The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-22 00:00:00

. ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, • CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. As it is imagined in monetary circles that the measures adopted by the Bank directors will im part steadiness to the discount market, an inclina tion is evinced on the part of the joint-stock and private establishments to secure business at the new quotation. The mercantile community are, there fore, once more in a position to discount their bills in the open market on the same terms as those re quired at the Bank itself, and if the specie move ment should improve, as many appear to expect, facilities may be offered which will enable capi talists to find employment for their resources in the negotiation of commercial securities. At present business cannot be concluded under 4 per cent,, but altogether the aspect of affairs is less unsettled than it was before the minimum was adjusted at that figure. Two alterations in the minimum rate of discount within a week had prepared the public for an un favourable Bank return, and the results are not more important than most persons had anticipated. The principal feature is a considerable addition to the amount of discount business transacted, and which, in fact, is the cause of the measures forced upon the Executive. The movements in the notes and gold, although adverse, are comparatively limited. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £20,683,110 Increase .. • • • • 45,500 Bullion .. .. 14,629,451 Decrease .. .. • • 123,690 "Zest 3 152 019 • • .. •• •• •• Increase - - Public Deposits Increase .. Other Deposits.. Increase .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. Government Securities .. 13,367 .. 7,610,278 • • 875,141 .. 13,983,654 .. 256,098 •• 585,205 30,101 . 11,151,395 • No alteration. Other Securities .. .. 20,236,420 Increase .. 1,283,695 Notes Unemployed .. 7,661,395 Decrease .. • • .. 82,920 During the last day or two there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. On Wednesday business was suspended owing to the "Derby," and even yesterday the operations were on a very limited scale. Sugars have exhibited a slight decline, while good and fine descriptions of coffee have maintained previous rates. In tea, rice, fruits, and spices there has been litte alteration. Tallow has been in fair demand at about previous quotations. A circular has been issued by the London and South African Bank announcing the issue of the 5,000 new shares of £2O each, resolved upon at the recent meeting of proprietors. The allotment is to be made in the proportion of one new share for every four shares now held at a premium of £2 each. The instalments are to be paid monthly, and will be completed on the 20th November next. Dulness is still the prin2ipal characteristic of the market for the English Funds, speculative as well as bonaltde dealings being very much curtailed. Although bffairs appear inactive quotations con- tinue steady, Consols being 93: for money, and 921- 4 , less the dividend, for the account. Consi- dering the recent alteration in the rate of discount, the unfavourable Bank return, and the tendency of the specie movement, the market has exhibited greater strength than might have been expected. Transactions have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 91: e ; in Bank Stock at 235; and in Exchequer Bills 4s. die.; India 5 per Cents. are 1091 110 k, and in the Enfaced 5 per Cents. at 1071. There is not much animation in the Foreign MarZtet, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71/ 1; ditto Consolides, 51 f 4 ; Greek, 314 32 ; ditto Coupons, 141 15; Spanish Passive, 344 35 ; ditto Certificates, 124 i ; Portu guese, 491 4 ; Russian, 921 1 ; Mexican, 35136; and and the Confederate Loan -1 to 1 prem. in the Railway Share Market the operations have been very limited, and in several instances prices have exhibited less buoyancy. Great Northern, North-Western, South-Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have declined about 55.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; South-Eastern, however, have improved about £l. For the Foreign and Colonia 1 undertakings there has been a moderate enquiry, at about previous quotations. Joint=Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally show a slight improvement. Chartered of India, Australia and China, have advanced to 29k, London and Westminster to 79, and City Bank to 108. Italian Irrigation 6 per Cent. Bonds r,mained steady at 29. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 235 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuitie5.... India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent llO 9/ 101 9/ Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent. Consols for Account, June 9 92/ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 4 die Ditto £500 Ditto Small par FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account.. 941 Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO/ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ea-Coupons.. Ditto Account 3ll 21 11 Ditto Coupons l4l 1 1 i Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account. 36 151 a New Granada Ditto Deferred lO / SlDitto Land Warrants (Hectares) 8 .t . A uvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account BBl Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 Ditto Account...... . . X' . . Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, it............ . 49 - 3 1 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 ...... -1/ Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 ..... ; Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 54/ Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 35 4/ 5 41 I Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account BBl Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .. 7 0 h i Ditto, £lOO Bonds 73 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er C en t . IC3I 3 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 .. 561 5/ Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f..... 69f. 75c. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 92k } xd The Emperor of Austria has commuted the punishment of Co unt Ferdinand Zich y to im prisonment for one month in the house of the Provost Marshal. (The original sentence was "hard labour for one year, and loss of nobility.") THE RIVAL SPARROWS.—In the interior of the Tyne Dock waggon shops the attention of one of the workmen was, about a week ago, attracted to the move ments of a pair of sparrows engaged in constructing a nest in a hollow where two girders meet for the support of the iron roof. For several days they labo ured most assidu ously in preparing their abode, when, by some sudden freak, the progress of the tiny fabric was suspended. A few mornings afterwards thy ears of the workmen were saluted by loud chirping and the flattering of wings, and torn what transpired subsequently, it was evident that the female bird had severed the connubial bond, and en listed the affections of another, who now vigorously con tended with the r e j ec t e d bi r d f or possess i on o f the nest. for several hours the conflict continued, until the usurper proved the stron ges t. Th e re j ected bird shortly afterwards returned and hovered about the spot,o speedily watching Dm opportunity for rev enge . Thi s occurred, for in the course of a short time the newly -joined pair left for a brief period. In their absence the defeated -j approac hed the nest, and, pl ac i ng hi s back beneathPwarf° the feathery mass, raised it f rom its resting place and sent it to the ground. The surpr i se of the other birds, on their return, at beholding the demolition of their dwelling appeared to be great, and was arousing to observe. Notwithstanding this disaster, however, they commenced to build a second nest i n the same place, the re j e cted mate watching their proceedings with apparent interest. After two days of incessant labour, they again left for a short time, and taking. advan! age of their absence, the disappointed bird again demolished their feathery residence. The bi r d s , an their return, commenced to build their third ne s t, i n which work they are ACT cligagedt - 4//ta 6a""ft stock stock stock stook stook stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share itkilways. 13.14. Wol.. and Str. Val, illy the and Tyne. ItoBt.,Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall 8 8. 8 9 N 86 116 j 116, G 4 GI IDo AIA u - ets no dig Do. B tillfipc.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 40 42 13 14 91 93 107 109 s?i b3i 47 49 24& 25i Ditto East Anglian at iGreatNorthof Scotland 'Great Northern Do .4 stock 125 126 127 128 134 136 102 104 671 671 Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of lrelan , IGreat Western et I Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire st 'London and Blackwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast et Lon., Chat., and Dover et Lon. & Nor' h Western st ILon. & So*.th Western et Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do f shares... 10 Metropolitan et Midland 6.4.0 Do New 110} 111 78i 79i 118 120 41 42 100.1 101: 104 1(5, 44 45 111 1' 127 127 i 16 1/p 96 9$ Do binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 51 511 24i 25i 101 102 58 684 88} 69} Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New 115 117 18 Kt P 11f 12} 118 120 454 464 98 100 19.16.4 North Staffordshire ~ N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpoo) Shropshire Union South Devon.. South Eastern 0 51 32 33 91f 92 68 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 D 7 8 153 156 p 5 54r 31P ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuk,S. Paid. Closing BusineAs Price. done. 85 1151 53 21 ; 125 f 135 k 67& 1101 i 118& 18 101 f i 105 i 45 891 9 921 i 3 2i 21 P 514 2.5 t 102,1 I i 1 d ;South Wales IS. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an dWok. Stockton & Darlington Do __ Do New, 1860, .. Taff Vale., Do B Do C Ulster Do. Do Vale of heath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dzit Nest Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 79 82 154 156 28 30 44 15 38 40 99 101 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways ttlantic & St Lawrence ttom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New . . •••• Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. Preteronce . • • • • Builalo,BrantAGodricl 4 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1877 1)(:), do. June I, 1874 Clcut t n.e:S.East n (Lii ) ',apeTown & Dock Seri) Hastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c It;ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prot. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred._ Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do &fey ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. slo k... Do. do. deterred. Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gun. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share+ Do. Drew Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-& . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 6 p. c. Do. 4/ p. o. Extension Dc..th do Do. Fifth Extension nelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds , 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds Newßrunswick t Candu Class A. and B N.ll,l.C'da6 pc lit pt bds Scinde Do. Delhi I • • Do. do a [)o. Punjaub 'it' 2 .! Do. Do. Do. Indus.St Flo.) 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 1 100 100 loc, Paid, all Closinv. Price. 60 63 ICBi 1(9 1 p 5 6i 7 fik 1(8 109 1(91 109; 110 It 2 139* 1091 1 1 1 1p , 1 19 2 0 p 61 65 +8 61 65 68 43 37 :37 41 33 36 24 26 21 23 110 1101 1 2 1 lit 107 108 111 12 9 By+' 97 100 89 02 i fp 107 108 ICU 103 48 100 49 51 3 5 84 86 IC9i 1 toi 107 108 6 fp I lO7 108 ip 101 106 T SEC U 106 107 103 iL6 103 106 06 97 95 97 ill 113 112 114 112 114 115 117 113 115 10 111 lt,o 111 106} 167, 102 IC3i 103 103 103 101 112 114 1074 t:3 115 13 115 10 112 101 1111 COLONIAL GOVERN - :I,i4n.Gov. 6 p.c.J a &Jul) - 1877-Si - I Do. ap. c. Feb. & Au!, - I Do.d p. c. Mar. & SePI - , Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. - Do. 5 Inscribed stock - Cape G.llope, 8 p 43,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 188 t - , Do - _ . Is 9( - Do. Jin.Sz July, 1£41 . .. - Ceylon, Noy.V-78, 8 p - Mau , Ulna 8 per cent .. - Natal Goy. 6 per cant.. • N.B.Goy. 8 p.c. J a.Szi ul) - i Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1,1361 • ! Do. sp. c.,18/1 to 1-'7( Do. db.,1888 &upwth New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6 p. C. S. Aus G6p.e.1678. ( t up.. I V(e.Gov. 6 p.e. Ja.,tJul) Do. to B D.O. ADALOCt.. 100 100 100 100 100 BRITI SH MI: 'Cambrian Consol. Gold lulalore Amalgamated ' Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , F East Bassett East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea... E. VP' Russel (Tavistk.) i Gam.&St.AuUyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus u. Wheal Vor (Itelston (Grenville Herat's- Foot, ... 1:1 ingston Downs... jLady Bertha NlArgaret (tiny Lelart Marke Valley.. Ityndy Iron Ore (Lim '1 New Setun .. North Downs WI( '1 Basset ( I 11o4an \iorth Wheal Crotty .. l'ar Consols (St. Blazey, , 'rovidenee (Uny Leln t. South Caradon(St.Cleer: 8. Cairn Brea (Illogan).. Wheal Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min Pin Crolt 22 24 625 635 100 103 id 19 3t B i 331 81 31 31 11 13 41 51 6 7 bi 6 47 19 21 3 11 33 74 8 1 4 ci 110 120 2 25 41 41 44 5 44 54 it 43 400 410 31 31 85 90 35 37 19 2) 12 t 3 29 31 250 260 c 5 70 50 55 West Basset (Illoaatt).. W Caradon (Llskeard, i West Seton 11Vheal Basset (Mogan' ' Wheal Buller(ltedruth), Wheal Kitty (I.7.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men )! Wheal Seton ..1 v:'heal Trelawney (Lis.)! j Wheal UnlOn 5 5i 15i 14 250 260 7 - l5 17 3.17 4i 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, Norfolk 5 per cent. Ex., 1846, 106 Great \ orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pin., 111 Ditto, 5 per cent. red. at 5 per cent., 107 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 90} Great Western, Chester 8 per cent. pf. stock, 170 Midland 4} per cent. pf. stock rd., 103} Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 91 North British 5 per cent., 110 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pf., London and Blackwall, 44 per cent. stk., 101 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 811 LINES LEASED A r FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, go Hull and Selby, 110 Lowestoft, 6 per cent., 125 North Western, 174 17 Royston, Hitch., and Shepp., 137 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 201 1 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 141 1 Namur and Liege, gua. G per cent. pf., 21 N. Rail of Buenos Ay:es, gua, 7 per cent., 111 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin (li), 121 Recite and San Francisco m.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 Royal Danishll6i 16 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 Cape Copper (lim.). 21 Cob re Copper, 191 Dun Mount. Copper Min.,Co. . Mont. Aureos i sraz. Gold Min. Co. (Urn.), 2 11 Port Philip, United Mexican (lim.), Vallanzasut Gold, Um., Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lin t ), 32 JOIN T-STOCR ItANICS, AustralasiaMance Bank s of London and Liverpool (lim.), 31/ 1 , 7 B Ba a n nk k of o LEogyuclpot'u,29l2l:.3 Bank of Quo nslaud (am), 84 Bank of New Z. aland (11m.), 114 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 104 Chartered Bank ol India, Australia, and China 2 2 84 t •In Chartered of India, London, and China, China, - a 4 "" City, I , S 9 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 174 184 Imperial Bank (11m.), 224 24 a 2 Imperial Ottoman, 201 Loudon, B. Ayres, and E. Plate (lim.), 224 'London Chlrtered Bank of Australia, 28i London and Colonial (lira.), 4f (London Joint Stock, :',64 London and N - zthern 31 4 London and South African, 27(6/ London and Westminster, 79 Eletrop. and Prov. Bank dim.), 111 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. ) , 2u 4 Union of Ireland (lim.), 14 Union of London, 354 DOCKS. London, 61 MISC LANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Eza Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 115 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. iB7O issued 90, 29 Joint stock Discount, 4 $ Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Um., Ditto (.£ e,) 31 110 741 Mail Steam, 63i 3 [tITIES. 104 3} I i 1111 10 32 If f 2.4.9 11 5.15.6 18.1-.9 28.9. 471 65 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 584 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUIEN'S BENCH. Their lordships were occupied the whole of this morning with hearing the arguments of the Attorney-General in a case relative to the infringment of a certain design used in the ornamentation of woollen fabrics. The case did not possess the slightest general interest. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) FOSTER T. FOSTER AND BERRIDGE. This cause was tried last term, and a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, the jury assessing the damages at £5,000. The petitioner was a major in the Indian army and applied to the court for dissolution of his marriage, and the present application was made on the part of the co re spondent to intervene on the ground that as both parties were domiciled in India the court had no jurisdiction. After hearing the arguments of counsel the application was re fused with costs. ARCHES COURT. (Before Dr. Luehington.) JONES (CLERK) V. JEFF (CLERK). . . This was a suit instituted by the Rev. Mr. Jones, the in cumbent of the parish of Llandebar,in Merionethshire against the Rev. Mr. Jeff, a clergyman of the Church of England, for preaching in an unconsecrated chapel or building after he had been warned that proceedings would be instituted against him before this court on letter of request from the Bishop of Bangor. The defendant admitted the allegations in the libel. Dr. Lushington, at some length, gave judgment, and said that the defendant had, in open defiance of plaintiff, preached in an unlicensed building after he had been warned that proceedings would be instituted, and there fore he had challenged the present state of things. The act committed was against law and canonical obedience, and he should, therefore, admonish the defendant and condemn him in all the costs. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) SINGULAR CUSTOM AMONGST THE JEWS DURING PASS OVER...-BRAVO V. DUTTON. This was an action to recover for services rendered, plain tiff being a sailor, and defendant landlord of the Red Lion, Bevis Marks. His Honour—Well, plaintiff, what is this all about ? Plaintiff—lt is a claim for serving out the rum and statub during Passover. His Honour—For what ? Plaintiff—Perhaps, I had better explain. You must know that the Jews are very particular during Passover week, and they will not drink any other liquor but rum and shrub. It is necessary that the publican should employ a person to attend specially to this duty, and I was chosen. I went down to the docks and tasted the rum, saw it cleared, and finally witnessed its being sealed up, His Honour—What was that for ? Plaintiff—So that it might not be tampered with. It is a very particular and old custom with the Jews to drink this, but it must be quite unadulterated, His Honour—Well, and what did you do besides all this ? Plaintiff—l served it out, so that there might not be any mistake. I charged altogether for these services £2 25., and I have received a portion of that sum. His Honour—Well, these are very peculiar services, and I suppose valuable in a particular point of view. Defendant is not here to dispute the matter, so you will have a verdict with costs. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR HISTORY OF A THIEF—RECONNOITRING IN MAYFAIR —Thomas Coyle, a tall thin man, with one arm, and James Goldsmith, both of whom lodge at low lodging houses in the neighbourhood of Tothill-street, Westminster, were charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Curzon street, Chesterfield-street, and Queen-street, Mayfair, and going down several areas, for the purpose of committing felonies. William Kelly, 63 C, said that yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, ha saw the two prisoners loitering in the neighbourhood of Curzon-street. He watched th-rn, and saw Coyle go down several areas, while Goldsmith waited for him at the top. Knowing that they had both been in custody for robberies, he took them into custody, when Coyle said that he had been to one of the houses, No. 4, Queen-street, to RA the housekeeper for a letter for the hospital, and on his taking the prisoner there the house keeper said that Coyle had asked for a letter. Goldsmith said that he only went with Coyle to assist him in getting the letter. At the station the prisoners were searched, but nothing was found on them, and, on making inquiries, he found they lived at a very low lodging .house in St. Ann's street, Westminster. Mr. Knox asked if anything was known of the prisoners, when Sergeant Birch, 25 B, a most experienced officer, gave the following history of Coyle : Sergeant Birch said that two years ago Coyle was tried at the Clerkenwell Sessions, and was convicted and am tented to two years' imprisonment, for going to a house in Bolton-street, and while the servant had gone to ask her master a question for the prisoner, who had gone on a ficti tious errand, he stole a purse, containing a cheque on Messrs. Coutts' and Co.'s bank for £2O, and a number of sovereigns and shillings belonging to the Rev. Mr. Smith, a clergyman from Dorsetshire. On the day Coyle was taken into custody on the above charge he had been to the house of the Hon.Pdr. Walpole, Lowndes-street, Belgrave square, and stolen a gold chronometer of the value of 50 guineas, having asked the servant to get him a sheet of note paper that he might write a letter to the gentleman at the House. He had also stolen some property of value from the dining- room of the Misses Maitland, in Grosvenor-place. He also attempted a similar thing at Lady Somers', in Grosvenor place. At one house he visited he introduced himself to a lady of title, and shook hands with her, passing himself off as one of the Russell family, but the lady found out the im position, and instantly ordered him to leave the house. He also called at Lord Howe's, Curzon House, Mayfair, but o L u o t r d of l re e' house. seei n t g s h e v a e t ra he l wa san other persons impostor, vo h h i m e e n turned also visited by Coyle to their misfortune. Goldsmith has also been unfavourably known to the police, it being his practice to call at houses with French polish, and, after leavir g, several things have been missed. He is also known as the associate of thieves. Mr. Knox committed them for three months each with hard labour. THAMES. MENDICANCY.—CharIes White, a poor deformed cripple, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with vagrancy. James Brady, a police constable, No. 42 K, said the prisoner was stationed close to the road, in front of the premises of Easum and Brown, ropemakers, in the Com mercial-road, yesterday afternoon, soliciting arms. He took hint into custody. The prisoner was not at all offensive in his conduct. Mr. Wo lrych asked the prisoner why lie was a beggar. The prisoner —What am I to do ? lam deformed in my imbs, and walk on crutches. Mr. Woolrych—You should go to the Union house, You are a cripple, and are entitled to relief from the poor. rate, The prisoner —It would be very bad to be imprisoned in a union workhouss all my life because I am deformed and a cripple. Mr. Wo;Arych—l am sorry for your affliction, my good man, bat it is an offence against the laws to beg in the public streets. The prisoner —I cannot work. lam deprived of the use of my legs. I wish I could get my living by the sweat of my brow. Inspector Griffin—The district has been lately overrun with mendicants, many of them impostors and professionals. This man took the space vacated by the blind boy who was here yesterday. Mr, Woolrych—Where do you come from ? The prisoner —From Stroudwater, in Gloucestershire. I want to reach that place as soon as possible, Inspector Griffin—The prisoner had is. 4d. upon him, and he is known to have spent money for food in the course of the day. Mr. Woolrych said the practice of indiscriminate alms giving in the streets was a very mischit.vous one indeed. It encouraged imposition. Tho blind boy brought before him yesterday maintained his mother by begging, and she paid a girl Md. per week and her board to take care of Mtn. The prisoner was an object of compassion, and ought to go to the Union-house. He should discharge the prisoner, but if he begged again he must commit him to the House of Correction. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 38 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. THE HONOURABLE MRS. YELVERTON AND MRS. FORBES —lt was mentioned some time ago in our columns that an action had b , en brought by the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton against Mrs. Forbes, the lady who lives with Airs. Yelverton's husband, claiming damages on the grouul of the slanderous libel contained in the latter's letter to the London Examiner. Defences have been lodged in the Court of Session by Mrs. Forbes to the effect--first, e e that ed she edg a is a thenst lawful wife of Maj or Y e l ver t on , an d th a t as such her h us b and, if any person, is the party to be pro and 2dly, that as she has no domicile or effects in Scotland, the Court of Session has no jurisdiction in the case. The defences admit that the libellous letter in the Examiner was written by Mrs. Forbes.-- Caledonian Mercury. Dover and Calais are now within I} hours of each other. The "James Penn " crosses the channel in that time. This rapidity is due to improvements in the marine (ngine. Grey hair is restored to its natural colour, and tic doloreux and magnetic brushes. provements by the nervous n uheevaidaaticnhge successC re d i b s y du H e e t r o ri l n a g t e ' g's m inventor. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Btoipghall-sheet, Ludo, Mr. Jordan and Mr, Boucicault. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In a letter which appeared in The Sun of the 19th inst., Mr. Dion Boucicault attempts to explain away the sworn facts proved on the trial against Colonel Gibbon for false imprisonment. Will you grant me the favour and jus tice of an equal publicity to my reply ? Ido not desire to prejudice Mr. Boucicault by an ex parte statement of mine, but am willing that he shall be judged by his own explana tion of the shameless and heartless drama in which he played so unenviable a part. The cruel and ungenerous inuendoes he has thrown out in reference to conduct on my part, in order to relieve himself from the onus pertaining to his own acts, will be the subject of investigation elsewhere. My wife had never appeared on the stage during the five years of our marriage, and accepted the engagement under Mr. Boucicault's management at Drury-lane Theatre, in direct opposition to my expressed wishes. It had been my pride to maintain her from my own resources, and we had lived h ippily together until the time wnon, by her engage ment at the Drury-lane Theatre, she had been brought within the influence of Mr. Boucicault. The insinuation that we had previously lived unhappily, in consequence of my intimacy with another lady, is entirely untrue. Immediately after my wife's engagement I observed a marked neglect on her part towards our child, towards myself, and her duties as mistress of our home. Mr. Boucicault says Mrs. Jordan left her home in May, 1862, and, by my desire, he gave her an engagement at Drury-lane Theatre, when he opened it in June of the same year. I deny that Mrs. Jordan left her home until after her engagement with Mr. Boucicault, in June, when the theatre opened for the first time under his management. My constant practice, after my professional duties for the evening were ended, was to bring my wife home from Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Boucicault says Mrs. Jordan and myself were in the habit of riding with him to our home, I " generally preferring to sit on the box." I reply that he very rarely drove us home. I never sat on the box except upon one occasion, when, being about to call a cab, Mr. Boucicault said there was plenty of room in his brougham, and offered to drop my wife and myself at our door. On that occasion ray wife was accompanied by another lady connected with the theatre, the brougham was constructed to hold only three persons, and I, having just lighted a cigar, volunteered to ride outside. Mr. Boucicault never with my sanction or to my knowledge escorted n'y wife home, and the first time I heard of his having done so it gave rise to the trouble and misery which have ensued. In consequence of information ob , ained by me, I went about 12 o'clock on the night of the 3d Sept., 1862, to Pall-mall, and, while standing in front of the house, I saw Mr.Boucicault's brougham drive up to the door, and my wife alight from it and enter the house. I saw Mr. Boucicault himself driven round to his chambers, in King street, and the brougham discharged, and in a few minutes afterwards Mr. Bouci_• cault walked round to Mrs. Jordan's residence—he states, " with some books." My wife's statement was, that "he brought her some figs." We have it, therefore, from Mr. Boucicault, that he went to my wife's lodgings at 12 o'clock at 'midnight on 3d Sep tember last. My evidence on oath proved that he was ad mitted without knccking at the door by my wife—that she had been watching his corning from her window. "I had scarcely," he says, " entered the hall when I heard a knock • , _ --- at the door. Presuming it was some lod ger i n the house, and fearing my presence in the hall might cause some re mark, I withdrew to let them pass." Mr, Boucicault, therefore, by his statement, lest he should be discovered in the p , rformance of an act of innocent ciNi- lity to my wife, " withdrew" himself to the third floor, up two flights of stairs above the apartments occupied by her, and into the bed-room of the only other lodger in the house, where, according to Col. Gibbon's evidence, he locked him self in, and from whence he did not emerge until I had been removed to the station-house ; that was my complaint against .2,1. Gibbon. Mr. Boucicault states that I manifested " neither anger nor excitement, and exhibited no violence whatever ;" that he "heard no distill banco ;" but he admits that he heard a remark by me that I only desired " to see Mr. Boucicault, that he might be identified." I leave the public to judge th© truthfulness of Mr. Boucicault's expla- nation by the evidence sworn to by Col. Gibbon. According to Mr. Boucicault's statement he did not hear or know any • thing of what was taking place, although all that transpired was within 12 inches of the door of his self-made prison. I have never seen nor had any communication of any kind with Mr. Boucicault since that night, except that four days after the occurrence I received a letter from him endeavouring to palliate his conduct. Mr. Boucicault says, " shortly after the occurrence (September 3, 1862) Mrs. Jordan left for America." Mrs. Jordan did leave his theatre, I believe, under the pretext of going to America, but she remained at an expensive hotel in London, without any engagement, until February, 1863—at whose expense may be inferred. Mr. Boucicault says, in his explanation, "Mrs. Jordan returned to America, and I afforded her the means to do so." Mr. Boucicault undertakes also to say that "she (Mrs, Jordan) wrote to Ler husband to inform Lim whcro eho was to be found." This I utterly deny. After leaving my house, my wife wrote to the nurse having the care of our child to send her (my wife's) trunks to 60, Pall-mall, but on no account was she to inform me where they were to be sent. Mr. Boucicault states he had no opportunity to defend himself in the action against Colonel Gibbon. Re was, however, served with a subpoana to attend on the first notice of trial being given, and every exertion was used to have him subpoenaed for the day when the trial came on. The answer given to my solicitor, who endeavoured to subpama him, was, that he had left town "for the benefit of his health." I was unable to obtain his attendance at the trial, as I desired. I regret to have been myself compelled to refer to the unhappy circumstances attending the separation with my wife, but I should not be satisfied to let any matters re lating to my conduct (or his) rest on Mr. Boucicault's explanations.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Lyceum Theatre, May 21. GEO. C. JORDAN. A Walk in the Streets of Canton. (PROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) I have been spending a week at Canton. I went up by an American steamer, one of their own peculiar kind, and cer tainly for comfort and speed they beat ours, Canton is rather more than 80 miles from Hongkong. We ran up in six hours, leaving at 8 a.m. and breakfasting on board ; but for all the advantages you have to pay—Xl 11s. 6d. for 80 miles of steamboat travelling! Oa the way up there is nothing particular to see, the country lying low, with the White Cloud Mountains in the distance. The Europeans live on one side of the river, the city of Canton being on the other. The next day I crossed over to the city. The usual mode of conveyance here is in boats; you are rowed out to dinner in large boats, whi c h have a cabin like a small room. I went about the western suburb. The city itself is almost knocked down, thanks to our bombardment. It wa s v ery tiring work, not a si ng l e street, if that word can be used, being more than e i g ht f eet wide, most of them being about six feet; and, as there ar e supposed to be three millions of people in the place, y ou can imagine the walking to be something like the Poultry at 4 p.m. In addition to this thronging, the streets are paved with granite stones like our curb stones, laid across, not along the paths, and these are very uneven, and, of course, with the least wet very slippery. Every minute you meet chairs carried along, and then you have to bolt into a shop or make a pancake of yourself against the wall. You can easily imagine that all this, combined with the scarlet and bright colours of the signboards, makes a walk in Canton rather fatiguing than otherwise. The city is, however, well worth seeing. It would be impossible to write down all the peculiarities of the place, but I will jot down one or two of the things which struck me most. In nearly every street you see something connected with gambling, and there are regular gambling houses where one monotonous game goes on all day. You know the Chinese "cash," with a hole in the centre ? Well, a man has a lot of this polished bright, and, taking a handful, he counts them off by fours, the spectators laying their stakes whether, when the last four are taken away, there will be one, two, three, or none left. This is th e gambli ng streetand goes on a ll d a y l ong . At stallsyo you see boys throwi ng di ce , w he • game thor they shall have one, two, or no cakes for their "cash." You see a wheel with a needle, like a compass, for the same purpose. Fortunetellers are frequent, some of them having a mechanical, others a live canary, that hops out and picks an envelope from a number of others, and that contains your fortune. Besides these outdoor attractions they have peepshows and toy stalls similar to those in London, selling quills to blow in water to imitate birds' notes, and such like my thestr they have barricades eet place is, however, ver good ll ; a t wares. the end The of n discipline e ay eve ofr y that are closed at sunset, and to each di s t r i c t b e t ween t h ese s a barriers a man is appointed who is responsible for any row that may take p l ac e, if he can't find the offenders. There are many curious things to be seen in the shops. In one I saw glass-blowing, small bottles and large cylinders more than seven feet high being m ade. In another, one of li the baker's shops, a narrow building stretching back wards for about 10) yards, I counted 40 bullocks, about 12 at a time, engaged in turoing th't grindstones and grind ing the corn. I went into a confectioner's, and found everything laid out quite in Purseli's style, two or three rooms, each with cakes and sweetmeats of more or less value, according to the means of the customer. 'I here were also lists of prices hanging up against the walls. The pawn sh are someth;nr, wonderful. They are tall, square, brick-built towers, higher than any of the ne ghbouring shops, an quite fire-proof front outside. They aro of dif• ferent classes, some lending money for three months, some for eight months, and others for three years, I went over one, and the arrangement cf the articles was very curious, every separate article being car efully done up in paper and labelled. I went over several temples, one containing 600 images of mandarins, each with a different expression of countenance. I also saw the ponds of carp and gold fish. I looked in at the exe utiou hall, and saw some of the police station cells, with the prisoners having the square blocks of wood round their necks, and others in fetters. 1 also saw the painting of the China vases, the process of dying silks, &c.—in fact, I completely " did" Canton, and it is well worth spending some time there, A NARROW ESCAPE. Having received intimation that a tiger had killed a bullock in a patch of jungle near Rajghat on the Jumna, three Nimrods, more valiant than discreet, started on foot a few mornings ago, de termined to carry out their plan at any risk. Hold ing in derision the usual mode of going on elephants, with a battery of guns within reach, they found their way to the forest on foot, each armed with a double-barreled rifle. Sportsmen in the Sewalick Hills are almost invariably followed by natives with spare guns, as in the case of the first missing there is generally time to take the second gun, and if not kill, at least turn the animal from you. Even this prosecution was neglected. The consequence was, that they stumbled on a tiger, which very soon managed to get the better of one of them. Major Brownlow, of the Ss.haranpore Canals, received very severe injuries in various places, and is now under medical treatment. It seems that as they were walking a few paces apart from each other, Lieut. St. John, who was a little ahead, observed the tiger about a dozen yards off in the bushes. He fired his right barrel, then his left, one ball wounding the animal very desperately, it having entered his neck near the shoulder and passed into his body ; yet it was not sufficient to prevent his rushing to wards the sportsmen. As he approached within a few paces of Major Brownlow he fired, and then somewhat at random, for the ball whistled harm • lessly by. In a second or two the tiger was upon him, and, striking him with his paw, at once laid him prostrate. Lieut. J— now advanced to his friend's rescue. He had discharged both barrels, and the only resource left him was to lay hold of the muzzle of the gun, and give the beast heavy knocks on the head with the butt—a feat which he performed in a manner that Milo, who, according to the historians of his time, could floor an ox with his clenched fist, might have envied. The blown were dealt with tremendous force, and had the desired effect of forcing the tiger to leave his intended victim and retreat, though at a very slow pace, into the adjoining thickets, where he was soon lost to view. Tbis was indeed, a providential escape, and though severely mauled the sportsman who came to grief will soon be able " to take the field" again, if he should be still inclined to risk life and limb in another adventure of this sort.—Times of India MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Both for red and white qualities the demand ruled inactive, yet no change took place in prices, compared with Monday. There was a full average supply of wheat on the studs. Sales progressed slowly in all descriptions; nevertheless, the quotations were steadily supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate demand, on former terms. The supply of barley was very moderate, and the trade, on the whole, ruled steady, at full prices. In malt, about an average business was transacted, at pre vious quotations. The supply of oats was very large, and the trade was in a sluggish state for all descriptions, at a decline in prices, compared with Monday, of 6d per quarter. Beans and peas ruled firm, and prices were well supported. Most kinds of flour changed hands slowly, at previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.— 860 I 3030 lOO I 1050 Irish.. ..... ... .. —•— ._ b'0reign......19,970 2,110 45,420 120 sks. 7,230 brls. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is moderate. Prime beef and mutton command high rates; otherwise the trade is steady at ful quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied "nferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 diddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Frizne large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 a dad Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Vea) .. 310 4 8 Small pork ~ 4 4 4 6 Lamb .... 5 6 6 6 BOROUGH HOP. A fair average business continues to bo transacted both in English and foreign hops, and previous quotations are well supported. The supply of the latter on offer is mode rately good. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American 7os to 86s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, and quotations generally are unaltered. SUGAR.—There has been a more active inquiry, but a slight downward movement has taken place in prices. In the refined market prices are also a shade lower, good com mon lump being Tilted 47s 9d per cwt. COFFEE.—The dealings have not been very active. Good and fine qualities of both native and plantation Ceylon have generally sustained previous rates, while inferior descrip tions have, in some instances, been at reduced prices. RICE.—The market has been dull, and only a small quantity of East India has been disposed of, at about pre vious rates. TALLOW.—There has been a moderate inquiry for both present and forward delivery, and prices have remained firm. P.Y,C. on the spot is quoted 43s 3d, and last three months 46s 3d per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, May 22.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. _ _ PORTSMOUTH, May 21. Wind N.E.—Sailed--Adelaide for Portland and Gibraltar. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning. The clipper ship William Duthie, Captain J. Duthie, which left London on Friday and Gravesend on Tuesday, with a full cargo and a large number of passengers for Sydney, was off this port at 4 a.m. All well. Under single reefed topsail, with a fair wind from E.N,E., blowing strong. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 21—Cumberland, from Dantsic ; London, from Islorkopino.; Salma, from Gottenburg ; Frances, from. Porto Rico; Portia, from Dantsic; Auckland, from Rot terdam; Dolphin, from Grenada. Arrived, May 22—Oren, from Christiana; Carl, from Norkoping. Sailed—Early Bird, for St. Kitt's; J. Rocerly, for St. Helena ; Seine and Tamise, screw steamer, for Paris ; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Chapman, from London for Bombay; Excel, from London for Algoa Bay. A great horror has been excited by the foul mur der of a National schoolmaster named Fitzhenry, near his own house within a few miles of New Ross, The deed is described by the Wexford papers as one of " brutal and fiendish atrocity," The victim was found on Sunday morning in a lane quite dead with his skull battered in and hia brains scattered about, surrounded with blood. MUTILATED BODY OF A YOUTH IN THE REGENT'S CANAL.--An adjourned inquiry was concluded on Wednesday by Dr. Lankester, in the board-room of Mary leboneWorkhouse,relative to the discovery of the mutilated dead body of Charles Hewitson, aged 16. It appeared that the deceased was an errand boy to a tailor and clothier, in Newcastle -street, Edgware-road, and on last Saturday three weeks he left his place as usual, without any notice of his intended absence. He left home on the previous Monday morning, under his parents' impression that he was going to work, and at the time he had Is. 6d. in his pocket. He was not, however, again seen or heard of until his dead body on the following Saturday was turned up by a steam tug in the Regent's Canal, near the mouth of the Maida - hill Tunnel, and from thence removed to the workhouse. The father there identified the body, and said s afraid of the water. Mr. W. F. Fuller, the rehslicid:n"lt sur geon, described the body as having several wouturt3 uopnoliate, with both arms fractured, and a sharp elbow, There was also a flint stone andinsoteepgra Inquiries were then gravel in the mouth. He had no money u set on foot, when it was asceprotaninheimdi:et that deceased's s inthehab a i s t so of dates were older than himself, that h e a week, and further it attending theatres two or three tim es an imprudent connection was believed that be had form iv e ant, who was then on the with his master's female street. Several boys were examined, se their testimony being to the effect that deceased had told them he we. going to an d that he carried a bottle of nie4icine s te e s e v re e o h y is plac e, about with him. On the Sunday b e f ore he was m i ss ed he said to a boy " I shall not be long with Mr. Byford (his master), for I intend to put an, end to my life." He was asked why, when he repli e d .‘ Nothing particular" . There being no further evidence, the Coroner pointed out to the jury that there were three points connected with the case, namely, that death was the result of accident, suicide, or by the act of some other person, but on neither of which they had any distinct evidence. Ultimately the jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased died from suffocation by drowning, but how he came into the water there was no evidence to show," Business don( 1081 91 THIRD EDITION bUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK, AMERICA, RETREAT OF GEN. HOOKER (Per steamer New York.) NEW YORK, MAY 8 (Afternoon General Lee having driven the Federals under General Sedgwick from the heights of Fredericks burg across the Rappahannock, did not renew the attack upon General Hooker. On Tuesday morn ing the latter prepared to retreat, and on the fol lowing morning his army had returned to the camp near Falmouth, after being absent nine days. Gen. Hooker is now occupied in strengthening his position. General Hooker's artillery commenced crossing the Rappahannock on Tuesday night, being very dark, and completed crossing by three o'cicck on the follow morning. The infantry then crossed, their rear being well covered. Tho crossing was entirely completed by daylight, the rear guard having some severe fighting in getting over. Various reasons are assigned for the Federal re treat. One is, that General Sedgwick's repulse uncovered the line of the Acquia Creek Railroad and endangered General Hooker's communications and supplies. Another is that General Hooker did not consider his position tenable, after the route of the eleventh Corps of his army, which is described as disgraceful. The Federal dead in the Sunday's battle were left unburied, and the wounded without attention. President Lincoln and Gen. Halleck visited Gen. Hooker's army on Thursday morning. Gen. Sedgwick's command lost 5,000 men. Stone man's Federal cavalry approached within two miles of Richmond, causing considerable excitement in that city. General Stoneman is reported to have returned safely to the Rappahannock. General Lee's despatch to President Davis says that General Jackson penetrated to the enemy's rear, driving him from all positions to within one mile of Chancellorsville. General Lee further states that many prisoners were captured, and says in conclusion " The enemy's loss in killed and wounded was large. We have to thank God for a great victory. Paxton was killed, and f;eneral Jackson severely wounded." Washington despatches attribute Gen. Hooker's retreat to prudential motives. NEW YORK, MAY 8 (Evening). The Confederates are still operating in Western Virginia, and threatening Charlestown. Active operations are taking place in New York for an early conscription. It is reported that the Republican party will now urge the bestowal of an important command on Fremont. The Mozart Hall Democracy has passed resolu tions demanding the discontinuance of the war, and denouncing Vallandigham's arrest. The resolutions also state that the conduct of foreign affairs by the Administration had placed the country in a position "where even England dares to bully her." While deprecating civil war, the Democracy de mands that the Administration shall no longer sub mit to insult from England, and pledges every man and every dollar to resist that insult. NEW YORK, 9TH MAY, MORNING. The Secretary of War has issued an official state ment announcing that General Hooker's operations failed, but without serious disaster to the organisa tion and efficiency of the army. There was no loss in crossing the Rappahannock. We-third only o General Hooket's forces were engaged. General Halleck says, in conclusion, that Genera Hooker's army will speedily resume offensive opera. lions. A portion of General Stoneman's cavalry arrived at Gloucester Point opposite York River. After burning the bridges over the Chickahominy, destroyed the ferries over the Pamunkey and Mallaponey, and scoured the country in all direc tions. It is rumoured that General Heintzelman wi supersede General Hooker. The Democratic journals urge General M'Cle lan's appointment to the command-in•chief. Admiral Porter reports that he had taken pos session of Grand Gulf, Mississippi, which the enemy had abandoned after blowing up their am munition and spiking their guns. The forts were torn to pieces by the fire from the Federal fleet. Gold opened at 60 on the news of Hooker's defeat, and closed at 55. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 20. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Elliotr, Lea, to be Governor of the Island o; St. Helena. ADMIRALTY, MAY 14. Resr-Admiral of the Red Robert Smart, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron, whilst empleyed as Commander•in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Mediterranean station, and until further orders. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 22. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Buchan Hepburn, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Quin, who exchanges. 4th Dragoons—Lieut, Augustus G. Churchill Inge, to be Captain by purchase, vice Thomas Clarke Gillevi,-, who retires ; Cornet George Hall Ringrose, to b, -, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Inge ; Edward Poppe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice William John Brooke, pro moted. sth Dragoon Guarts—Lieutenant Thomas Albert Quin, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Hep burn, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Ensign George Tomkyns Minis, from the 38th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Joseph Thomas Cammilleri, promoted. sth Lancers—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Sutherland, from the 24th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 12th Lancer The services of Paymaster R. IL Roberts have been dispensed with. 9th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Haycroft Bolton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Augus tus William . _ sth. Elmhirst, who retires; Ensign William Hawkins Thoe. way to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bolt o n; John Buchanan, Gent., Hathway. Car Lieuten 10th Foot—Ensign George William 0 .u. T h o m as Snooke, ant, without purchase, vice bellAlfro ()Wield to be to be Ensign, by Purchase, vice deceased ; Ensign ChristoPYe e r George William Carter, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daniel Hall Brookee,Gent., , on the 31st March, 1863, Ge"urchase, vice °Wield ; St a g. hwashobseeepnroemenoeteioline,dr, purchs: to be Ensign, withoutn p 6 ,, Reed to be Assistant-Surgeon, Harwood Rocke, from a Depot Assistant-Surgeoe _y :: A ,L a D es ,, promoted on the Staff. 18 Y th ic F e Foot— hn i l i al ik i • e vice Swinburne, who exchanges B a p , owest i Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign by . Forbes George Vernon, retires. 1:-..en c 'ef: :r e les Leslie Sykes, Gent,, to be Ensign, by whose appoint 21psBut a r eF t t oh a o l 22d F°°- • Joseph King Barnes, g t - e g 1 l u r g Campbelle o n , Millis went t rc has purchase, vice ernes who l o as o Foot - m S .D ia . ff:A to ss b is e ta A n s t sis S t u tinr been vl cancelled. vice Robert Southerland, appointed to the sth Lancers. 31st Foot—Staff Surgeon Duncan Robertsonancers. Surgeon, vice David Field Rennie to be the Staff. Rennie, I\LD appointed ~to 38th Foot—James Alexander, Gent., 24E•thouFg pur chase, vice George T er, ent., to be Ensign, by 7th Dragoon onikyns Morris, transferred to the Guards. 39th Foot —Henry French Cotton, Gent., to be En s ign, by purchase, vice Francs 4lst Foot —Ensign Henry Webb Byng to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Edgar Youngbusband, who retires; Ed ward Eden Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Byng. 43d Foot—Ensign William McNeile Cairns, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wellington, James Denton, who retires; John Bingley, Garland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles Yates Peyton, who retires. 44th Foot—Lieut. George Evatt Aeklom to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Arthur de Montmorency Fleming, deceased ; Ensign William John Graham Sutherland to to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Acklem ; En sign Lloyd Fenton, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sutherland. 57th Foot—Lieut, Edward Gould Misted to be Captain,.bY purchase, vice Edward Gorton, who retires; Busign Arthur Cecil Manners to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hosted; James Richard Knox Tredennick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Manners. 61st Foot—Ensign Francis John Wakeman_ rigott lox* to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chas. John Griffiths, who retires , • James Thomas Gilfoyle, Gent„ to be En. sign, by purchase, vice Long. 73d Foot—Ensign James Fergusson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Fraser, who retires ; George Edward Earle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fergusson. 77th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Howard M'Dougall Mur ray, from the Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Lieu tenant, vice William Minister, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 83d Foot—Ensign Charles Lucius Smith to be Lieutenant, by .purchase, vice Edwyn Thomas, who retires - Sir Keith George Jackson, Bart„ to be Ensign, by puraltealt vice Smith. 94th Foot--Lieutenant Sydenham Malthus to be Captain, 1 without purchase, vice Francis Hamilton Elliot, deceased. lieth Foot—Frederick William Lambert Cassidy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cairns, transferred to the 43d Foot. 2nd West India Regiment—Ensign Edmund Ashton Ross , te d n e a ce n a t a . ebdy; pEunroshignaseA;rvcilaceibTaldoHmaaompiletoonohD,uthie to be Lieutena n t ; w i t h out purchase, vice Andrew True tolovbeeELdi g e u e who retires; John Barclay Jackson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ross ; Beaufort Henry Vidal, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duthie. DEPOT BATTALIONS. Major the Hon. Wm. Leopold Talbot, from half-pay, unattached, to be Major, vice Dawson Cornelius Greene, who retires upon halt-pay. Major John Swiuburne, from 18th Foot, to be Major, vice Rocke, who exchanges. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General Joseph Marsh to be Assistant -Commissary General, vice Hector John Macaulay, placed upon retired ay. Deputy Assistant-Commissa - General Geo, Ho me Tel fer, from half-pay, to be Dep y Assistant-C orunaissary i General, vice Marsh. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon David Field Rennie, M.D., from 31st Foot, t o be Staff S urgeon . Assistant Surgeon John Clarke, M.D., from 10th Foot, pointed t o th e 3 1st Foot to be Staff S urgeon, v i ce D un can Robertson Rennie, ar.. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT. The Rev. William Anderson, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, has be en permitted to resign his Commission. The Rev. Matthew R. Scott, M.A Chaplain of the Second Class, to be Chaplain of the First Class. The Rev. J. Browne Wilson to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class, vice the Rev. William Anderson, resigned. UNATTACHE Captain and Brevet Colonel Thomae D. E. Lacy, half-pay Unattached. Major and Superintendent of Studies, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to be Major, without purchase. Ensign Peter Gill, on the Unattached Indian Establish.. ment, to have the rank of Lieutenant on the Indian Esta blishment. BREVET. Captain r avid Mac Far Jan, Royal (late Bengal) Artil lery, to be Major in the Army. Captain Astell Thomas Welsh, Bth Foot, to be Major in the Army. Paymaster William Dowler, 98th Foot, to have the hono- rary rank of Captain. Paymaster George Montgomerie Davidson, 22d Foot, to to have the honorary rank of Captain, The undermentioned officers having completed 5 years' qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonel/3:— Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Meade Hamilton, 12th Foot. Lieutenant -Colonel the Hon. Fredk. Augustus Thesiger, 95th Foot. BANKRUPTS. Solomon Marks, printsoller, Minories David French, corn merchant, Chatham John White, baker, Bermondsey Henry Abbey, engraver, Skinner-street, City William Allen, shoemaker, High-street, Poplar Montague Dyer, commercial clerk, Brompton James Hawker, builder, Marylebone Moses Cook, joiner, Dronfield, Derbyshire John Tayton, farmer, Coventry Charles Tatem, Gilder, Wolverhampton. James Chapman, engineer, Cambridge Samuel Frost, miller, Crossing, Essen Edward Tomkins, coal dealer, Diglie, Worcester Thomas Hill, fishmonger, Swansea Charles Edward Gardner, saddler, Paignton, Devon. Mathew Groves, Innkeeper, Middlesborough Thomas Jam e James T r ll a n u t d e s r b ~ n, e i e r rhu s on o mo o n g k e e r e , p er, Wakefield SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Geo. Patterson, cowfeeder, Arbroath Robert D. Pryde, shipbroker, Ferry-Port-on-Craig Alexander Trotter Lawrie, lessee of the Lunatic Asylum, Gilmore House, near Edinburgh James Smith, bookseller, Aberdeen SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE OAKS, QUEEN BERTHA MARIGOLD VIVID ISOLINE Twenty ran. Won by a head. GLASGOW PLATE. Ellerton Spicebox 2 Sauterelle Ten ran. EWELL PLATE. Berkeley _ 1 Odins 2 Principal .............. 3 Niue ran. DERBY AND OAKS STAKES. Ruby filly 1 Toy filly .......... 2 Twelve ran. DURDANS STAKES. Flirtation National Guard 2 Overton .... Ten ran. SURREY FOAL STAKES. Lord Clifden beat jarniooton., LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken to money) 7to I bar one (offered) THE DERBY, 1864. 20 to 1 agat Blair Athole (taken) Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp .— 26 45 11 17 t 11 18 Brussels 5 50 Hamburgh — 25 45 2 25 50 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste -11 30 11 3 5 11 30 11 35 Petersburgh — Berlin --351 35f Madrid 49 49 horn47l 25 Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 7 l-7 25 22 55 44 00 77 471 t 2425 2V 5 52i5555 6 55 2 2 1 Lisbon —62 f Oporto —52 f Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz ........... .£q ‘ 1Z 8 Mexican Dollars .. . ....... ~, ....................... ,) 2 _ Silver in Bars (Standard) ................... ' o ' t; ( 1 ) South American Doubloons ..... Itearntuvrentost., as well as , ,:al w ere, n registrars' w hi c h h ave now been issued for Scotland for England, show that the lowest . temperatures recorded i the returns collected by the Registrar-Gene THE PAST WINTER.—The as E ng land and Wales are concerned, iql d e Cardiganshire, and in Scotland 9•9 deg `deg, . Dumfriesshire. Both were in N nverab month fell with severity On. and ne et% at as far at Drumlaurig, The cold of that though at Ventnor the thermom t Haar the south coast, for one degree below freezing e er last winter went but point, thing, 21 deg. at Bournemouth it marked 23 deg. at Wor- Further north many of the , anal 19.8 at Hurstplerpoint. great; the lowest returns show the cold net so ttoyal Observatory, temperature in the whole winter at the staple 27 deg,, AldershotGreenwich, was but 24.8 deg., at Barn- Grantham 24'4 deg., R camp 23 8 deg., Leyton 24.1 deg., Norwich 27 deg., i..la Royston 24 . 2 deg., Dise 25'6 deg,, deg. The variaton in theLlandudno 26.3 deg., Scarborough 24. i mean daily range of temperatr.re may be seen from a fe 1563 it was but 7.5 deg,w at ns T tances. In the first quartro of Worthing 101 deg., oyal Observatory at Ventner 8.1 deg., Down side College (near Bath) 12.1 d eg,,rvaorarraln4t.hladeg.,, Derby 14.6 deg., Bedford 16 3 deg ,Aspley (vir rA b 9.9 d 7 e6r i: At Scarborough it was about 8.8 deg., and rat ° Bournemouth uril) 16.2 deg., which, with the exception "A Bedfo rd, is the greatest range in all the 62 returns. still greater were the variations in the amount of ozone. At Cockermouth the mean amount in the first quarter of 1863 was only Oil, at Carlisle it was 4 . 6., and at St. Paul's Parsonage, near Sil loth, 7.9. It was 4.3 at Torquay, 5.1 at Worthing, 6.0 at Bournemouth, 61 at Osborne. It was only 0.9 at the Royal Observatory and at Aldershot, and 0 . 6 at Glocester, but 41 at Nottingham and 5.1 at Wisbeach. Several registrars, both in England and Scotland, note the prevalence of small pox. A person died of it in Edinburgh, and his clothes were sent to Dunbar to be washed ; at this lattez p lace yard.. on bad been greatly neglected, and the result yeas cinati that smallpox was spread over the district. On the other hand, the reg i s t r ar of Sandwick (Orkney) has reported that was introduced thcrc in the winter by a family smallpox of immigrants, but the infection did not spread ; the mi nister has for .'0 years vaccinated all the children, and in that period no native of Sandwkk is known to have had smallpox either at home or e d road except (if it an exception) osn be call e d the child of - po x into the world wit 4 stranger which br ought small -7,1 it. Dr. F.,rr decla res smallpox to exist now almor'4 by sufferance, and h o lding of coror lde he suggests th e s inquests in ca o f small pox, in order 'co fix on the cas es death from criminal ID . proper persons the blame of a dgligence as fat nary off, al in its consequences as the erdi• r 7 Aces 9f manslaughter. 100 100 100 100 100 6 s i k i 110 } 1091 1 24i 22 1101 10, i 1061 105 97 6 1141 1084 .