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

far. Y 6. 11t in a btended nel the seback. rounds ;boss °f ag e of settled :,haPell L ANT) i g hness o n the ran ged. I board we e to i.R.S., Royal con" ving the 3 for elli' MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, All the principal foreign speculative stocks con tinue in a very buoyant state. Turkish 5 per C ents. are 311 ; Mexican, 17 ; do. New, 15 ; Greek 10i 111 Spanish Passive, 211 ; the Certifi cates, 14i 14; Italian, 38; 4 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 6} 5i dis. United States 5-20 Bonds, 65k- 66 ; Erie Shares, 41:1 451 ; and Illinois, 77e f. k Business *in the Railway Share Market has been rather dull, and prices generally have shown less Eastern, South Eastern, h ave d ec li ne d 1 ; G reat •ektstern, ; Great Western, ; and. North Western, South Western, and Midland, each 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inac tive, at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request. Bank of London are dealt in at 15 16 ; European, at 14 15 dis. ; Midland, at 171 ; and Alliance have declined to 16g.. Credit Foncier and Alobilier of England are at 14 21; Fore -street Warehouse at 111 12 ; London Financial, at 5 7 i ; and National Discount Company, at 11i 121. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 2 G OVERNMENT FUNDS. - Der Cent. Console D a o. Account, May 9 B6 5i htP e r Cent. Reduced ' 85f Neal , 3 Per Cent Bsk * i ",W 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A "'-'(:). O per Cent. Jan. 1873 — unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — DO (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Eze 'Le 1, quer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — D. March. £5OO n o £lOO and 000 — Sall , k of England St oc k, 5 per Cent Ve Account — lA.. n tu, IND ---- , TOTERNME N T SECURITIES. ,41 Stock, 10 per Cent., Apri.llB74 2lO •L',o. Account 1 1, 0 . 5 per Cent. Oct 1870 ' l °. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper '4 per Cent T ,'"O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ' l °. 5 i per Cet., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D o. Bonds, £l,OOO — 0• under .£l,OOO A _ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES . -4 ' gentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm b il listrian Bonds, 5 per C en t, 1859 13t azilian 5 per Cent 94 D e• ii per Cent., 1852-58-60 po. 1863 June. , Do. 1865 — 68 71 "'Jo Account 61 6 7 dis D D. Scrip, £45 paid "itlenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ci,.., 1) . °. 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do"4llan raper Cent — Do. Scrip, £5O paid 41 per Cent — n ID° . per Cent 6olotnbian 6 per Cent. — I)1'1 6 per Cent. 1) 44i811 3 per Cent., 1825 — D4llubian Principalities ,„ 0- Account 4100410 r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — • Do, _ P rovisional Land Warrant — t Do Deferred _ OP t ian 7 per C en t — ,•, Second Issue — 'lO £ l OO Bonds BB D ' 1) 0 .£lOO Bonds 1864 B3 44 87 D ° • G overnment Railway Debentures. 85 6 dis (a re b...£50 paid l e ' Per ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons ..... ,0. Account D ° . Coupons 4,i,,0. Account itVeroala 5 per Cent. — 0 1 0 44 . Per - Cent 1865 111„Z. Raremmana Railway — D o , all 3 per Cent — Account 1.),, p 1:1 ` ) - 1864 — 1s,1 0 „ - , . per Cent. Anglo-French komLeridean 6 per Cen., £3O paid New Bll I mperial 5 per t Cent Gra d 0 na a - P ort 2 Per Cent — Do-81ese 3 per Cent., 1853 D 3 Nr Cent., 1856, '7, o Russ Account '9, '6O, '62, '3, 43 b r , A , 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B5 )::),'" 't Per Cent. 1850 Do" li per Cent, 1860 r io t Per Cent. 1859 — D o `), Per Cent. 1862 / B ardi o ' i yer Cent. 1864 8984f 21 I), 411 5 per Cent t, • Account 'Poli s h 8 , Doper Cent D 0 N. 1111 b o A ew Deferred — D o ~4 1-e o o unt o ra ss rve 2l+ 5t,,,.:, 4-,eotUnt .6-`BO Cert. of Coup not funded -- swe ° ,, c coltnt l5 141- -,,o`ush 4 per Cent. — 4- ' . 4 T orit . 4 per Cent. 1864 Do 1811 6 Per Cent. 1854 — Do co 6 per Cent. 1858 D 0 £4leocrißotrlds .°:, 6 per Cent. 1862 D°°is' Account 62 1 £lOO Bonds 641 3 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 6 . per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — 1, ..B..ccount• 321 2 I 1 ir e '"° 1 per Cent. Guaranteed o!+zuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account • Re 6 4.10. Account Cent., 1862 Do. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Delman, 4.} per cent., Ex. 25f "Jntch 21 per Clout., Ex. 12 Gnil 5Bl F /30 4 per Cent. Certifi cates 'i: rend' Itentes 3 per C en t -u Italian S per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ..... -. — e• Acco un t ~... 381 c o'lso TWO O'CLOCK. l - for mon I)°•,,Aceount 9t ey h inst. B7l 1 861 f EJA - r. —44-PING INTELLIGENCE.— This Day. 103)na.0] de g' % May 19.—Wi n d thi s day at noon —South, irlY; moderate breeze, and fine weather. Cor oriaba, 111.1 ' 00 1,, May 18.—Wind S.W.—Saited—City o f 6ere w steamer, for N ew Y or k ; Vi ctor i a Cross, for 44bIzr Video May 17 Wind S.W. — Sailed—Hindo, for . cl,3lY'rlikuProx, May 18.—Wi n d W . —A rr i ve d —Ripon, 07 steamer, from Alexandria. 4 Vi n el:i de N zAxcE, May 18.—Arrived—Gladiator, from Ittis-'1? LIVERPOOL, May 17.—wind S.W.—Arrived 4'D °h, from Pernambuco. ktt x1)14 , May 18. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Queen, from erciam. (BY TELEGRAPH.) lit • Sailed lr GRAVESEND, Saturday Mo r ni ng . ewer ' for Ostend. ' 'lay 19 —Velocity, steam er , f or C alais ; Holland, P assedDEAL, Saturday Morning. Wit l i Ilay 18 —Star of Peace, for. Colutubo ; Eagle's t04,3 1 0 ',. f . 0 . r Sierra Leone ; Dundee, for Jamaica —all from Bt a Odm from Shield; for Leghorn ; General, from cler land p , for Shanghae. ,444,,,3‘i, sere May 19.—M aldon, ship (in tow), from Calcutta; vr _ s teamer, from Liverpool—both for London. Eq, ------ --- - % ii °ll - , ANT TO HOLDERS OF UNITED STATES liteclTlEs•—The Secretary of the Treasury of the th at f States in his last annual report, estimated teat or the l ast three quarters of the now current taa tid Year the revenue would fall short of the de °leiasi 1113 " the Treasury $112,194,947. The . Itio lit i l st a t e published on the Ist of this ko tith ' shows that at the close of the first seven iti e z 8 of that period q th e expenditu the re.venue was $55,372,002 484 re O'. The Money M ar k e t to-day TWELVE is very firm, CLOCK and there is an increased reluctance to transact busi ness, owing to the stoppage of the European Bank. The nominal capital is;£4,000,000, in shares of £5O each, with £600,000 paid. The Bank was formed by the amalgamation of the Union Bank of England and France, the English, Belgian, and Netherlands Bank, and the English and Irish Bank. The specie movement during the past week has been of a very moderate character. The imports have been to the extent of £272,308, chiefly from Australia and the West Indies ; while the exports have been confined to remittances to the Continent, through private sources, estimated at £110,538. Two o'CLocK. Towards noon everything on the Stock Exchange appeared rather depressed. Consols were 4 lower, but they are now higher than they were yesterday afternoon, and affairs generally have left off with an extremely buoyant appearance. Consols are therefore 87* to for money, and 86 to + for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities have been dealt in at 851 to ; Bank Stock, 2421 ; In dian Stock, 210 ; and India Fve per Cents., 1051 to COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 • lOO 92 94 94 - Do. 6p. a. Feb. &Aup.',S ept l, 0 00 23 Do. p 100 90 93 - sp. c. Jan. & July 100 77 79 78 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed 8k 100 76 79 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do.Ap1.&001, 1890-1900 100 162 104 - Do. do; 1880-90 100 102 104 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 104 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 8) - Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6p. t 100 lt 0 102 - Do. 1878, do. 0 00 1(5 1 7 - Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. 1882. Mayls, Nov. 10. , 102 (03 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1.20 104 106 - Natal , ;c4. 6 per cent too 99 101 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 90 93 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1860 100 92 91 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 85 88 874 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 924 - Do. 5 per cent....... 100 72 75 71 2 -- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a sterling, 1875 l9O 96 99 99 - Queensland Gov. sp. c lOO 98 100 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 P.O 1868-0 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1(0 104 106 106 - Vio,Gov. 6pa Ja &July 100 - Do. do, epril & Oct lOO 100 102 10:i BRITISIT MINES. 2 Cam. ConsoL Gold, lira, 1 - Chiverton ........ .. . 74 6 7 - Clifford Amalgamated, 30 6 8 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 510 53) - Drakewalls 2.1.0 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 13 15 - East Caradon 2.14.8 5 6 - East Carn Brea 34 2 - Mot Grenville 2.14.0 14 251 - East Gunnislake . 8.3.0 / - East Loved 3.9.0 8 9 - E. W'i itussell (Tavistk 10.3.0 3 34 - G am.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 22 - G O r r e e a a t t L so i u X t e h y T , 0.14.6 a 2 1 1 , . - Great Wheal Busy.— 14.0.6 1 14 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist u 1 1 64 2 18 174 - Grenville 8.4198.0 - Herod's Foot 8.10.0 38 40 - Hingston Downs - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6ke 4 6 - Mar Valley • 4.10.6 34 44 4 klwyndy Iron Ore, lun 2 2 1 lad - New Sewn - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan, 4.4.0 North Wheal Crofty Prosper United 7.1.6 - Pr videnoe Uny Lttlant 10.0.7 32 34 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer)... 11 375 4 00 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18 9 5 20 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 4 6 - Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 7igra and Clogan, lira all 3 5 - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Ltskeard 9 6 - West Chiverton ll 674 724 - West Seton 474 130 140 - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 54 80 85 - Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 124 174 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 - Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 13 15 PILEFEREN 111: SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per cent. pf Ditto, No. 1, 5 per cent. stock, t 6 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., 100 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. hua. stock, No. 4, 101 North Eastern. Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 41 per cent., rd., 93 3} North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, London, Brighton, &a, 5 per cent., 1565, 100} M o idl Lndonand A and Best and B...Wernf, 1(4 44 per cent., 94 a p LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 90 FOREIGN ILAIL WAYS. Great Luxembourg, 2i 13 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 1:1 f FoitElGl.l Irvontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., United Mexican, liio., 2 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 69 BANHI3. Agra and Mteterman's, Um., l 2 cal 30 29 Alliance, Um.. 14/ 161 Anglo Austrian, Anglo Egyptian, lim., 21 Bank of London. 162 15& 16 City, 19/ Consolidated Bank, lim., S European Bank, lim., 14 15 Hindustan, China, and Japan, Um., 31 3 4 Imperial Ottoman, 92 2 Ditto, new, 6i Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 31 3 London and Eiver Plate, 61 Ditto, issued at 1/ pm., 122 London and County, 76 London Joint Stock, 46 1 Merchant Bank, Aim., 19 Id Ditto, new, 14 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 11 Midland Bank, lira., 17 South Australia, 31 Union of London, 511 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, lei Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 / City Offices, lira., Company of African Merchants, lira., 22 Credit eoncler and Mobilier of Engiano, 3 2 1 Discount Corporation, 61 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 61 52 61 Fairblirn Engineering, 5 Gen. Credit and Fins nae of London, lim.. 11 1 / Hudson's Bay, 152 16 Imperial Laud Company of Marseilles, Um., 61 Imperial mercantile Credit ammo., mu. 10 9 International Financial ,ociety, Um., 3 London Financial Association, lim., 8 9 7 London General Omnibus Company, lim, SI National Discount company, 121 Ocean Marine Insurance), 22 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Dm., 7 Warrant Finance P.m., -- --- By advicTs from Hamburg the price of gold is 427 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 stulin.4. Standard gold at the Englibh Mint price is, therefore, at about 27_10tha per cent, dearer in Hamburg than is Ltnadon. SHARE ORDINARY MAZES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. aristol and Exeter .... 'Caledonian Ilk•• • 13ambrian. .•••• Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall . . [Dublin & Belfast Juno. , Dun„Perth, & b.Junc. &London, berip Certil Do. Glasgow do S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern 11). A stock Do. B stock - Do. \ew. is. at 25 pro Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. 6. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. raid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & 'North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., dt Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do.do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd ?fldtand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. tit Derby %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwici Do. G.N •E purohabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... Do. Stock. Sr Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. Jr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern ... Staines, Wok., & Wok Taft ' Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall p aid. i Closing I Busineel Price. dein. 89 91 126 29 55 65 13 15 3 5 87 70 70 72 20 15 d i 112 114 38 39 6 7 122 12 1,2 a '5l l 55 4 . 5G 53 3S 40 31 35 1211 12 . 94 06 26 28 "gi ;20 921 4134 61 61 127 118 2 3 p d Ip' 85 90 1221 t 23; lf If 96 at 54 58 5 27 108 110 BRITISH Atlantic& St. Lawrence Qom., liaToda."ZeenTin gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- • . Calcutta & S. E., lim gape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben:;a1, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds. Do. do. deferred ... Do. 3d Pref. stock. Do. do. deferred . Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt./South of India gua. 5 per cent D ft per cent.... Do Great Wes. of Canads.. l D. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 1)0.54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. la do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. o. Bnds. Mel. do Hudson's Bay N. Rl.C'da, 6pc Istptbs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub.... i i Do.lndus 4° 70 72 108 110 351 381 10 11 p 120 124 1 2p 1 2p 73 76 108 112 118 150 86 68 43 19 72 74 7 8 140 143 1 3 ) 100 103 52 64 lESSIONS 64 54 100 102 id }p 4* 41 8 9 76 80 60 85 100 102 100 102 1011 102 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 69 55 57 50 55 42 45 92 45 27 30 108 1.L9 1i 2 p 1i 2 p 99 101 91 93 14 15} 5i 5 P 6 83 '5 II 01 100 112 CO 02 86 88 61 63 8 . 98 100 97 99 97 99 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY s EVENING 19, 1866. (This Day.) periences. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. General Jubal A. Early's Mexican Ex. The following letter has been addressed by the ex-rebel Jubal A. Early to the editor of the New York Daily News : HAVANA, April 15th. Sir,—l have just returned from Mexico, after a sojourn of three months in that country. Having received from Virginia several letters of inquiry in regard to the prospects for emigrants to Mexico, and having learned that many persons in that as well as the other Southern States desire to emigrate, I will state, through your columns, the result of my own observation and the information received from others on whose judgment I could rely. I must state, in the first place, that my personal observa tion of the country was confined to what I saw in passing and re-passing over the stage route from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico ; the greater part of my time having been spent in the latter city. The lands in the • Cordova District and about Orizava, through which the stage route passes, are unquestionably rich, and intelligent gentlemen, who had seen other pa r t s o f t h e country, informed me that there were other districts in which the lands were very rich, and capable of being made very productive by the proper use of capital and labour. But colonists will have many difficulties to encounter in all of them. There has been no systematic effort to survey or ascertain the locality of the public lands, until that recently made under the superintendence of General M'Gruder, Chief of the Land Office. All the lands at Cordova which have been surveyed as public lands have already been parcelled out and have supplied but a small number of colonists. Land titles in Mexico are in a very unsettled condi tion, and but few men know the boundaries of their own lands. So uninformed is the Government it self in regard to the lands to which it has claims that, in making a contract with General Hardeman, of Texas, for the survey of the public lands in Durango, the whole risk and expense of discovering those lands have been thrown on him, and he is to receive compensation only in the event of his being able to find and survey the lands, the Government not even undertaking t o f urn i s h him protection against guerillas and robbers while he is fulfilling his contract. The lands offered by private inch viduals in alternate sections to colonists, so far as lam informed, are in remote districts, where the Liberals, or Dissidents, as they are called, have control, and the Government can afford no protec tion. The very highly coloured accounts of the country and its resources which have been published, and the expectations of a large influx of emigrants which have been excited, have caused jroprietors having lands for sale to increase enormously the prices asked for them, and many persons who have recently arrived in the country have been unable to procure lands, either from the Government, or from private individuals. The legitimate consequence of all this has been that many are returning in a great state of dissatisfaction, while others, who relied on the de lusive promises of aid from the Government, find themselves not only without means of obtaining lands, but of returning to their former homes. It is exceedingly difficult for those who have succeeded in getting lands to procure labour to put them in a state of cultivation, as the entire population cannot be relied on for that purpose. All idea of procuring assistance from the Govern ment must be abandoned by those who desire to emigrate to the country. I have no do u bt th a t Mexico has resources which, under a stable govern ment, and with a capital and labour sufficient, are susceptible of a very considerable development ; but those who go there expecting to find th e b eau tif u l and fruitful land which is described in some of the published accounts, will be doomed to as sad a dis appointment as that experienced by the old Spanish conquerors in the research for the fabled Eldorado. On the railroad which is being constructed from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico practical and ex perienced engineers, contractorsand mechanics, may find employment, but otherwise very few positions are open to those who do not wish to cultivate the soil. Physicians who can speak the lan guage , can get permission to practise their professions, but beyond this there is no opening whatever for any of the learned profession. As to the stability of Government, I will state that I have no information, except what may be obtained by any sojourner in the country who can not speak the language. Though I remained in the National Capital for nearly three months, I did not see, even casually, so far as I know, the Emperor, Empress, or any Minister of the Government, nor did I seek to see them. I think, however, lam warranted in saying that any one who desires to make Mexico his permanent home, must do so without reference to the duration of the present Government. Information as to the length of time which that Government is to be maintained in the country is not to be obtained in Mexico. I have not advised any of my personal friends to emigrate to the country, and my knowledge is not sufficient to justify me to now giving my positive advice either way ; but, though my own determi nation to remain in exile is unchanged, I feel a deep interest. in the welfare of all my countrymen of the Southern States, and the knowledge which I ob tained from my own observation, as well as from the information of others, is sufficient not only to authorise me, but, in my estimation, to make it my duty to advise all those who are desirous of seeking new homes not to give up their present ones and emigrate to Mexico, until they shall have examined the country in person, or ascertained through some friend on whose judgment and experience they can rely, that their situation will be bettered. Above all; let no man who has a wife and children carry them to Mexico until he has secured a certain home and a fair prospect of support for them. By observing this caution much disappointment and suffering will be avoided. I send this communication to your paper for pub lication, as I have no doubt that in that way it will sooner reach the mass of the readers for whom it is intended than in any other. Respectfully, J. A. EARLY. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton., May 20 Ditto, via Marseilles June;l3 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British paoket. ..... June 4. Ditto, by Frenoh packet May 22. Cape of Good Bope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton May 20. Ditto, via Marseilles May 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 20. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 2). Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay); via Southampton May 29 Ditto, via Marseilles May 23 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 20. Ditto, via Marseilles .May 23. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille s, . June 7 Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet May 23 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..May 25. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. June 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) ••• ••• ' May ..29. Cuba and Mexico • . Bahamas, via New 'York. May 29. Bermuda, via Halifax. May 31. May .—. .B;taEffd: N ewcastle-on-Tyne ; ; James APOTHECARIES'-HALL.---The following gentlemen passed the 3 i i r a e: l 7 :_ in A at id io e n rson i n N t e h w e sa se m i:m T c o e tn a e n: D p ev ra on e- ; prac tice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, ; Arthur Griffith Evans, Edward Roberts Smith, Dud ley; bp Thomas ebjr dothuh S , n Macaulay , il v D e s a te r r d o G n e 1 Pembrokeshire Bush,l Car diff. The following gentleman, also, on the same day, passed his first examination :—Richard Careless Sanders, London Hospital. OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. (LlMlTED).—Yes terday, at Vice-Chancellor Wood's chambers, an application was made to pay £1,500 forthwith into court. In a case in Chancery two receivers had been appointed— one for the town, and the other for the country. One of them had deposited the money with Overend, Gurney, and Co., and it was lost by the stoppage. The other receiver had 4500, and was anxious to get rid of the money by paying it into court. The chief clerk (Mr. Weatherall) did not consider that it was vacation business. The point was, however, strongly urged, as all parties consented, and the money would be safe in court. Under the circumstances, and the consent of all parties, the order was made as prayed, and the receiver allowed to divest himself of the money. The town of Antwerp, wishing to give a concert to Sing Leopold 11., who is about to visit that town for the first time since his accession, determined to engage two celebrated Parisian singers, Mdlle. Nilsson and M. Faure. The lady'demanded 2,000 f. and the gentleman 4,000 f. for singing two morceaux each, so that the corporation of Ant werp has been obliged to renounce its intention. The Moniteur du Calvados states that M. Victor Chatel of that department has again collected a great num ber (1,000 to 1,200) of flints dressed by human agency, and belonging to the age of stone ; they have been discovered near Campandre-Valcongrain. Amongst them is a small saw, pertectly toothed, and a whistle, formed out of a pierced flint. There is also an unusually fine hatchet of large size. THE HORSE SHOW. —This Day. _ The great horse show, which has now become an event of annual occurrence, commenced to-day at the Agricul tural Hall, Islington. The entries this year are exceed ingly numerous, and the competitors for honours em brace some of the finest specimens of the noble animal eyes ever looked upon. The hall has been arranged with the greatest possible convenience, and a perfect view of the various animals, as they gallop round the large tanned ride in the centre of the building previous to their receiving the prize, has been secured to every visitor. The hall also presents a very attractive appearance from the number of useful and ornamental articles displayed with the utmost taste to tempt the pockets of the crowd of visitors. There is the greatest diversity in thi s portion of the exhibition, which we think will prove far more attractive than the horses to many of the thousand visitors who will be certain to throng the Agricul- j tural Hall during the days of the "Show." There are stalls for the sale of pert urnery and other fancy articles of that description, also those devoted to more useful and elegant articles. There is a fine display of horticultural productions, the foremost of which of course is made by the Messrs. Carter, the eminent seedsmen and florists, of High Holborn, who have gained such distinction at the shows of the Crystal Palace. The visitor must not omit to view the wonderful productions here very tastefully displayed—more especially the show of ferneries, which are the most beautiful ever exhibited. They also exhibit some charming hanging baskets filled with beautiful plants, for the drawing-room as well as the conservatory, which cannot but secure universal admira tion. Messrs. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, display, as usual on these occasiofis, an elegant collection of clocks for the drawing-room and library, many of which are very superb in their ornamentation, and which elicited unbounded praise. Messrs. Hunt and Pickering, of Leicester, made a very good display, but those stalls we have specially men tioned are the chief attractions of this part of the exhibi tion. The judging for the prizes for the horse show commenced very early in the morning, but owing to the large number of entries in each of the classes it had made but little progress up to a late hour in the afternoon. The judges were the Earl of Portsmouth, Sir W. Wynn, Bart., Sir G. Wombwell, and Capt. P. Williams. In the Class for Stallions the first prize of £4O was secured by Mr. Topham of Northampton for his five year old bay, which stood 15 hands 3 inches high. The second prize of 20 guineas was awarded to H. R. Phillips for his eight year old bay. In Class 1 for Hunters, the weight carried not to exceed 15 stone, the first prize of .£6O was carried off by Mr. T. Sutton of Darlington, by his Voyageur, a bright chesnut, standing over - 15 hands high. The second prize of X3O fell to Mr. Joseph Thompson, for his six year old Rain.. bow ; and the third prize was awarded to Mr. H. Percy of Northumberland for his bay Ingleby. Nos. 33 and 37 were highly commended. In class 2, for hunters, without condition as to weight the first prize of £3O was awarded to Sir G. Wombwell's Hawkseye ; the second, £2O, to Mr. Thos. Gee's Tom and the third, £l5, to Mr. Henry Spencer's Lucy. The exhibition of ponies is extraordinary, and among the animals exhibited are some of the smallest specimens of living horseflesh we ever witnessed. This portion of the exhibition seemed to be the most attractive part of the show to the - non-professionals, but, of course, the great majority of the visitors manifested their anxiety in the larger animals. Amongst the visitors was Mr. Sothern, who seemed to take a great interest in the exhibition, " his lordship" having an eye, we suppose, on the finest animal in the collection. Another Destructive Fire at Poplar—This Day. The parish of Poplar has been singularly pro lific in fires during the last few weeks, there being scarcely a day without the occurrence of an out break. Some of the fires were of trifling importance, and not worth publicly recording, but others were of an extensive character, and were attended with great loss of property. This (Saturday) morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock, a Mr. Gibbons discovered the premises of Mr. Forsyth, an oil, colour, and Italian warehouseman, 97, Crisp-street, near where the fire happened the day before, to be in flames. The inmates having been aroused by Mr. Inspector Allison of the K division, they succeeded in making their escape in safety. Conductor Gill quickly attended with the Royal Society's fire-escape, and was succeeded by several land-steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co., and numerous manual ones of the Metropolitan brigade. The mains of the East London Company having been drawn the firemen went to work, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished until the ' warehouse was burnt out, and the back premises severely damaged by fire, water, &c. The origin of the misfortune could not be ascertained. FIRE AT IVESTMINSTER.—About 1 o'clock in the morning a fire broke out in the laundry belonging to Mrs. Lucas, No. 14, Greycoat-street, Westmin ster, which did considerable damage. Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day. Market opens very quiet, and prices are about 1 below yesterday's rates. Sales probably 5,000 bales. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : " A strong barometrical pressure is extending over Norway, Holland, and France, where the wind is moderate generally between N. and E., and the sky clear. The mercury marks 771 on the coasts of Norway and 772 at Yarmouth, as well as at Brussels. The gales which are occurring on the Atlantic cause the barometer to decline on the western shores of France and England, and pro duce strong breezes over Norway. The sea, gene rally smooth, is rather rough at Gibraltar. On Wednesday evening there was lightning at Madrid." At Paris yesterday the weather was again fine. At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked 17 6 Centigrade (63 3-5 Fahrenheit.) A letter from Brussels to the Echo de Luxem bourg says The period for holding the camp, which is ordinarily fixed for July or August, is post poned this year to the middle of September. Each regiment of infantry will send one battalion there, each cavalry regiment two squadrons, and the artillery two batteries. The entire army will be thus represented and passed in view for the first time by the King, on his return from the visit which he is to pay to Luxembourg." . _ The muncipalities — of Dusseldorf, Dortmund, and Hagen in Westphalia have decided on send ing to the King of Prussia a zemonstrance against war. The Prussian journals continue to publish accounts of the hostile manifestations of the populations whose interests are compromised by the mobilisation of the landwehr. In Austria, on the contrary, the enthusiasm for war is as great as in Italy. A fatal accident occurred the day before yester day on the Vincennes railway. M. Doucet, a mer chant, residing at La Varenne, was sitting outside the imperial of one of the carriages, when he endea voured to pass from one compartment to another, but at that moment the train entered a tunnel, and the unfortunate gentleman's head coming in contact with the roof of the arch, he was thrown in the per manent way.. His skull had, however, been so fear fully smashed that death was instantaneous. A communication from Dresden says :—" The armaments of Saxony are being urged on with the greatest activity. The ordinary effective of the war footing will be exceeded, and to obtain that result soldiers have been taken below theregulation height. Nobody has objected, for the public sentiment is most favourable to the present dynasty. The measure by which Bavaria has mobilised her army has pro duced a great sensation throughout Saxony. The most complete understanding reign s b e t ween the two Governments. Miss HELEN FAUCIT is announced as about to afford her geneious aid to the committee of the Consump tion Hospital, Brompton, byundertaking to read the drama of " Ulysses" (to which is wedde€l Gounod's music), at the concert in behalf of the institution, on Friday, the Bth of June. By this benevolent effort in the cause of charity an unusual opportunity of hearing this accomplished lady will be offered to the public. THE CIVIL SERVICE.--Mr. Hugh Frederick Sills, on the result of a competition of five candidates for four :situations, to be a clerk in the Secretary's office, Chelsea Hospital. Mr. Frederick Nugent Oresswell Macgregor to be a dockyard cle'rk in the Admiralty. Mr. Henry Stephens Holmes Pegler to be a clerk in the Patent Office. The Salut Public of Lyons states that the 41st and 78th regiments of infantry in garrison in that city have received orders to leave for Thionvilleand Cambrai, where they are to arrive from the 2d to the 9th June. They will be replaced at Lyons by the 13th, coming from Bastia, in Corsica, and the Nth, returning from Africa. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Large supplies of vegetables are on sale, and the show of fruit is tolerably good. Most kinds of produce are in fair request at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 2s Od to 3s ; foreign do, Os to Os Od; filberts, 1s 9d to 2s Od per lb; apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od per half sieve; oranges, 4s to 10s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES—Summer cabbages, 9d to is 6d; cauli flowers, is to 2s; horseradish, is to 2s per dozen heads; greens, 2s Od to 3s Od; turnips , 2s Od to 2s 6d • carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d • turnip radishes,' 9d to is 3d; spring onions, 9d to is 3d per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 8d per bundle ; forced asparagus, 3s to 6s per bundle ' • old onions, 2s Od to 2s 6d per half s i eve ; sea k a l e, i s 6d to 2s 6d; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet ; cucumbers, 6d to 3s each ; cos lettuces, 10d to is 6d per score ; new potatoes, 2d to tid per lb. LAW INTE 'his Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr,) PECK V. PAIR. 121 3 13 .1 3 55 4} 95 5 26 7 61 120 19} 93i 21 3} 626 2 1277 i 7 8f 84 6 7 61 7 123 k 6f This was an action by a tradesman against one of his late servants, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of defendant's leaving plaintiff's service without giving due and proper notice. Plaintiff said that he had engaged the defendant as a weekly servant, and the custom was that there should be a week's notice on either side. Defendant did not give that notice before he left, and plaintiff considered that he was entitled to damages. Mr. Buchanan, who appeared for defendant, asked plain tiff if he did not acquiesce in defendant's leaving, but plaintiff denied it. Mr. Buchanan—Did you find fault with him for no' working on Good Friday ? • Plaintiff—Yes, I did.. • Mr. Buchanan—Then you think that a master ought to make his servant work on Good Friday ? Plaintiff —Oh ! no; but I deal in perishable articles, such as Ostend rabbits, and it is the custom of our trade to work on Good Friday. Defendant's hours were from 7 in the morning until 8 at night, with usual meal-times, and he could go out to them regularly, though when we were very busy ho had to get them in the shop. Mr. Buchanan then called defendant, who said that be had reason to complain that he was shut up in the shop for so many hours, and it happened very frequently that he had not proper time to his meals. He mentioned to plaintiff that the place did not suit him, and said he should leave on Saturday night. To this plaintiff agreed, and defendant left. Plaintiff—l deny it, and can produce a witness to show that I never accepted the notice. His Honour said that upon the case before him there was oath against oath. A master had a perfect right to sue a servant who left his employment without giving notice, butplaintiff had not made out a case to the satisfac tion of the Court. Plaintiff said he would elect to be nonsuited, and should bring another action and produce his witness. ' Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DESTROYING THE CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' SHOWBILLS.— Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, applied to Mr. Barker on behalf of the Christy's Minstrels for a summons under the following circumstances. Mr. Lewis said that two bill posters, annoyed at not being em ployed to post the bills of the Christy's Minstrels' enter tainment, had resolved to revenge themselves by tearing down and destroying all bills relating thereto. They had carried on this system for some time past, and it must be admitted that it was one calculated to considerably injure his clients. The offence that formed the subject matter of the present application was committed on Thursday last, when the men entered the White Bear, Piccadilly, under some pretext and succeeded in abstracting a Christy's Min strel bill, which they at once destroyed. Mr. Lewis con cluded by applying for summonses against the men for wilful damage, and Mr. Barker at once ordered them to 201 20 1 I issue. 1011 102} i 108 i 15 1i 1 1 1001 99 974 82 THAMES. HORRIBLE CHILD MURDER.—A young woman named Sarah Spratt, aged 24 years, was taken into custody yes- terday evening by a police constable named Edward Kiddie, 483 K, on the charge of wilfully murdering her male illegitimate child on the 17th of April last. She was to be brought before Mr. Partridge this afternoon, after the hearing of the night charges. On the day above named the body of a male child, nine days old, was discovered in the drill ground of the Stepney Grammar School, Trede gar-square, Mile-end, by Mr. Thomas Valiance, the drill instructor. The skull was fractured, and there were other marks of violence on the child. A coroner's in quest was held before Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, and a jury, on the 20th of April, and a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. The case was put into the hands of Inspector Kenessey of the K division for inquiry, and he ascertained that the prisoner had given birth to a male child at No. 111, Half Paved-court, Salisbury-square, Fleet street, on the 7th of April. She was attended in her ac couchement by Mr. Reed, a respectable surgeon of Fleet - street. She was seen with the child in Bow and in the neighbourhood of Tredegar-square on the 16th of April. The infant was murdered the same night and thrown over the wall of the drill ground. She afterwards told a Mrs Goodyear, of Angel-road, Bow, who is nursing another illegimate child of the prisoner's, that the deceased expired in her arms between Old Ford, Bow, and the Globe public-house in the Mile-end-road, and that she lett the body in the street. A black shawl, and a white calico night-gown, in which the body was wrapped, have been traced by inspector Kenessey to the prisoner, and there will be an overwhelming mass of evi dence against her, including the evidence of Mr. Cornelius Edwin Garman, surgeon, of Carlisle-terrace, Fairfield-road, Bow, who made the post mortem examination of the body, and whO will clearly prove that death was caused by foul means. The prisoner was in the service of a respectable family at No. 14, Surrey-grove, Newington, last night when she was taken into custody. The father of her illegitimate children is a Custom-house clerk. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS..—The ordinary weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday at the offices, Spring-gardens, Sir John T hwaites in the chair. The cash statement showed the following balances in the hands of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £335,207 15s. 3d. ; deposit accounts, £157,557 13s. 5d.; total, £492,745 Bs. Bd. The board was engaged in private for two hours upon the matter of advances to be made to the Thames Embankment contractors. Upon the admission of the public the clerk (Mr. John Pollard) stated that a committee of the whole board had agreed with the report of the finance committee, which recommended " that Mr. Ritson be paid the sum of £8,020, being one-half of the retentions on the works ac tually executed and materials upon the ground, under his contract for the Thames Embankment North (No. 2); that Mr. Furness be paid the sum of £12,575, being one half of the retentions on the works actually executed and materials upon the ground, under his contract for the Thames Embankment North (No. 1)." The recommen dation was put in the form of a motion, and upon a divi sion was carried by a majority of seven—the numbers being, for the motion, 20 ; against it, 13. In reference to the bills now before Parliament for improvements in the m etropolis—including the Thames Embank ment (North) Approaches, which are to extend to the Thames Embankment from Charing-cross, the Chelsea Embankment, and the Park-lane improvement—a notice was on the paper that the board would consider the sub ject, and also the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Metropolitan Local Government, &c., recommending the continuance of the coal and wine dues and the levying of an improvement rate. The chair man informed the board that he had been negotiating with the Government, through Mr. Goschen, upon the subject, and had received a letter from that gen tleman informing him that the Government had agreed to assist the board in obtaining the coal and wine dues for five years to enable them to carry out these improvements. After several long addresses it was ulti mately resolved "that this. Board agree to the proposal that the coal and wine dues should be continued for five additional years, and to the principle of an improvement rate,. half thereof to be charged On the owners, and to be raised.in the like manner as the property-tax, and on these conditions is prepared to proceed with the three improve ment bills now before Parliament." Mr. Shaw, pursuant to notice, presented a memorial from the vestry of St. Marylebone, with respect to the inequality of the assessment of the city of London, upon which the ex penses of the Board are estimated, as compared with the assessment of the rest of the metropolis, and praying for inquiry whether the assessment of the city of London is made upon a like estimate or basis as the county rate, and fn conformity with the Acts of Parliament, which matter was referred to a committee for consideration. Mr. r in . Brush field thought thoUght it would be desirable that m easures should be matteradopted ogin owf for a s fires the which referredpurpose ta tok et of hpea; inquiring searchingly metropoll s . Thi s irFire Brigade Co mm i ttee, and, the ordinary routine business having been disposed of, the Board adjourned. M. D U CHAILLU VINDICATED.—Captain Rachon of the good ship Antoine, which sailed on Friday into Havre, brings good news for M. du Chailla and utter con fusion to his enemies. He airives direct from Lagos, and declares that during his stay in Gaboon he took part in the capture and destruction of a huge gorilla. The gigantic brute measured two metres 70 centimetres from the crown of the head to the heel. He had been pursued by the na tives for carrying off a native woman from a plantation. Therefore the savans themselves are defeated, for it was only at' he sceance lately held at the Acad6mie, to deter mine the fact of the animal's existence, that the story re lated' by Buffon and other naturalists of its fondness for the refined society of the black ladies was pronounced to be utterly untrue and incompatible with every reasonable supposition admitted in natural history. LORD LYON AND HIS JOCKEY.—ThatLord Lyon's victory was jeopardised by the unconquerable habit he has got of refuseing to quit his horses there is no deny ing, for when he had beaten Rustic he hung so to Saver nake that it required all Custance's efforts, with his arm weakened by his recent accident, to get his horse's head in front. He rode, I should say, with efigure of eight ban dage round his arm, which had not been a little tried by the way Hermit kicked and plunged with him the previous day, and he now feels the effect of the strain upon his arm_so much that he will not ride again until Ascot. Bold as was his undertaking to ride Lord Lyon, it afforded him a fine opportunity for showing his good jockeyship, and it was a pleasure to witness the steadiness and patience with which he rode, and which those coming on in the same profes sion would do well to imitate, as well as his manners and onatcsms,—Myrniny Pose. ' • - POSS BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid. to Bd. ; of household ditto, Gd. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES ANI) SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 24d to nd ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3fd ; 8u to 88ibs., 3*cl to 34d ; 88 to 9 61b5., 3id to 4d ; 96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to tOs Gd ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, Gs 6d ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-brads, "Os Od to Os Od ; downs, 78 6d to 9s 6d; lambs, 3s to 5s Od; shearlings, is 6d. HAY. Sumumun.---Aloadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to 46 15s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 Gs per load. Supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 A fair demandlss Od ; an d straw, £2 Os to 42 6s per load. £ 5 5 WHITE£6 15s Od ; a CHAPEL.-31ead dow hay, £4 4 8 to £ 5 108; clover Trade slow. s to n straw, 42 O s to .£2 6s per load. Price per tCoOnAatLthl: MARK. fihe market. s. d. Walls End Hetton lB 6 South Het s. d. ton 18 0 Walls End Haswell 18 6 Heugh H all .......... Pensher Primrose l6 6 South Kello e ........... 17 6 Kelloe ........ Buddle'sWestliartley 17 3 Hastings H a l:ii;: ........... 1 7 8 0 South Hartlepool l7 O N. Staffordshire ...... 17 3 0 Ships at market, 49; sold, 43. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, May 17. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. May 17. fr. 182,500,000 - Capital of the Bank.... Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 884,871,925 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 7,044,776 02 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 22,105,750 14 May 10. c. fr. c 182,500,000 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 8,812,334 75 12,346,715 22 108,416,732 27 97,282,385 15 96,506,362 28 261,667,226 50 240,768,829 49 44,190,481 - 35,102,383 49 666,258 75 796,428 75 13,229,239 53 12,475,794 83 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 9,631215 47 11,447,045 92 Total CREDITOR. Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of bullion May 17. May 10. fr. c. fr. c. 514,637,124 05 520,218,302 64 269,509 89 357,450,752 - 366,460,158 44 333;629;640 - 347,670,934 07 316,713,905 - 4,456,000 - 12,370,500 - 5,071,700 - 12,864,100 - 13,583,300 - 6,991,900 - 13,094,300 - 6,442,400 - 33,480,100 - 33,022,900 - 21;351;100 - 2002;500 - 654,300 - 542,700 - 655,900 - 510 , 100 - 60,000,000 -- 60,000,000 -- 12,980,750 14 36,171,987 91 12,980,750 1 86,171,987 9. 100,000,000 - 100,000,000 - 8,434,226 - 8,434,226 - 1,526,287 79 1,504,375 40 12,571,381 48 7,034,622 89 Do. branch banks.. Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures 1). branch banks.. Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State {Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalid4es (Law, June 9, 1857) Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches ... Expenses of manage- Sundries . Total 1 , 544110,965 70 1,506,897,511 62 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. The students of Vienna have resolved to send to the Emperor Francis Joseph an address expressing their loyal attachment. The Memorial de la Loire states that the foun dries of St. Etienne are now casting, for the Italian navy, conical steel balls on a new system. The Gazette de Lucerne states that horses are being bought up in that canton for Italy. Ono firm is re ported to have entered into a contract to deliver 3,000. The Unita Italiana publishes the following as an authentic letter from Garibaldi addressed by him to a friend in Parma :—" Caprera, May B.—l have given no orders to any persons in Parma to make enrolments of volunteers. The youth of Italy know their duty and will not be deluded. When Italy wants me, be assured I shall not faiI.—GARIBALDI." THE SUNDAY BANDS IN THE PARKS.—The eleventh season of these bands will commence nest Sun day in Victoria Park, and the following Sunday (May 27) in Regent's Park. CHINESE PIRATES. --A newly issued Parliamentary return shows that during the command of Vice-Admiral King in the Chinese seas—between the 24th of June, 1865, and 18th February, 1866-71 piratical vessels were cap tured. 30 of these vessels were burnt, and 24 given up to mandarins. No award of prize money has yet been made for any of these captures. MRS. YELVERTON AND THE "SATURDAY REVIEW." -,EDINBURGH, Friday.—ln the first division of the Court of Session, to-day, an application wasmade for a new trial, in the case of "Longworth or Yelverton v. the Proprietors of the Saturday Review." The application was grounded on the alleged fact that the verdict in the previous action was against both law and evidence, and had been given through a misapprehension on the part of some of the jury as to the directions given to them by the judge in his sum ming up. SILK CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA.—The culture of silk is attracting attention in California. At the Industrial Exhibition in 1865 of the Mechanics' Institute, a Committee on Silk Worms and the Culture of Silk, after a thorough examination of the subject reported that, " California is one of the best, if not the very best, silk-producing countries in the world." It appears that Mr. Louis Prevost, of San Jose, has met with such success in- the busi ness as to warrant, fully, the declaration made by the committee. His success, however, was not attained without loss and perseverance. After raising the necessary mulberry trees from seed, he attempted to import silk worm eggs from China. He Made three efforts, but failed three times, as the eggs were found worthless on arrival there. A quantity ordered from France, however, turned out well, and the worms hatched from them produced silk pronounced to be of the first quality by European experts. Since then Mr. Prevost has extended his experiments, and during the past year he has raised over 100,000 cocoons. The mulberry grows here luxuriantly, and the warmth and dryness of the climate are especially favourable to the hatching of the eggs, to which cold and rainy weather is fatal. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.—FromIBSS to 1864, J e ll; elusive, American exports, specie value, were s arglin excess of imports. We give the 4,l:l3repre senting,mil- in round figures, this excess in -14. 0 lions ; 1856, 12 millions ; I"7' 2i860, i131ir msilliloBnssB; 42 millions ; 1859 18 millions ;millions ; 1863, 97 1861, 58 millions; 1862, millions; 1864, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1852, imports exceeded our ex thil7l‘ii.gentserinal r y o ea r r ts s , in we w r hi e which 1846, • 12 millionuns.2po4Since 1844, the only a isltuartei statistics t in 1853, and 1854. recent ew FAILURES IN AMERICA. f f this time was the 3T7hmeilliigoliliselstotfhealxB:seb9ses.conf 1865. bows that there were in that year 530 failures, impressionAn etlxiantmitnhaetrioenwoerfesovmerey s with total liabilities of $17,625,000. Iu 1863 and 1864 the bankruptcies amounted to about one-half this sum for each year. The year 1857 reported 4,257 failures, with liabilities of $ 2 65,818,000 • and the year 1861, 5,935 failures, w i t h $178,632,170 of liabilities. Average of failed liabilities from 1857 to 1865, E 6,473,000. WeHi, 'Fargo, and Co., have sued the shippers of the nitro-glycerine, the explosion of which caused such destructio n of life and property at San Fran cisco a fortnight since. They lay their damages at $lOO,OOO. The parties sued have been examined and held to bail on a sum 'equal to the damages claimed, THIRD EDITIOIT SUN OFFICE, G o'CLocK. A LL NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) , ay 19. The Natio na l Bank of BeIgi BRUSSELS um has M raised its rate of discount to 6 per cent. for bills and 61 per cent. for advances. HE BOMBARDMENT OF VALPARMSO. The Liverpool Post gives an account of an indig nation meeting held in that port with reference to the late bombardment of Valparaiso. Our con temporary thinks that whatever was the cause, the bombardment seems to have been in , perfect ac cordance with the laws of nations. Except in re ference to the destruction of property, the Spaniards avoided doing anything that would destroy human life. The objects of destruction were public build ings ; and previous to the bombardment a notice of four days was given, in order that individuals might remove themselves and their property beyond the range of the guns. At present this is the extent of the precise information. The imputations cast upon the British authorities by the New York Herald are not to be received unconfirmed. We may rest,assured that the Admiral never gave the promise alleged ; and we may also rest assured that his instructions were to act -in reference to strict neutrality. Great efforts were made to avert the calamity, such as it was ; and very possibly the Chilians were obstinate in refusing to accept condi tions, because they were under the belief that the protest a the representatives of all nations, as well as of the English and American residents, would deter the Spanish Admiral from carrying his threat into execution. The authorities in Valparaiso may ids h nua a an v dsg e aieunrn d: eb c tri e u: i at v bt e teh d litahet t v i r e nh m gep s ep e nar l rs l ois Fe pnt s eak , arl a tey n np d ioryof a po c tet t hrh e tae d y: on na the wasper suasion tto not hnes lwa i .as n .‘t moment the English and American fleets would interpose and save the city from a bombardment. This supposition, however, will not justify onan theenceomny duct of Spain in makin g an attack up utterly devoid of all Power of resistance or of re taliation. The Post thinks that the British Govern ment also stands exposed to much bl ame. Co-ope rating with France and the United States it could have brought influence to bear upon the Court of Madrid which would no doubt have dissuaded it from pursuing a quarrel which could result in no benefit, much less lead to glory. We ought not, however, to forget that soon after the commence ment of the dispute the Court of Spain referred. the question to England and France, promising to abide by their decision. At this moment we are not in , possession of what the French or English Govern ments did or whether they did anything ; but we are bound to presume that Chili did not accept the mediation, and that, therefore, no further notice was taken of hostile proceedings. British diplomacy, unfortunately, concerns itself with large affairs only ; the obscure Governments on the West Coast are too insignificant to warrant a display of power which could be exercised with dignity only in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. One consequence of this ab staining from a duty which greatly concerns the trade of the country has been the perpetual com plaints of British subjects against the Peruvian and other Southern States. Nothing is done, simply, perhaps, because the feelfieness of these republics was of such a nature as to excite only a palpable indifference. Seeing, however, that Spain held a different opinion respecting the potency of Chili, our Government was certainly wrong in permitting the quarrel to mature into danger, without at least warning our merchants trading to the West Coast to look to their own interest, as the Government would not interfere if their persons or property were exposel to the eventualities of war. COURSE OF EXCHANGE•-Last Evening, Amsterdam Short. 11 13 11 15 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 12 0 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 55 25 60 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 0 25 12 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 50 LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.--The directors of the London and North Western Railway Com pany have this day resolved to allot to their proprietors rateably, at par, additional ordinary stock, equal in amount, to about 5 per cent. on the ordinary capital. The allot ments will be made to the proprietors registered on the 19th May, 1866, and will be in the form of ordinary stock to be fully paid up on the 30th June, 1866, and will carry ordinary dividend from that date. " Ideas of peace," says the Constitutionnel, " seem to be gaining ground beyond the Rhine. We may note as a symptom of that opinion in the North of Ger many that the Hamburg News and other journals of that city strongly urge the Prussian Government to renounce the project of annexing the Duchies, and to be contented with an arrangement which, while constituting Schleswig Holstein as an independent State, would secure to Prussia an advantageous position in a military point of view. CONTRADICTION OF MR. WHENRY'S FAILURE.— The statement that Mr. James M'Henry, of Liverpool, had suspended payment, was contradicted yesterday by a notice from Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone (Mr. Hffenry's solicitors), which was posted in the news-rooms of the Liverpool Exchange. Hops.—A Parliamentary paper was published yesterday, which shows that in the year ending 30th Sept., 1865, 77,070 cwts. of foreign hops were imported into the United Kingdom, and that within the same time 4,836 cwts. foreign and 15,425 cwts. British hops were exported from the United Kingdom to countries abroad. The Government of Austria is said to have ceded to representations of the Cabinet of Washington, as the volunteers destined for Mexico have not been embarked, and will, it is said, be incorporated in the Austrian army. According to a letter addressed to the Nurenv. berg Correspondent, an extreme irritation has for some time prevailed between the Austro-Bavarian garrison of Frank fort and the Prussian troops in the same city. The Aus trians and Bavariahs the other day made an attempt to take the Prussian barracks by assault, and were only prevented from continuing by the intervention of their officers. The next day a workman apostrophised a sentinel, calling him him "Dog of a Bismark!" !A violent disturbance arosveebe tral hwoeuerz tahnedwaoßrkamvaerniaanndpatthreolshoalddietTtwutheircfh.erseliaxtsteidee re store order. Seven persons were arr ested Messrs.d esc Willi ri a b m e S hakespeare wounded, one of them a soldier. A twice to were e rare Shakespearian A SHAKESPEARIAN RELIC.— d p :_ u L tt o ic t k l , and 23 2, volume occurred in B Printed bY I. B. for Roger ee t r o e thesuc such Conduitco Collec tions, e c ... S ,, i T m h p e s o R a ' a s pe o f yesterday Lver e e e l . t s was al y e t ar h a u t r. s fancy for collecting the woodcut possessor who had th a e printer's device was cut out from in se d o h f more than a century, the iden heiisn devotedt shopb hands n any thedt.ieeveitsci, devices businessl b se u 'o t fa a u' fdr e ti enp to rtl rff eat ao r e ch un s x e 'e n d se d l ae a f , sc p e a stwi n ev de driaaanyrs rarity. hy e i e eh n Fe r lr e ote c rw e eh n ai ag t s l s y ns replaced. boalendednf ors scarcely Colonialr4T c. e h l y e i ia Newly cFk I: n t I r s ae t nu r Fleet-street, s e e t, a dr e l 6 t 2 0 4 b . e' London.as a While l v d ol a u t in v ea l piece was volume is on During the last Produce Markets ; there have been no public sales of either tea, sugar, coffee, or ric e , an d th e pr i va t e transactions have been of quite a retail character. Tallow has been in moderate request, but at mode rate rates. The markets close to-day for the Whit sun holidays, and re-open on Wednesday next, the 23rd inst. The bulletin of the Paris Obseratory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : " The barometrical rise reported from England has extended towards the E. and S. ; on one side it reaches the North Sea, where the absence of Scan dinavian returns prevents us from fixing the limits ; and on the other it extends to theAol:sinagn.d Thethe Pyrenees. On the Mediterranean, west of Italy, a centre of depression still exists which has been there for some days and is accompanied by storms, One of which broke over Naples on Tuesday morning, barometer is falling at all the western stations ; and the wind is fresh from the S.S.E. at Penzance, which would indicate that a gale is blowing at some dis tame out at sea, and will probabiy produce squalls on the coast." At Paris yesterday the weather waf much more agreeable, with sunshine ; but the wind continues in the N.E. At three the thermometer marked 13,1 Centigrade (61 Fahrenheit.) r WO 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100