The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

N E-Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There Is no perceptible change in the general condition o the money market, the inquiries which are steadily eustain•-d being met at the quotations which have now been current for some days past. At 3i to 4 per cent. first-class bills are readily nego tiable, and the Bank authorities are still securing a very fair proportion of the securities brought for ward by the trading classes. About £25,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The yearly meeting took place to day of the Go vernor and Company of Copper Miners in England, Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., presiding, The report sta.ed that the operations of the company within the year ending 24th January last had resulted in a further loss of £5,014 ss. 61. This result was attributable to unsettled and over-supplied markets, and consequent excessive competition. The long period of depression had proved the power of the company to compete wi-h similar undertakings without sustaining material damate,and there could be little doubt that it would ultimately secure an .1 -, Equivalent for the unproductivenes - it had so many years borne. The liabilities of the company con- 2 tinned small, and the limited sum realised in the past year had been carried to the credit of capital and expenditure account. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, and stated that the losses sustained during the year was about £5,000. An amendment was, however, proposed to the effect that the directors withhold their claim for remune ration till the return of a more prosperous condi tion of the company's trade. The report, after a short and rather angry discussion, was adopted. The biddings for 6,000,000 rupees (1600,000) in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were-to Cal cutta, 3,060,000 rupees ; to Bombay, 2,400,000 rupees ; and to Madras, 34,000 rupees. The de clared minimum price was as before, ls. 111 d. per rupee on Calcutta, and 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The app ieatious within the limits were for about 110 I.cs. Tenders on Calcutta at ls. 114 d will be allotted in full, on Bombay will receive about 17 per cent, and shove that price in full on Madras at 2s, will receive in full. All bills paid for at the Bank before twelve o'clock to-d,-y might be claimed this afternoon, so as to be in time for the mail leav ing on Good Friday. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under :- 1863. 1862. h Great Western £54,594 £50,460 to orth- Western South-Western Brightonl6,l79 13,823 2 Midland - ;-outh-Eastern .. Great Northern pneashire and Yorkshire 31,230 28,824 Bristol and Exeter North Eastern 40,359 37,041 Great Ristt•tri North British Edinburgh and Ulasg Grand Trunk ot Canada These returns are, in most instances, of a. very satis factory character. On the Great Wester:: there is an increase of £4.134; on the North Western, of £8,399; on the South Western, of £5,199; on the a' Brighton, of £2,356; on the Midland, of £3,946; on the South Eastern. of £1,929; on the Great 1 Northern, of £3 417 ; th e L ancas hi re and Y orkshire, of £2.406 ; the North Eastern, of £3 318; the et Great E %stern, of £2,422 ; and the Grand Trunk ot Canada, £6,382. Two o'CLocx. At Paris this day, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were (19t. 75c. A meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of .4' Wates was held to-day, to enable the directors to explain the policy they had pursued, and to refute certain all-ged imputations respecting their con duct. Mr. W. J. Johns occupied the chair, and Si entered into an elaborate statement, which at its conclusion gave such entire satisfaction, that a vote of confidence in the directors was moved by Mr. Stern, wno presided at an adverse meeting of the proprietors yesterday. It was stated that as soon us the call was paid up several branch establish ments .would be opened in South Wales and opera tions immediately commenced. No alteration has been made to-day in the mini mum rate of discount. The Funds have continued dull, but owing to a few purcnat.es, rather more firmness is apparen•. Conso a are 921 for trotiey and the Bth, awl, 921 tor May. Specuottion continues very inactive. Ihe New Threes and Reduced Annuities are steady at 91 and Exchequer Bills continue firm at sto 2 disi - townt. India Stock brought 230, and the 5 per Cell!. Loan is well sustained at 1081 ; and the 5 per C: nt. Enlaced P„per at 106-1. The Bonds have improved to 134. and 16,4. ptem. There is le,s fluctuation and speculative business in the Foreign Market ; o-day. Greeks have receded to 271 28 ; Cit to Coupons remain at 121,- 131 Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862. are 691 70 ; ditto Consolides, 4' ; 701 e ; E4yplian, 97 98 ; Moorish, 931 ; Grenada, 144 I; Peruvian, 87k ; Por tuguese, 471 ; Russian, 952 96 ; Sp an i s h P as sive, 28tl a; ditto Certificates, 10; Confederate Loan has theiined to 11 die. In the Railway Share Market th< operations have been more animated, and prices, generally, have tended upwards. South Eastern and Great E.siern have improved 55.; London and Biackwall and London and Brighton, 155.; and Great Northern A Stock, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue without any material altera'ion in values. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show, in some inbtances, rather more firmness. The shares of the New Theatre Comp ny (Limited) have been dealt in this day at 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 921 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuiti es India Stock 230 Ditto 5 per Cent , ........ 108/ 1 1 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Thtto 5 per Cent D I- otitis t. I .tiot) Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Apiil 8 921 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 5 2. die Ditto 1,500 Ditto Small 5 2 die FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent so ogee ... atto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Egyptian 7 pet Cent 97 8 Greek 5 per Cent , 1824-5, ex-Coup 'us — Ditto Account 29 81 1 71 Ditto Coupons.. Moorish Imperial 5 per lent IsT,iw Granada.... Ditto Deferred it Pe 11 1, 1 ,- 14 3 / 4 per Cent. Ditto 4t per Cent ~ 1862 Ditto Account 871 7 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Dit to 1862 Russian 5 per Cent. , 1822, £ St. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sa titian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account _ ..... ~. Sp finish 3 per Cent Ditto Account .......... 534 lY:toi t'ss.iye Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... 10 !Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ;t-i(i Account 6Bi 8 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 2 Ditto Ace,unt ... . • Venezuela, 3 per Cent ; )itto Acuoant Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 s9i 1 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. OUT() Act:Mint.. TWO O'CLOCK C:msols, Money Ditto Account 92i llay B,:tt lenient The Price of Gold. The quotation 01 gold at Paris is about 6 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22 i per Cl sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 his, :06d. per ounce tor standard gold, it appears that gold Is n arty 2-I Gills 1 er cent. dea er in London than in Paris. kidvices from Hamburg the price ot gold is 4‘4 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.1 per £1 sterling. tandard Yold at the English Mint price is, therefore, ebout 5-1;311s per cent. dearer in Lonitoii than in Hamburg the coil's,' 01 exchange at New York on London for bills it days' is about 171 per cent., and the premium on gold is 55; per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the I mportation of gold from the United States. SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDINAEN SHARES AND STOvb Railways. Paid.' Closing ' Businesm Price. I done. 8 81 7 8 85 87 112 113 112 k 611 7 40 i 2 13 14 Bfl 88 167 109 49 50 45 47 24 25 1201 124 120 122 134 136 101 103' 661 rof ICBI 1( 81 7, 76 114 115 39 40 97i 98 10 10 44 45i 121 121 12.1 2/ 1} 14; , *JI V 3 50 51 24 25 981 9,1 541 6 54 85i 61 116 118 1 14 16 Hit 11} 14 119 121 42 43 98 100 48 t 32 33 91, 921 e 7 t 9 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 to 0 7 1 7 1 I) 149 151 4 5 vi 3} p 79 St 150 160 28 30 43 44 37 39 99 101 SESSIONS. Price. 62 64 106 ifi7 1 1 P 4i biP 70 8 1( 5 )k 7 6 7 107 8 1( 8 1} 1p 19i 0 63 f,6 8 51 54 57 42 5 :-8 42 33 76 21 27 20 22 107 a UN I 1 105 1(1 :1 3 8 74 IV) 1 , 2 93 5 ip 105 99 i 0 95 7 47 49 3 “21 2 1 ,7 8 1 , 5 114; 4 in I's} I:6i 99 tot :hare. 3.14. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. iMythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter ,t 'Caledonian iO (;o: , , alio Bandon Korn wa I ' t o A .11/4 IQ Do. B hll lipc.panmas been paid to B. SO IDublin & Belfast June. 25 I oun.,Perth,&Ab. June. st ;Edinburgh & Glasgow. l at Glasg. and S. Western.' jt Great Eastern, Ord. at k 1 st Ditto A stock 1 st Ditto East Anglian at; st GreatNorthof Scotland 1 at Great Northern at Do A stock at Do B do st Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western ...... it Do Str Val gua. stock A iLancashire & Yorkshire) A !Loudon and Blackwal' it 'Lon., Bright.,ls S. Coast, it Lon., Chat., and Dover It Lon. & North Western It ,Lon. & South Western 4t Illan ., Shet, St Lincoln 10 Maryport and Carlisle 12i Do t shares 10 Aletropolitan 41 Midland 4.0 Do New . . , t Do Birming. & Dert) CO ,Xlid Gt. W. of Irelso.i L_Do..t. shares ;15 Mid Kent 0 Do Cray Line at !North British 3t lEdin., Perth, & Dundee al INth. Eastern Ilerw 25 I Do, G.N.E. purchas , at I Do Lecda at I Do York at Do Carlisle 1 8 t North London I I Do New 16.4INorth Staffordshire .. it, IN. and S. %V. Junction at ;Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Sent. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Weichpool at 'Shropshire Union at ;South Devon st South Eastern 4South Wales At 'S. York. and River Dun 20 .;taines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C I Ulster th Do 10 Do -0 Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny st West Cornwall st R . Hartlepool Har.&R st West Midland Oxford st Do Newport st Do Hereford BRITISH Pi dui IWRVB atlantic c't St Lawrerm, ,tom.,Baroda.t.Cent ln[ Gu. 5 per cent.. n Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... tiutlaiu duo La), ilur"t 'll , Do. Preterunce .. • • • 00 1 & 3lltlalo,Brant,Godriel ) p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1 ,- * 0 , 00. do. July 1, P. 00 •,,[. • ' .;• i . ;.lr4t oel ••+1 s-1 , - EaAtn. Bengal ru. S r • 1 , 4.1 Ind an. gm. 5 p. 20 i )o. do. 11 Ext..... 20 Do. do. H do. °es: Grand Prunk ot I`,Ans.(l. hf [ Ist . Bonds. 00 Do. co. net erred-- o[[ .n. -d Pro Bon 5.. 100 D.). do d ter ed...... ,00 uo. 3d P ef. stock 1 0 0 Do. do. d ler r d.... 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o k 100 Do. uo deter'', d...... 100 1, Gt•lndial'eniu.gua. s p.c 20 Do. New gua. sy,c. • Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lit, uaranteed 5 per eel' , 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shan 204 Do. New .. 00 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't 54 r . c. do. '77-8.. 10 radian Branch Limited ut , Madras guar., sp. e. • • o. i Do. p. 0. Extensio , 1'.C.4• do.. 20 DO: Fifth Extension. ,t,„( tm )ielb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. llor[g. ~ wilt On AWICK A. 'las- A ,n 1 B. NT.lll.C'dail pc Ist )1 bd , klSoinde ....•• •• • • Delhi )o. do )o. Punlaub /0. Do. •• •• •• ?deg ), . n.ins.St. Flo.) Paid, 100 ' 100 S J I 2 110 It ; I; 106 j log 8! 105! 99 COLONIAL (ioVERNMEN't 3indn est. don. ok p.c.J a I.ltU - 1877-S1 Do. e p. c. Feb. & ' Do. Bp. c. Mar. & SPT , - Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stock :ape G. liope, p c,187. Do.Ap Oct& 188 1 I Do. 18S I Do. Jan. & July, 1841. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p itiug 1 per cent .. Na a G V. 6 i.er cent . \ I Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oc, N. S.W. Gov. p :Os Do. 5 p. k to 1 • - Do. d0.,1888 &upwdk New Zealand 6 p - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. ster:lnv, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. e Gep.e.1876.& up Vle.Gov. p.c. ,j, L eaui, Do. in inn. D .40),t, • toei 1071 t 5 .i 7 5 1 , ,7 95 95 07 .C 9 11l 113 115 114 116 112 114 111 112 111 112 1)6 107 101 102 101;1 101 i 104 1612 au 112 Wei 104 1 113 ;11 113 108 110 08i 1041 RIZTTISII 2 I ;arnbrian Consol. Goldl 1 11 5 m - 'ord Amalgamated..l •.‘0 22 G.Cou..Clavist. 1 515 :' , 25 - Ilatsisett(lllozan 78 62 1 last Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. Id k! , - 14:a.t Usradou 424 434 41 24 Carn Brea - 10 . A"litLlSSQl(Tavistk 7.19.0 4; 44 - t3 am.dzSt..Aubyn(Gwen I 57, 14 16 14 - reat South ' ( 'olgus l7t 44 54 I - Wheal Vor(Helston 10 6s 7 - !Grenville— .......... 51 51 I erod's- f00t....... :linfr,ston Downs .4. 7.0 2 24 Lady Bertha ‘l4rgaret (tiny Lel u 34 31 -Clarke Valley.. 4 , t,' iv Iron nr , (Lien 2l, 1 A - New Setun •• 1 9i '3O 140 - North Downs - 24 3 (111 t, ; ;C - , !•17,i 4 o -• •rth Wheal Crotty . 5 6 'ar Consols (St. Blazes I,', 4s 54 110 - rovidenee(Uny Leint. 10. t ,.% 2 44 - Squth Caradon(St-Cleer 300 400 3974 - S. Care Brea (l llogan) 5.15 ' 3 4 -- %Vheai loran. (Illott - si , 16.1 is 874 924 Stray Park 5 l'arnar Silv.& Lead Min. 4; I 1 to Pin Crott ') 22 23 224 eat Basset (Mogan , l4 i 2 13 Carzdon (Liskearit 5 32 34 Nest Seto ... (... 474 ,65 275 IXli t s al Basset Mogan 75 80 - heal Buller( Redrutl, 5 10 65 N heal Kitty (U.Lelant 2.0.6 Theal Lud ott ‘l , -uvAnn(Men 15i 164 - Wheal Setun 584 245 1:55 Tr, ~ s-oe, . l7 18 Wheal Union 3.17 5 54 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 1034 ancashire and Yorkshire per cent. stock, 1364 ISLciland, Leicester ind Hilehin 4 per it., At South Wales, gua. 4i per cent., 1859, 101 PItk_II , EnENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pt., 1034 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Hull nd Selby, 110 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 4 Great Luxembourg, i 54 Sambre and 51euse, II 1 ' San l'atuo ;Um), gua. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto (all), 231 FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, 1 Poi t United llt•xican (Ilia ), Yudanamutana of S. Australia (Rm.), 4 3/ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ABABalrulinsitakii:aho a ncc as}i ß , .dgryA 7m.ti,i .z 4 America k p of eBa London and Liver i, oo 1 (lien.), 234 8 g Ekcchange (Jim.), Si Chartl-onize:snr:ceotdiß, andan k of Australianin di Australia , Chartered, d2o China, i rte . red Bank of Australia, 28 74 and Colonial (Rm.', 34 Lon I l s ll te li t r m7 n 7. ( ), l (lira.), 1 London a nd nnuit Westminster,l sse South African, t . .13 ) A • vat 4 e can, 274 113 ( 11 :t ei t dt o ri n; nP a "d n t u n k k r( n : 11 •) : 52 MISCELLANEOUS. Union of Australia, Crystal (1 33 per cent, perpetl. deb., 113 Joint sto, k Discount, 2 4 National Discount Company a ims, North British Australasian, 84 Oriental Inland Steam (limo, 74 6,1 Peel River Land and Mineral, 52 ) Peninsula and U iental Steam, new, 48 Rio de ,Janeiro CPy Improvements (I nn. ) (x 2), 34 Nan Diemen's Laud. 144 A WINDFALL.—At a elle of old naval stores 1 ~ 111,11 !(,: - .1( pi -c- ,t ifitiibovviinr, a few days since, a wfm.aa residing nn the island purchased an old sailor's ko.ket for a snitylsiini. On oetminin , the article she found concealed in the lining two £5 Bank of England notes and a bank order for £9O. The order appears to be genuine, and as no claimant has or is likely to turn up for the money she will proh3h y reap nll the advantage of her good for tune. ;.:on,iderable disspp -in:inent was occasioned by the discovery io .n Alcor bidder for the article, who had kept up a spirited contest with the purchaser, and who had only been outbid by ad.—Cork lifrald. 107 61 974 i tall ) all 5 I'J all all all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 10)1 100 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—LThis Day. MANSION-HOUSE, DOMESTIC FELICITY.—Mrs. Welch, of High-street, Aldgate, appealed in answer to a summons taken out against her by her husband on account of her using threatening language towards him. Alderman Waterlow (addressing defendant)—Can't you settle these disputes without coming here P Defendant—Settle 'era I of course we could—he's just as bad as I am. His temper's awful. Complainant— The fact is, your w rship, I've settled our disputes a great many times, but it is all of no use. I've been compelled to take out this summons as I go in fear of my life. Alderman Waterlow—What I from defendant? Complainant—Yes, your worship, I am afraid she 11 do for me some of these days. She has often threatened to do so. The occasion of which I now complain is not the first time she has taken up a knife to me. Alderman Waterlow—Well, I suppose I must hear what you have to say ? Complainant —A few days ago I was occupied up at the top of my house hanging some paper, when I heard a row below. I didn't take notice of it, because I'm used to that sort o' thing. I shortly afterwards heard my son call out " Look out, father, she's got a knife," and then I saw my wife coming up-stairs towards me with a knife concealed under her apron. This is the one s prt ducing a white handled dinner knife) I calls out to her to stop, but she didn't take notice of that, and then I said "If you come another step nearer me, I'll knock you down like a bullock." Alderman Waterlow—That was exceedingly affectionate on your part. (Laughter.) Complainant—Well, she c.mnes up and takes out the knife, and says "Now, you'll either cut my throat or I'll cut you'rn" (leughter) and that's what I complain of. Defendant—l used them words I'll admit, but he's not told you the whole o' the story, sir. Why, he attempted to throttle m (Laughter.) The Chief Clerk —Then you plead guilty to the charge of using threatening language against him. Defendant—Well, if you call that threatening lan guage I must say I did use the words. Alderman Waterlow—l must bind you over to keep the peace towards him. Defendant—Oh I I'll keep the peace towards him if he'll keep the p ace towards me. (Laughter.) Alderman Waterlow—You must find a surety to become bound with yourself. You can do that, l suppose? Defen. ant—Yes ; but what are you going to do with him, he attempted to throttle me, Alderman Waterlow—We have nothing to do with that now. If he threatens you you can bring him here, and if he pleads guilty he will be punished. I bind you over with one surety in the sum of Li to keep the peace towards your husband for three months. Defendant—lV'e nob , dy here at present, but I'll get some one I dare say, I can do that Alderman Waterlow—Very well, when the surety is com ple ed you will be discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UTTERING A FALSE ORDER ON THE NATIONAL BANK. .John Charles Barrett, formerly a clerk at the National Bank, Old Broad .street, City, was charged before Mr. Knox with defrauding Mr. hobert Brasier, keeper of din ing-rooms at 347. Oxford-street, of the sum of £l5 7s. 4d., by means of a false order on the National Bank, Old Broad••street, City. Mr. Brasier said that on the 11th of March the pri sener wrote the or er on the Nation•A Bank for the sum of £l5 7e. 4d.. and signed it " S. B. Mansfield," that being the name the pri,oner went by at his house. The prisoner's bill came to £l4 odd for lodging, &c. On the order being presented as the bank it was found that no person of the name had an account at the bank. Mr. Win. Clark Dixon, ledger-keeper at the National Bank, said that no per-on of the name of "J. B. Mans field" had an account at the bank. _ . Dawson, 30, said he ook the prisoner into custody at Park-crescent, Clapham, and on telling him that it was for uttering a false order to Mr. Brasier, he replied that it could not be false, as he had writren a letter to the bank, and given it to Mr. Brasier himself to post. The prisoner said that he looked upon the matter simply as a debt, and meant to pay the money as soon as he could. Mr. Dixon said the prisoner had previously been a cler in the bank. Prisoner now said that he intended to pay the money, Mr. Knox remanded him. WESTMINSTER. POVERTY AND CRIME,—Gorge Janus, a miserable lo l ing boy, 14 or 15 years of sge, was charged with unlaw fully breaking a pane of glass at the workhouses of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Wes minster, York street. John Best, the porcer, said —B t.ween six and seven last night the prisoner came to the hou.e and applied for a night's lodging. I had so many in that I could not accom modate him, when he said that if he did not get a night's lodging there he would at the station. He waited a little while, and then taking up a stone threw it through a pane of glass. Mr. Selfe—Was the casual ward qui e lull ? Witness—lt was. Mr. Selfe—How miny does it hold? Witness—Twenty-four, but it has often two or three more in. Defendant—l stood there a long while, and I only counted a dozen tickets giv,n out, so I thought there was room. Witness—l gave twelve, and the relieving officer had given the remainder, which filled the place. Mr. Selfe—ls it full every night ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Selfe—Do you turn away people every night ? Witness—Nearly. Mr. Selfe —Then it ought to be bigger. Are there no means of increasing the numbers ?—no possibility of making fu•. ther accommodation. Witness—l don't know anything about that. That is all the Board of Guardians direct us to take in. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—What have you to say ? Prisoner—Nothing. Mr. Selfe—Where do you belong ? Prisoner—l came from Dartford yesterday, and was going to Barnet. Mr. Selfe —You cannot be permitted to break the law. You are committed for seven days. THAMES. DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—A foreigner. named Henry Smeat, aged 27 years, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with stealing a large quantity of property from the shop and warehouse f James Peter Davidson and another, outfitters, No. 6, Limehouse- causeway. The prisoner waited on the prosecutors a few nights since and represented himself as au homeward-bound sailor and in want of a mai ectable lodging. His appearance and plausible manner imposed on Messrs. Davidson and Co., and are °in WAS assigned to him in the house. He went to his apartment with a light,and it was supposed he had gone to bed. On the following morning he was missing, and it was ascertained that the shop had been broken into and a large chest, and the following property stolen. Eight jackets, 2 (toots, 16 pairs of trousers, 11 Guernsey frocks, 32 shir a, 12 silk hAnderchiefs, 15 caps, 3 billycock hats, 1 scarf, 1 p tir of boots, and a cheat . The value of this pro perty was upwards of £5O, dud it is supposed the prisoner had an accomp'ice who helped him to carry away the pro perty from the house The prisoner did not. take any pre cautions to conceal himself or the property after the robbery. He was taken into custody in Ratcliff highway by Howard French, a police-constable, 250 K, who charged him with plundering .tlessis. Davidson and Co. The prisoner re plied, I have taken nothing. Etch thing he had on his person consisting of 2 coats, 3 shirts, cap, braces, trousers, waistcoat, nectie, and boots, belonging to the pro ecutors. .Ir. Davidson said, the prisoner was actuali wearing my own boots, which I left iu the kitchen Police- Sergeant Dillon, 19 K, went to a coffee house where the prisoner had hired a lodging, and there found the prose cutor's chest and a considerable portion of the stolen pro perty. Th s prisoner had employed various pars as to pawn other things, including a suit of clothes for 16s. About one half of the stolen property was still missing. The pri soner said he had left many things at a house iu Westmin ster, but he knew not the name of the street. In answer to Mr. Wsolrycb, the prosecutors said the prisoner told them he came from Liverpool to London to join a ship here. Mr. Woolrych—The most valuable portion of the pro ' perty has not been recovered. "The prisoner is remanded for a week. ALARMING FIRE THIS DAY. A fire, which at one time threatenel the immediate de struction of a great number of houses, broke out this morning in the Kew-road, near Richmond. The fire broke out in the premises No. 8, occupied by Mr. Terry, harness maker, but in a short time, as th© houses were constructed principally of wood, the conflagration spread very rapidly right and left, and the house of Mr. Davies, No. 7, next took fire. Mr. Shupton's promises, No. 6, next fell a prey to the finites, and those of Mr. Taylor, No. 5, soon shared the same fate. Every exertion had been made to extinguish the fire up to this moment, but withcut suc cess, when fortunately some of the engines belonging to the London Fire Brigade arrived, and having been brought into play the flames were confined to the four houses above mentioned, but th,y were nJt finally extinguished before the most serious damage was doge to the tour adjoining. Of course such a cot& tgration in so retired a neighbour hood caused the greatest consternation, and had it not been for the timely arrival of the fire engines the destruction of property must have been very large. OXFORD AND CAM BR ID GE R ACQUET M ATCHES. — The singl e College, for C am b ridge, and Mr. Walker, of Brasenose Col match betwe e n M r . Ai ns li e, o f P em b ro k e lege, lOr Oxford, was pia) ed yesterday at Prince's Club. Toe first ga me was vvyn by Mr. Walker, and the next three by Mr. Ainslie, the match being thus decided in favour of Cambridge 1201 111 121 65 i f I 751 114 9i 101} 1 12i I 92; 92 i 1081 i I Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (2,EZTEIeB TELEGRA3I.) LIVERPOOL, April 2. Sales of the week, 48,670 bales ; 8,710 on spec., 10,900 for export. Quotations—Fair Orleans, 25 ; Mobile, 241; Upland, 24; Estimated Middling Orleans, 22 ; Mobile, 21? ; Upland 21. Stock, 382,820 bales. Imports of the week, 24,015. Prices of Surats 1 higher. Sales to-day about 7,000 bales. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 45s 4d ; barley, 36s 5d ; oats, 21s 2d ; rye, 32s 4d ; beans, 3is 4d ; and peas, 36s sd. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 45s 9d ; barley, 36s 7d ; oats, 21s 7d ; rye, 33s 6d; beans, 35s lld ; peas, 36s 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 74,872; barley, 41,275; oats, 13,115; rye, 69; beans, 4,376; peas, 625 qrs, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here to-day was limited, and chiefly the refuse of Nlonday. The demand for all breeds, however, ruled heavy, at previous currencies. The best Scots sold at 4s 8d per 81bs. Amongst the supply were several bullocks bred in Switzerland ; but their quality was very middling. They were imported via Rotterdam. Sheep were in modera'e supply and heavy request, at a fu ther decline of 2d per 81bs. Downs, in the wool, realised his ad ; out of the wool, 4s 8d ; and shorn Lincelna, 4s 6d per 81bs. The show of lambs was moderately g od. In the early part of the morning, the lamb trade was active, at Monday's currency, but the arrival of upwards of 500 head from the Isle of "W ight, produced heaviness in the demand and a slight reduction in prices, which ranged from 6s 8d to 8s per 8 lbs. Calves, pigs, and mulch cows moved off heavily, at late rates. Per Sib. to sink the oltal. s. d s d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 4 IPrimecrs-wool d 0.4 8 6 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 101Prae. S' thdown d 0.5 6 5 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Large arse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 8 Large hogs 3 6 4 2 Second quality do. 810 4 6 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Lambs, 6s d to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 10s to 202 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 28s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows lO5 • Sheep Sheep .... ( Calves 9,750 i . C a l ve s Pigs 270? NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is moderately extensive, and the trade rules inactive, ac follows : Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Nliddling do. .. 34 3 6 Prime do .. 44 4 6 Frime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal . . 3 10 4 6 Do. small do. .. 310 4 0 Small pork .. 4 4 4 8 Large pork 3 6 4 2 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. For nearly all kinds of bops we have to report a steady demand, and previous quotations are well supported. Fo reign parcels continue to arrive somewhat freely. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of 'Cents Sussex Belgian Bavarian American 7ss to 86s ~ ME AT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, April - I.—The supplies of stock were tolerably extensive, end the trade ruled heavy, at drooping prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 6d; mutton, 3s ioe to 5s 8d ; lamb, 7s to 7s 6d ; veal, 4s 81 to Se Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April I.—Each kind of stock moved off heavily as follaws : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 2s 6d to be 8d ; lamb, 7s Od to 7s 10d ; veal, 4s 4d to 58 Od ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 12s to 19s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 28s; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. '4MITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 10a; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. _ . . Cu TA HE RLAlow hay, £2 28 to £4 ss; elovey do., £3 10s to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. Hll ECHAPEL.—Meadow bay, £2 Os to £1 Os; clove) do., £3 lOs To £5 10- ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 16s per load. Supply good. COAL erioeot of Coal per Ton a. .ARKET, the close of the m arket. s. d. Bates'sWest Hartley ..14 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . . .14 9 Carway and DulTryn Malting Lambert's West Hart ley l4 9 Davison's West Hart -14 9 ley ranlield Moor Butes l2 0 alker Primrose 11 6 North Pelton Gas 13 3 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 le,den Main 14 6 Wylam 15 6 Walls End. Haswell Hetton .. 16 6 Cassop Riddell. . . Hartlepool l6 0 South Hartlepool 14 9 Br?ddytl'a Hetton 15 3 Wharneliffe l3 9 Tunstail 1 li elloe South 1 elloe l5 0 Russel's Hetton 15 0 Gosforth l3 6 Whitworth Reugh l49ll 14 6 .It, 91; sold, 47. Ships at marks SHIPPING—This Day. day at noun—North; Sailed—Congress, LONDON, April 2.—Wind this lig A h i t A b ß r y ee p z o e ß , T an , d A e p ir r c i e l ed l i . lg wi ly i fi n n d e w s r . f. for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April I.—Wind S .E.—Arrived— Flying Foam, from London, and sailed for Pernambu co; Eag le, for Rio Grande. PILL, April I.—Wind calm , __s a iled—Lady Seymour, for Quebec. CLYDE, April I. Arrived—lsabella, from St. Kitt's ; St. Andrew, from New York. Sailed —Lady Byron, and Marion, for Quebec. HULL, April I.—Arrived Melito, from San Francisco. Sailed—Whila, for Montreal. (BY MAGNETIC GA.v n s T E E:: Tru ' rday Morni ng . Arrived—Jane and Stag, from Brussels ; Downs, from Dental° ; Water Sprite, from St. Michaels; Neptune, from Havre ; Happy Return, from Antwerp. Sailed—Tartar (steamer), for Lisbon. DEAL , Thursday Morning. Passed—Hartley from London, for Mirawichi. JENNY LlND.—Madame Lind-Goldschmidt will sing at St. James's-hall, Piccadi ll f , on Frida y evenin g , May Ist, in aid of the Royal Ho s p ital for Incurables at Putney, the performances consist in g of Handel's cantata, " L'Allegro" and " I 1 Pensieroso," snd will include among the solo singers besides the Swedis h Nightingale (Madame Lind-Goldschmidt) Madame Leramens- Sherrington, Miss Livcelles, Mr. Montem Smith, and Mr. W. H. Weiss; the conductor being Mr. Otto Goldsohmidt. NORTH-EASTERN RAILIV.AI.—The passenger train from Thirak to Mahon ran off the line on Tuesday morning, near the Pillmore junction. The train was not travelling fast at the time, and the accident did not result in injury to any one. The line vas blocked for about two hours. _ _ . ---- - DISCOVERY OF A NTIQUITIeS.—In draining ope rations at Upsall, in the North Riding, about 30 copper coins of the Roman Consuls have been found in one field. The major part have the name Carausius very legible, ruund a crowned head. The wipe wrre about 4ft. below the surface, and three or four ancient implements of iron,were also found. About 30 years ago a curious cup was ploughed up in the same field. All the above are now in possession of the lord of the manc,r, Captain Turton At Sherburn, near Scarborough, last week, also during drain age works, two ancient bronze speAr-heads or battle-axes were also found. Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Evelyn pro duced plans which, if carried out, would have made London one of the handsomest cities in Europe. In Sir Christopher's plan the public offices would have encircled the Royal Exchange; the pnbli I halls would have been situated on a noble terrace on the banks of the Thames; and in front of St. Paul's would have been a fine area with piazzas. In Fleet-street broad streets would have radiated from another open space. The streets of the City would have been straight and wide, and relieved by open spaces, and London• bridge would have been approached through a spacious and handsome circus. Sir John Evelyn's plan was somewhat similar, but the embankment was omitted, and open places with fountains were conspicuous features Neither of these plans, however, was adopted; and though the city was rebuilt, "to the astonishment of Europe," in the short space of four years, yet the streets were really as narrow and tortuous as ever ; the principal buildings mostly occupied the old sites, and the grandest opportunity ever presented for rearing a magnificent city was lost through the prejudice and obstinacy of the municipal authorities. — Emerson's London. The Czas of the 22d says :—" A Pole named Kra- 1 enski has been sentenced to receive 500 blows from a stick before being shot. The order was executed at Warsaw itself. The unfortunate man passed between the ranks of 600 soldiers, and received the appointed number of strokes. Atter this terrible infliction, not being able to stand or to lie down, he supported him self against the wall, being enveloped in his cloak. His mother obtained permission to see him immediately after this barbarous scene, but he was so much disfigured that see did not recognise him. Taking him for a stranger, she asked him which way she must go in order to see her son. The only response of the untappy man was to open his cloak and show his lacerated body. Two hours later Krasuski wan allot.", a. d. SPORZ :GENCE. CARDIFF ME El IN GE.-WEDNESDAT. BY ELECTRIC TELEGARPH. The Prince of Whles's Stakes (handicap) of 5 sots - (ach, with 50 added ; winners extra. About one and a quarter. Mr. Holman's Zingari, 6 re, 7st 121 b .... (J. Holman) 1 Mr. Saxon's Sweet Willie, 3 yrs, 6,t (J. Grimsbaw) 2 Mr. Saunders's Mountain Doe, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Holland) 3 Betting-2 to lon Sweet Willie. Won by three quarters of a length ; a bad third. The Hurdle Race (handicap) of 6 sovs each, with 30 added ; winners extra; gentlemen riders; jockeys 71b extra. About two miles. Mr. Holman's Butte: fly, aged list (including 71b extra) (J. Holman) 1 Mr. Andrews's Weasel, aged, 10st 51b (includ. 71b ex.) (Sly) 2 Mr. Powell's Biscuit, aged, 9st 71b Betting-7 to 2on Butterfly, and 4to 1 agat Weasel. Won by twelve lengths. _ The Volunteer Cup, for Cardiff Cavalry Volunteers. About two miles. Safeguard Baldcote Little Charley 3 Crab 4 Molly Bond 0 Betting—Even on Safeguard, and 4 to 1 each agst Molly Bond and Little Charley. Won by a length and a half; two lengths between second and third; a bad fourth. The Hack Stakes (handicap) of 2 sovs each, with 25 added, heats, about one mile, was won by Deception, beat ing eight others. CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 2 aget Physalis colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Attaman (taken) 12 to 1 agst Canace (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 12 to 1 agat Oberon (taken) 16 to 1 agst Merry Maid (takes) 40 to 1 aget Misfortune (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) Bto 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) 100 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 10 to 1 agat Hospodar (taken) 15 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Melrose (Taken) 30 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 100 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDNESDAY. There were only a few outsiders touched upon for the City and suburban Handicap. The business was almost confined to the Newmarket Handicap and the Two Thou sand Guineas—for the former nothing was backed but the Physalis colt, about whom 3 to 1 was taken, the highest tiller at the close being 100 to 40. For the Guineas, 100 to 40 was freely taken about Hospodar, finishing at 2 to 1 (offered). Although 100 to 10 was several times taken about Saccharometer, 10 to 1 was offered bar one. Closing prices : NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Physalis colt (wanted) 10 to 1 bar one (offered) 16 to 1 agst Man at Arms (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS, 100 to 40 agst Hospodar (Laken and wanted 10 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken and offered) 10 to 1 bar one (offered) 40 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 50 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Garde►ler (wanted) 40 to 1 agst Interduc% (taken) Nto 1 agst Saweutter (taken) 66 to 1 agst Crater (taken) CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst M. Philippe (wanted) TEE TARIFF OF KISSES. A French journal gives the report before a Juge de Paix of a claim made on an actor of one of the small theatres of the suburbs of Paris, for a certain number of kisses, and a certain amount of lender squeezing on the stage. We got to know exactly by this amusing incident of real life the cost of a theatrical kiss, according to the dramatic laws of the French stage. One M. Narcisse appears before a jusice of the peace, and, addressing the judge, says—Monsieur le Juge, I'm a dramatic actor. I play the part of lovers in a theatre of th,i Banlieus. My parts oblige ma to be extravagantly passionate, excited, and enthusiastic. I'm obliged occasionally to love women of all ages, of all conditions of life, actively ,:nd perseveringly, sometimes for a couple of hours together. Love-making may become laborious, Monsieur le Juge, and even repulsive and annoy ing, if one is obliged to make love. Well, sir, and will you believe it, all my fire, devotion, my artistic amorous skill, so unceasingly addressed to pi!, has got me into grief. Judge—How so? Narcisse—Parbleu! I gain only 100 f. a month for running away with young ladies, making love to confirmed coquettes, and they want to make me pay 1501. for articles delivered. Judge—Articles delivered; and pray what were they ? Narcisse—Kisses—(much laughter)-150f. for one man to pay for such trifles l That is what M. Valsin demands of me for, in fact, kissing his wife on the stage, whilst playing my role. Judge—How is this ? Valsin—lt is a very simple affair. There am certain regulations which belong to all theatres on the subject in question. Art. 1 says—" Wben an actor playing his role is called upon to kiss a lady, he shall only appear to do so." Art. 2—" Any actor who shall really kiss an actress without her pre vious formal consent, shall be fined 5f." Art. 3—" Pressing sincerely to the heart pays a fine of 2t. 50c." Now, Narcisse has vigorously embraced my wife 10 times, and unmistakeably kissed her 25 times, for which I demand 150 f. Narcisse—The price is beyond all reason. (Laughter.) Valsin-1 demand that sum, according to the usages of the dramatic law. Nareisse—Come, let us compromise the matter; there are faults on both sides. Valsin—Good ! Narcisse—l stole 25 kisses. Valsin—Yes. Narcisse— Well, then, I offer to return them! Here the Court lost all its gravity, and the judge dismissed the case, raferriog the matter to a higher court of justice. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DLE. lus'.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18 via Marseilles .. Apr. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Apr. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena., Apr. 1, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Apr. 4. via Marseilles ...Apr. 21. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton , .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Apr. 4 via Marseilles.... Apr. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Apr. 10. via Marseilles Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr, 4, Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apr. 1, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Apr. 3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Apr. 10. Bahamas, via New York Apr. 9. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Apr. 16, California, and British Columbia. PROSECUTION OF " ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."-- Yesterday morning in the Court of Arches, which sat ex actly three minutes, it was announced that the case of " The Rev. J. Fendall v. The Rev. R. Bristowe Wilson," author of the article " The National Church," a E s says and Reviews," was SO cleared of .41 preliminary technical diffi culties as to enable the rev. defendant to prosecute his The peal before the Judical Committee of Privy Counoil. Th° case of " The Bishop of Salisbury v. The Rev Dr. Rowland Williams," the author of the ar,icle " Bunsen's Biblical Researches," in the same volume, has long been ripe for appeal, and both will therefore be taken at the sittings after Easter Term. Both the rev. gentlemen have been sentenced by Dr. Lushington (the Dean of Arches) to one year's sus pension from tueir ben,ficee, and it is against that sentence they appeal to the Judicial Committee. A Doa NURSING RABBITS.—A bitch of the terrier breed belong'ng to Mr. Robert Mathieson, croftel.. ' W es tseat, Gartly, o n the foreno on of Sabbath weekcarried h o me from a ho le on the cover n ear the houses three yo ung ra bbits, the one after the other, laying them down carefully nea r the fire, and she is now nursing them with the greatest atten ti o n and care. What makesthe circumstance the more remarkable is that the bitch ha s shown perpetual ven geance on all other ki n d s of vermin such as mice, rats, and weasels,—Banffshire Journal. Running th Charleston. C HARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 23, 1563, Ai the ruuniug if the blockade is new a matter of very frequent occurr. ace, your readers may like to know the particulars of such a trip, which I thirefure give from my own experience. On Sun'ay, 25th January, at six p.m., the Bri iah steamer T--e, left NasEau, and at six P.M. on Tuesday she was in soundings off the American coast. As she was then still too far distant from the port of Charleston; which was her destination, for her to reach it between three and five A. 5. (the interval between moonset and sunrise), she was kept off and on about 30 miles from land ill that night (Tuesday) and the following day, and was again headed for land on Wed- nesday afternoon, making it about sunset. The sighting of the land, though dangerous from the risk of meeting the American cruisers, is a necessary step, for all lights and beacons along the seaboard of the Southern. States having been destroyed by the American navy, there is no other way by which a mariner can ascertain his exact position, a matter of the most vital importance in such a case as that of rnnning the blockade, where the difference of half a mile means capture or escape. The pilot having ascertained the position of the vessel, she was headed towards Charleston about 8 p.m., distant about 30 miles, and with the engines at "slow" she was allowed seven hours to be off the bar. As the morning ad vanced the moon sank, but the night being clear and starlit, was a very unfavourable one on which to elude the vigi lance of the blockading squadron. By the time the moon had sunk, the T-e was ascertained by soundings to be off Charleston Entrance, and she was accordingly steered right for the bar, and consequently for the fleet also. Every light, was now carefully extinguished or concealed, and every tongue was hu hed ; while every eye was err- d to its utmort as each vied with the other :n being the first to see the vessels of ihe Yankee squadron, in about halt au hour (3.45 a.m.) the look out repotted a vessel on tie star board bow. She was only iistant about 200 or 300 yards, and the outline of her ma-ts, &3., showe plain against the rky. She did not notice the T-3. which in a similarly quiet manner passed two more, and was at length fairly in the "lion's jaws." Hopes now began to be entertained on board the T—e that the vessel would be able to run the gauntlet unseen; but these hopes were doomed to disap pointment, when a blinding flash and stunning re, ort, followed by the peculiar halt scream, half roar of a shell as it flew overhead, broke upon the stillness of the night. This shell had been fired from a gunboat ahead, and directly in the track of the T —e, whose presence had been betrayed by the escape of some sparks from her funnel. In a moment the surface of the sea was illumined by the meteor-like flash of innumerable rockets, while as many blue lights cast a sickly glare over the scene. It rendered for a moment almost every vessel of the blockading fleet clearly v,bible, as did it, too, the help less little T-e in their midst. While this had been tak ing place, however, those on board bad not been idle. The engineers had weighted down the safety-valve, shut off the feed pipe, and piled up the furnaces with rosin, oil, and turpentine, and the captain and pilot having, thanks to the Yankee illumination, discerned their enemy's whereabouts, had headed the T-e clear of them, and she quivered in every plate as she fairly flew on her way under an immense pressure of steam. All this time shot and shell had been plunging over and around her, but, thanks to her rate of speed, they began to fall astern, or where the Yankees reckoned she should have been. A large and very fast paddle-steamer, the Quaker City, of eleven guns, was now in pursuit, firing her bow gun at her chase as fast as it could be loaded. At this juncture a vessel was seen nearly ahead, and though painted of the blockade-running colour (a dirty whitish gre)), the T-e's course was altered, though not a moment too soon, for as she passed across the stranger's stern, the latter bumped hard and fast against a sandbank. A little twinkling tight ahead of the T-e now again showed another Yankee, and again was the T-e's course altered. The Quaker City, though now far behind, still maintained her harmless fire and her pursuit, and so matters continued till the lead announced that the T-e had crossed the bar, and was within range of Fort Sumter's guns. The e held on towards Charleston up the narrow and intricate channel, and had got abreast of Fort Beauregard when she grounded. There was now no alternative but to wait patiently for sunrise, which was already heralded by the first faint streaks of morning light. As the morning grew, the Quaker City was seen about a mile from the bar, and she slowly went about, and returned to her station, a movement which was considerably accelerated by a shot from the guns of Fort Beauregard. The steamer that had grounded could now be distinctly seen, some five miles off, surrounded by a little fleet or armed Yankee schooners. She was reeognised as the Princess Royal, of Glasgow, laden with arms and steam machinery for the Southern Government, to whom her loss is a very great one, though even for it they have s.nce been amply revenged in kind. The Yankees got her off later in the afternoon, and took her alongside of the flagship Pow hattan, whence it is believed she sailed with a prize crew for New York. Soon after daylight peveral batteries of artillery were posted along the shores of Sullivan's Island, so as to cove.: the T-e in the event of the Yankee. , attempting a cut ting out expedition; but they seemed too much engrossed with th -ir prize to molest the prey that had escaped them. At high water the T-e floated safely off, and proceethei on her way up to Charleston, where she anchored at four p.m. Out of six vessels that attempted to run the blockade on the 27th and 28th January, three are row in Charleston, one (the Princess-Royal) has been captured, and two are missing. On Saturday, 31st January, the blockading fleet, baying been dispersed by the Confederate rams, which destroyed and disabled several ves-als, had quite disappeared, and the blockade was declared broken in the presence of the foreign Consuls by the military and naval authorities. This morn ing, however, the Yankees appear to have returned in t - eble force. S. M. UNDERHILL. HYBRID EUGENIAS.—This elegant myrtaceous plant has rarely made a figure at the shows, and very rarely have we heard of the fruit being applied to any such use as was predicated of it when it was first introduced. One great drawback to its cultivation was the complete proof obtained in the winters of 1859 and 1860 that it is too tender to brave the vicissitudes of this climate. But another cause of its decline in popularity was the lack of any knowledge of the use to which the plant might be put. Eugenia promises to rise in favour; the fruit has been used as a material for flavouring, and Eugenia ices have acquired some fame. Another help has been found in hy bridising, wLich has been skilfully conducted by J. A Henry, Esq , and the result is a series of large-fruited varie ties, one of the best of which was shown at the Interna tional Fruit Show. This plant has a more vigorous habit than either of its parents, Eugenia-ugni and Myrtus Ame ricana, and, grown as a standard, is a most beautiful object when loaded with its large red fruit, of the size and colcur of skiwmia berries, set amongst elegant and odoriteroub myrtle-like foliage. This hybrid will, we believe, be sent out by Messrs. Veitch, and will be prized for culture in orchard-houses and graperies as both useful and ornameu tal—Gardtn Oracle /or 1863. SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY FROM LONDON BRIDGE.—Ye6terday morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a suicide was committed at London-bridge by a Miss Eliza Phillips, aged 19, who had resided at Hometton. She was observed by a policeman to be loitering on the bridge. Suddenly she crossed the road, ran into the tourih recess on the Surrey side, and jumped over. When too late an alarm was raised, and a boat and drags of the 11, , yel Humane Society were obtained. The body was soon found. and was convey ed to Guy's Hospital, but life was extinct. On searching the body several letters from a gentleman were found. Ihe following is from the description issued by the police :—Age 19, five feet two inches in height. Dark brown hair, plaited. Brown eyes, fair complexion. Dressed in a black and red poplin dress, black cloth cloak. Petticoat marked in ink " E Phillips." White stockings, marked "E. P." WHAT FAITH WILL D).—Thus, through all the mythologies and symbol images of the old woriidl, the green things continually peep out, adding to th i e n w th d e beauty of these aboriginal forms, which, begooftfee, g, infancy of the world, are full of that freshneessharao,ZB that love of allegory at d symbol, hd t e h v e °l Cftr t a h c e te r d e infancy in the individual man. In tbwesheic,' is a largeness of character which shdatcreo: piety of our day and generation,. la: 0 , 12 and may i n tho c f ie b arba7i ths ty andabs s uhr r d in it k y „ had ex th h e i r b e it a s, h m om a e pow T e h r. dread the afe,aftruromes thofeirthdoestoaii in Was the e flowers to the we must at least the sxi :o we : o f te e y ss gerooo t f h d to t b r t a, .otnamegi en o f id. _ o.l l w feug o l n eln t igd o h f ot ß it avr aw a s : the t^ daily prove his hundred zeal, the god secretly the s acrifice one of the flowers, and then com plained one of his eyes to tha t the gift was too small. Rawana counted the flowers, and finding only 59, supply its place; when the god, god took itxro Isom--and n d °n°e-' convinced of his res tored the flower, and bless e d hi m for his c,,nfiding p fa le it t h y : —Bibberd's " Brambles and B ry Leaves." IRISH EMIGRATION.—In addition to the large number of emigrants despatched from this port last week to Liverpool, en route for America, we have to record the departure of a further batch amounting to about 300, who left by the Shamrock steamer on Friday night for the same destination, together with 100 by the S:igo o, Wednes day, tuid 50 by way of Derry ; in all, making a Ltal of 450 during the present week.—Sligo lnaependent. Large bodies of our stalwart youth are being weekly draughted from our shores, and there is no longer any doubt that their destina tion is the Northern States of America, and their object to Ijoin the Federal army. During the past week or two some hundreds have passed through Drogheda and Dundalk for iLiverpool, en route to the United States. Many of them are from Louth and Meath ; principally they come from Cavan and Longford. They are all stout, hearty young fellows — the flower of our peasantry. It is also noticed as a signifi cant fact, that not a few of them sport gold watches, and do not appear to be at all scarce of cash, —.Drogheda .Reportfr. The Late d-Stealing, Annie Shipsey, 27, described as the wife of John Shipsey, was brought up at the Salisbury Quarter Sessions, before the Recorder and a bench of megis trates, aed indicted for " unlawfully, 1)3 force and fraud, taking away a male child, of the age of five weeks, with intent to deprive the parent, John Yarlett, of the possession of such child, contrary to the statute, at Salisbury, on the 3d of March." Mr. Read was counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. The prisoner, on being arraigned, burst into tears and said, " I'm guilty. I'm very sorry far it, and hope you'll have mercy upon me, gentlemen all. It's not for you to know how I was brought into it, or how I have been put about. It's the first time there has ever been a stain on my character, and I'm truly, truly sorry. You don't know how I've had to bear the scoffs and sneers of people. I did it to make home comfortable, sir, and now it has brought me to this (more tears). Be merciful to me, if you please, gentlemen all, and I'll never do so again." The Recorder, addressing the prisoner, said—You have pleaded guilty to a very wicked and heinous crime. You could not have escaped, because the evidence is much too strong against you. You committed the eff- , nce with con trivance and tnought, and it is evident that you also made away with the clothes of the child, inas much as they have not since been found. You must know that you h ave occasioned the mother of the child dreadful pain; you have occasioned every mother in Salisbury dreadful ; and you might tutu ,:crificed the life of the mother, because the taking away of a child at the ag e o f five weeks is likely to b,ieg on a fever or some other dangerous complaint. Mothers, therefore, must be protected against this kind of crime. It may be your first offence, and I am glad to know that it was not aggravated by any ill-treatment of the child. — Prisoner—No, sir, it had everything that was nice. The Recorder—Let me, however, tell you what the law would permit me to do. If I were to punish you according to the words of the act of Parliament I might sentence you to penal servitude for seven years, or to imprisonment with hard labour for three years. I hope it will be a warning to you. I do not know where you come from, or what may have been your previous character, but I do not think I can do less than sentence you to a year's imprison ment, with hard labour; and that is a most merciful. sentence, in my opinion, for the crime which you have committed. Let me advise you to behave well during the time you are in gaol. If you at tend to the religious instruction of the chaplain, and conduct yourself properly and industriously, you will yet have an opportunity of leading an honour able life. Never attempt anything of this kind again, for if you do you will assuredly go into penal servitude for a lengthened periud. MURDER AT CHATHAM. A most determined murder was perpetrated at Chatham at an early hour yesterday morning by a gunner attached to the 9th Brigade of Royal Artil lery, quartered at Chatham garrison, named Alfred Holden, the victim being his own child, an infant of about a year old. The accused, who, together . _ ith his wile and child, occupied a room in one of the courts adjoining Brompton barracks, lied, for the past few days, displayed a moody, morose dis position, and frequently complained of the tyranni cal conduct of one of his sergeants. Shortly after getting up yesterday morning be sent hie wife out to procure some beer, and during her absence he took the infant from the bed and cut its throat with a large clasp-knife, nearly severing the bead from the body. On the return of the wife the lifeless body of the little boy was found in the room, when tree accused .1, once stated that he had murdered Lim. D.. Weekes was promptly in attendance, but the deceased had been dead for some time. On bring conveyed to the barracks the prisoner ad mitted that he Irld 'ailed the:child, and repeated the =time admission on being handed over to the police And lodged in the station-house, adding that his reason for committing the crime was that he might ne hung, as he could no longer endure the tyranni c 4 conduct of his sergeant. Yesterday morning he accused was placed before the Rev. J. J. Manham and Alderman J. Fuord, at the county ins gist ra tea' justice-room, Rochester. The prisoner is of commanding stature, and has the appearance , )t being about twenty-five years of age. Atter he charge had been read over to him by Mr. Far rell, the clerk, the prisoner remarked that what nad been read over was perfectly correct, adding, I am guilty of the charge." He was then re manded till a future day to enable the police to complete the evidence against him. The prisoner nas been in the service about seven years, and has hitherto borne a good character. He wears a badge for good conduct, and one of his reasons, he states, for murdering his child was his fear that the ma lignity of his sergeant would lead him to get his good conduct badge taken away from him. TEE LATE RIOTS. Mr. Justice Mellor sat in the Crown Court at Cheater on Monday, and in concluding his charge to the grand jury, spoke as follows : " There is one class of cases which I cannot ap proach without the most unfeigned and serious re gret. A great many persons are charged before you with rioting at Staleybridge and Dukinfield. Gentlemen, it is not my duty, nor would it become me, to offer any general observations upon this question. lam only here to administer the law, And to lay down the principles which are to guide 5 ou in discharging your duty with reference to the bill presented to you. But, gentlemen, it is lameut ,,ble that that peace and quietness, that wonderful ,ndurance coder privations, which have hitherto listinguished the operative classes of this country -nould be rudely disturbed. The disturbance :nay probably have the effect of drying up, to iota° extent, the sources of sympathy which nave hitherto induced people to come forward and contribute funds for the relief of the dis ress. When those persons who volunteered • heir services to aid the distressed by undertak ing the distribution of the charitable funds sib plied be ashamed ordinary sense of the wort, for I should plied to them-1 do not mean charity in the w i,b, the law of the land must taneous bympathy felt for t to do so, but the voluntary Lancashire and Cheshire —when thwe persons are ha ir : r u i ff n e g r i n o f g show those persons that, however successful they in gain i ng some miserable tem porary object, ~.t is ir , ble f their cop roduce y, and can only tend to p the conceiva must deplorable mischi e f both to th , m selves and to those peacebt bl .y disposed per sons who are it the same ci • rcumstances as them selves. Ido hope these most insane, foolish, and wicked riots will cease to disgrace the county. I call these dots wicked, for they not only do mis chief to those actually engaged in them, bait also to those who have hithert o borne their privations with such creditable forfearance. I have only to request you to let these cases have your attention last. They should be tried last, being of au h c i mportance as to demand the most serious attention." COLOURS OF THE CHAMELEON.—" Perhaps the handsomest, though not the most brilliant, colour assumed by the chameleon was a warm brown, mottled and spot ed with black, or black mottled and spotted with rich brown, so that it presented an appearance wonderfully like that of a jaguar. It very seldom assumed this hue, and only seemed to lo so under much excitement. Fly-catch ing would occasionally bring out the beautiful spots; but the finest instance of jaguar-like marks that it ever exhi bited in my presance was whin a blue-bottle fly was buzz ing and bumping against a window-pane, too high for the chameleon to reach it. I could nut at first imagine what could be the matter, for a chameleon is ordinarily one of the or the most impassive of reptiles, and to see it really on e quite an unique event. In the early it mostly had gained some warmth through the sunbeams, took a greenish-grey colour, with two rows a oblong buff Y ellow bands . frequently morning, after it spots on each side. The spots were sharply defined, and t a b sß e i n fri i g t th w wt , ould be wholly grey, with varied from an eighth to half an inch in length , . keeping, black spots. '—From WiMpSe; in t ° however, to the same width, ee. appearedtweltlh a r r o t u o n f d a i n t inch. le.gsd a number of golden bract lets and bangles the oriental beauties ot the 11.0 and," (14 . 80, I, G, Wood, ALA. ahanmumanberracoef. rol:dwreabw.ucatrionlage line he Jg n- )e I' ;re ey ne. is a s of tnd the ►ip the ical tan id.; :ali, ►ate 1 to uch are ucti ngs hut' the ault oven rival 3r of angs most geoll car tr to 3, or 49f f 601 98f 55} 5 Hi 431 4 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1863.