The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-18 00:00:00

introduced by Marshal O'Donnell. Extra sittings have been been held during the week for the same Purpose. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, MAY 17. The Syria from Southampton, on the 12th inst., arrived to-day at 7 a.m., and leaves at noon for Alexandria. The Abyssinian Prisoners. LETTER FRO NI DR. BEKE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) HALAI (ABYSSINIA), April 8. A 3 was only to be anticipated Dedjatj Gebra Medhin at once removed the bar so inconsiderately Placed by his kinsman, Lidj Tasfaidet, on Dr. Beke, leaving him at full liberty to go wherever he might think proper. This is the more creditable to that chief, as Dr. Beke had held no communication with him whatever. On April 3d Dr. Beke's messenger returned from Adowa, with a most friendly answer from Dedjatj Tekla Georgis, the Emperor's Lieutenant in Tigre. Whilst his troops were ravaging the country south of Hanzuyn, where he had defeated the rebel Gover nor Dedjatj Derasa, the cholera entered his camp and caused him to make a precipitous retreat to Adowa, whither he carried the disease with him, and where it has destroyed a considerable number of his soldiers. Were it not for this, he writes to 1) r. Beke, he would already have been in the neigh bourhood of Haliu, where he still hoped soon to be. The messenger brought also news of Dr. Beke's former messenger Biru, who was sent to the Em peror from Massowah on January 30. He had Passed through Adowa, in due course, and was re ported to have reached the Emperor, to have de fiivered to him Dr. lieke's letter with the petition rom the re l atives of the captives, and to have been well re ceived. He would have b een sen t b ac k a t once w ith an answer had he not been suddenly taken ill. No dates were given, but if three weeks are allowed for Biro's journey, he would have reached the Emperor by February 20. That monarch had then returned into Begamider f rom his campaign into Ayaumider Damot, and Godjam, without however subjugating the heredi tary chief, Tadela Gwalu, who had again retired into the impregnable amba or hill-fort of Djibella. On April 4th Dr. Beke received the following letter from Consul Cameron :_.... " Magdala Prison, Abyssinia, " Feb. 26, 1866. „.. My dear B e k e ,—l saw i n a fragment of the 1 .4 nieS, that fell into my hands yesterday, that you had volunteered to come to this country to try and ef fect our lib eration. m .. " I th an k you most sincerely, and beg that you!ll be good enough to info rm suc h o f our well ishere as m ay b e within your reach that our chains !ere taken off yesterday by royal order, and that we ` are all to be given over to Mr. Rassam. I write this in secret and in haste, but will let Yeti know further hereafter hov‘ we are getting on. " God bless B eke, believe me you, and, with kind regards to Mrs. , yours sincerely, " Consul DUNCAN CAMERON." the Dr. B e k e has since heard that Mr. Rassam joined Emhisperor in B egam id er, after his return from carapaig w n into Ay aum id er , an d not i n t hi s latter pro .„. v inee as has been so repeately asserted. He a s most favourably received by the Emperor, who them over to hi m . Th e next i nte lli gence will lib oub tless be that they h ave b een se t entirely aterty in pursuance of the promise given to Mr. R assam. The departure of the captives from Abyssinia, as li kewise that of Mr. R assam an d hi s su i te, depends, , "Weve r on the will of the Emperor, who is re- P o rted to have declared that he must first exter minate the rebels that impede their passage to the to ast, and probably therefore he has it in his mind esc ort them thith er i n p erson . Thi s wou ld b e t„ 1117 in accordance with the rumours that have so ng Prevailed of his intention to march his army ‘,2.l:igre bef ore t h e rainy reason. -uheste amer Victoria, o n h er l as t t r i p f rom Ad en, broughtthe to Mass owa h , on M arch 23d, Mgr. Bel, k b ' newly -appointed R oman C at h o li c B i shop in a ald 3rEisi i-lia) and Mgr. Massaja, the Bishop in Enarca ; tc b a mong the Guiles, with several priests attached of both P r elates, as likewise Padre Stetta, the head a tici til D e mission i n B ogos, on hi s re t urn f rom P ar i s eft enle • On April 3 Mgr. Bel and Padre Stetta 4cLass o wah for Bogos, accompanied by M. Man alsoge,t2 the Fren c h C onsu l ar A gen t a t M as so w ah, he ch arge of the B r iti s h C on s u l a te. taki French and Roman Catholic element is daily its e lf d eeper root and more widely developing do i n North I ' of th • -Eastern Abyssinia, being that por kid it e empire which is nearest to the seacoast, tate the continue to do so whilst this unfortu tine e°ll etrY is distressed and weakened by intes- A , w arfare. , ue et arid the middle of March the Rev. Mr. Lange Dji dda wo companions arrived at Massowah from their O n April 3 th ey procee d e d to K eren, on h r W ay into e country of Barea, where they e stablis th hin g a Swedish Protestant mission. BANK. OF FitANCE. ' ' PARIS, May 17. The f ° ll owlng is the re t urn o f t h e B an k of France r 4 e week en di ng to-day, together with the cor eBl3°Ming figuras of the previous account : DEBTOR. May 17. May 10. fr. c. fr. c. Profile of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 tB in addon to capital (Art. 8, Law, It e , ll4 ° 9 , 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 —l ire of the Bank il e ".(1 its branches 22,105,750 14 22 ,105,750 14 ser v'e in landed pro liPettY 4,000,000 4 , 000 , 000 —l3,:tes in circulation ... 884,371,925 8,812,334 75 _tikn otes to order and e r i 3 f i eipts p aya bl e at Tr Bu 22 108,416,732 27 eaKUtry account cur- C ren t credito r eTent accounts, Paris 261,667,226 50 240,768,829 49 ,P..brazch banks .-hyidends payable 666,258 75 796,428 75 is counts and sundry Rediscountedinterests the last six months 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 4 rPlus of receipts not di stributed - s undries 9,631 215 47 11,447,045 92 Total CREDITOR. Cash i n hand and in fr May 17.. c May 10. fr. c. t:,l3ranch banks r(lrnercial bills over due 269,509 89 357,450,757 mater c o _ .. . ...... : ......... cial bills dis bo°ll,nted, not yet due 366,480,158 44 347,670,934 07 sik,,.. anuraneh banks . 333,629,640 316,713,905 r unio ces on deposit of lie bra n ch n b. banks 12,370,300 12,864,100 A°,. 011 French Public ecurities .. . ........ . °' : o: by branch banks.,. 6,991,900 6,442,400 ,4°,11 railway shares 1) b" . \ de bentures 33 480,100 33,022,900 • ..ra, i bo ile4 ban k 5,,,,, ,,.. ... 21,351,100 20,902,500 i_en Credit Fender 1 30"1. 4 de .. 654,300 655,900 p: b ran, 542,700 510,100 tle,,the State 18 - j. °ll, • June 10, CioN2 i .............. _.. bsetrrvne ...... a t Stock re -12 980 750 14 12,980,750 14 :11 q 1j81)°881 ;ie _ ........., ...: . 36,171,987 91 36,171,987 91 (lites Inimobalis6e; Zt otel' jun e 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 the Pll(l,_furiliture of Dr() 4 ' and landed txpelertY ranchesa, 5 434,226 — 1 4 4t 888 f Tuange- Is uh , . 'qrie • 12,571,381 48 7,034,622 40 —__ (L. T , fied _ Total by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Rot:LAND. ...........- -......,, b Tlit ~_•K,clinabizt Stirling -Maxwell UNIVERSITIES.—The Senatus of willi 41%0 University have sent to the care of Sir ' l loo a petition to the House of Corn - repres'P"ssi" the claims of the Scotch Universities to be 14 thell!ed by two members instead of one, as proposed hho ula ,_") fats Bill ; and suggesting that the Universities bur..l, u 8 iormed into two groups, ono comprising Edin eatir and St. Andrew's, the other Glasgow and Aberdeen, " fenp to return a member. —Scotsman. 1101 l'Oug Dpcicat p...../044.650Y5 PILLS. NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIG-F,Nc`f; TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is still in a very stringent condition, and the Gazette return published last evening is evidencing greater reserve on the part of the brokers. Only first class bills of short date are taken at 11 and 12 per cent. The sum of £6,000 was taken from the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. The bills of the New Zealand Bank Corporation have been returned by the London agents, and also those of the Oriental Commercial Bank. With respect to the latter establishment, it is understood that arrangements have been made for meeting its engagements. Both these banks have not been long established, and they transacted but a small business. The Bank of England return is the most unfav ourable that has been issued for many years, but it is nevertheless satisfactory to know that the autho rities have not had to use the enlarged powers con ceded to them by the Government. The reserve of notes has been reduced more than £4,000,000, leav ing an available balance of only £730,830. The other securities have been decreaSed to £10,000,000. Annexed are the particulars : Active Circulation Increase ... ... £26,120,995 ... - 3,776,600 ... 12;323,805 •.• 832,335 _ ... 3,343,412 Increase ... 105,825 Public Deposits ... ... 5,936,219 Increase ... 154,392 Other Deposits 18,620,672 Increase ... 5,105,133 Seven Day and Other Bills ... 529,822 Increase 67,557 Government Securities ... 10,837,056 Decrease ••• •.• ••• ••• 57,198 Other Securities ... 30,943,219 Increase ... 10,099,042 Notes Unemployed 730,830 Decrease ... ... 1,219,495 The Asiatic liank Corporation have issued their report, which states that the losses for the year are estimated at £142,000, and the profits, out of which a dividend of 5 per cent. was declared for the half year, £61,494. The directors propose to write off £ 87 ,500, being one-half of the reserve fund. The losses have principally arisen in Bombay. Some unfavourable features are shown in the Bank of France return. An increase has occurred in the notes in circulation of £128,000, in the bills discounted of £1,426,670, and in the advances of £128,000, while a reduction has taken place of £224,000 in the bullion. Bullion Decrease Rest Two o'CLocK. The English Stock Market showed indications of depression at the opening in consequence of sales by speculators, who purchased at a lower range of values. Subsequently prices recovered, and Consols are now quoted the same as they were at the close of business last evening, viz., 871 for money, and 86i I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 851 ; Exchequer Bills for March, 15s. dis., and for June, 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 105; ; and ditto Bonds, ss. to 10s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market quotations exhi bited steadiness. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 314 32 ; Mexican, 17 4 ; do. New, 144 151 ; Greek 10} 11 ; Spanish Passive, 21i 22 ; the Certificates, 141 15; Italian, 384 391-; and Brazilian Scrip, 6} 5i dis. United States 5-20 Bonds, 654 66 ;„Erie Shares, 45i ; and Illinois, 77i The operations in the Railway Share Market have been limited, but prices have shown more firmness. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Metropolitan have each advanced 10s. ; and South Eastern, £1 ; while Great Eastern have declined 55.; and Mid land, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been little change of importance. Great Western of Canada have improved to 15 1 1. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, but in some instances are rather firmer. Bank of London have advanced to 16 ; Chartered Mer cantile of India, London, and China to 38 40 ; London and County are marked 75i 76 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 3 2i ; Egyptian Trading Company, 6f dis. ; London Financial, 7 ; and National Discount Company, 12i. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 B6l / * 3 per Cent. Reduced B5l I New 3 per Cent B5l 4 4 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. June. P:xchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. Do. £5OO l5 Do £lOO and £2OO , ank o; England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. adian Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 ...... Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent. , Au g . 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO 5 10 Do under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — p m Austrian Bonds, Z. per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58- 60 Do. 1863 — Do. 1865 — Do Account 684 i 8 Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayred 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent — Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 44 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent dis ri w u c ei o p n al so it i i i e d s ated, Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 p er C en t eq Ua uado ia r n P Ne Danish 3 per C en t., 182 5 — Danubian Do. Account 1 per Cent — 571 5 0., Provisional Land Warrant ..... iCg l irlotian 7 per Cent.......................' 0., Second Issue ..................... "" 84 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 184 .. 85 Do £lOO Bonds .............. .. .. 84 4 Do. Government Railway Debentures B7 entures B7 De. X5O paid ireek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 54 die Do. Account ....., Do. Coupons _ Do. Account cluatemala b per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account Do. Maremmaza Railway &lexicon 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 l5 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Slontendean 6 per Cent., £3O paid loorish Imperial 5 per Cent slew Granada Do 2 per Cent Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do, Account .. 42 8 Russian 5 per Cent, 1822, X St B3k Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 8 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B4f 4 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 2ll 2 nanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l5 141 wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 t Do Account 62F3 Do £lOO Bonds o4f 4 Do 6 per Cent., 1868 5B Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 8 per Cent. Ditto account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do. 1864 3l Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account Console for mon ey g O'CLOCK. 7 61 D TWOQ., Amiuitpuiiia§t. 11111.1M11111.11ilifill THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _EVENING, MAY 18, 1866. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. hare) Railways. rail/ Closing I Business Price. done. /Bristol and Exeter Caledonian `Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„ Perth, & A b.Junc i C.London, tcrip Cara' 1)0. Glasgow & S. Western Great. Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock Do. New, ts. at 25 pro Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford' 68 90 126 1 29 55 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 20 15 d 112 111 38 40 6 7 123 125 1 , 2 131 54 56 50 58 39 (0 34 3•i Do. Newport 1)0. Hereford ..... Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lou., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln 'Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension 12th 121 Metropolitan District _ Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby slid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwl4 Do. G.N'E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ...... Do. stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-6 l North London Do. do. 1864 .. ...... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mid. st Shropshire Union South Devon , outh E stern Haloes, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale o, 'Heath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornw 'JUTISH At:ut,tic&St.E a wrence Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron •Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & s. E., lirn a l e Town & Dock, gu )emerara, 7 p.c. per. p F.sst. gu., 5 do East 1 diau, gu. p.o. Do. J Extension ;rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bondts I charge 6 p.c Do. ist ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred 1)o. :id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent ll 41 per cent Do. Great Wc e. of Canada Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873, Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 42 do. Do. 4.j do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's say.. N. lil.C'da,sspolstpf.las Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun iaub.... Do. Indus St. Flo POSS. 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 lESSION 64 65 100 1(2 io 4 4I 8 9 76 80 96 98 60 65 100 102 100 102 104 102 - - 20 22 85 87 60 63 55 60 55 57 50 55 41 44 42 45 27 30 ICS 14 2 k' ti 2 p 99 101 91 93 151 16 86 bid 8* 9.6 83 '5 - It 100 101 9t 93 86 88 61 63 8 8! 98 100 97 99 6 Id 96 98 12 , 5; 1201 i 101 20 921 62t 128 71 123 I 2; 71i 104 54 1008 1i 1021 k 21i 201 15k 15 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO CO 03 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10') 90 93 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 77 79 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 76 79 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.& Oct , 1890-1900 100 102 101 - Do. do: 1880-90 100 102 104 - Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 100 102 104 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 83 831 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 102 104 - Do. 1878, do lOO 107 1 9 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1 , 478 - 1882, Mayls, Nov. r• 102 104 106 - Do. 1895, Feb. .16 Aug I,QO 104 106 - (dal '2ov. o per cent lOO 99 101 - N.B.Gov.sp.o.JadeJuly IGO 90 93 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1866 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 189, 100 874 884 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 94 95 - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova So , tia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9O 98 100 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 99 81 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 104 106 105/ - Vio,Uov. 6 p.o. Ja & July 100 - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 102 103 102 BRITI.SII MINES. 2 Cam Consol. Gold, lim. 1 - Chiverton Clifford , Malgamated. 30 6 8 - Uevon G. Cons. (Taoist. 1 51. , 53) Drakewal Is. - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 13 15 - East Cara.ton 2.14.6 5 6 - East Cana Brea St I,j 2 s,ast Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.t, t - East Love.l 3.4.0 8 9 - E. W'i Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 34 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Ur, at L ,xey, limited., all 21 22 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 Ii Great Wheal 14,9.6 1 11 - G. Wheal Vor , Heist 40 15 17 - Grenvile 8.18.0 24 3 - Herod's Foot 8.10.0 38 40 - Elingston uowns 5.10.6 48 5 - Margaret Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 8 Marke Valley 4.10.6 31 41 4 N 1 wyndy Iron Ore, lira 2 2 t , - New Seton - North Roskear liassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Whe.tl Crotty 2.13. t --Prosper IJnited.... 7.1.6 - - - Pr videnc e Uny Luiant 10.6.7 32 34 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 375 400 - South Condurrow -- S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 .5 20 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 4 6 - Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 v ilgra and Clegan, lira all 3 5 - West Bassett (Illogan 11 1 2 - W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 6 7 - West Chiverton ....... . 11 671 721 - West Seton 471 130 140 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 SO 85 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 121 171 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 - Wheal Seton -. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 13 15 POLICE MTELLIGENCE.--This Day. MARL B OROUGH-S TREET. SERIOUSLY INJURING A MAN.--Frederick Haste, a horse keeper, of South Crescent-mews, Burton-crescent, was charged before Mr. Barker with violently assaulting Joseph Crich. On the case being called on, Inspector Hubbard, of the E division, said the injured man was unable to attend, and the following certificate was banded to Mr. Barker : University College Hospital, May 18. Joseph Crich was admitted into this hospital last night, with a punctured wound and other injuries, and is in a very dangerous state. CHARLES B. SAXON, Senior House Surgeon. Edward Barclay, of 48, London-street, Fitzroy-square, said tha, on the previous evening he saw a man walk out of the Grafton Arms public-Louse, Grafton-street, Fitzroy square, and the prisoner followed the man out and struck him a blow on the back of the neck with his fist. The man fell on the stones and became insensible, and ho (wit ness) thought he was dying. The man was taken in a cab —a gentleman who was in the cab giving it up for the purpose—to the hospital. In answer to Mr. Barker, the witness said he did not hear the prisoner make any remark at the time he struck the man. The prisoner afterwards went into the public house again. Police-constable 'William Young, 165 E, said he was called to Grafton-street the previous evening, and found the injured man being taken to the hospital. On being told that the prisoner had injured the man, he took him into custody. The prisoner said that a gentleman (called the Captain") bad been treating some of them to drink in the public-house, and that the prisoner was not satis fied, wanting it all himself, and that he went after the man and knocked him down. 13 I Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES—THURSDAY. Few greater contrasts than the Downs presented to-day, compared with yesterday, can be isagin ed. Barren all, as to people, horses, carriages, and sport. Nothing but the remnants of the great pic-nic—the broken bottles, the frag ments of hampers, the paper, and the straw—remained as marks of the vast assemblage of yesterday ; and people had leisure to gossip over the past event and to count their gains. The race had been a good one for the geatlemen, the Rustic party perhaps excepted, though many of his fol lowers backed Lord Lyon. Mr. Sutton has won a very large stake in bets alone —over £60,000 it is stated —and Custance has had a most liberal douceur. This .jockey's good fortune in so speedily recovering from the effects of his broken collar-bone as to be able to ride at all is re markable, and rarely has he ridden so well. It is not too much to say that his patient jockeyship alone brought the winner home. Rustic ran well, but could not stay, and the lot behind the first four were probably as moderate a one as ever ran in a Derby. The racing to-day was of the most meagre description, and scarcely merits notice. As neither Gladiateur norße galia met in the Cup, it was at the mercy of the Duke, The Clown being started for the sake of the added money. Tourmalin won the Guineas in a canter, and Audax walked over for the Four-Year-Old Stakes. The day was delight fully fine and warm TADWORTU STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2- yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. T.Y.C. Lord Coventry's La Muta, by Wild Dayrell,3yr, Bstl3lb (J. Adams) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's f by Oxford, dam by Mountain Deer, —lbis, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (Kenyon) 2 Mr. Stevens's Adamanthea, 2 yrs, Get 111 b ( Covey) 3 Mr. Chaplain's c by Promised Land, Bayard's dam,2 yrs, 7st, car 7st 11b (J. Grimshaw) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst the Bavard's dam colt, sto 2 agst the Ibis colt, and 4 to 1 each agst La Muta and Adamanthea. Won by a head ; Adamanthea was third, close up. GRAND STAND STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 100 added. Winners extra. The last mile and three-quarters of the Metropolitan Stakes Course. 14 subs. Mr.'Wodson's Boleno, by Leamington, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (lieartfield) 1 Lord Wilton's Sandal, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Lord Westmorland's Charon, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ...(Kenyon) 0 Betting.-3 to lon Sandal, sto 1 agst Boleno, and 10 to 1 agst Charon. Won by a head. Charon did not pass the post. • The WALTON STARES of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. New T.Y.O. Three-quarters of a mild, 6 subs. This race was declared void. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES Of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Winners extra. Halt a mile. 28 subs. Mr. Chaplin's b. f. Problem, by Newaiinater, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra) (J. Grimshaw 1 Mr. Beadman's b.c. Commissioner, Bst 101 b ... (Clement 2 Baron Rothchild's br. f. Chignon, Bst 71b (J. Daley 3 Lord Stamford's br. c. Feodor, Bst 101 b ... (A Edwards) 4 Mr. Hodgman's b.c. Verdi, Bst 101 b (Heartfield) 5 Duke of Hamilton's b. f. Phantom Sail, Bst 71b (J. Nigh tingall) Betting.-5 to 4 agst Problem, 3to 1 agst Chignon, 7to 1 agst Feodor, 10 to 1 agst Commissioner, and 25 to 1 agst Verdi. Won in a canter by a length ; a bad third. EPSOM Cur, of 10 sous. each, with 200 added ; for 6-yr olds and upwards. Weight for age, with maiden allow ances. Winners extra. Derby Course. 16 subs. Marquis of Hastings' The Duke, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 1 Mr. Barber's The Clown, 5 yrs, 9st 91b (Cowley) 2 _ _ No betting. They cantered together until within half a mile of home, when the pace mended. The Duke then came on and won easily by a length. SOUTFI-WESTERN STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 sovs added; for all ages; winners extra. One mile. 24 subs. Mr. Carew's Godmersham, by Lambourn, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (A. Edwards) 1 Lord Rendlesham's Effervescence, 3 yrs, Est (Butler) 2 Mr. Thellusson's Actna, 3 yrs, Est (carried_6st 11b) (Murray] 3 Mr. Watt's Applecross, 3 yrs, ist (H. Covey) 0 Mr. Hodgman's Vixen, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (Heartfield 0 Mr. F. Dark's Steamboat, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (H. Clark 0 Mr. Johnstone's The Czar, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Cameron 0 Capt. Cooper's Tusculaneum, 4 yrs, Est Mr. Pryor's Lass o ' Gowrie, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Kenyon 0 Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Hasketon Maid, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car ried sst 81b) Lord Westmoreland's Brahma, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Hlbberd) 0 Betting-5 to 1 each agst Brahma and Steamboat, 6to 1 agst Actlea and Lass o'Gowrie, 7to 1 agst Tusculaneum, 6 to 1 agst Applccross and Effervescence, 9 to 1 agst The Czar, and 12 to 1 each agst Godmersham and Hasketon Maid. Tusculaneum made play, attended by Applecross, Lass o'Gowrie, Effervescence, and Actfea, the remainder, headed by The Czar, going on in close company, whipped in by liasketon Maid, and in this order they came down the hill. When fairly inthe straight Godmersham, who had hitherto been lying away, came to the front at the distance, and won by a length; a bad third. The others were pulling up as they passed the post, the last pair being Tusculaneum and Vixen. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 guineas, for mares; 3-yr olds and upwards. Weights for ages. Two miles and a quarter. Baron Rothschild's Tourmalin, by King Tom, 3 years Mr. Saville's Myr rhina, 3 (Peek) 1 yrs (H. Covey) 2 Betting-3 to lon Tourmalin, who made her own run ning, and won in a walk by 20 lengths. EPsoM FOUR-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 50 sops each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst 111 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. New Derby Course, 7 subs. Captain Gray's Audit; by Voltigeur, Bst 101 b _ (J. Smith) w.o RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MAY. Epsom Summer l5 West Drayton Redditch 2l Cornwall :22 Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Kanturk 7 Newark Hawick Odiham Bibury l3 Manchester Wye , 23 Southwell 24 Ascot Summer 29 NE. Beverley l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Summer Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Worcester L Y. K nu tsford Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Spilsby Cambridge 24 Southampton 25 Chesterfield Huntingdon Goodwood Bl UST. ~ JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Mansfield Reading Hundleby N ottingbarn Stamford l9 AUG Jersey 1 Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton 14 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPTE Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond York August 2l Dover 23 Plymouth 2B West DraYton Lichfield Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 MBER. Hendon (Welsh Harp) 20 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 21 Wordsley Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Northampton. OC 2 T Bedford Lothians' Racing Club 3 Bromley 4 Newmarket 2d October... 8 Harrow ..... 16 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Worcester 'MBE R. NOVI Lincoln Liverpool Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JUNE. Mullingar JULY. Carlow 93 95 25 27 119 )20, 92 of 61 61 126 I',B 2 3 icl 83 88 1224 123 )1} 1i 94 44 54 58 5 27 108 110 70 72 108 110 35i 3di 10 11 p 120 121 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 108 112 198 153 60 68 46 49 71 73 7 8 140 143 1 3 100 ,03 52 54 AHEM YILEFERENC/C 13 10 per cent. prn., - . 101 E 9. - Great Northern, ti per cent., rd. at Great Western Orig. 44 per cent pf., Great Western, 4 per cent irred , 80, Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, • Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 131 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 164 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 79 FOREIGN RAIL WAY& Great Luxembourg, 13 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 121 FOREIGN milijo. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, St. John del Rey, lim.. 52} 2 Washoe Gold, lim., I 1 BANKS.; Agra and Mssterman's, lira., 31 4 Alliance, Urn., 37 Anglo-Italian, lim. 101 Bank of British Columbia.' 19 Bank of London. 16 141 Bank of New Zealand, 162 Chartered ider. of India, London, and China, 39 33 Consolidated Bank, lim., 8 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19 European Bank, lim., 1: 2: Imperial Ottoman, Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 31 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London and County, 76 51 London Joint Stock, 48 London and 11 estminster, 98 5 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11w., 111 Union of London. 5 1 1 MISCELLANEOUB. Berlin Water Works, lim.. 9, Ceylon Company, 10 91 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 61 Credit t oncier and Mobilier of England, 21 3 2i D,scount Corporation. 611 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, Um., 61 51 61 Fairb ,irn Engineering, 5 Gen. credir and Finanee of London. lim., 11 1 Hudson's Bay. 152 16 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 61 I mperi..l Mercantile Credit Aliso. mu. 10 9 I n t erna tional Financial , ociety, Am.. 3 London Financial Association. lim . 8 9 7 London tieneral Omnibus Company, lim, 31 2 National Discount Company, 121 Ocean arine Insurance), 22 hames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Urn, 7 Warrant Finance, lira., 11 1 A communication from Nantes says :--(c The cholera, which a few days since was at Guerande and its neighbourhood,,bas re-appeared in this port, and several persons have fallen victims to it. A small number of sick have died in the hospitals, principally women, whom the abuse of drink had predisposed to the fatal influence of this terrible malady. One workman in the Rue de la Bastille also succumbed in a few hours." The large American ship Shakspeare, which as may be remembered brought to Havre the largest cargo of cotton that had ever arrived at that port, has left for New Yak with 671 passengers. SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4, 5 , 6 OCTOBER. C urragh G FIXTURES. _ Vissembourg 2l Paris (Summer) 26, 27 FE. Toulouse 24, 28 Abbeville Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31 UST. Le Mans Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l :MEER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 IBER. Vincennes WESTMINSTER. ASSAULTING A REFRESHMENT-HOUSE KEEPER.—James Wilson and James Harrison, privates in the Coldstream Guards, were charged with assaulting Mr. Noah Drake, proprietor of a refreshment-house, 13, Middle-row, Knightsbridge. Complainant said that at 12 o'clock last night defend ant Wilson entered his house, and, pretending to be drunk, rolled about and asked for a black pudding. Complainant told him he did not sell them, and requested him to letvre. Finding he did not he told his boy to go and fetch a policeman, when Harrison, who accompanied the other, struck him on the chest and prevented his going out. Com plainant went to interfere, when Wilson struck him in the face. Complainant seized Wilson by the collar, and pushed him into the street, where he held him until the arrival of a policeman, although attacked by Harrison and another soldier. While this was going on complainant's wife came to his assistance, and laid about her pretty sharply with a jack towel roller (produced). Mr. Selfe -He is not in the police. (Laughter.) Complainant—No. John Champion (the boy) said Harrison struck him on the chest. His mistress pitched into the man with the towel roller. Mr. Selfe—Gave them a good toweling. Wilson bad a good character given him by his sergeant, the other an indifferent one. They were discharged. THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—DISTRESSING CASE.—Josiah Denman, aged 38, of Peel-street, Notting-hill, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with attempting to commit self destruction. George Roberts, a Thames police-constable, No. 46, had his attention called to the prisoner by two watermen in a boat off Blackwall last night. The prisoner had jest been taken out of the water into which ho had plunged, and was half dead. When he revived a little the watermen said the prisoner had attempted to drown himself. The prisoner, who was very much excited and shivering with wet and cold, said he had been trying to drown himself. lamin a low nervous state. I cannot get a situation. No one will employ me or look atme. What am Ito do? Mr. Matthew Brownfield, divisional surgeon of the East India Dock-road, said that the prisoner ought not to be left alone, and that he was very ill. The prisoner, who appeared to be very ill, said he was nervous—he could not—. Here his voice failed him. Mr. Paget—Take your time, my good man. What is the matter with you ? The prisoner said he was ill and nervous—no one— Those words were pronounced with much difficulty, the poor fellow was trembling excessively. Mr. Paget —What is the prisoner ? Roberts—lle is a gentleman's servant. Mr. Paget—Make inquiries about him, and call at the address in Peel-street, Notting-hill. He is remanded to Clerkenwell House of Detention for a week. A DESTRUCTIVE PRISTER.—John Cassidy, a printer, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with breaking a pane of glass, the property of Mr. Geo. Ewart, of the Mile-end road. George Brock, a police constable, No. 338 K., stated that he saw the prisoner ann two other men in Diggin's-street, Stepney, this morning, and saw the prisoner pick up a stone and call out, "I can break a window as well as any man in England—here goes;" and suiting the action to the word throw the stone at the window of a house and break it. The Prisoner—lt is true the pane of glass was broken up and form3d into pie. The glass was distributed, and there was no form in it. He gave chase to me and cap tured me, but he must have had very good sight if he could see me. He was 80 or 100 yards off. Brock—l measured off the distance where I stood to the place where I saw the prisoner throw the stone, and it is little less than 40 yards. Mr. Paget—Have you anything more to say, Cassidy ? The Prisoner—No, sir. It is true my friends were on the mop (getting drunk), but I was sober, and am totally innocent. Mr. Paget—it is a mischievous practice to go about the streets in the middle of the night and break people's windows. You must pay a fine of ls., and 2s. 6d., the value of the glass, or be imprisoned 14 days. MARKETS.---This Day. - +- MARK-LANE. Very little English wheat was received up to our market to-day, yet the show of samples was tolerably good. Both red and white qualities moved off slowly ; nevertheless, compared with Monday, no change took place in the quotations. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 13,910 quarters. Holders generally were firm in their demands, but the business doing was very moderate at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at last week's currency. Scarcely any English barley was on the stances, but the supply of foreign was extensive. The demand was inac tive, on former terms. Malt was in good supply and steady request, at full prices. _ _ Over 47,000 quarters of foreign oats having arrived the oat trade was heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beans and peas sold slowly, but at extreme currencies. The flour trade was quiet, at Monday's quotations. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,510 20 3,640 100 1,160 Irish Foreign 13,910 12,640 47,110 2,360 sks. bls. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The supplies of meat on offer in these markets are moderately good. On the whole, the demand is steady, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. a d a d a d a d Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior 1nutt0n....3 6 4 4 Middling do. 3 8 4 0 Middling mutton.. 4 6 6 4 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 5 6 5 8 Prime small d0....1 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 6 2 Large pork S 0 4 6 Small pork. 4 8 5 2 Lamb. 68 4d to 7s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. The transactions in hops have been only to a moderate extent ; nevertheless, the value of all qualities has been well supported. Mid and East Keats 100 s to 180 s per cwt Weald of gents Bos to 130 e per cwt Sussex 7OB to 1128 per cwt COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has remained very dull, without any change to report in prices. SUGAR.—There have been no public sales, and in the private market late rates are with difficulty maintained. COFFEE.—Operatiens have been of quite a retail cha racter, at a slight decline in prices. TALLOW.—T he market is moderately active, without, however, any material change in quotations. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. with a fair i nqu i ry, and prices are still purchasers. Sal es p ro b a bl y 6,000 in favour bales or more. Market i of DUBLIN EXHIBITION PALACE. —The Freeman says :—" Mr. George Buckland has just made his first ap pearance before a Dublin audience. Owing to the high reputation enjoyed by Mr. Buckland, as well as the interest and novelty of his entertainment, a crowded and fashion able audience was present. His entertainment was most interesting, varied, and instructive, and consisted of a series of views illustrative of events and remarkable places in early English history. The views, which aro six in number, are admirably painted, and Mr. Buckland felici tously avails himself of the opportunity of delivering an exceedingly humorous and appropriate lecture. He also displayed his high qualifications as a vocalist and pianist. Taking the entire entertainment as a medium of amuse ment and instruction, it was well w or th y of the cordial and . . gellego,l applaito yfluc , l4 xe v cenved." FRENCH RAC Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse 1 St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens AUG 4,5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 SEPT: Baden-Baden 'B, 6, 7 Chantilly OCZ Paris 7 I Chantilly l4, 18 I TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN DUNDEE.—On Wednes day night a large building, three stories high, situated in Barracks-street, Dundee, fell to the ground. Three per sons engaged in work in the upper flat, which was chiefly of wood, were buried in the ruins. When dug out it was was found that one was dead and the other two seriously injured. Their names were George Nicoll, an old man, dead ; Elizabeth Proctor, who had her leg broken, and suffering from other severe injuries; and Jane Proctor who was severely injured. Excavation in sand soil for new buildings was supposed to be the cause of the dread ful accident. The eicitement in Dundee is Mercury. The Loss of the London. The Melbourne A rgus has the following :—.4g arrival of the London in this port had for some days been impatiently expected. There were on board a large number of persons intimately connected with Melbourne, returning colonists who had been on a visit to the mother country, and whose relatives and friends here were anxious to see them ; and there were among the passengers two or three gentlemen in whom there centred a public interest--astheßev. D. J. Draper, who occupied a distinguished position among _the Wesleyan Methodists of the colonies; Dr. J. Woolley, the Principal of Sydney Univer sity ; and Mr. G. V. Brooke, the great actor, whose appearance at the Theatre Royal bad for some time been a subject of general speculation and conversa tion among the lovers of the drama. The intelli gence of the noble vessel's destruction, with the loss of 270 out of the 280 constituting her living freight, received by telegraph at this office on Thursday, the 15th of March, and immediately published, fell like a thunderbolt upon our citizens. The telegram containing the simple announcement, wherever it owfatshpe shopsosted, arrested eager crowds of readers. Many were partially closed in recognition of this great a ffliction, and in some of the windows were printed poor Brooke's last words, spoken to Gard ner, the steward farewell to the p eople of youAl are e bon r saved, n. giveTh The special edition of the mail intelligende by telegraph, pub lished at this office, was awaited with anxiety never circulated. din.toheerafliteetriaeofozeie thousands atnhdse drowned ofcopie passengers copies w will give some ideao e ft o h u e r if:a and dl othergaps surpassed, ere created by the catastrophe in Melbourne parts of these colonies. On the evening confrere n t f h r e e 15th, at the Theatre Royal, Mr. Coppin, the the gallant Brooke, touchingly referred to the mat ter, and passed a deserved eulogy upon the deceased for his genius as an actor, and his qualities as a gen tleman. It is proposed to erect some memorial in Melbourne in honour of Mr. Brooke, and - initiatory steps are now being taken with allusio n wasthat obje c t. I n places of worship on Sunday special made to the melancholy event, and appropriate con solation offered to the bereaved. On Wednesday night a funeral sermon, in reference to the Rev. D. J. Draper and Mrs. Draper, was preached ß m ev. the Wesleyan Church, Lonsdale-street, by the Eggleston. The building was crowded in every part, and hundreds were unable to obtain admis sion. It is proposed to erect a memorial tablet to the deceased, and also to found a scholarship in Wesley College.", 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 the Alps and the 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. The 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 tance 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.) During the last few days there has been scarcely any business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets ; there have been no public sales of either tea, sugar, coffee, or rice, and the private 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. At a public lottery just drawn at Florence two numbers which came out were 59 and 66. The mass of the people, who are naturally superstitious, and attach great importance to such chances, look upon the coincidence as a favourable augury for the result of the war. The Semaphore of Marseilles states that a notice has been issued by the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean . Railway Company to. the effect that the conveyance of goods by slow trains is suspended beyond Saint Michel in Savoy. The reason seems to be that the Italian lines have no longer a regular correspondence with the French, the trains beyond the Alps being reserved for carrying troops and materials of war. TENYEARS'DISCOUNT. -During the 10 years end ing with last week the rate of discount at the Bank of England has experienced great fluctuations. The dates indicated show when changes were made, the rates ap pended being the terms current until an alteration was adopted ; -1856-May 17, 6 per cent.; May 24, 5 per cent.; June 28, 11 per cent.; Sept. 27, 5 per cent.; Oct. 4, 6 and 7 per cent.; Nov. 15, 7 per cent.; Dec. 6, 61 per cent.; and Dec. 20, 6 per cent. 1857-April 8, 61 per cent.; June 18, 6 per cent.; July 16, 5} per cent.; Oct. 8, 6 per cent.; Oct. 12, 7 per cent.; and Dec. 24, 8 per cent. 1858-Jan. 7, 6 per cent.; Jan. 14, 5 per cent.; Jan. 28, 4 per cent.; Feb. 4, 3} per cent.; Feb. 11, 3 per cent.; and Dec. 9, 21 per cent. 1859-April 28, 81 per cent.; May 5, 4} per cent.; June 3, 31 per cent.; June 9, 3 per cent.; and July 14, 21 per cent. 1860 -Jan. 19, 3 per cent.; Jan. 31, 4 per cent.; March 29, 41 per cent.; April 12, 5 per cent.; May 10, 41 per cent.; May t 4, 4 per cent.; Nov. 8, 41 per cent.; Nov. 13, 5 per cent.; Nov. 15, 6 per cent.; Nov. 20, 5 per cent.; and Dec. 31, 6 per cent. 1861-Jan. 7, 7 per cent.; Feb. 14, 8 per cent.; March 20, 7 per cent.; April 4, 6 per cent.; April 12, 5 per cent.; May 16, 6 per cent.; Aug. 1, 5 per cent.; Aug. 15, 41 per cent.; Aug. 29, 4 per cent.; Sept, 19, 3} percent.; and Nov. 7, 3 per cent. 1862-Jan. 9, 2} per cent.; May 22, 3 per cent.; July 10, 21 per cent.; July 27, 2 per cent.; and Oct. 3, 3 per cent. 1863-Jan. 15, 4 per cent.; Jan. 28, 5 per cent.; Feb. 20, 4 per cent.; April 23, 3} per cent.; April 30, 3 per cent.; May 16, 3} per cent.; May 21, 4 per cant.; Nov. 2, 5 per cent.; Nov. 9, 6 per cent.; Dec. 2, 7 per cent. ; Dec. 3, 8 per cent. ; and Dec. 24, 7 per cent. 1864-Jan. 20, 8 per cent.; Feb. 11, 7 per cent. ; Feb. 25, 6 per cent. ; April 16, 7 per cent.; May 2, 8 per cent. ; May 5, 9 per cent. ; May 19, 8 per cent. ; May 26, 7 per cent. ; June 16, 6 per cent. ; July 25, 7 per cent. ; Aug. 4, 8 per cent. ; Sept. 8, 9 per cent. ; Nov. 10, 8 per cent. ; Nov. 24, 7 per cent.; and Dec. 15, 6 per teat. 1865-Jan. 10, 51- per cent.; Jan. 26, 5 per cent.; March 4, 41 per cent.; April 27, 4 per cent. ; May 11, 41 per cent. ; May 25, 4 per cent. ; June 8, per cent. ; June 20, 3 per cent. ; Aug. 5, 4 per cent. ; Sept. 28, 41 per cent. ; Oct. 2, 5 per cent. ; Oct. 5, 6 per cent. ; Oct. 7, 7 per cent. ; Nov. 28, 6 per cent. ; and Dec. 28, 7 per cent. 1866-Jan. 6, 8 per cent. ; Feb. 22, 7 per cent. ; March 15, 6 per cent.; May 3, 7 por cent. ; May 8, 8 per cent. ; May 11, 9 per cent. ; and May 12, 10 per cent. Thus in 1857 there were nine changes in the rate ; in 1858, six ; in 1859, five ; in 1860, 11; in 1861, 11; in 1862, five ; in 1863, 12 ; in 1864, 15 ; and in 1865, 16 ; while up to May 12 this year seven alteratiOns have already been made. It will be seen that at ,the close of last week the rate of discount was higher. th an it h a d b een s i nce November, 1857. Rather a sev ere p ressure was again ex perienced in February, 1861, and 1864 may be said to have been one prolonged financial crisis. The spring and sum mer of 1865 formed a period of comparative ease, but since October we have again had to deal with very trying diffi culties. The organization of the Bank appears, in fact, to have been unequal to the emergencies with which it has had to grapple since 1862. PHOTOGRAPHY.—Pursuing his valuable researches, M. Niepce de St. Victor has obtained new and highly interesting results. He can now produce a deep jet black, whereas hitherto the utmost he could obtain was a very dark brown ; but his latest prints give the illusion of relief with almost as great power as the stereoscope itself. M. Niepce has chosen small coloured engravings for his originals (his object being, as we know, the reproduction , of colours, or heliochromy); and yet his prints have strong lights and shades a s if he had operated .on e bas-reliefs. Th oug h una bl e f or th e present it tooro'aTviold n this singular phenomenon, he can produce late and it at pleasure. After chloridizing_ applying a varnish of dextrine and chlondsenholeif ap poses the plate under the original theto n re sufficient; the ply heat. A few minutes' insolatio would be called original (which in ordinary photogra phy n the image appears, but the negative) wlepaithd'ouhteex heat is ap ing visible. It is now brought out. The origi_ c hef are very faintly coilsoutarekd,enonalwysltta_ blue, p lrieedd, whereby all lotmhe colours and the illusion of and a new exposure to the sun more, and colours and brings out the * effected; w th la i i s d • There is at present a curious philoso figures more s r i 2 . w hi c h is gradually superseding Pharaoh's Placa plaything I th; drawing-room, and is fortunately more serpents 1 inten sifies on l once e n two small white paper, one of which is shining, the other leaves of r innocent. It consists of an envelope enclosing dull. If the latter be moistened and laid on th e f ormer, an i m age will immediately appear. li. Niepce gives the fol lowing process for preparing the leaves. An untoned phol tographic print is selected, and effaced by means of bi chloridide of mercury.; it is then rinsed in pure water and allowed to dry. So much for the first leaf : the second must be impregnated with sulphuret of sodium or else with hyposulphite of soda and chloride of gold. By moistening the leaf so impregnated, an d l ay i ng it on the effaced print thiiraagi Will be luira t t it t e ly royiired,....aaiign4rii, SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE—This Day. EPSOM RACES -THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE OAKS. Tormentor . Murella Ischia ......... _ The Bishop of London's Fund. Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of the gentlemen composing ptii throughout i e l i e ngrepre sentat i ves of all Board of th e t the Bishop n p woa o fs f tLhoenldeoena'ls associations e u e n eia d, ti c e o n m s held at the offices, No. 46A, Pall-mall. I n t h e re gretted absence of the bishop, Lord Egerton diocese Tatton was called to the chair. Mr. T. Godley, th e secretary, read the annual report, which was a ver y voluminous document. It appeared from it that the whole number of mission districts connected with the fund was 74. Of these 60 had been esta blished by means of grants from the fund; 12 ori ginally belonged to the Diocesan Church Buildi.ng Society, and had since been adopted by the fund ; two were established by the Diocesan Home Mis sion, and three independently of the fund. Of the 60 missions founded by grants from the fund, 30 were founded through the initiative of the com mittee. There had been a considerable decrease in the income during the past year. The total re ceipts between Dec. 31, 1863, and D. 31, 1864, were £71,269 12s. 2d., and in the corresponding period in . 1865, £48,248 15s. The income was, therefore, less than one-half of what was hoped would have been contributed, and of what was actu ally required if the fund was - actually to accomplish the work which was proposed. A large part of the income of the year had been derived from new donations received from the original subscribers to the fund, as well as from the instalments of sub scriptions9ftfund than nd individualmnoi previously promised. B u t th e i ncrease in the number glhestsh o ta f hevoae t nn h tb e riej subscribers eblnul7tof,aorloyo udOf s hi bodies. r t total o hb t a ayt i was urgentl y needed was t r h ad Pi e Peub g becli e ted n een e b. r so' al interest in, the work of the vast number of persons in the s w h o o s u e l : d u n m i t o e s d t e e ff as o il r y ta e i n t a be could p u themld at d t o i o ass c e s s e t wh it o , s a e n m d e b a y n once be accomplished. At the present moment the staff of clergy whose stipends were paid in whole or in part by the fund was 111, and the annual charge was £12,435. The stipends in five cases which were not included in the above number had ceased. In four of these cases the endowment had been obtained, and one was about to be en dowed. The number of Scripture readers for which e g e a n n t s womend been madel. The was £2,336, and for the latter £145. The distribu a n was n u 4 a B l , c a h n a d r goef forparochial th f o r m m i e s r don of grants for buildings, sites, and. purposes not requiring annual renewal was as follows :—£30,760 had been voted on account of 34 churches. Of these 14 had been consecrated, four others were opened for services, nine were being built, and the works of the others would be begun as soon as sufficient funds had heed raised, 13 of the churches thus aided had been already endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners. The other churches for which votes had been made would have a sufficient population at tached to them to enable the incumbents to claim endowment grants from the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners as soon as the churches were completed. In 61 mission districts grants to the amount of £27,505 9s. 3d. had been voted for buildings, leases, and for some incidental expenses, as fittings and repairs. There was also an annual charge of £505 for the rent of rooms; £8,500 had been voted for 19 school buildings, and £l,OOO had been placed at the dis posal of the Diocesan Board of Education for the fittings and maintenance of the new schools during the first year of their existence ; £765 had already been expended in small grants under this head. Ad ditional school accommodation had also been provided to a very considerable extent in the mission build ings. There had been voted £10,025105. for church sites, £7,509 for school sites, and £9,540 9s. 3d. for sites of mission stations. The report concluded. with an elaborate review of the past, and an earnest ap peal for increased aid to enable the fund to deal with some of the pressing cases which were daily arising. Lord Ebury moved the adoption of the re port, which was seconded by Viscount Sandon, and carried. Mr. Richard Hoare and Mr. Arthur. Mills were elected to fill two vacancies on the executive committee caused by death. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ABERDEENSHIRE. ABERDEEN, May 17. The election for this county took place to-day, the candidates being the gentlemen already named in The Sun,—Sir James Elphinstone, lately mem ber for Portsmouth, and Mr. Dingwall Fordyce, of Brueklay, son of Mr. Fordyce, who some years ago represented the city of Aberdeen in Parliament. It may be remembered that in 1861 the county was most keenly contested in the Liberal interest on behalf of the Hon. Arthur Gordon (son of Lord Aberdeen), by a strong party ably led by Mr. Ligertwood, when, although Mr. Gordon did not appear personally in the field, the power of the poll ' tical section to which he belonged was very clearly manifested. .To-day that party has experienced a triumph far exceeding their utmost hopes, the re turns of the polling showing the figures : Mr. Fordyce (Liberal) Sir J. Elphinstone (Conservative). l,OBB Majority for the Liberal candidate... 1,087 Mr. Fordyce is the first Liberal who has ever been returned for Aberdeenshire ; and while his political principles have been popular with the farming interest, there is no doubt that his views as a Free Churchman have tended in no small degree to swell the present great and unexpected majority. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. L/31 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrive'd, May 17—George Town, from Barbadoes ; Rosa and Concordia, from Guernsey. Arrived, May 18—Afar, steamer, from Ghent. (Sailed, May 17—Unionist, for Vera Cruz; Dundee, for Jamaica. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, May 17.—Wave Queen, from Algoa Bay, for London ; Unionist, from London, for Vera Cruz. Bank of England Bsturnt.•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to thoethAeertsieth:tidesSithVictoria, B4ooo cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, . M 0 ry:6, 11 1 , 8 8 6 5 6 1 . ,825 3,9 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ~,,X26,851,825 s G il o ßv v u s eir rn lißo m nulli t. Dnebril 015 1 •—• Gold Coin and - £26,851,8115 £26,856,8251 BANKING DEPARTMENT. proprietors!Capi tal Rest Public Deposits 3,313,412 (including Ex chequer, Sam ings7 Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 5,936,219 Other Deposits 18,620,772 Seven Day and other bills Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) ...£10,837,057 Other Securities.. 30,943,259 Notes 730,830 Gold and Silver Coin He. 471,980 529,822 £42,983,125' £42,983,125 A SHAKESPEARIAN RELIC.—A rare Shakespearian volume occurred in a sale at Messrs. Puttick and Simpson's yesterday.. It was thus described :--LLot 1,232, " The Rape of Lvcrece. By 31r.. William. Shakespear e . Newly reuised. London. printed by I. a for Roger lackson, and are to be sold at his shop neere the Conduit in Fleet-street, 1624." While in the hands of a former possessor who had a fancy for collecting the woodcut devices of printers, the printer's device was cut out from the title, and placed in a volume devoted to such collec tions, but after the lapse.ofmoreeeta es h r at e ta n c ti e y pintreury,actehde. Then volumeticalpi is 9 piece was Q s ffoun d, and has b ex cessive n k r - itS• Xt viasiOld for £54. 7‘ ded aele ices ther of the ow - Emit Ten ring ;.esh y of Lion tho rery oti- ses, I be 1 to ill tho .eell me- Hey r to the ad- En- vecl are a ple ads all ders true cri ,ved we the )ro c to 4115 ; if ts the ited ow' )rO - vTa ~.R,. ~~ , 90 25 ,