The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

ItONEy MARKET AND COMMERCTAT, INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Commercial Union Assurance Company'e report, to be presented at the ensuing annual meet ing, congratulates the proprietary on the satisfac tory position which the office has already attained, and states that after paying the shareholders a dividend of 5 per cent., the legal and other preli minary expenses have been fully discharged. The premiums received for the fire department up to Dec. 31 last amounted to £56,495 15s. lid., almost wholly derived from home insurances. In the life department for the eight months ending December last the receipts were £9,298 2s. 11d., of which £5,245 Bs. sd. was the amount of premiums re ceived on 18') policies assuring £171,300. With reference to the operations of the Company the business of the fire branch is stated to be satisfac torily progressing ; the premiums received so far amounted to £22,000, exhibiting a large increase over those taken in the corresponding period of 1862, while the losses estimated do not exceed £6,800. The first year of the life branch is now completed, and the directors state that the pre miums received (exclusive of annuity consideration money) have amounted to £13,869. The marine branch was opened last January, and the premiums under this head taken since that time have ex seeded £29,000, whilst the claims only represent 1 1 .4,700. The whole of the capital called up, amounting to £225,000, has been fully paid up. The report also states that upon the allot ment of shares the directors considered it desirable inantici pation of an early formation of local and colonial boards, to reserve 5,000 shares for future distribu tion, but as it is not at present contemplated to establish such offices, it has been determined to offer them at par, rateably, to the present shareholders. The Skara (Norwegian) Silver Mining Company is the title of a new undertaking just introduced, under very favourable auspices, to the notice of the investing public. The object is the purchase and working of seventeen silver mines comprising an area of more than 75,000 acres in the district of Skara, which place lies a few miles to the westward of Chris tiana, the capital of Norway. The history of these mines abundantly testifies to their metallic richness and to the large revenues they have at various times brought to the Government exchequer. It appears that on the separation of Norway from Denmark in 1814, the Parliament of Norway took these mines under its special care, and worked them with varied success up to the year 1856, when it was resolved to divide them into districts and eall in the aid of pri vate enterprise. The average annual produce of the mines worked by the Government during the past 25 years has amounted to £55,110, while the expenses for the same term have only represented £10,910. The company will possess an exclusive right in perpetuity over all the precious metals found in the district of Skara for a nominal rent of about £l6 per annum, and the arrangements for the trans. far of the property appears to be highly advan tageous, as the larger part of the purchase money is to be paid by shares, which are only to be entitled to dividends on the amount called up on the other shares. The capital is to be limited to £50,000, which it is proposed to raise by shares of £2 each, and as the company, as already stated, succeeds to the right of the original grant from the King of Sweden and Norway, there is every likeli hood of its being early and fully subscribed. A firmer tone is apparent in the general discoun market, owing to a slight increase of business. Rather less activity has prevailed Two O'CLOCK. to-day in the market for the English Funds, attention being so much directed to the foreign department, where busi ness is exceedingly animated. The high range of quotations now current in the English market tends to check speculation for a rise, but numerous purchases are nevertheless effected, and buoyancy is consequently experienced. Soon after business commenced this morning thera was a rise in Consols of k per cent, namely, to 93i 94 for money and the 7th instant, and to 94 k for the ac count. This advance, however, has been followed by sales in realisation of profits, and a reaction has occurred to 931 4, and to 934 94 respectively. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities remain firm at 921 e ; a few transactions have taken place in the New 2; per Cent. Annuities at 771, and in the 30 years ditto at 14 13-16ths, 15-16 tbs. Indian descriptions also coniinue at steady quotations, the 5 per Cents. Loan being quoted at 109 f 1101; and the Bonds at 17s. prem.; Exchequer Bills are with out alteration at ss. to Bs. prem. The Foreign Department again presented a very animated appearance, and quotations have continued to fluctuate to some extent. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have improved to 70/ 4 ; do., 1862, to 71 f ; do., Consolides, to 53! t; Greek, to 32k a ; do., Coupons, to 15 k ; Mexican, to 361 I; New Grenada are 166 17k; do. Deferred, 98 1O9; Peruvian, 89 90; Portuguese Scrip, 51- Q prem. ; Russian, 931 2 ; Spanish Passive have receded to 36/ ; do., Certi tificates. to 11f 4 ; and Italian are 72 I. The Con- federate Loan is 11 t prem. Increased firmness has prevailed in the Railway Share Market. Caledonians and Great Westerns have improved 10s.; Bristol and Exeter, 15s. ; Midland £1 ; Great Northern £1 55.; and London and Brighton, £2. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have continued in fair request at steady pricks. Dutch Rhenish realised 17 ; Recife and San Francisco 17 ; Great Western of Canada, 111 llt; East Indian, 1091 110; Great Indian Peninsula, 1101 ; and Punjaub, 108. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in some instances at slightly higher prices. City Bank realised 100 f ; Bank of Egypt, 304 ; London Chartered of Australia, 281-, ; Peninsul ar and Oriental St eam, 77; and Van Diemen's Land, 164 BRIr ...itITISH FUNDS CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock, ... 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 25 per Cent. Annuities... Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Ath Jan., 1880 IDitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 13-16 15-16 ndia Stock .................. -- Ditto 5 per Cent .................... 110 k Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per C en t ...... 95 Ditto 6 per Cent .......... 107 k Ditto 55 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 10ok D.tt., Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, May 7 94 34 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 8 5 4 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 8 5 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto Scrip, £65 paid.... Equador Ne w C onsolidated, 1 per Cent ipm 174 Egyptian 7 pet Cent, Ditto, Second Issue ....... . Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup,ms — Ditto Account. Ditto Coupons ................. . Italian 5 per Cent. ( Maremmana Railway) 775 Mexican 3 per Cent .... ...... Ditto Account 37 65 71 61 5 11 New Granada 4 9 I 10 Ditto 2 per Cent ... 33 5 Ditto Deferred lOl Ditto Land 'Warrants (Hectares) 7} Peruvi an 45 p er C en t. Ditto 45 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account Portugue se 3 per C en t ., 1853 D itto Account 491 Ditto 1862 1 D itto Scrip, £3O pa id 5l 4 Pm Russia n 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9ll Ditto Ditto 4 4ti per Cent. 1850 per C t 1860 sa D m i i t n to4 • .. 93 P: p r Cen e t n . 1862 Ditto 4 per Cent. ........ S pan.,. , per .. 874 Diit:Nper ('cut Deferred .. — Ditto _ A:fount Ditto pammve Spanish e p r e t. t. 1854 - i Z f e -C 1 : .1.1 ; ..... funded .... 114 1211115 12 114 Ditto Account . Ditto 6 per Cent..lBs 88 DittDitto Account, .... 8 o, XlOO Bonds - jitto 6 per Cont. 18Gi Ditto Account Ditto GuaraLteed, 4 per..C'en.t Venezuela, 3 per Cent ....... 245 4 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ....... • ... Dividends on the above pay ab i;i2a A 51 Dutch 2! per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs__ Ditto Account ...... EE724OkCLOCIi. 2 ' . 0011801S' Money Ditto Account SHARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUh S. • I Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. I done. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 :Bost.,Sleat.,andllitl.k.fo i st .Bristol and Exeter ! st ;Caledonian 50 !Cora and Bandon 20 :Cornwall 10 iDo A A 2rets no ilklo i Do. B tillfipc.pan.h9s been paid to B. 50 ;Dublin & Belfast June. 25 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. at ( Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glasg. and S. Western. at Great Eastern, Ord. stir' at ; Ditto A stock at Ditto East A nglian at St GreatNorthof Scotland at Great Northern • at ; Do A stock et Do Bdo at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland at Great Wester n . ; at i Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire: & Yorkshire st ;London and Blackwal! at ;Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Won., Chat., and Dover at 'Lon. & Nor'h Western st :Lon. & Sw.th Western st Flan., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle, 124 Dot shares 10 ;Metropolitan at Midland 5.4.0 Do New et I Do Binning. & Derby 50 I Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 20 Do. 6 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at (North British at lEdin., Perth, & Dundee I at Nth. Eastern—Berwie D 0,825 as L G ec .N.E. purchase 11 t Do at Do York at Do Carlisle.. at North London 1 0 Do New 19.16.4 North Staffordshire is N. and S. IV. Junction I at !Scottish Central at (Scot N. E., Aber. stock 1 at ; Do Scot. Mid, stock 1 10 :Shrews. and Welchpool at :Shropshire Union 1 at South Devon.. 1 at ;South Eastern at i : South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 1 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok 25 Stockton & Darlington s 25 Do 25 Do New, 18&. st Taff Vale. 10 Do B 10 Do C SO Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lO at Waterford & Kilkenny 10 at West Cornwall IC st W. 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(Illog an )1 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.,t Lead Min , 10 fi fin Crott 'West Basset (Illog an ) W Carzdon (Liskear&) West Beton Wheal Basset (Illogan)1 Wheal Buller(Redruth)! Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i Wheal Lud ott ‘,V heal Mary Ann (Men )r Wheal Seton ..! heal 'lsretawney (Lis.)! Wheal Union 3.4.0 8.1.6 11.16 1 C losinv Price. ICB 109 I p P 7 8 1(8 1(9 1091 1101 109 Ito 1091 110 ltp 1 194 . Z 0 li P 62 65 45 60 53 66 42 46 35 40 90 23 2t 25 20 22 1(94 1 2 101 1 l4 p 107 ICB lil 11 9 81 99 101 89 t 2 lip 107 lug :00 102 17 47 49 3 5 f 0 '9 10 1(7 log 4 iP 0 71(8 102 104 IC6 1(7 It 3 46 103 116 P 6 il7 04 116 110 112 111 113 11l 113 114 116 112 114 11.8 110 105 117 ) 111 1,1 1111 N ES, 1081 110 91 110 1 1 10 1071 lli ii 1058 6.1 Hi a 4. 1.0 2.0.6 U 4 4.3.0 103 3 1021 109 f liOf 11 10f 108 4 44 I 101 2i t 17.0 2.4.9 10.6.7 1; 5.15.6 18.1,9 26.9. 402¢ 474 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 523 i 3.17 5} 51 15i ;hi ;60 270 I 7& 43 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 130 1 Great Eastern, E. Anglian B, 6 per cent. pf., 127 k Ditto, C, 7 per mut., 481 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 117 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 1111 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 104 Midiand 4) per cent, pt. stk. rd., 104 Stockton and Darlington, IS 6 per cent., 331 Litto, C 6 per cent., 331 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 11,51 6 Ditto, 4 per cent. prf., 9s 5i London, Chatham, &c., Ttletrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 10 1 / Ditto, 6 per cent., U, 8$ I London and S.- Western 4! per cent., 104 LINES LEASED AL FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 951 East Lin oln, gua. 6 per cent., 136 54 Great Eastern, Woo bridge Ex., 4 per cent., 87 Preston and Wyre, 46 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8f f Belgian Eastern Junction, If Dutch Rhenish, 17 amur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, 9 N. 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(From the times Correspondent.) CRACOW, April 27. The report circulated the last day or two as to Padlewski, one of the best of the insurgent leaders, having fallen into the hands of the Russiane, after being contradicted, is now unfortunately confirmed. Padlewski, who was formerly on officer in the Russian army, which he quitted two years ago, is at present a prisoner in the citadel at Warsaw, This is the sixth military chief of distinction that the Poles have lost since the beginning of the in. surrection, the others being Frankowski, Langie wicz, Bentknowski, Mielencki, and Cieszkowski. There is said, it is true, to be some chance now of Mielencki recovering, but he is so badly wounded that it is not Hide,' he will be able to take part again in the present insurrection. Bentkowski is still at liberty under parole, and it is supposed that neither he nor Langiewicz will be brought to trial for some time to come. Frankowski was one of the first leaders who fell. As for the ill• fated Ciesz. kowski, he may be said to have died a double death, for he had already received a mortal wound when the Russians broke into the house where he was lying, and murdered the dying man in his bed. IT is said that a Russian officer shot him with his own hand, after which the inmates of the house that for a time had sheltered the fugitive were murdered in the usual manner. A mass for poor Cieszkowski, six officers and all who fell with him at Cieezkowki's last battle, was celebrated a few days since at the Church of the Carmelites here in Cracow. In the public announce ment of his death and of the service to be perfot med for the repose of his soul the insurgent chief was formally entitled " colonel in the national army,' and his loss was evidently felt as a national calamity. Nut only was the church crowded, but the large open space in front was also filled by persons in black, or in black edged with white, the deepest mourning in Poland that can be worn. The seven coffins were covered with significant red cloth. Tt e ceremony was a very painful one, and had more of a private than a public character, from the fact that numbersof those present had evidently lost relatives of their own. The congregation was composed of persons of all classes, including a great many peasants. Immediately after the disaster which befel Lan giewicz's army, there was for some time but very ittle fighting on the other side of the frontier, near Cracow. But during the last three weeks we have heard of collisions, great or small, every two or three days, and since the funeral of the young Ostrowski (a cousin, by the way, of the Marchioness Wielo polska) the doors of the churches have been placarded every day with the names of the insurgents who have fallen. The chaplain of Gregowiz's detachment (mortally wounded at Szklary), was buried this afternoon, and we have to-day received news of the surprise and partial destruction of one of the com panies of Mossakowski's little corps, which entered the kingdom by way of Kobelane about ten days ago. It was supposed at first that as many as 50 men had been killed, but 35 of the missing number have since appeared in the flesh on this side of the fron tier. Among the fallen is a young Hungarian, for merly in the service of Garibaldi, who is said by an eyewitness to have fought like a tiger, and to have despatched a great number of Russians with his own hand before he received his death-blow. The Polish habit of regarding every one whose position is not at first sight generally intelligible as a spy, caused this young ma❑ to be looked upon as such when he was in Cracow, where be was publicly in sulted by a mob only a few days before he joined his regiment. Further in the interior, in the district of Plock, a battle of no great importance in itself has just been fought, in which young Siemienski, the son of Lucian Siemienski, the poet, was killed. When Siemienski heard of his son's death, he fell o❑ his knees and thanked God for having allowed him to die in such a just cause. The young man (he was 19) was until, last February librarian of the Polish academy established at Les Batig nolles. As soon as he heard of the insurrection breaking out he ►ett Paris, and, his means falling short before he reached Cracow, performed the last 50 miles of his journey on foot, so as not to lose time by writing to his family and having to wait for remittance. In his first battle he was shot through the lungs, and for some days bad been lying wounded, with three of his comrades, at a country house, when the Russians suddenly appeared before the place, brought there for money by a German colonist, who it is not unreasonable to suppose must have been of Prussian origin. Siemienski and his friends, exhausted as they were, met them on the threshold and defended themselves with revol vers for a tew minutes, when Siemienski, who waF an excellent shot, brought down three or four of his opponents. It is almost superfluous to add that ultimately the Poles were overpowered and massacred, the house plundered, and the grounds laid waste. Looking at the photographs of the most distin guished of the insurgents who have been killed in battle, it is astonishing how many of them are very young men, and lamentable to reflect that in a war in which personal heroism plays so large a part, and in which, as a rule, every man acts for himself, those who think more of attacking the enemy than of sheltering themselves are sure to fall the first. Segur says of the Poles who served in the army of 1812, that they engaged very lightly to do exceed. ing difficult things, but that they kept their words ; and so in the present day you may hear insurgents of 18 and 19 boast that they will be the first of their detachment to touch the Russians; and, indeed, when the time comes they throw themselves upon them at any odds. In Mossakoweki's detachment, the last that passed the frontier near Cracow, ayouth who had vowed that he would strike the first blow, was himself struck down before be could aim a second. In the same way ten of the Lancers were so eager to attack that they rushed upon a band of Cossacks 50 strong, and though they sold their livee dearly were killed to a man. As regards the officers, I am told that it is abso lutely necessary they should distinguish themselves in some brilliant manner in order to justify their appointment and cause their authority to be fully recognised by the rank and file, who in most cases know as much and as little about the art of war as their leaders. General Rechebrune owes entirely his reputation and his present high position to his almost unexampled personal daring. His former pupal, the son of Count Moszynski, a Siberian exile of the year 1825, who since that time has suffered personally and through his family by every calamity which has fallen upon Poland, had laid the founda tion of a similar renown when he was mortally wounded at the head of his company inside Miechow. It was strange that he should be there fighting under the orders of a French gentlemen who had come to Cracow for no other purpose than that of directing his stud;ee, and it would appear strange in the extreme to English parents—not accustomed like the Poles to look forward to a violent death as the probable end of any one of the children—to hear the father speak with admiration of the pre ceptor, and refer with more pride than pain to the fate of his young son. Another chief of insurgents, whose portrait is in every shop window is Boreieza, was killed in battle at an age when in England he might have been just thinking of entering a military school. He looks, in his picturesque Polish costume, more as if he were going to a fancy dress ball than to a war against savages, and has rather the face of a timid, or at least a gentle young girl, than of the intrepiu warrior which he pruced himself to be in presence of the enemy. The hospital surgeons say that the young men who are lying wounded are so eager to get back to their detachment that their minds are never at peace, and th a t th e i r restoration to health is de layedin conse quence. I can understand this from the al most painful anxiety with which many of them ask for news e i t h er of the insurrection or of the proceedings of the intervening Powers. A Polish proprietor, in the kingdom, was sum moned not . long E ce before a Russian General, charged with having rendered assistance to the in surgents, and solemnly cautioned against doing so aga in. The proprietor explained his position. " If," he said, " the insurgents come to my place and ask April 28. We hear to-day from Warsaw that Archbishop Felinski is confined to his palace, and that 14 canons have been arrested. An Archbishop has also been arrested in Samogitia, a part of Lithuania which is said, since its comparatively recent conversion to Christianity, a)ways has been Catho lic. This unceremonious tre atment of the hi g h Catholic cler g y i n P o l an d is perhaps intended as a reply to the Austrian Note. I cannot say that the news has produced an unusually b4d effect. It has excited more natural indignation; but the last mea sures of the Russian Government are also looked upon as signs of a kind of madness which may lead to a catastrophe_ The cause or pretext for the ar rest was the refusal of the clergy either to forbid or to abstain from assisting in the procession in honour of St. Mark (26th inst.). The Archbishop was not present at the ceremony, but wrote to the Govern ment to say that he held himself responsible for its having taken place. When the news of the arrest of the canons and of the detention of the Arch bishop in his palace reached St. Petersburg orders were sent back to liberate them at once; but it has been proved that the Russian Government at Warsawdoes impropri e ty i n subject ing the the country any to th e or d ers o f t h e clergy of nott h see police, and that fact of itself is important. The Archbishop of Warsaw, from being one of the most unpopular, is fast becoming one of the most popular men of the day, so thoroughly does the Russian Government understand the act of turning even its fancied supporters into its open and declared enemies. There is a general expectation here that some sort of Constitution will be proclaimed for the king dom of Poland, and it is even said for the Russian Empire, including, of course, the Polish provinces, on the 3d of May, the anniversary of the adoption of the celebrated Polish Constitution of 1791. It is not hoped, it is rather feared, that this step will be taken. I do not say that the fear is altogether reasonable, but it exists, and has its origin in a very natural conviction that such a seem ing proof of an intention to govern Poland on equi table principles would at once put an end to all chance of foreign intervention. It would undoubt edly conciliate the Polish nobility, who until the Polish insurrection broke out were nearly unani mous in their pressing demands for a reformed go vernment, in which not only they, but all classes, in proportion to their importance, should have a voice. If it did not conciliate the Poles it would at least deprive them of a great amount of sympathy, and would weaken considerably the moral basis of their insurrection. The object of this insurrection is, in the words of one of the manifestoes issued by th e National Government, " not to obtain this or that concession," but to free the country from the foreign yoke" —a noble end, but one which the Poles un aided are by no means certain to attain. Neverthe less, in their present spirit they are not likely to accept any offers which are not equally extended to Lithuania and the Ruthenian provinces; that is to say, Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine. They ask for the independence of the Poland of 1772 as their maximum, and the union of the Russo-Polish provinces to the kingdom of Poland under the m a ue n h at d io iff n e a r l en a c r e m , y anada Russian Crow n , w i th a national Diet, a national administratio n , an d , above all, m t h a e x i m m u i m n i m t h u e m r e . B is u e e t twve very the minimum a n d the there is, of course, no chance of Russia granting either unless compelled to do so whylorrceeseorvfinagruits.o The Poles are qu it e aware of this, but seem resolv e d to let their fate b e d ecided by ar, themselves the right, if the result should be against them, of endeavourtng to resume it in another 15 years, or whenever the opportunity may presen its& Whatever becomes of the insurrection, it is said that the National Government, which is now stronger than ever, owing to the new and influential members that have recently j o i ne d i t, i s d e t ermine d to render the Rus s i an ru l e i mposs ib le in P o l an d. Th e National Government, which f or some time past h as b een obeyed by all classes, including the large landed proprietors, who in the first instance were opposed to the present movement on the ground that it was premature, the country having neither arms nor am. munition, has now all c l as ses represent e d in its working committee, and if on a given day it orders all the civil functionaries in the kingdom to quit the service, the civil functionaries will certainly give up their places. It would be curious to see how the , wore suddenly , Russians would get on if all the posts in the Russia would no Ad ministration, central and local thrown on their hands. The country would be re duced of counterpa r t of the above l a i n x d ed. is not quite so clear. O w n ou t l b d e b o e tb b e e How Poland doubtdu c ed t be e a a state good o f deal anarchy, per p project is said to be actually under consideration, r ne b fi eo tt d e , d a , and is even believed by many persons who are ge• nerally well informed as to the plans of the Russian Government to have been already adopted. The great scheme is to establish military government throughout " C on gress Pola n d ;" to divide the kingdom into 200 districts, a n d in each district to Place the minor polish officials under the direct control of Russian officers. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH ACURA LIA.—T wo projects is in the field f or connecting Australia with Java. Iretproposed to lay the cable on the north-west of Australia, on th e shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria, or to take it round to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. At this poist the cable would be in communica tion with the existing intercolonial lines, and New South Wales, Victoria, and South Aust ralia would th us b e b rought into connection with the countries of the old world. The cost of laying the line from Java to Queensland is estimated at £1,100,000; but from Java to the north-west a ca bl e could be laid for £243,000. Considering the many risks to which the submarine cables are expl osed, and th e uncertainty of their action, there can scarcely be a d oubt as to the policy of selecting the cheaper route. An accident might impair the efficiency of the cable, but the shorter line could be co be necessary t o bring intoit connectionland existing of repaired or renewed at so much le ss cost than the longer one, that it appears like a wanton risk o f money to select the more expensive scheme. if the cabl e i s laid on the north westcoast s ystem. The cost of such a land line has been estimated at £l2O per mile, or for the whole distance from the north. west coast to Adelaide a sum of £177,000, which would make tog e th er a sum of £420,000 course, as the cost of the complete system from Java to Adelaide. —Australian and .IVetv Zealand Gazstte. for horses, carts, and corn, I must give them what they want, or they will hang me. If, on the other hand, I let them have anything more than I am ac. tually forced to give, you will hang me. However if they hang me my son will never find a wife in Poland nor my daughter a husband, and 50 years after my death people will turn their backs upon, my children ; whereas if you hang me I shall have monuments erected to my memory. On the whole, then, as mere matter of calculation, I cannot refuse assistance to the insurgents." I believe that in this particular instance the Ge neral was satisfied with the explanation given by the proprietor, who perhaps, might have added that before long all his class will be drawn into active co-operation with the national movement. Hitherto they, the actual owners of the estates, have left persons to represent them on the field, though they have supported the insurrection indirectly in a variety of ways, and directly by means of money contributions. It is notorious that the spirit of the Polish women is more Polish even than that of the men. Occa sionally a man who for upwards of 30 years has been conspiring and fighting for his country—now in Poland, now in Hungary, now in Turkey, now in Italy —and reflects that it is still quite as much at the mercy of the partitioning Powers as ever, will have moments of despondency and count the cost of the insurrection, thinking bow many villages will have been burnt, how many inoffensive per sons massacred, and, above all, how many of the best young men in Poland will have given their lives for the- lives of an equal number of the most savage ruffians that the Russian empire can pre duce. All such reflections are looked upon by the Polish ladies not as uncalled for and out of place but simply as disgraceful in a moral point of view; and any one who talks in such a strain is avoided as though he had spoken against the Christian religion or attempted to defend the Marquis Wielopolski. It is not strange that they should not dance now, and that they should all be in mourning, inasmuch as there is Lot a family bore which has not lost a relative, either in a battle or in a massacre or by exile, for as many as 2,000 Poles have already been sent into the interior of Russia. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--This Evening, The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. The Earl of POWIS presented a petition from the clergy of Poole against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Rumsey and Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway—Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Extension Railway —Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Railway—Peterborough Cattle—Caledonian Railway (Granton Branches)—New tcwn—Mackynlleth Railway (Capital) —and Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Bills were read a third time and passed. VICE-ADMIRALTY COURTS BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. THE MAIL PACKET SERVICE. Lord CHELMSFORD as k e d the Postmaeter-General whether her Majesty's Government had accepted a tender from the Belgian Government for the conveyance of the English ma Is between Dover and Ostend, and whetherthey contemplated any alteration in the mail packet service be tween Dover and Calais; also, whether any failure in the performance of the existing contract between her Majesty's Government and Mr. Joseph George Churchward for the mail service between Calais and Dover respectively had occurred to render any change necessary The noble and learned lord gave an outline of the arrange ments between her Majesty's Government and Mr. Churchward, and said one of the contracts entered into expired in the month of June next; but in 1859 an eaten ion of the contract had been given up to the year 1870, with an increased subsidy of £lB,coo per annum. Into the validity of that contract he would not enter; but having heard that certain alterations were to take place in the mail service, he wished for information on the subject. Lord STANLEY of AL DERLEY said he would not touch upon the preliminary observations of the noble lord, as the matter would no doubt come before one of the courts of law. With respect to the packet service between Dover and Ostend, the English Government had entered into a conditional arrangement with the Belgian Govern ment for conveying the mails at a considerably reduced rate. If Parliament voted the money for the continuance of the contract with Mr, Churchward, then that contract would be carried on, but in the event of that not being the case, then the arrangement with the Belgian Government would come into operation. With respect to the loss that would fall upon the Belgian Government by the low rate at which they had agreed to perform the work, the Government had nothing to do with. All they had to see to was that the service was efficiently per formed. With respect to the mail service between Dover and Calais, a proposal had been made to convey the mails at a considerably reduced rate, and negotiations for that purpose were in progress. The arrangement to stand in precisely the same position as in the former, viz., Par liament not finding the money to carry on the contract with Mr. Church ward. Ihe Government had no fault to find with the manner in which the work had hitherto been performed, and it was not on that account that notice had been given to Mr. Churchward of the termination of the engagement. The discontinuance of it arose solelyin con. sequence of the vote of the other house of Parliament. CHARN WOOD FOREST REFORMATORY. Lord BERNEIIS enquired whether her Majesty's Go vernment had already, or would institute inquiries into the circumstances of the late mutinous outbreak in the Roman Catholic Reformatory in Charnwood Forest ; and also into the constitution of the appointment and pay of officers of that institution, and the discipline exercised therein. Earl GRANVILLE said he could not give a reply at present. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock, NEW MEMBER—NEW RADNOR. Mr. R. G. PRICE took the oaths and his seat, in the room of the late Sir G. C. Lewis. The Skipton Gas Bill was read a third time. The following bills wale ordered to be read a third time : —Dublin Corporation Water ; Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway; and North Staffordshire Railway (additional powers). MAYNOOTH. Mr. WHALLEY postponed his motion for the 19th of May to the 2d of June. SEA FISHERIES. Mr. FEN WICK gave Lotico that on this day month he should move that an enquiry be instituted into the present state of the sea fisheries and the laws and regulations affecting them, with the view of increasing the supply of wholesome and nutritious food. (Hear, hear.) ARMY PRIZE MONEY. Col. NORTH gave notice that on the 2d of June he sbould move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty to appoint a commission to inquire into the distri bution of prize money in the army. THE ATTACK ON SHON-RING, Col. SYKES asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if any and what measures were to be adopted consequent upon Captaia R. Dew, of her Majesty's ship Encounter, employ ing part of the naval force under his command in an unsuc cessful attack upon the city of Shon-hing, in which Lieu tenant Tinling, of the Encounter, was killed, Shon-hing being many miles beyond the 30 mile radius from a treaty port ? Lord C. PAGET replied that as yet no official account of the disaster had reached the Admiralty. Instructions, however, had been sent out ordering that no Government ships should go beyond the 30 mile radius referred to. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr. CONIN GUAM asked the Secretary of the Admiralty whether it was the intention of the Government to take im mediate steps to remedy the abuses alleged to exist in the administration of the funds of Greenwich Hos pital, and at once gi,e practical effect to the Regis tered Seamen's Act, which gave the seamen's six pences monthly to the hospital, and also declared that the widows and orphans of seamen, slam, killed, or drowned in the se a service, and not of ability to maintain or provide comfortably for themselves, should be received into the said hospital, or in some reasonable manner be provided for and educated ? Lord C. PAGET replied that as an hon. member (Mr. Liddell) had given notice of a similar motiin for Friday, he would rather prefer deterring his reply until that evening" POOR. LACY (SCOTLAND). Mr. DALGLISH asked the Lord Advocate whether he intended to bring in any bill to explain the existing poor law of Scotland in regard to the occasional nada' of able bodied poor The LORD ADVOCATE intimated that as some doubt had arisen in the law courts of Scotland in regard to the administration of the poor law, a short act to interpret the old act would most probably be introduced during the present session. DRAWBACK ON REFINED SUGAR. Mr. 11.10iiFAI'T asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the interim inquiry as to the drawback on exporta tion of refined sugar was complete, and when it was pro bable the report would be laid upon the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should lose no time in making the house partakers of any information that might reach him on the subject. Ho un derstood the report had been completed, --it had not yet reached his hands, but he anticipated it would be in a few days. PERU-CRUELTIES COMMITTED ON CAPTAIN WHITE N UTVILLE. Col. DUNNE asked the Under secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps had Leen taken to obtain redress for the cruelties inflicted by the Peruvian Government on Captain White Nutville, a British subject. Mr. LAYARD replied that the case of Captain White Nutville was one of the worst he ever remembered. It appeared he was arrested on an unfounded charge. He was put into prison, and treated with the greatest barbarity ; indeed the punishment inflicted upon him was a disgrace to that county. Atter being in prison he was liberated on the representation of the British Consul. No reason was given for the conduct to which Captain 1\ utville was sub jected.; The matter was referred to the law officers of the Crown, and they reported that he was ;en titled to compensation, and £1,500 was suggested and that sum was received from the Peruvian Government and paid to him. (Hear, hear.) It appeared, however, that Captain Nutville was dissatisfied with this sum, and actually demanded £202,174. (Much laughter.) He would mention a few of the items. " Three blows on the head with a musket £3,200." (Laughter.) "A knock down blow by a soldier, £1,000." " Several bayonet prods and kicks on my aching sides, £2,000." (Laughter.) " Five: days bad food, £5,000. (Laugh ter.) " Loss of health £20,000." (Roars of laughter.) The Government had not deemed it right to make any ad ditional demand upon the Peruvian Government (Hear.) Both sides had agreed to refer the matter to arbitration, and no doubt a satisfactory decision would be arrived at. IRISH POOR LAW. In reply to an li;ii - T - M — EM 13 E 11; - - . . . Sir It. FEEL said that he expected the report of the commissioners would be presented this evening. THE PE TERHOFF. Lord R. CECIL called attention to a fresh statement in lhe newspapers to the effect that Admiral Wilkes had de- Wined to permit the mail bags of the Peterhoff from being sent on. Had the Foreign-office received any intelligence upon the matter ? Mr. LAYARD replied that his former answer was strictly correct. Mr. Seward had informed Lord Lyons that the mail bags should at once be forwarded to their destination without being opened. A gentleman had come to this country to settle the matters with respect to mail bags, as no case of the kind had formerly occurred. No further information than that he had alret.dy communicated to the house had been received at the Home-office. EDUCATION. Mr. NATTER then rose to move the following resolu tions :--1. That it is the opinion of this house that the sums nnually voted by Parliament for educational purposes ought o be made applicable to all the poorer schools throughout the country (not being private schools, or carded on or profit), in which the attendance and examination of the hildren exhibit the results required, under the revised code, by her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. 2. That to equire the employment of certificated teachers, or of pupil teachers by school managers, as an indispensable condition of their participation in the capitation grant, is inexpedient and unjust to the managers of such schools. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WHITEHALL, MAY 2. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, cmistituting and appointing the Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G. ; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.B. ; Rear .Admiral Charles Eden, C. B.; Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick; Captain the Hon. James Robert Drum mond, C.B. ; and Janes Stansfeld, the younger, EF to be her Majesty's C ommissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admira l of the said United Kin g dom of Great Britain and Ireland , and the dominions, isla nds, and terri tories thereunto belonging. WHITEHALL, MAY 4. •- - , The Queen has been pleased to constitute and app o i n t the Right Hon. Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, to Assembly of the Church of Scotland. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 4. The Queen has been pleastd to approve of Mr. Alexander Robertson as Consul at Peterhead tor his Majesty the King of Hanover, WAR-OFFICE, PALL-OFFICE, MAY 5 . 32d Regiment of Foot—General the Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., from Rifle Brigade, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Viscount Melville, K.C.8., transferred to the 60th Foot. 33d Regiment of Foot — Major-General William Nelson Hutchinson to bo Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.8., appointed Colonel-Commandant; Rifle Brigade. Rifle Brigade—General the Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, G.O 8., G.C.M.G., deceased ; Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.8., from the 33d Foot, to be Colonel-Commandant, vice General Sir George Brown, G.C.8., transferred to the 32d Foot. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet William John Brooke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert James Wright, who retires; Thomas Edwards Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase vice Shaw-Hellier, promoted; Pay master, with the honorary rank of Captain, John Akin Dyer, from the sth Lancers, to be paymaster vice Biggs, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Joseph Thomas Cammilleri to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edward Goldsmith, who retires. Ist Dragoons—Cornet the Honourable Montague Henry Mostyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Italph Wil liam Caldwell, who retires. 4th Hussars—Captain Charles Augustus Gunter Browne to be Major, by purchase, vice Fiennes Cornwallis, who retires ; Lieutenant Arthur Watson De Capell Brooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Browne ; Cornet Harry Youl to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Brooke ; Pay master, with the hono rary ran k of Major,f Stephen Blake, from the 93d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice George Thorne George who retires upon half-pay. sth Lancers—Lieutenant Francis John Roche Thackwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Boyd, who te tires; Cornet Charles Edward Harenc to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thackwell ; Sidney Wilson Smith Schreiber, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,vice Harenc ; Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, John Biggs, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Dyer, who exchanges. 9th Lancers—Lieutenant Thomas Stanton Starkey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Ellis who retires ; Cornet Thomas Albin Saunders, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Starkey. 18th Hussars—Francis Alfred Baines Gent., to be Cornet, by put chase, vice John Groves, promoted ; Staff Assist. ant Surgeon Frederick Beaufort Scott, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice William Robert Wall, appointed to the 81st Foot. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut. George Swetenham, from the Seconded List, to be Lieutenant to complete Establishment. Grenadier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Arthur Philip Vis count Mahon to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. and Capt. Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, appointed Adjutant. 7th Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon David Mackie, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Michael Quinlan, appointed to the Staff. Bth Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William George Ross, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jay, ap pointed to the Staff. 16th Foot—The commission of Paymaster Mark Tever sham has been antedated to April 10. 19th Foot—Ensign Herbert Charles Boulcott, from the 86th Foot, to be Emden, vice Griffith, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Lieutenant Edward Thomas Bainbridge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanilas Graham Bower St. Clair, who retires; Biddulph Lee Warner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Anderson, promoted. 35th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Major James Carroll Dempster, M.D., to be Surgeon, v;ce James Walker Chambers, M.D , promoted on the Staff. 50th Foot—Captain William Minister, from half-pay, late 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Purcell, who retires upon temporary half pay. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Cuming to be Captain, by purchase, vice Herbert Edward George Crosse, who retires; Ensign Henry Turner Herchmer to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Cuming; Frederick Charles Rowan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herch mer. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Moodie, whose exchange from the 2d Dragoons was notified in the Gazette of 31st March, 1863, has been permitted to receive the former difference between Cavalry and Infantry. 64th Foot—Staff Surgeon Major George Williamson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice James Gord , n Inglis, M.D., C. 8., promoted on Staff. 76th Foot —Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard Jonh William Orton to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Duncan Alexande Campbell Fraser, M.D., promoted on the Staff. 86th Foot—Ensign John Griffith Wynn Griffith, from the 19th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boulcott, who exchanges. 97th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon John Livingston Power to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Sharkey appointed to the Staff. 105th Foot—The notification with regard to Ensign Henry William Aylmer Willins, which appeared in the " Gazette" of 21st April, 1863, has been cancelled, his appointment to the Regiment remaining as gazetted on 30th September, 1862. Cape M tinted Rifles—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Thomas Donovan has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. GARRISONS. —Garrison Quartermaster, with local rank, Henry Macdonald, to be Quartermaster, under the provi sions of the Royal Warrant of 9th March, 1863. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain George Champagne Close, 45th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain dohn Pennock Campbell, 30th Foot, who has completed the period for holding that appointment. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals George Stewart Beatson, M.D., to be Inspect r-General of Hospitals, vice William Linton, M D., C. 8., who retires upon half pay. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., who retires upon half pay, to have the honorary rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals. Surgeon-Major James Walker Chambers, M.D., from 35 h Foot, to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice J. S. Prendergast, M.D., who retires upon half pay. Surgeon• Major James Gordon Inglis, M.D., C 8., from 64th Foot, to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice B:Arson. Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D. to be Staff Surgeon, vice W. Dick, M.D., promoted. Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Alexander Campbell Fraser, M.D., from 76th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice It. K. Prendergast, promoted. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Frederick William Moore, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice James Carroll Dempster, M.D., ap pointed to 35th Foot. TO BE STIFF• ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Sharkey, from 97th Foot, vice Frederick Beaufort Scott, M.D., appointed to 18th Hussars. Assistant-Surgeon Michael Quinlan, from 7th Foot, Nice John Livingston Power, appointed to 97th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon William Jay, from Bth Foot, vice David Mackie, M.D., appointed to 7th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Barrett Kearney, from Ist West India Regiment, vice William George Ross, appointed to tilt-, Bth Foot. Assistant-Surgeon James Thompson, from 4th West India Regiment, vice William Alexander White, M.D., promoted on Staff. Assistant-Snrgeon Andrew Thomas Carbery, from 11th Foot, vice Richard John William Orton, appointed to 76th Foot. The promotion of Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Wil liam Crow to be Staff-Surgeon, as notified in the Gazette of 13th February, 1863, has been cancelled. 'B REVE T. Captain and Brevet-Colonel George Mnnro, retired full. pay, late half••pay Unattached, and Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieutenant. Colonel George Hossack, on retired full-pay, Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Chris topher Parkin Elliott, retired full-pay, Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Colonel, under her Majesty's Order in Council of Nov. 13, 1858. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, George Thorne George, retired upon half-pay, late 4th Hussars, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, George Bodle, of a Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank of Major. The undermentioned officers having completed five years' qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonels : Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Gordon, C. 8., Depot Battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Westby Donovan, 33d Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel William John Chamberlanyne, 3rd West India Regiment. MEMORANDA—The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of John Craven Mansergh, Esq., late Major, 16th Foot, being reinstated in his former rank in her Ma jesty's Service, and placed upon the Half-pay List, such restoration not to carry back pay. Major John Craven Mansergh, half-pay, late 15th Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 16, 1861. NOTICE. The vacancies in Line Regiments caused by the transfer of officers to the Staff Corps will be filled up by officers of the Indian Service. The delay that has occurred in completing these appoint ments results from the necessity of frequent references to India, and not from any change in the arrangement origi nally decided on. BANKRUPTS. That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. 11 16 11 171 11 17 ! 25 47/ 25 47$ 13 7f 2,5 22i 25 47 25 47i 1194 11 25 11 25 351 49t 49i 25 65 25 65 25 55 25 55 2;5 60 25 60 THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OP A FRENCH GEN TLEMAN IN THE CITY. —.M. Hippolyte Linde, wh attempted to com m it suicide at Fiveashe's Hotel, under such determined circumstances, still lies in St. Bartholo mew's Hospital in a vary dangerous condition, but some hopes are entertained of his recovery. The unfortunate gentleman has conversed freely with Mr. Lawrence, the surgeon under whose care he is, and he has stated that he placed a s i x -b arrelled revolver to his left side, with the in tention of piercing his heart. The clicking of the hammer of the weapon, however, caused the stock to become de pressed at each of the three discharges, and the bulletsdcooL sequently took an upward direction, and did not produce the result intended. Three of the barrels d w h l ni re s f o r m om e out of order, which circumstanc e . charging all the six balls into himself, prevente d thought, lodged in the purpose. One of the balls, ithe reloaded the discharged barrels with the intentio n . of carrying out his upper portion of the left lung. Amsterdam Short. 11 16} Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 Antwerp.. • 0 26 4 40 Brussels 26 Hamburgh — 13 71 Short. 25 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles .. .._ - 26 42 F r ankfort on Maine — 1 1 1 19 15 Vienna ..... 11 15 Trieste _ 1 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid ......... • Cadiz Leghorn Milan .......... Genoa Naples P. 49 49 25 60 25 50 25 60 25 60 25 55 25 55 'alenuo Messina SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Da: CHESTER RACES -THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GROSVENOR STAKES. Fontenoy ........ CH ESTERFIELD STAKES. yr.°. Marigold Stockman .. . 1 East Lancashire Eight ran. 3 PALATINE STAKES. Fontenoy W.O. MOSTYN STARES. Loafer Persuasion Redcap 2 WYN NSTAY HANDICAP. 3 Queen of Trumps Bernice l. Flash in the Pan ................................ Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER Cur. 2to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 6to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 11 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken) 100 to 8 agst Haddington (taken) 100 to 7 agst Plover (offered) THE DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Macaroni (taken) 11 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ghillie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 40 to 1 agst Avenger (taken) 40 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) 66 to 1 agst Carnival (offered) POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. NIGHT MARAUDERS IN iiLL-MALL - J ames Fitz gerald, Wm. Martin, Wm. Holloway, and Ann Holloway, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with loitering in Pall- Mall, near the club-houses, and also in the Haymarket, near Her Majesty's Theatre, for the purpose of committing a felony. Wm. Gordon, (323 A, said that at eleven the previous night, he saw Martin and the man Holloway together in Pall-Mall. He watched them into Haymarket, where they separated and entered a crowd at the Opera-house. They shortly afterwards returned and joined the woman and Fitzgerald, who were waiting in Pall-Mall. The woman then left the men and went on down Pall-Mall and stopped a gentleman, who broke away from her. She then went on with Fitzgerald in her rear, and the others lurking on the other side of the way. The woman then stopped another gentleman, and Martin and Holloway crossed over to the woman, and Fitzgerald entered a public-house. The woman stopped another person who stood talking to her, and on his le.ving all the prisoners joined and went into the Star and Garter public-house, where they stayed about ten minutes. The woman then went along, the three men following at a little distance. Near George•court the woman stopped another person, but seeing him (Gordon) she returned and joined the others. He (Gordon) then stopped them with the assistance of Cook, 106 C, and took them into custody. While at the station the woman put her hand into Holloway's pocket and took out a handker chief, and on his (Gordon) taking the handkerchief and asking Holloway whether it was his own, ho said it was, and that it was marked with initial " H.," but instead of that it bore the name of " G. Gunter." In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the officer said he knew the woman as a prostitute and to belong to a gang of notorious thieves. Martin worked at a photograph shop by day, but was a thief by a night. Mr. Tyrwhitt said there was no doubt all the prisoner were in Pall-mall for the purpose of picking somebody up, and if the woman could not do it, then the men were there ready to go up and knock a person down. It was quit e clear that the female was cruising about to rob some one with the assistance of the others. The prisoners were remanded for a week. James Fulcher, a lad, was fined 40s. for assaulting a little girl named Mary Ann Addis, living at 62, Piccadilly. The case was proved by Mr. F. Crane, hosier, of Regent street, and the little girl herself, the only provocation given the prisoner being the accidentally touching him with a basket. THAMES. ROBBERY IN ♦ LODGING-ROUSE.—Semllel Fit zherbert, a ship's carpenter, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing £ll in gold, 255. in silver, and a gold watch valued ten guineas, in the lodging-house of Mr. W. Smith, Broad-street, Ratcliff. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Elisa Smith, wife of the prosecutor, that five weeks ago the prisoner lodged in her house for two days and three nights only, and at that time there was £ll in gold in a purse, 255. in silver loose, and a gold watch in a drawer in her bed-room. The money consisted of the hard earnings of herself and hus band, and was put by to pay the rent, rates, and taxes of the house. The gold watch was an heirloom. It had been in her possession twenty years. The prisoner came dawn stairs early on the morning of the third day he was in the house and left it unperceived by Mrs. Smith, while she was in the yard in the rear of the house filling a tea kettle with water. His disappearance created no surprise until the middle of the day, when Mrs. Smith went to the drawer in her bedroom to obtain some money to satisfy the demand of a tax-collector. On opening the drawer she discovered that all her gold and silver and her gold watch were gone. She ran down stairs much agitated and scream ing, and as soon as she recovered herself made her loss known to the police. The prisoner Nuts not apprehended until yesterday afternoon. He was taken into custody by John Fry, a police constable, No. 320 K, who asked him what he had done with the money he had stolen, to which he made a statement in reply that he had squandered it in drink and dissipation, and that money illgotten was never saved. . . ---• Mary Ann Seymour, described as an unfortunate girl, dwelling in Richard-street, Commercial-road East, said the prisoner " took up" with her five weeks ago, and gave her a gold watch, On Friday last be told her to get £2 on it. She obtained £2 16s upon it, and sold the duplicate after wards. Alfred Gard, assistant to Mr. Lewis Laumberg, pawn broker in Broad-street, Ratcliff, near the prosecutot's house, produced a gold watch, which tho last witness pawned at his master's establishment. Yesterday tho woman Seymour came to the shop and paid the interest on the watch. At the same time she changed the name and address on the duplicate relating to the watch, and she said she had sold the duplicate. Mrs. Smith identified the watch as her property. It was the one stolen. In answer to a question, Mrs. Smith said—The money was all we had—our hard earnings, sir. It has distressed us very much. Mr. Woolrych—lt is very unfortunate, indeed. I am sorry for you. Fry said when he met the prisoner yesterday he ran a mile before he could catch him. The prisoner was then asked by the magistrate whether he would have the case disposed of here or tried at the ses sions? The prisoner—Settle here at once, your worship. Mr. Woolrych—Are you guilty or not guilty ? The prisoner—Not guilty. Mr. Woolrych—Very well. I shall remand you for week, and then commit you for trial. I cannot dispose or it myself if you plead not guilty. THE MURDER NEAR KERNE BAY. 1 CANTERBURY, M a s o h n o d r a t y d . is. Bay,Steed , 0 t a i tM Saturday a Alfred Alger was placed at the bar of the Count► Police-court, Canterbury, charged with the wilful ypole' ev • Mr. William Delmar presided, and Captain ening last, and Messrs. Plummer and Nea Starke murderanc dis tance fro ° re f Ve h r a n r e d bench. tne 'were also on the The prisoner, who is 32 years of a ge , is a nati ve of North Kent. H e h as served 12 years i the army, first in the 92d and afterwards in the n 52d Regi ment, and has been discharged without a character. He is married and has one child, and for about four months has resided at Maypole, having been en gaged as a labourer on the railway works in pro gress in that neighbourhood. The prisoner bears a very indifferent character. He did not display much concern at his position, though he watched the evi dence with i n t erest, and occasionally cros s-examined the witnesses. The particulars of the murder have already ap peared. At the termination of the examination of the witnesses, the chairman said—lt is our duty to commit you to a jury to decide whether you are guilty or not. Prisoner—l do hope that something w ill be found out to clear me of the charge of murder, or °r at all seen the events to lighten my crime. leaving o Herne-street. deceased since we parted after leavg to st. Angus: He was then removed an d conveyed tine's Gaol. _____--------1--- EXPENSE OF THE CHINA WAR.—FrOM a return issued on Saturday, it appears that the total amount issued from the Exchequer in 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, on account of the China war, was 44,680,000, and the ex _ pen di ture was £4,652,003, leaving a balance of Z 2 8 , 097 in th e hands of th e Pa y master -General. The claims Indian Dep artment, after all deductions, amou nted b Y the Z 1,962,852, out of w hich £6,089 is the am to settled . amount 411 Un-