The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

_ 7 1.1 MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELL G TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market to-day is very quiet, and the rates show no alteration. The following gold ships are now on their voyage from Afelbourne to England : —The Kent, with 39 ,526 ozs. ; the Holtnesdale, 16,421 ozs. ; the Yoko hama, 24 , 6 16 ozs. ; and the Superb, 40,000 ozs. ; .t . ne whol e representing £569,264. The Damascus, Sattara, and the Orwell have also sailed from Sydney with a total of 6,617 ozs., or 226,468. There were no gold operations at the Bank of tegland yesterday afternoon. lit During the last few days there has been very animation exhibited in the Foreign and Colo 11'4 Produce Markets. Sugar, however, has in most t i . latane eS maintained previous rates. Coffee con ullies at steady p r i ces, w hil e on l y a li m it e d b u siness has r r been transacted i n r i ce , a t b a rely previous rates. Tall ow has b een neg l ec t e d , an d quo t a ti ons f or pre dtit and future delivery show a downward ten ency. A tlantic and G rea t W es t ern R a il w ay debentures regain steady at 32 34, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 21 22. n The reports from Cornwall and Devon are most m iltav eurable to the mining interest. The miners, vr . wa Ys badly remunerated class, are now utterly al i l theu t wages, and are thrown upon their parishes over the county of Cornwall and in that portion Devon of ed ruth where they used to be employed. In the and Camburn districts the greatest amount suffering is to be found, as those are the regions fAWhere mines are more thickly clustered. Within a arr M onths, 50 mines have stopped working. There 1 1 0 0 mines now b e i ng wound up in the two great mining counties. The low prices of tin and co pper st are g enera ll y cons id ere d th e cau ses of this th at° of things, but the most formidable cause i 3 at the mines in that part of England have be 'eine too d eep i n t h e wor ki ng t o b e economically a r re nluneratingly conducted. In 1848 the prices o th o ti n and copper were lower than now, yet Z-e Was no such sweeping distress in the V- 1 * Mines and miners were then much fewer, ah I C prices soon rose as the panic subsided. Of late a an Y exhausted mines (exhausted for practical and b•l L i ng purposes) were worked, or attempted to be wor ked, comp an i es h av i ng b een go t u p for that pur 15CA°. Ore of course was obtained, but at an ex which ruined the companies. Our mining adven turers must be in quest of discoveries nearer th e surface, or in testing lodes which have not been prove d in well-ascertained metalliferous districts. .• The directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial Mining O ld Company have received the following advices from their resident director, Mr. Bland, ; 44t ed Clones, 26th March, 1867:—Four weeks' .1 e 4 t11 : 118 for February—Quantity of quartz crushed, '° 7 tons ; gold obtained, 1,252 ounces ; yield per tan'payments 5 dwts. grs. ; receipts, £4,858 13s. Bd. ; - 0 1i:tie nt; £5,355 ss. 9d. ; excess of expenditure jer receipts, £491 12s. ld. Mr. Bland writes ci er eon as follows :—" The above account shows a C fiei ency of near £5OO as the result of the month's jr but the board will observe that the excess of expenditure over receipts is caused by the large outlay for firewood for the year's supply, and the remitt ances t o E ng land for stores that (lav e (l not ye t arr i ve d . T hese t wo items de ducted would l eave a p ro fit of about £7OO for tde ducted°latb. This is always a difficult time of year i n r espect to finances, on account of laying in the Win ter stock of firewood and mine timber, and this bythe difficulty has unfortunately been inc reased Y a diminution in the yield of the quartz. The ret urn for f our wee ks in March is as follows : Qu artz crushed, 4,235 tons; gold obtained 1 , 697 uz s • I yield per ton, 8 dwt. The current month Will include, as usual in March, six weeks' re turn. This is a considerable improvement ~.E v er late returns, and I am in great hopes we may 'e able to keep it up. Should the current fortnight yi eld as well as the average of the last fou r wee k s, it will pl ace us i n a very goo d fi nanc i a l position : i n. Our heaviest expenses will ter m i na t e thi s Re duction ; all the winter's stock of fir ewoo d a t the 'eduction Works has been delivered, and will be pall for b e f ore t h e en d o f th e mon th, an d Id o not anticipate any unusual expense at the mine." e The dire c t ors o f th e E ng lish and Australian Coppe r mpany (Limited) have received advices from their -na ger, dated Port Adelaide, March 29. The qua ntity of coal at Koor i nga was 1,697 t ons , a t 4Plin da 681 tons, and at Port Adelaide 2 , 146 tons. At th e Boura W or k s coal continued to be stocked for 1 , 0 , - t he winter. At the port all the furnaces were at 114 , with th e except i on o f on e refining, which was "out for repairs. Two O'CLOCK. 13r rit i B h Government Securities remain in a v er y ° g position, a lth oug h less buoyant than they a N i re a f ew days ago. This no doubt arises from 5 7 3. es in realisation of property. Conso l s are now _ th i eum div. for money, and div. for I ex e acc ount. 89 '1 ; lie New Threes and Reduced Annuities are Il e 5 4, an d 898 90 respectively ; E xc hequer 22 5. to 265. prem. ; Bank of England I .; e i c k, 253 ; I ndia Stock, 218 ; d i tto 5 per C en ts, ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents, 1021 ; and ditto ° I , 11(18 ) 52 5. prem. or value . e ieu. Stocks to-day show an improvement in ilya l a most i ns t ances . S pan i s h P ass i ve have ad , to 21k 8; Certificates, i f, to 138 148 ; to 5 per Cents. 8, to 301 8 ; Russian Scrip, and cunea , 1 dis. to pa r ; Chili an S cr ip, to 3} dis. ; , ua nubian Scrip 1, to 4 3 dis. ; but Greek have c an ttol3 12 ; and Italian 1, to 52 Ifni :: r emain at 16k g. Si ltlerea sed depression has prevailed in the Railway are Market. Midland have declined 2 ; Great p o l r i f ther n A. Stock, 2 ; Great Northern and Metro kn,'"ah, each 1 ; Great Western and North Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, each ; and South '''aate rn, li In t he Foreign and Colonial lines there has been a re (3 , c hange of importance. Great Luxembourg uealt in et ; South Austrian and Lombardo auctile„tian, at 15. i. ; Bombay and Baroda, at 102/ ; 13 klreat Indian Peninsula, at 108/ 109. aod " L k shares continue in very limited demand, and a i rvy no great alteration in values. London litli n : °44 tY New Shares have declined to 22; ; to 1 - 2 7 ef London to 39 ; City Bank have improved Mi t ; and Union of Australia receded to 461. quietacQblialleous and Finance shares remain very Atl antic ti t Prices generally are well supported. 50 92 ; ' , T ele graph 8 per Cents. have improved to a i n , d rr e i ‘j eb r r e an it h i2 oncier of England to 2 5-16ths '( r Construction and Maintenance to 4 . 'VerY little b "eellritieD United has taken place in American 4t 72 , United States 5-20 Bonds are lower, and Erie Shares and Illinois continue at 42 f respectively. MINING MARKET. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The . the dealings have been to a fair extent to-day. farad sh ares Chiefly inquired for have been South Q.on, Devon .Consols, Great Retallick, West 'lver on Atl ti , x ' North Retallick, Providence, and Basset. o hi ed are the latest prices:— eovnetrton 'Moor ..... 51 51 Marko Valley Qi ia 4, 1 ., Gobi ...... 3 3 North Crofty fjP., ,r'l Amalgamate 5 5 North Itetalliek , ; s v '• 13asset ............ 15 17 Prince of Wales 51s Od 52304 t, it :1. 1 ,, •Gt. Consols 390 400 Providence Mines ,_29_ 1,, l a.st ;.'ardon ......... 5} 51 South Caradon 331U4"1u5 ~',l v. -„!-,ovell ..•. ........ Tincroft ,t'st‘,lttissell ......... 21 21 West Chiverton Gre Vlie,alGrenville 2} 2i West Seton qr:t Lazey ........ 171 181 Wheal Chiverton —6s — 7O (I,,ekt Laze ...... 41 54 Whealßasset a't Wheal Vor... 171 18 Wheal Seton llO 115 BUITISII F UNDS —CLOSING PLIcES. 5 O),E (31 a be , RNEIENT FUNDS. bt U eut. Consols 91f 2 1/ ilb.(3. Account, J tsie,fune 9 xd " No w o 2 per Cent B9i 901 891 .............. D o. t per Coot. J an. 1894 4,lttilitiper Cent. Jan. 1873 _ /30• for q 0 yrs, expire sth Jan , 1880 Do (R e a ? r , Yrs, expire sth April 1885 — xe ,. v. , eu bea Telegraph), , 1908 'Legion. Bills, Xl,OOO, a uud 4 per Ct. 22 pm D o .£500 Do. £lOO & £2OO 26 pm' Bank of England Stock. 61 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. tnOtan Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2lB Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do:Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — A ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account 734 3 1 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 341 C.iilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent A . Do. „ B — Do. „ 1867 Do. ' , Scrip, £2O paid 3l 2f dis C )1, mbian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — D 3. 5 per Cent., 1864 — D atubian Prinmpaliti afJ, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 If 1867 Do. 1)0. Scrip, £35 paid dis E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — egyptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue — Do. £lOO Bonds i'o. Do. 1864 Bl 891_ Do. XlOO Bonds B5 31 - i Do Government Railway Debentures Bl4 24 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 13i Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Gaatemala 5 per Geld .. 1 alian 5 per Cer t 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — M. 'iicar. 8 per Cent Ditto for Account • — Do. 1861 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .... qontevidean 6 per Cent. . _ g.porish Imperial 5 per Cent We .v Granada l3} Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land .✓arrants (Hectares) Peluvian 5 per Cent 1865 ,. 691 Do Account — Do 41 per Cent., 1865 .— Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6,'7,'9,'60,'2, 3 41, 1 1 1 Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St B 6l 1 Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 41 por Cent., 1860 Do 3 par Cent., 1859 — Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Bs} 1 1 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 B7} D ‘. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 Bs} 6 51 . dt . s Do. do. £6O paid 4ardinian 5 pd. Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acc/Junt Do New Deteued — Do. Account Do Passive 2ll 1 Do Acci.ant 2ll a Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded l3l 14 Do Account SAmlish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid rurkish 8 per Cent. 1854 — Do. Account 53 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 53} Do. Account 56 Do .£lOO Bonds - Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do XlOO Bonds 551 5 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed lol} Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. 1864 2Ol Ditto 11 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian, a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i- per Ceut. Ex. 12 Gail,• 56 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... B6l French Routes, 3 Der Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italia), 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f 521 11 21 2 Do. Account — T lIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money, cum div 9ll I Do. Account, ex div. 9Ol 1 xd LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Common Jury.) PATTISON V. BALE AND BALE V. PATTISON. In these cases which were cross suits, the parties were the same, and the facts to be adduced in both cases were stated by counsel to be identical. His Lordship said that under the circumstances, and with a view to save public time, he thought it desirable that both cases should be heard together. Mr. Ribton, who was counsel for the plaintiff in the first action, and defendant in the second, and Sergeant Parry, who represented the other party, acceded to the suggestion of the Court. The first action was brought by the plaintiff, who is a livery stable-keeper, in Marlborough row, to recover a guinea for the hi re o f a horse, aud for the injuries which it had sustained through the neglect or awkwardness of Mr. Bale. The de fendant, who is assistant to a mercer in Regent street, had hired the horse for the purpose of going to Croydon races, and, according to the evidence for the plaintiff, while riding the horse in a canter along the New Cross road, endeavoured to pass one of Pickford's vans, which was in the centre of the road, and went at the wrong side. It appeared, however, that he changed his intention and turned the horse quickly, by which it came violently into contact with the iron-cased tail-board of the vau, and Mr. Bale was thrown off. The injuries to the horse were so severe that his value became so seriously diminished that he could not dispose of it at anything like its original value. The horse was a very quiet animal, and any person, according to the plaintiff's asser tion, could have ridden it with perfect safety, pro vided he knew how to manage a horse. The defendant, Mr. Bale, brought his action to recover damages for injuries he had sustained by being thrown from the horse, which he described as being very unmanageable, and having shied on the occasion in question. He said that he was ac customed to horse riding, and that he was in no way to blame for what had occurred. The parties entered into an arrangement, and a juror was withdrawn, which closed a case that pro mised to have occupied the court all the day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) UNDERWOOD V. SILCOCK. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an alleged breach of contract. Mr. D.' Seymour, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Henry James for the defendant. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff and a man named Ewer that the latter had been in trusted by plaintiff to find a publichouse for him, of which he should be the manager, and it should be carried on in his name, plaintiff, however, finding the capital, and Ewer, as he expressed it, " the ability." This was in February last, and about that time the defendant, Silcock, who was the landlord of " The Prince of Wales," wished to dis pose of his house. He put himself into commu nication with Mr. Motion, who is the transfer agent of Messrs. Curtis, the distillers, who had a mort gage of £350 on the house. This gentleman saw Ewer, who came to terms about the matter; and Messrs. Knight, the brokers of plaintiff, handed over a cheque as a deposit. Plaintiff and Ewer subsequently went to Messrs. Curtis's and saw one of the partners, and asked him to permit them the loan of £350 ; but he declined, and the transfer did not take place, and this action was brought to recover compensation in consequence. It was states that the whole Of the licenses were to be iu Ewer's name. The case was proceeding when we went to press. MAILS FOR COLON AND PANAMA, VIA THE UNITED STATES.—Letters and Newspapers ad dressed to Colon or to Panama (United States of Colombia) may in future be forwarded either by British or by United States' Packet to New York, to be conveyed thence by the. United States' Mail Packets which leave NOW York three times in each month. Such letters and newspapers must be specially addressed " via New York." Upon letters, postage at the rate of ls. 2d. per half ounce, and upon newspapdrs 21 each, must be paid in advance.—By commaudof the Postmaster- General.—General Post-of f ice, May 13, 1867. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 14, 1867. POLICE INTELLIGESCE.--This Day. most shamefully persecuted by a violent and wrong headed man. The young lady was the daughter of Mrs. Mills, by her first husband, and a well-con ducted, intelligent young lady of good education and address. The prisoner was quite unknown to the family he had harassed. Four years ago the prisoner bought a pair of boots in the shop of Mr. Mills, who kept a large outfitting establish ment in the West India-road, Limehouse, and he then became enamoured of the charms of Miss Woodroffe, or pretended to be so, and had ever since, at intervals, pestered her with his attentions, and declared himself violently in love with her. He had called at her residence at all hours, followed her over the streets when she was out, declared most unalterable love and constancy towards her, and said he would die if she did not marry him. Sher had in vain repeatedly told him to desist from his attentions ; her opposition only made him the more ardent in his professions of attachment to her per son. The prisoner had bean at home for the last' 18 months, and during the whole of that time he had become a nuisance and annoyance to Miss Woodroffe and to Mr. and Mrs. Mills. The priloner had frequently remained in the street opposite the shop of Mr. and Mrs. Mills from eleven o'clock in the day until one and two the nest• morning, and occasionally going into the shop, and alternately making use of fond and endearing language, and declaring there was no happiness on earth without her, or threatening to shoot her if she did not marry him, or to shoot any one else she might marry. Mr. Mills' workpeople had fre quently removed the fellow, and officers of that court had remonstrated with him. His threats, violence, and bad language towards •Miss Wood roffe had become so continuous and alarming that the young lady was obliged to take out a war rant. He should call a witness to prove that the prisoner was a married man and the father of one child, and his intentions must therefore be of a dishonourable character. Miss Jessy Woodroffe confiinied the statement of her solicitor, and said that twice last week the prisoner came into her step-father's warehouse and said he would shoot her if she did not marry him. He followed her through the streets and collected a mob about her. Mr. Partridge—Did you ever give him any en couragement to address you as a lover ? Miss Woolroffe—Nong whatever, sir. His pre sence and language are very disagreeable. The prisoner, who spoke with a strong northern accent, said he dearly loved the young lady and the very ground she stool upon. lie saw her for the first time four years ago, and her father said to him, " I wish you to ba my son-in-law." The young lady had sent him letters declaring her affection for him. Miss Woodroffe—Never. Send letters to you, ndeed ! The prisoner then produced a letter, signed " Rosella Mills," in which the writer declared that " John Piper, her dear Piper," would alone make her happy. _ . MisslVoodroffa was desirad to look at the l e tt e r, and she said it was not in her handwriting. Mr. Partridge asked the priso ner why he threatened to shoot the young lady. The Prisoner--To prevent her having anybody else. I know she loves me. She is always inquiring after me. If she will send me a letter stating she don't love me, I will give her up. I could have married a richfarmer's daughter but for her. Let them tell me by letter she will not have me, and I'll go clean away. Merritt and Walton, officers of the court, said they had removed the prisoner from the front .of Mr. Mills' house, and expostulated with the prisoner by direction of Mr. Paget, and he said he would never give her up. Mrs. Rachel Mills, mother of the complainant, said the prisoner had called her daughter a bastard, and threatened to kill her. Her daughter had not given him the slightest encouragement. The Prisoner—Let her give me her handwriting, and I'll give up the chase ; not without. Mr. Charles Young asked the magistrate to call upon the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peace from the prisoner's annoyances. The Prisoner--I will be Mr. Mills' son-in-law ; he promised that. Mr. Partridge doubted whether the prisoner was in a sane state of mind, and told him the letter pro duced was a forgery, which the young lady, whose conduct was very proper and becoming, entirely re pudiated. The prisoner was labouring under some extraordinary delusion. The young lady and her family must be protected from these annoyances—a ecjustly called. He ordered the e rs pri u s t o i n o e n it hadrtofin b db e a e i n l to be of good behaviour, and keep the peace towards her Majesty's subjects, and especially towards Miss Woodroffe, his own personal recognisance in £lOO and two sureties of £5O each, and remanded him until Saturday next. In the interval a surgeon would inquire into the state of the prisoner's mind. THE DREADFUL TRAGEDY AT BUCK DURST HILL. THE EVIDENCE OF MISS GRIPPE THIS DAY. WALTHAM ABBEY, Tuesday. • At a quarter to 11 o'clock this forenoon the magistrates took their seats upon the beach ; Mr. Do wes was chair man. the proceedings on behalf o f th e accused. o ßo c w lerk, read a l oud the charge, w hi c h 'street, London, appeared to watch stated A t j h be a sr t as F : r s e hf d oi erick Alexander Watkins had maliciously stabbed and wounded Matilda Gripps with a dagger, in a field at Buckhurst-hill with intent to murder her. The first witness culled was Matilda Grippe. Sho ap peared to be very weak, and she was accommodated with a seat. She was sworn, and Mr. Jessop then read over to her the depositions which she had previously made. Ho read it in the third person, and as he stated the facts that she had deposed to, she answered "yes" in a very feeble tone of voice. The depositions stated that sho had met with the accused on the night of the 24th of April near her father's house, and that he invited her to take a walk, and that she consented. When in a field near Buckhurst-hill ho charged her with speaking to other young men, and that she denied it. Ile then struck her on the head and then with a dagger on the breast. At that point she said, in a very faint voice, "And be hind the blade bone." The clerk then continued reading the depositions, and said that he stabbed her several times, and that she know not what happened. Clerk—Have you anything to aid to the depositions that you have made ? Matilda Gripps—Nothing. Mr. Abrams then said that ho should liko to put a few questions to her, and ho asked her if she had not always boon very affectionately treated by the prisoner ? Miss Gripps—He always treated mo with the greatest affection and attention. I know that his father had an estate. I made the prisoner's acquaintance at his father's house. He never complained to me of pains in his head. He never told me that watchmaking gave him pains in the head. He did say that brickmaking agreed with him bettor than watchmaking. lfe said he had bettor health. I recollect his having his ears pierced, but I do not recol lect that he had it done on account of pains in his head. I walked out with him on Easter Monday. lie told me that ho had been to the stag-hunt. He did not tell me that ho was uneasy in his mind. Ido not recollect that he told mo that he could not sleep at night. 1 would not venture to swear that he did not. Ile came to my house on the Tuesday evening. Ido not think that he was in au excited state. Ile came at a quarter past eight o'clock. We left the house at half-past eight o'clock. I did n o t no ti ce anything peculiar in hiemanner. I d o not recollect his reply to oni said me, "Matilda, . lda, I feel unhappy in my mind." H o havemight da came her o e eyes, assistance. and lay back in At this stage of the examination the witness became e the Mr. Abrams said that ho would make the examination quite overcome, ° ln a l o i r d n o s at h once c closed as short as possible. Miss Grippe was here assisted out of the com t. (The case was proeuding when we went to press.) A powder has been compounded by M ons . 'Latin, of Paris, called after its inventor Hottin g , d es i gne d to make linen fi ro - proo f without imp a i r i ng i ts whiteness. Ihenmixed gunk is a dprepared by addin g a li ttle ammonia to a solution of phosphoric acid lime, and filtering with animal carbon, then evaporating until concentrated, when five per cent. of gelatinous silicic acid is added and the whole evaporated to a crystal substance and pulverized. All inventions whic:i toad to lcsson danger from fire should have a fair trial. " Why are orphans the happiest children in the world ?" asked a little boy of his mother, who had been just chastising him. "They aro not happy," sa id th e mother ; " but why do you think they a r e ?" Because they have no mothers to spank 'ow." TH. lit 14'4D1:1 1 E0N N. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. *SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. BATH RACES—T[IIs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. The Lausdown Trial Stakes of 5 sovs eau)), with 50 added ; three year olds 7s 31b, four Bst 51b, five and upwards 9st ; mares allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 800 sovs ; if entered for 400 sovs allowed 31b, if not to be sold 71b extra ; one mile. Ostreger Crown Prince 2 Queen of Trumps BIENNIAL STAKES. The Fifteenth Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 31b; the - second to save his stake ; one mile and a half ; 83 subs. Van Amburgh .• 1 Wroughton .. 2 Man of Ross Five ran. Won in a canter. COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. The County Members' Plato (Handicap) of 50 sovs ; win ners of any handicap after May 10 (at 10 a.m.)slb extra. One mile. Tumbler Opposition Rhymer b.. a Seven ran. SIXT EENTII BIENNIAL. The Sixteenth Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geld ings Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 31b; the second to save his stake; about half a mile. 61 subs. Grimston 1 Lord Palmerston Patrician 3 Five ran. BEAUFORT CUP. The Beaufort Cup, value 300 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st, four Bst 101 b, five 9st 41b, six and aged 9st 6lb ; certain penalities and allowances; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes ; to start at the Mile Post once round (about two miles and a half). 40 subs. Moulsey Flying Scud Knight Errant . 3 Five ran. SELLING S TAKES. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added ; two year olds ?at, three 83t 121 b, four, five, and upwards 9st 81b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 41b, 50 71b, 30 141 b; straight half mile. Land's End Osprey 2 Mouchair 3 Five ran. BATH HANDICAP. The Bath Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft if declared by eight o'clock on Monday evening, with 100 added; winners of any handicap after May 10 (at ten a.m.), Olb, of two or more handic tps 101 b extra ; one mile ; 40 subs. Goojerat Knight Errant Chevalier D'Esprit 8 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Vauban (taken) 3to 1 agst The Rake (taken) 100 to 8 agst Van Ainburgh (taken) 20 to 1 agst Julius (taken) 20 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 1000 to 40 agst D'Estouruel (taken) 1000 to 40 agst The Palmer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Gipsy King (taken) 10,000 to 50 agst Tynedale (offered) 10,000 to 50 agst Corporal (offered) NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS. —JOUR STIRX, late of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage he has received during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Llinbard-street ; and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. HOPKINS and JOIIN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all racas throughout the year. Address-33, OXENDEN STREET4 Mr. GEOUGE WEBB his lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches; also iu George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. THE HAVELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can be seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreigu cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walwortb.- road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. JOE NOSH has a List at the Post in George-yard, Snow hill, and at the Back of the Arches, Farringdon-street. Joe Nash will be in tho Ring at the Principal Meetings. J. N. has no representative out of London but himself. Private address, No. 1, King Edward-street, Westminster road, London. TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, London.-11r. SYDNEY SMITII (Member of Tattersall's) will execute COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin cipal races throughout the year, front £1 to any amount. Post-office orders made payable to St. James's-street and Piccadilly offices. Cheques to be crossed London and Westminster Bank. 5 per cent. charged upon all winnings. Telegraphic mJssagus cannot be attended to. Further particulars and prices, see The Sportsman, published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. N.B.—No connection with the City of London Turf Agency, 5, Bath-street, Newgate-street. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SOUTHAMPTON, May 14. The Royal Mail steamer Tasmanian has arrived here with the above mails, 108 passengers, $859,208 i n specie, and 1,299 packages of cargo, consisting chiefly of cocoa and coffee. She left St. Thomas on the 29th ult. From the Bth to the 12th inst. she experienced a heavy northerly gale. The American ship Patmos was at St. Thomas,- discharging guns and amm un iti on f or t h e Chili an Government. She was closely watched by two Spanish war ships. The American Consul had sent to the Admiral on the Ilaytien station for a man-of-war to protect the Patmos. In Chili the elections had passed off quietly. It is expected that Congress will devote much attention to the reform of the Constitution. A tem pestuous session was anticipated. At Valparaiso the markets were active, and con siderable transactions had taken place in produce. Freights were weaker. Exchange on London, 471 47 ; on Paris, 485. In Peru the priests and their friends had con vened a meeting, and, in consequence of resolutions that have been passed, the Ministry have resigned. Peace has been established in Guatemala. The coffee crop at Costa Rica is 180,000 quin tals. The cochineal crop is not so good. Congress meets in May. The West India islands wore healthy. Matters at Hayti were at a stand-still. Iu Honduras the Indians continued their depre dations. BOW-STREET. ADVERTISING ATTORNIES.—An elderly man, of somewhat careworn aspect, applied to Mr. Flowers for a warrant against a solicitor for obtaining money by false pretences. It appeared that it was in consequence of an advertisement in a newspaper that the applicant had consulted the attorney in question, who had undertaken to conduct certain professional business, for which applicant had paid him, but which he had not performed. It WaF pretty clear, the applicant contended, that there had never been any intention of doing the work, from several circumstances which he mentioned, one of which was that the solicitor had since " ab sconded" from his place of business. Mr. Flowers asked what would be the use of his issuing a warrant if no one knew where the defen dant was to be found ? The Applicant—We might serve him if we could drop on him. Mr. Flowers was afraid, however, that no charge of false pretence could be sustained. It appeared to him that this was simply a case of breach of contract for which no criminal charge could be maintained, He could not but wonder that people would employ attornies who advertised in the news papers. That was a practice to which respeCtable solicitors did not resort, and those who did so ought to be regarded with suspicion from that very fact, like the advertising ivack doctors. Of course there were dishonest persons amongst attornies as well as in other professions, and surely it was not likely that if a solicitor was a swindler, he, having the skill and knowledge to comply with or evade the law, would allow himself to be entangled in its meshes by committing an offence for which he could be criminally prosecuted. He (Mr. Flowers) would not say that there might not be some means of obtaining redress, and perhaps the applicant would do well to consult a respectable solicitor, but cer tainly he had no remedy in this court. The applicant could not understand how such conduct could be otherwise than criminal. It seemed to him to be as bad as robbing a man of his purse upon the high road. Mr. Flowers—Then I must say one thing which I fear may not be agreeable to you. A man cannot help going upon the high road to any place where his business calls him ; and if he is robbed on the high road, that may not be his own fault. But no necessity compels a man to employ an ad vertising attorney, and if he does so and gets robbed he has himself to blame. The Applicant—l thiuk the highroad is much the safer place. Mr. Flowers—A robbery there is an offence which the criminal laws can reach, and this is not. The applicant left the court, determined to con sult a solicitor who did not advertise. MARLBOROUGH-STREET A , 4 BETTING MAN" CHARGED WITH " RINGING THE CIIANGES."—John Hurley alias Henley, de scribing himself as a betting man, was charged with stealing at the York Minster public-house, Wardour-street, 18s. Bd., the moneys of Mr. Wm. Rowlands, the landlord. Mrs. Mary Rowlands, wife of the prosecutor, said that on Friday evening, the prisoner and another man came into her house and called for some liquor. The prisoner's companion threw down a sovereign to pay for it, upon which the prisoner told her not to take for it out of the sovereign, and threw down some halfpence, but not enough. The prisoner's companion, who had taken up the sove reign, again threw it down, and the prisoner told her not to change it. The prisoner and his com panion baffled her a good deal, and at last it was agreed the sovereign should be changed, and the prisoner's companion dropped into her hand what she thought was a sovereign, and the gave him 18s. Bd. change, and they left, and directly after they had gone she found that the coin dropped into her hand was a shilling. She sent her young man out to see whether he could see anything of them, but he did not succeed in doing so, and she then spoke to Sergeant Cole. In answer to Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marl borough-street, who appeared for the prisoner, Mrs. Rowlands said she saw no more of the prisoner till he was taken into custody. She was certain as to the prisoner's identity, although he wore at the time ' - a different hat and coat. Sergeant Cole said that at half-past 9 on Friday evening last he saw the prisoner and two other men he knew in Wardour-street. The prisoner was then wearing a light coat and a deerstalker. He followed them about for some time, wanting them for another matter, but lost them, and he was after wards informed what had occurred at Mr Rowland's. Last night he saw the prisoner in the Australian Stores, Little Windmill-street, and said, " Jack, I want you for stealing 19s. from the York Minster, Wardour-street." He replied, " 19s. ; I never stole 19s. in my life." lle told the prisoner that he would have to go to the station, and he repeated several times that he never stole 19s. i❑ his life ; and on getting to the station he (Sergeant Cole) found that it was 18s. Bd. the prisoner was charged with stealing. He afterwards got three persons and placed them with the prisoner, and im mediately Mrs. Rowlands saw him she picked him out, saying that she would know him from 100 others, and she had also described him accurately to him. He wished for a remand, as there would be numerous cases against the prisoner. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on the pri soner's behalf, contending that the evidence against him was very weak, the only share in the transac tion taken by the prisoner being his preventing his companion changing the sovereign and then throw ing down some halfpence. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought it a case for a £lO bail, but upon Sergeant Cole stating that the pri soner, who was well known to the police, would not appear to that bail, it was increased to two bail of £2O each, Mr. Tyrwhitt stating that he would also require 24 hours' notice of bail. WESTMINSTER. A MODEL SERVANT.--SarahSimmonds, a dimi nutive and demure-looking young woman, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of herself. James Butcher, 346 B, proved finding the de fendant in the King's-road last night in the situa tion described. She had a bonnet in one hand and a purse in the other. She was fined ss. An aged gentleman stepped forward, and, in his haste to address the magistrate, took his place by mistake in the felon's dock. Released from this unenviable position, he said, " Now, pray excuse me, I am anxious to say something in favour of the young woman you have just had before you. She is the very pattern of propriety, the most innocent, industrious, respectable, quiet, abstemious person in the world. Sheis my servant, and I know how deserv ing she is. She had leave to go out yesterday, and like a good girl, as she is, went to see her poor mother, who is a pauper, maintained in St. James's work house ; and, as she came back, she had the mis fortune it seems to meet with some acquaintances, who induced her to drink, and it seems she got in toxicated. Well, I was sitting up with my sister when there was a knock at the door, and they came to tell me of the circumstance. I thought you might possibly forgive her. Mr. Selfe--1 can't do that ; it would be unjust to others. dentleman—l am very sorry for that. Mr. SVfe—Slie is a very valuable servant, you say. Is she not worth ss. ? Gentleman—l don't know. Mr. Selfe—Not worth Os. to you ? Gentleman—" Well, yes, she is. Yes, she is worth ss. to me as a servant ; " saying which he paid the fine. T lIAM ES A VIOLENT LOVER.—EXTRAORDINARY John Piper, a seaman, aged 40, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with threatening to shoot Miss Jessy Woodroffe, a young lady about 21 years of age, and putting her in bodily fear. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the pro secution for Mr. and Mrs. Mills, the stepfather and mother of the complainant, who, he said, had been IMPERIAL PARLIA IA ENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tilts EVENING. The Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented several peti tions against the use of clerical vestments. One from Boulogue-sur-31er, in France, from English residents; another from Essex; and a third from St. Saviour's, Chelsea. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Farquharson (of luvercauld) Estate), and Halifax and Overden Junction Railway Bills were read a second time. THE CLERICAL VESTMENTS (No. 2) BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, iu moving the second reading of this bill, said that the question had been so long before the public, and had caused -so much agitation, that it should at once be settled. lie thought it his duty to adhere to the bill which he had proposed, al though he had no objection to a commission being ap pointed to investigate the subject. It was necessary that the matter should be settled at once. He wished to be embodied in an Act of Parliament what had been the usages as far as vestments were, con cerned from the period of the Reformation. To know what satisfied our forefathers, our ancestors, and our fathers, and had also been approved by the gravest prelates and divines.• Ho had carefully founded the bill tie proposed upon the 58th Canon, which contained the ancient practice as to the assumption of robes by the clergy from the earliest times of the Reformation. He must detain them for seine little time while lie traced by documentary evidence what had peen the robes used by the clergy from that period till the present time. In the time of Elizabeth it was enacted that the officiating clergyman or curate should wear a "comely surplice" white, and with a black hood. In 1569 Archbishop Parker inquired into what kind of vestments were .used, and ordered that the white surplice should be worn, according to the Queen's enact ment. During many succeeding years of that period the question was put by the various archbishops and bishops, when the clergymen went forth apparelled according to the Queen's command. It was also further enacted that no garment should be worn except that which distin guished the Master of Arts. He would like to call to their lordships' attention the great amount of injunctions and commands which were laid upou the clergy against aoy assumption of ritualistic garments. Bishop Oosens who held the see of Durham especially laid such injunc tions in 1662. The noble earl quoted the names of several other prelates during that century. He would like now to direct the attention of the house to a resolution which was passed in the House of Qonvocation at York, held only in the March of the present year. It was to the effect that the innovation was entirely inadmissible, and that this was the opinion of both houses. The American bishops in synod at New York had been also of the same opinion, and the Canadian bishops assembled in convoca tion at Montreal. They considered that no alteration should be made, or any innovations introduced, in opposi tion to the practice of the Church of England. There was upon this question a legal doubt, and it was one which struck the eye and went deep into the hearts of the English people, and which ought, therefore, to be settled. If they objected to the bill he trusted that they would provide some other. There was an objection that he (the noble lord) proposed to proceed by bill instead of by commission, but let the bill precede the commission. It was not till the bill had been sometime upon the table of the house that a commis sion had been proposed. By commission it would be doing exactly what the ritualistic party desired; it would pro tract the question, and allow it to be s till f urt h er i n t r uded upon the minds f the people, and this would enable the ritualists to make hay while the sun shone. There were no less than 2,000 churches in England which had lights upon the altar, which was quite contrary to the rubric of the Church of England. He thought that he had shown their lordships that everything demanded that this bill should be carried out, inasmuch as it would controvert a great schism which had arisen in the land, and which tended to subvert the religion of the country. The noble lord commented upon a book which he said was entitled "The Church and the World," and this book he stigma tised as most disloyal to the Church. He then quoted several passages from that work. It advocated Ritualism and the celibacy of the cleigy, and stated that our worship must be the system of the theatre. Then the simple wor ship of our Church was to degenerate into the gorgeous machinery used in attracting crowded audiences like the spectacular scenes of a theatre. !LEFT SPEAKING. 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. Tho SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member for the University of Oxford, in the place of the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, who, since his election, had received the appointment of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Mr. FAWCETT gave notice on an early day of mov ing a resolution to the effect, that the scholarships in Trinity College, Dublin, should not be exclusively con fined to members of the Established Church. THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. Mr. WYLD asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was true that the King of Abyssinia had refused to comply with the Queen's request that he should liberate the captives; whether in consequence the English engineers who were engaged to enter the King's service had returned or were about to return to England; and whether, any and what further steps were being taken by the Govei nment to obtain the release' of Mr. Rassam, Consul Cameron, and the other captives. Lord STANLEY said, in answer to the bon. member, he could not say that the King of Abyssinia had refused to liberate the prisoners, because lie had received no an swer to the communication that had been made to him. He knew that the King had received the letter of the Queen some time ago, yet the prisoners 4ere still detained: With respect to the return of the engineers, Colonel Mere weather had thought that, in consequence of the delay of the release of the prisoners, it would not be safe for them to proceed into the interior at present, and the Government had agreed with that suggestion. One of the chiefs of the engineers bad been taken ill shortly after his arrival at Aden, therefore he had been compelled 'to return to Eng land under any circumstances. He (Lord Stanley) had written to the King on the 16th of April, stating that unless the prisoners were released the presents which had been prepared and sent out would not be delivered. He was not in a position then to give any further information. ESCAPE FROM A CONVENT. Mr. WHALLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention had been given to a statement in the Times of the 11th of May, that six young ladies had escaped from a convent at Glos sop, and having walked to Sheffield, a distance of twenty-five miles, were there taken charge of by the police, and by them handed over to another convent called Notre Dame at the request of the Superior of the convent from which I hey had escaped ? whether it was his opinion that the police at Sheffield were justified in so acting ? whether any inquiry would be instituted as to the circumstances connected with this escape? and, generally, whether any, and what, means were available for affording protection to any such persons against detention in con vents against their will? Mr. WALPOLE said he had that morning directed that au inquiry should be made into the circumstances of the case, and until that had taken place he could not give any information on the subject. THE REFORM BILL Mr. FOSTER asked when it was proposed to proceed with the committee on this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he intended to proceed with the committee on the Represen tation of the People Bill on Thursday next, if he could do so at a reasonable hour. There was, however, important business on the paper for that evening which could not be delayed. At all events he should proceed with the committee on Monday if he could not do so before that day. THE MALT TAX. Colonel BARTTELOT moved fora select committee to inquire into the operation of the malt tax. He said it was of the utmost importance that such a committee should be appointed, because it proposed to deal with an article which entered largely into consumption, and one which was of the greatest importance to the working classes. If the duty was reduced it would enable the brewers to provide the labouring population with an ar ticle which would be beneficial to them, and throw out of consumption that disgraceful stuff which was sold in small country public-houses, and which was called beer. It was a compound formed of the most deleterious articles, and one which if hon. members only once tasted it they would never wish to do so again. It would also be but an act of justice to the farmer that some thing should be done to enable them to discharge the heavy burdens which were now pressing upon them. Mr. READ seconded the motion, and his reason for doing so was that the English farmer might be enabled to compete with the foreigner, who had cheap land, cheap labour, and light taxation. He believed that the strong argument against the repeal of the malt tax was, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not afford to loose the product of the tax; but he thought that if the right hon. gentleman could not give the whole he might at least make such a reduction as would prove acceptable to the far mer and advantageous to the working population.. It had been stated that the strengthening and greater pro duction of beer wodld lead to an increase of drunkenness, but he did not believe that, because it was well known that in wine-producing countries drunkenness was not as pre valent as it was in places where the facilit y of obtaining wine was notlsogreat. The effect of the existing malt tax bad been most pernicious, because malting and brew ing had been a complete monopoly, and therefore on that. ground alone the operations of the tax ought to be strictly inquired into. Mr. GLADSTONE said he believed it was the inten tion of the Government not to offer any opposition to the motion of the hon. and gallant gentleman opposite. It was a subject that might be well inquired into by a se lect commitete, because he believed many misapprehen sions that existed on the subject would be cleared away, and he should also be glad if certain inquiries were made into the operation of the two acts passed last year, viz., the one for levying the duty by weight, and the other for the application of malt for the feeding of cattle. He hoped the inquiry would not give rise out of doors to an impres sion that any future Chancellor of the Exchequer could, with the revenue derived from malt or from the conversion of barley into beer, (LEFT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZE T TB. -THIS EVENING. WHITEHALL, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. George, Earl of Haddington, to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Hugh Seymour Trernenheere, Esq., and Edward Carleton Tufnell, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into and re port on the employment of children, young persdns, and women in agriculture, for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent and with what modifications the principles of the Factory Acts can be adopted for the regulation of such employment, and especially with a view to the better education of such . children. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 14. 12th Regiment of Lancers—Lieutenant Edward Albert Pole to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Blacker, who tetires. Cornet George Arthur Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pole. 14th Hussars—Captain Robert Chadwick to be Major, by purchase, vice Brown, promoted half pay Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase; Lieutenant John Mather to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chadwick; Cornet George Robert Elwes to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mather. , - 20th Hussars—Major Edward Charles Warner to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Stannus, seconded, on appointment to the command of a brigade in India ; Captain C. M'Clintock Cotton to be Major, vice Warner; Lieutenant Homy Alexander Walford to be Captain, vice Cotton ; Ensign David Carruthers Budd to be Lieu tenant, vice Walford ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Wil loughby Hemanr, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, vice Budd. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert Maclagan to be Colonel, vice Colonel and Major- General Baker, to fixed establishtneat ; Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Michael Kavanagb Kennedy to be Colonel, vice Colonel and Major-General Turner, to fixed establishment; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel John Harley Maxwell to be Colonel, vice Sir H. M. Durand, C. 8., promoted; Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Alfred de Lisle to be Colonel, vice Tremenheere, promoted ; Captain Ralph Young, on the Seconded List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Charles Douglas Newmarch to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel M acla g an; Captain James Crofton to be Lieutenant -Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Maxwell ; Captain John Sainsbury Trevor to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Kennedy ; Captain Henry St. Clair Wilkins to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Da Lisle; Second Captain David Limond to be Captain, vice Newmarch ; Second Captain Raoul De Bombe] to b 3 Captain, vice Crofton ; Second Captain John Richard Mauneell to be Captain, vice 'Prover; Second Capt ain Harr y Pym to be Ca p tain, vice Wilkins; Lieut. Geo. Swinton to be Second Captain, vice Limond ; Lieut. Cha r l es N. Jud g e to b e Second Captain, vice Do Dourbol; Lieutenant Alfred Thomas Mander to be Second Captain, vice Maunsell; Lieu tenant Joseph Herbert Bedford to be Second Captain, vico Pym. _ Military - Train—Lieutenant Roger Forrest has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Com mission. 3d Foot—Ensign Henry Brian Buchanan to be Lioute• nant, by purchase, vice John Elias Durnford, who re tires ; Leopold James Henry Grey, Gent., to be Eusign, by purchase, vice Buchanan ; Arthur Trevor Leslie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James Carnac Brown, who retiree. Bth Foot.—Lieutenant Thomas Palmer Senior-to be Pay master, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Francis William Fellows, who retires upon half --- pay. lUth Foot.—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Oulonel Stephen r. C. Annesley to boLieutenant-Oolonel, withoutpurchase, vice Brevet Colonel William Funwlek, C. 8., seconded on appointment to the command of a Brigade in India ; Captain and Brevot-Major. Joseph P. 'IL Crowe to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colo nel Annesley ; Captain W. IL P. Gordon Bluets, from the Seconded List., to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Crowo, whose promotion on the 22d Jan., 1867, has been cancelled. 13th Foot—Ensign Archibald William Harrison to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Richard Hare Home, who retires ; Frederick Charles Caldwell, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Harrison. 23d Foot—Ensign George Holden Hutton to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice John Joseph Mahon, who retires; Arthur Tudor Boddam, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutton. 39th Foot—Ensign Alexander George William Malet to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Frederick Gaubert, who retires; Henry Thomas Finlay, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert Turlington Noble Beasley, who retires; t Edward Tufnell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet, promoted. 40th Foot— Edmund Robert Berkeley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pretor, promoted ; Horatio Read, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walker, pro- motel. - - 51st Foot—Lieutenant Robert Norton Cartwright to be Captain, by purchase, vice James W. H. Anderson, who retires; Ensign Robert Charles (Immo to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Cartwright ' - William a'Court Beadon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gra3me. 75th Foot.—Ensign Richard Wilson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert John Fitzgerald Day, who retires; Alaric Edward Arengo Cross, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilson. 82d Foot—Ensign Robert Robertson Reyna to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Thomas William O'Driscoll, who retires. 83d Foot—Ensign Charles John Wyndham to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Charles Hay Tonomadic, deceasad. ADMIRALTY, MAY' 13. Dr. James John Louis Bonnet has this day been pro moted to the rank of Deputy Inspeetcr-General of Hos pitals and Fleets in her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 171. 11 18 Ditto 3 Mouths. 11 19 11 19+ Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 37fr 25 42k Brussels Hamburg Paris . . Short 25 12i 25 25 Ditto • 3 Mouths. 25 32k 25 ,3;* Uarseilles ?raulcier: on the Maine 119* 119} vicuna— 13 7* 13 15 Trieste — 13 7* 13 15 Petersburgb. - 30i 31+ ' Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan - 27 0 27 20 Genoa — 27 95 27 20 Naples — 27 95 27 20 Palermo • '-27 95 27 20 Messina 52* 52 1 Lisbon 5 Oporto — 2 k LAYING THE FOUNDAHON STONE OF A NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH. The solemnity of laying the foundation stone of the new Catholic Church at Kensington dedicated to " Our Lady" took place to -day. His - Grace the Archbishop of Westminster performed the ceremony, assisted by the Lord Bishop of Troy (Dr. Morris), Very Rev. Canon O'Neal, V.G., Very Ray. Dr. Rock, Very Rev. Dr. Knox, of the Oratory; the ll3v. FF. Connelly, Gorman, Hussey, Cahill, Dolman, Pennington, Kelly, Toomey ; and the Carmelite Fathers Lewis and Sebastian. There was a very largo attendance of the laity, and amongst the ladies pre sent were Mrs. M. and J. Murieta, Mrs. Durand, Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Landon, and Mrs. Nowlan. The site of the new church is in Newland-terrace, Ken sington, and the design for the sacred edifice is the work of Mr. George Goldie. The style of the church is purely Gothic. It will be 144 feet long, 59 feet wide, 65 feet high, and when completed will afford accommodation for 1,200 persons. The builiing of the new church is entirely owing to the exertions of the Rev. Father Foley, who, with the Rev. FF. Mitchell and De Burgh, has at present the charge of the pariah Previous to fixing the stone in position his Grace placed in a cavity beneath it a crystal vase, hermeti cally sealed, containing a copy of the dedication of the church, a copy of the Times newspaper, and the coins of the realm usually deposited on such occasions. At the conclusion of the ceremony the company proceeded to an elegant marquee, where dejeuner was served, the Archbishop presiding. His Grace, addressing the company, said they were assembled that day to take part in a noble work nobly begun. The present church at Kensington was not unworthy the parish, but it was altogether insufficient, and therefore the neces sity of erecting a new one. Father Foley had manfully undertaken that great work, and he would not say he hoped he would live to see the accomplishment of his labour, because that would be wishing him a very short life, as the architect had promised him that by next Easter mass should be celebrated therein. It would not, of course, be entirely completed by that time, but it would be in such a state of forwardness as to admit of the administration of the sacrament. He had often been asked how Catholics built so many churches, and he had been often tempted to say he did not know, because they were as poor as rats. It was an old saying, as poor as a church mouse, but the poverty of all the church mice in England would not ex ceed the poverty of the rats. The Catholics, however, were enabled to build their churches bygiving a great deal, by begging a great deal, by borrowing a great deal, atnd they w oulonlywou l d comestopp t e o d at the e eso stealing. He resolution allodfthdaoting a pre sentll in their power to assist Fat her Fole y iu his work ; and r h or as the sturdy beggar was a term to be found in the com mon law of England, he hoped they would beg sturdily for him, and if they could do anything by borrowing that they would do it; in fact, he asked them to do every thing they could for him, but not to steal. He asked them, therefore, to drink "the health of Father Foley, those who assist him in kis mission, and success to his work." The Rev. Father Foley said it was six years since he first began his work. Of course he had met with great difficulties, but by the kind co-operation of his Grace he had overcome them. His Grace had encouraged him in every way, and next to that the devotion and zeal of his own people had enabled him to bring his labours to a successful conclusion. Having made that public avowal, he had only to thank his Grace and the company around him for their kind wishes. The health of hie Grace having boon drunk, the com pany broke up, after making a very handsome subscrip tion towards the expense of the erection of the new church• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Sounwarros, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—The Germania, steamer, from Hamburg ; Southampton, from Havre. Sailed—The Veranda, for Elsinore. The Normandy, steamer, arrived last night froni Jer sey; passed at 2.15 p.m. yesterday, 15 miles south of St. Alban's Head, the Dutch bark Leidritohe, showing a red colour No. 412, wishing to be reported. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 13—Electra, from Grenada; Astrea, from Christiania; Josephine, from Hibau; Isabella and Mary, from Malmo; Racoona, from Sines; Adriena, from Ros tock; Sef, from Frongreim; Mercur, from Wismar; Rika Ann, from Rostock; Minerva, from Kolding ; Princess Gyda, from Dram ; Erna Johanna, from Stralsund. Arrived, May 14.—Concordia, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed, May 13.—Lanarkshire, fur Melbourne; Fulton, steamer, for Dunkirk. Sailed, May 14.--Tonning, steamer, for Geestemunde Anglesea, for Melbourne. Dm, Tuesday Morning. Passed--Anna, from Shields, for Palermo. Anchored—Georgina, from Cyprus, for Cronstadt. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New- Z Ditto. via Marseilles June .3. • •••• Ditto, via Panama •••• Brazil, Buenos Are a, and Monte Video • June 1. May 2t paanet s 0 a kt ............. J une 4: (Ape of Good CapeDiVteto;dBb.ybk;"Burca hziePialn e dvia Southampton..... May 2). Ascension, and St. Ltelena....May 8. (;ulna, enang a nd singvore, via tiOnlliampton..May 20 Dit P . to, via Marseilles. ............ May 28 . faik/and Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .......... May 20. Ind.a, via Southampton ........................ Ditto, viiMaraeil es Malta, IggYPt, 6,3 . • • ......... • • Ditto, Marstilles— Maurithts, Cape of Good Rope, and Natal. via Southampton ......... ea .......................... May 21 Ditto, via Hared .............. Newfoundland ................................ ....May 22. Portugal .......................................... June 4. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, Caliiornia, packet May 2 D ' L itt°, b y United States packet t y British Ditto ditto (New York • D.tto ditto (New York) Vitt) ditto (Baltimore) pis ~\