The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

IIUNE lAI KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Moderat e amount of business is reported in the discount market, and the quotations are firm. -A th wi thdrawal o f £6 0, 00 0 i u gold took p l ace a t Ba nk of England yesterday. The silver market -- " - 'aius very quiet. 6 1-1 y the mail from Guayaquil a remittance has dwerl rec eived of £725 l s . 11d . on accoun t o f the i demla on the debt of Ecuador. (L Y h e General C re dit an d Di scoun t C om pany Messrs, are i n rece i pt of advices from the i r agents, 9th eßs : 2 * 1 1. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guaira, nepril 1 867, of duties collected and remitted on t o e + o , ol4 of the V enezuela Six per Cent. Loan, 186-1, ‘ u e amount of $161.94. Messrs. Boulton and tiL lvrit ` 3 : -- " This sm a ll co ll ec ti on was ma de before . ews of thi s l ast suspension of payments ha d re aeued Ciudad Bolivar. We have to-day nothing el,W,t° communicate in regard to export duties." ta , u e official returns relating to the trade and vigatiOn o f the United Kingdom for the three f m °llths ended 31st March have just been published, o f : al Which it appears that the total declared va l ue againstxports durin g th a t p er i o d was £42,381,621, 01 £46,991,165 in the corresponding period Tt ie lB66, and showing a decrease of £4,609,544. coal Principal decrease has been in beer and ale, ha d coin; cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, Z„..7warea and cutlery, linen manufactures, un ti ught iron. and steel, silk manufactures, an tat o i r , llen and worsted manufactures. ,The impor iina—na of the principal articles have been 13r alle r as regards raw cotton, petroleum, tob ° a visi° ns, tallow, timber, coffee, flour, ruin, ere u e ,, e° ' and wine; while there is an in barit r aw silk, sheep and lambs' wool, wheat, i shi n - Y ; ' currants, brandy, rum, sugar, and tea. T e ate n ' n g accounts exhibit a slight decrease on the ii14 41 ,, t o f tonnage employed for both the entries f or . r us and the clearances outwards as regards the ei ga trade, as also as respects the coasting trade. an .& d t a e ting, held to d a y, o f th e Chontales Gold cir r e e t B o i r l s vr w :iping Company, the report of the presented, which stated that /sir. IP°, who i s st i ll at the mines, shrinks from no Etr a o i ar , in his dete rm i nat i on to ma k e ever ything L a. : 46 ( 4 , but that the accounts previous to August j e been f ound much complicated. : Telegraph th- Meeti ng was held t o -d ay o f t h e propr i e t ors of Construction and Maintenance Fit, 4 lll P a nY, wh en t h e report was submitted, which 'ed that the directors proposed to pay to the i,erPrietors the balance of interest ou capital at 5 6 cent. Z 1 5 ,2 64 153., and a f ur the r dividend at per Per cent c ent. per annum £ 30,529 10s., making up 10 the of ce nt. per annum (free of income-tax), and out c redit bal ance of £63,418 3 s. sd . t o p l ace t o th e of the reserved fund a sum of Y-35,328 193. 4d. iha ,leh Will at once increase that fund to the 8 o fxmillut amount o f £5 0,000, mentioned in Article k, B A the articles of association ; and to carry , 0 4 8 9 14s. Id. to next year's profit and loss ac- A. call of £5 p er s h are h as b een ma d e, £3 aQstle s th of May, and £2 on the 15th August tithe forei gn and colonial produce markets dur -4211e last f ew days there has been only a moderate °144 o f busines s t ransac t e d ; th e dealings in S 'tl o gar ' however, were at fully previous rates for Perior descripti ons o f co ff ee me t a re ady sale on mer terms For rice there has been a moderate tacjiluiry, and l ate pr i ces are fully suppor t e d. In e xt : w the ope ra ti ons have only b een t o a li mi t e d ti O4 -4, and chiefly of a speculative character, quota r., flat ter f . present and forward delivery being a shade Two o'CLocK. day e ccording t o R eu t er ' s t e l egram f rom P ar i s to thrench Rentes were 67f. 85c. h 4 the F English St oc k M ar k e t increased firmness fo Prevailed. Consols have improved to 94 J une One and th e 9 t h i nstant, and to 94 for the 2ae settlement. The New Threes and Reduced '..anuities are 891 ; Bank Stock 251, 2521, India 5 per Cents., 1104 ; ditto Enfaced 5 Per_ Cents., 102. ; and ditto Bonds, 525. prem. Foreign Stock are generally firm. Italian have 841vatteed 12 to 4 . 81 ; Mexican f, t o 154 16 ; Greek Per to fl 3 ; Sp an i s h P ass i ve 4f to 201 1 ; Turkish dis . Cents. f, to 281 ; Chilian S cr i p ,1, to 5 4 a nd Danubian 2, at 6 4 dis. ; Russi an S cr i p, Ainwever declined 1, to 2 Cert ificates conti nue d stead y, at 131 f been onl die. ; and Spanish The dealing s i n the Railway Sh are Market have a very moderate scale, and prices generally exhibit less-firmness. Midland have eac h declined and South Eastern ; Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , a nd Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, each ; `teat Eastern, 1 ; and Great Western, Brighton, an d North Western, each 1. Foreign and Colonial Railway Shares exhibit ver y little variation. Great Luxembourg are marked 91 ; Antwerp and Rotte r d am, 9 1 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 151 ; East I ndian, 1.074 108} ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1071 108* ; and Madras 5 per Cents., 1018 102. In American Securities a fair amount of business h as been transacted principally on continental ac count. Illinois have advanced q, to 76 77 ; Erie Shar e 7l fr, to 41 1; and United States 5-20 B on d s 1 ° l3 ank Sh ares h ave rema i ne d very quiet, but with- I llt material c h ange as regar d s values. Union of 'l °ll doll are steady at 41 41,4 ; London and County ; and Imperial Ottoman at 8e 1. 4iseellaneous and Finance Shares are in a few 4ta,llees a shade firmer. Anglo-Ameri can Tele k.,,• a Pa re main at 18t 18aa ; Atlantic Teleg ra ph 8 p er e are mark e d 93i ; E lectric and International 13let;rPh, 137 ; C onstruct i on and Maintenance, t 4) 1 1 13i ;and Berlin Water wor k s h ave d ec li ned . 1. • MININIG MARKET. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. b Ile operations in the Mining Exchange . have only i te ll to 1 ,, a limited extent. The shares chiefly dealt c li Cave been North Crofty, Great Retallick,. West S - I., lvert ° 4 l and Chiverton Moor ; while Clifford, 4 „ e-11 , and East Basset are a shade flatter. An lci.'(ed are the latest prices : Q 4 G wiog .... it elittoertoo Moor ........ 5i 51 1-4 gt rd 4nial garnate 41 5 4 ()ras asset ............ 16 18 1 ]:1 8t C a Brea. 2/ ;41 caNdo, ...... BtLovell • ......... aTRUSSen ........... 3t.Wheal•.. : . 21 Or" L a Grenville . .i-1-18 cireat Itetallick ..... ‘4 3i est Who' -Vo .... . 171 181 Marke Valley North Crofty North Treskerby ll 2 N. Wheal Chiverton Prineeof Wales 52s Od 5480 d South Caradon Stray Park West Seton 132} 1371 West Chiverton Wheal Basset Wheal Granville Wheal Seton B5 90 Rprisa FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 (lotva, Der I`INIENT FUNDS. 91 i 1 i 'DO. ~ t• Consols a Per ultee°oot, May 9 9ll 1 1 New 3-511 t. R educed B9l 1 N ow 2 Per C ent BOl I I Do. 21 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 An t • . Per Cent. Jan 1873 tittles 30 .. sth J• n 1880 D o. f , yrs, expire a , . _ I) (1 9 , r 30 yrs, expire sth April 1880 Ezeic'ivo,od Sea TeleL,raph), Au ~ 1908 — D o Niter Lill sl - 00f ncl'4 per Lt. •s, ..... , .), a and £5OO 13 4,1, 1) °' £lOO .3: £2OO —pm "41 1 3 of Ehgland Stock, 61 per Cent ••• 20 -s I ofin yr 0 aiirii --, , OVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,19 ._ b ai l StOck, 10} per Cent., April 1874 - 11 °' Ace t• ' 00._ c oun t 1101 10 1 D o A 3 Per Cent. July, 1880 91'1 D c , ' Pet' Cent., Oct. 1883 , • Certificates D ° Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — Dolo2l u. 3 per Cent., Jan. 1872 . 5, 307-1 D Per Cent. May 1879 _____ li, , 9 d ____" Pm o• tinder ,1,600 4. rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. i f' elltitle Republic, 6 per Cent erasztrjan bonds, 5 per Cent 1859 h i t' an 6 per Cent `'°. 4 1 Per Cent., 1852-58-60 .......... .„ Do. 1863 -tie. j, Per Cont., 1865 ,-•0 A ccont .......... , n uO. £lOO Bonds 79 4hetios Ayres 6 per Coat 0 ud . 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ..iltan G per Cent . — °'b 41 per Cent bl-)0.o. G i)or Cent A If 13 Do. „ 1867 Do. Scrip, £2O paid — dis CJ! , mbian, '6 per Cent. , juba, 6 per Cent.. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 .. — Di 5 per Cent., 861 .• DAyibian Prineipalitiec, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 „ 1867 Do. Do. Scrip, £2O paid dis E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent egyptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second I.ssne Do. ..£ WO Bonds lio. Do. 1864 791 Do. £lOO Bonds B9I Do Government Railway Debenture: , 791 80 79 1 Greek 5 per Cents., 1821-5, ex Coupons Do. Account - Do. Coupons Do. Account Gaatemala 5 per Cent . — JJlian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account ._ — Do. Maremmana Railway — D 1 +xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Slontevideau C. per Cent. ‘loorish Imperial 5 per Cent Ne x Granada l3 1 Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pe uvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account 6B} Do 41 per Cent., 1865 - — Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 40 1 391 401 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 p3l Cent., 1859 54 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B7 1 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 ._ D.). Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B5- 6 Do. do. £6O paid I-1 dis Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent .... — Do Account ~-,„ Do New Detetiod — Do. Account Do Passive — Do Accrant 2Ol 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1861 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Curkish 6 per Cont. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds - 6 5 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 186 d Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Ceut, 1862 Divilends on the above payable iu London. Austmu, o pr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z* per ('Ant. Ex. 12 Gull - Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 2sf. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9l Do. Accouut RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.—Tats DAY. A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the board-room, Victoria Station, this day. Lord Harris occupied the chair, and stated that this was a meeting adjourned from one held on the 25th February until the present date, the 30th April. It was now proposed that in consequence of the company having a bill coming before Par liament, and advertisements to that effect having appeared in the newspapers, that there should be a further adjournment made till the 17th of June next. A SHAREHOLDER asked whether it was contem plated, as was usual, that there should be a •\Vharncliffe meeting in the meantime. The CHAIRMAN replied that there would not be. Another Shareholder, who described himself as a lawyer, stated that until the whole of the shares had been paid up the company ought not to have taken down a single house, and they were obtaining them under false pretences then they did so. The adjournment was then agreed to, and the meeting broke up. The Buckhurst 11111 Tragedy. The prisoner Watkins was brought up before beforethemagistrates at Walth am thi s morn ing fo examina tion. Mr. Abrams, from the office of Mr. Goatley, Bow-street, appeared for the prisoner. The only witness examined was Mr. Edward Home. He said—l am a surgeon res idi ng a t Buck. hurst-hill, in the parish of Chigwell, and on the morning of Wednesday, the 24th inst., about half past five o'clock, he was called up by the young woman's father, and went with him to his house. He went up stairs and saw the young woman lying on the bed. He proceeded to examine her, and found that she was covered with blood, and on washing that away a number of wounds appeared. They were across the upper part of her back, on her breast, and also two wounds on her head. The latter appeared to be done with some blunt instrument, and the wounds on her body with a pointed instru ment. There were altogether 13 wounds-11 on the body and 2on the head —out of the largest wound on the back he took out the point of the dagger sheath, now produced. (The dagger was also produced and examined by the bench.) He believed that most of the wounds would be caused by such a weapon. He thought on Thursday morn ing that the life of the young woman was i n d ang er, but she had si nce been grad u ally gining strength, and he had no d ou bt would recovera. By Mr. Abram—The wounds on the head might have been caused by her falling on stones. Out of the eleven other wounds two at least were danger ous to life. The others were not merely superfi cial ; they had entered into the body, although not any vital part. The prisoner was then remanded. The girl is much better to-day. A confident hope is now en tertained of her ultimate recovery. A general court-martial assembled on Saturday morning at the Royal Barracks, under the presi dency of Col. Mackirdy, of the 69th Regiment, for the trial of Private Leonard, of the Military Train, on a charge of complicity with the Fenian move ment. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Other trials will follow during the week. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The North German Lloyd screw steamship Hermann, Capt. NV. Wenke, which left Now York on the 18th inst., arrived off Cowes early this morning, and after transhipping mails, &c., for this port, went on to Bremen. She brings 22 passengers for Southampton and Havre, $119,422 in specie for Eng land, 167 passengers and 1,500 tons of tobacco, cotton, &c., for Bremen. Light easterly winds and fine weather were experienced during the voyage. On the 26th inst., at 1 30 p.m., in lat. 43 51 N., long. 20 1 W., the Hermann spoke the same company's steamer Union, bound from South ampton to New York. The steamship New York, Capt. G. Ernst, arrived here this morning from Bremen, and sails hence at 1 p.m. on Tuesday for New York, with Eng lish, French, and German mails. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Nyanza, Capt. J. Weeks, left to-day for Marseilles, to take the place of the Pere, disabled. THE OVERLAND MAILS.—A Malta correspon dent, on the 23d inst., writes as follows:—"The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, due yesterday morning, arrived here this evening, at 8 o'clock, in tow of the Ceylon, having broken her main shaft a day after leaving Alexandria. The Ceylon, which left Malta for Alexandria on Sunday evening fell in with her on Mon day, about noon. The Syria, which was to have left for Gibraltar and Southampton yesterday, was detained until to-day, and will start to-night with the overland mails brought by the Pere. Tho passegers and cargo will be transferred to the Messina on her arrival from Marseilles to-morrow night, and sho will turn back and proceed with them to Marseilles, after transferring her outward mails, passengers, and cargo to the Ceylon, which will be kept here for that purpose. The Pera will leave most probably in a few days with one engine for Southampton. In the month of December last two private gen tlemen who had obtained permission to open excavations in the Trastevere quarter of Rome discovered, at a depth of eight or ten metres, a mosaic in white line, surrounded with ruined walls, and representing tritons, nymphs, and fishes. From investigations of, and further discoveries made by, M. Visconti, professor of archaeology and ancient history at the Roman University, it appears the re mains are those of a barrack of the 7th cohort of firemen of ancient Rome. TIIE DISCOVERER OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. —Her Majesty has been pleased to grant the Spek® family permission to incorporate in their arms an emblematic re presentation of the discovery of the source of the Nile. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RUNTALIS. Chester and Holyhead, 56} South Staffordshire, 831 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. s.ntwerp and Rotterdam, D Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Dutch Rhenish, 17 Great Luxembourg, q Paris and Orleans, 33 Sambre and Meuse, di South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 FOIIEIGN MINNS. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 1 pin United Mexican, lim., 2} East and West India, 121 Southampton, C9l DOCKS. BANKS. C k o n n g ro s i o c : 1 Ditto, n ew , , I n m; . 1 , 14m 1 " ila Imperial Ottoman, Um., 84:1 Loudon and County, 561 Ditto, new, 2l London Joint Stook, 431 Union of London, 414 I MI6CELLANICOUS; Anglo-American Telegraph,9§ll Atlantic Telegraph, 53 2 Ditto, 8 per cent., 911 31 Berlin Water Works, lira., 114 Ditto, new, 5 Ceylon Company, 9 City of Lon,lon [teal Property, Um., 51 City of Moscow Gas, lira., 151 City Offices, lira., 51 6 5 4 Credit P'oncler of England, 11m.. 2 3-16 1 Crystal Palace, 251 East India Irrigation and Canal, 11 Ebbw Vale, 9 Egyptian f.3om. and Trading, lira., 3 Electric and International Telegraph, 137 International Financial society, lira., 24 London Financial Association, Um., 2/ 31 'dray Irr!gation and Canal (guaranteed.s per cent. by In, diau Government), 191 Nitlonal Discount lompany, bit o, new, issued at 5 pal., I'l Ocean :Uarine Insurance), 19 Otago and Southland Investment, 2 New Zealand, alid Aus. It. Mail, 61 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 614 Ditto, new, 61 Rhyniney Iron, 24i Te.e.rapb. Cons:rue. and Mainten., lira., Ditto, 131 121 Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 691 PARAMARIBO, SURINAM, March 20. The steamer Pareora, of Glasgow, official number 56,161, Captain William Graham, put in here on the let inst. She left the port of Greenock on October 28 last, bound for Dunedin, New Zealand, but from the bad steerage way of the vessel and the foulness of the bottom with seaweed, she was quite unmanageable, and becoming short of pro visions the captain was obliged to put into the nearest and safest port he could reach with the vessel. It is stated that four Japanese appeared at Dover on Easter Monday as volunteers in the ranks of tho Artists Volunteers. They are students iu the London University, and have been out several times—once at the Harrow fight. They appeared thoroughly to enjoy the day. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron Channell and a Common Jury.) WARREN V. ELLIOTT.-TIIE RESULT OF LOOKING AFTER A lIOUSE, This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an alleged false imprisonment. Sir Geo. Honevman, Q.C., and Mr. Thrupp represented the plaintiff, mid Mr. Sergeant Robinson the defendant. It appeared from the opening statement of Sir Georg, Honeyman that the plaintiff in this case bad been house keeper in the service of the defendant, who kept a lodt:iLp house at No. 4, Chapel-street West, Grosvenor-square, in town, but who held a situation about the Court at Windsor Castle. The plaintiff had been in the service of the wify of defendant, but at her death she became manager of the lodging-house, receiving all the rent from the lodgers. .In October last, in consequence of the defendant having got some ideas into Lis head that ho was losing some of his property, he gave the plaintiff in charge, accusing her of having stolen one towell, one chair-cover, one fall, and one roll of embroidery, value 14s. She was taken to the Vine street station, and walked the next morning with the charges to Marlborough -street. When she got there the representative of Mr. Beard, solicitor, appeared and said that in consequence of something that had occurred the charge was withdrawn. Plaintiff was discharged. She had not been able to obtain a situation since. The Plaintiff, in cross-examination, said that the defen dant had allowed her to take the best of his wife's clothes. Mr. Sergeant Robinson— Did not the defendant lose a set of his wife's false teeth, value £l4? Witness—No. When his wife died he said, "Put those things away." Mr. Sergeant Robinson—And you did put them away, (Laughter.) But how about the gold nugget ? Witness—The nugget was given to me by my brother in Australia, and I had it made into a brooch and gave it to Mrs. Elliott, and when she died I asked Mr. Elliott for it back, and he said he had lost it. All the things she was accused of taking were found in her box. They were all Mr. Elliott's with the exception of the veil,which was hers. She considered that by the general gift of Mr. Elliott all the best of his wife's things were hers. As the policeman was taking her away she gave Elliott a push. The ser vant (Gaymer) went down on her knees, and protested she was innocent ; witness could have done the same. There wore two lodgers in the house, gentlemen, Mr. Miles and Mr. Sydney Joyce. She was to have the house for one year to see what she could do with it, and she was .£53 out of pocket. Susan Gaymer said that in October last she was servant at the house in Chapel-street, West. She had been there from the 12th October, 1865. There were only her and Mrs. Warren there. She was in the kitchen shortly after Mrs. Elliott's death, and the plaintiff and defendant were there, and defendant said that Mrs. Warren was to have the best of Mrs. Eiliot's clothes, and the remainder were to be sent to his sister in the country, and what she could not wear herself she was to cut up for the niece. llrs. Warren said, " Thank you," and Mr. Elliott said " Would Mrs. Warren do for him the same as s h e had for his wife, for she was the only friend he had, and if she left him ho should have no one." She remembered Sunday, October 28. The defendant called the plaintiff up stairs as well as witness. He asked the latter, " Did she damage Mrs. Elliott's clothes ?" and she answered, "No." The policeman thou asked for Mrs. Warren's keys. She replied, " She had no keys to her box." She gave bins the key of the door. The latter was locked. The police never opened the box. lie did not take anything then, but came back about two o'clock, and took the things away. The case was proceeding when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGEME.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS CASE OF ROBBERY. — Caroline Williams, a well dressed young woman, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing four sovereigns from the per son of Charles Finch, a cabinet perter, No. 10, Leicester square. _ The prosecutor said that last night about 10 o'clock he had just left the station in the Portland-road when the prisoner accosted him, and after some conversation he agreed to treat her with a glass of ale, and did so. On leaving the public-house he stood talking to her about ten minutes when she immediately ran away. Thinking her conduct rather suspicious ho felt in his pocket and missed four sovereigns. He went in the direction the prisoner went, and spoke to a constable, giving him a description of the prisoner and her dress, and some time after she was seen by the constable coming out of a public-house and taken into custody, when she denied having seen him (prosecutor) before. Police-constable Morrow, 135 E, said that last night the prosecutor told him in Cirencester-placa that ho had been robbed of four sovereigns by a female, and ho describod the female as wearing a black and white striped dress, a velvet jacket, and an oyster shell hat. While with the pro secutor ho saw the prisoner come out of a public-house, and directly the prosecutor saw her ho said "That's her," and he-(Morrow) then took her into custody. Observing she had her hand down by her side he seized it, and found a sovereign and a half sovereign and one shilling in it. As she had entered the public-house with a cabman, he asked the cabman if ho was going to take her anywhere, and he said he was not, but that she had treated him to some rum. The prisoner afterwards asked him (Morrow) to put a word in for her, and he told her that he was neither for her nor against her, but could only tell the truth, asking her what it was possible ho could do for her. She then said that she would give him a sovereign if he would tell the inspector at the station that the prosecutor had given a different description of her, and that then the inspector would refuse to take the charge. Ho told the prisoner that ho would do nothing of the sort. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the constable could not have acted better than he had done. The prisoner said sh© would plead guilty, and asked the Magistrate to settle the case. ➢lr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisonor for two months with hard labour. THE StTN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1867. SEEARN MAMIETS.—This day. --~ - ORDINARY SIIARI4:S AND STOCKS. I Closing I Business Railways. Paid ' + P rice. I done. drlt;Loi aziu hsetet tialedonian ... . Jambrlan )ork and Bandon - 'Dorn & Belfast June. Dun„ Pet lb, St .11) lune. E. London, scrip Cert.i. Do. Glasgow ,t S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 ,Great North of Scotland 'Great Northern D. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm GIS, and W. of Ireland, t. Western —OllOll4 Do. S. Val. Dail. gua..' Do. South Wales Do. W. illid.—Oxlornj Do. Newport Do. ifereford , Lancashire & Yorkshire 14.3nd0n and Bla.ckwal, Lon., Brigh.,& S Owls' Lou., Chat., and Dove; Do. Metrop. Ex. A., Lvn. & North Westeq Lou. dz South Wester' Man., Shet., & Lincoh Do. New . . Do. Extension Iletropofitan District Do.. do. do. 'Do. and St. John'sW'd Slidtand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Kent . . 4 North British Do. Ed., Pth., t Dori, N th. Eastern—Berwie? Do. G.N•E purohast Do. Leeds Do. York Dc. Carlisle .. . Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1850-51 North London Do. do. Ditil 5 . . Do. do. 1366 --- North Staffordshire . N. Sr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. 16 , Aber. stou Do. Scot, Mid. stuck. Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'fair Vale Do. C Vale 01 Neat!' Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1' West Cornwall 1 rOSSI3:, 13 lONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Baroda, Cen.lu. 57 50 gu. 5 percent... Do. 6 It a red Buffalo SI Luke Unroll Do. Preference But! ,lirant, &Goderich, 6 p.c. 1872-3- i Calcutta t S. E., lim al.e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu. ' dui East Indian, go. 5 p.e.l Do. J Extension 100 102 id fu 4 44 7i /44 50 55 101 103 101 IC3 100 107 rand Truuket Canacti. Do. Equip. Mort, Bond, 1 charge P p.c Do. Ist i'rcf. Bonds 20 22 85 88 57 si/ 53 Si 52 54 Do. do deferred ... Do. 2d Pr,f. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. 5t00k.... 37 40 Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Fret. c took .. Do. do. deterred .... t. India Pen. sp.e. O. Gun,. 5 per cent.. 23 25 106 106 1 4 1 p Do. New gua. 5 2. o t.;:iotath of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do • 100 102 91 93 iireat Wt a. of Canada..l Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c pay. 187:; Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, glla. 5 p.o Do. 42 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension 12& 13i 12 12. P 2 81 84 It 1F 100 102 02 84 85 90 k‘lelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. 1e1..15 Hudson's Bay.. . 111. C' da, 6pc lat pf. be Schide ..... , , Do. Delhi Do. do ..1 6„ Do. fuujauh•-- a ..5 1 Do.lndus St.llot 100 ►oo 10 lot) 100 82 85 97 gg 97 98 1 t 97 98 COLONIAL UOVICHNAINNT SECUR Brittch Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1572.... ,Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.& July 18 . 77-64 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aog Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sx Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. Apl. &Oct . 1890-1900 Do. do 1680-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per ceut. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. 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SAVAGE ASSAULT BY A CUSTOII-110USE OFFICER. — Robert Francis Baker, a Custom-house officer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and violently assaulting Johanna Want, a poor and feeble Irishwoman, who is very ill. Mr. Henry Allen, the prosecuting officer of the Asso ciate Institution for Enforcing and Improving the Laws for the Protection of Women and Children, watched the case for that useful society. The complainant stated that yesterday afternoon she was passing along Leman-street, Whitechapel, with a. bottle of medicine just prescribed for her at the Dispensary in one hand, and leadi ng h er li ttle girl with the ot h er, w h en the prisoner acc os t e d her, and said, " The boys are very wicked ;" to which she replied, " Yes, they are, sir." He asked her where she lived, and she replied in Goulston court, close by here, and said, " I must make haste home, my time is not my own." She was hurrying away from him with her little girl, and he ran after her, and swore at her and knocked the bottle of medicine out of hor hand. She then called for a police-constable, and he struck her on the shoulder and about the body several times, and knocked her into a draper's shop. The prisoner —She asked mo to treat her. The complainant—No, I did not. Do you think I would suffer a man I never saw before to treat me ? Porter William Dunaway, police-constable 11 H, said— Yesterday afternoon I was at the corner of Leman-street an d High-street, Whitechapel, and I saw the woman run ning away from the prisoner. He knocked a bottle of medicine out of her hand, and then followed her and struck her three times. She was knocked into a draper's shop and fell. The prisoner used the most fearful language and threats towards the poor woman. I collared tho prisoner, and emptied the greater portion of and said to him, " I've a good mind to knock you down." Mr. Wilson, a tradesman in the W hitechapel-road, who was at his door, said it was a most disgraceful thing to beat a woman. I took the prisoner to the stationhouse. On the way there he took a sample bottle, containing port its contents on the ground. The prisoner had been on duty in one of the docks. in defence, said he The prisoner, was drunk yesterday wine, from his pocket, afternoon. Mr. Paget—l cannot for one moment d ou b t the truthful ness of the charge. Here is a poor feeble sick wo man go i ng along the street with a b ottle of medicine, given to her at a charitable institution, and you abuse her and attack her in this brutal manner. The streets would no t b e endur able for women if I di d not punish y ou severely. You are sentenced to two m onths' imprisonment and hard labour. who have 1 - 70 u 1 s V e e' of Commo ns , very diff eren t sort h w o a l s at a ely, as on o d epu t y or cannot seYANKEE Aa K a u a pugilist i n laugh gn E hd quondam ot o tp N hr S ei Cz fight F : A ni T ns IfoEournr having A another rose to address th e Assembl y , is said to have in terrupted the e p i o r r Cg. so o n n fr r o e i s n s M r. But t 0 3 r i r r i . s s G e 3u, who them with coarse professional slang, wh et , the House became angry at this conduct, "Morrissey roared out that ahe would not be interfered with by any cuss in Congress,' and appealed to the Speaker to prevent his being crowded to the ropes.' After a protracted wrangle, during which the prize-fighting legislator declared that ho did not care a straw for the rules of Congress, ho handed up to the Speaker a copy of the rules of the Prize-ring, which 'he vowed were much more to the purpose, and insisted that the clerk should read aloud from an old copy of Bell's Life the details of a mill between the Staleybridgo Infant and the Brummagem Chicken. This proved too much even for Congress, and the drunken blackguard was forced from the House by the Sergeant-at-Arms and his men." We are glad, though we are also surprised, that the House was capable of so much self-respect. We trust it will henceforth imitate its own example, and hand over to the Sergeant-at-Arms members who, without Morris se3 os excuse, aro guilty of similar misconduct.—London Review. THIRD EDITiON. SUN OFFIC4, i o'CLocK. SPORTING INTEL LICENCE—This Day CHESTER RACES—THis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GROSVENOR. STAKES. The Grosvenor Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added throe year olds tist 121 b, four Bst 71b, five 9st, six anc aged 9st 21b. Sloulsey flonostish ltegalia 3 WYNNSTAY HANDICAP. The Wynnstay Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 100 added. Goojerat Conundrum Honesty Six ran. MOSTYN STAKES. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 80 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; winners of a 100 sovs stakes 51b extra; T.Y.U. Lady Highthorn Traviata 2 Belle Sauvage .. 3 Four ran. EATON PLATE. The Eaton Plate (Handicap) of 80 sovs; winners of any handicap after April 18 (at eleven a.m.) 101 b extra ; half a mile. Archeress filly Sycee Gandrede Five ran. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. The Chesterfield Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; winners of a handicap after April 18 (at 11 a.m.) 71b, twice or 200 101 b extra; 7 furlongs ; 20 subs. Red Riband Arundel 2 Bedford •• 8 Four ran. PALATINE STATES. The Palatine Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; three year olds 7st, four Bst 71b, five 9st, six and aged 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; maiden three year olds allowed 71b, four and upwards 121 b ; the winner to be sold for 400 sovs; if entered for 200 sovs allowed 71b; once round and a distance ; 8 subs. --- Prenez Garde w.o, SELLING STAKES. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; two year olds ist 71b, three 9st 91b, four 10st 111 b, five and upwards list lib. • Satanella Annie Laurie • 2 Ilarlequina 3 PLATE OF 10 SOVS. A. Plate 0f.„40 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and up wai ds ; Winners of a handicap this day 101 b extra ; five furlongs. Crown Prince • 1 Gentian Four ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 9 to 2 agst Lecturer (taken) Bto 1 agst Miss Havelock (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lucifer (taken) 100 to 7 agst Rescue (taken) 100 to 1 agst Rama (offered) • DERBY. 8000 to 400 agst Grand Cross (taken) Very little betting. NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS.--JORN STIRK, 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, Lombard-street; and at One S wan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. HOPKINS und JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's Victoria, and other Clubs) Ex.ocute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, OKENDEN STREET, HAYMARKET. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from tea till two at the City Arehes ; 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 foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walworth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. NOTES riten TRAINING QUARTERS (T LIIS DAY.) --w - CHESTER. The Roodee is in splendid order, the herbage being thick, and the spring rains not having affected the under stratum. But few horses exercised •on Monday, but to-day we had upwards of 100 out, the Cup candidates, including Lecturer, Harry Brailsford, Tormentor, Moulsey, Arkansas, Archimedes, Skirmish, Lucifer, Beeswing, Miss Havelock, Holstein, Mdlle. Cleopatre, Black Prince (by Voltigeur), the Amanda colt, Leases, Lion King, Newland, Uncas, Helen, The Rescue, Arundel, Harrogate, Fan, Mendicant, Weather Star, and Leap Year—Rama and other horses being absent. This morning Lecturer galloped three times round the circle, but he did not go at a great pace, Black Prince and Uncas going a less distance. Harry Brailsford did not go more than a mile and three quarters, and sweated much. Moulsey did much less. Tormentor gal loped over two miles, but Moulsey went a mile and a half only. Arkansas did not do much more than the latter. Archimedes and Loap Year went all two miles, galloping strongly, and we never saw the first mentioned move better. Skirmish and Beeswing had a mile and three-quarters' gallop, and we liked the form in which the latter bowled along. Miss Havelock and Leases did a couple of miles, and Holstein and Harrogate about the same. Newland exercised, but looks big. Lucifer galloped nearly a couple of miles, and Helen with Fan did over that. Weather Staris much improved, but did not do a great deal. Pantaloon, Thalassius, Queen of Trumps, Sylph, the Squire, Prelate, and Diamond were galloping a mile and a quarter. Captain Kidd has not arrived for the Dee Stakes, being re ported lame; if he is, the Rescue will win. Lady High thorn, Lady Barbara, and Traviata galloped three quarters of a mile. NEWMARKET. The Rake did a mile and a half well, but we did not see The Hermit. Dragon had a mile and three quarters' gallop. Julius trotted, but Opoponax went a couple 0; miles. STOCKBRIDGE. The Duke, Vauban, and Gomera trotted this morning, and John Davis was an absentee. Redcap led a lot of two year olds, but they were of an inferior class. RICHMOND. Before Newland left here he had a nice two mile gallop with Strathconan, and this morning Plaudit was also working, exhibiting no symptoms of lameness. Rose trotted. IMPERIAL PARMA DIEN T HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tms EVENING. The SPEAKER, took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Barking Gas, Exmouth Market, Fiaherton Anger and Beinerton Water, Llynvi and Oginore Railway, London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Companies, Tees Conservancy, and Weymouth Con sumers' Gas. PUBLIC WORKS REPORT. Col. FRENCH asked the Secretary to the Treasury, why the report of the Public Works Commissioners for the last year had not been laid upon the table of the house ? Mr. lIUNT said the report had not been laid on the table, because the accounts were taken up to the end of the financial year, which ended on the Ist of May. He hoped to be able to lay the report on the table in the course of a few days. THE IRISH AND SCOTCH REFORMS BILLS Mr. STACPOLE asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer when the Irish Reform Bill would be introduced ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not think there was any difference cf importance between the Scotch and the Irish reform bills. It was necessary that some progress should be made with the English reform bill before either of the two bills referred to were introduced. He thought it better that he should explain the nature of the bills when he made his general statement, rather than answer ques tions relative to the proyisions of the two bills. With respect to the question of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Oliphant), he was quite sure that there were no compound householders in Scotland, but he did not think that country was to be condoled with under those circumstances. (Hoar, hoar, and laughter.) • THE LUXIIMBURG QUESTION. Mr. D. GRIFFITH. asked the Secretary of State for Fo • reign Affairs whether any suggestion that this country should enter into any guarantee for securing the future political neutrality of Luxemburg had been made to, or entertained by, her Majesty's Government during the late communications on the subject. Lord STANLEY said a great many suggestions, prac tical and unpractical, wise and foolish, had been addressed to him, but all arrangements for the political future of that country would be matter for the consideration of the conference, which ho hoped would assemble at an early day. It was not his duty to anticipate what would then be discussed. England was ono of the parties to the treaty of 1836 with respect to Luxemburg, and it was being a party to that treaty that had led to this country Avg invited to take part iu the conference. DISTRESS IN GALWAY. Mr. GREGORY asked the Chief Secretary for Irelautl whether any report had reached him as to thy probability of serious distress in the western part of Uldway during the summer : and whether he had ordered any inquiry eu this subject ? _ _ _ Lord INTAAS said ho had only received ono letter on the subject, which ho had referred to the Poor-Law Com missioners, who had intimated to him that they would make inquiry iutu the statements contained in the com munication. Share' 190 100 100 It-0 100 100 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lint Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taylst Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved W'l Russell (Tavistki Gam.St StAubyn(G wen. 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Wheal Bassett ;Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth I Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 201 2.14. ti 8.3. i. 3.().0 11.2.6 all 0.14.0 14.9.6 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.1 12.17.81 3 43 38 1.4.0 10.6.7 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 584 5.17.0 7 8 0 370 390 1 11 22 24 5 6 3 36 2 3 4 9 10 3} 31 4 5 13 17 2C 22 34 34 2 st 7 9 31 '1 2} lid 35 45 11 13 6} 6 2} 2f 26 28 310 330 I ti 31 41 12 14 6 16 9 11 68 70 130 140 85 70 23 25 11 13 105 115 10 12 100 100 100 all 100 100 09 101 98 100 100 102 83 90 8' 8 , ) 10: 104 105 107 104 lth; 102 101 DI "J 3 101 103 ICO ItB 102 104 163 105 103 leg 105 107 98 160 96 98 91 US 85 67 101 102 81 66 96 98 9l e 3 106 108 107 109 103 71 81 108 i 7/ I.ls 2 1 ITl.k:h. lOf 4} IRISH LAW APPOINTMENTS. • Lord DUNKELLIN asked 11r. Attorney-General for Ireland whether, with regard to the vacant mastership of the Court of Exchequer, it was intended to adopt the re commendation of the Royal Commission on the Courts of Common Law and Equity, who in their second report stated that one master was sufficient for the three law courts. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland said no de finite determination had yet been come to. The matter was still under consideration. FIRE INSURANCE. Mr. SHERIDAN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he could fix a"day for the consideration of the bill with reference to the national debt, because he had an amend inent he intended to move with respect to the fire insur ance duty: The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was impossible to bring the bill on on Thursday next. He would, however, bring it forward at the earliest day pos sible, and he would promise the lion member ho should have ample notice previous to its being done. THE FACTORIES BILL. In reply to Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. WALPOLE said he would state on Friday next the course he intended to adopt with respect to the Fac tories Bill. THE PURCHASE SYSTEM IN THE ARMY. Mr. TREVELYAN rose to callthe attention of the house to the system of purchasing c ommiss i on s in the Army. He said the matter was one of the greatest impor tance, and it was necessary that the person who undertook the duty should be very young, because the subject was one that would require great attention, and more than likely it was one that would eventually wear him out as it had already done Lord 'Clyde, who was ono of the most uncompromising enemies of the purchase system in .the army, and General Sir Do Lacy Evans. The present system in practice was one that required thorough reformation, because as matters now stood it was not skill and intelligence that qualified for a command in the army but money. (Hear, hear.) The purchase system was indefensible in practice, and he thought national safety required that it should be altogether abolished. Every man when he entered a profession he considered, should be enabled to live by his call ing, but such was not the case in the army. When young men entered the army certain deductions were made, which rendered his pay altogether inadequate to meet the ordinary expenses, and, without he had the good fortune to belong to a wealthy family, he stood very little chance of being able to rise in hisprofession. Accord ing to the present system it mattered very little whether he had intelligence or not, because if a man depended on his intellect, he would certainly be in a worse position when he .got promotion. Wealthy fami lies found it convenient to put tor junior members into the army, and when once' there have ing ample means to fall back on promotion would not gnly be easy but rapid. There was no purchase in the navy, the Indian service, and other branches of the public service, and he was utterly at a loss to know why pur chase should be required in the army. It cer tainly was not because the military service was unpopular. Quito the contrary ; because no pro fession held out such inducements for achiev ing honour and dtstinction. The system at present in existence was wrong in every sense. Under the pre sent arrangethents what was the position of a really brave but comparatively poor man ? Why if an opportunity presented itself of obtaining higher grade in the service he was quite incapable of embracing it, because he was not possessed of the means of purchasing the com mission, a younger man stepped in with the regulation price, and thus passed over the 'head of the experienced and able soldier. It was said that by purchase promotion became more rapid, but he was of opinion that if a judicious system of retirement was adopted that would do as much as the system of purchasing commissions in the army tends greatly to diminish the efficiency of our military force. Colonel SYKES seconded the motion, as he considered the purchase system was mischievous, imprudent, and impolitic. Captain STANLEY supported the motion, remarking that he had no fear that the post of honour and gentle manly feeling would be endangered by promotion from the ranks. He hoped that the right hon. baronet the S ecretary for War would take the matter into his serious consideration, because it was one that required great care in carrying it into operation on account of the difficulties that now lay in the way. Col. NORTH rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.)_ LONDON GAZETTB.-THIS EVENING, WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 30. The announcement in the Gazette of the 3d of March, 1866, of the appointment of Lieutenant-General the lion. Charles Grey, and of Major-General Sir Thomas Myddel ton Biddulpb, K.C.8., to be Joint Keepers of her Majesty's Privy Purse, is corrected as follows :—The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General the Han. Charles Grey, one of her Majesty's Equerries in Ordinary, to be Private Secretary to her Majesty ; and Major-Gene ral Sir Thomas Myddeiton Biddulph, K.C.8., to be Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senhor Jose Henriques Ferreira as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 30. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Troop Sergeant- Major Thomas Henry Hartnell to be Cornet, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Robert Stickney Blaine, placed upon half-pay ; Cornet Thomas Henry Hartirll to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Bourne, pro- . . . rooted. _ , 9th Lancers—James Alexander Francis Humberston Stewart-Mackenzie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gaskell, promoted. Royal Artillery—Surgeon-Major Jonas King Carr, M.D., from the 32d Foot, to be Surgeou, vice James Hannan, appointed to the 49th Foot ; Staff-Surgeon John Irvine, M.D., to be SUrgeon, vice Surgeon-Major EL C. Walsh°, M.D., appointed to the Staff. lst Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Robert Stan ton to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant George Deane, promoted. 4th Foot—Captain Edward Harrison, from the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice E. Bromhead, who exchanges. 6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Gregory Wood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Humphrey Newman, deceased. 7th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Charles Alfred Atkins to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas M'Sheehy, M.D., promoted on the Staff. 13th Foot—Thomas Barry George, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Richard Henry Hare, who retires. 14th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frank Fiddes Rudman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice H. J. T. Hildyard, transferred to the 71st Foot; William Gaskin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice C. L. S. Branson, transferred to the 96th Foot. 16th Foot—Lieut. Basil Clifton Westby to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Palmer Lockwood, who retires; Ensign Charles Napier Rivett to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Westby ; Edmund Hill Wickham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Alfred S. Lingwood, who re tires ; Ingoldsby William Thomas Somerset Smythe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rivett. 18th Foot—Ensign John Charles Sarle Irving to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Francis Wallis Lipscomb, who retires ; Ensign Percy Evans Freke, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Irving. 21st Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Lewis to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Alexander Walker, who retires upon full pay; Ensign John Davidson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lewis ; Ensign Joseph Napier Tew to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Davidson, a Probationer for the Indian Staff Corps. 32d Foot—Staff-Surgeon Richard Chapman Lofthouse, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Jonas King Carr, M.D., appointed to the Royal Artillery. 37th Foot—Ensign Robert Alexander Swetenham, from the 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Arthur M. A. Browne, who exchanges. 38th Foot—Ensign Herbert Conor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morton Eagle Harmer, who retires ; Arthur Munro Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Conor. .44th Foot—Henry George Lefroy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice P. E. Freke, transferred to the 18th Foot. 45th Foot —Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard Hugh Carew to be Assistant Surgeon, vice W. T. Martin, M.D., who exchanges. 49th Foot—Lieutenant F. Thomas Humfrey, from the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. C. Cockburn, who ex changes. 51st Foot—Lieutenant George Charles Cockburn, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. T. Humfrey, who exchanges. 52d Foot—Lieutenant William Barwoll Browne Barwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Keywerth, who retires ; Ensign Charles Elidor Whinyates to be Lieu tenant, .13y purchase, vice Barwell ; Evelyn Broomfield Pocklington, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whinyates. 55th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Espine Ward to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Samuel Edward Walker, who has resigned. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Michael Clarke has been per mitted to receive a portion of the former difference be tween Cavalry and Infantry to which he was entitled on exchanging from the Bth Hussars. Glst Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hercules Atkinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gilbert do Lacy Lacy ' who retires; Ensign Augustus Richard Davies to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Atkinson ; Charles Henry Santi, Gent., to le Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies. 63d Foot—Ensign Richard Carr Francis Burton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Thacker, who re tires ; William Henry Wickens, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burton ; Lieut. William Stevens Ward to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Berne, who has exchanged into the 103 d Foot. 71st Foot—Captain Francis Bonham to be Major, by pur chase, vice James Arthur Gore, who retires upon half pay; Lieutenant John Henry Leslie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bonham ; Ensign Fredk. Do Sausmarez to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leslie ; Ensign Henry John Thoroton Hildyard, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice de Sausmarez. 72d Foot—Lieut. Thomas Francis Pardee to be Instructor of Musketry, vice M'Kay, promoted to a half-pay com pan. 73d Fo y ot—Hubert Goodwin Kelly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Auchinleck, transferred to the 21st Foot. 7Gth Foot—Captain Edward Bromhead, from the 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice E. Harrison, who exchanges. 80th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Richardson, from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice C. S. W. Furlong, who ex changes; Lieutenant Lavallin Itobortl Mid Thomas, from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. K. Wee_ tropp, who exchanges. tioth Foot—Edward Harbord Ives, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sydenham George Hanson, who retires. 96th Foot—Ensign Cecil Lugard Smyth Branson, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice P. William Lambert Cassidy, who retires. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 27. Sub-Lieutenant John William Ramsay to be Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from the 12th inst. Arum 29. Sub-Lieutenant George Saekville Parker to be Lieuten ant iu her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- This Evening. Amsterdam . Ditto.... Mttordam Antwerp Brussels ~ Hamburg Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vieum. Trieste Short. 11 17 n 171 3 Mouths. 11 181 11 19fr 11 19 11 19k 25 371 '45 45 25 3i3 2.4 45 13 81 13 9i Short 25 10 25 20 3 Mouths. 25 323 25 371 25 35 25 40 1191 119& 13 45 13 55 18 45 13 55 Petersburgli Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa 29i 801 6 z 5 6 'l5l 481 481 481 4:31 27 80 28 0 27 80 28 0 27 80 28 0 Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon • . Oporto 27 80 28 0 27 80 28 0 27 80 28 0 52} 52} 522 52k 711 E LIQUEFACTION OF STONE. The dissolving of quartz and flint in water is the subject (says the Day) of a curious paper lately read before a Boston Scientific Society, by Professor Fleury, of New York. The object of all processes of this kind is to produce by economical means a colourless liquid possessing permanent petrefying qualities, and holding fluid in solution. The uses to which such a liquid, supposing it to be perfect, could be applied are numerous. It may be used like the so-called water-glass invented by Professor Fuchs, of Munich, in producing fresh and durable frescoes, and, indeed, this experiment has been tried with some success in our Houses of Parliament. Arti ficial stones and cornices for building purposes might be made if this petrifying liquid could only be produced cheaply enough, and it might also, of course, be used in cementing stones together. Cast statuary, tombstones, baths, tables, mantelpieces, and ornaments of every description, could be made far cheaper from this flint-marble .thaii by the present laborious processes. The liquid might also be used to render wood non-inflammable and waterproof by impregnating it with pro perly prepared solution ; and railway sleepers, tele graph posts, and all wood in exposed places, could be rendered weather-proof, and much more durable. It could be mixed with pipJr pulp and various vegetable fibres, and a variety of useful and orna mental articles could be manufactured from it. Old monuments, and buildings where the stone was decaying, could easily be restored by liquid silica ; and it is possible even that it might be made to serve for the preservation of fruit, meat, eggs, vegetables, &c. Metallurgy would gain much, as Professor Fleury poiiits out, by a process by which quartz could be cheaply and speedily dissolved in water, for gold quartz could then be taken, and the gold obtained as a precipitate from the solu tion of the quartz. The liquid silica sa ob tained would, of course, have a distinct and fixed market value ; and the price paid for extract ing the gold Would be more than covered by the profit arising from its sale. Many eminent scientific men have tried their hands at making this liquid stone, and with varied success. Experiments have been made in which a solution has been procured that could be cast cold without pressure, and har dening from the centre outwards became a snow white flint of greater hardness and durability even than natural marble. Professor Fuchs, of Munich, Kuhlman, of Lille, Fresuy, of Paris, Graham, of London, Hardiuge, of New York, and Mr. Ilan some, of Ipswich, have all applied themselves to this interesting problem; and it is most likely that we shall soon be familiar with the qualities and uses of this liquid stone. SHIPPING IN rELLIGEN CE. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April 29.—City of London, from Colombo ; Virulam, from Adelaide ; Knight Errant, from Calcutta; Elide Sarah, from Warberg ; Naparimo, from Trinidad ; Vera, from Jamaica; John Kendal, from Cape of Good Hope ; Love Bird, steamer, from Ibrail. Arrived, April 30.—Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne Forth, steamer, from Hamburg ; Agnes Bonfield, from Sydney. Sailed, April 30.—Marquis of Argyle, from Adelaide Constantine, for Soderham. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Mosquito and Flora, Prussian briv-of-war, from Toulon, for Kiel; H.M. yacht Enchantress, from West, for River; Bridgetown, from Swan River, for Lon don ; Jane Frances, from Alexandria, for London ; Austra lian, from Sydney, for London; Georgetown, ship, front Barbadoes, for London ; George, schooner, from Cardiff for Drammen. ADMIRAL BENBOW'S PROVISIONS.—Benbow is first heard of in command of a well-armed merchantman in - the Mediterranean, and the earliest anecdote we have of him would hardly be credible on any loss authority than that of his son-in-law, Paul Calton, Esq., who lived to tell it to Campbell, author of " Lives of the Admirals." It seems that Benbow was attacked by a Sallee rover, which he captured; and that ho cut off the Moors' heads and put them into a tub of pork-pickle. Going ashore at Cadiz, with a man following him who carried these pickled heads in a sack, he naturally attracted the atten tion of a customs' officer, who demanded a sight of the sack's contents. This Benbow would not grant: so he was taken before the magistrates of the city, where, having described his property as " provisions for my own use," he sternly exposed it to view on the table. The astonishment of the Spaniards was accompanied by keen admiration. The story was carried to the King of Spain, who recommended Benbow to the attention of James II.; and the grim nautical wag got the command of a man-of war.—British Admirals and their Biographers, in the " Corn hill Magazine" for May. THE FOOD OF HUMMING-BIRDS.—The following interesting account of the food of humming-birds appeared a short time since in Wilkes' Spirit, a New York paper : "In June I happened to be visiting at a house in Pleasant Valley, Erie county, Pa. One fine morning I was sitting in his doorway, looking out upon a neat flower-garden when I noticed a number of beautiful humming-birds, flitting from flower to flower, busy at their breakfast. Calling my host's attention to them, I remarked that I had seen the question of their food made a disputed point somewhere in print. It was denied that they took honey from the flowers, and asserted that they found in them minute insects, on which they fed. My friend, though a close observer, was not certain on the point, and it was proposed to satisfy ourselves, if possible, by offering them honey. He stated that he had caught humming birds often, and thought he could do so again. It may be well to observe that the morning is still, and that a heavy dew lay upon the ground. Some honey was taken upon, a case-knife, and we walked out upon the boarded paths between the flower-beds. Very soon one of the little fellows, a perfect beauty, one of those with the many-coloured, changeable throat, which sparkles so like a jewel, perched himself upon a board's edge, seemed much fatigued. My friend observed that he was wet and heavy with the dew, andcould not fly so long at a time as usual. We neared him once or twice, when he flew away, but at last ho suffered us to get near enough to thrust the honey into his face. His bill touched it, but he was apparently perfectly ignorant of the nature of the substance. Again and again did we press our kind attentions ; his little eye was seemingly on the coast of Greenland,' and a very speculative eye it was too, clear and knowing. His black end shining bill was shaped like a cobbler's pegging-awl. We were about to acknowledge that a hum ming-bird did not know or care anything h a e be in u s t e h rt o e n d ey t when it occurred to ono or the other of us to offer him some ou a stick, instead of a knife. We had scarcely done more so when his eye changed its far off look, and running out from his bill something which looked like,stu exceedin g lyeould fine and narrow piece of white tape, l i i n k t e o a the tempting pltiitutlga pfliguidt,hananadnytshuicakgedelsaewwaw::thilel7 T .11otrkeodutwiftrho ll t q j ta l l u e ,yh i t e e t a , o tl n t i h t g th o l u eo l e e m n f l t a o h s wn o of the satisfiedb i l itsel f. n himself, seemed pretty eyd, sight. d e. assuming an air of comfort that would have done credit to aa b sn i an alderman, spent a few seconds in composing h thoughts, then away h e went without so much as a thank s yhouum.miWnseblivrednstdoinfteoeathoenhhoounse perfectly convinced that MARINE DISASTERS, .....T shows that the total number T ehYe o B ureau fships 'era reported its o lost f during the mo n th of .March was 257, of which 134 were English, 42 American, 33 French, 11 Norwegian, 7 Prussian, 4 Dutch, 4 Italian, 4 Russian, and 18 bearing va rious flags. The total number of vessels lost during the first three months of the present year is 902, a decrease of 45, as compared with the disasters of the corresponding period of 1866. 20 st Pt 100 Lou ..o i io too 271 t 111 114 12 40f 4 121 & 5761 16 6Sa I 91! 8