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THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as coon as Published, containing all the LA I'EST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by W. lIAItRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road, London, S. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taus- DAY.—Morning, 7h. 4m.—Afternoon, 7h. 33m. To-Mcautow.-Morning, Bh. 10m.—Afternoon, Bh. 50m. at 41 . e 6 , ), vt u ttoo" , t.„ .11,70 LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1865. It is by no means surprising that the tone of President JOHNSON'S proclamation should have pro duced a sensible effect on the English funds. The preservation of peace has been the one idea of our leading statesmen and politicians during the last few years, and to it they have sacrificed a good deal. The doctrine of non-intervention, which at first seemed to be based on reason and regard for the welfare of other nations, has been developed into a mere selfish endeavour to keep ourselves out of trouble at any cost. Its advocates, who commenced with professions of respect for national rights, have elided by declaring that, whatever the sufferings of other populations, we must not interfere, forgetting that inaction is often interference by deciding the ca se,f.er the st rong aga i ns t th e w eak.. When non intervention was persisted in with Austria, Prussia, and Denmark, it was virtually a declaration that Prussia was to have all she wanted. By skilfully avoiding, not a War which would never have re sulted, but any Possible risk of a war on the Schleswig-Holstein question, we have sown the seed of future complications which will not be so easy dealt with. If the case of the Americans was not precisely the same, inasmuch that the ascendancy of the North was by no means certain, yet our professed neutrality really threw the weight of our influence into the Northern side. Without Irish recruits and English arms and ammunition the Federals could not have been quite so lavish of blood and treasure ; but, being continually in receipt of such supp lies they had an immense ad vantage over LEE, who, thanks to the obstinacy of the Southern Congress, was forced to depend on voluntary recruits. But in this case also we have prepared difficulties for ourselves, and already the shadow of them is threatening us. By our conduct to the South we have incurred the risk of a war i n w hich we shall be immediately concerned. The tone of the new President of the United States since his accession to rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, lB6 power has not tended to allay the uneasiness excited , 'case ; and as for those around him there is every LATEST INTELLIGENCE by the sudden and vio lent chan g es of the last few reason to suppose that no attention would (REUTER'S TELEGRA3IS.) • weeks. It was felt from the first that the successor law) been paid to their complaints, and their of ABRAHAM LINCOLN was not a man to whose oma position would certainly not have been im hands Europe would willingly see entrusted the pr oved had they offended the powers of the place. destinies of a great nation, possessed of large T 1 le medical officer of the workhouse who had armies, and governed on a system which gives its be en incapacitated by illness from attending to his ruler for the time almost irresponsible power. Still do 'ties for some time, stated that the report of the it was felt that it would be unfair to judge him pcificeman who visited the workhouse, was " sub hardly in so new and untried a position, and it was stavtially correct." This is certainly summing up hoped that the importance of his office, an d the the case quietly against those in charge, for the weight of the charge intrusted to him, would teach account given by GEORGE MANNERS, the officer him to assume that moderation and prudence which who was sent by Sir THOMAS HENRY to investigate had previously been wanting in his public words and the matter, was a fearful one. He said he had never acts. These expectations have been grievously di s _ seen a human being in so dreadful a condition, and appointed. The first excitement of the murder has proceeded to give details which would certainly gone off, and the allowance which might have been have been gross exaggerations had they proceeded made for any intemperance of langu a g e durin g the from one whose veracity could be easier impugned. first days of the shock cannot now be granted. Dr. CRAIG, the assistant medical officer, who was But the proclamation which has just startled in charge of the deceased in consequence of Europe by its reckless violence, injustice, and the illness of his superior, is very properly censured cruelty, is something more than a mere display of for the neglect of the deceased, and also Mrs. angry feeling. It is a deliberate official act, which ELSON, the paid nurse, who was responsible for lends all the weight of the aut h o rit y of the Govern- the conduct of the pauper nurses is declared " prin ment to one of the most transparent and base- cipally to blame," and both these individuals are less fabrications on record. "On evidence," required at once to resign their respective offices as which is not forthcoming , Mr. JOHNSON ac- assistant medical officer and nurse at the workhouse. cuses a man of high principle, of unblemished The Board state that they have taken all the circum integrity, who has for years fulfilled an important stances into consideration that have been urged in trust without once abusing his power or suffering extenuation, but that they consider they have so himself to be betrayed by the violence of his ene- gravely neglected their duties, that the authorities mies into one act of retaliation or oppression, of could not be justified in allowing them to continue com plicity in a mean and cowardly crime , as in their offices. As for the master of the work house, who put in for his excuse that the inconsistent with his character as it is re pugnant to his professions. Furthermore, infirmary had always been considered to be the by the same ingenious logic, Messrs. JOHNSON and special charge of the medical officer and the nurses, STANTON consider that a crime which could scarcely the board very properly admonish him that such an have been known to more than one or two indivi - opinion is an erroneous one, and furthermore inform him that "the infirmary, as well as all other parts duals without imminent peril of detection to have been planned by several hundreds of persons scat- of the establishment, are under his general tered from Carolina to Canada. If any nation in superintendence, and that he is responsible the world has expressed an abhorrence of political for the good management of the sick wards assassination it is England, and the annals of our equally with the other portions of the history show hardly any instances of it. In the workhouse." In future he is told that he will be height of political rancour and passion the leaders of held "strictly responsible" for the proper manage parties have never been betrayed into sanctioning ment of the sick wards, and he cannot be absolved such an act, knowing, as they did, that it would at from blame. On the whole, it may fairly be stated once disgust their most vehement allies. Even that the Poor-law Board have exhibited great dis when men so unpopular to the masses as the first cernment and discretion in this matter, which Duke of BUCKINGHAM, in one age, and Mr. PERCI- offered great difficulties in its management, and it vAL, in another, fell victims to the knife and the remains to hope that such well-timed decision may bullet, there was but one sentiment—that of horror, have its effects upon those immediately connected but one outcry—that of indignation, against with the sick in other workhouses. A more discre the murderer. The Canadians are essen- ditable case than that of RICHARD GIBSON can tially English in their feelings and character, hardly occur, but who can say how many others yet Mr. JOHNSON does not scruple to accuse them equally bad are not occurring which we are pre wholesale, not only of receiving, but of harbouring vented from knowing owing to circumstances. assassins. It is this recklessness of accusation During the last year we have had two startling which makes men look with doubt and anxiety cases of workhouse neglect put before us, and it is to the future. It is but too probable that the time that something was done to remedy the evils next step will be to demand the extradition and rectify the abuses that take place in the system of all Confederates of any note from Canada, on of treating our sick poor in these places. It the plea of their being concerned in one of the many has been shown from reliable statements that so-called plots which the Federal Government has the patients are left for sixteen hours without discovered. Three hundred persons have already any nourishment, and that the doctor often passes been put under arrest, and it is very likely that by the beds without looking at their occupants. the list of " suspects" may double or treble The sad tale of the sufferings endured by sick that number, since it has been thought worth paupers is indeed dreadful to dwell upon, and the while to prepare them a special prison. When full horrors of their situation will probably never be conspirators are obliging enough to knock public fully known until the day when all secrets are dis officers down in the public thoroughfares without closed ; but we may safely infer that the ranks hurting them, on purpose to drop a paper giving of these nameless martyrs are numerously filled up. I all details of a plot to set cities on fire and then It is high time that something be done to alter the run away beyond all pursuit, there is no saying present state of things, and that such a supervision be introduced as shall render a repetition of the how many men, whose independence or patriotism c makes them obnoxious to the Government, may not case of GIBSON impossible. The authorities in a place hang too much together, and it would be become implicated. Mr. JOHNSON holds " treason," so called, in such holy horror that he would like to well if a disinterested party made exami reverse the old adage, and hang a hundred innocent nations occasionally. If the Poor-Law Board men rather than let one guilty one escape. There sent an inspector, or some responsible party, is a famous old distich which tells us that treason, to inquire into the state of patients in work h when it prospers, is not treason ; and one is re- houses by personal observation, without notice of minded that Mr. JOHNSON'S own sacred Union owes his arrival, much good might be done, and a check its very existence to something which in the North is be established which would be salutary. It is cer called Independence, but in the South is called Trea- tain that a great wrong has been done to the cause son. The difference between GEORGE WASHING of justice by the treatment of this poor man, and in TON and JEFFERSON Davis is simply that the one the opinion of a Christian community the recur was successful, the other unsuccessful. American rence of a case which shocks the best feelings of estimation may be measured by this standard, but human nature should be prevented by every mean ingenuity can devise and skill put into practice. English sympathy is not ; and the feeling which was strongly evoked a few weeks ago on behalf of the Northern States when they lost their President will now turn tenfold to the high-minded man who is now the mark for the malignity of foes who are afraid of the uprightness and purity of his fame. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 18. The Queen and the King left this evening for Aranjuez. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 17. BOURSE, May 17.—A general feeling of depres sion has pervaded the market since the opening, in consequence of reports having been circulated of unfavourable intelligence from Mexico. The result has been a slight fall in most of the principal values. Three per Cents. are now at 67f. 55c., being a reduction of 15c. on yesterday's closing prices. The shares of the Credit INlobilier have again receded 15f., and are at this hour quoted 7G2. Business in the Italian Loan has been tran sacted at 65f. 40e. The market continued without any noticeable improvement on the quotations cur rent during the early hours of business, and closed as follows :- 4-1 per Cents 95 20 Do. end month — Italian Loan 65 75 Do. end month 65 75 Ditto Threes New Mexican — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred - rAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1067 50 1065 Lyons and Mediterranean. 895 895 Southern 597 50 598 25 Western 527 50 ... 528 75 Eastern Sardinian Austrian 8 per Cents. 67 45 Do. end month 67 50 Credit Mobilier Do. end month 763 75 Bank Shares 3695 Credit Foncier 1282 50 Roman 76 Lombard 535 .. 541 25 North of Spain 255 ... 255 Saragossa 345 ... 346 25 Ditto to Barcelona 132 50 ... 140 AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) NEW YORK, May 6. The following is President Johnson's reply to an address presented to him by a Pennsylvanian dele gation : "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—l can only reply in general terms ; perhaps as good a reply as I can make would be to refer to or repeat what I have already said to other delegations, who have come for the purpose of encouraging and inspiring me with confidence on entering upon the discharge of duties so responsible—so perilous. " All that I could now say would be but a reitera- tion of sentiments already indicated. The words you have spoken are most fully and cordially responded to by me. I, too, think the time has arrived when the people of this nation should understand that treason is a crime. When we turn to the catalogue of crimes we find that most of those contained in it are understood ; but the crime of treason has neither been generally understood nor generally appreciated as I think it should be. And there has been an effort since this rebellion commenced to make the impression that it was a mere political struggle ; or, as I see it thrown out in some of the papers, a struggle for the ascend ancy of certain principles from the dawn of the Government to the present time, and now settledby the final trial of the Federal arms. If this is to be a determined, settled opinion, the government is at at end, for no question can arise but they will make it a party issue, and then, to whatevey length they carry it, the party defeated will be only a party de feated, and no crime attaches thereto. But I say treason is a crime, the highest crime known to the law, and the people ought to understand it, and be taught to know that unless it be so considered there can be no Government. I do not say this to indicate a revengeful or improper spirit. It is simply the enunciation of deliberate consideration and temperate judgment. There are men who ought to suffer the penalties of their trea son ; but there are also some who have been en gaged in this rebellion who, while, technically speaking, are guilty of treason, yet morally are not. Thousands who have been drawn into it, involved by various influences, by conscription, by dread, by force of public opinion in the localities in which they lived ; these are not so responsible as those who led, deceived, and forced them. To the un conscious, deceived conscripted—in short, to the great mass of the misled—l would say mercy, cle mency, reconciliation, and the restoration of their Government. To those who have deceived—to the conscious, influential traitor, who attempted to de stroy the life of a nation, I would say " On you be inflicted the severest penalties of your crime." (Applause.) I fully understand how easy it is to get up an impression in regard to the exercise of mercy ; and, if I know myself and my own heart, there is in it as great a disposition to mercy as can be manifested on the part of any other individual. But mercy without justice is a crime. In the exer cise of mercy there should be deliberate considera tion, and a profound understanding of the case ; and I am not prepared to say but what it should be transferred to a higher Court—a Court where mercy and justice can best be united. " In responding to the remarks of your chairman in reference to free government and the discharge of my duties, I can only say again that my past public life must be as a guide to what my future will be. My course has been unmistakeable and well defined. I know it is easy to cry out " dema gogue," but let that be as it may. If I have spent the toil of youth and the vigour of my life for the elevation of the great masses of the people, why it was a work of my choosing, and I will bear the loss. And if it is demagoguism to please the people, if it is demagoguism to strive for their welfare and amelioration, then I am a demagogue. I was always His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Major Teesdale, honoured Mr. T. M. Joy's pic tures of " The Lawn" and " The Yard," at Messrs. Tatter sall's old subscription room with a visit yesterday morning. His royal highness was pleased to express his approval of the same, and subscribed for engravings of each picture.— Court Circular. The letter that has been sent from the Poor-law Board to the Vestry Clerk of St. Giles's respecting the sad affair of RICHARD GIBSON is satisfactory in the extreme, and it is indeed high time that some thing should be done at headquarters to check the mismanagement in workhouses. It will be remem bered that the jury, in their verdict, reported that the death was " accelerated by neglect." In conse quence of this very proper remark the affair has been taken up in an energetic manner, and we find at the conclusion of a long investigation the most decisive reproof administered to those whose faulty management occasioned so many serious evils. Mr. FARNALL, the Inspector of the Poor-law Board, paid great attention to the matter through out, and the effects of his observations are seen in this letter, that so strongly condemns the course pursued in St. Giles's Workhouse. The terms there employed could not have been stronger or more to the purpose than they are, and it is to be hoped that the authorities at the Poor-law Board will con tinue to pursue the vigorous treatment they have begun in this instance, and thus gradually but surely put a stop to the carelessness that prevails to such a lamentable extent in the wards of workhouse. A more painful case than that of GIBSON can hardly be imagined, and the details of the affair are harrowing in the extreme. It is, indeed, fearful to think that a poor man, suffering from a painful disease, should be exposed to such torments as those endured by the de ceased. All the various points of the evidence, that were collected from various quarters, concur in the original deposition to the magistrate, of the neglect and want of nourishment that GIBSON suffered from. In allusion to this, the Board state that " they consider it has been clearly esta blished that the deceased was left in a disgraceful state of neglect, as regards his personal cleanli ness, for some time before his death." A severer censure could hardly have been passed than this, and there cannot be too much weight attached to the importance of this decision, because, until the matter is] taken up by the authorities in a determined spirit, and with a decisive manner, there can be no hope that this disastrous state of things, and that we shall hear no more of such anomalies taking place in a Christian community. Cleanliness, that is so essential to all, is doubly essential to the sick, and it may fairly be said that if one thing more than another reflects the greatest disgrace upon all connected with this affair, it is the very dirty .1. have been left i n. stave which GIBsoN was proved to As for the absurd excuses that his untenable, condition n and the otbeing made ]mown, giventhey as o we t requite paltry e attempt to put all the blame upon the sufferer and his neighbours in the same ward wa3 a complete f a il ur e. In the first place, the poor man was deli rious, and therefore he could not have stated his " FUN" made a brilliant recommencement yester day afternoon under an entirely new management. With Tom Hood as the editor of Fun there has surely at length been discovered (as we intimated only the other day in these columns) that long and vainly looked for personage—the Right Man in the Right Place. Letterpress and illudtra tions both already evidence very marked imps ovement. The principal woodcut, the political cartoon, is in its working-out worthy of Punch—the likenesses of the young Prince, of the Commander-in-Chief, of the Lord-Lieute nant, and of the Irish Secretary are excellent. A VOLUNTEER SERGEANT-MAJOR SHOT.—A me lancholy, and, it is feared, fatal occurrence took place at the Hendon Rifle Range on Tuesday afternoon about half-past three o'clock. Five of the crack shots of the Sun derland Rifle Corps had gone to the beach for private prac tice, attended by the Sergeant-Major of the Corps (Heading) to act as marker. The "mantlet," an iron box, in which the marker sits, is behind a rock and in a natural cave of the sea banks, the target being at a little distance. It would appear that after the firing had proceeded for some time the Sergeant-Major incautiously left the mantlet without first showing the red flag as a signal for danger. At that moment one of the Volunteers was taking aim, and not noticing that Heading was exposed fired, the shot rico chetted, and struck the Sergeant-Major, who fell, but, singular to say, moved his flag as he lay. The Volunteers at once proceeded to the target and found Heading lying at some distance from it, bleeding from a wound in his" side. His first words were that he was to blame himself in not having shown the flag, and the Volunteer who caused the accident was not to blame. He was carefully conveyed to the Blue-house, and messengers despatched in different directions for medical assistance. Dr. M'Donogh, of her Majesty's 3hip Active, Mr. Saville and his son, and Dr. -Pyle, the medical officer of the Volunteer Corps, were soon in attendance, and found that the ball had passed in at the left side and out at the right, penetrating the largo gut and liver. There was little external hemorrhage, the bleeding being internal. At the time our reporter left the spot the unfortunate man was still alive, but no hopes were held out of his long surviving. A DROVE OF WHALES.—On Monday a drove of young whales, measuring from 16 to 24 feet, were seen in Broadbay, near Melbost, in the Lewis, when a number of boats were manned and went in pursuit, and continued the chase all day. On several occasions the boats managed td get the shoal towards the shore, but when they came to shallow water the whales always turned and went spouting away out amongst the boats. It is supposed there were from 80 to 100 altogether. It would have turned a good day's work for the men engaged if they had been successful. They were active and hashing away amongst them all day, but all their labour was futile. FEARFUL DEATH OF " STEEPLE JACK."—For some time past a man named John M'Cann has been pur suing a hazardous occupation in the black country. It has been his practice to ascend tall chimneys from the outside, after attaching ropes and chains to the summit by means of a kite. A stack at the ironworks of Messrs. Williams, at Wednesbury Oak, required repairing, and M'Cann was em ployed to do the work. The method which it has been usual with him to adopt has acquired him the sobriquet of "Steeple Jack." Commencing on Friday, he had affixed his apparatus by Sunday. After a visit to a publichouse he ascended on that day, and, to the great amusement of a crowd of people who had assembled below, danced a horn pipe, and went through other antics on the top of the chimney. At half-past eight he descended, and again repaired to the public-house. After staying there an hour he re-ascended the chimney unobserved, it is said, and was soon afterwards seen lying asleep across the apex of the stack. In another hour he was seen to roll from his perilous bed. He fell upon the roof of the building below, and was picked up in a muti lated condition on the floor of the works, having broken through the roof and some rafters beneath it. He was con veyed to the South Staffordshire Hospital, where ho died on Monday. Deceased's father earned his bread in a manner equally hazardous with that of his son, and it is stated that the son's death has been similar to that which befel his father, some years, felons have been buried. Booth's body was deposited here, and the earth over it was smoothed and carefully sodded over. The other graves of less infamous felons had previously been levelled, and a strong guard is now in charge of the spot, and will continue to keep it undisturbed until the grass has grown so thickly that no one will ever be able to distinguish the place where the assassin's corpse was interred from the other name less graves around it." _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, May 18. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen from New York, on the afternoon of the Gth inst . , - has arrived here. She brings 79 passenger - d for this, Havre, and Bremen ; $37,900 fob England, and $103,800 for France. On her voyage the Bremen spoke the following ships—the Bremen '6 - nip Charlotte on the 13th inst., and on the 14h the Hamburg brig, No. 91, off Portland. NEW YORK, May 6, 2 P.M. Advices received from Bermuda state that during a judicial investigation there evidence was produced showing that a Doctor Blackburn, representing himself as a Confederate agent, purchased infected clothing, and ordered it to be sent to New York, with the object of spreading the yellow fever in that city. The following letter has been addressed by Lieu tenant General Ewell to Lieutenant General Grant relative to the assassination of President Lincoln " Fortress Monroe, 16th April, 1865. " Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant Commanding United States Army. " General,—You will appreciate, I am sure, the sentiment which prompts me to drop you these few lines. Of all the misfortunes that could befall the Southern people, or any Southern man, by far the greatest, in my judgment, would be the prevalence of the idea that they could entertain any other than feelings of unqualified abhorrence and indignation for the assassination of the President of the United States, and the attempt to assassinate the Secretary of State. No language can adequately express the shock produced upon myself, in common with all the general officers confined here with me, by the occurrence of this appalling crime, and by the seeming tendency in the public mind to connect the Southern men with it. Need we say that we are no assassins nor the allies of assassins, be they from the North or from the South, and that, coming as we do from most of the States of the South, we would be ashamed of our own people were we not assured they would reprobate this crime. Under the circumstances I could not refrain from some expression of my feelings. I thus utter them to a soldier who will comprehend them. The following officers—Major-Generals E. John son of Virginia and Kershaw of South Carolina ; Brigadier-Generals Burton, Corse, Heins, and Jones of Virginia; Dubois, Semmes, and H. R. Jackson of Georgia; Frazier of Alabama, Smith and Gordon of Tennessee, Cabel of Arkansas, Marmaduke of Missouri, and Commodore Tucker of Virginia, all heartily concur with me in what I have said.—Re spectfully, R. S. EWELL, Lieut.-General C.S.A." EC &RIO TS T Ins Day. METROPOLITAN CA.TTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here to-day was very mode rate. Tho trade for most breeds ruled steady, at full prices. Very prime Scots realised 55., but the more general top price was 4s 10d per 81bs. Sheep were in moderate supply. Most breeds were in steady request, and the quotations ruled firm ; prime Downs and half-breds realised Gs 2d per 81bs. Lamb—the supply of which on sale was but mode rate—moved off steadily at full prices, viz., at from Gs 8d to 8s per Sibs. Calves were in fair demand at previous rates. The port trade was quiet. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 8 Second quality do ..3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c.... 4 8 4 10 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 10 5 4 second quality do ..5 6 5 10 proud when my duties were so discharged that the people were pleased. A great monopoly—the re marks of your chairman brings me to it—existed : that of slavery, and upon it rested an aristocracy. It is the work of freemen to put down monopolies. You have seen the attempt made by the monopoly of slavery to put down the Government ; but in the making of the attempt to control and destroy the Government, you have seen the Government put down the monopoly and destroy the institution. (Applause.) Institutions of any kind must be sub ordinate to the Government or the Government cannot stand. Ido not care whether it be North or South. A Government based upon popular judgment must be paramount to all institutions that spring up under that Government ; and if when they attempt to control the Government, the Govern ment does not put them down, they will put it down. Hence the main portion of my efforts have been devoted to the opposition of them. Hence I have ever opposed aristocracy, opposed it in any shape. But there is a kind of aristocracy that has always, that always will command my respect and approba tion—the aristocracy of talent, the aristocracy of virtue, the aristocracy of merit, or an aristocracy' resting upon worth, the aristocracy of labour resting upon honest industry, developing the industrial re sources of the country—this commands my respect, my support in life. In regard to my future course in connection with this rebellion nothing that I can say would be worth listening to. If my past is not sufficient guarantee, I can only add that I have never knowingly deceived the people, and never have betrayed a friend—(applause)--and, God willing, never will. (Applause.) Accept my pro found and sincere thanks for the encouragement you have given me ; and believe me when I say that your encouragement, countenance, and confidence are a great aid and a great spur to the performance of my duties. Once more, I thank you for this manifestation of your regard and respect." The Boston Advertiser says : " The vexed question as to the disposal made of the body of John Wilkes Booth is at length settled by a statement which may be regarded as final. After the head and heart, which have been deposited in the army medical museum in this city, had been removed, the corpse was placed in charge of two men, who, after various movements calculated to baffle impertinent curiosity, dug a grave in a little spot of ground close to the penitentiary, where, for cl s d Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 10 Prime s'thdowo 00.6 0 6 2 Large coarse calves. 4 2 4 8 Prime small 10 5 2 Large hogs ....3 6 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 10 Lambs....6s 8d to 8, Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s .0 22s each. _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts 490 supply. 490 Beitsta Cc ws .. 1 , 5 Cows Sheep and lambs 8,57 • Sheep and lambs 3 230 Calves :305 Ca ve s.. Pigs 220 Pigs — NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The trade is steady, at the subjoined currency:- Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s 4d to is 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s Gd to 5s Od per 81bs, by the carcase. ROMFORD, May 17.—The trade is steady, at the sub joined currency :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 4(.1; lamb, Gs 6d to 8s • veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per Sibs. Suckling calves, —s to —s , quarter old store pigs, —s to —s; and mulch cows, £0 to £0 each. SOUTHALL, May 17.—There is a fair demand for most descriptions of stock, at full currencies :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 2d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 8s ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81b to sink the offal. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 Os Od; clover, £4 Ss to £6 2s 6d ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od; clover, £4 lOs to £6 Gs OS ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 Os Od; clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles June 12, Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pan, et June 5. Ditto, by French packet May 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena... May 25. China, Penang, and Sing , ip,)re, via Sou hampton May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jane 2. Falkland Island• Gibraltar, %fa Southampton ➢iay 19. _., ... , India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. May 27. Ditto, via Marseilles ,...May 26. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Maned a June 5. Newfoundland May 24. June 5. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet May 24 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. May 19 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. June 10 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Illy `c9• Bahamas, pia New York. Bermuda, ditto June 7, Cuba and Mexico May 29. DARING POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—A robbery, which we should imagine for ingenuity and auda city has no parallel in modem times, occurred at a branch post-office in the Bridgewater district. On Thursday even ing two individuals, having all the outward appearance of gentlemen, stayed at the White Hart, Eastover. They hired a conveyance in the morning from Mr. Ricks, in which one of them went on to Nether Stowey, and, pre senting himself at the branch office there, represented that he was an inspector on a tour of inspection. The post master, of course, thinking that inspectors are very erratic and übiquitous, and generally give no indications of their coming, let him have the run of the establishment. He overhauled the office, and said, " Ah, I see I must have a great many alterations here. You don't manage as you should do, nor do they at Bridgewater?' He asked for the money-order book, and said, " We aro going to have some fresh forms. I will take them away, and leave you some to go on with." He took away 300. He then went to Holford, a quiet village about two miles away, and there made out 50 orders for £lO each on the general and branch offices of London, payable to different parties. He came back to the Stowey office, seized an opportunity to put the invoices ready stamped with the forged signature of the postmaster into the bag. It. was sealed. He then came to Bridgewater, found his confederate, went off by the night mail to London, presented his orders at the different offices, and netted a neat £5OO. It is undoubtedly the cleverest piece of roguery that has been perpetrated for some time past.— Western Daily Press. SUICIDE THROUGH POVERTY.—Yesterday evening an inquiry was held at the St. Martin's Vestry Hall, Charing-cross, by Mr. Bedford, respecting the suicide of Mary Conway, aged 63 years. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the wife of John Conway, formerly a tailor, living at No. 5, Taylor's-buildings, Chandos-street. The old man being unable to work at his trade they were in great distress, as they had only 6s. a week to live upon. Deceased often said that she could not bear such poverty, and she would make away with herself. On Friday night her husband went out as a watchman, and in his absence the deceased locked up her room, and then proceeded to the Thames Embankment, whence she must have thrown her self into the river, for she was found floating there next day. Her husband said that she had during the day tried to get a ticket from some charity for tea and sugar, and he believed that her failing to obtain it had caused her to commit suicide. The jury returned an open verdict of "Found dead in the Thanaeo." ELECTI ON INTELLIGENCE. NORTH DERBYSHIRE. A requisition having been presented to Mr. W. Jackson, the present member for Newcastle-pLa er _ Lyme, asking him to allow himself to 1 ,7 ) , nom i na t e d for North Derbyshire at the -Jett general election in place of Mr. Thorro-iiil, who wishes to retire, the hon. gentlemar--who is owner of the Claycross collierie has consented, and has issued an address, 1 "... which he says : "For. my political principles and conduct I refer you to my past public life. I have always endeavoured to preserve the order and freedom of our British institutions, and to adapt them by careful and well considered improvements to the growing intelligence and necessities of the times. I was one of the early supporters of those great measures of free trade which of late years have added largely to the development and prosperity of commerce, and brought plenty to the homes of our people, and which, particularly during the crisis of the American contest, have enabled us to withstand a shock of unprecedented severity, and by our strength and self-reliance to triumph over all commercial difficulty. lam happy to believe that this prosperity has not been confined to the commercial and manufacturing interest, but that the landed interest has received a full share of the benefit. Commerce and agriculture must go hand in hand, for the land and the industries connected with it can never cease to form the real basis of our politi cal and social system. Being by education and conviction a member of the Church of England, I have endeavoured to increase her efficiency by promoting the building and endowment of churches and schools. I have also felt it my duty to aid other Christian communities in spreading religion and education among the people. While thus acknowledging my allegiance to the Established Church, I express my conviction that her best interests will be se cured by relying as much as possible on her own strength and the devotion of her members. I have long been satis fied that an extension of tho suffrage ought to be conceded, but I do not believe that any measure of electoral reform will bo final or satisfactory which regards numbers only, without equally considering the claims of those who by education, industry, and connection with the more intelli gent pursuits of life are well entitled to be intrusted with the franchise. I have always supported the proper and effi cient maintenance of our army and navy, but I am desirous that these important branches of public service should be administered with the utmost economy consistent with their efficiency. I consider the country deeply indebted to the services of the volunteers, and I have always given them hearty encouragement. If elected, I shall continue to offer a general independent support to Lord Palmerston's Admi nistration. lam of opinion that they have carried on the government of the country during critical times with judg ment and moderation. My parliamentary experience, my acquaintance with mercantile pursuits, and my personal interests in the mining prosperity of North Derbyshire will , I hope, enable me faithfully to represent the various sec tions of your constituency, whether engaged in agriculture, manufactures, or commerce, or in developing the mineral resources of Scarsdale and the High Peak. If you should return me to Parliament, it will be my pleasure to bo at all times accessible to my constituents, and I will devote my best energies and attention to furthering the local interests of the division." NORTII WILTS. The political affairs of this division are in a pecu liar state. On the retirement of Mr. Sotheron-Est court, who for many years represented the division, and earned the respect of all parties, Lord Charles Bruce, a Liberal, was returned, under an arrange ment made between the leaders of both parties, Mr. Merewether, Q.C., representing the Conservative, and Mr. Bouverie the Liberal. This arrangement was that the representation should be divided be tween the two parties, and that neither should in any way aid the starting or election of a third party. The compact did not give satisfaction to the electors, and efforts were made to procure a Conservative candidate, but the short time before the election pre vented this effort being successful. After the elec tion a meeting was held at Chippenham, when Mr. Merewether explained the arrangement which had been made, and stated that the chief reasons which had led to this course were that 50,000 acres of land in the division had passed from Conservative to Liberal owners, and that the registration had not been efficiently attended to. This explanation was not deemed satisfactory, and a resolution approving the compact was negatived, it not even obtaining a seconder. Mr. Walter Long, who would have again offered himself had there been no probability of a contest, publicly announced his intended retirement. Sir George Jenkinson, of Eastwood-park, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, then issued an address, announcing himself as a Conservative candidate. He was not, however, accepted by the leaders of the party, and a few days afterwards Mr. Richard Long, one of the members for Chippenham, and a son of Mr. Walter Long, issued his address, soliciting the support of the electors to return him for the seat now held by his father. Mr. Long has addressed the electors at several places, as also has Sir George Jenkinson, but each gentleman acts independently. Sir George attended the Swindon market this week, and was well received by a large number of farmers. He addressed them at the Bell Hotel, and argued that as he was before the constituency previous to Mr.R. Long issuing his address he was entitled to support under the very terms of the compact which it was was said was influencing the party. He (Sir George) did not act factiously. He did not come forward until after Mr. W. Long had announced his retire ment, and he was then the only candidate in the field. Having been invited to stand, and having received promises of support, he could not be ex pected to take off his hat and make room for Mr. Long. Indeed, to do so without the consent of those who supported him would be to break his word. He was ready to fight if the tenant farmers would sup port him, and he argued that the success of the Herefordshire farmers would stimulate those of North Wilts to united exertion. He complained of the manner in which he had been attacked by his own side, and said he was ready to work with Mr. Long, canvas with him, and pay with him ; but he would not accept that. In concluding his speech, Sir George said —I will further observe that the spirit displayed against me is not likely to conduce to harmony. I attended a meeting at Chippenham, at which Mr. R. Long and his supporters were present. Mr. Long spoke after me, and dwelt upon his social position, upon his father having represented the division, and upon his having been born among them. I must confess these are great advantages, and, in speaking afterwards, I said Mr. Long had advantages which I did not possess, but that I had this advantage that I was heir to the second Earl of Liverpool, a Conservative statesman, and possessed estates in the county. Mr. Long then got up and said I was bragging about my high descent. I said, " Stop, stop, you are putting words into my mouth." Mr. Long said, " I did not interrupt the last speaker, and he ought not to in terrupt me." He further said—and I hope this will be reported—" I have as much plate on my side table as he has." (Hisses.) I wish to say nothing but honour of Mr. Long, but I maintain that the plate on a man's sideboard has nothing to do with your suf frages. I did not ask about his plate. My butler knows how much plate I have, and I suppose Mr. Long's butler is in the same position with regard to his employer. If plate is a qualification for a can didate, you can, any of you, go to a silversmith and buy or hire as much as you please, and get rid of it again after the election. The hon. baronet pro ceeded to say that it was no light thing for him to be in opposition to men of his own class, but he did not seek the position. It was thrust upon him, and he asked the electors to give him their unanimous and earnest support. Resolutions were passed at the meeting inviting Sir George to become a candidate, and pledging those present to subscribe towards his election ex penses, on the ground that he would have to fight two parties. The general opinion in the division is that the compact will be adhered to by the leaders of the two parties, who will use their influence to promote the re-election of Lord Charles Bruce and the return of Mr. Richard Long. SOUTH BURNAM. It is reported that Mr. James Farrer, the Conser vative member for the Southern Division of Durham, has intimated his intention of withdrawing from the representation of the division at the ensuing election. RAGLAN CASTLE.—We are glad to find that in consequence of the assessment committee having recon sidered and rescinded their late decision in reference to Raglan Castle, the Duke of Beaufort has most graciously given directions that the castle and grounds be at once re opened,—Monmouth Beacon. r r e , tfit z- •44 Iftiv ei .1 Al 44 ! ,c I ,_*()IEN ----- ! Tat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 17. . _ The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Prin- cess Louise. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady C. Barrington, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, Major General F. H. Seymour, and the Hon. Mor timer West, arrived at the castle at half past one o'clock from Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale visited the Queen, and remained to luncheon. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wel lesley had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. The Queen was this day graciously pleased to con fer the honour of knighthood upon the following officers, Knights Commanders of the Order of the Bath, previous to their investiture by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the insignia of their dignity in the Order, viz. :—Generals William Wood, Thomas Kenah, Abraham Roberts; Lieut.- Generals 'William Cator, Patrick Montgomerie, Reed, John Scott, William Wyllie, C. Ash Wind ham, John E. Dupuis, Fortescue Graham ; Vice- Admiral Kingcome, Rear-Admiral Sydney Colpoys Dacres ; Major-Generals Lord W. Paulet, and the Hon. Augustus A. Spencer ; Colonels W. Gordon and Edward 11. Greathed ; Dr. Gibson, Director- General of the Army Medical Department ; Dr. Linton, Inspector-General of Hospitals ; Commis sary General-in-Chief W. J. Tyrone Power, Gen. Charles Menzies, and Major-General C. Warren. At 3 o'clock the Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, entered the 'White Drawing-room, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole, Viscount Syd ney (the Lord Chamberlain), the Marquis of Tweed dale (Gold Stick in Waiting), Lord de Tabley and the Hon. Mortimer West (the Lord and Groom in Waiting), and Colonel Sir Thos. Biddulph (the Master of the Household). The Knights were then severally introduced and presented by the Lord Chamberlain, when her Majesty conferred on each the honour of knighthood. Each Knight then kissed her Majesty's hand and retired. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Earl Spencer, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale, went to St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon to hear a sermon preached in aid of the sons of the clergy. His royal highness afterwards dined at Merchant Taylors' Hall. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke. The Order of the Bath. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to hold an investiture of the Order of the Bath in the Queen's name and on her Majesty's behalf, at St. James's Palace on Thursday, the Bth of June next, at three o'clock, for the purpose of investing the re cently appointed Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commanders with insignia of their respective dig nities in the Order of the Bath. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was attending to his official duties at the Horse Guards yester day afternoon, although not quite recovered from his indis position. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary honoured Lord and Lady Foley with their company at dinner last evening, at the noble lord's family residence in Grosvenor-square. Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves were in attendance on the royal duchess. A select party assembled afterwards. RUMOURED MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF VIE BELGIANS.—The health of the King of the Belgians is said to be considerably improud, and it is confidently alleged that he has contracted a Marriage with a lady connected with the Belgian Court, of Irish extraction. The mar riage will, of course, bo what is termed morganatic, and is said to have been contracted in order to secure the comfort of a nurse in his valetudinarian condition.—Record. The Duchess of Wellington will have an assembly on Saturday next at Apsley House. The duchess will hays a ball on the 9th of June, and also on the 30th. The Marchioness of Waterford will have a ball on the Bth prox. at the family residence in Charles-street, St James's. The Earl Stanhope, as President of the Society of Antiquaries, gave his annual dinner last evening, at his mansion in Grovenor-place, to the officials of the society. The countess had a select party after dinner. The Earl and Countess of Fife entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-place! the Marchioness of Ormond() and Lady Mary Butler, the Marquis of Blandford, Viscount and Viscountess Suclley, Lord Garlies, the Hon. Lady Filmer, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Hon. Frederick Wellesley, Sir Henry Cotterell , Mr. John Thynne, The Earl and Countess of Winterton and family have arrived at 19, Portman-square, for the season. Viscount Palmerston has caused invitations to be issued for a full-dress banquet on the 24th inst., in celebra tion of the Queen's birthday. Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, after attending the marriage of Viscount Chelsea and LadY Beatrix Craven, daughter of the Earl and Countess Craveol returned to town on Tuesday evening. The Lord Chamberlain and Viscountess Sydney will give a grand dinner in celebration of her Majesty e birthday, on the 24th inst., at their residence, in Cleveland" square, St. James's. Lord Brougham will leave Cannes the end of th e week for Paris, on his way home. The noble and learne d lord is in excellent health. Lady Herbert of Lee, accompanied by her son. the Earl of Pembroke, arrived in Rome last week from Palernl° Her ladyship is expeoted to arrive atWilton House in abu t a fortnight. The Hon. William Wedd Tuxford, of Adelaid e ' has been elected a member of the Legislative Cowie' of South Australia, one of the most honourable positionS in the colony, and an appointment which he will hold fo r a period of 12-years without interruption. As consecitt ee , t upon his election, Mr. Tuxford was called upon to se ce° '" the Address in reply to his Excellency's speech on opening Parliament. Mr. Tuxford, whose claims depended ma/ on his unceasing efforts to advance the agriculture of 1 118 : tralia, is one of the firm of Tuxfords and Co., who con duct a large business in Adelaide, and a brother of the Messrs Tuxford, of the Strand, London. The final scrutiny t° ° ;:, place at the Supreme Court. About half-past one oelocs• the Sheriff announced the state of the poll at the old Collo' cil Chamber, King Wiliam-street, and then declared the first eight gentlemen duly elected members of the Legi sle ‘ tive Council. SUICIDEr OF A GENTLEMAN NEAR ETON.—Y est ,,,, er : day morning, at an early hour, a very shoa t " occurrence took place at Upton Park, Bucks, a short die:. tance from Eton College, and close to the village of Sloile r It seems that between five and six o'cloek, as a careen ~ i t eg • named Gregory was crossing the park he found a ha t lYwa • upon the bank of the pond, which he knew to have belonrof to Mr. George Beborough, a gentleman about 50 yea' a t age, of independent means, residing in the Crescenti_Ai Windsor. Continuing the search Gregory found the Ol t 2 of Mr. Bedborough lying immersed in the water, 03°11,14 feet from the bank. Mr. Holmes, a surgeon, resiul at Slough, was sent for, and the body was couveY to upon a board to the Prince of Wales Inn, 00 6 0 Slough-road, whore it was examined. The °l o t was fully dressed, but upon removing the coat, h o turning back the front of the deceased's shirt , 11 ,_„, c 1 was partly covered with blood, a small circular viry_7,l4, was discovered on the left side near the region o f the itoi which had evidentlybeen caused by the bullet from spa a t fired by the deceased. The pistol was afterwards folio: in the pond. Deceased is said to have been rath er stralig4o his demeanour of late, but it is understood that a letter been found in his pocket purporting to explain the 10 ati o which led him to commit the awful deed. 1-uf° rw i ii has been forwarded to the coroner, and an inquest held on the body. e a rlies t EARLY CREAM-COLOUR WARE.—In e the specimens of cream-colour, the hue arose frof..._t glaze, which was a mixture of lead ore and a littl 1: 10 . but subsequently it was made essentially a body c° ch o f A son of Astbury, who seems to have inherited.o3itaa as his father's ability, was the first to make—and this 7 . % / 3. w are early as 1725—what was really cream-coloured sad font' his earliest attempts he used a mixture of marl carefulli but at a later date the finest native clay with Ilia.' A a ron prepared. The ware was further improved _ et Wedgwood and Enoch Booth of Tunstall ; th whom was the first•potter who fired his war° , , th r il e s di m ppil ing it into what is called the biscuit state, before _ c oloo re it into the fluid glaze. The body of Booth's cCrornw''ll ware was a compound of Dorsetshire clay, and flint; and its glaze a mixture of red lead,ofa,fia pot, clay. Its next improvement was by a firm ... bf uo d,s o l l tors of the name of Warburton ; till finally, i of t°' the eD ellie of Josiah Wedgwood, it became the reci l n e o r t 's le b s e a s n t darpt,riannedesw,_asmceogneusaidrxeraediiiwieearlPthietivtcoletethve drbles • COr ins the 04 Uni 13 ha; at ; Ott Iro Ve2 611 Chi CIA b .%1 EL L ti a 'tali I) bl ot It o , l'ib, `v I ~1, t~ i t';. i