The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-14 00:00:00

AND COMAIIIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The South-Esstern Banking Company have an nounced that they have opened branches at Brosd.. stairs, Christchurch, and Bournemouth. Mr. Hunt, formerly in the house of Meesrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., has been appointed manager of the two latter establishments. The Scottish and Universal Finance Bank have purchased the business, with the goodwill of the firm of Haggard and Co., the extensive bullion and exchange dealers of the City. The whole of the purchase-money has been accepted in scrip certi ficates. Mr. H. Haggard has also accepted the management office in the exchange department of the company's business, and another member of this firm has joined the board of directors. 9,000 out of the 10,000 shares forming the first issue of the company have been subscribed for. Two O'CLOCK. O wing to the improved feeling with regard to smonetary and political prospects, the market for the English Funds has shown blight indications of improvement. Consols are about I better, being 913 for money, and 903, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes are 891 ; the Reduced, 89k i; Exchequer Bills, June, 9a, to 4s. die.; and India per Cents., 1058. Foreign Securities are not very active, but prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 711; do. Consolida3, 48k 1; Mexican, 441 ; do. New, dis. par..; Greek, 239 ;; Spanish Pdssive, 341 ; Portuguese, 48 z ; the Confederate Loan, 64 66 ; Swedish Scrip, 1 1/ prem.; and Russian do., 11 2 prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very limited, but in one or two instances a slight improvement has taken place in prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and Biaekwall, and South E Astern have each improved 55.; and Great Northern A Stock, 10s.; while South Western have receded 55., and North Western 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, and exhibit no change of importance as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request, and generally sustain former prices. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal now undertakings : North Aus tralian Company, 4 prem. ; Sabloniere Hotel, 4 prem. ; International Land Credit, 2 21,- prem. ; and Provincial Banking Corporation, 1 I prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 - per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B9 f, New .2i per Cent. Jan. 1891.... — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 lO7l Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditl o for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Mhrch. June. 4 dis Exchequer Bills, .El,OOO, 2! & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO Eank Engl an d Stk, 5,1 per Ct. Ditto Account — Linit.N. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 187 U i;itto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 991 Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent....., Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 51 per Cent. May, 1879 ll2 Ditto Debentures, per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds .El.OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO — die FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 ........ Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-53-60 Ditto 1863 • Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.... Ditto Account Chi Han 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 pei Cent Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent....... Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 Ditto Scrip £4O paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., .1824-5, ex-Coupon s Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Mareinmana Railway) 74) Dlexican 3 per Cent . ... Ditto Account, Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .... New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account • • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 .. 851 Ditto 3 per C en t 18 59 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 ZDitto 1864 Scrip, £lO paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch .... Sardinian 5 per Cent.......... Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Now Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Pas:live Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ElDitto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - 1 _Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. Ditto £lOO Bonds 7l - 70 1 Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent........ Venezuela 3 per Cent — Ditto Account. .............. 6 per Cent., 186 . 2 55 I)itto Account .................. Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 ............ Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid. ............... dis Ditto 11 per Cent ................. in. Dividends on the above payable Loud Austrian, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins. ...- 13 eigian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 2) per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK, Cons o l e Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. 11,1arkq very strong. Sales, about 10,000 bales, Zrupurt, 12;829, i - ToIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD.—Ona of the Inost cut i9us incidents of the war is that by which at C aptain Flusher, of the gunboat Miami, has mot his death Pl ymouth, North. Carolina. As he saw the Confederate /ant approaching —the Albe ma rl e, for that is its name —he i ghtod the large gun himself, and stood by as she was fired. The ironclad was only half a length from him then. The shell struck the roof of the ram, rebounded, and bit Captain . er, explodi ng a nd killi ng hi m i nstantly. In fact, he ao,Bh' al most torn to pi eces. Thi s ram i s accompanied by a rrniElable water battery, securely protected by cotton bales, behind which artillery and small arms cen be securel ' 4O usiz o o f the satellite is the Cotton Plant, y used. MONEY MARKET The general discount market presents an easier appearance, the private and joint-stock establish ments being more willing to negotiate short bills at 81, per cent. There is a large supply of money on offer, but holders of bills are awaiting further concessions. About £83,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was a general decline in the foreign ex changes yesterday afternoon. Sicce Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to X 507,809, and the imports to 1:352,610. The banking•house of Messrs. Day, Nicholson, and Stone, of Rochester, 124 s been amalgamated with that of the Provincial Banking Corporation. The firm was established in 1782, and has been noted for its respectable position. SHARE MARKETS —This day. ....-..'..i ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share: Railways. 81 r.. Virol., and Str. Val 11 ; 1 y - the and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A Do ,11 gets no div till op c.p an. has been paid to B• Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,l'erth o SzAb. June., Edinburgh & Glas;ow. l Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Ditto A stock Ditto East A nglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Doßdo C t. S. ant W. of helm , IG rent Western Do Str Val gun. stool, Laneashize Yorkshire London and Blackwa!l Lon., Briglit.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, =id Dover , Lou. & North Western ILon. & Ser.th Western Shef., & Lincoln. i Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. • ..... ••• Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. Lc Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kurt Do Cray Line 'North British Min., Perth, it Dundee : Nth. Eastern—Berwicb Do, G.N.E. purchase ti Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle 'North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock I I Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union South Deron.. ...... 1 South Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Dun 1 Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton dc Darlington I Do Do New, WIG Taff Vale.. 1 Do B Do C 13.14.1 8 8i 1t.18.4 £2.10 !Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liana& West Midland -Oxford Do Newport! Do Hereford! Si 9 83 E 5 1171 liBl 6 7 35 37 16 17 68 90 10+ 106 47 47f ef 7i 129 130 1374 rdBi 130 132 01 93 63i G 4 110 i 1101 C 4 ao 101 103 40 41 110 1101 97i 98i 531 14 1121} )13i 1301 13It 1291 13S1 129 30 641 St 1101 65 1(2 9 11(4 91 8 7 534 1001 } Paid.' Closing Business Price. , 1131 122 134 1 101 1(3 50} oli 24} 254 100 100, 551 666 Et3i 90 128 131 16 26p 76 78 101 111 121 123 39 40 64 66 33 85 90 poi 1104 107 7 8 366 i 37 4 95 10 8 8 t 165 170 6 5 7 1 , 3 4 p 95 97 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Start Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 A.tiantic &St Lawrenet all 58 60 59 8k J Bom.,Baroda&Centlne Gu. 5 per cent.. lOO 102 103 102 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. B. 75 id 5 p 20i Buffalo and Laken - o'ot all o 4 6# 10 Do. Preference all 85 9 5 XOO Butralo,BrantotGodriell 100 77 8 2 ( 0 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 00 Do. do. J u ly 1, 187:.! 100 77 88 100 Do. do. June 1, 18: - i 100 77 82 st , Aeutta.&S.Eastri.(l.,:l::, 100 110 102 st Cape Town &Dock Scril 100 98 100 stook Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 103 105 Bleck East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1125 .103 i 102,E 20 Do. do. G Ext 15 1 20 Do. do. H do. 15 2 st ock Grand Trunk of C ana d a 10 0 20 201 195 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. a ll 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 60 02 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 60 6?. 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 2 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 40 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook.., all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred...—. all 23 26 stook Gt.lndiaPenin.g,ue..sp.o 100 102 103 1024 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 55 p Do. January, 1802 .. Stook Cit. South.of India(Lini guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 103 2 05 Gt. W. ofCanadaShares all 10 105 10 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 94 95 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.. • • all 84 86 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 5 fp stock Madrza guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1015 1025 Stook Do. 41 p. e. Extension 100 94 96 stuck 1)c.51 d 0........ 100 90 OS 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- Stook Helb•Corp. Op. C. Blade 100 50 11elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. 3lortg. Bds. all 90 Newßr ar: swick Candi! Class A. and B. all 3 5 N.ltl.C'daspclstptbds 100 82 14 stock Soinde ......... • - (101, 102 103 112 stock Do. Delhi,. I 100 10: 10. 1005 10 Do. do 2 ••• P st Do. Punjar.b all ito Iv 2 Do. Do. , , 100 s'ook Do. itir:us.st.Fio. oos 93 95 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URITIES. 6 p.c..) a. ad ui) - 1677-S1 100 103 105 103 Do. 41 p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 142 704 Do. 6 p.Sept. 100 11,2 104 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&Ju ly. 10C 90 82 col Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap 4Sz Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 182). 100 1(8 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 196 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 196 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..; a.tJ uly 100 tO2 104 Do is p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 - ,N. S. V. Gov. 5 p 180( 100 991 1001 - Du. s p. c.,18/1 to ltit 100 99 101 - 1)o. d0.,1888 &upwds 160 09 101 09% :New Zealand Op cent. 100 10) 111 - :Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland (Icy. 6p. c lOO - Aus (.40p.c.1878.& up lOO 110 112 ,Vic. Gov. *p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Da to 4 1 0.0. .41.n..z0nt... 100 1071_1031! BRITISH MINES. 2 ,Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 a ad !ulifford Amalgamated.. 32 34 I Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 67 70 • , East Clogau Gold Ltd. d East Caradon ...... 281 291 j East Cam 8rea........ 3.4.0 64 7 E. W• 1 Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 3/ 41 ;Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen :)81 7 9 ,Great South 17s 2/ 3% (1. Wheal Vor Melt:ton 40 31 33 !f r irenville .. ........ 6.16. (. 91 91 ...... 0.. 8.12 68 40 hingston D0wn5...... 4.'8.0 31 4 !Lady Eertlta ... .. . .... 2.8. 6 :Margaret (Guy Lelant s , 1 1 8 20 16 ! In Alamo Valley.. .. .... 4.3 0 41 51 4yndy Iron Oro (Lim.; 21 11 ICI New Setun ............ 141 85 95 • North Downs 2l 13 aseet(Illaran, 3.1.0 11 21 !North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 41 41 ; Var Consols Vit. 131azey 20 i'rovidence(Uny 10 0 7 41 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer, I 11 450 170 8. Cam Brea ( 11 1o,9"an) _ I S.Wheal Fran. (Ihowan, 18.18.9 40 50 /Stray Park !, Lunar Silv.6; Lead Ali n _ Crort 2 )8 19 • ;IVest Basset (Illogan) ll 9 10' IV Ct radon. (Lisizeard, 5 16 18 West Seton 'Wheal Basset (Mogan; 5* 90 95 I Wheal Buller(Redrutliji 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l 2.0.6 - I WhealLudcott 3.5.8 2 21 I Wheal Mary Ann ',Men.); ti 111 121 !Wheal 3eton ! 581 200 205 !Wheal Treiawney (Lis ); 7 21 24 -- i Wheal Union ! 3.17 I 2 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent, 171 Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7.per cent., 16 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 111 Ditto (all), 191 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Bm., 111 6 19:.)nt. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2.4 Port Philip, lQ Santa Barbara Gold Hine (lira.), Vancouver Coal, 61 Yudanamutau4 of S. Australia, lira., 31 BANKS. hgra and United Service (Um.), 110 Alliance litm.t. 63 2 34 Australasia, 73 Bank of utago, lim., 41 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 131 British and American Exchange (Um.), 40 t Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 40 39 Ditto. new, 33 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11-1 t 11 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 imperial Bank (lira.), 41 Imperial Ottoman, 211 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 61 1 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 20 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 251 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and County, 63 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Um., 181 London Joint Stock, 444 76 Metropolitan Mercha n t LLLondonoon ndoonn n n d d S N o o u r i t h t: Northern, African,]im 224 and and a South-We ifm stern, I Provinciald V , e 2 s o t l e r n Bank,:s um 311 Mexican, lira., 6 Midland Bank (lim.), 161 k..cinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim„ in 14 Ditto, new, ,3: • Standard of British South Africa (ltm), 311 Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 43 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lira., 5/ Consolidated Discount, 11m,, 8° Credit Mubiiier, 91 81 Discount Corporation, 161 Egyptian Coin. and Trading, 11rn., 51 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 101 10 Hudson's Bay, in 1 Imperial Financial, lira., 9f 9 • international Financial .tociety, lira., 111 11 Joint Stock Discount, iim., 71 7 London }inancial Association, Ern., 27 Ditto, new, 151 London Provincial Marine, 31 Marine Investment, liin , 3 Mercantile Credit Association, Um., 15} National Discount Company, lim., 131 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, 111a1 , Ocean in urine (Insurance), 20 Ottoman Financial Association, 11m., 5 Societe Financiere d'Egypte, Him, 5 1 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Lord and Lady Carooys and the Hon. Misses Stonor have arrived at 31, Dover-street, from the family eeat, near Heal c) -- cu-Thernee, forthe season, TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) COOKE V. COOKE AND ALLEN. This was a petition presented by the husband, but the expenses of the witnesses not having been paid they refused to give evidence, and the petition was dismissed with costs. LIDDIAT V. LIDDIAT AND HOLLAND. This was the petition of the husband, who was in the employ of his father, a builder, at Chalford, near Stroud, praying for a dissolution of marriage, on the, ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. It appeared from the evidence that the parties were married in 1817, and cohabited for some years, but the re spondent having contracted habits of intemperance, a sepa ration took place about eight years ago, the petitioner malt ing her a weekly allowance until he discovered circumstances that led to his discontinuance of it in 1862. The respon dent afterwards admitted to the clergyman of the pariah that she had been leading a dissolute life. The respondent denied the adultery, and recriminated the charge, and alleged misconduct on the part of the husband. The witnesses to prove the petitioner's allegations having been called, Jane Minchin was called for the defence. In her cross examination by the petitioner's counsel, she said she knew Mrs. Lideiatt very well, but she had never seen her guilty of anything she considered criminal. She had never seen her conduct herself like young lovers do. (Laughter.) She had seen her at a Christmas party, and then she permitted persons to kiss her, but she did not consider there was much in that, although she should not permit such familiarity herself. (Laughter.) Some people were very fond of kissing—(laughter)—but she didn't see much in it. (Laughter.) Another witness was also called, but his evidence only :ended to stregthen the petitioner's case. The Judge-Ordinary, in summing up, told the jury the Court invariably looked jealously into the circum stances surrounding cases like the present one, be cause it was of the highest importance, where it was alleged peace and happiness had been destroyed by the wife, to ascertain that the husband had done nothing to contribute towards such an end himself. The evidence for the petitioner appeared satisfactorily to prove that the husband had not deserted his wife without reasonable cause, because it was not attempted to be disproved that he had forgiven her un fortunate prOpensity for drink over and over again, and endeavoured to do all in his power to cure her of it. With respect to other allegations in the petition he did not think there could be much question about that. The Jury, after a short deliberation, found a vereict in favour of the petitioner, stating that he had not deserted his wife without reasonable cause, and that she was guilty of the other allegations in the petition, Decree nisi, without costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr Commissioner Fane was the commissioner of the day, but there were no cases in the list, and it was somewhat remarkable that there was not even an application for re lease from custody, an event which is worth note, for since the new act came into operation scarcely a court day has passed over without several being made. This cannot be occasioned by any arrangement made for the holidays not provided for by the act of Parliament, which only allows "Easter Menday and Tuesday," but goes to show that im prisonment for debt is less frequent, or that the debtors intend waiting their release at the monthly visitation of the Registrar, or until assignees have been chosen, as the commissioners, almost as a rule, refuse to grant a release until that time. Mr. Registrar Murray disposed of a few cases of judgment debtor summonses under the Small Debts Act, but which, were not of the slightest interest. Railway and Public Companies in Parlia- meat. Yesterday, in the committee on the new metro politan railways, the case for the London and Blackwall Railway was opened by Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C.; the object being to empower that company to make four extensions of their existing system— the first, a line of two miles from their main line at the East of Limehouse station, passing between the Thames and the western ends of the Victoria Docks, thence southward, eastward, and north ward parallel with the Thames to Manchester-road, with three connc.cting branches—one to the bank of the river at Johnson -street, the second to the Ad miralty works at the Isle of Dogs, and the third to connect the company's extension to Bow at Stepney with their main line at Limehouse, the works to be completed within five years. The other general objects contemplated are the widening of the company's main line, to accommodate the in creasing traffic on its south side near the Stepney station, the enlargement towards Mark-lane of their present terminus at Fenchurch-street. Additional lands are also to be taken at the eastward of the Limehouse station, arrangements to be made with the East and West India Dock Company with re spect to the construction and management of open ing bridges to carry the first railway over their cuts, and to c onstruct tramways from the other ex tensions to any private premises at the river side with the cons ent of the owners and road authori ties. For the se purposes they propose to raise £250,000 as new or di nary or preference capita l , and £BO,OOO by mortgage. The second and third ex tensions are to terminate at the high water mark on the northern shore of the Thames, one opposite Greenwich Hospital and the other three quarters of a mile lower down the river, the limits of deviation extending about 100 and lsot yards into the river. Mr. Pownall, the surveyor, and other witnesses were examined by Mr. Johnson and Mr. L. Webb in favour of the bill, and which is opposed by the Hon. Mr. Liddell and Mr. Round for the East and West India Docks. The conainitttee on the com peting lines of the London and South Western Come pang in North Devon and Somerset Railway parsed the preamble of both bills, subject to certain arrangements enter se, which will form subject matter for consideration upon clauses. Mr. Baxter, of the firm of Baxter, Rose, Norton, was examined at great length by Mr. V. Harcourt, on the general merits of the proposed Great Eastern Northern Junctions Railway. In the event of the bill being granted the company, by means of better gradients than existed upon other lines, combined with more ec onom i cal working arrangements, would be able to carry coals at the rate of a farthing par ton per mile. Mr. Hankey, the banker, was also examined for the bill. Traffic and engineering evidence for th e promoters con tinued to o ccupy t h e commi ttees on the Lancashire Union Railways, Glasgow City Union Railway, and on the Dublin Railway. After taking evidence for the opposition, the committee of the House of Lords passed the North E as t er n Company's proposed ex tensions between Doncaster and York. In the committee on metropolitan subways, Mr. Simpson, hydraulic engineer, was under examination all day by Mr. Phinn, Q.C., relative to the features and alleged injurious effects of the proposed new sys tem. The committee of which Mr. Gaskell is chair man concluded its inquiry on the Belfast Improve. meat Bill, deciding that they could not grant the preamble, but suggesting that all the parties should come to an understanding with the view of bringing in a public bill for the purpose. The Belfast Water Bill is withdrawn, WILL S AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Dowager Lady Cholmeley, relict of the late Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bart., of Easton Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire, was proved in London under £14,000 perso nalty—the executors being Henry D. Cholmeley, Esq., her stepson, and Albert Way, Esq„ her nephew. The will and a codicil are dated March 2, 1857. The testatrix, after leaving several small legacies—including 19 guineas to the poor of each of the parishes of Easton, Burton Coggles, and Skillington (all in Lincolnshire), and a like sum to the school at Denham, Buckinghamshire, and legacies to her servants—divides a sum of £5,000 between her sister, Anne Way, and nephew, Holroyd Way, leaving legacies to the children of her late brother, the Rev. G. Way, and be queathing the residue of her property to her executor, the said H. D. Cholmeley, for his own use and benefit. The will of Thomas Smith, Esq., of Chilton Lodge, Wilts, was proved in London under £120,000 personalty, Thomas Chaloner Smith, Eeq , the son, being the sole executor. The will and first codicil were executed in 1862, a second and a third codicil in 1863. The testator has left his property amongst his sons and daughter; bequeathing his shares in various companies to his second and third sons, and a pecuniary legacy to his daughter. The Salford brewery and buildings to his fourth son, Richard James. Hia rectorial tithes and the residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to his eldest son. The will of William Lyddon, Esq., of Carey-street, Lin. coin's Inn, was sworn under £35,000 personalty; and that of Thomas F. Maples, Esq., of Frederick-place, Old Jewry, and Hornsey, £25,000. The will of Lieutenant- Colonel Gabriel Burer, of Ly mington, Southampton, was proved in the London Court under £20,000 personalty. The executors nominated are his two nephews, Charles Este and Frederick Esse, Esqrs., and Henry B. Farnall, Esq. The will and codicil aro dated 1853, and a second codicil 1862 ; the whole are in the Colonel's own handwriting. The will is attested by Rear, Admiral Thomas Symonds, C. 8., and I. Falls, A. 8., clerk . The testator has bequeathed to his wife a life interest in the whole of his property, saving his ready money, cash at his banker's and army agents', which he leaves to her for her own absolute use ; and, upon her decease, he leaves certain legacies to her nephews, and the residue of the pro perty to his own nephews and nieces, and other relatives. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. JUVENILE DETECTIVES,--THE HOLE TN THE COAT.— Charles Cavendish, barber, and John Williams, tailor, were charged with stealing from the person of Mrs Sarah Robbins, at present staying at 511, New Bond-street, a purse containing the sum of £l9s 21d. Mrs Robbins said that on the previous evening, about 6 o'clock, while looking in a shop window in Regent-street, the prisoners mild another man came and placed themselves close to her, one on each side, and the other behind her. Directly after a little boy told her that they had taken her purse, and on , putting her hand into her pocket she missed it. She went with the little boy, and afterwards saw the two prisoners in custody, the third man having escaped. A half-crown found on Williams she could swear to as having had in her purse which was in her dress pocket. Mr Knox advised Mrs Robbins not to carry her purse in her dress pocket for the future—it was a dangerous practice. George Minny, a boy about 12 years of age, said that while in Regent -street the previous evening with another boy, he saw the prisoners and another man try to pick a lady's pocket, and then not being able to do so, go up to the prosecutrix and take her purse out of her pocket: He told the prosecutrix and the other boy, and the prosecutrix went with him to a policeman. Thos. Thompson, a companion of the last witness, said that seeing the prisoners and the other man trying to pick a lady's pocket, ho said to the last witness, "Let's watch them, mate," and they did so, and saw them go pp and pick the prosecutz ix's pocket. Williams was the one who picked the pocket, and there was a hole in the left hand pocket of his coat. He told his mate that he would keep his eye on the prisoners, while he went with the prosecu trix and spoke to a policeman, and shortly after the police man came back with the prisoners. Fish, 331 A, said the first boy pointed out the prisoners, and ho went after them, when they set to running. They were stopped by a gentleman, and ho took them with assist ance into custody. There was a hole in the loft hand pocket of Williams's coat. Thomas Cole, 220 C, also said there was a hole in the left hand pocket of Williams's coat. Barns, the gaoler, examined Williams's coat, but could find no hole in the left hand pocket, but it subsequently turned out that Cavendish was wearing two coats, and that the underneath one was the one worn last night by Williams with whom he had exchanged one of his coats.l Mr Knox remanded the prisoners. WESTMINSTER. DARING ROBBERY.—James Sullivan, a young man, woe charged before Mr. Selfe with the following daring street robbery Henry Trees, of 2, Willow-street, 'Westminster, said that on Tuesday night he called with some friends at the Lord Clive publichouse, Itcchester-row, and left then) alone about 11 o'clock. He had only proceeded a few yards when the prisoner came in front of him and struck him so violent a blow in the stomach that he fell up against a shop front powerless, and became perfectly insensible. When he recovered himself he found that his watch and appendages, including some foreign coins, had been stolen from his pocket, and the prisoner was gone. Mr Selfe asked if he know anything of the prisoner, and asked how he became in custody. Prosecutor said that the prisoner had been in the same publichouse at the same time as his party, and must have followed him out without loss of time. He next saw him again after the robbery last (Friday) night, and immediately gave him into custody. When prosecutor recovered his senses and missed his watch he was told that it was the prisoner who had got it, He was then described by the name of Wheeler, by which he appeared to be known, al though he now gave that of Sullivan. Prosecutor, in answer to further questions, said he was perfectly sober, which was proved by those who wore with him, and who described the robbery as being very sudden. Police -constable 267 H, said he found prosecutor insen sible against a front on Tuesday night. When he recovered he stated he had been robbed. When prisoner was taken in charge ho admitted having been at the public house, but denied the robbery. Prisoner repeated the denial. He was remanded, THAMES. THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE.-GOOrgo Heathcote, a seaman, aged 21, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and assaulting William Endesby. The complainant is the mate of a Yorkshire " billy boy" or schooner, called the Breeze. The prisoner belongs to the same vessel. Last evening the mate, the prisoner, and a boy named William Bright, went on shore for a cruise, and returned at a late hour to their vessel, which they reached, the lad said, by walking through the " mood" (mud) on the shore at Wapping. The prisoner managed to scramble on deck before his shipmates, and commenced breaking open the forecastle hatch. Tho boy called out-- " Don't do that, George, here's the forecastle key, man." The prisoner, from some unaccountable cause, was seized with a sudden frenzy, and took up a piece of wood, with which he struck Endesby on the side of the head and knocked him backwards with it. The piece of wood was six feet long, and as thick as a man's arm. This formidable weapon was taken from the prisoner, who then seized the complainant by the hair of his head and struck and kicked him unmer cifully. The complainant said the boy shouted murder and the police, and the crows of all the vessels near were disturbed and joined in the shouts. A police constable re paired to the spot, who described the "battle and the breeze." The prisoner kicked and punched the com pleinant, who was calling for help. Twho was mu c h b ru i sed, produced a larg e h e complainant,handfui of heir which the prisoner tore from his head. The prisoner, who treated the matter lightly, ma d e a ramLling defence. Mr. Partridge fined the prisoner 40s. USE OF DEAD HORSES.—The contract for the dead horses in the Federal army has just been let for £12,000. the horses' shoes are first pulled off, which are worth about 4s; the hoofs fetch 8s; the tail 2s; the tallow is not worth much; the hide is worth something; the shin bones are sold to be convertel into cane heads, knifehandles, Scc,-11Teto York .Paper. A PRIZE AT SEA, The annexed communication has been received at the Board of Trade respecting a valuable prize picked up at sea and brought safe to this country :—" Mr John Gibbs, chief officer of the ship Beetson Castle, of Liverpool, 1,005 tons register, with a crew of 26 hands, sailed from Bombay for Liverpool on the 21st November, 1363, and reached lat. 45 24 N. On the 29th March, at 2 p.m., under all plain sail, and steering E. by N., observed a ship to windward, steered towards her, lowered a boat manned by the second officer and 4 hands, who went on board, and found her to be the Agamemnon, of Liverpool, 1,640 tons, deeply laden, and abandoned by her crew. The second officer returned to the Beetson Castle about 6 p.m., and reported the Aga memnon waterlogged and abandoned. About 8 p.m. he, with a volunteer crew, wont on board the abandoned ship, taking with him charts, a chronometer, and other requisite instruments for the navigationof the ship. The boat returned to the Beetson Castle for further supplies, and again reached the Agamemnon at 11 p.m. As the wheel was broken, and the ship had been stripped of nearly all the running rigging blocks, &c., the volunteer crew at once commenced to secure the yards, reeve braces, and rig a temporary wheel, the Beetson Castle keeping close to during the night. On the morning of the 30th the master sent on hoard ropes, sails, provisions, and such other supplies as were found necessary. The Beetson Castle remained in company until noon, then proceeded on her voyage, leaving her second officer in charge of the Agamemnon, with a crew of nine hands. They made all possible sail and steered towards the Channel, having throvtn overboard all loose spars and a quantity of deals, The topgallant and royal yards were sent down from aloft and thrown overboard to ease the ship. On the 31st of March they fell in with heavy weather from the north-east, and the ship laboured and shipped large quan tities of water. On the Ist of April, at midnight, a heavy sea set in from the north, swept everything movable off the poop, and compelled the crew to seek refuge in the rigging. The decks were lifting to such an extent that they found it necessary to cut 12 holes to allow the water a passage up wards. The weather continued bad through the 2d April, and then moderated. They arrived at Crooksbaven on the 10th April, and were towed thence to Liverpool on the 15th, arriving on the 17th. A GALLANT FELLOW.—The following is an ex rant of a letter from the agent of the Peninsular and Oriental Company at King George's Sound, Australia to the diricto: s, dated April 1, 186-1 :—" An accident occur red on the 91 ult to one of the company's boats, which was capsized in a sudden squall, placing Mr. Toll and the crew in the utmost danger, as they were only rescued after five hours' exposure on the bottom of the boat. In reporting this I would beg to call your especial notice to the very courageous conduct of Mr. Albert Williams, nephew of the boatswain of the storeship Larkins, who formed one of the boat's crew, he having volunteered to swim a distance of not less than two miles to the nearest beach in order to obtain assistance. After accomplishing this feat in a sea swarming with sharks, one of which followed the boat and took away Mr Toll's coat, Williams ran a further distance of two and a half miles over a rugged mountain covered with thick scrub before he could obtain any help, and though much exhausted and torn he persisted in joining the first boat which set out to seek for Mr Toll and his crew." We are happy to add to this record of courage and endurance that the board of the Peninsular and Oriental Company yesterday voted £2O to be expended on an appropriate testimonial to MrWillianas. DISBANDMENT OF A VOLUNTEER CORPS.—The 18th Hants (Basingstoke) Company has been dis banded under the following circumstances :—at the review held at Guildford on Easter Monday the Ist Hants Adminis• trative Battalion formed on Shalford-green, and in conse quence of the inequality of numbers in the corps compris ing the battalion it was deemed necessair that one company should be broken up to equalise the remainder. The com pany selected was the 18th Hants (Basingstoke), in conse quence of their commanding officer (Lieut. Brooks) being the junior commanding officer of the battalion. Lieut. Brooks accordingly called on his men to fall out and join the other corps, when several members of the corps, who, it appears, constituted themselves spokesmen for the rest, flatly refused to obey his orders. Lieut. Brooks reported the con duct of the carps to the officer commanding the battalion, Lieut.-Col. Humphery, who has since sent a report of the affair to the War-office, the result of which appears in the subjoined letter. It is due to Lieut. Brooks to state that on his return to Basingstoke he instantly resigned his commis sion. "War-office, May 9—My lord,—Having perused the correspondence which has been submitted to me on the sub- ject of the insubordinate conduct of the members of the ISth Hants Rifle Volunteer Corps, in having, while under arms at Guildford on March 28 last, refused to obey the legitimate commands of their superior officer, I regret to have to inform your lordship that, after mature consideration of the cir cumstances thus brought to my notice, I have deemed it my duty to advise the Queen to order the disbandonment of a corps which has been guilty of so serious a military offence, and her Majesty has been pleased to signify her pleasure that the corps should be disbanded accordingly. I have, the:etore, to request that your lordship will be so good as to direct the commanding officer to return at once to the Government Small-arms :Establishment at Pimlico the arms, &c., now in possession of the corps, which are the property of the public. When this has been done, it will be necessary that Ensign May should send in the resigna tion of his commission, which her Majesty will then be graciously pleased to accept. In thus communicating to your lordship her Majesty's pleasure with regard to the 18th Hants Rifle Volunteer Corps, I think it due to the officers and non-commissioned officers of this corps to express at the same time the gratification with which I have learnt from the report of the field officer commanding the Administrative Battalion that they had taken no part in the insubordinate conduct of the rest of the members, and I request also that your lordship will be good enough to communicate to the commanding officer of the 13th Hants Rifle Volunteer Corps my great satisfaction at the marked example of obedience which that corps exhibited on the occasion referred to. I have the honour to be, Ice., DE GREY AND .RIPON.—The Marquis of Winchester, Amport St. Mary's, Andover, Hants. THE RUSSIAN COURT.-0a the Ist of May the Court, the military household of the Emperor, the chief officials, the officers of the guard, of the army, and of the navy, were assembled at the Winter Palace to hear the midnight mass usually celebrated at Easter, and, as usual, the city went not to bed; the cannon thundered, proces sions marched round the churches, and an immense crowd, with innumerable carriages, filled the streets, After the mass —that is to say, at three in the morning —the Emperor received the congratulations of the court and officials, not only on account of the religious fete, but also on occasion of the anniversary of his birth, which occurred two days previously, when his Majesty entered on his 47th year Extraordinary marks of the imperial favour were conferred on the occ tsion, and Count do Berg, lieutenant of the Emperor in Poland, and Prince Gortschakeff, Vice- Chancellor of the Emperor, received his Majesty's portrait set in brilliants, a distinction which is only accorded on rare occasions, as only three or four high dignitaries are now in possession of this ranch-valued priu. The Minister of War received the insignia, in diamonds, of the Order of Sir Alexander Neweky, and in the receipt which accom• panics the distinction the Emperor thanks General Milutine for the important reforms which he has effected, and for the promptitude with which the army was placed on a war footing. The Grand Duke Michael, brother of the Em peror, lieutenant of his Majesty in the Caucasus, and com mandant of the troops stationed there, will for the future bear the title of commander-in-Chief (glavnokomandouaou stchy). Various other distinctions have been conferred and promotions made. MISSING SlllP.—London, May 13.—The Diary Montague, which sailed from Jamaica on the 13th January for London, has not since been heard of. MARKETS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. Our market was seasonably well stocked with produce. Fruit commanded a steady sale, and last week's quotations were fully supported. There was a fair business doing in vegetables, and prices ruled firm, FRUIT. s. d. s. d. l s. d. s d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mulberries,pxpt..o oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 ; Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 0 oto 0 0' Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Foreign do 2 oto 4 0 ) Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 l‘lelons ... Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 3 oto 5 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 oto 10 0 !Peaches.. Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 7 o,' Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 0 I Plums, per do. Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 , Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABL E S._ - Greens, dz bunch 3 eto 4 0 1 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Rfid ditto 0 oto 0 0' Parsley; per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb 0 2to 0 61 Mushrooms. P P Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 35 oto 70 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 t. 0 6to 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr d 0•••• 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h. -ay. 0 oto 0 0 ' Tomatoes, Cucumbers Garlic, per lb • Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 I Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chiliesr ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 9to 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 li to 1 3 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach . 06 to 0 d0z... 00to 0 c 81 Asparagus, pr do. 3 oto 5 0 Brussels sprouts 1 9s o 2 P OULTRY. Turkeys, 55 Od to 85 Od ; geese, 5s Od d o 7s Gd each ; goslings, 5s to 88 Od • ducks, Osod to Os O ; ducklings, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; rabbit ' s, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., --d to Os —d ; pigeons Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to IGs Od; 6 'Sea - kale, per bun. 10to 1 6 chi'ckens, 8s Od to 98 Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; ca pons, Os Od ; h ar es, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each i pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od; w oodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od t o O s Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to N Od ; plov e rs, Os Od to Od each ; , guinea fowls, 7s Od t o 8 s Od • roasting pigs f Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butt er, Os 10d to is Od ; English, is 0 d to is ld per lb ; English e ggs, 7s Od to 75 6d •, French do., 5s 9d to 6s 6d per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os 1 Od to Os Od. BI LLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 8d to is 19d ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skat e , sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 3 s Od to 15s ; c o d, 2s Od to 7s Od ; b r ill s, 2 s O d to Os Od ; doreys, 5 s Od to 6 s Od ; mullets, O s 6d t o i s 6d ; l o bsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d • plaice and garnets, 4d to O soles, 3 d to 2 s Od' per pair; common oysters 5s dh 888 t; oelaBcsnatives, — s to 70s per bushel; whitings, 2s Od to haddocks, 6s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; fl oun ders, Os Od per dozen ; mac k erel, 508 per 100 ; f resh 7s to 8s per 100 ; b loaters, Os to O s per 10 0 ; NEW PORT. Beef, r chaerPrinagnsci tench, Os Od to Os p er b race. from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s n 8d; , lamb 6s 4d to 78 4 d; veal, 48 2d t o 4 s 8d ; a nd pork, os 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs, by the carcase, 0 ; d • WHITECHApEL. mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lana, os to ta 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d g2d2d ;v tO OO 1 4, s 4 V to 4s 63 per Sibs by th e carca se. Beef, b odto from 7 3 8 BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d, of household do., Od to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. 96.1 b 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d , 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4id • 881 b to 961 b 4d to 6d; 1121b,—d td—d. Horse hides, 108 Od to lls Od ,• calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, Ss Od to Os 0d ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, —s Od to —l. Od ; Downs, 9s Od to 12s Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 6d; shealungs, is lld to Os Od. HAY mARKETs. SMITHFIELD.—MeadOW hay, £3 Os to £4 158 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 48 to £1 148 per load.' Supply limited. CITINIBERLANDe—Mea4OI,7 kg> Os to S 4 158 Od ; clover £4 Os to £5 16s Od ; and straw, £1 os to Ll 14s per load: Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow bay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 14s per load, A fair demand. CilP NURSING.—Thenby-and-by—generally, however, EA after eiev;n, thatuniversal meal h our —l meet an old woma n busily trotting along t owards the Luxemb ourg G a rdens, surrounded by fifteen or twenty little children, aged from two or th ree years to seven or e i g ht. Their parents pay the o ld l ady ltihtool about ten centimes an hour to take their children out, and g i ve t h em a w alk or a game o f p l ay i n the gard ens . I t i s pre tty to see her co nvey h er little r d e f ox , the goose, and a bag of corn. g eop i nui m ,znh e ze n el e of d af h er tr elder r ehoo a crossing ; itreminds in chargeulf children d t e h s e o l l ectured ; r e t d h none while the old woman t m is beckoned across, a n d on ona sid e , w hit e t h e ve ry little ones are carr i ed trots back f or th e res t ; and I notice she is much more despoti c d ur i ng h er s hort reign of power th an the old w oman h erse lf . At ieligta th3y ar e past all l left o dangers, a n d sa f e i n t h e ga rdens, where they make dat-pies to their hearts' content, while their chaperon takes out her knitting and seats herself on a bench in their midst. s a y she has 15 children, and keeps them out for two hours, it makes her a little income of half-a-crown a day; and many a busy mother is glad that her child should have happy play and exercise, while she goes a-shopping, or does some oth er p i ece of hous e k eep i ng work, which would prevent her from attending properly to her chiid.—Fraser's Magazine. Meyerbeer's Last Days, A few lines may suffice to record the little there is to tell of the last days of the great composer. It was on Saturday, the 23d April, that he first became unwell. He sent for his usual doctor, who, however, found nothing to be alarmed at. On the Tuesday he was worse, though another physician, Dr. Rayer, who was then summoned, still noticed no grave symptoms. During these days he talked much about his " Africaine," and the question whether he should preface the opera by an overture or a simple introduction. At the first visit of Dr. Rayer, in reply to a remark complimenting him on his works, he said, " You are too indulgent ; but I have a number of ideas here," he added, putting his fingers on his forehead, "and a number of things that I should like to do." " You will da them," replied the doctor. "Do you think so ? Well, so much the better." On Sunday the Ist, towards mid day, the attack seemed to be giving way; but this was at the expense of the general strength of his system. He seems to have sunk gradually from that time. At eight in the evening of the same day he " s wished a very good night, as he had done on the preceding evening, to those who were gathered round his bedside. Among the number was his wife, his three daughters, and M. Jules Beer, his nephew. All hope had by that time disappeared. At 20 minutes to six in the morning of the 2d of May he passed away. His breathing and pulse had become quite imperceptible, and only one sigh marked the actual moment of his depar ture—so tranquil was his end. A few hours afterwards Rossini, arriving from Passy, where he had heard of the illness of his friend,' . called to ask how he was. Suddenly hearing the sad news from the porter, he sat down, says the narrator from whom we quote, and burst into tears. A paper was found in Meyerbeer's portfolio marked "To be opened after my death." In this he gives directions as to the disposal of his remains. He had been haunted, it seems, by,a singular dread of being buried before life was extinct, and the paper contains provision for guarding against this. The news of his death fell on Paris like a thunder-clap. Measures were at once taken for paying the last honours to his remains in a manner befitting the im mense debt that France owes to him. A grand fune ral procession accompanied the corpse to the Northern Railway station. A great crowd of musical celebrities, poets, and artists were there to say adieu, in the name of Paris, to their great guest. His own solemn music was played and sung in funeral pomp, and more than one eloquentdiscours was pronounced over the bier. The speakers dwelt much, with par donable pride, on the honour done to France and her metropolis by Meyerbeer having sought there the means of producing his greatest works. They dwelt, too, on the modest simplicity of the life which he had led among them—a simplicity uncor rupted by the temptations of vast wealth, fame, and honours. When these- farewells had been spoken, the train carried his remains to Berlin. There, on Monday last, he was laid, as he had wished, by the side of his mother and two children. His own music again was his funeral chant.—the Reader. THE EGYPTIAN HALL.—The following visitors have, during the past week, inspected the pictures now on view at the Egyptian Hall : —The Earl of Kenmore, the Earl of Effingham, the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Wicklow, the Countess of Ducie, Viscount Exmouth, Vis countess Forbes, Lord Eustaee Cecil, Lord Francis Russell, Count Wachtmeister, Lady C. Stirling - , Lady Barnard, Lady Clements, Lady Johnstone, Lady Dutton, Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, M.P., Hon. Robert Forbes, Hon. Frederick Byng, Hon. Henry Unwin Addington, Sir H. J. Stracey, Sir Robert Shafto Adair, Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, Sir Montague John Cholmeley, Sir Theodore Henry L. Brinek man, Mrs. Grant Duff, Mr. S. Cave, M.P,, Mr. John J. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. Henry B. Baring, M,P., Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P,, the Misses Wynne, Rear-Admiral Stop ford, Gen, Hamilton, Gen, Wintle, Gen, Simpson, Lieut.- Col Hon, A, Egerton, &c. STEAMSHIP BUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—The Clyde Shiplailding Company has launched thr Lennox, a paddle, and a similar vessel to the Leven, the launch of which was reorted last week, The same company has launched the Beatrice, intended fox the South Ameri can trade, and of the following dimensions:—Length, 190 ft —breadth, 23ft—depth, lOft 3in. The Beatrice is now b e i ng _ _ _ fi.ted by Messrs, Henderson and Con!bourn, Renfrew, with engines of 150 horse power. Messrs. A. and J. Inglis, of Pointhouse, have launched a twin screw of 370 tons, with friction-geared engines of 50 horse power, named the Platy• pas, Tho steamer has been launched for the Queensland Steam Navigation Company, and is the first vessel fitted with a double screw and driven by friction-gear built on the Clyde. Messrs. Barclay, Curle, and Co.. of Stobcross, have launched an iron screw built for the Carron Company for the Grangemouth and London trade. She is named the Clutha, and is being fitted with engines of 130 horsepower. Her dimensions are—Length 190 ft—breadth, 27ft Gin—and depth, 15ft—and her burden is 700 tons. The Roe, a paddle, built for Messrs. Burns's new fleet of steamers for the mail service between Scotland and Ireland, has •' run the lights" on a trial trip in 511 min ; equal to a speed of 18f miles per hour. The lowa, a screw of 2,200 tons, built in Waterford for the General Steam Navigation Company, is now being engined on the Clyde. The lowa is to ply between Liver pool and New York. MR. PATER'S CASE.—Aooording to the Law Times of to-day the Queen's Bench has refused the application of Mr. Pater for a review of the fine for con tempt of court imposed upon him by the Assistant-Judge of the Middlesex Sessions. The refusal was expressly based upon the ground that the Quarter Sessions is a court of competent jurisdiction to punish for contempt, and that the Superior Court will see only that the act amounted to a contempt, and will noi, review the measure of it. The Lord Chief Justi ae well put it, contempt may be by manner as well as by words, and this cou:d not be judged of by a court of appeal. On the more important question of the limit of an Advocate's licence there has been no decision. The in clination of the court seemed to be rather towards justifying, or at least excusing, the attack of Mr. Pater upon the offending juryman, and we cannot-but think, that in this Mr. Pater did not exceed the limits of his right as counsel, bound to protect his client from anything that bore the remotest re semblance to partiality. It was the manner of doing it that was the gravamen of complaint against him. From the earlier reports of the case we had gathered that Mr Pater had insulted the judge; but it was not admitted that his attack was upon the juryman alone. This very much changes the complexion of the case. His offence has been only that of slight excess of justifiable anger, and this scarcely demanded such a penalty. It would have been otherwise had he, as reported, been insolent to the judge. Nothing can justify that. Under any circumstances of provocation counsel is bound to submit to the judge and to treat him, or rather his office, with outward respect. If he thinks that the judge is not discharging his duties fairly the advocate should throw up his brief—but he should not suffer himself to be betrayed into vituperative language. If in the heat of conflict he should chance to do so, his right course, as Cockburn, C. J. intimated, is to apologise, and there can be no shame in tendering an apology to the Bench for the insult offered to it, whatever may be the feeling towards the man who sits upon it. GREAT FIRE AT THIRSK.—One of the most dis astrous fires that ever occurred in the North Riding broke out at Thirsk on Tuesday, by which the premises and stock, &c., of Mr G. B. Baker, grocer, Mr J. G. Baker, and Mr J. Baker, father of the former, were completely de stroyed. These premises were situated in the market-place, and collectively formed the most important business concern in the town. The fire was discovered at 2 o'clock in the morning by Miss Baker, who slept on the third floor, and was awoke by a cracking noise beneath her. This lady at once found that the house was on fire, and aroused her brother and his family. There was little time for escape, and in order to get the servants out the room had to be broken open, and many only just escaped in their night dresses when all was one mass of fire. Not a thing of any descrip.ion could be saved. The town fire-engine and a t smaller one belonging to Mr H. D. Clough, were soon at work, and a telegram was forwarded to York for assistance. The fire was thought mastered, and this telegram was oun. termanded. About 4 o'clock, however, a fresh o utburst w procured e occurred, thea ndt wholehe n rangeit wasoseen buildingsthat unless th that s assistanceidethe we r mar ket would go down. The wildest ala rm wa s occasioned, the inhabitants of the neighbourin giutohotuhseesstsreetetitn: abouther getting their furniture and goods e v ast masses of furniture were s oon t h rown together. A minutes past 4 two of the Y o rkshire Insurance Com few p a ny's engines, with the Fire Brigade, left York by special • res were in play on the fires An and in shoat 40 minutes fi,eF. A n explosion was apprehended, but was prevented by the firemen, who entered the cellars, and got cut the oils, &c. The Royal Oak Ho tel wee undoubtedly saved by th e fire nmieguhta.ndOtnhetheionrieurntlaitseideei,rcuthme'hu i acaese of a perf ec tl y st ill of ; Messrs. Pinkey and Yates got on fire, but was put out without much damage, except from water. Messrs. Ovington have aiso suffered in a similar way. The destruction of property and stock is variously estimated at from £B,OOO to £lO,OOO, and i s on ly partially insured in the Imperial-ollice. The fire was not finally subdued till night, when the street was literally blocked up with furniture hastily thrown out of the neighbouring houses. The Thirsk Natural History Society's fine library is totally destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, MAY 14. The Salsette, with the above mail, arrived here at six a.m. this tlay. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING —Tills DAY. SOMERSETSIURE STARES. 6to 1 agst Deerstalker (taken) • DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered-8 to 1 taken once) 10 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken freely) 11 to 1 r.gst Coast Guard (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Paris (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 22 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 22 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) 28 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 33 to 1 aget Prince Arthur (taken) 33 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 33 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 50 to 1 agst Aekworth (offered) WORKING MEN'S CLUBS. Yesterday the third and concluding day's cenferenee on working men's clubs and institutes was held in the Whit tington Club, Strand. Tho Earl of Lichfield presided, in the absence of the Dean of Chichester, who was unavoid ably absent. Various miscellaneous questions were dis cussed, and resolutions for the guidance and government of clubs were agreed to. In the evening the proceedings were brought to a close by a conversazione in the large hall of the club, and which was attended by the Bishop of London, Lord Fortescue, the Rev. Robert Maguire, M.A., the Rev. H. Solly secretary of the Working Men's Club Union), Mr. J. Slaney Pakington, and by many ladies and gentle men interested in this movement. After a concert, in which various pieces ware sung by members of the Work ing Men's College choir, the Shoreditch Club choir and by. others, Lord Lyttelton took the chair, and opened the pro ceedings of a public meeting by detailing the general objects of the Working Men's Club Union. Mr. J. S. Pakington described the business which had been transacted at the Conference, and which, he said, had been of a thorougly practical character. Lord Fortescue moved a resolution, pledging the meeting to support the efforts being made " to aid working men in establishing clubs and insti- Lutes calculated to promote the social, mental, and moral advancement of the industrial classes," The Hon. and Rev. S. Best seconded the resolution, which was supported. by Mr. Bainbridge, a working man, who, on behalf of his order, thanked the ladies and gentlemen who had aided the ' working men in the establishment of the clubs, and by the Rev. H. Sony. The motion was carried. The Bishop of London, who was received with loud cheers, proposed a re olution, " That the meeting trusts the future progress of this movement may be commensurate with its high impor tance." He said he suspected that the many difficult ques tions which he had found connected with this subject had. not been solved during the 10 years he had been in London. One of those difficulties was the exclusiveness which was apt to spring up, and which found its way in every sort of society. Mechanics' Institutes showed how this spirit would. creep in, for these institutes were, as their name denoted, formed for mechanics•; but, somehow or other, they had now got into other hands than those for whose benefit they were originated. This was caused perhaps by those institutes having a tenden ,y—a good tendency —to raise persons who as they rose, were apt to look down upon those below them, and were not disposed to sit down with working men of a lower grade. Was there not, he asked, the same difficulty with regard to these clubs ? Working men were spoken of as if they were one class ; but the fact was, taking the terra to mean those to whom it was generally applied, it was his experience there were as great variety among them as among other classes of society. He had found the working weavers of Carlisle, whose earnings were from 5s to lOs a week, and he knew not how they kept body and soul together on such pittances, were capable of making good speeches, and were men in every way deserving of respect, but he had seen that there was a wide difference between them and the working men in other and larger towns. The Working Men's Clubs, he urged, must be made to take in all classes of working men or the system would not be perfect, to consider the (loci( labourer in East London and the market gardener of Fulham, and include in fact the very poorest classes of the towns and the agricultural population of the country. He also urged that care should be taken to bring the young within the scope of the clubs, and he praised the institutes formed at the Savoy and in Islington for this special object. lie further said that one club with which he had been con nected the working men had discussed the question whether or not persons not living by weekly wages should be on the committee. He deprecated this spirit of exclusiveness, as he considered it would be tor the glory of England to so con nect all classes that the highest should stretch out the hand. to those below them. He did not think that religious er po litical subjects could be excluded from clubs, for all men who had thought would remember that they were Chris tians and citizens, and he concluded by saying that ha looked with great hopefulness upon these institutions as being likely to aid the religious and social wellbeing of the people. The Rev. Newman Hall, Mr. Thomas Hughes, and the Rev. Mr. Maguire spoke upon resolutions in sup port of the Union, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. The iron srew steamship Defence, 16, Captain Augustus Phillimore, one of the Channel Squadron, which arrived last evening from the Downs, has lett the Sound and is now going up Hamoaze to be docked, There is no indication of immediate movement of the, Warrior ; it is not high water until 11.30 a.m. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. , d Morning. Arrived, May 14—Egm GRAVESEND ond, Orthone, Satur and Landsdown, from Shanghae—Clarendon, from Manzanillo de Cuba—, Scandi, from Dram. Sailed, May 14 —Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Regina, for Mel bourne—Henriek, for Rio Janeiro—Boreas, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed —Ayrshire, frcm St. John's—Clarence, from D emerara —Herald, from Foo-chow-Foo (in tow)—Windsor Castle, from Bombay—City of Calcutta, from Calcutta (in tow)—all for London—City of Dunedin, from Colombo— Margaretha and Louisa, from West Indies, for Altona— Emerald, of Dartmouth, and Garland, of Aberdeen—both from the West, for the North—Alma, of Arundel, from the North, for the West. The Lord Bishop of Lnndon and Mrs. Tait !eft town yesterday for the School H ou se, Rugby', on a visit to the Rev. Dr. Temple.. It is, we believe, the b isho p's first visit to Rugby since his elevation to the e p isco pal bench in the autumn of 1856. His lordship will preach to the boys (now, we hear, between 500 and 6 00 in number) in the chapel of the school on Sunday. . _ yin and att e n n: YWiflare:lda:l:le t of her M Lord Stanley of Alderle ance on the Queen during the early p a rt be lajest" residence at Balmoral; and, it is said,succeeded by the Duke of Argyll, Lady Stanley e to 'env town to-day f or th e Misses Stanley are expeoted holidays. a r n AN INFANT SATED F- °M ME F-- ,, 0D.--A re markable circumstance has just com© to our know ledge connected with the recent calamitous accident at t the time the inundation took place l' • Sheffield. a living infant floated in a cradle . from Sheffield to Mesborough, a four miles distant from Doncaster. The little small place stranger, it ap pears, fell into the hands of a clergyman's w if e , who treated it with great kindness, and she is now bringing it up as her own, no ono having yet owned it. These circumstances are from a trustworthy source, and wa have no reason to doubt their truth.—Sheffield 2'ek graph. The -Mare de la Loire says :—" A letter from Port-a-Prince, dated the 11th April, and received at Nantes, Via New York, mentions a very serious disaster, by which one of the most important maritime to e w e l e r . Hayti has been partly destroyed. 'Wo have just received a intelligence' it says, ' that a fire, caused by the negligence has of a cotton-presseser while smoking reduced the halt of the town of bhuournset.s of this Gi°lln l his , lv s e m ewt a ae l l dealers Thea ro parts of the town occupied principally of the commercial ead r u s ):T; reproducing a M Bouillieur, Mayor of Roanne, h tt e ns lo pl e c s e a a re re h h e e a a v v y y , toast proposed by —• The Memorial de la L os ir e e , in r to the Duke d e pers i g y- w , e s r t e a , ted that the word s use d b y th a t municipal functiou "I dri n k t o th e h ea l th o f t h e founder Tihe of F founder str ,, Y, Such a qualification w as su fficient to astonish every one, ,, Diana" - ( 1 The but the Memorial now rectifies its ro of the had been sat d. ecrruannfie Dian , i s , w o believe, a club at Roanno established by the Duke de l'ersigny. MATER f l ous E is now open to the p u bli c , b u t not the Library. T II E GALLERY OF PICTURE S AT BRIDG MOLLARD'S SULPHUR SOAP.--Tho extraordinary demand that has sprung up for this novel article has in duced the proprietor to remove his business to more corn_ modious and larger premises. The depot is now 221 A, Regent-street. 1 SECOND EDITION. • The following telegram has been received at Mr, Router's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : IC 0 be, Jra v co