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

MONEY MARKET AND COMBURCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ALTERATION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. Some commotion has been produced in City circles to-day by the announcement, shortly after the Opening of business that the authorities of the Bank of England had raised their minimum discount quotation from 6to 7 per cent. The market yes terday afternoon presented an unsettled appearance, owing to a scarcity of money. A very brisk de mand for accommodation, and a disinclination on the part of the hankers and bill brokers to negotiate se eurities, unl ess a t en h a nced quotations. The pos sibility of an advance in the official rate was vaguely spoken of, but few were prepared for the impor tant measure now adopted. It naturally enough has engaged serious attention, not only in monetary and commercial circles, but also in the Stock Exchange, where some depression has been consequently produced. Many of the operators for a rise in prices have hurriedly taken their profits, and the sales thus effected have invested the diffe rent markets with a marked degree of heaviness. Bank shares, previously the most buoyant class of security, have suffered severely, and affairs alto gether have assumed a very different appearance f rom what was manifested earlier in the week. There is very little money on offer, and only a small amount of business has been transacted at the new quotation. The banks and discount houses are expected to raise their allowance of interest on deposit accounts In the same way as on former occasions, when the discount quotation has been adjusted at 7 per cent. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of have amounted to £866,700, and the exports to £590,000. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Tuesday next a special settling day in the shares of the Credit Mobilier and the Mercantile Exchange Bank (200,000 new shares), both to be Marked in the official lists. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent.Rentea were 66f. 65c. Plat. The advance in the rate of discount created addi tional heaviness in the market for the English Funds, and some sales on speculative account have caused a decline of s per cent., Consols being 91- , Z-, for money, and 918 for the 4th proximo. The New Threes are 89Z 8 ; the Reduced, 89-1 e ; India per Cents., 1058 ; and Exchequer Bills, 108, to Os. dis. In the Foreign Market a general decided de cline has taken place, and business is very inactive. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have receded to 711 72 ; do., C3nsolides, to 52-7, Z-; Mexican, to 461 47 ; Greek, to 241 ; Spanish Passive, to 341 4 ; do. Certificates, to 129 ; Portuguese are 49 1 ; and the Confederate Loan, 54 55. In the Railway Share Market business has been inactive,_ . and prices in most instances have exhi bited less firmness. Great Western and South Eastern have declined 1; Brighton, 4 ; North Western, Metropolitan, Midland, and North astern, York, 1; and Great Northern A Stock, 11. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and in Most instances a downward movement has taken Place. Alliance have receded to 57 8; Imperial Ottom-in to 201 ; London and Brazilian to 631; Imperial Bank to 401 ; Hudson Bay Company to 19 ! - ) ; and Mercantile Credit to 15 , 1. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings : —lmperial Bank of Chinn, 31 4 prem.; City Offices, 21 1 prem.; Millwall Iron Works, 21 3 prem.; Credit Mobilier, 6 1 6 pr e m. ; Credit Foncier, 71 8 prem.; Thames Iron Works, 41 prem. ; Imperial Financial, 41 5 prem. ; City of London Real Property, 11; Oriental and General Marine Insurance, 21 f, prem.; Inter national Land Credit, 21 prem.; Lemberg Railway, a prem. ; Telegraph Construction, 2 1 prem.; babloniere Hotel, 21 prem.; North Australian, s 1 prem.; and Port Augusta Company, 4 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 5 9l: 3 Per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent B 9a a New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 731 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 . 4 xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 5 10 Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £ 2OO Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct Ditto Account INDIiN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndia Stock, 10 L p er Cent., April 1874 •••••• 2 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account...... Ditto 4 per Cent, 1883 — Do Certificates Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872. lO4 Ditto 61 per Cent. ' May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 --- atto bonds 13,000 _die Ditto under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 13 Ditt o 1863 ilen° Dittos Ayres 6 per Cent .......... , illoo Bonds .................. 0 hili an 6 per Cent ..................... Ditto 41 pet Cent ................... Colombian 841 olonabian 6 per Cent ................. t 6r tlador New C onso lidated, 1 per Cent.. 14 Yptian 7 per Cent ............... ... 101 101 1001 Ditto, Second Issue ................ 'reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. , 0 Ditto Account ...................... 241 Ditto C0up0n5...................... — Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Mareinmana Railway) 7 5 1 blexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 47A 7 1 61 i t doorish Imperial 5 per Cent Ziow Granada — 'Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent Ditto Account... Ditto 3 per Cent. (Erribarren) — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent.,:1853 Ditt o Account 491 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditt o Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid .. Pm Xtussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 88! Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 ...... — Sardinian 5 per Cent.......... — Ditto Account ........ . l'ilzianish 3 per Cent _— Ditto Account ................ — Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account ................. Dltt ° P assive I . , . Ditto Account 'Vani s h C ert. o f C oup no t f u nded .. Ditto Account l2i 13 ;,wedish, 4 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 D itto Account " J itto £lOO Bonds. 7oi 3 1) 44) 6 per Cent. 1862 'D ittoAccount .. 71i 2 1/ ~ Ditto 1863 Di tto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 'etlezuel a 3 per Cent. bitto Account — i ); ,) ib!" 6 per Cent., 1862 itto Account 69 81 Ditto 1} per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud .0 Austrian,2l4!i. 5 per Cent., Es. 10 Florins. 13 g`an 4 1 per Cent., Ex. 25f — t e itto 4 13. 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gu11.... 4 — per Cent. Certificates l i x ta u nto Account — D i a ,l' , 5 per Gent., 1861, Es. 2 5 francs .— "0 Account kiGrinaont,eße 5 per Cent., Ex. 2 5f I.l iviart Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK. Co nsole Money .... 91a f Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, b No Chan ge i n the market. Sales about 6,000 al es. Imports, 27,214. BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOvb►S. Railways. i raid. I. Budsoinnee.a, ! Closing Iprice,e • Bit., V01.,V and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. llost.,Sleat.,andMidAlo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon 1) 0 A ( A f.lets no dix Do. B ' till fipc.pan.has been paid to 11. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Pert 11,&, Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. NVestern., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock.. Ditto i]Ttstingllan st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern ' Do A stock Do Li do Gt. S. an I W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Sts Val gua. stoc!; Lancashice & Yorkshire London and tilackwa!l i ' Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast ) Lon., Chat., and Doveri Lon. & Nor' h Western' Lon. & Ser,th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do q shares Metropolitan Midland Do New _ _ Do Birming. & Derby Rid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Hid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchasi. Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun, Staines, Wok.,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny %Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do N ewport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSE , bar. 100 so 1 20 Railways stock i Wel stook 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook idiantic & St Lawrene , Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent luo Gu. kper cent........ Do. New .. Do. E. 5hare5......... Buffalo and La&c Huron Do. Pretersnee Buffalo,Bra.nt,&G odneli 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:, 1)o. do. June 1, lb:, Cleutta.ttS.Eastn.(Liii; Cape Town Dock Sail Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, g - u. sp. c. stork stock stock Do. do. - a Est:.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock— Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all SIONS. Closing Price. 59 61 102 i iC33 P 6 6i 9 10 lOU 100 100 100 100 100 10t {O3 92 101 105 105 1041 105} P, 4 IPI 20 21 73 15 60 43 63 65 51 53 48 50 90 ft 25 27 22 65 101 1(5 ltti all all all all all all all 100 103 i 104 ICI 10 lc* 9i s 4l 93 94 82 84 # IP 10! )u3 95 9$ 92 94 Business don, 105 .1i 26i 104 12} 103} 1011 New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. .. I Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. It p. 0. Extension Dc. 4i d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Slclb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. 31elb. & ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Alortg. Bds. Newßr unswicß Candu 57 58 Class A and B. N.ll,l.C'da3 pc lat pt bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub .... a Do. Do. ........ I Do. Inclus.St. Flo. 100 (100 i 10! all 100 k• 10 0 S 5 82 /4 104 105 104 103 ip lo3i 97 9) 59 81 104 31 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ov. 6 p.c.J a' ,SzJ j 1877-81 100 102 104 1031 Do. p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 it 3 D 0.6 p.0.1 1 ,1ar.& Sept. 100 101 IC3 Do. sp. C. Jan.&July. 10C 90 02 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 !Cape G.llope, 8 p 0,1871 100 106 108 - I Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 i Do. 1891 100 111 113 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 105 110 112 111/ Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 108 110 - ,'N.B.Gov.Op.o.Ja.&July 100 102 104 I Do. 6p. e.A.p. & OM. 100 - IN. S.W. eV. 5 p 18. 100 991 1001 991 Do. SP. c.,18/1 to Lit 100 99 do.,;888 &upwds 100 99 100 100 ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 104 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - I S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 110 112 - Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 'Do. io 4p.a An..tiOct.. 100 1081 1091, 108 BRITISH MINES. 2 Uambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id chilord Amalgamated.. 34 S 5 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 67 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. - East Uaradon ...... 1.14.8 301 311 East Carn. Brea... . 3.4.0 69 74 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk., 8.9.0 33 41 - I Gam&StAuDyn(Gwen 081 9 10 Great South T01,gu5.... 17s 3 31 IG. Wheal Vor(Lielston 10 3S 35 Grenville 4.16.1 109 111 fierc.d's-Foot 8.12 85 37 tlingston Downs 4 .1 8 .0 3 1 Lady Bertha Margaret (tJny Lelant v. 18 20 31arke Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim 2l. 11 t 1 New Setun lOl 83 95 -• North Downs 29 11 2 Bassa (Mogan 3.1.0 2 21 • North Wheal Crotty Consols (tst. Blazey. Providence( Uny Lelnt; 10.6.7 41 43 South Oaradon(StCleer 11 450 170 Carn Brea (lllogan) — - IS.Wheal Iran. (Illogan 18.13.9 40 50 'Stray Park • f a mar Silv.& Lead Min. fin Croft 0 18 19 ' %Vest Basset (Mogan). 11 :0 11 WC' rcdon (Liskeard,l 5 19 21 West Seton , 1 Wheel Basset (Mogan); 51 85 90 - Wheal Buller(liedratily 10 35 4.0 {Wheal Kitty (15.Lebtut)' 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal MaryAnnCllen ) 8 131 141 Wheal 13eton 5Bl 200 210 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.); 7 22 24 ilVheal Union I 3.17 . 21 29 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 1031 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97i 7 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 10i North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.) 99} PREFErtENM SHARES AND ,STOCKS Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 102 Nottingham and Grantham it. & C., 94 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Rm.) gua. 7 per cent., 16[17 Northern of France, 381 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 371 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 1 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 Cape Copper, lira.. 131 St. John del Rey (lira.), 46 5 United Mexican (11in;, 7 Yudananiutana of S. Australia, Um., 31 BANKS. lig,rra and United Service (Um.), 148 501 Alliance ( hm. I. 57 8 Ditto, new, 481 Anglo Austrian, 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 91 Australasia, 75 Bank 01 Queensland (lim), 22 11 Bank of Wales, lira., 18i British and Californian, Um., 71 lqitish North American. 19 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 Chartertd Bank of India, Australia, and China, 424 1 Ditto, new, 30 City, 126 5 Consolidated Bank, 1im.4111 Continental. lim., 18 East-London, lim., 9 81 English and Irish, 91 184 European Bank, lirn. 15 31 Imperial Bank 4 , 1401 Imperial Ottoman, 201 t ; Land Mortgac.ce Bank of India, lim.. 4 4 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 2! 1 London and Brazilian (lim.), 54 3 4 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, ;6 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 28 74 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27f London and Colonial (lim.), 17 161 London and Comity. 65 4 London, Hamburg. Cont. Exch lim., 20/ 1 London Joint Stock, 45} London and Nortnern, lim., 21 31 L on don and South African, 274 L on don and S outh -Western, •i 3 L on don and 11 estm inster, !,) 3 M erc h an t Bank, din , 17 M ercant ile and Exchanv,e. lim., 181 1 51e iropolitan and Provincial Bank, Mexican, lira, 7s Ditto, Standard , ofnew B r itish South Africa (11m.), 304 Union of Ireland, lim., 21 Port Philip, a Midland Bank (lim.), 151 New Zealand Bank. 144 Oriental Bank Corporation. 67 61 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lttn , 121 South E ,stern, lim., 3e 3 1 Union of Australia, 571 Ungna of London, 82 3 8 Si Si 9 83 E 5 118 119 el 7} 35 37 16 17 90 92 10i 106 17 s7i 64 7; ;30 131 US 1 1 i0 1:11 1; 3 91. 93 65} GO} 111 1101 67 C 9 1026 1036 43} 416 1116 112 99 11,0 546 554 1174 114 131 f 13211 101 IC3 151 62 24i '4si 991 1001 56 67 88i 89 128 331 111 2i pl 78 79 1( t 11} 121 123 41 43 ' 98 100 63 64 33 35 94 91 101 103 Si pi 37 38 Of 10 8 Si E. 165 170 5 7 i 3 91 96 311 901 g} THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1864 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE H. P. LYON. This bankrupt was described as of Gloster-street, Pim lico, and applied for his release from custody, which was opposed. It appeared that he had been insolvent in 1861, and obtained his discharge, but had soon afterwards given bills in favour of a party who obtained goods from the de • taining creditors. The bankrupt alleged that the bills were purely accommodation bills, but it was urged, on the con trary, that the bankrupt had, in some way, been benefited, and it was therefore desirable that the transaction should be investigated before the bankrupt was released. His Honour said it was one of those cases in which as • signeea should be appointed, and have time to inquire into the matter. The release was therefore refused. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market to, day was seasonably well supplied with most kinds of produce. Fruit sold steadily at fully last weeks currency, and In vegetables sales progressed steadily at full prices. The quotations were as follows : FRUIT. 0. s. d. s. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign 00 1 6 to 3 0 Melons 0 0 to 0 01 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 C. to 4 0 ['ears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hi sveo 0 to 0 0 1 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 CherrieJ, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 FilbertE, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 CobnutE, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almon&i, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 PeticheE.. Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Greengiges,pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch a 0 to 7 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 0 to 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 6 Horseradish, pdn 1 0 to 2 0 1?-,d ditto 0 0 So 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 , Celery, per ditto 1 0 to 1 9 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 2 6; Beet, per doz. .. 0 0 to 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 45 0 to 90 0 , Small salad, p. pn, 0 0 to 0 0 New ditto, pr pt ..1 0 to 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 8 to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 0 'Artichokes, each 0 0 to 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 5 6 COS lett, score .. 0 0 to 0 0 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 ) Mint and savory..o 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0. 0 to 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, n.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 0 to 0 French beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 I Chillies, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. ton 1 6 to 2 01 Capsicums, per do 0 0 to J 0 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 1 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3 to 0 6 Spinach Brussels sprouts 1 9 to 2 6 ,scakale, per bun. 1 0 to 1 6 Visit of General Garibaldi to Barclay and Perkins's Brewery. IN RE PEARiON,-IN RE PIZEY. On a former occasion is was staked that his Honour would deliver his judgment in tbe,e cases on the 21st inst., but it has since been arranged that, for the convenience of all parties, the judgment shall be given on Saturday, the 23d. (Before Mr. Register Roche.) A meeting for choice of assignees was held in the matter of Mr. Edwards, a solicitor, of St. Swithin's-lane. Mr. Chedley appeared for the petitioning creditors. Messrs. Thornton and Mr. Cooke, of George-street, Man sion-house, were chosen assignees. The debts are stated at £2,000, assets not ascertained, but expected to be largo. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE AT THE STA TION.—Robert Allen, a low looking fellow who nightly hangs about the Haymarket, was charged with being chunk and disorderly, and he was further charged with assaulting James Paine, 315 A, at the Vine-street Police Station. Paine said—About one o'clock this morning I saw a large crowd of persons outside the Royal Standard public house in Piccadilly. On going to see the cause I found the prisoner drunk and running about like a madman. I stopped him, and told him he had better go away, and as he refused I took him to the Vine-street station At the station he struck me a violent blow in the face, and making use of the vilest language, said he would be hanged for me. This morning, while leaving him in the reserve room, he aimed a desperate blow at my face with a piece of iron taken from the cell. and which he had secreted up his sleeve. Sergeant Cole, C division—About half-past 9 this morn ing I was at the Vine-street station, and saw the prisoner pass from the cell into the reserve room. Noticing some • thin; up his sleeve I kept my eye upon him. Directly afterwards I saw the prisoner aim a blow at Paice's face with a piece of iron. I immediately seized the prisoner, and threw him on his back, and took the piece of iron from him, the prisoner exclaiming "Now, I'll kill the —." Mr. Knox—How near was the piece of iron to the con stable's face. Cole—lt was not more than three inches from it, and had the blow taken effect the constable wculd have been dan gerously injured—the blow being aimed at his eye. Mr. Knox—Where was the piece of iron taken from ?, Cole--It is part of the iron work of the warm air appa ratus of the cell. I saw it safe a few minutes before, and afterwards missed it. Prisoner—l was not drunk, and it was done because I would not take some beer to the constable one day. He said ho would serve me out for it. He also swore at me. Mr. Knox—l do not believe a word of what you say, and you may think yourself fortunate you aro not here on a more serious charge. You might have killed the constable, and had you done so you would have gone to the Old Bailey for murder. It was a lucky thing for you that Sergeant Cole saw you at tho time. Inspector Bowles gave Paine an excellent character. Mr. Knox—l have always observed that his conduct has been particularly good, and I don't believe he threatened or swore at the prisoner at all. I shall fine the prisoner 405., or a month for his drunk and disorderly conduct; commit him for a month for the assault on the officer last night; and for another month for the assault with the piece of iron—three months in all, THAMES. SERIOUS ROBBERY IN TIIE VICTORIA. DOCK.—John Evans, who has for several years filled the responsible situation of foreman clerk in the Victoria Dock, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 20 bags of guano, value £2O, the property of the dock company. Mr. John Thomas N ewman, examiner to the Victoria Dock Company, wished to give some explanation to the magistrate relating to the prisoner's duties, and to put in some documents, but Mr. Partridge decided that he could not hear the evidence tendered. _ _ William Lussignea, a dock labourer, said that on Mon day, the 4th inst., he was ordered by the prisoner to deliver 20 bags of guano and some rags to a carman, They were put into a van, which drove away. He made no entry of the delivery, and saw the prisoner make none. George William Marna, a carman, of No. 62, Broad• street, Ratelift', said he recollected the last witness putting goods into his van. A wheel broke in the West India-road soon after leaving the dock, and he went home for another. Whilo he was absent the guano was removed from his van and taken away. Thomas Wickenden, a police sergeant, No. 53 K, said he took the prisoner into custody yesterday, and told him the charge. The prisoner said " Very well-1 have been looking for you." Lussignea was recalled, and said that three da3 s after the delivery of the guano the prisoner gave him 106., and told him not to say anything about the delivery of the guano into Marne van. He said to the prisoner, " I suppose you ara in trouble, then I don't understand what the money is for." The prisoner said, " Never mind. Be quiet." Mr. Partridge said the evidence against the prisoner was slight. He remanded him until Friday next. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, asked the magistrate to take bail for the prisoner. Mr. Partridge consented to accept of two sureties in £25 each, and the prisoner in £5O, notice of bail to be given to the police sergeant. WESTMINSTER. ROBBING A KIND SISTER.—Lucy Wee3on, a young woman, between 16 and 17 years of age, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of her sister. Mrs. Emma Thorne, the wife of a journeyman painter, living at 12, Queen's-road, Brompton, said that on the morning of the Ist of March, the property sh 3 now missed was safe in her drawers. On the afternoon of that day the prisoner came to her house, and stating that she had walked from Greenwich, asked her to give her a night's lodging, which she immediately consented to do. She stated that her wearing apparel WdS in a very dirty state, and inquired if prosecutor would afford her an opportu nity of washing it, to which she replied that she was going to work at seven in the morning, and prisoner could put on some clothes of tier's while she washed her own. Prisoner had some supper and went to bed, and was left by prosecutor in the morning in the room, but when she returned in the evening she found the prisoner gone, and also the articles missing. A little girl proved that she saw the prisoner leave the house with a large bundle, which she endeavoured to con ceal. Prisoner said she did not know anything of the property. Mr. Selfe—What is the prisoner's position in life ? Prosecutrix—She has been in service, but left it, and when she came to me on the Ist of March, said she was tryiTlg to get into a reformatory. Mr. Selfe—Has she been leading a bad life? Prosecutrix—l fear she has. Mr. Selte—Has she parents alive ? Prosecutrix—She has not. Her mother died many years ago. Her father shortly afterwards. I have had charge of her since she was 10 years old. I have got her several situations, but I am sorry to say she won't work, and has taken to evil courses. I wish something could be done for her, I am sure. Mr. Selfo remanded the prisoner for a week. Marlborough Police Reports, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Permit me by requestof my clients, Messrs. Brown Brothers, of Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square, patent range manufacturers, to correct a statement calculated to injure their reputation, which appeared in the evening papers, in reference to the committal of a scoundrel at the Marlborough-street Police-court, giving the name of "Charles Brown," and professing to be "manager of their stove warehouse." lam instructed to state that no person bearing that name has ever been in their employ, or has ever acted in any such capacity in their establishment, I find upon inquiry the real name of tha prisoner is John D. Griffiths, lately a clerk in their office. Trusting you will give this publicity in your next paper, I am, Sir, yours obediently, CHARLES S. WAKE. 27, Lincoln's-inn-fields, IV.C. THERE ARE NOT TWO SALAS, gravely protests the Athenceunz. There is but one Mr. George Augustus Sala, and he is not endowed with power of übiquity, although hie literary action during the last four months would almost justify a contrary opinion. While the Special Commissioner has been startling the readers of a daily paper with his letters from " America in the Midst of War," his facile pen has to all appearance been busily working on thin side of the Atlantic. So well have London publishers and editors of London magazines kept his name before the world, from the day when he set sall from Liverpool, that people, living beyond the noise of printing-offices and the gossip of literary dinners, may be pardoned for doubting the iientity of the author of " Quite Alone" with the clever corresponeent who has shocked them with a bold assurance that the yirtue of the Transatlantic Republic may not be sought in the lives of her married ladies, and has made them laugh over poor Mrs. Lincoln's concern for the health of her visitors, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load- A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.--Mettiow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10a ; clover. £4 Os to L 5 lOs Od ; and straw, £l2s to £1 108 per load, Trade inactive. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8a Od; geese, 6s Od to 8s Gd each ; goslings, 6s to 8s Od; ducks, la Gd to fis Od; ducklings, 4s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, is Gd to Os Od each; wild do., is to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 9d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to 16s Oil ; chickens, 8s Od to Os Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os .0d ; hares, 2s Gd to Os Od ; ptarmigan, is Gd to Os Od each; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, os to 3s 6d; snipes, Od to is Od ; teal, is Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Gd to Us Ud ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each; guinea fowls, 5s Od to Gs Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os 10d to is Id ; English, is Id to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s Gd ; French do., Od to Os Gd per 100; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os 03 to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb ; turbots, 5s Od to 18s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to Gs Od ; doreys, Gs Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is ; lobsters, is to 4s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and pullets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 648 to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to ss; haddocks, Ss to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tenth, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d , mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 68 Od to 6s 10d; veal, 4s 6d to 6s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 33 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Ga Od to Ga 8c1; veal, 4s 2d to 48 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d :o 4s 84 per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from qd to 7(1, of household do., Od to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 501 b to 641 b, 2ld to 3d ; 641 to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b fo 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ; 381 b to 961 b, 4d to 44d; 961 b to 1041 b, 40 to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 98 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half•breds, Ils Od to 14s Od ; Downs, 8s Od to Ils Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 3d; sheatlin,gs, is 8d to is 9d. COAL MARKET. Macs of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. 8. d. Eden Main 19 0 l3yass's Bebside West Hartley ....16 6 Holywell l7 6 Davison's West Hart ley 16 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 6 Hastings Hartley 16 6 West Hartley l6 6 Walls End. (4. d. Tunstall -- ---- - l9 0 lletton 20 6 Caradoc '2o 0 Reugh Hall 19 6 Cassop l9 6 Hartlepool 2O 0 KeiperGrange 19 0 East Hartlepool 20 0 South Hartlepool 19 0 Walls End. K elloe Framwellgato ...18 6 ltiddell Eden 18 3 South Kolloe 19 6 Ships at market, SI ; sold, 73. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April IG.—Wind this day at noon—North ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. CARDIFF, April 15,—Wind N,W.—Sailed—Mary Ann, for Hilifax. KINGROAD, April 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady Londesborough, from Mauritius—Saline, from Havannah —Moselle, from Africa—Maria, from Demerara. • PLYMOUTH, April 15.—Arrived—Earl Russell, from London for Moreton Bay. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, April 16—City of Dublin, from Calcutta—Sir It. Seppings, from Madras—Cape City, from Algoa Bay— Westbury, from Liunceston. Sailed, April 15—Cossipore, for Canterbury—Pilgrim, for Dram —Jenny Jenkins, for Berbice—Robinson, for Halifax —Apollo, for Christiansand—Oriental, for Trinidad —Familiar, for Lanvig. Sailed, April 16—Stadt Dordt, steamer, for Dordt. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Niza (in tow), from Colombo, for London—Lhu Jorne, from London, for Vancouver's Island. RAILWAY IN TEI LIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOIL THE WEEK, Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~-.........---,,.---,--.., 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. £ £ Belfast and N. Counties I3G 136 1,911 2.422 Belfast and County Down 4 , 49 757 837 Blyth and Tyne 2B 23 2,004 2,2.79 Bristol and Excter l2ll 121 i 6,3 3 6. 3 6 8 Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington Bi 8 1 :1 35 277 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 iO2 378 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6} 163 155 Cork and Yonhal Cornwall 651 53} 1,674 1.349 Oceanic .. . _ 17 17 281 301 sublin & Bell ast J unction .. : : 63 Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and 51eath 11:11 8 6 9° 4 35 23 311 148 Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd. 91/ 481 2,436 2,290 Edinburgh and Glasgow Furness, &c 5O 6 , 3,049 2,821 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 3u, 3 13 3 312 ; : , 73 2 53 0 00 6 2 2 17 7 .:85 8 4 0 3 13 G u r t.. e isl at o N rt o ti r n th l oi w S e co st t n la . n a d r a. ) 71, 71a 465 570 9t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrllld.) 37 3 14 829 4 7,717 8.531 Great Western 10564 10561 60,834 58,0,2 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 861 1,066 991 Inverness & Perth Junction 119/ - 1,173 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,8 0 2,025 &.. k I N N l7 vsv e ca. : ICI : o c e r r a n us .. i ; Lancashire & Yorkshire Limerick and Ennis. 261552 24 3 5 9 4 5 1011 1 14 3 2181 6 . 2, , :7 0 1652 5 :5 0 0 22 32 111: . , 686 5 0 3 1381 0 241 24} 300 214 Limerick and Foynes 124 2 6 6 2,1 4 1 11 2 1 6 96 1 95,6 1 57 4 8 7 31 80,6 2 3,4 12 13 London . 1 ' LI, 0 00 1 nn nd dd e o. 1 London Y r & s ,i andg.hs ot o i lou r nit t a ch l 1 , London, Chatham, & Dover 72 72. 4,010 3 930 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10/ 61 1,250 380 Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh „ . 2 ,„ 1 a M m e a a t n r ry c op i ipo. Metropolitan lii J taa u nn n d . & Carlisle Altriia c h a m . Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 31 2 32 11 1 1 15 12: ,. 26 2 : 3 305 2 0 1 2 44 67 1 138 3 8 6%0 42,089 37,528 3lidlaud Gt.Westn. of hind 2!,91 2591 t,517 6,850 M on kl a nd 3I N North Br i tish , 411 4101 11.828 11.260 N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl. 1095 o nß u n t rn i i i t:i s i, l a i i . ,l l , la E i hail. & n. C , a i n ,c a r l t . h 44 44 2,701 2 , 566 10791 05,514 49,746 North London 9 9 3,480 3,39 7 North Sta ff ordshire 254 254 8,665 7.938 Oswestry and Newton 6O 42 1,044 1,0 4 Rhymney St. II elen's Canal & Railway • 62 62 2,116 2,234 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern • 138 138 4,8 t 2 4,797 s S o o u m t e h rs D e e t v a o n n d ........ ......... .. . ... ... .. . . 7 6 5 6 4 7394 653 4 3.833 3.5 v South-Eastern 6 20,081 20.022 Taff Vale Ulster ...... " a 2,409 2.721 Vale of Clwyd ........ . Vale of Neath 2,636 2.019 Waterford and .a Kilkenny 3l 31 290 420 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 3,481 1,287 West Cornwall W.llartlepool 11 arbn&itaiL 3 3 5 375 2 i 1 3 ; ~ 9 72 23 4 65 93 3 9 5 0 70 2 1 . , 578 23 2 5 88 6 9 3 943 4 1 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrinut 7 Whitchaven Junction... ..... 13 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and ItOtterdam ..... 52 Austrian B2B 828 28,655 30,517 Bahia and San Francisco .. • - 633 - Belgian Eastern Junction 26 214 B B o u ni tra b l a o y a , n ll d ar L o a d k a e , & ii t u :e r n on . India 1 1 8 6 5 1 101} 2,610 1.753 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 5,2 8 3,052 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula 6 3 495 14,961 9,382 Great Luxembourg Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 385 315 15,653 14,691 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicaut CO 490 17,33 17,.33 Northern of Canada ... Northern of France 697 697 t4,6C9 52,345 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman l'aris, Lyons, & slediterrn 1833 1713 128,763 127,174 Paris and Orleans 1614 1404 72,6 . .0 61,001 Pernambuco 7 74 77 1,491 3,091 Royal Danish 69 6 9 1 417 541 Sambre and Meuse 6B " 4 1,431 1,471 South Austrian • . 1527 1468 47,339 49,927 Southern of France ........ Victorian li l a 198 5,950 7,147 Welland West Flanders - - 1,129 1,135 W. and N.W. of France . COST OF NELSON'S FOUR LIONS BY LANDSEER.— In the Civil Service Estimates the cost of Sir Edwin band seer's four bronze lions, the model of one of which is in the studio of Baron Marochetti, preparatory to its being cast in bronze, is put down at £l7,ooo,—The Reader. THIS DAY. At an early hour this morning the General, accompanied by his eons and the members of his suit, left Stafford House to visit the extensive brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, Bankside. Although the hour was somewhat early, there were crowds assembled in various parts, who lustily cheered the General as he passed along. On arriving at Messrs. Barclay and Perkins' premises General Garibaldi was received by the leading mem bers of the firm, and conducted through the exten sive establishment, which appeared to excite his ut most astonishment. Of course the General tasted the quality of the world•renowned beverage manu factured on the premises, and returned thanks for the great pleasure the visit afforded him. The workmen, with their wives and families, were all assembled to witness the arrival and departure of the Ger eral, and on this occasion the men appeared gallantly to give way to the fair sex in struggling for the honour of shaking hands with the General. On the General leaving the premises, the utmost enthu siasm was manifested inside and outside the establishment, and as the carriage drove away, the cheering was general and hearty—the very reverse of the reception that General Haynau, the Austrian woman-flogger, met with when he visited the establishment some years ago. Very shortly after the return of the Genital to Stafford house, he again left, with hie attendants, for the Crystal Palace, to receive the Italian's address. The crowd in front of the residence of the Duke of Sutherland had by this time become very numerous, and the usual demonstrations greeted the General when his carriage proceeded on its way to the railway station. SYDENHAM, Saturday, 11 o•zlock. The concert and presentation at the Crystal Palace will be a great success. Tba attendance is already enormous. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. FRIDAY. The concluding day's sport at the Craven was an im provement upon the general character of the racing on the wind-up of the first meeting at Newmarket. The same magnificent weather continued, and the first of the seven items being run on the July Course beyond the dip, neces sitated an early departure, especially as the Queen's Plate was appointed for 11.35. Usually this race has been a fatal one for backers, who frequently found an animal upon whom extravagant odds were laid, as for instance Carbi neer. Last Spring was an exception to the rule, Asteroid landing the long odds of 8 to 1 laid on him, whilst Win grave's success on the present occasion will give " the talent" more confidence for this long race which has now been won by Wells twice in succession. The baker's dozen for the Handicap Plate produced a hot favourite in the Newmarket horse Antoinette, who won after a capital struggle with Chip of the Old Block. The Poik Stakes brought out a quartette who, though not animals with first-class diplomas, have at various times distin guished themselves. The winner, a colt by King Tom, out of Giraffe, having late in last season defeated Carnival. In the succeeding two races the " dark blue and yellow cap ' of Baron Rothschild were carried in the van ; and after War Dance had walked over for the 25 sous. Sweepstakes, another of " the Baron's" animals were made favourite for the last event, and was only beaten a head from Hurrah. Full details of the running are appended. The Queen's Plato of 100 guineas, for three•yr olds and upwards, R.C., 3 miles 4 fur. 139 yards, Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 3 yrs, lOst 41b , , (Wells) 1 Mr Savile's Harlequin, b yrs, lOst 41b.. (Catchpole) 2 The following also ran :—Barchettina, The Reserve, Tourist, and Whitebait. Betting-5 to 4 apt Wingravo, 9to 4 agst Harlequin, 7 to 1 bar two. Tourist made play, followed by Wingrave and Harlequin to the Plantation turn where Wingrave took up the run ning, came away two distances from home and won by three lengths ; Tourist beaten a quarter of a mile from home was palled up and walked in, and the rest came in with the crowd. A Handicap Plate of 50 says, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C., 5 fur. 136 yards. Mr J. Joico's Antoinette, 3 yre, Est 21b.. (J. Grimehaw) 1 General Shirley's Chip of the Old Block, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Monet) 2 Mr T. Hughes's Bosh, 5 yre, 7st 31b (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Peignor, Lady Abbess, Shak spere, Disappointment, Prescription, Atlas, Regina, Prac titioner, Poetess, and Rigolboche. Betting-4 to 4 agst Antoinette, 7to 1 agst Practitioner, 10 to 1 each agst Rigolbuche and Disappointment, 11 to 1 each agst Lady Abbess and gosh, 100 to 6 apt Chip of the Old Block, 20 to 1 each agst Atlas and Pres cription. Prescription made play, followed by Practitioner, Lady Abbess, and Chip of the Old Block on the far side, the others stretching in a line across the course well up, Rigol boche looking most formidable. Upon entering the cords Antoinette and Chip of the Old Block quitted their horses and ran an exciting race home; Antoinette, who seemed to have the best of the struggle throughout, winning by a neck; Bosh was a bad third; Prescription fourth, close up ; Rigolb )che fifth, Poetess and Lady Abbess head ing the next lot, whilst Regina and Peignoir were the two last. The Port Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft; for 4-yr-olds; coltS Bst 1011;, fillies Sat 71b, T.M.M. 1 mile 7 fur. 158 yards. 11 subs. Baron Rothschild's Giraffe colt, Bat 101 b (Wells) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, Bst 10Ib.. (Edwards) 2 Mr Greville's Anfield, Bst 101 b (11. Grlnlshaw) 2 Mr H. L. Wigram's Melrose, Bst 101 b.... (G. Fordhani) 4 Betting-2 - to lon the Giraffe colt, 3 . t0 1 apt Anfleld. They ran abreast for about a mile, when Melrose swerved across the course from distress, and dropped a long way in the rear. Upon entering the cords the Giraffe colt came away and won in a canter by two lengths; Anfield was beaten half a length from Jarnicoton, and Melrose beaten off. After the race 1,000 to 10 was laid agst Anfield for the Chester Cup. The Bennington Stakes of 5) Bove each, h ft, for 3.yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b ; certain allowances. D.M. 7 fur 210 yards, 12 subs. Baron Ruth child's Tomato, 7st 131 b (J. Daley) 1 Mr Sav►le's Privateer, Bst 21b (Fordha►n) '2 Mr Merry's Crisis, 7st I llb (Hayward) 3 Betting-5 to 4 eget Tomato, 6to 4 agst Crisis. The trio ran in close company till within a quarter of a mils of the judge, when Crisis dropped away beaten, and an interesting race ensued between the other two,Tomato finally winning by a neck. Crisis was beaten four or five lengths from Privateer. A handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, h ft, for 2 and 3- yr-olds. Bretby Stakes Course. 6 fur. 7 subs. Bann Rothschild's Amber, 2 yrs, Got 10Ib (J. Loates) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave Junior, '2 yrs, ist 71b (Hunter) 2 Mr Preston's Flaneur, 3 yrs, 33t (Perry) 3 Mr NV. G. Craven's Practitioner, 3 yrs, Sst 4IU (French) 4 Mr Perry's CrippL....gate, 2 yrs, Get 21b (S. Mordan) 5 Bolting-9 to 4 agst Amber, 100 to 30 each agst Zouave Junior and Cripplegate, 5 to 1 aget Practitioner, S to 1 apt Flaneur. Amber and Cripplegate made play in company for a quar ter of a mile, when Cripplegate dropped back, and Amber took a clear lead, which she maintained and won by three lengths. A bad third, and the others came straggling in. A Sweepstakes of 26 EOVa each, 10 ft, fur 3 yr-olds ; colts Bst 121 b, fillies Bst 81b; maiden allowances and winners extra. RM. 1 mile 17 yards. MI DUVred ' a War Dance, Victoria, Bst 61b (Challoner) w.o. A Plate of 150 for 2-yr and 3-yr-olds; the winner to be sold for 500 soya; it for 100 soya, allowed 9lbs ; if not for sale, to carry slbs extra. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yards. Mr Alexander's Hurrah, 2 yrs (£100), bet 121 b (J. Gritushaw) 1 Baron Rothschild's sister to Breeze, 2 yrs, 6st 12Ib (including 516 extra) (Loates) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Wicket, 2 yrs (1100), 6st ll7th (Carro) 3 The following also ran :—Tom Ashworth, General Long street, Whisky, Le Mexicali', and Corsica. Betting-9 to 4 agst Sister to Breeze, 9to 2 agst Hurrah, 6 to 1 each agat Wicket and Tom Ashworth. Sister to Breeze, 'Wicket, and Hurrah lay in front throughout, Hurrah winning in the last stride by a head. Wicket was beaten three-quarters of a length from Sister to Breeze. 'loin Ashworth was fourth, Le Mcxicain fifth, Whisky sixth, General Longstreet seventh, and Corsica last. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. There was but a small atLendanco at the Rooms to-day, and no business worth special remark took place, except the continued advance of the Ilersey fitly for Chester Cup, 100 to 7 being taken freely about her. Closing prices TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. • 3 to lon the field offered 8 to 1 agat Sir Roger (offered) 10 to 1 agat ilietorian (offered) 100 to 9 aget General Peel (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 15 to 1 agst Master Richard (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Change (wanted) 11 to 1 agat Little Stag (offered) 100 tc 7 agst Hersey filly (taken freely) 100 to 6 apt Lord Zetlftnd (wanted) 100 to 6 eget Muezzin (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Clown (offered) 20 to 1 agat Accident (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Oldeninster (taken) 40 to 1 agst My Mary (wanted) mil DERBY. 6to 1 aget Scottish Chief (offered) 20 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) 40 to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) 1302 Vs? 6 651 5 & IC2 44 noi i a 99} 54k 118 i 15i 16} 130 k i ft 291 P 102 561 90 891 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING.—THis DAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) 7to 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) Bto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 10 to 1 agst First Flight (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 12 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) 15 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered) 20 to 1 agst Laomedon (taken) CIIESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Change (taken) 12 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Clown (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hersey filly (taken) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 14 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken) 16 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 20 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) YORK SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MAY 10. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Age et ltf Age st lb Limosina Flirtation My Mary Borealis . 4 8 2 Bonny Bell Brighton Berkeley The Monk a 8 1 Merry Maid 5 6 9 Donnybrook 4 8 0 Guardsman Prince Plausible .. 6 7 13 Little Stag Anfield Tourist Onesander 4 7 12 Gondola 3 6 2 Dunkeld 4 7 12 Nlahometan Fantaron Fantail Early Purl .. ~.. 4 7 10 Sea 80y.,... 3 5 12 Manfred 4 7 6 Lytham 3 5 12 Forfeits to be declared on the 19th of April. Weights published April 13, 10 a.m. RACING FIXTIJ Ar rRES FOR 1864. RIL. 1 Newmarket First Spring 25 Lewes Spring . 19 Cardiff Chester York Spring Salisbury .. 12 Blayion Radcliffe Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton Newton Odiham Bibury Itedditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden Epsom .. 24 'NE Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne weastle-on-Tyne 28 Worcest,r (Summer) 30 Ipswich LY. Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford l4 Av Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon . 9 Wolverhampton Reading Egham .. l6 Oxford .. 18 SEPT] Weymouth Warwick September 6 Leicester Bridgwater Doncaster Dover .. York August Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield 29 Stockton Devon and Exeter Derby :MBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn NovinarketFirst October 27 OCT , Bedford .. Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 Worcester Autumn 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRI Leamington &War. Hunt 22 :SH. IFethard.. Athlone 26, 27 Ar Kildare Hunt .. 12, 13 C urragh County Louth .. 20, 21 M Springhill 2 Galway llunt Nenagh lO, 11 J u Cork Tullamore Tipperary 3O, 31 Curragh 23, 29, 30 SEPTEMBER. Curragh OCTOBER. . Curragh __ 18, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBEIL. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 The Price of Gold. ... The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mill° pm., and the short exchange on London is 2.5.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about the same price in London and Paris. By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 staling% standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The r,ourse of exchange•at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1771 to 178 f per cent., and the premium on gold Is about 3f percent. At these rates there is no profit on the importationot gold from the United States. The Law Courts at Westminater•hall this morn ing were all occupied with cases, none of which presented the slightest public interest. In the Queen's Bench the case occupying the Court was the legality of some highway rate. In the Exchequer the divergence of a watercourse was under discussion; and in the Court of Common Pleas Mr. O'Malley was engaged in an arrange ment relative to the injury done to certain game preserves by the dog of one of the parties concerned in the suit. THE DISINTERESTED PATRIOT.—A meeting will be held on Tuesday at Stafford House, to consider the ad visability of raising a sum of £50 . 000, to purchase an estate for Garibaldi. The Duke of Sutherland will probably take the chair. APOTHECARIES' HALL.— Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 14th April .—Wm. G. Vawdrey Lush, Wilton, near Salisbury; George Lamb, Hull; James T. M`Mahon, Rochester-terrace, Camden-town; Andrew Rowan, Sta tion-terrace, Hull; Thomas Claye Shaw, Stockport. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination—Thomas Franklyn Lloyd, Guy's Hospital. TOTAL Loss OF THE BRITISH SHIP SEA CREST.— Intelligence has just been received in Liverpool of the total loss of another fine ship whilst on her maiden voyage. The name of this vessel is the Sea Crest, and was bound from the Mersey to Philadelphia. Everything pro ceeded well until the ship entered the Delaware, where she took a pilot on board, but in consequence of adverse winds she came to anchor. Whilst at anchor the wind increased tel. heavy gale, accompanied with a thick blinding snow, and on the evening of the 23,1 ult. the chains parted, the vessel drove ashore, and together with the cargo became a total loss. The Sea Crest was owned in Liverpool by Messrs. Andrew A. Bryne, and was fully insured. The crew escaped to shore. WINCHESTER COLLEGE.—The annual examina tion of candidates for scholarships and exhibitions at this college will commence on Tuesday, July 12, at nine o'clock a.m. Applications for the form of declaration must be made to J. D. Walford, M.A., College-street, Winches ter, and to him the required certificates must be sent on or before the let of June. The subjects of examination are elementary religious knowledge, English dictation, arith• metic, Latin composition in verse and prose, construicg and parsing in Greek and Latin. The scholarships are open to the competition of all boys who have reached the 10th and not completed their 14th year. The average expenses of a scholar, including all extras, tradesmen's bills, &c. aro between £2O and £3O per annum. The exhibitions of the annual value of £5O, held by commoners, are open to all boys who are under the ago of 15 years, and are tenable during their stay at the school. Tho probable number of scholarships to be competed for is about 10 or 12, that of the exhibitors 4 ; and as tho number of candidates is usually overwhelmingly large, it is recommended that none should offer themselves who have not attained come profi ciency in the elementary subjects of classical education, GARIBALDI AND 11Azzlm.—Yeaterday a singular device was resorted to in order to conceal the visit to Mazzini on the previous day. The General has been fitted like a royal personage with a " court newsman," whose duty it appears to be to square his acts to some ima ginary standard of propriety. In this record, supplied to the press in common, it wAs stated that the General, after paying visits in Brompton-crescent and elsewhere, visited "Mr. James France" in Onglow-terrace. The visit thug described was that paid to Signor Mazzini, whose proper name does not once occur in the report. This absurd attempt at concealing a public fact is simply amusing as one of the many illustrations of the attempts so sedulously made to confine Garibaldi appearances within the forms of gig keeping respectability,Dally News,' NUMBER OF ELECTORS.—It appears from a par liamentary paper issued yesterday that the total number of electors for cities and boroughs in England and Wales in 1562.63 was 468,969, and 457,684 in 1863.64, lUST. IBER. :MBEIt. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocx. FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT, April 14.—The Germanic Diet this day adopted by a large majority the proposition of the committee relative to the Conference. Baron de Beust was named almost unanimously pleni potentiary for the Diet. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. DE NMARK. The Admiralty Court of Copenhagen has declared the Maria of Stralsund, the Fidele of Memel, the Therese of Pillau, the Arlene of Memel, and the Francisca of Dantzic, to be lawful prizEs. The cargo of the first-named vessel being pronounced neutral, has been given np. THE BUDGET NIGHT, The London correspondent of the Manchester Examiner thus described the appearance of the House on the Budget night :—" The House was crammed in every part—from floor to galleries. I ❑ those of the latter, which are devoted to members of the House of Lords, there was a brilliant assem. bly of the peers and diplomatists. Viscount Eversley did not fail, as indeed he never fails on any great occasion, to revisit the scene of his former glory. There was Lord Derby listening eagerly, Earl Granville, looking smiling, bland, and good humoured —as, indeed, I verily believe he would do if he were going to be hanged. Earl de Grey and the Duke of Argyle are always certain to be present when Mr. Gladstone is to do anything particular, for everyone knows that he has not anywhere two more earnest and faithful disciples than these two young noblemen—we observe nearly all the Opposition leaders in their places. Mr. Disraeli is as nearly as possible opposite Mr. Gladstone; his face, usually inscrutable enough, is screwed up to a pitch of tenfold inscrutability, He sits with hie arms folded, his chin in. the air, his eyes directed ceiling wards, immovable as a statue ; except that perhaps three or four times in the course of the speech he addresses a remark—you can see what sort of a remark it is to be by the sarcastic curl of his lip—to Sir S. Northcote, who sits on his left hand. Mr. Cobden was —for the first time this session, I think—present in his old place by the side of Mr. Bright. lam sorry to say that be is looking by no means so well as his friends could wish to see him. Lord Stanley was on the other side of his nominal leader, but I did not see a word exchanged between them. The oddest thing I noticed about hie lordship was that he kept taking notes in a memorandum book. It was to such an audience that Mr. Gladstone com menced his statement at the unusually early hour of twenty minutes before five. As if disdaining to excite by artifice the attention which he knew would be given to him without it, he plunged into his subject the moment he got on his legs—there was literally not a word of exordium or intro duction. For nearly three hours he held the perfect and unbroken attention of the house. He had had a great triumph, and he showed that he enjoyed it. Very characteristic of the man was the fine passage in which he dwelt upon the fact that her increasing commerce makes England more and more the cham pion of peace and justice to the world ; and it was delivered with a profound moral earnestness of tone which showed how deeply it was felt. Sin gularly amusing —characteristic also—was the way In which he played with the house, like a cat with a mouse, going elaborately through all his minor changes of taxation before ho would come to the more important remissions. Frightful Explosion, About half-past 5 on Thursday morning the people of Truro were startled from their slumbers by the shock of an explosion. The cause of the alarm was not lung in being cleared up. About 8 o'clock a melancholy cavalcade arrived in Truro, with the charred and contused body of a girl named Emma Reynolds, about 20 years of age, who was taken to the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, where it was stated she had been picked up at the new powder works, Bishop's wood, in the parish of St. Allen, about three miles north east of Truro. Mr. Michell, surgeon, at once attended the girl, and found that she was dreadfully burnt all over the body, and had received a compound fracture of the thigh, besides several severe contusions on different parts of the body. She expired at 1 o'clock. It being stated that another girl named Elizabeth Grose had been picked up dead, crowds of people hurried off to Bishop's-wood to ascertain the nature and extent of the accident. The works have been recently erected by a company for the manufacture of blast ing powder, and have only been in operation two months. They are situated in the centre of Bishop's-wocd, in a val ley through which runs the river Allen, which supplies motive power for the machinery. The situation seems par ticularly marked out for works of this dangerous descrip tion, for the valley is completely shut in by hills, and is distant a mile from any dwelling house. There are 11 sheds scattered over the valley, each one completely isolated, being in no instance nearer than 50 yards to one another. This plan was adopted in order to insure greeter safety in case of an explosion occumng. In fact, the greatest atten tion has been paid in the construction of the buildings to the prevention of accidents, and ell the improvements which science and experience could suggest were introduced. The business has gradually increased since the commencement of operations, and there arc now about a dozen hands employed, but only in the day time, the process of manufacture being entirely discontinued at night, so as more effectually to avoid accidents, A man and boy are employed to watch the premises during the night, and by the rules of the company no other person is allowed to be on the premises. Lately the workpeoplo had been very busy, and several young women were employed to make cartridges, such as are used in mines for wet blasting, Among these were Elizabeth_ Grose, aged 24, and Ellen Reynolds, already mentioned. On Wednesday evening they were employed at the extreme end of the works, in a building used for the purpose of the manu facture of moulds for the cartridges. Cartridge paper is stowed in this shed, but no powder, and it is separated from the other sheds by a high embankment. The only houses a granulating drying h ous e, house. w i Theheh is w nearly he re in po t w h d e e c r e i nt centre keptof the is the works, andthe powder is granulated in a wet state, and after receiving a. partial drying by means of steam pipes introduced from the boiler shed, about 40 or 50 yards off, it is removed to the drying house, where alone any large quantity of powder is stored, there being, acoording to the statement of M r Tonkin. only from to 2 cwt. of powder in the granulating let use on Wednesday evening. Thu orders to the women were to leave work at twilight, but from some cause or other the two un fortunate girls, Grose and Reynolds, disobeyed the rule on Wednesday night, and remained on the works, When seen by the wetchman, he entreated them to go home, but they said they were afraid to go through the wood. Both glide dyed at the vilage of Idless, about a mile from the works. It appears that same time during the night they left the house in which they had been employed, and got into the granulating house, where they had no business whatever, and for which they would h ave received a Severe repri mand, standing on a namedpl plank, B h when eeay, h from the manag er , if t h ey had not been dismissed from t t h h e e ir ch e a m r p co lo a e l •m ent. T he watchman, house, alarmed by a d ea f en i ng explosion, which raised hi was in m e was fron the ground. Ile was fortunately uninjured, and as soon as he recovered h a presen c e of mi n d h e h astened to the scene of the disaster, whore he found the granulating house a mere heap of ruins. The building was an oblong shed, 45ft by 12ft, the walls being stautly built of stone, and the win dows made to open with the slightest pressure. The roof was an ordinary one, because an explosion was never anti cipated there, but the roof of the drying -house is very lightly constructed, so as to yield, like the windows, to a minimum pressure. The roof was completely blown away, and several largo trees which suirounded the house were broken and disfigured, the limbs being wrenched eff. The walls were levelled to the foundation, the large blocks of atone being scattered about in all directions, but none of them appeared to be carried any great distance. The girl Reynolds, from what can be ascertained, was standing in the doorway at the time of the explosion, and she was blown to a distance of about 20 yards, where she was picked up unconscious. A boy named Lewis Thomas, about 12 years of age, who assists the watchman, was standing near the doorway at the time, and had a most providential escape, being only slightly searched about the head and face, The remains of the poor girl Grose was not found fur some time afterwards, when they were discovered in cid:fere:it places among the ruins in a frightfully mutilated state. The legs and arms were separated from the body, and the trunk itself wits cut clear through just above the hips, and the separate portions were found about r s d i s x fr o o r m ei t g h h e t b Tidditig. T yards front each o heg other, and n and o e anremarwlyerae also found yards in different places, but the other arm has not yet been found. The bone 01 one of the legs was broken into a pulp, though, singularly enough, the skin was not torn, and the head was crushed to pieces. Share! 13.14. 4.16.41 12,10 47 i I I I I I