The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-14 00:00:00

_MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. 11 , - " - CITY, Two o'CLooK. During the last few days there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The advices by the Overland Mail, I however, have carried a firmer tone in the tea mar ket, and at the public sales which commenced to-day rather higher rates are expected to be s realised. Sugars have been in moderate request Si without any variation of importance in values. Coffee has continued in fair demand, and rather extensive transactions have taken place in rice, Chiefly for exportation. Saltpetre has 13 , en in fair demand at steady rates, and a moderate amount of business has been done in tallow, chiefly, however, :I for home consumption. 81 Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes 81 terday continued rather quiet, and prices had a :1 downward tendency. The sales were about 8,000 81 bales. About £84,000 ir, gold was sent into the Bank I 81 of England yesterday. The bar silver by the Seine from the West In- „, dies hca been sold at ss. Old. per oz. standard, s t ,' ileing a decline of about id. per on. A. c all of £2 per share, amounting to £1,500,000, 18 due to-morrow on the South Austrian and Lom- 81 bards Venetian Railway, and of £1 per share, or si £ 9 ,000 en the Dundalk and Enniskillen Cootehill 8 Extension Railway. Rather less pressure is now experienced in the money market, but 5 per cent. is still the current, rate for the best bills, and the pros- m, pect of an advance, should the efflux to 6. America still continue, is still attracting atten et - tion. Lip to the present time, however, very little imyression has been produced upon the Stock of bullion, for while sovereigns have been Vithdra,,vn for transmission to America supplies tof Austr Alien gold have been sent into the esta blishment. A steady inquiry for money still pre- V i /ails it i the agricultural districts, and subscrip tions 'co joint-stock undertakings also contribute :r e oc to;thr, 'immediate demand for accommodation. 25 4t , Th traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- 81 'way of Canada for the week ending the 26th ult. ' t 'exhi.bited an increase of £BO3 compared with last it yea r. Continued inactivity pervades the market for Foreign Securities, and the rate of the other de-' partments of the Stock Exchange is very little si 'better, speculation being repressed, while the 8 ,1 arperations for transfer are conducted on an equally restricted scale. The Funds exhi bit very little variation, the last move- st /rent nearly exceeding f per cent., and when st even a decline of s takes place a reaction speedily fellows. Yesterday a slight degree of depression prevailed, but the dealings recorded this morning . 8 1 , /restored quotations to their previous level, Consols 'being 91 , 1 for transfer, and 92 to 921. for the account. Since then, however, renewed s t?, heaviness ha s ensue d, an d th e presen t pr i ces are 98 i 1, and 92 respectively. The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 891 I, Bank Stock has im proved to 232 and 234, Indian 5 per Cent. is 1011 ditto 5 per Cent. Rupee Paper have receded to vq, and Exchequer Bills to Bs. and 4s. dis. 81 Continued quietude prevails in the Foreign 81 Market, but prices in some instances show more firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 71 to 71; ; ditto 1858, 56 to 568; and Dutch 4 per Cents. have improved to 100. Mexican are flat at 221 ; and Spanish Passive are 16g. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have bean of a rather restricted character, and chiefly connected with the liquidation of the half monthly account. Prices, however, have shown more firm ness in several instances. Lancashire and York- 8 ,, shire, North-Western, Midland, and South-Eastern have improved ss. ; Great Westerns and North- Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; Great Northerns and West Midlands have advanced ss. In the Fo re i gn an d C o l on i al undertakings there st has been no change of impostance. South Austrian :, t and Lombardo -Venetian are firm at 151 to ; East st Indian at 100 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 97. .44 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ' 4 B t ,' are flat, and show a slight depression in several 81 instances. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE , : Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9h 1 3 per Cent. Censels Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9/ Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 151 1 India Stock .. ... . Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. . 94 Ditto 5, per Cent. 991 1004 Ditto _Debentures, 1858 .Ditto, . 1859 96} Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — I , itto under 13,000 Consols for Account, June 6" .. 92 1i Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Id. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto 1859 62 3 I ]Brazilian 5 pet Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 BB Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Eussian_s pet Cent. 1822, £ St . • Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859.... Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 per Cent. En. 10 Florins 47/ 8 Dutch 2i per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil. Ditto Certificatzs, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK Consols ' Money Ditto Account 92 it 6 I Bt , et 2s. The distribution of prizes to the inmates of the : Asile Fenelon, at Vanjours, took place two days ago, in presence of the Princess Clotilda. Her Imperial. High- :; ness was received on her arrival by the members of the 81 Society. After hearing a mass sung in the chapel by the children, the Princess went into the room prepared for the s distribution, where the young pupils sang a cantata and other pieces, after which the distribution took place, her Imperial Highness adding a spocial prize from herself to those awarded by the Society. The Princess afterwards visited the different parts of the establishment, and was present at a repast ordered by her for the children, and then retired amidst the joyous acclamations of her young protegees . . SHARE MARKET)-•THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAitES ANI) STOCKS C l os i ng Business Share' Railway s. Paid. Pr i ce . Done 111111 50 , Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir. , Wol , and Str. Val. all 881 stock Birk., La., and Ch June ; 100 81 83 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co s all a 7 97 99 stock Bristol and Exeter ... 100 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all —-- 20 Cork, 111 rock., Passage all all 6 6 20 Cornwall ... . f A gets no div s ( all 10 Do A s unt il pc peran I c all 10 ID° 13 has b een d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast J une I all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..l unc all 8 81 stock East Anglian.. • 100 164 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 41 50 494 1 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 stcoK Do do Bdo 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A, late EU3dt. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 82 84 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 23 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock (Ham and S. 'Western 100 .09 111 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 1094 1101 1102 10 1 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland , 100 101 107 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gin. stock 100 60 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshirf 100 094 110 110 stock London and Blackwall 100 59 61 60 stock Lou., Bright.. & S Coast 100 119 120 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover' 100 46 47 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 931 942 t stock Lond. & ;nth. Western lOO 91 15 94 i 25 T.'derry & Coleraine 25 ;.'cierry , Enniskillen all 104 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lin s,oln 1 100 41 42 42 50 Maryport and Carlisle all • 124 Do .10 1 shares all -- Metropolitan stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new 1.4.0. 14 11 o 14 stock Do I :kirming. & Derbi 100 94 96 9 6 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares all 'S Mid Kent.. .. •• • • all 10 Do, C ray Line all (00 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Vewry dr Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Roe all stock Norfolk.... .• • • 100 52 64 stock North British . 100 624 63 63 stock Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stoc.l: 100 stock D's 4 stk ; A recs no d. until fipchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stook .. 100 stock Nth. Eastern —Be rwick 100 1024 103 1024 3 25 Dodo , G.N.E. purchase 16 134 :p 4 ., stock no Leeds ....... • ...... too 684 804 59 S stock Do York stocs North London 10 Do new 5 19.16. s North s taffordshire 174 44 34 1 1 " N. and S. W. Junction all 91 101 stock Not. &Grantham Rail lOO 74 76 10 fzebles .....• • all. 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney..... all stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stocks 100 33 •14 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 100 85 87 stock Shropshire Union.-- 100 46 48 10 Sittinzbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un. 224 stock South Eastern 100 80 804 802 stock South Wales 100 63 65 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 96 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 394 404 25 Do do ll 91 104 e 25 Do New (1860) 3 54 6 p stock Taff Vale ~ lOO stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 •50 Ulster .. 25 Do 20 a p 12 10 Do . stock Vale olNeath . 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim... all 114 111 stocK Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 50 Waterford & Limerick , all 20 West Cornwall . ..... all 51 6 5/ 20 West London I 10 Do lst class all 20 Do 2d class .• ... all stock WestHartlepool Harbr: and Rail , 100 stock West Midland—Oxford 100 46 48 474 2 7 stock Do. Newport, 100 39 41 stock Do. Hereford, 100 82 I-5 84 PREFERENCE SHARES. The following are more correct particulars con cerning the disaster at Vicenza. On the 19th, the son of the late Prince Charles, the Duke of Modena, and another high personage took out the troops encamped near that town for musket-practice. The Tyrolese were to represent a corps of Italians approaching Monte Crocetto. After 1 , executing various evolutions, the Austrians moved forward to attack the Tyrolese with the bayonet. The General in command of the latter having given the word to fire, at the first discharge two men fell - deed and 26 were wounded. An immense murmur then arose from the ranks ; the Princes hastily left the spot, ordering all the battalions to return to their quarters. A short time afterwards the wounded men were conveyed in carts to Vicenza. The sham-fight was to last three days, but it was at once given up. It is said the Tyrolese had put pebbles into their car bines. GRAND REVIEW OF VOLUNTEERS AT YORK. — The important matter of another volunteer review at York is already being agitated among the authorities. It is said that the experiment this time will be upon a much larger scale than that of last year, and will be a review of the volunteers of the north of England, instead of being con fined simply to the county of Yorkshire. It has been esti mated that, including 12,000 volunteers from Lancashire, 27,000 riflemen and artillerymen can be conveniently de posited in York, and taken to their respective homes in one day. Labt year, owing to unforeseen circumstances, boggy and most uncomfortable condition, but the citizens of York have for some time been engaged in draining this fine piece of ground, and, upon its completion, a force of 60,000 men may be reviewed with comfort to all. It is confidently anticipated that, if it be decided to make the review one of the volunteers of the north of England, her Majesty will honour the occasion b y h er presence. PAUPERISM.—The number of paupers iu receipt of relief in England gradually decreased after the cessation of the cold weather in January, until the last week of March (the latest return) the increase over the previous year had fallen to about 2 per cent., and in three districts (in the south-western, in the south-eastern, and in Cheshire and Lancashire) it had disappeared. In the extreme north and in the south midland counties the numbers relieved had fallen to nearly the same as last ye ar . Thelma fa_ vourable returns were from north midland and west mid land counties and the metropolis, in which the increase of pauperism above last year was by far the most marked throughout the first quarter of the present year. At the close of March tne increase was still lOper cent. in the north midland counties—Leicester, Nott e , Derby, fici ' paid Clo s ing Business Snare Railways. I Price. Done. 25 8,. the and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at .£:i' slt stock sris. & Exet.4 p.ctstocl lot , 20 Do. do. do. Shares - stock Caledon £10,45 per cent 100 100 102 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 0 eti Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 64 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 51 6 14 Do Ist Class Frei all stock K.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 1 00 99 101 stool - Do. do. Class B A p.c lOO 108 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock F. Conn. Ex. sp. C. No. 1 100 108 110 stock Do. do. No. , 100 106 108 stock Do. New 6 pet of stock. 100 122 124 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 82 stock Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 stock Itidin.&Glas. sp.e. shares 100 109 11l stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock ;Frith. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c 10C 75 77 stock !Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock iGlas.& S. Westg.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock , G'ret.t. Northern, sp. ct. 100 113 115 1131 stock ro.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 114 112 , stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 101% 10 IGt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf all stock 1 f GtSn. & W (Ireland) ' 1 ion 97 99 1 p. ct. pref. stock 50 great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext sp. et. . 6 :- „ ima stock io. Redeelittible,4ap.el. 100 9 8 100 .*-A. stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do.. 100 90 92 9 0 % stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof. 100 101 103 a Do. firm. Pref. Shares. all 95 10 95 10 ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh all 17 18 1 • 1/o. do. sp. ct. p re f all 10% 101 stock 1)(1 11111 W.r..2nar. stock lOO 74 76 261 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 13 4 Do. do. do. 2 0 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 pc. pref 4O stock Lan.&York 6 p.c. stock lOO stock Do.BarnststX,s 36,10 d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.g - n. No 1 100 113 115 stock Do. sp. C. No. 2 100 113 115 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 113 115 113 stock , Do. do. 45 per Cello - . 5 Do. do. 45 p. c. shares all stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock lOO j5O 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ). 100 128 131 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 1 00 71 74 I stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 85 67 1 Do. W. A rceiv. no div. 10 ' Ex.A til 6pcis pd on all r )o. B B. & Brom ex. ail 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 21 stock Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, sp. et lOO stock Lon. & 5.W,7 p. ct stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent. lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d ........ 124 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh• all 121 ILondony. & Ennis. ssh all 131 14% stock I Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 1125 127 6 I Do. XS stoc' Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 1 p 124 ',foxy. ort & Car., 4p. c. all 12 4 Do. 45 per cent. all stock Mid. C'on. 6p a. stock— 100 stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bin 6 p.c. 100 134 186 • stock Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock_ 100 101 103 1 6 Do. 44 per cent 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. et. 100 91 93 stock Nortik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 - e stock IDo. 55 p. C. Pref. do 1847 100 e stock Iflo.sWay. Val.Ex.stlB47 100 stock 'North British, sp. o lOO 1(9 111 .0 stock Do. New, gua. sp. o lOO 108 110 d I '. Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 3 ;14 P 1 0 Do. do. do all - •r st Nth. Dev. Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 - :o st IN-East Cons.Pret 4p. c. 100 91 s 3 I _ st Do. 44 pc. redeemable.. 100 99 101 3 St 'Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref 100 ICOI 1015 is 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. p 4p A 20 I Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 _ 124 I Do. do. Quarters, 1848. , 9 g 25 I Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 5d 1p 20 'N'orth Staffordshire , all 224 23 10 i Rhymney Guaranteed. all ' 1- 85 Scottish Central, new pt all of st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 er st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 at st Do. 7p. a. pref. stool 100 131 133 10s. South Devon, Ann. Ins. all 10 105 nt 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. afi er 1.0.6 south Eastern (Reading; rd Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 41 per cent. lOO 99 100 in st Do. Fixed 14p.c. Ist is. 100 99 100 he st 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 id. st Do. 14 per cent. lOO 98 100 st Do. 5 per cent' lOO ,he st S.-Yorkshire, 4p: e gua. 100 85 87 to 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 264 275 • 25 Do. B 6 ner cent all 32 33 he 25 Do. C 6 percent all 311 821 'he st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 45 48 st W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gun stk 100 124 126 ren st Do. s s t t D Do o: N pe e rp wp e o t. r 6 t p 5 p . 0 .c.. p p t t i r ti ed 66 . 1 1 0 00 0 2d do 100 120 125 122 ar -112000 12 02 2 st Do. till 1869, let is. 100 115 120 Business Done. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -- -- Paid. Leasing Closing Railways. I Co.'s Price. Bedford and Bletchleyall Ln &N.W Buikinghamshire . 100 Do gi Chester & Holyhead.... 100 D 0... sal l Do. 5i per cent 100 IDo l2l 123 Do. 5 „ 100 iDo. . . 110 111 Clydesdale Juno ...... 100 Caledon., 100 102 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O 15i 18} E.Lincolnsh. gBp r c.l 106 Gt. North. 110 132 E.Union,HarwichShs. all ,E.Counts.t 4} 41 Do. Woodbridge.. • . 100 • . ( Gl s .Barr.&Neils.Dra. 100 Caledon.., Do. new lOO Do. •• • • Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all I Yk.N.&BrI Hull and Selby. Do. h Alves . Do. quarters........ all Do. .. . • L anc. & Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 LniN.W. London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern Do. Preference .... 100 D 0......• • Lon.,Tilbury,& S -endt 100 .Peto &Co. . L ow estoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 100 iNorfolk.. Do. A per cent 1 100 Do. Bxtn ,& Matlock , all IL NW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Sock Newmarkt,BuryEx. gua. 5 per cent.— 5 I, Northn.&Eastn. 5-p. c. Do. Ip.c Do. Fixed 5 p. North. Western Preston and Wyre. t Do. Shares A. Roystn.Hitch., & Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford, Do. do. -Staffordshire f Wilts and Snmerset I :Wimbledon &Croicla 109 111 199 202 Al 63 112 117 1 87 90 100 Midland 15.6 6. E.Counts all 1353.. .—" all ;Do. all Do. all Midland all ff &NW I dt L.Yk. j all Do. 100 iGt.North 100 , T.Brassey 1 I Do. all M'Clean 100 :Gt. West. all L.4o37Sts Si .S' 91 96 P 65 57 15i 16 130 182 115 120 1 2 104 11 p 90 92 $4 31 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1861. LAW INTELLPIENCE—(Thts Day). 4. EXCHEQUER COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury.) HATCH v. LEWIS AND LEWIS. FOURTM DAY. Mr. Montague Chambers this morning replied, on the part of the plaintiff. He contended the evidence that had been produced by the defendants to answer the charge of negligence that had been made against them had altogether failed, and the jury, he felt certain, would be of the same opinion. In the first instance, Messrs. Lewis had been guilty of great neglect in not at the first examination at Wandsworth, asking for a remand, not for a week, but for a single day, because, had he told the magistrate that he had but just had the case put into his hands, and was confident that he could give a satisfactory answer, no objection would have been made to his proposal ; but he did not tile that course, and the result had been ruinous to the character of Mr. Hatch. Again, with respect to the conduct of Mr. Lewis while Mr. Hatch was in gaol, there had not been exhibited that care and attention that was to have been expected from a gentleman that had been for five and thirty years in practice as an attorney. He had spoken of a consultation with Mr. Sergt. Ballantine regarding the case he had in hand, but what he had been pleased to term a consultation was nothing of the kind. He did not think the jury would think that casually catching hold of the skirts of a learned counsel's gown in Westmin ster-hall, and telling him that he had an important and critical case to send him, could be termed a consultation between counsel and attorney. Another instance of neglect of the defendants' was that they never took the trouble to examine the witness Mrs. Hatch, brought forward to meet the charge made against her husband. Mr. Lewis never knew the important testimony_ they could give, and that being the case he allowed the trial to come on without his having taken the ordinary course of hearing what could be said in answer to it. Had Mr. Lewis examined Mrs,; Hatch, Mrs. Dillon, Miss Howe, Lucy Hatch, and the servants, their statements could have been put into the brief of Sergeant Ballantine, and then they, could have said to him " Here are statements of the witnesses for Mr. Hatch, taken from their own lips, you can examine and cross-examine them with the greatest certainty ;" but nothing of the kind was done. The only statement Sergeant Ballantine had to form his opinion as to the advisability of calling witnesses for the defence was his brief, and in that document not one single sentence ap peared that could induce him to believe that any evidence was in existence to confute the horrible charge made against his client. He had no hesitation in saying had ergeant Ballantine and Mr. Robinson been in the slightest mannermrormed of Lb.c true facts of the case, they would have adopted a very different course ; but those gen tlemen had supplied to them a scanty brief, and the result of the trial was the conviction of Mr. Hatch. It was all very well to say that the result of the second trial had proved the innocence of Mr. Hatch, but it was idle to sup pose that the verdict of guilty, when once ut tered in the Central Criminal Court, did not cling for ever to the person against whom it was uttered. To Mr. Hatch it had been total and irretrievable ruin, and when th, y came to think that the evidence which would have proved his innocence had been, through carelessness ex cluded, the jury would sympathise with his client. He did not hesitate for a moment to say that if that evidence had been produced the jury might have acquitted Mr. Hatch, but the jury must have acquitted him, or else it would have been a verdict entirely againt the whole weight of evidence. The learned gentleman then at great length went through the evidence produced at both trials, and resumed his scat, expressing his firm conviction that the verdict of the jury would be in favour of his client. The learned Judge then proceeded to sum up the evi dence to the jury. THE VERDICT. The jury retired at 20 minutes before 4 o'clock, and came into court after an hour and a quarter's deliberation, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff. This announcement was received with great cheer ing, which subsided upon the damages being given at 40s. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE Tina SHOREDITCH BANK.--DAVIES AND TROUGHT,'N. To-day was appointed for the a'ljournei certificate meet ing in the matter of these bankrup s, and the Court was much more crowded than upon the last examination. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees, Mr. Lawrence for the bankrupt Davies, and Mr. Lewis (Harrison and Lewis) for Troughton; Messrs: Quilk, Ball, and Gay ap peared as accountants to the bankrupts, and Mr. Edward Hart (Hart Brothers and Hayles) as accountant to the creditors. Mr: Linklater said he would now proceed to examine the bankrupt Davies upon the figures in the accounts and as t ► the general facts of the case, and that gentleman was under examination when our report left. It was understood tLat Mr. Evans (whose enormous debt has clouded such dissatisfaction to the creditors) would be ' examined to-day, and much interest was excited by the fact. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. . • e - TATTERSALLS'-YESIBRDAY. ' . The Chester settling was brought to a satisfactory con clusion. Indeed, this afternoon, only the remnants of accounts bad to be disposed of, for the greater bulk of the money had changed hands at Chester last week, and in the City this morning. Still the muster of subscribers in the room took place earlier than usual, and soon after 2 o'clock the business of " parting" was in active progress, many members being desirous to close their accounts in time to enable them to take their departure for York by the 5 p.m. express train. As we have already stated, no great winners are reported ; Mr. Barber, the owner of Ben Webster, throws in for the largest stake. _ _ Time was so occupied with paying and receiving that scarcely any attempt was made to resume operations in ear nest on coming events till nearly 4 o'clock. Offers to bet, however, were occasionally uttered, but they seemed merely to be made with the intention of discovering the tone of the market. Speculation was almost entirely regulated by the doings in the City in the morning, and with regard to the favourites great caution was exercised. _ _ The Great Nol them Handicap was scarcely touched upon, for Crater seemed too hot for the layers. He had been backed in the City at 2 t) 1, and bookmakers for a time seemed disinclined to accommodate his supporters at those odds. Towards the close, however, they took courage, and laid them freely, and at last 9 to 4 might have been obtained about him. sto 1 was freely offered bar one, but before the subscribers dispersed 6 to '1 would have been laid about either Wizard or Horror. In fact, the favourite only was in request ; the prices against the other horses must be con sidered merely nominal. _ _ The Derby betting exhibited some important changes, and so far as certain horses were concerned, it shifted most perplexingly. Trials, and rumours of trials, were rife enough, but they did not appear to afford a satisfactory explanation of the new "incidents of speculation." A de monstration against Dundee commenced in the City, where 5 to 2 was currently offered against him, 5 to 1 being taken freely about Diophantus, and 10 to 1 to upwards of £3OO about Rouge Dragon. These movements were not stopped at the Corner, for, after 5 to 2 had been offered without effect against Dundee, three "fifties" were laid, then 300 to 100, and the like odds to various sums. At this price, however, takers were not stalled off, although 3 to 1 might doubtless have been obtained about the horse to the close. The perplexity of his backers was pot diminished by his owner backing Starlight and Russley for a place. In the meantime Diophantus was backed for money, and 1,000 to 40 was booked once about his stable companion, Imaus, but as the afternoon drew to a close, and " Dio" still held his lead, Loans wa§ friendless at 33 to 1. Neighbour was not mentioned. The most important transactions were with respect to Rouge Dragon, who, as we have already stated, had re ceived much support in the City ; when he was first " put up" 11 to 1 to £75 was laid against him, but those odds found such ready takers that he returned to 10 to 1, and closed at 9to 1 (taken). Several inquiries were made after Kildonan, but the highest offer against him was 100 to 8. Klarikoff was not in great request, but not more than the odds quoted against him could be obtained. Dictator was backed early in the afternoon for a small sum at 15 to 1, but afterwards 500 to 30 was betted, at which price layers would have gone on. 1,000 to 60 was at one time booked about Kettledrum, but when the settling books were closed he beat a retreat, and after 18 to 1 had been taken his par tisans might have been accommodated at 20 to 1. The other bets quoted were laid to small sums only. Closing prices : GREAT NORTHERN. 9to 4 agst Mr. Sergeant's Crater 6to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's The Wizard 6 tol agst Capt. Christie's Horror 10 to 1 agst Mr. J ackson's S yringe 10 to 1 agst Mr. H. Saville': Guilder ndo 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gilby's Millionaire 100 12 t to o 8 1 agst ogst A i3 l i r r .. T J la . om pson'Scott's Bushman 15 to 1 agst COlonel Towneley's Yotlminster THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst Mr." Merry's Dundee (t) ' - 9to 2 agst Lord Stamford's Diophantus (t) 9to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Rouge Dragon (t) 100 to 8 agst Mr. T. Parr's Kildonan 14 to 1 apt Mr. Henry's Klarikoff (t.) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Thomas's Dictator (off) 20 to 1 agst Col. Towneley's Kettledrum (off) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Naylor's King of Kent (t) 1000 to 20 agst Lord Glasgow's The Drake (t) 1000 to 20 . agst Lord Exete►'s Knight of the Thistle (e 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Disney's Bombardier (off) 1000 to 10 agst Baron Rothschild's Grouse (t) 1000 to 5 agst Mr. Henry's Betts (t) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Tins DAY. TILE DERBY• sto 2 agst Dundee (taken) sto 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 13 to 1 agst Kildunan (taken) 15 to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 15 to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered, taken 100 to 6) THIS DAY'S ItA.R.KETS. HAN MARKMCS. SuiTHFIELD.—Mutdow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s Od ; clove! do., £3los to a 18s ; and straw, El 153 to £2 Os per load. Trade steady. Supply only moderate. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Ray, £2 5s 'to £.5 54 , clover, 10s to £6 18s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s :Od ; clove), £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, El 16a to f 2 2s pe r !mad Both hay and straw moved of steadily, at full quotations. ENGLISH AND IRISH CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY ASSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Society will :be id at the chief office, 315, Strand, London, on MONDAY, the' 27th day of May, at One o'clock precisely. - • • By order ofthe-,Bottrd. JOHN SHERIDAN, Manager. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Gazette of this evening.) BY THE QUEEN, A PROC,IXMATION. VICTORIA R.—Whereas we are happily at peace with all Sovereigns, Powers, and States. And whereas hostilities have unhappily commenced be tween the Government of the United States of America and certain States styling themselves the Confederate States of America. And whereas we, being at peace with the Government of the United States, have declared our royal determination to maintain a strict and impartial neutrality in the contest between the sail contending parties. We, therefore, have thought fit,.by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclama tion. And we do hereby strictly charge and command all our loving subjects to observe a strict neutrality in and during the aforesaid hostilities, and to abstain from violating or contravening either the laws and statutes of tin realm in this behalf, or the law of nations in relation thereto, as they will answer to the contrary at their And whereas in and by a certain statute made and passed in the 59th year of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled " An Act to prevent the Enlisting or Engagement of his Majesty's Subjects to serve in a Foreign Service, and the Fitting out or Equipping, in his Majesty's Domi nions, Vessels for Warlike Purposes, without his Majesty's Licence," it is, amongst, other things, declared and enacted as follows : "That if any natural-born subject of hie Majesty, his heirs and successors, without leave or license of his Ma jesty, his heirs or successors, for that purpose had and ob• tained, under the sign manual of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, or signified by order in council, or by proclama tion, of his Majesty,. his heirs or successors, shall take or accept, or shall agree to take or accept, any military commission, or shall otherwise enter in the military service as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, or shall enlist or enter himself to enlist, or shall agree to enlist or enter himself to serve as a soldier, or to be employed or shall serve in any warlike or military opera tion, in the service of or for or under or in aid of any foreign prince, state, potentate, colony, province, or part of any province or people, or of any person or persons exer cising or assuming to exercise the powers of Govern ment in or ever any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people, either as an officer or soldier, or in any other military capacity ; or if any natural born subject of his Majesty shall, without such leave or licence as aforesaid, accept or agree to take or accept any commission, warrant, or appointment as an officer, or shall enlist or enter himself, or shall agree to en list or enter himself, to serve as a sailor or marine, or to be employed, or engaged or shall serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war, or in and on board any ship or vessel used or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used for any warlike purpose, in the service of or for or under or in aid of any foreign Power, prince, State, potentate, colony, province, or part of any province, or people, or of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Gavernment in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people ; or if any natural-born subject of his Majesty shall, without such leave and licenee as aforesaid, engage, contraot,,or agree to go, or shall go to any foreign stete, country, colony, pro e vince, or part of any proyi.nce or, to any pl!aee heyond the seas, with an intent or ee . in order t# a Eiztt neuter himself to serve.,\ -- -or_ with intent, to --Reeve, in any , warlike_ or military operation whatever, whether by land or by sea, in the service of er for or under or in aid of any foreign prince, state, potentate, colony, pro vince, or pelt of any province or people, or in the service of or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people, either as an officer or a s Idier, or iu any other military capacity, or as an officer or sailor, or marine, in any such ship or vessel its aforesaid, although no enlisting money or pay or reward shall have been or shall be in any or either of the case; aforesaid actually raid to o- received by him, or by any person to or for his use or benefit ; or if any person whatever, within: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any part of his Majesty's dominions elsewhere, or in any country, colony, settlement, island, or place belonging to or subject to his Majesty, shall hie , retain, engage, or procure, or shall attempt or endeavour to hire, retain, engage, or procure, any person or persons whatever to enlist, or to enter or engage to enlist, or to serve or to be employed in any such service or em ployment as aforesaid, as an officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, either in land or sea service, for or under or in aid of any foreign prince, state, potentate, colony, province, or part of any province or people, or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise any powers of Government as aforesaid, or to go or to agree to go or erubark from any part of his Majesty's dominions, for the purpose or with intent to be so enlisted, entered, engaged, or employed as aforesaid, whether any enlisting money, pay, or reward shall have been or shall be actually given or received, or not; in any or either of such cases, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdeineanor, and upon being convicted thereof, upon any information or indict ment, shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the Court before which such offender shall be convicted." And it is in and by the said Act further enacted, — "That if 'any person, within any part of the United Kingdom, or in any part of his Majesty's Dominions beyond the seas, shall, without the leave and licence ot his Majesty for that purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or attempt or endeavour to equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procuroto be equip ed, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arm ing of any ship or vessel, with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, pro vince, or part of any province or people, or of any person or persons exercising or assuming to xercise any powers of Government in or over any foreign state, colony, province, or part of any province or people, as a transport or store ship, or with intent to cruize or commit hostilities against any prince, state, or potentate, or against the sub jects or citizens of any prince, state or .peteul Ito, or against the persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in any colony, province, or part of any pro vince or country, or against the inhabitants of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or country, with whom his Majesty shall not then be at war, or shall,' within the United Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's domi nions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to his Majesty, issue or deliver any commission for any ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid, every such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information or indictment, he punished by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the court in which such offender shall be convicted ; and every such ship or vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together / with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores, e which may belong to or be on board of any such ship or yes -2 1 sel, shall be forfeited ; and it shall be lawful for any officer 3 of his Majesty's customs or • excise, or any officer of his 4 1 Majesty's navy, who is by law empowered to make seizures, 1 for any forfeiture incurred under any of the laws of e 2 customs or excise, or the laws of trade and 1 navigation, to seize such ships and vessels aforesaid, and in 3 such places and in such manner in which the officers of his 2 Majesty's Customs or Excise and the officers of his Ma ijesty's navy are empowered respectively to make seizu res 1 under the laws of Customs and Excise, or under the laws of ' trade and navigation; and that every such ship and vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may be long to or be on board of such ship or vessel, may be prosecuted and condemned in the like manner, and in such courts as ships or vessels may be prosecuted and condemned for any breach of the laws made for the protection of the revenues of the Customs and excise, or of the laws of trade and navigation." And it is in and by the said Act further enacted, — "That if any person in any part of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any part of his Majesty's dominions beyond the seas, without the leave and licence of his Majesty for that purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by adding to the num ber of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment for war, increase or auguient, or procure to be increased or augmented, or shall be knowingly concerned in increas ing or augmenting the warlike force of any ship or yes• sel of war or cruizer, or other armed vessel, which at the time of her arrival in any part of the United Kingdom, or any of his Majesty's dominions, was a ship of war, Cruiser, or armed vessel in the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any person or persons exercising or as suming to exercise any powers of Government in or over any colony, province, or part of any province or people belonging to the subjects of any such prince, state or potentate, or to the inhabitants of any colony, province, or part of any province or country under the control of any person or persons so exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Govern ment, every such person so offending shall be deemed guilty'of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon being convictec.l thereof, upon any information or indictment,.. be punish . c by fine and imprisonment, or either of them , at the dlacor:. tion of the court before which such offender ahau vieted." Now, order that slOge of our oubjeoto render themselves liable to the penalties imposed by the said statute, we do hereby strictly command that no person or persons whatsoever do commit any act, matter, or thin whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said statuo upon pain of the veral penalties by the said statute im posed* and o; our high displeasure. And w - do hereby further warn all our loving subjects. and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that it any of them shall presume, in contempt of this our royal proclamation, and of our high displeasure, to do any acts in derogation of their duty, as subjects of a neutral Sove reigns in the said contest, or in violation or contravention of the law of nations in that behalf; as for example and more especially by entering into the military service of either of the said contending parties as commissioned or non commissioned officers or soldiers: or by serving as officers, sailors, or marines, on board any ship or vessel of war or transport, of or in the service of either of the said contending parties; or by serving as officers, sailors, or marines, on board any privateer bearing letters of marque of or from either of the said con tending parties ; or by engaging to go or going to any place beyond the seas , with intent to enlist or engage in any such service, or by procuring or attemptin g t o pro cure, within her Majesty's dominions at home or abroad, others to do so ; or by fitting cut, arming, or equipping any ship or vessel to be employed as a ship of war or priva teer or transport, by either of the said contending parties ; or by breaking or endeavouring to break any blockade lawfully and actually established by or on behalf of either of the said contending parties; or by carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or mate rials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war according to the law or modern usages of nations, for the use or service of either of the said con tending parties, all persons so offending will incur and be liable to theAeveral penalties and penal consequences by the said statute, or by the law of nations, in that behalf im posed or denounced. And we do hereby declare that all our subjects, and persons entitled to our protection, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril and of their own wrong, and that they will in nowise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities br penal conse quences, but will, on the contrary, incur our high dis pleasure by such misconduct. Given at Our Court at the White Lodge, Richmond Park, this thirteenth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and iu the twenty-fourth year of Our Reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROMAN CATHOLIC PAUPERS. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented several peti tions complaining of the treatment of Roman Catholic chit d, en in workhouses. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. Earl DE GREY and RIPON presented petitions in favour of this bill. " THE NEW ZEALAND BILL. Earl GREY gave notice that, on the second reading of this bill,' he should call the attention of their lordships ti some subjects in relation to that country. THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. Earl DERBY asked the noble Earl, the President of the Council, if he could state when it was proposed to adjourn for the Whitsuntine holidays? Earl GRANVILLE said he intended to propose that their lordships should adjourn from Friday till Monday week. SPAIN AND ST. DOMINGO. Lord BROUGHAM" begged to ask an answer to the question he put to her: Majesty's Government relative to the annexation c.f St. Domingo to Spain. He trusted that the most energetic measures would be taken to prevent the introduction of slavery into the island. Lord WODEHOUSE said the information received was that Spaiii had not taken any definite step in the proposed annexation of a pot tion of the island of St. Domingo. They were' Waiting for further information from the island before coming to a decision. He had reason to be rlieve 'if this information was to the effect ' that'die Majority of the people were in favotir of annexa tion, ttitt:spanieh.Governneut would have no objection to such an arrangement. He was gratified to an nounce to his noble and learned friend that the Spanish Government had decided that slavery was not to be iroroduced in the territory proposed to be annexed. Her Majesty's Government had been officially informed cf that circumstance. (Hear. hear.) THE PRINCESS ALICE DOWRY BILL. This bill on the motion of Earl GRANVILLE was read a second time. SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT _ _ BILL. Lord KINN AI RD moved the second reading of thisbill which was merely to improve a measure that had been of the greatest benefit to Scotland. The bill was read a second time. RAILWAY COMP &NIES MORTGAGE TRANSFER (SCO FLAND) BILL. The consideration of this bill was, after a short discus sion, postponed. LEASES, &c., BY INCUMBENTS RESTRICTION BILL. Lord LYTTELTON moved the third reading of this The Bishop of OXFORD objected to some of the prov sip ns of the bill. . . . The Bishop of LONDON thought the bill ought to be postponed until it was known how many benefices would be affected by it. The third reading was accordingly postponed till Friday. PASSENGERS (AUSTRALIA COLONIES) BILL. This bill was read a third time, and passed. MARRIAGE VALIDITY BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. COMMON LAW COURTS, IRELAND. • The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a number of returns relative to the law courts in Ireland. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Kendal Fell Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Cheshire- Midland Railway; Trent, Anchholme, and Grimsby Railway ; and Wycombe Railway (Extensions). The following bills were read a second time—Cork and Youghal Railway Bill, Midland Railway ((May and Ilkley Extension) Bill, and the North Eastern Railway (Eaten sion to Otley, &c.) Bill. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of th. 3 altera tion of the Marriage Law iu Irere.nd ; for keeping open the National Gallery later in the day, in order to afford the working classes an opportunity of visiting ; in favour of affording increased facilities to Roman Catholic inmates in workhouses for the free exercise of their religious worship; in favour of the Poor Law Assessments Act, by Sir W. Vernon; a petition, 52 yards long, and signed by 11,788 portions of all classes, complaining of the conduct of the law officers of the Crown at the late assizes at Armagh, and par- ticularly in reference to the cape of the man Taite ; against the Poor Law Removal Act, &c. MAILS TO BELFAST. General UPTON asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether it was the intention of the Government to make arrangements for the despatch of mails from Stranraer, either to Botfast or to Donaghadee; and, if se, to what periods contracts for conveying the same will be limited ? Mr. PE ra. said there was a communication wth Belfast by way of Greenock. THE POLICE MAGISTRATE'S DECISION AT MARYLEBONE. After a few words from Lord FERMOY, Sir G. C. LEWIS said that in consequence of a memorial placed in his hands by his noble friend the member for Marylebone, he addressed Mr. Mansfield, magistrate at Mary l e bone, who reported that his decision rested on the statement of Mr. Babbage, supported by the evidence of 'two policemen and some householders. The case was one for the decision of the magistrate , in his opinion, as t ) the credibility of the witnesses examined, and as he had an opt ortunity of seeing how they gave their evidence, he (ir G. C. Lewis) did not feel disposed to interfere. Lord FERMOY inquired if the right hon. gentleman had any objection to lay the report on the table of the house ? Sir G C. LEWIS said that the reports made by judges and magistrates to the Home-office were considered confi dential ; but he had stated generally the effect of the report. INDIGO PLANTERS IN INDIA. In reply to Mr. VANSITTART, Sir C. WOOD said it was true that a dcput.&tion had waited upon the•Governor-General, and two special com missioners were sent to the districts in question. The papers would be laid on the table. CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE STATE OF OUDH. In reply to Mr. TORRENS, Sir C. WOOD said that he had not yet received an answer to a communication to the Governor-General, and therefore could not give the hon. member the information he required. MARRIAGE LAW (IRELAND). Sir H. CAIRNS, in moving for a select committee to inquire into the law of marriage in Ireland, said that his motion was not brought forward in consequence of the recent celebrated trial in Ireland, for last year there were numerous petitions from Ireland praying for an amendment of the marriage law in that noun • try, and except for certain circumstances he would have brought the subject forward before. It had been objected to any act in repri to Ireland on the subject that legis lation should include the three component parts of the kingdom. He thought, however, that such objection was more plausible than just, for when they considered the marriage and the common law of Scotland, and the tenacity with which the inhabitants of that country adhered to that law, he thought it would be impracticable to introduce t. , more comprehensive measure in tegard to the marriege laff: the kingdom genetally. At present there was undue fir ren t , h e ! want 131 proper authentication, and other defec ._ existing marriage law in Ireland ' which required c..) b° died. In 1844 the law of England was introcduclt: land in reference to ma rriage,the effect of wh u i,t ri lr , r eligious riages in some cases were solemnised w ith? on z 0 , 7 t the mixed to contracting services. Having adverted to the 07. 1 1 11,0 13 r nir o a t n es c ta tin a h n t et h t °ln o d: ar i i: marriage, certain hardships un de :t t b id l e senters laboured in Ireland, herrla Bard in some ca , ei, also had ground for complain% they have greater license ifs bodies, at the same marriages than other li ~v e er d e r ble a that the PreAnt law t should was therefore most desiook. time they laboured. b With regard to R remain on the statut oman Catho 00,d the clergymen lies, he Pr o l: a marriages, be placed in the same in re position as g ard to mlx of other denominations, • • d er gymel i iy placed in giving ifin ar providing that they were e.,„ those marriages due pubI i4 WRITESIDE gr.seconded the motion. He said that .the object of the common law was to give .pub licity to marriages ;and in all • " She was the the greatest allusion to this publicity, he Le lieved it was Chaucer who of s some body disabilities, should, solemnised at the church said, in respect to a marriage sweetestaccord i n womanto the alive,old c us t o m =.dhusbands she had five." (634. g 4 ter*) tie believed that tuft departVe gl9llll POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT THROUGH A BETTING TRANSACTION.—Mr. Frederick Kingwell, wheelwright, of St. Martin's-lane, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with assaulting a brass instrument maker named Ryan, as follows : The complainant said he went into the Cranbourn Hotel the previous night about 11, and seeing the defendant there he asked him for 10s. he owed him, and the defendant then struck him, " cutting him to bits." Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, said he would call a witness who would show that the defendant, who was a very respectable man, had been grossly assaulted by the complainant. He was aware that words would net justify blows, but the complainant had brought it all on himself, and it was in being pat out of the house that he received the blow. Mr. John Keck, of the Cranbourn Hotel, St. Martin's lane, said Mr. Kingwell was talking to him about some horses, when Ryan spoke to him about a bet, and then abused him. Several gentlemen were present. There was a scuffle, but he could not tell who struck the first blow. Mr. Mansfield said there seemed to be a provocation, but the witness for the defence did not contradict the complain ant. The landlord, or his servant, should have put the complainant out, and not the defendant. Thu complainant seemed to have received some blows, and he should fine defendant 20s. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY MISTAKE.—SINGULAR IF TRUE Wilhelm Kraus, a German shoemaker, about 40 years of age, and dwelling with his children at No, 6, Plummer's row, Mile-end Old-town, was brought before Mr. Wool• rych charged with assaulting Elizabeth Holmes, a mar rigid 'woman, of Grove-cottage, Shacklewell. The prisoner was arrested last night. The complainant, a most respectable and lady-like female, who was much agitated aad trembled excessively while giving her evidence, stated that on Tuesday night last, about half-past eight o'clock, she was passing along Green field-street, Whitechapel, when the prisoner came up to her, looked very fiercely at her, and walked alongside of her a few yards, and then seized her in his arms and said, " I have got you." She called out " Mur&r," and said "Leave me alone." A crowd assembled and she appealed to Lem for assistance. They were all Germans and did not pay any attention to her. The prisoner continued his grasp of her, and pushed and kicked her along the street for a distance of 200 yards. Sherepeatedly said to him "Let me go, if you want my money take it." At last she reached the door of a chandler's shop, and implored of a woman there to relieve her. The woman at first refused, and told her to go away, but ultimately re leased and sheltered her. .The prisoner then ran away. She was very sore all over, particularly about the chest, from the pi isoner's violence. In answer to questions by Mr. Wealryeh, the witness said that she allowed the prisoner no familiarities, and did not converse with him about the weather or time of day before he seized her. She never talked to or held commu nications with strangers, whether:on foot, in a railway car • riage, or in an omnibus. The prisoner, in defence, said that his wife, who was thirty-eight years of age, left him a few weeks ago, and eloped with a young man. He met the corn plainant in Greenfield-street on Friday night, and mis taking her for his wife, said to her in German, " Dear wife, dear angel, do come home and look at your children, and then you may go again." He pushed her along, when she reais4ed, and directly he found out his mistake he left her. He had since made an apology for his conduct, and was very sorry for what had happened. Mrs. Holmes was recalled, and said the prisoner only spoke three words to her, and in English, " I've got you." She did not hear him speak in German. For the defence several witnesses were called, who &Aid the prisoner's wife had abandoned her home, as he described, and that the complainant, in stature and appearance, was very much like her, and their dresses, particularly their shawls, were similar. On Friday night a little girl told the prisoner his wife was in Greenfield-street, and he went there, and seeing the complainant put his arms round her waist, and said to her, in German, " My wife, my Louisa, come home ;" and then led her along the foot-path, but did not kick her or push her. Mrs. Hitchcock, who keeps the chandler's shop, referred -to in the evidence of Mrs Holmes, said that when she saw the prisoner struggling with the complainant at her door, she refused to interfere, believing she was his wife ; but when Mrs. Holmes exclaimed, " I don't know the fellow," Woolrych saidth great theat propriety. complainant He was believed witness said t o K raus , " Y ou h ave ma d e a m i s take. Go about your bu s i ness. " Mr. herself with takehglaikde it, sad committedn a . res h p y ec t t h ab e l p e ri w se o n m e a: Iwthwoas a con ductedhad great e v e 3 d B or a m a i ny s . blunder, but he did n o t thi n k the prima intended to hurt the complainant. Re dismissed the case. The prisoner was discharged. The French Minister of War has just decided that a training school for you: lg l z u i c i aus g aai b e ee t e . bliehod in, very regiment, COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a very limited inquiry, yet prices show an upward tendency in consequence of the a4vices by the overland mail. The public sales will commence t - day. SUGAR.—The market has continued dull without any change in prices, and for refined descriptions rather lower rates have been accepted. RlCE—There has been a steady inquiry chiefly for ex portation, and full rates are readily obtained for good and fine qualities. SALTPETRE. --A steady business has been done in the finer qualities without any change of importance in values. TALLOW.—The market has continued moderately active, strict operations having been for home consumption. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 58s, and for last three months delivery 558 per cwt. COAL MARK frrices of Coal per Ton at .ET—MAY 13. ; the close of the market Tanfield Moor ...... s. d. 13 6 Bell's Primrose ......13 0 Bower's West Hartley.l7 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting .24 0 Do. Anthraeite..2l 6 Benton's West Hartleyls 6 Howard's West Hart ley ................ 16 9 Edon Main ........... 16 3 Walls End. .. d Walls End. Hartlepool.. • ....... 17 6 Whitworth ...16 6 Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 3 Ships at market Hetton .. lB 0 I Framwellgate l6 6 Heugh 11%11 16 6 South Kelloe l7 0 Eden 16 6 A.corn"Close ..16 6 eassop l7 0 Kelloe l7 0 Haswell lB 0 Shincliffc 16 0 Gosforth 15 9 South Hartlepool 16 0 Thorpe .. ..17 0 54; sold, 42. THE TWA THEE. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, letween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. L S. 9 a.m. _____ r • ___ Nairn 3 0 .27 62 5 , N.W. 2 5 4. 2 Aberdeen .. Leith 30•32 50 48 W. 1 9 o. 1 Berwick 3 0 ' 31 50 47 W. 2 8 o. 2 Ardrossan 3.1.06 48 413 NE. 1 8 0. 1 Poetrt•sh Shields 'o•3s 49 43 W. .W. 3 2 0. 4 Galway 30'37 58 57 S.W. 1 9 0. 1 Scarborough 30.36 47 45 W. 2 8 0. 1 Liverpool Valenti a. 30.38 55 54 N. N. W. 1 7 o. 2 Queenstown 3 0 .3i 57 50 S.S.W. i 7 o. 1 Yarmouth 30'43 48 47 W. 2 1 b. 3 London 3 0 ,12 50 41 N. 1 3 b. Cover 30'42 55 51 E. 3 1 b. 2 Portsmouth Portland Plymouth . Penzance J er sey EXPLANATION. — B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. • h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., s., snow; t., thunder. A letter r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb• o rae v np e ce r ea c arls repeated o ( a d u9 u p l ) e ; n r t 8 . , augments—thus, THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD WEATHER ON THE ViNES.—Mr. Newton Crosland has forwarded to us the following particulars of the great frost experienced at Bor deaux in the early part of this month :—The vines have been damaged more or less throughout the whole depart ment of the Gironde. In Medoc, the districts of Moulis and Castlenau are very seriously injured; the destruction cannot be estimated here at less than seven•eighths of the crop. In Listrac the high grounds have suffered little, but the low grounds aro in the most hopeless condition ; nearly two-thirds of the vines in that dis!riet are ruined for the season. St. Laurent is entirely rpvaged ; the vineyards are as black as in December, and only a very small quan • tity of wino can be expected to be mado there. The high grounds of St. Julien, Pauillae, and St. Estephe are spared, but all the grounds situated low or rear the woods are hit Miserable ptate. The districts of St. Seurin Verthsuil, Cassie, St. Sauveur, are nearly iuined. Respeeting the Bee Medoc, the whole country, from St. Seurin to Pointe de Graves on the Sea, is devastated. The Graves have suf fered a great deal. Haut Brion has scarcely a bud left The Palus have lost at least three-fourths of their crop. The Cotes may be estimated as having lost half their crop. The Sauternes are drezately damaged. meie deuo mere i 5 a little better, common law was not always attended with ad vantage. The Roman Catholics in Ireland, though .enstituting a large majority of the inhabitants 01 that country, were in a worse po ition in expect to the marriage laws than the Jews, who were infinitesimally steelier, or the Quakers, who were rapidly diminishing. He th ou g ht that in this respect the Roman Catholics should have the same privi leges conferred on them as were enjoyed by the Church of Scotland ; but at the same time, if they had any reason able demands, he considered they should be heard with deference. Mr. SCULLY, who had the following amendment on the paper :—" That an humble address be presented to her Nlajesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to issue Royal Commission,tto inquire into the marriage laws of England, of Ireland, and of Scotland, respectively," said that he did not intend his amendment in a hostile but a friendly spirit towards the motion of the honourable and learned gentleman (Sir H. Cairns). He thought it would be impossible to legislate on the subject this session, and he thought, under the circumstances, it would not be advisable to go into the whole question. If the marriage law of Ireland could be legislated on immediately, he would offer no objection ; but consi dering the number of Irish committees satin.; at the present time, any addition to the munber of these committees would lead to no practicable results. If the Secretory for Ireland gave him an assurance that he would agree to an attempt to legislate on the subject this session he would afford him any assistance and whhdraw his amendment. [LEFT SPEAKING.] YORK It ACES-( This Day.) igy ELECTRIC TELEGRA:II I . CRAVEN STAKES. Angelo 1 Walkington Fl u tter filly ZETLAND STAKES. Neptunus 1 Middl e ton Maid ...... Ten ran. • 2 GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Wizard ............................. ........ I Thirteen ran. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). DOWNING STREET, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Reim Charles Rivers, Esq., to be Clerk of the Executive Council of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and Gerard Oudkerk, Esq., to be book-keeper for the colony of British Guiana. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Guiseppe de Martino as Consul-General at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of Italy. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan Maura as Consul at Nassau, New Providence, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. James. King as Consul at Cape Town for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Thomas Francis Wade, Esquire, Chinese Secretary and Translator to the British Legation in Ch na, who acted as Secretary to the Earl of Elgin's Embassy, and of Henry Brougham Loch, Esquire, who was attached to that embassy in the capacity of private secretary to the Earl of Elgin, to be ordinary members of the civil division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED• Joseph Richardson, upholsterer, Pimlico. Henry Owen and George Uglow, hosiers, Wood-street, City. BANKRUPTS. John Bernard Behrends and William Austin Nichols, 'merchants, City, to surrender, May 25 and June 28, at eleven, at the Oeurt of Bankruptcy. James Mannion, leather dealer, Liverpool, May 27 and June 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Eftward Harding, draper, Liverpool, May 27 and Juno 14. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Richard Forshaw, machine manufacturer, Liverpool, May 24 and June 13, at eleven; at the Liverpool District Court. John Anderton, stonemason, Liverpool, May 27, at twelve, and June 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Robert Foster, engineer, Tranmere, Chester, May 27, and June 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool DistrCourt. . John;Greenwood, stone dealer, Sheffield, May 25, and June 22, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. John Rees, builder, Swansea, May 27 and June 25, at eleven, at the Brist•,l District Court. John Dailey, innkeeper, Starcross, Devonshire, May 30 and June 26, at twelv , at the Exeter District Court. Abrahm Cohen, wine merchant, Minories, May 22, at two, and June 26, at twelve , at the Court of ankruptcy. Phillip Turner Miller, linen draper, Aylesbury, May 28, and July 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Thompson, yarn and worsted spinner, Wakefield, May 24 and Jun 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. S a muel Sheard, currier, High Town, Yorkshire, May 24 and June 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Mitchell, wine and spirit merchant, Edinburgh. Goldsmith and Co., watchmakers, Aberdeen. COURSE OF EXCHANGE..—Tins llxv. rnsterdam - Short. ' 11 17i 11 18 Ditto ttotterdam — 11 191 12 0 Antwerp ruQßels — g 550 25 MI llamturgh •-)erie, Ditto 25 65 57 i 25 65 4 arseilles — 25 57 ''rankfort on Maine —118 k Vienna "rieste - 14 10 14 50 r'etersburgh — 331 331 Berlin — "Madrid ; adiz ueghorn Allan 48f 48 48k 49k 25 70 25 75 25 62k 25 67k 25 62k 25 67k 39k 39k 117} 114 1172 1171 52k 521 b2 l l 63 ienoa Naples Palermo Messina :..• Lisbon Jporto Rio Janeiro Sew York Voreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 %lexican Dollars ... • OOO 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) .. ~ 0 0 0 South American Doublons THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 14.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze, and fine clear mild weather. PLThOIJTH, May 13.—Wind N.--Arrived—Sarah Hunt ley, from Aurabay. GALWAY, May 14.—Arrived—Columbia, from New York, and St. John's, Newfoundland. YARMOUTH, May 13 —The derelict vessel on shore off Ha,boro, bottom up is not coppered, and is of about 500 tons. LOWESTOFE, May 13.—The Nireia, of Aberdeen, grounded on the Holm Sand, but floated off and proceeded. The S trah Bell, of Arundel, bound cortnh,assgrgannelceed, oanndthic„ Newcome, this afternoon, but has take expected off ou the flood. LOTJGII FOTLE, May 14.—Arriyed—Jurat ( 6 .5 . ) , from Montreal—left Quebec on the 4th Inst. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTUAMPTON. Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Charlotte, from Guernsey ; New York, steamer, from Bremen; Le Coq, from Lherbourg ; Alarm, from Newport. Sailed—Clara, for New York; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan, Yesterday the New York steamer spoke the Bremen schooner Dahomey, at 7 a.m., off the Galloper. steering for the Channel, and off South Foreland the Bremen ship Ernestine and American ship Lancashire, from New York, both steering westerly. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 13.—Ornsholdt, from Alexandria; Geor• gina, from Gtonigen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Eleanor, from the Cape of G ood Hope; Mars, from Portsmouth; Wm. Brown, bark, from Mauritius On tow) ; Geo. Kidd, from Mauritius • Arabia, f rom Colombo ; Mermaid, ship, from Canterbury, New Z ealand (in tow) Hornoway, from Ceylon, all for London. Sailed.—The Homeward Bound, for London. - -- da th y e ANOTHER CRINOLINE SACRIFICE. e Borough, another accident by fire happened through th t e k use of crin°- line. Jane Todd, aged 26, who resided in ha d fallen asleep, was sitting by the side of the fire . an „ res d ai s brought assist • ar b - er ightftd position as when her crinoline took fi re. ll St. Thomas's Hos ance, and she was extricated fro_re gd to contains the ',following soon as possible. She was ee e n"Y r enderedll s n te o r t recovery in . Japan, at d • slightest hopes are en t ....-arr.—A letter from Seddo pital, wherb every assi:tepe _ ed EXECUTIONS I_Nii,",it, (Japan) in the -am'. 46 X 13 013. passage :-- j 3, a day passes without one. Beheading at Jeddo se• uve the abdomen are . _ fug open th e most usual punish and 1 1 PF d . Not long since, mean inflicts . ~.es are v N e; fr y hd fre quent:3r the murderers of a prince were boiled to death in large katles. The other modes of „esution by which the Japanese tribunals attempt to teri rify criminals are crucifixion, cutting open the chest, breaking the limbs with an iron bar ; exposing of the cri minal to the attacks of insects in hot weather, after strip ping him naked and smearing his body with honey, &C. These cruel punishments, however, do not diminish the number of crimes ; on the contrary, they seem to have prc. diced the most reckless contempt of death. The follow ing remarkable incident occurred not long since :—A Japanese policeman was walking along the middle of the Street, when a European on horseback told him to stand aside, and, as the order was not obeyed, struck him with a whip. fhe Japanese rushed on the aggressor, unhorsed him, and drew his'sword to kill him, when a neighbouring shopkeeper exclaimed that it was the English consul. Tho Japanese hesitated on hearing this, and the foreigner mean while got away. With his drawn sword in his hand, the police man immediately went to the nearest tribunal and stated the case to the presiding judge. ' You drew your sword to avenge the affront,' said the magistrate; 'that was right ; but you did not kill your enemy, and you knowthat an insult, if not avenged by.the blood of the offender, must be avenged by the blood of the offended.' The judge bad Ihardly finished speaking when the policeman rippe:lllPliks etskin with Wei on iloadi aids &Si 0 4 toirt: 'OM the , re- Dria- :Dm .lV. ).E., .ette, Mr. TER iplo- -sara, tates hree tister I. P. tates L.-•