The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

IdURDER IN NORFOLK. On Friday morning last a deliberate murder was committed on the estate of Sir Hansom Berneys, in a small village called Barton Bendish, about eight miles eastward of Downham Market. The deceased, Benjamin Black, was about 55 or 56 years of age, and had been on the estate all his life, and his father before him. He had lately acted iu the capacity of woodman, and was remarkable for his quiet and unobtrusive habits. On Friday morning last, about 4 o'clock, when iu bed, he heard the report of a gu'i, and got up and went to a planta tion called " Barton Lays," frcrn which direction the report was heard. The unfortunate man was never afterwards seen alive. The body was dis covered by five labourers going to their work in hoeing wheat near the wood in question. No time was lost in giving information to the authorities, and Superintendent Watson, of Downham Market, was put in possession of the facts .9,0 far as they are known. The inquest was held on Saturday before Mr. T. L. Reed, deputy coroner for the Hundred of Clackclose, and a respectable jury, of which the Rev. S. G. Read was foreman. After viewing the body the following witnesses were examined : Anna Black, sworn, said—l am the widow of Benjamin Black, the deceased. Yesterday morning at 4 o'clock we were in bed. The deceased asked me if 1 had heard a gun, which I had not done. He then dressed himself and left the house. I did not see which ;way he went, but some time after I heard the report of a gun. It was a loud report, and ap peared to me to be outside the wood. The report did not appear to echo. It might take 20 minutes to walk to the viood. The report took place in as short time as he could get to the wood, but I did not take particular notice. I did not see him again alive. The deceased was brought to my house in the course of the morning. I never heard him say be was at variance with any one. He had money in his pockets. Ile took his purse out the night before. He had two half-crowns, a shilling, and a sixpence, which he said he would send the child to Finchain with to pay the poor rates, and said he had money enough in his pocket to pay the men, meaning the men working in the wood. I took half-a-crown out of my pocket to make up Bs. 6d. He handed me back 6d. He had a bag purse made of " cartoon." lie put the purse in his pocket before he went to bed. I have not seen the purse s ince. He was always in the habit of going to a wood called " the Lays' the first thing in the morn ing. He was a woodman, and had the care of that wood. Charles Kidd, of Barton Bendisb, saw deceased on Friday morning at a quarter past four. About half an hour after he saw him he heard the report of a gun while he was in his master's stable. Robert Wing, of the same place—l work for Mr. George Read. I was employed hoeing wheat near the Lays. Yesterday morning I was going to my work about a quarter or 20 minutes past six. I had to go through the wood. As soon as I got through the gate of the first field, into which the wood gate opens, I saw something lying, and when within 100 yards I saw it was a man. I had four other men with me, who also worked for Mr. Read. We saw at once that he was dead. I thought his nose was bleeding until we moved him, when I saw he was shot. His fingers were cold, but his wrist was warm. He was bleeding. I saw blood drop from his face ; I saw it running from his eye to his whisker, and thence dropping on the ground. We found a pool of blood under the head as large as my hat, some fluid and some clotted. He was lying on his left side, with his knees drawn up, his hat on, his head upon the ground, and his face rather turned back and upwards, his arms lying limp and useless. We sent for Robert Clarke, Mr. Read's shepherd, who brought a cart. I went into to the wood to search for footmarks, and found in a gladeway a broken bottle, having some hop leaves inside, also a piece of paper like what is used to wrap sugar in, contain ing about two common charges, some of which was spilt. I gave it to the police-ollicer Balls, who came up to me afterwards. Near to the place where I picked up the paper I found a fresh footmark ; it might be five or six yards from it. It was the foot mark of a man, the impression not perfect, but the heel and ball of the boot and shoe seemed to be left. Th?, impression of square-headed nails was visible in the mark left by the ball ; they were middle-sized and square. We afterwards found several trac,2s of footmarks, but none plain till we got on the top of the hill in the wood, possibly a furlong from where we found the paper and first footmark. This footmark showed the heel, the balls, and the toe, and resembled the footmark near where the paper was found. Both were made by a person going in a contrary direction from the body. We saw no more footmarks in the wood, but we saw a trail, as if some person in walking had brushed off the dew from the grass. We followed the trail to the opposite side of the wood, and thence by the side of the edge bounding the wood. At the corner of the field there is a gap over which he appeared to have passed, and through a piece of vetches cornerwise to a stile. This trail was con tinued by turning down under the fence, to the end of which we went, and left it on that side of the wood in the direction for Fincham. Clarke and I then went back to the body the nearest way we could. During my search I found some small pieces of shattered paper by the side of the clap-post of the gate and a ditch. I examined the paper, which seemed like the paper containing the gunpowder. The gate where the deceased was shot was off the hinges, upon the spur of the gatepost, and not fastened. When we first found the deceased his watch appeared to have bee❑ half drawn out of his pocket, which was drawn up with it, and the ring by which the chain was attached was broken off, and the chain laid loose on the waistcoat. When we first found the deceased one of my companions went into the wood to call Hubbard Lingley, who is a nephew of the deceased, who was working in the wood. My companion said, " Hub bard, come here." I saw him join my companion in the wood, and after talking a minute they came to the body. I think Hubbard Lingley said, " Oh, my uncle ! my uncle !" I saw the tears run down his face, and he wrang his hands. I heard him mention the deceased's watch, but I cannot say what he said about it. He also said something about deceased's purse, but I cannot say what. He put his hand into deceased's pocket, but did not take anything out.. He afterwards said, " There is nothing there; but my uncle always carried his money with him." Robert Clarke, of Barton Baldish, shepherd to Mr. George Read, gave evidence corroborating that of Robert Wing in every particular, he being his companion in the researches through the wood. William Cater, of Fincham, surgeon, was called, and said—from information received I went yester day morning, the 17th, to view the body of Benja min Black. I found him lying upon a sofa in his cottage, about 11 a.m. He was dead, and death had resulted from a gun-shot wound in the left eve, and from several shot wounds in the upper part of the left chest. I cannot say for certain what vital organ was injured, but deceased evidently died from gun-shot wounds. Those wounds could not possibly have been inflicted by himself. He appeared to have died the instant he was wounded, without even a strug gle. I am of opinion that the gun must have be: held 12 or 14 yards from his head ;if it had been held from a short distance the s h o t wonli have " balled " and would have entered the head in a lump, instead of dropping the shot, which caused the woui.ds in the left breast. I can not say, without 't.itaking a post-mortem examina. lion, whether the shot entered the body in an oblique direeti,n, as if fired from the ground, or whether theot struck the body point blank, as they would do, if fired from the shoulder. The inquest wag then adjourned. ADVERTISEMENT. Holloway's Pills.—Counsel and Comfort. - A disordered stomach throws the whole system out of gear, ainl renders us unfitted both for work and amusement. A few (loses of these strengthening and puri fying pills, taken according to their accompanying direc tions, will, however, speedily restore order, and re-enable the stomach to digest its feed without difficulty. 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It is an ill wind that blows no one good, as, we doubt not, the New York builder will acknowledge. _ _ The people of the Red River country in British North America, about 10,000 in number, are agita ting for annexation to the United States. Mr. Davis has at last been released from prison by the Court of Richmond, the Government having ordered the writ of habeas Corpus to be obeyed. Ile is, however, under bail to appear next Novem ber. lie left Richmond for New York, where he arrived on Thursday, on his way to Canada. The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals of Georgia and Mississippi on the ground of want of jurisdiction. A riot has taken place at Mobile, and Mr. Kelly, a member of Congress, was mobbed. Several persons were killed, and order was restored by the military. The cable also informs us that the negroes at Richmond and New Orleans are mani festing a disorderly spirit. It does not tell us the provocation, for which we mint wait till the arrival of a mail. Gold is again flowing from New York to Europe. In addition to the £300,000 at sea, the Persia, which left New York on Wednesday, carries £400,000. These large remittances of specie are imparting strength to the English Stock and Share Markets. The reason of the influx is simply the May payment of the 5-20 dividends, two-thirds of which are held in Europe. The coupons are presented for payment at the Treasury, and the gold, when received, is remitted in exchange. We are only be ginning to feel the effects of these half-yearly pay ments, which will periodically send to Europe a vast amount of American gold, unless the balance of trade turns heavily against England. There is no change in the price of gold by the telegram re ceived last night, the quotation being 137. Official letters received at the Indian Office de scribe Hancock's interview with the Cheyennes as unsatisfactory. The letters express apprehension of a general Indian war. WASHINGTON, April 24.—The Southern Famine Relief Commission has received $lO,OOO dollars in gold, additional, from California. General Sher man has been authorised to draw for five thousand dollars to relieve distress from the overflow of the Mississippi, in Louisiana. The bankrupt law, lately passed by Congress, stringently guards against all fraudulent assign ments and conveyances by which a preference is given to one or more creditors over others. The act comes into practical operation on the 11th of June next, but for four months previous to that date the operation of the law above referred to holds good. We notice in the Boston Advertiser an announce ment that the Universities of Harvard and Yale will not enter the lists in competition at the Paris Regatta. Our views on the subject have been already expressed, so that we need not here repeat our regret if such should prove the final decision. Several reasons are advanced by the Boston Adver tiser. First, that by the rules, each boat must carry a coxswain, and that the course would be only 11- miles, instead of 4 miles, as at Putney. Yale ob jected to the length of the course, and also feared that some of their contestants would be out of con dition. Harvard considered that difficulty would exist in securing their complement of eight, and another difficulty arose in obtaining the necessary leave for the undergraduates. This it was thought could be easily arranged, but at a faculty meeting it was declared inexpedient to grant the prayer of the peti tioners. Enough money had been promised to meet the expenses, so that no financial reason stood in the way of the American boat taking a fair and honourable place in the race. The earnest protest of the Union League Club to the New York State Senate against the extrava gance and corruption prevailing at Albany had been ordered to be returned whence it came by a m a j o _ rity of 27 to 3. The debate on the resolution was in character. There were loud protests against the truth of the accusations, and the usual amount of virtuous indignation. " Mr. Sessions," says Frank Leslie," resorted to the to quoque dodge, and accused members of the club of having been active members of the lobby during the winter, which, even if true, would not have disproved the truth of the charges, the chief matter to be attended to. Low and Folger were deeply impressed with the fact of there being no signatures to the resolutions, and although it was shown to be authenticated by the signature of the Secretary of the Club, and therefore the act of the body in its corporate capa city, these wise men shook their heads gravely at an omission making a dangerous precedent. Mr. O'Dontiel: drew a very fine line in regarding the resolutions in the light of a petition, and there fore voting for their reception ; but as if to atone for such an indiscretion, he praised the Senate, of which he is a member, as being superior to any that preceded it for many years, in ability, integrity, and economy—which is, perhaps, not saying much for it—and in face of the notorious fact that the taxes levied this year are over ten mills to the dollar, more than double any preceding year, strikes us as being a very cool and itnpu lent assertion. There is, in fact, but one course for the memb..Ts of the Legislature to pursue, if they would purify them selves from the foul stain their character has sus tained. Let them order an investigation, summon their accusers—they are well known—before them, and take such evidence as may be offered in support of the charges. If these are found frivolous and false, let us know the fact by some authoritative decision. Even if true, their force may be broken by some well-contrived plausibilities of language ; but to disperse without any attempt to meet charges of corruption so specific and direct as these have been will cover every suspected member with lasting disgrace." Messrs. Rutty, Wightman, and Co. have just chartered the screw steamer Nurva, to lay a tele graph cable between Florida and Cuba. The com pletion of this line will open direct telegraphic com munication between London and llavannah. The New York limes, in announcing that Charles Dickens had accepted an engagement in America, writes of the great author in a tone that will be read with pleasure by the general public of England : " It is now positively stated that Charles Dickens has accepted an engagement to give a course of his celebrated readings in this country. If this pro mise be realised, we believe that Mr. Dickens will find himself mistaken in the view which he holds of the temper of the American people towards him. lie has been deterred from coining here because he imagines that he has provoked our bitter resent ment by his free handling of certain strongly marked features which he supposes to be peculiar to the Americans, in Martin Chuzzlewit' and The American Notes.' He is under the impression that he would be very unfavourably received, and find none welcome him. We can assure him by anticipation that he is mistaken. His caricatures in Chuzzle wit' have been laughed at as cordially. and good humouredly here, as on the other side of the Atlantic, and the world of readers is under too many obliga tions to him to remember to his disadvantage any injustice we may conceive hits to have committed." Wilkes' Spirit snakes the following observation, which should be brought to the notice of the Com mittee of the Paris Regatta :—" If not too late, we should be glad to see American yachtsmen join in a memorial to the French Regatta Committee for a modification of their rules, such as will allow the entry of centre-board yachts." We believe that it is in consequence of the exclusion of centre-board yachts that the Vesta is now returning to America. The relative merits of a keel or a centre-board boat are much disputed. Admittance to a fair trial, not exclusion from it, would do most to settle the question. On the Ist May Governor English's inaugural message was submitted to the Connecticut Legisla ture. The document is written- with decision and ability, and though its principles are largely dis sented from, its literary merits are fully acknow ledged. The Governor supports the policy of the President, and denounces the actions of the XXXIX. Congress, opposed by Mr. Johnson, as unsound and unconstitutional. The authority of Congress to pass and to bring into operation the Military Reconstruction Bill is denied in this mes sage. State Rights are supported, which, ac corrding to Mr. English, were neither annulled nor abrogated by the rebellion. Passing from the Supreme Government to State affairs, favourable reports from the various departments are pre sented, and the progress made spoken of encourag ingly. The Governor recommends legislation to limit the work of children in factories, and he ad vises the passage of a law to stop employers in in fluencing the votes of the employed. He recommends the abolition of the Poll Tax, approves the conduct of the State eduzational and charitable institutions during last year, including the reform school at Meriden, and the new insane asylum at Middletown. The funded debt of the State is now $9,828,400, havinc , been reduced $571,600 during the year, and the sinking fund having been in creased $74,000, is now $1,284,307. After deduct ing all the assets, the total present liab:lities of the State are $7,661,477. The taxable property has largely increased during the year, the grand list of 1866 exceeding that of the previous year by $13,926,664. The capital of the State school fund in September, 1866, was $2,043,835, and during the last year $124,021 was called in and reloaned in the State. The number of children entitled to the benefits of the fund was 120,824, to each of whom a dividend of $l.lO was declared. The war claims of the State a year since were $75,805, of which $6,750 have been paid, and $20,000 more have been allowed, and are ready for payment. There are 82 national banks in the State, with a capital of $24,496,600, and eight banks still operating under the State law, with $1,970,500 in capital, and $111,747 in circulation. The deposits in the 52 savings banks during the year were $3,861,376. We believe that Mr. Seward is in the unpleasant predicament of being called on to pay a bill which appears to us outrageously:large, and for which no money has been appropriated by Congress. By his orders counsel was retained to defend the Fenian prisoners taken in the raids on Canada. These gen tlemen demand in payment $50,000 ! If. Uncle Sam pays at that rate he must be a mine of wealth to the legal profession. The Springfield Republican, in its items from 'Washington, which are both interesting and reli able, states that Secretary M'Culloch gives notice that the Government cannot protect those who have lost coupon bonds payable to bearer and Treasury notes in blank. All such notes and cou pons will hereafter be paid to parties presenting them, and no attention will be paid to caveats filed to prevent such payments. TRADE WITH JAPAN. —The trade of Yokohama, Japan, last year, was $26,778,451, the exports $16,186,110, and the imports $10,592,341. The exports consisted principally of silks, cotton and teas, and the imports of woollen and cotton, goods, velvets, iron, arms, ammunition, ship stores, and liquors. The English monopolised about two-thirds of the commerce of the port, while the United States got only one-ninth. But this condition of things is likely to be reversed now. By means of the new line of steamers, California and Oregon can supply the staple imports to better advantage than any other country, and the exports and imports will soon assume a much wider range. Already orders have been received in San Francisco for many ar ticles never before sent to Japan, and the steamer Colorado on her last trip could not grant all the applications for freight. The United States will probably control the trade of Japan and China in a few years. If other nations continue to trade there they must do their business through the United States. A late number of the Japan Times, published at Yokohama, says the new port of Osaka will cer tainly be opened at the time appointed, January 1, 1868, but warns American merchants not to makr any rash ventures into trade there till a business has grown up. The same paper gives the following interesting account of the courtesies ex tended to a British admiral, who penetrated to the inland sea called Funeka, in the territory of Prince Chiknsen. As a specimen of Japanese hospitality it is not bad, and it adds a new proof that the bar riers that have so long separated Japan from the rest of the world are fait breaking down :—Th;rty officers of the fleet were invited to a banquet on shore, where all " squatted down" on strips of ' scarlet cloth, and each guest had as many as 50 dishes placed before him in turn. Then followed an exhibition of singers and actors, and another feast, if possible, more sumptuous than the first. Extreme neatness and patient politeness were the most no ticeable features. Having left the palace finally to return on shipboard, the wholecompany was escorted en route to a brilliantly lighted house, where an. other elegant dinner was waiting, this time in the European style. Next day an invitation was ac cepted to join in the pursuit of 50 deer and two wild boars, the park being of " enormous extent and full of game." A bountiful supply of fowl and handsome presents for all the officers were sent to the ships before their departure. Judge Comstock, of New York State, has called forth the following remarks from the Nation, in reply to a letter to the World. We agree with the Nation that society must be controlled and held together by force, though the force be subordinate to and regulated by opinion. " Judge Comstock, of this State, has written a very melancholy letter to the IVoild about the approaching end of the American Union. lie says that if Georgia and Mississippi have no remedy against the Recon struction Bill in an appeal to the Supreme Court, " the law of force must hereafter govern the rela tions of the Union to the States," and " it requires no prophetic eye," &c. The fact is that " the law of force" not only governs the relations of the States to the Union, but of men to the State, and has always governed them. There is a pleasant legal fiction that all these things are regulated by " com pact," but it is only a fiction. Every time a police man takes a man to gaol, he offers evidence that society does rest on " the law of force," and the day on which the Union armies first marched to put down the rebellion the fact that the Union rests on the law of force was as completely recognised as it would be by the refusal of the Supreme Court to interfere for the protection of Georgia and Missis sippi from military government. If I stay in a house quietly because I know I shall not be allowed to leave it, I am as much detained by force as if I were all the time making frantic efforts to break the door open. The attempts of Democratic lawyers to make " horrible revelations" about the consequences of the Congressional measures of reconstruction are almost painful specimens of perverted ingenuity, and generally end in the discovery of mares' nests. The whole war was in fact waged to settle the ques tion whether there was or could be such a thing as a Union of mere inclination. At the annual fire parade at Charleston, on Saturday, April 27, the procession did not propose to carry the American flag, but was compelled to do so by General Sickles. It appears that the procession was about to start flaunting all sorts of banners, but not a flutter of the stars and stripes. Th e General at once interfered, ordering the column not to move until the national flag was procured. He wrote to Brigadier General 11. B. Clitz, commanding at Charleston, recalling last year's firemen's parade, which was remarkable for a similar omission then said to have been inadvertent. lie then proceeds as follows :--" I desire that you will at once send for the Chief of the Fire Department, and inform him that the national stardard must be borne in_frout of the column ; that an escort of honour, to consist of two members of each company present, will be de tailed by himself to march with the colours ; that the colones be placed opposite the reviewing per sonages on the ground designated for the review, and that every person in the column shall salute the colours by lifting his hat or cap on arriving at a point three paces distant from the colours, and, carrying the cap uplifted, march past the colours to a point three paces distant from the same. The Mayor of the City, the Chief of the Fire Da partment, and the foremen of the companies, will be held responsible for the observance of this order, and they are hereby authorised and required to ar rest any person who disobeys it. You will take such measures as you may find to b 3 necessary to insuro the execution of this order." The Chief of THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1867. the Fire Department when thus pulled up expressed cheerful obedience, but the procession was delayed for some time as the flag was not at hand. It is a lucky thing for the Eastern States that the yield of wheat in California was last year so large. San Francisco is reaping a golden harvest from her exports. The Governor of Minnesota advises the people to retain all the wheat they have. Milwaukie, Oswego, Toledo, and the Lake ports, instead of exporting wheat as they used to do in large quantities, are actually drawing supplies from New York. An American paper observes that a barrel of flour can be purchased in Paris, forwarded by the usual rail and sea transport to Liverpool and on to Boston, and yet be sold there so as to leave a profit. The New York correspondent of the Standard adheres tenaciously to the declaration that there is not one word of truth in the telegrams through New Orleans, from Mexico, reporting Miram.o❑ deal, Imperial forces disbanded, Queretaro taken, Maxi milian hidden. According to this writer, " the New York Herald (never behindhand in spreading a lie) eked out this despatch with a special telegram more comprehensive, though not more excellent, than the other. The principal objection is, that it was writ ten in the office of the Herald. And now, where did Ramon S. Diaz get his intelligence? From 'the deputed agent of the Juarez Government.' That person exists only in the columns of the New York Herald. From any other agent? No ; but from the columns of the New Orleans Times, which on Wednesday afternoon printed the following re port received from a private source Another battle has been fought at Queretaro, resulting in the defeat of the demoralised Imperialists and the death of Miramon. After the fight Queretaro was occupied by the Liberals. Maximilian cannot be found anywhere. It is suspected that he has secretly fled.' And this 'report,' from a private source'— manifestly untrustworthy as it is—is the foundation for the absurd official' statement above copied, which has doubtless been sent across the cable to alarm the friends of Maximilian, already sufficiently agitated by the sensational stories that have been manufactured in this counrry. I have no hesita tion in pronouncing utterly untrustworthy the re port of the Imperialist defeat at Queretaro and of Maximilian's flight from that city. If true, it would have reached us from Vera Cruz, or direct from Matamoros, where the New York and Western journals have correspondents. It appears in a sen sational New Orleans journal, is put forth • offi cially' by Juarist agents here, and that is all." That the American papers put faith in the intelligence is clear from the tone of all. If the correspondent of the Standard be correct, and everybody else wrong, it will be a triumph for hini, and he will be entitled hereafter to speak with weight. If, however, in spite of his furious writing, he should prove to be wrong, and everybody else right, we will watch with curiosity to see how he will drop out of the position. It is said that the Empress Charlotte looks incessantly from the rock where the writer of " Echoes from the Continent " says she will pro bably breath her last for the sail that brings back her husband. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, May 4. Capital continues to increase, and the Money Market shows symptoms of a positive superfluity. Call loans are readily effected on good security, at from 4 to 6 per cent., and business paper is as readily done at from 6to 7. The bankers have more in till than they can employ. There is little prospect of a change, and it will give tho Govern ment an opportunity of reducing a largo volume of currency, and funding all their debts. While the rumours came strong and fast through the cable of a European war there wore symptoms of a panic, but the peace news has dispelled these symptoms, and things have settled down into a steady condition. The foreign demand for 5-20's, and the amount of these bonds absorbed iu Europe, is shown by the fact that nearly two-thirds of the $25,000,000 now due, as gold bearing interest on this security, is payable in Europe. The Treasury commenced these payments last Wednes day, and on the following day $1,000,000 were paid at the New York - Sub-Treasury. This helps the downward course of gold, which bas steadily fallen, closing on Thursday at 1351. Still the amount is too little to have other than the most trifling effect. Last Saturday's steamers took out $627,000, and on Wednes day the Scotia carried off $lOO,OOO, making a total for the year of $8,770,513. The May statement of the public. debt has not yet been published, but it will show a favourable progress in reduction, which was said to be about $6,000,000, with gold in the Treasury of $113,000,000. During the last month the Secretary has not exerted his power of retiring the $4,000,000 in legal tenders. The total circulation of the State Na tional Banks of the country was reported last Saturday at $297,835,2 49 . The 7-30's continue largely to be exchanged for 5-20's, amounting, in April, to about $37,000,0000. Secretary M c Culloch will, it is believed, reduce the debt during this month to $2,500,000,000, at which figure it will be allowed to stand so long as tho present scale of Government expenditure lasts. That it will last, oven if it does not increase, is fully anticipated in view of the Indian war, which, conducted in the prairies of the Far West, will: prove, I fear, a most expensive business. Government Securities have participated in the general improvement. Many of th e N a ti ona l Banks are purchasing 5-20's with the proceeds of their interest now being paid. These securities were not inju riously affected by the heavy fall in Europe, and this is a satisfactory proof of their inherent strength. It shows that we are willing to take them back when the necessities of European capitalists force them at a depreciation on the markets. The demand here is steady and growing for permanent investment, and it is not improbable that as the surplus capital of the country increases that American purchasers will compete for the securities of their coun try in your markets. The demand for all well established stocks and securities has been strong and has led to a general advance. As yet this has been con fined to substantial concerns, and has not embraced specu lative and fancy matters. The rise in Pacific Mail-ship stock is steady if slow. Business, though checked by the war news from Europe, is becoming active. Cotton has recovered, though manufactured cottons of all descripti o ns have a downward tende nc y , t he market not being strong. Foreigne the iuflen xchangehausdce of the ined' as might h ave b een ex pected under peaceful news. It is now 186 i) Status l° Ten-forties sl (l 86 5 99, Unit e d ) quoted at 109 to 1 10 . The following is a list of l a t es t pr i ces - American gold 135 1, United States los Five twenties(lBt;s new sta issue)tes 7 (1 31 8 0_ 6 7 2 1 i ; 107 111onalti e d( 1061. Mi ssour i sixes 951, Tennessee Sixes 621, Virginia sixes- 67, New York , Central Railroad 981, Erie 631 Erie Preferred 73, Hudson ver 96, Reading 1031, Michigan Central 109, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana 681, Illinois Central 1131, Cleveland and Pittsburg 72, Cleveland and Toledo 1131, Chicago and North-Western 35, Chigago and North- Western Preferred 614, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Clii7 env 961, Chicago and Rock Island 885, Ohi o and Missis sippi Certificates 23k, Adams Expres s C ompany 65, Ame rican Unionn63UnitedS`tPelra States 66, Wells, F argo, an d Company ' s 67, Western h Company 411, Pacific Mail Steamship Company 1281, Atlantic Mail Steamship Com pany 911, Cumberland Coal Company Preferred 31, Can ton Company 44, Quicksilver Mining Company 291, Mari posa Mining Company 81, Mariposa Mining Company Pre ferred 201, Boston Water Power Company 31 to 32. (From 3fes3rs. Bowles and Drevet's circular.) The doubts still existing in the minds of many at the dato of writing our last circular as to the peaceful solution of the Luxembourg question, have been fully dissipated by the official announcement in the Maniteur of Sunday last, 12th inst. The reaction in values has naturally been most marked, the German markets leading in the advance as previously in the decline. On Frida y , May 10, the day previous to the signing of the Treaty of London, Ameri can s have advanced on .1 large orders fr om G ermany to all , and the market has since ruled v ery firm. We quote : May 13 " 1 4 " 15 " 16 The variations in gold quotations in New York seem to exercise no influence. The Rente closes at 69.30 ; the Italian at 51.65. Exchange on London, 25.161. (From E. F. Sallerthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular.) the public f un d s, The Sootier brought, us New York - advices to the 30th ultimo. Th e more pacific aspect of European p olitics, re ported by Atl ant i c Telegraph, had opera t e d f a vourably o n Of about one pet cent. In the Ra il roa d Share Mark e t and they wer e last quoted at an advance there bad been more activity than for some time past, and after daily fluctuations the Stocks of nearly all the Western r oa d s were largely taken at improved quotations, of from $3 t o $5. Erie Stock was again the medium for some large speculation; and e xhibited a rise on the week of V. In St a t e St oc k s we note an i m provement of three per cent. in Virginia and Missouri, but in Tennessee there was a decline of that amount. The Banks' return again show a very large addition to the deposits, amounting to over three million dollars. Gold had fallen three per cent., the last quotation being 135 k. It is now nearly three years since, in a number of our circular, we warned our friends of the probable near ap proach of a financial crisis, and the inevitable collapse of many of the newly-formed companies, the shares of which were then eagerly bought by investors A what wp con sidered "almost fabulous premiums," and suggested that several American securities, both railroad shares and Go- vernment bonds, offered a far preferable, because safer and more profitable, investment. Those of our friends who, at that time took United States 5-20 Bonds (at or under 40 per cent.), which we strongly advocated their doing, have certainly reason to congratulate themselves on the confi dence they displayed in the fixed determination, as well as the ability of the American people to meet all their liabilities, although they were still rapidly increasing, and had already piled up the National Debt to an amount which might almost seem alarming; but with the knowledge of tho vast resources of the country, and the energy and per severance, coupled with the fertility cf invention of the population, we did not share in the fears entertained by many. Looking at the then quotations for shares Of seine of our newly-formed companies, it really seems, now that we can look calmly and dispassionately on the matter, as if the public generally were willing to take anything which offered, and at almost any price. For instance, we find at that time the following official quotations:— Credit Mobilier ,ZS paid 6 premium Discount Corporation l2 do. Egyptian Trading General Credit 4 do. Imperial Mercantile Credit 5 do. Imperial Finance 5 do. _.... Joilit Stock Discount 5 do. London Financial 15 do. lO do. With but one or two exceptions those undertakings have proved utter failures, and not only the whole of the money invested has been lost, but further large liabilities are hanging over the heads of the unfortunate shareholders. Ou the other hand, United States Bonds have gradually grown in favour, both hero and on the Continent, owing to which, and the decline in the premium on gold, conse quent on the conclusion of the war, they are now nearly double the value which they were at that time, while,even at this advanced price we think there are few securities on the market, which, withequal safety, will yield as good a per centage on the money invested. With regard to American Railroads, we freely confess that there is, in too many instances, groat mismanagement, and we fear not a little jobbery, especially in the arrange ments with some of the "Express Companies," as exposed during the recent examination into the matter by the Ohio State Commission; still, notwithstanding this, many of the leading lines will compare most favourably with our own railways. The Commercial and Financial Chronicle of New York, in a recent article on American Railroads, says, "Out of the list of thirty-eight roads, with $350,000,000 capital stock on the call of the New York Stock Ex change, thirty-one have paid dividends, ranging from seven to twelve per cent. per annum within the last six manths ; whereas,• five years ago, not one in four of the roads was making any division of profits among the stockholders," and our own firm conviction is that, with able, honest, and economical management, much larger dividends might be earned. In the still further growth of prosperity of American Railroads we have strong faith, and if the proprietors of stock would but combine to sup press the baneful system of Express Companies, we believe that in very many instances dividends might in the course of two or three years be doubled. To illustrate the rapid and continued increase of traffic we give below the gross annual receipts of ten of the leading roads for the years 1863 and 1866. 1863. 1866. Chicago and Alton Chicago and Rock Island. 1,952,269 Erie , . . Illinois Central Michiga❑ Central New York Central. 11,069,853 - 14,575,128 Philadelphia and Reading 4,088,837 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and • Chicago St. Louis, Alto; and Terre thine Toledo and Wabash Total of ten roads ... $15,120,884 $72,329,950 And these results it must bo borne in mind have been achieved, in most cases, with but little addition to capital account, and scarcely any additional mileage. In many cases whore the annual report shows an augmentation of capital, the increased amount has been provided gradually out of earnings, and at the end of two or three years a stock bonus has been presented to shareholders, to repre sent the outlay on permanent way or rolling stock. With these facts before us, we think wo are justified in arriving at the conclusion that, almost any of the lines named, offer a medium for investment which cannot but prove satis factory. We are quite alive to the fact that several of these roads have passed through crisis of severe depression and pecu niary embarrassments, and at least in one instance a re ceiver has bad to be appointed; but they have all emerged from their difficulties, and most of them are now paying respectable dividends. Spirit of the American Press. WAR IN EUROPE AND OURSELVES. When it became apparent, a week or two ago, that there was a chance of war in Europe the premium on gold rose. Now the chance of war has grown into strong probability, and again gold flut ters upward. A rice in gold i 3 simply a fall in the current value of our Treasury's promises to pay. It is hard to see why these should be worth any less because of war on the other side of the Atlantic. We do not expect to take part in the fight. The war there will entail no loss nor expense upon our Treasury. We have a thousand times more to fear from our own Congress than from all the armed hosts of the Eastern world. Thirty years ago the governor of the Bank of England could not look grave without putting all Wall-street into a temper of gloom. If the Bank of England put up the rate of interest, money-lenders here buttoned up their pockets in affright. We have grown very rapidly since then, but we have not yet grown out of the boyish notion that Europe holds our purse-strings. In the first year of our civil war we quietly made up our minds that we could not afford to buy much from abroad, and at once a stream of thirty or forty millions of coin flowed in upon us. This should have satisfied us that the old days, when we were always at the mercy of foreign countries because always heavily indebted to them, were past. Such of our securities as capitalists abroad hold have been bought by them because they arc better investments than they can find at home ; these never constitute a cash claim of any amount against us. If ever there was a period when men in Europe would have been likely to hurry American securities back into our own markets for conversion into money, it was at the first alarm from the Southern rebellion ; our Government Stocks were sent back at that time very freely, and so were many other securities; but with all that were sent the cash balance remained strongly on our side, as was proved by the gold flowing this way. And this, n otwithstanding that we were at that time com pelled to resort to Europe for blankets and muskets, and many other things which our own factories were not ready to supply for the army. But for our un fortunate resort to paper-money we should probably have held Europe in this same financial relation to us during the whole war. Last year there w as a great panic in London, and the English papers foolishly ascribed it to the heavy unpaid in debtedness of American merchants to their English correspondents ; a statement of our relations which was true thirty years ago, to wit, in 1837 ; but it has hardly been true at any time since. The official returns of the British Government of the trade be tween England and this country for several recent years show, if such fi gures s h ow anything, that the boot is on the other leg. Excited by the Loudon panic, our Secretary of the Treasury foolishly sold nearly all the gold in his coffers at 130 when it was worth 150, and thirty millions of coin, thus thrown at a low price upon our market, when there was uo use for it, found its • way rapidly to London and quieted the panic. So far was this thirty millions beyond what was needed to cancel all possible cash claims upon this country, that before all of it had arrived in England some of it was on its way back again. Yet the English papers had insisted, and some of our people had believed, that we owed in England four or five times as much. The English men welcomed the gold to help them out of their scrape, but some among them laughed in their sleeves at the alacrity of our Treasury to help their finances at the expense of our own. Many believe that if there is war in Europe sold will be wanted there, and, therefore, will be carried thither in large quantities ; that Louis Napoleon, who knows the value of a solid basis to his finances, will con trive to carry off most of our coin. Of course any out: can buy coin in our market who has where withal to pay for it. But French kickshaws are not of very abundant sale in this country just now, if the gloomy accounts we hear from importers be correct. On the other hand, so far as can be seen at this time of year, the prospects of the grain crops both in France and England are not promising, so that if Napoleon turns out a large number of his workmen into the unproductive fields of war, he may be glad to convert any balance he can com mand in this country into corn instead of coin. One thing is certain, that the gold which is in our Treasury and which is the basis of our financial system neither Louis Napoleon nor any one else can get hold of except by the free consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. The hundred millions or so of coin now in the Treasury can be kept there, happen what may, unless the Secretary should again be so softened as to regard the distresses of European finance more than the needs of his own. No one has a rightful claim upon this fund except the public creditors to whom gold interest is due, and for their claims the current revenue will suffice. As to coin which may be in the hands of the people, if the secretary wishes to keep that from going abroad he must stop making gold artificially abundant and cheap through sales from his stocks. The more abundant he makes gold in the open market the cheaper it will be relatively to other goods, and the cheaper it is relatively to other goods the surer is it to be exported instead of other goods ; the cheaper it is relatively to other goods the more likely, too, are foreign goods to be sent hither to be exchanged for it. When this war panic first occurred in Europe, our ( overnm en t bonds fell heavily in Frankfort; the mar kets of Paris and Landon, in some degree, responded to the fall ; our own market showed no more signs of yielding to the decline in prices than if there had been no such place as Europe in existence. Our market, and not the European market, regulates the price of our Government bonds ; they will buy them, of course, in Europe as cheap as we are willing to sell them, but if we could manage to put up their price here ten or twenty per cent., the Europeans would continue to buy them, and all the more eagerly.that we mani fested strong confidence in them ourselves. Herein, too, is proof of the folly of our going to Europe to negotiate a speulal loan on terms intended to coax people there into buying ; here at home is the place to inspire confidence, here where the people can watch every step made towards putting the Treasury into a sounder condition. When our own moneyed men have confidence enough to buy our six per cent. bonds at par, the people of Europe will take them more eagerly at par than they now do at eighty. We have much more coin in our Treasury to-day than the Bank of England is in the habit of holding ; and of this much gold we cannot lose pos session except by the Secretary voluntarily scatter ing it abroad. Unfortunately our Treasury owes more in demand claims against it than the Bank of England does, and, therefore, has need of a still fur ther sum in coin to make it as strong as the Bank. In a few months our Treasury could lay by gold enough out of its revenue to put all its promises in high credit. We regret that it is not likely to pursue this straightforward course. But the country, in spite of all its losses of capital by the war, and all its embarrass ments from a fluctuating currency, is strong and growing. If troubles come to us, they will come from our own want of wisdom in managing our home finances, not by reflection from troubles iu Europe. Troubles in Europe must have the natural effect of making our securities preferred by the timid and the prudent there. It was observed that little effect of the kind was perceptible as a consequence of thelast Franco-Austrian war; but the duration of that war was too brief to furnish any conclusive test, and a war between France and Prussia to-day will be very different from a war between France and Austria ten years ago. Such a conflict will tend to draw our bonds rather than our gold abroad, especially if we set to work ear nestly to make our bonds as good as gold. But were France and Prussia both wiped out of exis tence, this country would not feel it to its disad vantage as much as it would three months' dry weather in the state of New York when the hay crop is growing.--7 he Round Table. The New York Times shows in the following ex tract the present feeling generally entertained in the United States on the Confederation of Canada. It is manifestly absurd to imagine that any Confedera tion of the British provinces could be dangerous to the United States. Most Americans hold to the idea that these provinces will drift eventually into States of the Union. They have only to be left alone, and the attractive power of the larger body will work out the desired end. Before Canada, however, becomes a part of the United States the National Debt rnust be materially decreased. "There is no special jealousy of the projected Confederation on our northern border. So far as it may strengthen the power of the British provinces for purposes of aggression, it bcwuwa it pi over zubjeut fot the watchful consideration of our own Government. To say the least, we think it quite as legitimate a subject of apprehension, in itself considered, as the projected Franco-Austrian monarchy in Mexico ever was. Ten or twelve years ago Mr. Seward, in a series of letters from Canada, predicted pre cisely what is now occurring in the British posses sions on our northern border. In direct opposition to what was then the current of opinion, he said that the Canadas would not be annexed to the United States, but would eventually bring about a confederation of all the British provinces, which would grow into a populous, rich, and powerful inde pendent nation ; and that it would have no motive of hostility to the United States, but would become one of their most reliable and useful allies. We think that current events tend to confirm this pre diction. There is no doubt that this new confede ration will become independent of Great Britain whenever it chooses to do so ; and so long as we continue to bear the burden of our national debt, we cannot foresee the time when annexation to the United States will be more desirable for the new power thus created than independence." THE DEFEAT OF ➢fAXIMILIAN. Misfortune and disaster to the Imperial cause in Mexico are following each other in rapid succession, and the overthrow of the empire and the speedy capture and possible death of Maximilian seem almost certain. Queretaro, his stronghold, has fallen into the hands of its liberal besiegers. Mira mon, the ablest of the Imperial generals, is dead, and Maximilian is already a fugitive, seeking if he may find any available escape from the country. Secretary Seward's special messenger to intercede for the life of the Emperor has not yet found President Juarez, and it is said that his mission would be of no avail, as Minister Campbell, through whom the note was sent, as Mexi can Minister, has never occupied and does not now occupy that position. Juarez has ordered his generals to capture Maximilian alive, and they will doubtless be content if they secure possession of his Majesty. Miguel Miramon, whose death, ac companied by the fall of Queretaro, was the most damaging blow the empire has yet received, was about thirty-six years old, and for the last te❑ years has played a prominent part in the Mexican drama. Ile was commander of the army during Zuloaga's presidency, and succeeded him in that position. The claims of England, France, and Spain against Mexico which finally resulted in the French expedition thither, and the establishment of Maximilian's empire were all based on treaties effected by Miramon.—Springfield Republican. The Great Eastern certainly moves in a sea of troubles, and her career of misfortune seems to have been brightened only, by one grandact. On Friday evening last week Mr. J. W. Carr, of Liverpool, solicitor, acting on behalf of 300 of the late crew, forwarded affidavits to the Court of Admiralty in support of their claims for wages for three months, amounting to £4,500. On Saturday morning citation was issued, and the Receiver of Wrecks at Liverpool, acting on behalf of the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty, seized the great ship, and is now in possession. Instructions were sent to institute another suite on behalf of 30 more seamen. Another suit has been insti tuted against her for towage services, and yet an other for necessaries to the amount of £BOO. A meeting of the seamen has been held. It is under stood that the owners decline to pay until it is de cided by some competent court what is the amount really due to the men, so that they may be in a position to institute a suit against the French com pany. At the Liverpool Police-court Captain Sir James Anderson appeared in answer to two sum monses by the purser and a seaman for the reco very of wages due to them for the voyage last made from and to Liverpool and New York, vii Brest. The company did not dispute the liability for the voyage, and judgment for the amounts claimed in e:.ch case was given. The French Government is said to have issued orders for the cessation of the armaments which 4Ne recently been carried on. YACHTING IN AMERWA. Already preparations arebeing made for the coming season, and in a few weeks the results will appear of the present activity. The eclat attending Mr. Bennett's performance last year has stimulated the ambition of builders and owners, and a greater dis play than ever is anticipated. Among the boats most prominent in former seasons, we notice the schooners Magic, Ex-Commodore M'Vickar, owner, and L'Hirondelle, belonging to Mr. Bennett, at Newport; the Foam, the property of Mr. Maitland, at Stonington ; Mr. Laper's Palmer and the schooner Josephine, belonging to the late Daniel Devlin, and now offered for sale by his executors ; also Captain Palmer's sloop Sallie E. Day. At New London are the schooners Widgeon, one of George Steer's last models, and a very favourite boat, Mr. Frank Os good owner ; Haze, an old favourite, at present the property of Messrs. Van Schaick and Devlin ; the Calypso, built for and owned by Mr. Bache; Phantom, Commodore Stebbins ; -Ran z " bier, Messrs. Fearing, Skiddy, and Gandy ; and Sylvie, also one of George Steer's boats , now owned by Mr. Dodge. The latter has been entirely refitted and supplied with new mast s, sails, and rigging. The well-known schooner Maria is laid up at Hoboken, and will not be used this summer, as her owner, Mr. E. A. Stevens, i s pre paring to visit Europe. Among the new yachts building or built, Mr. P. Lorillard's new schooner, nearly ready at Westervelt's yard, is one of the largest ever built in America. Her length over all is 142 feet; breadth of beam, 28 feet ; hold, 10 feet. She has very hollow floor and ends, is a keel boat, but so framed that, if desirable, the keel may here after be removed, and a centre board substituted. She will have a heavy iron shoe attached under her keel to serve as ballast, and as a protection should she at any time take the ground. She is intended to take part in the regatta at Paris. Mr. Fish has modelled a small yacht (36 feet on deck) for Mr. Livingston, formerly owner of the sloop Annie, which is now building at the establish ment of Albertson Brothers, Philadelphia. Also a yacht of about the same size, intended to enter in the French regatta for smaller boats, to be built in England. Messrs. C. and R. Poillon have a first-class yacht on the stocks in their yard in Brooklyn. Her keel, 113 ; deck, 125 feet ; beam, 26 feet 8 inche s ; hold, 11 feet; mainmast, 90 feet; foremast, 89 feet; about 310 tons. She will have all the latest improve ments, and her rigging is being made in England, she is constructed with a view to great speed, and is 3 keel boat. Lennox of Gowanus Bay is building 3 sloop yacht, 43 feet on deck, for Mr. Edward Har vey, of the Atlantic Club. A. M. Whitman, builder of the sloops Nautilus, Jennie Cable, and Glance Will shortly launch a schooner yacht, the Alice, built for Mr. G. W. Kidd, and intended to cross the Atlantic this summer. She is a keel boat of about 100 tons; keel, 65 feet ; deck, 75 feet ; beam, 20 feet ; hold, 7 feet, and will draw about 5 feet of water without her board. Messrs. Pine and Davis have ready 3 schooner for Mr. Stevens of the Hoboken Club, called the Lucille; length, 51 feet ; breadth, 17 feet; and 51 feet deep ; built for comfort and accommo" dation more than for speed. Also a sloop, 70 fee t on deck, very sharp, and expected to be very fast' Messrs. Herreshoff and Stone, whose boats hav e attracted much attention, have recently launched 3 , schooner yacht, called the Sadie, for Mr. Bates of Boston, of the following proportions :—On deck, 51 ; feet; beam, 16 feet; depth, 51 feet. Her centre board extends unusually far aft, and is straddled by he r mainmast—a decided novelty in yacht building. They have also a sloop for sale, 36 feet on deck, which is pronounced to be a marvel of accony modation and elaborate finish for so small a boat. At South Boston Captain Bearse has launched a schooner, intended for the Paris Regatta. Length of keel, 80 feet; deck, 105 feet; beam, 26 feet 6 inches ; depth, 10 feet. She is finished With the view of carrying 50 passengers, and will be rigged as a topsail and top•gallant-sail schooner. he following are the dimensions of her principal spars :—Mainmast, 82 feet ; foremast, 70 feet; main -boom, 56 feet; fore-boom, 26 feet ; bowsp rit (out-board), 20 feet; main-gaff, 27 feet; fore-gaff , 26 feet ; a squaresail-yard, 55 feet; topsail-yard, 27 feet, and tupgallaut-sad yard, 16 feet. Canvas , about 1,600 yards. Mr. Townsend, of Portsmouth (New Hampshire), builder of the sloop Alice, is commencing the schooner Storm King for Messrs. Gibson, England' Mr. Fish is modelling a schooner of 170 tons for Mr. George Lorrilard, formerly owner of the sloop Eva. Many of our English readers may be surprised at the above list, learning perhaps for the first time the encouragement given in America, to the de signers and builders of the best yacht models.-- Anglo-American Times. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICII—SATunnAir. There was a tolerably good supply of wheat at market to-day, but, the farmers being reluctant sellers at any re" duction, trade was firm at last week's rates. In other articles little passing. Whito wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 74s ; red (lila (weighing 631 b), 62s to 68s per qr. Flour, 45s Od to 46 $ u per sack. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. At our market to-day there was a limited demand, all prices were is per qr. easier. Barley a small supply. i '' t in limited supply, and made higher rates. Beans sold 3„ a slight advance on previous rates. Peas quite as dear AP last week. Old white wheat, 70s to 75s ; old red, 64s to 70s ; Dr; white, 688 to 74s ; new red, 58s to 67s per 36 stone. ° 3 0 old, 34s to 378 ; new, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, °,4Bg Ms to 58s ; new, 55s to 58s per 38 stone. Fine flour, to 50s per sack. LE ICES TER —SATURDAY. At this day's market there was a seasonable supplY wheat, and a dull trade at a reduction of 6d to is Per lit Barley sold at late rates. Oats and beans sold at a slig advance. Olaf New white wheat, 68s to 74s ; new red, —s to —$ • white, s to —s ; old red, 60s to 69s per 36 stone. ley, for malting, 42s to 48s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 0 4 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 3ls to 38s ; new, 28s to 34s pe r `,„ stone. Beans, old, 42s to 49s ; new, 45s to 48s per 38 st op Fine flour, 51s ; seconds, 45s to 47s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. eg There was a limited quantity of wheat at our mar 10 to-day, with a slow inquiry, at about previous prices. 0 barley little doing. Oats at full prices. There was steady demand for beans, and prices were a little bigb er '36 New white wheat, 60s to 68s ; new red, 568 to 65s per stone. Barley, for malting, 38s to 40s per qr. ; grindia: 31s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 30s per 24 sto,2r, Beaus, new, 46s to 43s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to Flour 47s to 49s Der sack of 2801bs. iif Mrs. Green, the last revolutionary pensioner tho United States, has just died at the ago of 100 Yea rl. She was the widow of a soldier of the War of American 1/1; dependence. Six children, 46 grandchildren, 1 41 g reat grandchildren, and 13 great-great-granchildren survive he r Francisco Javier Sola, from Manzanillo, Cuba , I.° now in New York on his way to Germany. 11e i° mathematical prodigy, being able to perform the W S difficult and complicated calculation of problems mentally" His parents, however, desire that his education in others respects should receive his attention until ho shall ba T is matured his physicial developments, and for this reason have sent him to Germany. Births. iv/ P LANGTON—On the 17th inst., at South Norwood, t he of Rivers Langton, Esq., of a daughter. LAKE—On the 17th inst., at 49, Pembroke-road, .1-/ the wife of Colonel Atwell Lake, C. 8., of a son. y, SAYILL—On the 17th inst., at Valley Lodge, Snare sbre° the wife of Martin Savill, Esq., of a son. Marriages. LEVIEN—HENDRIES—On the 18th inst , at St. 1%-."-a vd boa, Kensington, Francis Levien, Esq., of rutneY7,3oi of the Stock Exchange, to Bertha Elizabeth , 3 9 "" D daughter of the late H. Hendries, Esq., of Claphun'' RAINY—ELLIS—On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's (Ib ,,, ll , r ylet Twickenham, William Rainy, Esq., of the Inner fr"l",.),d• barrister-at-law, to Elise Marie, only daughter Of -". Ellis, Esq., Corns Lodge, Twickenham. Deaths. .e 13 ' BREACH—On • —On the 15th inst ,at Stevnin G. T. ••-• r-11.c Esq., aged 67. CAMPERDOWN—On the 17th hag a t Wilton-terrace ' grave-square, Janet, Dowager Countess' of Cooper:WY aged 85. STEPHEN—At Dovercourt, near Harwich, Captain John Stephen, N., aged 1.. TAYLOR—On the. 17th inst., at 10, Laureston-plaee7ll'.r, Captain Robert Taylor, R.N., aged 74. WHITESTONE —On the 17th inst. at at Eaton Lodge, 113113/:.. stock-hill, Robert Whitestone; Esq., aged 69. g• WRIGHT—On the 10th inst., at Lympstone, Devoe, • A Wright, Esq., of Longton Hall, Derbyshire, aged London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDO S• l • 2, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TH E SUN Oillce, AND 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cellu t i bliddlosta.--Ncaday, Blay 20,1667.