The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a large supply of money on offer in the general discount market, but the inquiry for accom modation is :very moderate, the mercantile classes merely obtaining the assistance they immediately require, and in many instances they are well pro vided. The quotations, nevertheless, exhibit steadi ness, discounters showing no inclination to afford greater facilities at present, but the negotiation of first-class bills at 31, when 4 per cent. is required at the Bank of England, enables them to secure a large proportion of the current business in the market. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets het intervention of the Whitsun holidays has in some measure interfered with the usual course of business. Sugars have been inactive, and prices have in come instances slightly given way. Coffee, rice, fruit, and spices have remained without any material change in values; while tallow has been very inset:ye for both present and future delivery. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Monday next fora special settlement in th• shares of the London Financial Association and in the new £4O shares of the Bank of Australasia. The dealings are to be recorded in the bi-weekly official lists. Letters of allotment for the shares in the London Band of Scotland are to be delivered to-day. The progress of business in the tea trade is thus reviewed by Messrs Layton, Hulbert, and Co., in their circular, dated the 25th inst. : " The past fortnight has not produced any improvement in the general character of our market, and great disap pointment continues to be felt at the course it has taken. The comparatively excessive export from China, and the amount of stock here, doubtless induce that extreme caution which at the moment characterises the operation of dealers both at home and in the provinces; meanwhile, the busi ness to report shows rather easier prices for common to fair black and red-leaf congous—say from ls. 3d. to Is. Bd. The grades above these quotations are as before advised. The advance in fine teas, which are becoming scarce, is fully maintained. There is no alteration in the value of broken. leaf and common congou. Tayshans are as last advised, so also medium souchongs and all oolongs and flowery pekoe. Scented teas are in rather more enquiry, but prices are not improved. The character of the green tea market is not materially changed ; there is perhaps a little more inquiry for export. The recently arrived parcels of good and fine moyunes have met with a very ready sale at full prices, while the common kinds of young hysons are as dull as ever. Canton gunpowder is saleable at Is. to Is. hi. per lb. Young hyson quite neglected. There have been no public sales since the 10th; a series is announced to take place on the 2d Juno The traffic receipts on the Ottoman Railway Company for the week ending the 10th inst., on 481- miles open, amounted to £509 18s. Bd., while for the corresponding week in last year, on 40 miles, they represented £325 12s. 5d., showing an actual increase in the money received of £l4B Gs. The Alexandra Hotel Company has recently been announced with a capital of £120,000, which it is proposed to raise by shares of £lO each. The conversion into one Grand Hotel the six large mansions (including Wallace's Hotel) at St. George's-place, Hyde-park Corner, command ing direct and uninterrupted views over Hyde park, Rotten-row, and the Serpentine, is the object for which this company is projected. The possession of so grand a site, with buildings already completed, and with an established con nection of the highest character, are supposed to present advantages which the promoters consider to be almost unequalled in any similar project lately brought forward. The purchase-money, in cluding the good-will of the hotel, together with furniture, alterations, &c.,will not exeeed£loo,ooo. The appointments will be on a scale of great mag nificence, and the accommodation will include ✓drawing and reception rooms adjoining in suites, after the manner of the Continental hotels. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f 55c.—heavy. There has been no alteration in the market for the English funds to-day, and the dealings have been ieiy limited, not the slightest disposition being evinced to extend speculative engagements. Consols remain a: 93/ for transfer, and at 92/ t, less the dividend, for the account. The New Three per Cents, and the Reduced Annuities remain steady at 91! ; Bank Stock has declined to 233 ; the 5 per Cent. Indian Loan is firm at 1099 1109, and the 5 per Cent. Eafaced Paper at 1071 ; India Bonds are marked 12s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills remain steady at 2s. to 4s. prem. The transactions in the foreign market have been rather numerous, and the tendency of some of the quotations has been unfavourable. Turkish Con solides were 50/ t, but at one time they were rather lower. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have been marked 894 ; ditto, 1858, 70 ; ditto, 1862, 71i I. The Confederate Loan is 1 / 1 discount. Greek Bonds are 32 1 1, and the Coupons 14f 15. Spanish Passive have been 32t 33, but they are now 331- and the Certificates are 111 t. The latest quota tion of Mexican is 35Z,- In the Railway Share Market only a limited amount of business has been transacted, the dealers and speculators being occupied with the half monthly liquidation; prices, however, have in some instances shown rather less firmness. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-Eastern have receded 10s. and Great Northern 155., while Bristol and Exeter have improved £l, and North-Western, 68. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained at steady quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some instances rather flatter. Alliance of Lon. don and Liverpool have declined to 31i ; Chartered of India, Australia', and China to 29; and Lon don and South African to 261 3. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock ............... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitilie ......... 2 33 41 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ............ gAt New 3 per C en t. Annuities ........... • ... 614 I New 2i pe r C en t. Annuities... ......... 77i - India Stock .. Ditto 5 p er C en t ..10 9i 10/ Ditto Enfaced P a p er , 4 per C en t. ..... Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., ' Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1861 bonds 01.000 Ditto under £l,OOO .... Consols for Account, June 9 92/ Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 21 per Cent 4 2 dis Ditto £5OO . Ditto Small .... 4 die FOREIGN .................. Buenos A FUNDS—CLOSIN G PRICES. Ayres 6 per Cent .. Ditto A.ecount ........... : ... : Equador New Consolidated, 1 . Per C Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex - Coup.ins — Ditto Account 3lt a 2 Ditto Coupons l4a Italian 5 per Cent. (Mareirtmana Railway) 79t Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 3sa New Granada l6/ Ditto Deferred 9l Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account BB 1 l'°rt uguese 3 per Cent., 1853 D itto Account., " 491 Ditto 3 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 459 iY Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 paid Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, X St Ditto 5 Fm per Cent. , 1862 .. 92/ 21 2 spanish 3 per Cet i:itto Account .......... Ditto New erred 541. :Ditto Passive ..... ....... Ditto Accou n t . . 4 spantsh Cert. of COI; .... RI 2 2; * Turkish 6 per C en t . 1854 . .. . . Ditto Acaount... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858. • 89t Ditto Account , Ditto, .£lOO Bonds Ditta 6 per Cent. 1862 j) . tto Amount .................. 3 GuariZteed, 4 per Cent.......„ 1-8 4 4 - Ditto. 1631 3 per ent ................ Venezuela, Ditto Account. .. ........................ 23 4 Ditto 6 per Cent., Dividends on the above payable in Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Ae, mint 7ll 2 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4f per Ct. Ex. 4s. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols' Money Ditto Account • I 92 ; zd SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES R al !ways. Paid. fir_ Wol., and Str. Val. I all Blythe and Tyne. ..... al, Bout.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co. al Bristol and Exeter .... 10( Caledonian ............ lot Cork and Bandon all Cornwall all Do A' 1 frets no diN Do. B t III6 Pc•P an•has al al I been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. all Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. all Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 ,Glasp*,. and S. Western. 100 Great Eastern, Ord. stk 1 00 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian et 100 E G'reatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northena- • • • • 1 Do A stock ll Dc B do Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 11 Great Western V Do Str Val gua. stock it Lancashire & Yorkshire 11 London and Blackwal' 1C Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 1C L L o o n n . . , & C h is l a o t r . , , l a , n Western ' ICI Lon. & So..th Western 10 Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 10 Maryport and Carlisle. al . Doi shares al Nietropolitan al Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby it ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland 8 8, 8 9 84 66 115,1 116; 8} 84, 6 116 J Do. 4 shares 'Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 Nth. Eastern—Berwioi. 10 Do, G.N.E. purohas( 16. Do Lecdo lO Do York Do Carlisle.. T.corth London Do New North Staffordshire al N. and S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot ti, E.,Aber. stow lOl Do Soot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews, and Welchpoo al Shropshire Union 10 South DeTon lO ;Guth Eastern . South Wales S. York. and River Dun ,tain es, Wok„and Wok al Stockton & Darlingtot al Do 1 Do New, 1886.,..,. fair Vale.. „ Do 8.... DoC ............ Ulst,r Do Do ... . ... .......... Vale of Neath Vietcria eta. and Pim 10(, Waterford ct Kilkeunj 100 West Cornwall lOO 1%. artlepool Har...tß 100 West Midland -Oxford 100 Do Newpor 100 Do Hereford 100 BRITISH FOSS ND STOeliS. Closing Business Price. done. 6 7 39 11 13 14 91 93 108 110 521 53i 47 49 24} 251 124 (261 127 126 134 136 102 104 67i (8 110 i 111 78 79 117 119 40 41 101} 101; 1044 105 444 154 [i ll4 1I 0 128& 29 D LO 97 4 9 9 lb 514 54 29} 254 02} 102] Bi 691 69t 90i 15 117 5 1 1 1 P 11 16 1 61 11 11f I . lt 0 118 120 0 45i 4Gi 0 98 100 11 -- )0 50 51 10 32 33 , 9 926 92 00 69" 71 4 00 09 101 Lll 7 8 dl 87 38i 15 9,) 104 8 7 )0 15 3 156 PI 8 5 54 • ,1 3 P - -pl 79 82 154 156 28 30 44 15 38 40 99 101 SSIONS. Closing Price. CO 63 •U 1C8& iGg 2 1} 1 /p 5 p 51 of 71 gt >0 1(8 Icg )0 10 9 110 2 no li2 1091 1091 4 1 1P 6 1 lip 19i 201 II 63 0 11 48 61 II 65 68 4.3 47 [1 17 41 3 33 16 1 25 27 .1 22 25 0 109. 1101 ;2 1 21. 4 1 11 ;0 107 ICB 11 11i 11? 8 9 8f 11 97 100 11 89 , 22 2 )0 107 'OB )0 lOt 103 )0 f 8 100 2 - p. Iso 53 11 3 5 100 84 86 1( 9) 1:oi 100 1 0 7 108 2 A f p , CO 107 108 0( 10{ Ic6 SEC U )0 106 107 )0 lu3 It'6 )0 103 106 )0 06 07 )0 97 ! 0 ., :11 113 112 112 114 ),) 115 117 W il3 115 JO 109 111 10 lt9 111 IC6i 117 - _ 10 102} 1031 r 0 103 104 ►0 lO3 104 !O 112 114 106; 1071 3 115 113 115 [lO 112 IA 1111 Railways Janf ic dt St Lawrenc( al Barodalz.Cent Inc I 1 , Gu. 5 per cent...... Do. New . . . Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Lake Huron al Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl n" in; i p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 lOC Jo. do. June 1, 1t,7.1 10( stn.(Lir (L .Jape Town & Dock Seri) 10 Eastn. Bengal gu. bp. c 1 East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 1 Do. do. G Ext.... Do. do. II do. . Grand Trunk of Canada I lAA 1)o. let PrM. Bonds.. al Do. co. deferred- al Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. a 1 Da. do defer ed...... all Do. 3d P ef. stock ... al. Do. do. deferred...... al Do. 4th Pref. sto . k... al Do. do. deferred.-- al Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. sp. c... 1' Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim ituaranteed 5 per cent. ID Gt. W. of Canada Shares al Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. sp. o. .. lot Do. 41 p. a Extension 101 Dc. 4* 101 Do. Fifth Extension. Ilelb.Corp. 6p. o.l3nds 101 stem. Az Hobson's Bay. al. Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. al, Newßr unswick s Can& Class Aan d 8.. ...... all N.lll.C'daG pc Ist pf bds Scinde .......... ( 1 ! Do. Delhi ...... • 11 Do. d 0..... z Do. Punjaub t Do. 's."l"s COLONIAL GOVERNN (_,„/,.(ittv. 6 p.e.Ja •:z.J Isn-st .......... to , Do. ti P.C. Feb. & AUL, 10( • Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lot - Do. p. c. Jan.&July. lot Do. 5 Innribed stool lot 'Cape O.licpe, 6 p c,187: 101 Do.Ap t3z, Oct. 188( 10( Do. 189, 10( IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10, • ICeylon, N0y.1t , 78, 8p c Lit Mau , itius , 1 per cent lOl Natal Gov. 8 per cent 1J( N.B.Goy. b p.c. J a.,tJul3 101 - lip. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 10( S.W. Gov. 5p I,IS 10( Do. sp. c. 48,1 to 1 - f7f 10( - Do. d0.,1888 &upwd i 101 'New Zealand 6p cent. 101 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 tot 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOl ,16.Aus G8p.c.1878.& up lOl IVic.Gro v. p.c. Ja.&Jul) 101 Do. to sp.c. AuxtcOat.. 101 BRITISH NI :NE S, 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1000 1 1 21 23 id ~ ;liiior.l Amalgamated., Devon G. C on .. (Tavist.; 1 5 East Bassett (Bloom. 25 635 3 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id 103 East Caradon ...... ...• 1 . 14 . 0 3'l 33 1 p 1 1 -4 :ast Carn Bre a ... . 3 . 4 . 0 71 71 -- E. W'l R usse l (Tavistl;.', 8.1.6 4 f 4 Gam.ArSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 57 1 11 13 Great South Tolg-us•—• 17s 41 6 G. Wheal Vor(lielston) 40 6 1 7 Grenville ... ........... 6.16.1 5i 61 El erud'es-Foot 8 .12 47 49 iiingston D0wn5...... 4.'7.0 21 31 Nlargaret ((hay Lelart' 91 23 30 %larke Valley.. 4 llyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 1 i d New Setun l9l 110 120 North Downs ll 21 S.Wh '1 Basset (Illo4an 2.17.1 31 41 North Wheal Crofty Var Consols (St. Blazey , 11 41 5/ 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 tl. 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; If 400 410 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 3 31 ~ . .Wheal Fran. (Mogan 1.8.1)-.9 80 85 Stray Park .. . 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4l 1 1 Tin Cron West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 13 W Carzdon (Liskeard) 5 26 28 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 G 5 70 Wheal Buller(Redruthd 5 50 55 , Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 -- - WhealLud ott ........ 2.11 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 (Wheal Seton 5/ Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 Wheal Uni0n,,,.,.,.., 3.1 10.8 51 61 166 14 ,86 240 250 ' 18 17 17 46 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1171 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 108 71 Great Western, 44 per cent. red., 1001 18 Great Western, 6 per cent. red. prf., 1041 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 101 North Eastern 41 per cent. rd., 10 ti North Stant dahire, 22/ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pf., 961 Ditto, 5 per cent. pf , 1061 6 London, Brighton, tirc., 4 , per cent., 1858, 1031 4 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 10f LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 112 North Western, 17k Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 FOREIGN Antwerp and Rotterdam,TBl RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lien.) gua. 7 per cent., 20/ I Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 14,1 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., Reciteß Ottomanoyßoyal l ant I(Smyrna Danish,San Ditto (2/), 3 ia t in o c A is i e d o ln aini ), 1 . 2 ) ! gua. 7 per cent., 1d Sambre and Meuse 101 San Paulo 'lira.) a ' - Ditto mli) 2:4' qua. 7 per cent., fik South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 Alamillos, limited!PattP" MINES' Cape Copper (lien.); 1 - - JOINTSTOm RA N ", Agcra and United Berrien (lini.) 10 0 -- &Mance Bank of London and 'Li Australasia, 75 TerPool (uni.) , 8 2 i 11 Bank of Egypt, 291 , Bank of Queensland (lira), 81 Bank of New Zealand (lien.), 11i I Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chin City, 108. , I a, 29 8j i English, Sco'ch, and Australian Chartered, 2 n i i Imperial Bank (lien.), 24 i I Imperial Ottoman, 2 01 4 London and Brazilian ( lira.), 42i London Cha rtered Bank of Australia, 2 9 1 London and Colonial (lint.), 5 i i London and County, 43 I London Joint Stock, :t6i London an dl South African, 26 i Mercantile Exchange. lien., 4} New South Wales, 52 / National of Liverpool, lim ited , 10 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55/ Union of London, 35; / DOCKS. East and West India, 1431 London, 62 St. Katharine, 62 .1 Victoria, 101 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-111 - exican Mint, 20f Ceylon Company, 3 Crystal Palace, 35 Ditto, pref., 115 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 116 East India Irrigation and Canal, London Gentral Omnibus Company (lim.), National Discount Company (lira.), o Oriental Inland Steam (Um.), 5t Rom Mail Steam, 63 hare 3.14. Shan stock stock stock 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stout 20 Bt 4 rock -. 110} i gi RITIES, 1084 7 105 4 1 96 1111 11 } 7i 33i 6 2} THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVITNING, MAY 26, 1863. This Day. COURT OF QUEEN S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Wightman and Blackburn.) WARD V. LAMPERT. This was an action by a boot and shoe maker, formerly residing in Lambeth, against the defendant, a gentleman residing at Hounslow, to recover damages for falsely repre senting that the premises taken by him of the defendant were well drained and in a healthy and habitable state. At the trial which took place before Mr. Justice Wight man, at the sittings in Middlesex, the jury returned a ver dict for the defendant. Mr. Ribton had obtained a rule nisi for a new trial on the ground of misdirection in not telling the jury if the representations made by the defendant were within his means of knowledge, it was a fraudulent representation if untrue. After some lengthened discussion, The Court said that as the evidence was conflicting on both sides, they would recommend that a stet processus should be entered, as neither party would be benefitted by a new trial, and the case was ordered to stand over. FORSTER V. FORSTER AND DERRIDGE. This was a suit instituted in the Divorce Court by the petitioner, a major in the Indian army, for a dissolution of his mat riage with the respondent by reason of her adultery with Mr. Berridge, the co-respondent, the manager of Meux's brewery. At the trial which took place at the sittings after last Middlesex term, before Sir Cresswell Cresswell and a spe cial jury, the jury found the adultery proved, and assessed the damages at £5,000. In the last term Mr, Coleridge, Q.C., on the petition of a Mr. Graham, applied to Sir C, Cresswell for leave to intervene, and stay the proceedings, on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction, inasmuch as the domicile of the husband and wifo was in India, they both having been born and married there, although the adultery took place in Eng land and the husband also came to this country. Sir C. Cresswell held, however, he had jurisdiction, and refused to allow the intervener. Mr. Coleridge moved with Dr. Trisham, for a rule to show why a writ of prohibition should not issue prohibiting the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes from making the decree nisi to dissolve the marriage absolute ; end, also, from further proceeding against either or any of the said parties thereto. The learned counsel having at great length stated the circumstances of this remarkable case, and which has been fully reported in The sun. The Court granted a rule to show cause. THE EARTHQITARE AT RHODES. Speaking of the late terrible catastrophe, the Levant Ileratcl says :—" Rhodians go early to bed as a rule; the calamity, therefore, found three-fourths of the population under their yorghans, in --what proved for many—their last sleep. I happened myself to be sitting up, and the shock su shook my house that I was literally thrown from my chair. I cannot attempt to describe the scene which met my eyes and ears outside in the town on my rushing out—crowds of half-dressed men, women, and children rushing from every door, mingling their screams with the dull rumble of falling houses and party walls. The whole formed a combination of terrible sight and sound of which I can convey no im pression by any words of mine. Though only a few hardly perceptible shocks took place again during the night, this sad scene continued with but little abatement till daylight, when the real extent of the damage done to the town be came apparent. This, though disastrous enough, has hap. pily been less so than the horrors of the night prepared one to see. About 1,000 houses, more or less, have been injured, some 400 of which have been nearly altogether destroyed, and the remainder either partially knocked down or rent to an extent that will compel the pulling down of most of them. Inside the enclosure of the citadel about 20 have been demolished, and several others greatly damaged. Great injury has also been done to the fortifications, and the architectural relics of the knights. Of these last, the beau titul square tower of St. Michael, at the entrance to the larger harbour, has been rent from top to bottom, nearly the whole inner half of it landwards—knocked entirely down. The old palace of the grand masters—novr a prison has been rent in several places, as has also the lighthouse." This informant states the loss of life on the night of the 22d at about 50, and the maimed and wounded at more than double, but these numbers are confined to the town itself. In an account given by another resident, we read : - " Throughout the island above 240 people were killed, and a great many hart. Twelve out of 44 villages were en tirely destroyed, and the others greatly injured. The village of Missari was levelled with the ground; even the church, strongly built three years ago, was shattered; the roof had fallen in, the, walls were rent, and the stone arches fastened with iron were torn asunder. Out of a population of 200, 126 persons were killed and about 30 hurt. It was a sad scene —bodies lying about and crushed under the ruins, and the survivors mourning their dead. Some of the people from the neighbouring village of Malone, which had partially esc4ped, had come to Messari to help to bury the budie a. At Lindos, several houses and the inner walls of the old castle had been thrown down. Great stones had fallen, threatening to crush the village." The same writer gives the following account of the destruction in the city of Rhodes itself : " The beautiful Arab's Tower —a prominent object in the view of Rhodes from the sea— was in ruins ; the N.W. angle of the tower, with wall, staircase, turret, and centre tower, were torn away, and the two remaining walls were widely split and leaning over. One side of the tower of St. Nicholas, on which the light* house stood, had fallen, together with the staircase. The walls of the fortifications were rent in various places. In the town and suburbs houses had been thrown down in all directions. Other dwellings —the consulates among the rest —were much injured. Thirteen people were killed, one family being buried in the ruins of their houses. All the mosques, with the Greek and Latin churches, had suffered more or less severely, A minaret and large round fountain had fallen. During the next day, the 23d, slight shocks were re peatedly felt, and these were succeeded by others, till, on the 26th, a violent thunderstorm with rain threw down more of the partially ruined houses, adding to the misery of the populace. We are told :—" The terror caused by the first earthquake was beginning to abate, when the in habitants were again alarmed by a strong shock, at noon of the 30th, followed by a more severe one in half an hour. The houses were immediately deserted ; tents and huts of sails, carpets, boards, or anything that could be got together., were set up in every vacant space. European consuls, natives, everyone made up such shelter as they could, Mr. Callender, the British Consul, and his family, took shelter in their garden in a tent made of a ship's awning and some boat sails. Fie:ds and gardens were occupied by whole families huddled together in but scanty room. Two Turkish families asked leave, which was of course granted, to make their dwellings in the Protestant cemetery in an unexposed situation. The crowding of the tents was so great that it was feared sickness would break out. A Turkish steamer arrived that evening with an aide-de-camp of the Sultan, who had sent 500,000 Piastres to help the sufferers, On the 3d May, a steamer appeared with the Kaimakan of Mitylene, and next day the Monette arrived from Syra with three surgeons on board, sent by the French admiral. The weather had changed and became sultry and oppressive, the ground felt feverish and quivering, a sirocco wind and leaden sky and strange another she rumbling noise u n d er ground, all seemed to portend ck ; the natives in terror believing the island would sink into the sea. A new danger now threatened the inhabitants. The earthquake had so shaken the prison, the grand master's palace, that it was feared the prisoners might get out. On the evening of the 4th a plot was discovered ; the convicts, :08 in number, intended making their es cape-- they had dug a passage under the walls of the prison. Soldiers were posted at different points, and on the top of the palace, with orders to fire on the prisoners if they made any attempt to escape. Some of the convicts have con fessed that they intended to set fire to the town, kill every one they could, carry off all the booty they could lay their hands on, and get off by the boats, Fresh alarm ensued ; every one who had the means armed himself, and regular watches were kept during the night at all the tents. On the sth of May the ringleaders and most desperate charac ters were removed to a small prison, where they are chained and watched; the rest remain at the old prison strongly guarded. From the desperate character of the convicts it is fortunate the plot was discovered in time, otherwise most frightful atrocities would have been corn. witted." A very curious fact will give our readers a more exact idea of the force of the shock. On the night of the 22d of April, between ten and half -past, the precise time of the great shook at Rhodes, the Greek ship Panaia, Captain Dimitri Diakopoulo, from Marseilles, with a cargo of wheat and barley, was sai:ing about 30 miles to the east of Rhodes, when, with a sudden and violent shock, the ship stopped short in her course for some seconds, and the cessation of the ship's impetus caused the masts and timbers to crack in a frightful manner. A quarter of an hour afterwards one of the masts suddenly fell, without any apparent cause, breaking in two and bringing down the other mast with it. THE LATE MURDER IN THE BOROUGH.—The unfortunate lad, Daniel Ledbetter, died early this morning at Guy's Hospital, from the extensive wounds in. flicted on his throat by his father. The inquest will be held on both bodies to-morrow before Mr. Payne, the coroner. A MAN OF HORRIBLY BAD TASTE!—The indiffe rence of the Kaffi rs as to what they eat is perhaps as remarkable as the extent of their appetite. Mr. Baldwin, in the Traveller, .oine describes hi mse lf as having had to restrain from young urchi ns who were with him on one excursion Baffl eating piece s o f old shoe leather, and one Kaffir, named Ramer had, he says, the moat depraved stomach he ever saw :—" He always bothers tly enjoys me for me d icines, and he evi den I have tri e d him castor-oil, rhub ard, and ipecacuanha. In fact, with all the most nauseous drugs, mixed up in any manner to make them still more disgust in gto the taste, and to get rid of him. 1 once gave him a spoonful of mustard in a pint of warm water, which like coffee I I then told him to follow it up h la e r with plenty of warm water, and I believe it had no effect whatever on him. He will drink a cuptul of strong vinegar • nothing disagrees with him„ at a time if he can get it, and large e pped off POLICE IN' This Day. M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A LICENSED VICTU ALLER'S.—EIIOCII Casey, a lad in toe employ of Mr. Henry Young, of the Cambrian Stores, Gl asshouse -street, Regent-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield, by Sergeant Joy, 9 C, with stealing some marked money from the till of his employer. It appears that suspicion being entertained by Mr. H. Young of the honesty of the prisoner, who had only been in his employ about three months, in consequence of money being missed from the till on different occasions, some money was masked in the presence of Sergeant Joy and placed in the till the last thing at night, and the sergeant secreted on the premises. About half-past 6 o'clock next morning the prisoner, having on only his shirt and trousers, was seen by Joy to go to the till and take some money from it, and on being searched some of the marked money was found in his possession. Mr. Mansfield inquired of Mr. Young whether he had a character with the lad, and Mr. Young said he had a good one. The prisoner said he had never touched any money be• fore, but he was guilty. Mr. Mansfield committed the prisoner for three months with hard labour. S. HIGHWAY ROBBIatY THAM E WITH VIOLENCE.—John Hurley, Et notoriou s thief, and Elizabeth Brown, his sister, a woman of the town, both well known to the police, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting and robbing a seaman, named Robert Montgomery. This case was a very aggravated one. The prosecutor, who appeared to be suffering from the brutal violence inflicted upon him, was dwelling in the Back-road, St. Geo-ge's-in-the•East. He was on his way home between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock this morning, when he was suddenly attacked close to the northern end of a vile place, called Victoria-street, and thrown down and plundered. He was directed by the magistrate to state more particularly what occurred, and he said he was seized by the neck from behind. His throat was compressed, and he was nearly choked. He staggered, and was thrown to the ground. There were five or six upon him. His pockets were rifled, and all his money, consisting of a £5 Bank of England note, four sovereigns, and some silver, taken away. He partially recovered while the people were robbing him, and sung out for the police as well as he could. In answer to Mr. Woolrych, the witness said he was a little gone with liquor—in fact, he had been drinking a good deal, but he knew all that occurred, and what money he had in his pocket, In answer to the prisoner Hurley, the witness said—l oan swear to you, I know you. You laid held of me, and held me down while my pockets were rifled. I said to you, "I shall know you again well." William Logan, a sailor, deposed—l was at the top of Victoria-street, and I heard a man screaming out. I looked round and saw the prisoners on the top of the last witness. The chap there (pointing to Hurley) caught him by the back of the neck and choked him. It was the most brutal thing I ever saw. She was rifling his pockets, There were people all around. I saw both prisoners leave the sailor on the ground after they had robbed him of all he had. John Lyons, who said he was a dock labourer by day and a professional by night, gave similar evidence, and said that Hurley spoke to him after the robbery was committed. He was seated on a step humming a song when the prisoners had the sailor down and were rifling his pockets. He dared not interfere as there were always so many thieves, ruffians, and prostitutes about Victoria- street. He was taken into custody by mistake, and he told the police all he knew. Hurley asked him about the tickets for his benefit, and how ho got on after committing the outrage and robbery. John Fry, police-constable, No. 320 K, was in the Back road and heard a cry of police and murder, and a man passed him, who said to a woman" I have got it," and bolted into a house close by. Th e p rosecu t or came up and said " I have lost all." H e soon a ft erwar d s t oo k the prisoners into custody —the man i n Vi c t or i a . s t ree t an d the woman in Palmer's folly. Both were thieves. Evidence of former convictions were given. Hurley was convicted of coining six years' ago and sentenced to foul years' penal. servitude. There were other convictions against him. Mr. Woolrych—This is a highway robbery with violence. The prisoners are committed for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. One of the most fashionable and numerous meetings that have been[witnessed here for many years began to assemble at an early hour, the heavy nature of the transactions de cided at Epsom during the week rendering a long afternoon absolutely necessary. Money appeared to be unusually plentiful, and led to the belief that it had been a drawn battle between the layers and backers, the preliminary settling passing off with the greatest smoothness and with out a whisper of an absentee. Several of the oldest mem bers present expressf,d their opinion that it was the greatest settling within their recollection. One well-known speculator had no less than £200,000 to pass through h's hands, and appeared delighted with the progress of his heavy task. This day will be devoted to the final winding up of the outstanding balances, which, from present ap pearances, give every hope of a satisfactory conclusion. As might have been anticipated, not a bet was made during the afternoon uptn future events here : but just prior to our leaving some betting took place at the entrance upon the French event, for which Lord Clifden was in great force, as tittle as 7 to 4 being taken. La Toucques also was in quired after and supported at 2 to 1. At the same time The Ranger and Saccharometer were mentioned, but net with little or no favour at the odds, or 4 to 1 and 6 to 1 re spectively. RADCLIFFE RA.CES.—MONDAY. The Maiden Plat e o f 5 soya each, with 25 added ; weight for age ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Osborne's Sweetcake, 4 yrs Bst llb •• (Whi Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, 7st lib 1 Lord Wilton's He rdsman, 3 yrs 7st Betting -13 t o l on Herdsman, 2 to 1 agst Honest John, 3 to l agst Sweetcake. Won by a neck ; half a length between second and third. Honest John and Herdsman ran out, and the latter broke a stirrup•leather besid es. The Selling H an di cap of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; win ners extra; the w i nner to be sold for 25 sovs. Once round and a dist ance. Mr. T. Cliff's Qu een o f C lubs, 3 yrs, 6st Sib (Kenyon) w. o . The Wilton Cup (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft ; winners extra ; second to save his stake. About mile and a half. 15 subs. • Mr. Barber's J ac k' s Al ive, 3 yrs, sst 71b .• • (Keny on ) 1 Mr. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 yrs, fist 41b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Mssterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, 58 t 111 b (W. Martin) 3 Also ran Marmion and Lazy Boots. Betting-7 to 4 agst Fanfaron, 11 to 4 agst Mariano; 7 to 2 agst Jack's Alive. Won by a head ; a length between second and third ; fi lo other two beaten off. The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya ; winners extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7st 41b.... (Church) 2 Mr. Aubery's Black Eyed Susan, 3 yrs, sst 31b ........ 3 Bet ing opened at 5 to 4 on Flytrap, but closed at 6,t0 5 on David Ann, 5 to 4 agst Flytrap. Won by a length; two lengths between second and third. The Heaton Park Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; winners extra. One mile. Captain Knight, 20 to Mr. W. Walker's Colonel Crockett, 5 yrs, Ist (Midgley) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Ferdinand, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Williainsan) 2 Mr. Coburn's Captain Knight, 5 yrs, Bst 71b .. (Lomas) 3 Betting opened at 6to 4 agst Ferdinand, but closed at 2 l o a l gs o t n F C e o r l d o i n n e a l n C d ro (o c ff k e e r t e t, d 3 ). to 1 apt NEWCASTLE -ON Acceptances for the Northut -TYNE MEETING. nberland Plate. Two miles. st Prologu e ........ 6 Ag e lb 6 4 Borealis .......... 3 6 4 Erin-go-Bragh.... 3 6 3 ri arigOid ....... 3 6 0 Bohemi an . ........ 3 6 0 Joco, by Joe o' Sot 8 6 0 Michael gcott .... 3 5 13 Double X, ........ 3 5 13 Rubini .......... 3 5 12 Sauterelle ........ 3 6 12 Daniel O 'Connell.. 3 5 12 Trust ............ 3 5 11 Clariur .......... Chaff 3 5 11. ........... 3 5 10 Alice ............ 3 5 10 King Charming .. 3 5 9 Pr airie Plower .... 3 5 7 Age st lb Carbir eer Caller Ou Adventurer Cape Flyaway Oldminster Hartington Brilliant Captain Crow Brighton The Monk.. 6 7 5 Stanton Lothian's King Doefoot Pob nesia Birthday filly .... 4 6 9 Pilot Weather wise 4 6 8 THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S NEW OFFICES, LOMBARD-STREET.—Lombard - street, for centuries associated with the banking and monetary inte rests of the City, is in a fair way of becomi ng as distin guished for its architectural magnificence as it has long been symbolic of the wealth and power of the English netion. oehnloylr a period, are f oun d only In addition to the noble buildings rec ently erected th ere , two new structures are already designed for thi s anc i ent seat of the Lombards—new banking p remises for an old and wealthy firm, and new offices for the R oyal Insurance Com• pane. The site of the latter struct ure is at the western ct posit e t h e present in 1857, an d w hi c h, a co f t r enr Royaletr the ef Insurance Clements-lane, lapsel e m e e nf Buildings,t so ' s - comparativelyl an e , m e r m e e u d t e i da short inadequate are now for the busily vastly-increasing e ngaged pulling down tobe wholly business. five old houses, which date back to th e time of Elizabeth, so that the extent of the area to be occupied by the new lly W orkm pile is apparent to passers-by. The new buildings will have a frontage in Lombard-street of 54ft., in Clement's-lane of 75ft., and will rank with the best of the modern embellish ments of the City. The architect is Mr. Jnhn Belcher, of 5, Adelaide-place, Londpn-bridge) who was also the archi tect of the Royal Insurance Buildings erected in 1857.- 1/w/ding News. WHITS EtIENTS, HAYMARKET. The great success of the last new comedy, "Finesse ; or, Spy and Counter Spy," with the Wigans, and the lessee's splendid panorama of the travels of the Prince of Wales in the Holy Land, rendered tiny special attraction for Whitsuntide quite unnecessary here. The audience last evening enjoyed thoroughly the amusement provided for them, and rewarded the labours of the lessee and manager with the most enthusiastic applause. The array of fashionables in private boxes and stalls was something extraordinary. The other portions of the house were all fully attended. LYCEUM. " The Duke's Motto," which ever since the open ing of the house under Mr. Fechter's auspices has constituted its chief attraction, was relied on to attract the public,and the reliance was well founded, for the house was crowded. It is to the genius of Mr. Pechter, who performs the principalcharacter, that the success of the piece is mainly due. He played Henri de la Garde last night for the 109th time with his usual grace and freshness. ADELPHI. At the Ade lphi last night the entertainments consisted of Mr. Stirlin g C oyne ' s drama, " Angel or Devil," supported by Miss Avonia Jones, Mr. Toole, and Mr. Billington ; the recently produced farce of Messrs. W. Brough and Halliday, "The Wooden Spoonmaker," with Mr. Webster's striking and powerful impersonation of the old man ; the capital burlesque of Mr. Byron's, "11l Treated Il Trovatore," in which Miss Carry and Miss Sara Nelson appeared as Manrico and Leonora respec tively, supported by Mr. Toole as Azucena, Mr. Paul Bedford as the Kinchin, and Mr. Philips as the Count di Luna; and Mr. Mark Lemon's extra vaganza "Domestic Economy." Never was Whit . suntide audience happier or more merry, and never did artists exert thetnselvesmore zealously to amuse. It is needless to say the house was crowded. SF. JAMES'S. This theatre proved highly attractive last evening to a numerous audience. Mr. Frank Matthews, the able and enterprising manager, brought out Mr. Leicester Buckingham's successful comedy of the "Merry Widow," together with a 73d repetition of "Lady Audley's Secret," and Mr. W. Brough's " Perdita ; or, the Royal Milkmaid." The boxes and stalls were well filled, while the upper boxes and the space specially occupied by the holiday folks were crowded to excess. No little applause was also elicited by the beautiful performances of the really effective band attached to the establishment. SURREY. A new season has opened at this theatre, with Mr. Henry Loraine as the manager. This gentle man has made himself favourably known to London audiences by his performances at Drury -lane. The piece selected last night was' Peep o' Day." The cast is, in the main, much the same as at Drury-lane. Mr. Loraine himself makes a very popular hero. His voice, figure, and manly pre sence was sure to have great power over his audience, and in all the situations he produced the fullest effect. Mr. Calhaem is well known as Barney O'Toole, and seems already a great favourite here. Mr. Graham is a very emphatic Rev. Mr. O'Cleary, and Mr. Potter a terrible Black Mudine. The two grand scenes—the one of the Pattern, or Festival Fair, at the Holy Well, with the faction fight, and that of the Old Quarry—are capitally got up, and produced an excitement in the extraordinary and multitudinous audience, greater, if that be possible, than we ever remember to have seen. Mr. Lo raine has thus commenced his management under the most cheering auspices, and there seems every resolve to carry it out with spirit and ability. STRAND. No special novelty was presented to the holiday folk at this little theatre, nevertheless the house was attended last evening by a numerous and fashion able audience. The entertainments opened with Mr. Pa!grave Simpson's comediotta, the " School for Coquettes," in which Miss Louisa Thorn, from the Bath and Bristol Theatres, made her debut on the metropolitan boards in the character of Lidy Clan• morris. Ttis young lady possesses considerable natural attractions both of person and figure. Mr. Byron's version of "Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves," or, as the facetious author called it, "The Thirty-nine Thieves," being " fond of taking one off," was next presented for the 48th night conse cutively. The burlesque is °Le teeming with puns of a good, bad, and indifferent character. It kept the house in a continuous roar of laughter from the beginning to the end of it. WESTMINSTER. The performances here last evening were for the benefit of Mr. E. Stirling, the acting manager. The entertainments, commenced with Mr. Stir ling's two-act burletta of Mr. Charles Dickens's " Nicholas Nickleby ; or, the Doings at Do the-boys Hall," which was followed by Mr. Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," and concluded with a Scottish ballet, entitled "Love in the Highlands," by the Lauri family. In the burletta Mr. Stirling took the part of Newman Noggs, and he invested the character with a dramatic importance which it might easily lose in less able hands. Mr. Mellon, as Mr. Ralph Nickleby; Mr. H. J. Montague, as the nephew, Nicholas Nickleby; Mr. H. Vanden hoff, as the pretty man milliner; Miss Edith Stuart, as the disowned and persecuted Smike ; Mr. Dewar as the pedagogue ; Mr. Leeson, as the Yorkshire man, Sohn Browdie ; and Miss Rose Leclercq, as Madame Mantalini, did full justice to those cha racters. HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS. The prince of ,pianists, S. Thalberg, gave his first Matinee Musicale yesterday, and never do we re member to have seen a more brilliant and fashion able audience assembled within the spacious and elegant " Queen Concert Room." The first part consisted of five pieces selected from Weber, Beet hoven, Mendelssohn, and Thalberg; and the second embraced four or five from the compositions of Chopin, Moschella, &o. It is an extremely difficult task to describe the performance of yesterday after noon. Each composition was given with the greatest delicacy of finish and the most wonderful execution, but the pieces that seemed perfectly to enchant the audience were Irish and Russian airs by Thalberg, and songs without words by Mendelssohn. ThE concert was an extraordinary success, and the three others announced to followed will no doubt prove equally so. POLYTECHNIC. The Polytechnic again obtained its large share of patronage from the holiday folk yesterday, and afforded proof of the growing interest felt by the public generally in its instructive and amusing re presentations. Professor Pepper's " Ghost lecture" still maintains its ground in public favour, and will be a great source of delight to all who can include a visit to the institution in their Whitsuntide pro gramme. COLOSSEUM. The varied attractions which this far.famed place of entertainment presents to the visitor at this sea son are invested with a peculiar interest on the pre sent occasion, from the fact, as we understand, that, it has passed into other hands, and is shout to yield to the on ward sweep of the "great hotel move ment." The last season at th e Colosseum will well sustain all its past glories ; so that, to use a nautical figure, if the good old ship is to go down, she will at least go down " ship-shape." The programme is extremely comprehensive, and embraces a great combination of agreeable varieties. The beautiful and stupendous Cycloramas repre senting the destruction of Lisbon, Loudon by day, and Paris by night, still remain perhaps th e de mire of the whole building, and ou ht point to be inspected whilst the opportunity 18 Presented. certainly erns, Swiss There are besides the stalactite cm, and other obj tages, scenery, mountain t orrents co ects t of interest. The Colosseum has the same large staff of competcmt artiste,' as befor e g , whose perform ances make up in the aggregate a very agr eea bl e morn i ng or evening'S OeeUpatiOn. Among these we map mention the orchestral concert performersthe direction of Mr. W. Howard; Mr. Geo. Buckland's musical gleanings ; Mdlle. Johanna Claussen's " Characteristic Chansonettes ;" the Laynor family, &c., &c. The performances yesterday were well attended, and promise to have a su ccess f ul " run. " i MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ELATE. TAINMENT. As on every great holiday, the extraordinary combination of talent of Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and Mr. Sohn Parry attracted an overflowing audience, by whom their entertainment was highly appreciated. Their new piece, "A Charming Cot tage," was applauded to the echo, well adapted as it is for giving scope to the skill of the accomplished artists engaged in its representation. Mr. John Parry's " Mrs. Roseleaf's Little Evening Party" concluded the entertainment, which evidently afforded groat gratification to all present. MR. KENNEDY'S ENTERTAINMENT. Mr. Kennedy, the eminent Scotch vocalist, com menced last evening, at the Music-hall, Store street, another short series of his extremely plea sant and highly popular entertainments on the " Songs of Scotland." For many months the vocal illustrations of this gifted artist and tho roughly trained musician have attracted fashion. able audiences at the Hanover-square Rooms and the Dudley Gallery of the Egyptian-hall. Mr. Kennedy's success in Bloomsbury district promises to become quite as complete and satisfactory as that which attended his West-end performance. The Music-hall was well filled, and, judging by the enthusiastic applause which each " selection" se cured, there is every probability that Mr. Kennedy will extend this " short series of entertainments" beyond the originally announced" Every Monday night." OXFORD MUSIC-HALL. The purely holiday visitor, whose acquaintance with places of public entertainment is refreshed only on red letter days, must be struck when he ♦isits the Oxford, with titles of operatic selec• tions with which the outside world of music are as yet unfamiliar. "LA Forsa del Destino," " Faust," &c., are in the prospective repertory of one, at least, of the great lyric Establishments ; but while Mr. Gye and Mr. Mapleson are compelled, perhaps, only to promise the article, the Oxford produces it, and all the salient portions of the music become known to a large portion of the pub lic through this channel. Selections from these operas are now being given, with all the customary vocal and instrumental effects—the solo parts, as signed to Miss Russell and Mr. Albert, standing out in conspicuous relief. Mr. Unsworth, the best type of the stage stump orator who has ever appeared on any stage, maintains his sway over the sympathies of the audience by his felicitous blunderings and keen satires upon passing follies. Equally noticeable is his coadjutor, Eugene, although the forte of the latter is in the assump tion of the female voice and manner—an achieve• ment of remarkable ability. The French clowns Arthur and Bertrand, for fertility of resource and dexterity in tumbling, continue unapproached. Tte selections last night were those from "Masaniello ' and " Martha," both admirably interpreted. LAW INT. 63 I 1251 1272 67 i i I IN I 781 lull f Los_l# lit f L2t4ff 1021 * 92 } 71 70} 39 8& I Rusin elm don. 1091 8} 109 i 9 11 i 19e CANTERBURY HALL. ----- With the manifold attractions offered by the Canterbury Hall a full attendance on a Whit Mon day cannot be a matter of surprise. Periodical and holiday visitors evidently take an interest not only in the musical entertainments, but in the famous Fine Arts Gallery. This portion of the whole establishment was crowded on Monday night, and some of the masterpieces of painting there to be found underwent careful and anxious scrutiny. By the way, what can have possessed Madame Jericho, the painter of the beautiful picture—" A Danish Family reading the Bible," to reproduce the sub ject, in such dismal colours and with such unsatis factory drawing, in the Pall• Mall Gallery ? But with regard to the programme of the " Canterbury" —pictorial and musical. There was a rich abun dance of entertainment. Foremost amongst them must be the now time-honoured operatic selections in which Miss Russell, the prima donna, is supported by M. Tivoli, Mr. Greene, and others. These excerpta from opera maintain their wonted excel lence. Tho comic part of a night's entertain ment is agreeably enlivened by the "drawing room" performance of Les Freres Athos—the four acrobats who have recently come to this hall, and whose sommersaults and pyramidal exploits are very wonderful in their way. Mr. Hilton, a clever ventriloquist and professor of legerdemain, con tributes also to the amusements. But the cheval de Walls is still the gloat Unsworth, whose improvisations are always welcome from their spon taneity and admirable delivery. Under a ludicrous aspect, this illustrious stump orator is really one of the censors of the day; for he hits the moral "raw," with an incisive force usually found to proceed only from more solemn platforms. It would be unfair, however, to disconnect Unsworth from his sparkling little coadjutor Eugene, who, by different means—by the true spirit of burlesque dancing and imitative vocalism—steals upon the sympathies of the au dience quite as surely as his more talkative friend. Nor should Duley (who with the other two formed the trio of the Transatlantic tribe) be forgotten. His stage fright is one of the oddest exhibitions of the kind we have ever witnessed; and his genuine spirit of comedy is invaluable in the comic scenes—more particularly in that of the " Haunted House" and the "Barber's Shop." Mr. Arthur Lloyd is the principal comic vocalist at the Can terbury, and is a great favourite in his quaint and intelligently rendered and " dressed" burlesque effusions. THE ALHAMBRA. This place of popular resort seems to have male itself the home of athletic sports. Leotard, Naldie, and Verrecke have gone, and their places have been now supplied by a group of Spaniards--the bro thers Risarelis and Balager—who go through a series of miraculous performances on a ladder in close proximity to the ceiling of the building, and consequently at a height sufficient to satisfy the most ardent lover of the dangerous. There are a number of other extraordinary acrobats and tum blers who perform at the Alhambra nightly; in addition to this the operatic selections are well performed, and there is a host of talent, comic and sentimental, which is exerted every evening with great success and t o th e ev id e nt gratification of the numerous audience by which the hall is always crowded. CREMORNE. ro,and Mr S holiday makers . w m a i s t Smith's f aspecialhigh highly novelty e attractive t o h n e t a despite the chilly state of the atmosphere an enor mous number visited these splendid gardens. From about half-past four until twelve o'clock there wa s a continued succession of novelties; but the greatest pretty, L. Blanchard, entitled " The Bridal of Beauty, or and most attractive was the new ballet, eeding b ly ns -ymr. E. the Marriage of Love." The and the music by Mr. Tully are exe • a and w w e ithout cannot doubt reeoi 1 e it e tmeuvsetr Brew f e l production. The other entertainmentsp r ove and the fireworks passed off with the greatest ya morea e u e ° la t et , sass a f tuneld noes a highly successful season from all appear a seems certain. lee scenery IrgYh by l Mr. T AE TEA TRADE, Ma 25.—The delivries n London est i mated for the week were 1 ,139,7681b., e which is a decrease of 155,9201 b., compared with the previous state ment, NATIONAL BANK. —The annual meeting of the National Bank was held to-day, Mr. M. Usborne in the chair. The report, which was unanimously adopted stated since the accounts were made up a dividend at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum on the increased capital of the bank, and an extra dividend of 16s. per share, amount ing together to £40,000, were paid in February last. The amount of undivided profits after these payments therefore stood at £103,729 3s. 10d. ascompared with £99,050145. 6d. the figures at which they stood last year after payment of the Febru ar y di v id en d, an d t ra nsfer of XlOO,OOO to capital account. TAD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. RADCLIFFE RACES -THIS DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. RADCLIFFE PLATE. Honest John Fanfaron Queen of Clubs ................... 1 .................. Five ran. ........... 3 RACING FIXT JRES FOR 1863. TNE. 8ever1ey................ 17 I Stockbridge is Chelmsford ............ 23 Newcastle-on-Tyne .....23 Carlisle ................30 Ascot 2 Newton 10 Hampton Odiham 16 Bibury Club 17 LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 18. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed mund Douglas Veitch Faae, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Tehran, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : John Ellis, joiner, Pendleton William Sever, cab proarietor, Bury Thomas Palmer, wheelwright, Manchester James Gilman, tailor, Berwick. street, Oxford Street Wm. R. Rhodes, painter, Hampton, Middlesex James Costin, plumber, Hoxton Old -town John C. Chute, theatrical m anager, B irmingham Stephen Smith, grocer, Birmingham James Smith, builder, Liverpool IsAac Evans, shoe maker, Llandilo, Carmarthenshire Howsin, horse dealer, Leeds RichardT om as K m e a m ck p u , n , n w k e a e r p e e h r o , u C s e a m r d a i n g , a n ß s r h a ie d r fo rd James Robinson, e fls grocer, hm Doncasternger , Bradford Robert Robert Yeates, cutler, Hackney-road Ja W n s illleiamjaine 8.57 commission illiams,wh traveller,eelw righ tWest New K e Croydonnt Kent-road] Wm, J. Neil, flax manufacturer, Rickinghall, Suffolk Chas. Gilder, builder, Birchen George Trought, tailor, Dalston SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Risk, merchant, Glasgow Alexander Macdonald, writer, Greenock George Sanderson and Thomas Scoular, cutlers, Dunse Robert Dubie, lather, Glasgow James T. Renfrew, grocer, Glasgow Thomas Stewart, brewer, Ceres, Fifeshire Course of the Exchange. —This Day. Amsterdam 15 2 11 l 6 Ditto .. 3 Months, 11 171 11 18i Rotterdam .. 11 17i 11 18 ~ Antwerp • • 25 45 25 50 Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 7 . i. 13 7 , 1 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 351 35i Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 471 25 52/ Milan ... 25 471 25 521 Genoa — 25 471 25 52/ Naples - 25 471 25 521 Palermo .. 25 50 25 56 Messina — 25 50 25 55 Lisbon —52 i Oporto — 524 53 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars , Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 The Federal Panic at Fredericksburg. The correspondent of the New York _Herald %rites : must frankly confess that I have no ability odo justice to the scene that followed. It was my of to be in the centre of that field when the panic burst upon us. May I never be a witness to an other such scene. On one hand was a solid column of infantry retreating at double quick from the face of the enemy, who were already crowding their rear; on the other was a dense mass of beings who had lost their reasoning faculties, and were flying from a thousand fancied dangers as well as from the real danger that crowded so close upon them, ag gravating the fearfulness of their situation by the very precipitancy with which they were seeking to escape from it. On the hill were 10,000 of the enemy, souring their murderous volleys in upon us, yelling and hooting to increase the alarm and confusion ; hundreds of cavalry horses, left riderless at the first discharge of the rebels, were dashing frantically about in all directions; a score of bat teries of artillery were thrown into disorder, some properly manned, seeking to gain positions for effective duty, and others flying from the field; battery waggons, ambulances, horses, men, cannon, caissons, all jumbled and tumbled together in an apparently inextricable mass, and that murderous fire still pouring in upon them. To add to the terror of the occasion there was but one means of escape from the field, and that through a little narrow neck or ravine washed out by Scott's Creek. Towards this the confused mass plunged headlong. For a moment it seemed as if no power could avert the frightful calamity that threatened the entire army. That neck passed, and this panic stricken, disordered body of men and animals permitted to pass down through the other corps of the army, our destruction was sure. But in the midst of that wildest alarm there was a cool head. That threatened cala mity was averted by the determined self-possession of Major-General D. E. Sickles. Spurring his horse forward, he forced his way through the tangled mass and entered this narrow neck. Across this neck there runs a thick brick wall, behind which the forces of General Williams and Berry had already thrown themselves preparatory to meeting the enemy. On one flank of the wall was the sunken bed of the creek, impassable for any p deeply ecie s s of vehicle and scarcely safe for men. At the h upper yLis rse S . Wo o ril ; the e only regardless of gpsetting and o e p n e d ni o n f g t t h o e b w e a fo ll u w nd a . s a To n blocked the this arro point e g G w e r a n e e gh r . a Si ckles picked his pway,assagaendwitthhere, himselfdrawing and came the panic-stricken crowd, terrified artillery, riders spurring and lashing . their horses to the ut ahmorbsueslandcaesahitui being dashed to pieces against trees and stum • flying and crying with alarra—a perf PS men ect torrent of passion, apparently uncontrollable ut most, t, obstaclesrider lriderless all the brave General threw hi Bat, against it termined bravery brought mself; and by his de cannon drawn by six the first heavy omass-- halt, and blockaded the rses, well mounted —to a up behind and crowded Passage. Others dashing cursing Rupon the first, th e i r d r i vers andswearing and calling to the foremost to go on. The loose hors • the flying ee jumped the stone wall, and men scrambled ove . r It, utterly oblivious to the fact that the opposite side was crowded with men whose lives were thus doubly enda ngere d. B u t by the bl oc k ade of the m of the a rt ill ery and cavalryai n h p a a d ssa i g m e en the pr s i t n a c m ip p a e l d ly e checked. Once halted, reason began to return to those who had previously lost it, and much of the artillery, properly manned, was quickly brought back upon the field. They all seemed possessedw ith an instinctive idea of the shortest and mo d st directto the line from the point whence they started f te them did United States Ford, and the majorityf,,,rd° Many of not stop until they had reached the e in and swam to them on reeching the river dashedsed to be running yet. the north side, and are supposed than with officers. It was no worse with . privatesrsi; the disgrace general." The stampede was uni ve rsal; SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. DFlytrap ....................................... .. • • 1 Antipavid Ann ........................................ 2 odes.... ...................................... 3 Five ran. SELLING STARES. TDavid Ann ....................................... 1 rentham.................. 2 Three r an . STEWARDS' CUP. SHIPPING —This Day. —A rrived —Halley, May 26.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly;moderate breeze and fine weather, but rathtY dTl3sOuTH,May2s.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Rer Ma-, i c e l s oF t Lu y , s ship Curegoa, for Australia; her Majesty's s hi p -Liverpool, for the westward. N,—Arrived —Ellen Rose, PLYMOUTH, May 25.—Wind S.W. for Rio Grande. COWES, MAY 24.—Wind from Bathurst, 1 6 1 ,1&i 8 1 i 107 i 101} 1 twi 4 10711