The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-17 00:00:00

MONEY 111411tKET ES ND CITY NEWS. .1 CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been rather inactive during the last day or two, the dealings having been confined to immediate require ments in most of the principal staples. At the public sales of tea which were concluded yesterday prices exhibited no change of importance except for the inferior kinds, which Were a shade cheaper. Sugars have barely supported previous values, while a reaction has taken place in the value of rice, owing to the advance in the rate of discount. Coffee, however, in consequence of the smallness of stock on hand, has fully maintained its value. At the public sales of wool the rates established at the commencement have been fairly maintained, and the prices obtained at the sales of indigo have shown an upward tendency for good and medium descriptions. In the tallow market the dealings have been of a limited character, particularly as regards speculative transactions, and prices have shown little or no change of importance. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 585., and last three months, .558. per cwt. Continued quietude prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices of American descriptions were to per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. Another small parcel of gold, viz., £5,000, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, but 30,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for exportation. The Mexican dollars by the Seine have been sold at 4s. lltd per oz. The Shannon, which left to-day for the West Indies, took £5,000 in silver. There is still a steady demand for discount ac commodation at the enhanced quotations, and owing to the terms asked in the open market the supply of bills taken to the Bank of England is still con- , siderable. Another failure was announced in the Levant trade yesterday—viz., that of Messrs. Alexiadi, Delta, and Co., whose liabilities are supposed to be about £BO,OOO. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas Dowling, timber merchant, who recently sus pended, the liabilities were stated to be £38,794, and the assets £14,917, and an offer of 63. in the pound was made; but a committee was appointed to consider the proposal, to investigate the estate, and to report to a future meeting. Tenders are invited for debentures to the amount of £25,000 for the Cape of Good Hope. The bonds to be of £lOO each, bearing 6 per cent. interest, and redeemable in 1881. Some large sales of stock having been effected for transfer, the English Stock Market has pre sented a depressed appearance, Consols having re ceded to 911 for transfer and 911, d for the ac vont. The receipt of lower prices from the Paris Bourse has also created an unfavourable effect. The /few ;Threes remain at 89: e ; the Reduced are heavy at 891 ; and Exchequer Bills at 6s. dis. Bank Stock has receded to 232 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1011 1; and ditto i 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 94. Rather more business has been recorded in F oreign Securities, and prices show no material variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 71; ditto 1868 ; 55; to 56; Mexican are steady at 221; Rus 'llan 42 per Cents. at 91a; Spanish are firmer at ' 6 4; ditto Deferred, at 421 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 99/ and 100 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. awe flat at 94 ; and Chilian 6 per Cents. are 100 aad 1011. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market for American securites as very firm. The following are some of the prices : It:raft Redeemable. Prices ed States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 88 90 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds .. . 111 entucky 6 p er C ent. Bonds 1874 72 74 Maryland 5 1868 -72 84 86 per Cent. Bonds Pennsylvan ia 5 pert. Sto c k 75 80 65 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 68 70 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds Roston 4f per Ct. S trlg. Bonds 91 47 49 93 Illinois Central 7 p er Cent. 1 8 75 89 90 Illinois Central 6 p er Cent. . Do. shares, 80 d o l e . paid . 1875 85 88 26 dis 25 Jlichigan Central 8 per C en t 1869 87 89 Do. do. shares 50 52 New York Central 6 per Ct , not convertible Nov' York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., let mortgage Do. do., 2d mortgage Ms. do., 3d mortgage Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares Panama 7 per CL, let mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., 2d do. 1883 85 87 1864 92 94 70 72 1867 1859 1883 1862 92 94 89 91 83 85 27} NI stock stock stock stock stock SEARE MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) MIDINARY SHAttES AND STOCKS. _ . . I I Closing I Business Share , Railways. I Paid: Price. Done 50 Belfast and Ballymena all I 13.14 hir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 8 stock Birk.; La., and Ch Juno lOO 81 8 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. andMid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter , lOO 97 RI 98 stock , Caledonian , 100 965 D 7 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all —-- 20 1;ork, lilrock., &Passage all 20 Cornwall all 5 6 A (A gets no div all 1° D° ' until 6pc peran' all " -10 Do Bf hasbeen , d.toß 50 Dublin & Belfast June all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno! all 8 81 stock East Anglian lOO 164 175 161 stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 491 I 1 1 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 stc,nc Do do B do 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds 135 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 82 84 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 24 285 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock stock 'Giant. !Furness and S. Western 100 109 110 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 125 127 stock Great Northern ! 100 109 110 stock Do do A stock 1 100 102 103 103 25 stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 105 107 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1034 109 1085 04 MI stock London and Blackwall 100 59 91 59 1 60 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 118 120 stock Loud., Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 45 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 931 931 93 1 stock Lond. & • , th. Western lOO 94 95 94 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 105 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. 100 41 42 415 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 121 Do ,to 1 shares__ all 10 Metropolitan 75 4 8 d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do lAirming. & Derby 100 94 96 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares r..11 Mid Kent . .. 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 8 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. d; Ross all stock Norfolk . . .... 100 52 64 stock North British.. lOO 625 63 68 24 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc, 100 stock D k stk ; A recs no (1.1, until 6pchas beenpd.B J 100 ltook Do D shook , I 100 stock Nth. Eastern—liervrick 1 100 1011 1024 1015 25 15 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase , l6l34 p 4:` stock ne Leeds ........ 100 58 69 584 stock Do York stock North London . lOO 95 97 10 Do new 5 [9.16.4 North staffordshire l7l 45 4 1 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 94 lei stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 74 76 10 faebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney....._ a ll stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 324 .135 !tack Do Scot. Mid, stock lOO 85 87 4 86 4 !took Shropshire Union...— lOO 48 48 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all lock South Devon 100 39 41 25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un. 221 took South Eastern tock South Wales Lock S. York. and River Dun 100 93 95 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 395 405 391 25 Do do 25 Do New (1860) 3 54 6 p took Taff Vale tock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster .• •• 25 Do . 1 20 2 3p 210 Do ._ I 2 d p Lock Vale Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim j all 115 111 toca Waterford deKilkennyj 100 50 Waterford & Limerick i all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class .. 20 Do 2d class . , . Lock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO Lock West Midland—Oxford 100 45 47 464 6 Lock Do. Newport, 100 39 41 Lock Do. Hereford 100 82 85 stock 12i 10 stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock et 00k tock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock BLOCK stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. !Paid Closing Business Price. Done. stock stock stock 186.5 1872 Only moderate transactions have been recorded in the Railway Share Market ; in some instances, however, a slight improvement has taken place. Great Westerns and North Westerns have advanced ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, 108. ; and Cale donian, £1; South Westerns have declined ss. ; and Midlands and West Midlands, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have continued in moderate demand without any change of im portance in values. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are neglected, and remain at former quorations. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l 3 per Ce n t. C onso l s A nnuities 9l 1 I 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities B 9i I ± Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1886 l5l India Stock. . 0000000 i• .... Ditto 6 per bent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 94 Ditto Debentures, 1858 96k Ditto, 1859.... , Cowls for Account, June 6 .. 92 11 ! India Stock for Account Ditto 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid — atto £5OO 6 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. krazalian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent., 1860 BBl Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 9Ol Ditto Deferred Chilian 6 per Cent lOO 11 Mexican 3 p er C ent 22/ Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred . Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 . . • Russian 5 per C en t. 1822 , £ St Ditto 41 p er C en t . .. sla Spanish 3 per Cent. .. .. 51fr Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred ...... Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Accounti Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. 'oo 99.1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9ll a Ditto Account 914 THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. stock 261 13k 100 stock stock stocz stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10i 10 stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 124 stock stock 124 12* stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10t 101 iol 10s. 10 1.0.6 1021 This Day, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. -.-- 1 Leasing Closing %si ne " Railways: -- id . l - I - --- Nairn ........ 30/6 51 1 48 ' E N.E. 3 1 b. 2 1 Pa---- Co.'s Price. D ene. Aberdeen .... 30•19 0 45 N.E. 3 5 C. 2 Leith ~ ..... 30/1 52 49 2 7 c. 2 Bedford and Berwick ....... 30 /0 51 48 , N. E . E 2 3 b. 1 ~ Binkinghanishire . 521 531 Ar drossan..., 31.24 63 62 1 S.E. ' Portri,sh . 30* s hield. ... 23 1 53 62 ' W.N. W. 4 4f. 4 D o . 5i percent 100 D 100 Ib li o 1 . . 11 . ... W .. 9 . 4 . 9 . 6 . thiwa ...... 3022 49 47 N.E. 4 3 c. 3 1 100 :Do. all 2 9 0. - Chester tello illi ly et h e e h ad i lOO Do. 5 ~ { I -Poo. .. . ... ... •• . 110 1 23 1 i 1101 Searb ' ...... 30 30 55 54 E. 2 9m. 1 ore tio t In . Liverp4 3 ,47 . - RA • w l7 49 48 N.N. E. 2 9 m. 3 Valentia..:: r 01 1 9., 66 53 W.N.W. 3 9 o. 2 E. Lincolnsh. g 6 p-r e. , ICC Gt. North. 13 1 ? . 1 4 C C o l y l c d h e e s s d t a e l r e , j S u t n o c ur V a 1. 1 , 1 8. 0 11 Queenstown... 20. 3 i 5 ° 57 Is, E.Union,HarwichShs. all 'E.Counts. 41 _ Yarmouth. _ 80.11 48 48 N.W. 2 3b. 2 Do. Woodbridge lOO .. - , E Ca .U le . c kE n ..C .-. 1 _ 1 0 _5 0 _ a 1 . . . 0 16 2 .. a , _London ...._ t a ti g N.E. 4 9r. 3 Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 ,Caledon... , - - Dover N. 1 6c. - Do. new lOO 1110. ...... - ortsmouth .. 30•10 65 5 x 3 W. 3 90. 2. - Portland .... 30'13 65 a N.E . 31 ts . Gloster i & D De k a tt n Forest ; a a l l l l G yk t .N W ez e ß st r . - - p Dock Plymonth .... 3014 i 62 sp, 6 - I lI N N :W W • -1 I all Yk.N. Md. 1109 111 Penzance .... 3019 I 62 1 H ro ul o l . an h d al S v e e l a b . y 1 all Do. - - Jersey ........ 3017 !64 59 l' iiN a 4N v V. 1 2 b. ..1 ExPLANATioN.-B. Barometer, and reduced •-• 3 3 41 ' L a p ne . . & cl C u . , a a r r i te ,a rs a .... ip .... a 1 11 0 1 0 l I ' ' iL D n o I . N . :W . -. .!.1 - 99 202 - London & Greenwich., 100 , S.l.,asterni e 0 62 eerre t to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feeeteodf vertical rise Causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution Do. Preference I 100 D 0..... -112 117 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths Lon.,Tilbary,& S -end; 100 iPe o to.lo. 87 90 , in an cr d e each 10 Lowestoft gua.4 pc 1 12 ;Norfolk.. : :: - Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb ame r. B p e r tn c ent & 51 atlock! all IL NPir&M 31 31 evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (t itr Do. 6 ( or __ne., x ii . Dot magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12-estimated), C . Cloud rue- Mid. Bra Ord Prefer ence St ock . 100 Midland.. 94 96 (1 to 9), I. Initials :-b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; Nsw mar kt , B ury Ex . 5. 5 6- l E.Counts. 1 i p t, fog. • h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; ra., misty (ha zy ) . gua. 5 percent.... 1_ 55 57 overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; a., snow • t., thunder. A. 14te.; Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all lg. - - repeated augments-thus, r,r much rain. S. Sea disturb- Do. Fixed c au I • - .)Do. sp. c..... all , Do. &rice (1 to 9). - North Western all Midland 151 16 L& NW ) T ---- HE CROPS IN THE EAST.-The weather, long D Pr o es i to s n and Wyre. f all i - - I & L.Yk. lsitterly cold and unfavourable for the development of vege- bares A. all Do. - - tation u d RoYatn Ili h Sh I 100 Gt. North. 130 132 Shrew i) th .'& " Nilit aiyor.dshire n, underwent erwent a great change for the better in the eastern _ 8 ry& Hereford , 100 ;T.Brassey 117 122 district on Sunday, which was a warm, genial Spring day, s - ` - ' s . T do. 1 i Do. 11 lip and on Wednesday and yesteiday the a pearance 01 the all I M'Clean... 101 11 country showed tt decided improvements P wuj o a_Sc_merset lOO iGt West. 89 91 . 91 901 vn 4Croydn ill L,C3ren ei 91, Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at .£sr & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon .£lO, 4} percent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2., Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c.l Cornwall. 5 per cent. 1 Dun. Perth &Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pret E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 8 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 8 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c pia. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Pun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c (;rent Northern, 5 p. ct Po.sp.c.Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt Gt. Sn. & TV (Ireland) p. et. pref. stock , Great West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p. et t - 0. R edeemable, p.et Do. Redeemable. 4 p. et no Irredeemable, do no. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Blrm. Pref. Shares (lt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birrnfrauar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do . Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4q p e. pref T.an..trYork 6 p. c. stock Do.liarnsl.st.f.s 38 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pe.gu. No. 1 Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 no. zua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4i per cen'. Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. Pre , I,on. Chat. and Dover Do.W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A cis pd on `o. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et.... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent .. Do.(Prtsrn. perpl anus. of 2s. Ad.............. Londondy. t Cole. 5 sh. Londony. &t Ennis. 5 sh Tian. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et' Do. I 6 Do. 35 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent l'Tarynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 45 per cent. Con. 6 p o. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Mr. 6 p.c Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st 1846 Do. 55 p. C. Pref. do 1847 IDo.sWay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o. I Do. New, gua. S p. c. Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. this Do. do. do N t b. Dev. Rail. & Dek.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire I Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gna.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. I Do. Fixed per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent Do. Fixed p.c. Ist is south Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. e gu Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c. Do. B 6 per cent.... Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, fi p. c W.Mid -Oxt Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do - Do. Newport 5 p.c.pt.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. e. pt 18661 Do. till 1869, let ie., 134 130 101 103 91 93 109 111 108 110 £ 11i' 91 93 99 101 100 101 P ip i d ip 224 23 131 133 10 101 22! 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 264 274 82 33 314 324 45 48 124 126 120 125 100 102 120 122 115 120 100 102 20 21 51 6 99 101 108 113 105 108 108 110 106 108 122 124 80 82 109 111 90 92 75 77 113 115 110 112 101 103 106 108 97 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 96 10 17 18 19} 101 74 76 20 21 10 101 15 15 [l3 115 [l3 115 [37 140 [l3 115 101 103 5(:) 155 128 131 71 74 83 87 131 141 I F i 68 70 , i IP all 1 100 100 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY: I EVVMNG, MAY 17, 1861. r .UTY INTELLIUENCE—(2hts Day). HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present: The Lord Chancellor, Lord Oran worth, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelm-ford, Lord Kingsdown. APEEALS.-JUDGMENT.-LIEUT.-COLONEL STUART V. THE MARQUIS OF BUTB.-MAJOR-GENERAL STUART Y. LADY ELIZABETH MOORE AND ANOTHER. The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, was of opinion that it was for the benefit of the infant marquis that he should be maintained and educated in England accord ing to the scheme of education and maintenance prepared under the instructions of the Court of Chancery. That the marquis was a ward of Chancery, and should be placed under the care of the guardians in Chancery, and therefore the decision of the Court of Session in Scotland ought to be reversed. His lordship regretted that so much of the valuable time for the education of the marquis had been wasted in a discussion on the conflicting jurisdictions of the Court of Chancery and Court of Session in this case. The other noble and learned lords entirely concurred. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decision of the Court of Session, and remitted the case back to the Court of Ses sion, with instructions to order the Marquis of Bute to be immediately delivered up by Lady Elizabeth Moore to Major-General Stuart, to be maintained and educated in England according to the scheme prepared in the Court of Chancery. Costs of, the appeals to be paid out of the estate. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) IMPORTANT QUESTION OF JURISDICTION-ENTHOVEN AND ANOTHER V. RODOCANACHI, This was an action to recover £lO odd, difference in an account for some tin. Mr. Maynard, for the plaintiff, was about to open his case when his Honour observing that the amount was for £l3O, observed, " The question of jurisdiction will arise here unless the parties agree." Mr. Pook, for defendant—l cannot agree. Hi s H,liour—l suppose Mr. Rodocanachi would like to have it settled. Mr. Pook—Not here, though with all deference to your Honour. His Honour then referred to the Act, and asked Mr. Maynard if the bill for £l3O was sent in before the £l2O was paid or after. Mr. Maynard—Before, certainly. His Honour—Then we can go on. rue case, which referred to the uastom in the tin tram), then proceeded, but was of no importance to the public. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS AS4AULT AT THE PRINOE GALITZEN'S.-- James Andrew Jarmin, lodging-house keeper. of 17, Han over-square, was charged with committing a very violent assault on William Driscoll, a carman, in the employ of Mr. Chappell, the well known music publisher of New Bond street. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. Wm. Driscoll, whose head was bandaged, and who had evidently received very severe injury, said he went to 17, Hanover-square, She previous evening for a harmonium, the property of Mr. Chappell, of Bond-street, and which had been hired by the Prince Galitzen. He knocked at the door, and the page opened the door. His companion said, "We have come for She harmonium." The boy ■aid, "Have you brought any money." His companion replied, " No, we want to take the harmonium away." The boy then went upstairs, and the prisoner came down and asked what they wanted, He told him he had come from Mr. Chappell's, and the prisoner then said he would kick them out. The prisoner then flung him down the steps and struck him two or three blows on the head, and they were turned out of the house. Their hats were then left in the passage, and on getting in again to get them, the prisoner called down some men, one of whom struck him in the eye, and while he was on the ground the prisoner struck him two or three blows on the head with a hammer, causing him the greatest pain and great loss of blood. He (Driscoll) called " Police," and on one coming up he gave the prisoner into custody. In answer to Mr. Yardley, the prosecutor said the pri soner called to the men " Turn them out, turn them out," and then the men, who seemed to be workmen, rushed at them. The harmonium was hired of Mr. Chappell by the Prince. He had never had any dispute with the prisoner. By Mr. Lewis—Mr. Jarmin did not say the harmonium had been distrained for rent. He did no 4 use any violence whatever. The prisoner on being asked whether he would give up the harmonium, said he would give no answer at all. George Jackson, in Mr. Chappell's employ, and who was with prosecutor at the time, proved going with theprosecutor and said that on being knocked about and asking the pri soner for an explanation, the prisoner said " I'll give you an explanation," and on Driscoll going up the stairs the prisoner struck him on the head with a hammer, and the last time he struck Driscoll he fell on the stone steps. Frederick Taylor, a letter-carrier, corroborated several portions of the evidence, and said that he saw the prisoner strike Driscoll with the hammer. By Mr. Lewis—Jackson did not seize Jarmin till after he struck the man with the hammer. There was a large crowd round the door. After a lengthened cross• examination of some of the witnesses, Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES. FORFEITURE OF BAIL.—EMBEZZLEMENT ET - A COL LECTING CLERK IN THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK.—Mr. Price of the firm of look, Hallowes, and Price, solicitors to the St. Katherine Dock Company, applied to Mr. Selfe to estreat the recognisances of James Virgo Minchin, late of No. 5, James -grove, Peckham, who stands charged with embezzling various sums of money he had received for and on account of the St. Katherine Dock Company. The accused was junior clerk in the collector's office, his defalcations are known to exceed £6OO, and the persons who became his sureties with the Deck Company, when he entered upon his duties 26 years ago, have already paid to the company £5OO. There were four cases of embezzle ment made out against Minchin before Mr. Woolrych at this court en the 9th instant. He was proved to have received two sums of £44 and £66 of Messrs. T. and W. Smith, the shipowners, and two sums of £lO each from Mr. White, a merchant, and appropriated the same to his own use. He was bailed in one surety of £4O, and his own recognizance of £lOO, to appear on Tuesday last. M r . Price, on that occasion, did not object to bail being taken for the prisoner, but objected to the smallness of the amount. Mr. Woolrych, however, was of opinion the bail he had fixed upon would be sufficient for the prisoner being forthcoming, more especially as he had made a full confes sion of his guilt, which he attributed to a series of misfor tunes ; the closing of a shop he had opened for two months, the illness and death of his wife, and the illness of his children. Mr. Price said the accused was non est inventus, and did not appear on Tuesday. Mr. Woolrych had enlarged the time for the recogni sances to be estreated until this day. He had now to ask that the culprit should be called and the recognisances estreated. Mr. Livingston, chief usher, intimated that the recog nisances would be returned to the Exchequer, and the estreat would take place there and process issued to the sheriff. Mr. Selfe had no objection to the usual proclamation being made, and James Virgo Minchin was called in the court and in the street opposite. Mr. M'Lennan, the prisoner's bail, asked how he was to be released. Mr. Selfe—By paying £4O to the Queen. Mr. M'Lennan said he had done all in his power to dis cover Minchin and bring him before that court. He had also caused placards to be issued and posted at all the eta tion-houses and other places in the metropolis. He then handed a broadside to the magistrate. It was as follows : " £2O Reward.—Absconded from his bail, charged with embezzlement, Francis Virgo Minchin, late of 5, James grove, Peckham. The said Francis Virgo Minchin was a clerk in the employ of the St. Katherine Dock Company, aged 39, about sft. 91in. high, rather sallow complexion, no whiskers, beard, or eyebrows—(a laugh) —wears a dark brown wig. The above reward will be paid by Mr. M'Len nan, 11, Osnaburgh-street, Euston-road, to any person who will cause the apprehension of the said Francis Virgo Min chin. Information to be given at the police-station, H divison, Leman-street, Whitechapel." Mr. Selfe observed that if persons became bail for pri soners charged with criminal offences they must put up with the consequences if the parties for whom they became surety dtd not surrender. Mr. M'Lennan said he was doing all in his power to effect the capture of Minchin, and he had already been put to much inconvenience and expense. Mr. Selfe--I cannot help you. Give Minchin into cus tody wherever you meet with him. Mr. M'Lennan requested the indulgence of a few days before tho recognisances were returned to the Exchequer. Mr. Selfe--The less said about it the better. Find Minchin if you can. The hint thrown out by the magistrate was understood, and the parties retired. The St. Katherine Dock Company have addressed a cir cular to their customers relating to their accounts, for the purpose of ascertaining the full extent of Min Chin's defal cations. His salary was £2OO per annum. ----- USEFUL PROPERTIES.—A curious piece of eccle siastical furniture, recently found in a monastery, near Florence, is about to be sold at the auction mart in Paris; it is what is called a confessional a surprise, and is said to have been constructed in the ea r l y part of the 16th century. On one of the panels . s a remarkable well-executed image o the Saviour, and to this is attached a spring, which by means of pressure on a brass stud,. caused the panel to be replaced by r oeofmbp.ellelotewes tahnedtesorrmore another, which bears a frightful figure of the Evil One, with horns on his head, terrible glaring eyes, and moving jaws garnished with formidable teeth. .At the same instant a the g orga upppaiipets;9lVl would cgmq to credulous mum. horrible noise is produced e t d h the by account, 2HE DROGHEDA MURDER. INQUEST—VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER. On Wednesday the investigation before the coro ner and jury was held, and occupied the entire day. Around the door of the house in which the inquest was held a large crowd of men, women, and children congregated, and remained from the beginning to the close, notwithstanding but little information was to be had, as few but the jury and constabulary occupied the room. The jury having been impan nelled in the West Gate Barracks, where the body lay, and having taken a view thereof, proceeded to the house of Mr. Tully, vintner, where the inquiry was held. The coroner having called over the names of the jury, and the prisoners having been brought in, he stated that in this case it would be well to have a post mortem examination made of the body. The jury having expressed their wish that it sh3uld be done, Dr. Kelly was sworn, and proceeded to the bar racks to make the necessary examination. Margaret Rafferty called, sworn, and examined —Lives in Fairtlough's-lane, Sunday's-gate. A fortnight on last Sunday, witness's mother called her about half-past three o'clock, saying Mary (witness's sister) was sick. In a few minutes after she arose and came down, her sister was delivered of a child. Heard the child crying. Witness's mother pressed the child's throat to keep it from crying, so that the noise might not be heard. Asked her mother what she was doing ? She answered that nobody would know anything about it. Ran up to bed, but came down as she could not sleep. On coming down the second time she observed her sister Mary (the child's mother) with her hands on the throat of the child. The child was then smothered. Witness told her sister to take it up and do something with it, which she did. It was put under a box in the room until evening. Saw the body next morning lying on a dunghill. Told Margaret M'Guiggan next day that Mary had had a child, and that she smothered it. Did not like to tell Head-constable Murtagh anything about the case when he was up at the house on Saturday the 11th. The mother and sister asked the witness some questions relating to the alleged fact that the mother of the infant held the child before the fire for somo Lime to see it there was any life in it. Nothing important was elicited. Margaret M'Guiggan deposed that the first wit ness (Margaret Rafferty) never told her that the child was smothered. Never heard of Mary being in the family-way. Would not believe it if Mar garet said so, as she thought very little of what she said. She did tell witness she believed it was all over, by which witness understood that a child was born but did not come to life, or something that way. Head-constable Murtagh sworn—Deposed he got the body of the infant on Monday. The elder Mary Rafferty produced it to him, and stated it was her daughter's. It was buried in the house. Went on Saturday last to the house, when, in reply to his question, was Mary confined, Margaret stated she knew nothing about it. Afterwards the mother informed him, and said she would give every infor mation respecting the matter. The elder Rafferty alleged the child was still-born ; the younger, thinking it might be alive, baptised it. They both denied it was on the dunghill._ The Coroner having charged, the jury (consisting of 14 persons) remained for a considerable time together, after which the following verdi c t was handed in :—" The deceased infant named Rafferty was murdered by Mary Rafferty, senior, and Mary Rafferty, junior, her daughter, on the 28th day of April, 1861." A warrant was then made out, and the prisoners committed for trial. THIS DArs MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat were limited, but in tolerably dry condition. Fine samples moved off steadily at very full prices, otherwise the trade was devoid of,animation at previous currencies. the business doing in foreign wheat was very moderate, yet the quotations were fairly supported. The show of samples was moderately extensive. The demand for cargoes afloat was by no means active. In prices, however, very Mile change took place. In all kinds of barley the business doing was somewhat restricted; nevertheless, the quotations ruled firm. Malt was in moderate request at late rates. Oats changed hands steadily, and prices were fully main tained. Beans were disposed of without difficulty at extreme currencies. Peas, however, were a slow inquiry, on former terms. The transactions in flour were of a limited character, at Monday's quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Whe tt. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 650 ' 93 3,220 1,695 Irish. F0reign........ 13,100 3,579 ; ( 22,350 2,364 sack , 6,542 brls. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THis EVENING.) ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing bills : The Princess Alice Annuity. Charitable Uses. Admiralty Court jurisdiction. Law of Foreign Countries. Queen's Prison, ecc. Royal Marine Barracks (Stonehouse, Devon). Post-office Savings Banks. Marriages Validity. Edenfield Chapel to Little Rolton Road. Bristol and South Wales Union Railway. Dublin City Steam Packet Company. Wallasey Improvement. South Eastern Railway (capital, &c.) Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford. Buddenden Road. Blackpool and Lytham Railway. Gainsbury Bridge to East Retford Roads. Preston Markets, &c. Inverness and Aberdeen Junction and Inverary and Nairn Railway Companies Amalgamation. Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (Addl. tional Money). Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. Oswestry and Newtown Railway Branches. Strathspey Railway. Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol). Portsmouth Water. Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway. South Shields Improvement and Quay. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. Witney Railway. Tiverton Roads. Elton and Blackburn Railway. Clitheroe Gas. Garston and Liverpooljßailway. Great Western Railway, Capital. Kingston-upon-Thames and Leatherhead Road. Bradford, Waterford, and Leeds Railway. Kilrush and Kilkee Railway, and Poulnasherry Recla mation Bill. Morayshire Railway. Stratford-upon-Avon Roads. Wrexham and Minera Railway. Dewsbury, Batley, and Heckemonde Wick Water."' t er Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Bootle Branches). Oldham and Ripponden Roads. Kendal Fell. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Exici.onen to Settle). Price's Patent Candle Company. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE DELHI PRIZE MONEY. Lord BERNERS presented a petition complaining of the delay in the distribution of the Delhi prize money. Earl DE GREY and RIPON explained the great diffi culty in making up the accounts. As soon as the rolls of names had been sent in from the different regiments, the rakes would be struck and the money distributed as soon as possible. After a few words in reply to Lord BERNERS, the sub ject dropped. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. Lord LYVEDON presented a petition from a place in Northamptonshire in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, and praying that the county courts jurisdiction might be ex tended. THE SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) AMEND MENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CHURCH RATES. The Archbishop of YORK, and some other Peers, pre sented petitions in favour of Church rates. • THE OFFENCES IN TERRITORIES NEAR SIERRA LEONE PREVENTION BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading of this bill. After some observations from Lord BROUGHAM, the bill was read a second time. THE STADE DUES. Earl of HARDWICKE had a question to put of which he had not given notice. Lord Wodehouse could answer yes, or no, or he could decline to answer, in which case he should know that what he had heard was true. (Laughter.) He wished to know whether the question of filo Stade dues had or had not been settled within the last 48 hours, and whether England would have to pay a large sum of money in compensation. Earl GRANVILLE wished to know, before Lord Wode house replied, why the noble earl had departed from the usual course, and had asked a question of which he had given no notice either publicly or privately. The Earl of HARDWICKE said he had made an apology which he knew he owei, but he had only heard the statement since he came to the house Lord WODEHOUSE declined to answer the question, whatever interpretation Lord Hardwicke chose to put upon his silence. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Cork and Youghal Railway; Haslingden Union Gas; Midland Railway (Otley and Ilkley Extension) , North Eastern Railway (Extension to Otley, &c.) ; Northern Assurance Company; Swansea Gas; and Saint George's Harbour. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Airedale Drainage; Darlington Local Board of Health Bill; East India Irrigation and Canal Company (No. 2) ; London and North Western, Lancaster and Car lisle, and Caledonian Railways; North Eastern Railway (Castleton and Grosmont Branch, &e.). ROYAL COMMISSION. Colonel CLIFFORD, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the members to the Upper House to hear the Royal assent given by Commission to H.R.H. the Princess Alice's Annuity Bill, and other bills, for which see Lords' report. WEXFORD HARBOUR. Mr. REDMOND moved for a copy of any minute made by the Admiralty, and of any correspondence between the Admiralty and Treasury, or between the Admiralty and other I ersons, relative to the improvement of the harbour of Wexford, since the year 1858. —Ordered. EAST INDIA (WAR CHARGES). Sir S. NORTHCOTE moved an address for accounts of all charges raised by the War Office against the Indian Go vernment on account of troops on the Indian establishment, and of stores supplied to and services performed ha- the Indian Government, and of repayments n ade by the Indian Government to any Imperial funds on account of :the same, in the years ending the 31st day of March, 1860, and the 31st day of March, 1861, respectively; and all outstanding charges on army accounts due to imperial funds by the Government of India (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 362, of Ses sion 1860).—Ordered. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale here are large, and the de mand rules heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. Per Slb, by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 10 4 4 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 sdsd Middling mutton 3 8 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal 4 0 4 8 Small pork Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The show of fine hops is very limited, and the demand for them rules firm, ac previous rates. For medium and inferior kinds, however, the trade is in a sluggish state, and prices have a downward tendency. Mid and East Rent pockets 80s to 200 s per cwt. Wealds .................. 60s 168 s Sussex ~, ............ „ ..... 60s 126 s Yearlings .......... ~...110s 1900 COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales were brought to a termination yesterday, and littl e change of importance was apparent in prices. Low and inferior kinds, however, went at rather easier rates. SUGAR.—OnIy limited transactions have been reported in British Plantation, and to effect sales to any extent lower rates had to be accepted by holders. In the refined mar ket, however, dried goods realise fully previous quotations. COFPEE.—For Plantation Ceylon there has been a good demand, and full prices are easily obtained owing to the smallness of s t oc k s on hand. Other descriptions also main tain previous values. ItICE.—A slight reacti on h as b een apparent, an d f or E ast India qualities lower rates has been accepted in some in stances. SALTPETRE.—The dealings have been to a moderate extent, and in s ome i nstances holders have slightly given way, Bengal qualities being in rather less demand. TALLOW, —The market has been quiet, the chief dealings having been for home consumption, and but few specula tive transactions have been reported. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 585., and for last three months' delivery 655. per cwt. HIS.EIPPING: LONDON, May 17.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. SPITHEAD, May 15,—Arrived —Adelaide steamer, from China. OFF DOVER, ;May 15 .—Arrived —Johann, from King ston, Jamaica. OFF BEACHY HEAD, May 15. —Arrived—Caroline, from Singapore, for Hamburg. SWANSEA, May 16.—Wind N.W.--Arrived—Excelsior, from Barbadoes. Sailed—Caroline Brown, for Cape de Verd. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Light and Sign, from Sunderland; La Poule, from Cherbourg; William, from Dartmouth; Gipsy, from Llanelly. No sailings. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 16—Secret, from St. Vincent ; Electra, from Trinidad; Idoneneo, from Odessa. Arrived, May 17—Wooloomooloo, from M ore t on B a y ; g W en in ti d:v v ar r d o , un fro , m from Ho w ba o r r t c l u ' m ow . Sailed—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. ; Mary Russell, from Glir- DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed in tow—Anna Roydon, from Calcutta ; Daphne, from Sydney; Candidate, from Barbadoes; Golden City, from New York ; Royal Bride, screw steamer, from Moul mein; Hugh Barkley, schooner (supposed), from Jamaica; Gaze Hound, from Melbourne—all for London. Passed Channel—La Ciquena, from Cardenas, for Ham burg. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —This DAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 0 12 1 Antwerp Brussels — 25 65 25 67+ Hamburgh Paris Short. 25 30 25 37+ Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 25 72+ Frankfort on Ma ine — 118! 118- Vienna Trieste Petersburgh - -331 33 4 33 3 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo 48f 48/ 48f 49 25 75 25 90 25 65 25 75 25 65 25 70 39 39; 117 117 k 1174 1171 621 521 52f 521 Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro - - •• New York — • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Staadard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ..,. ~ 0 4 11/ Silver in Bars (Standard) ..... ~ 0 5 01 South American Dablow 11011$ • t ~ 0 9 0 6 NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for Flintshire, in the , -oom of the Hon. Edward Mostyn, deceased. SHIPS CHARTERED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA. Mr. W. EWART asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, if merchant ships seeking freight at New York were chartered by the Federal Government of the United States previous to the arriv.-.1 in America of her Majesty's proclamation, the owners of such ships would be liable to the penalties therein stated ? EQUITY JUDGES IN IRELAND. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the Secretary for Ireland whether it is in contemplation of the Irish Government to increase the number of Superior Equity Judges to ten, or whether it is contemplated to confer the jurisdiction of a Court of Chancery upon the Court for the sale of landed estates in Ireland ? Mr. CARD WELL said that there was no such alteration contemplated. REMOVAL OF A TOMBSTONE FROM THE PARISH CHURCH AT RICHMOND. On the motion that the House at its rising should ad journ till Thursday next, Mr. HENNESSY drew attention to the circumstances connected with the removal of the tombstone from the grave of a gentleman named Priestman, in Richmond, in'York shire. The hon. member then read a report which appeared in a local paper, stating that the re moval of this tombstone was forcibly effectedjby the order of the Bishop of Ripon against the wishes of Mr. Priest man's family. He wished for some information on this subject. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN SPAIN. Sir R. PEEL, who had on the paper a motion for an address which was recently presented to him for submis sion to her Majesty on the subject of the Spanish persecu tions, said he concurred in the opinion of the last speaker as to the impropriety of the act of the Bishop of Ripon in regard to the subject of the removal of the tombstone. "With respect to his motion, he brought it before the house very reluctantly, in consequence of the indifference ex hibited by the noble lord at the head of the Government on the subject. He had been requested by some British mer chants in Spain to draw the attention of the house to this matter, and stating an act of intolerance in reference to themselves. These merchants were in the habit of having Protestant worship solemnised on Sundays at Xeres and Port St. Mary alternately, but the English consul at the former place refused to allow such religious worship to be performed at the consular residenc e . The party's name was Gordon, and he was a Roman Catholic, and he assigned as a reason for the prohibition that he could not permit the Protestant worship, as the British flag was hoisted on his residence, so that, in his official capacity he was called on to interfere. These merchants offered to pay for the services of a Protestant clergyman, but the Council still refused to afford them any accommodation. His object was to ask the noble lord the First Lord of the Treasury, in the absence of the noble Foreign Secretary, whether any steps had been taken on the part of the Government to the Spanish Executive to treat British Protestants residents in Spain. Lord PALMER iTON said with regard to the question relative to the removal of the tombstone it was a subject that could be answered best by his right hon, friend the Home Secretary, who was engaged in duties that prevented his attendance. With reference to the question of the honourable baronet (Sir R. Peel) he (Lord Palmerston) had received a memorial on the subject to which he alluded which had been laid before her Majesty. Very full in structions had been furnished by his noble friend the Foreign Secretary to her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, directing him to make the most urgent representations to the Spanish Government in refer ence to their intolerant conduct in regard to Pro testants in Spain. The Spaniards were a people pe culiarly sensitive of any interference by foreigners in their national affairs, and therefore any such interference must be conducted with discretion. He was glad to say that the Spanish Government seemed disposed to grant the privileges desired by Protestants, and to allow them to exercise their religious worship in private houses, and to have schools where the children could be educated in the tenets of their religion. With reegard to the general qnestion, everybody knew that Spain had in former times been governed on the most intolerable principles, and there had even been lamentable executions for the profession of religious faith. A great improvement bad taken place in this particular, but the prejudices of former times still exercised an influence on the national mind. However, he was sure that eventually the Government, which was wore liberal than the people, would introduce the neoessarg im provement. He could assure the hon. bart. (Sir Peel)_ that the executive of this eountry would do all in their power relative to the subject. ir Sir PEEL enquired if and et" WoUld b e t49 -P • • llspecting Mr. Gordon's conduct in regard to t he case which he had brought under the attention of the house. Lord PALMERSTON said his noble friend, the Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, would adopt steps suitable to the circumstances of the case. The motion for adj urnment was then agreed to. EDUCATION. Mr. T. DU EDUCATION. moved an address for returns of the number of inspectors and assistant inspectors of schools under the committee of Privy Council on Education, with the total paymexts received by them in each year from 1840 to 1861 together with the name s of all clergymen of t he Established Church who were in spectors or assistant-inspectors of schools under the said committee in 1859 and 1860, with the total amount received by each under the separate heads of salary, travelling and personal expenses.—Ordered. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. WHITESIDE moved the following r 'solutions : That the advantages afforded by Parliamentary grant for the purpose of education in Ireland ought not to be denied to any school upon the ground that the Holy Scriptures are daily read therein. 2. That a discretion should be vested in those who are en trusted with the administration of the Grant,for Educational Purposes in Ireland, to assist, with books and other school requisites, all persons and societies engaged In carrying c-a the work of moral and religious education in schools he Ireland who may conscientiously decline to subscribe to the rules of the National Board, subject, s 9 far as relates to secular education, to the inspection and control of the officers of the board. That the recent reconstruction of the national board is not calculated to insure a satisfactory administration of the Parliamentary grant for education in Ireland. [LEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZETTE-(TRIS EVENING) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 16. This day had audience of her Majesty :—His Excellency Mirza Djaafer Khan, Ambassador Extraordinary from his Majesty the Shah of Persia, to take leave of her Majesty on the expiration of his embassy; George Mifflin Dallas, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to present his letter of recal ; And Charles Francis Adams, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to deliver his credentials ; to which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Viscount Palmerston, K.G. and G.C.8., acting for her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieut.- General the Hon. Sir Edward Oust, K. C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. INDIA OFFICE, MAY 16. The Queen has been pleo..d to direct letters patent to Pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of tireat Britain sarirl F r odPriCk Got7,D.D., the Bishopric of Madras, void by the death of the Right Reverend Thomas Dealtry, D.D. , - - FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Fagan, Esq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of the Equator. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 17. Corps of Royal' Engineers—Lieutenant-General William Redman Ord to be Colonel-Commandani of a Battalion, vice General Sir Charles William Pasley, K.C.8., de ceased. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant John William H. Cunninghame to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Tho eas Ogilvy, wno retires; Cornet and Seth- Lieutenant Lambert H.oulton Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunninghame. Royal Horse Guards—Cornet Thomas Charles D. Whit more to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cecil Edward Martyn, who retires. 3d Dragoon Guards—Captain Conyers Tower to be Major, by purchase, vice Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., who retires ; Lieutenant George Romney Rawlinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tower ; Cornet Thomas Dawson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rawlinson ; G eorge Coul son Childs, Gent., to b e Cornet, by purchase, vice Hoc kin, promoted ; Charles Addison Davies, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, v i ce Elli o t , promoted. sth Dragoon Guards—Frederick Betty, Gent , to be Cor net, by purcha e, vice Benyon, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Henzell Unett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Dymond, who re tires ; Cornet Daniel Henry Doherty to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Unett. sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenan!, Richard Jacob Wyrley Birch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Murray, who retires; Cornet Martin Pierce Blake to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Birch. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Henry Maitland, from the 2d Dragoon Guards to be Cornet, vice Pul leyne, promoted; William Henry Field, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Gaspard Watkins Le Merchant, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons. 11th Light Dragoons—Ensign Michael Edensor Heath cote from the 22d Foot to be Cornet, vice Thomas Stark Christie, who retires. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Francis Theophilus Blunt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Br eve t-M a j or Chandos F. Clifton, who retires; Cornet Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, 'vice Blunt. Royal Artillery—Sergeant-Major Charles Serbutt to be Quartermaster. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Robert An struther to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, Bart., who retires ; Ensign and Li eu t enan t Themes Ferdinand Fair fax to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Anstruther ; William Young Lautour, Gent., to be En sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fairfax. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Alexander W. Low to he Captain, without purchase, vice Spencer Peel deceased ; Lieutenant James William Hassell to be Captain, with out purchase, vice George Ta a f e , d ecease d ; Ensign William M. Davey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Low; Ensign Thomas Arthur Mills to be Lieu tenant without purchase, vice Hassell. 3d Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Benwell Letts to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Harry Arthur Alexander Breedon, deceased. Bth Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Anderson Stebbing to be Captain, without purchase, vice George Corry, who re tires upon full pay; Ensign Edward Emerson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stebbing ; Marmaduke Stourton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner, promoted. ' 10th Foot—Edward Arthur Illingworth, Gent., to be En sign, by, purchase, vice Nicholas Whitton, who rettree. 12th Foot—Adjutant J. Kyle, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Julius Henry Stirke, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company; Lieutenant William Henry Crawball, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant James Fielding Sweeney, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 13th Foot—Captain Gustavus Adolphus Hartman, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice A. G. G, Bell Martin, appointed to the 92d Foot. 17th Foot—Major Alexander M'Kinstry, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Gilbert Wm Francklyn, who retires ; Captain Clement H. J. Heigham to be Major, by purchase, vice M'Kinstry; Lieutenant John Moore Clarke Travers, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Heighom ; Ensign Henry B. Jackson, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Travers ; Ensign Lambert Francis Wilson Dwyer, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert George Wynne Wrench, who retires; Wil liam Lonsdale, Gnt., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duesbery, appointed to the 75th F oo t . 22d Foot—Richard George Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Michael Edensor Heatheote, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons. 38th Foot—Edward Ditma ,s Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, in succession to Li eu t enant M ayo, who retires upon half pay. 40th Foot—Ensign Martin Morphy, to be Lieutenant, witheut purchase, vice Denis Jackson, killed in action. 43d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Garland, to have the rank of Lieutenant , Ensign Ernest Villiers, to be Lieutenant, without p urc h ase , v i ce Thomas Collings Maguire, deceased ; Ensign Joseph Hogarth, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harry Gorton, who re tires; Arthur Campbell Money, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Morley, pro moted to an Unattached Company; Hamlet Wade Cup page, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hogarth; Charles Langlands, Gent, to be Ensign, by 'purchase, vice Charles Salmon, deceased. 47th Foot—Adjutant J. H. Mitchell, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Young, promoted to an Unattached Company. 49th Foot—Philip i Julius Honeywood Ascough Berne, Gent., to be Ensgn, by purchase, vise Hineks, promoted. 56th Foot—Ensign Michael Clare Garsia, from the Ist West India Regt., to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Augustus Spill er , appointed Paymaster. 57th Foot—'Ensign Francis Henry Clayton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Richard E. Brown, who retires. 58th Foot—Ensign John Dunbar, from the Stirling Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Storks, promoted. 61st Foot—Gysert Henry Stockenstrom, Gent. •to be En sign, by purch ase , v i ce Wedgwood, promoted.' 65th Foot —Lieutenant Edmund Jacob Whitbread to be Captain, by purchase, vice Andrew Ni c h o l son Magrath, who retires ; Ensign Henry Moseley Muttit to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Whitbread ; Lieutenant Fre derick Gordon Thomson, from the Royal Antrim Rifles Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muttit. 69th Foot—Ensign Lambert John Robert Disney to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign George Edward Brace, promoted in the Military Train. 76th Foot—Charles Hilgrove Robin Gossett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pearse, promoted. 77th Foot—Edward Beatty, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Oscar Henry Blount, appointed to the 24th Poet. 85th Foot—Lieutenant William Hallowes to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Atborpe, deceased ; Ensign and Adjutant William Henry Drage to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign George Henry Stace to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Hallowes. 88th Foot—John Beveridge Gladwin Jebb, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, promoted. 92d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Christian Monteith Hamilton to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant -Colonel Robert Macleod. Sutherland, C.B. who retires upon f u ll p a y ; C apta i n A rthur Gonne Bell Martin, from the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet- Major Hamilton. Ist West India Regiment—First Lieutenant Edwyrt Thomas, from the Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be without purchi n ase, vice Garsia, promoted the Foot. Cape ywile.lluthtaelnclatpladpteu-n ischolson, half-pay Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant John Theodore C H a a t r t: vrrigh.t to be Captain, without purchase, vq, deceased ; Ensign Charles Harringto vc ilar r i' Jtoohbue without Lieutenant tena n t Arthur Lieutenant, without purchase vice Cartwright; purchase, vice Magill, Gent., to be Ensign, Harris. without purchase, vice the 47th Ro s y a i u tl nd N er e s wf Q ou ui n ll dla to nd be C c o h m taopT p rtt ates e,:suronunfual,liproamy. BREVET chase, Robert Macleod Walton Saxton Bold, w TJNATTICHED. Foot, to be Captain, retired full pay 92d F Sutherland, "3 1'Colonel in the Arm y ,Foot, to have the Major and Breve honorary ran Captain hed to be Major in the Army. - Unease Geore Capt ain Thomas t, Veatch, half Christopher ?t pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army. Captain Edward Ggg a le lf Major in the A.rmy -pay Unattached, to be Captain Alexander D ' to be MajJr in the Army. anvil Cuddy, half-pay Unattached, Captain. William Hodder -.,eard, half-pay 86th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Drevet-Major - c Viaatta h t ~mistopher Hampden Ni c h o l son , h a lf- pa y .f_ol In Lieutenant-Colonel tu the ,Axix(Y. - - Brevet-Major Thomas George Veitch, half-pay Unat tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Edward H. Glegg, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Alexander Daniel Cuddy, half-pay Unat tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain Waiter Saxton Bold, retired full pay, Royal Newfoundland Companies, to have the honorary rank of. Major. Captain George Corry, retired full pay, Bth Foot, to hav the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster Benjamin Robert James, Military Train, to have the honorary rank o f Captain, under the Royal War rant of 27th January, 1860. Major-General Sir Robert Napier, K.C.B, of the Ben gal Engineers, promoted on the 15th February, 1861, for distinguished service, to placed on the fixed Establishment of General Officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces, from the 27th April, 1861. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the promotion of Colonel Alexander Gordon, Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, vice Major-General W. R. Ord, Royal Engineers, promoted to be Lieutenant- General, vice Lieutenant -General C. G. Ellicombe, C. 8., Royal Engineers, promoted to be General, vice General Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.8., who died on the 19th April, 1861. L ieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Cole, 15th Foot, to be Colonel. Major James Steadman Hawker Farrer, 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant -Colonel. Captain Richard Plunket Ireland, 3d West India Regi ment, to be Maj T. The following promotions to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, consequent on the death of Li eu t . - General Samuel Shaw, of the Bengal Artillery, on the 28th April, 1861: to be Maj Lieutenant-or-General General James Eckf or d, C . 8., Bengal Infantry, to be Colo M nel jo r- Arthur Mitford Becher, C. 8., Bengal Infantry, al. The undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces, retired on full pay, to have a s t ep of honorary rank as follows : TO BE COLONELS. Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Dunbar Barton, Ben ga l Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Crewe, Madras Infant Ty. Lieutenant -Colonel Henry Spiller Watkin s Bombay In fantry. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Fitzmaurice, Madras Infantry. Lieutenant -Colonel John Bontein, Bengal Infantry. TO LE LINUTENANT-COLONELS. Major Robert Henry Miles, Bengal Infantry. Major Henry Stockley Grimes, Bengal Infantry. Major William Bisset, Madras Infantry. Major Willi am F orster C ormaek, Bombay Infantry. Major James Ed war d V arner, Bengal Infantry. Major Peter G renv ill e C aga la, Mad ras I nfantry. Henry Sale, Bengal Infantry. Major Charles William Bannister s TO BE MAJORS., Captain Thomas Mouat Camaro% Bengal Infantry. Captain Alexander George ToAl, Madras Cavalry. tilleryCaptain Thomas Richard 'feschemaker, Bombay Ar . The Brevet Commission as Major of Captain William Gray, Ist Bombay Fusiliers, has been antedated to the 30th November, 1859, MEMORANDUM. The undermentioned officers upon half-pay have been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of their commissions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15, 1861: Captain and Brevet Colonel Frederick Thomas Maitland, half-pay, Royal Staff Corps. Captain Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay, Unattached. Captain Thomas George Veitch, half-pay, Unattached. Captain Edward H. Glegg, half-pay, Unattached. Captain Alexander Daniel Cuddy,lalf-pay, Unattached. Captain William Hodder Heard, half-pay, 86th Foot. BANKRUPTS. Robert Read, tailor, Newport, Isle of Wight, to surren der May 28, at twelve, and June 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Holland Chambers and Prethrick Richard Par sons, wine merchants, Worthing, May 28, at one, and June 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Benjamin Bateman, grocer, Norwich, May 30, at eleven, and June 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Smith, ironmonger, Maize-hill, Greenwich, May 30, at twelve, and Juno 26, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Charles Nicholson, and Co., warehousemen, Cannon street West, City, May 29 and June 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Gilmore 'Wilson, engineer, Cannon-street, City, May 27, at half-past two, and June 24, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Benjamin Mather, grocer, Newbury, May 31, at half past eleven, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Robert Bryant, corn merchant, Newmarket Saini Mary's, Suffolk, May 28, at half-past eleven, and June 26, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Overbury, hotel keeper, Henley-in-Arden War wickshire, May 27 and June 24, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. John Woodford, builder, Upper Broughton, Nottingham shire, May 30 and June 18, at eleven, at Shirehall, Not tingham. Richard Kirby, jun., butcher, Leicester, May 30 and. June 18, at ele ven , a t th e Birmingham District Court. Thomas Kneath, wine and spirit merchant, Swansea, May 27 and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Penrose, coal merchant, Neath, Glamorganshire, May 30, and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Levi Beynon, tailor, Bristol, May 27, and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Samuel Leeming and James Hill, woollen manufacturers, Batley Carr, June 10 and July 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. James Paris and William Henry Thomas Paris, pro vision merchants. Liverpool, May 27 and June 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week endinj of May, 1861: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria. on Wednesday, the 15th day ISSUE DEP Notes issued ........£26,020,985i ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,883,008 Silver Bullion .... M 2.977 £26,020,985; £26,020,985 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in - eluding Exche- :PARTMXNT. Government Seou- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) X10,180,938 Other. Securities 19,796,757 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 636,481 quer, Saving•s' Banks, Commis- missio'ners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 8,725,157 Other Deposits 11,591,539 Seven Day and other Bills ..., 661,019 £35,792,351 M.. 43C,792,351 .RSHILL, Chief Cashier. Dated May 16,1861. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 14th day of May, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT. sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .. 28s lid Muscovado, the'produce of the East Indies.. 22e ltd Average price of the foregoing .. 26s 41d. MALTUIV .RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LANGTON STARES. Scrubbing Brush Prusack . 2 Fugleman's Daughter Eight ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Cramond .. 1 Prophet Prince of Orange Seven tan. VOLUNTEERS PLATE. Count Belo 1 Caricature colt Four ran. WELTER CUP. Hegira Interest Five ran. BIRDSALL PLATE. Bookaloom 1 Jeremiah Moderate ............................ 2 Four ran. WELHAM CUP. Aggravator ........................................ 1 Mousetrap Red Robin ....................................... 23 Six ran. SALISBURY RAC.ES—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. £5O HANDICAP FLATE. Lady Clare ............................... ........ 1 Lisbon .......................................... 2 .......................... . 3 Memo ........ Eight ran. WILTON PARK STAKES. ................................... 1 Entreznet 2 M au rice ... .......... • .............. . • Dusk ......................................... 3 Five ran. RAILWAY P LATE. Otho . . ......... ..... Gauntlet ..... Filly by T0di ne .. ............ ..... . 3 ... Six ran. Priest ess colt Lady Chemerfield • • .4 2 Tame D eer 3 Six ran. . .-.. LONGLEAT STAKES QUEEN'S PLATE. _ Avalanche ... OM I••• 1 Dulcibella Higflyer Seven ran. LONGFORD CASTLE STAKES. 1 Villette Cock-a-Hoop • Newsboy • 3 Three ran. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Dundee (t) 9to 2 agst Lord Stamford's Diophantus (t) 7to 1 agst Mr. Henry's li.larikoff (t) Bto 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Rouge Dragon (tak en) 10 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Kildonan (t) 14 to 1 agst Mr. Thomas's Dictator (taw? 20 to 1 agst Inagua (takes freely) 1084 106 i