The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-17 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan: 1873 , — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tele&raph), Au,., 1908 — ':xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, o and 4 per Ct 2l 26 pm Do £5OO 2l 26 pm Do. £lOO & £2OO 2l 26 pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Ceut., April 1874 219 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 '4 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 1075 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 trazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 J)o Account 7ll 3; 41 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — D., 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) C,Litian 6 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent — uo. 6 per Cent A . Do. „ B Do. „ 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £4O paid 24 dis C )1 mbian, 6 per Cent. tuba, 6 per Cont. D tuish 3 per Cent., 1825 — D i 5 per Cent., 1864 — D nuhian Principaliti 3E, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 „ 1867 Do. Do. Scrip, £35 paid 4 dis E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — e:gyptian 7 per Cent — 1)o. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds vo. Do. 1864 B2 14 Do. £lOO Bonds 845 4 1 34 Do Government Railway Debentures B3 1 3 9-reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market is quiet, and there is no alteration in the terms for accommodation. The Bank of France return for the week ending 16th inst. shows the following changes compared with that of last week :—The Treasury balance has increased £384,000, cash £352,000, and the ad vances £4,410 ; while the current accounts have decreased £610,000, and the commercial bills £392,010. There were no gold operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The following are the latest prices of the bullion .—Bar gold, 775. 9 d. per oz. standard ; do. parting, 775. 11d. per oz.; Doubloons, Spanish, 755. to 76a. per oz. ; do. Mexican and South American, 735. 9d. to 7.13. per Oz.; United States Eagle, 765. 3d. per oz. Bar silver, d. to -3- per oz. standard ; do. containing gold (5 grs. and upwards) ss. 04d. to ss. Oid. per oz. Dollars, Mexican, 4s. 110. per oz., flat ; Cake silver, ss. 5, I. The traffic receipts of the East Indian Railway for t h e week ending the 31st of March last amounted to £45,257 against £51,060 in the corres 13°Ming week of the previous year. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 28 30 ex coupon, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 21 22. The following is issued by the Committee of B ankers in connexion with the Clearing-house : Return of Paid Clearing for the week ending May 15. Thursday Friday Saturday ,onday .... siluesday ........ " - 8,301,000 8,968,000 'oduesday G iatemala 5 per Cent , . — 19;ian 5 per Cert 1865 Do, Account . Do. Maremmaua Railway 5l M. , xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account . — £63,774,000 Creditor s o f the Estates Investment Company (Lmited) are required to send the particulars of their claim s to Mr. Price, of Gresham-street, the n iEcial li qu i dator, by the 11th June, the 25th of that month g hay.n 1 been appointed for adjudicating U pon the m. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap rinted Mond ay, the 20th inst., a special settl i ng day in the A 8 per Cent. Redeemable Preference Li mited, of th e Belgian Public Works Company, J.4mited, which are not to be marked. The return from the Bank of England for the week endi ng the 15th of May gives the following Rest whe n compared with the previous week : -Re s t otuilbliedeposii; . 4 7 3 :5 1 3 4 4 5 ;2 9 1 5 2 5 Increase... 127,855 1 .4 , 27 7 : 4 8'! 53 5 _or deposits 17,513,323 ... Decrease... 21,7 47 the other side of the account : otl:rninent securities £12,886,314 No change. li o _ te r s ecurities 19,258,506 ... Increase... .£3r,610 Unempl oye d 9,908,150 ... Increase.— 91,, , 30 be h e amount o f notes i n circulation i s 223,184,505, being an increase of £37,695 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,245,277, show ing an increase of £114,920 when compared with the Preceding return. MWith regard to the corn market at Birmingham, thr. W. C. R. C ave states as follows :—" During e week th e trade has ruled dull for wheat, under bin influence of larg e arr i va l s o f f ore i gn , corn ,ned with extreme caution on the part of lyers, who limit their purchases to sup - y 'bimmediate wants only. The export de and for Calif orn i an w h eat an d fl our o f fi ne quality .°lll Liverpool for New York continues, flour Makinl,g 49g. to 50 s . per sac k o f 2801bs, and wheat " 8 . Bd. per 1001bs. At our market to-day there Z aB a bett er supply of English wheat, b es t qua lit y ei ng sought after and selling at last week's prices, while for secondary sorts there was little or no demand. Fine red, 675. to 695. ; common run e) 60s. to 665. ; white, 68s. to 74s ; all per q r . of 4961b5. Foreign wheat was held firmly, but the demand was by no means extensive, millers generally having sufficient for immediate use." The second series of public sales of colonial wool c ommenced yesterday afternoon. There was a fair but not a large attendance. The biddings were not very animated, and prices generally exhibited an average decline of ld. to 4d. per lb. The quantity a rrived for these sales amounts to 213,705 bales, of which 185,935 are from Australia, and 27,770 from the Cape of Good Hope. In the F ore i gn and Colonial Produce Markets during the l ast f ew days there has not been much Z nor ation. - Sugar has remained in very moderate a j n eet, while superior qualities of coffee remained ch f ull values. Rice has been dull and without ma n g e in prices ; whil e t a ll ow cont i nue d i n very „Lonerate request, and quotations gen era lly show a do der tendency. L. 1863 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — oontevideau C per Cent — Nloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l3l- Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Pe 7uvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — _.. Do 41 per Cent., 1865 _ _ Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4/ per Cent., 1862 Do Account 411 2 Portnguese 3 per Ct.,1853,'6,'7,'9,'60,'2,' 86 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4/ per Cent., 1860 53 Do 3 per Cent., 18.59 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B6 51 6 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 D Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B6 Do. do. £6O paid dis a par iardiuian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent ..., Do Acc , ,unt Do New Detested - Do. Account Do Passive Do Account 2 21 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 541 1 Do £lOO Bonds 56 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 4Bl Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed • lOll Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. 1864 Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above pay role iu London. Austrian, par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4l f per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2/ per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French 'lentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. It liar. 3 per Gent. 1831. Ex. 25f. Do. Account 5ll 1 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money with div 921 1 Do. Account, ex div 9Ol 1 xd TIIE 9TH LANCERS.—The annual regimental din ner of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers will take place on Monday, 20th inst., at eight o'clock. Lord Devon has been offered, and has accepted the office of President of the Poor-law Board, which has boen vacated by the promotion of Mr. Gathorne Hardy to the Home-office. Mr. Schlater-Booth will represent the Department in the House of Commons. FATAL COLLISION IN GRAVESEND REACH.—An inquest was held on Monday evening on the body of Henry Jay, the master of the sailing vessel Ada, who was drowned by his vessel being run down in Gravesend Reach by the Norfolk screw steamer, on the evening of the 30th ult. The Ada was loaded with 30,000 bricks, and was proceeding - up the river when the collision occurred. The coroner adjourned the inquiry to obtain further evi dence. Two O'CLOCK. There i s still a tendency towards improvement a t) : t ile mark e t s f or stocks and shares and railway CliritieB, notwithstanding their deep depression th ffi : "Iv in the a scen d ant. The i mpression is that ket ~ , e , 1488 of prope r t y h as reac h e d i ts lowest mar pal value ; and, as it i s a property of great L4 e, the attention of investors has led to numerous fundPlir a sea tor transfer. With regard to the British it may be mentioned that buoyancy is e n i citi d e : eci bY the easy position of the rates felt in the specie movement, the confidence tranquil- ill °or present administration, and the more how aspect of continental affairs. Consols are a 9,1 Iv 92 1 + for money, with the dividend, and 90. Ifor the account, ex div. 90 11e N ew Threes and Reduced Annuities are Sto c k' Exchequer Bills, 21s. to 265. prem. ; Bank 1 .,„ 251 ; India Stock, 219 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 13 44 1 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 102+ ; and ditto 7 45, 54 8, prem. ore ~.. ltt firmir Stocks, with a few exceptions, have been t o i R „ 'OM Mexican, h owever, h ave d ec li ne d i , 'tsiiaT ii Turki s h 5 per Cents. I, to 31 31+ ; and .. , I I 0 0u _, s h ll 0 per Cents. -1, to 51 51+ ; w hil e G ree k catave advanced I, to 14+ f ; Spanish Certifi di I, to 141 I ; the Russian Loan Scrip I, to k 4 _ B . Par. the Chilian Loan Scrip +, to 3 2 dis. ; 'l o ci the Danubian Loan Scrip I, to 5 3 dis. ent O nly a limited amount of business has been ae ered into in the Railway Share Market, but in p ro instances prices have shown a slight im -4,44,,erilent• Lamas hire and Yorkshire and South 1 — "` 11 1 have each advanced f, and Great Northern 41 w hile B r i g h ton have declined I, Midland I, and Western ii. L ll 4 ' h e Foreign and Colonial lines show no material „ a / 3 „ge• Great Luxembourg remain firm, at 10f ; D utch Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, at 15i I ; Caned at 18+ 19 ; Great Western of nad a at 14+ 15 ; and East Indian are flat, at 108 i. VerY littl e. American business has bean transacted i'n State s_2o "ft ia t tilieg, and prices are steady. United at 42 -- "` 44 remain at 721 f, and Erie Shares mi i l but in; ---,eois are + lower, at 76 +. prev :e . el aneou s and Finance shares remain at about d e ,, u ls rates. Credit Foncier of England ar e --tu m at c, at 9 0 95 ‘i i ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cen ts. Tele National Discount Co. at 12i ; and Bank s Construction and Maintenance at 16f. 1 ,,_ , . hares remain very quiet without any mate ..slaotr alte rationr as regards prices. Oriental Bank 4‘•;6.1 D are marked 43f ; Union of Australia, 4' Uni°4 of London, 38+ ; and Bank of Australia, ~ -.„,a ila, 0 , ut 62. At the general meeting of the Acclimatisation Society, held on Tuesday, Mr. Frank Buckland reported that ho had during the season 1866-.7 distributed to various members of the Society anl others eggs and fry of the salmonidm as follows: —Great lake trout, 3,700 ; salmon, 15,450; trout, 11,025; making a total of 30,175 He had distributed them in consignments varying from 50 to 10,000. • MINING MARKET. The market FRIDAY AFTERNOON. pric es in to-day has been very qu i et, an d most cases eases rule a little lower than (3;l4terdaY• Annexed are the latest prices:— otivertou Moor ...... bi 51 Marko Valley eiirales Gold ...... 3 34 North Crotty tl ord Amalgamate 55i North Retallick evonto. et l3asset .......... 16 18 Princeof Wales 51s Od 5256 d etGt. Consolg . :„ Providence Mines C ar Consols,,, . 5i 6 South Caradon 340 350 14i 151 ek tt Fussell ................ -- Tincroft 9 11 114 488 ell ......... 21 21 West Carado II c i. ' tWheal Grenville 21 1 West Seton (`*rest L ........ 17} 1 8 Wheal Chiverton —6s 5 a eat Retailick ...... 41 4.1 Wheal Basset -.t eat 110 115 Wheal Vor... 171- 18 Wheal Seton BRI— LTISH FUNDS— El P3r (..;suovxli N MENT FUNDS. t. Do Consols ........... 8 Per • Account, Ju ne 6 ........ zslevir a Cent. Reduced ........... Per Oent .......... •CLOSING PRICES. 92a 90 1 x so, rAtol1011t• 1111 l 9Cli ANOTHER TRADE OUT R kGE.—JaMCS Davis, forgeruan, was summoned at tho Sheffield police-court, on Tuesday, charged with assaulting a workman named Black adder, employed by Messrs. S. Butcher and Co., of the Phila delphia works. The two men had met at a beerhouse, and Davis asked Blackadder for a job, he being out of work. The request was refused, and afterwards, on the complainant declining to pay for aquart of beer for the defendant, he was struck by Davis on the face several times. A second assault was committed, and on this occasion the defendant threat ened to cut Blackadder to pieces. To the magistrates the defendant pleaded that he was out of work, and could not get work, and that the complainant was working under the price. He further said that he was drunk at the time of the assault. Davis was ordered to enter into his own recognisances in £4O, and to find two sureties in £2O each, to keep the peace for six months. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A MOTHER.—At Dukin field, on Tuesday, George Fletcher, a collier, was charged with violently assaulting his mother. Owing to the violent conduct and drunken habits of the prisoner, his parents turned him out of the house, and he had since been living with an uncle. On Sunday he came home and was allowed to sleep on the sofa. On Monday morning he went upstairs with the poker in his hand, and commenced a murderous attack on his mother, striking her on the head, arms, and legs. The cries of the children brought assistance, when the prisoner was found kneeling upon his mother, who was quite insensible. He had broken the poker by striking her. The prisoner made a rambling statement., to the effect that his mother had been attempting to poison him. He was committed for trial. A TRIPLE EXECUTION.—On the 30th ult. the city of Cincinnati, in America, was the scene of a triple execution, the parties executed being two men named Alex. Aulgus and George Goetz, and a lad named Case, who were convicted of having murdered an inoffensive old man, an utter stranger to his murderers. The only reason for the commission of the offence was, according to the vo luntary confession of the executed men that the murderers wanted to "raise money." On the gallows Goetz asked pardon of Hughes' widow and orphans, and thanked the priest for opening his eyes to the light of Heaven. Case spoke a few words, expressing thanks for the kindness shown him. Aulgus declined to speak. When motioned to the drop, Goetz came forward firmly, A ulgus feebly, and Case danced forward laughingly, and had to be restrained for decency's sake. The ropes having boon adjusted, Goetz said : —"Heads up, boys ; let's die like men." Said Aulgus, "We will do that, George." Said Case, "I want to die at just two o'clock, in time for the train." Case stooped down as ho spoke and looked up, as if to judge how much of a fall he would have, and as he did so he laughed the same chuckling laugh that had already horrified those who saw and heard. Said Goetz again, " Don't lot us slip the way they did over in Newport," referring to another execution. Said Case, straightening up, " Farewell, good-bye, all of you. lam not afraid to die." Said Aulgus again, " Good bye, we are going to leave you." Said Goetz, " God have mercy on us three sinners." White caps were then drawn over their faces, arms pinioned behind, and at 26 minutes past one o'clock the drop fell. The fall was seven feet, and the necks of all three were broken. The bodies hung 25 minutes, were then cut down and coffined, and given to friends, who had hearses ready outside the gaol. THE MARINER'S COMPASS.—In the beginning of the 14th century, Flavio Gioia, of Ainalphi, made the great improvement of suspending the needleon a centre, and in closing it in a box ; hence Gioia in after-times came to be considered as the inventor of the mariner's compass, of which he was only the improver. He lived in the reign of Charles of Anjou, who died King of Naples in 1309. It was in compliment to this Sovereign that Gioia distin guished the north point by a fleur-de-lis. This was one of the circumstances by which the French, in later days, endeavoured to prove that the mariner's compass was a Freud, discoyery.—Nao and queries, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. Extraordinary Accident at West Port. (From the Scotsman.) On Wednesday night, a most extraordinary acci dent, which, but for the bravery of a woman, would have ended fatally, occurred in M'Gibbon's Land, West Port. M'Gibbon's Land is one of those blocks of miserable, ricketty tenements built over the ruins of the Malt Kilns which years ago existed on the Killie Brae, and is near West Port Mission Church. The land is, like all the houses in West Port, divided into dwelling-rooms for separate families, and on the ground floor, or what seems to be the ground floor, two families were accotntno dated in as many small, low-roofed, ill-lighted, and badly-ventilated apartments. In the west apart ment—a room about 8 feet long by 6 feet broad—a man named Robt. Pollock resided with his wife and child. About seven o'clock in the evening Pol lock was sitting by the fireside reading a book, when, without the slightest premonition, the hearth stone gave way, and he was precipitated into a cavernous pit filled with water. The sudden and extraordinary disappearance of her husband na turally caused great alarm to Mrs. Pollock ; but, having heard the splash in the water, she rushed to the brink of the aperture made by the fall of the hearth stone, and with the aid of her dress brought Pollock to the surface of the water, in which position she supported him by seizing hold of the hair of his head. The poor woman bravely retained a firm hold until the neighbours, who had been aroused by the screams of Mrs. Pollock, appeared, and with their assistance Pollock was rescued from his perilous position. The cavern, whose existence was so little sus pected by the inflates of the house built over it, and whose discover, was attained in so peculiar a manner, has a most dismal and treacherous appearance. The walls are slimy, rough, and evi dently very old ; and the immense pool of water —extending farther than the eye, amid the gloom relieved only by the light of a candle, can pene trate, has a stagnant .:-filthy look, and emits a powerful and anything but pleasant odour. In deed, the wonder is that human beings could have existed even fora day above such a fever miasma breeding hole ; and yet for the privilege of occupy ing the room a year's rent had to be cautioned, while the rent was paid weekly. The water, the surface of which was 5 feet 6 inches from the floor ing, was between 6 and 7 feet deep, and rested on a bed of soft mud several feet in depth. The police expelled Pollock and his family from the room, and they obtained accommodation in the other apart ment of the first floor of the land, where already the beds required for occupants covered every square inch of floor surface except the hearth-stone. MARKETS.—This day. MARK-LANE. There was a very poor show of English wheat here to-day, both as to quantity and quality. For all kinds the demand was in a most inactive state, at prices equal to Monday. Over 35,000 quarters of foreign wheat having come fresh to hand, the show of samples was on the increase, and the trade was heavy, on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at barely previous rates. The few samples of barley brought forward were mostly disposed of at late rates. The malt tax trade was steady, but no change took place in prices. The supply of malt was moderate. We were heavily supplied with foreign oats, in which a fair average business was doing, on former terms. Beans and peas were firm in price. Flour, seeds, and cakes were inactive. SHIP ARDIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 870 150 1,950 1,190 Irish Foreign 35,270 130 50,350 1,130 sacks Maize, qrs. TBE SUN, LONI ON, FRILYA Y EVENING, MAY 17 1.867 BOW-STREET. AN UNGRATEFUL SERYANT. —R. Todd, in the employ of Mr. Parnell, butcher, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, was charged with stealing two pieces of mutton, the property of his master. Mr. Parnell stated that having suspected the prisoner he watched him, and saw him take two pieces of meat from the shopboard, and place them in a nosebag. Afterwards, when going out with the horse and cart, he took the nose bag out with him. Witness stopped him and gave him into custody. The value of the stolen meat was 3s. The prisoner had been SOMA months in his service. His wages were-10s. a week with board and lodging. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and asked the magistrate to deal with the case. He said ho took the meat to eat it himself, being kept short of food. Mr. Parnell said this defence added to the ingratitude of the prisoner, whom lie had in the first instance em ployed out of charity. It was utterly untrue. Ife kept as good a table as any i❑ the trade, and Letter than the ma jority. The :nen were wholly unrestricted in quantity, and the cupboard was never locked. Mr. Vaughan said he considered the prisoner's imputa tion against his master as a gross aggravation of the offence, and should sentence him to six months' imprison ment and hard labour, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DAMAGING A TREE IN HYDE PARK—A BAD EXAMPLIr% —Harold Savage, a boy, and Henry Savage, his father, were charged before Mr. Knox, the former with damaging a tree in Hyde Park, and the latter with being drunk and disorderly in Oxford-street. Police-constable Haylor, 747 A, said that yesterday evening ho was on duty near the Victoria-gate, Hyde Park, when he saw the boy breaking some boughs off a tree and placing them over his father, who was sitting down and appealed to bo drunk. He asked the bOy what ho was doing, and he replied, " Only having a game." He told the boy that he must take him into custody, when the father so much interfered that he was obliged to get an other constable to keep him off. After taking the boy to the station, and as he was leaving it the father followed him into Oxford-street, and said, " You vagabond, you have locked up my son." He told him to go away, and as he would not and got a large crowd round him he was com pelled to lock him up. The father said he had only left his work an hour and a half, and therefore had not had time to get drunk. Mr. Knox said he was of a different opinion. Inspector Hari ison said the father was drunk. The boy had been locked up all night. Mr. Knox—The boy has been locked up all night, and if he has done wrong there is more than an excuse, having a drunken father. The boy will be discharged. As for the other defendant he will have to pay lOs. or 7 days, and I would advise him to keep himself sober, and not set his son a bad example. CAUTION TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS AND HORSE KEEPERS.—Joseph Eldridge, horsekeeper, in the employ of Mr. Hughes, omnibus proprietor, appeared to answer the complaint of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of causing a horse to be tortured by sending it out while in an unfit state. _ Peter Hayward, officer of the society, proved seeing a brown horse attached to an omnibus, in Regent-circus, on the ith of May, and, on examining it, be found it to be in a very poor and weak condition, lame, and diseased, and totally unfit for work. On seeing the defendant, he ad mitted that ho had sent the horse out to do two journeys. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, proved seeing the horse on the Bth of May, and said it was lame in both forelegs and both hind legs, and was suffering from a disease called grease and from internal disease. It was totally unfit for work, and it would tor ture it to work it in the state it was in. He thought it right to state that he had ascertained that Mr. Hughes bad, since the complaint was made against him, had the horse in question and another destroyed. _ Mr. Knox, taking into consideration that the horse had been destroyed, fined the defendant 10s. and costs. THAMES. A GOOD PRACTICAL WARNING. —Rosa Scott, Mary Ann Wardell, Susan Wallis, Mary Ann Scott, Catherine Sheen, and Bella Brown, appeared before Mr. Paget, on cross summonses, charged with assaulting each other. The defendants aro all too well known at this court, and aro turbulent, dissipated, and very disorderly young women. Some of them carried children in their arms for the purpose of exciting sympathy. There have been many scenes of noise and disorder in this court, owing to the almost daily assemblage of loose women from those horrible places, Angel-gardens, Bluegate-fields, and Bate man's Folly in the vicinity of High-street, Shadwell, and Ratcliff Highway ; and the fighting, riots, and outrages in those dens of infamy have given much trouble to the magistrates and the police, and have been a tenor and nuisance to the respectable inhabitants living near them. Mr. Paget has lately inflicted many severe but just sen tences on the wretched women who infest the above places, and more particularly on those who have used dangerous weapons. This was the third appearance of some of the defendants, and the second appearance of others. The evidence, which was interloaded with much foul language, having terminated, Mr. Paget ordered the six defendants to stand in front of the dock, and addressed them. Ho said he had repeat edly mentioned the disorderly women living iu Palmers' folly, Bluegate fields, and Angel-gardens, and he had been compelled, in the performance of his duty, to visit many of them with severe punishments. If the sentence he was about to pass did not restore some thing like peace be should go on increasing the term of imprisonment, or commit the offenders for trial. The prisoners before him, and other wretched women of their class kept the localities in which they lived in a continual state of uproar, and then came to that court accusing each other and maintaining a perpetual clamour. One was as bad as'the other; he could make no choice. He would endeavour as far as possible to restore peace in the district, and put an end to scenes which were a dis grace to a civilised country. Ho sentenced each of the prisoners to be imprisoned for two mouths in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour. The prisoners, who wore in a state of great excitement, asked the magistrate to fine them. Mr. Paget—Fines! certainly not; you will all go to prison for two months. WESTMINSTER. NOCTURNAL Amu SEMENTS. - Mr. William Ridge, ap parently about 45 years of age, described as " a gentle man," was charged with ringing bells and knocking at doors without lawful excuse. James Hill, 212 T, said that at two o'clock this morn ing he found the defendant drunk ringing bells and knock ing at doors in Gunter's-grove, Brompton, and took him into custody. Mr. Selfe—What have you to say to this? Defendant-- Quite correct. Mr. Selfe— Very incorrect, I think. Defendant—l believe I was so ringing at my own house. Mr. Selfe—Why, you have given your address on the police-sheet at Paddington. Defendant—Yes, but I live in Gunter's-grove as well. Mr. Selfe—How many houses did he knock and ring at ? Policeman—At three. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—D o you live in three houses in Gunter's-grove ? Defendant—Nest door is a friend, and finding I could not get into my own house I knocked there. Mr. Selfe—And the other house? Defendant - That's unfinished. Mr. Selfe—Then it was not much use knocking or ring ing there. Policeman—Why it was the other side of the way, sir. Mr. Selfe—This is hardly an amusement of persons not over young. I thought it was confined to suckling medi al students and those sort of people. As you are a gen tleman yon are fined 20s. The fine was immediately paid. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS. --A. return showing the number of marriages, births, an d deaths registered in England during the year 1866 h as j us t been published. There were 187 , 519 marriages, 753,188 births, and 500,938 deaths. The excess of births over deaths was 252,250. In the year there were 16,296 more male children born than females, and the number of deaths of male persons was 12,766 in excess of the number of deaths amongst females. It will also be seen from- the figures given that there were 252,250 more births than deaths. More marriages took place in the quarter ending on the last day of December than in auy other quarter of the year; end more children were born, and more persons died, in the quarter ending tho last day of March than in the thiee quarters of the year. THE SHIP BROI)ERLANDET.—A letter reached Shields on Wednesday giving some details of the loss of the Norwegian full-rigged ship Broderlandet. She sailed from the Tyne last month for Bombay, laden with coals, coke, and bitter beer, and was going north about to the Atlantic. At the time that sho was 200 miles off the Shetland Islands she was caught in a heavy gale, which swept her decks. The vessel shifted her cargo, and having damaged her rud der, she became unmanageable. The mate and eight hands got into a boat, and one that the master and the other por tion of the crew should have got into broke adrift. While the mate and his crew were looking after the drifted boat the vessel foundered, and the master and 18 hands were drowned. The mate and the other eight men, after knock ing about the Atlantic two days in the open boat, were picked up b)' a Danish schooner and were landed on the Fame Islands. THE DERBY.—Yesterday Epsom Downs pre sented the first sign of the forthcoming races by the large number of persons congregated at the letting of the ground for booths, stabling, and stands. The sites near the win ning post were actively competed for, and the right to erect victualling booths, &c., was sold at very high prices. The grand stand has been renovated, and active preparation is being made for the great Surrey Carnival next week. NEITGATIS AND LBA.DENBALL. The arrivals of Scotch and country-killed meat having fallen off, the trade has improved, and prices have an up ward tendency. a d $ d seise! Inferior beet 3 4 8 8 Interior mutton.... 3 6 4 2 Middling. do. 3 :0 4 u Middling mutton.. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do t 2 4 4 Prime do 4 1 4 to Prime small d0....1 6 4 S i Large pork 3 0 3 6 Veal 4 0 5 4 I Small pork 3 8 4 4 Lamb, 6., 4 ii to 76 Id BOROUGH. HOP. We have not the slightest improvement to notice in the value of any kind of hops. The demand is heavy, as follows : Mid and East Kents Farnham and country Weald of Kent Sussex Yearlings lOO5 to 135 e „ Olds 505 to 805 „ 1 1 I 1 HID EDITION. NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. THIS DAY. COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been entered into, and late rate■ are in most instances well supported. SUGAR.—The market is not very active, but prices remain steady. Refined goods sell at a moderate rate, at about previous quotations. Coffee—Colonial descriptions have been in fair request, and generally at full values, fine qualites of plantation Ceylon iu some instances realising enhanced prices. Rice—Only a moderate amount of business has been entered into, and pate rates are, in most instances, sup ported for cleared descriptions. TALLO W.—Businoss has remained very inactive, and quotations fur present and forward delivery show a further slight downward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 435. 3d., and last three months' delivery 445. per cwt. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day. The market opens with a good healthy tone. Sales probably 15,000 bales or more. DISTRESS IN THE WEST OF IRELAND.—Memorials received by Government during the last few days leave no longer doubt as to the sufferings now being experienced throughout the wild area of mountain and moorland, some 60 miles in length by 35 in width, known as Connemara. A winter and spring of extraordinary severity every where have been peculiarly intense in the Irish High lands, destroying nearly all promise of crops of every kind, whether for luirnan or animal sustenance. Ominously startling features of the former famine are already re-appearing. Fever and nakedness, and the palsied look of hopeless helplessness, accompany chronic hunger, as of old; while there is the terrible novelty of cattle disease, which is so virulent that the despairing people seldom even skin the stricken beasts and sheep, but leave them unburied where they fall. The imminence of pestilence from this source is aggravated by the fact that the carcases of pigs dying from the murrain are being fed upon by the more destitute of the sufferers, for the price of the two local staples of food, namely, potatoes and Indian meal, is now much beyond what the ordinary miser a bl e wages of the district would supply. But even such are now no longer being earn3d. Employment there is virtually known. There is no scope for it, and no means of payment if there were, the few landed _proprietors having to go without their rents iu great part, if not altogether. Emigration has been carried to its uttermost. Bruits, and further exodus is impossible, for lack of the wherewithal to sustain it. Hence the memorialiste pray that the Government will give directions for some public work; which would ere long 'be remunerative in themselves, and would much alleviate the pressure of the current visitation. Mean while private benevolence is earnestly solicited, and in proportion to its promptitude will be its efficacy. Pending the formation of committees of relief, however, subscriptions will bo prudently a dministered if addressed tO the Rev. Canon P. WA/anus, either at Clifden, Couuty Galway, or 3, Cannon-row, Parliament -street, Westmin ster. ,At the latter place will also be thankfully received any articles of new or worn appare', for adults or children of either sex, blankets, linen, or small items suitable for raffles, bazaars, or other similar purposes. A COLLEGE FRIEND OF CORNELIUS °DOWD.— When I was a student of Arts at Trinity, Dublin, in days of more lightheartedness than I am like to know again, I chanced to have for my "chum" a man of considerable ability, and who, but for a disposition to indulge in drink, would have swept the college of all prizes. After repeated acts of insubordii,atiou, originated in . this unhappy fault, "calls to the board," fines, &c., he only escaped formal rustication by a pledge solemnly given to his tutor, ac companied by a convention, that Ito was to have the daily privilege of one tumbler of punch, never to be exceeded, except if wet through and thoroughly soaked, when a second might be taken. Now, my poor friend, not having that confidence in the climate of his native country that ho might have fairly possessed, conceived the idea of aid ing nature ; and might be spied ',awards six of au after noon standing on the steps of his chamber, while his ser vant, with a watering-pot, performed the part of Pluvius from a window overhead, after which he would return to the company, and beg them to note the condition he was in, and be able to bear testimony, if called upon, that he was in the predicament specified in the act, and eligible or another tumbler.—Blackwood's Magazine for May. • Tak T e h p e lac a e n a n t u th a e l din T ne H r e of KlNG'S the K E g's DRAGOON rgoon G G ua U rd A s ß w DS il . l Albion, Aldersgate-street, on Thursday, the 23d instant. This distinguished regiment having recently returned j from service in India, it is expected that a considerable j number of the former and present officers of the corps will meet together on this occasion, SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. HARPENDEN RACES—TiIts D.Y. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL S FAKES. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; three yr olds 7st 311, four Bst 71b, five and upwards 9st; maiden three year olds allowed Sib, four and upwards 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 300 soya; if entered for 100 soya allowed 7;b; if not to be sold 71b extra. One mile. Redan Mr. Pitt Pas de Charge Nine ran. MANOR STAKES. The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Half a mile. Osprey 1 Haymarket 2 Cordelia filly Seven ran. HARPENDEN HANDICAP. The Harpenden Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft and 2 only to the Race-fund if declared on or before Tuesday, May 14th, to Messrs. Weatherby, London, with 100 sovs added; the winner of any handicap after the declaration of the weights (May 10, at 10 a.m.) of the value of 400 sovs to carry 71b, of any other handicap, 51b extra, weights to be accumulative; the second horse to save his stake One mile and a half. Little Ben Vandyke 2 Troublesome 3 Eighteen ran. ROTHA MSTEAD STAKES. The Rothamstead Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; two year olds 6st 121 b, three Bst 121 b, four and upwards 9st 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 100 sous; if entered for 50 allowed 51b, 30 101 b. T.Y.C. Crown Prince 1 Lillie .. 2 Maridette f 3 PLATE OF 100 sovs. A Plate of 100 sous (Handicap) ; winners of any handicap after May 10 (at ten a.m.) bib, or of the Harpenden Han dicap 71b extra; T.Y.C. Tortuga 1 Skipper Ammunition Nineteen ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE DERBY. 100 to 60 agst Vauban (taken) 6 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken) 18 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Rake (offered) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.--This DAT. The business transacted was not of an extensive nature, as the muster was not a large one, many members being absent at Harpenden. A rumour that the Rake had broken a blood vessel whilst at exercise evidently caused great dismay amongst the backers of the conqueror of Achievement, against whom £4OO to £lO was laid. Vauban would have been supported at 2 to 1, but 7 to 4 was the highest offer on the field, while the only others in demand were Van Amburgh and Marksman, both of whom made an onward advance in the quotations. TILE DERBY. 7to 4 agst Vauban (offered—take 2to 1. sto 1 apt Van Amburgh (taken ) 100 to 8 agst Marksman (taken) 40 to 1 agst The R tke (taken) THE RAKE. A telegram has Wen received this morning from New market stating that, at 7.30 a.m., the Rake broke a blood vessel whilst at exercise. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING. The Rous Stakes, a free handicap of 2O sovs each, with 200 added. 01le mile. Age st lb 5 8 12 Age st lb ... 3 6 7 Sultan Chignon ... Archimedes ... 5 8 4 Lea's'es 3 6 5 Christmas Carol 5 8 1 Cheltenham ... 3 6 5 Skirmish ... 5 713 Belzoni ... 4 6 4 Longdown ••• 5 7 8 Prelate ... ... 3 6 3 Bradamante ... 6 7 4 Alma 3 6 2 King Victor ... 3 612 Seringapatani ... 3 6 1 Sweet Anne ... 4 6 9 Lady Itosehill ... 3 513 J asper ... 3 6 2 Barrington ... 3 5 12 Tynedale 3 6 9 Sister to Vedette 3 512 The Epsom Grand Stand Cup (handicap) of 300 sous, added to a sweepstakes of lb soya each. Derby Course. Age st lb Ostreger 5 9 12 6 9 7 Strathconan ... 4 8 12 Rama ... ... 4 8 7 Sealskin ... 4 8 3 Knight of the Age st lb Harpendon ... 3 6 4 Orne ... 3 6 4 Maid of Masham f 4 6 2 Sweet Home ... 3 6 0 Cheltenham ... 3 6 0 Easby 3 513 Rsdbourne ... 3 5 11 Midwife ...3 5 10 Vici ... 3 5 9 Pyrrhic ... 3 5 9 Rupert's dam c ... 3 5 7 Q.C....3 5 7 Vixen c ... 3 5 7 Crosslanes c ... 3 5 7 Flutter c ... 3 5 7 Attack c ... 3 5 7 Chevalier d'Esprit 3 5 7 Annie Laurie a ... 3 5 7 Crescent ... 4 8 2 Dunaany ... ... 5 7 13 Christmas Carol ... 5 7 9 The Peer ... ... 4 7 4 Dalesman ... ... 4 7 2 War ... ... 4 7 i Roquefort ... ... 3 7 1 Flying Scud ... 3 7 1 Fakir ... ... 3 6 12 Actma ... ... 4 6 12 Zenobia ... ... 5 6 7 Bombaetes ... 3 6 6 Mandrake ... ... 3 6 5 NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS.—JOHN 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 Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. Ilormss and Joint AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on al I race s throughout the year. Address-83, OXBNDEN STREET, HAYMARKET. Mr. GEORGE WERE has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches ; also hi George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. THE LTATELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can be s een 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. jolt NASH, No. 1, King Edward-street, Westminster road, London, has his List at the Post in George-yard Snow-hill, and at the Back of the Arches, Farringdon street. J. N. will attend all the Principal Meetings, and has no representative out of London. All letters to be addressed as above. TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, Jermyn-street, St. James's, London. —Mr. SYDNEY SMITH (ember of Tattersall's) will execute COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin cipal races throughout• the year, from £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 messages cannot be attended to. Further particulars and prices, see The Sportsman, published evory Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. N.B.—No connection with the City of London Turf Agency, 5, Bath-street, Newgate-street. MAY-DAY IN YORKSHIRE. —Last week the heat was so intense in the North and East Ridings that preparations for sheep clipping were common, and some unfortunate animals were actually shorn. The weather was only a foretaste of summer, and this week the cold is extreme. On Monday the custom of May-day break ing of pastures was observed, but the cattle were so starved they refused to graze, and in most cases they were taken in at night, and are yet in their winter sheds: Grass has run off surprisingly during the last few days of cold east winds. RAMSGATE HARBOUR. —A Parliamentary paper has just been issued respecting Ramsgate Harbour. From the statement of receipts and payments made by the Board of Trade for the year ending 31st December last, issued yesterday, it appears that the receipts amounted to £13,335 12s. 3d., including balance in hand on Ist January, 1866,; £1,838 ss. ld.; income from harbour dues, £7,730 2s. 8d ; income from rent of houses, £1,475 3s. Bd. ; dividend on stock, £2,143 13s. 4d. ; proceeds of sale of old stores, £l4B 7s. 6d. On the other hand, the cost of maintenance was £10,051 16s. 2d.; superannuation allowances, £699 15s. ; leaving a balance in hand on 31st December, 1866, x 2,584 ls. ld. From the receipts and payments on a•count of the benefit fund it appears that the receipts were £719 4s. 2d. ; the amount fixed for pensions, £489 40. 3d.; and the balance from last acount advanced from linaagate ilubgur fund, x 422910 0. N EWMARKE T. There has been a great number of amateur and profes sional horse watchers here during the week, but The Rake has been their principal attraction. He has gone in bril liant form of late, and this morning, after having two beautiful canters with Musician, was set to join Sceur de Charite and Artesian in a mile and three quarters, but unfortunately broke a blood vessel at the finish, which annihilates all his chance for the Derby. The townspeople are in a per fect state of consternation at the sad misfortune. The Oaks filly moved freely. Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah colt did two miles; and Jennings sent Trocadero, Dragon, and Montgoubert a good gallop. The Hermit galloped a little over a mile. Pericles led Julius nearly two miles, but very slowly ; and Sealskin pioneered Roquefort and D'Estournel more than a mile and three-quarters. Jasper was schooling llipl iu. Bounceaway was striding along magnificently. Sir Oliver did very little. STOCKBRIDGE. This morning Vauban, - Cocas, and Caucasus followed Lord Ronald two canters of a mile each, and then a gallop of a mile and three quarters. Seville also did a good amount of work, but Ischia and Lady Hester took it some what easy. Miss Havelock merely cantered. Distin and Redcap were leading the two year olds. MIDDLEH AM. Min-ter Bell had a splendid two mile gallop by herself, and the Corporal took the Priest and Tynodale quite as far. The lot look and go uncommonly well. FYFIELD. Captain Kidd was again absent, and Adam Bede merely trotted about. Lord Paramount and the Splitvote colt did two canters, and then a gallop of a couple of miles. ILSLEY. Achievement was early at exercise this morning, and after cantering went a mile and a half by herself. Lord Lyon did a couple of miles. LABIBOURN E. Marksman and the Sunflower filly bad a couple of canters of about three-quarters of a mile each, and wound up with a two mile spin, the colt pulling over his com panion at the finish. RICHMOND. El Cid took Bumblekite and Imperator nearly two miles pretty fast this morning, and the Oaks filly was more quiet than she was yesterday. Mr. G. S. Thompson, who is to pilot her at Epsom, has been here two or three times this week. Strathconan led Violet a mile and three-quarters. Newland galloped a mile-and-a-half. Moldavia and Hawkswell did a mile-and-aFIND-qON uarter at good speed. . Dwain Glyndwr had three steady canters, and finished his morning's exercise with a two mile gallop, and plenty of walking. MILTON. War led Taraban two miles, and Knight of St. Michael took Grand Cross a mile and three-quarters fast. Skysail was out early, and went over a mile and a half at a rattling pace. RACING FIXT. IRES FOR 1867. .Y. Newton 29 Epsom Croydon Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB E. Beverley Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Summer Newcastle ... 25 Ipswich 27 Worcester Summer 27 LY Down Royal Cozporatn l7 Stamford Radcliffe Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood ST. Oarlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading •—• 9 Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford ll Nottingkam l6 AUGU Ripon Brighton . .. 6 Brighton Cluu 8 Lewes Egham ... Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings York August SEPT Margate War wick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth. . . 22 Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth 27 Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden ;MBER. OCT Northampton Autumn. - 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 NOV] Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket let October 21 N43lvmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 Newmarket lioughtov 1M BE IL Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll Leamkogton Hunt COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS The Cambridge Gas and the Great Northern Railway Bills were read a second time. The Moulton Gas, the Milford Harbour, the Manchester Corporation Ward, and the Holborn Valley Improvement Bills were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. A petition was presented from the people of Maidenhead, praying that no alteration should be made in the Common Prayer used in the churches. THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN IRELAND. Lord LIFFORu rose to lay upon the table of the house a petition, which he had given notice of, from the people of Glasnevin, in Ireland, praying that a memorial might be presented to her Majesty praying that the unfortunate persons now under sentence of death in Ireland for political offences might have their sentences commuted. The petition emanated, said the noble lord, from those who h ad taken up arms to protect the cause of peace and order; and though they deeply regretted that those men should so have offended, yet they earnestly prayed that her Majesty would exercise her royal clemency. Although aware of the heinous crime those men had been guilty of, could not but point out to their lordships that this outbreak was quite different from any other that had occurred in that country. It was an attempt against a throne that had been established 700 years -that it was against a country which the most mag nificent army and navy, and this by a people who had no such advantages. Their conduct had been quite different; they had visited the houses of the gentry and had been quite cour teous in their demeanour, they had committed no outrage ; some had been mere swindlers, some had been dupes, and some enthusiasts. His lordship then alluded to the speech of Burke, and stated that though he was misguided they were noble words, and if capital punishment was visited on him he would be translated into a martyr. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. FORTIFICATIONS BILL. Lord LONGFORD moved the second reading of this bill, and it was agreed to. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-7'ms EVENING. Thu SrEfiElt took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed: .—Blyth and Tyne Railway, London and South-Western Railway, Prescot Gas, Rixton and Warburton Bridge and Tyne improvement. THE METROPOLITAN GAS BILL. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex presented a peti tion from the City of London against this bill. DISTRESS IN GALWAY. Mr. GREGORY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he had received any communication from the Law Life Society expressing the intentions of that corpora tion to give employment and support to their tenantry during the present severe distress in the west of Galway ; and whether he would order a report from the Poor-law Inspector as to the steps taken in fulfilment of thatpledge. Lord NAAS said he had received further information, and it was to the effect that unfortunately great distress prevailed, but the society had set on foot certain works on their estate with a view to give relief to the suffering people. He would take care that reports were made frequently as to the state of the distress. THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Mr. BENTINCK asked the Vice-President of the Council on whose responsibility and judgment purchases were to be made at the Paris Exhibition ? Lord R. MONTAGU said last night he stated that no purchases had been made in anticipation. With respect to the usual South Kensington vote, it was under the con trol of the President and Vice-President of the Council, assisted by the art referees, Messrs. Redgrave and Robin son. If something was reported as worth purehasimg, it would be considered by those having control of the vote, who, with the assistance of the gentlemen named, would take the matter into consideration. THE ANNUITY TAX. Mr. MONCRIEFF asked the hon. [umber for Feeble shire whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to introduce any measure relative to the :An unity Tax in the burgh of Canongate,:lidinburgh ; and, if so, when such measure would be int roduced ? Sir G. MONTGOMERY said it was the intention of the Government to introduce a bill on the subject in the course of the next fortnight. RE-APPEARANCE OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In answer to an Ross. MEMBER, Lord R. MONTAGU said it was tree that the cattle plague had reappeared in the metropolis, and there were eight infected places. Last night, out of 73 cows, 25 were attacked. The disease was also rife in Germany. A n Order in Council had been passed on tilos subject this day. Mr. R. HUGESSEN asked whether 73 represented the whole attacked? Lord R. MQNTAGU said 73 cows in one district were c4leked, SCOTCH REFORM BILL. Mr. BOUVERIE asked whether members Ni onld be in possession of a copy of the bill? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE R said he was anxious that the committee should define tl lie meaning of the word " house," as there was a clause in the Scotch bill which depended upon it. He thought the committee would most probably decide the matter that eve ning. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The debate was resumed on the question. that the words proposed by Mr. Watkin " provided that no-tene ment shall be consid ere d a dwelling-house for the purpose of this act, which contains less than two ro ems." The hon. member said his object in moving the ad, lition of the words to clause 3 was solely to prevent " household suffrage" degenerating into " hovel suffrage," be cause he did not think that huts in which great number of persons were crowded shuruld form. a qualification fur the exercise of the elective fran chise. The bill as it stood held out inducements to create votes by the erection of hovels quite unlit for human habitations. The great object was to exclude the Hovel from the operation of the bill, and make household suffrage what it ought to be. _ _ Capt. MELLOR opposed the amendment, as lie con sidered it would neutralise the decision already come to by the house with respect to the lodger franchise. Mr. PEASE thought that the proposal of the IPan. member for Stockport would fall snort of the object he intended, and therefore he had taken the liberty of making certain additions to it, when he thought it would have the desired effect. He proposed to add at end of Mr. Watkiu's amendment the following words —" And the said two rooms shall not together contain loss than one thousand six hundred cubic feet of space, and that no room or rooms shall be considered a lodging for the purposes of this act that do not together contain one thousand six hundred cubic feet of space, or separately contain one thousand cubic feet of space." Sir J. COLLIER said the proposal of the hon. member who had just set down would not work well. It would create all sorts of difficulty, because it would compell the overseer, in cases of dispute, before the revising barrister to give evidence as to cubical measurement of rooms for which the vote was claimed. Mr. LIDDELL said very. much difficulty would be cleared away if the Government would give the definition of the term "dwelling-house." Mr. M‘LAREN said the amendment of the hon. member for Stockport had nothing to do with the lodger franchiso r It related entirely to dwelling-houses directly rated to the poor, which lodgers are not. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING. , BER. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAT 16. The Queen has been pleased to ' approve of Mr. C. A. Weber as Consul at Demerara, in British Guiana, and of Mr. Thomas Williams as Consul at Nassau, in New Pro vidence, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 17. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant .9,u -perintendent of Stores Charles Hale llumbold to be Assis tant Superintendent of Stores, vice Manford, placed upon the retired list. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert Tol ver Gerard, Bart., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry, to be one of her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, for the service of her Yeomanry Force, with the rank of Colonel in that Force. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 12 Rotterdam Antwerp "'2s 37/ 25 424 Brussels — 25 371 25 424 Hamburg — 13 9 13 9t Paris Short 25 121 25 25 Ditto 3 Months.2s 35 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —119 i %/leant. — 13 21 13 71 Trieste — 13 5 13 10 Petersburga Berlin Madrid — 481 4 8 Cadiz - 27 25 Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon . Oporto 27 15 27 15 27 25 27 15 27 25 27 15 27 25 27 15 27 25 27 15 27 25 52 52 52} 52 FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOK SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. HARPENDEN RACES—THIS DAT. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. The Two Year Old Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners of any race value 100 Boys 51b, of.two such races or one value 200 sovs 71b extra ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes: T.Y.C. (4i fur.). 16 subs. Belle Jeane Loaf Sugar Drogheda filly Six ran ... 3 WH EATH A.MPSTE AD HANDICAP. The Wheathampstoad Handicap Plato of 50 soya added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for horses running for this race; winners of any race after the declaration of the weights (May 10, at 10 a.m.) 51b, and of the Harpenden Handicap, 51b extra. Entrance, 2 sous. One mile. Wild 800 1 Vampire 2 Florican Nine ran. SCURRY HANDICAP. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sous each, with 30 added, for all ages; the winner to be sold for 50 sous; winners after the declaration of the weights 71b extra. T.Y.O. Merry Monarch 1 ,• Nannie 2 Flying Jib 3 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 6to 4 agst Vauban (taken) sto 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• LONDON, May 17. Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, May 16.—Wind N.W—Sailed—Alliance, fur the Nest Coast of Africa ; Messina, screw steamer, for Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hans Gosen, from San Francisco; Isabella Harriet, from Per. nambuca. Sailed—Nithsdale, for Monte Video; Bolivar, screw steamer, for Vera Cruz; Sir Henry Havelock, for TORBAY, May 15.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Marion, for Rio Grande. NEWPORT, May 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—William Jones, for Mauritius; liarmoine, for Aspinwall; Sunshine, for New York. FALMOUTH, May 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Louis, from Monte Video; Napoleon 111., from Alexandria; Alessandra, from Odessa; Seieb, from lbrail. Sailed— Vigilia, for Skanghae. QUEENSTOWN, May lb.—Arrived—Kangaroo, screw steamer, for New York. MILFORD, May 16. Wind N.B.—Arrived—lmpulse, from Moulmeiu. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 16. —Emma, from Stettin; International, from Teneriffe; Celia, from Terceira; Astracan, from Kur rachee ; Triton, from Wismar; Centipede, from Caravan sera ; Gladiator, from Colombo ; Nora, steamer, from Har lingen. A Danish gentleman, who has for years bought a property and built a house near Olevano, where he habitually resides, visited Rome a few days ago. He describes his position as critical, the brigands having cap tured his next neighbour, and cut off his ears on account of his inability to pay the ransom they demanded. Mr. M—, the Dane, however, is a determined man, and well provided with firearms to defend himself in his castle wherein, moreover, he has deposited 2501 b of gunpowder, as he is resolved to blow up the house in case the brigands should force their way in, rather than allow himself to be taken. Sin WILLIAM LAWRENCE. —By the latest accounts Sir William Lawrence is reported somewhat better. H e i s still, however, unable to speak or to write. His first act on recovering consciousness, which had been almost sus pended for three or four days, was to resign his post at the College of Surgeons ; and this ho effected, we hear, by Four men spelling out words by means of letters placed before him —Lancet. YtsheedveNaviinntnghenniaa- THE PERILS OF THE MINE.—A. terrible accident happened at ono of the Old Park Iron Company's pits at o d u ho d y e s n suddenly Stricbley, in Shropshire, at about three miles froth the Min the Shiffnal Station of the Great Western Railway. and four boys were descending to - work 170 ware about I g i r m o s i s tn iv d e , atoo cog -wheel o l ' v e l l i o io c h k f o o n rm W s oci pa n i c t stl o a f yards beneath into ten pieces. At this time the men zt chinery, and weighing about 171 cwt., 130 yards down the shaft. The engineer gine and applied the break. such, hol stopped his en - mo mentum which the descending body vever, was the had break was no more than sufficient acquired that the rotation of the machinery. The to slightly check th e chain ran out and then snapped' falling whole length of the it upon all the men and one boy. dead, all with their skulls smashed 'Three men were taken out still holding by , the chains which and their left hands the draw chain. One ho died ch connected the cage with and yesterday no hopes Yw after his removal home, The remaining three buysere given of the fourth man. men are married, have n will recover. Three of the children, and the widow •of one will s oon again chain are 4... _n become a moth er . The Witchinery and a Qi excellent crudity. THE DERBY AND OAKS. THE SUN of to-morrow (Saturday) will con tain the Selections of all the Sporting and Weekly Newspapers for the above important races. { ~' 1