The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-06 00:00:00

®N _____ MA SHARE IiIARKETS.—This day. EYRKET! olmiNAlty,llAltE, AND sTou6s . AND COM MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I ,hare j R I ailways. paid ) Closing Busin e ess I ice. don. I 4. . I CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 13.14. Mr., Wol., and Str. VaLl all 8 81 ~.c, : There is stil rather an active demand for dis- lilythe and Tyne. - - to fiest.,SleaL,anuAlid.Ce an 7 8 count accommodation in the general money market st l t ; d ! a riisetoollitin a nd Exeter 1 Lel() 114 B3 t 8 , 115 114 where 2i per cent. is the average charge for first- 50 I . or, all , l kan.oli all - - class bills, and the inquiries at the Bank of Eog- 20 Cornwall a l l 65 el 10 Do A A nets no di( all - land have also slight') increased. 10 Do. B ti 11 Sp c.p an.hro. ail A withdrawal of 1 00 , 060 sovereigns from the 50 j D u bli n &eenbai to . Bell p ast d Juno ß . all 40 42 Bank of England was Effected yeaerday, and their 21 , Dun., Perth,&Ab. Junc. all 13 14 Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 92 93 92 destination is Constantinople, probably on accoun at Glasg, and S. Western. 100 1 4 109 53 i i ! . / i t t t t E o as A te s nslrd. stk 1 .0 7 5, 1 7 ; 9 of . of the Turkish Loan recently negociated in this et country. at i Ditt o E astAnglian st 100 241 256 at GreatNorthof Scotland 10 0 -st Great Northern... - , The Magdalena has arrived from th e B raz il s • 100 1215 1261 125 at ' Do A stock llOO 1284 1294 128 75 $ with £6,856; the Hibernia with £1,400; and the at Do 13 do llOO 134 136 City of Baltimore from New York with £96,367. st W. of Ireland) 100 102 104 100 671 (75 674 a at ,Great Western The preliminary prospectus has appeared of the a ' T Do Str vat gua. stock 100 I , B ~.; 1 , 61 i Imperial Royal Privileged Union Bank of Austria st tioanaosnh"al & Yorkshireaec a il too requiring a capital of 12,000,000. It appears that st ilann... IclirilitPtei:ds.ogvaeBrt 100 118 42 74: ;/ 9 10 It i 104 a concession has been granted by the Viennese at a lon. & s, North Western sern L og 1 r 4 5 9,g 104 a 45 Government to his Excellency Baron Thierry, for at ;Man . ., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 445 451 441 the establishment of this new monetary institution, 50 illaryport and Carlisle. all -:: _ 121 I Do 5 shares . all and that pending the publication of the full pro- 10 In Midlan etrop d olitan all 115 125 11; 12 at ! 100 128 t 285 1275 5 spectus, a subscription list has been opened by the 4 .4.0 I Do New Do Birming. & Derby 1 00 96 98 brokers, Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill. at I 50 I 111 d. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - ..---- 25 Do. 6 shares - i Mid - 25 Kent - - Two O'CLOCK. to Do Cray Line - - l At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's s at 'North British t lEdin., Perth, & Dundee 300 244 251 telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1005 101 1005 1 1 69f. 82c. 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 -- d d st Do Leeds lOO 575 675 The English Stock Market closed yesterday s al ,Do York i Do Carlisle.. ..... - - 100 115 117 1151 afternoon with rather a flatter appearance, sales in at (North London 10 I Do New ...., . 5 1 1 p realisation of profits having caused a decline of i 9.16.4 North Staffordshire per cent, There has been no variation to-day, Con- at lU 17. a t n ti cl i g. C N e V n . tr J a irotion istt4. 118115 120 soie still being 931 i for money and to-morrow, and ats 'scot o c . , ..1,.../ .. ‘h d er s . t r e tck 100 45 I, lg 93! i for the June account. Business is rather 10 kh u rew 6 s. a t nd mi we'ichpool all - - quiet, owing to extensive dealings in the foreign :1 ILh u ro t gsi ar y e o u n nion departments. The New Threes and Reduced An • at 'South Eastern unities have receded -I, per cent., viz., to 92/ 92 ; ata P. l ' l. o h rl % E V a a n le 4:l ' River Dun Pk ° i rg 1 7 4 69 85 Exchequer Bills are less, at 4s. to 7s. prem.; 20 ,taines,Wok.,andWok. all 7 8 r v Bank Stock is better at 233 41; Indian 2 0 5 , iS ton & Darlin g t on a l l 3;8 descriptions are generally well maintained, the st Tl , ff o'sl ze w, 1866 875 1 75 p . 100 153 166 Stock being quoted 230; the 5 per Cent. Loan 1091- 10 Do B 8 561 10 Do C 3 31 35 p 110 ; the 5 per Cent. Eefaced Paper, 107-1 0 ; the 50 Ulster - 4 per Cent. Debentures, 100,1- 1; and the Bands, r_ Do 2O - p lu Do 54 - 21s. st , Vale of Ne a th - There is continued animation in the Foreign at IVictoria sta. and Pi m l OO 154 156 at !VVaterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Stock Market, and the variations in values have st i West Cornwall lOO 28 30 been numerous, Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are :I t Wee Vira ° n ° cl 11 43x r. ini 11: 0 ) ( 0 1 45 46 701 *; do., 1862, 71* i ; do., Consolides, 541 I; q Hereford 100 96 100 st Do Do Newport 100 18 41 Spanish Passive, Greek, 32k 4; do., Coupons, 151 ; I: a lian, 7l I 72k; BRITISH PossKssti/Ns. Portuguese, 494 *; a n d E gyptian, 99. The C •n- ciosin. federate Loan is *1 prem.; and Mexican Stock, 37 1 'ha' tti,l I wave Pa el. Price. Busi ness d on . 4 ' 100 , ' antic Az -z4' Lawren , , , il . - The operations i n th e Railway Share Market has , t) . i :orn.,Baroda&Cent In, 4 08 109 1084 g been less active, and a slight decline has taken 20 Do New I Gu. 5 per cont.. . place in price. C a l e d on i ans, G reat W esterns, Lan- 20 Do. E. Shares.. 5 ; lit P ./.0 4 flutialo soil Lake 1 - tuna) a! 43 51 45 cashire and Yorkshires, and Midlands have declined lo Do. Preference ~., .. all 7 8 5 5.; and Great Northerns and South- Easterns 10s. too 1 6 .1 p" " o a t ' ° 'b ß d r en t iet & g G r Ilc- I, ('-' - London and Brightens, and South-Easterns have toe Do: du. July 1. 187: , toe .. 100 4 0. le. Ju 1, 1- 10) - _ improved ss. st . 1 - uttudz , .l..astri. 1. 100 1 1 .8 1(9 In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there st s o t ck Zg.°l==: V ;',Zi il O5 have been no material variation in prices. 4teek i..aat ind.an.iim. , sp. t. iiii 1(4 5 ;to 110 91 20 D Joint Stock B an k an d Mi sce ll aneous s h ares re I '‘ g: do. i ll i' ci c o t ''. ... 5 1 k, main inactive at about previous qu o t a ti ons . s ock Grand Trunk of Catia.(l>: 1, 195 0 19} 100 4,. Ist l'r . Bonds ) 62 (5 100 Do. uo. defer— all 15 60 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES, 100 u e . 2d Pr ef. Bonet, all 53 66 Bank Stock 233 45 100 Dc. do d fer ed...... all 42 46 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... all 15 40 3 per C en t, R e d uce d A nnu iti es Do. do. d 100 1emd...... all 30 13 a per C en t. C onso l s A nnu iti es New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock 230 32 stook Gt.lnchaPentin.gua.fip.c 100 1091 1105 110} 10 Ditto 5 per Cent 20 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 p er C en t - Do. January, 1862 .. 4 11 11p Ditto 5 per C e nt 5 5 Ditto Debentu r e s , 4 p er Cl., O c t „ 1863 10.1 5 20 guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 te 8 t Gt. W. ol Canada Shares all 11 111 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 f 20 Do. New . .. 18 st 81 , Ditto Bonds £l,OOO - 100 Do. 6 P.C. '73 with'( opt. all 99 101 Ditto under £I,OOO Consols for Account, May 7 India Stock for Account, 5 p er C en t lO9/ stock M a d ras guar., 5 p.0. .. 100 10 108 stock Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 pe r C en t 47 pm stock Do. 45 p. o. Extensio n 100 100 102 Dc. 44 d 0........ 100 97 99 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES . 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - Brazilian 5 per Cent stock sielb.Corp. ap. o. Buds. 100 - - Ditto, 1839 and 1869 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 175 117 Do. 7 p.c. Slortg. Bd s . a l l - - 100 10 New Br unswick et Cands Egyptian 7 pet Cent.. 99 Class Aan i B ... all 3 1 'Ditto. Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.rns - stock Sei n d e .......... Do. Delhi Ditto A ecount .. 325 15535 2 5 st I ..,J mi:4 107 los 1075 'Ditto Coupons l5l 5 15 1 Do. do 20 Do. Punjaub :::: ' Ne ll ; 1 2 5 1 6 5 1? st Do. Do. ....... Vg , , 100 107 103 ? Daiian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 78 75 Mexican 3 per Cent - ______ ii,DN 1 A I, ilea Do. Indus. St. Flo.) tlO , 102 104 1071 1 Ditto Account.. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada - • . t , .uov.op.e.Ja &Jul , Ditto 2 per Cent .... 331 - 1877-84 Ditto Deferred 95 5 Do. ep. c. Feb.& Aut. 100 103 116 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 103 1(15 Ditto 1862 - Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 96 97 961 1 7 - Do, 6 Inscribed stocl 100 94 96 Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 5l 5 Pull - i ape G. Hope, 6 p 0.187; 100 110 112 Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £St 951 - Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 100 111 113 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 5Bl _ Do. 189. 100 ill 113 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 - D o . J an . & July, 1891.. 100 114 116 - Ceylon, No v .lsa l , ap , 100 - - Ba-iinian 5 per Cent. - - Man itius , per cent .. 100 112 114 Ditto Account .. 881 i - Na a G„v. 6 per cent.. 1)0 118 110 1091 Spanish 3 per Cent - - lAA- 1, 60v. 0 p.c..ta.&J tu : JOL. 105 107 1064 8 Ditto Account - i L.o. 6p. c.Ap. &0c 10i - - - N. B.IV. Gov. 1' p .., is 10 1 102 1026 Ditto P,aalvo - , Do. Ip• c.,1e., to i . 100 102 1024 103 25 35 )punish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 111 15 5 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, 10i 102 163 1031 f Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - - New Zealand 6p •ent. )00 ;12 lie Ditto Account ... . - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. / . Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .. - ster:lng, 1875 ie. 118 107 l htto Account - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 2 114 Ditto, £lOO Bonds - :-..Aus liv.c. it,70.& up. 10 ' l 2 114 - VGov. 6 p.0...1a..t.1ui to , 110 112 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - Do. •c• li, A ern An.&ol , i 100 1101 1115 Mt 11 Ditto Account - -- ------- --- - - ~ltl'll'Al ‘ll. E,;-_ , . Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... . Dividends on the above payable in London. ! nom,. Amalgamated.. - 20 22 - , Devon G. (Anis. Jay Ist. 1 510 20 Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 655 - I , eat Ilitsmett ( Moira n.. 'lO 104 108 112 13 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs - 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. is. id p Ditto Account - i.a.st caraoon ..... ..... : (i. ,9 41 10 395 THREE O'CLOCK. - , ~, :tat earn Brea.... - Consols, ty ' I ittlbSiti (TAVISt h 8 . 1.6 34 4 Money - ,G4.m.&Bl..AutvlnGwen.; 'l7. 11 13 Ditto Account 931 5 - iGreat South Tulgus.... 17; 5 55 113,. Wheal Vor(ll e l aton 40 64 7 - (Grenville ,.16 • 55 61 --- - - - - Herod's-Foot ......, .. .. 1 47 ip The Railway Bridge across Ludgate-hill. _ , img - ston Downs 4 7.0 21 3 ~ .io 32 - 'Lady Bertha .0. 1 - , 14rgaret (Guy Lelant REASONS WILY ALL PERSONS—CITIZENS OR NOT CITI , C larke Valley. 2ENS-WHO TARE A PRIDE IN OUR METROPOLIS. ARE - - 4 N !gl i d Ironji enl9 Ore (Lim. 2A.; 120 130 - 1 4 d DETERMINED TO OPPOSE THE RAILWAY BRIDGE NOrtil Downs 2 ACROSS LUDGATE-HILL ..... 15 n't liaseo 0110 0 ! 1 5 121 7 • 41 4 Because it is wholly unnecessa r y w hil e a t unnel can be , "girth Wheal Cr o tty . 2.4. 0 45 6 made. - , 'ar Consols (st. Blaze, 15 46 5 Because this unneuissary project will destroy 130 houses, - Routh Caradon(St.Cleer, $0 'rovidence(U n y L e i n i, 10.,,.; I t 4 and wantonly turn 700 poor people o u t o f their 11 ,, tnes. - is. C ant B rea ( Illogan) 14 35 41 Because it will stop up nearly four acres of public road- - ' - :.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 14.1 .9 ' 85 90 Way, and destroy every thoroughfare running east and west - Stray Park between Earl-street, Thackfririrs, and Snow-hill, except 5 1%-imarSilv.& Lead Min 4/ ; ; Ludgate -hill. . to 1 fin Crort 9 201 211 West Basset (Illoga n ) l4 12 13 .......by slow to r t ure . t Set Because it w ill d es t roy L u d ga t e -hill i n a more ' cruel way - i - , V Catadon (Liskeard 5 29 31 Became - i Wes on 476 50 260 it will a dd t o t h e crow di ng and complications of -1, to Basset (Mogan , 05 ( 5 70 a traffic which al rea d y often numbers 7,000 vehicl es in the I,', heal Buller ( Redruth, 4 5u 55 course of a n h our. : 1 .1 heal li itty(lLLelant 2.0.6 - - . Because the noise of trains constantly running over this - IVhealLud ott .. 2.10.8 55 55 choked-up stream of vehicles at a height flB fee ' f rom the _ ground, must alarm the horses, and- 'Wheal Seton 1 which are already too numerous'. increase the accidents, - I vtieai Tretawney (Lis.) 7 Hi 175 - *V heal Al arYAnn (Men.) 5 8 81 260 155 '27 1 0 64 2'5 Because such bridge's are'a'ways gloomy, Unsightly tanks - ;Wheal Union 3.17 ,45 5 oonbtantly dripping on to the heads of the passers under- heath. PREFERENCE SHARES. Because any railway bridge will shoriy destro the Regent. street Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 911 y of `Vent and Brighton, 4 per cent. stock, 91 1 business character of Ludgate-hill-th e Midland gua. Shares 55 per cent, 1863. 21; the City. . Because hundreds cf traders will suffer, who will have no claims for domrensation. Because this particular bridge will shut out the lower view of St. ratiro, and so far undo all that the Cor poration has been trying to do for years at an enormous cost. Because the old Lud• Gate, which stood across the hilt, was removed as an obstruction, at the request of the inhabitants of London, in 1760, and we are not willing to go back in taste and public spirit more than 100 years. - Because London is quite ugly enough already. Because the old company, having aband ned this part of their project to a new company, and being confessedly un able to carry it out without now powers from Parliament, the whole subject is now brought again before the Legisla ture, as fully as if no bid had ever been passed. PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 911 London and Brighton, 4 per cent. stock, 91 West Midland gua. Shares 5i per cent. 1863, 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 1041 EXTRAORDINARY ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD. O n the 10th of April a young woman, named Martha Batten, was apprehended at Newbury on a charge of vagrancy. She was sentenced to 2 , days' imprisonment, She was brought to the Reading Gaol on the 13th of April. From the moment of her conviction she expressed her determination not to eat anything whilst she was pri • son. On her arrival at headii. g Gaol she had been for three days without food. Day after day passed, and her de termination continued still unchanged. The officers of the ROI, everyone acquainted with the circumstances, were astorib hed that a person could continue so long w tbout ali ment. On 27th Drehen _. on Apr.l,nearly 18 days front the time of her ap prewon m this woman hat not taken, to use a common ex ' , "bit nor drop" o f • gaol an d th, _ anything. The physician to the to pumue this nfelt that the woman could no' be allowed some broth ameourse any longer, atd they ordered that It was n o t till she found should b e f ree d d own lit'. throat. were bein g found that u nm i s t a k a bl e p r eparations and partookmad , fu r d o i ng this that she at last succumbed The strangest paar smal l quantity of b ro th an d gruel. by appe h e a r redlon Very Ha continu the affair i s th a t th e woma n affected in her bodily health 0 the Secre g fast. tar of d le aff representation was made y State, and tquiries were instituted as to the mental condition of the prisoner, and she was ulti mately removed to Littlem g : o r l e , unatic Asylum, During her imprisonment in the Marthathe Batten was visite by several medical gentlemen in a, t t o r, w ni n sii , eadndatththeey fast ex pressed themselves to be perfectly that a person could for so long a time abstain with apl arenily so little ill effect resulting f from fool, reomwomit'anWdide are informed that on a previous occasion the very much the same thing, Two years ago sti e w prisoned in Reading gaol, and she then went for seventeen da • Y 8 wahout food,—.l3frkilarc Ghronfcle, LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Hoihead, 5 per cent.,;llsl Lancaster and Carl,l3,e, 20,i Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 954 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 94i Preston and Wyre, A halt shares, 22} Wilts and Somerset, 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 1 Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 20Z I Great Luxembourg, 141 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 201 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 Recity and San Francisco (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 Sambre and Meuse, 101 San Paulo Jim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10 9} Don Pedrr, Nor h Del Rey, 1 FOREIGN MINES. St. d j a h a l I m d el u t n a Scottish Austra" n United (I'm), 551 Alliance Bank Ot a S .,l . l l.. : us a trtlia 31- Mexican ( 1i p,, . ), 7! JOINT-STOCK TANKS. Anglo °align° London and Liverpool (lim.), 31; 2 Australasia, 718%(11m.)' 84 - a o l t an n d ri ( t l i i e m, h, Bank of Egypt 30 ' Bank of London, Bank of Wales, 3 119 20 I mtish orth American, 5 1- " City, Bank rt e o r f e d New lia n Z k ' C I 04 1 0 ) 031 1 11 1/1 4 biN 94 English and Irish (lim.), 5 Eng , lsh, Soo ch, and Australian Ch Imperial Bank ;Hot.), 154 artered, 22i 1 Imp. rial Ottoman, 24 3 25 I London and Brazilian lim . i , 43/ London, B. Ayres. and R. I'late (lirn.), 252 London and County, 431 London and South African, 285 71', London and Westminster, 771 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 38 Ditto, new, 245 Oriental Bank Corporation, 541 Standard of British South Africa (Ilmi), 9 Union of Australia, 635 Union of Ireland (lim.), 14 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 204 f Berlin Water Works, 84 Canada Land, 90 Crystal Pairce, 34) Electric Telegraph, 102 E glish and Australian Copper, 14 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. iB7O issued 90, 29 Joint stock Discount, 4 3i London Gem ral Omnibus Company (lim.), 14 National Discount Company (lim.), Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 5/ B 6 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 77} 7 Royal Mail Steam, 62 S. African Irrigation Investment (RM.), 25 Van Dleaton's 161 THE SUN,t7LONDON,., WEDNESDAY jEVENING,7 I :7MAY Wr.'.,1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lo d Chief Justice and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) THE BALIKLA.VA. CHARGE-LORD CARDIGAN V. MANOR CALTHORPE. Mr. Sergeant Shee this morning said he was instructed on the part of Major-General Calthorpe, in the case in which his learned f lend (Mr. Bovill) had obtained a rule for a criminal information, to ask their lordships that the rule might be enlarged until next term. Mr, Bovill said, on the part of the Earl of Cardigan, he had no objection to the rule being enlarged until the next term. Rule enlarged accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAYAN V. THE COUNTESS OP WALDEGRAVE. This case, in which a rule had been obtained to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for plaintiff, came before the Court again this morning, but it was di rected to stand over until next term. COURT OF DIVORCE. HARDING V. HARDING AND LANCE. This was a petition by the husband praying for a dissolu tion of the marriage. The defence was that he had deserted his wife without sufficient reason. The Court granted a decree nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE IN THE HAYMARHET.—Henry Jones and Charles Jones, two fashionably dressed young men, the former of whom gave the address Alfred-terrace, St. John's wood, the other refusing his address, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly in the Hay market, and assaulting sergeant Howe, 21, Layland 55 C, and Hawkins 29 C. Sergeant Howe said that at a quarter to four that morn• ing he saw the two prisoners in the Haymarket, along with two Life Guardsmen and two females. They were pushing people about, causing a great disturbance, and on request ing them to go away they refused. Upon taking the pri soner Henry into custody he struck him and they fell to gether. He, however, got assistance, and they were then taken to the station, but not till they had assaulted two other constables. Hawkins, 29 C, proved going to the assistance of the ser geant, there being a crowd of 200 persons assembled. On the sergeant taking Henry into custody, Charles came up and interfered, and on his telling him not to do so he in stantly knocked him Gown, and attempted to kick him, and in the tall his (witness's) wrist was hurt. Leyland, 05 C, proved the prisoner's disorderly conduct, and said that he was thrown to the ground with violence by them twice, his back being much skinned. -The prisoners pleaded intoxication in their defence. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined them 40s or a month each. ROBBERY OF GOLD BY A WORKMAN - -Edward Shoo stwth, a workwa in the empby cf Mr. Thomas Davison, goldsmith, of No. 2, Poland-street, Oxford-street, was charged with stealing some gold, the property of his em ployer. The prisoner was seen by another workman in Mr. Davi son's employ, named Manby, who had been spoken to by one of the apprentices, on two or three occasions to eut off pieces of gold and melt them. Manby communicated what he had seen to his employer, and a piece of gold was found in the prisoner's work-box, each workman having a tin box to place Lis work in. Mr. Davison said that in consequence of what he was informed by the witness Manby he went to the prisoner's box, and there found a globule of gold, and on asking thn prisoner wby he had melted it, he said he waM in the habit of doing so and leaving it in his box. He told the prisoner he should send for a constable, and the prisoner then said that he was very sorry for what he had done, that he had only done it on a few occasions, and that he had taken very little. Peach, 172 C, said prisoner admitted having taken gold on other occasions, but not the piece in question. The prisoner having pleaded guilty, and the prosecutor stating that he did not with to press the case with severity, Mr. Tyrwhitt said such robberies as that the prisoner was charged with could not be dealt lightly with, as they tended to destroy all confidence between masters and their work men, and suspioicn was thrown on all persons in the employ. The prisoner was committed for three months with hard Labour. THAMES. To BE OR Nor To BE.—John Thompson, a wild•look ing fellow, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with violently assaulting Mr. Joel Levy, cutter-out to Mr. Green, a wholesale tailor and outfitter in Hounsditch. The complainant said he was pissing along the Mile-end road on his way home, in company with a friend, when the prisoner came in front of him, put himself in a strange attitude, and exclaimed, " To be or not to be," at the same time striking him a violent blow on the left eye. Mr. Woolrych—And blackened it as I now see P Mr. Levy—Yes, sir; he gave me a black eye, and it is very painful. I called a police constable, and gave him into custody. The prisoner acid it was true he was tipsy last night, true he did not know what he was about, and true that he was locked up—(a laugh)—the very head and front of his offending had that extent—no more. Mr. Woolrych said the head and front of the prisoner's offending went to a much larger extent than he supposed. It appeared the prisoner was labouring under a dramatic hal lucination, addressed the complainant in the words of Hamlet, and then struck him a violent blow on the eye. He would allow the prisoner to retire with the complainant and make him some compensai ion. The parties left the court and soon returned. It was announced that the prisoner would pay nothing to the man h. had wronged, and exclaimed, " Base is the slave who Pays." Mr. Woolrych fined the prisoner 15s, and in default sen enced h in to be imprisoned for eight days. The prisoner —So ends my catechism. A DESEISThR 7ROM THE POLICE FORCE.—George Floyd. a tail young man, was brought before Mr. Woolr) ch, charged with unlawfully absconding from the H division of the metropolitan force. Mr. Joseph Dendy, inspector of the H division, said that the prisoner had been a police-constable twelve months, and his character was very good indeed. On Wednesday last the prisoner, who was a single man, absconded from the station-house in Leman -street, and without giving any notice whatever of his intentions. Another man was sub stituted for the prisoner on Thursday. In answer to questions by Mr. Woarych, the inspector said that Mr. White, the superintendent of the division, gave the Frisoner no permission to leave the police force. The prisoner did not take away his uniform or any of his accoutrements. A month's notice was required by the Act of Parliament before any police-constable could resign. Mr. Ralph Field Thomas, inspector of the Thames division, said he apprehended the prisoner on a warrant yesterday afternoon in the East India Dock. He said to him, " Is not your name Robert Floyd P" to which he re viled, "No, it is George Floyd." He looked at the warrant and found that was so. The prisoner was walking about the north quay of the dock, and said he was very sorry in deed, and that he left the police force in a bit of a tiff. The prisoner, who was dressed in the garb of a sailor, said he had a brother in the force. He had a few words with his brother on Wednesday, and when be left him he packed up a few things belonging to him and walked away, with the intention of joining a ship and going to sea. Mr. Woolrych—lt is a pity to give way to violence. You have spoiled all your prospects in life, and done y ourself a good deal of injury. You have borne a very good charac ter, and under those circumstances I fine you 7s. 6d. only. The money was paid. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) May 6. One-half above Friday. Sales, more than 10,000 bales. Imports, 679 ; previously, 11,307. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. kuslralia ard Mauritius, via Southampton ..May 19 via Marseilles . May 14. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May —. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 29. tlina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Msy 19. Falkland Isl an d s via Marseilles ...May 14 ... ... .. May iibraltar, via Southampton May 11 .ndia (Calcutta), an d C ey l on, via Southampton.. May 19—. via Marseilles.... May 14 'ridia (Bombay), via Southampton May 11 via Marseitlea May 5. Portugal.... May —, ‘iaita, I.l:gypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 11. via Marseilles May 5 Newfoundland ..May 13 Oporto and Vigo (I. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet ....May 13. by U.S. packet.,., by Canaay 8. W.C. of Af r i ca, M a d e i ra, and Teneritldian packet M e May 10. Bahamas, via New York All parts of W est I ndies, including Chili, Peru, May ..9. Ca lifornia, and Briti s h C o l um bi a.. }May 14. I iMessrs. Blackwood and Sons publish the pro spectus of a People's Edition of Sir Archibald Alison's con tinuation of his History of Europe from the battle of Waterloo to the accession of Louis Napoleon. Gen, Garibaldi, a letter from Caprera states, is to return to the Continent about the middle of May to com pl his cure at some of the watering places. Full:lbenefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 38 4d. and 4 s . " High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 41 Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every it in packets. town supply THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP COMMONS---This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 12. PETITIONS. ... Several petitions were presented against the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbath; Mr. LOCKE, South wark, against the amalgamation of the city with the metro politan police ; Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN against the Prison Ministers Bill ; Mr. BAILEY, from Manchester against the Poor Removal Bill. CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Mr. NEWDEGATE said, in moving the second read • ing of this bill, that it would be found to be in accordance with the desires of the occupiers of land and houses, and with the desires of all men of moderate opinions, whether connected with the Church or Dissenters. Some change of the law, which would provide for the fabrics, and the ordinary Church expenses, was now required. He deprecated any desire to disturb the relations that subsisted between the Church and the constitution. Parliament, he was satisfied, had no desire to interfere with those parochial organisations. The Times had styled his proposition—which might be characterised as a compromise between those of moderate and extreme opinions upon the matter—as "Mr.Newdegate's specific." It would, he thought, have been better for the leading journal to have striven to advocate unanimity in this matter in the place of foment ing discord. He quoted the opinion of the late Sir Robert Peel in favour of commuting church rates by a small even charge upon the owners of land and other property, as pro posed by this bill. The bill would materially relieve Dis• senters, and would thus get rid of what Sir James Graham said occurred under the present system, namely, "ticketing Dissenters." The late Mr. Whittle Harvey was, too, strongly of opinion that church rates should be solely charged upon land. Sir W. Page Wood held that by the common and statute law these rates had always been charge able on the land. Lord John Russell contended that the imposition of church rates on Dissenters was not an act of injustice, because the land on which they were charged had been bought by them subject to the imposition. He pre ferred proceeding by a bill in the place of a resolution, be cause for three sessions he had adopted the latter course, and the result had not been such as to satisfy him. Sir Robert Peel was in favour of making a distinction in the imposition of church rates between large towns and rural districts. In many of the large towns church rates were practically abolished; but he proposed to enable quarter sessions to null the exemption, and to impose the rate proposed by the bill, provided two-thirds of the rate payers were in favour of the adoption of such a course. He placed the charge at 2d. in the pound, that having been the average rate of church rates levied during the last 25 years in England and Wales. The bill was based upon the suggestions of well experienced people, eminent lawyers and others, who, like him, had for the last seven years turned their attention to the subject. Moreover it was based upon the express opinions, as he had said, of Sir Robert reel. If the bill was permitted to go into commit tee he was prepared to introduce clauses to define the way the pro luce of this new rate should be appropriated. He purposed adopting the suggestions of Arcbdeacen Hal , that the money collected should be directed to maintaining the fabrics, to the proper arrangement of the graveyards, ayr, lawye rs , an d laymen. should be He and to the decent conduct of the service. Ihe board which he proposed should guide th e i mposition of the tax should did be n ot fairlyoonsicomposedder that a cleo of preponderance given to landowners, because many of them were not mem bers of the Church. belt he would allow them to constitute a fair proportion. It was, indeed, a matter of regret that Sir Robert Peel had not carried out i n off i ce those measures e of th e h ouse to withdraw office, and th a t hi s con d uct their support from him. (Hear, h ear.) Sir H. STRACEY seconded the mot i on. iwnhoieffihcehehandadledintdhiocsaet e o d n t o h u a t t o s f i d Sir C. DOUGLAS said he should support the bill if all the clauses were struck out save the 39th, which provided that church rates should cease on a certain day in the pre sent year. As he greatly objected to the bill he proposed that it be read a second tim, this day six months, unless the hon. gentleman consented to its being referred to a select commit , ee. Such a bill would not he palatable to the country, and could never work well. A settlement of the church rate question was much to be desired, but this bill would not effect a palatable compromise. Lord HENLEY seconded the amendment. The Dis senters would not accept a bill like this ; only one emanating from themselves would receive their support. The bill would afford no relief to Dissenters, and in some cases would positively throw a heavier charge than at pre sent upon them. As the rates would be made permanent, the power of opposing the tax, as now, in the vestries would be entirely removed from the owners of land. The proposed machinery in connection with Queen Anne's Commissioners was intricate, cumbersome, andicostly. Besides, the prin. ciple of centralisation would be most objectionable to the parishes. No provision was made for the defrayal of ex penses to which the 2d. in the pound was unequal as at present. Sir H. STRACEY supported the bill. Owners of land could capitalise the rates to which they were liable by a single payment, and so rid their land for ever from the impost. Those on his side of the house earnestly desired to act in this matter with a Chi istian feeling, and in the hope of for ever settling the ill feeling that prevailed with respect to church rates. _ Mr. HARDY considered that the bill would not lead to an amicable settlement of the matter. Sir G. GREY was sure every one in the house gave the hon. member for Warwickshire (Mr. Newdegate) full credit for being actuated by an ardent desire to bring the matter to a settlement. But he was afraid this bill would not lead to a satisfactory settlement of the question of church rates. That portion of it which provided that land owners could commute all future charges by a single pay ment was a very excellent feature. The transference of the responsibility of the tax from the occupier to the owner would not be so easy of adoption as the hon. gentleman ap peared to suppose, and, besides, he was afraid the ma machinery, by which this bill was proposed to be carried out, would be far too cumbersome to be effectual. He ad vised the hon. gentleman not to persevere with the bill. The paucity of members to-day, compared with last Wednesday, testified that a general impression prevailed that the bill would not be pressed. (Hear, hear.) H e trusted the Dissenters, finding that the bill of the hon. baronet, the member for Tavisteck (Sir J. Trelaway), for the total repeal of Church Testes could not tie carried, that they would come to some understanding with those who were opposed to them, in order to arrive at a friendly set tlement of the question short of the total abolition of tnese rates. (Hear, hear.) The Government would give every encouragement to such a measure. Sir S. NOR f HCO t E appealed to his hon. friend to withdraw his bill, as .here was no probabiltiy of its being carried in the present session Mr. R. MILLS contended that church rates were fairly and legally chargeable upon persons and oocupiers, and not upon land. There was no ecclesiastical law which could be oth-,rwise interpreted. Only under statute law was the tax liable upon property. He opposed the bill because it would leg.lise an injualce. Mr. SUOURFIELD likewise urged the hon. member to withdraw the bill. Mr. NE WDEGA LE replied. A settlement of this question had been demanded for 29 or 30 yewrs, and he was anxious to obtain the decision of the house on the prin.. ciples it contained. He was willing. however, to refer the bill to a select committee. The house then divided, when there appeared-- For the second reading 56 Against it 94 • Majority against the second reading —3B The bill was consequently lost. CHURCH RATES REDEMPTION BILL. Mr. ALCOCK moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which, he said, was to enable:owners of land and others to redeem church rates in the same way as the law ig h h e t e h n av s e en b t e w e,. with i enathbilsedon u e , now provided for the re d empt i on o f the land t ax. Mr. EVANS second e d t h e mo t io n. Mr. NE ‘l, measure,DEGATE opposed the bill, esnaydimngentthaott had e his own measure, just rejected to a select committe e , th ey m approximate, by the c on j unc ti o n and two to a satisfactory and u se ful measure. dr. DODSON supported the bill in order to have the matter settled. Sir G. GREY said it was important to afford facilities for the commutation of church rates, but the bill would require great amendment before it could be made effectual. He thought it would place too much power in the ecclesi astical courts, but he had no objection to the second reading. Mr. D. GRIFFITHS opposed the measure, considering that it would prove ineffectual for the purpose. Mr. BRISTOW support i e n dth s e e b co il n l, d. a .r n : d .d s .in ai .g. d .. .... 72 Against easily amended in committee. The house divided, when there appeared-- The r l a e s osiretietoynadgraei ang ... t the 81 Majority consequently lost. roposed after th® word "may," SECURITY FROM VIOLENCE BILL, The house went into committtm on this bill. On clause 1, " provided any previous conviction tot felony be found against him , ' to M in n tro l L E c A e He objected to unneces sarily introducing the brutalising infliction of corpora nishmen COCKE p t into their criminal code, because of a tempo s t term. (Hear, hear.) It corporal punishment was to be looked upiin as effectual, defended the olauce, considering the night poaching ? (Laughter.) He objected, at any rate, to its infliction for the first rary why a h l o a t rm infl or ict pa it n f ic or ab ra o p u e t : r aro ~ offence. infl M ic r tio A n D o D f E c ß or L po E r Y al punishment for the first conviction only commensurate with the offence. Mr. CLAY said the optexcional state of things which l e bud. The best way was had led to the proposition :this bill was now over, and advised the withdrawal of the bill. flogging because it was effec t, hear.) Atter some discussion, joilt which Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Puller, Mr. Bcntinck, C 1. North, Lord H Fans, took part, the house divided, when there appeared— Against For the amendment ............... 37 t t o u aN n ii i r p .a n c : d i l m nA e ßb i °B n di i t Y h e ......... : ................ 191 Majority against .......... —154 Mr. MI TFOlt i) proi seal to e leave out . " publicly or," so that the punishment ini,,,ht b inflicted in public by the prison officers and in the presence of the prisoners. nsetrtoiknesise intendedlt `would be inflicted, The amendment was not pressed, and the clause was adopted. Mr. ADDERLEY said, in reply to Sir G. Grey, that but not more • • wou be optional the nu with the judg eto state mber of lashes to be inflicted. 150 was th The instruments would be those at present provided in the prisons. Mr. KNIGHTLEY proposed to add, after "offender" the words "the instrument of punishment shall be that which is used in the navy! , A spirited discussion then ensued with respect to the " u r x a i n n 1 5 u 0 m a o o f proper . ent" to be used ;. but in the end the amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. DENT moved (5 o'clock) th at the Chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The hiiuse divided on this motion, there appeared— For reporting progress 32 Against ............. , 159 Majority against reporting progress .. ...27 On the question that the clause, as amended, be agreed to, Mr. COX said he was de sirous of taki ng t h e sense of the house on the broad question o f flogging, believing that many members then in the house were inimical to it. (Hear, hear.) The house then divided, when there were— For the clause 144 Against it Majority —ll3 The remaining clauses, with some amendments, were then agreed to, and the chairman reported progrees. MARRIAGES REGISTRATION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. ADMIRALTY COURT (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. The house adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, CHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MEMBERS' PLATE. The Lawyer Eidolon Stockman a Eight ran. £7O HANDICAP PLATE. Queen of Trumps Garibaldi Zara CHESTER CUP. Asteroid Haddington Gardener 3 Caller Ou 4 BIENNIAL STAKES. Queen of Clubs Cargo Jerry EATON STAKES. Flash in the Pan w o SWEEPSTAKES OF 6 SO VS. Persuasion Pretty Girl f Mainstay 3 Four ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Lawyer beat Brilliant. LATEST BE I TING. THE DERBY. 9to 2 agat Lord Clifden (offered) 6to 1 agst Macaroai (taken) 100 to 8 agst Saccharometer (taken) 13 to 1 agat Gillie (taken) 100 to 6 agat National Guard (taken) 100 to 6 agat Ranger (taken) 20 to 1 agat Tom Fool (taken) 100 to 1 agst Fantastic (taken freely) SCRATCHINGS. CHESTER CIIP.—The Knave anti Buckstone, at 11 p.m. yesterday. Avalanche, Catch-'em-Alive, Victor, Bernice, Dalesman, Liston, Port Royal, Emily de Lona, Double I, Gillie, Glance c, Dualla, I.p.dy Superior, Contralto, King of Italy. Serf, Chaff, Venison, Voluptas, and Canzonette. £7O HANDICAP PLATE.—Miss Livingstone, Creole, Sybil, and Strawberry Hill. DEE STAYES.—Avondale, at 3 15 p.m. yesterday. All Mr Whittaker's horses, out of their Chester engage ments, at 3 15 p.m. yesterday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER MEETING, TUESDAY. Owing to a drizzling rain having set in, there was a greal _ . deficiency in the usual amount of bustle and excitement generally to be found here at the race time. There was by no means a large assemblage of people on the course to cri- ticise the appearance and style of going of the different anima a taking their morning's exercise, but the few who were there unanimously agreed that Stradella, the favou rite for the Cup, was looking all that could be wished, Caller Ou, who galloped twice, went in most brilliant style, and was so much fancied that 65 to 10 was taken about her. Very little betting took place in the Subscription Rooms at midnight, as very few members were present. The favou rite remained firm, and Caller On, Asteroid, and Haddiog ton were supported for some good money. For the Derby Ghillie [west inquired after, but met with very little re sponse-1,000 to 10 agst Filibuster was laid twice, and afterwards 1,000 to 28 was taken. Towards mid-day the rain cleat:ed off, adding much to the enjoyment of the duy's sport, which commenced with tin Grosvenor Stakes, fixed for 2 15, thereby dragging out the afternoon's racing o 6 o'clock, much to the excitement of a great num , ..er of those present. Surely it would have been better to have cone. menced business at 1 30. The racing was of such a per fectly wretched character that it really requires no comment at our hands. The ground was frightfully hard, which no doubt accounts to a great extent for the smallness of fields. Subjoined will be found full particulars of the run ning. Grosvenor Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added ; for 3-yr. . - olds and upwards; weight for age; winners extra, Grosvenor course. Nine subs. Mr. Bower's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b.... (I, Plumb) w.o. Chesterfield Stakes, a Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 100 aided, for 3-yr-olds. Winners extra. Seven furlongs. 29 subs. Mr. Hargreave's Marigold, Gst 21b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. R. H. Jones's Stockman, 7st 101b....(E. Harr ison) 2 Mr. Rich's East Lancashire, Est 61b Mr. Smith's The Cobbler, Est 121 b (T. Barlow) 4 The following also ran :—Erin-go-Bragh, Gipsy Girl, Gem of the Sea, and Mountain Maid filly. Betting -6 to son Marigold, sto 1 agst Gem of the Sea, 6 to 1 age the Mountain Maid filly, 10 to 1 agst Gipsy Girl, and 100 to 8 agst Stockman. At the second attempt the favourite jumped away with a clear lead, the Cobbler going on second, with the Moun tain Maid filly and G psy Girl side by side next, the others, headed by Stockman, lying up as they came along the lee side. Nearing the Grosvenor-bridge turn Mr. God ding's filly quitted her position, and ran up to the favourite, followed in a few strides after by Stockman, who waited upon the leaders to the turn into the straight, where the Mountain Maid filly dropped back, leaving Stock man in immediate attendance upon Marigold, East Lan cashire and Cobbler at the same time drawing forward. At the distance Marigold drew away, and won in a canter by three lengths, a length between the second and third, and twice that aistance separating the third and fourth. The Palatine Cup Stikes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, for 3•yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. Second to save his stake. Mile and a half. 10 subs. Mr. E. T. Bower's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (J. Plumb: walked over. The Mostyn Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-Yr old ; colt., Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b ; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile 17 subs. Captain R. Goff's Loafer, Bst 101 b Mr. Phillips's Persuasion, Bst lllb (carried sth extra) (Mideley) 2 Lord Uxbridge's Redcap, Bst 10Ib (Judd 3 Mr. G. Solomon's Aunt Judy, B st 61 b (H. Grimehaw ) 4 The following also ran:—Wild Rake, Dawdle, and Lady Mary. Betting-7 to 4 agst Persuasion. 3to 1 agst Loafer, and 5 to 1 agst any other, Loafer was the first away, but was immediately headed by Lady Mary and Dawdle, the former having a slight lead, which she held to the Grosvenor turn, when Dawdle went to the fore, and with Loafer and l'ersuasion lying up, came on with the running to the turn into the straight, where she was disposed of, leaving Loafer in command, closely at tetded by the favourite, Red Cap, and Aunt Judy to the distance, where the two leaders drew away and finished a fine race home, Loafer, who had always the best of it, win ning by a head, three lengths between the second and third. Aunt J udy was a bad fourth. The Wynnstay Handicap of 100 sous, added to a sweep stakes of 5 soya each. Winners extra, A mile. 22 subs. Mr. RodgPrs's Queen of Trumps, 4 yr 4, Bst 7ib (includ. 71b extra) (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. C. Peck, jun.'s Bernic , -, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b.. (Wheatley) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Flash in the Pan, aged, 6st _l2tb _ _ (S. Adams) 3 Mr. Gordon's Johnny Armstrong, 4 yrs, Bat (Doyle) 4 Peignoir, Brilliant, Dirt Cheap, Hypermnestra, and Jack's Alive also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Flash in the Pan, 4to 1 agst Queen of Trumps, 5 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong, 6 to 1 agst Peignoir, and 8 to 1 agst Bernice. After several breaks away the flag was lowered to an admirable start for the first 100 yards, when Grimshaw pulled his mare back, and allowed Bernice, who in the next few strides rushed to the front, to carry on the running, having Hypermnestra, Johnny Armstrong, and Queen of Trumps in close attendance ; the favourite, who got indiffer ently off, heading the rear division on the Dee side. In this order they made the Grosvenor turn, where Flash in the Pan ran past his horse, and took his place at the girths of Bernice, the pair running in close company to the bottom turn, where they were joined by Johnny Armstrong next the rails, and Queen of Trumps on his right, the four Tun ing in close company to the distance, where Queen of Trumps and Johnny Armstrong attempted to get through, but failed ; but half-way up the former was more fortunate, and at once assumed a decided lead, which she hel d to the e end, and won in a canter by two lengths, Ber nice defeating the favourite by a neck for second; a bad fourth. Handicap Plate of 5 1 soya. Winners extra. Three to start o. added money withheld. Half a mile. F l 2 sduhbs. am) 1 • •• ' Miss Julia, aged, gat 51b (G. °I B Captain Christie s Dlr. T. Smith's Dezmott Aethore, 2 y t (Howarth) 2 No betting. Won in a trot by 10 lengths. Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added ; 3-yr-olds, 7st ' 41b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 41b ; 6-yr-olds, Bst 121 b; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9A 31b ; maiden 4-yr-olds and upwards allowed 81b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winner to be sold for 200 sous, if demanded. Three to start, or added money withheld. Six furlongs. 3 subs. Lord Wilton's Herdsman, 3 yrs, T a t lib (J. Mr. G. Angell's Vigil, 4 yrs, B s t 4 1 b ... urrunshaw) 1 Mr. Riddell's Leontes, aged, 9st .... • ( C halloner) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Leont es ; 3 to . * ''''''' ' .a4 (( o 3 the t r a . nce 3 The favourite made play to the di stance, where he was h e aded by Herdsman and Vigil. The former h av i ng a slight advantage, whi c h he rotaed to the end, and won in the lad stride by a head. A bad third. Amalgamation of the City and Metropolitan Police. A public meeting, convened by a requisition to the Lord Mayor, signed by most of the leading City firrt s, took place yesterday in the Guildhall, to consider the bill of the Go vernment now before Parliament for amalgamating the City and Metropolitan police. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. M.P , presided, and was supported by Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Western Wood, M.P., Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., Prince Azeonajah, Sir George Bowyer, M.P., Mr. J. T. Norris, M.P., Mr. H. W. Kennard, M.P., Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., Mr G. H. Whaley, M.P., Mr. James White, M.P., Baron N. M. de Rothschild, M.P., Mr. R. Hodgson, M.P., Sir R. W. Carden, Sir F. G. Moon, Sir John Musgrove ; Mr. Alder man and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Alderman Dakin, Mr. Alderman Gibbon, Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. Alderman Besley, Mr. Alderman W. Laurence, Mr. Alderman Carter, Mr. Alderman A bbies, Mr. Alderman Allen, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman Mechi, Mr. Alderman Gibbins, Sir W. Alexander, the Mayor of Car lisle ; Mr. R. Mitchell, Mr. George Walter, C.O , Mr. J. Richardson, C.C., Mr. B. Scott, City Chamberlain, Mr. G. Moore, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. James Anderton, C C., ire. The LORD ALLYOR, in opening the proceedings said that, having received a most influentially and numerously signed requisition to call this public meeting, he had done so, in order to give an opportunity to the citizens of expressing their opinions upon the proposed meseure for depriving them of the right which they has enjoyed for centuries of regu'ating their own affairs. (Cheers.) He ventured to think that the opinion of that meeting, coupled as it would be will most influential meetings all over the country, would have the effect of showing that the attempt to cen tralise within the Government the management of the po. lice of the various districts would not be sanctioned. (Hear.) His lordship then introduced to the meeting Mr. SAMUEL MoRLnY. who, in moving the first resolu tion, said—l am anxious to unite with my fellow-citizens in entering a strong, earnest protest against the proceedings of Sir George Grey with respect to his bill f,r amalgamat ing the City and Metropolitan policy. I am glad in moving the first resolution to be able to adopt the exact words used by Lord Palmerston himself. The resolution is az follows : " That municipal institutions are deserving of the highest veneration and respect. They are founded on remote anti quity; they are the basis en which everything that is good in free institutions is built up and perfected ; they give to man the privilege of local self government ; they educate locally the people of a country, some afterwards to take a part in the large concerns of the nation, all to be able to form a correct judgment of the conduct of those by whom the national affairs are guided ; they instruct and enlighten the mind ; they practise the human intellect in all those exercises which render it manly and energetic ; and they are therefore deserving of the highest possible veneration and respect." I quite understand that we do not meet to consider whether serious mistakes were or were not made on the 7th of March; neither do we meet to consider the question of the London corporation, but to consider a specific proposal made by Sir George Grey, and to which we are prepared to take very serious exception. (Cheers.) What are the facts of the case? I understand there are 610 policemen in the City of London. They are considered to be, and in that opinion I most entirely join, sufficient for the preservation of the peace of the City and for the protection of our property. I can say with great truth that I never leave the City in the evening without feeling that, so far as human foresight can make such provision, my property is safe under the protection of the City police. (Cheers.) And lam pre pared to say, whether I regard the courtesy of the men or the efficiency of the services which they render, the City police will compare favourably with any other body of a Ake kind throughout the kingdom. (Cheers.) But, of course, such a body of men was not sufficient for the ape cial occurrence of the 7th of March. It does the heart of an Englishman good to consider and reflect upon the mag nificent spectacle which the City presented on that day, when, with feelings of devoted loyalty and affection to the Crown, the inhabitants of this mighty city met together in that narrow space to testify their devotion to, and to give a hearty welcome to one who, to use the words of the Prince of Wales, was about to take upon herself the honourable posi ' tion of an Englishwoman. (Cheers.) If there were any errors committed on that day, they were to be attributed as much to the West-end of London as to the City. lam not here imputing motives, but there would seem almost a precot.ceived disposition to thwart the arrang-ments of the City, which were all the more subjects of anxiety in conse quence of the recent death of the head of the police in tha ity, Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey. I utterly object to the proceeding of Sir G. Grey, because I object to the transfer to the Home-office duties which I am prepared to say we shall better perform for ourselves. (cheers.) Let us r tend fast by our municipal institutions. (Cheers.) The true policy of England is to lessen r Aber than to increase the functiona of Government. I would call your attention to the words of Guizot, the distinguished French statesman, in his work on the English constitution: " Wherever I go through England I find these words, ' Supported by voluntary con tributions.' There lies in these words the true secret of England's greatness. What they do from the centre in France, the English people do fur themselves.. They aro willing to pay, but they insist on having In the r own hands the manag. ment of their own affairs," I would also quote the words of Kossuth, uttered in this hall, " There is no• thing," he says, "to which you should cling with such tenacity as to your municipal privileges, for it is to them that nations owe their preservation during civil war and dire political convulsions; and your own, you must remember, are older than the present people of England." (Cheers.) Look at the condition of continental nations. You will find that the Governmental police is dreaded by the middle class and hated by the people. It is because I desire to have the police our servants, rather than our masters, that I invite you to join with unanimity in this resolution. (Cheers.) Mr. FOWLER seconded the resolution. He said that those wh i resided in the City were the bast able to judge whether any alteration was required in the way in which the City police was inanag. d. The meeting showed that they were of opinion that no alteration was re quired. (Cheers) Under those circumstances it became the duty of every one to do what in him lay to resist the innovation suggested by the bill of the Government. The resolution quoted the very eloquent words of the Prime Minister in regard to the way in which local institutions had educated the people of England for the duties which they fulfilled in the constitutional system of the empire. The reason, he believed, why other nations had not flourie hed in the same way as England was principally owing to their want of local self-government. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR then put the resolution to the meet ing, and it was carried unanimously, am d loud cheers. Mr. KIRKMAN HonasoN, M.P., governor of the Bank of England, then rose to m rve the second resolution. In doing so he said : The proposal which I have to submit to you sin a few words this. We have got a police of our own, we manage it eureelves, we think it is ye y efficient, and we intend to keep the management to ourselves. (Laugh • ter and cheers.) That is my opinion, and I intend to ask you directly whether it is yours or not. (Cheers.) Id 3 not intend to say one ward about the 7th of Ma , ch, for this very good reason that the Home Secretary has told us in hi speech that any alteration he had proposed to make in the City force he made without any reference to what had hap • pened on the 7th. That being the case, we are of c2urse bound to believe the as- ertion made by a gentleman in his position, and of his high honour and integrity. But if the alteration is not on account of the 7th of March, for what reason is there to be an alteration ? There are three reasons given for this alteration; first, that it is inconvenient for us to have a police to ourselves ; seconely, that it is very expensive, and costa us a great de 1 of money; and thirdly that it is not efficient. Now the first, if it could be proved, would be of some importance; but I confess I have never heard one argument in favour of that opinion. When I ask any one how it is inconvenient, the reply is, "Oh you know very well." With reward to its cost, they say it costs more than the Metropolitan polite, and that we pay for it all ourselves. (Laughter and cheers.) Now, this attention of our friends is exceedingly good on their part, and we feel obliged for it; but we w .uld rather con tinue tr pay the whole cost of a fora in which we have confidence and which we manage, than pay three• fourths of anon er, and take one•tourth from them, for a force of which we know nothing, and over which we should have no control. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the third reason, I may say that lately I have had a great deal to do with the police. I have had to inspect and manage the gr eat case of forging and stealing bank-note p a p er. In the con duct of that case I have had an opportunity of becoming familiarly acquainted with the detective force of the City of London, and I can say to you in the most serious and ear nest manner that never in my life have I met with a body so thoroughly and well performing the duties entrusted to them. I put my poor personal e xperience on this occasion against general assertions made in other parts. `y e ll if as I have sho w n, C t h h e e e r r e s. : s no my inconvenienceopinio opinion is tha — t — i 1 we are willing to bear the expenditure, and if the force is e ffi cient Thawnhg.y,ciltirsgoe; will now only ask you to raisegentlYem°ll"ll't strenuously and say, " Much obliged to your 'voices y our for your kind ii tentions, but we gentlemen (Cheers.) The resolution whi c h tile hoe, gentleman rather n o t.: mitted was as follows : all sub- "That the police force of this City is as able and efficient as , if not superior to, any force in these realms for the pro tection of life and property, for the detection of crime, and for the regulation of the immense traffic which throng the streets of this city, and that it is unwise an d inexpedient t o i n t erfere with its management l so long a s it s d uties continue to be efficiently p and control Mr. GEORGE MOORE seconded th e resolution, protesting against the centralising disposition evinced by the Govern. ment in this matter, and bearing his testimony to the general efficiency of the City police. Mr. CARDEN having supported the resolution, it was put by the Lord Mayor to the meeting and carried, like the first, by acclamation and nem. con. Mr. KENNARD, M.P., said that, occupying the position which he did i n th e Ci ty o f L ondon, and acknowledging he could th e serv i ces h e had received from the City resolution he he could not b e s il en t on suc h an occas i on . he had to submit was as follows : "Thatth f e r reigns of this realm t and ward within h the City, a fit of the the citizens of he London obtained o e h h t c a t t i n n e g d . tretes, and of keeping watch f their liberties; that w.th i o r m ew th h o te tv oe and the protection o of London Poll people of the City right which they for the arnalganuttacm have ever exercised for the ben e fit the hill the Metropolitan Police is an invasion of this right, and ie subvers ve of the E ng li s h Constitution or principle ot local self-government whi c h h as fostered the love of freedom in this country, has drawn closer the ties which connect the people with Crown and Parliament, and under which this City and the nation at large have so long prospered. That this meeting calls upon the representative s of this city, and also upon the representatives of the citizens in the Corporation, to offer, by every means in tucir Fewer, the moat determined opposition to the passing of the bill for the amalgamation •f the City with the Metropolitan Police ; and that a petition from this meeting, embodying the pre sent resolution, be presented to the Herne , of Commons by ono of the City representatives. ' scal:ulbffiul arceerhsai was sufficient tdToa h sf esn i yw d hec a ero b r. uoeludwt or the ahoeet When failure inefficiency i(thweaatrsh)_esrheao, o nwb f aun t thtt that ao C a ttiotontyfhepe gaveoCii itselfict police, , wasppa a police parti culars, it were efficient, those who desired to amalgamate said, " Well, but we are not going to make any change. We will adopt your chief commissoner, your medical officers, and all your policemen; so shy should you find fault with the alteration oily of the heads r That was monstrous flue, but it would soon be found that the heads would alter very considerably, and that the efficiency which all were new oblig: d to admit would very soon be lost. (Hear.) They had heard that it was Sir G• Grey—(hisses) —.wh o had broue lit in this bill. He would reed en (pinion expressed by Sir G. Grey ie t the House of Commons in 1856, who, after stating that he aid not ireend to ne ddle in the matter of the Metropolitan and City police, went en to say—" Harmony and co-opera tion have existed between the Metropolitan and the Ciro police, and between the Government and the autborities of the City of London. The utmost readiness has alweys bun displayed by the authorities of the City to listen to eny stone. gestiens which have been made by me, with regard to the employment of the police, and when it has been thought reinforcements fsosracreymteont sfrom h strengthen ,rl t e t the Metropolitan police p force wuliitchei, the within the e a C rr i a ry n oe b y.. the City, havety,end been perfect harmonyreadily has is existed ed between y t the w two e: bodies. While I admit, then, that, in theory, it would be far better to place the whole police force of the Metro politan districts under one general system of manage ment and control, s till , as t h ere ex i s t s within the narrow limits of the City an important corporation, possessing great influence and power, I think a strong case of practical inconvenience should be established—stronger than any which lam prepared to say has yet arisen—to induce Par liament to leave that corporation in a posi'ion in which no municipal corporation in the country is placed,—namely, without any police force under its own management.'" Now why should Sir Geo. Grey, without any of those cases arising to which ho had alluded, why should he hold one language in 1856 and another in 1863 ? He had disclaimed that it had anything to do with the 7th of March, there fore that could not be referred to ; but it was Tether a sin gular thing that whenever there was a talk (f the City, there always was allusion to the 7th of March. Granted that the City did break down, how had it broken down t From the enthusiasm of the people—(cheers) —from the desire to welcome the sweet lady towards whom all hearts beat responsively. (Cheers.) Men of all parties agreed that to corporate institutions we owed all our liberties. Parliament itself was much younger than the corporation of London. (Hear.) The citizens had enjoyed the right of watch and ward ter more than a thousand years, and they boldly said to the Home Secretary that he could not point to a case in which there had been any practical inconve nience from its remaining in their hands. He trusted that all present in their various spheres would, with one heart and soul, determine that this iniquity to the City of Lone don should not be perpetrated. The cause they had to de. fend was vastly more important than the cause of the City of London, for if they took away the right of self-govern ment, of self-watch and ward, from the corporation of the City of London, they must, of necessity, take it away from all the boroughs throughout England, (Hear.) The bus tle with which the measure had been thrust forward was so great that it had violated a standing order, and had been thrown out upon that order, which required that a measure interfering with a private bill should itself be introduced as a private bill. The Government were so anxious to have a " peck" at the City, that he did not doubt they would try to waive that standing order; but as it could not be waived without the consent of Parliament, he looked to his hon ourable friends around him, to one and all, to assist in re jecting such an a tempt to filch away their liberties. (Cheers.) The appeal which had been made n this subject had had some response, for he held in his hand a long list of those boroughs and corporati ns which had already spoken out; and when he told them that Windsor, Dovonport, Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton, Rochester, Nottingham, Oxford, Bath, Bridgwater, Brighton, Birmingham, Beverley, Hu!l, Hall tax, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Paisley, arc'cs others, had all unanimously expressed the same opinion, enough had been said to induce them to agree with the resolution, (Cheers.) Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE, in seconding the resolution, said that this question ought not to be narrowed into one of cony°. ience or expediency with reference to the police, for it really involve•l no. hing mere nor less than the independence of the municipal institutions of this country, and the eontinuance of local self-government, with those guards and protections without which local self-government was a name and not a re+ility. (Cheers.) The hon. gentle man quoted from the report of the select committee of the House of Commons, ready years back, the following : " It is difficult to reconcile an effective system of police with that perfect freedom of action and exemption front in terference which are the great privileges of society in this country. Your committee think that the fcrleiture or cur tailment of such advantages would be too great a sacrifice even for improvements in police and facility in the detection of crime, however desirable in themselves if abstractedly considered." The late Sir Robert Peel, in introducing the measure for the new police, said the people of this country would never tole rate a minister of police, and therefore, in the first measure, the police had simply been placed under two justices of the peace. That was the safeguard devised, that the two justices of the peace should take action before the police could act in any manner hostile to the liberties of the people of the coun try. He was Foil yto say that the Legislature had not looked so closely as t ey ought into subsequent measures which had been carded, by which first one commissioner of police had been appointed, then two assistant commissioners, and, finally increasing their powers to such an extent that in troubled times they could, by united action, exorcise complete control ever the liberties of the people of the country— (hear)—in spite of the magistrates and local authorities, and even irrespective of the pinel o (sal) f \svu P e : a ei r i l w i Parliament, ent , By allowedy to pass, subse quent Acts of Parliament, Sir Richard Mayne had been made justice of the peace for no less than seven counties, within which he had the power to hear cases, to sentence, and commit to trial, without any publicity whatever. H. had the power of summary conviction ; he could order a policeman to take up an individual for an alleged offence; and if it was one which could be summarily dealt with, he had the power to sentence such offender to a term of impri sonment without his being taken before any magistrate whatever. (Cries of shame.) It was right that the citizens of London should know what was meant by extending the police system and absorbing the City force; for by the very bill introduced by Sir George Grey the man who was to be appointed assistant-cenamissioner in London was to be made a justice of the peace for seven counties. (Sbame.) If ih the case of a riot it should be found necessary or bethought necessary to call in the military, Sir Richard Mayne had power to do so singly; and without concert with, and with out authority from, any other magistrate, he could autho , rise the military to fire upon the people. (Shame.) He had power to do so, when every magistrate of the distri ct been was opposed to it, and when the meeting might hav t e hor ty called for constitutional purposes, under the very . authority of thei of the magistrates of the district and the ju n s i t b i e c r e of steps peace fur the country. (Shame.) A t ~,,„ n umber ... a min i s . bad been taken in the direction of the crea tion , police for the police force oewrr two years e o yf whiche Police, 4 c a e gi . :: dO of f b et s eh t n i e c such metropolitana tot: ‘tav the 0 anl4dc t ,tß h ebha e ti.tai lint : o : it : a:ho s :e at Royalui sou I f f, i ,i ' lyti n Eieen previously.x _ d( ,,,,. There was another dockyard in all parts of . the x ti t or t: . matter well worth c onsideration. i , of fur gre,ater pow without any le sh euth„ r i t , Commissioner had power . permitted the army to fHorFSerclileattanretynh,t,toaanrdulswub! f c ' 3 Ile' eery policeman i n e Metropolitan or e---(ehim e )___ of ,000 blueraen• Royal family raid tfhth, it , hare: tneoli.uietnlhdsclesti people instead piaetze r dhho h : teanpo a nlast r p , eur o trdt koioe n edsff e sceoctia m nrhroltteel : udt n dntseta h sotbpm a euvv d o ittt country thewelcome pc d on tsgh: :at sd. :r ea print occasion on whc e h r lcome the bride of the Prince of Wales had been t tiltstosniws t.tar,nsTehdteagainst them to give a death blow dtoralowcaeluilacisttiltl citizens of London W.tth teh a ea r e r e i e v e tt i l a, of the Princess Alexan seni‘tiart.oivf elsr,eedh ed in the minds of the catwvoßtl(,Li\olu.pd cheers,) Mr. of liberty and the curtail ment,t)hatetlishould take every legasitotmneatoef and d ir re pr e proper- metals to prevent the passing of Sir G. Grey's bill through Parliament. When the bill was brought in ho had given notice of his intention to move its rejection in the second reading; and, if it survived the present difficulty with re gard to the standing orders, he should do so. It would be idle for him to occupy their time in saying anything on the demerits of a measure so ill advised, so unnecessary, and, under recent circumstances, so ungracious. (Cheers.) Re could hardly have conceived it possible, after the City of London had stepped forward in the way it had, and at t r t e h a e cost of money had exhibited its loyalty to the throne, to heir apparent, and to his future bride. that .1:3: i it as an should have seized that occasion, t o h p e po la r c tu ts n had said that tho e vents but be Home Secretary with his pr o posal; . March had very little to do oneile that statement wrth would find it very difficult toi. ec If it was necessary to op rivoiflegtehse. 7th of bill further, he knew I 1 assist him in 1 tject pse the Government wou t . sympathised with bers supporting the Mid who hearirly . Baron notbse , r bl to attend on account of ill health„ mg ir. seeking (Cheers.)t abridgeh a r a a n i t e dh r hi e ra n ‘p. rmber of Mr.mem- IN RaTElll`r :•. -O • licit the resolution was put tend he bill, attei w condemning t carried unanimously. that the foregoing resolutions should be ad- A rest.dut:on. D e ALP., followed in a . ,• peech st rongirf nel . and carried unanimous Iy, well e • the local organs, Nk d b . , me Bond, morning and evening London pae ers amid s coon.c , .: i got in . the Times." cries :, of thanks to the Lord Mayor, prepoecel Ler Mr. Norris, .M.P., and seconded by Mr. J amen Antkrton, c C 9 . was duly responded .- t it m s: s e d .e , i n i / : 1 1 oil opportunity '' l the i Wf t o i . 'hr'Seetaui:Tseti. ~ts p , 0 p t, e . _ .. _ ~ _ ~ a 8 to, uad the proceedings terminated. '