annum being always maintained, they have decided to form, a fund, to be called the dividend reserve fund, such fund to be always kept at the amount necessary to pay one year's dividend of 20 per cent. per annum on the capital for the time being paid up. This Will require on the paid-up capital of £500,000, viz., the sum of £lOO,OOO, towards which the directors have, out of the profits of the present half-year, carried the sum of .£70,000, and they propose to complete the fund out of future earnings. The effect of this will be practically to Make our shares a minimum 20 per cent. stock, and the action of the fund will be as follows, viz. in any half year after the sum necessary for one year's dividend on the eapital paid up is reached, the profits exceed 20 per cent. pers a '? unna, then, after provision for reserve, a bonus will uupaid at ch a rate as the directors think it prudent to ationatof recommend but should, from any extraordinary cause, the of 20 per makeeent. pe r profit not reach a sum sufficient to pay the dividend Will De given th the company annum, then the dividend reserve fund will , up the defi ciency,and thus increased stability reserved resources, as w e ll the shareholders of , alike from its ample as from the knowledge beforehand by will therefore b their minimum dividend. This fund s erve fu e used to insure the dividend, whilst the re will be or otherwise, fund will be available for any extraordinary occasions without interrupting the revenue of the Z es tor. The payment of the present dividend and bonus (e q ual he to 40 per cent. per annum) will absorb , 471 1 98 3 10s. The directors further have decided to dis _arge the whole of the amount of the preliminary expenses . eurr . ed by this company, viz. :—£7,183 16s. 9d. ; they also building, it Well to write off the item standing to the debit of 78. Z i ng, office furniture, and fittings account, £8,457 and there will still remain a sum of £34,600 10s. ( 1 . to be carried forward to the next half-year's profits." The following circular has been issued this afternoon:— "London and Brazilian Bank (Limited), " 2, Old Broad-st r e e t, E.C. Sir)--The directors have much satisfaction in informing their s hareholders that they have, subject to their approval, concluded a provisional arrangement with Messrs. Maua and Co., for an amalgamation of the large and important busi ness,including the privilege of i ssue o f b an k no t es a t M on t e Video and Rosario, carried on by that firm in Brazil and the River Plate, with the business hitherto carried on by this bank. "The amalgamation will be effected by means of the in corporation of a new joint-stock bank, with limited liability, having a nominal capital of £5,000,000 sterling, in 250,000 shares of £2O each, one half of which is to be paid up. Of the 250,000 shares, 150,000, with £lO per share paid up, will be allotted to Messrs. Maua and Co., in exchange for cash or approved securities to that amount, and the remaining 100,000 shares will be placed at the disposal of this bank. " The proposed amalgamation will take effect as from the Ist January, 1866, after which date neither of the two banks will carry on business on their own account.. " The management of the new bank will be constituted by the present board of directors of the London and Brazi lian Bank, joined by the Baron de Maua, the senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Maua and Co. " The . directors propose to call together their share holders at an early date for the purpose of considering the mode of raising the amount of capital which will form the contribution of this bank to the amalgamated undertaking. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "Joni BEATON, Secretary. " London, 17th April, 1865." Two o'CLocK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67 80. Inanimate. A further recovery of * per cent. has taken place in the English Funds, but the business transacted has not been large. Consols are 91* for money, and 91* 4for the account. The New Threes and Re duced are 89* * ; Exchequer 13111 s, 4s. to 7s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents. 106* 107* ; ditto 4 p er C ents. 99, and di tto 5 per Cents, 102. In the Foreign Market there was very little ani mation, but prices exhibit firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 72 ditto Consolides, 54J s ; Mexican, 27 ; ditto New, 26i ; Greek, 2(4 211 ; ditto ditto Coupons, 8i 9 ; S panish Passive, 311 3 2 ; Certificates, 16i 17 ; Italian 641 5 ; New, 3/ dis. ; and C on f ederate Loan, 21 6 23. ditto In the Railway Share Market there has been a Moderate amount of business transacted, and prices have shown a slight u Pupward movement. Metro advanced £1 10s., Lancashire and Yorkshire and North Western each 155., and 13righton and North Eastern (Berwick), each 10s. Great Eastern and Great Northern A Stock, how ever, have each receded ss. The F oreign and Colonial lines are dull, and with out chang e of importance as regards values. Bank and Misc ellaneous Shares are i n mo d era t e and request some instances are a shade firmer. 401 721. I I ,"7 74i i i 1011 2i - • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1572 100 • Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-54 lOO 89 92 894 . Do. 6p. c. Feb..& Aug ICO 89 02 Dl.sp. c. Mar. & Sept 101 82 92 sp. c. Jan. & July 100 77 so Do. 5 p 0. Inscribed sk 100 77 80 Cape G.lrope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 10.1 106 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 106 108 Do. do; 1890-1 100 10' 109 Do. Jan. & July, 189 t Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 tut 101 Do. 1878, do. 100 11 5 107 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. I'7B Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. tb 102 108 109 Natal '4ov. 6 per cent lOO 104 106 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&.July 100 93 96 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 100 93 95 • Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 9! 93 92 New Zealand, 6p. cent ICO 103 105 Do. 6 per cent lOO 87 90 Nova So .tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 91 06 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 1011 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18.58-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 p.o. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, a pril & Oct.. 100 1065 1075 1075 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Jim. 1 Chiverton Clifford A malgamated —3 u Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 570 58 ) Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 21 23 East Caradon 2.14.6 15 16 ,as c Cans Brea 3.4.0 65 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 34 3g East Loved 2.13.6 10 11 E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 9.10.6 3/ 44 G'am.& StAubyn(Gwen. 601 4 6 4 Great L ixey, limited all 13 19 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 11 21 G. Wheal Vor (Heist )t 4O 304 315 301 Grenvil:e 7.8.3 4 4 3 Herod's Foot . . 8.13 15 36 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 34 4 Margaret (Uny Lelant 95 5 7 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5 55 4 tlwyrdy Iron Ore, Jiro 25 11 01 Nangiles New Se ton North Downs 3 - - North Roskcar N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 3.10.6 6 I North Wheal Crofty - - Prosper United 7.1.6 3 84 Pr .vidence UnylAlant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 520 530 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 30 17 6 15 17 Tin Croft 9 145 15 West I3assett (Mogan W. Caradon skeard 9 6 West Chiverton ll 574 524 West Seton 475 180 190 Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 54 100 103 Wheal Buller (Redrutb 10 30 35 Whea Ludoutt 3.12.8 • Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 20 - Wheal.Uniin 4 t'REiH'EREN(•Li' SHARES. 7onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, , to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., tto, 44 per cent. pt. stook rd., FOREIGN RAILWAYS; Antwerp and Rotterdam,:lol Pahla and San Francisco t ihn.) glut. 7 per cent., 15 Great Luxembourg, 13 FOREIGN MINES, Yudanamutana of S. Australia, 1im.,111 BANKS. Alliance (11m.). 32 3 1 Anglo Austrian. 7f Anglo-Italian, 1im.,112f Bank of Queensland, lim, 2 I British and Californian, Um., 5 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 28j 8 Chartered trier. of India, London, and China, 55/ Consolidated Bank, Urn., 101 Continental, lim., 221 European Bank, lim., Imperial Ottoman, 171 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. London Rink of Mexico and S. America, lim., 11 London and Brazilian aim.). 49; London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 126 London and County, 781 9 London Joint Stock, 49} k London and South-Western, Um., 201 Merchant Bank, lim., 271 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. 1im.,10 Ditto, issuedlat 2 pm., 21 South Eastern, lim., 121 Union of Australia,:ss6 DOCKS. East and West India, 1314 London and St. Katharine, 641 MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Fonder and:Mobilier of England, 91 101 Ditto, new, 91 k Crystal Palace, 38 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 31 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lam., 61 Humber Iron Works, 5 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lien., 61:1 International Financial :-.ociety, 6111 London General Omnibus Company,.3l M dram Irrgation and Canal, 51 Ditto 201 Marine Investment, lim National Discount Company, Rm., 154 Panama, New Zealand, and Anatralian Mail, lien., Ditto (.£7); 61 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lien., 51 Royal Mail Steam, 19f Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 11 Trust and Loan Company ,f Upper Canada, 4/ Universal Marine. Insurance, lien., 6 THE CONVICT LYNCH.—The efforts made to save the life of the convict Lynch, who now lies in the Cork county gaol under sentence of death, have been una vailing. Mr. Joyce, governor of the gaol, received a letter on Friday morning from General Larcom, inform ing him that the law would take its course, and desir ing him to inform Lynch of this decision. The unhappy man will accordingly be banged on the morning of Thurs day next, Mid ( Di Di SHARE 'his day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Share Railways. I Paid . Closing Business Price. done. EASTER MONDAY.—Several persons were brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning charged with being drunk and disorderly, &c. Where the offence charged was only that of being drunk, the magistrate discharged the persons, but in the other cases imposed light fines, taking into conside ration that it was holiday time. One man, named Edward M‘Sweeney, in addition to being charged with being drunk and disorderly, was also charged with wilfully breaking two alabaster vases, of the value of £2, and other articles, at the Queen's Head, Little Pulteney-street, the property of Mrs. Harriet Scott, the landlady. It appeared that M'S weeney went into the house while in a state of intoxi cation, interfered with the customers, and at last got fight ing with one of the customers for the love of the thing, but while fighting broke the vases, &c.—The prisoner said he had taken " the (Hoops," and that the damage was done in a fight.—Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered him to pay the damage, and fined him £l, or a month in default. A MISTRESS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING HER SERVANT. —Augusta Martin, who described herself as the keeper of a "lodging house," at No. 12, Hampstead-street, Fitzroy square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Ann Purcell, a young woman, her servant. Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. The prosecutrix said she lived as servant with the pri soner, who kept a " gaming-house " at No. 12, Hampstead street. Yesterday evening she wanted to leave, having given the prisoner notice, when she refused to let her do so, and flew at her, tore her hair out, bit both her hands, and then blackened her eye. There were three or four persons attacking her at one time, including the gentleman who visited the prisoner. She became insensible, and when she recovered found herself locked in the back kitchen. She afterwards gave the prisoner into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the young woman said the house was a brothel. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian SO Cork and Bandon !O Cornwall A 5 97 130, 131! Do. A A gets no div. till6p.e.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. W( stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. morning. Do. E. Angl: st. No. '2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Di. A stock Do. B o Do. New, Is. at 23 pn Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Neste n D . S. V,i ) .Rail gua. Do. South Wales': Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpo t ro. eford Lano shire & Yorkshire L. ndon and Blackwali Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Diver Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares .. Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and Do, liirmin . & Derby Hid Gt. w.. Ireland Do. A shares %1 id Kent .. IN o. th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (.4.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. d,i. 185548 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 .. North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ct ntral Sco:. - . N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stick ;h.ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union south Devon south E stern In reply to Mr. Lewis, the prosecutrix said her sister and brother called for her yesterday, and she could not get out of the house. She was not intoxicated yesterday, although she had a little gin. The prisoner sold bottled ale, spirits, &c., as she kept a public-house in King-street, Regent street. She knew Amy Stanley, one of the " lady" lodgers. She told the constable the prisoner had assaulted her. I refused to let her have her things. Henry Green, a young man, proved hearing cries of "murder" from No. 12, and carrying the prosecutor in an exhausted condition out of the house, having seen the prisoner and three or four others pulling her about. 'taines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said the parties in the house appeared to be preventing the prosecutrix leaving. He thought the prosecutrix was sober. Waterford RE Kilkenny West Cornw W.Hartlepool Har.& R. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. Margaret Purcell, prosecutrix's sister, said she saw her sister covered with blood, and she saw somebody had struck her. Her sister was then lying in the back kitchen. Afterwards, on getting into the passage, three of them seized her sister, and the prisoner had her hand in her sister's hair, and in getting her away, she (witness) had her clothes torn. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the witness said that she could not say whether her sister had been drinking or not, but she was very excited. Stephen Lock, 43 E, proved being called to the house and taking the prisoner into custody, the presecutrix showing him marks on her arms, where she said her mistress had bitten her. The proseoutrix had been drinking, but was not drunk. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on the prisoner's behalf, and said that he could not deny that an assault had been committed, but not to the extent the prosecutrix, —who, he was instructed, was intoxicated and attacked her mistress—had stated. Ainy Stanley was then called, and she said that the pro• secutrix attacked Mrs. Martin first. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had no doubt there was a grand shindy, and that the prosecutrix received her injuries at her mistress's hands. There had been a great deal of vio lence. and cruel indifference, just such as one might expect from the landlady of such a house. Fined 205., or 14 days'. rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENiNG, APRIL IS, 186, HER MAJESTY. 41 , Banquet at the Mansion-house. 5 i..... 4 . . :„..„.4e,:.,...... 'NN.,..nui ,_,*•,?,:' ' • . 0 00 i 11111° f 1 -- @ --- rga - i -- • ' trilli 1r .. ..„..„,—,,„„-.. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 17. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, walked in the grounds this Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchill, also went out walking. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig and Dr. Bernhardt, left the Castle this morning for Sandringham Hall, on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mr. Friend had the honour of submitting, for her Majesty's inspection, on Saturday, his drawings of the Falls of Niagara, executed by him for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell had an audi ence of her Majesty. The Duke of Leinster returned to town yester day from visiting Mr. Repton, M.P., and Lady Jane Rep ton, at their seat in Bedfordshire. The noble• duke will quit town in a few days for his seat, Carton House, May nooth, Ireland. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish are expected to arrive at Devonshire House, Piccadilly, for the season, on Tuesday next, from Lismore Castle, Ireland. The Duchess (Dow.) of Leeds and the Hon. Miss Lora and Miss Lane Eox have left St. Leonards for Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have come to town from Shugburgh Park, Staffordshire, in order to be present at the wedding of Lady Gwendolena Anson and Mr. O'Shee. • The Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Duff have left London on a few days' visit to Sir Edmund and Hon. Lady Filmer. The Earl of Fife has left London on a fish ing excursion. Lady Fife has quito recovered from her late severe indisposition. Lord Eliot will leave the Earl of St. Germans' residence in Dover-street to-morrow, on a visit to the Earl of Radnor, at his seat in Berkshire. Lord Egerton of Tatton and the Hon. Beatrice Egerton are expected to arrive at the family residence in St. James's-squate on the 29th inst., from the south of France, where they have been passing the winter. The Hon. Mrs. Craven Berkeley has arrived in Wilton-place for the season, from Hampshire. Last evening, in accordance with a time-honoured usage on Easter Monday, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress (Miss Hale) entertained a nume- 5i 6.i 66 68 16 17 89 91 105 1# 7 47i 18i 7 8 133 124 148) 149 101 33 87 b 9 75; 76 65 67 53 55 46 49 101 1 03 1191 120 86 /8 107 109 42 13 121 123 i 95 07 61 63 130 131 24 2fp 137 1374 1 106 1(8 55 55 244 15 1111 112! 69} 70i 103 1 114 37 38 11 12 V 9 10 p 115 Ils 1 lip ,8 79 11 11.; 138 142 98 50 61 62 54 5 861 671 9 W 155 15 , 3 3 4p 107 109 46 48 74 77 :SSIONS. 50 t 3 102 k 103} pr ip 4 4i 8 6 9 65 70 9 )01 75 85 1( 1 10.1 102 104 101 105 iP 16 18 Q 7 9) 60 65 50 55 50 55 45 50 43 48 41 44 23 25 22 24 104 105 P 1011 1021 81 8i- I 1 lltd 85 tA) 75 78 I d 1011 1023 93 95 89 91 64 60 3 5 82 81 101 e 102 i LOl 4 . 1024 _ ;(t pr 1011 102} 94 97 BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent.. Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. 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Panjaub Do.lndus St Flo " rous company, including several persons of consi deration and note, at dinner, at the Mansion sion, which was served in the Egyptian-hall with the splendour customary there on such occasions. The guests were about 250 in number, and among them were :—The Bishop of Carlisle (the preacher of the Spital sermon in the morning), General Sir Fred. Smith, M.P., Sir. G. Bowyer, M.P., Admiral Sir Frederic Nicolson, C. 8., Sir Arthur Buller, M.P., Sir Edmund Hornby, Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of China and Japan, and Lady Hornby ; the Hon. Fernando Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, Colonel Sykes, M.P., Captain Sykes, Mr. H. Paull, M.P., and Mrs. Paull, Mr. J. T. Norris, M.P., and Mrs. Norris, the Baron and Baroness Van Bussche ; Mr. Gilpin, . treasurer of Christ's Hospital ; the treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Mrs. Foster White, the treasurer of Bridewell Hospital and Mrs. Johnson, the treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital and Mrs. Hicks, the Master of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers, and Mrs. Cooper; Mr. J. B. Heath, Italian Consul-General, and Mrs. Heath; Mr. Marraaduke Sampson, Consul-General to the Argentine Republic, and Mrs. Heurtley ; Mr. Josiah Hale, Professor Brande, Mr. H. Pownall, chairman of the Middlesex magistrates ; Colonel M'Call, Cap tain Chads, R.N., and Miss Chads, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hoare, Mr. George Hankey, Mr. and Mrs. W. IL Twentyman, Mr. and Mrs. Du Plat Tay lor, Mr. Graham Gilmore, &c. Mr. Alderman Sid ney, M.P., and Mrs. Sidney, Sir Robert Walter Carden and the Misses Carden, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Gabriel, Mr. Alderman and Miss Allen, Mr. Alderman and Mrs, Mechi, Mr. Alderman Abbiss and Mrs. Downing, Mr. Alderman J. Clarke Lawrence, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Gibbons, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Waterlow, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Lusk, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Stone, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff and Mrs. Dakin. Mr. •Alderman and Sheriff and Mrs. Besley, Colonel Fraser, Commissioner of Police, the Town Clerk and Mrs. Woodthorpe, the Common-Sergeant and Mrs. Chambers, the Secon dary and Miss Potter, the Remembrancer and Mrs. Corrie, the High Bailiff of Southwark and Mrs. Gresham, Mr. Under-Sheriff and Mrs. De Jersey, Mr. Under-Sheriff and Mrs. Davidson, the Chair man of the Principal Corporation Committees, Mr. Webster. Q.C., and Mr. Samuel Whitbread. On the removal of the cloth the loving-cup was passed round the board, and then the LORD MAYOR gave in succession " The Queen," " The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the rest of the Royal Family," and " The Army and Navy and the Volunteers." General Sir FREDERICK SMITH responding to the toast of the Army and the Volunteers, said at no time had he known the British army in a more efficient state than at present, and he spoke from long experience of it. It was not, he said, an army of aggression, but of defence, and it would be at all times willing and able to perform its duties. The Army was in the highest state of efficiency in all its departments, and whether it was called on to defend our interests at home or abroad the country might rely on its being equal to the work. Adverting to the Volunteer movement, he said he felt confident from the first that it would be a great success, and the events of that day at Brighton he had no doubt would afford additional proof of the general effi ciency of the force. It now consisted of 150,000 men, and he for one, as an old officer, should be as much at home with the . Volunteers as with the regular army. They were men of more intelligence than ordinary soldiers, and having besides, in the majority of cases, property, wives, and families to protect, more efficient service was expected from them. Some years ago it became often a question whether we should be attacked by a foreign Power, but that question was settled at once and for all by the establishment of the Volunteer force. If our colonies should be attacked he felt confident we should be in a positiorr to defend them, and while Canada remained loyal it would be a great disgrace to this country if it were to neglect to defend them. Admiral Sir FREDERICK NICOLSON, speaking for the Navy, said its chief duty was to protect the com merce of the country. However much opinionsmight differ as to the number of ships we ought to have, or as to whether there were certain dependencies of this country that ought to be retained, or certain colonies that ought to be defended, we were all united in thinking that it was of great advantage to the country that its commerce should be ex tended, and that it was the paramount duty of the Navy to defend that commerce wherever it might be. The LORD MAYOR next proposed the " Health of the Bishop of Carlisle," as the preacher of the Spital sermon of that day, taking occasion to speak of him as a laborious parish priest before he was raised to the dignity of the episcopate, and as an ornament of the Church to which he belonged. The Right Rev. PRELATE, in acknowledging the compliment, dwelt upon the advantages likely to arise from the Bishop of London having thrown open the dome area of St. Paul's Cathedral for Divine service on Sunday evenings, and therebyin a sense revived the services which, in ancient times, were accustomed to take place at Paul's Cross. Sir. G. BOWYER, M.P., speaking to the toast of " The House of Commons," which had been given from the chair, said, speaking in that hall, devoted to hospitality, he could not forget that the constitu tion of the city of London was more ancient than that of Parliament. That constitution presented to the world the illustrious example of those municipal liberties which had been in all history the germ of political liberty, and without which our political liberty would indeed be insecure. He could safely WESTMINSTER. BRUTAL AND UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—Patrick Lynch, a big Irishman, was charged with the following brutal and unprovoked assault : _ Timothy Sullivan, an Irishman, who hawks fruit about the street, said that on the previous evening he was in Sloane-street, Chelsea, with his barrow, when the prisoner and two other Irishmen came along. Prisoner stopped in front of him, and using very bad language called him a Methodist and a parson. In order to get rid of prisoner he went round his barrow, but prisoner followed him up, and repeatedly struck him. He ran away, followed by prisoner, who caught him twice and brutally used him, cut ting both his ears and lips, and blackening his eye. He was quite sober, and gave no provocation whatever. A witness was called who corroborated this statement in every particular, and described prisorier's conduct as most cowardly. Prisoner denied the charge, and said he never struck the man at all ; that the prosecutor came and abused him and followed him round the street, and finally throw a largo stone at him, which he had when taken into custody. It was proved that prisoner picked up the stone to throw at somebody, and was in the act of doing so when given into custody. Two witnesses gave a similar account to prisoner of the transaction, and said that he did not strike prosecutor, but that they took him away to prevent his doing so. Both, however, said that blood was flowing from prosecutor's mouth and ears, but thought that he might have caused it himself. lie was fined 20s. or 14 days. THAMES. Fuvons DRIVING nNT THE Bow ROAD.—Heinrich Bram mar or pramnier, aged 29, a native of Holstein, and dwell ing at No. 64, St. George-street, better known as Rateliff Highway, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk and furiously driving, to the danger of pas sengers in the Bow -road. James Clark, a police-constable, No. 199 K, said in con sequence of the continued furious and reckless driving of persons in charge of horses and vehicles in the Bow-road, and the numerous accidents that had taken place, he was stationed in the road on horseback. There were two other mounted constables in the road. The prisoner was driving a pony and cart. The horse was galloping, and the pri soner, who was drunk, was whipping it. The conduct of the prisoner endangered the lives of foot passengers, and there was also danger of collisions with other vehicles. The prisoner was trying to pass another cart—in fact he was racing. Mr. Paget--In a public road ? Witness—Yes, sir ; the furious driving on that road is fearful. I have been put out on special duty there. Inspector Griffin, of the X division, confirmed the state ment of the consta b le as to the state of the Mile-end and Bow -road. Fu r i ous drivingA green was very prevalent, and many persons had b een ki lled. grocer, named Stone, while drunk, run d own an old man i n the M i le-end-road, and killed him on the spot. A man named Wm. Amos, cowkeeper, of No. 2, Oxford-terrace, Cubitt-town, Poplar, killed a child named Keenan, while driving furiously and recklessly close to Bow Church, on Friday last, and was now under remand by Mr. Partridge, who heard the case. A class of rough tradesmen, who were regardless of the lives and limbs of people, drove recklessly. Everybody tried to pass everybody,'a n d the danger was very great. Mr. Paget asked at what pace the prisoner was driving his pony and cart ? Clark -12 knots an hour, sir. The prisoner said he only went as fast as the cart before him and the cart behind him, and he did not drive furiously. He called two foreigners, who said they did not know why the police locked up the prisoner. Mr. Paget said that public attention had been called to furious and careless driving in the streets, and the number of persons who had been killed or maimed in the streets of the metropolis. The prisoner was intoxicated, and ought not to have been driving at all. It was a bad case, and he should inflict the full penalty of 40s. for furious driving. The fine was paid. MARKETS?-This Day. HAY MARKETS. - SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £4 108 to £5 lOs Od ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £lBs t o £1 14s per load. Trade quiet. CumBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £4 I.os to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 108; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; clover, lOs to £6 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £ll4s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. The markets aro closed for the Easter Holidays, and will re-open on Thursday next, the 20th inst. DETERMINED SUICIDES.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. J. Humphreys, coroner, at the London Hospital, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Francks, aged 88. It was shown that the deceased had resided at No. 23, Artillery-street, Spitalfields. For some time past she had been very feeble and almost imbecile. On Friday night she retired to rest at her usual hour, and on the fol lowing morning at 3 o'clock she was discovered lying on the pavement in front of her window. She was bleeding from a frightful wound in the head. When she was raised up and carried to the hospital she was found to be dead. It was believed that she had leaped from the window. The jury returned an open verdict of " found dead." A second inquest was held by Mr. Humphreys, at the Golden Lion tavern, respecting the death of Elizabeth Craig, aged 47. The deceased was a single woman, but had been in a very low and desponding state for some months past, apparently without reason. She was discovered on Friday morning lying in the back yard with a compound fracture of the skull, which caused death in stantaneously. The deceased had placed a table in front of the window, upon which she stepped, and then preci pitated herself from the second-floor window. Verdict— " Insanity," , 2O 10 100 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 L 0 133 14j 75i a 120 I 87t 104 1243itt 071 61t 1301 If 61 ; 1371 7 1k 6 25t 11: 74 70 87} 7 OSSE, 1031 I 99i 1001 1042 i 24 31 221 1041 } say that if ever and whenever the privileges or the constitution of the cityof London should be attacked in any way in the House of Commons, whether by a powerful Government or the chief of a party, that house would be always ready to maintainits liberties and protect its privileges with no less zeal than it would to maintain the privileges - of Parliament itself. " The Health of the Lord Mayor" was next given by the Bishop of CARLISLE, who in doing so dwelt upon the services which his lordship had rendered during many years of his life before he was elected to the civic chair in promoting education, home mis sions, and the objects of the Pastoral Aid Society. The LORD MAYOR next gave in succession, " The City Magistrates," connecting with the toast the " name of Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P. ; The Sheriffs of London," for whom Mr. Sheriff Besley answered ; and " The Presidents of the Royal Hos pital," for whom Mr. Gilpin, the Treasurer of Christ's Hospital, responded. The company next drank to the health of the Lady Mayoress, which was pioposed by Alderman Sir R. Carden, and with that the company separated about half-past ten o'clock. A selection of vocal music was sung at intervals by Madame Weiss, Miss Julia Elton, and Mr. W. IL Weiss, under the direction of Mr. J. L. Hatton; and the band of the Coldstream Guards played a number of choice airs during dinner. Prospects of Future Gotton Supply; (From the Economist.) Early in the year we presented our readers with an estimate of the probable amount of cotton that might be expected to arrive, and to be available for home consump tion, during the course of 1865 ; and at present we see no reason to mistrust our calculations. As far as the immedi diate supply is concerned, we may feel tolerably at ease ; arrivals have been heavy, large shipments aro known to be on their way or in preparation, and the stock is larger than it has been for some years. It was on Bales. Ist January, 1861 1862 434,000 ft 1863 1864 575,000 Ist Zpril, 1865 This, as the actual rate of export and consumption, will last for nearly 20 weeks; so that there is no need for any anxiety at present. But it is not to be denied that considerable anxiety does hang over our future supply, and that our prospects are already creating much uneasiness in all who look far ahead. It is by no means improbable, unless great caution is exercised, that we may fall very short of cotton in 1866 and 1867, and that the fluctuations in price may be as great and mischievous as any we have hitherto ex perienced. The fall that has already taken place has been such as, if not materially to check production, at least greatly to alarm producers and discourage the vast efforts recently made to grow cotton wherever it can be grown ; while the expectation of a still further drop tends to pre vent consumption keeping pace with supply. The state of the case is simply this—the continued suc cesses of the Federal armies, and the supposed, and pro bably actual, exhaustion of the South, have impressed even on the most cautious a conviction that the civil war in America must be drawing near to its close. Some per sons believe that very soon after peace is proclaimed— all persons believe that, sooner or later after that event —cultivation will resume its old channels, and that large quantities of cotton will again reach us from the States, of a quality and at a, price with which, as formerly, no other country, or at least few other countries, can compete. Of course, if this anticipation be correct, those countries which have only been enabled to send cotton hither during the anomalous prices that have prevailed of late, will cease to send it ; and those which have been induced to send us extraordinary quantities will fall back to their old moderate amounts. To descend to particulars. Fair Surat, which last spring was selling at 22d. is now pur chasable at 11d. per lb.: ordinary East India, which in former days used to sell for 3d. and 4d. per lb., and which last year reached 16d. may now be had for 6d. ; while (such is the idea of future probabilities at Bombay) we are informed by telegraph that fair Surat has been sold there, to be laid down at Liverpool, at Bd. The reduction in other qualities has been nearly, if not quite, propor tionate. Now, if these prices are to obtain, or if it is expected that they will obtain, the following results will follow: First, China • and Japan, which last year sent us 52,000,0001 b., will cease to send us any at all. Secondly, Bengal, and to a certain extent Madras, which last year sent us between them 350,000 bales. will ship to China (as they used to do) instead of to England, and will at once stop any unusual growth into which our high prices may have tempted thorn. Thirdly, The Turkish supply, which has only recently become at all important or reliable, will again become precarious. Fourthly, Egypt and Brazil will have a tendency to fall back to their old moderate sup ply —say 200,000 bales, as in 1860, instead of 460,000 as in 1864—just in proportion as prices tend back to their old level. Fifthly, The western and north-western provinces of India (which, like Egypt, have greatly increased the average breadth of land under cotton, and have suffered inconvenience from the diminished production of food which was consequent upon the change) will gradually fall back upon their old habits, and be more likely to send us three quarters of a million of bales than a million and a quarter —on which some persons calculated for 1865. .Certain it is that Bd. for Surat will not secure us nearly the same supply as 22d. would have done. Thus it would appear as if the actual and expected drop in the price of cotton consequent on the imminent—or be lieved to be imminent—supply from America after the re turn of peace, is likely to reduce our supplies from mis cellaneous quarters next year to something like half their present amounts. But suppose this imminent and anti cipated supply from the States does not come—is not there now and cannot speedily be grown—what will be our position then ? Is there not a possibility of a cotton famine as severe as that of 1862, and of prices as disorganisingly and ruinously high ? Now, what are the reasonable and unexaggerated probabilities of the Ameri can supply? and are not speculators and manufacturers frightening themselves with a vain shadow ? Are they not, at all events, premature by nearly a year and a half in their anticipations, and are they not discounting their dangers at a most needless and fatal cost ? In a word, is there any real reason why cotton, even in the prospect of immediate peace, should have fallen so low, and must we not, ere long, have to look for a very serious reaction ? Let us look at facts. According to the most trust worthy information we have been able to collect, no wise man will base his calculations on a larger estimate of the available stock of cotton now in the States than one mil lion of bales. Of late little has been grown, while much has been destroyed, much has been spoiled, and a good deal has been used. Even after peace is restored, and making every allowance for American energy, and prompti tude, it will take a considerable time to re-collect the scattered population, to re-organise labour, to repair and re-create the means of transport. We will assume— what, however, many persons would refuse to admit—that nearly all the residual negro population in the cotton States will again be set to that special cultivation, either under compulsion or inducement of some kind. We will admit all the suppositions most favourable to a largo and prompt supply. Still, in any case, no fresh cotton worth mentioning can reach this country in less than eight months after the next seed-time subsequent to the restora tion of peace and order. The seed-time of this year is past. Granting that the war is over in July, that planta tions are restored to their owners, that the healing and re-organising processes are at once entered upon with the marvellous enterprise and vigour which characterises our transatlantic brethren—still it will be February, 1866, be fore the new crop can be sown, and October or. November before it can reach England in any quantities. And when it is ready to come, we may safely calculate upon three things—all of which ought to moderate our expecta tions. First, that the crop of the first year, and perhaps even of the second, will not be like the former ones, three or three and a half millions of bales, but not more than two millions at the outside—considering how many of the plantations have been ruined, and how large a proportion of the negro population has been dispersed or died. Se condly, that of this moderato crop the Americans them selves will want probably one-third at least. Anddidthhierfdolrya, that the cotton will cost more to grow than it dened by an export duty of 3d. or 4 d. in t e the great convulsion, and before it reaches he s il o l bur in- steadtbheat h cost from of being b a ein g o g od profitlaiddown t that in Liverpoolpri ce, will at prly 61b. o alb, and S from 10d. to ls. If this be so , th en there is no rea son why Surat atBd. and 9d. should not h old its g round ; a nd the pre sent panic is at once excessive and premature. It will be a great evil if new and d istant countries a re discouraged from growing and forwarding cotton earlier or m ore deci dedly than is necessary. Sooner or later, no doubt, as we have a lways said, the United States will beat all othe r cot ton-growing countries out of the market, with the excep tion of moderatesuppliss of special qualities from Bombay, E g ypt, and Brazil ; but it will be later and not sooner, and w e need not augment the catastrophe by anticipating it. Jacques Descouais, who was lately condemned to death at Tours for murder, robbery, and arson, suffered the extreme penalty of the law in that city the day before yesterday. After his trial he had manifested great indifference and gave no signs of repentance, but two days before his execution he ceded to the exhortations of the prison chaplain, and a change occurred in his sombre and violent temper. He even shed tears, and expressed regret that he had not listened to the good counsels formerly given him. He displayed great firmness on the scaffold, and looked unmoved on the instrument of execution and the crowd of spectators. At once he gave himself up to the executioners, and the next moment all was over, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da NEWMARKET RACES. —THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Wandering Minstrel (taken) 7to 1 agst Suspicion (taken) 7to 1 agst Tomato (taken) Bto 1 agst Accident (taken) Bto 1 agst John Davis (offered) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. AP: Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring Curragh Howth and Baldoyle..., 27 Newmarket Ist Spring... 1 Llanboidy 2 Chester 9 Howth and Baldoyle l5 York Spring St. Cohunk l6 Salisbury lB Noith - Herts Yeomanry 10 Cork 22 Bath Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O 'NE. au Redditch Chelmsford Manchester Summer Maithtone A5c0t ....................... 13 Beverley Liverpool Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Curragh Odihain Bibury Stockbridge SLY. Newmarket July au ......... 4 Carlisle ..................... Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Hungerford l3 Stamford l3 New Forest Hunt l4 Winchester lB Nottingham Southampton l9 CheSterfield D G o o wn w ßo ood yat .. . 20 Cambridge 2 2 5 0 Goodwo o d 25 Corp ....... 25 UST. AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham l5 Stockton l5 SEPTE: Warwick Curragh 5 Dover 7 Hereford Leicester 7 Doncaster OCTO: YOxford l7 ork . . .................. 22 Yarmouth 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summor 3O Ipswich Weymouth 3l Brecon Richmond Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Walsall _. Bedford Royal Caledonian Hunt 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 ROVE: Curragh Newmarket Ho. M Worcester Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury ,BER. Warwickshire and Leamington Hunt 2l EADVERTISMIENT2 G. R. GLENLE, Sporting Library, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, supplies the Latest Edition of " THE Sux " ound the Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. Gd. post free._ Commissions executed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, April 18.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April 17.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ship Edgar, for Lisbon. MILFORD, April 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Claudia, for Barcelona. • OFF PLYMOUTH, April 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Blenheim, from Calcutta. OFF DARTMOUTH, April 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Britannia, from Antwerp for Quebec, with master and mate sick. NEWPORT, April 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Scutari, from the Clyde for Vera Cruz. Sailed—Philomene, for Sierra Leone. SWANSEA, April 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Robert, for Sierra Leone. PLYMOUTH, April I.6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Aghira Pellaghira, from Hull for Messina ; Far East, steamer, from London for Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, April 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Shan non, for the West Indies. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April I.7.—Furet, from Gravelines. Arrived, April 18.—Napoleon, from Gravelines ; Voor wards, from Pikela. Sailed.—Montrose, for St. Vincent; Avondhu, for Hong- Kong; Clontarf, for Quebec; Panther, steamer, for Bou logne. _ _ _ DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—James R. Bailey of Ipswich, and Osborn and Elizabeth, from West, for London. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pacLet May 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and at. Helena April 23. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 18. .Ditto, via Marseilles April 26. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April 18. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton...„April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via S ou th ampton. April 26. Ditto, via M ars ei lles ....April 20. Mauritius, via Southampton May 12. Ditto, via Marseilles May 6. Newfoundland May 10. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. • April 26 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork . • • • . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. April 21. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico April 13. Bahamas, via New York. Apri 28. Bermuda, ditto May 10. Cuba and Mexico Apr.l 23. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND..—Amongst the artists who have kindly promised their valuable aid at the banquet on tho 20th of May—Mr. Charles Dickens in the chair—aro Miss Louisa Pyne, Madlie. Enoquist (the Swedish vocalist), Madame Weiss, Miss Emily Sol.- dens, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. G Perrin, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Sims Reeves, with M. Benedict as conductor. RIOT AT THE ROCHDALE ELECTlON.—Yesterday two Irishmen, named Patrick Hoy and Richard Moran, were brought up at the Rochdale Police-court, charged with rioting, with about 150 other persons, and assaulting Superintendent Pickering, of the county consta bulary; Inspector Richmond, of Manchester ; and Inspector Bent of Prestwich. Chief Constable Sylvester said that on Saturday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, information was received at the police-office that there was a riot in John-street. Superintendent Pickering, ac companied by Inspectors Richmond and Bent, wont to the scene and found there a mob of about 150 persons ; and they were about to break open the door of the Tal bot Inn, which was one of Mr. Potter's committee-rooms. Mr. Pickering remonstrated with them, and requested them to desist. Hoy struck Mr. Pickering over the head with a large stick, which stunned him for a few minutes ; but on recovering he wrested a staff from a per-. son who was beating him, and defended himself from the attack of the crowd. The prisoners also assaulted In spectors Richmond and Bent. The chief constable, at this stage, laid on the table a formidable life preserver, a very large poker, and a couple of blackthorn shillelahs, which had been taken from the prisoners and other persons not yet in custody. Mr. Pickering was unable to attend the court, and is suffering severely from the ill-treatment he received. The prisoners were remanded. A case: just heard before the French Imperial Court of Rouen disclosed some curious details as to how the oyster trade at Fecamp is carried on. The owners of, oyster boats there form a community for the sale of the yield, and each year, in the month of August, the produce of the coming season, which lasts from the Ist of September to the 80th of April is put up to auction. In August last a merchant at Fecamp named Martin purchased the whole at 24f. the 1,000 (by usage consisting of 1,200) during the month of September, and 2Gfr. for the rest of the season. Martin in his turn engaged to supply a merchant at Dunkirk named Lievon with 150,000 oysters in September at 39fr. the 1,000, and for the remainder of the season as many as Lieven pleased at 32fr. the 1,000, engaging to load them on board boats for Dunkirk, after having kept them in a park for a week. A lot of 172,000 were sent off, but they arrived in bad con dition, and Lieven having suffered a loss of 5,000 fr., did not order any more during the winter months. As, how ever, the oysters which were purchased by contract in August at 32fr. the 1,000 were iu March worth 50fr., Lieven, on the 25th March, gave notice that he would take the whole produce from that time until the end of the sea son. Considering that the oysters had before suffered frons remaining in the park, and from being heated in the hold of the boats by which they were carried to Dunkirk, he in and refused t o d e .. formed Martin that he would for the fut ure take p ossessi on of the fish on the quay at Fecamp . The latter, ho wever, liverw i wished ed the fish t o a s v h o i a d s fulfilling required, the on contract, the ptext re that they we re only to be delivered on board boats for Dunkirk, and after remaining a week in park. The affair was brou g ht b e f ore the Tribunal of Commerce at Fecamp, when Martin was condemned to deliver all the fish to Lieven, at the ordinary under a penalty of 15f r . per th ousan d. Martin appealed to the Imperi a l C ourt o f R ouen aga i nst tlhanaatidliijnniglgm place, ent, but the first decision was confirmed and the penalty raised to 20fr. ;MBER. IBEIt. and 3grity. nted )urst-- the Ling• Cele tan - :nd for ith )s- I I 100 {lOO 2 100 100 102 I