The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-06 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 82c. The English Stock Market closed yesterday afterno:m with rather a flatter appearance, sales in realisation of profits having caused a decline of t per cent, There has been no variation to-day, Con sols still being 932- for money and to-morrow, and 931 g for the June account. Business is rattier quiet, owing to extensive dealings in the foreign departments. The Now Threes and Reduced An • nuities have receded I per cent., viz,, to 92f 92 ; Exchequer Bills are less, at 4s. to 78. prem.; Bank Stock is better at 233 4/ ; Indian descriptions are generally well maintained, the Stock being quoted 230; the 5 per Cent. Loan 109; 110 ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1071 e ; the 4 per Cent. Debentures, 100 k Q ; and the BJnds, 21a. There is continued animation in the Foreign Stock Market, and the variations in values have been numerous. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858. are 705 2 ; do., 1862, 711 s ; do., Consolides, 541 t; Spanish Passive, 358 d ; do., Certificates, 111 ; Greek, 329 ; do., Coupons, 151; L alien, 7)i ; Portuguese, 49 1 ; • and Egyptian, 99. The C federate Loan is 1 prem.; and Mexic4n Stock, 371 The operations in the Railway Share Market has been less active, and a slight decline has taken place in price. Caledonians, Great Westerns, Lan cashire and Yorkshires, and Midlands have declined 55.; and Great Northerns and South-Easterns 10s. London and Brightons, and South-Easterns have improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there have been no material variatim in prices. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares re main inactive at about previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 233 41 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lO9l 10 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent . Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 104 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66. 1001 Dirt , ' Bonds El,ooo Ditto under £l,000 Console for Account, M a y 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2} per Cent 4 7 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1869 Egyptian 7 pet Cent 99 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coup.ms _ Ditto Account.. 32i I i I 3k Ditto Coupons l5l / 15 1 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 78 7/ Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. 371 i t 7 t Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada l6l I 1 Ditto Deferred 9a a Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 ...... Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 6l Pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ S t 95/ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 sBt Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 .. 93/ 1 3 Sardinian 5 per Cent. ..... Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup n o t f un d e d .. 11 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account. 704 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account.... Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — .oitto Account ... 7l/ 21 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, CHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MEMBERS' PLATE. The Lawyer Eidolon 2 Stockman 3 Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 4 aget Stradelli 4to 1 agst Caller On 7to 1 agst Asteroid Bto 1 aget Haddington 10 to 1 agst Plover 25 to 1 agst Gardener All offered. CHESTER CIIP.—SCRATCHINGS. The Knave and Buckstone, at 11 p.m. yesterd .y. Avalanche, Catch -'em-Alive, Victor, Bernice, Dalearnan, Liston, Port Royal, Emily de Lona, Double X, G:llie, Gr , ance c, Dualla, L.dy Superior, Contralto, King of Italy. Serf, Chaff, Venison, Voluptas, and Canzonette. Sybil, £7O and HANDICAP PLAT H-- MiSS Livi ngs t one, Creole, DEE STAKES.—Avondale, at 3 15 p.m. yesterday. All Mr. Whittaker's horses, out of their Chester engage ments, at 3 15 p.m. yesterday. Course of the Exchange--Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 11 171 11 171 Antwerp • • 25 40 25 47/ Brussels - 25 40 25 471 PHarnburgh aris Ditto ............ 3 Months 25 421 25 47/ Marseilles .. Maine., 25 421 25 471 Frankfort on - 119 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Leghorn 49 1 25 60 26 49 65 M Genoa — 25 60 25 6 5 Naples , 25 55 25 60 Paler mo .. NI essina / Lisbon _ 52 53 Oporto — 63 631 9 Foreig n G old i n Bars (Standard), per oz S3 17 0 Mexica n D ollars 0 0 Silver i n B ars (Standard) 0 5 1 Sout h Am erican Doub!oons There is stil rather an active demand for dis count accommodation in the general money market, where 2-1 per cent. is the average charge for first class bills, Bad the inquiries at the Bank of Eng land have also slight') increased. A withdrawal of 100,000 sovereigns from the Bank of England was effected yesterday, and their destination is Constantinople, probably on account of the Turkish Loan recently negotiated in this country. The Magdalena has arrived from the Brazils with £6,856; the Hibernia with £1,400; and the City of Baltimore from New York with £96,367. The preliminary prospectus has appeared of the Imperial Royal Privileged Uuion Bank of Austria, requiring a capital of £2,000,000. It appears that a concession has been granted by the Viennese Government to his Excellency Baron Thierry, for the establishment of this new monetary institution, and that pending the publication of the full pro spectus, a subscription list has been opened by the brokers, Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill. stock +too; d'ock 'took •took stock stock stock 20 stock stock St 1 20 St itock MONEY MARKET Foreign Mail Packet List. Aur.ralia and IVI MAILS DUE. auritium, via Southampton ..May 19 Airazil and c 7„ via Marseilles May 14 cm je or 0,,,,a IT Verds, by British packet. May —. China, Pe na , 4c, )..1)._0; A s c ension, and Sr. Helena. May 29. and gapore, via Sonthaniptoti.May 19. Falkland Islands, via Marseilles May 14 Gibraltar, via Si ' ait . t . “ . ";, ~,,,,, ******** ), India (Calcutta and e'''"" .......... May 11 via a S iv o l u a t r tu i t i T es to . n A A i l a a y y 1 14 9 , India (Bombay), v i a s _7 l . " ' vi ... „Yutial!napton May 11 a luaracalles P0rtuga1......, May 6. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via soot "` a Y --"' hampton M 11 via Marseille aY . Newfoundland ................... •8 M m a ,„,y 5 1R Oporto and Vigo .............. - - -7 U. S. and British N. Amarica, ty Brit. ...... .... .. by u.s . ,t • • ••May 13. by Canadian packet M 8 packet. BW.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ..j%laac io. ahamas, via New York May 7. Mexico • • • • May 29 . All parts of W est I n di es, i nc l u di ng Chili, Peru, California, an d B r i t i s h C01umbia,..,.,,,,,,, }May 14, SHARE MARKETS. --.This clay. OitDiNA NY SHAREs AND STOuR S. •Jh liatiwayr, 13.14. Maryport and Carlisle. a Do 3 shares.. a. .)letropoli tan a; . _ Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Si Dundee 101 Nth. Eastern—Berwiek 101 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.: Do Lecdu lO Do York Do Carlisle. North London Do New North Staffordshire 7.' , T. and S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 101 Do Scot Mid, stock lOl Shrews. and Wekhpool al Shropshire Union ..., 101 South Devon lOl South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun lot staines,Wok.,andWok al Stockton a Darlington al Do 1: Do New, 1866 1 Taff Vale. Do B Do C' ............... Ulster DoDo .........., Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim., 1, Waterford a Kilkenny 101 West Cornwall lOl %%. Hartlepool Rana& 101 West Midland Oxford 101 Do Newport 101 Do Hereford 11 4.16.41 BRITISH PO ';s Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val al 1 Blyt he and Tyne. 1 Bost.,Sleal.,and Mid.Co a] Bristol and Exeter Caledonian lO kir , an, t flaw 100 .... , al Corn w,-, I; • al i Do A nn "its nen, 1 a Do. B till a Pe4 ) an•hh' ' li been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. al Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. al . Edinburgh & Glasgow. 10( Glasg. and S. Western. lOU Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 Ditto A stock , Ditto East Anglian st 100 I GreatNorthot Scotland 100 Great Northern • 100 Do A stock Do B do I Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 ( Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 100 Lancashiee & Yorkshirc IGO I London and Blackwalt 100 'Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 Lon. & North Western 100 Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 Man Shef & Lincoln. 100 5.4.0 Closing . Busines IPrice. done 8 8! 11 I 7 8 )ti 83 65 lr! 114 fl 5 61 6 40 (2 13 14 92 93 1t 7 109 53 154 47 49 24i 25i 125/ 126 i 128 k 1291 134 136 102 SO4 671 (71 108} 1(9 78 ;9 118 120 41 42 991 991 10i 104 441 15a .1 I Ilk 12i 128 128, p 96 98 )0 I soi 514 Ki 244 25/ o iooi NI 67} 67i 88 88i )0 115 117 5 II 1 6 16 } 1 1 P II 1 4 12 o 118 120 O 95 46 O 98 100 El - 10 49 50 32 33 2 926 _93 68 70 -98 100 a 8 11 97 7 38 ,5 9 10 t . 8 7 7 )0 15 )56 1 p 8 5 6 3 3 1 p al 20 53 it 471 154 155 11/ 12 127} I 100 11 28 30 115} 92i 2 i 69 8} 95 46 38 4 98 100 ESSIONS. I (.3 losi a. :0.1 Price. taI,V4V. anti,' et ST Lawren , .1 unn.,Barodatt.Cent Gu. 5 per cent.. • N evc Do. E. shares... 1 quilato Lellse 3.1 i. Do. Preterence 1(8 It 9 2 1 14 p 5Xl6 k fl 7 5 •tuflalo,Brant,&Godnet p. et. bds. Aug. 1, Do. do. July 1. It u. to. Ju 1. uttx,VS. .4pe r rOWTl t Dock Scr , p, Kastn. Bengal u. sp. 10, I , aid Ind.ati. tru. 5 p. .. 1. , Do. do. (4 text. Do. do. H do. I it 8 109 1 ' 'O9 5 1 i 111) 5 1 9i 0 62 f 5 11 5 50 11 53 66 11 42 i 6 h 3 5 40 [1 33 33 11 2s 25 11 20 22 )0 109} 114 12 1 2 1 , 4 11 ltp '0 107 108 11 11} in 8 9} 81, 11 99 101 11 89 2 / lip )0 107 108 )0 100 102 /0 97 ell) ;rand rllllk 01 It Aoi i Ist !-*/* . Bonds Do. uo. act erred....., a, uo. 1 - 1 Pref. Bon is.. si Do. do d fer ed...... al Do. 3d P ef. stock ... al Do. do. d e rit* d . al Do. 4th Pref. s,o k... at Do. do deferred...... al GLlndiaPenni.gua.sp.o 101 Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per Cent. 101 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares al Do. New .. .. . if Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 54 p. e. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited ! Madras guar.. 5 p. o. 101 Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 Dc. 40 , d 0........ 101 Do. Fifth Extension. 51elb.Corp, ap. o. Buds. 101 Melb. dr Hobson's Bay. al Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. al Newßrunswiok a Canda Class Aan 1 B ... all N.lll.C'da 6po Ist f bds 1( 80 83 Soinde ......... Do. Delhi.. ...... (100 It ,9 110 ' 100 107 1 08 Do. do ... t 5 2 Do. Punja u b ce 15 4 fp • Do. 100 1 07 1(8 Endus.St. Pb)Fo. 10(. 102 104 iLONI AL, t,i)VERNAIhN ,f!,Ut j 4 7 49 .1 - - 1 ,1,, I 3 _ 5 nu. Gov. 6 1877-S1 .......... 100 106 107 Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Au:: 100 103 1( 6 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept 100 103 108 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 100 96 97 Do. 8 Inscribed stock 100 94 98 cape G.llope, e p c,187:-* 100 110 112 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 111 113 Do. 189, too 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 114 116 Ceylon, Noy.lBBl, 6p c 100 Man itiUS d per cent .. 100 112 114 /gala! Go , . 6 per cant.. 130 108 110 N. is. Gov. ()p.c. Ja.&Jul; 1 00 105 107 6p. c.Ap. & Oci 100 ,N. S.W. Gov. 5 p :., 1 8 10 Do. sp. c.,18/ to 1 t 10 Do. d0.,1888 &now& 10 New Zealand 6 p dent. 10 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. ster:lng, 1875 I Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 10 , n. Aus 1i , ;p.0.1875.& up. toi vie -Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul 101 Do. t .n AmOlti In , 1 102 1026 102 1026 Ki 102 103 PO 110 112 i 6 107 1 113 I{f r rls - 414 M 1 1/!1 113 II 109 m lot 114 2 , ambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 fd - ttlitn‘i Amalgamated.. - 20 22 - . ievon G. Cull, ,Tavist 1 510 , 20 - nal Bassett ( Illov.r, lO 104 108 1 itast Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. 4d P - :•;aat Carauun .....14. - f.amt Carn VI Brea !. ... . 1.4. 4 0 41 0 81 61 - - 1 Rus se l (Tavist k. 8.1.6 36 4 - Gam.4lzSt•Autiyn(Gwen.; )7, 11 13 - Great South Tulgus 17,, 56 - .i. Wheal Vor ( ilelstnit to 6 4 7 - Grenville... .... 6.16 6f 51 - ti,rod'a- Moot • • ..i • 47 19 - t ingston Downs.... • 4. 7.0 24 3 - Lady liertha 2.0 na 1 - dargaret (tiny Lelant tv 30 32 - 1 +larke Valley.. 41 t fyndy Iro n O re (Lim V- I 6 ~6 - 'New Setun - .N ()all Downs 26 21 - tvli'l liasettt WIG . t a t !. 17., 41 4f - orth - Wheal Crafty - I .'ar Consols (i.t. Blaze, 1; 46 64 10 . rovidene e (C ny Lelnt. 10.6.: II 13 - South Caradon(SLCleer 16 395 405 - S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 31. 41 - 7:_. Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 11.1-.9 85 90 - tray Park 5 l'arnar SilvAz Lead Min 44 ; .0 "Pin Cron 0 20 6 214 - I West Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13 - W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 29 31 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan ttf (5 70 - `•-• heal Buller(tedruth) 5 50 55 - A heal littty(ls.Lelanti 2.( - WhealLud ott - 61 heal 31 aryAnn(Men , s - Wheal Seton . . _ v: heal Tretawney (Lis.) - Wheal Union.. Lo.s I 5} 51 1.5 e , esi Si 1260 '7O It I7i 17 4j 6 40 3a 407 i SHARES. • London and Br PREFERENCE ighton, 4 per cent. stook, 91 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 1011 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 5 per cent.„7,115/ Nottingham and Gr an th am It. & C., 94 Wilts and Somerset, a i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84 f Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Great Luxembourg, 141 N. Bail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10f Sambre and Meuse, 101 FOREIGN MINES, Scottish Austral , au, f Yudanamutana of S. Australia (iim.), 3} JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11m.), 314 2 Australasia, 724 3 1 Bank of Egypt, 301 Bank of London, 119 20 Bank of New Zealand (11mA 3 British N British and America,' Exchange (litn.), 11 1 orth American, 51 Cußinhirltibhr:tastioc)Bcialnorhki hoafn(dußirnrAi.ll,sh Columbia, 94 City, i• vn t 16;t5rallan Chartered, 224 Ottoman, 24 3 2 London and South Atricant btandard ot 1,1,11101 South Africa aim), 19 311SCULLA.NEOUS. Canada Land, 90 Crystal l'aNce, 34) Electric felegraph, 102 Joint sto. k Discount, ti adras Irr gation and Canal, 14 National Discount Company (Urn.), vi a Oriental Inland Steam Mtn.), $ 4 Royal MAI Steam, 62 n LEEDS, sth.—There has again bee quiet a market in the cloth halls. The att en d a nceofbtlyers was not large, and their operations were confined t o miscellaneous pu chases, light and m e di um goods equally claiming attention. A few good blacks al o changed hands, hut scarcely sufficient to make a feature in the day's proceedings. A few of the shipping houses are doing a fair amount of busi ness, but they are able to get goods without com ing into the market. In general prices are firm, but there is a slight fall in mime of the goods, for which there has been a very activ4- demand for the past few months. Wools keep firm, but the local brokers have not a very brisk call upon them at present, the current sales of colonial wool in London engaging the attention of both cloth manu facturers and woulstaplers. The flag trade keeps steady. 1074 I 90 } 7 1061 6 103 21 104 110 f 11 112 1! IMP. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day. The SPEAEER took the chair at a quarter past 12. PETITIONS. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Day. THE BALARLAVA. CHARGE-LORD CARDIGAN V. MAJOR CALTHORPE. COURT OF DIVORCE. HARDING V. HA.RDING AND LANCE, This was a petition by he husbana praying for a dissolu tion of the mart iage. The defence was that he had deserted his wife without sufficient reason. The Court granted a decree nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE This Day, -- s -- M AR LB ORO UG H- STRE ET. A SCENE IN THE HAYMARKET —Henry Jones and Charles Jones, two fashionably dressed young men, the former of whom gave the address Alfred-terrace, St. John's wo d, the other refusing his address, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly in the Hay market, and assaulting z!ergsant Howe, 21, Layland 66 C, and Hawkini, 29 C. Sergeant Howe said that at a quarter to four that morn ing he saw the two prisoners in the Haymarket, along with two Life Guardsmen and two females. They were pushing people about, causing a great disturbance, and on request ing them to go away they refused. Upon taking the pri soner Henry into custody he struck him and they fell to gether. He, however, got assistance, and they were then taken to the station, but not till they had assaulted two other constables. Hawkins, 29 C, proved going to the assistance of the ser geant, there being a crowd of 200 persons assembled. On the sergeant taking Henry into custody, Charles came up and interfered, and on his telling him not to do so he in stantly knocked him down, and attempted to kick him, and in the fall his (witness's) wrist was hurt. Layland, 55 C, proved the prisoner's disorderly conduct, and said that he was thrown to the ground with violence by them twice, his back being much skinned. The prisoners pleaded intoxication in their defence. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined them 40s. or a month each. ROBBERY OF GOLD BY A WORKMAN.—Edward Shoo smith, a workman in the employ of Mr. Thomas Davison, goldsmith, of No. 2, Poland-street, Oxford-street, was charged with stealing some gold, the property of his em ployer. The prisoner was seen by another workman in Mr. Davi son's employ, named Manby, who had been spoken to by one of the apprentices, on two or three occasions to cut off pieces of gold and melt them. Manby communicated what he had seen to his employer, and a piece of gold was found in the prisoner's work-box, each workman having a tin box to place his work in. Mr. Davison said that in consequence of what he was informed by the witness Manby he went to the prisoner's box, and there found a globule of gold, and on asking the prisoner why he had melted it, he said he was in the habit of doing so and leaving it in his box. He told the prisoner he should send for a constable, and the prisoner then said that he was very sorry for what he had done, that he had only done it on a few occasions, and that he had taken very little. Peach, 172 C, said prisoner admitted having taken gold on other occasions, but not the piece in question. The prisoner having pleaded guilty, and the prosecutor stating that he did not wish to press the case with severity, Mr. Tyrwhitt said such robberies as that the prisoner was charged with could not be dealt lightly with, as they tended to destroy all confidence between masters and their work men, and suspioicn was thrown on all persons in the employ. The prisoner was committed for three months with held Labour. THAMES. To BE OR NOT To BE.—John Thompson, a wild.look ing fellow, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with violently assaulting Mr. Joel Levy, curter-our to Mr. Green, a wholesale tailor and outfitter in Hounsditch. The complainant said he was plElsing along the Mile-end road on his way home, in company with a friend, when the prisoner came in front of him, put himself in a strange attitude, and exclsimed, " To be or not to be," at the same time striking him a violent blow on the left eye. Mr. Woolrych—And blackened it as I now see Mr. Levy—Yes, sir; he gave me a black eye, and it is very painful. 1 called a police constable, and gave him into custody. The prisoner said it was true he was tipsy last night, true he did not know what he was about, and true that he was locked up—(a laugh)—the very head and front of his offending had that extent—no more. Mr. Woolrych said the head and front of the prisoner's offending went to a much larger extent than he supposed. It appeared the prisoner was labouring under a dramatic hal lucination, addressed the complainant in the words of Hamlet, and then struck him a violent blow on the eye. He would allow the prisoner to retire with the complainant and make him some compensation. The parties left the court and soon returned. It was announced that the prisoner would pay nothing to the man he had wronged, an d exc l a i me d , "B ase i s the slave who Pays." Mr. Woolrych fined the prisoner 15s, and in default sen• tenced him to be imprisoned for eight days. The prisoner —So ends my catechism. A DESERTER FROM THE POLICE FORCE.—George Floyd, a tall young man, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with unlawfully absconding from the H division of the metropolitan force. Mr. Joseph Dendy, inspector of the H division, said that the prisoner had been a police-constable twelve months, and his character was very good indeed. On Wednesday last the prisoner, who was a single man, absconded from the station-house in Leman-street, and without giving any notice whatever of his intentions. Another man was sub stituted for the prisoner on Thursday. In answer to questions by Mr. Woolrych, the inspector said that Mr. White, the superintendent of the division, gave the prisoner no permission to leave the police force. The prisoner did not take away his uniform or any of his accoutrements. A month's notice was required by the Act of Parliament before any police-constable could resign. Mr. Ralph Field Thomas, inspector of the Thames division, said he apprehended the prisoner on a warrant yesterday afternoon in the East India Dock. He said to him, "Is not your name Robert Floyd to which he re plied, "No, it is George Floyd." He looked at the warrant and found that was so. The prisoner was walking about the north quay of the dock, and said he was very sorry in deed, and thet he left the police force in a bit of a tiff. The prisoner, who was dressed in the garb of a sailor, said he had a brother in the force. He had a few words with his brother on Wednesday, and when be left him he packed up a few things belonging to him and walked away, with the intention of joining a ship and going to sea. Mr. Woolrych—lt is a pity to give way to violence. You have spoiled all your prospects in life, and done ourself a goad deal of injury You have borne a very good charac ter, and u der those circumstances I fine you 7s. 6d. only. '1 he money was paid. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) One-half a b ove Frida May 6. S' Sales, more than 10,000 bales. Imp orts, 679 ; previously, 11,307. Messrs. Blackwood and Sons publish the pro spectus of a People's Edition of Sir Archibald Alison's con tinuation of his History of Europe from the battle of Waterloo to the accession of Louis Napoleon. Gen. Garibaldi, a letter from Caprera states, is to return to the Continent about the middle of May to com plete hie cure at home of the watering ple,o". ,T A 1411 NT Several petitions were presented against the sale of in toxicating liquors cal th• Sabbath; Mr. LOCKE, South wark. against the amalgamation of the city with the metro politan police; Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEIc against the Prison Ministers Bill ; Mr. B&ZLEY, from Manchester against the Poor Removal Bill. CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Mr. NEW DEGATE said, in moving the second read ing of this bill, that it would be found to be in accordance with the desires of the occupiers of land and houses, and with the desires of all men of moderate opinions, whether connected with the Church or Dissenters. Some change of the law, which would provide for the fabrics, and the ordinary Church expenses, was now required. He deprecated any desire to disturb the relations that subsisted between the Church and the constitution. Parliament, he was satisfied, had no desire to interfere with those parochial organisations. The Times had styled hie proposition—which might be characterised as a compromise between those of moderate and extreme opinions upon the matter—as " Mr. Newdigate's specific." COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Sittings in Banco, before Loci Chief Justice and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) Mr. Sergeant Shee this morning said he was instructed on the part of Major-General Calthorpe, in the case in which his learned friend (Mr. Bovill) had obtained a rule for a criminal information, to ask their lordships that the rule might be enlarged until next term. Mr. Bovill said, on the part of the Earl of Cardigan, he had no objection to the rule being enlarged until the next term. Rule enlarged accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. BEAVAN V. THE COUNTESS OF WALDEGRAVE. This case, in which a rule had been obtained to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for plaintiff, came before the Court again this morning, but it was di rected to stand over until next term. 125 128 n 8 67/ I 108 78 I 118/ 19/ 99/ A/ 104 4 44/ tusin est+ don lost 9 6 1 li 214 nei 10 14 TIE SUN, LONDON, WPDNESDAY HYMNING, MAY 6. 1863. LONDON 'Yesterday. WH en ITEHALL, MAT 2. The Queen has tie pleased to direct letters patent to be passed und er h e G reat Seal of the Uniten Kingdom of Great B r it a i n an d I reland, mstituting and appointing the Most Noble Eaward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K. G. ; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Charles Eden C. B Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick ; Captain the Hon. James Robert Drum mond, C.B. ; and Jan es Stansfeld, the younger, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Ad m i ra l of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and I re l and tories thereunt o b e l onging. Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and terri- WHITEHALL, MAY 4. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, K.T., to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 4. The Queen has been pleas- d to approve of Mr. Alexander Robertson as Consul at Peterhead for his Majesty the King of Hanover. 'AR-OFFICE, PALL-OFFICE, MAY 5. 32d Regiment of Foot —General the Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., from Rifle Brigade, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Viscount Melville, K.C.8., transferred to the 60th Foot. 33d Regiment of Foot—Major-General William Nelson Hutchinson to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.8., appointed Colonel-Commandant Rifle Brigade. Rifle Brigade—General the Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., to be Colonel-in -Chief, vice Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, G.O 8., G.C.M.G., deceased; Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.8., from the 33d Foot, to be Colonel-Commandant vice General Sir George Brown, G.C.8., transferred to the 32d Foot. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet William John Brooke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert James Wright, who retires; Thomas Edwards, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase vice Shaw-Hellier, promoted; Pay master, with the honorary rank of Captain, John Akin Dyer, from the 6th Lancers, to be paymaster vice Biggs, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon G uards —Cornet Joseph Thomas Cammilleri to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edward Goldsmith, who retires. Ist Dragoons—Cornet the Honourable Montague Henry Mostyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ralph Wil liam Caldwell, who retires. 4th Hussars—Captain Charles Augustus Gunter Browne to be Major, by purchase, vice Fiennes Cornwallis, who retires ; Lieutenant Arthur Watson Da Capell Brooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Browne ; Cornet Harry Youl to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Brooke ; Pay master, with the honorary rank of Major, Stephen Blake, from the 93d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice George Thorne George who retires upon half-pay. sth Lancers—Lieutenant Francis Jam Roche Thackwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Boyd, who re tires; Cornet Charles Edward Harenc to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thackwell; Sidney Wilson Smith Schreiber, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,vice Harenc; Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, John Biggs, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Dyer, who exchanges. 9th Lancers—Lieutenant Thomas Stanton Starkey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Ellis, who retires ; Cornet Thomas Albin Saunders, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Starkey. 18th Hussars—Francis Alfred Baines, Gent., to be Cornet, by put chase, vice John Groves, promoted ; Staff Assist ant Surgeon Frederick Beaufort Scott, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice William Robert Wall, appointed to the 81st foot. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut. George Swetenham, Est from ablishment the Seconded List, to b e Li eutenant to complete , Grenadier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Arthur Philip Vis count Mahon to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. and Adjutan Capt. t. Hon. Frederick A rt h ur Stanley, appointed 7th Regiment of Foot—Staff A ssistant-Surgeon David Mackie, M.D., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Michael Quinlan, appointed to the Staff, Bth Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William George Ross, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jay, ap pointed to the Staff. 16th Foot—'l he commission of Paymaster Mark Tever sham has been antedated to April 10. 19th Foot—Ensign Herbert Charles Boulcott, from the 86th to be Eoeign, vice G r iffi th, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Lieutenant Edward Thomas Bainbridge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanilas Graham Bower St. Clair, who retires; Biddulph Lee Warner, Gent., to be Ensign, purchase, vice Anderson, promoted. 35th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Major James Carroll Dempster, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice James Walker Chambers, M.D., promoted on the Staff. 50th Foot—Captain William Minister, from half-pay, late 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Purcell, who retires upon temporary half -pay. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Cuming to be Captain, by purchase, vice Herbert Edward George Crosse, who retires; Ensign Henry Turner Herehmer to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Cuming • Frederick Charles Rowan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herch mer. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Moodie, whose exchange from the 2d Dragoons was notified in the Gazette of 31st March, 1863, has been permitted to receive the former difference between Cavalry and Infantry. 64th Foot—Staff Surgeon Major George Williamson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice James Gord n Inglis, M.D., C. 8., promoted on Staff. 76th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard John William Orton to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Duncan Alexander Campbell Fraser, M.D., promoted on the Staff. 86th Foot—Ensign J o h n Griffith Wynn Griffith, from the 19th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boulcott, who exchanges. 97th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon John Livingston Power to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Sharkey appointed to the Staff. 105th Foot—The notification with regard to Ensign Henry William Aylmer Willins, which appeared in the " Gazette" of 21 s t A pr il, 1 8 63, has been cancelled, his appointment to the Regiment remaining as gazetted on 30th September, 1862. Cape M anted Rifles—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet colonel Thomas Donovan has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. GARRISONS.—Garrison Quartermaster, with local rank, Henry Macdonald, to be Quartermaster, under the provi sions of the Royal Warrant of 9th March, 1863. DEPOT B ATT ALION. —Captain George Champagne Close, 45th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain ohs Pennock Campbell, 30th F oot, w h o h as comp l eted the period for holding that appointment. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals George Stewart BBeatson, M.D.,, be Inspect r-General of Ho sp i tals, vice De William Linton I M D., C. 8., who retires upo n ha l f pay, Deputy nspector-General of Hospitals Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., who retires upon half pay, t o h ave the honorary rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals. Surgeon-Major James Walker Chambers, M.D., from vice J. S Prendergast, M.D., 35 h Foot, to be Deputy nepector-General of H ospitals, Surgeon. Major 61th Foot, to who retires upon 'halt p a y. James G or d on Inglis, M.D., C B•, from vice B arson. be D eputy Inspector-General of H osp i tals, Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D. to be Staff burgeon, vice W. Dick, M.D., promoted. Assi-cant-Surgeon Duncan Alexander Campbell Fraser M.D., from 76th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice R. Prendergast, promoted. Staff Assistant- •urgeon Frederick William Moore, to be pointed to Staff- Nurgeo 35n.h , vi Foot.te James Carroll Dempster, M.D., ap- TO BE STAFF. ASSISTANT - SURGEONS. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Sharkey, from 97th Foot, J a y, f rom B t h Foot, vice vice Frederick B eaufort Scott, M.D., appointed to 18th Hussars. AAssssiissttaannt%Suurrggeeoonn M w ic i h il a ia el ni Quinlan, from 7th Foot, Nice John Livingston Pow er , appo i nte d to 97th F oot , David Mackie, M.D ., appointed to 7 t h F oot. Assistant- Surgeon P atr i ck B arre tt Kea rney, from Ist West India Regim ent, vice William G eorge Ross, appointed to the Bth Foot. Assistant-Surgeon James Thompson, from 4th West India Regiment, vice William Alexander White, M.D., promoted on Staff. Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Thomas Carbery, from 14th Foot, vice Richard John William Orton, appointed to 76th Foot. The promotion of Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Wil liam Crow to be Staff. Surgeon, as notified in the Gazette of 13th February, 1863, has been cancelled. BREVET. Captain and Brevet-Colonel George Munro, retired fall pay, late half-pay Unattached, and Staff-Officer o f Pensioners, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieutenant. Colonel George Hossack, on retired full-pay, Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Chris topher Parkin Elliott, retired full-pay, Royal Marines, to Majesty' s have order the honorary Council honora o r f N y ra o n v. k 13, 0 of C l o B l s o B n . el, under h er Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, George Thorne George, retired upon half-pay, late 4th Hussars to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-C o l onel. , Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, George Bodle, of a Depot Battalion, t,olhBasvBe, to th b e e h c o o n l o o r n a e ry is : rat - 1k of g isl u l a a j. f r e y . n n g d e s r e r m v e i e n e t onn she o dankc er o f b v i ec i u n o g tieo c l o cte m ni tp_ Charlesl c et oi d on fi evie, Henry e e nn a d r re s yr ' : Gordon, hoLetiidßaeojuonotyr,eanclaan:BVdt Westby Donovan. 33d Foot. c r ßD r o a riee n opvn t oee o tti f B O LaE c ti ettdau. Edward t l i eao 4 nrnda. t . Lieutena India a n t -Coluienonel William John Ch am b er l ayne , 3d West egit. MEMORANDA—The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of John Craven .Mansergh, Esq., late Major, bl t sa h te e hk sal e of his Commission, under 15th Foot, being reinstated in his former rak in her Ma .l)thoyrse Guards Circular Memorandum Major, John ('raven h H as a b if ee P n aY per L m is i t te s d uc t h o Ma jesty's Service, and placed up o n pp the otrldr the t s e a F i tn i c le s o r b ea n f . rt r d gi o l o i h :m t n i,o nh l t a h B oa s 6 e tl i t- s f. op e carry t r a h v y e l o H NOTICE, be filled up by officers of The vacancies fn Line Regiipents caused by the transfer The delay that has occurred . in completing these appoint- India , and not from anY change in the arrangement origi nally decided on. n to se th rv e ic S e t . aff Corps will ANNULLED. ,ctezoenttiey:_bankrupts of any tahreebricklayer, Bermondsey Achille Lo ß u A is N L K eri ß ch ij e P, cToCroYmiesion agent, City BANKRUPTS. 'cool merchant, Dunstable acr, Isle of Wight importance whj T iac h h e ea f i o p l pj lo e ii i n ffin g e. g Wil:iam Chrles Elcock, baker, a .uthatnpten Abraham Benjam i n, watchmaker, Bevis -marks William Cociceli, r b oc u e ird , eVr,eßnrattersea Peckham Thomas henutrfsotr,dsussex m eramliassgieonnt, m li er i c il h " a t at e , e ; Robertßenja Benjamin J. Jones, gaa, p.ublican, Cr ooked -lane, City Robert Stokes, cher,ille manufacturer, Derby Thomas Soppett, butcher, Darlin gton F. E. Blyt jlt h o , 6n g ffe e e oo s n Y; John W. Pickering, licensed victualler, Blackburn HNeenilryMiecliniicskh,,ioy dealer, o,ldsaßier Charles Milner, grocer, %cup Charles Crosland, innkeeper, Wakefield John Maynard, innkeeper, T avisiock Henry (3. Bi Alfred Reckless, beerhousekeeper, Rotherham James Balls, omnibus proprietor, Mildenhall, Su ff olk Thomas Harrison, butcher, I s l e a Ely William Pollard, bookbinder, Hastings Thomas Rumsey, whealwri James Crouch, farm bailiff , ~..,. E ht, Peasenhall, Suffolk John Roberts, 114111"avr, 19illingegate-Market SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert A. Bakers, ooachbuilder, Brechin John Bradford, china merchant, St. Andrews Wm. Nisbet, grocer, Hamilton Alex. Wood, grocer, Dunbar John Payne, farmer, Townhead, Dumfriesshire John Davidson, draper, Forfar Wm. M'Lennar, boot manufacturer, Glasgow Frederick Potts, cattle dealer, Stanwix Copland and Mollison, quarriers, Turin, near Forfar Alexander Mackenzie, draper, Dingwall Thomas King, draper, Hamilton SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER MEETING, TUESDAY. Mr. Hargreave's Marigold, Est 21b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. R. H. Jones's Stockman, 7st 101 b.... (E. Harrison) 2 Mr. Rich's East Lancashire, Est 616 ... (Carroll) 3 Mr. Smith's The Cobbler, Est 121 b (T. Barlow) 4 The following also ran :—Erin-go-Bragh, Gipsy Girl, Gem of the Sea, and Mountain Maid filly. Betting-6 to son Marigold, sto 1 agst Gem of the Sea, 6 to 1 eget the Mountain Maid filly, 10 to 1 agst Gipsy Girl, and 100 to 8 agst Stockman. At the second attempt the favourite jumped away with a clear lead, the Cobbler going on second, with the Moun tain Maid filly and G psy Girl side by side next, the others, headed by Stockman, lying up as they came along the lee side. Nearing the Grosvenor-bridge turn Mr. God ding's filly quitted her position, and ran up to the favourite, followed in a few strides after by Stockman, who waited upon the leaders to the turn into the straight, where the Mountain Maid filly dropped back, leaving Stock man in immediate attendance upon Marigold, East Lan cashire and Cobbler at the same time drawing forward. At the distance Marigold drew away, and won in a canter by three lengths, a length between the second and third, and twice that distance separating the third and fourth. The Palatine Cup Stakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, for 3.yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. Second to save his stake. Mile and a half. 10 subs. Mr. E. T. Bower's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (J. Plumb) walked over. The Mostyn Stakes of 5 soya each, with 60 added, for 2-yr old ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b ; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. 17 subs. Captain R. Goff's Loafer, Bst 101 b Mr. Phillips's Persuasion, Bst 111 b (carried 51b extra) dgley i Lord Uxbridge's Redcap, Bst 101 b (M 5 2 (Judd) 3 Mr. G. Solomon's Aunt Judy, Bst 61b Grimshaw) 4 The following also ran :—Wild Rake, Dawdle, and Lady Mary. Betting—• 7 to 4 agat Persuasion. 3to 1 agat Loafer, and 5 to 1 agst any other, Loafer was the first away, but was immediately headed by Lady Mary and Dawdle, the former having a slight lead, which she held to the Grosvenor turn, when Dawdle went to the fore, and with Loafer and Persuasion lying up, came on with the running to the turn into the straight, where she was disposed of, leaving Loafer in command, closely at tended by the favourite, Red Cap, and Aunt Judy to the distance, where the two leaders drew away and finished a fine race home, Loafer, vho had always the best of it, win ning by a head, three lengths between the second and third. Aunt Judy was a bad fourth. The Wynnstay Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 soya each. Winners extra. A mile. 22 subs. Mr. Rodgers's Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (includ. 7th extra) (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. C. Peck, jun.'s Bernice, 5 yrs, Est 121 b.. (Wheatley) 2 Mr. T. Hughes's Flash in the Pan, aged, 6st 121 b (S. Adams) 3 Mr. Gordon's Johnny Armstrong, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Doyle) 4 Peignoir, Brilliant, Dirt Cheap, Hypermnestra, and Jack's Alive also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Flash in the Pan, 4to 1 apt Queen of Trumps, 5 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong, 6 to 1 agst Peignoir, and 8 to 1 agst Bernice. After several breaks away the flag was lowerel to an admirable start for the first 100 yards, when Grimshaw pulled his mare back, and allowed Bernice, who in the next few strides rushed to the front, to carry on the running, having Hypermnestra, Johnny Armstrong, and Queen of Trumps in close attendance; the favourite, who got indiffer ently off, heading the rear division on the Dee sid.. In this order they made the Grosvenor turn, where Flash in the Pan ran past his horse, and took his place at the girths of Bernice, the pair running in close company to the bottom turn, where they were joined by Johnny Armstrong near the rails, and Queen of Trusups on hie right, the four run ing in close company to the distance, where Queen of Trumps and Johnny Armstrong attempted to get through, but failed ; but half-way up the farmer was more fortunate, and at once assumed a decided lead, which she held to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths, Bernice defeating the favourite by a neck for second ; a bad fourth. H an dicap Plate of 5) soya. Winners extra. Three to rtart or added money withheld. Half a mile. 12 subs. Captain Christie's Miss Julia, a ge d, 9 st 51b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Smith's Dermott Asthore, 2 yrs,_sst 71b (Huwarth) 2 No betting. Won in a trot by 10 lengths. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 41b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 41b ; 5-yr-olds, Bst 121 b; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9.,t 31b ; maiden 4-yr-olds and upwards allowed 81b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winner to be sold for 200 soya, if demanded. Three to start, or added money withheld. Six furlongs. 3 subs. Lord Wilton's Herdsman, 3 yrs, 7st lib (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. G. Angell's Vigil, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ..(Challoner) 2 Mr. Riddell's Leontes, aged, 9st (Custance 3 Betting -6 to 4on Leontes ;3to 1 agat any other. The favourite made play to the distance, where he was headed by Herdsman and Vigil. The former having a slight advantage, which he retained to the end, and won in the last stride by a head. A bad third. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord Ulifden (taken freely) 6to 1 agat Macaroni (taken) 11 to 1 agat Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 8 agat Ghillie (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 40 to 1 agat Avenger (taken) 40 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) 66 to 1 agst Carnival (offered) 1000 to 12 agst Fantastic (taken) Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4a. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. EXTRAORDINARY ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD.—On he 10th of April a young woman, named Martha Batten, was apprehended at Newbury on a charge of vagrancy. She was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment. She was brought to the Reading Gaol on the 13th of April. From the moment of her conviction she expressed her determination not to eat anything whilst she was in pri • son. On her arrival at Reading Gaol she had been for three days without food. Day after day passed. and her de termination continued still unchanged. The officers of the gaol, and everyone acquainted with the circumstances, were astonished that a person could continue so long without ali ment. On 27th April,nearly 18 days from the time of her ap • prehension, this woman had not taken, to use a common ex pression, "bit nor drop" of anything. The physician to the gaol and the surge n felt that the woman could not be all to pursue this course any longer, a nd they ordered that some broth and gruel should be forced down her throat. It was not till she found that unmistakable preparations were being made for doing this that she at last succumbed and partook of a small quantity of broth and gruel. The strangest part of the affair is that the woman appeared very little affected in her bodily health by her long-continued fast. A representation was m a d e to the Secretary of State, and inquiries were instituted as to the mental condi tion of the p rison er , and she wa s s ulti mately removed to Littlemore Lunatic Asylum. During her imprisonment in the gaol, Martha Batten was visitec by several medical gentlemen in the tow n , and they ex pressed themselves to be perfectly astonishe d thefact at that a person could for so long a ti me abstain from food, with apr arently so little ill effect resulting from it. We are informed that on a previous occasion the woman did very much the same thing, Two years ago she was im prisoned in Reading gaol, and she then went for seventeen days without food,—Borkthire Ghronick Owing to a drizzling rain having set in, there was a great deficiency in the usual amount of bustle and excitement generally to be found here at the race time. There was by no means a large assemblage of people on the course to cri ticise the appearance and style of going of the different animals taking their morning's exercise, but the few who were there unanimously agreed that Stradella, the favou rite for the Cup, was looking all that oould be wished. Caller Ou, who galloped twice, went in most brilliant style, and was so much fancied that 65 to 10 was taken about her. Very little betting took place in the Subscription Rooms at midnight, as very few members were present. The favou rite remained firm, and Caller Ou, Asteroid, and Hadding ton were supported for some good money. For the Derby Ghillie Vaal inquired after, but met with very little re sponse-1,000 to 10 agst Filibuster was laid twice, and afterwards 1,000 to 28 was taken. Towards mid-day the rain cleared off, adding much to the enjoyment of the day's sport, which commenced with the Grosvenor Stakes, fixed for 2 15, thereby dragging out the afternoon's racing T o 6 o'clock, much to the excitement of a great number of those present. Surely it would have been better to have com menced business at 1 30. The racing was of such a per fectly wretched character that it really requires no comment at our hands. The ground was frightfully hard, which no doubt accounts to a great extent for the smallness of the fields. Subjoined will be found full particulars of the run ning. Grosvenor Stakes of 6 sow; each, with 40 adder' ; for 3-yr olds and upwards; weight for age; winners extra. Grosvenor course. Nine subs. Mr. Bower's Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b.... (J. Plumb) w.o. Chesterfield Stakes, a Handicap of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds. Winners extra. Seven furlongs. 29 subs. Amalgamation of the City and Metropolitan Police. A public meeting, convened by a requisition to the Lord Mayor, signed t y most of the leading City firn s, took place yesterday in the Guildhall, to consider the bill of the Go vernment now before Parliament for amalgamating the City and Metropolitan police. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P , presided, and was supported by Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Western Wood, M.P., Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., Prince Azeemjah, Sir George Bowyer, M.P., Mr. J. T. Norris, M.P., Mr. R. W. Kennard, M.F., Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., Mr G. H. Whalley, M.P., Mr. James White, M.P., Baron N. M. de Rothschild, M.P., Mr. R. Hodgson, M.P., Sir R. W. Carden, Sir F. G. Moon, Sir John Musgrove ; Mr. Alder man and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. Alderman Dakin, Mr. Alderman Gibbon, Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. Alderman Begley, Mr. Alderman W. Laurence, Mr. Alderman Carter, Mr. Alderman A bbiss, Mr. Alderman Allen, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman Mechi, Mr. Alderman Gibbins, Sir W. Alexander, the Mayor of Car lisle ; Mr. R. Mitchell, Mr. George Walter, C.O , Mr. J• Richardson, C.C., Mr. B. Scott, City Chamberlain, Mr. G. Moore, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. James Anderton, C.C., &c. The LORD MAYOR, in op, ning the proceedings said that, having received a most influentially and numerously signed requisition to call this public meeting, he had done so, in order to give an opportunity to the citizens of expressing their opinions upon the proposed measure for depriving them of the right which they had enjoyed for centuries of regulating their own affairs. (Cheers.) He ventured to think that the opinion of that meeting, coupled as it would be with most influential meetings all over the country would have the effect of showing that the attempt to cen tralise within the Government the management of the po. lice of the various districts would not be sanctioned. (Hear.) His lordship then introduced to the meeting Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY, who, in moving the first resolu tion, said—l am anxious to unite with my fellow-citizens in entering a strong, earnest protest against the proceedings of Sir George Grey with respect to his bill for amalgamat ing the City and Metropolitan policy. I am glad in moving the first resolution to be able to adopt the exact words used by Lord Palmerston himself. The resslution is as follows : " That municipal institutions are deserving of the highest veneration and respect. They are founded on remote anti quity; they are the basis en which everything that is good in free institutions is built up and perfected ; they give to man the privilege of local self government ; they educate locally the people of a country, some afterwards to take a part in the large concerns of the nation, all to be able to form a correct judgment of the conduct of those by whom the national affairs are guided ; they instruct and enlighten the mind; they practise the human intellect in all those exercises which render it manly and energetic; and they are therefore deserving of the highest possible veneration and respect." I quite understand that we do not meet to consider whether serious mistakes were or were not made on the 7th of March; neither do we meet to consider the question of the London corporation, but to consider a specific proposal made by Sir George Grey, and to which we are prepared to take very serious exception. (Cheers.) What are the facts of the case ? I understand there are 610 policemen in the City of London. They are considered to be, and in that opinion I most entirely join, sufficient for the preservation of the peace of the City and for the protection of our property. I can say with great truth that I never leave the City in the evening without feeling that, so far as human foresight can make such provision, my property is safe under the protection of the City police. (Cheers.) And lam pre pared to say, whether I regard the courtesy of the men or the efficiency of the services which they render, the City police will compare favourably with any other body of a 'ike kind throughout the kingdom. (Cheers.) But, of course, such a body of men was not sufficient for the spe cial occurrence of the 7th of March. It does the heart of an Englishman good to consider and reflect upon the mag nificent spectacle which the City presented on that day, when, with feelings of devoted loyalty and affection to the Crown, the inhabitants of this mighty city met together in that narrow space to testify their devotion to, and to give a hearty welcome to one who, to use the words of the Prince of Wales, was about to take upon herself the honourable posi tion of an Englishwoman. (Cheers.) If there were any errors committed on that day, they were to be attributed as much to the West-end of London as to the City. lam not here imputing motives, but there would seem almost a preconceived disposition to thwart the arrangements of the City, which were all the more subjects of anxiety in conse quence of the recent death of the head of the police in the itv, Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey. I utterly object to the proceeding of Sir G. Grey, because I object to the transfer to the Home-office duties which I am prepared to say we shall better perform for ourselves. (cheers.) Let us stand fast by our municipal institutions. (Cheers.) The true policy of England is to le.sen rather than to increase the functions of Government. I would call your attention to the words of Guiznt, the distinguished French statesman, in his work on the English constitution : " Wherever I go through England I find these words, ' Supported by voluntary con tributions.' There lies in these words the true secret of England's greatness. What they do from the centre in France, the English people do for themselves. They are willing to pay, but they insist on having in the r own hands the management of their own affairs." I would also quote the words of Kossuth, uttered in this hall, "There is no. thing," he says, "to which you should cling with such tenacity as to your municipal privileges, for it is to them that nations owe their preservation during civil war and dire political convulsions; and your own, you must remember, are older than the present people of England." (Cheers.) Look at the condition of continental nations. You will find that the Governmental police is dreaded by the middle class and hated by the people. It is because I desire to have the police our servants, rather than our masters, that I invite you to join with unanimity in this resolution. (Cheers.) Mr. FOWLER seconded the resolution. He said that those wh t resided in the City were the best able to judge whether any alteration was required in the way in which the City police was rnanagt d. The meeting showed that they we-e of opinion that no alteration was re quired. (Cheers•) Under those circumstances it became the duty of every one to do what in him lay to resist the innovation suggested by the bill of the Government. The resolution quoted the very eloquent words of the Prime Minister in regard to the way in which local institutions had educated the people of England for the duties which they fulfilled in the constitutional system of the empire. The reason, he believed, why other nations had not flourished in the same way as England was principally owing to their want of local self-government. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR then put the resolution to the meet ing, and it was carried unanimously, am.d loud cheers. Mr. KIRKMAN HODOSON, M.P., governor of the Bank of England, then rose to mwe the second resslution. In doing so he said : The proposal which I have to submit to you ain a few words this. We have got a police of our own, we manage it ourselves, we think it is ye y efficient, and we intend to keep the management to ourselves. (Laugh • ter and cheers.) That is my opinion, and I intend to ask you directly whether it is yours or not. (Cheers.) I d 3 not intend to say one ward about the 7th of March, for this very good reason that the Home Secretary has told us in b speech that any alteration he had proposed to make in the City force he made without any reference to what had hap • pened on the 7th. That being the case, we are of course bound to believe the as. ertion made by a gentleman in his position, and of his high honour and integrity. But if the alteration is not on account of the 7th of March, for what reason is there t. be an alteration ? There are three reasons given for this alteration; first, that it is inconvenient for us to have a police to ourselves; secondly, that it is very expensive, and costs us a great deal of money; and thirdly that it is not efficient. Now the first, if it could be proved, would be of some importance; but I confess I have never heard one argument in favour of that opinion. When I ask any one how it is inconvenient, the reply is, "Oh. you know very well." With reward to its cost, they say it costs more than the Metropolitan police, and that we pay for it all ourselves. (Laughter and chters.) Now, this attention of our friends is exceedingly good on their part, and we feel obliged for it; bat we would rather con- tinue to pay the whole cost of a forea in which we have confidence and which we manage, than pay three• fourths f of another, and take one•fourth from them, for a for ce o f which we know nothing, and over which we shoduld reason, no control. (Hear, hear.) With regard to th ea e l th to i do with the great I may say that lately I have had a great d the police. I have had to inspect and m anage en In the case of forging and stealing bank-sotspa of becoming con duct of that case I have had an opportunity familiarly acquainted with . ll the most serious and ear- London, and I can say to you i n have I met with a body nest manner that never inermforyming the duties entrusted to the detective oreeof the City of so thoroughly and wellpeprsonal experience on this occasion ce is efficient put ne r a m l againstthem. general yaspseorotrions made in other parts. Well, if there is no inconvenience —'f i we are lc enditure, and if the for ' will now only ask you to raise your voices (Cheers.) ep My opinion ' —why chang e f is that you won't w as il l in h g av t e o b s ea ho r w t n h , e usly and say, Much obliged to strentio you, gentlemen for your kind iL tentions, but WO Would rather ' champ it ; ao I (Cheers.) The resolution Which the hen. n not." initted was as follows : on. gentleman sub " That the police force of this City i as, if not superi or t o, any force i sas abl e an d efficient tection of life a n d property f n these re a l ms for the pro for the r egu l at i on ,or the d e t ect i on of crime, and of the i •timmens® t ra ffi c which throng th e streets of this c inexpedient to interfere withi,ts and n that, it is unwi se an d so long a s it s duties continue tobeetaiengement and Co n t ro l Y ly performed." Mr. U EORGE MOORE seconded the t resolution, protesting against the c en t ra li sing disposition evinced by the Govern went in this matter, and bearing his testimony to the general efficiency of the City police. Mr. CARDEN having supported the resolution, it was put by the Lord Mayor to the meeting and carried, like the first, by acclamation and negn. con. Mr. KENNARD, M.P., said that, occupying the position which he did in the City of London, and acknowledging as he could the services he had received from the City police, he could not be silent on such an occasion. The resolution he had to submit was as follows : "That the citizens of London obtained from the Sove reigns of this realm the right of eleoting . th9ir own magis trates,a and of keeping watch aud ward within the City, right which they have ever exercised for the be t n a e t benefit of the _ people and the protection of their liberties ; 12 w VII for the amalgamation of the City of London P ol ice the Metropolitan Police is an invrsion ef t bubve s vt, et ;be English Con ha ri g h t , And is fil sell...government w hi c h h as foste:ed the lov e ot trt e edow in this country, has arawn closer the ities which connect the people with Crown and Parliament, and under which thin City and the nation at large have co long prospered. That this meeting calls u l on the representativ es of this city, and also upon the representatives of the citiz, in the Corporation, to offer, by every means in t, sir 11,6 v er, the most determined opposition to the p,,ssing cf the t is ter the amalgamation et' the City with the Metropolitan Pdlice ; and that a petition from this meeting, embodying the pre sent resolution, be presented to the House of Commons by one of the City representatives.' d own Thep here could or Much was said a b out the inefficiency of the City police, about there,(ureear) _ anbut thatno oonfe itselfgave waspart ia- caublareras.k- naotfallh sufficient answer. When it was shown that the City rnlice were efficient, those who desired to amalgamate said, " Well, but we are not going to make any change. We will adopt your chief commies.oner, your medical officers, and all your policemen; so why should you find fault with the alteration only of the heads ?" That was monstrous fine, but it would soon be found that the heads would alter very considerably, and that the efficiency which all were now oblig,d to edmit would very soon be lost. (Hear.) They had heard that it was Sir G. Grey—(hisses) —who had brought in this bill. He would read an opinion expressed by Sir G. Grey in. the House of Commons in 1856, who, after stating that ho did not intend to meddle in the matter of the Metropolitan and City police, went on to say—" Harmony and co-opera tion have existed between the Metropolitan and the City police, and between the Government an d th e authorities of the City of London. The utmost readiness has always been displayed by the authorities of the City to listen to any sug gestions which have been made by me, with regar d to the employment of the police, and when it has been thought nee scary to strengthen the police force within th e Ci ty by reinforcements from the Metropolitan police, the arrange meats have been readily acquiesced in by the authorities of the City, end perfect harmony has existed between the two bodies. While I admit, then, that, in theory, it would be far better to place the whole police force of the Metro politan districts under one general system of manage ment and control, still, as there exists within the narrow limits of the City an important corporation, possessing great influence and power, I think a strong case of practical inconvenience should be established—stronger than any which lam prepared to say has yet arisen—to induce Par , liament to leave that corporation in a posit ion in which no municipal corporation in the country is placed, —namely, without any police force under its own management." Now why should Sir Geo. Grey, without any of those oases arising to which he had alluded, why should he hold one language in 1856 and another in 1863 I' He had disclaimed that it had anything to do with the 7th of March, there fore that could not be referred to; but it was rather a sin gular thing that whenever there was a talk of the City, there always was allusion to the 7th of March. Granted that the City did break down, how had it broken down ? From the enthusiasm of the people—(cheers) —from the desire to welcome the sweet lady towards whom all hearts beat responsively. (Cheers.) Men of all parties agreed that to corporate institutions we owed all our liberties. Parliament itself was much younger than the corporation of London. (Hear.) The citizens had enjoyed the right of watch and ward for more than a thousand years, and they boldly said to the Home Secretary that Le could not point to a case in which there had been any practical inconve nience from its remaining in their hands. Ire trusted that all present in their various spheres would, with one heart and soul, determine that thi, iniquity to the City of Lon don should not be perpetrated. The cause they had to de • fend was vastly more important than the cause of the City of London, for if they took away the right of self-govern ment, of self-watch and ward, from the corporation of the City of London, they must, of necessity, take it away from all the boroughs throughout England. (Hear.) The bus tle with which the measure had been thrust forward was so great that it had violated a standi ng order, and had been thrown out upon that order, which required that a measure interfering with a private bill should itself be introduced as a private bill. The Government were so anxious to have a " peck" at the City, that he did not doubt th ey would try to waive that standing order ; but as it could not be waived without the consent of Parliament, he looked to his hon ourable friends around him, to one and all, to assist in re jecting such an to tempt to filch away their liberties. (Cheers.) The appeal which had been made t n this subject had had some response, for he held in his hand a long list of those boroughs and oorporati,ns which had already spoken out; and when ho told them that Windsor, Devonport, Exeter, Portsmouth Southampton, Rochester, Nottingham, Oxford, Bath, Bridgwater, Brighton, Birmingham, Beverley, Hull, Hali fax, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Paisley, wee. others, had all unanimously expressed the same opinion, enough had been said to induce them to agree with the resolution. (Cheers.) Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE, in seconding the resolution, said that this question ought not to be narrowed into one of convedence or expediency with reference to the police, for it really involved nothing more nor less than the independence of the municipal institutions of this country, and the zontinuanee of local self-government, with those guards and protections without which local self-government was a name and not a reality. (Cheers.) The hon. gentle man quoted from the report of the select committee of the House of Commons, many years back, the following : " It is difficult to reconcile an effective system of police with that perfect freedom of action and exemption from in terference which are the great privilege s of society in this country. Your committee think that the forfeiture or cur tailment of such advantages would be too great a sacrifice even for improvements in police and facility in the detection of crime, however desirable in themselves if abstractedly considered." The late Sir Robert Peel, in introducing the measure for the new police, said the people of this country would never tole rate a minister of police, and therefore, in the first measure, the police had simply been placed under two justices of the peace. That was the safeguard devised, that the two justices of the peace should take action before the police could act in any manner hostile to the liberties of the people of the coun try. He was sorryto say that the Legislature had not looked so closely as they ought into subsequent measures which had been carried, by which first one commissioner of police had been appointed, then two assistant commissioners, and, finally increasing their powers to such an extent that in troubled times they could, by united action, exercise complete control ever the liberties of the people of the country— (hear)—in spite of the magistrates and local authorities, and even irrespective of the control of Parliament, By subse quent Acts of Parliament, Sir Richard Mayne had been made justice of the peace for no loss than seven counties, within which he had the power to hear cases, to sentence, and commit to trial, without any publicity whatever. He had the power of summary conviction; he could order a policeman to take up an individual for an alleged offence; and if it was one which could be summarily dealt with, he had the power to sentence such offender to a term of impri sonment without his being taken before any magistrate whatever. (Cries of shame.) It was right that the citizens of London should know what was meant by extending the police system and absorbing the City force; for by the very bill introduced by Sir George Grey the man who was to be appointed assistant-commissioner in London was to be made a justice of the peace for seven counties. (Shame.) If in the case of a riot it should be found necessary or be thought necessary to call in the military, Sir Richard Mayne bad power to do so singly; and without concert with, and with. out authority from, any other magistrate, he could autho risen the military to fi re u p on th e p eop l e . (Shame.) district was power to do so, when every magistrate of the v d e is b t een t was opposed to it, and when the meeting might h a a titherity called for constitutional purposes, under the ver y of the of the magistrates of the district and th t e n justices t uber of steps peace for the country. (Shame.) A vast eation of a bad been taken in the direction of th a wns the substitution, Minis ter of Police. Of such a charactero.itan policej• for the police two years ago, of the mreotwriopu., employed in the Royal force which had been p h. 'o kingdom. There was another dockyard in all parts o f t It was that the Pol. well worth consideration , ice matter Commissioner had power without any fresh euthoritv Parliament, and subject only to the sanction of the from Secretary, to arm with nanskols and bayonets Home every in the Metropolitan for policeman atae)--- o f 0 I 00 SO that ono man had the power to ere t men. blue ins • tead of red coats, but possessed f ae an army,in than the people of the country had o far greater power permitted the army to h ave , If the present despotic it would be an unfortunate thi m easure was allowed to pass, for the citizens to call to mindng for the Royal family and the people had desired to that an occasion on wh:ch of Wake had been tier welcome the bride of the Prince to local institutions. turned against them to give a death blow would thus always he arrival of the Princess Alexan dracitizens of Londonwith hbe associated in the minds of the the loss of lib er ty an d the curtail ment of fr ee d om. (Loud che Mr. C ItaWF o RD, MP , e • rs,) ~ said that, as one of their repre sentatives, ho should take every legitimate and proper means to prevent the passing of Sir G. Grey's bill through Parliament. When the bill was brought in he had given notice of his intention to move its rejection in the second reading; and, if it survived the present difficulty with re gard to the standing orders, he should do so. It would be idle for him to occupy their time in saying anything on the demerits of a measure so ill advised, so unnecessary, and, under recent circumstances, so ungracious. (Cheers.) He could hardly have conceived it possible, after the City great yf London had stepp e d f orwar d i n th e way it h a d, an d to the a cost of money had ex hibit e d it s l o y a lty to the throne, Minister heir apparent, an d t o his f u ture bride. that any have used it as an should have sei ze d th a t occasion, an d th e ir privileges. The opportunity for seeking to abridge had said that t he e vents of the 7th of Home Secretary d o with his prop()sal • but he March had very little to le that statement with difficult to reconcile ear to op would find it very (Cheers.) If it was necessary the facts of the case. that a large number of mem he knew pose the bill further, the Government would assist him in heartilyreject sympathised with hers supporting rto )Rothschild, who account of ill health. ingit. Baron unable to attend on the meeting. W 88 WOOD, M.P., followed in a speech strongly Mr. ~ESTEBN of • which the resolution was put and the bill, a el condemning carried unanimously. that the foregoing resolutions should be ad- A resolution, and evening London timed in all the morning d b Papers, as ver ' the local organs, was proposed b y Mr Dodd, well as m seconded by Mr. Mitchell. and car r i e d unanim - „ of „ Not in the T i mes, ou s y, amid croon vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, proposed by Mr. Norris, M.P., and seconded by Mr. James Anderton, C.O , was duly responded to, and the proceedings terminated, 110 0i