The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-25 00:00:00

s' w ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no perceptible change in the general die_ count market to day, a moderate amount of busi ness being transacted, at quotations ranging from 31 to 4 per cent. The available supplies are abun dant, and if gold should again accumulate at the bank within the next few days, discounters would b t induced to offer increased facilities. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have again been rather unsatis facte.ry• The woollen trade at Leeds, as usual at t hi s o ,lason of the year, has been dull, while there is littlk . 3 improvement to record in the hosiery and lace dei)artments of Leicester and Nottingham. At Mane tel. ,ter, however, a firmer tone has prevailed conseqcelit upon the American advices, while in the hardwar,i districts—viz., of Birmingham, ShEffield, and Wolverhampton there has been no change of importance. Two o'CLocK. At Paris t tis moriting, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, th e French . 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f 60c.—ve ry firm. The suppli.es of wheat in Mark-lane to-day were rather limited, and fine qualities .have been a little dearer. Other descriptions have not undergone any change of importance. Only a small amount of business has been trans• acted to-day in the market for the English funds, but notwithstanding the dullness of speculation the quotations are very firm, and the tendency is not unfavourable, Consols having continued a: 93.1 d for transfer, and at 9211, less the dividend, for the account. Dealings have taken place In the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 916 y ; and in Exchequer Bills at 4s. dis. to par ; India 5 per Cents. are marked 110±; ditto 51 Enfaced, 1151 ; and the Bonds, 12s, 16s. prem. Foreign Securities have been generally heavy, but the most important movement has been in the Confederate Loan, which has receded to 2 and 1 discount owing to the receipt of the news of General Jackson's death. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 1; ditto Consolides, 504 ; Greek, 31 . 4 321; ditto Coupons, 141 15 ; Spanish Passive, 331 341; ditto Certificates, 11± 121 ; Mexican, 364 37 ; and Italian, 721, Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather dull, but in some instances have slightly im proved. Great Westerns hsvo advanced ss. ; North Westerns, ?Os.; and Great Northern and Bristol and Exeter, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remainad at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in limited request without any material alteration in values. International Finance Company shares are quoted 4-I,a prem. ; General Credit, 2r s -1 preen. ; London Finance, 11 I, prem. ; and English and Scottish Marine Insurance Company, ;-1 prem, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 235 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities -r Cent. Consols Annuities ner Cent. Annuities ^0 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — expire sth April, 1885 — 3p.. New 3 }, Annuities, ... . Ditto for 30 yrs, India Stock , . llok Ditto 5 per Cent "'vat ~~ Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per - 1151 Ditto 51 per Cent ^A3 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., in,.. Ditto ditto April, 1861 Ditto Bonds 51,000 Ditto under £I,OOO Consols for Account, June 9 O2l Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 4 dis par Ditto £SOO Ditto Small par 3 die FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l6l Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupms — Ditto Account 321 a Ditto Coupons l4& Italian 5 per Cent. (Nlaremmana Railway) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. :New Granada Ditto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 7l Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account BBl Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, '6O, 62 491 1 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account.. Spanish 3 per Cent iitto Account -- Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account,. Ditto Passive Ditto Account 34 4 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account B9l Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .. 701 i Jitter, £lOO Bonds 73 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 gg Ditto Account 7 la / 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 6sk Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money t)itto Account 92h 1 xd Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Strong. Sales, 8,000 bales or more. No imports. Previously, 4,395 bales. Advises from Constantinople of May 13 state that the negotiations between England and Turkey for a telegraphic line to India, eta Bagdad and the Persian Gulf, have been satisfactorily concluded, and the conven tion for it signed. The Scinde commissioner, Mr. Mans field, is stated to have already arrived at Bagdad to super intend, in conjunction with Colonel Kimball, all the necessary arrangements for the service—the Turkish Government having at the same time sent inetructions to the engineers to hasten the completion of the line between Bagdad and Bussorah. It appears that already the pre liminary arrangements are effected, the majority of the posts being on the ground, whilst the whole of the wires are in readiness for fixing. Should the entire line be finished before the intense summer heat sets in, the submarine cable being ready for despatch from England to the Gulf, London is likely to be in telegraphic communication with Kurraehee and Calcutta, and from these places with all parts of India, by the autumn. The English Government are to have an exclusive wire between Belgrade and Bussoreh, which is to be served by English clerks and be wholly under Eng lish control. In regard to financial matters it is mentioned that the publication of the budget is daily expected, and what has thus far transpired leads to the belief that the balance-sheet will prove in the highest degree satisfactory as to revenue and expenditure, and likely to impart in-' creased confidence in the financial prospects of the country. On Saturday the Prince of Wales was elected patron of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, a communica tion having been received intimating his royal highness's consent. The Prince is expected down at Sandringham again early in September, for the shooting season, which promises this year to be a highly favourable one, as the mildness of the spring has encouraged the roaring of both partridg s and pheasants. SNOW IN MAY. —During the past week falls of snow have taken place in diffe rent p arts of Wales, and th e weather has been extremely cold. On Tuesday the snow s,vas ankle deep on the Monmouthshire hills, a circumstance which has not occurred for many y , ars past, ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— 0 n Saturdayldfor last, at a special general meeting of this sociteatiyn, thecl privi. the purpose of electing persons wishi n g to obtain leges of Fellows prior to the ceremonial of the 10th , June— Mr. Henry C o l e , C,8 . , i n the chair—upwards of 5 0 candi dates were elected Fellows. EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND.—The earth quake early in the morning of the 231 of February is described as awakening every one instantly. The Batch's j?ay limes says :—Houses rocked to and fro like reeds in th e rind, and a tremour crept over the stoutest heart, many who attenipted to rise being thrown down. The majority of the chimneys in town are down to the ground ; of those left standing most will have to be repaired, Several cracks are observable in the road from the town to the Spit, more especially on the portion newly made on Shakspeare Flat. The shocks appear to have been even more severe in the south• western portion of the Province than in Napier. The residences of Captain Newman (Arlington station) and Mr. Harding (Mount Vernon) are said to be much iejured. Mr. Smith's inn (Abbotsford) was shaken off the blocks. Some of the bridges are much damaged, and come large cracks have opened, and extend some distance through the fern SHARE 'his day. OTMINA RY SHARES AND STOuri.S. Ra Paid. Closing Business Price. done. Bin. IY 01., and Str. Val. li)'. ib e and Tyne. fljst ~Sleat.,and Mid.Co 1 Bri••tol and Exeter Caledonian .... COLit aria Bandon Corawal t I , Do A A gets no dlv Do B till6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dialdin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glaag. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st I GrPatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an , i W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast Len., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Mali., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do :‘. shared... • Metropolitan Midland Do New Do film - ling. & Derby Mid. Gt. \V. of Ireland Do. stlares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Ediu., Perth, & Dundee Ntli. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do York Do North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central IScot N. E., Aber. stock Scot. Mid. stock Shrew. and Welchpool Shropshire 'Union South Peron South Eastern (South Wales is. York. and River Dun `Sialits:‘,7ok..andWok. j Stockton Li barilugipnj 1)o New, 18d,Taxi ).414:% ; `"" DoB Do C Ulster Tin . " . Vale of ''''''' ' Victoria sta. and Pi;n.. Waterford . Kilkenny West Cornwall IN. Hartlepool Har.&R Weift Midlafid 0:flord Do Newpor Do Heretordl 8 gi 8 9 84 i‘C, 115 i 116 i 6 i 6.1 40 12 13 14 01 93 107 109 52i 636 47 49 21i 25& 125 126 127 128 134 136 102 104 671 671 1104 111 784 794 118 120 41 42 100.1 101; 1044 1051, 44 45 11) 1' 127 127 14 Itd 96 98 51 514 24/ 251 101 102 58 tS*3 88i 64 115 117 1i lap 16 161 114 12} 118 120 454 454 98 100 1S 61 32. 3.1 91} 92 68 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 7 153 4 l6O 5 , 04 3 4 3 2 P - I 79 82 154 10 28 3Q 44 0 38 19 99 101 BRITISH POSSESSIONS, char, 100 it ailways Lk I 20 U, antic St Lawrence I , ,ont.,Baroda&,Cent Ind Ga. 5 per cent... Dc. New 10 100 { Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference ilui:alo,Brant4Godrich 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872' Do. do. July 1, 1873, !fo. do. June 1, 1874 HlSlcutta.,ki S. Eastn. (Li ) '.3apeTown it Dock Scrip filagtn. Benv,al go. b p. c Eagt gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. (I Ext stock stock Do. do. Er do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook Do. Ist Fry. Bonds IN). co. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Di. do defer ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. cl -f Do. 4th Pref. at° k... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New cr,iia, 5 p. c... Do. January, 1662 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim) g uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. Do. 6 D.C. '73 wlth't opt. DC-. C. o. do. ' ll -s. • Indian Branch Limited sladritsi guar., 5 n. c. •;;;;:ti, , Tuoion De. 4A Do. Fifth Extension. p, c, Buds. Meib. tiobsOn's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mort;. Bda. NTewßrunswick a Candy, Class Aan 13 N".lll.C'dad pc Ist pi bds &Ando ..........) Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punp.ub . ... Do. Do. • • • • Do. lndus.St. Flo.) a toc st 20 st i'ock COLONIAL GOV ER. , 4„ ux..00r.6p.c.Ja. sJul 1677-51 i Do. 6p. c. Feb. eti A u . . 1! I Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept - I Do. 6p. c. Ja n .&j u l y. -o, 5 ingtpribej stocl, Cape G.ll ope, 6p Do.Ap Oct& 1586 - D. Jan. & July, ISO( Ceylon, Noy.ll-78, 6 p Mau' itius 5 per cent .. Natal Guy. 6 per cont.. 1N.8.G0Y.6 pad a.&Jul) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W.Gov. 5p L,13 - p! - 1, 5 p. c.,15,1 to L.f - Do. 4f. 4pWcit. New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. - sterlinv, 1875. Queentli.aucl (ky, 6p, C. b. And up.. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c..J.,..,tJu1) Do lo 60.0. ito•dzOot.. Paid. 4.11 100 100 100 'Co 100 100 ivu 100 100 2 100 all all 100 (1.10 ' 100 2 15 , 100 100 Cimino Price. too 100 100 too 100 60 63- 118 i t 094 1 14p p 5i 64 7 8i 14'8 1( 9 11:9/ 109; 110 112 109/ 1091 1/ lip 1 p 19 2 0 63 66 48 61 68 4i I 7 : 4 7 41 33 30 24 26 21 23 110 110/ 1 I 1/, 107 108 111 12 9 97 100 89 62 1 p 107 108 101 103 £8 100 49 51 3 6 84 80 I WA 1101 10 7 10841 A 6 li ir ) 107 lib I , o # Het Elneneee done 109/ i I 1101 9 1071 8 lli 107 1' SECURITIES, 106 1(1 103 1(6 103 106 9 6 97 95 97 *ll 113 114 1121 114 115 117 113 115 109 111 119 111 1064 107 1021 1031 103 toad 10,1 10i 112 114 LOGS 1075 115 lia 115 110 112 Ilcl. 111 t 103 104 111} I 11 Id 22 24 525 535 100 103 3 iP q 8 81 3} 11 13 41 5i 04 7 5i 6 47 40 2i 3 t 31 33 7i 1 S d 110 120 2 2} 4} gt 4 4 5 l it :1 400 410 3i 3 85 90 35 37 I) 12 13 29 31 250 260 G 5 70 50 55 5 5i 154 16} 150 260 16 17 S PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1,112 Great Western, 46 per cent, red., 1 0 11 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 104 West Midland, O x f or d , 2 d guaranteed stock, 1221. PREPErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pi., 96 3 / 4 Ditto, 5 per cent, pf , 1081 London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 1011 North British (Edi n ., P er th , and Dundee) 4 per cent., 822 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 112: London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 93 Wilts and Somerset, 924 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, si Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Royal Dani5h,,164,16 FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor h 1/el Rey, 1 St. John del Rey (lira.), 55 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lira.), 311 Australasia, 75 British and American Exchange (lira.), 93 / Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 10$- I Chartered Bang of India, Australia, and Cnina, 283 English and Irish (lira.), 5# English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 22/ Hindustan, thina, and Japan (lira.), 18i Imperial Bank ( lim.), 23 Imperial Ottoman, 201 London and Brazilian 'Rm.), 43 London chartered Bank of Australia, 29j Lonuou and Colonial (lira.), 4} London and Couhty, 431 London and S outh African, 26 3 3 Ditto, new, 24i rovinial of En,land, 130 London, 62 1i St. Katharine, 61i DOCKS. Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour),4l Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. .8;0 issued 90, 281 Madras Irr4;atton and Canal, 4} Oriental Inland Steam (Um.), 6i Quebrada Land, liail,ana it S. African ation Investment (lim.), I Trust and Loan Co. of 1.243i.er Canada, 5U Van Diumen's Laud, lot WEAR AND TEAR OF IRON SIIIPS.—NO 80aOrterltorre., we out of one trouble than we get into anothe r Iron ships are indispens able. We know the y cost n an u er. mous sum of money ; and , as iron is stron g er t han wood, was fondly hoped it would last as lon g . But iron, att.: it n as it is really, is one of the most active agents in the world in creating the decay of any substance it comes in contact with, and in reducing itself to rust by the process. Air, earth, and water are alike affected by its powers of decom position. We are threatened with a very serious mischief to our iron vessels. Coatings to the bottom are prepared, but as yet none have been invented to arrest decay.—Army and .Navy Gazette. Share! BRTTISH 111 Cambrian Consol. Gold , ;lii:ord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. rravist East Bassett (1 1102-, an ) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East earn Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk., Gam. &St.Aunyn(Gwen.) Great South 'rolgus G. \Vheal Vor(Ilelston) Grenville... Elerul's-Foot . i I ingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant, Mare Valley.. ..... ... : Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim.) New Setun .19 North Downs N. WII '1 Basset (I 1 lo ;an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey Providence (Uny Lelnt.) , South Caradon(St.Clcer) S. earn Brea (Illogan) heal Fran. (Illogau) IStray Park }Tamar Silv.& Lead Min fin t ... „. „ West Basset (Illogaa). • W Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Buller(itedrutlo Wheal Kitty (I.s.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . . Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) Wheal Union ..... „ „ 2.4.9 li 10.6.7 li 5.15.6 18.1 , .9 28.9. 47i 51 5 2,0,6 2.10.8 8 581 ti ?'l7 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1863. Day. MAF ,Ii LANE. Most of the country ma• ..kets held on. Saturday were mo derately supplied with whi eat, and all 1 - Inds changed hands to a fair extent, at full pr . ieee, Barley and oats moved off slowly, but the value of beans and peas, as well as flour, waa well supported. Throughout the Cont inent wheat has changed hands slowly, at about previou s rates. Most kinds of spring corn have realised full qur ,tations. American advices bring only a moderate expor t demand for produce. The imports from abroad last week comprised 24,365 quarters of wheat, 2,826 barley, 65,421 oats, 1,031 rye, 1,092 peas, 17 tares, 8.314 linseed, 4,875 rapeseed, 60 sundry seeds, 166 sacks and 7,238 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were small, but the condition of the produce was gcod. For all qualities tl le trade ruled firm. Essex wheats were disposed of at the L'ull prices of Monday last; but in the value of Kent prod , ace an improvement in some in stances of is per quarter took place. With foreign wheat, the market was well supplied, both ex granary and ex. ship. In most descriptions a fair average business was transacted, and last Monday's cur rency was well suppat. ted. Floating cargoes of wheat and other grain were in steady request, at full quotations. The supply of barley was very moderate. The trade ruled firm both for grinding and distilling qualities, and previous rates were well supported. Malt was steady and without change in value from this day se'nnight. The supply of foreign oats was very large, of home grown qualities small. The trade was in a sluggish state for all descriptions, and prices were 6d per quarter lower than en Monday last, With beans, the market was scantily supplied, and the trade was firm, at an advance of is per quarter, compared with Monday last. Peas realised extreme rates, and the demand for them was steaJy. The supply on offer was very moderate. Both in English and foreign flour a fair business was transacted, and prices ruled firm. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 438 528 Ditto, old sos 578 Norfolk esAci Lincoln, red, old —B —s Ditto, new 34 'falaverßy e —k . 450 53s e , Barley—Grindin 25s 25s Malting oos 00s Mait—Sidfalk and Norfolk 6os 68s Brown 50s Kingstown and Ware COa sis 68s Chevalier 66s efis Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding l9s 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 22s Cork, white l7s 23s Scotch, Feeding 2 os 248 Beans—Tick Pigeons, . 4ss Maple l3 Peas—Grey, new 3 •••• ••'I•• • • • • 33 8 358 White, new , 365. 38s 40s 38sAloilera" .. . FlouT—Town-made 4 Suffolk 32s Stockton and Norfolk. ...... METROPOLITAN CATTLT.,,,, There was a larg e num b er o f Hamburg , 8 cep on offer here to-day, in somewhat improved condition. The show of foreign beasts and calves was moderately good. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our (I,rn, grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, was ti.asonably awe s ., both as to number and quality. For ail breeds the dmand ruled steady at f u lly l as t M on d ay ' s currency. 7;lie general top figure for Scot,' and crosses was s s , blit some ver su perior stock realised 5 8 2 4 per albs.,y From Norfolk, Sulfolk x Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,500 Scots, crosses, and short-horns; from ether parts of England, 30) various breeds ; and, from Ireland, 530 Scots and crosses. No fresh Irish beasts were on offer. The supply of sheep was tolerably extensive, and 4 . - rie quality of each breed was, good, though not to F.,ay very prime, Heavy I . 4 incolns sold heavily, and prices were rat' lower than on this day se'n,fight; otherv;ige, the Mutton trads railed steady at that day's currolay. Pr;a ns D owns realised 4a 10d ; prime Lineolne and Leicest 4s 6d tars, per 81bs. Lambs—ue supply of which was good—moved off h "...fly at a decline of 4d per 81bs. 'The quotations ranged from 5s 4d to 6s 8d per 81bs. We have to report a ff':,r demand for calves at late cur rencies. The top puce was 5s per 81bs. The demand for pigs was very inactive at last week's prices. Per Slb. to sink the offal. d. s. d. s. d. s, d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primeers-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pale. S'thdown d 0.4 8 4 le Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 1 Largo erse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, °to, 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf, sheep 3 6 3 10 Large bogs 3 4 4 0 Second qualityilo, 4 0 4 4 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 58 4d to Gs Bd. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 28s. TOTAL SUPPLI, PORSION SUPPLY. Beasts S 426 Cows — Sheep and lambs 4,550 heep and lambs 25,040 Calves Calves Pigs 390 ) A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, May 26, 1862, and this day, Monday, May 25, 1863. Per 81b. to sink the offal. May 20, May 25, 1862. Coarse and infe r i or b eas t s 2 10 to 3 1863. 0 4to 3 8 3 Second quality d o 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 4 4 404 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep 44 0 4 2 0 1 4 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown do. .. 4 8 410 4 a Lambs 6 10 8 Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 430 , 390 SurLus ON SALE, May 27, 1861 .. —Beasts, 3,790 — sheep and lambs, 21,410—calves, 166—pigs, 390. MAY 28, 1860.—Beasts, 3,93 o—sheep and lambs, 28,500 —calves, 180—pigs, 270. The total imparts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 5,3,53 head. In the corresponding week in 1882, we received 3,929—in 1861, 6,147—in 1860, 6,972 —in 1859, .5.762—in 1858, 2,132—in 1857, 2,229 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDU/N LAO WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 195 .. 475 .• 247 .. 252 .. 4 Harlingen 155 .. 1,387 .. 30 .. 41. .. 4 Hamburg 53 1,431 .. • . 116 Boulogne. Cuxhaven Havro NieweDiep Amsterdam — Antwerp..... Ostend 22 .. Oporta .. Dordt. 5.. 111 130 .. 9.. Bremen .. -- • • 7 • • - - .. - .. 41 .. - • • .-• Toth .... 498 .. 3,701 407 .. 620 .. 124 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. L am b s. C a l ves. P i gs. 18 62 ...... 193 .. 2,536 .. 657 .. 542 .. 1 18g1 1860 ~ 625 .. 5,663 .. 255 .. 380 .. 1740 1859...... 181 .. 2,789 477 .. 112 .. 1858...... 77 1,658 166 .. 231 .. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. Only moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. For all qualities the trade rules firm, and prices are somewhat higher than on Monday last. Per 81b, by the carcase. s d s di Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Nliddling do, .. 3 6 3 8 Eritne large do. 3 10 4 0 Do, small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 10 edsd Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime d 0....... 4 6 4 8 Vaa1....... 3 10 4 8 Small pork ~ .. 4 2 4 6 I ,amb .... 5 4 6 4 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of old home-grown potatoes has fallen off, and the receipts of foreign produce have been very small. the imports last week having been confined to 1,400 boxes from Lisbon. The trade rules steady, and late rates are well supported, New Ware are selling at 12s. to 16s. per cwt. Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rocks Bss to 95s ~ o. Seedlings Kent and Essex Regents —s to —s If Scotch Regents Do. Rocks; Do. Reds —s to — s B It Foreign • 50s to 60s 'I BOROUGH HOP. Since we last wrote, less activity has been observed in the demand for hops; nevertheless, the late improvement in the currency has been steadily supported. Foreign hops continue to arrive freely, the import last week having amounted to 9 bales from Rotterdam, 21 Brussels, 278 Antwerp, 176 Hrniburg, 16 Ostend, 692 Dunkirk, and 20 Boulogne. Mid and East Dents Weald of Bents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American .. 70s to 86s „ WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool held since our last have gone off steadily, at the recent improvement in the cur rency, price s b e i ng, as regards inferior and medium pro duce, Id• to ld. per lb. lower than at the close of last sales' The value of fine wools exhibit very little change compared with the same period. The supplies offered have been mostly taken by home manufacturers and French buyers. The export trade as regards Belgium and America is unim portant, Up to the present time about 65,000 bales have changed hands, leaving 33,000 bales yet to be disposed of. Last week's import was 2.948 bales from Sydney, 1,595 trove Port Augusta, 425 from Auckland, and 194 from the Cape. Practically, the wool trade is quiet. SEEDS. The trade for linseed and rapeseed continues firm, and previous quotations are well supprrted. Other seeds:move off slowly, on former terms. In cakes a moderate business is doing, at late rates. rurnip , White,p.bus.ll s to 14s 5wede........ — . .s - Mustard, Brown .. Ps 12s White, ........ 75 8s Tares, New ..... 7s 6d 8s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new...... s —s Clover, lied Eng., ct. 50s 74 8 White ........ 60s 76s Foreign Red.... 40s 745 White. 60s 76s Treibil, new.,..... —s —s Carraway Coriander ...... 1 Hempseed, per qr 42s 44s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Crushing Baltic —B — 8 Odessa —s --8 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los.£lo -s Foreign £9 lOs £lO lOs Rape Cakes,p ton.£6 Os £6 lOs Rapeseed, new,pr qr 80s 82s The tallow trade is steady to-day, and Russian produce is somewhat dearer than on Saturday. St. Petersburg Y.C. is quoted at 43s 3d to 43s Gd per cwt on the spot, 43s Gd for June, and 46s for October to December delivery. Town tallow, 41s Gd net cash; rough fat, 2s 21d per Blbs. TALLOW. Price of Y. C. .. 1859. 1860. i 1861. 1862. 1863. Stock this day.... 11.911. 27,638 ) 66.041 ( 36,506 38.673 f—s Od 52s 6d —s Od —s Od 43s 6d Delivery last week 1,411 921 1,202 1.317 909 54831 to 52831 to 57861 to 146 s 61 to 438 3d to Ditto from June 1 99,019 78,832 78,632 j 117,834 78,13 , 9 Arrivals last week 6,.52 276 I 2334 41 Ditto from Jun e 1 9'J,193 91.389 117,480 97.444 1 73,533 Price of Town ...• 55s Od 55s Od 56s Od 46s 6d ? 44s 32 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MA RLBOROUGH-STRE ET. RACING IN ROTTEN now.—Reuben Payne, a groom in the employ of Mr. T. Robinson, of 478, Bond-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with furiously riding a horse in Rotten-row, Hyde -park. Matthews, Hyde -park Constable No. 24, proved seeing the defendant, at half-past 11 yesterday morning, on horse back racing as fast as the horse could possibly gallop. The defendant was leaning over the horso's neck jockey-fashion and urging the horse on. He called to the defendant that galloping was not permitted, but Ito defendant paid no at • tention. On the defendant returning he stopped him and asked for his name and address, which fir some time he refused to give, till subsepiently he did so, and the horse was then taken home to his master's stables aid the defen dant to the station. • Mr. MansfielrA asked the defendant what he had to say. Defendant, said the fact was the horse, which was an Arab, wAs fresh, and when he got half way down Rotten row it bolted, and he lost all command over it. He was riding it with a single rein and no spurs. Nathaniel Arthur, another park constable, said that the defendant was riding like a jockey and urging on the horse, and Matthews said that seeing several persons in danger he called out to them to get out of th e way, Mr. Mansilold said no doubt the defendant enjoyed what was ittp, to, Vin,ed 40s1 b.ina, or a month but the danger to (thers h e must pay for. . HORSE of Cast.- - William Griffin, in the employ Fry, ca rr i er, of Rickmansworth, e;t h u . Ei J .T o y se .- 0. 13 Herts, was char- Ko d by Mr. William Love, chief officer of the Royal Soci e ty f or th e P revention of Cruelty to Animals, with 'le following cruelty to a horse : Dir. Love watched the cas e on t h e part of the society, the owner of the horse (Fry) ha ving been ' oe f ore conv i cte d cruelty. Tho evidence of S ; ...naeon Sell, one of the officers of the Royal Society, went to sho:w that on Saturday evening he saw Griffin with two !orses attached to a carrier's van in Ox f ord - street, nP.,ar the Oxford M usic Hall, and noticing that or 4 e of tk o horses could scarcely put its foot to the g r ound P'.ird appeared to be suffering a great deal, he exatn i alul it, and found that it had a contraction of the foot ar.id fetlock joint, and was also lame in the shoulder. The van which Griffin was in charge of, and which the poor crippled animal was forced to assist in drawing, was heavily laden with sacks of potatoes, casks of soda, &c., and was on its way to Riekmansworth, Herts. Mr. Mansfield said he thought the better way to deal with the case would be to summon the owner of the horse. Mr. Love said he was present in court. Mr. Mansfield, who had seen the horse, asked Fry whether he was willing to have the horse killed ? Fry said he was not. Mr. Mansfield—Then the deiendant will enter into his own recognisance to appear on Saturday, and in the mean time a summons shall issue against the owner. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY DECISION.—PLAYING AT SOLDIERS. —John Maynard Fry, a respectable-lookin g rnan, was charged with unlawfully possessing part of a. soldier's clothing. Police-constable 352 B said—At half-past 11 last night I saw the prisoner in Tothill- street, Westminster. He was wearing a soldier's tunic, belt, and cap. As he had on his own trousers, which were not uniform, I saw that he was no so dier, and a corporal coming hy, he was taken to Wellington Barracks. Prisoner said he had enlisted, and the man who had given bim the enlistment shilling also gave him the soldier's clothes. He said he had exchangad clothes with the soldier. He was drunk. He was after wards taken to Pn,,tman-street Barracks, where the ser geant gave him '..nto custody for unlawfully possessing the clothing of ttre soldier. Froderici & William Chapman, sergeant of the Coldstream Guards—The clothes produced belong to Edward Garner, one of our men, now in custody here for desertion. He has been absent without leave for six days. Ido not think this man is so much to blame as my man. Defendant now before you was very much under the influence of liquor, and he may have been induced to think while in that state that he was enlisted and entitled to wear the clothes. Mr. Dayman—lt was certainly a weak trick, because the trousers would draw attention, and show that the man was not a soldier. Sergeant Chapman —I believe my man would have got the clothes off any one to effect one of the objects he had in view—either to prolong his absence or desert. Mr. Dayman to defendant—What have you to say to the charge ? You are liable to a heavy fine for possessing her Majesty's uniform. Defendant --I was so drunk I don't know what hap. pened, Mr. Dayman—l shall remand you until Thursday, by which time the military will have disposed of Garner. If it is then considered by them that you are no more impli cated in this matter than appears at present, you will be then discharged. Defendant was then removed. THAMES. DARING ROI3I3ERY IN A D WELLING -HOUSE. A COURAGEOUS WomAN —John Middleton, an active youth about 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Mr. Linklator Thomp son , i n his dwelling-house, No. 2, Alder ney-road, Stepney. Mary Ann Potter, a young woman, servant to the prose cutor, said that yesterday afternoon she left her master's house and went upon an errand for a short time. On her return, and as she descended the area steps, she s aw the prisoner in the breakfast parlour. He looked through the window at her and then opened the door. She stopped him coming out that way, and ho rushed to the window, She seized him and held him fast with the only hand she could use, for she had a baby in the other hand. He got half way out and threatened her, and she called aloud for help. Some persons came to her help, and she the n saw him throw away her master's wnattelehsh which wa s recovered. It was hanging everthe ma eli in the bre a kf ast parlour, and the prisoner, in her absence, removed it, and would hare gone away with it if she had not stopped him. Mr. Woolrych—Your conduct is very good. You dis played resolution and great presence of mind. Frederick M. Tap'ey, a lad, was on a visit at the house next door to Mr. Thompson's, and heard the young woman Potter calling for assistance. He went out and saw her holding the prisoner very tightly. The prisoner was strug gling violently to get away, and was about to strike the young woman when three men came and pulled him over the railings of the fore court in front of the house. The prisoner threw the watch into the garden of the next house. It fell down the area steps, and the glass was broken, Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said he took the prisoner e custody while h e was struggling with severa m begged t o b e taken away and not torn to pieces. Ned th e prisoner directly he saw him andnd He he oVc saidani‘ni t \ e ha g t, Middleton, is that you again." Prisoner was a well-known tt ief and a very audacious one. While with him he slipped from hi, coat and also throw hi s cap off. He knew the prisoner several men were struggli ng had been convicted of felony, but he could not say when, and requested a remand. Mr. Woolrych—Thero must bo a remand here, The prisoner is remanded until Wednesday. The Earl of Glasgow has left the St. George's Hotel, 12thone csfaythse,—Fi"ji chiefs, THE FIJIS.—Th e S y d ney Morning Herald of re ceived from the Fijis that th e country is considerably agi tated.lntelligence h as been Mathuata coast; and M a f u, the Tonga chief, is raising f or ces with the view of suppressing his devastations. The has been ravaging the last-named chief is most anx i ous for a pacific arrangement, and is understood to be supp orted by King George, of Tonga, Marc h Ea t t h o e va, who is alto desirous of peace. The new Consul, Mr. Owen, who superseded Mr, Pritchard, has arrived, and has been cordially received both by the Europeans and natives. The missionaries are prosecuting their work with success, although the mission at Fawn Harbour has been in great peril through the ravages of Ratova. Hostilities are for the time suspended. We regret to hear that the c hi e f of the Roman Catholic missi on was drowned in last January while entering Rewa." THE OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL.— TeIegram.)—QUEENSTOW N , S un d ay .—The Royal mail steam ship Persia arr i ved here at 9 a.m. to- d a y, embarked mails, passengers, an d the latest, telegrams, and proceeded at 4 p.m. for New Y or k . All well. (Renter's Horrible 'Murder of a Wife and Attempted Murder of a Son, by a Tradesman in the Borou.gh-road. This morning, long before the opening of the Southwark Police Court, the streets were crowded by a mob of persons anxious to witness the proceedings against Mr. Thomas Ledbetter, an old established tradesman, for many years carrying on business as a cabinet-maker at 21, Borough road, Southwark, who, it was alleged, murdered his wife, and made a most determined attempt to murder his son, at an early hour this morning. As soon as Mr. Combo had taken his seat on the bench the primer was placed in the dock. He is a very stout full-faced man, rather bald, and 61 years of age, and seemed rather careworn and ner vous. His poor unfortunate wife was 59 years old, and the son, who - is now in Guy's Hospital, not likely to survive, is 17, and unforturrately has been bedridden for a long time. On the charge being road over to the prisoner by the chief clerk, the prisoner said he was a cabinetmaker, and had for many years lived in the Borough-road, near the Bridge house Tavern, and he was sixty-one years old. Police -constable 39 M was sworn, and stated that about half-past seven this morning he was on duty in the Borough road, when he received information that a woman had been murdered at No. 21. He entered the house, and in a back bedroom upstairs he saw an elderly female lying on a bed quite dead. In another room he saw a young man lying in another bed with his throat cut in a frightful manner. He was not dead, and he procured assistance, and he was re moved to Guy's Hospital, where he now remains. After the discovery witness went across the road to Mr. Pugh'e, chemist, where he saw the prisoner, trembling very much. He told witness that he had cut his wife and his son's throat, and he supposed they were dead. He said ho did it with a razor. Witness then took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Combe asked if he had any further evidence to give 0-day. lie replied that he had not. The prisoner, who remained perfectly silent, was then removed until after the coroner's inquest, and he was im mediately conveyed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weathr_r, but rather cloudy. COW:CS, MAY N.—Wind N.—Are.ved—Ellen Rose, from Bathurst. BY MAGNETIC TZLEGRAPIT. GRAV - ASEND, Monday Morn Tug. Arrived, May 24—Marie, from Aalborg ; Juno, from 11-indsand ; Niord, from 3'.-gestvid. Arrived, May 25—8 ella, from Dantsic; Orion, from Norkoping ; Ariel, frr,w Algoa Bay ; Jane and Eleanor, from Stettin; Exchr.nge, from Memel ; James White, from Frederiekstadt ; P‘ercules, from Uddewalla ; Ada, from Stettin ; Aron, from Anclam ; Appearance, from Fredl r;ckstadt ;Twee Zusters, from Worcum ; Nettie Cornelia, from Gym' ; Carolina, from Stockholm ; Marianne, from Groningen ; Christiania Cecilia, from Sarpsborg ; Roolfir,a Kniper, from Falconberg. S' Ailed—City of Petersburg, for Madras ; Nimrod, for M.;:lbourne , ]•'rank, for Boston. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed (in tow), May 24—Sydenham, from Demerara; Glenbrook, for Jamaica; J. A. U., for Liverpool; Milli cent, for Bermuda—all from London. Passed, May 25—Trade Wind, from London, for Sierra Leone ; Bedfordshire (in tow), from Sunderland. for Shanghai. M. LEVASSOR EN VISITE. --Thanks to Mr. Mitchell, the old English friends of M. Levasor can still see him every other night at the Dudley Gallery of the Egyptian Hall. On Saturday the room was crowded in every part by an enthusiastic audience. Who could help, in fact, enjpying the perfectly truthful imitations of British character, with its 'little imperfections ludicrously exagge rated, given so amusingly as they are (though in rather questionable taste 1) by the most finished fa, ceur of modern times, In justice to the entertainment, it must be mentioned, however, that while the generic Englishman thus comes in for a share of it, that M. Levassor's satire, as good natured as satire can ever be, is also lavished upon the prominent traits of the well. bred Parisian young lady, whilst some of the finest acting of this inimitable:comedian is devoted to the part of a choleric middle aged Frenchman, whose grand passion is a furious hatred of pianos in all shapes and size, whereon he pro • nounces a commin ition which sets the audience in a roar, The piano music is nevertheless tastefully exuuted and judiciously selected, and a young lady fi►ls up an interval with amusing little French songs. GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, ASHT GN D ER LYNE —The committee, of which S. D. Lees, M.D., Mayor of the Manor, is chairman, has expended in relief during the week ending the 21st of May, 1863, the sum of £S3S 12s. 3d., including £l9l 12s. sd. for the relief of 1,353 women in the sewing classes; £175 ss. 11d. for the reliel of 1,171 persons assembled in educational classes; £l2 for school pence from 1,441) children in schools; £3 19s. for medical tickets; £147 12s. 7d. for relief to families in dis tress in the five districts of this committee; and £5 13s. for salaries. The total number of persons relieved is 12,174. TROOPS FOR MExico.—During the last two days troops have been leaving Paris by the 'Western Railway for Cherbourg, where they will embark for Mexico. The re mainder of the reinforcements, amounting in all to 2,500 or 3,00 J men, will consist of two squadrons of cavalry and troops of the line from the military command of Lisle.— Gabgnani. How TO SETTLE THE AMERICAN WAR.—" Man hattan"says, " There has been a generally expressed opinion that tkis war would end, and peace be restored on a permanent basis, if twelve of the leading extremists could be hung on each side by a regular hangman. It is said that overtures have positively been made to Mr. Calcraft, of London, and he has stated that he will cross the Atlantic for 500 dollars and his expenses to be paid ; to be free at the Bancroft House, in this city; at the White House, in Washington; and at Richmond, at the Capitol. He will find his own rope if paid 240 dollars, or an extra charge of 10 dollars per head, to hang twelve on each side. Those that would be nominated by acclamation on this side would be, first, Horace Greely, of the gribune; ; second, Wendell Phillips; third, Rev. Mr. Cheever ; fourth, Henry Ward Beecher; fifth, Senator Sumner ; sixth, Gen. Wadsworth ; seventh, W. L. Garrison, and five others that I will not name. In Richmond the Conservative members of the Congress would be requested to select the twelve for the operation of Mr. Calcraft. MONUMENT TO ISAAC DISRAELI. —During the sitting of Parliament last year a monument was erecting at Hughendon Manor, Buckinghamshire, the seat of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli. As it progressed the neighbourhood evinced considerable curiosity as to tte purpose of an erection of such importance. Conjec tures were rife, but no information could be elicited from the workmen, who were not informed of its purpose ; nor was its object known until, the session ever, the lord of the manor, passing through his domain, for the first time saw this tribute—erected without his know ledge—to the memory of his father, the late Isaac Dis raeli, The inscription is as follows :—" In memory of Isaac Disraeli, of Bradenham, in this county, Esq., and Hon. D.C.L. of the University of Oxtord, who, by his happy genius, diffused among the multitude that elevating taste for literature, which, before his time, was the privilege only of the learned. This monument was raised in affectionate remembrance by Mary Anne, the wife of his eldest son, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, lord of this manor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1852, 1858, 1859, and now, for the sixth time, knight of this shire," The monument is placed prominently on the sum mit of a high Irll, flanked by woods, opposite to the eleva tion upon which the manor house stands, and can be seen irom many places at a considerable distance. The situation is most judicious and picturesque, and commands many extensive and interesting views. The monument, in the Renaissance style, is a great ornament to the manor and neighbourhood; it is built of Bath stone, upon a rustic base. In the centre of the shaft there is a medallion of the elder Disraeli. The monument is 50 feet high, and is the design of Mr, E. B. Lamb, architect, of Hind-street, Man chester-square. A STORY OF RED TAPE.—A laughable circum stance occurred in the House of Commons last week, when the Solicitor-General rose to withdraw one of the few Ministerial measures of the session—the bill to pro vide for the Registration of Assurances (or Title-deeds) in Ireland. The hon. and learned gentleman had, it seems, dropped a piece of red tape into his hat, so that when he stood up to address the house it was curled upon the top of his head, with one end gracefully depending over his right she.ulder. So trifling an incident could not, of course, escape the observation of the occupants of the front Opposi• tion bench, who, almost involuntarily, indulged in a well , bred giggle. The attention of the hon. gentlemen below the gangway was soon directed to the c i rc umstance, and the giggle exploded into a loud laug h. The Solicitor scious General then, for the first time, became co u of the presence of the re d ta p e on his head, and hastily threw it behind him, when it fell into the bat of the the Right llon. Frederick Peel, the Secretary of the Trea sury, who is himself the very incarnation of red tape, This unlucky, but most appropriate incident, evoked a fresh roar of laughter from the house, which upset the gravity even of th. t.-olicitor-General himself, who made matters in. finitely worse by turning round to the Right Hon. P. Peel, and exclaiming , " I be g y our p ardon l"— Court Joura / [Od dly enough, some four or five years ago, of the Right Mark Rochilesl ter, in his Cabinet Pictures (page 201 ), spoke Hon. F. Peel as - -" The very type, model, and incarnati on of a Placeman; one the sands of whose existence must be perpetually running out in p ounc he have any (and we are disp ose d to beone whose bo we l s , if that point as Scroog e was i n the case of M ar l ey) , must asincreniulous up on as suredly be made o f tortuous involutions i of red tape; one the very breath o f w h ose nostrils s the language of circum locution 1.1 6782 111 10/ 781 1171 41 IUII 2 1011 5 41 33 11 i THE BOMBAY YAIL. The h - : vy portion of these mails, in charge of Mr. Perk'ns, of the General Post-office, arrived at Southampson yesterday, at noon, in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Carnatic, Capt. C. Borne. This vessel left Alexandria on the 12th inst., at 5 p.m., and has thus made the passage home in about 11 days 20 hours. She had fine weather from Alexandria to Malta ; thence to Gib raltar, very strong head winds and high sea ; a:ong the coasts of Spain and Portugal to Cape Finisterro southerly winds and hazy weather ; across the Bay of Biscay, and in the Channel, fresh north-easterly gale, with a heavy head sea. The Carnatic brought 96 passengers, of whom 45 were first-class, 36 second, and 15 children ; £l5O in specie, 93 cases of shaws, 1 bale of cotton, 1 hhd. of wine, 5 boxes of oranges, 103 packages of currants, 2 cases of preserves, 15 casks of potatoes, and 238 packagn of general merchandise. On the 16th inst., in lat. 37 10 N., long. 11 20 E. the Carnatic passed the steamship llecla, bound for Gibraltar ; 18th, in lat. 36 47 N., long. 1 10 E., the steamship Grecian, steering to the southward ; 22d, the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Pera, with the outward India, China, and Australian mails, in lat. 44 47 N., long. 8 27 W. The French corvette Pedrix and steam yacht Prince Napoleon, the Sardinian frigate Victor Em manual, and the usual Egyptian fleet were at Alen andria on the 12th inst. Her Majesty's hip Marlborough, Trafalgar, Ma gicienne, Meeanee, Wanderer, Medina, Alacity, and Surprise were at Malta on the 15th, and the Tri dent and Procris at Gibraltar on the 20th. The British steamer Amalia, Capt. J. Watson, 11 days from Alexandria and 51 from Malta, with a general cargo for Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 18th inst. She was in collision at 2 a.m. on the 15th, in lat. 37 22 N., long. 4 47 E., with the Bel gia.o steamer Marie de Brabant, Capt. J. Van Die pendahl, which left Gibraltar on the 4th for Ali cante, and was on her way to Malta. The latter sank shortly afterwards with five of the crew, and the rest, 21 in number, were saved, and landed at Gibraltar by the Amalia. Tne steamship Venetian, Captain. It. Joy, seven days from Liverpool, for Genoa, &c., arrived out at Gibraltar on the 17th inst.; the Ellora, Capt. J. Kellock, five days 15 hours from Southampton. on the 18th, and proceeded for Malta and Alex andria, after exchanging mails, &c. ; and the Lon don, Captain W. Cr. S. Hall, seven days from Lon don, on the 18th. The schooner Jessamine, Capt. J. H. Kidder, 12 days from Swansea, arrived on the 17th. The Spanish steam transport Ferrol, 2, Lieut. P. 011iver, from Fernando Po and Teneriffe, and the screw sloop Africa, 2, Lieut. R. Bravo y Moreno, from Carthagena, arrived at Cadiz on the 15th inst. ; and the screw frigate Concepcion, 37, Capt. M. Macrohon, from Carthagena, on the 16th. THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. The works upon this most important metropolitan line are being pushed forward with vigour, and it is expected to be ready for opening in July. At Charing-cross the station is rapidly advancing, the wails being up nearly to the height required for carrying the iron and glass roof. The front facing the Strand, the lower part of which is to serve as the booking and general offices, and the upper part to be used as a hotel, has advanced to the basement story, and the east wing, facing Villiers -street, is progress ing with equal rapidity. The bridge may be con sidered as complete so far as its actual supports and heavy framework is concerned. Old Hungerford bridge has disappeared with the exception of the lower part of the two towers, which rest upon the brick piers, and the chains which supported the structure are now at Clifton, where they will shortly span the Avon. The station at Charing -cross will be 170 feet wide, and about 450 feet long. It will be on brick-built arches, the whole of which have been tarred and concreted. The arches, which are of enormous solidity, and have a span of 30 feet, and they cover a large area available for cellarage. The station front will be 100 feet back from the Strand, and its frontage will be 230 feet in length extending from Villiers-street on the east to Brewer's-lane on the west. On the land portions nearly the whole of the work is completed, and, with the exception of a bridge near the Borough market, and another across the road leading to the present London-bridge station, no heavy work now remains to be done. This latter bridge will be a most unsightly one. It will be a skew bridge, and, being of very great span, requires to be of enormous depth in order to obtain the requisite strength. To Mr. Hawkshaw belongs the credit of having done more to deface London by the unsightly bridges which he has erected upon this Charing-cross line than any engineer who has ever enjoyed the oppor tunity of constructing a railway. A commencement has been made with the piling and staging for the bridge to be built over the Thames for the Cannon street branch of the Charing-cross line, and it is to be hoped that some control may be exercised over the engineer in the matter of the design of `his structure. London-bridge is a graceful and elegant work, and it would be a great pity if within a short distance from it we should have a monster edition of one of those hide ous coffin-shaped tubes which already disfigures each of the leading thoroughfares on the Surrey side traversed by the Charing-cross line. When completed, the railway from Charing-cross, con nected as it will be with the South-Western, and the whole system of the SoutivEastern, the London, Chatham, and Dover, acd the Brighton railways, will be of immense value in relieving the crowded streets of the metropolis;, while the wants of an enormous local as well ab through traffic will be provided for. The success which has attended the Metropolitan or Underground Railway has asto nished even the most sanguine of its supporters ; but great La have been the number of passengers who have travelled on that line, they will assuredly be small in comparison with those who will asail themselves of a railway which will land its passengers within a few yards of the Bank of England, or place them in direct communication with all the railways in the south, south •east, and south-western districts of England. The Earl and Countess de Grey left town on Sa turday for the Isle of Wight, for the holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on Saturday for Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble Premier has issued invitations for a grand dinner party on Saturday the 6th of June, in celebration of the Queen's birthday. Viscount and Viscountess liolmesdale have gone to their seat, Linton, Kent, for the Parliamentary holidays. Lady Moles worth entertained at dinner n n ace, the day evening, at her residence in Eaton -place, , iscount and Vis- Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Seft° a n Viscount and Comte de Paris, the Earl and Countessvo a ges - t P erfield, the Vis countess Lismore, Viscount James Macdonald and Lady Chelmsford, Colonel l and Mrs Holford, Mr. G. Lane countess Castlerosse, Lord and Lady Cremorne, Lord and Hon. Mrs. Macdonald, Mr. . Fox, &c. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday on a visit to Lord Taun ton, at o ve rstowey, Bridgwater. Earl II left town on Saturday for his rest• hi n s seat, uss e dews in Richmond Park. Jersey, better 7 a h n o d i h n a a s is during The the Countesspast week (D be o e: a veryge r) unwell,of few day s there is ev er y prospect of h her,friends as us ua l . er being able to receive DEATII OF LADY LECON ' lIELD.—The death of Lady Leconfield took p l under ve r y su d den and ace on Sat ur d ay a f ternoon field, her dapainful circum s t ances. L ady Lecon ughter, and Grosvenor -pl ace, on Saturday nephew left th e family residence, visits. Af ter canine ,. in Eaton-place, afternoon to p a y or di nary ton-place, an d th en go i ng to Grosvenor- s t reet, immediately after handing her servant the visiting cards, her d aughter. She Was at onceladyship d fell on the shoulde r o f h er medical aid ca ll e d in, butall medirivecanl h a s o s m i s e ta , n a o n d the was f b e n s o t avail. He r l a d ys hi p was attacked about 20 minutes past four, and expired by five o'clock. Dr. Hamilt In and the other professional gentlemen called in stated that death had arisen from apoplexy. The late Lady Leconfield, Mary Fanny, was the only daughter of the Rev. Win. Blunt, of Crabbett, Sussex. By her marriage with Lord Leconfield she has surviving issue the Hon. Fanny, married to Mr. Alfred Montgomery ; a daughter married to Lord NW, ande a daughter marr i e d t o Li e ut.-Col. Mure ; and two sons, Hun. Henry Wyndham and Hon. Percy Wyndham. LITERATURE. The Quarterly I?erzete, .No. 226. The current number of the Quarterly is more than usually interesting, from the very varied na ture of its contents. It supplies material for the political economist, for the statesman, fur the theo logical and historical student, for the novel reader, the litterateur, and the epicure. It opens with a paper on the •' Indwitrial Resources of British India," which contains a considerable amount of carefully compiled information respecting the corn ' rnercial prospects of our vast Indian Empire. Leav ing entirely on one side all questions as to the policy to be pursued, or the errors of govern ment which have hitherto hindered the develop ment of the internal resources of the coun try, the article before us examines into the capacities of the different districts, the fertility of the soil, the degree of cultivation, the drainage and irrigation, with the character of the population, and the means of transit and communication. Follow ing this statistical article comes it summary of the events of the American civil war, which contrasts the opinion held in this country at the beginning of the struggle, with that now generally enter tained, and comments on the mistaken notion which was formed at the outset of the resources of the South. Among the advantages on the side of the Confederates is reckoned their superior aptitude for the military profession and their greater military spirit. r To ca t r h e e er yo o n e th a o e f d the per mercantile feNworth tbtna attrac tions :and, when the crisis came, the cower of the United States officers were consequently almost invariably of Southern extraction, and naturally hastened to prof f er allegiance to their respective States. The high degree of military training generally acquired by the educated classes in the military schools in early life also stood them in good stead when they were suddenly called to exchange the office or the desk for active service in the field. " As with her generals, so also with her statesmen, the irresistible force of national character gave the advantage to the South. The military genius of Lee and Johnstone, and Jackson and Beauregard, does not more conspicuously transcend that of M'Clellan and Burnside, and M'Dowell and Pope, than does the administrative talent of President Davis and the Southern Cab net the pettifogging incapacity of President Lincoln and the attorney Ministers of the North. The Southern leaders were not the mere mediocre tools and puppets of trading politicians ; they were men selected for those very qualities of talent and command most dreaded and disliked by the wirepullers' of the North. And when the crisis came the difference was felt, It was felt inan in n e n c i zrm nf is d e e d si r g c n s ,uarnedes actionand energiesexertedwhiche r t the yo element lem e full; n t of power was made to tell with multiplied force ; anl lastly, in estimating the situation of the South, we must nut f orge t t h e paramount a d vantage o f her position of self-defence. In the intimate knowledge of every road by which an army could move, and every field in which a battle could be fought; in the increased facility of inter communication i nseparable from operations on an interior line; in the far lighter strain upon an improvised commis sariat and an unpractised staff; in the general eagerness to assist the defender, and to mislead and impede the foe ; in the very nature and extent of her vast and difficult territory; and worst of all, as we have already seen, in the spirit that stirs in the most sluggish heart when fighting for its own honour and it 3 own home; she possessed resources against which it would indeed require a heavy disparity of mere brute numbers to contend." In conclusion the writer observes that a change is coining over the scene. " But the termination of the present contest will neces sarily involve the return of peace. The South, indeed, has fairly conquered her freedom, and may fairly look to a period of rest. The struggle has been long and arduous, and the final victbry is, perhaps, one of the least valuable of its fruits. It is in such a war as this that the character of a nation is formed. The South, fighting with its own hands, and pouring out its own blood for liberty and honour, is strengthened and united by the struggle. The North, intent only on its own sordid ends, seeking its own profit in the sufferings and the subjugation of others, and making of war only a more violent and unscrupulous pursuit of trade, has but hastened the dissolution to which mere selfish interests must alwa,)s tend. Already the partition of the Northern Confederacy has begun. The West is fast growing weary of a war of which the chief burden has been hers, the chief profit to the States of the North-East. New England, whose selfish ness mainly caused, and whose violence and fanaticism have ultimately gained almost the entire guidance of the war, is more than ever bent on turning it to ends altogether abhorrent to her sister States. With every day the breach grows wider and more irreparable. It needs indeed but little discernment to see that the tide of revolution is roll ing rapidly northward, and that the remnant of the Union will soon be tossing on its stormy waves. What the end may be nono can yet foretell. Three Confederacies, at least, of Eastern, Western, and Middle States, seem at present the most probable result." The History of CycloF mclias"is an interesting essay, tracing back those useful sentinels of our book shelves to their first appearance ; which in Eng land was in the form of Ephraim Chambers' " Cyclo pmlia or Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences," published in 1828 ! Followed in France by the celebrated " Encyclopedie,' of Diderot and D'Alembert some twenty years later. A modern encyclopedia, as the writer of this article justly observes, is a whole library in epitome, with almost the single exception of the literature of the imagination. The " Penny Cyclopwlia," one of the most remarkable works of the kind, is thus de scribed " The literary expenditure on this publication was upwards of £10,000; but the trivial circumstance that it was first issued in weekly penny numbers led to its receiv ing a title that refers to cheapness only, and this seems at first sight to imply the confession that it is of an inferior class, while in reality it has long taken rank with the proudest cyclopmdias of any age or country. It counted among its contributors not only such English names as Airy, the Astronomer Royal ; Professor Key, the philolo gist; Professor De Morgan, the mathematician; Broderip, the enterprising naturalist ; Ford, the unrivalled traveller in Spain; Sir Charles Eastlake, the President of the Royal Academy ; Sir Edmund Head, the acute art critic and Governor of Canada; Sir George Cornewall Lewis, the classical scholar and War Minister ; the late Dr. Donaldson, one of our very best scholars ; with a host of others, our country's honour—but many foreign names of equal rank, such as Rosen, the Sanscrit scholar ; Gayongos, the Spanish Orientalist; and Carl Ritter, the first geo grapher of Germany. To Ritter, who had devoted years to the study of the geography of Asia, the Cyclopwdia was indebted for an article on Asia in which was embodied in a few pa A es the essence of all his labours. In many other for a a peculiar felicity was displayed in securing a particular subject the very few that belonged to it." The crisis in Poland has given rise to an essaaryceol Poland is something n ew iu try. The Sensation School of the history of that unfortunat e State, which its eh The attempted defence of the partitionh Novelistscastigation, the receivesjostles thisand sccocoon try. sufferingon people. renders justice to the long endurance dap o f a severe but well desery of which is sufficiently evidenced by the passages ed quoted. Among the remaining articles is a criti cism on Mr. Ki n g lake's " Crimea," to which we hcaavreefaullreinagdyuiraylluindteod Dinr.acnooltehnetsro ji B ll 7eC e and a e The Volunteer Force of the 'United Kingdom now numbers 159,000 men. THE COUNTESS GUICCIOLI (Boron's old flame), it is said, is writing the poet's life. Mr. Mapleson is ',reported to have invited Made. Viardot to come over to this country for some performances of 'Orfeo,' the greatest masterpiece of Art, according to one critic, which the stage has seen since the days of Madame Pasta. Sir Roderick Murchison, President of the Royal Geographical Society, has issued cards for two Evening Receptions atHs's Roams. The first gathering will take place on Thursday evening, next week. S m r Pi o N r G n i DISASTER , nesdayi its 'l'yne, height, off a very ' serious ,atso 'clock at Sadler's Point. A large, old •fashio ned Dutch shipping W disaster h en t h e occurred tide w on the s East lndianian, the Anna Elise, do Roecur. master, of Amsterdam, with 40 keels of coals aboard, and drawing 20ft. lin. water, was towed out of the Northumberland dock, in charge of a pilot named Purvis. She gassed out of the dock in safety, but unfortunately had not been towed 300 yards from the dock gates when she struck upon a "couch," and, notwithstanding every cff,rt was made to do so, could not be got off that tide. Three keels of coals were taken. out of her during the day, and it was hoped she would float in the afternoon tide, but, instead of doing so, she filled with water, and her stores had to be removed with a ll b as t e . On Thursday seamen were employed stripping her, and her cargo will be discharged with all despatch : hut it is feared that the ship's back is broken, and that she will become a complete wreck. Blame seems to be attached to t he pilot, for the ship is lying her own length from the middle of the channel, in which there was 221 t. 4 - ":" °f wa ter. It is stated that mo re steam p ow er should e mployed, as for want of it the ship would have; been helm. 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