The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-27 00:00:00

.--•- MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the past week the state of trade in the manufacturing districts has continued dull, the in tervention of the Whitsun holidays having caused almost a suspension of operations. At Manchester, Leeds, and Bradford manufacturers have confined their dealings to immediate requirements for the home markets. The hosiery trade at Leicester has continued flat, with little prospect of improvement at present. In the hardware districts there has been no change of importance. The gun trade, however, at Birmingham, has shown more activity Owing to the demand for America. A moderate amount of business was concluded in the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, and prices were steady. The sales were 8,000 bales. The half-yearly interest on Russian 4 per Cent. Bonds of the loan of 1860, will be paid on and after the Ist proximo. About £24,000, in gold, was sent into tho Bank of England on Saturday. A meeting of the Commercial Dock Company will take place on the 14th proximo, for the pur pose of declaring a dividend and the .election of a director. The inquiries for discount accommodation con tinue moderate, and bills are still freely negotiated on levier terms in the open market than at the Bank of England. There is an abundant supply of capital for all the ordinary requirements of trade, and credit being well maintained, except among the Greek interest, the mercantile community experience no difficulty in obtaining assistance at the current quotations. The exportation of gold to America, however, is still creating some anxiety, as it may yet exercise an important influence upon the value of money. Continued quietude pervaded the Market for Public Securities, but the quotations are steadily maintained notwithstanding the extensive ship ments of gold to New York. Consols have remained at 91} 2- for money, and 911 a for the account. The New Threes are firm at 89,1.1, the Reduced at 891,; Exchequer Bills are steady at ss. to ls. dis., ditto advertised 2s. dis. to par; India 5 per Cent. Loan at 1011-1,. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been extremely limited, and prices show little variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are ill 72 ; ditto, 188, 56.1 Mexican are flat at 224 ; and Spanish Deferred at 431. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been on a very limited scale, but prices have shown increased firmness. Great Westerns, North- Westerns, South-Westerns, and Midlands have improved 55., and Great Northerns 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire declined ss. ;‘ and London and Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North-Eastern (Berwick) brought previous rates. The Foreign lines have been dull. G reatluxem burg were dealt in at 71 and West Flanders Preference Shares at 9.1. In the Colonial Market Great Indian Peninsula advanced 108., and Bombay and Bahia, 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have Continued in moderate request, without any:material change in value. London Chartered of Australia brought 234-; Union o f London, 254 ; Crystal Palace Stock, 321 i and Electric Telegraph, 951. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. .. — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent i Ditto Debentures, 1858 96 a Consols for Accou n t, 6 .... 911 India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d . 5 die Ditto £5OO 1 dis Ditto Small Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent .. ---- Ditto Account SpAnish 3 per Cent .. • • Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Now Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 941. TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money Ditto Account •OST OF THE FRENCH AND ENGLISII ARMIES, A Field-officer, writing to a contemporary, says : On the 27th of March last the Times discoursed on " tho tremendous fact that the catalogue of the French army contains 6,871 captains, which at 100 men to a company, gives a total of 687,100 soldiers under aims." In a letter which you published on the following morning I ventured to dispute the accuracy of this dreadful announcement; and I put the effective strength of the French army in 1860 at 358,408 men. In an article, prefaced by an awe-inspiring "leader," the Times of to-day informs us : " The army is distributed 334,310 men, with 69,809 horses in France, and 65,690 men with 15.896 horses in Algeria." A fall of 287,100 men from the wondrous " total" of last March ! Having in minute detail laid before us the figures (whence derived we are not told) of tho French army, I hope your contemporary will favour us with the arithmetic of the Russian and Austrian hosts. Before we condemn the disproportionate hugeness of French armaments, it is right that we should know what number of troops the other great mili tary powers can set in line. According to the Times correspondent at Vienna (letter published April 9, 1861), "the effective force of the Austrian army is computed at 400,000 men." This is probably near the mark. But what of Russia? Is her army far short of 500,000 men ? What is Prussia doing in the martial way 1 1 Is France, the only active ally of Italy, to disband at this particular moment ? Messrs. Roebuck and Horsman would doubtless answer " Yes." The French budget de guerre, and the English army estimates, are so differently drawn up, that it is no easy matter to institute an exact com parison between them. The 7irnes, however, sees no difficulties ; by adding various items to the French war budget, your contemporary makes our neighbours pay £20,159,624 for their 400,000 soldiers, our 146,044 troops costing us £14,606,751. Again, by throwing into the French accounts £3,934,416 (purporting to represent the difference between the conscripts' labour at their own calling, and their pay as soldiers, at 6d. a head per them), the 7inzes succeeds lu swelling the French army ex penses to £24,094,040. As your contemporary casts no weight of a similar sort on the English estimates, we are to assume, I suppose, that on this side of the water the value of the recruit's " labour at his own calling and his pay as a soldier" are identical. The Times does not notice the fact that the cost of the police (gendarmerie, upwards of 20,000 men) is included in the French budget de guerre. In short, the comparison attempted by your con temporary is by no means satisfactory, and w i ll scarcely,.l should imagine, " dissipate," as he ex presseshe it, " the many illusions among us as to t disproportion between the cost of the French and English atmies." There are people who perceive about the preten tious manifesto in question a strong War Depart ment flavour. But, be that as it may, its ex cathedra assertions will be received as a godsend in Pall-mall and at the Horse Guards. At " White's" there will be rejoicing over its figures; and poli tical quidnuncs will swallow its facts" for gospel. Is it not calculated to check the inconvenient rest• lessness of parliamentary economists, and to " put down" the vulgar indignation now brewing in the country on the score of military extravagance ? To show, however, that your contemporary was not always quite so confident as he seems to be at present, that we get our money's worth for our money spent in re tnilitari, I quote an earnest appeal of his, which was given to the world so lately as the 22d January, 1861 :—" It has been our vain cry for years that if members of Parlia ment would only work in this soil (army estimates) instead of crying about th e s t reets like frozen-out gardeners, they would dig up hundreds of unknown abuses, and reduce the estimates by several millions, 'without impairing the efficiency of the service." GREAT FIRE.—(THIS DAY.)—A destructive conflagration broke out this afternoon, about half past one o'clock, i n the long rang e o f Workshop s on th e premises occupied by John Aird "Al Co., General Contractors, Belvedere-road. The fire by great exertions was confined t) the workshops. Th o loss of property is very great. Lord Herbert has appointed Major General Sir Lugard, K.C.8., to be permanent Under Secretary to t he War Department, for tho military division. Q the oax, SHARE 211ARKET)-.THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIAttES AND STOCKS. 8 84 81 83 6 7 97 99 961 D7i raid.l Closing Business Price. Done Share! 13.14 stock stock stock 5 6 41 43 8 8i 17 17# 43 50 38 90 27 29 82 84 27 28 AOD 110 125 127 4084 1094 ►O2 104 130 132 105 107 72t 72/ 60 62 09i 110 50 $1 118 120 41 46 93} 94 94 85 10& 11 41 42 4 3dl 1201 not Ilp 93 95 8 ad 52 54 62& 63 102 10211 56f P 59 OP 90 90f 95 97 4f 4} i 9f 101 74 76 114 116 32i An 85 87 46 48 39 41 791 891 63 65 94 96 4 7 396 406 96 IN p 56 6 p 551 581 2 3 p d 80 82 5/ 6 R ailiv ay s. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June , Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and 3lid.Co Bristol and Eli•eter Caledonian Carmarthen Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blrock., ,t Passage Cornwall . A (A gets no div. Do until 6 tv - peran Do B 'ehasbcen ' l d. Dublin AL Belfast. 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SPOBTIYG NOTES. !Business done 'sl7 found in Sweetsauce or Canerino. litf 100 i 98f i be selected from the following : THE DERBY. The programme issued la 7 Mr. Dorling will, no doubt, be as exciting as any of its predecessors. In 'Addition to the Derby and Oaks there are six prizes to be contended for on Tuesday, their aggregEte value- being about £2,000 ; four on Wednesday, value 4200 ; eight on Thursday, value £2,000 ; and five on Friday, value £BOO. The first item on the list for Tuesday is the Brighton Handicap, which has an entry of 48. To select the winner from this number is no easy matter, but the winner may be There are no fewer than 17 two-year• olds engaged in the Woodcote Stakes, the following 17 of which have been in public, Wingrave, Tolurno, Express, Imperatrice, Duke Rollo, Lord Clyde, Ethel, Walpole, Master Fenton, Black cock, The Tutor, Fantasia, St. Bridget, Tarragona, Coulon, Bloodhound, and Pot Pourri. Wingrave has shown him self a thorough game horse, and unless a flyer should spring from the dark division he ought t , ) secure the stakes. The Rous Free Handicap will likely go to Donner and Blitz, and the Heathcote Plate to Miss Julia. The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-year olds; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b; the second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes ; the winner to pay 100 sovs towards the police and regulations of the course, and 50 to the judge ; the last mile and a half to be run on the New Course. 238 subs. The field will not number more than 18 or 20, to Horse. Trainer. Jockey. Dundee M Dawson Custance. Russley M. Dawson Covey. Folkestone ....... M. Dawson H. Withington. Diophantus I maus J. Dawson French. Dictator Fobert The Drake Scott Aldcroft. Klarikoff ..... .... Scott Ford ham. Kettledrum Kildonan Royalieu Rouge Dragon .... Manning King of Kent *Overton .. A. Taylor Atherstone .. A. Taylor Grouse Hayhoo .. .. Charlton. Aurelian *Struggler Channel! Damascus toubtful. Dundee, a bay colt, by Lord of the Isles out of Marma lade by Sweetmeat, her dam Theano, by Waverley out of Cherub, by Hambletonian (bred by Mr. Cookson), the second produce of his dam, who was not a distinguished runner was beaten last year for his first engagement, in the Tyro Stakes, at Liverpool, which Lady Clifden won, beat ing Big Ben by a neck, the latter having the same advan tage over Dundee ; close behind whom finished Little Lady. Beating Walloon in the commonest of canters at Epsom, with at least 71b. in band, the latter's dead heat with Russley at Goodwood, giving him 31b, made Dundee 101 b better than his stable companion, who at Stockbridge ran Diophantus a good race when in receipt of 51b, which just gives the favourite the best of Lord Stamford's horse. He defeated Brown Duchess and Nemesis at Goodwood, and afterwards proved his staying qualities in his celebrated encounter with Maggiore at York, where he ran a dead heat. In the second time of asking he won easily by a length, thus proving himself entitled to the proud position of being made first favourite for this world-renowned race. He has not been out this year, but has wintered well, and Mr. Merry has every prospect before him of being recorded the winner of two successive Derbys. Diophantus, a chesnut colt, by Orlando out of Equation, by Emilius, her dam Maria, by Whisker out of Gibside Fairy (bred by her Majesty), the fourteenth produce of his dam, commenced his career successfully at Ascot for the Biennial (won in the previous year by Thormanby), which it will be recollected he fairly ran away with in the midst of a tremendous hailstorm, those immediately behind him, Dundee, his next appearance Wing, and Copernicus. in a Travellingfie of t f h o e u r s t a e m e n e , cir e c i u n i g t L asu pus , was at Stockbridge, where, though not pitted against the " crack," he was opposed by another of Mr. Merry's long string, Russley, to whom he conceded 51b, and beat him very easily, Vinegar Hill and Anthem, both of whom have shown some little form since, being a long way behind the pair. He next ran for the Chesterfield Stakes at the New- market July Meeting, for which he lost start ; but at Good wood, later in the month, he recovered his lost laurels by winning the Molecombe Stokes, in which he beat Parasite and Russley. The easy manner in which he cut down the field opposed to him in the Two Thousand, must make him a very troublesome customer to the favourite at the finish. Imaus is another of Lord Stamford's, and it would not surprise me to see him beat his stable companion. Dictator, a bay colt, by The Care out of The Queen, by lago, her dam the Duchess of Kent, by Belshazzar (bred by Mr. Hedley)—was beaten for his first engagement, the Mostyn Stakes, at Chester, by Big Ben, after which he was twice successful, carrying off the Londesborough Produce Stakes at Beverley, the best he beat being Caller Ou, and the July Stakes at Newmarket from Walloon, Knight of the Thistle, Lupus, and some others. These successes naturally gained fur Dictator a prominent position in the Derby betting, which was, however, seriously affected by the ovorthrow ho ..bsequently suffered at the hands of Kettledrum, to whom he attempted to concede 31b tor tne North of England Biennial at the York August Meeting. lie has not been in public this year ; but, taking his last year's performance into consideration, he ought to finish in the first rank. Kettledrum, a chesnut colt, by Rataplan out of Hybla (the dam of Mincemeat, winner of the Oaks), by The Pro vost (son of the Saddler), her dam Otisina, sister to Laner cost (bred by Mr. Cookson)—the seventh produce of his dam, a mare that showed some form (?), also proved suc cessful for his first engagement, though in a scarcely half prepared state, beating Dictator, Russley, and some others of no account for the North of England Biennial at York, where he subsequently suffered defeat at the hands of Gar dener, Russley also turning the tables on him. His race for the Champagne—in still backward condition—showed that he at least possessed tine speed, as he ran Walloon, who got much better off, to a length, a good performance over a distance so suited to that flying son of The Dutchman. The forward place he held in the Two Thousand is known to everybody. Since his removal to Codford, in company with Dilkoosh, the horse has done remarkably well, and goes through his morning exercise in such a manner as inspires his trainer and owner with the greatest confidence. Klarikoff, a bay colt, by De Clare out of Wiasma, by Hetman Platoff, her dam Mickleton Maid, by Velocipede (bred by Mr. Bowes)—the eighth produce of his dam, who also bred Mouravieff, like the two preceding candidates for the Blue Riband, a l so won his first engagemen t. I n the Two Thousand h o ran third. He has grea tl y im proved since, and J o h n Scott is very sanguine of carrying off the Blue Rib an d t o Melton. He will be r idd en b y Fordham, wh o ro d e the winner yesterday of the French Derby. The Drake is a l so i n the Whitewall stable, and, from his fine action, will run a good horse. Kildonan, a bay colt, by Newminster out of Shamrock, by Young Priam, her dam Miss Bucktrout. by Terion or Tomboy (bred by the Rawcliffe stud)—the third produce of her dam, neither of whose previous sons, Inniskillen or Conrad, were worth anything, was beaten for his first en gagement, the Mo s t yn Stakes, at Chester, won by Big Ben, with whom it was said h e could have finished close up only for being disappoi n t e d at the last turn. His performances this year with litmus entitle him to be held in the highest estimation. He will run forward, but I think he would like a shorter distance. Athertone, a bay colt, by Touchstone out of Lady Harriet, by the Merry Monarch, her dam Cestus, by Longwaist (bred by Mr. Parker)—the fourth produce of his dam, ran last year no few than eight times, but was only successful on one occasion, at Warwick, where he beat The Conque ror and four others of no mark for the Castle Park Stakes. He has been backed occasionally at long shots, but, like Kildonan, he would like a shorter distance. Rouge Dragon, a chesnut colt, by Windhound out of Paradign., Para one her dam Ellen Horn, by Red Sh an k (bred by Col. r ealseo ) , is we _ _ Hawley, and has been very fishy in the market for the last three days, but may come again before the race, and ought to be held harmless. Royalieu, a chosnut colt, by Fitz-Gladiator out of Euse bia (bred in France), represents the interests of the great French confederacy, and if he only performs as well as the horses Jennings has already brought out this season, he will do no discredit to his trainer, who has such good means of forming a correct opinion of Royalieu's merits through Cosmopolite, Angelo, and Palaiseau, that he must at least be regarded as a very d ingerous outsider, the amount of money lately put on him denoting that he has been favour ably tried. The only others of the outsiders that have a chance are Brother to Teddington and King of Kent. The latter has been stopped in his work for some time with a bruised foot, or he would have given 'the favourites some trouble. To select a lot to beat the field I would retain DUNDEE, DICTATOR, DIOPHANTUS, KETTLEDURM, KLARIKOFF, IMAUS, and ROYALIEU. The judge, I anticipate, will place the first four horses for the Derby of 1861 as nearly as possible in the following order : DUNDEE or KLARIKOFF ...... DICTATOR DIOPIIANTUS There has been very little speculation on the Oaks. The folllowing will likely take part in the rade :- 1 Nemesis Fairwater... . Brown Duchess .............. Jeffries. Silverhair J. Scott. Preceptress Sweet Hawthorn Limefiower Elcot Lass ................ J. Dixon. Caller Ou ....................W. I'Anson. Vaga Manning. Gabrielle d' Estrees Pardalote ....... J. Dawson. Aricula ...................... J. Armstrong. Queen of the 'Vale .. • ....... Hayhoe. Lady Blanche ...... A. Taylor. Harriet ..... T. Dawson. Wild Wave .... . ....... J. Lowe. From the easy manner in which Nemesis carried off the Ono Thousand 1 it is 120 use me going through to per formanoes of those that will comprise the field. The only formidable antagonist that Nemesis will encounter is Silverhair, who was out three times last year, and success ful in two of her engagements, and only beaten by a neck in the other by Doefoot, who carried 51bs. extra. The race, in my opinion, lies between Silverhair, Nemesis, and the winner of the French Derby, Gabrielle d'Estrees, but to the former I give the preference. The Great Surrey Foal Stakes will go to Klarikoff if un successful in the Derby. A FRESH MAN. London, May 27, 1861. THE FRENCH DERBY. Gabrielle d'Estrees (Fordham) 1 Eclair Hisber Agamemnon (Kitchener) 4 Won by a length. Seventeen ran. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. 6} 6g 96 97 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 5} Closing Price. 41 5 d Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,BarodaJz.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do, Do. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Po. New Do. Preference Ruffalo,Brant,&Godrich o p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Urn ) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debcntrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 18G5-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. S outh. of India(Lim)l guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada Shares 1, Do. New IDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do 'Do. 5 p• c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 o. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßr unswick Candal Ry. &L an d(Lim.)g.fipc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land dm ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde .... ..... . t i,..: Do. Punjaub .. ..! Et, Do. Do. .. • • .... ce . Do. Indus. St. Flo. a g ., Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. /100 15 all 100 1 11 d pr Id' 10011 104 97 99 084 991 984 994 19 20 65 68 55 60 36 33 44 47 35 38 31 37 98 09 dld 91 96 d 101 It 9! 91 95 98 99 92 84 86 95 96 88 90 5 7 5 7 99 100 1d 6,1 - - d 92 94 $ Id FOREIGN RAILWAYS. TATTERSALLW-SATURDAY. The " Saturday before the Derby" was scarcely true to its traditions, and did not produce a sensation meeting. Although a telegram informed the members that Bombar dier was hors de combat, and although Imaus encountered a passive hostility which sent him from 100 to 8 to 1,000 to 40, the majority of the members seemed so used up by watching the market that, like Sir Charles Coldstt eanz,they were inclined to regard such demonstration as if there were nothing in it. The active speculators may have been easily classed in two divisions; the first and the largest majority comprising those who wished to "get on." The leading favourites, therefore, held their positions with extraordinary firmness, and not an attempt was made to disturb Dundee from his pride of place. The increased support awarded to Diophantus (about whom in the City 400 to 100 had been taken) may partly account for the retrogression of Imaus, who was very "tottery" in the market, whilst his stable companion was quite firm. Klarikoff seemed to have " come out of the fire" quite unscathed, his supporters deeming his narrow escape en route to Epsom as a happy omen. The accident is thus described by Bell's Life : "During the journey of Mr. Scott's horses from Melton on Tuesday by the Great Northern line, his Derby ' crack,' Klarikoff, had a narrow escape of being burnt to death through the van catching fire between Essendine and Peter borough. It is supposed that a spark from the engine ignited the cushion on the box of the van, as it was all in flames when the train stopped at the ticket platform out side the Peterborough station, and the wooden seat, toge ther with a lot of clothing in the ' boot,' was also discovered to be on fire. It is a miracle that the accident did not happen after leaving Peterborough for Hitchen, or the van, horse, and luggage (which filled up one of the stalls) might have been destroyed." Kildonan's upward tendency was unmis takeable, but Royalieu was perhaps in greater request than any other horse. In the City, in the morning, 20 to 1 was only " asked" about him ; and when his supporters tried to extend their operations this afternoon, they were compelled to take four or five points less. King of Kent, who it was thought had been quite deposed, was " restored," and his partisans seemed to hold a firmer allegiance than ever. 33 to 1 was his taking price at the close. The infamous conspiracy to spite a member of the ring, and to drive back Dictator, to which we alluded in our report of Thursday's betting, exercised a more pernicious influence than was at first expected. Mr. Reynolds, who was made the victim, laid the odds to, we believe, £2OO, commencing at 14 to 1 and extending them to 50 to 1. So genuine seemed his operations, and such implicit reliance did he place on his telegram, that requested him to lay the odds to £3OO, that even people who had a familiar know • ledge of every movement of the horse dared not attempt to stop the "knocking out." Certain bookmakers and others that had backed the horse seemed glad of the opportunity of "getting out," and the news of the horse's retrogression being sent to Manchester and to London, many persons followed on the same side. 1 hus a shameful and silly hoax to spite one individual affected a number of persons. The prices at the close were as under : DERBY. 9to 4 agst Dundee (taken) 4to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 13 to 2 agst Klarikoff (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Kildonan (taken) 11 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 12 to 1 agst Dictator (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Royalieu (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Imaus (taken) 33 to 1 agst King of Kent (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Drake (taken) 66 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken) 66 to 1 agst Brother to Teddington (taken) THE OAKS. 3to 1 agst Nemesis 4to 1 agst Silverhair 100 to 15 agst Fairwater Bto 1 agst Brown Duchess LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. THE DERBY. 5 to 2 agt Dundee (taken and offered) 7 to 2 agst Diophantus (taken) 7to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken freely) 11 to 1 agst Kildonan (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Dictator (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst kettledrum (taken) 12 to 1 agst Royalieu (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Imaus (taken) 30 to 1 agst King of Kent (taken) 40 to 1 agst Atherstone (taken) 40 to 1 agst Neighbour (taken) 40 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Drake (offered) 100 to 1 agst Russley (taken) 100 t• 1 agst Brother to Teddington (taken) THE OAKS. 3to 1 agst Nemesis 100 to 30 agst Silverhair (offered—take 7 to 2) 7to 1 agst Fairwater (taken and offered) Sto 1 agst Brown Duchess (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Caller Oui (taken and offered) Bombardier met with an accident •n Saturday, and was struck out of the Derby on the same day. ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. The following horses have arrived and trained here : M. Phillippe, Von Strom], Narcissus, Ilippodamia, Canis brook, Mutineer, Rapture, Warrener, Victor, Prince Fre derick, Bolero, Sister to Morella, Touch-me-Not, Wild Bird, Watchfire, Thunderstorm, New Forest Deer, Robin son Crusoe, Pixie, Bombardier, Lady Little, Balham, Vulture, Gaylad, Lady Bird, Keepsake, Confectioner, Esther, Vigil, Lady Louisa colt, Scorpion, Lady Fanny colt, Prince Edward, Remunerator, Foretop, The Duchess, Amelia, Dorking, Naughty Girl, llarefoot, Maid of Tees Valley, Twilight, Avalanche, Caller Ou, British Grenadier, Benbow, Robin Hood, Sweetsauce, The 'Wizard, Traveller, Klarikoff, The Drake, Angelo, Gameboy's dam filly, Clarissa colt, Silverhair, Viscountess, Vergiss-mein-Nicht, Scrubbing Brush, Cape Flyaway, Lopcatcher, Lady Tres pass, Palaiseau, Seven Dials, Isabella, Surprise, Wingt ave, Virgilius, Wing, Donner and Blitz, Little Lady, Neophyte, Arrogant, Lava, Malta, Queen of Vale, and Janus. The course very hard. " THORLEY'S SUCCESSES" AT BATH AND MANCHESTER. —The " Gleaner" of Monday, the 20th inst., contained the following predictions:— Race. Horse. Result. Tenth Biennial Stakes Kelston Stakes Somersetshire Stakes Moorcock .... Won ! Weston Stakes Phillips' Plate ... Sheffield .. Won ! Manchester Cup lvanhoff Won ! Two-year-old Stakes Marignan .... Won ! " Predictor" on the Derby and Oaks—see " Thorley's Gleaner" of Monday (this day), 27th May, published at 77, Newgate-street, price Id. Order immediately of any Newsagent. an n ci - aiNo l fi I'VerirAg Authority, "Thorley's Gleaner," for their engagements at Bath and Manchester. The above successes were pre dicted in " Thorley's Gleaner" on the 20th inst. " Pre dictor" on the Derby and Oaks, and other Epsom events, see the " Gleaner" of Monday (this day), 27th of May. Price One Penny. Published at 77, Newgate-street. Order immediately of any Newsagent in town or country. We find in the Sport the following anecdote connected with the late theatrical performances at the Tuileries :—" Eighty ladies were invited to this dramatic soiree. After the play, the Emperor and Empress graci ously complimented the actors on their performance, and her Majesty, addressing M. Montrose, asked him, with a smile, how long it was since Alexandre Dumas' piece had been played at the Theatre Frangais. "Not for twenty years," replied Montrose. "In that case," replied her Majesty, laughing, " pray say nothing about it, for there are several ladies here who, though they will not own being thirty, have just assured me that they had seen it played at the Theatre Frangais. The knell of the old 6 and 9-pounder guns has long sounded, and the fiat which will close an era in the his tory of our artillery is now on the point of delivery. An order will soon be issued from the Horse Guards putting an end to the instruction of the gunners of the Royal Artillery in smooth-bored field ordnance, and confining it to the drill of the rifled gun. Immense saving of time and trouble will thus be gained for the recruits who have quite sufficient employment in learning the use of our numberless military machines, without unnecessary labour. If, however, there are any men who require peculiar consideration on this head it certainly is the Volunteer Artillery, and such bodies as the Channel Islands Militia, who give their time and labour, often at great inconvenience, gratis to their country. It would be superfluous for us to point out that to give such men the inconvenience of learning an obsolete and trouble some drill would be but an ungraceful way of acknowledging their patriotism ; and we hope our friendly hint may receive attention at the hands of the authorities. The guns which so often assisted us to victory—from Plassy to Lucknow, from Corunna to Sebastopol—will never again be seen but in the dust-covered museum of our national records.—llrnty r find Araq agq(fr, stock 20 !Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 55 54 20 Ardennes..... • ..... 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Li m. 7 p.e l2 2 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 114 124 100 Copiapo ......... ..... all 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of' France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 7 74 71 20 Italian Junction 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva. 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. o. Pref. .. • • 16 orthern of France- all 885 31i1 16 Do. New Shares , . 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Parls,Lyons, & Mediter all 364 375 20 Paris & Orleans all 53 55 , 0 5 Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) " I gna. 7p. et. Um.-- 17 45 4 d 20 flip, & Dunaburg lB.B. 20 Royal Danish .....• 5 Royal Swedish .. •, • 4 Do. 7 per cent. Fret.. all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 81 81 20 San Paulo, lim, g.7p. , c 4 14 11.1 20 .Aust.&Lomb Vene tin 16 1 pr 26 .orthern of France.. all 22 23 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 4 -- 81 West Flandern . ..... all 6 65 10 Do.. 55_ p. e. Preference all 94 91 94 •20 W. & N.W. of France 20' Viresfrrn of Austria- 6 - -20 Western of Switzerland all 6 'Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent . Pref all 20 Zealand — BRITISH. MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.2.10 14 24 ! 20 !British Iron ... 16 1 Clifford Devon G. Cons. (( Taoist.)! 1 355 365 ,East Bassett (Illogan).. ! 30 974 1024 East Caradon . ... 1 2.14.6 25 26 !E. WI Russel (Tavistk.)! 7.4.0 51 64 ,Gam.eSt.Aubyn(Gwen.),! 544 14 .16 :Great South T01gu5....! 17s 3 4 I G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) 13.9.6 4 1 G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston)! 40 54 6 !Grenville 6.2.6 25 24 Herod's-Foot 8.12 39 41 liingston Downs 4.11.6 2 24 Lady Bertha i 1.10.6 15 14 •-• !Margaret (tiny Lelant)' 9 4 49 51 ;North Downs 25 4 41 North Frances (Illogan)!, 114 45 41 Basset (Illo4any 1.4.0 44 5 !North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey), 14 9 04 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 39 41 !Sortridg,e Cons. Min. Co., 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer)!l4 300 310 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) !44 2 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.. all 5 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)'18.1• 4 .9 .130 135 Stray Park 5 !Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 11 25 10 Tin Croft 9 5 55 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 0:1 4 —,West Basset (Illop.;an) l5 184 194 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 69 71 !West Seton !Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 924 975 !Wheal Buller(Redruth), 5 105 115 Wheal Edward (Cals4 74 14 25 Wheal Kitty (t.T.Lelant) 1.7.2 9 10 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' i 8 11 13 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)', 7 154 175 FOREIGN MINES. '2O , Australian 1 iß o nAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 4 d 20 ; Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 341 861 351 1; 5 llDo.LandandMiningCo. all 4 11 laaollsili 3 544 5 65 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 dia. 40 Cobre Copper all 39 41 ,Copiapo l6 7 9 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 4 4 2 Fortuna. all 21 3 . 20 ,General all 23 25 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 ic. 1} Iliapunda (Li mited) 1 ill 14 p 3 Linares 282 1 5 5 84 NmLift Worthing j u o. anßr a ri i tith t qeri a u id ni a n all 74 84 2 Id }p h e: i C a llie i p( p L o i f m S . i A te u .d s ) L . .... 12s a a .6d I l l l 5 4 4 } 4 4 d 20 IP o ntitntgi:bhgaAuadnu and ct i asr lv inmn e ..e r, l( L t.L., e; : di .: 1 Sco ttish i Do JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 60 82 84 40 (Australasia . all 61 62 25 , Bank of Egypt all 18 19 100 Bank of London 5O 63 65 20 (Bank of Turkey 50 'British North American all 20 ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 204 204 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 33 100 City 100 Colonial ....... ... 25 37 39 2011 Cora. Bank of Cana . da.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 11544 16} 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23 231 234 20 I Do. new 5 11 14 64 i 50 (London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO 2 11 100 Londen & Westminster 20 65 66 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 -, 20 'Do. new . 60 National 8ank........ 25 20 New South Wales.. 25 (Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. .. 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 ...- 10 Do. new. all 25 South Australia ~-. all 25 'Union of Australia 50 Union of London . 100 Unity Mutual.. ...... COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July i 1877-9 I 100 110 113 Do 6p. cent.l BBo-21 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3- 4 1' 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 :08 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 1081 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1014 101 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 105 106 Do. 1890 100 1051 1061 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 109 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 981 99 1 99 Nova Scotia Guy. op. e„ sterling, 1875 lOO toB 109 S. A ti. C-10p rlR7f4 kup 100 - - Vic.(ir (iv. o p.c. Ja. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1051 106 1054 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO I - stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO - stock East and West India stock ILondo- stock ;St. Katharine 1 100 57 59 stock 'Southampton 1 100 -- stock !Victoria .. ........ lOO 96 98 MISCELLANEOUS. - 20 Do. New 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ..I all 14 15 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (Id)! - - -- 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4 46 1 1 41 50 , British American Land 40 --- 50 I B.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 32 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 321 Canada Land all 110 113 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ' all - - at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - 25 , Do. Pref. 71 per cent all - - at. 'Crystal Palace I st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 4cl i d at. Electric Telegraph.-- 100 95 97 95 5 25 Do. New l5 - -- 5 English &Aus. Copper all 34 31 16 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 - - I Great Ship Limited) all I 4 I Do. 174 p c t P reference all 4 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 36 - - 4 ,L.G. Omnib us C o. (Lim.) all ; . 1 1 - ~ ', 20 Madras Ir r . an d Canal 1 6 . 1 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 26 31 25 Nation al Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 15 1 d 20 tNerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 01d 10 Netherlands Land all - - 5 IDo.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 4 1 100 IN.BrANovaScotiaLand 80 510 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 'Oriental Gas (Li m it e d) . all I 1 1 1 IDo. New Shares (Li m .) . 15s. 6pr 10 'Drina. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 5 4 at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 51 63 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 70 72 ' 50 Do. New 3O 12 13 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.46p.c all 17 18 50 Rhymney Iron all 166 174 15 Do. New all 46 5* 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 st. ,Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 127 130 25 S o uth Australian Land all 33 34 1 I 1 l u Su u b . n d i u tt . ri ß n: g T is e t l e . r S ed c .; a a l l l l 10 Do. d 0.... • Co. of prCan 5 .... 2 20 Cr.& Ln. it & U. K'dora c 1O ya P len/411 Tl. Co. (lim.) 1 id i P fi L .and • . 284 ii! 0 r a l n a d s i a Agency( lim ) lst i o s 1 . 1 i A 10 TrAuustst 2HE LAW OF PRIVAITERING. The New Fork, Commercial Advertiser gives the following as the Northern view of the question of underwriters' risks and the law of privateering. It indicates that the insurance offices, even while re fusing to accept war risks, will be compelled to make a considerable increase in their rates of pre mium to cover the claims that may be brought upon them for " missing" ships that may have been de , and also by var i ous ac t s o f stroyed by privateers fraud and collusion for which the war will afford facilities. It likewise deals with the question as to the difficulties that will be experienced by priva teers in getting their captures condemned either at home or in neutral ports : " It is believed from the history of underwriting that in times of war this branch of our commercial business has suffered more than any other ; indeed, that during such times nearly, if not all, of our underwriters become insolvent. What effect the present state of affairs may have upon them cannot now be foreseen. History shows that civil or in ternal wars have been conducted with more malice than foreign or external wars. Private property has been usually less respected, and almost every kind of seizure has been justified. Can anything less than a similar result be expected at the present time, when, on the one side, sectional hate as strong as possible, and all the malice that can be concen trated in the human heart exists, and that, too, when that side knows that it has little or no com merce to be preyed upon or injured in retaliation, while the commerce of their opponents is found everywhere ? " With a full knowledge of their liabilities, and long ago apprehensive of the result of the growing controversy between the North and South, the underwriters of the chief Northern cities have been for several months hedging themselves in by pro tective clauses in the policies. They are willing to assume the risks of all the ordinary perils of the seas,' but they know well that they could not as sume the risks of captures piratically and illegally made, and keep themselves in a condition of sol vency. In times like these the hazards of all kinds of commercial business are increased, but more par ticularly underwriting. Pirates and rovers will doubtless be more numerous. Some masters of vessels who in ordinary times would maintain their integrity become tempted, and shield themselves from their barratrous acts behind a sectional patriotism. " Vessels driven by distress into the ports of the enemy, though not captured or detained by the authorities, may never leave those ports with their cargoes. And here again individual bad faith would be covered by the shield of patriotism and duty. From vessels driven on shore in the enemy's country individual patriotism would flourish and fatten upon the salvage. Vessels never heard from, classed as missing,' may be sunk with their crews by the privateer, and as ' dead men tell no tales,' the master's protest would not be permitted to serve the underwriters, and they must pay. It is for these and other good reasons that the underwriters have recently advanced their rates of premium on certain classes of risks, notwithstanding the warranty they require of the assured that they ' shall not be liable for loss, damage, or expense arising from capture, seizure, or detention, or occasioned by the acts of any seceding or revolting State or States. " Now, as to privateers. It is believed to be well settled that a commission or letter of marque' for a privateer is not of any force or effect unless issued by a Government de facto, one that is acknowledged by the principal maritime Powers of the world. If this be so, then, as a matter of course, any vessels sailing under any other commissions or letters would very properly be considered as pirates, and, if captured, be treated accordingly. Should the leaders of the present rebellion in the Southern States issue letters or commissions for this purpose —aside from the personal peril the officers and crews would incur—it could not avail them much, for, with their ports blockaded, it would be imprac ticable for the privateers to get their prizes within the jurisdiction of the courts of their own territory ; and the condemnation must be pronounced by a Prize Court of the Government of the captor sitting either in the country of the captor or of his ally. The Prize Court of an ally cannot condemn. Prize or no prize is a question belong ing exclusively to the Courts of the country of the captor.' The Prize Court of the captor may sit in the territory of the ally, but it is not lawful for sucita Court to act in a neutral territory. Nentral ports are not intended to be auxiliary to the opera tions of the power of war; and the law of nations has clearly ordained that a Prize Court of a belli gerent captor cannot exercise jurisdiction in a neutral country. This prohibition rests not merely on the unfitness and danger of making neutral ports the theatre of hostile proceedings, but it stands on the ground of the usage of nations.'— Kent's Coin. 1., 110, " The question may be cskil—Will the rebellious leaders not deem it for their interest to respect foreign flags, and will it not, therefore, be safer to ship goods by foreign vessels ? This question may be answered by asking another—Did any one ever know of a highwayman, when taking money on the road, stop to ask the nationality of his subject ? It is the money he wants, not the nationality; and su it would be with the Southern privateers or pirates —it is the goods and money they want, and not the nationality ; and their rebellious leaders know full well that no separate State of these United States, or any confederation of them, could be held answer able to a foreign Government for a violation of its flag. They know full well that the demand for re dress would have to be made upon the Government of the United States, which alone could be held answerable. " The Government of the United States could not, with any self-respect, admit the principle that foreign Governments could seek their redress from any one of its States or any confederation of them, and any attempt on the part of a foreign Govern ment to seek such redress through force of arms could not be otherwise regarded than as a declara tion of war against the United States, and the armies of the New England States would be as prompt to resent any such infringement of the rights of the Government of the United States as they would have been before the rebellion. "That there will be pirates under the name of privateers, afloat, is not to be doubted ; indeed, it is asserted that several have already sailed with their letters, notwithstanding the declaration of the principal traitor, Jefferson Davis, that no letters have been issued. So long as men can be found who will engage in stealing men, women, and children, which is regarded by, nearly all civilised nations as the worst form of piracy, there will be found men to officer and man vessels, for the steal ing of private property on the great highway of nations, the ocean." AFFAIRS OF AUSTRIA. (Front the Times' Correspondent.) VIENNA, May 21.—The Austrian Centralists still maintain that the Constitution of the 26th February will be upheld to the very letter, but it is known to me that some of the members of the Government are getting nervous and irresolute. The Ministers Schmerling, Lasser, Pieper, and Pratobevera look depressed, and it is probable they are really so, as they cannot take a single step without meeting with fresh difficulties. The authors of the Constitution of Feb. 26 must have counted on the opposition of the Hungarians, but they certainly did net expect that it would be rejected by the Croatians, Slavonians, and Servians in the Voividina, and regarded with suspicion and dislike by the Galioians, Czechs, and Tyrolese. What the next few days may bring forth no one can say, but there is a general feeling that something of importance is about to take place. Tne Emperor has still a strong bias in favour of the Hungarians, and Counts Szechen and Apponyi have Co much influence on him that it would not mu c h u iasn members e shouldo olf the suddenl yCabinet h ea were e t r h e a to out t o r some of office.the You were long ago told by me that the Constitu tion of the 26th of l ebruary, 1861, w a s not i n diploma e m of b member ofe 2tohteh Governmento f Oet o October, keeping i g e e6oi, ng with and es yesterday rd ay a m aoknowledged that my assertion was perfectly correct. Counts Rechberg and Szechen were the authors of the last-mentioned docuMent, and it is still a mystery to me how they could remain in office after the publication of the new charter. N o one here seems to see his w a y clear ly , and even the Ministers appear to be bewildered. Let any that t n p g a e r r t w of h t o he rliy t hsVienna take a stroll on glad i s hi c nearest the Karnth ner-Strasse, and he will have before him a picture of the actual state of things in Austria. On the av i w s i i glacis, as in the empire at large, all is confusion. Here are new edifices close to fragments of old. ones, and there vast heaps of new bricks in the mediate vicinity of enormous masses of rubbish. Several new roads have been begun, which at some future time may be of service to the public, but at present they are of none, as they lead nowhere, The Fortschritt s of this date has a very remark able article on the Hungarian ultimatum. The journalist, who is completely master ot his subject, endeavours to prove that the Austrian Government has no just reason to be afraid of the Hungarian laws of 1848, "as none of them endanger the eta.. bility or integrity of the empire." In the diploma of the 20th of October it is implied that the laws in. question will be recognized, and that it may there fore be well to state what they are. The introduc tion to them is a formal recognition of the validity of the Pragmatic Sanction : Laws I. and 11. Unanimous election of the Archduke Stephen as Palatine. 111. Formation of an independent and responsible Hun garian Ministry. IV. Annual meeting of the Diet. V. Electoral Law. It was used in the formation of the Hungarian Diet with the consent of the Imperial Govern ment. VI. Reincorporation of the counties of Kraszno, Kosep- Szolnok, and Zarand, and of the districts Kovar and Zilah. (They have already been incorporated with Hungary.) VII. Union between Hungary and Transylvania. VIII. General taxation. IX. Abolition of villainage and soccage. X. Parcelling (komassation and segregation) of the soil. XI. Abolition of the manorial courts. XII. Completion of the emancipation of the son. XIII. Abolition of the tithes. XIV. Establishment of a credit bank. XV. Abolition of Aviticitat' (certain antiquated laws relative to the inheritance of real property). XVI. and XVII. Organisation of the counties, and elec tion of the county einp/oyes. XVIII. Press laws. XIX. Liberty of teaching publicly. XX. Equality of the different confessions. XXI. National arms and colours. XXII. National Guard. XXIII. and XXIV. Organisation of the municipalities and communes. XXV. and XXVI. Organisation of the districts of the Jazygiers, Cumaniers, and Haidueks. XXVII. Relative to the free ports of Fiume and Buc cari. XXVIII. The offices connected with the dignity of Palatine. XXTX . The employes of the State. XXX. Relative to roads, canals, &c. XXXI. Relative to theatres. The above mentioned laws are now before me, and it is only against two of them that the Austrian Government can raise any reasonable objections. The one is Law 111. and the other Law XXII. The speech made by M. von Somsich in the Hungarian Diet on Saturday last has produced an exceedingly disagreeable impression in the highest Austrian circles, as the gentleman in question was formerly the leader of the so-called " Old Conservatives." M. von Somsich, who made a violent attack on the Schwarzenberg-Bach Ministry, thus spoke of the Con rords4 : - lam a Roman Catholic, and declare LIAM, my religious feelings and political sentiments were never yet in conflict ; but, if the Austrian Convention with Rome were binding for Hungary, my political sentiments would no longer be in accordance with my religious feelings: Fortunately, however, the Concordat is not binding for Hungary, It does not exist for her, as it was not concluded by her crowned King nor sanctioned by her Diet. After the veteran politician had ceased speaking there was a perfect tempest of applause. The Hun garian Chamber of Deputies has adjourned until to-morrow. On the 17th inst., on which day the forcible levy of taxes began at Gran, the following scene occurred. A captain of cavalry went with his men to the County-house, and inquired for the first Deputy-Lieutenant. On being told that he was absent, the captain asked for the county magistrate ( Stuhlrichter), who chanced to be occupied with eight of his employes. Tho martial representative of Government did not wait to be announced, but rudely forced his way into the room in which the magistrate, M. Julius Andrassy, was sitting. The Austrian officer told the Hungarian employe to show his respect for him by rising, but M. Addrassy , coolly replied that he was in his own room, and should sit or stand according to his own good plea sure. A taxgatherer who had accompanied the captain then asked for the books in which the names and residences of the taxpayers were en tered. To this demand M. Andrassy replied that ho was the servant of the county of Gran, and not of the State, and should not say where the books were kept. On hearing this the officer called 12 of his men into the ante-room, and ordered them not to permit any one to leave the inner chamber. Shortly after this military move had been made the Deputy-Lieutenant appeared and ueetreu cue omens tu cakc away nis men, as it, "" his duty to assist in levying the taxes, but not make ° t f ether, prisoners of arp t ne h aaar e c t nl partly not 4r county use . blows employes. T hfer oum n The son 31 probably felt that he had gone beyond for y quarters l to see her children. The Empress was so impatientiean in d th h e is ci m ty y . rmidons soon retirehdisto their mountains .h until the that she yesterday evening and must already be here. left It was Trieste very fo r cold Vienna, anti ought not to have been windy, and her Majesty i h n ii h a adeserted from Rhenish Bavaria just ayence a t t i h a ne deputation wer° r eached the French weatherallowed Three hr ee wastio t a cross a no r az: arrested congenial, sti S eegdr t e t y s y n r i w i an a is coming from frontier. One of killed by a Bavarian gendarme. It is t b h e e fo ni r e lv tahse Emperor to annex Turkish t t oh that C r petition o Croatia. The story relative to the member of the Galician Diet which was told • in my letter of Satur dayreceived 12 is but A re g la r t a e ta d hluisckcyonsletigtiuselanttosr. SOUIIIAMPTON, Saturday.—The steamship Der went (belonging to the Royal Mail Company) Capt. West, which has been employed in the West India intercolonial service, and has come home for repairs, arrived here this evening. She called at Madeira, and brings 56 passengers from that place, which she left on the 16th inst. The Der went brings no news, and sroke no vessels on the voyage. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamships Sul tan, Captain Ch, istian, and Tagus, Captain hall, sail hence on Monday, the former taking the Mediterranean and Bom bay and the latter those for Vi go , Op or to, and Lia bon mails, and steamer Fulton, Captain J. A. Wotton, will leave on Wednesday with French and English mails for N e w York. The Tasmania, Captain Weller, is duo on Wednesday, with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails ; the llammonia, Captain Schwensen, on ThursdaYt with wails from New York of the 18th inst. ; and the Alhambra, Captain Steward, oz Friday, with the F elling ' star irokilfs, 111 IS DAY'S 81111'PING-'. 27.11Vini this day at noon, North- No L rt O h N - D W O e N s ' t ; M l ay light breeze, and fine clear weather. S UN DERLAND, May 25.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Ports mouth, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, May 25.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Sea Bride, from Philadelphia; Runner, from Porto Rico for London. PORTSMOUTH, May 2G.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Augusta, from Villa Nova. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Adventure, for Woolwi3h. FALMOUTH, May 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jane Duncan, from Santander. Orr FALMOUTH, May 21.—Arrived—Jes s i e Ni c h o l as , „ _ _ SHIELDS, May 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed —Caelus, for New York ; Napies, for Bath, U.S. ; Idalia, for Alex andria, DaAL, May 26.—Wind N.W—Arrived—Hoppet, from Savannah for Cronstadt ; Florence, from New York for Shields. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, May 26.—Perilla, from Queenstown ; Copeland, from Oporto ; Lauzado, from Matanzas; Westburn, from Adelaide ; Themis, from New Orleans ' • Sydenham, from Trinidad ; Peony, f rom J ama i ca ; L or d Raglan, from Gee long ; Blenheim, from Calcutta; Ernst and Christina, from Tara , v b ona ; City of Manchester, from Calcutta; Woodcope, from Colombo ; Monck, from Foo-Chow-Foo ; Sebastopol, from Calcutta; Empress, from Pondicherry ; Marli, from Grenada. Arrived, May 27.—Pie Gezusters, from Helsingborg ; Rosa from Guernsey; Precis, from Licata; Mary, from Tobago • Violette, from Santander ; Salamanca, from Porto Rico ; Var West, from New York ; Eclipse, from Bruges ; Witch of the Tees, from Geelong; Fanny M'Henry, from Manila; Gibson Crane, from Bombay. DEAL, Monday Morning.. Passed.—Go ahead, from Barbados, for London London, for from New York, for London ; Orient, from d for Adelaide ; Emperor, from London, for Newport; Maria, from London, for Marseilles; Harry brig, from the northward, for the westward. At Anchor—Fayaleuse, schooner. pre S p a a il r e i d.— ngt N o s e t a a r r l t y all outvi______ 2r._._ ard bound, an d the remainder ___--- 7 --- -- Indies, rived It is considered not unlikely in nautical circles that early in the present summer the Channel fleet, in the left course of its cruise, will, in succe ssion t , h \ e is:t v :l s i t lford Haven. Dublin Bay, Belfast Lough, Derry Lough, and the Clyde, l il t his Royal making a short stay in each. the i s screw E Egerton, r s t steamship h i t High- PYLMOUTII, Sunday—The Styx, which . in the Sound this afternoon from George, 90 , ness Prince Alfred, was at the island, CBaeprmtaiundathOlalyfonl. FUra' sail May 10 for Halifax. and was appointed to The exports of grain from San Francisco on an extraordinary sem,. continue At were preparing to sail with c the last dat e e i g ht s hips and at the same time two were et wheat f or E ng land, loading f or A us t ra lia, one for the Cape, one fo r B r i t icy for ;sToy Rork, British "Ilialbia, and one with bar- ►red ;€, in noel -o a 202 538 276 480 Od toeo not the it is ey- ,ted üb my ;ted Ea vith ped der led r a i Share' 100 flak{ 18 20i 20,j 10 [OO 1 17i 20 'took 100 stock 100 100 100 stock stock 20 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock