The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

I X 6 kr is' Y FLARKET AND COMMELtCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The favourable feeling regarding monetary ttiftrms continues to increase, and the commercial public, believing that a downward movement will be made this week in the official minimum, are only obtaining accommodation to satisfy present and presiing requirements. The rates for short• dated paper range from 8 per cent,, and for kix manna' bills from 71 per cent. A further sum of £170,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. During the last few days there has been very little business transacted in the Foreign and Colo. vial Produce Markets owing to the Whitsuntide holidays. Sugar, however, has maintained previous rates, while the operations in tea, coffee, and rice have led to no material change as regards values. In the tallow market a steady tone has been appa rent as regards prices for both present and forward delivery. ............... Two o'CLocx. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's teiegram, the Three per Cent. Renter were 12f. 45c., 661' 80c. Rather firm. A t the second ordinary general meeting to-day of shat eholders of the Bank of Wales, Mr. Daniell in the chair, the report which was unanimously adopted, stated that the gross profits of the Bank to the 31st March last amounted to £5,330 165., and after deducting expences, there remained a balance of £1,115, which was recommended to be carried to profit and loss new account. The annual meeting of shareholders of the Mer can tile Bank of India, London, and China, took plane to-day, Mr. G. G. Nicol in the chair. The report stated:—After providing for all bad and doubtful debts, and defraying expense of manage ment at all points, th 3 net profit amounts to £196,562 25., to which has to be added a sum of £4,269 9s. 2d. undivided profit, brought forward from the preceding year, making a total of £200,831 lls. 2d. Oat of the above total, £50,000 has been paid in two half-yearly dividends, and £25,000 as a bonus, making together 15 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the bank. A further sum of £50,000 has been added to the reserve fund. The unappropriated balance of £75,831 lls. 2d. is carried forward to the profit and loss account of the current year. As will he seen by the accounts, the premium on new shares paid up to 31st December amounting to £81,140, has been added to the re- ; 1 verve fund ; the balance due in respect of same, s; £18,860, since received, has also been passed to this account, with which the addition of £50,000 from 'the year's profits, above referred to, makes a total lo this date at credit of that fund of £250,000. A further improvment has taken place to-day in 1: the Market for the English Funds, and Consols, - which are t. per cent. better, are 91-} for money, st ' and 90! I, less the dividend, for the account. 't Tho New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; FaChequer Bills, March, 10s. die.; do., June, 9s. to si 45. die.; India 5 per Cents., 105 k ; do. 4 per Cents., 991 100; Bank Stock is marked 237 239; and Indian do., 217 2181. In the Foreign Market there is less business, and t prices are not quite so well supported. Turkish et. Consolides are 48.1 a ; Mexican, 444 45 ; do. New LOan,l dis. par.; Greek, 236 ; Spanish Passive, et 341 ; Confederate Loan, 64 66; Russian Scrip, prem.; and Swedish, do., 11 2 prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market have-been of a limited character, and prices have . t , not varied to any important extent. North Western i s t: have declined 55., and Brighton, 103.; while G rea t Eastern have advanced Sc., and North Eastern Ber- Wick, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little vani• ation as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are generally at s' steady prices. London and Westminster realize 941 Union of London, 591 ; Hudson Bay, 191. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Provincial Bank. ing Corporation, 1 1 prem. ; International Land Credit, 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced .11 „,ew 3 per Cent N ew 24 per C en t. J an . 1891 •••• Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — il'lnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1903 — Miach. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent, 18 9 4 dis Ditto £500 Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5± per Ct. Ditto Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 18i Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account — Ditto 4 per Cent.' Oct. 1888.. lOO 99t Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto D Bo itt nds £l,OOO o ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto under 41,000 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — t razilian Dittoer Cent D itto 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 1., lle it to Ditto 1863 B6l 'ts Ayres 6 per Cent Dt Alunt Chilian per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. — D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1864 — Ditto Scrip £4O paid - ~q u a dor New Cons o lid a t e d , 1 per C ent.. ' c 'SYptian 7 per Cent lOOl Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — ,Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account .. — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 . Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 74 Mexican 3 per Cent . ... :Ditto A ccount.... Moorish Imp er i a l 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account.... ) Mitt() 3 per Cent. (U r ib arren ) — Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6 7k Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 • • -- Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,',3 Ditto Account Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 .., . Ditto 3 per Cent 18,59 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B6l / Ditto 1861 Scrip, £lO paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch ....... •• p m artlinian 5 per Cent............. ,Bp, Ditto Account ........ , .......... I , anit , ll 3 per Cent ........... . -Ditto Account Ditto Now Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Account 341 a b panish Cert. o f C ou p no t funded _ Ditto Acmunt _ Swedish, 4 nor Cent Ditto Scrip, £2O paid Ditto 4 urkito A ccsh 6 pe ou r nt Cent. 1854 .. 88 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . .Ditto Account 6Bl Ditto, R,lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account -k. 'ti , o £lOO Bonds.. Ditto 1863 Dittov Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ell3 zuela 3 per Cent. 'ditto Account. Piato 6 per Cent., 186 2 itt,o Account..., D itto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond .n. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. I ) ° lgian 41 per Cont., Ex. 25f _ 4 ;44 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil D 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account .. COnfiols THREE O'CLOCK. IVoney a.) It to A ccount „ „ 901 x d biELARE MARKETS—This day. Share ) 110.1 ways. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. ,Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cor and Blonion Corn :c o I D , A (A !( - •ts no div till fp e.p an.has t been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc•! IDan.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh, & Glasgow. Giasg. and S. Western. Greatliastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st 'GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do IGt. S. and W. of Ireland ,Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock I.:111=8111re & Yorkshire 'London and iilackwall Lon., Bright.,& - S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover ,Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. ,Maryport and Carlisle. Do } 5hare5........ , !.letropoli tan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby : Mid. Gt. W. of Irelan6 Do. 6 shares ,Mid Ker t ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee I Nth. Eastern—Berwick, I Do, G.N.E. purchas€ l Do Lecds 1 Do York Do Carlisle 1 'North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook, 1 Do Scot. Mid. stock l' Shrews. and Welch/3°o, s Shropshire Union South Devon ll (South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun P staines,Wok.,anclWok. a Stockton & Darlingtoi a Do 1 Do New, 180 G __ _ 1 13.14. 8 81 8 9 83 c 5 119 120 1.9.16.1 rail' Vale: Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 8; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ear.Szit West Midland —Oxiora Do Newport Do Hereford 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 104 106 17 47 6i 7.j 129 131 138 140 128 132 90 92 641 64f 111} 1118 65 t 7 10: 104 40 4i 1101 11 074 984 531 34i 146 132 i /321 103 1( 5 1501 61 24} 'O4 101 101, 574 68, 89 90 127 LSO 14 2i p 76 78 10! )1% 121 123 39 40 54 65 83 85 901 Oli 'lO3 105 71 Si 86t 374 0¢ 10 L 8 84 165 170 5 7 3 4 98 ICO 101 103 10 10i 10i 10 LI 94 95 11 82 81 )0 2 )02 tp i )0 94 90 00 90 9: 11 it/ i 58 0 Li - - 11 3 6 00 82 154 00 102 103 00 101 /0 2 p all it,o ip 00 Lfs,(l 183 95 I)2i IC3I ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOrs, S. Paid. Clueing Business Price. done. 130 139 i 130 64} 111 U 66 Iv2i 1101 11 981 1 1141 1514 I 132 f 2 104 1011 1 911 i .04i MENT SECURITIES: BRITISH POS, h ttr. aa!lways ItiantiO et St LawremN a j dom.,Baroda,k.Centlur. 1 Ga. 0 per cent—. 0 Do. New ...... 0 Do. E. Shares... rzOi Buffalo and Laxelluron at 10 Do. l'releronce ...... al. I Buffalo,BranttGodricl, lU p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187: ./ Do. do. July 1, 107:-, 101 0 Do. do. June 1, 15;7 101 st k_;lcutta.:t S. Eastn. (Lin, 101 st Cape Town Dock Seri] 101 ,ock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 101 ock East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 10( 20 Do. do. (1 Ext..— If 20 Do. do. H do. .. If ock Grand Trunk of Canada 1.0( 00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. al' 00 Do. co. deferred.— al' 00 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. al 00 Do. do. deferred...... al. 00 Do. ad P. ef. stock ... al 00 Do. do. deferred.— al 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock... al 00 Do. do. deferred...... al ook Gt.lndlaPentu.gua.sp.o 101 20 Do. New guts. sp. 0. P Do. January, 1862 ock Gt. South.of nclia(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. , 110 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share al SO/ Do. New .. ....... It 00 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt al 00 Do. 51 p. a. do. '77-8 al 10 Indian Branch Limited oak Madras. guar., 5 p. o. lOl ock Do. if p. o Extension 101 ock Du. 4s do 101 20 Do. Fifth Extension. ock Melh.Cotp. gp. o. Bnds 101 50 Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. .al DO Do. 7p. c. slortg. 13ds al, 10 New Brunswick Candr Class A an d B al N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds ;oat Soinde 1 (1, ock Do. Delhi W Do. do c• • " st In. Punjaub Do. •• •• ,Do. ln(lus. , t. Flo.) COLONIAL DOVE Rig Cto,liov. p.C.JI StJ ul 1877-84 1 1 ). Do, np. c. leeb. A Aug. 10, Do. 6p. c.Mar. A Sept. 10i Ito. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10( Do. 6 inscribed stock 10( CapeG.llope, d p c,1873 10( Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 10( Do. Int 101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10, Ceylon, N0v.1878, ep ( 19( :Mauritius 6 per cent 10( Natal Guv. 6 per cont 111 N...13.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&Ju1,) 10( ! Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 101 ;N. S.W.Gov. 5p 1 .,188 10i Do. sp. c.,lBii to 1 , :'.71 10( Do. d0.,i888 A upwds 101 New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 ,N'ara Scotia Gov. 6 p. c steriinz, 1875 10( Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lot ,3. Atm G6p.c.1878.& up 10( Vic. Gov. 6p.c.Ja.&July 10( Do. io 6 p.o. An..trOat,. , 101 BRITISH M 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ulitlord Amalgamated - - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) 3( • East Clogau Gold Ltd - - East Caradon ...... 1.1 - East Carn Brea... 3.1 !E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.1 - 'Gam..2St.Aunyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus 1: A-. Wheal Vor(llelston' 4( ,Grenville —8.: i dingston Downs 4.1 !Lady Bertha I nargaret (Orly Lelant - I llarke Valley. 4. 4 , Slyndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 2, New Seton • North Downs - N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an, 3.1 'North Wheal Crotty , 2.6, Var Consols (St. Blazey 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.); 10. j South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Carn Brea (Mogan). • • - - I Fran. (Illogan, 18.1 - Stray Park 30.1 famarSilv.& Lead Min - ' fin Crott West. Basset (Mogan), tV Cs radon (Liskeard) West Seton ... •• . 47 Wheel Basset (Mogan) 51 Wheal Buller(ltedrutb)l 1( Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0 Wheal Ludcott , Wheal AlaryAnn(iilen ) 8 Wheal Teton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 1.. SSIONS. Closing Price. LO a :0 JO2 ion 7i id ti O 77 8 O 7.7 82 O 101 3 O V 8 100 o 105 107 o 104 .11 , 5 5 P U 2u 201 1 71 13 1 48 1 90 11• 25 11 23 , 0 103 2 103 105 10 102 :04 10 1).2 104 IC 89 81 )0 89 91 )0 106 108 )0 107 109 10 R 8 110 W 110 112 10 105 107 )0 106 108 10 106 108 )0 £Ol 103 10 - )0 99 10 10) ,C 3 105 tO9 111 07 103 :NES. 3 1 - - 3 -- 3t 33 1 NO 670 tO 67 70 4.(i 281 30 4.0 6 61 13. G 3i 4 St 7 9 ,78 21 3 10 33 [6. t 9i 12 88 18.0 3 3 ; 8 i_ 15 17 ,30 41 51 too 85 00 d ' 0 1 l ll k 2k 9 4k 4 0.7 41 43 Li 450 170 f 8.9 40 50 .7.6 23 30 0 I 78 19 jI 9_ 10 16 1 185 ill 90 0 I 30 .5.81 li I 1 215 ' - I 0 .17 14 Business done 102 i 104} 4 i 992 I 1071 S d ,cl9l 3n 4k 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. London and Brighton, 5 per cent. au& stock, No. 1, -- Ditto, 6 per cent. 134 South Eastern (tteaclinl• Anna., , Ditto, 11xtd 4i per cent., 99 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, 81 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidm), 12i San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 11i 11 Ditto (all), '4O FOREIGN MIRES. Cape Copper, lin, 12j } Cobre Copper, 35 BARKS. Aga and United Service (Urn.), 1401 Alliance ihm.i. 65/ 5 1 4k • Ditto, new, 55 1 Anglo Austrian, 71 1 Chartered itter. of India, London, and China, G 9 701 City, 126 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11k f Continental, lira., 171 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, In 15 Imperial Bank (lira.), 43 1 2 Ditto, new, 251 Imperial Ottoman, 211 d 2 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 6 4 London Bank of Scotland, lint., 22 1 11 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, Urn., 241 51 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 6 4 1 London and Colonial (lira.), 16 London and Comity, 64 London Joint Stock, 481 7 8 London and 11 estminster, 941 Merchant Bank, lim , 2,1 ; 21 Mercantile and Exchange, lira., Ditto new, issued at 2:pm., 141 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lint, 34j 3i Mexican, 11m., 61 7 New South Wales, 57 61 1 1 New Zealand Bank Corporation, Um., 141 1 Oriental Banx Corporation. (421 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 14/ 131 Union of London, 59 4 60 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lint., 81 City Offices, bin., 51 I Continental Union Gas, lim., G i l a a Credit Fonder, )3 12A K.o•yptian Corn. and Trading, Um. 51 a Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 101 Hudson's Bay, ) 9 r t Imperial Financial, Um., 9a a International Financial society, lim., 111 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 78 8 5 Land Securities, lint, London Financial Association, lim., 284 8 1 Ditto, new, 161 A Mercantile Credit Association, lint., 16 151 16 National Discount Company, Jim., 14 1 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim Ditto, ditto, 2,1 Oriental Gas (lint.), Ditto, new, 14 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lint., 274 Smith, Kniht, ant Co., lim., 5 Societe Financiers d'Egypte, lim., 5 1 TelegTat h. Construe. and Maintenance, bra., 45 Universal Marine, Insurance, lira,, 5 LAW INTELLIGENCE (This Day;. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) TN RE GEO. VAN HARE. This bankrupt was described as of Steff.rd-place, Pim lico, Tunbridge Wells, Crernorne Gardens, and the Theatre Royal Jersey, circus proprietor, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. The debts are stated at £7lO, and the bankrnpt attributes his difficulties to the receipts not being sufficient to meet the expenses, the illness of horses and their sale at a "total' lots. Mr. Lewis applied for an adj )urnment, as his client, who was al3o a circus proprietor, was not present, as he was travelling. The learned Registrar did not think that was a sufficient reason for delaying the choice. Mr. Lewis said that as he found on the proceedings an affidavit by Mr. Kent, tho bankrupt's solicitor, that the bankrupt could not furnish the accounts required, he (Mr. Lewis) would question tho bankrupt on that point, and also Mr. Kent. Mr, Kent said he should decline to answer any questions but would examine the bankrupt. This was done, and the bankrupt said that he had handed the books, &c., to Mr, W. B. Davies, a solicitor, of Chelsea. The Registrar said that the matter must be cleared up, and after some further discussion the case was adjourned till bin 7th June. TFTE SUN, LONDON, TUE(-IDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1864. Trial for Murder by Poison in France. The proceedings commenced on Saturday at the usual hour. After the witnesses for the prosecu tion had been heard, those for the defence were called. Dr. Hebert, head pbarmacian at the Clinique, deposed as follows :—" I intend to combat the re port of Drs. rardieu and Rousain, as .its conclusions are not justified by the facts. In the first place the report expresses astonishment at the wonderful preservation of the body after a lapse of 15 days. It is true that mineral poisons prevent decomposi tion, whereas vegetable poisons do not. But this is only a trifling inaccuracy ; and I will therefore pass on to examine the physiological experi ments with dogs, rabbits, and frogs. As to the dogs, the report states that the experiments de monstrated—lst, The gradual slackening of the circulation ; and 2d, the contraction of the ventricles. I maintain that these facts were sufficient to justify the conclusion that digitaline was not present. As to the second experiment, I assert that the experts were mistaken in attributing the death of the rabbit to digitaline. That sub• stance has little or no effect on rabbits and other herbivorous animals. As to the experiments made on dogs and rabbits with the substance extracted from the organs of the deceased, no effect was pro duced on the dog, but the rabbit died. I venture to affirm that digitaline did not cause its death; the putrid matter was most probably the cause. As to the frogs, I have no confidence in the results the expert s . Th e l earne d Stannius saysthat frogs are v ery little affected by digita line.s obtained by I h avtried it on several myself, and Ie could show them to the jury, all alive and well." A long discussion here ensued between Dr. Hebert and the experts, which did not seem to throw much light on the matter, for each of them and as they had appealed t o t h e aut h or i ty o f Pro firmly adhered to his previously expressed opinions, fessor Claude Bernard, of th e C o ll ege o f F rance , h e was called in and deposed to the following effect : "I have been occupied in researches on digitaline and other poisons which act on the heart. Digits line has a rapid action on the superior animals by arresting the circulation. It stops the contraetion of the heart, and death is the consequence. The cadaverous rigidity of the heart rapidly follows death when caused by digitaline." Dr. Tardieu, in reply to a question from the Pre sident, declared that Professor Bernard's opinion confirmed his statement that the relaxation of the heart is the characteristic effect of digitaline. Dr. Vulpian and Professors Bosley and Raynal, of the Veterinary School of Alfort, who have all made experiments on animals with digitaline, were next heard, arid expressed opinions coincident with those of the experts and Professor Claude Bernard IN RE DOD. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. Ellen Cunningham, servant to Mrs Stevens, proved that while passing the prisoner to go for a constable he gave her two violent blows in the face, blackening both her eyes. William Haley, of 30, Charlotte-place, said that while going along Duke-street, yesterday afternoon he heard cries for assistance, and on going to No. 22 he found the prisoner struggling with Mrs. Stevens and her servant, and trying to get away. Mrs. Stevens was bleeding from a wound on her face, and the servant fro.n one of her eyes. White, 93 E, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and Inspector Hubbard, of the E division, said the pri soner was a well-known thief, and had suffered penal ser vitude. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for three months for being found in a house for the purpose of committing a felony, two months for the assault on Mr. Stevens, and two months for the assault on the servant, each sentence to take effect at the expiratiin of the other, The prisoner on leaving the dock thanked the magistrate, STEALING CHAIRS IN HYDE -PARK.—George Boyd, a tall, miserable-looking man, was charged with stealing four chairs from Hyde-park the previous night, the chairs being the property of Mrs. Pearce, who holds the contract for the supply of chairs to visitors. A constable proved seeing the prisoner about 10 o'clock the previous night with four chairs on his shoulders, walk• ing off in the coolest manner with them. He then took the prisoner into oustody. Mr. Knox inquired whether the chairs were left loose in the park all night, and the constable said they were, being placed in heaps. Barns, the gaoler, said he believed the prisoner was at the Marylebone Police -court yesterday, on some charge ; but discharged. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for a week. THAMES. AN UNNATTRAL CONTEST.—John Attingham, a most dissipated looking ruffian, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting police constable Payne, No. 194 11. The constable stated that last Right he was called out of the Lemon-street Station-house, in Whitechapel, to sup press a disturbance in that street, and found the prisoner and his father stripped and fighting. Mr Paget--Fighting with his own father. Payne—Yes Sir. They were knocking each other about most unmanfully. I separated them, and the old man left the street and went home. The prisoner would not go, and became abusive and violent. I laid hold of him by the collar, and he struck at me and kicked me on the legs. He also endeavoured to kick me on another part of my body, and said " I'll rupture you, you I will." I narrowly escaped the kick intended for me. I succeeded in taking him to the station. He plunged, kicked, and struggled all the way, and tried to do me a serious mischief. He was very much intoxicated, The prisoner said he was very sorry for what be had done. He was beastly intoxicated last night, and did not know what he did. Mr. Paget—Beastly intox'eated ; what an admission for any man to make. I shall visit this case with great severity. What are you ? The prisoner—l am in the rag trade. It was holiday time yesterday. Mr. Paget—l cannot admit that as an excuse. In all cases of this description I shall sentence the offender to im prisonment and hard labour, and where a policeman is assaulted, by kicking, in the execution of his duty, I shall inflict the most severe sentence in my power. I sentence you to bo imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. 21 .&RKETS—This Day. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 14s per load, Trade slow. CumnnitLAND.--Mea.low hay, £3 Os to £4153 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 los Od; and straw, £l4a to £1 14s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAIL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover, £4 Os to £5 158 Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 l4s per load, Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.•—Business has been inactive, and the few dealings entend into have been at about previous rates. A small quantity is announced for public sale to-day. SUGAR.—A moderate amount of business has been en tered into, without, however, any material change as re gards prices. Good grocery qualities of West India con tinue in fair request. COFFEE.—There has been a steady inquiry for Colonial descriptions at fully late rates, the stocks on hand being somewhat smaller than at the same period of last year. RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done, chiefly for home consumption, at late prices. TALLOW.—The market has been rather more animated, although business has been on a rather limited scale for both present and future delivery. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 403 to 433 3d, and last three months, 43s 3d to 43s 6d per cwt. A TROPHY OF FORT SU•IITER.—The Index has the pleasure of chronicling a most delicate and deserved tribute paid by one of the most distinguished men in the South to the first Englishman who, in Parliament, proposed the recognition of Confederate Independence. Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P. for Galway, has just received from Charleston a fragment of the flagstaff which so long and gloriously held aloft the Southern flag over the bat tered ruins of Fort Sumter. This interesting trophy bears the following inscription:— "Head-quarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Charleston, S. C., February 10, 1864. "Piece of flagstaff of Fort Sumter, harbour of Charles ton, sent with my compliments to W. H. Gregory, M.P. for Galway. The flagstaff of that fort has already been shot down 40 times by the enemy's fire since the commence ment of the siege, July 10, 1863. " G. P. BEAUREGARD, General C. S. A." THE Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP MATILDA.—The Board of Trade inquiry as to ihe loss of this steamer has concluded, and the assessors came to the conclusion 'hat up to a certain paint the course pursued by the pilot was justified, but that he might have been more cautious, and not have depended upon a compass which he had been told was defective. There was nothing culpable proved against him, but he ought to have been more careful. With regard to the master they thought that, considering he had only been up the Channel once before, he was justified in delivering the charge of the vessel into the hands of the pilot, but ho ought to have pointed out to the pilot the want of dependence on the compasses. They did not consider that the Bristol pilots had any felonious intention on board the wreck, but they were merely trying to save the articles from the salvors. Tho master and the second mate had their certificates returned. Tho Matilda, it was reported, was intended for the Confederate service. The town and neighbourhood of Bayonne was visited two days since by a violent tempest, which raged for nearly thirty-six hours. An English brig which attempted to enter the port in the midst of tho storm was struck by several seas, which damaged her poop, and so injured the captain and two sailors that it was found necessary to take them to the hospital: This bankrupt was described as of the Eagle, Farring• don-road, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. Mr. T. Beard, Basinghall-street, appeared for the peti tioner. The debts are £1,507, but the assets are not stated. A WELL. KNOWN THIEF CHARGED WITH BEING FOUND IN A HOUSE AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULTING Two FEMALES —Frederick Williams, a thick. set young fellow, well known to the police, and who has only just re- , turned from penal servitude, was charged before Mr. Knox with being found in the house, No. 22, Duke-street, Port land-place, and also with assaulting Mrs. Ann Stevens, the landlady, and Ellen Cunningham, her servant. Mrs. Stevens said that on going into her bedroom, yes terday afternoon, she saw a shadow on the wall, and after wards found the prisoner in the room with his hand on one of her husband's coats. On asking the prisoner what he wanted he said he was looking for a painter. She told him she believed he was there for the purpose of com mitting a felony, and held him, and called her servant to go for a constable. The prisoner struggled to get away, and on the servant coming to her assistance the prisoner struck her Ohs. Stevena) a violent blow on the check, and then struck her servant in the eyes, blackening both of them in a very bad manner. as to the effects of digitaline. A number of witnesses were then examined whose evidence chiefly bore on the habits of the prisoner and his intimate relations with Mme. Pauw, to whom some of them represented him to have been very generous. The porters of the different houses where he hud lived stated that, previously to his marriage, Mme. Pauw visited him every day. Several domestics who had bon in the prisoner's service deposed that ho was a good master, and a number of his patients spoke highly o f hi s skill as a physici,n and o f hi s liberality in supplyi ng t h em with medicine gratis. The list of witnesses being exhausted, the Pres; dent adjourned the pleadings to Monday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 16—Furet and Napoleon, from Gravelines. Arrived, May 17—Conrad, from Colombo—Esstuco, from Ilelsingborg. Sailed, May 1 7—Danio, for Adelaide. EAL, Tuesday orning. Passed, May 16—AEorian, from London, for M Canaries Alfred the Great, from London, for Madras Passed, May 1 7—Wilton, from London, for Jamaica— Legal, of Bilboa, fr om H avannah, for London—Thomas Dryden, from Shanghae, fur London. Passed in Tow—Sylpl-, from Barbadoes, for London— Majestic, from Jamaica, fur London—Carlo, from Trieste, for London—Frank W., from Marseilles, for Lynn. .... , poko by the French bark Greenvilles, Capt. Lefette, from Callao for Dunki r k, A pr il 2d , t h e b ark Wensleydale, from Llanelly for Bombay, 46 days out, let. 4.5, long. 38— the same day, Yarratilda. Capt. Conway, for Panama, 39 days out, lat. 6'25, long. 38, WHAT A CAPITAL IDEA I .—Daring a residence at Nice, for the amendment of his health, the Rev. Wil liam Blood [horrible name] was shocked by the idolatries of the Romanists into a conscientious desire (says a writer in last Saturday's Athenceusn) to convert them to a purer faith. Not "having the Gospel to give them, the ques tion," says Mr. Bleed, " arose in my mind, ' What can I best do ?' " "The response immediately came, `Get' The Amazon' translated : it contains the Gospel ; its title will excite their curiosity [and no wonder] and get for it a read ing [otherwise unprocurable] ; the narrative will interest them, and gain their attention, solemnise their minds, and prepare them for the reception of the glad tidings of redeem ing love which it makes known.' " The Amazon' is a tract by Mr. Blood (the writer in the Athenceung goes on to inform us), and the fact makes his cool commendation of its interest and efficacy, as preferable to that of any other work which could have been selected siemfficant, to say the least of it. " Prenez anon ours !" is ' not ' a phrase of which we ought to be reminded when topics so grave as those of this volume are in hand. It was by aid of The Amazon' (a tale of th e well-known sea disaster) that the great oppression of Italy was to be made to melt away, The reverend author goon w rought himself to the point of con sidering all friends who were less sanguine than himself as little better than trait ors and recreants. N o t b eing ti ver y well able t.o afford', the expense of print ing that translation when it was executed, he applied for pecuniary to "an intimate friend, a very rich Christi an, " and on the latter de clining to entertain the ap p lic ation, Mr Blood has placarded his refusal as " a specimen of self-deception Two other " who ref use d in a s i m il ar fashion "to stand and deliver, "rich and great Protestant s, ,, are also introduced with notes of displeasure. There is something too much of this confident no clergy of a Church who are the tthan on th e m i sc hi e f d one bythe Romanist friar. W hich of us does not know by heart the slit ca rd gaping for a gu i nea, with the envelope o begging mendicancy abuse more amongogtie eloquent ready directed. and the fluent appeal far alms for some local clerical object which comes up to town from total strangers and did mueddehreds in places as far distant as Merionethshire or Wensleydale or the Fens? THE LATE FIRE . IN RAYTI.--We have already Which broke oat at r a r te ib le le tt.er fi ., :. a se m a ag to e. a T ge h n e tl f e o m llo a w n in in g ip m s a e tra n iks l e i n o a n n fdr e o d dma t April 22:—." A dreadful conflagration has taken place, and more than halt the town has been burnt down. Gonaives, in Hayti, The . fire began thus :—A man who aa ed from Gonaives, had a cotton store was smoking, W h en by some accident the cotton caught fire,instead of cryi ng and , out for help to dto ex tinguish the flames, he Put them out hi mse lf . trie The consequence was that they communicated to an apothecary's shop, and, as there was a very strong wind, several houses, which were all made of wood, were soon reduced to ashes. Not one house is l e f t near tho market d place, where all the business is one --so you can fancy the immense; loss that everbody has undergone. The houses destroyed have not yet been counted, but I think they must be something like 200, which for a s mall town lik e Gonaives is immense. There was n ot a single Pump ready. nor did anybody make an effort to put out the fi re. The prison was b urn t d own , but all the prisoners first got out, and I need not tell you to what amount they pillaged, To people who are such thieves, the opportunity was too good to be lost. They all of them had got arms by seine means, and were ready to assassinate any who attempted to told that th e P resident are prevent them fr o m s t ea li ng . has sent 100,000 gourds (about 4d. each) for t he distress e d inhabitants, a n d a su b scr i p ti on is being raised at Port -au. Prince in their behalf. At the theatre of Port-au-Prince a benefit is to be given for the sufferers. The loss is sup posed to be about 30,000,000 gourde, or £eoo,ooo. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE HALFPENNY JOURNAL, —An endeavour hqs been made to induce the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to becomo one of the staff of a daily journal —to ascend to th e t em pting and elevated p os i tion of leader- writer for a halfpenny paper The proprietor of a little fly-sheet, called a newspaper, published some here in London, had the cool effrontery to enclose the l ight hon. gentleman a chequ e f or a h un dred guineas, with a letter, stating that the service required for it was the pr o d uction of a leadi ng art i c l e for the columns o f the little rag and with a liberality which cannot be too highly commended, he infornitd the Chancellor that in accordance with the custom prevailing in his editorial department, Mr. Glad stone, like the other contributors, should be allowed consi derable scope in the statement of his opinions. The Chan cellor was to be at liberty, also, to devote the cheque to charity, should he so think fit. Mr. Celadstone's secretary returned the money in a note, stating that while the right hon. gentleman appreciated the object of the proprietor, his public duties would not permit of his accepting the engage ment. Next day monster capitals in the halfpenny sheet announced an " impel tent special correspondence between the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and this journal." This was what the individual wanted. It was the trick of a small Barnum. —London Correspondent of the Licerpool A TALE OF A LAY FIGURE, On Thursday night an alarm was raised that a murder had been perpetrated in a house in a respectable locality in Belfast, and that the corpse of the victim had just been dis covered. The body of the unfortunate man who had been so unfairly dealt with was found concealed in a box under the bed in a room which was used by a young re a a—a lodger in the house—as a sleeping apartment. As soon as the affair became public through this person, several policemen were brought to the scene of the supposed tragedy, for the purpose of inquiring into the matter, and ascertaining, if possible, and bringing to justice, the cruel assassin. Great consternation was created in the neighbourhood. Anxious were the inquiries to find out thenanae, address, appearance, occupation, &c., of the murdered man ; but, as thes3 flag had not transpired up to the hour of our going to press, we can only publish the following brief yet dreadful talc:— The young man alluded to had for a short time lodged in the house in question, and in the room, concealed under his bed, he observed a queer, coffin-shaped, rough-looking deal box. Often did be look wistfully at the strange piece of furniture, for he could not get rid of a hankering suspicion that therein all was not well. On Thursday night, therefore, his curiosity, coupled with the aforenamed suspicion, impelled our lodger to thaw the box gently and quietly from underneath the bed. He stopped. Conscience whispered to him that it was none of his business what was in the box, but, on further debate within himself, the young man made up his mind to open the lid, His heart throbbed: The lid he opened, but not a moment did he look at the contents—for, horror of horrors I —there lay stretched at full length before him—a corpse There could be no mistake about it—he was certain a foul and bloody murder had been committed and here was the unhappy victim I The silent language of the fact made its own eloquent revelation, Vain would be the attempt to describe the horror depicted on the counte.• nance of the second floor lodger. To have lain with and upon a corpse was dreadful—in fact it was too much to bear. Now, the 3 oung man was determined to ferret out the mystery connected with the shocking spectacle he had seen in the deal box. Under such trying circumstances every one must give him credit for acting with so much coolness he appears to have done. It wculd have been bad policy, our cunning lodger knew, to have created an alarm in the house. He did not want the landlady to have the remotest suspicion of his discovery, for that must have been ruinous to his plans. The young man, shortly after witness ing the melancholy sight, put on his hat, and strolled about the street, but when out of sight of his landlady's house, he made his way with hurried steps and a sense of palpitation at the heart in search of a policeman to whom he might re late his tragic story. Police were found, and, attended by the heroic young man, they proceeded to the apartment in which probably the unfortunate corpse had made its last struggle. The box was produced in presence of the authori ties, and then with great solemnity the lid was raised— when, surely enough, an object worth notice presented itself. There lay the body, cold as ice, and though dumb it bore an expressive countenance. A titter from the police, followed by a loud laugh—induced the hero of the tale to take another look at the figure in the coffin. Affrighted or ashamed of the figure he himself cut, the lodger bounded down the stairs, and was out of the neighbourhood in half a minute, or about the same time it takes the fire brigade to turn out. The secret of the young man's terror is easily explained. The landlady of the house is the widow of an artist, who in the pursuit of professional business, required certain lay figures, and one of these models was placed in the position in which it was found by the lodger. The rest will i.e readily conceived. The poor fellow who has been the victim of a common failing—curiosity—has not been seen or heard of since " that dreadful night." The sedans part of the business, however, is this : Unless a ga r' satisfaction be giv e n by th e y o ung m an f or the ane-,yac`ce he created, we und e rstand th e L aw C our t s will called on 11,2re/seen IR- - to take cognisance of the matter.—Beyo A morning paper gives a summary of the main facts of a remarkable case which is being heard in the Scotch Court of Session. The plaintiff is Mr Gordon M'Leod, and the de fendant Mr llans G. Leslie, of Denlugas, and the object of the action is to establish the terms of a document which has been lost. The plaintiff was married in 1854 to a sister of the defendant, greatly against the wishes of old Mr Leslie, In May, 1856, Mr Leslie was seized with the illness of which he died, and then for the first time since the marriage sent for his daughter, Mrs M'Leod, to attend him on his death bed. In April of the same year Mr Leslie made a settlement by whizh he provided for Mrs M'Leod the life interest of £5,000, the principal sum to go to the children of the mar riage. This fact was communicated by the factor of Mr. Leslie to Mr M'Leod when he arrived at Denlugas, after his father-in-law's death. Before the lid of the coffin was finally screwed down, a mysterious incident occurred which waa the beginning of a train of circumstances which led to the present action. Tho factor states that he was ordered by Mr Leslie to place a certain packet near his heart when he died. The factor told Mr M'Leod that it merely contained a pair of slippers which a lady had worked for the old gentleman, while another story was that it enclosed a lady's portrait. After the death of Mr Leslie his estates were taken up by the defendant ;n the action, Mr Hans George Leslie, the only son, who at the pried of his father's death was captain in the 7th Bengal Native Infantry. Mrs M'Leod died s.bont the year 1860, leaving three children, for whose interests Mr M'Leod, as their administrator, prosecuted the action. Shortly after his marriage, and before his father-in-law's death, Mr M'Leod states that he had been told by the late Mr Shepherd, a writer to the signet, in Edinburgh, that there was a contract of marriage between the late Mr Leslie and his wife, under which Mrs M'Leod had certain rights as one of the children of the marriage. Mr M•Leod could find no trace of such a document, but about three years after his wife's death he received from a gentleman who had been a clerk with the late Mr Jas. Souter, W.S. (brother to the Denlugas factor), information of a much more definite kind. It appears, from the mass of evidence already taken on commission, that two contracts had been made, about 1828, between the late Mr Leslie and his wife. Miss Ramsay, of Barra; the one antenuptial, in view of the marriage, and the other postnuptial, in imple ment of the agreement made before marriage. By these contracts the late Mr Leslie provided an annuity to his wife of £5OO in the event of her survival, and also a sum of £l,OOO payable to herself and her heirs, The lands of Den lugas were conveyed in security of these provisions, He also bound himself to provide £16,000 for the younger children of the marriage in the eveatof there being an heir male, or £20,000 if no heir male was born of the marriage. Mrs Leslie d:ed many years ago, Mrs M'Leod being the only younger child of the marriage who survived her and Mrs Leslie, while the defendant is the heir male born of thelmarriage. These contracts have in some mysterious manner disappeared, and it is to prove their contents that the present action has been brought. They were in exist ence in 1854, when Mr M'Leod was married to Miss Leslie, old MrLeslie having sent them to James Souter, W.S,, of Edin burgh, by the hands of his factor, to obtain the opinion of counsel upon their effect. The greatest :secrecy was observed in this transaction. Lord Kinloch, one of the judges of the Court of Session, formerly Mr. Penney, of the Scotch bar, and Mr, George Moir, ad rocate, have given evidence that they gave an opinion at the time stated on such a case. Five persons alone were acquainted with the existence of the contracts, Mr Sheppard, W.S. who had been agent for the Barra family, and who first gave Mr M'Leod a hint of their existence, being dead. The five were, old Mr Leslie himself; Mr Souter, the factor; Mr Souter's clerk (who copied the papers, but who has, as yet, not been discovered—the factor declaring he cannot now tell which of his clerks it was) ; Mr James Souter, W.S. ; and his clerk, who laid the papers before counsel. Mr. James Souter and Mr. Leslie having died, and the clerk who made the copies in the factor's office not being known, the parties who knew of the contracts were reduced to Mr. Souter, the factor, and the clerk of the late Mr. Souter. Mr. Reid, who was the sole clerk of Mr. J, Souter, states in his evi dence that ho made copies from the principal documents, blank so , far as regarded the names of the parties and of the estate, and that the copies were so made out by order of Mr. James Soutar, that it should not be known nor traced that those had reference to the marriage contract of Mr. and Mrs, Leslie, whose daughter was interested in them, and was married, or about to be married, to Mr. M'Leod. The plaintiff found that infeoffwent or seisin had been taken upon the marriage contracts by search in the Register House in Edinburgh, where such documents are preserved. In this instrument the two contracts are nar rated and the attesting clauses given at length. The name of the solicitor who prepared the contracts of 1828 was thus discovered, and although he had long been dead, his busi ness books were traced, it is said, to the waste room of a paper mill, and the whole charges for preparing the con tracts found carefully stated, including the price of the stamps and the chargo for "extending" or copying out upon the stamped paper. Moreover, in an old tin box, the draft of the postnuptial contract was found, in the hand writing of the solicitor who had been the agent both for the Barra family, of which Mrs, Leslie was a member, and for Mr. Leslie himself, Bat the contracts themselves have not been dit.covered. The question accordingly recurs :—What did the packet contain which was buried with Mr. Leslie? The factor declares he does not sus pect that the parcel contained the contracts, because he had received instructions in relation to it in 1851. The case is still going on, and the Court may find that the existence and terms of the contracts are suffi ciently proved, in which case it wilt be unnecessary to invade the tomb with the view of discovering what the sealed packet really held. If the Court should decide in favour of the plaintiff, his childron will be entitled to the sum of £16,000 provided for the 3ounger children of the marriage in the ontracfs of 1828, as coming in place of their mother, Mrs. M`Leod, and to the half of £-1,000 as joint heirs w ish the d efendant to old Mrs Le s li e ; t h e t wo sums amounting, with intere s t since 1856, to con s id e r a bly more than £ 20 , 000 ; and in ad dition they will be entitled to the sum of £5,000 which cld Mr Leslie provided for them in his trust settlement, evi dently intending that to be in p lace o f , and not in addi t i on to, the provisions in their gra ndmot her' s carri age contract. 1 . , ~H istoire de la Litterature Anglaise" r s esented to the French Academy to compete the committee unanimously recog nised that distinction . The Academy, how ' n h i a s N ett l‘ i i ; i g ts T be c il e l l a n il i e m p rejected the conclusions of the com eiovrerihien its last , s l: t r t i i z n e g , , com mittee, and decided that the priz3 should not be awarded this year. It is said that the philosophical opinions of the author were the cause of this decision, Jones, Loy'?, and Co.'s Bank, There is Much of the romance of history in the origin of some of the great private banking houses still existing in our days --though all more or less threatened with destruc tion by the giant of joint-stock enterprise. The origin, among others, of the house of Jones, Loyd, and Co. was very curious. Mr. Lewis Loyd, the founder of the house, father of the present Lord Overstone, began his career as a Welsh dissenting minister in a small chapel at Manchester, the congregation of which included a Mr. Jones, a sort of half banker half-manufacturer. In addition to Mr. Jones there was a Miss .I<anes who attended the sermons of the Rev. Mr. Loyd, and, as often happens, the meiden found the orations so eloquent that she fell in love with the preacher. The affection was responded to by the mini. ster, and the two, fearing the . purse-proud mer chant would never consent to the messaliance; were pri vately married. Of course, when the affair became known to Mr. Jones, sen., as it could not fail to do, he was exceed ingly angry, but, seeing that things went on pretty com fortably with his daughter, he became reconciled in the cud to his revel end son-in-law : but, though fond of attending sermons, he did not think preaching a good busi flea, and after a while proposed that Mr. Loyd should give up the Welsh Dissenting chapel and enter his count ing -house as a partner, under the firm of Jones, Loyd, and co. Mr. Loyd consented ; and, to extend the business, it was subsequently agreed that he should go to London, and establish a bank under the name of the Manchester firm; so that Jones, Loyd, and Co., of Manchester, might draw bills upon Jones, Loyd, and Co., of London, or, as it was facetiously called at the time, " pig upon bacon." It soon turned out that Mr. Lewes Loyd was eminently fitted to be a banker, for his clearness of head, untiring industry, and perfect honesty proved the foundation of success for the new establishment. After a very long and honourable career Mr. Loyd retired from business, being succeeded as head of the London firm by his son, Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, who was subsequently created Lord Overstone. Thus, the falling in love of a young Manchester girl with a Welsh dissenting minister was the cause of the establishment of an important bank, besides leading to the creation of a peer of the realm.—Railway News, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE.. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. May 19. Marseilles May 13, Brazil and C a p e Verds, by via British packet. June 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. May 27. via Marseilles M ay 21 , Portugal., June 5. lalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 19, Newfoundl an d via Marseilles May 21. Oporto and Vi go ..May 25. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 19. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneride .. June 10. Bahamas, via New York June 2 Mexico .... May 30 All parts of W est I ndies, including Chili, Peru, I may 14 California. and B r i t i sh Columbia EARTHQUAKE AMONG THE GOLDFIELDS.—The Brztish Colunzhian says :—" We have received the following from a rural correspondent :—' The shock of an earthquake was felt on Thorne's Creek, three miles east of Fort Langley, Fraser River, on Sunday, February 28, at half-past 7in the evening, It was accompanied by a hoarse, thundering rumble, and lasted for about 30 seconds. The sky was at the time clear and brilliant, and the atmosphere calm and mild. So frightful was the commotion of the quick and awful rockings as to make it a moment of great suspense as to whether the beholder would be buried with the log shanty, which cracked, rolled, and tottered around him, in a conglomerated mass of hetreogeneous ruins. Its course was across the Creek from nor th to south. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting a paper was received from M. Valz, the astronomer of Marseilles, on the deviation of the tails of the 4th and sth comets of 1863, from the planes of their orbits. From calculations founded upon the results of observation, he shows that the tail of the 4th deviated from the plane of its orbit by an angle of 1 deg 29 min; while that of the sth presented a deviation of 33 min. Hence the only four comets for which data exist sufficient to determine this circumstance, have their tails outside the planes of their orbits; from which it may be presumed, until observa tion shall have proved the contrary, that this is the case with ail comets.—M. Guerin Meneville produced some liv ing specimens of two different species of Chinese silkworms feeding on the leaves of the oak tree. One of these species, the Bombyx Pernii, is reared in various cold and moun tainous provincA in China, that of Kooy-Cheoo espe cially, which exports upwards of 40,000 bales of silk from this insect per annum. The other species, the Dom byx Yama-mai, is reared in Japan, where the expo! ta lion of its eggs is prohibi'ed on pain of death, cause tho silk derived from it is a Government monopoly. These specimens were peculiarly interesting, from the ch.- cumstances that they had been hatched long before the oak had put forth its leaves, so that M. Meneville had been obliged to feed them with the leaves of the Photinia alabra, a Chinese shrub, which puts forth leaves from the beginning of March. This experiment had succeeded perfectly.—MM. Douche de Vitray and Destnartis sent in a paper on the possibility of transmitting the odium Tuckeri from plants to man. They have observed that, since 1852, the first year in which that parasite appeared, the number of cases of croup and diphtheria of every kind, which they considered to be produced by a variety of the oidium albicans, a parasite ackaowledged to cause the thrush, has increased considerably. This singular coincidence is, in their opinion, owing to a sort of relation ship existing between the two parasites. They foresee the objection that might he made, viz., that the two cryptoga mous plants are not of the same species; to which they reply that they are of the same genus, and that the oidium Tuckeri may be susceptible of proteism. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RADCLIFFE RNC E The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 Sovs, for all agss ; win ners extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr T. Cliff's Ross, 5 yrs, Sst Sib .......... (IL Taylor) 1 Mr T. T. Drake's Worthless, 3 yrs, Gat 101 b mlinson Mr Martinson's Lisette, 4 y rs , 7st Gib .. (To ...... (Carroll) 2 ) Mr 1 - Int's Mantalini, 3 yrs, 6st 4 Mr Wood's Captain Knight, aged, S s t 101 b (Lame a s) 5 Mr A. Scott's Fidelity, 4 yrs, 7st 61b f,J. H. Harrison) 6 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Lisette and Werthless, 4to 1 each agst Ross and Captain Knight. Won by half a length; a length between second and third ; a bad feurth. A Handicap Plate of 5 sous each, with 30 added. Abou one mile and a quarter. . - Mr Lincoln's Rifle, 3 yrs, Get 715 (Kenyon) w.o The Wilton Cup (Handicap) of £lOO, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft; second to save his stake; winners extra. About one mile and a half. Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (inc, 101 b ex.) (car. 7st 111 b) Mr Ambery's L a dy d e T ra ff or d , 3 yrs, sst 91b (J. Ghaw 2 Lord Wilt on ' s L a d y Evelyn, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Jam rims ieson) ) 3 Mr G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, Gst 31b (Carroll) 4 Betting-13 to Bon East Lancashire, 3to I agst Lady de Trafford, 5 to 1 agst Siva, 8 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn filly. Won by three-quarters of a length; a bad third. The Heaton Park Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; winners extra. One mile. Mr Ambery's Lady de Trafford, 3 yrs, 7st lib (J. Gritnshaw) 1 Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b.. (J. Snowden) 2 Mr T. Cliff's Rifle, 5 yrs, Bst 10Ib .......... (Kenyon) 3 Betting—Even on Lady de Trafford; 7 to 4 agst Jack's Alive, 3 to 1 agst Rifle. Won by a length; five lengths between the second and ;bird. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKEs,--Accident and Greenland were struck out of the Samersetshire Stakes this (Monday) after noon at Tattersall's. THE CHANTILLY RACES.—SUNDAY, May 15. THE OAKS. The Prix de Diane, of 10,000 f, for 3-yr-old fillies. Entry, 400 f ; forfeit, 250 f, or 200 f only if declared.' The second to receive I,ooof. 'Weight, 1081bs. Distance about 2,100 metres, Thirty subs. Count de Lagrange's Fille de l'Air M. Sehickler's Poudriere (T. Watkins) 2 M. Lund's Fanta s i a The foilowing also ran :—Mile, de Ilosay, Civility, Gueule de Loup, Somo Sierra, and Perle. Betting-7 to 4on Fille de l'Air, sto 1 agst Poudriere, 6 to 1 agst Perle, and 8 to 1 agst Gueule de Loup. Mlle. de ItAay and Somo Sierra, who had been started to make the running for their stable companions, went away at a dashing pace, with Gueule de Loup and the favourite following, Fantasia coming last of all. No change took place until after passing the stables, when the two leading horses, who had been running a long distance in advance, fell back, and Fille de l'Aic and Poudriere who had passed Sorupule and had been running fourth, placed themselves in the van. From this moment the race was re duced to a match between those two. They ran alongside of each other as far as the distance post, when Fille de l'Air went away and won in a canter by half a dczsn lengths. The same interval separated Poudriere and Fantasia; Civility was fou'eth, Set upule fifth, Perle next, while Mlle. de ltosay ar.a Some Sierra tailed off and did not pass the post. A Scotch Romance, -0- SECOND EDITION. bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, BATH RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELT:GRATH.) TRIAL STAKES. Suburban .. Black Rock Nebuchadnezzar 2 3 Five ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 6to 1 agst General Peel (taken) 11 to 2 agst Cambascan (taken) 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) Bto 1 agst Birchbroom (take 9to 1) 15 to I agst Paris (taken) 30 to 1 agat Historian (taken) 6000 to GO agst Idler (taken) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING.INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BATH RACES.—Tars DAY. BY ELECTRii, TELEGRAPH. COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. Raglan Vabalatina 2 Pelios Nine ran. THIRTEENTH BIENNIAL STAKES. - Jazabel _____. 1 Tennyson Fifteen ran. KELSTON STAKES. Usher Bonny Glen Gazelle 3 Eight ran. BATH HANDICAP. Oberon 1 Liston 2 Comet 12m BIENNIAL STARES. Oceola 1 Ile Count and IZAEte Walton ran a dead heat for second place. Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 6to 1 ngst Cambuscan (taken) 7to 1 agst Birolbroom (taken) 7 to 1 apt Scottish Chief (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Hollyfox (taken) 1000 to 80 agst Coastguard (taken) RADCLIFFE RACES—Trus DAY. RADCLIFFE PLATE. Worthless Nemo Mantalini 3 GREY DE WILTON STAKES. Laly of Coverdale W.O. STEWARDS' CUP. Lady de Trafford Fontenoy Nemo 3 LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 4. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Alex ander Graham Dunlop, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, to be her Majesty's Consul at Cadiz. MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Philipp Goldschtuidt as Vice-Consul at Manchester for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. MAY 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Theophiio Chrestien as Consul at Rangoon for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 f 12 1 Antwerp — Brussels — 25 721 25 771 • 25 721 25 771 llamburgh — 13 9 13 10 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine - 1201 1201 Vienna Triesto Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Milan rn — 25 BO 25 85 821 25 90 Genoa ,— 25 82k 26 871 Naples - 25 90 Palermo — 25 90 26 95 Messina — 25 90 26 95 Lisbon — 511 51a Oporto...- . — 511 51a Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars . 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 7 o'CLocx. BANKRUPTS, The following and the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the lu azette : Ann Beercliffe, innkeeper, Harrogate William Lloyd, innkeeper, Anglesea Abraham Solomons, cattle dealer, Bushey Henry Cole, boot maker, Standish, Gloucester George Folkard, grocer, Norwich James E. Weeks, coach builder, Devonport Charles Blyghton, carcass butcher, Westminster George Farr, tinman, Houton Octavius N. Spong, Greenwich Evern W. Evans, builder, Clapham-road Alfred Rutland, clerk, Islington George Green, waste dealer, Oldham Thomas Lanning, baker, Southsea RljPT v A ict Amos Boon, commercial traveller, Sheffield N all ij er L , L L E oter Lancing', William Dowell, BANK licensed ( N u Sussex SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Dickson Ferrie, S.S.C., Leith. Wm. Munro, Mill Wright, Newton, near Elgin Wm. Muir and Son, grein millers, Paisley. James Crichton, draper, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire William Watt, farmer, New Monkland, Lanarkshire George Moore, farmer, Coldstream. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens very quiet. Sales, probably 4,000 bales. ' HEATH OF SCOTLAND.—The Registrar- Ge n e r a l for Scotland has issued his usual monthly re s t a u tablish. the eight principal towns. It shows that since the never were ment of the Register-office, nine years ago, there April as in that so many marriages or so many births in any_ f .. 1860) so many of 1864, and only once (in the cold April ofhave ratherell b a ee fa n s ab ove fast rate . one death in deaths. Births, marriages, and death (epidemic and con sat the average; life seems to be going on continue to suff Greenock, Aberdeen, and Glasgow populations The 4 month .. was characterised 7.1, which is 2 . 8 above the e ty y p er h y us fo ; ur an w d a t s h c r a o u u s g e h d ou b t y th th e e to a wn 0 above, though the amount of bytag aiouhsig)hcmlasesanotfemdipseeraastew:sra.e; temperature was nearly uniform over the average; and the teniP below the average. I was s oughout the month, irca,ohiunenbarometric(varying fromh u m ii pressure.d2ittyowas inches)high I and in general free from any sudden fluctuations. East; winds were below their usual frequency in April. THE CASE OF THE SA XON.—There is a naval court m artial in sessi 9n at the Philadelphia Navy yard for the trial of A ciing-master Charles Dananhower, of the United States navy, upon a charge of murder on the hi g h seas, in sh oot i ng James Gray, mate of the British bark Saxon, in October last, off the coast of Africa. The charges are preferred by Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the information of Lord Lyons, British Minister. The case was submitted to a court of inquiry, after the return of the Vanderbilt, on which the accused was serving, .and he was fully exonerated from blame, and justified for the act, and the finding of the court, it was understood, was approved by the Secretary of the Navy. His Lordship, the British Minister, not being satisfied with the result of the proceeding 4, has induced the Government to convene a court•martial for the trial of Mr. Dananhower, and the case is, as we have said, in process of trial,—.Yeto York. _Herald, Tho Correctional Tribunal of Montpellier tried on Saturday eighteen persoas charged with attacking the houses and assaulting the persons of the wit nesses who gave evidence in favour of M. Armand in the recent trial at Aix. Two of them were acquitted, and the others were condemned to terms of imprisonment ranging from six months to a fortni•ght. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. No. per ounce for :standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 1-loth per Cent. dearer in Paris than Louden.