The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-15 00:00:00

MONEY MAltirT AN! , OuxIvIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, -- o--- TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is a little better supplied with capital to-day, and bankers and brokers have shown more readiness to negotiate business a fraction lower than the official minimum. The inquiry has also been rather active, and 41 and 4/ per rent. have been the ordinary charges for good short dated paper. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank on Saturday. It is notified that the share list of the Animal Charcoal Company will be closed on Thursday next, the 18th instant. The first report of the London and Venezuela Bank, to be presented on the 18th intant, states the profit to have been £784, which is recommended to be carried forward. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have in some measure been of a favourable character, although at Manchester there has been considerable fluctuation consequent upon the lath advices from America. Prices of yarns have advanced 4d. to id. per lb., while there has been a fair inquiry for cloths at fully late rates. In the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield there has been a slight improvement, while at Lei cester and Nottingham more animation has pre vailed in the h os i ery an d l ace d epar t men t s. I n t h e hard ware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, business has continued steady without any material change to report, except in the Iron trade, which exhibits symptoms of renewed activity. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 65c. Animated. • The English Stock Market has been very dull and depressed to-day. The Funds have declined fully * per cent, which is partly attributable to the small business in progress, in consequence of the settlement of the fortnightly account. Consols for money are 901 ; and for the account, ex. div., 891 I. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 s ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1061 f In the Foreign Market there is very little anima tion, and quotations are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 731 4 ; ditto Consolides, 51* s ; Mexican, 264 t ; ditto New, 251 *; Greek, 201 4 ;. Spanish Passive, 291 1 30 ; ditto Certificates, 158 ; Italian, 644 65; and Confederate Loan, 10 12. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, although prices generally exhibit rather more firmness. Great Eastern have improved ss. ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; Great Western, North Western, Metropolitan, and North Eastern (Ber wick), each 10s. ; and Midland, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but in most instances sustain former rates. London and County have advanced to 77* ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, to 8f ; Peruvian Rail nY Company Shares are quoted 1414 prem. ; Lio n 13 _ rewery, 21 21 p rem . ; M oore, M'Q ueen, and Co., 2 prem. ; Ot toman, 114 prem. ; Plymouth Ship building, 11 2 p rem . ; L on d on and Mediterranean Bank, 11 1.1 prem. ; British Mining and Smelting, prem. ; Animal Charcoal, 1* 2 prem. ; and JIM de Janeiro Gas, 1 1* prem. BRITISEf FUNDI—ONII O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. C onsols 90/ 1 f Do. Account, Jun e 6 Z 89 1 0 per Cent Reduced . 88 New 3 per Cent . 88 f New i 2 per C ent. Jan. 1894 Do. per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire Aug Dod Sea Telegraphsth ), Aug., 1908 — D. 4 011 e (Requer Bill; £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 63 pm £5OO Do. £lOO and £2OO Do Lank of Eon land Stock, 5-} per Cent 242 40} IN DIO GOVE RNMENT SECURITIES. Indi a° Do A Stock, cco unt Cent., Hi per April 1874 '" 1061 I Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account D. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates _ Do ' Refaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. Do. 5/ per Cent., May 1879 — D o.— 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Bond; £l,OOO • Pm Do. under £l,OOO Fouical FuNDS—ONB O'O_LOOK. Brazilian Bond; 5 per Cent _ klruilian 5 per Cent _ D °. 4 .-} per Cent., 1852-58-60 . B Do 1863 tienos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account— Do e I per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cont.) ll'llati 6 per Cent C Do. 41 per C ent Cu olombian 6 pe r C ent. — ba, 6 per Cent. D o 5 per Cent., 1864 — t Do Scrip, £55 ” paid D ° . " 13 . 4 per Cent., 1863 — . Vi per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid DoDartub n Principalities .f..B6paid tliiador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — , Do., Provisional Land Warrant — 'B'Y tiara 7 per Cent — Secod Issue Do £lOO Bonds — D 09 32 D. 1864 931 i £lOO Bonds S . Creel-eriP, .f.. 50 paid 5 -.0 Account Per Cents. , 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Do. Account Ouateniala 5 per Cent. i Do. 1839 and 1850 atanal l Per Cent na Railway) o (Maremina Do 1865 Per . .. ...... .. D Scrip, 411 paid 261 Mexican 3 per Cent. 261 Do. Account Dt. 1864 _ _ Doe per Cent. Ail_glo-French Do French Scrip, Ex.. 25f 20c — Mo nt i Moevidean 6.per Cent., £3O paid New orsh Imperial 5 per Cent - DoGranada .. . Do 2 per Cent. Deferred .... .. .- .. .. ... - Do Land Warrante (Heciares) Peruvian 4/ per Cent. ........ . Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) • ............ Do 4/ per Cent., 1862 - Portuguese • 3 per Cent., 1853 • ...................... Do Account ................................ Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 48i Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., . , Do 4i. per Cent., 1850 ... Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 aardinian 5 per Cent ... 4 7 Do Account Do New Deferred ___ Do Account 291 Do Passive 30 D° Account Spanish Cert. of Co u p no t f un d e d ls i Account f D o 15 Swedish 4 per C ent. _ _ ry .41 per Cent. 1864 `llrki 6 per Cent. 1854 9Ol "Jo Account D Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — w.Doo Acco Account 6 per C ent. 1862 731 po Account D. £lOO Bonds Do 6 Per C ent. 1863 73 _ ~Do Guar anteed, 4 per C en t — D o enezuela 3 per C en t. - Account D °. 6 per Cent, 1862 D o- Acc ount Do 6 per Cent., 1864 — o. 11 per Cent.,,,, Dividends on the above payable in London. ,ustyian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins zelc. , blau 4 per cent, Ex. 25f. -vutch 2i. per Cent Ex. 12 Guil — ~ _ pr po. 4 per Cent. Certificates _ „ea°ll Rentes, 3 per Cent. Italia Account _ 4' ,0. ccountCent., 1861, Ex. 25f. _ TWO O'CLOCK. Consols .................................. . 9Ol 1 Do ' Account u L a irvkeertpool Cotton Mark et—T his Day. to 5)000 balel7B. quiet at falling rates. Sales, 4,000 le entiro pendent" ed hard" as: Mr. ruing no Le to ths d takes )port trio prn ment, " violent algal opo nstituen the least ye a vote ions Col. it of Con ement, of o n of the )nal csJi- servativo the nic e " .te for the ly yitcate• such. ° a ) the in s/ ction the benefi cia/ ,. Thong' ; be holds iderationf Drld wide 31Iy's Eno links the ,s of local ;lowers's- erby, an ection for t, and gr. IreW, it i° ,wo Cori- I there le A MiaBCO cf that the ,n o f the zeir bite, iced, 11361 st favou r " with verf 01 at the Ilonserfft captalli fourths of great es ctors, any waY to present r fay 13 ' 3 Frill rice, II ", ;es bef °- ;or Ca s b " ; ended; on• t : nitel o Sir C. )n. d the r°)lj he castle qortin ier wa iting' rat): 1- to 'rine eP- r , vine " a ploill IP )old 311,3 wili d s of 200 fol" jotir lle l l o r 00 , Lt W e d steril to 90- 0 t; esbr -a°- r satur p r iol f ,st a a reobe, ► *S ' j°lllll &RD °. O e h s - w it, )pe ahigh, pied G ong' ta p Deo ° or )1,0, t he a 1361. thei r '6 wi th bi s woe tOv- 42, fro 0 and o• to tor I 0 tot° 01l 'evt rl7l 0 the veil o f eta' , l lo. of )." inter v ' t he ciiii At f Chi ef :11 it . o ffice t o .0. cor t op cie cl• t ate° de iS° 1 1 1 • 4 rer5.7,0, e ran.,lo, s tic" 0 ic P6' SHARE MARKETS—T is day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ;I Railways. Bir., & Str:Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon 1 Cornwall Do. A A. gets no div. Do. B t been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. NV( stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D •• A stock • • Do. B .o Do. New, ts. at 25 pn , GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Original 1) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Wcord Do. Newpo Do. He Lanc .shire &Yorkshire L'ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DOA shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares tlid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. dn. 1855-.8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 gorth Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. st Jck Alrews dr Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 4 outh E stern . itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwill W.Hartlepoolliar.&R Do. A irredeemable 1 Do. A redeemable 99 96 1291 130! ti 62 C 6 16 17 90 92 10.5 1' 7 45 464 6f 7., 100 100 100 100 10 1294 1304 144 145 131 33 100 10 0 1 0 100 £6 F^ 73 ;3.) e 4 66 51 5 45 48 102 104 12 , 4 12 , 88 90 105 107 40 It 1214 12 . 4 97/ 91 6t 6! 137 133 3 31p 13 1241 IC4 1(6 , 51 15 :4 26 1 9 110 67 68 101 1( 2 37 38 - -p Dip 116 115 121 f 98 61} 1011 1 lip 78 79 11 11! 140 144 49 51 781 9 60 61 55 57 85 813 84 9, 155 15i Paid./ Closing i Business Price. done. 115} 133} 3 BRITISH Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda..c Cen.ln. Du.. 5 per cent.. o. i shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Awl:. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 1 Do. do. June 1, b 7 41 Calcutta & S. E., Um 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demerit , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben _al, gu sdo East ludia2), gu.:s p.c. Do. .7 Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ?ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prof. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5 p.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . 4I per cent.... Do great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Oa 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Endian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4o do Do. Fifth Extension ffelb. Coy. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B Bl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do s2 • . Do. Pun!aub 5„.) Do.lndus St Flo '4' 3 4pl 107 109 46 48 77 83 ISIONS. 53 68 102 103 pr ip 4 4! 65 70 9g 301 73 85 1 , 1 101 101 103 IC3 104 1,1 3 18i 19. S 5 88 64 66 54 56 55 57 47 4J 45 41 43 15 25 2' 25 26 103 10 P 10) 102 101 10i 10} 10 ell 88 2 78 E 2 101 102 93 95 89 91 64 66 3 _6 82 81 1001 301 i 1001 101 1 id 1004 101 i 94 97 fT SECU 94 86 93 85 93 95 82 84 8! 84 101 ICO 104 106 105 107 100 108 105 107 109 112 103 V 5 105 107 107 109 102 103 92 95 99 101 93 95 91 93 104 105 18 90 94 08 103 105 107 109 IC7i 108 INES. fit 29 31 } 575 585 18 1 Vi in 14 6t 71 3# 3 134 14/ 31 41 4 6 181 194 14 2 SOI 314 31 44 •38 40 31 3 6 81 51 bi 14 04 16 18 35 45 13 15 2 1, 2 3 32 341 4 530 520 17i 22 13 15 143 i 27 76 8; 106 324 61 180 1904 90 95 50 60 11 13 203 205 18 20 COLONIAL GO VERNME British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.dz July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D. , . 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. c. Jan. Az July Do. 5 p r. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do, 1.78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,1 Natal qov. c per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p x,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 percent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18h8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRIT I: CaM Consol. taold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist .Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogani East Caradon as t Cam Brea East Grenville East Love.' E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Gr..at L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenvil e Elerod's Foot .... Elingston Downs Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, Nangiles New Se ton North Downs. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft West Nu3sett (Mogan 1 W. Caradon (L skeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni,n ...... ritEFEILENCE a HARES. Great Northern 5 per cent., 118 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 1061 FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, Um., 11* Vallanzasaa Gold, lim , BANKS. A Mance 10 i Anglo Austrian, 7i Consolidated Bank, lira., 10i Continental, Rm., Ditto, new, 1l) Imperial Ottoman, 16} London and Brazilian aim.), 451 London and Couuty, 76i 7 ti London Joint Stock, 49 I ondon and South-Western, lim., 21 South Australia, 86 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um., 101 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Btu., 51 International Financial :fociety, Urn., 8 London Financial Asaociation, lint., 21; Ocean Marine Insurance), 2:li Pen•nsula and Oriental Steam, 85 Royal Mail Steam, 102 i Notice has been given by the council of adminis tration of the Ottoman Railway from Smyrna to Aidin, that they are prepared to receive applications for the unissued 13,175 shares at the price of £9 per share, payable in instalments extending to the Ist of November next. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Royal Sardinian Railway Company was held to-day—Mr. H. R. Grenfell, M.P., in the chair. The object of the meeting was to raise £663,317 for the completion of portions of the railway; and with this view it was proposed to create 60,000 nomina tive preference shares of .£lO each, to call up all arrears, and to make a further call of £1 per share upon the old £2O shares. These latter shares are to be reduced to £lO each. Mr. Benedict, whose concerts have always en joyed such universal success, will havo comparatively a stronger attraction than usual this season by his engaging for his concert the most eminent talent of both the great Italian opera houses, including Madlles. Titiens, Pauline Lucca, Carlotta Patti, Trebelli, and Fiorotti, as well as Signori Gardoni, Brignoli, Schmid, and Mr. Santley, be sides stars both vocal and instrumental, including Madame A. Goddard, Joachim, Piatti, and our favdkrite English tenor, Sims Reeves. ICBI I I I ITIES. 9L 921 2 if M rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 186 a MARKETS—This Day. Particulars. Stock this day__ ['rice of Y.C. 11 Delivery lastweek' Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 ?rice of Town The attendance of home and continental buyers has been large ; nevertheless, owing to the large supply in the market, prices of nearly all descriptions of produce •halro given way, Port Philip, as compared with last sales, show ing a reduction in value of ld. to lid. ; greasy, Adelaide, d. to ld. ; New Zealand ; ld. ; and greasy, Cape, id. to ld. per lb. In the value of good and fine Sydney and Cape wool very little change has taken place. The pri- Tate contract market for English wool has been somewhat quieter. Nevertheless, prices of all descriptions have ruled firm. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d FlecOes - South Down hog, g ets ..1 8 1 9 Half-bred do.. 1 8 1 8} Kent fleeces .. i 8 1 9 outh Down ewes and wethersl 6 1 7 Leicester do 1 8 1 9 Sorts Clothing 1 6 111 • Combing 1 5 2 0 1851. 66.067 58,30.1 :o --s Od 1,315 17,331. 674 117,201 566 61 186: 35.480 Irs6l so - s Od 1,198 116,367 1 ,643 95,110 4e 81 1863. 1864. 39.541 49.554 43531 to 40s3d Su sod —sod 1,291 1,13 i 77,230 72,368 220 638 73,492 13 .399 44$ 3d 41$ 6d POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT THE EAST INDIA UNITED SERVICE CLUB.— Joseph Bliss, a young man in the employ of Mr. William Andrews, master sweep, ...Angel,-court, King-street, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with stealing at the East India United Service Club two meerschaum pipes, the property of Major Thomas Keernan, a member of the club. Mr. Wm. Stretch, steward of the club, said—On Friday fortnight the prisoner came to the clubhouse, 14, St. James's square to sweep a chimney. Having finished his job, in stead of leaving he wont up to the smoking-room, telling one of the servants who Met him on the stairs that he had business there. Shortly after, two merschaum pipes, the property of Major Keernan, a member of the club, were missed, and I subsequently received them from prisoner's master. Tyrrell, 590 A—l apprehended prisoner yesterday, and on telling him he was charged with stealing two pipes from the East India United Service Club, he replied, " Oh, that's all settled." Mr. William Andrews, master sweep, of Angel-court, King-street, St. James's—The prisoner was in my employ on the night the pipes were missed. I spoke to the pri soner, and he admitted taking them, and handed them to Mr. Mansfield—Why was there such delay in giving the prisoner into custody ? Witness—lt was not decided what course should be taken till Major Keernan was seen. Inspector Draper—The boy was discharged by Mr. An drews and could not be found. Prisoner—l am guilty. I have worked hard all my life. Mr. Mansfield—What did you mean by saying it was settled ? Prisoner—l understood that, if I gave the property up, the gentleman would not prosecute. Mr. Andrews—l told him I did not know what course would be pursued till they heard from Major Keernan. I always believed the prisoner to be honest. Mr. Mansfield—l cannot help thinking the prisoner re turned the property under some impression that if be did so he would not be prosecuted. Remanded. Anglo-French Peace Jubilee, The Fiftieth Anniversary of Peace between Great Britain and France is to be celebrated by an Anglo- French Working-class Exhibition, to be held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, commencing on Satur day, July 29, and texthinating in the month of October. The productions of the English and French workmen will be exhibited in their own names, and their employers in addition to their own must state the names of the men who have made the articles shown. Clever workmen will thus have an opportunity of obtaining public recognition of their skill. Prizes will be awarded for excellence of workmanship, and a very highly-finished bronze commemorative medal will be presented to every exhibitor as a souvenir of the peace jubilee. A deputation from the London committee was re ceived with great enthusiasm in Paris; and, at a meeting of delegates from the various trade and co operative associations, held at the offices Qf the Society of Credit au Travail, a committee was formed who will receive goods from all parts of France and forward them to the Crystal Palace. Space 'will be granted free, but all goods intended for exhibition must be delivered at the Crystal Palace no later than July 22. The following letter from M. Michel Chevalier has just been received by M. Edmond Potonie, the Secretary of the French Committee : " Paris, May 4, 1865. "Dear Sir,—l wish to thank not only your father but yourself for the kind reception which you have given upon my recommendation to the English workmen delegates, from London. I doubt not, knowing your cordiality, that they have taken away with them very kind remembrances, thus sowing in the two countries the seeds of a reciprocal esteem and mutual sympathy which will be the source of great good, not only to England and Prance, which in itself would be very precious, but even to the world. For when France and England extend hands, then war, that bane of the human race, ceases to ravage the universe, or at least its ravages have limits. When you have received news of the English delegates, it will oblige me if you will communicate the same. Ai you have obligingly offered to call upon me, you will be sure to find me at home at 12. "Accept my most distinguished consideration, and be lieve me to be your affectionat3 " MICHEL CHEVALIER." THE STRANDING OF THE LOUISIANA OFFICIAL REPORT. To the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade. _ My Lords,--I have held an official investigation into the circumstances attending the stranding of the steamship Louisiana, which took place on the evening of the 12th of April last, during a fog, upon the Old Head of Kinsale. I have been assisted in this inquiry by Captains Harris and Baker as Assessors, and I now beg to forward my report. The Louisiana was an iron screw steamer, built at Jarrow in the year 1862, and was registered at Liverpool in 1864 of the gross tonnage of 2,166 tons. She was owned by the National Steam Shipping Company (Limited), and was commanded by Mr. Abraham Asplet, who holdi a certifi cate of competency as master dated in 1855. The Louisiana sailed from Liverpool on the 9th April, with a general cargo, touching at Queenstown to embark passengers, &c. She ar rived at Queenstown on the 12th, and sailed from thence the same afternoon at 4 o'clock, bound for New York, with a crew of 81 hands, and 500 passengers, chiefly emigrants. At 4.30 p.m. the pilot left the ship just outside of Roche's Point, and at 6.35 p.m. the vessel was stranded inside the Bream Rock, to the northward and eastward of the Old Head of Kinsale. From the evidence it would appear that the weather was tolerably clear for a short time after the pilot left, but gradually increased in thickness till six p.m., when the fog became very dense. The engines were then eased to dead slow, and the course, which had been previously S.W. by S., was altered to west, directly towards the land. At half-past 6a f shing-boat was discovered close under the bows, and the helm was ported to avoid running over her. The man in the boat hailed the ship, but in the confusion the intimation given, whatever it might have been, was not heard. Having cleared the boat, the helm was starboarded to regain her course, and in a very few minutes afterwards the Louisiana struck upon the Old Head of Kinsale. The ship was subse quently backed off, and returned to Queenstown the fol lowing morning after the fog had cleared off. As she had sustained material damsge, the passengers and cargo were transferred to another steamer, and the Louisiana proceeded to Liverpool to be repaired. In commenting upon this casualty, which took place within the short period of two hours after leaving port, one is struck with the want of common prudence in the Master persisting in hauling the ship to the westward, towards danger, when the fog came on. He had the whole Irish Channel open to him, and having left port so recently there was no reason whatever for approaching the land. He appears to have been aware that the flood tido was against him, but for that ho made no allowance in the courses ho shaped after the pilot left. Thus the ship, with her head to the westward, was rapidly horsed towards the land, and although the fog was very dense, and the position of the ship was uncertain, the pre caution of using the lead was neglected. The vessel struck at about three quarter flood. Under these circumstances I must hold the master responsible for the stranding of his ship ; and, taking into consideration the number of lives which by his rashness were jeopardised, I have felt com pelled to suspend Mr. Asplet's certificate for the space of six calendar months from this date, in which sentence my assessors have fully concurred. I have the honour to be, my lord; your most obedient servant, T. S. RAFFLES, Police Magistrate. Wo concur in this report. H y . ILIRRIS ' 1 Nautical Assessors. R. B. BAKER, THE BELLEROPHON.—In a lecture delivered a few days ago on " The Properties of Iron considered as a material for the construction of Ships of War," at the School of Naval Architecture, South Kensington, Mr. Fairbairn, the distinguished engineer, made the following observations on the ironclad frigate Bellerophon, a length ened description of which was given in The Sun of Mon day last :—" I am bold enough to assert," said Mr. Fair bairn. "that the cellular form is not only the strongest but the cheapest mode of construction that can, in the present state of our knowledge, be adopted for every descrp'jon of vessel that exceeds 1,000 tons burden ; and I am gratified to find that the present Constructor of the Navy, convinced of its advantages, has successfully adopted the principle in the construction of the Bellerophon, which, in my opinion, is one of the finest and strongest vessels for her tonnage in her Majesty's service. As this vessel appears to combine economy in the distribution of the material with greatly increased strength, I have considered it insti active to ex hibit her section at midships without going into detail. Along the bottom there are nine longitudinal keelsons, four on each side of a central. These beams or keelsons vary from 4f t. 8i n. to 3ft. 4in. in depth, and extend the whole length o: the ship, or to the point of intersection at the bows and stern. At °vol. ' , four feet the transverse frames or ribs are secured by rivets, and extend from the upper deck all round the sides and bottom, forming the whole, when plated in side and out, into a series of open cells of 6ft. wide by nearly Oft. deep. At every 20ft. the cells are closed by plate 3 rivetted watertight between the outer skin and the inner skin, thus rendering the ship much more secu-o in case of accident to the bottom, and perfectly independent of the open spaces between the principal watertight bulkheads. From the lower edge of the armour-plates, and from some distance below, inter mediate frames are introduced between the principal ribs for the support of the back , ng of the ar mour-plates, and these, again, being securely fastened to the sides, render the construction, as a whole, a solid and compact mass, admirably adapted to the resistance of pro jecticles at high velocities. The upper deck, it will be ob served, is covered with sheet-iron plates, superimposedand riveted to the deck beams under the plank:ng. I have been the more particular in this description as I consider the Bellerophon a model ship. From the preceding outline of her construction it will be interesting to consider howsuch a vessel w:ll behave when pitching in a heavy sea, or, under more hying circumstances, if stranded on a lee shore. In the first of these cases we have perfect security, to say nothing of her speecl, form, and other conditions as a sea going ve• - mel ; and in the latter case we assuredly have the means of escape, and the chance of tho vessel holding together,. with .her double bottom and the , enormous strength impel ted into her by the cellular system of con struction. On these points, in regard to strain, a very few remarks will be necessary to show the reciprocating motion of the vessel and the resistances that are called into action when exposed to a hurricane in a tempestuous sea. In the previous statement I have chiefly treated of the material and its distribution ; let us now consider the ship, such as the Bellerophon, and taking her sectional dimensions with an area of 1,200 inches in the bottom, and assuming that she is duly proportioned on the upper deck, we have, ac cording to formula, 8,640 tons as the breaking weight in the middle, or 17,280 tons equally distributed, which is more than double the weight of the ship, or its displace ment on a draught of water of 24 feet. Hence follows the immense strength and great tenacity of this important ves sel. In this investigation I have assumed that the Belle rophon is a class of vessel admirably adapted for the pur poses of war. She will carry guns of large calibre, and of sufficient power to penetrate armour-plates—and she will also, from her compact form and size, have the advantage over larger vessels of manoeuvring with greater celerity either in attack or defence." THE GREAT SEAL.—Letters patent have been issued appointing the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, the Right Hon. T. B. C. Smith, the Right Hon. John Hatch°ll, and Mr. Edward Litton, Master in Chancery, to be Com missioners of the Groat Seal during the absence of the Lord Chancellor from. Ireland.—Dublin Evening Mail. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. — The number of patients relieved at this hospital, during the week ending 13th May, was 8,905, of which 955 were now cases. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was far from active. Prices, however, both of red and white produce ruled firm. For barley, oats, beans, and peas, there was a steady demand, at full quotations. The flour trade was steady, on former terms. • Ou the Continent, there is a fair average business pags ing in wheat and spring corn, at full quotations. At New York the trade for wheat and flour continues dull. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 7,696 quarters of wheat; 8,653 barley; 58,922 oats; 1,520 rye ; 490 beans ; 110 peas ; 30 tares ; 17,269 linseed ; 9,214 rapeseeds; 440 sundry seeds; and 1,404 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat from Essex and Kent were very moderate, but the condition of the produce was good ; several samples, in deed, were received of excellent quality. The trade opened with considerable firmness, and factors held all qualities at enhanced rates. Millers, however, as a rule, were un willing to operate at any advance in the quotations; con sequently sales progressed slowly. The bulk of the trans actions was at the full prices of Monday last, selected parcels commanding, in some instances, Is. per qr. more money. A fair clearance had, at the close of business,been effected. The market was somewhat scantily supplied both with American and Continental wheats. Good and fine old Baltic wheats were in request, at extreme rates, and all other descriptions changed hands at very full prices. Floating cargoes of wheat and spring corn moved off steadily, and were disposed of at fully late rates. The malting season may now be considered over. The demand for malting barley to-day was in consequence in a sluggish state, at about previous quotations. Grinding and distilling barley, although in short supply, met a slow sale ; nevertheless, prices ruled stationary. A fair business was transacted in malt at full prices. There was a large supply of oats on the stands, chiefly of foreign growth. The trade was quieter than on Monday last. Good and, fine qualities supported previous rates ; but inferior parcels declined in value 6d. per quarter. - Very few beans—either English or foreign—were on offer. The trade was firm for all qualities, at very full prices. Peas, which were in short supply, changed hands at the extreme rates of Monday last. Best descriptions of flour were in steady request, and prices ruled firm. The supply of American flour on sale was small. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. {'Priest—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 395 to 43s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 43e 48s Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Dittd, 1863 Talavera, 1864 .. 47s 528 B ye -- Barley—Grinding 23s 265 Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 64s 615 Brown Kingstown and Ware . 545 615 Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feeding l9s 23s Potato Yonghal and Cork, black lBB 23s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l7s 22s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers 348 378 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suflblk 2Bs 30e Ilk. - - - 2ss 27e Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 2lB METROPOLITAN CA.TTLE. There was a large supply of foreign stock on sale here to-day. Both for beasts and sheep the demand ruled steady at quite previous rates. The quality of the stock was but middling. Fresh up from our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts were very moderate, in fair condition. There was a good supply from Scotland, of excellent quality, but the receipts from Ireland were very limited. In nearly all breeds there was a steady demand at fully last Monday's cirrency, and in some instances a slight advance. The general top price was 4s 10d, but a few very superior Scots realised 5s per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,200 Scots and crosses, from other parts of England 500 of various breeds, from Scotland 881 Scots and crosses, and from Ireland 60 oxen and heifers. The supply of English sheep on sale was very moderate, but the quality of most breeds was good. The mutton trade was very firm. Good and fine Downs and half-breds changed hands at an advance in prices from Monday last of 2s per 81b, and all other breeds sold at fully late rates. The top price was Gs 2d per 81b. Lambs, the supply of which on sale was but moderate, realised previous quotations. Good and prime breeds sold readily, the top quotation being 8s per 81b. Calves were in moderate demand at late rates. The market was but moderately supplied. For pigs there was a moderate demand at previous quotations. Per 81b to sink the offal. de d a cl s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 o Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 1 Second quality do ..3 10 4 2 Prime n'thdown a 0.6 0 6 2 Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6 Large coarse calves. 4 2 4 8 Prime Scuts, &c.... 4 8 4 10 Prime small d0......4 10 5 2 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 0 4 8 Large hogs .3 6 4 4 second quality do ..4 .0 5 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 10 Lambs....6s 8d to 81 Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,26) Beasts 1 460 Cows — Cows. • Sheep and lambs 22,910 Sheep and lambs 6 920 C a l ve s 237 Ca ved 213 Pigs 320 Pigs 2O The total Imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 11,279 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 6,478 ; in 1863, 6,189 ; in 1862, 3,646 ; in 1861, 5,430 ; and in 1860, 5,215 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. SEEDS. Mustard seed continues dull at drooping prices. For ,vviite,p . at u u late s2 j a rates. ton s other seed s th e t ra d e i s qu i e t on f ormer terms. Cak e s are demand in fair Swede —s —s bustard, Brown —s s White, Fares, Spring — s a New winter, bush 9s 10s Chnary, per quarter 41s 60s (Lye grass Clover, Red Eng.,et o2s 12 , s White 57s 80s Foreign Red s4s 70s White s6s 803 35s 488 Carraway 331 33s Coriander :23 24; Henapseed, per qr 4os 430 Linseed,Eng.sowing 7Js 72s Crushing 60s Gis Baltic - —s -s Odessa Linseed Cake, p ton —a —a English £lo Os £ll Os Foreign £0 10a XII Os Rape Cakea,p ton £5 Os £slos Rapeseed, new,pr qr 71s 78s Trefoil TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady to-day at full prices. P.Y.C• is quoted at 40s. 6d. per cwt. on the spot ; town tallow, 395. net cash ; rough fat, 2s. ld. per 81bs. THAMES. THE EVILS OF LEAVDTG-SHOPS.—A poor woman named Anne Desmond came before Mr. Paget, and complained of the illegal and oppressive conduct of a " leaving-shop keeper," named Walker, -in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell. The applicant pawned her bed for 35., about nine months ago, and she applied to Mrs. Walker to redeem it one day last week, She was told the interest would be 2d. for each shilling, to which she made no objection, and was directed to call in the evening for the bed. She did so, and was then informed that the bed was sold to a rag dealer, and that she could not have it. She went to the rag dealer, named by Mrs. Walker, and was informed that the bed had not been sold there, and that it was not likely a good bed would be sold for rags. Mrs. Walker also received a pair of trousers a fortnight ago, and refused to restore them. Mrs. Walker had been in the practice of taking as interest 2d. in every shilling, whether the articles are in pawn one month or twelve months. Mr. Paget inquired if the leaving-shop keeper gave the applicant a proper memorandum or ticket, describing each article and the sum lent when pawned. Mrs. Desmond said no duplicates were written or given out. Mr. Livingston, chief usher, said leaving-shop-keepers never gave any duplicates or memorandums to their cus tomers, who were entirely at their mercy. Mr. Paget said he would grant a summons against the leaving-shop keeper and her husband, for a violation of the Pawnbrokers' Act. RUFFIANISM IN A PUBLIC STREET.—Thomas Roberts, tall young man, w as b roug ht b e f ore M r. P age t , c h arge d with violently assaulting Joseph Cotty, of No. 15, Green wood-street, Mile-end, who appeared in court with his head bandaged and contusions on his face. The complainant, a lad who is in the employment of Mr. Morton, an engineer, in Wapping, was passing along the Commercial -road on Saturday night, and, in passing, he came in contact with a female wearing an ugly and incon venient crinoline, and was tripped up. The female struck him, and the prisoner, with whom she was talking, hit him several times with his fist, and when he was on the ground kicked him under the jaw. The lad, fearing he should be murdered, took to his heels. He was followed by the priso ner, who knocked him down again, kicked him on the right eye, which w as f earfully cut, and tore h i s coat to p i eces. On his w a y t o t h e station house he was struck by one of the prison ers ' companions, who was in court. John Grant, 187 K , heard cries of " police" on Saturday night. He saw th e complainant bleeding, and took the prisoner into cus t o d y. The prisoner was drunk and vio lent, and threw him twice. The prisoner was under on both occasions. A lad named Henry Shaper also confirmed the statement of Cotty. Mr. Paget said the prisoner had committed a most brutal assault on the complainant, and also on the police-con stable. It was not to be endured that decent youths were to be maltreated in the streets with impunity. He sen tenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA TELEGRAPIL—The re-opening of this telegraph for the transmission Of mes sages is announced, a telegram having been received from Malta, dated the 13th May, 4 14 p.m., conveying intelli gence of the successful completion of the repairs on the in terrupted section of the line between Benghazi and Alex andria. DR. TEMPLE, THE HEAD MASTER OF RUGBY'S SCHEME OF REFORM.—}Ie would disfranchise all boroughs with less than 10,000 inhabitants, gaining thereby 111 seats ; and take away the second seat from all boroughs with fewer than 30,000 inhabitants, so gaining 50 seats; he would then double the number of members in every county, keeping the present elections for the remaining boroughs and the counties as they are, but elect the added members on a different plan, namely, by all rate payers, whether living in boroughs and entitled to borough votes already, or in the rural district& THE HEIGHT OF, MAGNANIMITY!—The Czar has declared his second son, Alexander, heir to the throne of Russia, and it is stated in Continental papers that the late Czarewitch requested the second one to carry out his engagement with the Princess Dagmar. IRISH CHURCH STA TISTICS.—Members of the Established Church number, say, 690,000 ; Presby terians, 520,000 ; Dissenters, 76,000 ; a total of Protes tants, say a million and a quarter ; Roman Catholics, four and a half millions. The Established Church has 2 archbishops, 10 bishops, 2,200 clergy ; " net annual in come," i•zcluding money through the Ecclesiastical Com missioners, some £700,000 per annum. The Presbyterians (but certain of them refuse to share in it) receive from Go vernment a Regium Donum of £40,000 a year, giving some £7O to each minister. This originated in a small gift of Charles 11. out of the Secret Service money. The Metho dists, Baptists, and Independents support themselves. The Catholics have 4 archbishops, 24 bishops (all ap pointed by the Pope), about 3,000 priests, and numerous monks, friars, and nuns. Parliament gives a yearly rent to Maynooth College, for the education of priests. This sum excepted, the vast clerical organisation is supported by fees on marriages, baptisms, and funerals, by Christmas and Easter dues, and by voluntary contributions in money or labour. Churches, convents, &c., are built by sub scriptions, legacies, and collections. Wonderful exertions in this way have been made in the last 20 years, and have given birth to conspicuous and showy Roman Catholic edifices in every part of Ireland, but much of the money has been contributed from other Countries. 1865, 83,406 40s 6d to —s Cd 1,163 91,125 1)5 79,5!0 41s 6d Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 603 ... ... 3 ... 84 Antwerp Boulogne ... Bremen Calais l9 Aalborg Dordt. Aarhuus Hamburg Harlingen 348 119 ... ... 15 ... 19 Ostend 25 Rotterdam . 773 Gothanburg Dunkirk 283 76 ... - ••• ''''' 40 ... - ... 7 ... 52 956 ... 291 ... 658 ... 146 10 Total 2032 7,437 ... 329 ... 692 ... 789 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 1862 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 16, 1864, and this day, Monday, May 15, 1865. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. ......... .... _ May 16, May 15, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 6 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 Prime Scot; &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do.' 4 0 4 4 4] 0.. 5 4 Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 4lO 5 0 6 0 6 2 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 2 410 4 2 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 6 410 Beasts 4,670 4,290 Sheep 25,520 18,050 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 18, 1863.—Beasts, 4,170 — sheep and lambs, 26,410—calves, 209—pigs, 510. May 19, 1862—Beast; 3,9 Bo—sheep and lambs, 25,370 —calves, 181—pig; 430. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair supplies of town and country killed meat are on sale at these markets. The trade, generally speaking, is slow at our quotations. Per Sib by the carcase. Bd. ad Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 6 4 6 Lamb, 6s 4 sdsd Inferior mutton 4 0 4 8 Middling mutton 4 10 5 4 Prime do 5 6 5 8 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 id to 7s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale continues small, and the trade rules firm at full currencies. For foreign hops there is a fair demand at previous quotations. Last week's imports amounted to 90 pockets from Jersey, 49 bales fro :m Rotterdam, and 10 bales from Boulogne. Mid and East Kent ..... 1105 to 200 s per ow'. Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings llos to 13us Older hops 3oa to 9's American —s to - 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are tolerably large. Generally speaking, the trade is dull, and as regards inferior qualities the tendency of prices is in favour of buyers. Last week's import was 90 tons from Dunkirk and about 800 bags from other ports. Per to l. Yorkshire Regents Flukes Rocks .... 85s to 100 s Scotch Regents Rocks Dunbar Regents. lOOO to 120 s Foreign • 6OB to 80s WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool, being the second series of the present year, were commenced on Thursday last. The arrivals are unusully large, viz., 168,724 bales, com prising 22,092 bales from Sydney, 78,879 Victoria, 26,341 Adelaide, 4,458 Tasmania, 13,619 New Zealand, 2,429 Swan River, and 20,906 from the Cape of Good Hope. SPORTING NOTES. The meeting at Chester was a great success, but owing to the unpropitious state of the weather was not patronised so numerously as it otherwise would have been. There were 20 starters for the .Chester Cup, one more than last year ; the absentees of the 27 " coloured" being Breda mante (7), Redcap (8), Chocolate (16), East Lynne (21), Terror (25), and Sidewind (26). John Day, as last year, ran three—Ackworth, Lord Zetland, and The Grinder ; the Marquis of Hastings and Mr. Barber alone starting a "second string" to "do the needful" for the two favourites. The only. other stable with a couple of representatives was Scott's, of Holywell, which comprised Buckfoot and Farce ; whilst Wm. Day, who carried off the Cup in 1856 with the latter's dam (One Act), and has invariably been " with them" here for many years past, had nothing at the meet ing, owing to the going amiss of Mail Train. Nor had John Scott, John Osborne, Tom Dawson, or Godding— names more or less associated with the great Roodeo prize —a starter on this occasion. Mr.T. Hughes, as a matter of course, indulged the natives with a peep at another of his "yearlings," whet has been backed to win the Ces are _ witch, Liverpool Steeplechase, Oaks, and all the leading races during the last ten years ; and a great many confidently believed in a repetition by Mr. Hughes of his last year's coup with Flash in the Pan, in similar weather; forgetting, however, that the present performer has long since entered his "teens." The Brewer previously ran for this Cup in 1859 (six years old), 1860, and 1861, haVing begun his racing career (as Emulator) by winning the Harpenden Handicap just ten years ago, while it was the second appearance of Oldminster, Change (who was such a "pot" last year), and Lord Zetland, whose starting was only decided upon after the rain came. The "sister kingdom," after an interregnum of some duration—great are the changes on the Irish Turf since the days of Cruiskeen, Harkaway, Mickey Free, Ould Ireland, Coranna, St. Law rence, Peep o' Day, which latter trio carried off the great Cestrian prize three years in succession—put in an appear ance again with Leprechaun, who wore an exercise -hood, which created an unfavourable impression against the conqueror of Caller On at the recent Curragh meeting ; and France had a couple of representatives in La Toacques and Soumise, the former of whom came out appar rently as sound as ever—a triumph of training skill— after a long absence caused by the filling of one of her legs (which was blistered no fewer than seven times) during her preparation for the Goodwood Cup last summer. There was no " chopping and changing" of jockeys at the last moment, and though it was imagined that Grimshaw or Carroll would be on Helen (who carried 11b. overweight, and was ridden by Ward without a whip), the former rode the horse he was originally engaged for (Lion), and Carroll steered Buckfoot. A question was submitted to the stewards beforehand respecting the latter'e liability to a 51b. penalty for winning the Willoughby Handicap, worth £2OO, " in cluding his own stake" at the Warwick Spring Meeting, on which occasion, it will be remembered, Buckfoot " played old gooseberry" with his friends by upsetting a " pot" on his stable companion, Stanton ; and as the Cup conditions contained a special clause to that effect, it was decided in the affirmative, which had the effect of driving him back in the betting from 100 to 8 to 20 to 1, though the confidence of his stable, who have sadly "messed" matters with this horse, was in no degree shaken by his eitra weight. The betting became very bad at last, according to the bookmakers, though noticeable for two or three important changes, the great feature being the furore to get on Gratitude, who left off fourth favourite at 7 to 1, the continued support of the Highflyer's dam colt, the advance of The Brewer to 100 to 6,and the decline of Victorious and the Mcestissima filly. The only young one at all firm was Lion, whose chance, as well as that of all the three year olds amongst turned loose old ones, with the ground in such a state, was ridiculed by all racing• men of experience and judgment; and The Grinder's mission, it was pretty generally supposed, was on behalf of his stable companion. At one moment, imme diately after The Clown's - victory, Helen looked like dis placing Ackworth in the betting, as she became quite as good a favourite, and in a few instances was backed at 4 to 1; but the Danebury horse recovered his position before the start, and left off unmistakably with the call, the last investment on the part of his noble owner being 300 to 100, though far below the market price, which, after " comparing " with the leading bookmakers, cannot be returned at loss than 4 to 1, albeit half a point less was taken in a great many cases. The race was preceded by a delay of upwards of three quarters of an hour, and it need scarcely be added a great many false starts occurred, for causing which the ringleaders were very properly reported to the Stewards, and punished, as the breaks away in several instances were perfectly- unjustifiable—even when some of the horses were walking back directly in front of the main body ! It was fortunate this delay did take place, or the race might have resulted in a fiasco, owing to Mr. M'George mistaking the starting-post, which would have necessitated a "second heat," if the start had taken place in the straight. At length, however, at forty-seven minutes past three, the signal was given, and all got away in capital order except Farce, whose previous misbehaviour caused no regret at being left behind. Of the three-year olds Lion and Grinder alone showed prominently at any part of the race—the latter in racing with the fea ther-weighted Macbeth (to secure a pace for their respective stable companions, Ackworth and Helen), during the whole of the first round, and to the Workhouse turn beyond the Stand the last time, when both retired, whilst Lion lived with the front lot until near the half-mile post, and then gave way beaten. These three, with Helen, the High flyer's dam colt, and Leprechaun, formed the vanguard from the start; and when The Grinder and Macbethretired from the contest at the point already indicated, Helen took up the running, but the Highflyer's dam colt joining her before she had proceeded far, these two raced side by side, first one's head, then the other's, showing in advance along the Dee side, followed so closely by Leprechaun as to in dulge the fielders with hopes of a "turn up" by the suc cess of the Irish horse ; whilst Gratitude (who could not have won with a stone less on her back), after running forward for a mile and a half, was nowhere visible now, and Ackworth and La Toucques were in trouble nearly half a mile from home, when Buckfoot, who emerged from the ruck at the commencement of the last round, passed them full of running, and overhauling the leading trio was well up with them at the Grosvenor turn. The excite ment became intense as the two favourites came round the last turn abreast, the white cap of Helen (who was next the rails) being sufficiently in advance to account for the enthusiasm with which the success of the local mare was proclaimed by her numerous partisans ; but her fate was sealed before reaching the distance, where the Irish horse —mistaken by many for Victorious, as besmattered with mud were horses, jockeys, and "colours "—was in trouble, and the Highflyer's dam colt appeared to have the race in hand, when Carroll brought up Buckfoot with a tremendous run, and passing Leprechaun and Helen below the Stand, overhauled the leader so rapidly that Hibbard had to set-to in earnest to defeat the Holywell horse by a neck. The overlooked 51b penalty just turning the scale, and prevent ing Buckfoot quite getting up, though so close was the finish that the hoisting of the winner's number at the chair alone relieved the anxiety of the spectators at any distance from the goal—Carroll thus being second two years in succession for the same owner, who would have landed a " reeker" on each occasion. The only noticeable feature in connection with the Derby betting has been the increased support awarded to Gladia teur and the knocking out of Zambesi and Chattanooga, one well-known bookmaker having laid a level .£5O that the latter would not see the starter. There are two meetings this week, viz., York an d Salisbury, but the principal race is the Great Northern Handicap. There will, in all probability, be about 20 starters, selected from the following (those marked with an asterisk are doubtful) : La Toucques *Gibraltar ... Age st lb ... 5 8 10 ... a 8 2 Ago st lb F by Stockwell— dam by Pyrrhus ... __ Stanton (inc .51b ex) a 711 the First 4 613 *The Clown ... 4 7 10 Gondola ... 4 6 13 Welcome ... ... 6 7 9 Revival ... 4 613 *Gratitude... 5 7 7 Castle Espie 4 6 12 Groin° ... 4 7 4 Finesie 4 6 12 *Joco 5 7 4 *Sidewind (in 71b ex) 3 6 7 Cathedral ... ... 47 4 *Huntsman's Daugh 5 6 6 Buckfoot (in 51b ex) 4 7 3 Macbeth (in 51b ex) 4 6 5 Battaglia ... 4 7 0 *Jeannette 4 6 0 Claxton ... 4 7 0 Club Queen 3 5 7 Flatterer ... 7 0 Flying Horse 3 5 7 La Toucques ran well for two miles in the Chester Cup, but she will be more worth trusting later in the season. Welcome is sure to turn out the best of theWhitowall divi sion. Cathedral will run well, if ho does not quite win. Macbeth will turn out the best of Mr. Barber's, as The Clown would prefer a sherter. distance. Battaglia is not over-weighted, and is likely to represent Mr. Robinson in stead of Gratitude. Buckfoot, the outsider that I selected for second in the Chester Cup, and who obtained the posi tion that I awarded him, although four and five to one at starting could have been obtained about himforaie arsity o situa tion, is now first favourite. There is . a great variety of opinion what weight he ought to carry. Handicap p ol Lowing are the conditions of the Great Northern each, sous, f in a specie , c s i e i f , va'lue I,ooo t sous aided h t e o G a r ea tSweepstakes Northern handicap of 2o so soya s f declared • the winner of any handicap after March ' 1 at 10 olfocionseovosf,soorOt the evsse second for fo o r f of one of 200 sous .. one value 1,000 sovs.i4slbextral9; declared." From to recei ve 5 0 sous. Two miles. subs. From the above it will be seen that the Willoughby Handicap worth h i 2 m oo 7 s l nova, including extra, l a u n d d i thentghatrunning ru second winner's own stake, for the Chester Cup g i v es him anot her 51 b ; but compet en t whi w ch aa makes judges assert that the winner's stake in the Willoughby Handicap is not included in the conditions of the Great Northorn Handicap, which would reduce his penalty to blb as only having won over £lOO ; but still there is the other penalty for running second in the Chester Cup, which would make his penalty up to 101 b. The conditions of the race do not say that penalties are accumulative, and in that case he can have no more than 51b extra, being exactly the same weight he carried in the Chester Cup. Claxton is likely to do a good thing at last. Ho has been long in reserve, and now his party are seemingly in earnest. His forward running in the Metropolitan ought to entitle him to the greatest respect. He belongs to Lord St. Vincent, the owner of Lord Clifden who seldom makes any mis take. In conclusio n , I think the judge will place CLAXT ON 1 WELCOME 2 GONDOLA or LA TOUCQUES 3 A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING-SATURDAY. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Buck tbot (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Cathedral (taken) Bto 1 agst Finesse (taken) 10 to 1 agst Gondola (taken) 10 to 1 agst Verger (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst La.Toucques (taken) SOMERSETSHIRE STARES. 6to 1 agst Buckfoot (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst• Gladiateur (taken) . Bto 1 agst The Duke (taken) 100 to 12 agst Archimedes (taken) 11 to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 100 to 7 agst Longdown (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Broomielaw (taken) 22 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) . 40 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Aria (taken) 50 to 1 agst Kcenig (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Zambezi (taken) RACING FIXTU RES FOR 1865. Y. York Spring ...... ......... 16 Al Salisbu St. Columb . .................. 16 ry.... ............. 18 th Berta Yeomanry 19 Cork 92 Bath '23 Harpenden 2g Epson]. BO 'NE. Redditch Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer 7 Maid tone Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Curragh Chliham Bibury 28 Stockbridge Newmarket July Carlisle Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Hungerford l3 Stamford l3 New Forest Hunt 1 Winchester lB Nottingham lB Southampton .............. l9 Chesterfield Cambridge 2O Goodwood Down Royal Corp AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Kuutsford 3 , Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham l5 Stockton l5. SEPTE Warwick Curragh 5 Dover Hereford Leicester 7 Doncaster OCT°. Bedford Royal Caledonian Runt 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Oxford l7 York Yarmouth Plymouth ' 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer' 3O Ipswich 30 Weymouth 3l Brecon Richmond Monmouth 2l. Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Walsall Curragh l7 Newmarket Ho. M 23 Worcester NOVEMBER. Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury LADVERTISEMENT.] " TAT TERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission. Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place-betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.O. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, May 15.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with a littlo rain. RAMSGATE, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Alexander, for Brazil. QUEENSTOWN, May 13.—Arrived—Persia, screw steamer, from New York. PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Dorset Castle, from London for Melbourne. Sailed—Blink Bonny, for Barbadoes. CLYDE, May 13.—Wind WS.W.—Sailed—Clutha, for Melbourne. OFF PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Agincourt, from Calcutta for Hull. CARDIFF, May 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived.—Caroline Louise, from Bilboa. SWANSEA, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Vrendschap, for Manilla; Wilhelmine„ for St. Jago de Cuba; Julie Mathilde, for St. Thomas; Porocca, for Valparaiso ; Sym metry, for Mortari. PORTSMOUTH, May 13.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Race horse, for Portland. OFF SCILLY, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mystery, from Havannah for Antwerp ; Sydney Egerton, from Shanghai. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning. The Russian corvette Widias, Captain Cremer, one of the squadron from Nice, arrived in the Sound this morn ing, with topgallantmasts struck and colours half-mast, and was saluted by the citadel and the flagship. She is direct from Gibraltar. A telegram received yesterday from Admiral Lessofsky, at Lisbon, states th a t th e f r i ga t e Al exan d er N ewsky, with the body of the Czarewitch, and the corvette Witais and clipper Almas, may bo expected here this evening. Her Majesty'v ship Achilles, 20, Capt. Van s itt ar t : en t ere d the Sound during the night. The Liverpool came in yesterday. An ironclad frigate, supposed to be the Prince Consort, is approaching from the south. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, May 15.—Vectis, from.Manilla : Lope do Vega, steamer, from Cadiz ; Zingar, screw steamer, from Chris tiania; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp. DEAL, Monday Morning. No arrivals. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton ]Tay *l9. Ditto, via Marseilles May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pac_et June b. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25. China, Penang, and Singap.)re, via Sou hampton May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton....May may 1 1 9 3 .. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton.. May 27. Ditto, via Marseilles May 26. Mauritius, via Southampton .June 11. Ditto, via Marseil ea. June 5. Newfoundland May 24. Portugal •••• oo • ...........June 5. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. ...Hay 18 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via CJrk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. May :9 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Ttneriffe. May 13. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico May 15. Bahamas, via New York. June 1. Bermuda, ditto . Jane 7. Cuba and Mexico May 29. The Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, has presented the Rev. Thomas Hullah, M.A., of Brasenoso College, Oxford, perpetual curate of Tideford, near St. Germans, Cornwall, to the rectory of Calstock, near Tavistock, vice the Rev. Thomas Batchelor, M.A. THE NEW METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.---The new fire brigade is, it appears, to be maintained by a half-penny rate, producing £30,000, to which will be added £lO,OOO from the Government on behalf of public buildings, and £lO,OOO from the insurance offices as a con tribution in lieu of their present expenses (now above an u extensionbwhy protection e fire cti o e n s c from the ‘ dangers s a r p o e £23,000); this will prove, therefore, both a r e li e f t o th e ‘offiees' of fire and we e to h tho Pee public; ; b ut of escape o pre t ho stations e u s are omitted from the p rogramme and left to the voluntary contributions of th e f ew we are at a loss to know. Add and o a n n md o farthingtpBhlseertefirae cm the i v r e a measure e o ef , a st S hu i e r r Georg Fbiy reunE e i t an G g r p e et y h , s e s a ol co y i oe y e t men — o the 130 men of the fire engine establishment; but the whole on one footing of efficiency for the protection of life and property, and thero will not be a ratepayer who can grumble ; all will then pay alike for that which benefits every man, woman, and child in London asleep.—lllus trated London News, May 13. BROMPTON AND MADEIRA.—We understand a proposal has been made, through Dr. W. 11. Stone, for establishing a Sanatorium in the island of Madeira, iu direct connection with the Hospital for Consumption at Brompton, and that there is good reason to hope that the design. will be carried out. Her Britannic Majesty's con mil, Captain Erskine, with the co-operation of several resi dents and visitors in Funchal, has most liberally offered to guarantee the maintenance of twenty patients during the coming winter, if the Hospital authorities will undertake to provide transport to and from that place. Should the experiment prove successful, measures may be taken sub sequently for rendering so desirable an extension of the charity's operations permanent. It is suggested that the first party sent out should consist entirely of men, from the greater facility with which they can be conveyed and pro vided for on their arrival. Assuredly the necessary me ans will be forthcoming for the realisation of so benevolent a scheme, which will at once afford relief to persons suffer ing from a common but cruel disease, and also materially advance medical knowledge by enabling , fire effects of climate as a therapeutic agent in pulmonary affections to be studied under the most favourable circumstances. ',UST. :MBER. Share 13.14 et of at 50 20 'OSSEI 100 {lOO 2 100 100 100 100 101 100 100 170 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 30 2.14.0 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 1.18. t, 93 4.3.0 322 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 30.17.6 474 5 3 / 4 10 3. i 2.8 8 383/4 wi t 71 1011