The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-21 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEN: -.10.-.-- - TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to present symp toms of activity, and the rates have remained very 34 per cent. The brokers do not seem very a nus to invest their money, though temporarily, commercial securities, when so much distrust has been engendered by the failures almost daily an nounced. There were no bullion operations at the Bank Yesterday. The Asiatic from Port Phillip has arrived with £34 ,688. The Bank of England return for the past week is a satisfacto r y c h arac t er . Th e reserves o f notes a bullion show an increase, while . the other securi 11es hav e b een rather considerably diminished. A nnexed are the particulars : Itetive Circulation •.• bunion Decrease . £21,016,060 . 263,520 . 14,974,010 36,631 . 3,183,192 Rut Increase . ••• ••• Inc P ublic Deposits rease •.• ••• In crease ••• Other Deposits ••• Decrease ••• Seven Day and Other Bills ••• Decrease Government Securities ... 10,916 6,020,989 ... 194,635 ... 14,700,220 ... 714,289 ... 412,459 ••• 59,604 ... 10,984,441 No alteration. ... 19,277,469 867,493 ... Other Securities ... Notes IJ Decrease r _nerriployed 7 , 776 , 995 Increase 298,570 ••• • •• • •• • •• T he return from the Bank of France presents Changes of an important character. The hills under vulscount have been augmented by £427,000, thead "ices by £32,000, the notes in circulation by 8,000, and the bullion decreased by £72,000. Two o'CLocK. +. , n , 41 -t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's am the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 55c. lae English St oc k M ar k e t con ti nues very dull and depressed, and very few dealings for ihvest :lit have been recorded. During the morning an i t „, v.atie n of it per cent. took place in the funds, but . n "as s ubsequently lost, and Consols are now the for aa t hey were quoted last evening, viz., 901 1 11 3..neY, and 901 / f or th e accoun t. Th e N ew 4 Threes and Reduced are 881 89 ; Exchequer Bit s, ditt p o 1 ,- ; Indi a 5 per C ents., 1061 104 ; and 43°114 , 1 7 prem. aniForeign there Securities are generally rather flatter, la very little business in operation. Tur -6384 6 per Cents., 1863, are 738 ; ditto Consolides, 2 0 ! ; Mexican, 261 1; di tto N ew, 251 ; Greek, , Spanish Pa ss i ve , 308 318 ; ditto Certifl a, 16* ; Italian, 64* c ; Portuguese, 484 ; and ` - ' o afederate Loan, 16 18. I . n the Railway Share Market there was not much a:lunation, but prices have in one or two instances sh own a slight improvement. Lancashire and York 7re h ave advanced 10s., and Midland, North Ext ern, (Ber w i c k) , and South E astern, s s. ; G rea t "dastern, however, have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull at ae▪ out former rates. 2 3 M* and Miscellaneous Shares are in very ted request. London and Brazilian have de ed to 48, London Joint Stock to 50, London Financial to 22 1., 1, and National Discount Co. to have Ru ss i an (Vyksounsky) Iron Works shares improved to 24 3 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. - Der Cent. Consols 9 9 01 - 1 , O. A ccoun t, May 9 t Per Cent. Red uce d BBi 88-i 9 ttrcv 3 per Cent 01". 2i . per Cent. Jan. 1 1 8 8 7 9 3 4 1) 9. 5 per Cent. Jan.. sth Jan., 1880 Do A-Dimities, 30 yrs, expire (-). oth April, for 30 yrs, expire Aug.,1908 — 1885 l4 1-16 14 1., (Red Sea Telegraph), u ti Cent 4 4 per e 4 $2 (Red Bills, £l,OOO, Do. £5OO „ a o. £lOO and £2OO 4 'tik of England Stock, 240 2 Do A ccount 5f per Cent Indi a zt GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. n Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874.. Do Account 106 k 71 13 ,,°. 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 _ 1-'O. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 11),.,0. Certificates -0. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent V• 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 _ —,-,°. 5 i per Cent., May 1879 _ ,"°. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ .i.,„0. Bonds, .£l,OOO 17 pm -uo. under £l,OOO An0,..„-POREIGN F UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. b ---.+41113011c1e, 5 Per Cent „.'"l'azilian 5 per Cent "1111)°• 4 i Per Cent., 1852-58-60 ~0 be 1863 ..,uenos iyres6 per Cent Do I per Cent. (D f d 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cet .. e erre - CcoDo. 4i per Cent uloaina6iapenrece_nzt.Cea. Do 5 per Cent., iii:i ....................... D o B cr i r , , £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 182. i • 13 ° ' 4 Per Cent., 1863 .................. .. 11) o. 5 per Cent., 1773 ii . ..£2L . . aid • anubian Pri nciPalit' s ' P prrtDo .fB6 ~,,d . - le 4"4°i,‘ _, _ ...707 2 ....... : ......... . .... ...... .. . ~ A .0 nsohdated, 1 per Cent. t -,..rrovisional Land Want Cent 7 per Cent 0 ., Second Issue D o £lOO Bonds ...................... 93i 3 ~.., o. 864 ,o 5 e ....: ... (ireek 6 .1), 4.9.5 paid .-- . 1-1 Per Cents ., 18 24-5, . ex Coupons 0 . 11ceourit 2o} 1. -D. 0 tin+ „2,llPous ., 8 a'kuttia 5 per cent.. 1) 0 / to, • 18 39 and 1850 t, 114 0 11 ., , 5 5 ,, per Cent (Maremmana Railwa . y .. ) 69 b o L''b ................................... 4tdis b e . kvriP, £421 paid h li call 3 per Cent. l'o. Account Dc 1864 251 1 _ b )° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French _ b ° Prench Scrip Ex. 25f 20c kordevidean 6 per Cent., .f... 30 paid 4°°1184 Ininerial 5 per Cent DoELW GranaU -' 2 per Cent _ Deferred p." 110 La ud Warr an t s (H ectares) — v.rillavian. 44 er Cent — 17 3 Per Ce 13 nt. (Uribarren) — Do ""° 44 per Cent., 1862 p . Account °l,44gliese 3 per Cent., 1853 ~.,4's Account --- Vo 3 Per Cent. , 1856, '7, , , , ,'9 '6O '62 '3 h 4) 0 Account A sian 5 p er C en t., 1822 4B , .£ St., Do4l per Ce n t., 1850 1860 ................ I)0 3 per Cent., 1859 D O 5 per Cent., 1862 92 f ~, D o 1864 92 "xdinia n 5 per Cent 14 b o• Account - Panish 3 per Cent 471 -1),0 Account ~,4 - '0 New Deferred 411 .",-,'s Account 31 D o Passive 1)0 Account - i-, 841.181 1 Cert. of Coup not funded '-'0 Account 164 4 'W.T,edish 4 per Cent. 87 I I ,° . 4 4 per Cent. 1864 Tu rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 90 f 90 D 0 Account uo 6 per Cent. 1858 71 704 li 120 Account Vo £lOO Bonds _ 1) , 13 6 per Cent. 1862 '-',O Account 731 3 •urso. £lOO Bonds 73 24 4-1 , 0 6 per C ent. 1863 vel-140079 . u.aranteed. 4 per Cent... D_ Dco Account ezuela 3 per Cen - t. •O. 6 per Cent, 1862 17/Uo o. Account 6 per Cent. 1864 4l 2 1 1 1 bo. 11 per Cents,,,,, Dividends on the above payable in London. .11triali, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins gia 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. 4 ,,tch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull .I;44_per Cent. 0 0 1 Rentes, 3 per Cont. 1 4r • Account "i-, 144 5 per un Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Accot 641 ztyls , Mona THREE O'CLOCK . o ""A. ecount7 90f 90} Nerpool Cotton Market—This Day. a.-ue Inarket opened steady, and prices are about `4earer• Sales probably 20,000 bales. 2 11 ,, e tar]. Granville, who came to town on Wed . 4 4 , 5, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness .of ki s , 117 at Savernake Park Wilts, has left London for 17:more Lodge, on a v i s i t to Lord and• Lady Riven. ligig the 48e°114t B Ydney returns t o t own next week from .a ll and countess Cowley at Paris. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways, i raid. ' Closing I Business Price. done. tiir..%% ol„ & ,tr. Val.. Blyth and . Tyne ... Bristol and Exeter Caledoni 4n Cork and Bandon 'Cornwall . 4„ gets no div. I )o. A till6p.e.p.an.aas Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & b.J unc. Edinburgh & Glasgow & S. W. stern - "rest Eastern, ( (rd. s k Do. E. Angl. st No. il _ Great North of Scotland Great Northera D A stock • • Do. B o Do. dew, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Oridnal . S. V• 0. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo t iv_ He eferd Lane shire& Yorkshire L nden and Blackwali Lon , & S Coast Lon., hat., and Diver Lon. Az -, 'orth Western Lon. & South West:•ru Man., Sher., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle 00. shares . Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, itirmin . dr De• by Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. A shares 'id Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,•& Dun . Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (4.N •E purcha.e Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. tock. & Darling. Do. d , 855- 8 Do. do. 18(10-01 North London Do. New Do. do 1 , ; , 4 north Staffordshire N & S. W Junction Scottish C ntral N E Aber. stock •o. Scot, Blid..t •ck 4 11 ews Weichpool Shropshire Union south Devon outh E stern sr solnes, Wok., Wok Taff Vale Do C Vale o' Neat h Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw . 1 1 W. Hari lepool Har. &R Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemable I iRITIS ti P Atlantic& St. Lawrence. Born.,Baroda, t Cen.ln gu. 5 per cent.. Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Auz. 1, 872 1) ,, . dd. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June I, 1N74 Calcutta & E., Urn a e Town & Dock, gu. Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben al, gu , 5 Co ( East I gu. 5 p.t.. - . - Do .1 E x t ension . and Trunkot Can Ad. Do. Equip. Mort. Bond; 1 charge 6 p.c Do. :at let bonds Do do. deferred . Do. 2d Pr f. tionds Do. do. det, rred Do. d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. p. c Gt. South of India (lim • gua. 5 per cent D . if per cent.... Do Great W e. of Canads.. D New Do. 6 p. c. Bd4. pay 1873 o. 5 do. ray. 1877-k.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 4i do Filth I , :xtensio Cor. 6 p. c. finds Mel & Hudson's rsay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. it I.C'da, pc Ist pf bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do . Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR British Columbia, 6 per Cent„ Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.3tJ uly 1877-••4 Do 6 p. c. Feb & Au? D ~ sp. c. Mar & Sept )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed ek Cape G. Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 i ;0. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do' 1 , 9u-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, s p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 882, May 5, Nov. Natal ';ov. u per cent N. B.Gov 6 p.o.Ja.& I uly N. "..W. Guy. 5 p v.,1866 DO. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 87. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. per cent.... .. Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C b. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18'8-9 Do. 1878 & p wards Vic,liov. 6 p.c. Ja az July Do. do, pril Az Oct BRIT I cam Consol. u old, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal is East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara on as v Carn Brea Rust G:enville Ea,.t Love 1 E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam Sr StA übyn(G wen. Gr at L xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor Heist Grenvil e tierod's F00t..... Elingstun owns Margaret •Uny Lelant Make Valley. wy tidy Iron Ore, lit., Nang( les .. New Se Dm .... North Downs ...... North Roskear '.Wh'i Bassett • I ilozan North Whe 1 Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyL.lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft West • assett (Mozart . W. Caradun (L skeard West Chiverton West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redrutli ,t ilea Ludo tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setoti Wheel Wheal T elawney Uni U.... l't Pa It 11, Great Northern 5 per cent., 11 t. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxi Mid consolidated, 6 per cent. Di to. Bristol and Birm., C Midland, Leicester and Hitch! ritIf:FIMENCE -ti A London, Chatham, &c., Metro] Ditto, 8 per cent., C, 78 94 LINES LNASICD Al London and Greenwich. 024 Nottnrzham and Grantham R. Shrewsbury and Hereford, 131 94 96 IJI 13Z, L 6j 66 68 8 17 8d 91 10i 1 7 47 18 7 6 132 U 3 147 118 r:1 33 87 E. 9 74 74 65 67 5! 54 46 4'. 02 C 4 120 120, 86 48 107 109 4 13 lz2 12 961 97 60 62 1324 133 2. et 135 180, ,06 lt 8 51 55 ,5 26 11/4 111 69 7u 103 114 37 3rl 12p 9 10p 115 Ils 1 1 4 .13 78 79 11 11 [4l 114 48 50 61 62 65 5 Bt3i 86f h 0 h 55 15" 3 4 p LO7 109 46 48 - - 75 78 ;bION ' 52 t 4 102, 1031 pr p 31 4 i ri 9 3 65 70 9g 301 75 85 1 1 103 102 104 hi 105 17 28 e 4 87 6u 63 50 55 5t 55 45 ,50 44 48 41 14 21 6 23 25 101 1(:5 i IP i il-L) 1014 102 9 91 111 11*d g 5 +u 75 78 102 103 d 93 93 89 911 64 66 3 5 82 84 iOla 1024 [Ol 102 pr 101} 11)2 94 97 Sharej 3. st et st 50 20 et 20 104 10 90 92 89 91 89 92 78 80 77 80 103 106 104 IGS Its 107 106 1(8 10( 1( , 8 1(9 112 103 I's 105 07 107 109 103 105 91 94 98 10 93 95 9. 93 1(4 105 87 90 91 06 103 105 106 108 IC7 108 INES. 1071 4 30 Rti 575 585 19 4 21 ', 14 15 61 7 34 4 10 11 34 41 4 6 161 171 11 2 4 04 311 4 4) :5 36 34 4 5 7 5 54 14 O 16 18 35 45 11 13 `li It 3 34 31 53 520 530 20 25 15 17 14& 15 76 43 6 8 576 62 180 190 100 103 30 35 11 13 20) 210 19 20 I% o►lAltk., 13 !2 lord 2d guaranteed stock, 118 stock, 6 per cent:l34 in 4 per ct., 901 Utii:S AN I) mTOCKS. tCst., B 6 per cent., 101 FIXED lIENT.A.GB. & C. 90 FORM GN ttAIL WAYEI: A ntwerp and Rotterdam, 101 'great Luxembourg, 13 Sambre and Meuße, 7 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 2111 St. John del R ey (lim.), 31 MIN En. csANKS. 4111 D an it e t e o : ran . issued 2 20 pm,, of which 15 is pd., 221 n 2 it. Ausiri,,n . 71 Bank of British i olumbia, 17i Bank of Egypt, 31 Charter.d Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, 28 . 17 i Consolidated Bank, Um., 10i Continental, lim., Ditto, new, 14 Kuropean Bank, lim., 194 12 Hindustan, t,hina, and Japan (11m.).:^ Ditto, issued a 2 pm., 21 Ditto, new, 10 rmperiat Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank 01 India, lim., London and Brazilian 'lint). =8 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 121 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24 London and Couuty, 784 London Joint Stock, 501 50 London and South African, 211 I ondon and South-Western, lim., 201 Mei ropolitan and Provincial Bank. lira., 171 National Provincial of England. 158 Ditto, 3d issue, 46} New South WBritis s ale, 43 , tandard of h South Africa, lim., 23i Union of London, 5 I OCKS. London and St. Katharine,D au 6 MISCELLANEOUS. A nglo-Mexican Mint, 18 17 80,,,bay Gas, iim., 6, Credit r'oneier and:M.)l)lller of England, 10Z1 Ditto, new, 9k Crystal l'aiace. 38 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpeWdeb., 1131 Rant Indian Fi nancill, 11M., 5 Ebbw Vale, 84 8 big) ptian Com, and Trading, lim., 34 Gen. Credit and Fitton re of toution. lim., 61 London and Caledonian siarine, Jim., 51 London Financial Asßociatton. lim., 22} L , radon Gentral Omnibus Company, 34 }: M dray Irr gation and canal, Ditto (all), 20 Nati,,nal Dibcount Company, lim., 141 Oriental Gas, Rm., * Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining. lim., 5 Royal Mail Steam. 1024 Scottish Australian Investment, 1im..;122 linlYerB6l Untie. 1 1 401.1fance, lim., 6 all 100 100 100 10 1( 0 10 100 OSSE 100 I WI , 2 100 100 1 0 0 100 100 10 100 100 M 2.1.0 30 2.14. 3.4.0 2.7.0 2. , 3.8 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 4.18.0 Oy 4.3.0 214 3 321 i. 10.6 7.1.6 10.6.7 18.18.9 30.17.6 3. (2.1 8 584 7 rim SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEMNO, APRIL 21, 186 ac CAPTURE OF A GANG OF COCK FIGHTERS. Extraordinary Scene. At the Marlborough -street Police-court this morning the following persons were brought before Mr. Knox, charged by Mr. Colam, Secretary of the Royal - Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, as follows :—Samuel Crowther, of 12, Porchester-place, groom, for keeping, using, and acting in the management of a place at the Queen's Head publichouse, Queen's-head-passage, Great Windmill-street, for the purpose of fighting cocks ; Wm. Shaw, the landlord of the house, for permitting and suf fering the place to be used for the purpose of fighting cocks ; Wm. Gilliver, Polesworth, Warwickshire, licensed victualler ; John Brough, Abbey House, Cumberland, farmer ; Wm. Kent, No. 1, Dennett's-road, Peckham, greengrocer, for acting in the management and using the place ; Thomas Davis, No. 19, Shepperton-street, Islington, dog fancier; Henry Booth, of Ruyton street, Oldham, weaver, for causing and procuring to be cruelly ill-treated and tortured, certain cocks ; Captain Augustus Berkeley, Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street ; Col. Henry Artnitage, 15, St. George-road, Eccleston-square ; Francis Gomm, 3, Salisbury-place, Victoria-park, soda water manufacturer; John Brook, 'l3l, George-road, Ber mondsey, no occupation; Richard Johnson, 40, English street, Carlisle, licensed victualler; Charles Everard, Charles-street, St. Ann's, licensed victualler; Philip Rees, 31, Hanway-street, Oxford -street, jeweller; Andrew Wat son, 17, Camden-road, Camden-town, no occupation; Geo. Morgan, 7, North Wharf-road, Paddington, clerk; Henry Skeene, Sadbroke Villa, Southampton, no occupation ; Robert Thomas Viner, Tunbridge, no occupation; Thomas Plumber, Rugby ; Edward Everet, 160, New Cross-road, butcher; Henry Gomm, 5, Rutt's-cottages, Queen's-road, Peckham; James Thornton, West Dulwich; Chas. Burdock, Rogate, Sussex, carpenter; Thomas Buckingham, 43, Castle-street, Oxford-street ; John Lees, Horseleyfields, Wolverhampton, nail-maker; John Smith, St. John's, Worcester, merchant; Thos. Green, Stafford-street, Dudley; John Eaton, High-street, Brentford, timnan ; Alexander Barclay, of 251, Oxford-street, bootmaker ; Wm. Paget, Clougher, victualler; William Bishop; 251, Oxford-street; John Allen, Strand-on-the-Green, Kew ; for aiding, en couraging, and assisting in the fighting of certain cocks. A scene like that which the court presented has not been witnessed for years, every part including the approaches being densely crowded. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Besley appeared for the prosecu tion, instructed by Mr. Ricketts, of Frederick-street, Gray's Inn-road ; and Mr. Edward Lewis; of Great Marlborough street, appeared for the prisoners. Mr. Colam, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, by which society the prosecution was instituted, was in attendance. A box of silver spurs, scissors, files, and saw, weights and scales, and a large number of live and dead cocks were produced by Mr. Love and Inspector Temperley. To enable the prisoners to be placed before the magis trate, the dock had to be removed and forms substituted, and there was such a scene of excitement when the public were admitted that the magistrate had to threaten to leave the court if silence was not obtained. Mr. Metcalfe, in opening the case, said he was instructed on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to prosecute the prisoners, some for using the house for cock-fighting, and others for encouraging it. By the 12th and 13th Vict., chap. 2, sec. 3, anyperson keeping a house and using it for the purpose was liable to a fine of £5, and any person encouraging or assisting in cock fighting was liable to a fine of £5. Mr. William Love said—l am the chief officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Yes terday afternoon I went to the Queen's Head public-house, in Great Windmill-street. It was kept by defendant Shaw, better known as "Jemmy Shaw." While I was standing at the bar I heard a loud shuffling of feet. Mr. Knox—From where did it seem to proceed ? Witness—From a room above. While I was there I heard cocks crowing. The defendant Shaw came down stairs. There was a curtain :hanging up in the passage, which concealed the staircase. I had sent for Shaw to come down. When he appeared I asked him if Captain Robinson was above, and he said he did not know, but he would see. He went up stairs, and in a few moments afterwards he came down with another well-dressed gentle man—the defendant Smith. I believe that gentleman to be a merchant in Worcestershire. I asked if Captain Robinson was up stairs, and he said he did not know him. I then asked if Captain Joff was there. He said he had just left him ; and I then asked how they were getting o at the cock-fighting ? He replied, " Oh, all right, we've been at it some time." I said I should just like to go up stairs and see a round or two. He said, "All right, come up." We went through the bar, and another person fol lowed us. He is not amongst the defendants. At that time we were close to the curtain concealing the staircase. Shaw said before we went up stairs, "I suppose it's all square ? " Mr. Knox—Who did he say that to ? Witness—Smith ; and he added, " because I've got in a d- mess for cockfighting at Chester." We afterwards all went upstairs. Smith presented himself at the door, and the four of us passed into tho room. Crowther then came up to me and said, "Now, sir, your fee." I replied, " What fee ?" He said, " The admission fee." I asked, " What is it." He said, " You must pay the same as all the rest have done." I said, "What's , that ?" He replied, " Half a sovereign." I said, " I could not pay that, as it was an extortion." He replied, " Well, as you were not here at the beginning, we'll charge you less : we'll charge you half-a-crown." I paid that amount, as did the other person. Mr. Besley—Was anything said about the "regular' admission fee ? Witness—Yes ; I am sure he used the word "regular." Mr. Besley—He spoke in a loud voice ? Witness—Yes ; it appeared as if it was done to attract attention to us as strangers. When we went into the room there was actually no cock-fighting going on. The room was about 10 yards long and five across. There was a pit in the middle of the place, formed of four planks placed at right angles, about four yards square. In the middle of that there was a carpet or drugget laid down, and on which a quantity of feathers was lying. Mr. Knox—l don't think we need go into more details ; let us come to the actual offence, the charge of cock fighting. Mr. Besley—Very well. Witness then proceeded—The defendant, Captain Ber keley, was sitting at the head of the pit in a large chair, as referee. Davis and Booth then came into the room and entered the pit. They were followed by Kent and Gilliver, each of whom carried a bag, in which was a live cock. The defendant Brough followed with weights and scales. They all went into the pit. Booth took the cock held by Gilliver, and Davis took the other. As the cocks were held by Booth, a cap or bag was placed over them by Gilliver and Kent, and then they were each placed in the scales, and weighed by defendant Brough. After they were weighed, the defendants Brough, Gilliver, and Kent left the pit, and Booth and Davis held the cocks. They were artificial spurs, fitted to the legs of each of the cocks—similar to those produced. The tails, wings, and necks of the birds were closely shaved down. For a minute or two the cocks were thrust together and pecked each other fiercely in the face and head, and once or twice there was a difficulty in separating them. The operation was called "handling the cooks," and lasted some two or three minutes. The birds were then put down on the carpet, and fought for some minutes, using the artificial spurs. During the round I saw feathers flying from the cocks, and blood coming from their backs. One fell on its side, and after wards both were picked up by Booth and Davis, and, hav ing been stroked down the back, they were put down for another round. Both birds were bleeding, and one ap peared as if its wing was broken. The birds were put to fighting for some time after this. Blood was flowing from the thigh of one—the wound having been caused by the artificial spur of the other. One of the cocks while fighting fell down on its side. Davis then counted 40, and the cock not thing, it was picked up, when Captain Berkeley and some of the people left the room and went into the one adjoining, where there were some live cocks, and in a short time the parties returned with two other birds, when the weighing and fighting was repeated; at the end of which Captain Berkeley again left the room, •and returned as in the former instance. There were three fights that I saw. The birds were all bleeding. All the defendants called out and shouted while the fight was going on. Some said "Well done, Davis," "Bravo, Booth," "50 to lon Davis." The cocks were called by the names of the parties attending them. Noticed that Viner, Plummer, and Smith entered the pit occasionally, and took the cocks from the "handlers," and weighed them in their hands and whispered some thing to Booth and Davis. They afterwards whispered to Capt. Berkeley. I saw money circulate in the room, and papers similar to the one I prochice were used. Mr. Knox—Where did you get this from ? Witness---I picked it up in the room. Mr. Besley—When did the police make their appearance ? Witness —After the third fight, and then there was a general consternation. All appeared to be desirous to escape. Mr. Besley—Did you go into the room in which you saw the men go with the injured cocks ? Witness—Yes. I found 22 cocks, a box of spurs, weights and scales, and the bodies of four dead cocks. There were files, saws and other instruments for removing the natural spurs of the birds. Watson, one of the defendants, denied that he was in the room at all. Inspector Temperley, of the Royal Society for the Pro tection of Cruelty to Animals, said—l entered the house in company with Inspector Walker— Mr. Metcalfe—Did you see the defendant Watson in the -oom ? Witness—Yes, I'm certain he was in the room when the fighting was going on. He was rather disinclined to leave, and I had to assist police constable 215 C iti removing him from the room. Watson then admitted that he was present. - Mr. Knox asked the other defendants whether they denied being present at the fighting. No answer being returned, Mr. Lewis, in addressing the bench for the defendants said he could not, after the evidence that had been ad duced, attempt to deny that they were not all present. He was not going to occupy the time of the court in uphold ing cock-fighting, but when it was known that but a few years ago cock-fighting was patronised by the highest per sonages in the land, it was not astonishing that oven now, although an act of Parliament had been passed for its sup pression, many persons yet had a taste for it. There were, however, two classes among the defendants ; those actually taking part in the scene—aiding, assisting, and encouraging, as it was called by the act, and those who were only present as spectators, and he hoped that some difference in the amount of fine to be inflipted would be made. The house kept by the defen dant Shaw was a well-conducted tavern, but it was known as a " Sporting house," and was fre quented by sportsmen, and some of the defendants having only called in in the usual manner of hearing something going on upstairs, had had the curiosity to go up and see what it was, and thus they had been induced to stay. With reference to Shaw, the landlord, he had let the room for quite a different purpose—he certainly had not' let it for a cockpit, quite the contrary ; he had let it for what was known as a ratting match. Under all the circumstances, he hoped that a mitigated fine would be inflicted. Mr. Knox said his duty was not to dwell upon the humanity or inhumanity of cockfighting, his duty was to administer the law as he found it laid down in the Act of Parliament. He could not see any distinction. All were present, and, by that means, taking part in a sport which was prohibited by the Legislature; and, therefore, those who were merely lookers-on were quite as guilty as those who actually "handled" the cocks. If gentlemen could pay ten shillings to go in to see a cockfight they could afford to pay .£5 for infringing an Act of Parliament. He would make no difference one from another, therefore he would . fine each and every one £5 each. The decision seemed to create some surprise amongst the defendants. However, they were taken into the ad joining offices, where every one of them paid the fine in flicted, which amounted in the gross to £l7O. The crowd assembled in front of the court in Great Marlborough-street was very great, but as each defendant emerged from the court, his friends surrounded and walked away with him ; thus in a short time the people dispersed, and the place resumed its usual appearance. LAW INTELLIGENCE -(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) IN RE WADE.-AN ADJUTANT IN COURT. This bankrupt was described as Arthur Robert Wil loughby Wade, formerly of Carrowmore House, Ballina, in the county of Mayo, in Ireland, of no occupation ; after wards of Dorking, in the county of Surrey, adjutant of the 3d Administrative Battalion of Surrey Riflo Volunteers ; afterwards a prisoner in the House of Correction. The accounts show :—Debtor to creditors, unsecured, £1,531; ditto secured, £37. Creditor—by property with assets £2O ; and deficiency, £1,548. The amount of expen diture for the bankrupt and his family is stated to have been £l5O per anuum. It will be remembered that the bankrupt was sentenced to a term of 18 months' imprisonment upon charges of decoying young women from the metropolitan workhouses under the pretence of getting them situations as wet nurses in families of distinction and then maltreating them. At the time the case created considerable excitement. The bankrupt is entitled to some property conjointly with his relatives,and to-day he applied to be released from custody. His Honour granted the order of discharge, subject to the conditions that the bankrupt should file an account of his earnings on the 21st day of April in every year, verified by affidavit, and should pay over to the assignee the amount of his yearly earnings in excess of £l5O until the debts proved under his estate are satisfied. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Recorder and a Common Jury.) TUCK v. ROBINSON. This was an action to recover £52 12s. 3d., for printing various prospectuses for a company entitled, "National Tramroad Company," Mr. Lawton appearing for plaintiff, who is a printer, of Union-court, Old Broad-street ; and Mr. Henry James representing defendant, who has an office in Gresham-street. Mr. Laxton stated that a Mr. Freston called upon the plaintiff, and requested him to print 5,000 prospectuses for the National Tramroad Company. The offices of the company were in Gresham-street, and plaintiff went to call there and saw the name of defendant on the door. He saw Mr. Robinson, who was a promoter of companies, and that gentleman told him to do the work ordered by Mr. Frestone and it would be paid for. Pur suant to this order the defendant printed a number of prospectuses of the National Tramroad Company, with a list of directors.' The company appeared to be a very im portant one, though it was not clear where its operations were to bo carried out. What had now become of it the learned counsel could not say ; but it was rather hard upon a tradesman to say that he was not to be paid for his goods because a public company had not proved a successful speculation. Defendant had paid ..£3 into court, but that clearly was not sufficient to meet the merits of his claim. Mr.Laaton called his client, when Mr. James desired that he might not be sworn, as the case might be settled. A conference ensued, and resulted in an offer from de fendant to pay £35, with certain other conditions to be determined. Verdict for plaintiff for £35. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. THAMES. BIGAMY AND DREADFUL ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—Archdell Goldenburg, aged 34, a native of Moldavia, and calling himself a traveller, was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting his wife Matilda. Mr. Joseph Smith,jaolicitor, conducted the prosecution. The prisoner and his wife were people of the Jewish per suasion. They were married at Breslau, and three child ren, who wero now in a deplorable condition, were the fruits of this union. They had lived for some time in this country, and the prisoner had deserted his wife, married another woman, and led a very profligate life. He did not intend to offer evidence of the bigamy, though he believed the fact of the prisoner having two wives living was un questionable. One marriage was contracted on the Conti nent, the other here. He would prove the assault most indisputably. The complainant said she had been six years the com plainant's wife. Her children were living with him. She went to his dwelling No. 10, Lambeth-street, Whitechapel, to ask him for money to purchase food. He would not give her anything ; he said she should die, and he struck her on the breast and on the heart. She was exhausted with blows and lost much blood. Several witnesses, including a Jewess called Leah, of Galston-street, Whitechapel, with whom the wife has been staying, confirmed her statement. They saw the prisoner seize his wife by the hair of her head, kick her and beat her. There were many contusions on her body. Bradley, a police constable, who took the prisoner into custody, had much trouble in preventing an indignant mob inflicting summary punishment on the prisoner. It was stated by the wife that her husband was a cruel and vindictive man, and that he used her very badly when she lived with him. The prisoner, in an impassioned strain, said his wife was a bad woman. He was well off, and she ruined him. He was now a very poor traveller. She told him to get money and keep her like a lady—to swindle and rob, and to buy her a silk dress. The wife denied all that the prisoner alleged against her, and appeared very terrified. The prisoner called two witnesses, who were summoned by the police at the express request of Mr. Paget, who said, as the prisoner was a foreigner, he ought to be assisted in preparing his defence. The witnesses saw nothing of the transaction. The prisoner then called a woman, who, he said, was his real wife, and the magistrate declined hearing her. She was not present when the affray took place in Lambeth street. The magistrate said the prisoner had committed a brutal and cowardly assault on his wife, and sentenced him to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, April 21.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderato breeze and fine weather. MUMBLES, April 19.—Wind N.—Arrived —Comrade, from Caldeira. CARDIFF, April 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Alfred, from Santander. CLYDE, April 19.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Anita, for San Francisco. PILL, April 20.—Wind N.E.—Sailed--Western Queen, 'or Prince Edward's island. BRISTOL, April 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Cresencia, 'rom Havannah. Sir George Grey at Newcastle. The foundation-stone of a new building for the Newcastle Mechanics' Institute was laid on Wed nesday by the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, who is at present on a visit to that town. The occasion was one of considerable local interest, and secured the presence of several mem bers of Parliament in addition to the right hon. gentleman above named. The speeches in imme diate connection with the ceremony were not of general interest ; but advantage was taken of the visit of Sir George Grey to present an address to him at a public meeting, held at the new Town-hall in the evening, at which Mr. Headlam, M.P., pre sided. Sir GEORGE GREY, in rising to reply to the address, was received with loud applause. He said—My first duty, and one which I perform with great pleasure, is to tender my sincere thanks to the members of the Newcastle Mecha nics' Institution for the kind but yet too flattering terms in which they have spoken of me in the ad dress which I have just had the honour to receive. (Cheers.) My next is to thank you for the warm and cordial reception with which you have favoured me. You have adverted to the origin of this society, now 41 years ago. It was established in Feb., 1824 ; and you allude in terms of just pride to the names of those men under whose auspices it then was formed, and afterwards attained most distinguished eminence, and of which Newcastle and Northumberland are justly proud. (Applause.) To one in particular you have referred, and you say truly that his name was a household word upon Tyneside, which claims him peculiarly for her own, while his reputation was co extensive with the whole civilised world. I feel that it is an honour for any one to be allowed to take a prominent part in perpetuating and extending the influence of an institution over the infancy of which he presided, and in which he took the deepest interest during the whole of his distinguished career. (Loud cheers.) It is gratifying, indeed, to know that among its many warm friends and zealous sup porters was George Stephenson ; and I am sure I only express the common wish of all who hear me when I say we earnestly desire that the one name of George Stephenson may be handed down to suc cessive generations of thousands worthy of the great man whose fame is identified with this part of the country, and who, amidst all his engrossing occu pations and his world-wide fame, never lost the deep interest he took in this institution, because he be lieved it was calculated to confer inestimable bene fits upon the class from which he sprang, and with which he never lost his connexion. (Loud applause.) There is one name you have particularly alluded to —of a nobleman not immediately connected with this district, or belonging to the North of England but the name of Henry Lord Brougham can never be mentioned without honour in connexion with Mechanics' Insti tutions. (Cheers.) He was one of the small band of men, headed by Dr. Birkbeck, of Glasgow, who forty years ago, amidst discouragement of which we know nothing now, exerted themselves in the most zealous, disinterested, and persevering manner to establish Mechanics' Institutions and Mechanics' Libraries, with the view of promoting the moral and intellectual improvement of the great body of the people. His name can never be mentioned, I say, without honour in connection with these institu tions. We may rejoice that he has been spared to a good old age ; and we know that that noble lord still retains the warm interest he ever felt in all that concerns the intellectual improvement of the people. (Cheers.) I was reading not long ago a pamphlet Written by Lord Brougham in the year 1824, and entitled "Practical Observations upon Popular Ed ucation;" and the thought which impressed itself most forcibly upon my mind—as I dare say it will on the mind of every one who reads it—was the great con trast which there is between the time when that paper was written and the time in which it is our happiness to live, in all that respects popular educa tion. The forty years which have elapsed since Lord Brougham wrote that paper have been years most eventful in the history of this country. Great and important changes have taken place, and they are changes, I think, all of which bear upon the elevation and improvement of the working classes of this country—changes in which we may, there fore, heartily rejoice. (Cheers.) I do not, of course, speak here of political changes. It would be quite out of place to do so ; but I will allude for one moment to those commercial changes in the principles of our intercourse with foreign nations which have been established within that period—the removal of restrictions upon bread, and especially upon that great article of primary necessity—the food of the people. (Loud and protracted cheers.) It has been of infinite benefit to the great body of the working classes of this country, the advantage I speak of not only placing within their reach the means of living, but giving them a margin which they may apply to the instruction of themselves and the edu catiott of their families. It is impossible to allude to this at the present time without for one moment —and it shall be for a moment only —mentioning the name of one•who will ever be connected with this great and beneficial change, who has just been taken from us, and for whom the nation now as a nation mourns. (Loud applause.) Mr. Cobden was ofittf the great instruments of effecting this great and beneficial change which had earned for him the gratitude of the country. He has been taken from us amidst the universal regret whether of those who agreed with him or of those who differed from him in certain political opinions, because they recoguised the earnestness of mind, the sincerity of purpose, and the disinterestedness with which he devoted the talents which God had given him in promoting what he believed to be the good of his fellow-countrymen. (Applause.) There are few who can attain the same eminence—perhaps none— which Mr: Cobden attained, few may establish equal claims to the gratitude of their country ; but he has left an example which we may all imitate, because all men may act upon the same principles which influ enced him ; all may desire and endeavour in their own sphere, and in the place which Providence has assigned to them, to employ the talents which God has given them in promoting the good of their fellow men. (Cheers.) But to return to those changes which have taken place in the period which has elapsed since Lord Brougham made those obsevations on the education of the people, look at the vast in- crease in the means of communication not only be tween this country and foreign nations. (Cheers.) I have spoken of commercial intercourse, but now we have that personal intercourse which may be car ried on with a facility undreamed of 40 yeaas ago, by means of the system of railways, which is spread, like a network, over the country, which has extended over the whole of Europe, and which is now pervading India and other civilised parts of the world. We have also the electric telegraph. Why do I allude to these things ? It is not merely a convenience or luxury, but this great facility of moving from place to place tends to enlarge the mind, to foster the union of intellect, and prevent the stagnation of ideas which was often the result of the comparative isolation which existed when communication was not so easy a question with the great body of the people. We have had, as the result of these great facilities of communication, those great exhibitions of industrial products of our own country and other countries, all tending to give instruction, and in struction of a most valuable kind ; all giving subject for thought and reflection ; all tending to elevate the mind, and all furnishing what I think we must acknowledge as cause for thankfulness. To come more directly to matters bearing upon education, a gieat part of that paper of Lord Brougham's con . sisted of lamentations at the obstacles that beset those who were then anxious to promote popular education. He spoke of the great want of cheap publications as affecting the education and instruc tion of the people, and the diffusion of knowledge generally ; and he said such were the fiscal laws so heavy was the tax on paper, that there was no power of having cheap printed pnblications in this country ; and the price of all printed publications was enhanced by our then fiscal laws, in a way which was the greatest discourage ment to those engaged in the work of education. A cheap newspaper in that day was not known—it had no existence. Now, these fiscal laws have been repealed, these taxes are thoroughly removed ; n (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, April 20.—Blenheim, from Calcutta; earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Catharine, from Groningen. Arrived, April 21.—Orange Blossom, from St. Malo. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed in tuw.—Roumania, from Calcutta for London. .COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL—The following notice of motion has been given by Mr. John Richardson to be discussed at the next Court of Common Council of the City of London on the 27th inst.:.." That the trade and commerce of this city have been greatly expanded, and its merchants and traders largely benefited by the opera tion of free trade principles of legislation so powerfully advocated by the late Richard Cobden, Esq. ; that it be comes this corporation accordingly to manifest theisappre ciation of his incalculable and disinterested services in the cause of unfettered commerce, by placing his blist in,their council chamber, and that it be referred to the General Purposes Committee to carry this resolution into effect, and at a cost not to exceed £200." 1481 71 1201 f 121 • 7 4 at I li2i 3 13J 3 -3 3 110! 11 691 103 1 22 3; 1031 2/ 1031 41 171 I 1024 2 4 IT I ES. 93 41 3f £O 2} 13j 15 there is the freest circulation given to every kind of publication. Newspapers abound, and have been brought within the reach of every part of the country, and of almost every house, diffusing in formation of the passing events of the day, and po , - litical information of importance throughout the whole of the kingdom ; and, in fact, bringing that knowledge home to the doors of every man, which before it was impossible for him to obtain. These are all causes for . thankfulness in the present day, but they impose upon us additional responsi bility, in order that we might make right use of these advantages. The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause repeated again and again. The War in America. (From the Ddbats.) "After marvels of courage the S mith has been at last overcome by a constancy equal to its own, but supported by superior forces and employed in the service of a juster cause. The issue of this long struggle is therefore such as we have always pre dicted and desired, in the interest of general civili sation as well as in the interest of France. The intervention of Europe could alone have prevented or rather delayed such a result ; but that interven tion, which for a moment was probable from a quarter where least expected, and long become quite out of the question for everybody, and no one any longer thought of offering to the United States counsels more or less threatening, as to the course to be taken for putting an end to their intestine dissensions. Mr. Lincoln justly remarked, when he first assumed the Presidentship, that a State torn by civil war had little to expect from foreigners ; but success has produced its natural effect on the wavering spirit of Europe, which had been scarcely sensible to the voice of justice, but at once submitted to the decrees of fortune ; not only have the words intervention and mediation cease to be heard, but the tone of a certain portion of the public press has changed with regard to American affairs. Sherman has found under the walls of Atlanta and Savannah something more than the restoration of the greatness of his country; he has recovered the respect of Europe. Everything therefore tends towards peace in the United States, giving the word ' peace ' the only sense it can have—that of the re-establishment of the Union in its territorial integrity, and with the maintenance of the Federal bond between the dif ferent States composing it." The writer (M. Pre vost-Paradol) then inquires how peace is to be re-established—on what terms ? Hitherto, he ob serves, the pretension of the Southern leaders was to treat with the North as government with govern ment ; as foreign powers do when after a desperate war they agree to come to an understanding for drawing up in common the conditions of pacifica tion ; but Mr. Lincoln had not been elected a second time President in order to admit such a pretension, and to recognise the South indirectly by treating with it as with an independent nation. The Presi dent has always seemed ready to receive back any State into the Union provided it agreed to conform to the Federal laws ; in fact, he appeared willing to act on the plan known as that of Mr. Stephens. That gentleman recommended that the President of the United States should address to the people and army of the Southern States a proclamation inviting them to return to the Union ; that commis sioners sent by the United States should repair to Nashville, Louisville, or Cincinnati, to meet com missioners directly named by such of the Southern States as were disposed to treat on these bases ; and that each State, thus restored to the Union, should immediately send representatives to the Federal Congress. It is generally thought that North Caro lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi would have immediately accepted a proposition of that kind, and would soon have been followed by the other fragments of the Southern Confederation. The article having explained the plan in question goes on to observe :—" If the union is re-established in this manner, if every. state can return to it freely, without other reminiscence of the past than the rapidly closing wounds of the civil war, a new era of liberty and prosperity will commence for the American Union, and the question of slavery hav ing disappeared in the struggle, it is not easy to see how any cause of dissolution could arise in the midst of that great republic. The case, however, will be very different if, the principal and common resist ance once broken, it should be found necessary to overcome the separate resistance of each State, and if the war against the Union should be prosecuted by armed bands dispersed over that vast territory. The United States could not then escape from the necessity of governing militarily all the conquered States, of suppressing in detail the remains of that great revolt, and of delaying the return to the com mon law till the pacification should be complete. But a man must be very ignorant of the practical spirit of the Americans and of the promptitude of their re solutions, when enlightened by experience, to fear this sterile and ruinous prolongation of the civil war. The struggle, lately concentrated round Richmond, is singularly abridged by the fall of that city, and all reflecting minds in the South have been prepared by recent events to accept without reserve this supreme decree of destiny. This destiny, moreover, has nothing so very painful. To return into the bosom of a powerful empire without humiliation, without other sacrifices than those imposed by the spirit of the times and the very necessities of the war, to return to industry and the arts of peace, and to take part in the great movement of prospe rity which always follows civil wars—such is the lot of the South, and this lot surpasses all the advan tages with which it bad been lured by the instiga tors of this unfortunate enterprise. Nor is there anything to justify the thought that the foreign policy of the United States will become more aggres sive from the mere fact that they are about to enjoy internal peace and to live otherwise than under arms. What is now passing in Canada is not of a nature to hasten the execution of the ambitious schemes generally attributed to the United States, and which geographical position itself may suggest. Admitting that the annexation of Canada is ar dently desired by the United States, nothing can be more agreeable to them or more likely to suggest forbearance than to see Canada organising itself as a Federal republic, under the nominal authority of England, and gradually accustoming itself to the practice of the American constitution. The Ame- ricans themselves rightly compare . Canada to a pear :which is ripening for them, and which it would be imprudent to pluck when it must soon fall from ripeness. What is passing in Mexico is more calculated to excite, if not the apprehensions of the United States, at least their impatience ; but the conquest of Mexico cannot tempt them yet. It is when American emigrants have already overrun a territory, when the American population flows over any point of their frontiers, that the United States begin to think of favouring or completing that move ment by conquest. No reason of this kind as yet urges the United States to invade Mexico ; if we may • naturally impute to them the desire to see the col- lapse of the new monarchy raised by our hands on their frontier, it is a satisfaction which they await with confidence from the course of events ; and they will not, by an attempt to precipitate it, expose themselves to the risk of paying more than it is worth." DISCOVERY OF ROMAN COINS AT FALMOUTII.-011 Tuesday last, while a labourer at Peunance farm, Budock, was engaged in removing some earth, he dis covered, about 2ft. below the surface, on a foundation or floor of stone, a quantity of second brass Roman coins, of the reigns of Constantine, Diocletian, and Maximianus. There are about 20 different types of the above reigns, but the Genie Populi Romani type of Maximianus is greatly in excess. There are several varieties of the reign of Con stantine, among which may be noticed the Principi Inven tori, the prince standing between two standard; and one typo with P.L.N. in the exergue, struck in London. There are about eight or ten third brass, some of which are attri buted to Gallineus.. The second brass are in excellent condition, and are beautifully patinated. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A LADY AT DAW- LisH.—A clue has been obtained to the identity of the un fortunate lady who is supposed to have committed suicide by taking poison on Tuesday morning at the York Hotel, Dawlish. On Wednesday Mr. Williams, stationer, of Fore-street, Devonport, arrived at Dawlish and claimed deceased as his wife. He was greatly distressed, and said he had five children under 11 years of age. A purse, con taining 14s. 11d., has been found under the pillow of the bed in which the., deceased slept. THIRD EDIfION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. NEWMARKET RACES.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH.) QUEEN'S PLATE. Wingrave Maharajah ,Y Four ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Lady Hawthorn filly Petras dam colt His Royal Highness :; Six ran. HANDICAP SWEEPS TAKES. Flash of Lightning filly ....... Venturous Skirmisher filly SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Celerrima.. Jevington Melinda Grace Darling.. .................. Six ran. BENNINGTON STAKES. Provision Maid Marian Pirate 9 £5O PLATE. 1 2 Prince Arthur.. .................. PORT STAKES. MATCH—5affr0n..................................... w.o. beat Templar _ emplar. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lion (taken) TIIIRSK RACES—Tiers DAY. Holstein Portrick Mrs. Lirriper SOWERBY PLATE. Nine ran. [ADVERTISEMENT.] G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, supplies the Latest Edition of " THE SUN " round the Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. 6d. post free.— Commissions executed. Newspapers sent to any part of the world. . - . TEE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette of this Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, Aram 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned midshipman and seamen of the Royal Navy, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on account of the gallantry dis played by them during the operations in the Straits of Simon Seki, Japan, as recorded against their names ; viz : Mr. Duncan Gordon Boyes, Midshipman of her Majesty's ship Euryalus, and Thomas Pride, Captain of th e After guard of her Maj es ty' s ship Euryalus.—For the conspicu ous gallantry which, according to the testimony of Capt. Alexander, C. 8., at the time Flag Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir A. Kuper, K.C.8., Mr. Boyes displayed on the occasion of the capture of the enemy's stockade. He carried a colour with the leading company, kept it in advance of all, in the face of the thickest fire, his colour-sergeants having fallen, one mortally the other dangerously wounded, and he was only detained from proceeding further by orders of his superior officer. The colour he carried was six times pierced by musket balls. Thomas Pride, captain of the After -guard, the survivor of the two colour-sergeants who supported Mr. Boyes in the gallant rush which he made in advance of the attack, is also recommended for the Victoria Cross for his conduct on this occasion. William Seeley, ordinary seaman, of her Majesty's ship Euryalus—For the intelligence and daring which, accord ing to the testimony of Lieutenant Edwards, commanding the 3d Company, he exhibited in ascertaining the enemy's position, and for continuing to retain his position in front, during the advance, after he had been wounded in the arm. LONDON GAZE ETE—This Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, APRIL 19. Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be opened to the public, under the usual regulations, on and after Monday, the 24th inst. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to bo passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, K.G., the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, Edward Huges sen Knatchbull-Hugussen, Esq., William Patrick Adam, Esq., and Lieutenant-Colonel Luke White to be Commis sioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Ex chequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of General Charles Menzies, of the Royal Marine Artillery, and Major-General Charles War ren, C. 8., to be Ordinary Members of the Military division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath. CROWN OFFICE, April 19. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA MENT. Wighton District of Burghs—George Young, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the room of Sir William Dunbar, Bart., who ha s accepted the office of one of the Commissioners for Auditing the Public Ac ounts. County of Louth. —Tristram Kennedy, Esq., of Hen rietta-street, in the city of Dublin, in the room of Richard Montesquieu Bellew, Esq., who has accepted the office of one of the Comniissioners for administering tho Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland. Borough of Rochdale.—Thomas Bayley Potter, of Buill o t, f P in en t d h l e et r o o n, om in otfheßcoichuanrtdy Cobden,palatine P an Esq., deceased. of Hill, Lan i in the rt,ommeirsehhi County of Salop--The Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, in the room of the Right Hon. Orlando George Charles Bridge man (commonly called Viscount Newport), called to the Upper House of Parliament. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 19. Commander Thomas Heard has been placed on the Re tired List with the rank of Captain. APRIL 21. The followin g Flag promotions, dated the 14th instant, have been made in consequence of tho death of Rear-Ad miral Thomas Henderson, on the 10th inst.:— Captain George William Douglas O'Callaghan to be Rear Admiral. Retired Captains—William Knighton Stephens, George Henry Parlby White, and William Windham Hornby, to be Retired Rear-Admiral; under the provisions of the Orders in Council of the Ist August, 1860, and 9th July, 1864, The following flag promotions, dated the 18th inst. have been made in consequence of the death of Vice- Admiral Sir John M'Dougall, K.C.8., on the 12th inst. Rear-Addmiral Hon. Edward Howard, ou the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same list. Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.8., to be Vice- Admiral. Captain Charles Wise to be Rear-Admiral. Retired Rear-Admiral John Monday to be Retired Vice• Admiral. Retired Criptain David Peat to be Retired Rear-Adpairal, under the provisions of the Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, and 9th July, 1864. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Philip Rogers, general agent, Lower Marsh, Lambeth. Benjamin Moores, grocer, Poole John West, dairyman, High Barnet, Herefordshire William Boutell, ship broker, Erith Thomas Willson, architect, Hammersmith . Hector Melville, on Mwhelyi:ilnll,tsimhobeemr shoemaker, Northampton Liverpool Robert Ashworth, spindle maker, Manchesteron William Brindle, provision dealer, ie ß It v z Derbyshire W GT u r i g a e m ß c o a b m in p s b o o n l , l, p p li r i o m v l;: i r o , n Manchester Y d a eal e er, Y John Fairbairn, James Crosher, g rocer, Nottingham Sunderland h o sier, l d d er and sGwli oucestershire. ch David Mi Grant, o r n a , n baker, stationer,Bren Brentwood Ebenezer T Georgehom a Thomas Giles, Es Nbaker, , Np b o u Tr t o c t hhyleera,A. ANNULLED. JJaosmeepshwrAfeibllber.fatarmileerr: BDreipintpfotrsdpa Devonshire. A rini Benjamin Cracknell, farmer, Southolt, Suffolk. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. J. and D. Wilson, grocers, Dumbarton James Cran, farmer, Inverkeithny James Paterson, spirit dealer, Johnstone FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, EIGHT O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. THIRSK RACES—Tiiis DAY. THE MOWBRAY STAKES. Balsam Lord Fauconberg Nagada THE HUNT CUP Vandal Extra Number The Witch Eleven ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Little Dan Cronsta,dt Mrs. Lirriper THE HAMBLETON PLATE. Pretty Girl filly King Charming Venison Twelve ran MATCll.—Bryan beat Cheap Article 3 An objection against the winner of tlaeSOw erby Plate was overruled. tect 921 66) 6 8d 24} 23 104} 8k 96 4 4 i