The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-23 00:00:00

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The Money Market presents a rather active ap pearance ; but the rates at which commercial bills can be negotiated show no change of importance. The best short-dated paper is charged 10 per cent., and ordinary bills 11 and 12 per cent. Gold to the amount of £30,000 was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. It has been notified that the fully paid-up scrip of the Egyptian Government Railways Debenture Loan can be exchanged against the Bonds on and after the 24th instant. It was announced yesterday afternoon that Messrs. Luckie Brothers, merchants, Fenchurch street, had suspended payment with debts and lia bilities to the extent of £BO,OOO. The assets are not known. A statement of the affairs will be pre pared as early as possible by Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Young, and Co. Two o'CLocx. According to Reuter's telegram this morning, the French Rentes were 63f. 22c. flat. Little, if any, alteration has occured to-day in the market for the British Government Stocks and Consols are 86-,5,- 4 for money, and 851 . for the account. 1% ith the extraordinary depreciation of the banks, finance companies, and private firms converted into " Limited" associations, it is not surprising that a conservative feeling should, amidst the prevailing uneasiness, stimulate the monied public to revert to what many would call old-fashioned securites. Consols, low as they are, are looked upon with favour. and if the present Government should prove suc cessful in its foreign policy, there will be, in all probability, an improvement in the value of the British funds. The fact cannot be disguised that monetary as well as political affairs are in a very critical position, and an early change for the better is anxiously awaited. The state of things in rela tion to Banking and Miscellaneous Financial un dertakings naturally retards speculation, and for the moment the general tendency of prices is unsatisfactory. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities and other securities are tolerably steady. Exchequer Bills are also well sustained. Quotations for Foreign Stocks after showing a little firmness have subsequently relapsed. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 1 lower, at 30 4 ; Mexican 1, at 161 ; and the New Loan 1, at 141; Greek Bonds are 10 1 1 ; Spanish Passive, 191 1 ; the Certificates, 14 i 1; Italian, 391 ; Brazilian Scrip, 81 71; United States 5-20 Bonds, 644 651 ; Erie Shares, 42 i 1 ; and Illinois, 76 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has re mained very d u ll, an d pr i ces h ave s h own i ncreased he aviness. Great Northern have declined £1 15s. ; Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire each 108 ' ; and Great Western and North Western each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without much variation except as regards Great Indian Peninsula, which have receded to 104. Bank and Miscellaneous are very dull. City Bank are marked 15i ; Imperial Alliance, 22 23 ; London and County, 72 ; Allianca Bank, 13} 15 ; and Bank of London, 8 to 5 discount. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 per Cent. Consols Q Do. Account, May 9 854 f -,,,Per Cent. Reduced 844 6i. ~.,', e lv 3 per Cent 854 41 5 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 4 11nuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — _ March. June. 10 3 dis 14chequer Bill; £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — D o. £5OO — Do £lOO an d £2OO • 18 di s Ban k c.)f England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account _ r INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ‘ndian Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 2lO _ •,., 1)0 . Account uo. 5 per Cent. Oct' 1870 1) °. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 bo. Certificates Do. llnfaced Paper 4 per cent — DO. IOI 1) c'• 5 por Cent., Jan. 1872 . 5 1 per Cent, May 1879 ~ V., Deb., 4 per Cent Aug. 1866 n o . 130 nds, £l,OOO _ _ 440. under £l,OOO Iti.l:.ri.au zilian Bonds, a'rgentin • 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — put FOREIGN FDS—ONE O'CLO. 0 Republic, -- per Cent 5 per Cent, 1859 DO. do p e Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 , 1863 _ 4-4 o Account 671 61 D • paid T\ Ayres 6 per Cent — 03` - '° i• per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) hill .-. an 6 per Cent — uo R • —dis t - crlp, £5O paid D O • q per Cent — —dis 0 1 °' 6 Per Cent D u bs s3 obian 6 per Cent. sign 6 _ ~.) , ,, ,i. per Cent. U,,,,, 8 , 11 , B per Cent., 1825 6,7 1 a, n Principalities armor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 00, Provi s i onal L and Warrant — 2,,Peferred Tj P "an 7 per Cent — D' Sec on d Issue —' '4lOO Bonds b ° £lO O. 1864 — 0 .£lOO Bonds — D ° ° • Government Railway Debentures — di e Do. °,.• 4 50 paid t o - . p per Cents., 1824-.5, ex Coupons D o 4t ecUnt ...., 0. fl 1, ' ° upons r..,, 0. `Account Ila ft • tenl ala 5 per Cent. — Qo4l per cent 1865 Acco 11,... un 148-1? nlaremmana Railway le per Cent — "o. Account 1864 — 1) 0 6 t_ per C ent. Anglo-French — ont9videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid 44 .Loor ig i, ti . Imperial 5 per Cent en. Gran d Per, • a a — D O --v n s per Cent 1865 ~ D°3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — P, per er Cent., 1862 •uo per Cent t ' 3 per Cent., 1853 ,-,'" 8 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ~n 4-'O. Account • 43 Aussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 Ip a 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B3l 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 liardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive _ '° r, I'a Do AcCert.t ciun - 191 Do Account l4l 1 !Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 pCent. 64 T urkish 6 p erp Cent. lB 1854 Do Account Do 6 per l--)0 Account £ lO O Bonds 96 per Cent. 1862 ,0 Account 6O/ 58 "0 £lOO Bonds D o D I) 6 per Cent. 1863 — o 5 Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — D 0 -'0 Account • V' ..' 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed — jrzliela 3 per Cent. _l4O account 1) ,, ° Per Cent, 1862 — —4-'O. Aecouut 80. 1864 _ nivide u d s on the above payable in London. aeigi.,, Dut ch 4 1 per cent., Er. 25f. 1) 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil • 1 _ Pri ze ter Cent. CertificaGes — It l ii„ z ' te r 3 per Cent - 1-,'"' 5 Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 4,0. Acount ........................... . 39 C o TWO O'CLOCK. neols f ID_ or money 861 i 0-, Account 9th inst. ...........____ '' - Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. Th e deer 11l esterda arket opens with more demand at yy's 11 le Sales, probably 10,000 bales or more. z . -Lae lottery nature of goldmining has not lost its .Ig,iile__ tiqe latest ca yet, and the Sir William Don Company affords it, th at illustration of the fact. A little while ag d o scr o i w p they ar:"VanY were going a begging almost, sl e , , PaYing large returns not in merespeculative hold,erout in substantial dividends. On Monday one share large h receiv ed X 375 as his fortnight's share, and other tea' °Mars received Sums varying from £3OO d own - Ballarat Star. 'his Day. ORDINARY 3HARES AND STOCKS. Railways. [Caledonian and Exeter [Caledonian 'ambrlan Cork and Bandon...—. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc un„Perth, & A b.Junc li.London, ~trip Certi, Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. 8 t Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotian Great Northern Do. A stock .. Do. B stock Do. .ew, is. at 25 pu, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall ,Lon., Brigh., & S Coast - - Con., Chat., and 1 over 4 Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Lon. (1; North Western Con. & South Western Man., Shef., 4; Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin Derby idKent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock .0. Scot, Min. stJok Shropshire Union South Devon , outh E stern . tames, Wok., A; Wok raff Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw.ill raid. I Closing I Business Price. done. 69 HI 126 .29 55 66 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 20 15 c 112 111 38 39 6 7 122 124 1.12 134 - - &21 53. 56 58 38 10 34 Si 120 12. 36; 7* 6) 122 i 132 25 6 L! 1615]16, 92A 3 59i 1241 5 41 121 20f 11 1 70 62 108 36 61 I:RITISH I Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bont,Baroda, Ccn.ln. go. h percent... Do. I' bares nuffalo It Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- ••••• • Calcutta & E., Um 'a; e Town & Dock, gu. : Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pl, East. Ben,:al, gu., 5 do East Fidiau gu. p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.e Do. Ist i-'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Yri.f. Bonds Do. do. deferred 1)0. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent 1 Do. New gua. 5 p. c , Gt. South of India I gut*. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wi s. of Canada. • I Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 io. 5 1 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. dr Hudson's Bay N. R l .C'da,6polstpt.bs, Scindc ...... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub..., Do.lndus St. Flo: COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31,1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0. 5 p. C. Jan. & July Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk Cape G'.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.StOct, 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 186 S, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July -- Do. 1478 1 )o. 1882. May 15, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal .-ov. o per cent N. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c., 186 t, Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to I 87r. Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1891 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So .tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 ',jueensland Gov. 6 p. c ~Aus.Gov. 6 p,O 1868-r Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. J'a ,Sc July Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS GonsoL uold, Ghiverton ....... 71 'llfrord malgamated 30 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 urakevralls East Bassett (Illogani 291 Nast Caralon 2.14.0 East Garn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake . . 8. 3 .0 East Loved 3.9.0 E. WI Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.0 Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. 68 L .xey, limited all Great South Tolgus O-4.0 Great Witeal busy 11.9.6 G. Wheal Vor Heist. •: Grenville B. iB.O Ilerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 Elin u ton u t o inv; L s. en li.l . ja .. 51 1 ; . .6 Margaret 6 Marke Valley 4•lu' 6 Nlwyndy Iron Ore, lire 431 N ew Se ton North Roskear Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty I P ,r ro v sp id e e r n i c ieniutend;Lslant 7l S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll South Condurrow 3 . 2 .0 0 . 1 . .6 6 . S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 Stray Park Tin Croft 9 Vigra and Clogan, lint, all West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (I...skeard 9 West Chi verton ll West Seton. 471 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 Wheal Seton ,Whes.l Trelawney (Lie 7 94 06 26 28 1.11 )17f 1,2} 436 61 63 27 128 2 3 p id 1 p 85 90 1221 123: If 9Z al 54 58 .5 27 108 1,0 70 72 108 110 35 10 11 p 120 12t 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 198 )50 66 68 46 i 9 7t 74 7 8 40 193 1 3 ) LOO iO3 52 54 ;ESSIONS. 64 86 100 102 jd ip 4} 41 8 9 76 80 60 65 100 102 100 102 10111 102 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 6) 55 57 50 55 42 45 42 45 l 7 30 108 169 14 2 14 2 p 99 101 91 93 141 isi 5i 5 d ei 96 83 '6 li 01 , 100 It 2 VO 02 86 88 61 03 8 = 82 98 100 97 99 it 97 99 'T S ECUR 92 94 90 93 90 93 77 79 76 79 102 104 102 104 102 104 102 104 86 8) ICO 1(2 105 1 7 102 1(4 i-oo—Loo 101 103 104 108 99 101, 00 ,1:1 92 91 00 e 5 8d 88 91 98 7Z 73 98 99 98 100 104 106 100 102 ITIES. 6 7 6 8 6U 53) 13 l5 5 6 li 2 I 2 8 9 3 3! 5 7 21 22 ti 1 14 16 18 1i 2 36 40 4j 5 4 6 2 1 14d 35 40 11 15 4 32 34 375 -100 It 2 6 20 4 6 13 15 3 5 1 2 6 7 674 724 130 140 EO 85 124 1 7 4 3 5 195 205 13 16 1 - KEFERENUE Great Northern, 41 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm.. 1 0 0 (it. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford at guaranteed stoolE. 118 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 4i per cent., rd., 911 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 781 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Caledonian 41 per cent. gua. stk., 91 London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Franelsoo, 11. n., Rua. 7 per cent., 11 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), n 7 South Augtrian and Lombardo Venetian, 1 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 31 terontino and Bolivia bold, Um., BAN Agra and Mtaterman's, Bin., 243 4 21 4 Alliance, Hull.. 134 15 Bank of London, 3 4 2 Chartered *ler. of India, London, and China, 37 City, 17 15} Consolidated Bank, lint, 8 7 East Loudon, lint., 3i European Bank, Um., 1 2 tiindustan, China, and Japan, Imperial Bank, Um.. 23 2 3 Imperial Ottoman, 81 Ditto. new, 8/ Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 2; 3 London B.nk of siexico and S. America. lim., 7 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22; 11 London and County, 74 4 , London Joint Stock, 45 London and ►t estminster, 94 National Provincial of England. Ditto. 2d and d issue, 45i lriental Bank Corporation, 93 Union of Australia. 493 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Ceylon Company, 9 China Steam hip and Labuan Coal Company, I Credit r oncler and Mobilier of Entriana, 2 4 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, Um., 5 Crystal Palace, 36 7 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 1 i 0/ English and Foreign Credit, 2i Gen. Credit and loins t.:e 01 London, Rm.. 1 ( Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lint. 9 International Financial .i , ociety, Um., 2; I,ondon Financial Association, lint., 4 5 London General Omnibus Company, 11w, 3j dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 9 Freehold Land and Dock, 31 Nttional Discount Company, 11 North British and Mercantile Insurance, le} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 72 1 Ditto, new, 48 Royal Mail Steam, 1(7 8 CRYSTAL PALACE.—The holiday amusements were again very numerously attended yesterday-17,061 persons being present. Chang, the Chinese giant, Ethardo, and Mr. Nelson Lee's pantomimic ballet were theprincipal attractions within the palace; but the beauty of the grounds kept many engaged with the various sports and pastimes provided for them. The amusements will all be given to-day and Friday, being the only shilling days this week: SHARE FOSS 104 10 lota Si 11 MI THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 18&. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Shea.) IN RE THE MAYOR OF CARDIGAN. Mr. J. 0. Griffiths, on the part of an alderman of the bo rough of Cardigan, moved for a rule calling on the mayor to show cause why he had neglected to convene a meeting of the burgesses of the borough, to elect assessors, auditors, and other municipal officers for the ensuing year, in com pliance with the act of Parliament. The learned counsel pointed out some difference between the present case and others of a similar character, and expressed a hope that the Court, under the speciality of the case, would make a rule absolute. The Lord Chief-Justice said that the court could no' grant a rule absolute, but would grant a rule nisi. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice Keating and a Common Jury.) DAVIE V. HARDING. This was an action by the plaintiff, who is a wholesale dealer in marble, to recover a sum of £32, the amount of a promissory note, which the defendant, who is a trades man at Eastbourne, had passed to him, and which had been dishonoured. It appeared that the plaintiff is in business at Union street, Southwark, and that he had advanced goods to the above amount to the defendant and his brother, the trans actions being distinct as regarded the latter. One of the brothers became insolvent, and the question before the Court was whether the promissory note which was jointly signed could bo enforced against the defendant in its whole amount. The defendant contended that the note was a mere ac commodation transaction, and after a great deal of hard swearing, tho jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. POLICE JNTELLIGENCE.---This Day. perfield did practise at the Southwark Police-court and the Camberwell and Southwark County Courts. • The prisoner —Not now; he is to be found at his office, No. 3, Trinity-street, Southwark. I wish him to be here. Mr. Paget—Let Mr. Chipperfield be summoned at once. Inspector Beare can send a constable for him. The prisoner was then remanded. WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR SCENE IN A POLICE COURT.—John Collins, a tall, powerful man, was charged with gross misconduct at the house of Mr. Humphreys, the Duke of Clarence, Market-street, Westminster. On Mr. Humphreys standing up in the witness-box the magistrate requested him to state his complaint. Mr. Humphreys —He is not the man. Mr. Arnold —Who is not the man ? Mr. Humphreys —The man standing before you. Mr. Arnold—What do you mean ? You gave a man named John Collins into custody last night. Is this John Collins ? The Police —This is John Collins. Mr. Humphreys —But he is not my man, whatever his name is. Mr. Arnold—Where is the constable who took tho charge, John Smith. John Smith stood forward. Mr. Arnold—ls this the man you had given into your charge last night ? Smith—lt is the same. Mr. Arnold—What do you say to that Mr. Humphreys. Mr. Humphreys —I say that this is not my man. Ho was much shorter. There is some mistake. Mr. Arnold—This is very extraordinary. Police-constable Aspinal—This is the man I helped to take. Mr. Arnold —Can anybody throw any light upon this matter ? Defendant, with a strong Milesian accent, sure I'm not the man at all. Sergeant Buckley —There may by possibility be some mistake, for this reason. After the man charged by Mr. Humphreys had proceeded a little distance he was rescued by some friends. The constable pursued, and finding this man crouched behind another at the Two Brewers, they no doubt took him, believing him to be the man. Police-constable Aspenal -This is the man. Mr. Humphrey's agairi - sfood in the witness-box and said —He is not the man. Mr. Arnold—Then he is discharged. The Oxford Music Hall. The entertainments provided for the Whitsuntide holi days at this popular metropolitan music hall are exceed ingly attractive, and as a natural result the splendid build ing has been crowded to excess during the week. Th great popularity that now attaches to the music of Offen bach in London is in a vary great measure to be attributed to the spirited managing director of the Oxford, because he was the first to introduce it into the metropolis, and since that time it has well maintained its placelin his programme. In order to vary the entertainment as much as possible, a selection has been made from Adolph Adam's sparkling operetta of "If I were King" to solos which have been confided to Miss Russell, Miss Fitzhenry, Mr. Dalton, and Mr. Evans, who render the music in the most finished artistic manner. The applause on each occasion of its performance is universal, and although perhaps an encore for the entire repetition, if made at once, would, of course, be refused, yet the audience availed themselves of their undoubted privilege in the most liberal manner, and in variably encore every solo. Miss Russell, however, takes the lion's share of the applause, some times she has fre quently to curtsey and curtsey again and again, in order to excuse herself from a third repetition of her exceed ingly brilliant piece towards the close of the selection. The comic, element here is also in great force, and the laughter caused by Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, is always elicited without the slightest approach to vulgarity. It would be impossible to make up aholidaypro gramme without gymnastics, and accordingly Mr. Morton has secured the services of some of its most talented pro fessors, viz., Messrs. Persivani, D'Ronde, Segundo, and Mello], each of whoM perform a series of graceful wonders. There is a competitor at the Oxford with Ethardo of the Crystal Palace, the ‘' Spiral Ascensionist," in this instance delighting in the name of Eurardo. Altogether the Oxford certainly presents the most varied amusements in the metropolis ; and therefore it is not surprising to see it so largely patronised by those whose great desire is pleasure and amusement. The Canterbury Hall. -o This, the first and oldest music-hall ever established, still successfully maintains its reputation for excellence. The holiday-makers on_ the south side of the Thame nightly flock to it in thousands, a certain and indisputables evidence that they highly appreciate the endeavours made for their special amusement. The picture gallery is con stantly being enriched with splendid additions, and the vocal department is nightly reinforced by the best avail able talent. Like the Oxford, a capital selection of operatic music is invariably performed every evening, and the comic talent here is represented by two humorous vocalists, whose reputation for fun is without parallel—viz., Mr. Arthur Lloyd and Mr. Vance. A delightful feature in the programme of the Canterbury is the English glees and madrigals, and certainly all those who desire to hear right down thorough English melody cannot find a place of amusement where that is given in greater perfection than at the Canterbury. The Coal Question. (From the Mining Journal, May 19, 1866.) " This is a question," says Mr. W. Stanley Jevons, " of that almost religious importance which needs the separate study and determination of every intelligent person. And," he continues, referring to the forebodings, of those who suppose our stock of coal to be running short—" if we find that we must yield before the disposition of material wealth, which is the work of a higher Providence, we need not give way to weak discouragement concerning the future, but should rather learn to take an ele vated view of our undoubted duties and opportuni ties in the present." Learning that the rate at which th e ex h aus ti on o: _ _ our cgal beds is going on is about 96,000 acres, of a yard in thickness, per annum, we can well under stand thinking minds are beginning to feel alarm, and to inquire how long our deposits of fuel will last with this enormous drain upon them. The uncertainty which at present surrounds the whole question naturally tends to increase the apprehen sion that we may upon some winter's morning, at no very remote period, awake to the annoying fact that the coal-cellar of the United Kingdom is empty. There are several points in connection with this question upon which we propose from time to time to write; at present our intention is to show the strange uncertainty which surrounds so vital a question. It must be remembered that the evi dences of this uncertainty given in the following computations are of the most decided character, all of them having been made by men professing to have special information respecting the coal fields with which they deal. FIRST, OF THE NEWCASTLE COAL FIELD. M'Nab, in 1792, in a Treatise on the Coal Trade - in Williams's Mineral Kingdom, gives the durition of this field as ... 360 years. Thomson, in 1814, in Annals of Philosophy 1000 years. Hugh Taylor, in 1830, Report on Coal Trade 1727 years. Dr. Dockland, Bridgewater Treatise ... ... 400 years. G. C. Greenwell, in the Transactions of Mining Engineers, gave the duration as an years. T. Y. Hall, after a very careful examination of the same field Sir William Armstrong says, in his address as president of the British Association, so far as this coal-field is concerned, at the present rate of working, it is generally admitted that exhaustion will take place in 200 years. Handel Cossham, in a paper read before the mining engineers of South Wales, says, speaking of the Durham and Northumber land coal-fields, the thin seams alone would supply the present generation for 400 years. Edward Hull, in his "Coal-fields of Great Bri- ... 256 years, baba," second edition, gives the period as 450 years, SECONDLY, OF THE SOUTH WALES COAL-FIELD. 11. Hussey Vivian, M.P., in his speech some years since on the French Commercial Treaty, says, I arrive at the conclusion that South Wales could supply all England for.,. 500 years. And her own consumption for„. 5000 years. Edward Hull, in his book already quoted, says supposing the production of future years to amount to ten millions, the supply would last for ... „. 1600 years. THIRDLY, OF ALL OITR COAL-FIELDS. McCulloch, in his Dictionary of Commerce, says—calling her coal mines the coal cellars of the great city, there is in them a supply which at the prosentrate of expenditure will last for .„ ,„ 2000 years. R. C. Taylor, of America, in his book on coal, estimates the duration of all the British coal beds as ... „. 1700 years. Sir W. Armstrong writes—The entire quantity of available coal existing in these islands has been calculated to amount to about 80,000,000,000 tons, which at the present rate of consumption would be exhausted in 930 years. but with a continued yearly increase of 2,500,000, tons would only last ... Edward Hull writes—The increase, as I have shown, amounts to 1,500,000 tons per annum, or 150,000,000 tons in a century; with the above rate of increase, it (the coal) would 212 years only be sufficient for upwards of From this it will be evident that no dependence can be placed upon any computation that has yet been made. Mr. H. Hussey Vivian, who, in 1860, told us that "it was perfectly absurd to talk of the exhaustion of coal in this country," has given notice that he will move for the appointment of a Royal commission to inquire into the future pros pects and present state of our coal trade. Sir Geo. Grey has informed the house that the Government are in correspondence with Sir R. Murchison on the subject, and that it is probable the inquiry will be committed to the care of the Geological Survey and the Mining Record-office. Whatever course may be adopted, it is to be hoped that it will be carried forward in perfect indepen dence of all trade interests ; that it will be regarded as a religious duty to determine, with all possible exactness, the quantities of coal remaining un.. worked in the existing collieries ; and that the highest geological knowledge and practical expe rience will be brought to bear' on the examination of the country covered by the Permian rocks and the New Red Sandstone, so as to determine what the probable extension of known coal-fields may be. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 15 Ditto 3 Months. 12 0 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 0 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 119 Vienna, — 13 40 _ . 11 17 12 12 25 62} 25 624 13 1 25 12 25 50 25 60 120 13 60 13 60 Trieste Petersburgn Berlin 13 30 24i 6 29 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Na litssolusotimmeems 45 46 28 0 28 0 28 0 28 0 4Gf 47 28 50 28 5.0 28 50 28 00 BOW-STREET. THE CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST A FRENCH BANKER.— Victor Wideman, lately the manager of a bank at Gueb wilter, in France, was again brought before Sir Thomas Henry, the chief magistrate, charged with absconding from his creditors, and taking with him a large amount of money, their property. The proceedings commenced with the reading of the de position made in France by the official assignee, M. Adolph Picard. It occupied a considerable time, and contained no facts other than those published in the brief account pub lished in The Sun yesterday. After the interpreter had gone on for some time, Sir Thomas Henry asked Mr. Williams whether there was any use in continuing the reading of the document, as it appeared to him to contain nothing but explanations as to the circumstances that led to the prisoner's flight, which had been occasioned, as they all knew, by his improperly discounting bills for a person named Stocker. The amount of money alleged to have been taken being 150,000 francs. Mr. Williams said, as the reading had gone on so far he should like to hear it to the end. This was done, and at its conclusion, Inspector Williamson of the detective force said—l ap prehended the prisone on Saturday at a house in High street, Peckham. I asked him his name, he said it was Bourgeos. I then asked M. Picard in, and he identified him as Widemann. I told him I was an inspector of police, and showed him my warrant for his arrest. He made no reply. Sergeant Druscovitch, who was with me, then went out of the room, and returned with a travelling bag and portmanteau. Prisoner was asked if they be longed to him, and he replied " yes." We tken conveyed the prisoner t• Bow-street, and examined the contents of the bag, which contained a large amount of French money, which would amount in English to about £2,400, and bills and bonds. This being the whole of the case, Mr. Montague Williams asked for a remand on the ground that he had stated that he should be able to prove that certain of the statements of Mr. Beard was not quite correct, and also that he should be able to prove a partner ship ; and if ho did that, he apprehended that he could not be denominated a fraudulent bankrupt. Sir T. Henry said the prisoner had, throughout the whole of the proceedings, never mentioned anything about a partnership ; he had all through spoken of certain per sons as his creditors. He had removed more than £lO, and therefore he had brought himself within the denomi nation of a fraudulent bankrupt as laid down in the treaty. He did not think the prisoner comprehended exactly the position he was in. He might think his case was being finally decided upon, instead of its being merely an inves tigation to ascertain whether there was sufficient to go be fore a jury. He thought there was ample evidence, and therefore the matter had better be explained to the pri soner. This having been done, Mr. M. Williams said the prisoner, he believed, properly understood his position, yet notwitkstanding that, he wished to "appeal." The prisoner was told there was no appeal, bnt that he could apply to the Court of Queen's BenoL fn. rt. habeas. Sir T. Henry said all he could do was to sign the war rant to commit the prisoner to the House of Correction, and that fact would be communicated to the Secretary of State, and he would fix the time for the prisoner's being given up. There would be certainly hurry in the matter. The prisoner said that wished to be afforded time to prove he was a partner. Sir F. Henry said he was quite willing to grant a re• mand for such a purpose. The prisoner said he could prove by witnesses from Colmar that he was only a partner in the bank, and Sir F. Henry then remanded him for a week to enable him to produce his witnesses. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OUTRAGE BY A SOLDlER.—Roderick Fraser, a private of the Scots Fusiliers, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assaulting Mrs. Mary Ann Martin, wife of a bootmaker, residing at No. 4, Great Crown-court, Pulteney-s treat. Mrs. Martin said that on tho previous night sho was standing at her door when the prisoner came up to her and gave her a fearful blow on the head knocking her down. Her husband, who heard her screams, then camp up and gave the prisoner into custody. She hoped the magistrate, however, would be lenient to the prisoner, as he had been drinking, and perhaps some one had offended him. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said the prisoner was an entire stranger to him, and that ho had not given him any offence. Mr. Martin, husband of the complainant, said that while going up Great Crown-court, the previous night, he heard the prisoner say, at the same time taking off his belt, that he would do for any one. The prisoner then deliberately knocked his wife down, upon which he gave him into ustody. Sergeant Ward, 290 A, proved seeing the prisoner in Crown-court with his belt off. The last witness gave him into custody for assaulting his wife. There was a large crowd collected, and some of the bystanders said the pri soner had also knocked dcwn a drunken man and broken his leg. A constable had been to the man in the hospital that morning. The man said that he was drunk at the time, and might have injured himself. He did not wish to say anything against the soldier. There was another soldier with the prisoner, and ho also h a d hi s b e lt o ff , an d from what he could learn they had both been knocking people about. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the pri soner had been drinking. The only defence the prisoner made to the charge was that he did riot think he had done it. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was sorry to see a man with a good conduct stripe charged with such an offence. He should fine the prisoner 20s or 14 days. TIIAMES. SINGULAR CASE OP FRAUD.—John Ellis, a man of re spectable appearance and address, about forty years of age, described as a clerk to an attorney, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with unlawfully obtaining X 5 by false and fraudulent pretences of Mr. James ITawkes, of 24, Regent's-road, Canal-road, Stepney. _ _ Mr. Hawkes said that several persons named Holmes and others were committed for trial from the Thames Police court for unlawfully pulling down a house in Poplar. They were found guilty at the sessions, and sentence was postponed. On Thursday week the prisoner, who was re commended to him by two friends, named Gall and Pear man, called upon him and represented himself as clerk and accountant to Mr. Chippertield, a solicitor in Southwark. The prisoner had done some business for his frienOs Gall and Pearman before. The prisoner offered to get up a memorial for the convicted prisoners, and to retain coun sel on their behalf. Tho prisoner also pencilled down on a table £24 I3s. 6d., as the sum he should require to draw up a memorial to the judge and to employ counsel. He gave the prisoner £5 in the belief that he was Mr. Chipperfield's clerk. He had since seen Mr. Chipperfield, who disowned him, and said lock him up whenever you can find him. The prisoner also represented that he had retained Mr. Cooper, the barrister. Ho had seen Mr. Cooper, who said he had not seen the prisoner and had received no brief or fee from him on account of Holmes and others. The Prisoner—How long have. I been engaged in this matter ? -Witness—l do not know. Henry Holmes, a dairyman, of No. 5, Providence-place, Canal-road, Mile-end, who was tried and acquitted at the last Middlesex Sessions, stated that he saw the last wit ness give the prisoner £5. The Prisoner—Did you not know me before? Witness-1 had seen you about tho Common (Bow Common). Tho Prisoner—Not on the previous Friday. Witness—No, certainly not. I did not think much of you to employ you. The Prisoner—l had boon engaged three weeks pre vious to my suing you in the case. Mr. Paget said that Mr. Chipperfield must be produced. Inspector 13eare, of Ow division, PAisl Witt Nlr. Qiiip- EMIGRATION. The New York Herald of May 6 has the follow ing on the emigration to America :—The great tide of immigration that has been setting in lately on our shores and that increases in volume every month as the summer advances, has notreceived the atten tion it merits. Within the last month, ending April 30, there arrived at this port alone from Europe twenty thousand four hundred and seventy-eight emigrants. Ten thousand six hundred of these came from Liverpool, and nearly seven thousand from the ports of Bremen and Hamburg? The first were mostly Irish, and the latter were Germans. Twenty-eight steamships and twenty-eight sailing vessels were employed in conveying these emigrants from Europe to New York. Since our war was closed, and the resources and grandeur of the great American republic have become better known, the desire to emigrate to this country has spread far and wide over the European continent. The attention of the people everywhere has been aroused to Ame rica, and the thousands of letters that are going by every mail from the brothers, sisters, parents, chil dren and friends of people in Europe, who are settled here, convey information of the boundless ness of our resources and the glory of the coun try. Every arrival, therefore, is the advance guard of a larger body. With the full restoration of peace and harmony in the United States this tide must continue to swell. There is room - enough and to spare for all Europe here, and we can scarcely migration to this cou n t r y w ill emigrants bring with the m , c b o e n . j e c rr t u h r e e m w e h a a n t s the t h e e and the value of their labour in increasing the na tional wealth, are worth to us a vast amount. The twenty thousand and upwards who arrived in April at this port only may be reckoned as an addition of twenty millions of dollars to the wealth of the coun try. This, therefore, is a subject well worthy of notice in its general bearing and features. But it deserves the attention of the Government, of our shipping merchants, and of the people for other reasons. The emigratrts are crowded together in the vessels which bring them over much after the Ftu the coast of Africa have'been inhumanly crowded. Some of these vessels carry over a thousand or eleven hundred passengers with the poorest accommodation. They are huddled together like slaves in the pen of a slave trader. The appearance of these poor crea tures when they land shows plainly how they have been treated. The wonder is, not that the cholera or ship fever, whic'a was engendered on board lately and which has created so much anxiety in the city, made its appearance, but we may be surprised that it has not killed mare of thet emigrants. The ship ping merchants arc reaping a rich harvest by this trade, and they are so greedy of gain that they lose sight of humanity, decency, and public opinion. We call upon Congress, therefore, to pass a law without delay regulating the transportation of emigrants, fixing the number that each vessel may carry ac cording to its tonnage and measurement, and pre scribing such rules as the comfort and health of the emigrants require. Not on ly d oes h uman it y d eman d such an act, b u t i t is to our interest to make the voyage across the Atlantic as safe and agreeable as possible. The sufferings and danger from disease which have come to our notice lately are calculated to frighten those who are disposed to emigrate from undertaking the voyage. It is to our interest to'pro mote emigration, and consequently to provide for the safety and comfort of the emigrants as far as this can be done by legislation. There is another view of this subject relative to emigration which shipping merchants and Congress ought to consider. We see by the number of vessels employed what an extensive and a profitable business it is. Yet all this is done by foreigners, and by English shippers chiefly. Why is that we do not have the business, or at least a large portion of it? There might have been some reason for letting foreigners take this and other shipping business from us during the war ; but there is no reason why we should not have at least a share of it now. Cannot we build as good vessels and sail them as well and as cheaply as the English or any others ? No doubt there are many other more profitable ways of using capital here than abroad ; but this is profitable also, and our national pride and character for enterprise call upon us to renew the former maritime rivalry with other nations, and especially in connection with the immense and in- creasing emigration to our own country. Will our shipping merchants and shipbuilders turn their attention to the subject? Congress, too, ought to do something to promote the shipping interest, and this business in particular. Whatever can be done legitimately, by mail contractors, or by l aws favour ing e our own should b aent done e marine over th a t o f o th er promptly and lib era ll y . Let us promote emigration, protect th e em i gran t s, t country. mercantile give a new impulse to the shippi ng i n t erests o f h o nations, An arrangement was, late yesterday evening, hastily effected by the directors of the Bank of London for the transfer of their current and deposit accounts to the Consolidated Bank, which in future w well as the b us i ness o f t h e Bank the offices of the latter, i n Threadneedle-street iy r on its w Charing-cross. Alth oug h the course adopted has taken mos t peop l e b y surprise, it had nevertheless been expe c t e d t h at the Bank of ll London would, sooner or l a t er, h ave to wind up carofLondon oatn a n d its affairs in consequence of its untenable position through a large amount of its assets being locked up in securities not i mmediately convertible. The shares have for some weeks past been declining,. till yesterday £9, althou g h £lO i s pa id Upo was established in 1855, with 000, half of w hi c h i s pa id up. theyT of h reached ei 8 bo ao,k n The reserve fund at the la s t meet i ng was stated to amount to £302,321, and th e di v id end declared at n a them. capital the rate of 20 per cent. It is expected that as soon as all the arrangements have been perfected, the Bank of London will take steps for winding up. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN PUGILIST.—BiIIy Duncan, the celebrated inspector of the ring, died on Monday afternoon, at two o'clock. He had been afflicted with epilepsyfor many years, and was a grea t su ff erer f rom fits of a most serious kind, eventuating in paralysis, from th 9 ta9gt4 ht died. SPORTING NOTES. The settling over the Derby has gone off better than was anticipated. One or two gentlemen have asked for time, which was readily granted. Mr. Sutton, the owner of Lord Lyon, has not won so much as was at first supposed. Instead of win ning £lOO,OOO, as was stated, his net gain is £42,000. He made a present to the jockey . of ' £5OO, not a very large sum considering the enor mous amount he has landed. If Lord Lyon keeps well he is certain to win the St. Leger, which will make the third time that the Two Thousand, Derby, and St. Leger have been carried off by the same . ' horse, West Australian being the first to break the charm, Gladiateur next, and, as I have said above, it is only a matter of health with Lord Lyon to make the third. The grand prize of Paris, run next Sunday, I expect the Duke of Beaufort will secure with the aid of CEYLON, ME( most dangerous oppo nent being Mazeppa. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING IN EELLIGENCE. - - WEST DRAYTON RACES—TUESDAY. This pleasant and very successful meeting was brought to a conclusion yesterday, in most delightful weather. There was a falling off in the attendance compared with the opening day, but the interesting features of the racing were fully sustained, and good fields contested the various events. It is satisfactory to record such excellent manage ment at a meeting of this class, and we trust the untiring exertions of the promoters will meet with the reward they deserve. The Great Western Railway Company's arrange ments, notwithstanding the very heavy traffic, were excel lent, the safety and convenience of the public being duly considered. The following is a f ull return of the day's running : The MEMBERS' PLATE (a Handicap) of 40 sovs, for all ages ; winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr. C. Grimshaw's Shrapnell, by Weatherbit—Shot, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (inc. 71b ex.) C. Gray) 2 1 Mr. Palmer's Little Gentleman, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.../Carroll) Mr. J. Wood's Northill, 3 yrs , est 121 b ... ~ . r Wheeler) 3 Mr. Butler's Bessie, 4 yrs, 7 st 121 b %.(J. Covey Mr. Legg's Mousquetaire, 6 yrs, 7st 81b l'Anson 0 3sl M r r . . L G a r p eg id o is ry t : a s TChheelmvsafmorpd,ire4, y 3 rs, yrs, 7s 7 t s 7 t lb ab (Inc ( goy.G7rlebe x r .) 0 (Clement) 0 Mr. P. Wickham's Little Jess, 3 yrs, Est 81 b (Cameron) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Little Gentleman, 3to 1 agst Shrapnell, 8 to 1 agst The Vampire, 10 to 1 "bar three." Won easily by two lengths : Northill was a bad third, Little Jess fourth, The Vampire fifth, Chelmsford next, and Bessie last. The RAILWAY SELLING STAIrcRS of 3 SOPS each, with 20 added for all ages ; selling and other allowances. Five furlongs. Mr. Ballard's f. by Cannobie—Hopbine, 3 yrs (X3Ol, 7st 131 b Mr. Marsh's Star Cross, 3 yrs (£3O), Bst 21b(R. I'Anson 2 Mr. Howard's Opposition, 3 yrs (£3O), Bst 21b (Hibbard 3 Mr. W. Th omas ' s The Roarer, 4 yrs (£3O), 9st 21 • (C. Gray 0 Mr. Clifford's Bunch, 4 yrs (al)), Bst 131 b (Mr. Clifford 0 Mr. Fisher's Actor, 3 yrs (X3O), Bst 21b (C Page 0 Mr. Boulter's Approver, 4 yrs (£5O), 9st 41b ...(Halley 0 Mr. 0. Ottaway's Ingratitude (late Lioness) aged (L3O 9st 21b (J. Kennedy 0 Mr. T. Last's Master Shutt, 3 yrs (.£3O), 7st 131 b (S. M.ordin)o Betting—Even agst The Roarer, 4 to 1 agst Opposition, 6 to 1 each agst the Hopbine filly and Star Cross, 8 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by two lengths; a length se parated second and third ; Master Shutt was fourth, The Roarer fifth, and Ingratitude last. The winner was bought in for 47 guineas. The WEST DRAYTON HANDICAP of 7 sovs each, 2 ft., with 40 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. One mile and a half. 23 subs. Mr. D. H. Johnstone's Grapeshot, by Artillery—Princess, by Retriever, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Clement) 1 Mr. W. S. Halford's Love Letter, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Doolan) 2 Mr. E. Clifford's Hurrah, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (R. I'Anson 3 Mr. Dally's Guildhall, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Coslett 0 Capt. Sheehy's Nabocklish, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (0 Page 0 Mr. C. Grimshaw's Comet, 6 yrs, 7st 31b (0. Gray 0 Mr. Spencer's Colona (h b), 5 yrs, Est 121 b (S. Mordan 0 _ _ Betting-5 to 2 agst Grapeshot, 7to 2 agst Comet, 4to 1 agst Nabocklish. Won in a canter by four lengths ; Hur rah was a bad third, Nabocklish fourth, Guildhall fifth, Colona sixth, and Comet, many lengths in the rear, last. The starter reported C. Gray to the Stewards for disobe dience at the post, and they decided to refer it to the Stewards of the Jockey Club. The HUNTERS' STAKES, a piece of plate, value 25 guineas ; half-bred horses allowed 71b ; winners and professionals to carry 71b extra. Two miles on the flat. Mr. G. Cardinall's Doeford, by King of Trumps—Passion Flower (h b), 4 yrs, list (Mr. Orbell) 1 Mr. Mumford's Castle Hill, 5 yrs, list 71b(Mr.Mumford) 2 Mr. F. W. Spring's Fairplay (late Picco), aged, l Ist 71b (Mr. G. Drake 3 Mr. J. Norris's Wild Duchess, 5 yrs, 12st (inc. 71b ex. (T. Price 0 Mr. C. J. Tattersall's Light of Other Days (late Johnny aged, 12st (inc. 71b ex.) (Owner 0 Mr. David's Tonio, aged, list 71b (car. list 91b (Mr. F. Worbwell 0 Mr.E. Barret's Master Rataplin, aged, list 71b Payne 0 Mr. C. Somers's Disappointment, aged, list 71 Mr. T. Last's Oscar, 6 yrs, 11st 71b (Mr. Edward s ) 0 Mr. Rolph's Dev o t ee , 6 yrs, list 71 b (Mr Blake) 0 (Barry) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Castle Hill, 3to 1 agst Disappoint.. ment, Bto 1 agst Doeford,-11 to 1 " bar three." 'Wild Duchess opened a hot favourite at 6 to 4, but from some obv;ous "movements" in the market she receded to "any price," 20 to 1 being offered up to the close. Won by a neck ; a length separated second and third; Wild Duchess was a bad fourth ; Devotee fifth, and Disappointment sixth. The others finished in straggling order. The SELLING HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of SO sous; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs. One mile and a half, over four flights of hurdles. Colonel Sharp's Jack's Alive, by Sweetmeat—Lady Gay aged, lOst 101 b (Owner) 1 Mr. Barret's Chirp, aged, 9st 101b(car.9st 131b)...(Chirp) 2 Mr. W. Thomas's The Roarer, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (H. States) 3 Mr. Gregory's Chelmsford, aged, lOstplb (Owner) 0 Mr. Tattersall's Oldbury, 4 yrs, lOst Mr. Ralph's Devotee, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (car lOst 61b) (Mr. Grant) 0 Mr. Bilham's Equinox, 6 yrs, Oat 1 Olb (Taylor 0 Mr. Jewett's Lucretia, 9st 81b (Kennedy) 0 Mr. Ballard's Shazalie, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (J. Ducker 0 Betting--2 to 1 agst Jack's Alive, 3to 1 agst the Roarer, 5 to 1 each agst Equinox and Chirp. Won easily by two lengths ; Roarer and Chirp finished a smart race home for second honours, which the latti gained by a neck. Oldbury was fourth, Lucretia, Shazalie, and Devotee finishing next, in the order named. Equinox fell in the early part of the race. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas. Royal Thames Yacht Club. The first-class cutter match of this club is to be sailed to-morrow (Thursday), from Gravesend to the Mouse Light and back, for a prize of £lOO value. The entries closed last night, and are as follow Yachts. Tons. Owners. Lulworth Vanguard 6O . Captain J. W. Hughes. Chris tabel Sphinx Amulet Vindex The Prince of Wales steamer is engaged by the club to accompany the race, and will leave London-bridge at half past nine. MARKETS.--This Day. - - -P^ MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home. grown wheat were moderate. The trade for all descriptions ruled quiet, at the prices of Monday last. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Holders were firm, but sales progressed slowly, at about late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at pre. vions quotations. The supply of English barley on sale was small—of foreign moderate. The demand for all qualities ruled heavy, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. Malt was in fair demand, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was large. The trade was dull, at barely late rates. Beans were in short supply, and the trade ruled firm, at full prices. Peas supported late rates, with a moderate demand. About an average business was transacted in flour, at late rates, SIIIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,240 40 1,570 290 Irish Foreign 6,790 1,170 1,260 22,050 2,430 sks. bls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending May For th e correspo ar. nding week 19, 1866. last ye Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 69 ,166.-465 id I Wheat 88,015-41s 8d Barley .... .... 4025-36 0 2 d' Barley ........ B,lBl-29s Od Oats BOROUGH HOP. The hop market is firm, and prices generally aro Well supportod. WHITECHAPEL. ' Modera t e supplies of meat a re on sale, for whi c h th ere is a fair demand , at the annexed quotations : B e ef, from 3 s O d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 10(1 to 5s 8(1 • lamb, 5s 8d to 7 s Od; veal, 4s 8:1 to 5s 8(1; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 201 per 81bs by the carcase. FIRE AT THE WEST END (Im lI'S DAY).—About 4 o'clock this morning a serious fire broke out in the premises of Mr. George Merrall, coachmaker, 45, Wells street, Oxford-street. Owing to the inflammable character of the contents, the flames spread with great rapidity, and notwithstanding the attendance of half a dozen steam fire engines, the whole of the valuable contents of the building were destroyed. A number of houses adjoining in Wells street Tiert A 149 Wag put THE PROPOSED CONGRESS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) VIENNA, Ma 22. The o ffi cial invitatio ns t o a Congress a t Paris have been despatched simultaneously by England, France, and Russia to Austria, Prussia, and Italy. The announcement of the official Dresden Journal yesterday that all the Powers had agreed to'the proposed Congress is premature, although Austria, if she has not already given her adhesion, will cer tainly do so. The effective strength of the Austrian army now under arms is between 6 00,000 and 700,000 men. In case of need 300,000 more troops can be raised in a very short period. LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Ere: At the Court at Windsor, the 19th day of --kra3; 18 66 present, the Queen's Most Exoallent.Majesty i n Council.; Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to decla re her consent to a contract of matrimony between her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Eliza beth, of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Prince of Teck; mhich consent her Majesty has caused to be signified under the Great Seal. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 24. Notice is hereby given that her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated on Saturday, the 26th of May next. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 31. Notice is hereby given that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold, drawing rooms at St. James' -Palace, ok behalf of h er Ma jesty, on Wednesday, the - 23d of May, * and on Saturday,the 9th of June next, at two o'clock. It is the •Queen's pleasure that Presentations to her Royal Highness at these drawing rooms, shall b e eon _ sidered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 21. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jatn es William Musson as Consul for the Bermuda Islands for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 19. . . Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Hon. John. Henry Thomas Manners Sutton (Now Governor and Com_ mander-in-Chief of the Island of Trinidad and its depen dencies), to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Victoria. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Cleaver Francis Robinson, Esq. (now President and Senior. : Member of the Executive Council of the Island of Mon', ; ... serrat), to b e G overnor and Commander-in-Chief of I.4er Majesty's settlements in the Falkland Islands and t:noi r dependencies. vv. :T o nt: The Queen ha j a t e e s n yasen and OWNING STREET, MAT 21. Puisne Judges of the p c lias lem ed an to F ap it pzi u n t t r li ) c e k7 tru E s Joh eon Jacobs, Hope, and Court of the Colony of the Den citor-General for that colon lin y. Esq., to be Soli. Cape of Good Hop WAR-OFFICE, PAL . L- The Queen has been graciously 21 Alt 22. that the 89th Regiment of Foot pleased to command title of "Princess Victoria's" Regiment, henceforth bear the tion of the recent presentation of ne:teolener,,c°ln,raem°ra•• those presented by her Majesty when Princessre In Victor, 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant George Robertson to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Z - • Egginton, who resigns the appointment. ; 094 6th Dragoon Guards -Riding Master Francis L eviro Michael, from the 1 3 th Hussars , to be Riding Masker , vice William Hessey, who resigns. 7th Dragoon Guards-Archibald Speirs Mcßae, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Ralph Beard, tra.n e , ferred to the 16th Lancers. 13th Hussars-Staff Sergeant-Major Henry Hub bard, from the Cavalry Depot, to be Riding Master, - vice Francis Levison Michael, transferred to the 6th Dra goons ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Dodd Milburn, from the 108th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fr ands Johnson, M. 8., who exchanges. 16th1Lancers-Lieutenant Charles Carrington Ch xrrch ward, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Gooch, who retires; Cornet William Channel Bovill to be. Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Churchward ; Cornet John Ralph Beard, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be ,Cor net, vice Bovill; John Bullen Symes, Gent., to be •Cor net, by purchase, vice Charles Edward Pulteney hap lin, who retires. Royal Artillery-Surgeon Stanhope Hunter Fasson, having completed 20 years' full pay service, to be iSur geon-Major under the provisions of the Royal Welt rant of Feb. 3, 1866 ; Surgeon James Arthur Hanbury, from the 63d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Thos. Llewellyn Nash, M.D., who exchanges. Coldstream Guards-Major and Brevet-Colonel Dudley Wilmot Carleton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Co lonel William Mark Wood, who retires upon half-pay , Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel James Talbot Airay, 033., to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Carleton ; Lieutenant and Captain Charles Greenhill-Gardyne to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Airey ; Ensign and Lieutenant Erroll Augustus Joseph Henry, Lord Wallscourt, to be, Lieu tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Greenhill- Gardyne ; William Michael Glynn Turquand, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice) Lord Wallscourt. let Regiment of Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry Francis Nettles to be Quartermaster, vice Jos. M'Gee, who retires upon half-pay. 2d Foot-Ensign William Montgomery, from the 74th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Charles Douglas Hay, trans ferred to the 74th Foot. 4th Foot-Gentleman Cadet Charles Edward Wright, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Charles William Egginton, deceased. Bth Foot-Ma . r Will'am. F. Adams Colman, from half -pi-y.71-de- oo toTie Major, vice De Vic Tapper, who retires upon temporary half-pay, 9th Foot-Ensign Daniel Dickinson to be Lieuterantl without purchase, vice George Waugh, deceased ; En-. sign Thomas John Buchanan to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Dickinson, whose promotion, by purchase, on the Bth inst., has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet ita rnaurice Robert Deane Townahend, from the Royat college, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Buchanan. 25th Foot-Francis Welch, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Arthur Harry Turner, promoted. 31st Foot -St a ff Assistant-Surgeon Alex an der F errier Churchill, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice William Grantt, M. 8., promoted on the Staff. 39th Foot-Lieutenant Cowper Rochfort has been per mitted to retire from the Servi ce b y th e sa l e of his Com mission. 55th Foot-Gentleman Cadet Fredk. James Webber Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Braddon, promoted. 63d Foot-Surgeon Thomas Llewellyn Nash, M.D., from the Royal Artillery, to be Surgeon, vice James Arthur • Hanbury M. 8., who exchanges. 74th Foot-Ensign Charles Douglas Hay, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice William Montgomery, trans ferred to the 2d Foot. 85th Foot-Lieutenant Frederick Willock Garnett has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of is Commission_ his Commission. 87th Foot —S taff-Surgeon William Grantt, M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Thomas Carey, placed upon half-pay. 99th Foot—Ensign A. M'Arthur Moir to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Joseph Ward, who retires ; William )T Barnard Broughton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moir. BREVET. Staff Surgeon-Major William Arden, who retires upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals. ' Quartermaster Joseph M'Gee, half-pay, late Ist Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. The undermentioned promotions to take place in succes sion to Lieutenant-General John Dawson Rawdon, who died sth May, 1866: — Major-General Edward Hungerford Delaval Elers Napier, Colonel of the 61st Foot, to be Lieutenant- General. Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Darling George, C. 8., from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major_ General. Major C. E. Brown-Westhead, 31st Foot, to be Lieute nant-Colonel. Captain John Theophilus Ussher, Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. The undermentioned Officers having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonol, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Feb. 3, 1866: Lieutenant -Colonel John Patrick Redmond, 61st Foot. Lieutenant -Colonel Alexander McKinstry, 17th Foot. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—Ths Day. usilier, LONDON, May 23.—Wind this day at noon—North. Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. for o C rr ope r n L h ic a m ge o n u . TH, PLYMOUTH, May Ma272.—Wind E. to N.E. Normandy, from Buenos Ayres; Anna, from St. Übe's 21.—Arrived -3 f A ar r y ri l i sm ds Madras. OFF HASTINGS, May 22.—Arrived—Leonida, from thei Tyne for Bombay. S.F. — Arrived—The screw Davidson,S fromf r o F L m V E rv C o lt :a nui l r e:r ro l 'an; May D a e y r Demuth, w from in i nd:Ba S.W.—Arrived—Dodds V i a . w Adams, from'Bayonne. ; stranded on the bar OFF LrczurooL, May 22. Wi nd Europa, from Pomaron. S.W.—Arriyed— Dusianx, May 22.—Wind steamer Adele, from Grangemouth RAMSGATB, May 21.---Wiud S.W.--Arrived—Saga, from Porto Rico for Hamburg, assisted in with bowsprit and jibboom carried away, and other damage, having been in collision. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 22—Strathspey, from Drobak. Arrived, May 23—Prospect, from Gothenburg; Adler, from New York. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Thruvang, from Jamaica, for London. The Yarra Yarra, from Melbourne, for New York, slipped from anchor and chain last night to avoid the land, and has been supplied with others in lieu thereof. Sailed, in tow—Johanns, from New York, for London. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Faris is about per mille , and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling gold, it appears that gold is . On d 't e a Le d r ar i d a Pariu th a n in London. comparing these rate s with the English Mint price Of £3 at New York on London tor bilh , at d abou 60 days' s i g ht is 106) to 107 per cent. At these rates these t e ° 2 ll ‘ x O u p t r h e e ers ounce n e er is no profit on the iMportaLion of gold from the cilite 13tilteN. over 100 100 100 all 100 100 MEN' 25 6