The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-23 00:00:00

HONEY MA.RI ET AND - CITY NEWS. -.~► -- CITY, Two O'CLOCK. About £B,OOO in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer City of Washington left Liverpool yesterday afternoon for New York with £207,000 ni specie, and the Borussia was also despatched from Southampton with £20,000 from England, £1,200 from France, and £lB,OOO from Hamburg. A pro forma meeting was held to-day of the creditors of Messrs. Ede and Co., engaged in the Levant trade, when the proposal to pay 20s. in the Pound, with interest at 5 per cent. in four instal ments, extending over a period of 12 months was accepted, and much gratification was expressed, at the manner in which the estate is being liquidated. Increased activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices advanced fully per lb. The sales amounted to 25,000 bales. There is a quieter feeling in the Money Market, and the minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England remains at 6 per cent., the directors not having found it necessary at their meeting to-day to make any alteration. The. English Stock Market is very quiet, and the transactions are still conducted on the most limited scale. Consols are 911 f, for transfer, and 914 for the accoint. Monetary affairs at home and political C ontingencies in America still have the effect of re stricting business. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 891 4 ; andlExchequer Bills at es. to 2s. dis. ; India Stock has improved to 2261 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan to 110: ; and ditto Zi per Cent. Enfaced Paper to 100. A moderate amount of business has taken place in Foreign Securities. Mexican are flat at 22a, Grenada Active at 16 1 1, and Brazilian 41 per Cents. at 881, Spanish Deferred remain at 43:, 11116:Rus sian 41 per Cents. are firmer at 911 Turkish 6 per Cents, are 71 to 711, ditto 1858, 561 57. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1861. 1860. Great Western £44,739 £39,858 North-Western South-Western Irighton 16,920 15,061 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 27,457 24,557 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter .. 6,666 6,917 North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North British South Wales Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,431 6,206 Glasgow and South-W es t ern Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada These returns show a considerable improvement in t he receipts of most of the principal lines. On the Great Western there is an increase of £4,881; the North Western, of £2,622 ; the South Western, of £ 4 ,332 ; the Brighton, of £1,859 ; the South Eastern, of £1,265; the Great Northern, of £2,900 ; the L ancashire and Yorkshire, of £2,306 ; the North Eastern, of £1,385; the Midland, of £203 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, of £225 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada, of £1,126; and the Great Western of Canada, of £296. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and in some Instances prices have shown rather less firmness. Lancashire and York shire, North Western, North Eastern (Berwick), South Eastern, and West Midlands have declined 6 s, and South Westerns, 10s.; Eastern Counties improved 6s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines remained dull. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have de clined to 151, and. Great Western of Canada to lot 1; Great Indian Pali nsula have advanced to 98 1, and East Indian to 101. Joiait Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been neglected. London Chartered of Australia however improved ss. ; Union of London, 55.; Crystal Palace Stock and Royal Mail Steam realised previous rates. BRITISH 'FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ! Per Cent. Reduced Annuities . S9l I Pei Cent. Consols Annuities '"ew India 3 per Stoc k Cent. Annuities B9 2264 t I 4 Ditto 6 per Cent •,•• lOll Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 64 per Cent Ditto Debentuies, 1858 . Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 2l die Consols for Account, June 6 .. 914 4 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto 44 per Cent., 1860 BBk hitiLican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 34 per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • . . Ditto 44 per Cent. "%nigh 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Tgrkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 24 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 914 4 Ditto Account 914 i ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS AT OS BORNIC,--PORTSMOUTH, May 22.—His Majesty the Xing of the Belgians arrived to-day from Dover on a visit to her Majesty at Osborne. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Louis of Hesse, left Osborne shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, and embarked on board the Fairy for conveyance to Portsmouth dockyard. On passing through Spithead the royal ensign Was saluted by the ships of war at anchor there, namely, the Edgar, Donegal, Hero, and Trafalgar, which manned yards and were decorated with parti-coloured bunting. The Prince Consort and his companion landed at the King's Stairs, and proceeded in a carriage through the north-east Sate of the dockyard to the Landport Railway to receive the who arrived per special train on the South Coast Railway shortly after 12 o'clock. The party returned by the same route to the dockyard jetty, and were received by V ice - Admiral W. Bruce, Rear-Admirals Erskine and G rey, Major-General Lord W. Paulet, Colonels Thackwell and Somerset, and various other officers of the port and garrison. The royal party embarked on board the Fairy, and left the harbour amidst the salutes which they received on their arrival from the ships-of-war and garrison. DEATH OF MR. DRUMMOND HAY.—Robert W. Drummond Hay, Esq., Fellow of All Souls' College, Ox ford, has died at the residence of Lady Hamilton Chichester, at Malta, after a lingering illness, in his 76th year. Mr. flay had served his Government from early youth ; he was for 13 years private secretary to; the late Viscount Melville, when First Lord of the Admiralty, and subsequently Under Secretary for the Colonial Department in the year 1836. MR. FREDERICK PENNA'S ENTERTAINMENT.-- Mr. F. Penna's amusing and instructive " Highways and Byways of Song" has now become one of the permanent "entertainments" of London. His animated description °f Milan, and the production there of Bellini's " La Son natabula," his faithful account of Franz Schubert's career, r emarks on various English contemporary composers, and Practical illustrations of their powers, are nightly received With unqualified marks of approval. Mr. F. Penns is as sisted by his accomplished lady, who accompanies him on the pianoforte, and plays a sonata, by Beethoven, with re markable ability. SIR W. ARMSTRONG'S GUN.—For two years Sir IV. Armstrong has been superintending the manufacture of hi s gun, at an amazing coat to the nation, and he now tells us that during the same time he has been engaged in per fecting another invention, which is likely to supersede his rat.. Now we have no hesitation in saying that the public i nterests have in this matter been trifled with. Millions of raoney ought not to b e expended on Sir William's breech loading gut unless it was supposed to be the most perfect that could be produced. But he could not have supposed it the most perfect, or by sho u ld he for two years have been engaged in perfecting another invention another *xi ciple He could not h ave had much confidence P ence in his own invention, or he would n o t, in so sh or t a time, hare at tempted to supersede it. He has now presented the nation With his two guns. In which has he most confiden ce , an d W hich does he recommend for the f u t ure ? If he has most eonfidence in the first, why introduce the second at the pre 'lent moment ? If in the second, why sanction the waste (1 ,,,f Public money in the costly manufacture o f the first ? This is a vital question, and demands investigation. We suggested, a short time since, that a commission should be appointed, cons i s ti ng o f com petent persons, to in qu i re into th e fitness of th e A rms t ro ng gun. It is now more t han ever necessary that some such tribunal should jbe eutta tituted, as there i s n ot merely a gun but guns W t. be inquired into. It i s p oss ibl e , and in fact likely, that hen two or th ree more millions are expen d e d on the fir s t 4rtestrong gun, it will be found that it is not so efficient as the Second or the third Armstrong gun. We may then be a¢r'ted to begin de novo, and once more reconstruct our 1 3 , 4 _ 1 7 system. We consider it would be much better to b ' e ` tt u r g the inaturest thoughts and the ripest judgments to ? 11 the question at once, and this may be done by ap -ten- a fe ., S . s uch a commission 94 wo bays recommete.l4 , fik Marazine, SIIARE MARKET.)-THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES AND STOCKS. 8 4 81 83 6 7 97 99 961 974 • I Closing Business Fail ' Price. Done Share 13.14 stock stock stock 5 6 41 43 8 34 17 174 49 50 38 40 27 29 82 84 27 28 109 110 125 127 1081 1094 101 103 130 132 105 107 72 124 80 62 1091 110 co Al 118 120 44 46 93i 94 94 05 10} 11 41 42 4 3d 1 1191 120 P 93 95 8 tSd 52 C 4 624 63 102 10241 P OP 56 59 90 90f 95 97 4i4 - 11 lOi 74 76 114 116 32i al 85 87 46 48 39 41 792 501 63 65 93 95 4 7 39i 4 9i 10 oi a p 5a 6 p 8 6 1 d is B 1 1 2 P P 01 1 i 111 5} 6 Railways. ,Belfast and Ballymena Bir., WoI., and Str. VaL. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf, and Mid.Co 1 Bristol and Exeter I Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Illrock., ,tPassagei Cornwall ..... (A gets no divj 1 . )o Do B until 6pc peran•! hasbeeni d. toB I Dublin t Belfast June Dun., Perth, ArAb. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late ElJ3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow ; Edin. Perth, 8: Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction; Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Bright.. & S Coast I Lond., Chat,, and Dover ILond. &Nth. Western 'Loud. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland Do new . ... _ Do lairming. Ac Derby, Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares [Mid Kent ....... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry dc Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stock Dn A 3tk; A Tees, no d. unt B il stock as beeripd.ril Dos .......... I Nth. Eastern—Berwick Dodo , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds .............. Do York :: ::: : (North London . Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. ez Grantham Rail Peebles Portsmouth 'Rhyme) , Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon S.-Durham & I , anc. ITn. South Eastern ..... South Wales .......... S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do .. Do New (MO) Taff Vale , Do Pref. No I ThamesllavenDk&Rail Ulster Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail • • West Midland—Oxford; Do. Newport; Do. Hereford, 100 100 100 100 45 47 33 41 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share i Railways. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per! c. pref. (issued at X5O arts. & Exet.4 p.ctstock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent IDun.Perth&Aber.Jun Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.a E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. a No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct, stock. Eastern Unfon,4 per ct Do. 5 per cent guar.. . , Edtn.&Glas. sp.c. shares i Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... 'Galas. & S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c-Redm., 10 p.c.pm 'Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock ,rest West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p. et Co. Redeemable,4ip.et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et D 3. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Dirm. Pref. Shares. Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. l Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Blrmg.guar. stook Do. Chester gua. shares 100 102 20 21 15i 8 99 101 108 112 105 108 108 110 106 108 122 124 80 82 [O9 111 90 92 75 .77 [l3 115 [lO 112 [O2 104 [O6 108 * 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 so 10 17 18 19} 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 15i Do. do. do. - I Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 44 p c. pref Lan.&York 6p. c. stock 1 Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pC 1 Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 1 Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 1 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 1 p. c. No. 9 1 Do. do. 4 per cent 1 Do. do. 4 p. C. shares 'Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock I Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 1 Do.4p.c.M.(div.dettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover Do. W. f A rceiv. no div. Ex.A til6p cis pd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et —.I Lon. & S.W, 7 p. at stock Do. 44 per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl antis. of 2s. 6d Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. L Londony. & Ennis. 4 eV 'Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ate Do. £6 IDo. 34 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent ! , laryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p a. stook Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per sent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norilk 5 p. c. Ex. et. 1846 o. 54 p. C. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. 0 Do. New, gua. 5 p. e Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do Nth.Dev.ltall. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p C. redeemable-I Do. G.N.E. 4 per e. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.Pl Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central. new pt Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a. pref. stook— . Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Readin g; Ann., 1.0.6) .. . Do. 44 per cent ..... Do. Fixed 44p.0. Ist i s. South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent. ...... Do. 5 per cent'....... S.-Yorkshire, 4 pl c. gu Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. a Do. B 6 oer cent.... Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & fillknY, 6 p W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua on Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. p 1 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 113 115 113 115 137 140 113 115 LOI 103 150 155 [2B 131 71 74 88 87 131 141 68 } 70 PI i iP 135 137 101 103 90 92 .09 111 108 110 111 Pi 91 93 99 101 100 101 P ip id ip 224 23 131 133 10 10i 22 1 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 2 2 4 32 33 71 31i 32j 45 48' 124 126 120 125 1 100 102 120 122 115 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 , ~, Leasing 'Closing Business Railways. 1 K alu 'l Co.'s Price. 1 Done. Bedford and Thetchley all US:II.W . • • • Buckinghamshire .. . 100 ,Do .. 94 98 Chester & Holyhead.... 100 IDo. Do. 5i percent 100 Do 121 123 Do. 5 „ 1 100 Do.. Clydesdale Juno 1 100 Calecion...lloo 102 Colchester, Stour Val , all E.U.&E.C. 15i le4 E. Lincolush. g 6 per c ' 100 ;Gt.North. 131 133 E.Union,HarwichShs all ;E.Counts.l 44 4t Do. Woodbridge ', 100 1 Gls.Barr.&l\lveils.Drct 100 I c a l e 'don... l Do. new ..... , 100 1_)o. ~ . . 1 Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail., all ,Yk.N.&l3r Hull and Selby. all - IE-Ic.N. AU 109 111 Do. halves. Do. quarters........ all 0). — Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 IL TI &N,w. ,in 202 London & Greenwich.' 100 S.Easterni 60 62 00 ausa: P taos E tp e et t ert e ,gurn r ec e euea. n nry e; :ix . c ....... 1 : 000 0 0 0 ;1: 00i.r . . . 0 . 1 k.. : : I_l2 117_ L Lic o oDe D n w i oem ,..Tilbury,& S Wen . d l 100 !Pet° &Co.) 87 90 Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlock' all L NVir&lf 34 34 Mid. Bradford Prefer-I ence Stock .... . 100 Kidland 9l 98 • 5 5. 5 6.lE.Counts. 4 4 p nit011.11'671.8.t.un.:..1.;:". allal. [ 1 D o Do. . . 55 57 Do. p N or th /7v -I: te a rn. s p..!........ allali I ld po idiand — l5 - 4 — l6 Preston and Wyre. I all I .fr A' N 1 —...— 441 Do. 4 Shares L. Yk. Roystn.Ritth ......... A. all 0 . Shrewsbry& i te l . .yeß 10 0 Gt. North. 130 132 Do. do. "Pa 100 T.Brassey7ll7 122 S.-Staffordshire.., Wilts and Somerset. ; .41 ' ;M D 'C o le . an... 1 1 0 1 4 11 11 1 Whaled= ac`rovi, 1 7 4 fit West. $ B4 94 1 A %AIWA 84 94 stock stock stock stc,cs stook stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stook stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 stock stock stock tid. 121 12 stoc 1.0.6 100 all 100 all all all all all all 1100 100 100 100 all all THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New .Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.ctS.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulp ore Do. ti p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 _ Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per can 'Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares! Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. a Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o Bnds. Newßronswicka Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6p Class A Capital Sharel Do. do. Land do.. .... . • Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaub .... ca Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo. , a. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 all f 100 15 all 100 1 Paid. Closing Price. FOREIGN RAIL' 6+ 68 96 97 4 5} d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 5} 1i d I pr t }a 100 101 97 99 981 991 981 991 191 tog 65 68 55 60 36 38 44 47 35 38 31 37 97 t 8 idf d 91 9G d 1(4 11* 9k 9fl 95 98 91 84 84 86 94i 95i 88 90 5 7 5 7 99 100 ld id —d 92 94 4 fd WAYS. 4 1 6& 7 8 8 19i 204 f 384 394 8 9 385 371 53 55 4i 4 d 13 14 5f 8 81 11 11 Pj 22 23 5; 61 20 4 21 ES. 1 15 - 21 - Z 170 180 355 365 974 1025 24 25 6 / 64 14 16 3' 4 55 6 25 24 30 41 2 25 15 15 49 61 4 44 44 44 44 5 75 85 9 95 39 41 4 • 4 295 305 2 3 130 135 35 37 18 28 5 58 178 188 70 72 345 355 95 100 105 115 11 1 1 5 i 11:376 tininess done LAW INTELLIGENCE—(Thts Dar). COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justics.) APPEALS-EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA V. DAY AND K6SITTEI. The arguments in this appeal were resumed thi morn ing, and occupied the Court the whole day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Chief Justice Erle, and Justices Willes ancßyles.) WILTON V. THE ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION COIPANY. The plaintiff in this case was a passenger on bard the steamship Argo, which was wrecked on the coast f New foundland, when the whole of his luggage was lost On a former occasion he sued the company for its 'mile, and succeeded in obtaining a verdict. A rule to set asde that verdict, or to enter it for the defendants was obtailed and argued last term, and judgment was reserved. The Court this morning delivered decision, wlich was to the effect that the passenger ticket contained tie words not to be liable for luggage, property, or goods, uniss a bill of lading was given, and no bill of lading having ben taken for this property, the plaintiff could not meow. The Court considered the passenger ticket allowing the passen ger 20 cubic feet of luggage did not do away wits the ne cessity of taking a bill of lading for it. The rule to enter the verdict for the defendants was, therefore, rcade absolute. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HITCHCOCK V. HITCHCOCK. This was a petition presented by the wiis for judicial separation on the ground of cruelty. The respuulent denied the allegation. Mr. Sergeant' Ballantine and Dr. Swabcy appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Hawkins and Dr. Epinks for the respondent. Fro :n the evidence it appeared that the reipondent, who was a widower, married the petitioner, who vas then a bar maid at the St. George's public-house, Knigltsbridge. The respondent was a farmer at No rlholt, near Herrow, Middle sex, and the marriage took place in 1855. Shortly after they went to live at the farm-house ; but in confequence of the dampness the petitioner stated that she became very ill, and thenceforward she alleged that the ill-treatment commenced. He refused to allow her any money for houselold expenses, and kept her in a position quite unsuitable her position. Subsequently to the marriage the respondent formed an improper acquaintance with a woman named Edwards, the wife of a carter in his emphyment. The principal acts complained of were the use of abu sive epithets, striking her with his flats, aid the re spondent having on one occasion knocked the petitioner down, and dragged her along the floor by the lair of the head. The respondent charged the petitioner vith adul terous intercourse with a man named Pinks. Various other aches were alleged, one of which was that the pettioner was in the habit of getting intoxicated by taking branly secretly home with her. Corroborative testimony was adduced in suppat of some of the alleged acts of cruelty, but it appeared also that the petitioner had been guilty of most violent condict to her husband, and that on one occasion when engageti in busi ness with a farmer at his own house she behavtd in suck a manner that he was obliged to turn her out of coors. The respondent was examined for the defence, aad accord ing to his statement he was the aggrieved party, his wife being addicted to drunkenness and violent ebullition of him with a basin and saucers at h te i ra n e a r nd His on o wi ne fefrequently occasionshe t f h a r v e o w u r c e u d r s filled with boiling water, and threatened to stab him with a carving knife. _ _ Mrs. Herbert, a nurse, gave evidence bat the husband always treated his wife with kindness. She was in the habit of going from home, and to a public-Louse kept by a person named Walker. Mr. Walker said—ln 1858 I kept the P,ough Inn, at Northolt. On the 16th of October, 1857, Mrs. Hitchcock came to my house for eight days, and took he- meals there. She never left the parlour after, but she used t) take brandy in the morning shortly after her arrival, s glass after breakfast and a glass after luncheon. Every night she took some brandy mixed with water home vith her. It was a half pint bottle, and was not always ful Cross-examined—She never paid me for the things she had. I entered the articles against her in a book. I have not got it here, but it is in London. I don't think I should like to swear that there is a number of entries for brandy supplied in that book. I did not keep the book myself, so I cannot say what is entered. I used to put it down on a slip of paper or memorandum book. My son kept the book ;he can tell all about it. I don't know where the memorandum book is. Sergeant Ballantine—When were the articles supplied Witness (looking at a small piece of paper)—ln 1858. Sergeant Ballantine—When you have done with that paper let me have it; I should like to see it.—No, I won't; it's nothing to do with you. Judge—Let the gentleman have it ; he has a right to see it. Hand it to the officer. The witness very unwillingly complied with the learned judge's order. Sergeant Ballantine, after lonkinv st thr , it back to the witness, and said "point out to the jury the figures, or words on that paper which enables you to swear the things were supplied in 1858." The witness turned the paper over and over, and then was about putting his hand in his breast pocket when the learned sergeant said, " Oh, suppose you are going to ge* your spectacles." The Judge—He saw very well without them just now when he spoke to the date. The witness was unable to comply with the request of the learned sergeant, and said, " Well, I can't." Sergeant Ballantiae—ln whose writing are those memo randa. Witness—My own. Sergeant Ballantine—Where did you copy them from ? —Witness : From the scrap of paper I told you of. Where did you get the items from 2—From the original memorandum book. Where is it ?—Don't know. When did you make the copies ?--Last night. What did you do with the paper you copied from?—Put it in the fire. And that is what you call not knowing where it is 2—Yes. There are other things on the paper besides those copied from the memorandum book ?—Yes. Point them out,--I can't. • What did you copy from the book ?—Nothing at all. Then there is nothing on the paper you hare just been looking at that you copied from the book ?—Nothing. A number of other witnesses were called, and each was submitted to a most searching cross-examination. [The case was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE THE fiIIOREDITCH BANK.-DATRES AND To-da w TROUGITON. y as appointed f or th e C omm i ssioner t o deliver judgment in Ws often-adjou rne d b an k ruptcy, an d precisely at eleven o' c l oc k the learned Commissioner read his deci sion. sion. Re commented very shortly upon the " unwise" conduct of the bankrupts in advancing such large sums o f money to Evans an d R owland, when the bank was not in a position to d) so with justice to its creditors and deposi tors. It had lot, however, been imputed to the bankrupts that they had acted more than negligently, and, therefore, they would hive an immediate certificate of the second class. The Court vas by no means crowded, and very little interest was evinced as to the judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENOE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TintEATENIYG TO STAR A MAX.—Maria White, a middle-aged woman of very excitable temper, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with creating a disturbance at the house of Mr. Thomas Aldred, parasol maker, &c., 126 Oxford street, and with using serious threats towards Edward Shenton: foreman to Mr. Alfred. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, for the complainant, said the defendant had already been at the ooutt about 10 times, and the last time she was committed for six months, in default of biding bail. The defendant was a woman of a very violent description, and the question was whether a respectable tradesman should shut up his shop or the defendant be permitted to continue her annoyance. Mr. Edward Shenton said le was foreman to Mr. Aldred, who was at the present time very ill. The prisoner came to the house yesterday afternoon very drunk and violent, and demanded money. He :old her to leave, when she said she would stick a knife into his heart. Prisoner—So I will (in a very excited manner). Complainant said there was a crowd of about 200 persons round the door, and customers on many occasions had had to leave owing to her violeacc Mr. Tyrwhitt—Do you apprehend Violence at her hands ? Complainant said he did. .. _ Prisoner—lt's all false. I vas excited at the time or I should not have gone in. It ismy sister's, and if they had said, " Maria, go out," I would have gone. Mr. Tyrwhitt—You must find two bail in £lO each—two good housekeepers—for three months. You have even threatened the complainant in court. The prisoner left the court still uttering something, but owing to her excitement it was not understood. TRADE WITH FRANCE.—The return of our ex ports to France in the year ending the 31st of March last, and in the previous year, shows that they rose, so far as concerned British and Irish produce and manufactures, from £4,710,659 in the year 1859-60 to £5,493,327 in 1860-61. A much larger quantity of wool and woollen yarn is in the list for the latter year, and woollen manufactures rose from £253,722 to £316,460 ; cottons from £225.747 to 234,487; silks, from £47,037 to £63,706; hardwares and cutlery, from £94,614 to £135,165. The export of :inseed oil was doubled, that of spelter rose enormously, and that of apparel increased from £31,976 to £54,974. But there was a much greater rise in our export to France of artiles of foreign and colonial merchandise ; they rose from £4,920,467 to £8,948,817, the most important increase being in raw silk, coffee of British possessions (from 352,2441 b. to 4,503,4861 b.), cocoa, rice, hemp, copper, indigo, wpw,:and flaxseed 1414 liAgondl THE BRITISH FORCES ON 711 E SOUTH- .EAST COAST OF AMERICA. Having given yesterday the naval forces on the North American and West India station, it may not be uninteresting to lay before our readers the num ber of ships, guns, men, horse power, tonnage, and commanding officers on the following stations : SOUTH-EAST COAST OF AMERICA. Ships. Guns. Curagoa 3l Leopard lB Curlew .. 9 Madagascar .... 8 Naiad Nereus Ardent Spy .. 3 Oberon .. 3 Officer Commanding. A. Phillimore. J. F. B. Wainwright. E. W. Shaw. R. D. White. Dillion. Barlow. J. E. Parish. A Tabuteau. F. G. C. Paget. T0ta1.... 87 1,117 THE PACIFIC. Bacchante Topaze Termagant Clio 22 280 T. Miller. Pylades Tartar 2O 270 J. M. Hayes. Calypso Mutine Alert Plumper l2 101 A. H. Hoskins. Hecate Forward 1 40 C. R. Robson. Grappler 1 40 A. P. H. Helby. Total—. . 262 3,066 THE FAMINE IN INDIA.I An official paper from Calcutta gives a striking account of the result of the Ganges Canal in pre venting famine. The Superintendent-General of Irrigation states that the beneficial operation of the canal during the past season cannot be over-esti mated. In some districts the land was ploughed with the aid of water taken from the canal, the seed was sown with the same aid, and would not have germinated without it, and the produce was as full and fine as it could have been in the most prosperous mason. " Had there been no canal, Ihere would have been no crop on broad lands which are now covered with wheat and other cereals in large abundance." According to a rough calculation, 339,243,8401 b. of grain have thus been supplied to the market during the recent calamitous season, and as each pound is an ample quantity for one man daily, or perhaps one woman and one child daily, this would be equal to the maintenance 464,718 men, 464,718 women, and 464,718 children for a whole year, while it will also have produced fodder sufficient to keep from starvation [the cattle of the districts through which the canal has passed, and has probably saved the Government from making remissions of land revenue to the amount of £lBO,OOO or £200,000. It is further remarked : " But, besides these beneficial results of the Ganges Canal, the means afforded to the community of transport ing grain from the Lower Provinces has been very much acknowledged and taken advantage of. The boats plying the eanal at the commencement of the year have been doubled within the last 6 months ; new boats are being built daily, and such are the profits that, though prices have risen much, the value of the boat is in a very short time recovered. The Ganges Canal Navigation Company are about to call a meeting for the purpose of building 100 new boats, and though this great demand for water carriage may not be permanent, yet the great stride which naviga tion, as also irrigation, has made this year must to a great degree be lasting." ODE TO 2HE NO.R7H AND SOUTH. (From Punch.) 0 Jonathan and Jefferson, Come listen to my song ; I can't decide my word upon Which of you is most wrong. I do declare I am afraid To say which worse behaves, The North imposing bonds on Trade, Or South, that Man enslaves. And here you are about to fight, And wage intestine war, Not either of you in the right ; What simpletons you are I Too late your madness you will see, And when your passion cools, " Snakes !" you will bellow, " How could we Have been such 'tarnal fools ?" One thing is certain ; that if you Blow out each other's brains, 'Twill be apparent what a few Each blockhead's skull contains. You'll have nothing for your cost, To show, when all is done. Greatness and glory you'll havA 1 Est ; And not a dollar won. Oh, joined to us by blood, and by The bond of kindred speech, And further by the special tie Of slang, bound each to each, All-fired gonies, softhorn'd pair, Each other will you lick ? You everlastin' dolts, forbear Throw down your arms right slick. You'll chaw each other up, you two, Like those Kilkenny cats, When they had better things to do, Improvin' off the rats. Now come, shake hands, together jog On friendly yet once more, Whip one another not; and flog Creation, as before I THIS DABS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 64s 4d; barley, 35s lld ; oats, 25s ld ; rye, 32s Od ; beans, 44s 4d ; and peas, 40s sd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 55s 8d ; barley, 36s lld ; oats, 24s 6d ; rye, 34s 9d; beans, 42s lld ; peas, 40s 4d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 70,906; barley, 10,438 ; oats, 9,833 ; rye, 45; beans, 4,855 ; peas, 191 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was only a moderate supply of beasts on offer in to.day's market, nevertheless, all breeds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday, of 2d. per 81bs. The top figure for the best Scots was 4s. Bd. per 81bs. Prime sheep were scarce, and in request at full full prises, otherwise, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. There was a fair sale for the best Down lambs ; but other breeds were somewhat heavy. We have to report a dull inquiry for calves, at about Monday's currency. In pigs, very little was doing, at late rates; but milch cows were firm in price. Per Sib, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 4 4 8 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.4 10 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 4 0 4 4 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Small porkers 4 6 4 10 Lambs, 5s 8d to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 23s to 325; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 6,860 Sheep Calves Pigs, 270 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of meat are good, and the trade generally is heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to bs Od per 81bs. by the carcase. _ _ SOUTHALL, May 22.—There was a moderate supply of stock on offer in to-day's market, and trade ruled inactive, as follows : Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 10d , mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; lamb, 6s 8d to 7s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 22.—Prime beasts, sheep, and lambs, sold steadily, at full prices ; otherwise, trade in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s 6d to 58 2d ; lamb, 6s Od to 78 Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 19s ; quart a r old store pigs, 23s to 30s each; and milch cows, £l5 Or to £lB 108 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os ; and straw, 103 to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £2 28 to £5 5s ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £2 28 per load. Trade heavy. WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per lead. Trade dull. THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE.—The case of " Longworth or Yelverton v. Yelverton" came on for dis cussion in the Outer House of the Court of Session, Edin burgh, on Saturday. It was continued on Monday, and was again adjourned, in order that senior counsel may be heard. The points at present under discussion are questions of evidence alone, being the validity of various appeals and cross-appeals taken in the course of the pursuer's proof. These appeals are very numerous, but the most important of them refer to statements made by the pursuer about the time of the alleged marriage. These, the defender contends, should not be admitted. On the other hand, the pursuer contends that their exclusion would be a great blow to the case, as they prove, and are indeed the only evidencewhich can prove, the view she at the time entertained of the rela tion in which she stood to the defender. She is accused of having consented to ba his mistress, whereas these state meats, if admitted, would show clearly that she thou Wend bawd to Po Ltia 4 .1 t 109 8 103 ni I 109 k I 931 i 94* 1192 I P Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes .......... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Cermeaux Mine .t Rail Copiapo ................I Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France grt.Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege o. 6 p. c. Pref orthern of France o. New Shares orwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer Paris & 0r1ean5...... Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7_p. et. lim Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c 1 .Aust.&Lomb Venetin ou thern of France S. East Portugal 7 g et West Flanders ...... Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Westr.rn of Austria Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ..... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRTTIS IAI tied Consirs(l s hflack), British Iron Clifford [ Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan) East Caradon ..... E. WI Russel Gam.dSt.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South Tolgus . G.Wheal Alfd.(Philack) , G. Wheal For (Helston) 'Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant)l North Downs North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) North Wheal (I.ofty Par Consols (St Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) , Sortridze Cons. Min. Co.! South Caradon( St. Cle er): S. Carn Brea (Illogan) A. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. I S.Wheal Fran. (Illog-an)li IStray Park 'Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min. Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm )1 IWest Basset (Illogan) 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard)' IWest Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 'Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Calo.) 1 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)! Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' Wheal Trelawney (Lis,) FO R,~I(~r 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lini 17.6 d 20 IBrazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 34 35 5 I Do. Land and Mining Co. all 4 15 1 'Clarendon ConsillinCo. ; 40 Cobre Copper all 39 41 —Copiapo. I 1 DunMoun.Cop.Aling.Co ail 1 1 2 (Fortuna... all 21 3 20 General all 2$ 25 2 !Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1. 1p 11 ;Icapunda (Limited) 1 1/ In p 3 ,Linares all 8 9 5 ILusitanian 2 1: 1 1 ip 1 IMariquica - all 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 12 8 .6 d id 20 Pontgibaud Silver. Lead Minin and Smelt all 3 5 *5 Port Philip 1 1 ; 1 'Scottish Austri n . (L.) los. d 182111 United Mexican . all 51 1 61 1 iWorthlng (Limited). Do . — JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 60 82 84 40 !Australasia 25 !Bank of Egypt all 18 19 100 Bank of London 20 'Bank of Turkey 50 'British North American all I 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 204 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 33 100 !City 100 Colonial ......- ... 25 37 39 2011 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 'Commercial of London. 20 20 !Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 161 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23 234 :234 20 Do. new 5 14 14 50 (London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 !London and S.African.. 10 2 11 100 London & Westminster 20 65 66 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 !Do. new l2 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 'New South Wa1e5...... all 25 'Orient. B. Corporation all 46 47 20 Ottoman Bank all 16 17 100 , Provincial of Ireland 10 ;Do. new—. 25 'South Australia all 25 Union of Australia .... all 38 39 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutua1.. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. CanLov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 1 110 113 1111/ 11 Do 6p. cent.lBBo.2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 108 110 1094 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1021 1011 p— Cape G.Ho e, 6 p c,lBBO 100 1054 1061 Do. 1890 100 1054 1061 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1071 1084 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. 00868 100 99 100 Do. sp, 0.,1871 to 1870 100 99 100 i Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 98 29 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO -- - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1051 106 105; 105& DOCKS. stook 7 - 6mmercial nu stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min. 100 stock East and West India .. 100 115 117 stock !London stock ISt. Katharine. lOO 56 58 stock 'Southampton lOO stock IVictoria • . ........• I 100 96 98 20 iDoi New . —................,,.... 2 1d par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 An„olo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 15 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1d) 11 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 32 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 32 4 Canada Land all 110 113 10 Chanislands Tel. (Lim ) all Do.. 13'71:tr.ePneelpei Deb 1!..: Co p .Mi n.ofEng&Sraltg all —— zo Do. Pref. 71 per cent. at. Bt CrystalDo_ Palace 100 110056 1 10 7 8 20 ,E.lndia Irrign • . & Canal 1 id 1 d st. Electric • Telegraph 100 95 97 25 Do. New . •••• 15 5 English & Ale, •1; - 15 Gen. Steam Navia Ir all 34 31 1 Great Ship Limife a dj )a 4 — 4 i 1 Do. 174 pct Preference allall a l - - 5 Lou. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 i 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all i — —1 20 ,Madras Irr. and Canal " 1 10 i liled. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) 11 i a 24 1 3 151 25 ,National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 14 1 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron ( 10 Netherlands Land . 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TRADESMAN'S CUP. sto 2 agst Ivanhoff sto 2 agst Avalanche 6to 1 agst Rosamond 6to 1 agst Desmond THE DERBY. 100 to 3 agst Dictator A FUGITIVE WIFE IN DIFFICULTIES. The neighbourhood of Frederick-place, Clifton, was thrown into a state of great excitement on Monday, in consequence of some disturbances occa sioned by the flight of a lady from her husband's house. It appeared that the lady, who had pro fessed :the Protestant faith, was a short time ago introduced to a Roman Catholic priest by a lady of that persuasion. One of the results of this intro duction was her becoming a convert or pervert to the Roman Catholic religion, and shortly after wards she left her husband's home at Aidershott, and came, without his knowledge, to live in the same house with the priest in Frederick-place, Clifton. The husband made inquiries to ascertain the whereabouts of his wife, and after consider able trouble traced her to Clifton, where he ar rived in quest of her at mid-day on Monday. He proceeded to her lodgings, and giving a fictitious name, sought an interview. His wife, however, had observed him from the balcony, coming in the 'direc tion of the house, and made her exit by the back door. He was admitted, but the object of his search had flown ; and then for the first time he communi cated the nature of his errand to the mistress of the house, and demanded his wife's property. The mistress became alarmed at this demand, and forth with sent a messenger to the Clifton station for Inspector Attwood. That vigilant officer hap pened to be at dinner when a cab arrived at his door, and he was requested to proceed at once in it to Frederick-place. He lost no time in com plying with the request, and on a rr i v i ng a t th e house in Frederick-place he found the husband and the mistress in a state of high excitement. The husband informed him that his wife was possessed of £9OO in her own right, and narrated to him the whole of the circumstances under which he had been brought to Bristol. He also made known to him the demand he had made upon the mistress for delivering up the wife's pro perty, and sought his assistance in endeavouring to reclaim it. On the other hand the mistress complained of the rudeness of the gentlemen in thus summarily taking possession of a lady's apartment, and called upon the officer to eject him from the house. Inspector Attwood expressed an opinion that he was not authorised to interfere, but being pressed by both parties to take immediate action he consented to obtain further advice. Being un able to get any legal assistance at the Council House, he saw one of the city magistrates, to whom he communicated the circumstances. The magis trate, however, confirmed his opinion that he was not empowered to interfere between the parties. The husband refused to leave the apartment, and whilst remaining there alighted upon a pile of letters which had been received by his wife from various quarters, and which revealed secrets that he considered might hereafter be of service to him. He also ascertained from the documents that she had lately given away a number of cheques—some of which were for £lOO and £5O. Inspector Att• wood suggested his consulting a legal adviser upon the state of affairs, and taking such measures as might be deemed necessary, saying the police were unable to render him any assistance. Nothing further was heard of the matter by the police or the public until shortly after eight o'clock in the evening, when both husband and landlady alarmed the neighbour hood by cries from the balcony of " Police !" The policemen who were on duty in the locality hastened to the house, and again found the inmates in an excited state. The gentleman demanded that the letters should be given up to him, and threatened to damage the furniture of the room— particularly a crucifix which was in it--if his de mands were not complied with ; whilst the land lady insisted that he should be either taken into custody or expelled from the premises. The police interfered as peacemakers, and after a brief con sultation the husband was allowed to take the letters. He then left the premises, exclaiming to the crowd assembled outside that his wife had been inveigled away by a Roman Catholic priest. In justice, how- Aver, to the rov_ gentleman whoce advice and instruction the lady sought by coming to Clifton, there is no reason to impute the slightest impro• priety to him. The case will probably appear before the public in another shape. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON', May 20.—Wind this day at noon, West; light breeze, and fine weather, PORTSMOUTH, May 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship liighflyer, from China. Sailed—Robert Lowe, steamer, for Melbourne. (BY EDECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Dispatch, from Newort; Havre, steamer, from lavre. No railings. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, May 22—London, from New York; Morning Star, from St. Lucia; Brisk, from Lagos; Harvest Queen, from Demerara; Holland, 'from Ostend ; Argo, from St. Mary. _ _ _ Staled, May 23—Samson, steamer, for St. Petersburg. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Anglo-Saxon, from London for Shanghae ; Warburton, from London for Quebec; Candidate, from London for Barbadoas. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) • • • . .. June 18 Do. (via Marseilles) June 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. June 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico .. .. May 29. Canada, &o. (via L'derry) .. May 22. Cape of Good Hope, Bcc. June I. China, Penang, and Singapore (via' S'ampton) June 1. Do (via Marseilles) May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • • • • May,26. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. May 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. Lisbon .. • • • • .. May 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) May 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4, SUICIDE OF A BOY.—The town of lialosworth was thrown into a state of great excitement on Wednesday morning last, by a report that a youth named Burgess, about 13 years old, border at Mr. John Mannall's academy, had committed suicide by drowning himself in a pond near the Gas-house. The boy partook of breakfast as usual, and it is supposed that on going out of Mr. Mannall's house he went direct to the pond and committed the rash act. It is a melancholy fact that within the last 12 montks four per sons have committed suicide in this town, three out of the four having been drowned in this pond. An inquest was held on Friday, when the following verdict was returned : " Found drowned, but how or by what means no sufficient evidence to show." The coroner and jury requested the attention of the surveyors to the pond where the accident occu►red, as it does not appear to be sufficiently protected. They consider that no blame was attached to the school master, Mr. Mannall.—lpswich Journal. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—A shocking attempt to murder was made by Henry Carter on one of the warders of the Richmond Prison, Dublin, named Bell, on Saturday last. Carter, who is a deserter from the 40th Regiment, is at present undergoing a term of six months' imprisonment for an assault committed on police-constable 79 A, who endeavoured to arrest him in the suburbs of Dublin, on a charge of deserting from his regiment, and violently assaulting head-constable Rock, of the Balbriggan constabulary station. On Saturday Bell had occasion to visit the cell in which the prisoner was confined, when the latter sprang upon him, and with a razor inflicted two frightful wounds on his neck. Medical aid was prcintY obtained for the wounded man, who is in a verYlonea r ; he state, slight hopes being entertained of his a recovery.ano moat prisoner was carefully secured, and as desperate character, every means him doing further injury to any person. he me tropolitan A prospectus has been issued of t . were a dopted capital of £60,000 in £5 ear o ie pted to prevent Rifle Range Company, Wellingtonwith a and other leading friends shares. The Duke of ear as honorary directors, of the Volunteer movementoosupp construct a permanent practice and the proposal is to at Kensal-green, more on a piece of land _ than 1,100 ground ' h will admit of butts of an aggregate yards in length, which breadth of m ore than 1,500 feet. The H ampstead June tion y►w h o se line is in connecti on w i th the North an d South-Western, will have a station Londonf he imme diately adjoining . plans are stated to have been sub • witted to and highly approved by the Commander •in-Chief and the Secretary for War, MAY BLOSSOM ; or, Passages from The Early Married Life of Everay Grey, Barrister -at-Law. This Tale comes at a most genial season. Like our hedge-rows and flower gardens, A.ustyn Graham brings his choice garland to our domestic hearths, promising, hopeful) 011- 119141 g, iAligQr4tiAg. MEETING OF UNEMPLOYED SILK WEAVERS. Yesterday morning, at the early hour of nine o'clock, a meeting of the unemployed silk-weavers of Spitalfields and Bethnal-green, was held in Thoruld-sqtfare, Bethnal-green-read. _ _ The ostensible object Of the meeting was to re ceive a report from a committee which was ap pointed some time ago, to press upon the attention of the Government the injury which has been done to the trade of the district by the recent French treaty, but it ultimately resolved itself into a pro cession constituted of weavers, many of them re spectably dressed, and all bearing the unmistakeable appearance of honest, hard-working artisans. This body, after the merely formal proceedings in Thorold-square, formed in line, and headed by a banner, on which was inscribed—" Unemployed. silk weavers of Spitalfields, loyal and peaceable subjects of her Majesty, thrown out of work by the French Treaty," and proceeded to the various neighbouring districts, in the •hope of attracting public attention to the undoubted and wide-spread. poverty which now exists in this portion of the metropolis. As to the results of this demonstra tion, we are, of course, unable to state anything, but at its starting the wives and daughters of the operatives, whose cause it was intended to promote, were vehement in their protestations that " it was time something was done, for they and their chil dren were starving at home." When the meeting in Thorold-square was consti tuted, Mr. James Grandshaw was called to the meetin g had been inflict e d upon in support of thepensa ' chair , and various e s la p i e m ak s speakers the addr t e r s a s d e e d to th e e e re m t changes caused by recent legislation, or at least to such assistance tthicenofpoerr atthievelsosse new modes of supporting themselves as they consi dered they were fairly entitled to. in findi ng bys whichth Mr. TEMPEST, in reporting from the committee,. stated, with some detail, the course they had pur sued in pressing their claims upon the Government, and also upon the influential residents in the district. As was well known to them all, they had had an interview with Air James Emmerscn Tennant, the permanent secretary of the Board of Trade, who expressed a deep interest on the sub ject, and had promised to give them any informa tion the board possessed on the operation of the treaty, and also as to the views the Government might take of their claims. In fulfilment of this promise, the committee had received a letter from Sir James, enclosing the terms upon which silks of all kinds can be imported into France, Switzerland, and the Zollverein, under existing treaties, and also. a return of the imports in the months of February and March last, the returns of the board for the month of April not having been made up. The letter, which was dated the 17th of May, stated that the board would be ready to afford any further in formation on application. From the return thus furnished it appeared that tissues of pure silk hosiery and lace can be exported to France, from the Ist of October this year, duty free. From that date, crapes called English unbleached, bleached, or coloured, at a duty of Bs. per 2 1 -ilbs., and after 1866 free. Net, plain unbleached, 16s. per 211135., and after 1866 free. Dressed, 15 per cent. ad valorem, and figured, unbleached, or dressed, at 10 per cent. ad valorem, after Oct. 1, 1864, duty free. A somewhat similar tariff applied to various other tissues, composed wholly or partly of other materials, while velvets.- ranged from 4s. to Os. 4d. per nibs weight, and when mixed with other materials, were to be a:a_ mitted at 10 per cent. ad valorem. The tariff $j f or Switzerland and the Zollverei n s h owe d eonsii erably. higher duties, as, for instance, silks in wb!ich half or more than a half were silk are chargr,a 12s. 6d. on the 1101bs. weight in Switzerland, while in the Zoll verein silk stuffs and manufactures of all kinds are charged no less than £l6 102. for 1101bs. weight, and silk stuffs mixed with other materials, £8 19s. per 1101bs. The imports i n t o th e United Cingdom of silk manufactures were, in February and March, 1861, as follows :—Broadstuffs, silk or satin, 52,8981b5. in February, 15,0641b5. in March. Gauze crape and velvet, 3,5181b5. in February, 8,1311b5. in March. Ribbons of all kinds, 36,1871b5. in February, and 103,1181b5. in March. [" Not much chance," as a speaker remarked, " for Coventry in that."] Plush for making h a t s , 6 , 3781b 5. i n Feb., and 8,9521b5. in March. From the statements made at the meeting it ap peared that the committee had applied, through a committee of gentlemen formed in the district, for a grant from the surplus of a fund raised in 1842 for a similar case of distress in the district, and out of which, on the application of the Rev. Mr. Pat terson, £5OO was granted to the Coventry silk weavers, but they had not as yet succeeded in their object, though they considered themselves better entitled to that relief than the weavers of Coventry, seeing that it was oriOnt.klly raised for the relief of the trade in that district. The results of a personal visitation to nne only of the ten districts, into which Bethnal-green is divided, had shown that at the present time, out of 1,000 looms employed in silk weaving, nearly 500 are now out of work. The committee, and the trade they represent, therefore,, contend that they are entitled either to compensa tion, or the means to enable them to start life again in some other occupation, for which they are fitted, and it was intended to send a letter to the Board of Trade urging that claim. The report of the committee was received, and Et vote of thanks given to the chairman. OM FIBRE, BARIC, A writer in a contemporary says,---The repeal of the excise restriction will enable the free applica tion of the thousands of tons of tanning refuse (now valueless and of annual expense to the tanners for its removal) to the making of paper; to which use tree barks, fibres, reeds, rushes, and vegetable wastes of many kinds are applicable. I can send you splendid proofs in pulp and paper of this order. A friend of mine, a botanist and M.D., produced the pulps fit for paper by a simple process, whilst he was in Whitingtonia some years since experi menting on and collecting the indigenous products of that most prolific portion of the universe; if not the Garden of Eden, assuredly the wild garden of the world. I submitted the facts and proofs to some tanning parties in London and in the country, but could not obtain their co-operation to patent and produce , their remark being, " The excise botheration w ill foil any such speculation." They deemed it safer to speculate upon chamois leather and ready-made rag paper. Equally extraordinary was the hostility or apathy by the Manchester Cotton Supply Asso ciation to my ;submission of certain fibres (of Whitingtonia, Central America-19 days only from England), of which thousands of tons are annually to be had for the cost of collecting, and paying a small sum as tribute or royalty for the landowners' license to get them. These fibres have been valued at from 4d to 4s: per lb., capable of producing shawls, table-cloths, and a variety of other articles of utility, superior to that of flax or cotton. I apprehend few of our legislators are aware that the finest, cheapest, and best collars and cuffs of ladies' and gentlemen's shirts are now made from paper and sold for 12d. per dozen, as a superior substitute for cotton. When the excise restriction shall be removed from pulp-making, the people will find much of their wearing apparel made of materials now applied to manure the land. Thousands of acres of bog and marsh, unfitted by floods, 8:.c., for pasture purposes, may be profitably applied to producing the common meadow rash 'for paper-making purposes, for which it is per se suited. The seed should b e sown thick on the ground, and bush-harrowe d in after the flooding season has ceased , . ur mach of the seed may be washed away ere itt. _ ge rms. duce. The thicker the plant the better thepo will prove The barks and fibres of trees and plant ste s as do the and rags, for paper and other P P of as much service and good substit oses, the food of man and potato and mangel-wurzel forr is incredible. It animals. The opposition the reto to France the . people for cotton the potato. When to adopt it for their food. the reminds latter m w e a o s f could not be prev ailed e century King Louis hit upon. After a quarter o f o f wearing one day at a Court an expedient —s. i t n h t e nb h d o u s oc t ne i button-hole of his coat, a bunch of its levee, in the but ssoms. This attracting attenti on, beautiful blo introduce d into descant on the meritsof enabled h im t he potato. tosuccess in causing- The effect was s use The its general culture and culinary. use. various purpose of manu facture to which mange], the Wurzel bulbs are appli cable may now be d eve l oped, and will astound the people. ...—___ THE NEW AMERICAN MINISTER.—Mr. Adams is the grandson and son of the two great men of his name who were Presidents and Ambassadors in their day. Ha has not proved himself equal to the great occasion of last winter in the Washington State, having brought forward a futile plan of compromise. But away from his trimming political associates, and animated by the rising spirit of the time, he is likely to be a better American Minister than any that we have seen for a generation.—Once a Week. GENERAL TURR AND THE HUNGARIAN LEGION. —Colonel Gal, the commander of the Hungarian Legion in Italy, who, it ma y be remembered, wa s arrested by order of General Turr, has published in the Spada di Garibaldi a protest which he addressed to all the foreign ambassadors accredited to the King of Italy. Respecting this protest, General Turr writes as follows to the Popolo d' " To remove all doubt with regard to this arrest, I declare that not only has Government received from various quar ters grave accusations against Colonel Gal, but it has also been confirmed by the Hungarian Committee Kossuth) that his p rocee di ngs are dangerous, not on ly to the cause of Hun gary an d T ransylvania, but to our reputa tion, and we cannot allow one of our fellow-citizens t t traneferia cur sAtitudo iuto ingratitude towards ktalY." 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