The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ALTERATION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. Some commotion has been produced in City circles to-day by the announcement, shortly after the opening of business that the authorities of the Bank of England had raised their minimum discount quotation from 6to 7 per cent. The market yes , terclay afternoon presented an unsettled appearance, O wing to a scarcity of money. A very brisk de mand for accommodation, and a disinclination on the part of the bankers and bill brokers to negotiate securities, unless at enhanced quotations. The pos sibility of au advance in the official rate was vaguely spoken of, but few were prepared for the impor tant measure now adopted. It naturally enough has engaged serious attention, not only in Monetary and comm erc i a l c i rc l es , b u t a l s o in th e Stock Exchange, where some depression has been consequently produced. Many of the operators for a rise in prices have hurriedly taken their profits, and the sales thus effected have invested the diffe rent markets with a marked degree of heaviness. Bank shares, previously the most buoyant class of Security, have suffered severely, and affairs alto gether have assumed a very different- appearance f rom what was manifested earlier in the week. There is very little money on offer, and only a small amount of business has been transacted at the new quotation. The banks and discount houses are expected to raise their allowance of interest on deposit accounts ill th e same way as on former occasions, when the discount quotation has been adjusted at 7 per cent. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of have amounted to £866,700, and the exports to £590,000. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap• pointed Tuesday next a special settling day in the shares of the Credit Mobilier and the Mercantile Exchange Bank (200,000 new shares), both to be Marked in the official lists. Two o'Ctoca. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 65c. Flat. The advance in the rate of discount created addi tional heaviness in the market for the English 'unds, and some sales on speculative account have caused a decline of k per cent., Consols being 911 for money, money, and 91f f for the 4th proximo. The New Threes are 891 f ; the Reduced, 891 I; India 5 per Cents., 1051; and Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 58 . dis. In the Foreign Market a general decided de cline has taken place, and business is very inactive. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have receded to 711 72 ; do., Cansolides, to 62,1 ; Mexican, to 461 47 ; , Greek, t o 241 1 ; S pan i s h P ass i ve , to 341 1; do. Certificates, to 121 8 ; Portuguese are 49 1 ; and the Confederate Loan, 54 55. In the Railway Share Market business has been inactive,_ and prices in most instances . have exhi bited less firmness. Great Western and South Eastern have declined ; Brighton, f. ; North Western, Metropolitan, Midland, and North Xastern, York, 1; and Great Northern A Stock, 14. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and in Most instances a downward movement has taken P l ace. Alliance have receded to 57 8 ; Imperial Ottoman to 20: ; London and Brazilian to 632; Imperial Bank to 40/ ; Hudson Bay Company to 194 ; and Mercantile Credit to 15,1. The following are the current quotations of come of the principal new undertakings : —lmperial Bank of China, 31 4 prem. ; City Offices, 21 1 prem. ; I \lillwall Iron Works, 21 3 prem.; Credit Mobilier, 6 / 6 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 74 8 prem. ; Thames Iron Works, 44 prem. ; Imperial Financial, 41 5 Prem. ; City of London Real Property, 11 ; Oriental and General Marine Insurance, 24 a prem.; Inter national Land Credit, 24 prem.; Lemberg Railway, -a prem. ; Telegraph Construction, 2 4 prem. ; Sabloniere Hotel, 21 4 prem.; North Australian, 1 1 prem.; and Port Augusta Company, .1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 5 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent B9 „,1 / New 2 per Cent. Jan. 189 i 73i At,inuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — .t.)itto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — .... Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 19 08 . 4 xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 5 10 Ditto £500 Ditt o £lOO and £2OO zank England Stk, 4 : i per Ct. Ditto Account IlileI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Do Certificates - Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 Ditto 51 per Cent. May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 —die Ditto Bonds £l,OOO • Ditto under £l,OOO .... —dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING- PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 — Drazilian 5 p e r Cent — Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditt o 1863 681 7$ sduetos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto, £lOO Bonds ........ uhilian 6 per C en t . . ................... Ditto 41 pci Cent C olombian 6 per Cent — fcluador New Consolidated, 1 pe r Cent l4 14 gYptian 7 per Cent lOl Ditto, Second Issue Qreel t 5 per Cent 9 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 75/ Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent isrew Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account.... ) — Ditto 3 per Cent. (Erribarren) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent.,;1853 Ditto Account 491 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid — pm Itussian 5 per Cent., 1822, L St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. 88! Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent .........• Ditto Acc0unt..................... Spanish 865 °Vanish 3 per Cent IL -Ditto Account ................ :Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive ...... Ditto Account 3si 41 S panish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent tarkish6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account - Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 11 itto Account — Ditto £lOO Bonds.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 711 2 1 4 .._. ___ Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 'enezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lend , u ftnstrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. b elgian 4t per Cent., Ex. 25f a 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull — D' .-- tto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent 1861, Ex. 25 francs -- .9 ,Pitto Account r b le dmonteso, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f c entvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK, C ongols Money -Ditto Account 9la Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. No cha nge i n th e mar k e t. Sales a b ou t 6,000 bales. Impede, 27,214. BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND 5T0U14.5. Share; I Closing Businesb Railways. fa id 'i Pice. done. Mr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ...... Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no die D o. B till 6p e.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. l Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June Edinburgh b., Glasgow ; Glasg. and S. Western ; G reatEastern, Ord. stit Ditto A stock: Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotlaad Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stoat Lantashire Yorkehin London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Ser.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln: Maryport and Carlisle. D6l shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New DO Birna & Derby *11(1. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Ild Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo , Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186& Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neat!' Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford e; Kilkenny West Cornwall Har..kß West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford a Bi 8i 9 83 Q 5 118 119 et 7} 35 37 16 17 90 92 101 106 17 47i 6i 7; 130 c3l 138 140 131 1.` . 3 91 93 651 G6i 1101 1101 67 C 9 1024 103 f, 434 444 1114 112 99 ILO 54f 554 1171 118} 131} 132} 101 IC3 51 62 24i '4si 991 100 i 56 67 88f.89 128 131 1 3 / 4 2 3 / 4 78 79 Iv/ 11} 121 123 41 43 98 100 53 64. 83 35 90i in 101 103 Si go 37 38 00 10 I, 8 Si ‘.l 105 170 5 7 1 3 E p 91 96 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing hare Hallways Paid. Price. Business don. lee ttlantio &St LawreliCx all 59 61 Sk 1 Bom.,Barodact.Cent Inc 1‘.,0 1021 1031 1031 1 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 7l Buffalo and Laaelinron all 6 64 10 Do. Preference ...... all 910 ,00 IBuffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 :0 0 Do. do. July 1, 1870 100 too Do. do. June 1, 18;.3 100 78 st Cloutfa.&S.Eastri. (Lim 100 101 (03 et Cape Town & Dock Seri . , 100 99 101 stock Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 105 106 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 IC4i 1051 105 41 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 6 t p stock Grand Trunk of Canada 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 15 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 03 65 100 Do. do. deferred —. all 51 63 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 40 92 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 26} 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 c 5 stook Gt.lnclialenin.gua.sp.o 100 101 105 104 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1 F 121 Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Llm guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1031 1041 1031 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharek all 111 101 • lot 201 Do. New .. ... 18 101 6 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 93 94 100 Do. 51 p. 0. do. '77-8 .. all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 tp stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 mit 103 stook Do. 11 p. o. Extension 100 93 68 stock Dc.4A d 0........ 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 53 59 81 100 Do. 7p. C. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr urswick Cand a Class A. and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'dali pc Ist pt bde 100 82 /4 stock Scinde (100 104 105 104 31 stock Do. Delhi . 4.: 1 100 102 103 2U Do. do . 13 , „, 0 2 1 ip st Do. Punjaub o 1 all 11/21 1031 Do. Do. ........ pa 100 stook Do. Indus. St. Flo. J 100 97 93 stook iDo.lndus.St.Flo.) ► 000 l9i as COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ,t,m.Gov. 6 p.c.J a &July —,1877-84 . ..... 100 102 104 1031 I Do. p. c. Feb. & * Aug. 100 101 1( 3 130.1 p. c..111ar.& Sept. 100 101 103 Do. Fp. 0. Jan.&July. lOC 90 82 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G.Il ope, 6 p ;1873 100 .06 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 103 110 112 1114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 31auritins 6 per cent lOO 106 108 INatal Gov. 6 per cent 130 108 110 1N.8.G0v.6p.0.J a..ltJuly 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. 6 ov. 5 p a. , 18 100 993 1003 Du. sp. c.,1 8 / 1 to I:,'7t 100 99 10 1 99; - Do. d0.,7888 & upwds 100 99 100 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c steriing, 1875 lOO 104 106 104 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - S. Aus (16p.c.1678.& up lOO 10 112 Vio•Gov. 6 p.c. Je..&July 100 10 6 mO. An..1.0ct.. 100 1083 10911 108 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold I 3d liflord Amalgamated — 34 35 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 67 70 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. . East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 303 313 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 64 71 -- E. gr'l Russel (Tavistic . ; 8.9.0 34 41 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen. 581 9 10 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 34 G. Wheal Vor(llelston 40 33 35 Grenville . ElercA's-Foot 8.12 /15 37 llingeton Downs 4.18.0 81 4 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny ',dant it& 18 20 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim , 23 11 -1 New Setun 194 85 95 • North Downs 24 14 2 N.Wlel Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2 23 North Wheal Croity 2.6.9 44 5 5 Par Consols (St. Blaze) Providence (Uny Lelnt. 10.6.7 41 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 11 450 670 S. Carn Brea (11logan) — S.Wheai Fran. (Illogau 18.15.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 31 13 t'aniar Silv.& Lead Blin. fin Croft 9 )8 19 West Basset (Illnan) l4 70 11 W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Setoa Wheel Basset (Mogan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 35 40 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal PJaryAnni,:den ) 8 134 144 Wheal Lleton . 583 200 210 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 21 24 Wheal Union 3.17 21 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 104 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97i 7 North Eastern, Cons. pref:, 4 per cent., 101 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.) 991 PREFERENCE SHARES AND isTOCIES Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 London, Tilbury, and'Southend, 102 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent., 16E17 Northern of France, 381 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 371 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 i FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 Cape Copper, Um.. 131 St. John del _Rey (lira.), 46 6 United Mexican (liin;, 7 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lira., 31 BANKS. and United Service (Han.), 148 501 Alliance (Um.), b 7 8 Ditto, new, 481 Anglo Altstrian, 7 1 Ang l .l)-Italian, limited, 6f A Itstralasia, 75 Bank of Queensland (Urn), 22 11 Bank of Wales, lim., British and Californian, Urn., 71 British North American. 49 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 421 1 Ditto, new, 30 City, 126 5 Consolidated Bank, 11111.4111 Continental, lim., 18 East:London, lim.. 0 81 English and Irish, lim., 19} 18/ European Bank, lim., 15 In Imperial Bank (lim.), 41401 Imperial Ottoman, 204 0 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Rm., 4 London Bank of ~ 2 Lon don and Bra Scotland, zilian lim64 ± London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new,f,6 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 28 71 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 272 London and Colonial (lim), 17 161 L L o o u n d d o o n n , alnladnLi'grigltY. Lout. 64 Exch lim., 201 1 L on don Joint Stock, 46) London and Northern, lim., 24 31 London and Smith African. 271 London and South -Western, i 3 London and 11 estminster, 9.4 3 Merchant Bank, iim., 17 Mercantile and Exchang,,e. lira., 181 1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 1im.,;31 Mexican, lim., 71 Mao, new, 11/ Standard of British South Africa aim ), 301 Union of Ireland, lim., 21 Port Philip, , Midland Bank (Urn.), 151 New Zealand Bank, 141 Oriental Balm. Corporation. 67 6) Seinde, Punjab, and Delhi, him., 121 South E ,stern, lira., 3;1 3 2 Union of Australia, 574 Union of London, 52 3 130! 137 6 i al 5 IC2 44 1101 991 541 116 i 15} 14 134 i ft 29} P 102 56! 90 891 311 90i; I TIM SOW, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE H. P. LYON. This bankrupt was described as of Gloster-street, Pim lico, and applied for his release from custody, which was opposed. It appeared that he had been insolvent in 1861, and obtained his discharge, but had soon afterwards given bills in favour of a party who obtained goods from the de taining creditors. The bankrupt alleged that the bills were purely accommodation bills, but it was urged, on the con trary, that the bankrupt had, in some way, been benefited, and it was therefore desirable that the transaction should be investigated before the bankrupt was released, His Honour said it was one of those cases in which as signees should be appointed, and have time to inquire into the matter. The release was therefore refused, IN RE PEARiON.-IN RE PIZEY. On a former occasion it was sta' el that his Honour would deliver his judgment in these cases on the 21st inst., but it has since been arranged that, for the convenience of all parties, the judgment shall be given on Saturday, the 23d. (Before Mr. Register Roche.) A meeting for choice of assignees was held in the matter of Mr. Edwards, a solicitor, of St. Swithin's-lane. Mr. Chedley appeared for the petitioning creditors. Messrs. Thornton and Mr. Cooke, of George-street, Man sion-house, were chosen assignees. The debts are stated at £2,000, assets not ascertained, but expected to be large. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE AT TILE STA TION.--Robert Allen, a low looking fellow who nightly hangs about the Haymarket, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and he was further charged with assaulting James Paice, 315 A, at the Vine-street Police Station. Pities said—About one o'clock this morning I saw a large crowd of persons outside the Royal Standard public house in Piccadilly. On going to see the cause I found the prisoner drunk and running abut like a madman. I stopped him, and told him he had better go away, and as he refused I took him to the Vine-street station At the station he struck me a violent blow in the face, and making use of the vilest language, said he would be hanged for me. This morning, while leaving him in the reserve room, he aimed a desperate blow at my face with a piece of iron taken from the cell, and which he had secreted up his sleeve. Sergeant Cole, C division—About half-past 9 this morn ing I was at the Vine-street station, and saw the prisoner pass from the cell into the reserve room. Noticing some • thing up his sleeve I kept my eye upon him. Directly afterwards I saw the prisoner aim a blow at Paice's face with a piece of iron. I immediately seized the prisoner, and threw him on his back, and took the piece of iron from hire, the prisoner exclaiming "Now., I'll kill the —.' Mr. Knox—How near was the piece of iron to the con stable's face. Cole—lt was not more than three inches from it, and had the blow taken effec:, the constable wculd have been dan gerously injured—the blow being aimed at his eye. Mr. Knox—Where was the piece of iron taken from ?, Cole--It is part of the iron work of the warm air appa ratus of the cell. I saw it safe a few minutes before, and afterwards missed it, Prisoner—l was not drunk, and it was done because I would not take some beer to the constable one day. He said he would servo me out for it. He also swore at me. Mr. Knox—l do not believe a word of what you say, and you may think yourself fortunate you are not here on a more serious charge. You might have killed the constable, and had you done so you would have gone to the Old Bailey for murder. It was a lucky thing for you that Sergeant Cole saw you at the time. Inspector Bowles gave Paice an excellent character- Mr. Knox—l have always observed that his conduct has been particularly good, and I don't believe ho threatened or swore at the prisoner at all. I shall fine the prisoner 405., or a month for his drunk and disorderly conduct; commit him for a month for the assault on the officer last night; and for another month for the assault with the piece of iron—three months in all. THAMES. SERIOUS ROBBERY IN THE VICTORIA DOCK.—John Evans, who has for several years filled the responsible situation of foreman clerk in the Victoria Dock, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 20 bags of guano, value £2O, the property of the dock company. Mr. John Thomas Newman, examiner to the Victoria Dock Company, wished to give some explanation to the magistrate relating to the prisoner's duties, and to put in some documents, but Mr. Partridge decided that he could not hear the evidence tendered. William Lussignea, a dock labourer, said that on Mon day, the 4th inst., he was ordered by the prisoner to deliver 20 bags of guano and some rags to a carman, They were put into a van, which drove away, He made no entry of the delivery, and saw the prisoner make none. George William Marna, a carman, of No. 62, Broad street, Ratcliff, said he recollected the last witness putting goods into his van. A wheel broke in the West India-road soon after leaving the dock, and he went home for another. While he was absent the guano was removed from his van and taken a way. Thomas Wickenden, a police sergeant, No. 53 K, said he took the prisoner into custody yesterday, and told him the charge. The prisoner said " Very well-1 have been looking for you." _ _ _ Lussignea was recalled, and said that three da3 a after the delivery of the guano the prisoner gave him 105., and told him not to say anything about the delivery of the guano into Marna' van. He said to the prisoner, " I suppose you ara in trouble, then I don't understand what the money is for." The prisoner said, "Never mind. Be quiet." Mr. Partridge said the evidence against the prisoner was slight. He remanded him until Friday next. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, asked the magistrate to take bail for the prisoner. Mr. Partridge consented to accept of two sureties in £25 each, and the prisoner in £5O, notice of bail to be given to the police sergeant. WESTMINSTER. ROBBING A KIND SISTER.—Lucy Wedon, a young woman, between 16 and 17 years of age, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of her sister. Mrs. Emma Thorne, the wife of a journeyman painter, living at 12, Queen's-road, Brompton, said that on the morning of the Ist of March, the property OA now missed was safe in her drawers. On the afternoon of that day the prisoner came to her house, and stating that she had walked from greenwich, asked her to give her a night's lodging, which she immediately consented to do. She stated that her wearing apparel was in a very dirty state, and inquired if prosecutor would afford her an opportu nity of washing it, to which she replied that she was going to work at seven in the morning, and prisoner could put on some clothes of her's while she washed her own. Prisoner had some supper and went to bed, and was left by prosecutor in the morning in the room, but when she returned in the evening she found the prisoner gone, and also the articles missing. A little girl proved that she saw the prisoner leave the house with a large bundle, which she endeavetued to oon ceal. Prisoner said she did not know anything of the property, Mr. Selfo—What is the prisoner's position in life ? Prosecutrix—She has been in service, but left it, and when she came to me on the Ist of March, said she was trying to get into a reformatory. Mr. Selfe—Has she been leading a bad life ? Promeoutrix—l fear she has. Mr. Selfe—Has she parents alive ? Prosecutrix—She has not. Her mother died many years ago. Her father shortly afterwards. I have had charge of her since she was 10 years old. I have got her several situations, but I am sorry to Fay she won't work, and has taken to evil courses. I wish something could be done for her, I am sure. Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner for a week. Marlborough Police Reports, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Permit me by requestof my clients, Messrs. Brown Brothers, of Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square, patent range manufacturers, to correct a statement calculated to injure their reputation, which appeared in the evening papers, in reference to the committal of a scoundrel at the Marlborough-street Police-court, giving the name of "Charles Brown," and professing to be "manager of their stove warehouse." lam instructed to state that no person bearing that name has ever been in their employ, or has ever acted in any such capacity in their establishment. I find upon inquiry the real name of the prisoner is John D. Griffiths, lately a clerk in their office. Trusting you will give this publicity in your next paper, I am, Sir, yours obediently, CHARLES S. WAKE. 27, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C. THERE ARE NOT TWO SALAS, gravely protests the Athencetinz. There is but one Mr. George Augustus Sala, and he is not endowed with power of übiquity, although his literary action during the last four months would almost justify a contrary opinion. While the Special Commissioner has been startling the readers of a daily paper with his letters from " America in the Midst of War," his facile pen has to all appearance been busily working on this side of the Atlantic. So well have London publishcis and editors of London magazines kept his name before the world, from the day when he set sail from Liverpool, that people, living beyond the noise of printing-offices and the gossip of literary dinners, may be pardoned for doubting the identity of the author of " Quite Alone" with the clever correspondent who has shocked them with a bold assurance that the yirtuo of the Transatlantic Republic may not be sought in the lives of her married ladies, and has made them laugh over poor Mrs. Lincoln's concern for the health of her visitors, MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market to, day was seasonably well supplied with most kinds of produce, Fruit sold steadily at fully last weeks currency, and In vegetables sales progressed steadily at full prices. The quotations were as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 3 0 I Melons 0 0 to 0 01 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 01 Apples, per hf-sv. Z e to 4 0 ; Pears, per do Orant,fes, per 100..4 0 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberrieshf svco 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per d 6. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETAIBLES. Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 7 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 6 ' Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 B••cl ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 ; Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Bect, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Broco]i sprouts Potatoes, per ton 45 oto 90 01 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pt ..1 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 Bto 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 01 Mint and savory..o oto 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz lends 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, ti.-sy. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 I Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach .. 0 oto 0 0! Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 l3russels sprouts 1 9to 2 6,$ eakale, per bun. 1 oto 1 8 HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meagow hay, Os to £4 los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. - WHITECHAPEL. - -Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s ; clover. £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 ]Os per load, Trade inactive. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od; geese, 6s Od to 8s Gd each ; goslings, 5s to 8s Od ' • ducks, is Gd to 5s Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, is 6d to Os Od each; wild do., is to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 9d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, iOs Od to 1.6 s Od ; chickens, 8s Od to 9s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Gd to Os Od ; ptarmigan, is Gd to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od; woodcocks, Os to 3s 6d; snipes, Od to is Od; teal, is Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Gd to Os Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each ,• g uinea fowls, 5s Od to Gs Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os 10d to is Id ; English, is ld to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s Gd ; French do., 5s Od to 6s Gd per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLING SOATE. Salmon, Is Gd to 2s Od ; trou't, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 5s Od to 18s ; cod, 28 Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 4s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 64s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to ss; haddocks, 8s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Oa to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s Gd ; lamb, Ge Od t,o 6s 10d; veal, 4s 6d to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3e 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4o 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 77(1 , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 44d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. horse hides, Os 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Gd to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half. breds, Ils Od to 14s Od ; Downs, 8s Od to lls Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 3d; sheatlings, is 8d to is 9d. COAL MARK ET. Prfees of Coal per Ton at the Mose of the market. s. d. Eden Main l9 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...16 6 Holywell Davison's West Hart- Walls End. A. a• Tunstall Hetton 2O 6 Caradoc 2O 0 Haugh Hall 19 6 Cassop . 19 6 Hartlepool ..20 0 KeiperGrange 19 0 East Hartlepool 20 0 South Hartlepool 19 0 Walls End. K elloe ... .... ..19 0 Framwellgate ...... .. 18 6 Riddell lB 3 Eden 18 3 South Kelloe 19 6 ley ..16 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 6 Hastings Hartley ....16 6 West Hartley ..16 6 Ships at mark) It, 31; sold, 73. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon—North; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. CARDIFF, April lA—Wind N. W.--Sailed—Diary Ann, for ailifax. KINGROAD, April 14.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Lady Londesborough, from Mauritius--Saline, from Hayannah —Moselle, from Africa—Maria, from Demerara. PLYMOUTH, April 15.—Arrived—Earl Russell, from London for Moreton Bay. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, April 16—City of Dublin, from Calcutta—Sir R. Seppings, from Madras—Cape City, from Algoa Bay— Westbury, from 14 , ,unceston. Sailed, April 15—Cossipore, for Canterbury—Pilgrim, for Dram —Jenny Jenkins, for Berbice—Robinson, for Halifax—Apollo, for Christiansand—Oriental, for Trinidad --Familiar, tot Lanvig. Sailed, April 16—Stadt Dordt, steamer, for Dordt. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Niza (in tow), from Colombo, for London—Ehn Jorns, from London, for Vancouver's Island. • RAILWAY INTEL LIGENCE. ~.-_____ TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ' ~.--.----. 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. £ Z Belfast and N, Counties 136 138 1,941 2.422 Belfast and County Down 49 49 757 8 37 myth and Tyne 2B 28 2, 004 2,279 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1215 6,3 3 6,368 Caledonian C oc k ermou th& Workington, s i 85 335 277 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 sO2 878 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 61 1 83 155 Cork and Youghal Cornwall • 653 531 1,674 1.349 Deeside l7 17 281 301 Dublin & Deli ast J unction .. - 63 63 1,811 1,890 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,146 1.654 Dublin and 31eat11 &&°South-Western Dub. &Wicklow and Wexid 915 48t 2,485 2,290 Edinburgh and 411asgow 173 1891 7,700 7.511 ii Glasgowrnes s , Great Northern Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union _ 353 351 32,330 27,545 Great North of Scotland 5B 68 1,750 1.8,7 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 711 66 3 883 3 83 :, ,8 2 043 0 09 15 2 52 7 : , 8 8 127 9 3 6 1 463 570 9t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlud.)„ 873 5 i 829 7,717 8,531 Great Western 10561 10585 60,234 58,e12 Inverness & Aberdeen June 8 64 86 1 1,066 991 Inverness & Perth Junction 1194 _ 1,173 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,8 0 2,025 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3951 86,050 32,530 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 264 285 147 212 Llanelly 465 465 673 611 Londen & North-Western ..• 12291 11795 95,581 39,393 London and Blackwall 5 5 1,723 1, 8 1 London & South-Western ..• 460 441/ 22,699 21.608 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 72 72! 4,810 8.936 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10 4 55 1,250 380 Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh Ranch. S.J un.& Altrincham. 95 1,295 1, 268 liaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 630 42,089 37,,850528 Monkland blonmouthsh. .... & Canal 44 11 2595 s ni li d d i l an an d d ii citulevteNet.n-N.V of e ir ste in rn a. ) e 2 41 91 44 2,704 2 , 566 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee ...... . 0,517 5 N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl . 1095 10791 55,514 49,7 46 North London Oswestry and Newton 6O - 42 1,041 1,0 4 Rhynmey .................... 162 5 194 1 ' 6 80 5 73:39387 9 North Staffordshire 251 2,9, 31:3 979 946 St. Helen's Canal & Rai lwa y . • 62 2,115 2,281 Scottish Central Scottish North-iastern 394 4, 6 8 5 1 3 2 4, 4 7 2 9 8 1 Somerset a o n n d . D .. 0 . r . 5 . e . t . ...... ,‘. .. .. 754 3.834 1,534 306 20.031 20,022 T u a ls fi t ' e V r a . l . e ........ _7.7.7:7...7...7... 12176075 5,878 5,541 2,469 2.721 Vale of Clwyd ........ . 10 5 199 180 Vale of Neath . ~, .......... 32 1 255 2,636 2.00 Waterford and ......... ..... 31 31 290 420 Waterford and Limerick..... 77 77 3,481 1,287 West Cornwall ... ... . . ...... 275 27 5 738 714 W. Hartlepool Ilitibr.& RaiL .. 52 52 4,26) 4.66: W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmut.. 7 7 787 563 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 1,120 8 4 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 55 903 759 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 62 52 1,335 1,284 Austrian B2B 628 28,655 30,317 Bahia and San Francisco - 838 - Belgian Eastern J unction.. • • 2 6 4 265 299 291 Bombay, Baroda, & C 161 en. India 1851 1854 3,255 2,388 Buffalo and Lake Huron 1 161 5 2,610 1.753 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 159 5,2 8 3,052 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal 1 10 L 0 2,037 1,602 Eastern of France 1135 1302 63,949 54,870 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 2i,716 17,209 Great Indian Peninsula - 3 495 14,964 9,382 Great Luxembourg 134 131 4,361 4,825 Great Southern of India tireat Western of Canada..' 345 315 15,653 14,691 Madras Madrid, Saragossa StAiicant 650 490 17,553 17,45 Northern of Canada ... Northern of France ..... . Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1713 128,763 127,174 l'aris and Orleans l6ll 1401 72,60 64,001 Pernambuco 775 77 1,491 1,091 Royal Danish 69 59 1 417 541 Sambre and Meuse OB 68 1,431 1,471 South Austrian .. 1527 1468 47,359 49,9°7 iiouthern of France ...... ..... 77 0 680 23,736 23,169 Victorian lO6 195 9,950 7,747 Welland .....-. - - est Flanders 75 W 75 1,129 1,135 W. and N.W. of France COST OF NELSON'S FOUR LIONS BY LANDSEER.— In the Civil Service Estimates the cost of Sir Edwin Land scer's four bronze lions, the model of one of which is in the studio of Baron Marochetti, preparatory to its being cast in bronze, is put down at £l7,ooo,—The Reader. Visit of General Garibaldi to Barclay and Perkins's Brewery. THIS DAY. At an early hour this morning the General, accompanied by his sons and the members of his suit, left Stafford House to visit the extensive brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, Bankside. Although the hour was somewhat early, there were crowds assembled in various parts, who lustily cheered the General as he passed along. On arriving at Messrs. Barclay and Perkins' premises General Garibaldi was received by the leading mem bers of the firm, and conducted through the exten sive establishment, which appeared to excite his ut most astonishment. Of course the General tasted the quality of the world• renowned beverage manu factured on the premises, and returned thanks for the great pleasure the visit afforded him. The workmen, with their wives and families, were all assembled to witness the arrival and departure of the General, and on this occasion the men appeared gallantly to give way to the fair sex in struggling for the honour of shaking hands with the General. On the General leaving the premises, the utmost enthu siasm was manifested inside and outside the establishment, and as the carriage drove away, the cheering was general and hearty—the very reverse of the reception that General Haynau, the Austrian woman-flogger, met with when he visited the establishment some years ego. Very shortly after the return of the General to Stafford house, he again left, with hie attendants, for the Crystal Palace, to receive the Italian's address. The crowd in front of the residence of the Duke of Sutherland had by this time become very numerous, and the usual demonstrations greeted the General when his carriage proceeded on its way to the railway station. SYDENMAIf, Saturday, 11 o'clock. The concert and presentation at the Crystal Palace will be a great success. The attendance is already enormous. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. FRIDAY. The concluding day's sport at the Craven was an im provement upon the general ctiaractcr of the racing on the wind-up of the first meeting at Newmarket. The same magnificent weather continued, and the first of the seven items being run on the July Course beyond the dip, neces sitated an early departure, especially as the Queen's Plate was appointed for 11.35. Usually this race has been a fatal one for backers, who frequently found an animal upon whom extravagant odds were laid, as for instance Carbi neer. Last Spring was an exception to the rule, Asteroid landing the long odds of 8 to 1 laid on him, whilst Win grave's success on the present occasion will give " the talent" more confidence for this long race which has now been won by Wells twice in succession. The baker's dozen for the Handicap Plate produced a hot favourite in the Newmarket horse Antoinette, who won after a capital struggle with Chip of the Old Block. The Pork Stakes brought out a quartette who, though not animals with first-class diplomas, have at various times distin guished themselves. The winner, a colt by King Tom, out of Giraff,, having late in last season defeated Carnival. In the succeeding two reces the " dark blue and yellow cap ' of Baron Rothschild were carried in the van; and after War Dance had walked over for the 25 sovs. Sweepstakes, another of " the Baron's" animals were made favourite for the last event, and was only beaten a head from Hurrah. Full details of the running are appended. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for three-yr .olds and upwards, R.C., 3 miles 4 fur. 139 yards, Baron Rothschild's Wing - rave, 3 yrs, 10st 41b ..(Wells) 1 Mr Savile's Harlequin, 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Catchpole) 2 The following also ran :—Barchettina, The Reserve, Tourist, and Whitebait. Betting-5 to 4 agst Wingrave, 9to 4 agst Harlequin, 7 1 bar two. Tourist made play, followed by Wingrave and Harlequin to the Plantation turn where Wingrave took up the run ning, came away two distances from home and won by three lengths ; Tourist beaten a quarter of a mile from home was pulled up and walked in, aid the rest came in with the crowd. A Handicap Plate of 50 sous, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C., 5 fur. 136 yards. Mr J. Joice's Antoinette, 3 yrs, 6st 21b.. (J. Grimshaw) 1 General Shirley's Chip of the Old Block, 3 yrs, Sat 71b (Murtet) 2 Mr T. Hughes's Bosh, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Peignor, Lady Abbess, Shak spere, Disappointment, Prescription, Atlas, Regina, Prac titioner, Pottess, and Rigolboche. Betting-4 to 4 agst Antoinette, 7to 1 agst Practitioner, 10 to 1 each agst Rigolboche and Disappointment, 11 to 1 each agst Lady Abbess and Bosh, 100 to 6 agst Chip of the Old Block, 20 to 1 each agst Atlas and Pres cription. Prescription made play, followed by Practitioner, Lady Abbess, and Chip of the Old Block on the far side, the others stretching in a lino across the course well up, Rigol boohe looking most formidable. Upon entering the cords Antoinette and Chip of the Old Block quitted their horses and ran an exciting race home; Antoinette, who seemed to have the best of the struggle throughout, winning by a neck; Bosh was a bad third; Prescription fourth, close up ; Rigolb fiche fifth, Poetess and Lady Abbess head ing the nest lot, whilst Regina and Peignoir were the two last. The Port Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 100 cove each, h ft ; for 4-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Sat 71b, T.m.m, 1 mile 7 fur. 158 yards. 11 subs. Baron Rothschild's Giraffe colt, Bst 101 b (Wells) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, Bst 10Ib.. (Edwards) 2 Mr Greville's Anfield, Bst 10lb (H. Grimehaw) Z: Mr IL L. Wigram's Melrose, Bst 101 b.... (G. Fordham) 4 Betting-2 to lon the Giraffe colt, 3to 1 agst Anfield. They ran abreast for about a mile, when Melrose swerved across the course from distress, and dropped a long way in the rear. Upon entering the cords the Giraffe colt came away and won in a canter by two lengths; Anfield was beaten half a length from Jarnicoton, and Melrose beaten off. After the race 1,000 to 10 was laid eget Anfield for the Chester Cup. The Bennington Stakes of 5) soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b ; certain allowances. D.M. 7 fur 210 yards. 12 subs. Baron Roth,child's Tomato, 7st 131 b (3. Daley) 1 Mr Savile's Privateer, Bst 21b (Fordham) 2 Mr Merry's Crisis, 7st I llb • (Hayward) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Tomato, 6to 4 agst Crisis. The trio ran in close company till within a quarter of a mile of the judge, when Crisis dropped away beaten, and an interesting race ensued between the other two,Tomato finally winning by a neck. Crisis was beaten four or five lengths from Privateer. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, la ft, for 2 and 3- yr-olds. Bretby Stakes Course. 6 fur. 7 subs. Baron Rothschild's Amber, 2 yrs, Gat 101 b .. (J Loates) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave Junior, 2 yrs, 7st 71b (Hunter) 2 Mr Preston's Flaneur, 3 yrs, Bst (Perry) 3 Mr W. G. Craven's Practitioner, 3 yrs, fiat 41b (French) 4 Mr Porry's Cripplegate, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (S. Mordan) 5 Betting-9 to 4 agst Amber, 100 to 30 each agst Zouave Junior and Cripplegate, 5 to 1 eget Practitioner, 8 to 1 eget Flaneur. Amber and Cripplegate made play in company for a quar ter of a mile, when Cripplegate dropped back, and Amber took a clear lead, which she maintained and won by three lengths. A bad third, and the others came straggling in. A Sweepstakes of 25 E ova each, 10 It, fur 3 yr-olds ; colts Bst 121 b, fillies Bst 81b; maiden allowances and winners extra. 11.. M. 1 mile 17 yards, Mr Bowes's War Dance, Victoria, Bst 51b (Challoner) w.o. A Plate of f5O for 2-yr and 3-yr-olds ; the winner to be • sold for 500 sous ; if for 100 sovs, allowed 91bs ; if not for sale, to carry Sibs extra. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yards. Mr Alexander's Hurrah, 2 yrs (£100), 6st 12 1b (J. Grimehaw) 1 Baron Rothschild's sister to Breeze, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (including 516 extra) Lord Westmoreland's Wicket, 2 yrs (£100), Est 7tis (Carroll) 3 The following also ran :—Tom Ashworth, General Long street, Whisky, Le Mexicain, and Corsica. Betting-9 to 4 agst Sister to Breeze, 9to 2 agst Hurrah, 6 to 1 each agst Wicket and Toni Ashworth. Sister to Breeze, Wicket, and Hurrah lay in front throughout, Hurrah winning in the last stride by a head. Wicket was beaten three-quarters of a length from Sister to Breeze. Tom Ashworth was fourth, Le Mexicain fifth, Whisky sixth, General Longstreet seventh, and Corsica last. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. There was but a small attendance at the Rooms to-day, and no business worth special remark took place, except the continued advance of the llersoy filly for Chester Cup, 100 to 7 being taken freely about her. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to lon the field offered 8 to 1 agst Sir Roger (offered) 10 to 1 eget Historian (offered) 100 to 9 eget General Peel (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 15 to 1 agat Master Richard (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agat Change (wanted) 11 to 1 eget Little Stag (offered) 100 tc i agst Hersey filly (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Lord %etland (wanted) 100 to 6 agst Muezzin (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Clown (offered) 20 to 1 agat Accident (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Oldnain.ster (taken) 40 to 1 agst My Mary (wanted) THE DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 20 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) 40 to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING.—Tars DAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) 7to 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) Bto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 10 to 1 agst First Flight (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 12 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) 15 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered) 20 to 1 agst Laomedon (taken) CHESTER CUP. , 10 to 1 agst Change (taken) 12 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Clown (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 20 to 1 agat Hersey filly (taken) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 14 to 1 agst Coast Gnarl (taken) 16 to 1 agat Cambuscan (taken) 20 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) YORK SPRING MEETING. TVESDAY, MAY 10, The Flying Dutchman's Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Age F t lb Limosina Flirtation My Mary Borealis . 4 8 2 Brighton Berkeley The Monk a 8 1 Donnybrook 4 8 0 Prince Plausible Anfield Tourist Onesander 4 7 12 Dunkeld 4 7 12 Fantaron Fantail Early Purl , 4 7 10 Manfred 4 7 6 Forfeits to be declared on tl published Ap Age st lb Newmarket Alice Dualla ....... Bonny Bell Stockman Count Cavour Merry Maid 5 6 9 Guardsman Little Stag Bradamante '3 6 5 Loafer Gondola 3 6 2 Mahomet an Goldylocks Vacuna cult Sea Boy • . Lytham 3 5 12 ie 19th of April. Weights •11 13, 10 a.m. RACING FIXTU API rRES FOR. 1864. HIL. Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon Radcliffe Ju Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton .. 15 Odiham Bibury Redditch .. 16 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden 2O Epsom 24 XB Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on-Tyne Worcester (Summer) Ipswich LT. Nottingham . i l9 Winchester Southampton 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon .. 12 Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford lB SEPTI Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster OCT Bedford Northallerton .. Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 1 IRI Dover .. York Augist Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stockton Devon and Exeter Derby ;MBEIL. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 IBER. Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 :MEER. Leaminzton&War.Hunt 22 SH. RIL. I Fethard. . 1 Athlone 26, 27 Ar Kildare Hunt Curragh County Louth 2O, 21 1%1 Springhill 2 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Nenagh lO, 11 Ju Cork Tullamore Tipperary 3O, 31 Curragh. 2B, 29, 30 SEPTEMBER. Curragh 6 , 7, 8 OCTOBER. Curragh lB, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 i7s. 103 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about the same price in London and Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. zgandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1771 to 178 i per cent., and the premium on gold is about 31 percent. At these rates there is no profit on the importationof gold from the United States. The Law Courts at Westminster-hall this morn ing were all occupied with cases, none of which presented the slightest public interest. In the Queen's Bench the case occupying the Court was the legality of some highway rate. In the Exchequer the divergence of a watercourse was under discussion; and in the Court of Common Pleas Mr. O'Malley was engaged in an arrange ment relative to the injury done to certain game preserves by the dog of one of the parties concerned in the suit. THE DISINTERESTED PATRIOT.-A meeting will be held on Tuesday at Stafford House, to consider the ad visability of raising a sum of £50 , 000, to purchase an estate for Garibaldi. The Duke of Sutherland will probably take the chair. APOTHECARIES' HALL.— Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 14th April!—Wm. G. Vawdrey Lush, Wilton, near Salisbury ; George Lamb, Hull ; James T. M'Mahon, Rochester terrace, Camden-town; Andrew Rowan, Sta tion-terrace, Hull; Thomas Claye Shaw, Stockport. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination—Thomas Franklyn Lloyd, Guy's Hospital. TOTAL Loss OF THE BRITISH SHIP SEA CREST.— Intelligence has just been received in Liverpool of the total loss of another fine ship whilst on her maiden voyage. The name of this vessel is the Sea Crest, and was bound from the Mersey to Philadelphia. Everything pro ceeded well until the ship entered the Delaware, where she took a pilot on board, but in consequence of adverse winds she came to anchor. Whilst at anchor the wind increased tole heavy gale, accompanied with a thick blinding snow, and on the evening of the 23d ult. the chains parted, the vessel drove ashore, and together with the cargo became a total loss. The Sea Crest was owned in Liverpool by Messrs. Andrew A. Bryne, and was fully insured. The crew escaped to shore. WINCHESTER COLLEG se—The annual examina tion of candidates for scholarships aid exhibitions at this college will commence on Tuesday, July 12, at nine o'clock a.m. Applications for the form of declaration must be made to J. D. Walford, M.A., College-street, Winches ter, and to him the required certificates must be sent on or before the Ist of June. The subjects of examination are elementary religious knowledge, English dictation, arith metic, Latin composition in verse and prose, construing and parsing in Greek and Latin. The scholarships are open to the competition of all boys who have reached the 10th and not completed their 14th year. The average expenses of a scholar, including all extras, tradesmen's bills, dce. are between £2O and £3O per annum. The exhibitions of the annual value of VO. held by commoners, are open to all boys who are under the ago of 15 years, and are tenable during their stay at the school. The probable number of scholarships to be competed for is about 10 or 12, that of the exhibitors 4 ; and as the number of candidates is usually overwhelmingly large, it is recommended that none should offer themselves who have not attained some profi ciency in the elementary subjects of classical education. GARIBALDI AND MAZZlNl.—Yeaterday a singular device was resorted to in order to conceal the visit to Mazzini on the previous day. The General has been fitted like a royal personage with a "court newsman," whose duty it appears to be to square his acts to some ima ginary standard of propriety. In this record, supplied to the press in common, it was stated that the General, after paying visits in Brompton-crescent and elsewhere, visited "Mr. James France" in Onslow-terraco. The visit thus described was that paid to Signor Mazzini, whose proper name does not once occur in the report. This absurd attempt at concealing a public fact is simply amusing as one of the many illustrations of the attempts so sedulously made to confine Garibaldi's appearances within the forms of gig keeping respectability, —Daily News. NUMBER or ELECTORS.—It appears from a par liamentary paper issued yesterday that the total number of electors for cities and boroughs in England and Wales in 1562-63 was 468,969, and 487,681 in 1863-64. SECOND EDITION, SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT, April 14.—The Germanic Diet this day adopted by a large majority the proposition of the committee relative to the Conference. Baron de Beust was named almost unanimously p;eni. putentiary for the Diet. I.IBT. Frightful Explosion. About half-past son Thursday morning the people of Truro were startled from their slumbers by the shock of en explosion. The cause of the alarm was not long in being cleared up. About 8 o'clock a melancholy cavalcade arrived in 'nut.), with the charred and contused body of a girl named Emma Reynolds, about 20 years of age, who was taken to the Royal C ornwall Infirmary, where it was stated she had been picked up at the new powder works, Bishop's wood, in the parish of St. Allen, about three miles north east of Truro. Mr. Michell, surgeon, at once attended the girl, and found that she was dreadfully burnt all over the body, and had received a compound fracture of the thigh, besides several severe contusions on different parts of the t body, She expired at 1 o'clock. It being stated that another girl named Elizabeth Grose had been picked up dead, crowds of people hurried off to Bishop's -wood to ascertain the nature and extent of the accident. The works have been L recently erected by a company for the manufacture of blast ing powder, and have only been in operation two months. They are situated in the centre of Bishop's-wood, in a val ley through which runs the river Allen, which supplies motive power for the machinery. The situation seems par ticularly marked out for works of this dangerous descrip tion, for the valley is completely shut in by hills, and is distant a mile from any dwelling house. There are 11 sheds scattered over the valley, each one completely isolated, being in no instance nearer than 50 yards to one another. This plan was adopted in order to insure greater safety in case of an explosion occurring. In fact, the greatest atten tion has been paid in the construction of the buildings to the prevention of accidents, and all the improvements which science and experience could suggest were introduced. The business has gradually increased since the commencement of operations, and there are now about a dozen hands employed, but only in the day time, the process of manufacture being entirely discontinued at night, so as more effectually to avoid accidents. A man and boy are employed to watch the premises during the night, and by the rules of the company no other person is allowed to be on the premises. Lately the workpeople had been very busy, and several young women were employed to make cartridges, such as are used in mines for wet blasting. Among these were Elizabeth Grose, aged 24, and Ellen Reynolds, already mentioned. On Wednesday evening they were employed at the extreme end of the works, ina building used for the purpose of the manu facture of moulds for the cartridges. Cartridge paper is stowed in this shed, but no powder, and it is separated from the other sheds by a high embankment. The only houses where powder is kept is the granulating house, which is nearly in the centre of the works, and the drying house. The powder is granulated in a wet state, and after receiving a partial drying by means of steam pipes introduced from the boiler shed, about 40 or 50 yards off, it is removed to the drying house, where alone arty large quantity of powder is stored, there being, according to the statement of Mr Tonkin only from If to 2 cwt. of powder in the granulating bens° on Wednesday evening. The orders to the women were to leave work at twilight, but from some cause or other the two un fortunate girls, Grose and Reynolds, disobeyed the rule on Wednesday night, and remained on the works. When seen by the watchman, he entreated them to•go home, but they said they were afraid to go through the wood. Both girls iived at the vilago of Idless, about a mile from the works. It appears that same time during the night they left the house in which they had been employed, and got into the granulating house, where they had no business whatever, and for which they would have received a severe repri mand from the manager, if they had not been dismissed from their employment. The watchman, named Barmy, was in the charcoal house, standing on a plank, when he was alarmed by a deafening explosion, which raised him from the ground. He was fortunately uninjured, and as soon as he recovered la's presence of mind he hastened to the scene of the disaster, where he found the granulating house a mere heap of ruins, The building was an oblong shed, 45ft by 12ft, the walls being stoutly built of stone, and the win dows made to open with the slightest pressure. The roof was an ordinary one, because an explosion was never anti cipated there, but the roof of the drying-house is very lightly constructed, so as to yield, like the windows, to a mininnint pressure. The roof was completely blown away, and several large trees which surrounded the house were broken and disfigured, the limbs being wrenched off. The walls were levelled to the foundation, the large blocks of stone being scattered about in all directions, but none of them appeared to be carried any great distance. The girl Reynolds, from what can be ascertained, was standing in the doorway at the time of the explosion, and she was blown to a distance of about 20 yards, whore ehe was picked up unconscious. A boy named Lewis Thomas, about 12 years of age, who assists the watchman, was standing near the doorway at the time, and had a most providential escape, being only slightly soorched about the head and face, The remains of the poor girl Grose was not found for some time afterwards, when they were discovered in different places among tho ruins in a frightfully mutilated state. The legs and arms were separated from the body, and the trunk itself was cut clear through just above the hips, and the separate portions were found about six or eight yards from each other, and nearly a dozen yards from the building. The legs and ono arm were also found in different places, but the other arm has not yet been. found, The bone of one of the legs was broken into a pulp, though, singularly enough, the skin was not torn, and the head was crushed to pieces. LONDON GAZE TTE. —L ast Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, Arita, 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Frederic Henry North, now Attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's diplomatic serviee. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 12. The Quee:i has been pleased to approve of Mr. James H. Hunt as Consul at Falmouth for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. C. E Burch as Consul at Cardiff for the United States of America CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 15. MEMBER REV:FINED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR. LIAMENT. Borough of Lancaster—Edward Matthew l'enwick, of Burrow Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esq., in the room of William James Garnett, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's manor of Northsteml, in the county of York. WAlt OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 15. BREVET. Second Captain Henry Clement Swinnerton Dyer, Royal Artillery, to be ➢iajor. COMiIISSIARIAi DEPARTMENT.—Acting Deputy As sistant Commissary-General William J . J. Warnetord to be Deputy Assistant Commissary-General. HONOURABLIC ARTILLERY COMPANY OF LONDON.-- Second Lieutenant Edward Mease to be First Lieutenant, vice Dawes, relieved.—The Commission held by Captain Frederick itiviere is renewed for a further period of five years from 4th March, 1864. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im. portance in the Gazette : Charles Bowman, jeweller, St. John-street-road Thomas Wood, licensed victualler, Great Tower. street Henry Phillip Lyon, house agent, G loucester-st., Pimlico John Ricketts, builder, Everton, Lancashire Joseph Swaine, tailor, Macclesfield Joseph Radford, leather merchant, Bermondsey George Cushen, butcher, Hammersmith Benjamin Abrahams, watchmaker, Norwich John W ashbourn, corn dealer, Hungerford Thomas Freeman, timber merchant, Bermondsey John Marshal Dykes, batter, Stourbridge David Markes, boot and shoe manufacturer, Birnsinghanl Course of the Exchange.--Yesterday. tnisterdam ... Short. 11 16 11 1 6i Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 11 19! Antwerp •• .. 25 '45 25 60 Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 n 13 8 Paris .. Short. 25 17t 2.5 22/ Ditto Marseilles .......... 25 55 25 60 Frankfort on Maine.. 1191 119 i Vienna ............ 11 sO 11 90 Trieste ............ 11 80 11 90 Peter*burgh Berlin — Madrid ..• 481 4Sa Cadiz Leghorn — 25 621 25 671 Milan — 25 6'2i 25 6i4 Genoa 2.5 69 7 .5 67+ Naples - 25 70 Palermo — 25 65 25 70 Messina Lisbon - 62 24 Oporto...- • —52 i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... S i l 17 o Mexican Dollars .............. Silyer in Bars (Standard) .... ............... 0 0 0 HENRY IRETON AND BRIDGET CROMWELL.-- The following extract from the ancient register of marriages in the parish of Holton, near Oxford, is an historical memo randum which has never been publicly noticed before : " 1646.—\Veddings. Henry Ireton, Commissary General to Sir Thomas Fairfax, and Bridget . . ~ daughter to Oliver Cromwell, Leftenaunt general' of the horse to the said Sir Thomas Fairefa x, were married by Mr. Dell in the ti Lady Whorwood her house in Holton, June 15, 160." G NirsFßitoMis unauesonably true that ABROAD—.Th ethe N ew Y or k ii c E r a s i ti isLISI i% I assured T E that heir to the Prince of Wales has but three fingers on one of his hands; and this is taken to indicate that in the next reign but one the British nation will be shorn of some im portant member of the kingdom. The report is but a ver sion of the old joke that " the Prince has not all his fingers on one hand," by conic one too stupid to seo it, 13.14. 4.18.4 12.10 47 I