The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-21 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMZECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Saturday is usually a quiet day in the general money market, but the falling off in the number of bills for discount is on the present occasion more than ordinarily conspicuous. There is an abun dance of floating capital, with very little inclination to borrow it on the present terms, a further reduc tion being considered imminent. There was a general decline in the foreign ex= changes yesterday afternoon. About £73,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £340,228, and the exports to £447,644. It has transpired that Messrs. Barnett, boares, and Co., and Messrs. Hanbury and Lloyd, bankers, of Lombard-street, have amalgamated. The report of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada for the half year ending March last, has been issued. The net profits during this period amount to £14,095 6s. 7d., which, added to the sum brought forward from September, gives a balance at credit of revenue of £14,322 17s. 7d. The Directors recommend that out of this balance a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, less income tax, be declared on tha paid-up capital stock of the company ; that one-half of the surplus profits over 6 per cent. per annum, and the usual charge for interest, amounting together to £3,768 7s. 11d., be carried to the re serve fund, in accordance with the provisions of the royal charter of incorporation; and that £250 be applied to the redemption of preliminary expenses. There will then remain the sum of £304 9s. Bd. to the credit of the next half-year's accounts, During the period embraced by the accounts the reserve fund has been charged with the SUER of £7OB 14s. for losses on realisation of securities in default, and outlay on office premises. The amount standing to the credit of this fund, after adding the £3,768 7s. 11d. above referred to, will be £54,802 9s. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Relates were 66f. 70c. Rather firm. The market for the English Funds opened heavily, and a decline of I per cent. speedily occurred. Consols were 911 1 for transfer, and 90k i for the account. Since then there has been no variation of importance. The New Threes are marked 891 ; the Reduced, 89 I; March Exchequer Bills, 10s; and the June do., 3s die. ; India 5 per Cents, 1051 -1-,; Enfaced do., 1031 105; do., 54 per Cents., 1031. There is very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 711 ; do., Consotides, 471 48 ; Mexican, 431 44 ; do., New Loan, 1 01 dis. ; Greek, 231 ; Spanish Passive, 34 9 ; and the Confederate Loan, 63 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued very dull, and prices exhibit little change of importance. Metropolitan have declined 1, Mid land *, Lancashire and Yorkshire and South East ern 4, while Bristol and Exeter have advanced 1, and North Western 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial alteration. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced 89 1 9 New 3 per Cent. Ne w 3 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891.. % 97f Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. March, June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2* & 3 per Cent. 10 3 Ditto £5OO .. Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5* per Ct. Ditto Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 11370 Ditto Account—.. .— Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 5 31 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 .. 113 f Ditto Debentures, 4 por Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto CAug., 1866 Ditto Bonds El,OOO — Ditto under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING.. . ....... Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 p er C en t Ditto 4} per Cent, 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 B7i B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account — C hilian 6 per C en t. — Ditto 41 p et C en t —' Colombi an 6 per Cent Dan Dana, 6 per C ent ish a per Cent. ) 1825 Ditto 5 Ditto Scri p £5O per Cen p t, 1 d 864 ai .. ... i pm R quador New Consolidated , 1 per Cent.. u W. 1001 '-igYPtian 7 per Cent Greek Ditto, Second Issue Ditto kpe c r eo C u e n n t t., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — 23a i i Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. D itto, 1839 and 1859.....- Italian Mexican 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 3 per Cent ti D itto Acco un t boorish Imperial 5 per Cent 'ley? Granad a — D itto 2 per C en t. Di tto Deferred — P D itto Land W arran ts (Hectares) ani vian 41 per Cent •• , ..... Ditto Account.... - . , — Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) bitto 4i per Cent., 1862 .. 88 , Ditto Account .rrtli_se 3 e 6 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 ~, limo Account gussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. D itto 8 per Cent 1859 .. D itto 5 per Cent, 1862 D itto 1864 Scrip, £lO paid t., D itto Anglo-D u t c h ' o ardinia n 5 per Cent bitto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Account _ Ditto Passive Ditto Account .............. . Spanish Cert. of Coup . not funded Ditto Account SvTedish , 4 per Cent. Ditto Scrip, £2O p a id. Ditto Account.. - .. 88i .......... . 18i8 . .7_ _ Ditto 6 per Cent. .............. Ditto ACcount ...................... Ditto, £lOO Bonds .................. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. Ditto Account 7lt Ditto £lOO Bonds .................. 71 Ditto 1863 .......... VDitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ........ enezuela 3 per Cont. ................ Ditto Account ..................... "'— Ditto Ditt o 6 per Cent., •1862 ........... -- Account .. . . . ............... 551 Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 ............. Ditto 11 per Cent .................. Dividends on the above payable in Lond Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ • Dutch 2f per Cent., CEexr.tilfi2caGteusil ........ 991 Ditto 4 per Cent. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26 francs.. —_ Ditto Account .. 681 7/ TNO O'CLOCK 91k Consols Money 90k k d Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady. Sales, about 6,000 bales. We hear that a marriage has been arranged be tween Mr Henry Milbank, third son of Mr and Lady Augusta Milbank, nephew of the Duke of Cleveland, and brother•in-law of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, and Lady Susan Osborne, eldest daughter of the Duke of Leeds, and sister-in-law of the Marchioness of Carmarthen. ANEW TENOR PHENOMENON has been dibcovered, according to the Art Musical, in the person of a ei-devant Zouavo in the African army, who, with ono half year's tuition, has made such wonderful progress that he will soon make his debut before the great world. His name is Cazaux.— The Reader. VICTOR HUGO'S SLIAKSPERE.—We learn (says the Reader) from the Dutch booksellers' circular that Vic tor Hugo received from the firm of Verbockhoven and Co. ill. Brussels the sum of bO,OOO francs for his " William Shakspere," the right of property, however, returning to the author in two years, MARE MARKETS—This day. hare Railways. ( 1&14.1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 8i 8i 9 83 $5 1181 1191 Do A(A i.: - ets no div Do. B ti 6p c.p an.b as been paid to It. Dublin & Belfast June. rfun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S, Western. GrentEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock L ancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western l Man., Shef., & Lincoln. ,Maryport and Carlisle. D0t5hare5......... , Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. AL Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwic6 Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New ... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpoot Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington P. 16.4 Do Do New, 186 G Tall Vale.. •. • ••.. r• •• • Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R 1 [West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6 7 35 37 la 17 88 90 104. WO 97 48 6i 7i 129 131 138 140 128 0 2 90 92 64 64i 1111 111 66 67 103 105 40 4 t 110 3 / 4 111 417 i 98 3 / 4 54 34} it 3 314 132 1321 lin 104 606 61 246 `cs4 1016 102 d 57i 68i 89 90 127 ISO 16 26 p 76 78 10 11} 121 123 39 40 54 66 33 85 90& 914 103 106 Sk 36i 37i 94 10 8 84 g 171 175 6 7 t 3 E I, 100 105 21 23 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOILS. I Paid : Closing Business I Price. done. 64 i 111 110 i 11 97; 102 1/ 771 8 1031 2j 1121 13 121 132 1 11 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing share Railways 100 Atlantic &St LaWrence all 60 62 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Cent 100 1024 0034 1034 2/ Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all t, 4 64 1 0 Do. Preference too 5 Butfalo,Brant,&Godrich 10 , 77 82 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 :00 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 8 100 Do. do. June 1, 1673 100 77 82 st Clcutta4S.Eastn. (Lim, 100 101 103 et Cape Town ',.`; Dock Seri' 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 105 107 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1044 1054 1041 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 4 a P 20 " Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 21 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds all 72 14 100 Do. do. deferred all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 63 65 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 55 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 80 27/ 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 t 7 stock Gt.lndfaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 101 105 1044 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 / Do. January, 1882 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1024 1034 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 90 92 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 102 103 1021 2 stook Do. 1i p. o. Extension 100 96 98 stook Do. 11 do ".. 100 92 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock slelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all $0 NewßruEswick a Candi' Class A and all 2 5 N. Rl.C'daB pc Ist pi bets 100 82 14 stock Soinde (100 1024 1034 stock Do. Delhi.... 1 d 100 101 103 SO Do. 1 , 3 g 2 id Ip at Do. Punjaub t all iv 2 lu3 Do. Do. ........ , f,2 ,100 spook Do. Indus. St. Flo. J klOO 96 98 COLONIAL GOVERN MENT SECURITIES. aii.(iov. 6 p.c.J a at, 1877-84 .. luo 103 105 1031 Do. p. c. Feb. Aug 100 152 104 Do. 6p. 0. Mar. Jz Sept 100 102 104 Do. sp. 0. Jan. ezJuly 10C 90 82 911 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape Galope, 6p c,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 108 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 102 194 IMauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 INatal Gov. 6 per cant 100 106 108 106 1 6p.c. a.ezJuly 100 101 103 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Clot. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p z.,lBut 100 99 100 —• Du. sp. c.,1871 to 1676 100 99 101 Do. d0.,1888 ct upwds 100 99 101 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. 0 lOO - S. Aus G6p.0.1878./0 up lOO 109 111 - I Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.ScJuly 100 IDo. to 6 D.Q.An..kOot.. 100 108 109 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id clifford Amalgamated.. 32 34 Devcn G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 560 670 East BasBett (Illogan).. 30 67 70 -- East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 291 301 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 61 61 ,E. Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 31 4 Gam.d;StAubyn(Gwen ) 581 7 9 Great South Tolgus.... 178 21 3 G. Wheal Vor(Ilelston) 40 33 35 Grenville 6.16. e 91 91 Rend's-Foot . 8.12 48 40 ilingston Downs 4.18.0 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelant 91 15 17 31arke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21 1 % 1 d New Setun l9l 85 90 • North Downs 2l 11 11 N. WWI Basset (Illozan) 3.1.0 14 2 ' North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 20 Providenoe(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 450 470 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — Wheal loran. (Mogan ) 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 27 27 - ramar Lead Alin. Croit 9 38 19 -- - Wen Basset (Illogan) l4 9 10 W Cl radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 90 95 Wheal Bulleo(Redruth) 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudLott • • 14 2 Wheal Mary Ann ;:den.) 8 12 14 Wheal Deton 5Bl 220 230 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 20 21 Wheal Union 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at'S per cent. pm., 108 t.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 1 t guaranteed stook, 124 Midland 4} per cent. pf. stk. rd., 104 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. North British (Edln., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 78 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 10i West Flanders, 71 West Flanders, 5i per cent. pf., 10 FOREIGN MINES. Mariquita, Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 7i United Mexican (iiin;, 6} Yudananiutana of S. Australia, 1im.,:31 3 BANKS. Agra and United Service (Um.), 130 &Mance (nm.). 62! 2 Anglo Austrian, 6i 7i Anglo-Italian, limited, 6 Australasia, 7.1 • Ditto, new, 56} 7 i British snd Californian, lira., 61 city, 3 Chartered l6 der. of India, London, and China, 691 701 Continental, lirn., 184 19} East London, lira., St European Bank, lira., 12; Hindustan, uhina, and Japan vim.), Ditto, new, 15 Imperial Bank (lira.), 41 Imp D er i i t a t l o, o n t e t w om , issuedan 2li i i at4pm., 25 1 .11: 16a :en n ur d dd Mortgage Bank of India, 1 21 11 m , 6 i L LLas : coo d n :dud ohoooo London nt and 8 0.91.:t and :a Joint cscnt: o okos, uriu:lotoity, tnhin,ck, 4 ial (71 Scotland itm , ) I , l l r a s . , e 64 2 s 2 t i ern,:24l South gt sutneiranb,' and lira,, 131 Union of Australia,. 5e6 Union of Ireland, lira. , 20 Union of Lond on, 58i 8 London,:74l DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 20 3 / 4 Company of African Merchants, lira. 2 Consolidated Discount, Urn. 8 Continental Union Gas, lira., 81 Contract Corporation, Bin., 4a Credit Mobilier; 9} Crystal Palace, 31 3 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira. 5 Financial Corporat ion, 4} Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., io Hudson's Bay, In Imperial Financial, lira., 9 International Financial society, lira., 11 10i Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 7f i} London Financial Association, lira., 27 I Ditto, new, 15 'I. London General Omnibus Company, 21 31 drag Irrigation and Canal, 1 k Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 15l National Discount Company, lira., 14f Societe Financiere d'Egypte, lira., 6 .;b1 Telegrath Construe. and Maintenance, lira., Warrant Finance, THE SIM, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINe, MAY 21, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE DAVIES. The bankrupt was a compositor, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts were only £62—.£44 of which was on a bill of exchange given, renew ing a debt under a former bankruptcy, and the remainder was partly for costs. There was no opposition, and bankrupt passed and ob tained his order of discharge. RE OEO. BOOTH-QUESTION OF ALLOWANCES TO BANKRUP 1 S. This bankrupt was described as of Freeman-villas, Sy denham, brickmaker, and this was a meeting for last exa mination and discharge. The debts are stated at £1,157; to creditors holding security, £1,575; creditors by good debts, £54 ; doubtful, £241; property, £243 ; ditto in the hands of creditors, £1,595. _ The bankrupt obtained his order of discharge. Mr. Lucas, for the bankrupt, asked for an allowance which had not been granted by the assignees. He said that by a recent decision of the Lord Chancellor the Court had, ma • der such circumstances, a discretion to make an allowance. In this case the property had realised more than it was stated at, and the bankrupt's failure was attributable to unavoidable losses after ho had been in business for 20 years. His Honour granted an allowance of £2O, IN RE JASON. This bankrupt was an omnibus proprietor, of Maid a-hill, Paddington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr E. Reid opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt had improperly disposed of an omnibus and six horses to his brother for an alleged debt, and then came to this court to relieve himself from all his other liabilities. The whole debt only amounted to £258, and if the property had been fairly brought forward the creditors might have been paid, or at all events had a good dividend. He (Mr Reid) submitted that this was not a case in which the Court ought to intervene, and that the petition should be dismissed. Hif Honour said he should adjourn the examination sine die without protection, until the bankrupt brought in the property, or its value, to the official assignee, Thunderstorms. A heavy thunderstorm broke over London last night. Between 7 and 8 o'clock dark clouds gathered on the northern horizon, and bright sheet lightning was seen at intervals. The clouds gradually overspread the sky, and at a quarter to 11 vivid flashes of lightning were followed almost imme diately by loud peals of thunder. At 11 o'clock the storm was at its height, and the rain fell in torrents. About half past 11 the lightning and thunder ceased for some time. A. second storm broke out at 12 o'clock, which, however, only lasted a few minutes—it being apparently at a greater dis tance from London. The lightning affected the telegraphio wires connected with the Houses of Parliament and Reuter's office. The bells attached to the wires rung violently at the very moment when the most vivid flashes of lightning were seen. At 1 o'clock the storm had ceased, and at 2 the moos was shining in a cloudless sky. Yesterday Liverpool, after five days of remarkably hot weather, was visited by two severe thunderstorms. The first commenced between 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning, and continued about an hour. From the peculiar sound of the thunder it appeared as if three or four storms were raging at the same time at various distances. This storm was ac companied by a smart shower. The second storm com menced about 1 o'clock, and lasted for about an hour and a half. It was immediately over the town. One church spire is said to have been struck, but no damage done. No serious accident has been heard of. After the second storm the air was much cooler. A thunderstorm passed over Birmingham between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This was accompanied by a shower of hail, the hailstones being larger than full•sized peas. A heavy thunderstorm burst over Manchester yesterday at noon, accompanied by deluges of rain, and lasted several hours. After a long period of dry, sunny weather such as has prevailed in the neighbourhood, the rain was much wanted, and will do good service to the agricultural and horticultural interests. How the Rothschilds have made Money. (From the Diary of a Lady of Quality.) V • •• - - I did not know, till I heard it from Alava, the exact circumstances of the first arrival of the news of the battle of Waterloo in London. It seems that one morning a partner of the house of Rothschild came to Lord Liverpool. informed him that he had a few hours before received the glorious news, or at least the bare outline; that, having made all the advantage which this exclusive knowledge could give him on the Stock Market, he now came to im part it to Government. He would not answer any inquiries as to the means by which he had acquired the intelligence, could not give any particulars, only repeated the assurances of the truth of the informa tion. Lord Liverpool thought it cruel, on such vague foundations, to raise hopes or fears. To one of his colleagues—Vansittart, I think—who hap pened to come in, he told the nircumstance, and they agreed to conceal it from every other human being till more was known. There was a Cabinet dinner that day at Lord Harrowby's; not one word was said respecting the news, and Lord Liverpool was returning home full of anxiety. In the street his carriage was stopped by an unknown, who, with some apology, said that he was just come from Downing-street; that a carriage with six horses dressed with laurels, French eagles, and colours hanging out of the windows, had arrived ; that the glorious news was instantly spread ; and that the messenger was gone to Lord Harrowby's in pursuit of him through another street from that in which he was met. This, I think, I heard at the time, but certainly till now never heard the thing accounted for. It seems that the Duke of Wellington, after writing his despatch home, said to Pozzo di Borgo, " Will you write to Louis XVIII. at Ghent ? tell him only that Napoleon is utterly defeated ; that in less than a fortnight I shall be in possession of Paris, and hope very soon to see him reinstated. Say that excessive fatigue prevents me from writ ing." A messenger was of course immediately sent off to Ghent. When he arrived, Louis and his little court happened to be assembled at - breakfast in a room.whose windows down to the ground were wide open. The embraces, the ejaculations, of course instantly apprised those uncle: the windows of the arrival of good news. among these was a spy from the house of Rothschild, who had many days been upon tb.s watch. He no sooner heard the news than he rode post to Ostend; there, happen ing to find a small vessel just sailing, he embarked and got ona tide before the English messenger, who arrived shortly afterwards. GROSSING THE LINE ; A ROIJGH SHAVE,--When turn came, I was seized by the two fiendish looking functionaries before mentioned, who blindfolded my eyes, and seizing me by the arms, dragged me on deck. Here I was saluted by buckets of water, which were dashed over me on all sides, whilst the fire engine played in my face with such cruel precision that I was more than half drowned. Coughing and spluttering, and gasping for breath, I was marched slowly across the deck, forced to mount a ladder, and seated on a plank, with Neptune on one side and the barber on the other, whilst the doctor stood below with his lancet and box of nostrums ready to administer to those who required his aid. The ceremony began by Neptune asking me, through a speaking-trumpet applied close to my ear, ' How old I was," "Why I had come to sea," " Whether I had previously crossed the line," &e., and each time I tried to answer having the great shaving brush, covered with lather, stuffed half way down my throat. Declining to answer only made matters worse; for the doctor was immediately called upon to restore my power of speech. This he dexterously accomplished by dig ging his lancet into my foot, and completed the cure by cramming one of his abominable boluses into my mouth. My face was now copiously lathered and scraped, and my legs being tilted up, I fell backwards into a sail filled with water to the depth of three or four feet. Blind folded as I was, I fancied myself overboard, and struck out for my life. But my miseries were not yet ended. I was startled by a hoarse roar, and the two bears, who had been lying in wait for their victim, seizing me in their tarry paws, ducked my head under water, and bundled me about till I verily thought I should be drowned. At last I managed to tear the bandage from my eyes, upset one of the bears, and, jumping on his prostrate :body, succeeded in making my escape. Be ing now one of the initiated, I was provided with a fire bucket, and allowed to amuse myself by ducking the un fortunates who succeeded me. All having undergone the ordeal of shaving, bleeding, and physicking, and drowning, another glass of rum was served out, Neptune drove off to the sound of martial music, and the remainder of the day was given up to dancing and sky-larking.-31y Indian Journal, by Colonel TV, Campbell. This year, for the first time since Switzerland was constituted into a political Confederation, the Helvetic Budget showed a deficit. This unheard-of fact caused a considerable sensation in the 22 cantons. The Federal Council bacarae disquieted, and extreme measures were taken to get rid of what the fellow countrymen of William Tell considered a scandal. T he m eans resorted to were very simple, merely cons sting of an increase in t o ll s on b r id ges and on telegraps, but the honour of the country is considered safe, as the year will pass without a deficit, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Dayk MANSION HOUSE. CHARGE OP SCUTTLING A SHlP,—Hendrich Kohn, sea man, was placed before Alderman Carden, on remand, charged with wilfully destroying the ship Alma, with in tent to defraud her underwriters of MON Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the prosecution, said he did not propose to proceed further with the case at the present moment, as since the prisoner had been in custody he had made a full confession of the share he took in the trans action. The statement, of course, involved other parties in the charge, and therefore it would be for the ends of justice that the necessary steps should to taken before he stated the facts as related by the prisoner. Under these circumstances ho should ask for a remand until next Saturday. Alderman Carden at once remanded the prisoner for a week. John Walter Sheppard, a young man about 25 years of age, was charged with feloniously endeavouring to obtain some valuable shawls with intent to defraud. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of a linendraper, and by that means became acquainted with the mode adopted by the warehousemen in supplying goods. In the present instance the prisoner went into the warehouse of Messrs. Lock, Edwards, and Co., and asked for four shawls, valued at £3O for the Messrs. Harvey. but immediately he got into the street he ran away, but was overtaken and locked up. He was fully committed for trial. Another charge was preferred against the prisoner—viz . obtaining by false representations four, valuable shawls, from Messrs. Sellingoourt and Co. He represented that the goods were required by a cus. tomer, and as it was imagined he was one of the firm deal ing with the house, the property was given to him without the least suspicion of there being anything wrong. The police foitunately in this instance suooeeded in recovering the stolen property. Alderman Carden committed the prisoner for trial on this charge. _ _ . The prisoner was again charged with obtaining by false pretences some woollen goods from the Messrs. Forster, Porter, and Co. Mr. Tomlinson, an assistant in the fancy hosiery de partment, said in October last the prisoner came to the warehouse, and asked for a small man's Cardigan jacket— one of the best in stock—for Mr, Thomas, of Poplar. The goods were given to him; and he afterwards sail he was also to take a fancy Nest. On this being given to him, he signed the book in the name of Williamson, as having re ceived the goods for Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas, draper, of Poplar, said the prisoner was formerly in his service, but he left it in 1863. He never sent him in October last to Messrs. Porter for the articles mentioned by the last witness. A police-constable produced the stolen articles, which he found at the prisoner's lodgings, in New North-street, Theobald's-road. The prisoner was also fully committed for trial upon this third charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OFFERING OBSCENE SONGS FOR SALE.—William Young, a hawker, living in Union-court, Holborn, was charged before Mr Knox with offering obscene songs for sale. Inspector James Thomson, of the Detective Department, Scotland-yard, deposed that on the previous night the pri soner accosted him in Argyll-street with the expression, "Look here, captain, here's something that will suit you," at the same time showing him a parcel of songs. Having noticed the nature of them, he told the prisoner that he had better tear them up or he would get into trouble. He then left the prisoner and walked into a public-house in Argyll street, and the prisoner shortly after followed him and offered some of the songs for sale to the persons standing in front of the bar. On leaving the house the prisoner again offered him some of the songs for 6d., and on his (Inspector Thomson) asking him where he got them from, he said, "It don't matter, I want to be off to sell some more." He then took the prisoner into custody, and at the station found in the parcel about 150 songs and prints of the very worst description. The prisoner told him that he had bought them of a man just come from Birmingham. The prisoner said that he purchased them of a man who had come to London lately. Mr Knox committed the prisoner for trial. WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENTS.—A fashionably-dressed young man, who gave the name of James Brown, and address Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, was charged with the following misconduct : . Sergeant Brett, 29 B, said that at 4 o'clock this morning he was on duty in Belgrave-square, when ho saw the de fendant and two other persons of equally respectable appearance. A chimney sweeper was proceeding through the square, when the defendant and his companions went behind him, and began playing tricks with the sooty machine which he carried, After amusing themselves for some time at the expense of the chimney sweep, they went across the square to two men who appeared to be going to their work, and one of these men was struck and the other kicked. Next the defendant and his companions went to the Duke of Buccleuch's, where some men were unload ing goods, and interfered with them, and witness then went up to the defendant and companions and told them that that sort of thing could not be allowed, upon which defendant said it was nothing to him and struck him upon the chest. Witness then took him into custody. He was under the influence of liquor. Mr. Selfe—What have you to say to this? Defendant—l am very sorry, Mr. Selfe—What are you ? Defendant—l am not doing anything at present. Mr. Selfe—Were you no occupation? Defendant—None. Mr. Selfe—A person in your evident position of life might, I should think, have been better employed than as described. You are fined 20s„ or committed for 14 days. The fine was immediately paid. M h rsTAx;.—Mr. George Wade, a mos t respectable man, Nv . A VERY ANNOYING was accompanied by several ne i g hbours, came before coh o , A,HT A /Es magistrate under very sin gular circumstances. p h o tographer, 105, High - named George Wager, a A o . l in tr e ee 9 Poplar, and who has a sleep i n g apartment at N r oad, was remanded by Mr ) Mount-terrace, Whitechapel . Burcham (who officiated for Mr. Paget) on Monday, ali Partridge yesterday for a d committed for trial by Mr. Adams, aged 11 years and Criminal io assault on a girl named months. Both addresses of the man Wager were publish news paper. Mr. George \linde carries on business as a published on Tuesday in a morning photogra pher at No. 5, m ° on ly five doors from 10 , Mount -terrace, Whitechapel-road, wager, rents a small room. where the offender, t h e trouble of instituting th Many people, without taking identified Wage r wit h Mr w wads, n e cessary inquiries, have 9 who is the only photo grapher carrying on his business openly in the place, and the co nsequence has been interr u ption, annoyance, and insults all th e week, as wel l as the loss of customers. This morning the Saturday editions o gave further publicity to Wager's se veral weekly journals case, and people assem bled opposite to Mr Wade's house discussing the affair in anyth i ng but a pleasant manner. Mr Wade hoped it wou ld be made p ublic t hat he had no connexion with Wager, who w as servant to a tobacconist and photographer name d Riley, of N o. 105, High_stre ca rried on businessASSAULT in Mount.o4co John n e, Poplar, and never rt .— an M d o ce unt-terra. Charles Hurst MURDEROUS brothers, were brought before Mr P artr i dge, with charged comm itting a very s ava g e assault upon Mr James Regan. The complainant a pp eared to be ver y much hurt, and the clothes which he was wearing when the outrage was com mitted were covered with mud and torn. The prosecutor, a gentleman of good position, was on his way home this morning at half-past 1• l 0 c ock, when he was fiercely attacked by the prisoners in the Mile-end-road. They beat him and knocked him down, and when he was down kicked him and inflicted meet serio us contusions and bruises on his head, faco, and body, The prosecutor gave not the slightest insu lt or provocation to theprisaa One of them said, after he was given into thatcus tody, he had rs. made a mistake and m istook the prosecutor for another person. A police-constable sag b o th prisoners were intoxicated, the prosecutor was sober. The prisoners, both young men, who said th ey were sailors, and that one of them only camo home yesterday, said they were grossly insulted while passing along the Mile-end-road. The prosecutor was recalled, and said he had a factory Bell-lane, Spitalfields, that he employed 22 persons, and that his business kept him i n his factory late every F r i day night. Mr Partridge said this was the most extraordin ary and cruel case he ever met with, and he believed the prosecutor, who was fully confirmed. It was a most gri • evous case deserving of severe punish ra ent. Be fined the prisoners ' £5 each, and in default two months' imprisonment. A LADY MILITARY DOCTOR. — Miss Mary C. Walker, M.D., arrived here last week, with orders to report to Dr. Perrin for duty. She has been appointed to Col one l official records of the M'Cook's brigade, and has just left for Gordon's Mills. f e s FEMALEs i on, an and i i s t very E c a u p i r T e t s t The young lady is said to thoroughly understand her pro fession, thesearmy......—TChlteattanoogu Gozete. men, who were examined military authorities show that upwards of 160 female re cruits have been discovered, and made to resume the by the entssu were r o hdstupapftoesred that nearly all of surgeons in e t o h n e cs i o r lal s nu e ds x i 0. accepted, c l ew t p i it s te which the fair ones substituted themselves.—New York Sun. DELICIOUS MERELY TO READ OF I.—ICE IN PARIS. —The annual consumption of ice in Paris is reckoned at 12,000,0001b5., exclusive of the Tuileries, the Palais Royal, and seine of the wealthier families (the Rothschilds, So.), all of whom are supplied by their private ice-houses. The city charges an octroi duty of five centimes or double milles on all the ice entering its walls, and nada a revenue of 72,000,000 dollars from this tax, DENMARK, (From the Times Special Correspondent lately al the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 18. It is of the utmost importance, I believe, both for the Conference in London and for the world at large, to know in what manner the terms of the armistice are observed in Jutland. I have more than once been tempted to go and ascertain matters by my own observation ; but, in the first place, the communications have not yet been freely and fully re-established; general orders have been given to that effect, it is true, but subject to a variety of vexatious exceptions, and left to the interpretation and execution of all but irresponsible subalterns. I❑ the second place, a vast amount of silly exasperation exists throughout Germany, and especially among the Prussians, against England and the English, and I know the instance of a travellir fresh from London who had to go through Germany on his way to Copenhagen, and who was exposed to gross insult in a railway carriage between Cologne and Minden, simply because he pleaded guilty to being an Englishman. The indignities to which a French newspaper correspondent had to submit in Schleswig soon after the outbreak of the war are a warning and a caution to all his brother quill drivers; and, without entering into further expla nations, I have no hesitation in stating that I should not deem it safe for me to venture into Prussian quarters. Pose:1)1y, however, I may happen to be better informed as to the general condition of the invaded province by prolonging my stay in this capital than by roaming at random from one to the other of the Austro-Prussian garrisons. Doubtless, the Danes are in a state of the greatest excitement, and their statements must be taken with discretion, but the information I intend tosep ply you with does not come to my hands through political channels; it rests on the evidence of pri vate, chiefly commercial, letters, and it is in a great measure substantiated by official documents signed by the German authorities themselves. Ac all events, let it be taken an ex parte statement, a mere acte daccusation ; it will always be in the power of aggrieved parties to say anything they may have to allege in self-justification. I sent a telegram to you yesterday concerning the conduct of Major-General von Bornstedt, the Prus sian commander in Viborg. It was, however, im possible to condense the intelligence in a despatch of few words. It seems that the coming into ope ration of the truce in Jutland has been the signal for an outbreak of hostilities between that gallant officer and the Provision Committee (Verpfiegung Konmsszon) in that town. The General continued to impose upon the inhabitants the same contri butions that were levied during the war; the local authorities protested, and would only deliver what was demanded " under reservation of payment." The General waxed wroth and wrote a threatening letter, concluding with the following words : " Should these my moderate commands not be instantly and scrupulously obeyed by the Provision Committee, I would give the gentlemen upon whom the execution chiefly devolved an opportunity to consider, on bread and water, their stubbornness, and would take by strength of arms what the usages of war allow. The responsibility of tho damage which might unavoidably arise from it would rest not on me but on the town authorities." This is signed " V. Bornstedt," and dated the 13th of May, 24 hours after the truce came into operation and fully three days after the announce ment of it reached Jutland. The General takes it for granted that the army has a right to subsist on the invaded country, and says nothing about payment. Possibly the inha bitants had not at hand the provisions required. Possibly, also, as the Jutlanders are known to be the most obstinate as well as the most loyal subjects of Denmark, they had them and would not give them ; they were unwilling to give what, by the terms of the armistice, they were only expected to sell. But, at all events, the Prussian constitutes himself a judge in his own cause, and he will have what he will by a threat of violence, both on the property and on the persons of the citizens ; he threatens them with imprisonment on bread and water. General Falkenstein, in Aarhuus, on the 12th, grounding his demand on the terms of the truce, thus sets down the treatment that the officers are to expect from the hosts upon whom they are billeted : —For breakfast, " coffee with accessories ;" for dinner, " soup, meat and vegetables, roast, and sweets, butter and cheese, and a bottle of wine ;'+ for supper, " tea, bread and butter, and meat ;" " eight cigars daily." The men are to have, in the morning, "coffee with accessories or brandy;" at noou, a pound of meat, with vegetables, bread and cheese, a flask of beer, k of a pound of tobacco, or 10 cigars, daily. The horses must be supplied daily with " four measures of oats, eight pounds of hay, and the necessary straw." All this arrange ment is to take effect on the 14th. Those hosts who have not, or cannot otherwise procure the wine, tobacco, and cigars required for their billeted guests, may apply for them at the Royal Prussian Commis sariat. The same as to forage ; where the Commis sariat is not ready with the required forage, appli cation should be made by them to the civil authorities, who are to deliver it upon acknowledg ment and quittance. Not a word is said about payment in this order, which was equally published at Viborg and other places. We hear, however, that 20 Danish skillings (ad. sterling) will be allowed to the inhabitants daily for every private soldier billeted upon them. About the officer no statement is made, and it is only added that Gen. Falkenstein verbally insisted that the wine and cigars should be of the best quality.' Be it remembered that the Danish' Government, when compelled to quarter its own troops upon the people, paid one mark (4d.) per head for the sol diers, for which the latter were to have mere straw to lie upon and one meal such as the family could afford for themselves, without either coffee, liquors, or tobacco, add the officers were only entitled, upon the same payment of a mark, to lodgings, fire, and light, and the use of the kitchen. It matters not how sumptuously and splendidly the Prussian Government may choose to treat both men and officers, so long as they are at its own charge, nor is it worth while to stop to inquire whether these German troops, at any time, at home or abroad, were allowed one pound of meat daily and 10 cigars. The question is whether their army is to be quartered and fed at the cost of the Jut landerfs, or whether thoso latter are to receive the value at least of the provisions consumed in their premises. The Prussians and Austrians are not, agreeably to the terms of the truce, to " lever des contributions de guerre," and are to " payer tout ce qui serail fourni aux troupes Allemandes." Are we to understand that they insist upon the right of einquartierung, and that the billet implies the feeding no less than the accommodation of the troops ? More, that under the designation of "feed• ing" are to be included a waste and luxury such as were never known since a penny was set down as the proper wages for a soldier ? SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day, LONDON, May 21.—Wind this day at noon—North- West; moderate breeze and cloudy weather. There was a heavy thunder storm during the night. BRISTOL, May 20,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Glenelg, from the West Coast of Africa. NEWPORT, May 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Princess of Wales, from Havannah. Sailed—Atlantic, for Hongkong— Loyal, for Sierra Leone. PLYBIOUTLE, May 20.—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Morning Star, from London for Sydney. I3y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 20—Favor, Williaiuine, and Cambyses— all fiom Porto Rico. Sailed, May 21—Result, for Port Phillip. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Polikari, screw steamer, from Ibrail ; Golden Fleece, from Calcutta—both for London ; Anglo Saxon, for Shanghai; Alfred, steamer, for Cape of Good Hope; Asia, for East London; Broming, for Bermuda; Lucerne, screw steamer, for Trieste, Ithuriel, for Berbice ; Lightning, for Cardiff—all from London. Lately at Valladolid took place'in presence of a vast crowd an encounter between a bull and an elephant. The former had not the slightest chance, the elephant almost without an effort preventing its antagonist from ever touching it. The spectators withdrew greatly disap pointed at the inequality of the conflict. LITE IN IDAHO, The correspondent in Idaho of the Denver .News writes :—" J. A. Slade, known in Denver as well as here, has been a terror to this community. He has keeping a ranch on the Maddison branch of the Missouri River, about ten miles from here, but spent two-thirds of his time in town, and while here he was always drunk. He had with him at all times a gang of desperadoes, who feared nothing, and never observed law, order, or the counsel of any one. He frequently slapped law-abiding citizens in the face, and threatened to bore them through' if his wish, whatever it might be, was not granted. The citizens and Vigilance Committee sent him word, when he was sober, that law and order should and would be preserved, and if he did not abide by this rule, which is considered impera- tine by them, he would soon suffer the consequences. Early this morning Slade and company were drunk —not dead drunk, but crazy drunk, and abused every one, calling them opprobrious names, and daring any one to take it up. Pape: s were issued for his arrest, but while he was being arrested the warrants for himself and others were torn up, and vengeance threatened against the Court. Before other warrants could be drawn he went to the office of the Judge, called him foul names, and said some people's days were numbered, and thu3 abused the most respectable citizen among us. At 3.40 p.m., a company of about 300 men, all armed, marched from some place unknown to myself, up through Jackson-street, and halted directly in front of the place in which Slade was. A guard was put around the town, and also the building that Slade was then in. Business was suspended; crowds gathered, the streets were full ; old muskets and rifles glistened, and gangs of men could be seen in every direction, but hardly a word was spoken. Slade was arrested and conducted to a ravine at the edge of the street, where, lo and behold! there stood betore him and us a newly erected gallows, for this especial occasion. The hills and streets, housetops, and every vacant spot in sight were covered with men, women, and children. The crowd conducted him before the scaffold, and asked him if he had anything to say before he would suffer death. All was quiet and still. Not a word could be heard from any one, except the cravings of the prisoner to see his wife. About an hour previous to this a message had been despatched to his ranch for Mrs Slade, but this was not known to the committee, and, therefore, his request was not granted. He was made to mount the stand, and give ten minutes to say what he pleased. He cried for Judge Davis, Lawyer Sanders, and others. Judge Davis came forward, and was asked in the most entreating language by the prisoner to plead with the people for an innocent man. The prisoner said if they would allow him to leave the country he would immediately do so, and go anywhere directed. Judge Davis told him it was not in his power to do anything to save him. Again and again he would ask time for his beloved wife to arrive. He said he had business matters to explain to her, and asked them for God's sake to grant him time for her arrival. His legs now trembled, his face was pale,and his whole frame was nervous. He was certain his time had come. The rope was placed about his neck and his arms bound, and again he cried, ' For God Almighty's sake, let me see my be loved wife !' Cries of Let him see his wife' from every quarter were heard, and a rush to the gallows was looked for. Excitement now prevailed, and a general fight was anticipated. In an instant about 300 guns were levelled on the crowd, and in an in stant more everything was as still as the hush of midnight. The prisoner was still begging for mercy, but all to no purpose. Hang him they would, and hang him they did, while he was s till asking for a few moments longer, and without his being blind folded the trap was sprung. The fall was 30 inches, and his boot toes touched the ground. After hang ing for 31 minutes the rope was cut and the body conveyed to the Virginia Hotel. At 6 o'clock, and before the corpse was laid out, Mrs. Slade arrived. She is a lady who bears an excellent character here, and is thought much of by all her acquaintances. When she rode in front of the Virginia Hotel she alighted, and was conducted to the room in which her dead husband lay, yet ignorant of the fact that he was dead. As soon as she saw the body she cried out that God might punish the murderers in open daylight of her husband. Her feeling can better be imagined than described, and the sym pathy of this community is with her. She asked a friend of Slade's why he did not pull out his pistol and kill him before he was hanged. Thus endeth the man's career. IdARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of fruit were on sale hero to-day, and the show of vegetables was seasonably good. There was a fair demand for most descriptions of produce, at the an nexed currencies : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 0 0 to 0 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 3 0 Melons 0 0 to 0 01 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6 to 5 0 Pears, per do .... 0 0 to 0 0 Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sve4 0 to 4 6 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. e d Mulberries, pr pt oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 1 oto 2 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches..... Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 - - VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Shallots, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 0 OSo 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Cauliflwers, pdzlo to 2 0 Beet, per doz. 00to 0 0 Brocoli sprouts 1 oto 1 2 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 35 oto 70 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 New ditto, pr lb ..0 2to 0 6 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 o Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 1 6 Mint and savory.. o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 Green p be eas, n.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 TOMittOeS, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French ans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 oto 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach .. 0 6to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 5 0 Brussels sproutsi 1 9to 2 6 Seakale, per bun. 1 oto 1 6 POULTRY. - - Turkeys, 5s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 4s 6d to 8s Od ; ducks, 28 to 3s Od ; ducklings, 3s Od to 5s 6d; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., —d to Os —d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 16s Od; chickens, 6s Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasanis, Os to Os Od • par tridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, oci to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od • widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each guinea fowls, 6s Od to 8s Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os 10d to is Od ; English, is Od to is Id per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to Os Od ; French do. , 4s 6d to 6s Od per 100 ; leverets , Os O d to O s Od ; grouse, OE; Od to Os Od. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 8d to is 10d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb ; turbots, 3s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 69 Od; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od; mullets, Os 6d to is Gd; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s Gd; plaice and garnets, 4d to Os 8d each; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 8s to 18s; natives, 6s ,to 70s per bushel; whitings, 2s Od to 5s ; haddocks, 6s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 78 to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to Os 8d; veal, 3s 6d to 48 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 8113 s, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. • • -- - - Beef, from 25 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 35 6d to 42 6d ; lamb, 66 8d to 66 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 45 6d; and pork, 35 2d to 45 4d per 81b5 by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 3 / 4 d to 7d; of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2itl to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 30 ; 721 b to 801 b, 34d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41(1 ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to 12s Od ; calf ski ns ' light, 28 6d to 45 Od ; full, 8s Od to Os Od ; Dom,shee, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, —s Od to —8 Od ; lOO Od to 12s Od; lambs, 3s Od to 48 8d; shearlings, ls 11d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS . SmmatzLD.—Meadow hay, £2 105 to 108 £4 10s Od; eclover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, 45 to £l load, Trade dull. CmusHßLANDMea,low hay, £2 100 to £ 4 10s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od; and straw, £l4s to £1 10s per load. Trade Blow. WHIECHAYEL.—Meado hay £2los to Di 108 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 105 Od ; and straw, Li 4s to LI lOs per load, Trade inactive . ATTEMPTEDTEDSUICIDE BY A BRIDE.—An aged female, who had for some time been in receipt o f 30s. a month ' from som e fund, attem p ted to commit suicide at Devonport under the following circumstances :—lt appears that on Thursday morning she was, to th e sur p r i se of many o f her friends, unitedin the bonds of matrimony, and by so doing she forfeited her monthly allowance. After the wed ding ceremony was concluded she was made acquaintea with the fact, and this so preyed upon her spirits that she took a dose of poison. Medical aid was sought, and having been attended to, she was removed to the hospital is a oab. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING—THIS DAY, D111133Y. sto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 9to 1 agst Birohbroom (taken) 12 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 16 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stafford (taken) 33 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ackworth (offered) 100 to 1 agst Forager (offered) LONDON 'GAZETTE--Last Evening. LORD CHAINIBERLAN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 3L b a otice is hereby g i ven t h a t h er R o y a l Hi g h ness th e Princess Drawing of Rooma Walest jainyes,s commandrace of the Queen, hold a on behalf of her Majesty, on Tuesday, the 14th June next, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal Highness at the Drawing Room shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 31. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the Ist of June next, and on Wednesday, the 22d of June next, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at thum Levees shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to het Majesty. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 19. Notification of the raising of the blockade of the Prussian ports in the Baltic, and the ports of Sleswig and Hot , stein. It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has re. ceived from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Copenhagen an official notification, issued by the Ministry of Marine of the King of Denmark, and dated the 10th May,.1864, an nouncing that the blockade, by the Danish Naval Forced, of the Prussian ports in the Baltic, and of the parts of Sles wig and Holstein (which ports and places are particularly named in the official notice hereunder set forth), will, from the 12th of this present month (May, 1861) be raised, and ceased to be in force. The following is the official notification received by Earl Russell : The Ministry of Marine notifies herewith, that according to the suspension of hos ilities, concluded yesterday in Lon don, the blockade of the ports cammin, Swinemunde, Wolgast, Greifswalde, zAralsuEc:, Barth, Danzig, and Pillau will be raised the 12th of this month. Further, the. blockade of ports anci inlets in the Duchies of Sleswig and Holstein, notified under the ISth and 27th of February and 22d of March this year, will be raised from, the same time. 0, LuTKEN. _ _ Ministry of Marine, Copenhagen, the 10th May, 1864. WAR-OFFICE, MAT IS. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major Patrick Stewart, of the Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Gadban a Consul-General in London fur the Sublime Ottoman Porto The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Manuel Jose Quintana as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 20. 6th Lancers—Captain Cornwallis H. Chichester, from 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice E. F. Weaver, who exchanges. 7th Hussars—Lieutenant Francis Arthur Hutchins, front the Bth Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice E. 11, Kennard, who exchanges. Sth Hussars—Lieutenant Edmond Hegan Kennard, from 7th Hussars, to b 3 Lieutenant, vice F. A, Hutchins, who exchanges. 12th Lancers—Lieutenant David Roche Vandeleur to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Marlow Sidney, who retires—Cornet Edward Albert Pole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vandeleur—Henry Lancaster Graham, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pole. 15th Hussars—Ensign Henry %Vise Ridley Blackett, from, the 86th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Cuthbert Larking, who retires. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Hon. Thomas 0. W Plunkett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Richard Llewellyn Williams, who retires—Ensign Ernest Alexander Morant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hon. T. 0. W. Plunkett—Ensign Frederick Coninghat from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Morant. 2d Foot—Captain 'William M. D. Alderson, from the 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Gair, who exchanges. 3d Foot—Captain Penrose John Dunbar to be Major, by purchase, vice William Henry Cairnes, who retires— Lieutenant Walter Augustus Daubeny to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dunbar—Ensign Thomas William Car- Penter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daubeny— William Robert Aylmer Raly, Gent., to be Ensign, by -, , - purchase, vice Carpenter. - Bth Foot—Sergeant-Major Alfred Beiry to be Quarter. master, vice Charles ',lsherwood, who retires upon half. pay. 12th Foot—Sergeant-Major James Edwin Tripp, to ba Quartermaster, vice Thomas Huddlestone, appointed Paymaster. 13th Foot—Captain Edward Francis Weaver, from the sth Lancers, to be Captain, vice C, H. Chichester, whQ exchanges. Nth Foot—Captain Cornelius George O'Brien, from. the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice John Blake y who retires upon temporary half-pay. 39th Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Murray to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Newport Tinley, who retires —Ensign Henryi Lewis Brooke White to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray—Henry O'Brien, Gent., to ha Ensign, by purchase, vico 53d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Coningham, front the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Ainsworth, promoted—Alfred Philip Mules, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F. Ceninghare, transferred to the Ist Foot. 62d Foot—Ensign Edward Podmore Clarke to be Lieuten., ant, by purchase, vice Eugene Charles Pol'eaten, who retires—Thomas Fentham Todd, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clara. 77th Foot—Captain William Clair, from 2d Foot, to be Captain, vice Alderson, who exchanges. 86th Foot—Lieut. Joshua James Bowness to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert L. Grant M'Grigor, who re tires—Ensign Edward Philipps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bowness—Henry Brooke Rhodes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice H, W, R. Blackett, transferred to 15th Hussars—George Cooper, Gent., tg be Ensign, by purchase, vice Philipps. 92d Foot—Ensign Henry Benjamin Archer has bee 4 superseded for being absent without leave. 94th Foot—Ensign Francis John Hassard to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice James Strachan, who retires—George Mussel Salvia Bowlby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hassard. BREVET. Captain Alexander Cockburn, half-pay, Unattached, to be Major. Captain and Brevet Major Alexander Cockburn, half. pay, unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Frederic Brine, Royal Engineers, to be Major. Captain Ambrose Wolrige, Royal Marines, to be Major. Captain Robert Edward Henry, 86th Foot, to be Major 4 Captain Henry John Wilkin, 94th Foot, to be Major. The following promotions and alterations in dates of corn. missions to take place consequent on the promotion of Colonel E. Frome, Royal Engineers, as Major-General, on. sth January. 1864, and of Colonel B. Cuppage, g oy s Artillery, as Major-General, on March 1, 1864. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Major William Williamson, 85th Foot. Major Wliay Rynd, 62d Foot. TO BE MAJORS. Captain Spencer Henry Hutchins Edwards, 98th Foot. Captain Matthew Bligh Forde, Royal Artillery. MEMORANDUX.—Captain Alexander Cockburn, half-pay unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under the Horse Guards' Cir.! cular Memorandum of February 15, 1861. Henry BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial Inv. portance in the Gazette : Hussey, beerseller, London-road, Southwark Thomas Menzies, ship chandler, Poplar Robert Poulter, clerk, Lambeth Andre Giraud, wine merchant, Aldgate Alphonse Lambert, general agent, Red Lion-square Donald Macdonald, glass-stainer, Camden-town Thomas Stuart, builder, Islington Richard Metcalfe, grocer, Melton Roderick Jones, saddler, Brecon James Smith, draper, Boston Joseph Richardson, grocer, Liverpool James H. Hayes, broker, Liverpool Henry Edwards, fishmonger, Sunderland Stephen Escudier, surveyor, Kensington Samuel Young, tailor, Ride John Cutts, haberdasher, Bilston James Heathwaite, cheesemonger, Poplar Alfred Crabb, surgeon, Poole SCOTCH BANKR UF James Carmichael, poulterer, JO inburgu John Dunlop, auctioneer FraserbFrgh h Gillon and Shiells, meroll E b h dm urg John Belshay Marr, builder, Stotfaulds, Forfarshire. 1 James Dickson, farmer, ants,Rdinburg ;e of the Exchange.—.yesterday. 12 25 1 7 8 7: Short. Amsterdam ..... 11 17 Rotte ßAnr D ust wi Brussels t ee ; ps 3 3 :0 00E n zru t tt hz: s , 1 2212212 2 2535555 66636977055 1 rdam __ . 221 1 5 2 35 74,70 1 : H a roburgh Ditto 14Frranaarrsiskeiflo;re.; On Maine. 25 75 25 77# 'Vienna 11 85 11 90 _ _ Trieste ...... - - Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz . • • • Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo 11 85 11 90 32a 321 47f 4S 4 474 4 25 77i 25 821 25 so 25 85 25 75 26 85 25 80 25 85 25 85 26 g 0 The King of the Belgians left Brussels on Tues day morning for the chateau of Ardenne. Hi s Majesty was accompanied by Count Con, way, intendant of the Civil List, and D r , licepl, his physician. On the previous even, ing the King ga ve a grand dinner at the palace in Brussels in honour of the new Minister of Mexico, Don Arrangoitz y Berzobal, and the Grand Duke of Hesse. Besides the royal f am ily and the guests above-mentioned, his Majesty had invited several members of the diplomatic body, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Presi, dent of the Chamber of Representatives, and other high functionaries. torl f „ra)2 o j. 111). II