The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

riONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, 1863. 1862. Great-Western £56,296 £56,529 1" orth-Western South- Western Brighton Midland 39,817 37,965 South-Eastern Great Northern Great Eastern Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,486 31,178 North Eastern Bristol and Exeter 6,672 6,602 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western of Canada These returns in several instances are of a less satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £233, on the Brighton £1,450, and on the South Eastern £1,273. The North Western, however, shows an increase of £3,292, the South Western £334, the Midland £1,852, the Great Northern £714, the Great Eastern £254, the Lan cashire and Yorkshire 1,308, the Midland /1,832, the North Eastern £3,273, and the Great Western of Canada £9OO. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 75c. 69f. 72c.—heavy. The Spanish Certificate-holders are n ow assembled at a general meeting for the purpose of considering their present position and future prospects. The English Stock Market presents a very de pressed appearance, sales being effected by specula lators for the purpose of realising the recent ad• 'ante, and a decline of about a per cent, has been the result, Consols being 931 s i for money, and 931 for the 9th June. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities continue at 911 2 ; Bank Stock is heavy at 233, and a dealing has taken place in the 30 years' annuities at 14 13-16 15-16; Indian descrip tions do not exhibit any material alteration ; the 5 per Cent. Loan being still quoted 1091 110; the 6 per Cert. Enfaced Paper, 1074 ; and the 4 per Cent. Debentures, 1001; the Bands are slightly higher at 225. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, on the other hand, have declined to 3s. prem. There is less animation in the Foreign Depart.. ment today, and a general decline has occurred in values on sales in realisation of profits. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 701 1; do., 1862, 711 1; do., Consolides, 54Z 1; Spanish Passive, have declined to 331 34k; do., Certificates, to 101 11 ; Greek, to 31'4 321 ; do., Coupons to 141 151; Mexican to 361 37; Egyptian are 981 991; Dalian Marem mana Railway Loan, 78 ; Grenada, "ex call," 16 1 ; Portuguese, 491 1; and Russian 93 i f. The Confederate Loan is to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited, and prices have shown u slight down ward movement. Great Eastern, Great Western, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) have declined ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern, 10s.; Midland, £1 ; Great Northern A Stock, £1 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there have been no change of importance. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con tinue at about previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities A.nnuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 13-16 15-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debenture s , 4 per Ct. Oct., 1863 Ditto ditt o Aug. ' 1864 or 66 100# f Ditt, Bonds Elm() Consols for Account, June 9 92/ x d Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 3 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 3 pin FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Egyptian 7 per Cent 991 8# Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup,lns - _Ditto Account.. 321 2 Ditto Coupons.. l5l Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 781 8 1 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto Deferred Portivia ti 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account Portugues e 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 • 491 Ditto Scrip, £3O paid .... Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 4/ per Cent. 1850 ............ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account .................. 881 Spanith 3 per Cent Ditto Account 54 Ditto New Deferred .. Lino Account Ditto Prism ve .. 33i 41 31 a a Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 111 101 11 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 7 0i I Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7l* Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f.,... Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull ...... Ditto 4 per C ent. C ertificates .. .... . TWO Consols, Money Ditto Account In the Money Market to-day there is more demand for accommodation, and the lowest rate for first class three months bill is 2, per cent. The biddings for 40,00,000 rupees (X 400,000), in bills on India took place at the Bank of Eugland yesterday. The proportions allotted were—To Cal cutta, 24,00,060 is.; to Bombay, 16,00,000 rs. ; to Madras, nil. The declared minimum price was, as on the last occasion, ls. Hid. per rupee on Calcutta, and ls. Hid. on Bombay and Madras. The appli cations within the limits were for about 67 Lacs. 'renders on Calcutta at ls. Hid. will receive about 70 per cent.; o❑ Bombay, ls. 11$d. , about 67 per cent., and all above these prices in full. Ceylon Government Six per Cent. Debentures to the amount of £250,000, being the first instalment of a million sterling, to be raised for the construe ton of a railway from Colombo to Kandy, were dis posed of by public tender yesterday, by the, Agents- General for Crown Colonies. The total biddings represented £1,293,000. The minimum was fixed at 111, and the amount offered at and above that rate was £372,600. The tenders accepted ranged from £ll2 ls. to £ll2 sa. 6d. The Committee of London Bankers have resolved to admit the Alliance Bank of London and Liver pool to the clearing -house on the Ist July next. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under : stock stock o'ock 4tock •took stock stock stock 20 stock stock St 20 St OCk DUDLEY GALLERY, On Tuesday night M. Levassor, who has not given a public entertainment in London fo e r ne something like fi ve et Chansons Co years, commenced a series of iniquea" at the Dudley Gallery. " S T e he doors of the room were no sooner o pened than the room was completely crowded, an I e ln and when it is borne in mind that a n nt , e t alent deliv ere d i n a foreign language , li mited portion of th e p u bli c . thisdem remarkable. a - onstration of the at tractive power of M. L evassor b ecomes indeed appeals my r to On his first appearance his mirthful, good-humoured was at once recognised as that of an o ld and c o w u:: come friend, and every one of his jests, was or movement, sighthrou the medium of song, speech, whether conveyed the nal for roars of merriment. Indeed, what with quisiteex neatness on th e one side, and quick appreciation on the other, th© artist and bettor mat c h the audience could not have been the pleasanted. Ai. Levass or was assisted, as usual, by Vaud is vocalist Murillo. T e i ssere, and M. Rey, of the eville, promised ........_ for some future occasion. ---------________ Liverpool Cotton Mark et This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) previously,ll,9B6. Firm. Sales, about 10 ,000 b ales. Import, 9,913 ; At the Bankruptcy Court, thi s Mr. Hart, the accoun t an t, appointed b morning,, y the Judge to assist the a ss i gnee i n th e case of Afr. Stiff, of Atonal:a Chronicle, stated th a t th e estate Would at presen the t pay a di v id end of 7s. in the pound, No mention Was made of any f ur th er dividend. SHARE, MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STUD Share f Railways. 13.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. all ' Blythe and Tyne. Liost.,Slea.t.,andMid.k_;o all Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 10.) ,_;ork and Bantam all Corn wa 1 i all I Do A A eets no dig all Do. B lill6 P e •P "' ha 't all been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. all bun.,Perth o lk Ab. June. all Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 Glasg. and S. Western. 100 Great Eastern, Ord. stk i Ditto A stock Ditto East A nglian st 11 GrcatNorthof Scotland 1 Great Northern • 1 Do A stock I Do IS do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland ll Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: It Lancashae & Yorkshift 1( London and Blackwal 1( Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast i( Lon., Chat., and Dover IC Lon. & North Western IC Lon. & So'.th Western 10 Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IC 'slaryport and Carlisle al Do a shares Metropolitan Midland I 6.4.0 Do New Do Binning. & Derb)l 10 Gt. W. of Ireland al Do. ¢ shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lidin., Perth, & Dundee 1( Nth. Eastern—Berwic 1( Do, G.N.E. purchas, 16. Do Leeds ii Do York Do Carlisle 1( (North London Do New .North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction a Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stocl 1( Do Scot. Mid, stook IC Shrews. and Welohpooi a Shropshire Union South Devon IC !South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 10 Staines, Wok.,an d Wok a] Stockton & Darlington al Do 1 Do New, 186 G.,.... Taff Vale loi Do B Do C ............... Ulster DoDo ................ 2, ... . ..... Vale of Neath .... Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkenny 1 West Cornwall 1 W. Hartlepool Har.&R 1 West Midland Oxford 1 Do Newport 1 Do Hereford 1 19.16.4 Paid. Closing Businese *i Price. done. 8 84 7 6 83 85 114 115 (3} Cif 40 12 13 14 92 93 1( , 7 iO9 53 54 47 49 246 256 1251 1261 128à 129 i 134 136 102 104 67} (71 [oBi 119 78 :9 118 .20 41 42 99} 091 10i 104 44} 45i 11 11i 121 )() 128 28, 1.0 14 1 1. , 10 96 98 50j 61 1 24, 25i [00) 101 67} 67] 68 68] 00 115 117 .5 It al 18 IN Ali 1 12 DO 118 120 )0 45 45 )0 98 100 11 49 tO 32 33 92i 93 tiB - 70 98 100 8 11 37 38 L 3 9 10 8 7 7,t p )0 153 116 8 5 o 11 3 3 3f p p [54 155 28 30 63 2f 48 261 1241 127 i 61 64 f i 7 IPB 79& i,91 41i 99 104 45 (6 38 4, 98 100 128 71 96 P 100 a 54 88 1161 161 92* 1! 69 SSIONS. Closin, Price. Railways ttiantic &St Lawrenc( al itora.,Baroda&Cent In,, Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New . ....... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lane Huron a t Do. Preference al Ups . 11(8 ICS 2 1 14 p 5 ;14 p It 4; of I) 7 6 Butialo,BrantotGodricl, 10 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187'2 Do. do. July 1, 1871! 101 /o. do. Ju lic 1, 1, - 4 101 Olcutta. Az S. 1 , , as tn. i 1,. 11S ICO )0 1101 ,10i 10 109 1 „ v , 109, qo 5 5 1 1i 11 0 " 190 PO 62 (5 11 15 60 11 53 66 11 42 ,6 40 11 30 23 [1 2' 25 [1 20 22 Cape Town Az Dock Scr , ) toi Ratan. Bengal gu. sp. 101 Kast Indian. gu. 5 p. r. 11) Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. I Grand Trunk ot ('anaa), to 1)0. Ist I'r • . Bonds.. , • Do. to. deferred.- al •!d Prel. Bon :s.. 41 DJ. do defer ed...... al. Du. 3d P ef. stock ... 4; Do. do. d lerr. d.... Do. 4th Pref. s o k... al Do. au deferred....., al; GLlnchaPeniu.gua.sp.e 101 Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim It 9. to [2 I 1 2 4 11 If' guaranteed 6 percent. Uri Gt. W. of Canada Shares al Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 56 F. C. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do.ll p. a Extensioi De. 4. Do. Fifth Extension. Welb.( orp. ap. 0. find „.. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. al Do. 7p. c. Hong. BdN al New Br unswiok a Can Class A an 1 B al N.lti.C'da6 po Ist t bds 1 &uncle Do. Delhi Do. d 0..... • g Do. b t 11 1 10 107 ICS 11 s 9 81 II 99 101 11 89 .2 2 ip 00 107 l +is 'OO . 00 102 i , O 07 d 9 1 47 49 il 3 5 100 50 85 l '" it 0 1 0 00 107 108 2 4 15 li l Ip i ;CO 07 ICB 1 0 102 1( 4 p.e.J s.J 1877-S4 .......... Do. 6p. c. Feb. at Aul., It Do. p. c.3lar..tt Sept 10 Do. sp. c. Jan.SzJuly. lot Do. 5 Inscribed stoci. 10( ape G. Hope, 8 p 0,187: 10( Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 10( Do. 189. tot Do. Jan. Alt July, 1891.. 101. Ceylon, N0v.1861, p too - Man !tins a per cent lOO 112 114 Natal Guy. 6 per cent 100 108 110 iN.II.Goy. 6 p.c..) ul) I, 105 107 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 11 N.S.W.Gov. 5p 1,18 It Do. sp. to 1 - .,( 10 Do. do. 1888 dzupwdt 10 'New Zealand 6 p cent. to. iNora Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 lO. Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 101 S.Aus Gdp.c.187.&& up lO. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..3zJul7 101 Do. to a o.o. Ir le6 107 0 103 a 6 103 it o 136 07 10 94 96 )0 110 112 10 111 113 )0 111 113 1u 114 116 )0 102 102 i )0 102 1021 )0 102 103 0 112 114 106 107 :2 114 112 114 110 112 1101 1141 rliS. BRITISH MI 2 ' Ca mbrian Consol. Gold ord Amalgamated.. Devon G. Con.. (Taoist., East Bassett(lllozan 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. t East Caradon ...... "1 East Cam 8rea...... . . 3.4 W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.1 ,Gam..4St.Aubyn(Gwen.) (Great South Tolg us.... I: I G. Wheal Vor (Helston 4( 'Grenvi11e............ 6.1 ;Herod's-Foot - ngston Downs 4.: ;Lady Bertha ......... . . ... 2.1 (Margaret (Uny Lelant 4r, - iMarke Valley.. 4 15 lyndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 2. New Setun I North Downs 4: w Basset (I 1 lo ;an ?..1 V . orth Wheal Crotty t'ar Consols(St. Blazey 10 :'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.' South Caradon(St.Cleer) IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) .5.1 Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1 - Stray Park 5 rarnarSilv.& Lead Min 4, 10 Tin Crort West Basset (Illogxn) 1: Cara ion (Liskeard 5 West Seton S'heal Basset ((Mogan 8 Vo'heal Buller( Redrutli; 8 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant, 2.0.6 , - WhealLud ott I Wheal Mary Ann (Men , 8 151 oil - Wheal Seton heal 'l s relawney (Lis. 7 1 , 1 171 - Wheal Union 3.17 41 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 112 Great Eastein, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 132 Great Eastern, E. Union 4 per cen t , guaranteed, 137/ Great Northern, 5 per cent., 117 Great Western, , A per cent. red., 10 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1391 PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS, Great Easrern, 5 per cent., pt., 1051 6 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 109 LINES LEASED Ai' FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 95 FOREIGN R Antwerp and Rotterdam, 89 AILW.A.YS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Great Luxembourg, 149 O East del Rey (lim F .), 11 REIGN MINES. Fortuna (lim.), 44 St. John del Key (lim.), 55 United Mexican Him 71 Yudanamutana of S. Austnlia (11m.), 31 1101 11 I fd 20 22 1 510 620 ,0 104 108 .8. p 4. t 41 1.0 81 81 1.6 at 4 7 4 11 13 7,4 5 5 4 , 0 64 7 16 5 } 51 12 47 48 7.0 2i 3 0 . 6 t i 8 30 32 3.0 74 8 !i 1 19 1 120 13 d 0 Mb 4 1 25 21 19 41i 4 6 Li 48 6 ft 395 405 15.6 31 44 1-.9 85 00 L 9. 35 37 4 1 206 21i 6 12 13 112 k 29 3t '6 z5O 260 it (5 70 50 55 K. klliance Bank of JOINT-STOCK London and Liverpool (1.1 m.), Sli i Bank of Egypt, 301 Chartered .ier. of India, London, and China, 51i 2 City, In) 1001 English and Irish (lim.), q English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 22# ImPerial Ottoman, 221 2 son D a ro t Ditto, ° a or , London and County, 431 London and South .A.trican, 27# National l'rovincial of England, t a n o e li , 2r4itish South Africa (111n4, 1 9 i nSiCbILicLoANmp L ondon, 34 London Gen, ral Cililti: Joint stock Discount 1 E an O y tl o S int . .), 1 i National Discount Com Oriental Inland steam tifa y ) (l 43 ll44 ' O f i Ottoman Gas lim.) , ItiO de Janeiro City Improvements (Urn.), S. African Irrigation Investment ( 11 m.), 2i a° THE MURDER IN ST. Les consequence Papers that the divi ot i S . Kathe rine's the statemtnt appear body of a man, supposed to be the murder son, had been discovered floating in the ri e v r e ° : Ern : " jack rifle's Dock, Inspector Garforth. of the E yester day took. three or fou- of the witnesses wh o had 1:e amined at the inquest to the dead-hou e of St. Botolph: l Ai x d . gate,for the purpose of identification. On seeing the bodyth e ; all agreed in the opinion that there was nothing in the " ap pearance that at all corresponded with the description of the man who entered the house in George-street with the unfortunate woman with the trifling exception that the deceased wore a pair of side-spring boots. The body was so far advanced in decomposition, and the sight altogether of such a sickening nature, that one of the females had to be conveyed home with the utmost speed, and medical aid procured for her. The account pub lished is a gross exaggeration ; as, instead of the body corresponding in every particular with the de scription given by the police of the supposed murderer, it differs in every particular. The police authorities at Scot land-yard are satisfied there is no ground for supposing the body to be that of the murderer of Emma Jackson. BRITISH PUSS ihan Business don' 110 110 1091 10 3 xn 107 i 104 i i THE SUN, LONDON, lIIINSDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1863. M.—This Day. CHESTER RACES—THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR. LATEST BETTING. DEE STARES. 6to 4 on Borealis (taken) 2to 1 agst Newchurch (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. MAY. Chester .. 6 Radcliffe Bath l2 Manchester Harpenden l5 Marlborough Epsom l9 LAW INTELLIGENCE. _This Day. -*— COURT OF DIVORCE. NORRIS V. NORRIS AND FLAHERTY. This was a petition presented by the husband for disso lution of marriage. The petitioner was a clerk in the accountant's office of the Great Eastern Railway, and the co-respondent was a porter in Covent-garden market. The marriage took place in 1853 at St. Mar.in's Church. The cohabitation with the co-respondent was proved to have taken place in a house in Little Wild-street, Drury-lane, and also at a coffee-shop in Seymour-street, Euston-square. At the latter place a con stable was called in to take the co-respondent into custody for assaulting Mrs. Norris, for which he was after wards sent to the House of Correction Coldbath fitlds prison for three months, where he was served with a copy of the citation and petition. The respondent was also served with copies of the documents, and she afterwards called at the office of Mr. Beard, and admitted her euilt. The learned judge summed up the case to the jury, which he said was about as low a case as could some before the court. They would have to estimate the damage the husband had sustained. According to his view of the case, she did not seem to be worth more than a farthing. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the peti tioner, with one farthing damages. The Court granted a decree coußr OF COMMON PLEAS. BEADLE V. HOWARD. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing counsel in an application for a new trial in this cas.4, which was tried some short time ago at Guildhall. The question involved was the infringement of a want fol a steam plough. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. VOLUNTEERS' SUBSCRIPTIONS. SUMMONSES POR NON•PAYMENT.—David Brakeur, a member of the 30th Middlesex Artillery Volunteer~, appeared to answer a sum mons taken out by Mr. Hexekiah Venman, sergeant major of the corps, for arrears of subscriptions due to the corps. Mr. Venman said the defendant was a member of the corps, having been enrolled on the 19th September, 1861, the subscription being annual but payable quarterly. There was LI Is. 9d. due from the defendant for six quarters, the first three quarters at £1 Is. per annum, and the last three at 12s. The defendant had not resigned, Defendant said he should have done so, but did not know who to send his resignation to, Mr, Venman said the commanding officer Was the proper person. An order was made for the payment of the sum claimed and costs. There were summonses against seven or eight other members of the corps, and in some cases they were settled, in others withdrawn, and second summonses were ordered to issue in a few instances, ANNOYING FEMALES IN THE STREET.—George Robert son, of 24, Clifton mai, St. John's-wood, a commission agent, was charged before Mr. Mansfield, who sat for Mr, Knox, with annoying females in Oxford-street. From the evidence of a constable of the D division it appeared that while on duty in Duke-street, Oxford -street, the previous night, he was informed by a gentleman that the defendant was annoying females passing along Oxford street. He requested the defendant to go away quietly, and not to annoy anyone, but as he refused, he took him into custody. Mr. Mansfield asked what the defendant had done to the females. The constable said the defendant put his arms round their necks and pulled them about. The defendant had been drinking. Mr. Mansfield (the defendant having nothing to say) im posed a fine or 405., or, in default, 14 days' imprisonment. WESTMINSTER. A NOCTURNAL AMUSEMENT, AND SUSPICIOUS POSSES SION.—WiIIiam Goozee, a young man, was charged with unlawfully ringing house bells, and further with being in possession of some tobacco. Henry Sparks, 186 B, said he was on duty at Brompton at two this morning, when he saw the defendant go up to the door of No. 1, Brompton-crescent, and ring the house bell, after which he hurried away to 21, where he pulled another bell, and was then taken into custody by witness. On searching bim at the station, there were two half ounces of tobacco, in different papers found upon him. Mr. Arnold—What have you to say, defendant? Defendant—Nothing particular. I can account for the tobacco. Mr. Arnold —You are described as a barman out of place. Defendant—l got the tobacco from a retired publican, Mr. Sladdow, who used to keep the Adam and Eve, and now live. at 38, Dartmouth-street, Westminster, and I expected somebody would have been here from him, but there has not. Mr. Arnold—Did the defendant give a correct address ? Polic , man—Yes, he did ; and I have been there. It is a respectable place where he lodges. Mr. Arnold—l don't skink it necessary to say anything more about the tobacco; tut what is your reply to the charge of ringing the bells. Defendant—l did not know there was any harm in it. Mr. Arnold—You must have strange notions of things if you don't think there is any harm in wantonly ringing at houses in the dead of the night and disturbing the inmates. Were there any complaints made where he pulled the bells ? Constable--Yes, both complained; and the gentleman at No. 21 came to the gate and complained at the time of the ringing. Mr. Arnold—This annoyance, which is a very senseless amusement, must be put an end to. You are fined 205., or 14 days. The London and South African Bank. ANNUAL MEETING.-THIS DAY. The second annual meeting of the proprietors of the London and South African Bank took place to day. Mr. J. R. Thomson presided. The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that the accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1862, exhibited a surplus of £29,481 Bs. 5d., out of which a payment on account of dividend was made in Oc tober last, at the rate of 6s. per share, free of income tax, and stated that— " Deducting for rebate on bills not due £5,233 lls 9d ; applying in reduction of preliminary expense account the sum of £1,608 6s, or one-fifth of the original amount; an d carrying to the cre di t of the reserve fund £ 2,000 ;an avail able balance remained of £14,639 10s 8d; out of which the directors proposed a dividend for the half-year, ending 31st December last, at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum on the entire paid-up capital, free or income tax, carrying forward £2,639 10s 8d to next account. The past year had been marked by the completion of the bank's capital, to the extent of £400,000, paid up in full, (in conformity with the provi sions of the Charter of Incorporation), a steady increase in its business, and freedom from bad debts. As intimated in the last anneal report, the directors now announced the formation of a branch at D' Urban, in the colony of Natal. Arrangements were in progress for the establishment of others at Pietermaritzburg, King William's Town, and Graaf Reinet ; and it is the intention of the directors still further to extend the sphere of the bank's operation as may be found expedient." The Chairman stated that last June they had paid a dividend of 6s. per share on £200,000 capital. That capital had since that time been increased to £400,000, and the directors now proposed to pay for the past half year another dividend of 6s. per share. Although the dividend was payable on £400,000, the capital actually employed was only £288,000. The net profit made during the year on £2BB 000 was £26,644, or about 91 per cent. The portion paid to the shareholders, includ ing the £12,000 to be distributed, would be equal to a dividecd of 61 per cent. Although it was not a general practice among the colonial banks to afford a statement of the reduction made for rebate of interest, their Lccounts exhibited a sum of £6,233, which might be considered as profit, because it was carried forward to next year's account. £2,000 was also added to the reserve fund, A hich now amomited to £3,100. The notes in circulation, deposits, &c., in June last, represented £95,000; in December it had been increased to /145,000, and since then the accounts from the Cape stated that a further incre went had taken place, the total now being £182,000. The directors had resolved to raise another £lOO,OOO capital, and having obtained the necessary sanction, they HOW proposed to issue 5,000 shares, 4,000 of which were to be appropriated to the shareholders, in proportion of one new share for every five old shares, and that the price be at the rate of £24 per share. The 1,000 remaining shares to be k ept f or the benefit of the b an k. A dui cussion ensued, the majority o f the shareholders contending that the whole of the proposed new shares should be issued to the proprietors at par. A compromise was af terwards eff ecte d , and a reso lution carried limiting the proposed new shares to £22 each. IMPER, HOUSE OF COMMONS---Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 12 4 CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Mr. NEW LEGATE said, in moving the second read ing of this bill, that it would be found to be in accordance with the desires of the occupiers of land and houses, and with the desires of all men of moderate opinions, whether connected with the Church or Dissenters. Some change of the law, which would provide for the fabrics, and the ordinary church expenses, was now required. He deprecated any desire to disturb the relations that subsisted between the Church and the constitution. Parliament, he was satisfied, had no desire to interfere with those parochial organisations. The Times had styled his proposition—which might be characterised as a compromise between those of moderate and extreme opinions upon the matter—as "Mr.Newdegate's specific." It would, he thought, have been better for the leading journal to have striven to advocate unanimity in this matter in the place of foment. ing discord. He quoted the opinion of the late Sir Robert Peel in favour of commuting church rates by a small charge upon the owners of land and other property, as pro posed by this bill. The bill would materially relieve Dis seaters, and would thus get rid of what Sir James Graham said occurred under the present system, namely, " ticketing Dissenters." The late Mr. Whittle Harvey was, too, strongly of opinion that church rates should be s')lely charged upon land. Sir W. Page Wood held that by the common and statute law these rates had always been charge able on the land. Lord John Russell contended that the imposition of church rates on Dissenters was not an act of injustice, because the land on which they were charged had been bought by them subject to the imposition. He pre tarred proceeding by a bill in the place of a resolution, be cause for three sessions he had adopted the latter course, and the result had not been such as to satisfy him. Sir Robert Peel was in favour of making a distinction in the imposition of church rates between large towns and rural districts. In many of the large towns church rates were practically abolished; but he proposed to enable quarter sessions to null the exemption, and to impose the rate proposed by the bill, provided two-thirds of the rate. payers were in favour of the adoption of such a course. He placed the charge at 2d. in the pound, that having been the average rate of church rates levied during the last 25 years in England and Wales. The bill was based upon the suggestions of well experienced people, eminent lawyers and others, who, like him, had for the last seven years turned their attention to the subject. Moreover it was bases 'Upon eho eApress opinions, as he had said, of Sir Robert Peel. If the bill was permitted to go into commit tee he was prepared to introduce clauses to define the way the produce of this new rate should be appropriated. He purposed adopting the suggestions of Archdeacon Hall, that the money collected should be directed to maintaining the fabrics, to the proper arrangement of the graveyards, and to the decent conduct of the service. Ihe board which he proposed should guide the imposition of the tax should be fairly composed of clergy, lawyers, and laymen. He did not consider that a preponderance should be given to landowners, because many of them were not mem bers of the Church, but he would allow them to constitute a fair proportion. It was, indeed, a matter of regret that Sir Robert Peel had not carried out in office those measures which he had indicated out of office, and that his conduct in office had led those on that side of the house to withdraw their support from him. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. STRACEY seconded the motion. Sir C. DOUGLAS said he should support the bill if all the clauses were struck out save the 39th, which provided that church rates should cease on a certain day in the pre sent year. As he greatly objected to the bill he proposed that it be read a second time that day si x months, unless the hon e a corsented to its being referred to a select committee. Such a bill would not be palatable to the country, and could never work well. A settlement of the church rate question was much to be desired, but this bill would not effect a palatable compromise. Lord HENLEY seconded the amendment. The Dis senters would not accept a bill like this • only one emanating from themselves w ou ld receive their support. The bill would afford no relief to Dissenters, and in some cases would positively throw a heavier charge than at pre thtael' o wners of la n d. Th e propose d pre sent upon them. As the rates would be made permanent, as now, i n t h e vestries would machinery in connection with Qu een Anne's Commissioners power tirely of removed opposing i.rom the WAS intricate, cumbersome, and cost l y. Besides, the prin ciple of centralisation would b e most objectionable to the b th e e en parishes. No provision was made for the defrayal of ex present enses to which the 2d. in the p ound was unequal as at p. Sir H. STRACEY supported the bill. Owners of land could capitalise the rates to which they were liable by a single payment, and so rid their land for ever from the impost. Those on his side of the house earnestly desired to act in this matter with a Chi istian feeling, and in the hope of for ever settling the ill-feeling that prevailed with respect to church rates. Mr. HARDY considered that the bill would not lead to an amicable settlement of the matter. Sir G. GREY was sure every one in the house gave the hon. member for Warwickshire (Mr. Newdegate) full credit for being actuated by an ardent desire to bring the matter to a settlement. But he was afraid this bill would rot lead to a satisfactory settlement of the question of church rates. That portion of it which provided that land owners could commute all futare charges by a single pay ment was a very excellent feature. The transference of the responsibility of the tax from the occupier to the owner would not be so easy of adoption as the hon. gentleman ap peared to suppose, and, besides, he was afraid the ma chinery by which this bill was proposed to be carried out would be far too cumbersome to be effectual. He ad vised the hon. gentleman not to persevere with the bill. The paucity of members to-day, compared with last Wednesday, testified that a general impression prevailed that the bill would not be pressed, (Hear, hear.) He trusted the Dissenters, finding that the bill of the hon. baronet, the member for Tavisteck (Sir J. Trelaway), for the total repeal of church rates could not ne carried, would come to some under standing with those who were opposed to them, in order to arrive at a friendly set tlement of the question short of the total abolition of these rates. (Hear hear.) The Governm en t wou l d give every encouragement to such a measure. Sir S. NORTHCOTE appealed to his hon, friend to withdraw his bill, as there was no probability of its being carried in the present session. Mr. R. MILLS contended that church rates were fairly and legally chargeable upon parsons and occupiers, and not upon land. Thera was no ecclesiastical law which could be otherwise interpreted. Only under statute law was the tax liable upon property. He opposed the bill because it would legelise an injustice. Mr. SUOURFIELD likewise urged the hon. member to withdraw the bill, Mr. NE WDEGA FE replied. A settlement of this question had been demanded for 29 or 30 years, and he was anxious tontained o obtain the d ec i sion o f th e house on. the prin bill ciples it c. to a select commi tea H was willing, however, to ref er the a. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second readin g .. 56 Against it ............... Majority against the second reading —3B The bill was consequently lost. CHURCH RATES REDEMPTION BILL. Mr. ALCOCK moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which, he said, was to enable owners of land and others to redeem church rates in the same way as the law now provided for the redemption of the land tax, Mr. EVANS seconded the motion. Mr. NE WDEGATE opposed the bill, saying that had his own measure, just rejected, been sent with this one to a select committee, they might have been enabled to approximate, by the conjunction and amendment of the two, to a satisfactory and useful measure. matter D r. ODS ttled.ON suppo r t e d the bill i n o r d er t o h ave the se Sir G. GREY said it was important to afford facilities for the commutation of church rates, but the bill would require great amendment before it could be made effectual. He thought it would place too much power in the ecclesi astical courts, but he had no objection to the second reading. Mr. D. GRIFFITH opposed the measare, considering the , it would prove ineffectu a l for the purpose. Mr. BRISTOW supported the bill, and said it could be easily amended in committee. The house divided, when there appeared— For the second reaoing Against it Majority against the second reading.. —9 The bill was consequently lost. SECURITY FROM VIOLENCE BILL, The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, Mr. PEACOCKE proposed after the word " may," to introduce "provided any previous convi c ti on for felony be f oun d aga i ns t hi m . " He objected to unneces sarily introducing the brutalising infliction of corporal punishment into their criminal code, because of a temp- rary alarm or panic about "g a rotters." (H ear, hear.) If corporal punishment was to be looked upon as effectual, why not inflict it for rape or night poaching p (Laughter.) Ile objected, at any rate, to its infliction for the first offence. Mr. ADDERLEY defended the clause, considering the infliction of corporal punishment for the first conviction only commensurate with the offence. Mr. CLAY said the exceptional state of things which had led to the proposition of this bill was now over, and advised the withdrawal of the bill, nipd nobody liked it. (L ea n h H g—ter-) The best way was to crime in the bud. ( 1, hear.) After some discussion, in which Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Mr MARSH advocated floggi ng because it was sae- Puller, Mr. Bentinck, Col. North, Lord II Fane, took presence of the prisoners. part, the house divided, when there app eare d_ might be inflicted in public by the For the amendment ................ 37 Against Majority......a.ga..iis.t• • 191 —154 Mr. MITFORD proose to leave out "publicly or," so e i n n t the The amendment was not pressed, a n d prison that t hseffire officers punishment the clause was adopted. Mr. ADDERLEY said, 'l3 reply to Sir G. Grey, that 150 was thymaximum of strok es i ntended to be inflicted, but not more than 50 at one time. It would be optional with !he judge to state the number of lashes to be inflicted. The instruments would be those at present provided in the prisons. Mr. KNIGHTLEY proposed to add, after "offender" the words "the instrument of punishment shall be that which is used in the navy_" A spirited discussion then ensued with respect to the proper " cat" to be used ; in the end the amendment was negatived without a division, Mr. DENT moved (5 o'clock) that the Chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again, The h divided on this motion, there appeared— AgainstFo reporting progress .................... 32 . ... ................... 159 Majority against reporting progress.. -127 On the question that the clause, as amended, be agreed to, Mr. COX said he was desirous of taking the sense of the house on the broad many members the question of fi eggiu _ g believing that n in the b —mute were inimical to it. (Hear, hear.) The house then divided, when there were_ For the clause ........................ 144 Against it Majority ............. --113 The remaining clauses, with some amendments, were then agreed to, and the chairman reported progress. MARRIAGES REGISTRATION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second tim e , ADMIRALTY COURT (IR ELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second tim e . The house adjourned at half Tut 6 o'clock. THE CONS FRANCE, " One hundred thousand men," says a Paris paper, speaking of this year's conscription,---- " One hundred thousand men have just passed under the regulation measure, and have heard the President of the Board of Revision cry out, as each moved on, 'Good for service.' One hundred thou sand families have received the terrible tidings. For the first few days all is sorrow ; soon courage returns to their valiant hearts. Is not France a nest of soldiers ?" No doubt, the army of France is worthy of admi ration, but while we are struck at the exactness with which she turns out yearly her 100,000 youths, appa rently excellent in health and exuberant in spirits —some of them already grasping in fancy the Mar shal's staff which they are to find in their cartridge boxes,—we do not notice the crowds which the same Board of Revision have been forced to reject as unfit material for powder to consume before they can get at the number required. It is affirmed by those who ought Ito know the fact that the sickly, the deformed, or those who are below even the small stature of an approved conscript are far more nume rous than those who are declared fit for service. The result of the conscription which is just concluded shows that in this respect matters are still worse. The War Department had been forced to lower by a few centimetres the standard required for the old regiments; and it is feared that if the numerics amount of the conscription be maintained at its pre sent rate a further reduction will become indispen sable. This ogre, called the Conscription, swallows up year after year the flower of the youthful rural population. Those who are left behind are com- paratively short in stature, feeble in frame, and infirm. It is stated on authority, whigh has not, I believe, been contested, that, out of 1,000 youths registered as the contingent to be furnished by cer- tain cantons, 731 were rejected by the Revision Board as unable from physical defects to bear arms. Napoleon I. used to boast that he had 100,000 men to spend every year, and his incessant wars and in- oessant calls upon the population to support them have produced what we now witness. To this, as well as to the laws on the division of property, is attributed the fact that the population for thelas en years has stood still, where it has not actu a lly _ _ diminished, while that of other European countries has increased. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, May s.—ln yarns there has been a fair amount of business done for India and China. Cop yarns for the home trade have also been in quired for, and the Germans are buyers of small quantities where prices are suitable. Yarns for India are about id. per lb. higher than this day week, and some spinners are asking as much as ld. per lb. higher, but extreme rates have a tendency to check business. The twist and cops most in quired for are 30's to 60's for manufacturers. Other counts are dearer in proportion. In cloths also there has been a considerable business. Prices are a shade higher, and the quotations of last week have been more easily obtainable. The chief busi ness has been in shirtings suitable for India. Other goods, though firm, are not in such active request, though there is evidently more desire among buyers to operate. The opinion obtains ground that the improvement in the cotton trade lately has been considerable. In addition to the weekly returns of Mr. Farnall showing a steady decrease of the un employed factory hands, it is observable that a greater number of chimneys are smoking. It is thought, in fact, by many that the trade has now attained as good a position as can be expected with the present supply of cotton, and an improvement in prices was to be expected under such circum stances. NOTTINGHAM, sth.—At the exchange hall to day the amount of business transacted was limited. The attendance was tolerable, but the demand for lace yarns was inactive at Friday's rates. For hosiery yarns the inquiry was also slow, but holdere obtained full rates. The demand for brown nets was exceedingly fiat, and prices had again a tendency to recede. There is very little alteration to quote in the value of any description of silk. ItOCHDALE, 4th.—Thefl,ncel trade keeps active. The manufacturers are working full time, and the demand for goods keeps close to the suply. Under such circumstances, as might be expected, prices are firm. Indeed, the manufacturers are so stiff in their demands that buyers purchase more to meet immediate than prospective wants. Some few orders for the spring shipping season have been given. Yorkshire goods, especially the lower and cheaper sorts, are in fair request. Wools are without change since last week, but manufacturers bay cautiously. The new clip promises to be a good one, but sheep farmers are demanding high rates. DUNDEE, May s.—To-day there was a good in quiry for flax, and a number of sales, chiefly small parcels, are reported. At a slight concession in price some large transactions could have been effected, but as sellers would not give way, the ne goeiations are for the present broken off. The business done was at the full rates of last week, and the market closed strong. Prices continue too high in Russia to warrant any abatement here. In tow and codil:a there is no change either in demand or value, and only a small business was done in them. Jute is still unsaleable here, at prices equal to those paying in England. There was a moderate demand for flax and tow yarns to-day, and previous prices were generally paid. Jute yarns are quiet, and prices in favour of the buyer for some sizes. Ex port hessians are in less request, in consequence of the want of activity in the American market, but the letters received thence to-day hold out the prospect of a better demand st ortly. The better class of linens made in the district go off freely, and there are no stocks of almost any description of goods on hand. LEICESTER, 6th.—There is little or no improve ment in the hosiery trade : most departments are quiet, and the workpeople are very partially em ployed. Very little is doing in the shipping branch. Business in the country districts is without the slightest improvement, end great distress exists among the operatives. Wools are realising late prices, with a tolerable demand for present use. In yarns there is no change, prices remaining firm. The Railway Bridge across Ludgate•hill. REASONS WHY ALL PERSONS—CITIZENS OR NOT CITI ZENS—WHO TAKE A PRIDE IN OUR METROPOLIS, ARE DETERMINED TO OPPOSE THE RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS LUDGATE-HILL. Because it is wholly unnecessary while a tunnel can be made. Because this unnecessary project will destroy 130 houses, and wantonly turn 700 poor people out of their homes, Because it will stop up nearly four acres of public road way, and destroy every thoroughfare running east and west between Earl-street, Blackfriars, and Snow-hill, except Ludgate-hill. Because it will destroy Ludgate-hill in a more cruel way —by slow torture. Because it will add to the crowding and complications of a traffic which already often numbers 7,000 vehicles in the course of an hour. Because the noise of trains constantly running over this choked-up stream of vehicles at a height of 18 feet from the ground, must alarm the horses, and increase the accidents, which are already too numerous. Because such bridges are always gloomy, unsightly tanks, constantly dripping on to the heads of the passers under neath. Because any railway bridge will shortly destroy the business character of Ludgate-hill—the Regent• street of the City. Becalm hundreds cf traders will suffer, who will have no claims for comrensation. Because this particular bridge will shut out the lower view of St. Paul's, and so far undo all that tbo Cor poration has been trying to do for years at an enormous cost. Because the old Lud• Gate, which stood across the hill, was removed as an obstructio.6o. and we are notn , at the request of the inhabitants of London , in 1/ willing to go back in taste and public spirit more than 100 years. Because London is quite ugly enough already. Because the old company, having ahand, ned this part of their project to a new company, and being confessedly un able to carry it out without new powers from Parliament, the whole subject is now brought again before th e tore, as fully as if no bill had ever been passed. BLOCKADE RUNNEL—lntelligence WBB received at Greenock on Monday that the paddle steamer Rugby had been convoyed by her Majesty's steamer Ariadne to Havannah from Matanzas, where she had been blockaded by two Federal men of war. She had just run the blaokade with a cargo of cotton. SPORTING "I can assure you that they are the best terms I can offer, in duty to myself and my children," said the pub lisher, mistaking the reason of his visitor's silence; "for, sir, I am the father of a large family." " I was about to say that I am perfectly satisfied with your terms," responded Cecil; "and am ready to sign the agreements directly. I suppose you have got a receipt ready ?" " You are right, sir, since you propose that the payment should take place at once." And going to his desk the publisher took from it some papers, upon one of which he wrote some words. " Five thousand francs I" soliloquised Cecil ; how fortu nate it is that I did not wait for the arrival of Jules' Maecenas I" " Here is the receipt, sir," observed Monsieur Isaac. " I have signed both it and the agreement; you will have on your side to sign the duplicate of the latter yourself." " Why have you signed the receipt F" exclaimed Cecil in astonishment; "it is for me to do that, as it is I who am to receive the money." "I beg pardon, sir," remarked the other, "hut I do not exactly understand you; to what money are you allud ing?" To the five thousand francs you are going to pay me," replied Cecil. " Y. u mean the five thousand francs you are going to pay me," retorted the publisher. " I going to give you five thousand francs, sir P' ex claimed our hero. " What for 1" "For publishing your novel, sir 1" The disappointed author returns to his lodgings, and flings the MSS. in despair into the corner of his room. The next day, to his dismay, he finds it has been swept away as rubbish, and, according to French custom, become the property of some chffonnier. As a very different specimen to the scene above quoted, we , a ill give a description of the funeral service of a young musical composer, who had himself, like Mozart, unwittingly com posed his own requiem : "At first it was a plaintive harmony, full of soft melan choly, as if the sounds were the voices of pitying angels asking pardon of God for mankind. The tone of the music then changed, and was intended to represent the voice of the eternal God, thundering in wrath against the ingrati tude of sinners, and announcing the chastisement merited by their evil doings. "At this moment there issued forth from the orchestra sounds of wondrous import, now imitating the fury of the tempest, now the rolling of the thunder, and with this wild harmony mingled the roaring of demons rejoicing in the wrath of the Deity falling upon the human race; and at the same time there seemed to arise the agonised cry of souls condemned to eternal fire. "At this magnificent expression of divine indignation and human suffering, the hearts of all present quivered with emotion ; but by degrees the fury of the orchestra be came softened; the groaning of the damned and the roar ing of the demons ceased and the voices of seraphs seemed to implore pardon from heaven. Then a gentle melody appeared to explain to the faithful that God had just made a new compact with man, and had said to him : ' Go forth and glorify my name.' " Strains of majestic gravity succeeded ; mortal man, with his forehead in the dust, adored and blessed his Creator. "As was to be expected, the congregation was enraptured by this powerful composition, at one moment plaintive and touching, at another sombre and terrible. All present had felt the emotions of the artist to their very heart's core ; and in turn trembled at the wrath of God, and hoped in his divine mercy. While the peals of thunder resounded beneath the arched roof of the temple, they had bowed their heads sub missively; when the souls of the damned had groaned in anguish, they had also sobbed and groaned; and when at length the pardoned world glorified its Creator with strains of love and prai.e, that crowd, in which were mingled fer vent and lukewarm breasts—that crowd had with one accord fallen upon their knees upon the church pavement, their hearts overflowing with hope and faith." ew _ at az. If this eloquent outburst be deemedeosiorms b rhapsody travagant, what will be said of c Disraeli's about love towards ex lelthep excepting conclusionini "love volume ! Never, Mr. Disraeli' . the third "Henrietta Temple"— out parallel in the read of such ebullitions of t a extraordinary b i c 11 c s i extravaganc e o ß ry e ' a ' um'sv Beaumont, of its emotions --have w e . indulgedliteirnaryyexperience) u n r rietta (and like here is a him alone, within the rang h ti e o n ns c ! eci F l For receives v esCecil example,altter from Like transp t the t lover e t r bo eo se fo fiioe. Beaumont foams at the mouth in the paroxys ms of a friend to say that the family o f shciesnaefftehe atitonocacteuresmwo his beloved have returned to Paris:— It would be useles to attemp t to rious madde • • , maddening describe the wild, el d • 1- impulse that ipervade young lov er as h e perused these d the frame of th e seemed raging i n his soul ---5 mighty few w or d s . A typhoon course the sullen clouds and v mghty wind, di s p e lli ng in its pense. apours of l ung d ays of sus- He was silent for a few moments, for he was tongue-tied, though the bi g d rop of perspiration that quivered on his brow (:), and the slight foam that rose to his lips (I I), proved the excess of his feeliags. But, as tho wind clears the heavens, sudden, unexpected good tidings tranquilise the soul. The tumult of his mind gradual subsided ; the scudding thoughts that for a moment had courscd about in such wild order vanished and melted away, and a sentiment of bright serenity succeded—a sense of beauty and joy, and of hover ing and circumambient hope. In hie next work the author of Cecil Beaumont must put a little restraint upon the ardour of his imagination and temper the fervour of his descrip tions. We the more readily find fault with pas sages like the above, which are, to our thinking,' Cecil Beaumont. By the Hon. Chas. Stuart Savile. 3 vole. Hurst and Blackett. " Cecil Beaumont" is a book that is pleasant to read. It is well written, the style throughout is simple and animated, and the scenes and charac ters described are full of freshness and vigour. We have been a good deal disappointed with the con cluding volume, we must admit. During two volumes and more we had followed the fortunes of the hero with interest, but after his varied and numerous misfortunes the transition in his fortunes is so abrupt, and the finale to the tale so couleur de rose, that it reminds us of that last scene (who can ever forget it ?) where Lord Dundreary, waving his hand in a back-handed idiotic manner, exclaims to his valet and his sweetheart—" There! bless you — bless you! I suppose that's the ordinary thing !" &c. Before alluding further to the conclusion, which has disappointed us, we will first speak of the earlier portions of' the story with which we have been at times greatly pleased. The scene is laid in France. Cecil Beaumont is the son of a locksmith of Cusset, a small town in the interior of France. Having evinced great abilities, and having distinguished himself at the college of the department, ho is brought to Paris by a speculative schoolmaster, who for five years administers to his intellectual, while he neglects his physical, culture, and sends him back, at the expiration of his term of agree ment, emaciated and starved—a living skeleton— but loaded with prizes and honours won at every examination. Cecil, imagining himself to be" the very type of a great man," begins life, like so many before him, with exaggerated dreams of ambition and a yearning for ideal felicity. One by one these delusions are, of course, dissipated. At first he is appointed under-clerk to a notary of his native town, and is here initiated into the secret of law writing. "The most essential thing," says the head clerk, who is instructing him, "is to manage to stretch out what you write, so as to make as many words as possible and to write in large hand. Now the act of say ing very little in a great many words constitutes the principal element of an avoue's science. The man who possesses that art in perfection is pretty nearly certain of making his fortune." That art, however, is not possessed by Cecil, who is forced to seek for fortune in another direction. He goes to Paris, is enrolled as an avocat, but being too honest to plead any cause unless convinced of its justice, he makes no profit by his profession. He afterwards turns author, takes a play to a manager for perusal without obtaining any receipt, and the play is brought out under another title as the manager's own, and Cecil has no redress. He then concocts a sensation drama, rightly called " a mon strosity." By the proceeds of this, of which he is heartily ashamed, he manages to exist for a time. We do not propose to follow him step by step in his miscellaneous and interesting adventures, some of which are sufficiently amusing. On one occasion he has taken a manuscript to a Jew publisher, wLo is willing to bring it out at the author's expense, and the following ridiculous equivoque occurs : " You see, sir, that the publication of a work of the sort will ()Titan a heavy outlay." " Of that I am perfectly aware," observed our hero ; and pray, may I ask you to name what terms ?" " What would you say to five thousand francs for the first edition, the money to be paid in advance ?" said Mon sieur Isaac, blandly. This was a sum so much beyond Cecil's expectations, that for a few moments he was too much agitated to reply. ridiculous, because, on the whole, we have been BO much pleased with t h e book and with its riter. The spirit th a t p ervades the whole composit w ion is genial, and generous, and impartial. It presents a refreshing contrast to some of the " sensation'' novels of the day, and we shall gladly renew our acquaint ance with the author of " Cecil Beaumont." HORTICULTTJRAL GARDENS. On Tuesday afternoon the Exhibition of Sculp ture by living artists, which is to form a permanent attraction to these gardens during the summer months of each season, was opened to the public. The idea of an exhibition of this kind each year at these gardens originated with the late Prince Con sort, though, as the grounds themselves were scarcely completed at the time of his lamented death, no steps were taken towards carrying out the plan un til recently, when the matter was intrusted to a committee of five artists—Messrs. Foley, Marshall, Weekes, and Woodington, with Mr. Stephens as secretary. The result of the labours of these gen tlemen, as far as they can be judged by the groups which they have brought together, may now be seen at the gardens, where they are distributed in the conservatory and arcades or placed about the grounds themselves, which they decidedly improver and fill up in a pleasing manner, though the illu sion in some cases disappears on a closer inspection of some of the groups themselves. Before the public were admitted their R o y a l Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales paid a private visit to the exhibition. They were re ceived on their arrival by the President of the se ciety, the Duke cf Buccleuch, Si► Wentworth Dilke, Mr. Wilson Saunders, the hon. secretary, Mr. Kelk, and the whole of the members of the Council, Thus attended, their Royal Highnesses passsd some time in inspecting the groups sent in, which include works from such artists as Woodington,Passworth, Weekes, Noble, Monti, Foley, M'Dowell, Thorney croft, Fontana, Durham, Bell, Adams, Calder, Mar shall, Stephens, Davis, and many others. Such names ought to give promise of as good a collection of English works as the sculptor's art among us is able to produce ; but, with few exceptions, the groups shown are nearly all in plaster, and even in this material are on 4 reduced copies of important ori ginals. A large part of the collection also is made up of busts of various persons, which, when they are those of such eminent men as Napier or Wel lington, are, though not new, interesting enough ; though the same cannot be said of rows of esquires and professors who, even if exhibited in the flesh, would fail to draw attention, and who certainly gain nothing in attractiveness by being introduced to the public through a plaster-medium. Some of these, however, are exceedingly well done, and, whether like the originals or not, are at least busts that are natural and full of character, and in which the artist has contrived to escape the traditional bust-like look which generally mak es these me mentoes so stonily significant of lack of skill. Among the marble groups will be found Calder Marshall's well-known statue of " Ophelia," so touching in its exquisite sorrow, in the perfect abandonment of grief that is embodied in the very outline of the half-drooping figure. Near it is an other by the same artist," The Young Briton." Th e interest of this fine conception is, we venture to think, lessened by the extreme youth of the Briton in question, who, though represented as being in vested by his mother with the dead father's torque, is of on age at which the degenerate Britons of the present day are scarcely weaned. Westmecott's celebrated statue of " The Peri" is also in the Con servatory, and near it is a pretty copy of Mr. Miller's group of " Emily and the Doe of Rybl stone," which many of our readers will recollect was reproduced with such perfection by Ca l eland in the Exhibition of last year. Out on the terrace in front of the Conservatory is Durham's great statue of the Queen, in bronze, surrounded by the attributes of " Peace," which was originally in tended as the crowning statue for the Memorial of the International Exhibition of 1851. This fine figure has been produced in metal by Messrs. Elk ington's process of depositing by electrotype. It is a splendid specimen of this branch of scientific reproduction of works of art. By this method the cost of bronze statues is reduced to less than one half, and all risk of imperfect castings, of course, entirely done away with. As our readers are aware this figure is not to surmount the Memorial, but in its place will be one of the late Prince by the same artist. This figure has also been completed by Messrs. Elkington, and will be fixed on the pedestal in a few days more, to be ready for the public in auguration by the Prince and Princess of Wales in June next. There are several other fine models of figures in the collection of statuary, such as Weekes's " Young Naturalist," Lawlor's "Bather," Durham's "Parting of Paul and Virginia," Foley's "Youth at a Stream," Miller's "Evangeline," &c., each and all of which as individual examples de serve commendation. The collection, as a whole, however, must by no means be taken as a fair ex ample of the state of the sculptor's art in England at the present day. Some of our best sculptors have not contributed at all, though it is not like/y, after this exhibition, that they will suffer themselves to remain unrepresented next year. The Council of the Horticultural Society are now busily employed in preparations to make the in auguration of the Prince Consort's Memorial on the 10th of Jnne as effective and as important a die. play as becomes the occasion. As it is important that the Council shculd be able to judge of the numbers likely to be present at the ceremonial, they have decided that the price of cards of admission shall be 15s. each if purchased on or before May 27 (the day of the first great floral exhibition), £1 up to June 9 inclusive, and £1 10s, on the day of the ceremony. The Council have also decided that each Fellow of .1,2 2s. (or 20 guineas) shall be entitled at any time up to May 27 to - purchase three tickets at half-price. and fel lows of £4 4s. (or 40 guineas) six tickets. The Princess of Wales having signified her wil- lingness to become a Fellow of the Royal Horti cultural Society, the Council have called a special meeting of the society for Saturday, May 16, for the purpose of electing her Royal Highness. PENNY-A-LINERS ! These writers never allow us to go anywhere; we always proceed. A man was going h ome, ;,., was b u p t re a e l e w e adyinsg To his is set d d e o r w ic n e., . an w i e nd n i e v v id er uaelat,Partak e ' resl" though we happen to eat up the w of -, ", n mentioned. In court, counsel asks the thing " Did you have anything to eat there a witnes " 'What was it ?" " A bun.i, p•t "Yes, , report in the paper, an d , NOW g o that " witness confessed to Yeull be sure to th e bun," as if some one else h"ingPartaken to find never hear of a la shared it _ _ o f a Nothing is ever Pce ; it i s ai ,: i tb him. -w e of the people of placed,t but a l ways l a Ys a, l ee pli ty, vulgarism to these e ° he° mould be " Most majority of the e Mtlemen ; • be terrible no on e residents in Must be lives in r tile it l " the ' 1 Good lud„io rooms, but always • oculity," Then have " eligiNl3l g 8 would be far ton " apartments." any feeling, be apartments." No o meagre; so we by the Nva • ut always "evinces" it.inan ever shows this catal yt Is one of the most odious This "evince," ogue of v words ar e . -1-; in all very body vulgarities, for such they asks, but evinces" everything, iey N r o e a o i n l " evinYces" " evinces a sense a of desire." No one is hurt, but e another, but . evincesbuffering No one thanks when the French band gratitude." I remember this country, of the " Guides" were in as they readingproceeded of in the illustrated .Netos, that the metropolis (we nev c e ourse, along the streets of journals), they w ere vehrerme c a n d tl of London in polite everything vehemently) the asse mbledcheered y h ( v everybod y doe Populace (that is the genteel - • And what do you name for the peop e . suppose the Frenchmen did in ret urn ? Of course, something very cliffereni from what Englishmen would have done uncer similar circumstances. But did they t 055 up their caps, and c r y, "Viv o l'Angleterre ?" 'Ube Illustrated News did not condescend to enter into such details; all it told us was that they "evinced a reciprocity ! " Again, we never begin anything in the newspapers now, but always commence. I read lately in a Taunton paper, that a horse " commenced kicking." And the printers seem to think it quite wrong to violate this rule. Repeatedly, in drawing up handbills for charity sermons, I have wt itten, as I always do, "Divine service will begin at so an d so;" bat almost always it has been altered t o "" 111 me nce; " and once I r emember the bill b i back after pr oof with "a query en g sent wr itten against the word.—Dean •• ' -- -''e-nee P " Me Queen's English.; Mi l ford's pl ea for 214 not 1076}