The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-19 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET AN , GUAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, - - - - o - -- - TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market presents a much easier ten dency to-day. The favourable Bank returns, and the authoritative denial given to the reports of com mercial failures prevalent during the last few days, have engendered more confidence. Discounters have shown a willingness to negotiate paper at cheaper rates, and while they have generally charged 4 i 4i per cent. for first class bills, they have taken in exceptional instances 4/ per cent. The alterations shown in the Bank of England return are very encouraging, an increase having been made in the reserves of the establishment. Annexed are the particulars : Active Circulation Increase Rest Increase Bullion ... £21,307,000 ..• 73,125 ... 15,023,913 161,811 ••• 3,213,265 Increase • ..• ••• ••• 11,711 Public D eposits .. ••• 7,660,977 Other increase .. 311,863 D eposits ... :: : ::: ::: :.. 13,489,291 Decrease ••• ••• ID" •.. 270,741 13e ."11 Day and Other Bill s ... ... ... 462,022 Decrease •.• solo ••• ••• 5,483 GoYernraent Securities ... ... ... ... 10,984,441 No alteration. Other Securities .. • ••• ••• •• . 20,027,201 see Decrease 41,536 Notes Unemployed ... ••• ... ..• 7 426 115 _ ... ... ••• ••• 7 7 Increase 51,165 For th e £2,000,000 of the unapplied for capital of the £ 1 0,000,000 of the Peruvian Consolidated 5 Per Cent. Loan applications have been invited. The price is 83f, and applications can be made till the 24th inst. An improvement has also been made and announced in the original terms of the loan. The sinking fund is to be advanced from 4 to 5 per cent., and drawings are to take place at par, instead of purchases being made in the market. The Bank of France return is also of a very favourable character, the bullion having increased £ 61 3,333, while the discounts have decreased £760,000, and the notes in circulation £386,666. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 55c. Firm. The English Stock Market, after opening at a slight improvement this morning, shows a tendency to lower quotations. The funds were at one time 1 higher, but have since receded. Consols for Money are 901 1, and for the account, 89/ 1 ex div. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1061 1. Foreign Stocks exhibit general depression, and business is very dull. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 731 ; ditt o C onso lide s, 47+ ; Mexican, 25+ ; ditto New, 241 1 ; Greek, 191 201; Spanish Passive, 29 1 8 ; ditto Certificates, 151 s ; Italian, 64+ 651 ; and Confederate Loan, 9 10. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a limited scale ; prices, however, in one or two instances, exhibit rather more firmness. Great Northern A Stock and Metropolitan have each im proved 155., and Brighton 10s., while Great Western have declined ss. The For e i gn and Colonial lines remain inactive, With out any material change to report in values. Lank and Miscellaneous shares are, in one or i.Nve ins tances, a shad e fl a tt er. L on d on an d B raz i - S l ' o an have d eclined to 43 ; London Joint Stock to , South Australian have advanced to 37 ; Gene raleo Credit and Finance to ; and National Dis -11117°4 Company to 1511. South African Land and ii , at ice shares are quoted 11 2 prem. ; Colonial Mediterranean Land Credit, 112 prem. ; London and .. Bank, 1 2 prem. ; Plymouth Ship aud Company, 2+ prem. ; Moore, M'Queen, C°ln PanY, Par 1 prem. ; Ottoman Company, prem. ; Lion Brewery Company, 21 1 prem. ; a nd Per • uvian. Railways Company, 1 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8 GOTERNIKENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols 130. Account, Juno 6 894 6 per Cent. Reduced BB4 i i 1i....ew 3 i:ser Cent _ BB 4 * A eIV 24 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 bc• 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 y, expi 30 rsre sth Jan., 1880 O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 188 a — , Dlcho (Red S ea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — D 'equer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per C ent — £5OO 2 pm Do. £lOO and £2OO 2414 40 tank of England Stock, 54 per Cent Do Account t D o GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'lldiall Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — be. Account 13 % 5 per Cent. July, 1870 • 1064 i ,1)0. Account _ 4 - , _o. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 uno. Certificates ... - " 1 -, ° . Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent _ . i .,' - '°. 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 '-',°. 5 4 per Cent., May 1879 _ _ .„'°. per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ uo. Bonds, 4000 ___ 3:30. lulder .£l,OOO F OREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Ablistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent _ .orazilian 5 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent., 185`1-58-6U ~ _ , 1..)o. 1863 _ .nenos Ayres 6 per Cent ~.,:/30 Account uo I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) D°Chilia 6 per Cent, . 44 per Cent .............................. DoCubD°olobian 6 per Cent. a, 6 per Cent. ............................ D 5 per Cent., 1.864 ........................ anish. Scrip, £55 paid ..................... 3 per Cent., 1825 ..................... Do. per Cent., 1863 ................... Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, .£25 paid...... Danubian Principalities Do.£B6paid ................................... Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... E4Do., Provisional Land Warrant ......... I.yptian 7 per Cent ............................ - ) 0., Second Issue ........................... Do. 1864 ..................... 921 Po 400 Bonds ............................. •uo Scrip, .Cso paid. .................. Oreek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 1)0 Account .................................... 20 , Vo PO. Coupons ................................. 'llat• Account ................................. eniala 5 per Cent. ........................ , Oc• 1839 and 1850 ........................... 48.1ian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 1,1)0 1865 ................................... xi ' l° Scrip, ....4 paid ........................ 44 dis —exican 3 per Cent. ........................... 130. Acco t .................. 254 un .............. , D o 1864 241 i .."° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 484 Dog rench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — I,ll°o4t,f3videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid — D°°lls"ia .al Cent /sl G__ a Pert 0 per ran da 2 per Cent p D° Land Warrants Doe.Nrilvian 4i per Cent. (Hectares) S crip t £45 paid, paid in Bonds _ ... 1 . Pm ° 3 Per Cent (Uribarren) ° 4 1 Per dent., 1862 Do Defe P ortli rr Do A -gnccoese 3 per C ent., 1853 • unt ........................... ,‘, .. 7 _ , I ,° 3 Per Cent , 1856, '7, 2 j 48 ' . 48-4 la —(3 Account ..... . , . ran 5 per Cent . . ... 1822, £ St., '9, '6O, 6 D° 4 i Per Cent., 1850 irs o u o q • 1860 541. 11 per Cent., 1859 90i ° u Per Cent., 1862 D o Sar dinia n 1864 5 per Cent D o t • Account Pat lish 3 per Cent D o NEI'? Deferred — DoAccount Bl.\o Passive 1;° Account . .. - 1 illloisli_Cert. .... . Coup not funded • — • 154 i Bw e "`cconnt ....................... .......... d ish 4 per Cent. D o ry„ l , 4 1 Per Cent. 1864 _— h6--,`` p r Cent. 1854 — D01.24,-,e co un t 6 Per Cent. 1858 rj, .,., c, A.. 1,. c o c o 0 u t n o t n . . a ; ... ::.................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 :54 i .,° ~ per Cent. 1862 ............ `'o Account ... . 11:i40. XlOO 80nd.5.......... ~,0 6 per Cent. 1863 17lie Garan4 per Cent — ' erjoe24la 3 perkent Do. A ccount .jii! epeeoruint, 1862 — i"" ) 6 Per Cent., 1864 — 0 . 14 per Cent illstr. Dividends on the above payable in London, t o i ; 144 , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins IcDl3 hall, 44 per cent. Ex. 25f. 0 ' 4 2 / Per Cent;hx. 12 Guil — It p • per Cent Certificates — - rellchAntes, 3 Cent. — aliau N. , nut ........................ _ .. _ I) pe rm ent., 1.861, Ex. 2a. ~ °' 4 e Consolti 904 4 TWO O'CLOCK. Do. 40.0.0................................ uzit ................................ but SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 14 16 13)4 131; ti 6i 63 66 t 6 17 91 93 105 117 46 47 61 76 100 100 100 100 1 , 0 129 i 1301 143 144 131 33 E 6 4'4 73 %33 63 65 51 5t 45 48 02 , 04 12'4 12t 88 90 105 107 401 11, 121} 1212 98 99 61 62 136 137 21 3 p 13 s 1331 103 1( 5 5t 55 z 3 25 1.9 110 67 LBi 101 102 36 57 P gi 10 p 116 115 1 Up 78 79 11 111 142 14i 53 55 60 61 58 GO 841 M) 8• 9, 155 15S 87 72& 3 noi i 106 51 1211 f 98i I 611 1361 71 3_ 153 i 10.1} 101 I p aid. l Closing I Business Price. done. Share Railways. 13.14 st st st 50 20 10 10 Do. B '0 Ind and Do. C Vale 01 Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw W.Hartlepool Har &R Do. A Irredeemable Do. A redeemable • • Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div Do. A till6p.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June , Dun,.rerth, & • b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, t k. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northera DJ. A stock Do. New. ts. at 25 prol Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n I) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpo-t 1)0. He eford. Lanc ,shire &Yorkshire Lindon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. a North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Do, Birmin . & Derby Hid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. i shares 'lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. stock. & Darling. • • D. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18c4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock 1 , 0. Scot, Mid. stick -ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union south Devon -ouch E stern qtaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale I RITIS Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, • Cen.ln gu. 5 per cent Do. k. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference 6 p.c. bds. Au;.;•. 1, 87.. Do do. July 1, 1873 Do: do. June I:1171 Calcutta & s. E., Rm a e Town & Dock, gu Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben al, gu , 5 co East I diau, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk ot Canad Do. Equip. 11Iort, Bond, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. set ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 24 Pr. t. Bonds Do. do. deli rred Do. Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New pia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (hm gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W. FL of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 l'o. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do DO. 4; do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B sr. I.C'da, pc lst pi. bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do . tn. Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St Flo 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July ' 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 95 D. , . sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 93 95 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 82 84 Do. sp: e. Inscribed sk 100 81 84 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 104 107 L)o. April & Oct. 1880-i 100 105 107 Do. do; 190-1 100 106 108 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 109 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 101 103 Do. 1878, do. 100 106 108 Mauritius, op. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. '1.78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. . 5 101 104 106 Natal qov. o per cent lOO 102 104 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 96 N. S. W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 00 100 102 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 187' 100 93 95 Do. 5 .c. 1888 to 189. 100 91 93 921 New Zea p land, 6p. cent 1 00 104 106 Do. 6 per cent.... .., 100 68 90 Nova So tia Gov. 6p• c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 s. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18 , S-t , 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards ,l 0 106 108 Vic,Grov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do, pril & Oct lOO 107 1 1081 1081 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. cold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 291 30 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 595 6C5 l'rakewalls 2.1.0 9 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 15 17 East Cara.lon 2.14.1 13 14 Cam Brea 3.1.0 69 71 East G:enville 2.7.0 3 31 Ea, , t Love .1 2 . ,3.6 13 14 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 41 Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. 609 3 5 4 Gr, at L xey, limited., all 19 2) Great South Tolgus.. G. Wheal Vor Heist 40 901 31 ) Grenvil e Herod's F00t..... 8.13 38 40 Elingston owns 4.18.0 31 3 Margaret Uny Lelant 94 6 81 slarke Villey 4.3.0 54 51 4 vl wy dy Iron Ore, 18w 21 Of Nangi les .. 19 16 18 New Se ton North Downs - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 1.10.6 1 North Whe.,l Crofty 2.8.0 2 1: - Prosper United.... 7.1.6 29 Si Pr vidence Uny Lyiant 10.6.7 32 35 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 510 520 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 22 stray Park 30.17.6 13 15 Tin Croft 9 164 17 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L•skeard 9 104 11: West Chiverton ll 521 671 West Seton 471 180 190 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 471 521 Whea Ludoott 3.12.8 Wheal 51ary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 18 20 Wheal Uni,n 4 rItEletaiENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, Ditto, 6 per cent, pf., 12 ti Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 8 per cent., 123 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 32 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and South-Western, 4i per cent., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, :154i Midland Bradford Pref. stock, 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Eastern of France, 20 0 reat Luxembourg, 141 I Sambre and Meuse, 7 FOREIGN MINES, Port Philip, 1 BANKS. &gra and Mtsterman's, lim., 1141 Ditto, new, 58 Alliance um.,, 29 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., 185 19 Anglo Egyptian, lint. , 12 Chartered .tier. of indi4 London, and China, 47 ej Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 41 London and Brazilian aim.), 43 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 235 f London and County, 761 London Joint Stock, 10 London and South African, 184 17 'London and tt estminster, 95t Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., Ditto, new, 111 Provincial Bankiog Corporation, lim., 2} South Australia, 37 MISCELLANEOUS. Angle-Mexican Mint, 184 City of Milan Improvements, Um., 10 Credit Fonder and MuhlHer of England, 8); Credit loader of Mauritius, Um., 74 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., Fore-stnet Warehouse, lint., 105 e o n m . eCarenddi tt o d n F i a i i ns A n s Ce su O ra t n L c o e n t d u g ; 51 Hudson's:Bay, 155 Humber Iron Wo - ks, 35 J l Ti P n e t r kttcl e Discount, lint., Credit Asso., si lim., bf London Financial Association, Um., 21; M dram Irr gation and Canal, 'atDitto (all), 201 'nal Di , .coui it Company, Hui., 1 5 4 Oriental Financial, Um., If Pen nsula and Oriental Sham. 8 1 84 Quebr,,da Land, Rail, and Mining. MTh. 8% 4 Royal 31ail Steam, 11.7 6 8 Silver's India-rubbe Works and Tel. Cable, 111 13 Smith, Knight, any Co., lim TelezraT h t_onstruc. and Maintenance, lim., Upper Assam Tea, lim , 61 11 arrant Finance, lira.. 74 8 AN IRISII OUTRAGE.—EarIy in the morning of Thursday last, some diabolical ruffian went to the stable of Mr, John Butler, of Mlnawn, adjoining Callan, a re spectable farmer, and deliberately cut one ear off every beast therein, comprising five horses and a donkey. The deed must have been committed early in the morning, as it was not till between twelve and one o'clock that the owner brought into the stable one of the horses, a most valuable animal, Worth at least £loo.—Kilkenny Moderator'. 3 4p 106 108 47 49 79 81 >SIOvs 55 t'S 102 i 1031 pr 4 4, 05 70 9g JOl 75 85 1 , 1 101 10! 103 Ita 104 11 3 18 /9 55 88 62 64 54 - 56 55 57 47 11 45 43 43 95 25 2 25 26 103 10k -} iP par i p 10J 102 91 101 101 )0;d 83 86 8) t 4 - I ;d lOlk 104 93 95 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 84 101 i 1021 l 0 i d ilO .6 d [Ol 102 94 97 THE SUN, LOADON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE BAYNTON.-A CO-RESPONDENT IN COURT. In this matter the bankrupt was described as a brewer's clerk, of Bristol, and he applied, through his counsel, Mr. Robertson Griffiths, to have the proceedings removed to Bristol, where all the creditors resided and carried on business. It appeared that the bankrupt was the co-respondent in a divorce suit of "Gough v. Gough and Baynton," the re sult of that cause being a verdict for the petitioner, a dairy man of Bristol, with £5OO damages. The bankrupt attri butes his failure to his being cast in the damages and costs of this suit. THE HOLIDAYS. The holidays have been taken this year somewhat before the regular time, and in consequence the court is one con tinual scene of confusion, though it is somewhat amusing to witness the professional men engaged in cases, and the reporters anxious to do duty for their respective papers, dodging backwards and forwards from the commissioner's private room to the court, in grave doubt as to when the cases will be eventually taken, if, indeed, they will be taken at all. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ITALIAN BEGGAR BOYS.—Pasquale Pelozzi and Philippo di Felice, two good-looking Italian boys, were charged be fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging. Police-constable Tyler, 164 C, proved seeing the boys go up to carriages in Hanover-square and beg of the occu pants, and receive money, and afterwards hand it over to a man who was waiting to receive the alms they gathered. Inspector Harrison said the boys were a great nuisance, and much complained of, the instrument the man who was with them played being most inharmonious. Through Mr. Albert, the interpreter, the boys said they came from Naples about two months ago with their cousin and brother, to whom they gave all the money they col lected—three or four shillings a-day—he playing a pipe. Mr. Tyrwhitt said perhaps they would like to go back again. The boys, smiling, said they would rather not, and did not know why they should. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand them for a week, and hoped to be the means of sending them back. In th• House of Detention they would be cleaned, both of them being nice looking boys. The boys were then remanded, that Dr. Pius Melia, the almoner to the Italian Minister, may be communicated with. THAMES. RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—John Daly, aged 20, and Thomas Farrow, 39, seamen, belonging to a coaster in the river, were brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and disorderly in High-street, Shadwell, and violently assaulting James Stockley, 164 K, and Jere miah Reardon, 469 K. Last night Daly was drunk and noisy, and he was re quested by Stockley to go home or return to his ship. He refused to do either, and, after abusing the constable, said, " Stop till I draw my staff "—put his hand in his pocket. Stockley rightly suspecting that he was about to draw a knife seized his hand. The prisoner released it and made a second attempt to draw a knife, which he called a staff, and succeeded. The prisoner said "That is my staff " and flourished it. At the same time the prisoner made a kick at the lower part of his pe►son. He stepped back and avoided tho kick. Reardon then came to the assistance of Stockley, and Daly put his legs round him and tried to throw him. A struggle ensued, and Daly made an effort to bite Reardon, and said he would ruin him for life. The policemen secured Daly, and Farrow then came up and said " You shall not take him." Ho laid hold of Daly and tried to pull him away Another severe struggle took place, and ultimately other constables arrived, the disorderly people, thieves, and loose women who abound in Shadwell were dispersed, and pre vented rescuing the prisoners, and they were secured. Mr. Partridge said a serious outrage had been committed by Daly, who had the audacity to draw a knife on the police-constable who was doing his duty very properly. But that was not all. The prisoner attempted to injure the constable for life. There was no doubt Daly was a very savage fellow, and he sentenced him to be imprisoned two months' and kept to hard labour. He sentenced Farrow to pay 405., or be imprisoned one month. WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST.—Julia Connor, aged 27, and Mary Pay, aged 30, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged, the first with assaulting Honorah Sweeney with a knife, and the other with striking her with a poker. A police-constable, named Charles Gilbey, 171 H, stated that the injured woman, Sweeney, was in the London Hospital, and could not be removed for some time. It appeared that the prisoners and Sweeney dwell in an Irish colony called London-terrace, Commercial-road East. This terrace is a close and narrow alley, where rows and bloodshed have been frequent. There was a disturbance there a few days ago, and some persons were injured. An officer of the court named Howland, 89 H, holds a sum mons against some of the parties. This gave rise to another quarrel last night, and the prisoners attacked the woman Sweeney, cut her with a knife and beat her with a poker. They left her bleeding and insensible. The contest was described by another, Honora Sweeney, of No. 7, Bowyer's buildings, St. George, as a frightful one. The prisoners were furious and mad. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoners until Thursday next. WESTMINSTER. A NOTORIOUS THIEF AND IMPUDENT DEFENCE.—Jane Mansell, a middle-aged woman, who has been reps .tedly charged with felony and other delinquencies, was placed at the bar charged with robbing Henry Hayes, a working man, of his purse containing £1 6s. Prosecutor said that he met the prisoner, whom he had known for years, yesterday afternoon, in Chelsea, and went with her to a beershop in Oakham-street, where they had something to drink, and while standing engaged in con versation afterwards the prisoner put her hand into his pocket and robbed him. He seized her hand and endea voured to take the purse from her, but she struggled vio lently and got away for a moment to some companions, and prosecutor again seized her and held her till the land lady came and a policeman was fetched. Arnold—Has the money been found ? Prosecutor—No, it has not. Prisoner—How should it be when they've taken the wrong party. If they had taken Mary Elliott they'd have found it. I saw her take the purse. She was going to do it, and I said, " Don't, he has paid for some beer," and she said, " Mind your own business," and then she took the purse and walked out of the house. The policeman knows it as well as I do. William Beat, 238 B, was called, and said he found pri soner in the grasp of the prosecutor, and took her in charge. _ Mr. Arnold—Did she give this account then ? Policeman—Not a word, until after she had been locked up some time. Prosecutor—Her hand was in my pocket at the moment I first laid hold of it. Prisoner was remanded. RAILWAY ON EPSOM DOWNS.—Epsom races will this year be signalised by the opening of a new railway—the Banstead and Epsom Downs line—terminat ing within a short distance of Tattenham-corner, and not more than half a mile from the Grand Stand. This rail way, which does not exceed 41 miles in length, was pro jected by an independent company, but it has now passed into the hands of the London, Brighton, and South Coast directors, whose main Epsom line it leaves at the Sutton station, and gradually ascending to the village of Banstead, terminates, as already mentioned, between Tattenham corner and the Grand Stand, each of which are within a a few minutes' stroll over the greensward. Captain Yol land, of the railway department of the Board of Trade, has certified the line to be in perfect working order, and it is fully anticipated that the great bulk of the railway passen gers to Epsom will tilts year adopt the new route, thus avoiding the extortion of fly-drivers, and the insufferable nuisance of traversing the dusty road between the village of Epsom and the racecourse. The new line is in direct communication with tho Victoria and London-bridge Rail way stations. • PROOF POSITIVE.—The Graaf Reinet Herald tells the following amusing story anent a wool farmer, who was anxious to get full value for his produces. It says: —" Since it was known that there has been no assizing of weights in this town for four years, and that there were differences in the scales of several dealers, an amusing in cident occurred. A. farmer who reads his newspaper came to town resolve dio be wide-awake in selling his wool ; so he went to the first store, and brought up the subject of weighing people. Stepping on the platform scale, he said, " I wonder what I weigh now ?' His weight was read off . and away he went to the next store ; and so on to others When he came back he knew who had the lightest scales, and did not go there with his wool." THE MAOMES.—As to the natives being " neither cruel nor vindictive," not Inds than 88 sold-blooded mur i-letstif unartned Mon, women, and children were committed by them during this war, as shown in the Governor's pro clamation exempting from the amnesty the perpetrators of those crimes. In the war of 1845 and 1846 a natal officer was scalped, a captain of the regiment I heldnged to *as mutilated and partly eaten, a wounded soldier was roasted alive, another soldier, who had strayed from the camp, was found with both his eyes scooped out, and his tongue and cheeks cut off. In the present war some of the soldiers were decapitated, and Captain Lloyd's head was paraded about for months as a trophy. I know not how a people who act thus can be considered " neither vindictive nor cruel," though no one can dispute their bravery and mili tary qualities. I have no feeling against the natives; but as a military officer who served in the colony for a number of years, commencing from a very early period of its history, I think myself an impartial and competent witness, and, considering the colonists to have been grossly maligned, I write in the interests of truth and justice, in opposition to a sentimental but mistaken philanthropy—" mistaken" even in the interest of the natiyes themsslyes.—New Zea land Examiner. MARKETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were but moderate. The trade for most qualities was somewhat quieter, yet very little change took place in prices as compared with Monday. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was some what restricted. Although the demand was by no means active holders were firm, and previous quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at extreme rates. There was an increased supply of foreign barley on offer, but the market was scantily supplied with English produce. The barley trade was in a sluggish state, at barely sta tionary prices. Malt was in fair demand at full quotations. The market was well supplied with oats. In most de scriptions a moderato business was transacted on rather easier terms. Boans and peas were in short supply, and both articles changed hands at fully late rates. The flour trade was steady at Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch-1,770 190 1,810 680 580 Irish — Foreign - 14,440 401,246000 _4O bskriss. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade is firm at the annexed quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. stied Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small d0...A 4 4 6 Large pork 3 6 4 6 Lamb, 6s 4 ad ad Inferior mutton 4 2 4 10 ➢liddling mutton 5 0 5 6 Prime do 5 8 5 10 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 d to 7s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. No change has taken place in the value of English hops since we last wrote. The supply of home-grown produce on sale is very moderate, and the demand rules steady at full currencies. In foreign hops a fair business is doing at late rates. Mid and East Kent ...... 110 s to 200 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings llOB to Older hops 3OB to 9:1 American -5 10 - COLONIAL. kTEA.—Business has been very dull, without any change to report in values. Good shipping congou is quoted lld to 12d per lb. StiGill.—The market has remained rather quiet, al though full rates are current for West India. Refined goods are scarce and command high prices. COFFEE.— Superior descriptions of colonial have boon more inquired for at enhanced prices ; other qualities have remained at about former rates. RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done in soft grain descriptions at full prices. TALLOW.—The market has continued rather quiet, al though quotations for both present and forward delivery are steadily maintained. Prince Napoleon at Ajaccio. The Paris papers publish the following : AJACCIO, May 15. " The inauguration of the monument erected to the memory of Napoleon I. and of his brothers has just taken place, amid the greatest enthusiasm, and in presence of an immense multitude. All the authorities of the depart ment, all the land troops, and sailors from the ships were present. The Montebello, ship of the line, the frigate La Gloire, and the corvette Jerome Napoleon, at anchor in front of the spot selected for the inauguration, fired salvoes of artillery. Prince Napoleon made a long speech, often interrupted by loud applause. He drew an eloquent bio graphical sketch of the Bonaparte family. He passed an eulogistic review upon the life and the acts of Napoleon 1., and finally traced a programme of liberal policy. After the troops had marched past, and the deputations from the communal districts had been received, the Prince distributed a certain number of decorations. The Prefect, the Procu rour-General, M. Charles Abbatucci, and the Mayor of Ajaccio have been appointed Officers of the Legion of Honour ; M. Gavini, Deputy, and some others have been appointed Knights of the same Order. " The agricultural and industrial display has been most successful. The prizes will be awarded to-morrow. On the 17th there will be races and a grand banquet. Prince Napoleon will then leave for Bastia." Prince Napoleon's speech fills thirteen columns of La Presse. He concluded as follows : "France has never been ungrateful towards her hero; she proclaimed him, and the rights of the Napoleons have always had their source in the votes of the French people ; no other name has been hailed for 50 years when the people were called upon unanimously to choose a chief. Those are our title-deeds, and I own it with legitimate pride. The great shadow of Napoleon hovers over France ; it pro tects his successors. The organisation of Democracy is the problem of the future ; on all sides aristocracies are falling— the good ones as well as the bad ones—in Poland as in the United States; it is reserved to France, to the great nation, to resolve that necessity of the future, because she is always the initiative nation on account of her past acts as well as of her genius. Have I allowed myself to be carried too far by my deep emotion ? Could it be otherwise, speaking of Napoleon and of his brothers in this spot under such circumstances ? For many years my mind has been tor mented by those false interpretations of Napoleon which some draw, who can only see in him the agent of a reaction of frightened interests, of petty passions to be satisfied, while he is the initiator of all grand ideas and of progress. That is his true tradition. " Corsicans ! we must understand each other. We enter tain the same hope, the same faith in the triumph of those inseparable principles—the nationalities, the greatness of our country—liberty ! My task,is done, if, like me, you are convinced that the mission of Napoleon was to achieve emancipation through the dictatorship." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. ~P~_~ LONDON, May 1 9.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderato breeze and fine weather. CLYDE, May 17.—Wind S.W._Arrived—Melma, from Rio Grande ; Albert Fraseer, from St. Jago de Cuba Gluokunf, from Bahia. Sailed—James Stewart, for Ha vannah, PLYMOUTH, May 17.—Wind S QUEENSTOWN, May 18,—Sailed--City of Cork, screw steamer, for Liv er p oo l. jesty's ship Def ence . S.W. —Arrived—Her Ma- SOUTHAMPTON, May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Poonah, screw steamer, from Alexandria. BRISTOL, May 18 . —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Dauntless, from Jamaica. from Jersey for Ila vannah ; Albina, NEWPORT, May 17 . —Wind W.—Arrived.—Alexander, Per nambuco; Bilboa, f rom Bi lboa. Sa i le d—S cu t ar i, f or V era Cruz. from Jersey for DARTMOUTH, May 18.—Wind N.E. for Labrador. —Sailed—Escort, CARDIFF, May 18.—Wind W.S.W. from St. Nazarro. —Arrived—Estella, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SALISBURY RACES-THIS DAY. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE. Cry theia, Petras darn colt 2 Fiv© ran. American Ships of War. The annexed important correspondence from the Treasury has just been issued with regard to the revocation of the orders issued by Earl Russell, in his letter of the 31st of January, 1862, in connexion with the belligerent Powers in America : " Treasury Chambers, May 12, 1865. _ . " Gentlemen,—With reference to previous correspon dence, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you herewith, for your information and guidance, a copy of a letter from the Foreign-office, dated 11th instant, in regard to a modifica tion of the regulations for the treatment of war vessels belonging to the belligerent States in North America, which may arrive at ports in her Majesty's dominions. (Signed) " G. A. HAMILTON. "The Commissioners of Customs." (Copy of Letter referred to.) "Foreign-office, May 11, 1865. "My Lords,—l have the honour to acquaint your lord ships that, in the existing state of the civil war in America, and the uncertainty which may be felt as to its continuance, it appears to her Majesty's Government that the time has arrived for ceasing to enforce so much of the orders which, in pursuance of my letter of the 31st January, 1862, were issued by the several departments of her Majesty's Govern ment, as empowered the authorities of any port belonging to her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, or in the Channel Islands, or in any of her Majesty's colonies, or foreign posEessions or dependencies, to require any ship of war or privateer of either belligerent which might enter any port, roadstead, or waters belonging to her Majesty, in order to obtain provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or to effect repairs, to put to sea as soon as pos sible after the expiration of a period of 24 hours, without permitting her to take in supplies beyond what might be necessary for her immediate use, and not to suffer any such vessel as might have been allowed to remain within British waters for the purpose of repair, to continue in any port, roadstead, or waters, belonging to her Majesty for a longer period than 24 hours after the necessary repairs should have been completed, and also so much of the same orders as limited the quantity of coal, and the period within which it might be obtained, to be embarked on board such ship of war or privateer of either belligerent. " I have addressed a similar letter to the Secretaries of State for the Home, Colonial, War, and Indian Departments, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. "I have, &e., (Signed) " RUSSELL. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury." " Custom Rouse, London, May 13, 1865. " The aforegoing copy of a letter from Mr. Hamilton, one of the secretaries to the Lords of the Treasury, dated 11th inst., together with copy of the letter from the Foreign office therein referred to, is transmitted to the collector at for his Government. "By order of the Commissioners, (Signed) " J. B. HALE." President Johnson's Proclamation. MONTREAL, May 5. A profound sensation was created here yesterday by the publication of President Johnson's proclama tion, asserting that, from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, it appeared the recent tragic events which took place in Washington were incited and concerted by Jefferson Davis, Jacob Thompson, C. C. Clay, Beverley Tucker, Georgh N. Sanders, &c., for the apprehension of whom large rewards were offered. Sanders and Tucker departed for Quebec last evening, for the purpose, it is stated, of having an interview with the Governor-General. Tucker has addressed the following letter to the people of Canada : " Montreal, May 4. " I have this moment seen the proclamation of Andrew Johnson, acting President of the United States, stating that 'it appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice that the atrocious murder of the late President Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assassination of the Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, was incited con certed, and procured by and between Jefferson Davis, late of Richmond, Va., and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker, George N. Sanders, W. C. Cleary, and other rebel traitors against the Government of the United States harboured in Canada,' and offering rewards for the apprehension of the accused, $25,000 boing the sum offered for my arrest. It is scarcely possible that such proclamation would have been issued unless some such evidence has been adduced. What such evidence is I am totally at aloes to con jecture. lam compelled, therefore, to content myself with the declaration, that whosoever hath sworn to anything authorising in the slightest degree suspicion of my having incited, concerted, or procured, or of any knowledge what ever by me of the attacks made on the President and Mr. Seward, or any acts or projects of a kindred character, or of any plan to kidnap or capture either of them or any of the Federal authorities, hath blackened his soul with diabolical perjury. Until information reached here of the attack on President Lincoln by Mr. J. Wilkes Booth, and that on Mr. Seward by some other person, I did not know that any such person as J. Wilkes Booth existed. I had never heard of him before. Ido not know any of the persons in arrest at Washington, and never heard of them till I read the notices in the United States news papers of their apprehension. I have within a day or two past made inquiry, and ascertained that Mr. Booth left St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal, on the 27th of October last. The officers of the Ontario Bank state that on that day he purchased of the bank a bill on England for £6l 12s. ld., for which he paid in American gold, and at the same time made a deposit of $355 Canada money, which yet remains to his credit, and that he stated he intended to run the blockade. Whether he made such attempt or went into the United States by railroad I have not ascertained. "The clerks in the St. Lawrence Hall inform me thathe arrived at the house on the 18th of October, being there nine days. I was not in Montreal during that time. My association with the other gentlemen named in this atrocious proclamation has been intimate for years, and I admit it would be strange, if they had any knowledge of Mr. Booth's purposes i that I should be in utter ignorance of it. '• The whole business is, in my deliberate judgment, an attempt to get up a pretext for a difficulty with the British Provinces, and the consideration that since I have been here I have received nothing but hospitality, and kindness from you impels me to make this brief address, to aid in the dissipation of such pretext. "I have to-day appealed to President Johnson and Secre tary Stanton to allow me copies of the alleged evidence with respect to myself, to give me a chance to disprove it. "I will add, that I will go before any magistrate here and verify the above by my solemn oath, and that I will agree that the United States Consul, or any respectable counsel he may designate, shall cross-examine me in relation to the alleged evidence,'or any other and all acts of my life. (Signed) " BEVERLY TUCKER." BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived.—Emilie, from Kongelf ; Katharine, from Engel holm ; Omen, Prom Allborg ; Lady Jocelyn, steamer, from Calcutta. No arrivals. DEAL, Friday Morning. g . Wedgwood isesin WEDGWOOD'S DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. —Here and there n w d u e s get try w p h a e s h i n m g r th h a t d h t e he home supr e o m f e p e h ace ap _ piness to call his. They are most delightful—small but sunny pictures of scenes and things long passed away, but bearing on them the stamp of governing refinement, which, growing and increasing, was preparing for the day of higher things. " I have just begun a course of experiments for a white body and glaze which promises well hitherto," writes Mr. Wedgwood to his brother John, March 6,1765. " Sally is my chief helpmate in this as well as other things, & that she may not be hurried by haveing too many Irons in the fire, as the phrase is, I have ordd. the spinning wheel into the Lumber room. She high learnt my characters, least to write them, but can scarcely read them at present—This business I often think if you could but once enter into the spirit of it, would be the prettiest employment for you imaginable. Ido not intend to make this ware at Burs lem, and am therefore laying out for an agreeable and con venient situation elsewhere." In this we have the first hint of Mr. Wedgwood's intention to remove from Burslem and establish his Works on a larger and more permanent footingt—lifetqaed's Life 11/ 1 Wedgwood. FALL FROM THE TOWEIt OF WHITE CHAPEL CHURCH.—Yesterday, as some workmen were en gaged in repairing the tower of the church of St. Mary Whitechapol, one of them in stepping from a ladder to the scaffold, intatitiotisly placed his foot upon a loose plank, which instantly tilted, and he was precipitated to the ground from a height of 30 feet. The unfortunate man was picked up insensible, and bleeding profusely. He was immediately removed to the London Hospital, but having his head fractured, besides having sustained severe injury to the spine, not the slightest hope is entertained of his recovery. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have been rather less animated. Sugars have been in moderate re quest and at steady prices, while superior descrip tions of coffee have been more inquired for, and in some instances enhanced rates have been current. Rice and cocoa have fully supported former prices, but tea has been neglected. Tallow hasbeen dealt in to an average extent, without any material change as regards value. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market 'very firm at hardening rates. Sales pro bably 20,000 bales. Orders have just been issud that the 110-pound projectiles previously supplied for the Armstrong breech loading 110-pounders are to be recalled from all foreign stations, ships, and arsenals. They are to be replaced by projectiles of 901bs. weight, which will be issued as the manufacture of the 100,000, now ordered, proceeds. It has further been finally determined that the charge in future shall be 101bs. only, the original charge, it will be remem bered, being 141b5., which was afterwards reduced to 121 b. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE REGENT'S CANAL.— yesterday an inquest was held in the Kingsland-road, on the body of Thomas Parrott, aged eleven years. The boy was riding a horse, towing a barge, near the Kings land Basin of the Regent's Canal, when another barge came up, and the towing rope swept deceased and his horse into the river. The animal was got out alive, but the deceased was drowned. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE SHUNT GUN TRIED AND CONDEMNED.—Our predictions with regard to the ultimate destiny of the shunt system have been singularly and completely verified. After a protracted trial, it has at length had that verdict pronounced upon it, which we, from the first specified. The shunt gun has boon definitively abandoned, and no large guns will for the future be rifled on that principle. The 64-pounders which have so very recently been finished and issued to the royal navy, have utterly failed on trial on board ship. The shot with the hollow head did not travel in a straight course, and wore found to break up on impact, or even by a fall upon the ship's deck. The intention now is to make new shot, which are to be hollow in the rear. The shells from this naval 64- pounder have been found to burst prematurely in the gun, and in one gun, on board the Excellent, the rifling was en tirely destroyed from this cause. A second gun was also seriously damaged by a similar premature explosion of the shell. The rifling of the French gun, which has a gaining twist, has been strongly recommended by the Ordnance Select Committee, for naval guns. The committee, how ever, states that it will 4 2 necessary to introduce sundry, fortifications, which it is now engaged in carrying 7,8, previously to applying the system to the na val g uns o f B and 9 in. bore, weighing 61, 8, and 12 f tone, respectively.. e The new gun constructed according to the commute modifications of the French rifling, is to be called the " Woolwich"'gun. This, then, is the present position of matters in this respect, a position which speaks so plainly for itself as to render more than super fluous any comment on our part.--Mechanics' Magazine. 1031 1 1031 i 65 6 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST Ev•nca. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. OPENING OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a numerously signed petition from the working classes in the metropolis in favour of the opening of the British Museum three evenings in the week. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Oke hampton Railway (No. 1) ; London, Woreester, and South Wales Railway; North Eastern Railway (Pelaw and other branches); Fareham and Netley Rail way ; London, Blackwall, and Millwall Extension Railway ; Corwen and Bala and Dolgelly Railways ; Barnet, Henden, Hampstead, and London Railway; an d Great Northern Railway (Hornsey and Hertford Branch). The following bills were read a third time and passed:— The Bodmin and Wadebridgo Railway ; North Kent Rail way ; Roach Fishery ; East and West India Dock Com pany ; Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Ra'l_way ; St. John's Chapel (Portsea) ; and the Exeter Gas (No. 1). CUSTOMS INLAND REVENUE BILL. This bill was read a second time. POLICE SUPERANNUATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. METROPOLITAN HOUSELESS POOR BILL. The report of the amendments to this bill were brought in and agreed to. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. COMPANIES WORKMEN'S EDUCATION BILL. On the motion of the Archbishop of YORK, this bill was read a second time. SELECT COMMITTEES. Earl S'T ANHOPE moved that in the case of select committees being appointed to consider any subject, the report of such committee be not only laid on the table, but should be printed and circulated ; and that notice should be given of the day on which it might be intended to take such report into consideration. He said that the motion was intended to meet a defect which existed at present in reference to select committees. The motion was agreed to. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER. took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Althorpe-on-Trent and Lincoln Railyray ; Callander and Oban Railway ; Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway (Capital); East Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Rail way ; London and South Western Railway (Addi tional Powers) ; Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway ; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (No. 1) ; Mid-Wales Railway (Eastern Extension) ; Mid-Wales Railway (Western Extensions) ; Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (Extensions) ; Mowddwy Railway ; Ripon Local Board ; Shrewsbury and Potteries Junc tion Railway ; Sutherland Railway ; Talyllyn Rail way ; Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon Extension Rail way ; Torquay Gas ; West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail way and Cleveland and North Eastern Railways ; West London Wharves and Warehouses ; and Wiltshire Rail way. METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE. This bill was read a first time. REWARD FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS. Mr. D. GRIFF TH said to-morrow ho should ask the Government whether the' reward of $lOO,OOO for Jefferson Davis had come under their attention, and whether any representations to the Government of the United States might not be to the effect of expressing a fervent hope that the hour of triumph might not be sullied by acts which appal the civilised world. THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART asked the Under Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs when the slave inch correspondence for last year would be pre3ented, and whether it would be distributed to members of both houses instead of its being left to members to ask for it ? Mr. LAYARD said it had just been laid on the table, and would, he hoped, be delivered to members on Saturday next. ' _ THE BISHOP or CAPE TOWN. Mr. G. DUFF asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what circumstances a portion of the expenses in curred by the Bishop of Cape Town in his unsuccessful lawsuit with Mr. Long were repaid to him by the Trea sury ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the circumstances of the case were peculiar. The Bishop of Cape Town presented a memorial to the Treasury saying that as he was engaged in trying a cause in which the rights of the Crown in the colonies was involved that a certain portion of the expenses might be borne by the Government. The memorial was referred to the Colonial-office, and it was there thought that the request of the bishop, owing to the peculiarities of the case, ought to be assented to. Had it not been so decided the Government would have had to instruct the Queen's Advocate and the Solicitor-General to watch the case, but when it was found that the Bishop of Cape Town had retained the services of these gentlemen the Crown thought the expenses which would have been incurred by the Crown might very justly be paid over to the Bishop of Cape Town. He was quite ready to produce the correspondence if it was required. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked whether the amount would appear in the estimates ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER told the hon. member he had better move for the papers. ADMIRALTY ESTIMATES. In reply to Mr. CORRT, Lord C. PAGET said it was quite true that the number of marines was below the number voted in April, 1864. The number voted was 18,000, and the number raised was 17,061, nearly 1,000 under the estimate, and not the number the hon. member had stated in his question. The reason the original number was not raised was accordingly the ex treme difficulty of procuring recruits. With respect to the other number mentioned by the hon. and gallant gentle man, the number was on:y 55 under the estimate. He should have no objection to placing a tabular statement in the Navy Estimates which would show the state of the force each month, distinguishing the marines from the seamen and boys. THE CHAPTER HOUSE. Sir. S. NORTHCOTE asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it would not be possible to give the public greater facilitie3 for visiting the Chapter House at West minster than they at present enjoyed? Mr. W. COWPER said the Chapter House had been •losed since the records were removed from it. It was not open to the public, but it could be seen by any person desirous of doing so by applying at the office of the Board of Works. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked whether greater facility could not be given. Mr. W. COWPER said such a proceeding would lead to expense, but he would consider the matter. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. A. SMITH asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any bill was to be introduced this session, and when, for the removal of certain collections now forming part of the Bt:tish Museum ; and whether such bill ought not to be introduced before any expense was incurred in the preparation of plans and estimates for the erection of buildings to which the said collections were to be trans ferred ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the in troduction of the bill must necessarily depend on the time the estimates were produced. The inroduction of the bill before the estimates, as was the case in 1862, would be found inconvenient, and, therefore, it would not be re peated. He thought it better that the discussion should first take place when the estimates were submitted, Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked when the estimates would be produced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply, said the moment the matters between the Board of Works and the trustees of the Museum were settled. THE CASE OF MR. BETHELL. Mr. FERRAND asked the Attorney-General to inform the house by whose authority the written statement was prepared from which, on Monday last, he read his replies to the questions relating to the Bankruptcy Court at Leeds, and whether he would lay it upon the table of the house ; also, whether ho would lay upon the table the letter of Mr. Welch, the registrar, which he read to the house ee o l n l Tuesday last, to complete his prev ious statement, as w th as the letter of the Hon. Rich ard Bothell, confirming same ? been heard in Th e ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he felt coriain that such an extraordinary qu estion had never en pap h e e r saw the hon. gentle that house. (Hear, hear.) s, he it to be . his audlentic information man's former questions on Wh the duty to obtain the best an and to give it to thehouse onhis own The memoranda he ity. g ood faith and responsibility h a d collected in the course o f that duty was not, and co uld not, b e considered public property ; and, therefore, he should boldly refuse to produce it. (Hear, h ear. ) The letters ho had read last night were also not public documents, but if, between man and man, the hon. gentleman wished to see them, he could do so. The other letter from Mr. Bethell he could see as a gen tleman, but he distinctly, and on his own responsibility, should object to produce them. (Hear, hear.) Lord R. CECIL asked the Speaker whether letters quoted k by a Minister of the Crown in the course of his speech oug ht not to be produced if desired Tho SPEAKER said the Attorney-General was not bound to produce the papers referred to. (Hear, hear.) CROWN SUITS. Mr. lIADFIELD asked the Attorney-General if he in tended to proceed with the bill to amend the practice in Crown suits, or whether he would delay-it until after the holidays, to give time to consider if the practice of regis tering Crown debts could be amended by clauses to be in troduced to render it unnecessary for bona fide purchasers of real estate to incur the expense of searching the registry before they can complete purchases ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not feel dis posed to postpone the bill until after the holidays. He would put it off until that day week. MILITARY TELEGRAPHY. Capt. JERVIS asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether any system of telegraphy had been adopted for the army ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said a committee had inquired into the subject, and had made certain recommen dations. He believed the plan submitted by Capt. Bolton would be adopted. As soon as the matter was decided the house should immediately be made acquainted with thQ acts. UNION CHARGEABILITY BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Mr. HENLEY raised the question of the entire abolition of the system of removal. He argued that the period within which paupers could be removed haying been gra dually reduced down to three years, it was desirable at once and for ever to do away with the system altogether. By this means they would confer a great boon upon the poor. He proposed an amendment which would have that effect. Mr. AYRTON thought an increase in the area of rating should be accompanied by the abolition of the law of re moval. The question ought to be settled in conjunction with the present measure. Sir W. JOLLIFFE fully approved of the principle of irremovability, but thought it would be safer to deal with that question by a separate bill. Mr. VILLIERS would be glad to see the system of re movability abolished, but wished in the first instance to give the public an opportunity of seeing how the present bill would work. Moreover, he doubted the sincerity of the quarter from which this unexpected motion came ; neither did he think the country was prepared for the abrupt alteration in the law which Mr. Henley had sug gested. Mr. HENLEY said no time could be more favourable for the change than the present, inasmuch as the country was in a condition of great prosperity. As it was proposed to abolish the parochial system, he did not see any incon sistency in proposing the abolition of the law of removal as a corollary to it. _ Sir IL KNIGHTLEY supported the amendment, ob serving that if the committee would agree to it he would offer no further opposition to the bill. After a few words by Sir W. Mums for, and by. Mr. GILPIN against the amendment, the committee divided', and the amendment was negatived by 184 to 110. A proviso moved by Mr. KEKEWICII to the effect that from and after the 25th of March, 1866, no person should bo removed, nor should any warrant be granted for the removal of any person from any union or parish in which such person should have resided for one year next before the application for the warrant of removal was agreed to. The clause as amended was ordered to stand part of the bill, which was then passed through committee, and re ported with amendments to the house. In committee on the Partnership Amendment Bill, Mr. SELWYN moved a clause providing that the act should not apply to any person lending money to a firm upon condition of receiving a share of tho profits unless tho word " registered" was added to the usual style and title of such firm. The clause was supported by Mr. Cave and Mr. T. Baring, and opposed by Mr. Gibson. Upon a division it was negatived by 105 to 65. A division was also taken upon a clause proposed by Mr. HORSFALL, that lenders and borrowers should be registered, but it, too, was rejected by 101 to 59. The bill was then passed through committee, after an ineffectual attempt on the part of Mr. BovILL to introduce a clause providing that persons who had drawn either profits or capital should be responsible for one year after such withdrawal for the return of the same, in case the concern became insolvent or was wound up. The Dockyard Extension Bill, founded upon the recom mendations of the select committee which sat last year, was read a second time, on the motion of Lord C. Paget, and with the approval of Sir J. Elphinstone and Sir J. Hay. The Exchequer Bonds (£1,000,000) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Churches and Chapels Exemption (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Land Debentures (Ireland) Bill and the Land De bentures Bill was read a third time and passed. The Public-houso Closing Act, 1864, Amendment Bill was committed. Other measures were also forwarded a stage, and the house rose at 25 minutes past 2. Bank of England Return.•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t 1 cap. 32, for the week ending 1 TES DE DE P Le Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, May 17, 1865. •RTMENT. Notes issued ..m...£28,733,115, Government Debt 811.015,1( 0 Other Securities • . 3,634,900 Gold Coin SE Bullion 14,083,115 Silver Bullion .... 128,733,115' £28,733,115 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal .£14,553.000 nest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche raenriz ( t in y iinnt , EPARTMENT. Government_Seon- rities (including DeadWeightAn nutty) £10,081,441 Other Securities 20,027,',01 Notes Gold and Silver 940,703 Coin misaionera of Na tionaj Debt, and Dividend counts) 7.60.977 Other Deposits 13,489,291 Seven Day and other Bills 462,022 £39,378.555 139.378,556 '. MILLER, Chief Cashier. Hay 18, 1885. lcai tde P e nkt ß t lN . suan arisenlr aLni w YlL i T tlr hi r s es s pct:t i diplomatist,o hse.w—mhAoemtcoouroirksiosousufehtihnea prominent part in the great events of the beginning of the present century, prescribed by his will that his memoirs should not be published until 30 years after his death. As he died in 1838 that period would have expired in 1868 ; but the papers were bequeathed to the Duchess of Din; and by her given to M. Bacour, an old and faithful friend of M. Talleyrand. The latter died lately, and bequeathed the papers to M. Paul Andral, barrister, and M. Chatelain, with strict injunctions that they shall not be published until the year 1888. M. Talleyrand's papers (says the Times Paris correspondent) fill three very large chests. STOPPING THE TELEGRAPH. —A correspondent writes from Savannah on April 29 :—" A curious incident occurred yesterday. The telegraph to Hilton Head sud denly ceased working, and visions of guerillas disturbed for awhile the brains of the operators. On investigation, however, it was discovered that a few miles down the river some negroes, who were engaged in rafting logs, wanting some rope to secure their rafts, and having none at hand, had concluded to use telegraph wire for that purpose. Accordingly they had actually cut down one of the polo; and taken three or four hundred feet of wire to tie their logs together with. The damage was soon repaired, and the audacious darkies will probably not venture soon to repeat their experiment." PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S FIRST DOLLAR.—In Phila delphia, on the 24th ult., the Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, who was on terms of intimacywith the late President Lincoln from the day of his election to that of his tragical death, delivered an address upon his life and character before the Girls' High and Normal School, in the course of which he related the following anecdote :—Ono evening in the execu tive chamber there were present a number of gentlemen, among them Mr. Seward. A point in the conversation sug gesting the thought, Mr. Lincoln said, "Seward, you never heard, did you, how I earned my first dollar ?" " No," said Mr. Seward. " Well," replied he, " I was about 18 years of age. I belonged, you know, to what they call down South, the ' scrubs '—people who do not own land, and slaves are nobody there. But wo had succeeded in raising chiefly by my labour sufficient produce, as I thought, to justify me in taking it down the river to sell. After much persuasion I got the consent of my mother to go, and constructed a little flat boat larg o enough to take the barrel or two of things that we had gathered, with myself and little bundle down to New Orleans. A steamer was coming down the river. We have, you know, no wharves on th e Western stream s, and the custom was, if pas sengers were at any of the landings, for them to go out in a boat, the steamer stopping and taking them on board. I was contemplating my new flat boat, and wondering whether I could make it stronger or improve it in any particular, when two men came down to the shore in car riages with trunk; and looking at the different boats s ingled out mine, and asked Who owns this ? I answered somewhat modestly, I do. Will you,' said one of them, ' take us and our trunks out to the steamer ?" Certainly., said I. I was very glad to have the chance of earning some thing. I supposed that each would give me two or three bits. The trunks were put on my flatboat, the passengers seated themselves on tho trunks, and I sculled them out to the steamboat. They:got on board, and Hilted in theirheavy trunks, and put them on deck. The steamer was about to put on steam again, when I called out that they had for gotten to pay me. Each of them took from his pocket a silver half dollar, and threw it on the floor of my boat. I could scarcely believe my eyes as I picked up the 'money. Gentlemen, you may think it was a very little thing, and in these.days it seems to me like a trifle ; but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, a poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day—that by honest work I had earned a dollar. The world seemed wider and fairer before me. I was a more hopeful and con fident being from that time." A POPULATION COLUILY. , --For the benefit of those who discuss the subjects of population, war, p es tilence, famine, &c., it may be as well to inentionf thatol the number of human beings livi n g at the ends air, hundredth generation, commenc in g from a sing rs), p and doubling at each generation (say in thirty yea allowing for each man, woman, a nd c hild an average space wou ld form a vertical of 4ft. in height and one foot square, column, having for its base the whole surface of the earth height 3 6 - 4 and sea spread out into a p lane, and for its times the sun's distanc e from the earth. The number of human strata thus piled one on the other would amount to 460,790, , 000 000 000.—Sir John Herschel in the Fort nightly Review. 1 'OSSE