The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-26 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INT:ELLIGENCE. CITY, T wE _T,VE O'CLOCK. There is a large supply of money 0 offer in the general di scoun t market, but the inquiry for accom modation ,classes i s :very moderate, the mercantile merely obtaining the assistance they immei. tat: y require, and in many instances they are well pro vided. The quotations, nevertheless, exhibit steadi ness, discounters shovving no inclination to afford greater facilities at prevent, but the negotiation of first-class bills at 3i, when 4 per cent. is required at the Bank of England, enables them to secure a large proportion of the current business in the market. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets het intervention of the Whitsun holidays has in some measure interfered with the usual course of business. Sugars have been inactive, and prices have in some instances slightly given way. Coffee, rice, fruit, and spices have remained without any material change in values; while tallow has been very inactive for both present and future delivery. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Monday next fora special settlement in the shares of the London Financial Association and in the new £4O shares of the Bank of Australasia. The dealings are to be recorded in the bi-weekly official lists. Letters of allotment for the shares in the London Band of Scotland are to be delivered to-day. The progress of business in the tea trade is thus reviewed by Messrs_ Layton, Hulbert, and Co., in their circular, dated the 25th inst. : " The past fortnight has not produced any improvement in the general character of our market, and great disap pointment continues to be felt at the course it has taken. The comparatively excessive export from China, and the amount of stock here, doubtless induce that extreme caution which at the moment characterises the operation of dealers both at home and in the provinces; meanwhile, the busi ness to report shows rather easier prices for common to fair black and red-leaf congous—say from Is. 3d. to Is. Sd. The grades above these quotations are as before advised. The advance in fine teas, which are becoming scarce, is fully maintained. There is no alteration in the value of broken leaf and common congou. Tayshans are as last advised, so also medium souchongs and all oolongs and flowery pekoe. Scented teas are in rather more enquiry, but prices are not improved. The character of the green tea market is not materially changed ; there is perhaps a little more inquiry for export. The recently arrived parcels of good and fine moyunes have met with a very ready sale at full prices, while the common kinds of young hysons are as dull as ever. Canton gunpowder is saleable at Is. to Is. Id. per lb. Young hyson quite neglected. There have been no public sales since the 10th; a series is announced to take place on the 2d June The traffic receipts on the Ottoman Railway Company for the week ending the 10th inst., on 481-, miles open, amounted to £509 18s. Bd., while for the corresponding week in last year, on 40 miles, they represented £325 12s. 5d., showing an actual inct else in the money received of £l4B 6s. The Alexandra Hotel Company has recently been announced with a capital of £120,000, which it is proposed to raise by shares of £lO each. The conversion into one Grand Hotel the six large mansions (including Wallace's Hotel) at St. George's•place, Hyde-park Corner, command ing direct and uninterrupted views over Hyde park, Rotten-row, and the Serpentine, is the object for which this company is projected. The possession of so grand a site, with buildings already completed, and with an established con nection of the highest character, are supposed to present advantages which the promoters consider to be almost unequalled in any similar project lately brought forward. The purchase-money, in cluding the good-will of the hotel, together with furniture, alterations, &c.,will not exceedZloo,ooo. The appointments will be on a scale of great mag nificence, and the accommodation will include drawing and reception rooms adjoining in suites, after the manner of the Continental hotels. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were G9f 55c.—heavy. There has been no alteration in the market for the English funds to-day, and the dealings have been very limited, not the slightest disposition being evinced to extend speculative engagements. Consols remain a: 94 for transfer, and at 92k 1, less the dividend, for the account. The New Three per Cents. and the Red uce d A nnu i t i es remain steady at 91 : Bank Stock has declined to 233 ; the 5 per Cent. Indian Loan is firm at 1093 110 k, and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 107 k ; India Bonds are marked 12s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills remain steady at 2s. to 4s. prem. The transactions in the foreign market have been rather numerous, and the tendency of some of the quotations has been unfavourable. Turkish Con solides were 504 , but at one time they were rather lower. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have been marked 893,-; ditto, 1858, 70 ; ditto, 1862, 711 I. The Confederate Loan is 1 k 1 discount. Greek Bonds are 32 kZ, and the Coupons 141 15. Spanish Passive have been 324 33, but they are now 34 and the Certificates are 111 1. The latest quota tion of Mexican is 353, 4. In the Railway Share Market only a limited amount of business has been transacted, the dealers and speculators being occupied with the half monthly liquidation ; prices, however, have in some instances shown rather less firmness. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-Eastern have receded 10s. and Great Northern 155., while Bristol and Exeter have improved £l, and North-W ss. The Forei gn an d Colonial lines haveestern, remained at steady quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some instances rather flatter. Alliance of Lon don and Liverpool have declined to 31f ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 29; and Lon don and South African to 261 Z. BRITISH lI:INDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan 1880 Ditto for 30 India Stock ..... yrs, expir e s th April, 1885. Ditto 5 per Cent ................. i Ditto Enfaced Pape r , 4 per Cent... . . Ditto 5 per Cent. I iitto 5f per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„. 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Diu. Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £l,OOO .... Consols for Account, June 9 92 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 4 2 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 4 2 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent.. look Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup,ms — Ditto Account ............ Ditto Coupons .. , .......... .... .. . . 4 Italian 5 per Cent. C0up0n5............ Railway); 79 Mexican 3 pe r C ent . ...1 Ditto Account ................ .. 5a it New Granada ............. 16} Ditto Deferred Ditto Land 'Warrants (Hectares) Portivian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1802 Ditto Account BB Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 7, '9, '6O, 62 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1-05 6 ' 49! Ditto Account Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 paid.......... 6 p. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859.. 1 Ditto 5 per C en t., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent A ccount 541 Ditto New Deferred . . Ditto Account Ditt o P— assive Ditto Account ........ 33 24 31 21 3 3 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... 4 11 3 g Turkish A 6 cpzeorunCtent. 1854 Ditto .. Ditto 6 per Cent:lB 8934 Ditto Account • 58 £lOO Bonds .. . . ............. 7° Ditto 6 per Cent. 186' Ditto Account . 2 Venezuela, 3 per C. 40.111 Ditto Account... Th.6!2 Ditto 6 per Cent., Dividends on the ab.oVe.a.. ... ... in London, . ....• Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 1 2 Gm' ... y. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, S per Cent., .1 8 61, Ex. 25 fr.a.n.c.; Ditto Account .... .......... 717 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 pet' Ct. Ex. ...... 'a Consols, Money .................TWO O' C LOCK .... 931 a • Ditto ACC9Unt "9 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORI .ND Paid. 1021 11 115 117 5 11 11 11 16 16j 11 11 . 12 10 118 IW' 10 454 45J 0 98100' 11 - - 50 51 33 33 92} _ll2j Closing Business Price. , done. )INARY SHARES Bharei Railways. 13.14. 6 7 l lid 111 0 128} 120 1.0 It Up 97 99 6.4.0 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 ,Nth. Eastern—Berwloh 10 Do, G.N.E. purohasc [R] Do Lecda lO Do York Do Carlis r le,, 10 North London 51i 5! Do New ...... ••,• -• Sarni Staffordshire a N. au4 S. W. Junction. al ;Scottish Central ....„, 10 Scot N. E., Aber. stool; 10 Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews,. and Welchpooi al Shropshire Union ~ lO South Devon lO South Eastern South Wales 10 S. York, and River Dun 10 ,tain;.s, Wok,.andWok al Stockton dr, Darlington a] Do l, Do New, 186 G 8 Taff Vale.. Do B / 4 Do C 3 Ulster ...._ —'Do Do 5l Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 154 156 Waterford & Kilkenn) 100 West C0rnwa11..,... . 100 W. Hartlepool Randal 100 West Midland -Oxford 100 Do Newpor 100 Do Hereford 1V 19:16.41 f - 71 99 101 11 r 8 31 37} 38 i f 15 94 10i 8 71 8} )0 10,3 156 8 5 54 3 3i p 20 12.10 28 30 44 45 38 41 99 101 B 8i Sir., ',V01., and Str. Val. J I all lilythJ• and Tyne. Bost.. SI eat., and Mid.tJo all Bristol and Exeter Caledonian lOO Cork :.nd Bandon all 'Corn % :al' 2 - 6 p e I . : p n a O n . 1 C l i a i V s , 1 all all Do a 1 t A i 11 i all !Do. L' , been paid to 8.l Dun.,Perth, s z ,i .. b. June. all Ipublin`dy j i j :',,,lfast June.' all Edinburgh & GlasOw. 100 Glasg. and S. Western lOO I Gr eatEastern, Ord, stk' 100 Ditto A stock i 100 1 Ditto EastAnglian st 100 ;GreatNorthot Scotland 10L Treat Northern • 100 Do A stock Do g do iGt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 Great Western ! 100 Do Sir Val gua. stock 100 —— Lancashite„t Yorkshire 160 1101 1101 London and Ulackwall 100 78 79 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 117 119 Lon. Chat., and Dover 100 40 41 Lou." & Noel) Western 100 191 i 1011 'Lon. & So•.th Western 100 104 a icsi mal:., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 441 10 MarypGyt. and Carlisle. tq I Do 4 shai•es.. ...... J , • a!- Metropolitan 10( Midland ........ ,•• • • • •' Do New ...1 Do I3irnaing. & Derby 10 ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland a I Do. a shares Mid Kent 8 9 84 6'6 114 .116 i 39 11 13 14 91 93 108 110 52} 534 47 49 24i 25i 1256 1266 1266 1276 134 136 102 104 674 (8 92 i 72 39 8 8} 841 6 125 i 675 1 1101 5 Ma 11 105 lit 128 f BRITISH POSS Railways I mantic &St Lawrenc( al lom.,Baroda.t. Cent Inc 1 Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Laae Huron al Do. Preference • • A] Iluffalo,Brant,tOodrich i p. et. Ws. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10 , 00. do. Juoc 1, 1 ) 1 Cape Town Dock Scril 1 Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c 1 East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 1 Do. do. G Ext.... Do. do. H do. . Grand Trunk of Canada 10; 1)0. Ist Pr,t. Bonds.. al Do. no. deferred...... al Lio. 2d Pref. Bonds.. at Do. do deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... 31 do. deterred..... 4th I'ref. s.o k.. Do. do. deferred...... a, GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.o. 10 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 1; Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim) oiaranteed _ per centi le Gt. IV, of Canada Shares a Do. New . Do. 6 rhe. '73 with't opt. al Do. 5. g. c. do. '77-8.. al Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., sp. o. .. 101 Do. 41 p. c. Extension 101 Dc.44 d 0........ ICI Do. Fifth Extension. lfclb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 10( Hen). & Hobson's Bay. at Do. 7p. c. nortg. Bag. al. NevvEr unswick Candi: Class A and B all l k r.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 1( Scinde ..•• ....1 rii Do. Delhi 4 .1 it( Do. do E Do. Purkjaub Do. Do. •• . , , Do. In dus.S t. Flo.) k, SSI ONS, Shard Closing Prioe. 60 63 - 1(81 109 2 p 5 5 1* 1 , 56 11 71 8i Ou - - stock stock stock stook stock stock stock stock stock 108 109 109 i 109 110 112 1094 109 5 5 14 1 Ibi lgi 204 11 63 65 11 48 61 11 65 68 11 4.3 ti 7 11 :J7 41 11 33 36 11 25 27 Al 22 25 100 1091 1101 [2 1 2), 4 I 1 11 DO 107 108 11 11! 111 18 9 8! 11 97 100 11 89 t 2 2 )0 107 108 p )0 10 t 103 ;0 98 100 2 - 1 150 53 stock LI 3 5 LOG 84 S 6 100 1091 1101 :00 107 108 2 4 tp 16 11 le, .00 107 108 100 108 106 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR it Oa tan.Gor. 6 p.c.J a tk..l ub 1877-S1 ......... 100 106 107 Do: Cp. e. Feb. (lt Aug 100 103 106 Do. 6p. c.3la.r. & Sept 100 103 106 Do. tp. c. Jan.&,,July. 100 96 97 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 +Jape G.llope, 6 p c,187: 100 111 113 Do.Ap Oct.& 1881. 100 112 114 Do. 189 e 100 112 114 IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 115 117 ;Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8p c 100 113 115 Illautittus d per cent .. 100 109 111 'Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 119 111 11.51.11.G0v. a.SLJuI) 100 106} 1 07; Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p z., Ist, 100 102 k 1031 Do. sp. c.,lBti to 1 .;'d 100 103 104 Do. (10.4888 &upwds 100 103 104 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112 1H ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 ........ 10C Queensland (Icy. 6p. c. 101 'S. Aus G6p.c.1678.8z up.. 101 - Vie.Go v. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul:, 101 Do. io s pm. A.0./zOct.. 101 106:1 1074 ;0 ::1 115 )0 113 115 )0 110 112 10 1101 1111 BRITISH MINES, 2 Cambrian Con sol. Gold Amalgamated I Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , East Bassett (Illoganl 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Cam Brea... - - W'i Russel (Tavistk ,' Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 'Great South If-4. Wheal Vor (11elston7, (Grenvi11e........ lier&d's-Foot . I ilingston Lady Ilertha Margaret (tiny Lelact I Clarke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim.) INew Setun .North Downs N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an Wheal Crolty Car Consols (St. Blazey 20 ' once (Uny Lelnt. ) South Caradon(St.Cleer) ,S. Carr; Brea (II to an) .Wheal Fran. (Mogan ) ; Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv..% Lead Min - )Tin Cron I West Basset (Illogan) - W Caradon (Liskeard) I West Seton .... Wheal Basset (Illogan) ,Wheal Buller(Redruth) ; Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud, ott ...... n .. Wheal Mary Ann (Me.) (Wheal Seton ......... - I w heal Trelawney (Lis.)l 'Wheal Union ':.14.t 3.4.0 8.1.6 0 .16. f 8.12 4. , 7.0 2.0.6 Jd 4.10 Business done 1091 5 i i 109} 9 110/ 9 101 .ITIE, to% 191 24 2.4.9 11 10.6.7 If 3.15.6 18.1-.9 28.9. 47} 5 1 1 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 581 ti 3.17 103& i 51 61 15i 16 10 250 16 17 4i 5 1071 111} 11 } 33 1 i 74 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 108 71 Great Western, 44 per cent. red., 10} 1 Great Western, 5 per cent, red. prf., 104} London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pf., 96 London, Brighton, &c., 4. per cent., 1858, 103} London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 101 LINES LEASED Ai FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 112 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia Dutch Rhe and nish, 171 San Francisco (lint) cent., .) gua. 7 per 2Ol Great Luxembourg, 141 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (2i), 3 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12i Recife anti San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 161 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent. 91 South Austrian wad Lombardo Venetian, 221 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 19 United Mexican (11m.), 61 Vallanzas3a Gold, lim., T-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of JO Lo lN ndon and Liverpool (Um.), 321 11 Bank of Queensland (lim), 81 Bank of New Zealand (lim.), 11i City,Charteredlmpe rl E lm n p zi e i r sii naa B , ll 4 a S tl)nl c otadtnot ckiTh:,iianzmni Ang2lu"isitira)lianiChartered, 221 1 London Chartered B (lira, ()milt Australia, 29 London and Colonialt London and Couuty, London Joint Stock 2a t" New South W a l e th Lndon and Sou Africa', - s, 52 4 6 t Union of London, 351 London, 62 St. Katharine, 62 I Victoria, 101 DOegs . MISCELLANEOUS. 3 Ceyloa Company, ean Mint, 201 II Crystal Palace, 3 — bat°, pref., 115 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 116 East India Irrigation and canal, 4 Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 5 f Royal Mail Steam, 63 THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The mackerel fishery now being carried on with vigour by the Great Yarmouth boats. Fair deliveries have been made. Prices have fluctuated considerably, but have been tending down wards, having fallen 60s. per 120, while over• day fish have been quoted 52s per 120. The King of Wurtemberg, who is in the 82d year of his age and the 47th of his reign, is seriously ill and nit expected to live. His son and successor, Prince Charles, whose wife is the Grand Duchess Olga, sister of the present Czar, is said to be uery Russian in his sympathies. LAW INTELLIGENCE This Day, -0- COURT OF QUEEN S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Wightman and Blackburn.) WARD V. LAMPERT. This was an action by a boot and shoe maker, formerly residing in Lambeth, against the defendant, a gentleman residing at Hounslow, to recover damages for falselyrepre senting that the premises taken by him of the defendant were well drained and in a healthy and habitable state. At the trial which took place before Mr. Justice Wight man, at the sittings in Middlesex, the jury returned a ver dict for the defendant. Mr. Ribton had obtained a rule nisi for a new trial on the ground of misdirection in not telling the jury if the representations madeby thedefendant were within his means of knowledge, it was a fraudulent representation if untrue. After some lengthened discussion, The Court said that as the evidence was conflicting on both sides, they would recommend that a stet processus should be entered, as neither party would be ben fitted by a new trial, and the case was ordered to stand over. FORSTER V, FORSTER AND BERRIDGE. This was a suit instituted in the Divorce Court by the petitioner, a major in the Indian army, for a dissolution of his marriage with the respondent by reason of her adultery with Mr. Berridge, the co-respondent, the manager of ➢Zeus's brewery, •: • At the trial which took place at the sittings after last Middlesex term, before Sir Cresswell Cresswell and a .i,p e _ cial jury, the jury found the adultery p rove d ) an d assessQ4 the 'damages at £5,000. In the last term Mr. Coleridge, Q.Q., on the petition of a Mr. Graham, applied to Sir C. Cresswell for leave to intervene, and stay the proceedings, on the ground that the Court had no jurisdictiOn, inasmuch as the domicile of the husband and wife was in India,, they both having been born and married there, although the adultery took place in Eng land and the husband also came to this country. Sir C. Cresswell held, however; 140 had jurisdiction, and refused to allow the intervener. Mr. Coleridge moved with Dr. Trisham, for a rule to show why a writ of prohibition should not issue prohibiting the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes from making the decree nisi to dissolve the marriage absolute ; end, also, from further proceeding against either or any of the said parties thereto, The learned counsel having at great length stated the circumstances of this remarkable case, and which has been fully reported in The Sun. The Court granted a rule to show cause. THE EARTHQUAKE AT RHODES. -- --~- Speaking of the late terrible catastrophe, the Levant Herald says :—" Rhodians go early to bed as a rule; the calamity, therefore, found three-fourths of the population under their yorghans, in —what proved for many—their last sleep. I happened myself to be sitting up, and the shock se shook my house that I was literally thrown from my chair. I cannot attempt to describe the scene which met my eyes and ears outside in the town on my rushing out—crowds of half-dressed men, women, and children rushing from every door, mingling their screams with the dull rumble of falling houses and party walls. The whole formed a combination of terrible sight and sound of which I can convey no im pression by any words of mine. Though only a few hardly perceptible shocks took place again during the night, this sad scene continued with but little abatement till daylight, when the real extent of the damage done to the town be came apparent, This, though disastrous enough, has hap , pily been less so than the horrors of the night prepared one to see. About 1,000 houses, more or less, have been injured, some 400 of which have been nearly altogether destroyed, and the remainder either partially knocked down or rent to an extent that will compel the pulling down of most of them. Inside the enclosure of the citadel about 20 have been demolished, and several others greatly damaged. Great injury has also been done to the fortifications, and the architectural relics of the knights. Of these last, the beau titul square tower of St. Michael, at the entrance to the larger harbour, has been rent from top to bottom, nearly the whole inner half of it landwards —knocked entirely down. The old palace of the grand masters—now a prison has been rent in several places, as has also the lighthouse." This informant states the loss of life on the night of the 22d at about 50, and the maimed and wounded at more than double, but these numbers are confined to the town itself. In an account given by another resident, we read :-- " Throughout the island above 240 people were killed, and a great many hurt. Twelve out of 44 villages were en tirely destroyed, and the others greatly injured. The village of Missari was levelled with the ground ; even the church, strongly built three years ago, was shattered; the roof had fallen in, the, walls were rent, and the stone arches fastened with iron were torn asunder. Out of a population of 200, 126 persons were killed and about 30 hurt. It was a sad scene--bodies lying about and crushed under the ruins, and the survivors mourning their dead. Some of the people from the neighbouring village of Malone, which had partially escaped, had come to Messari to help to bury the bodie s. At Lindos, several houses and the inner walls of the old castle had been thrown down. Great stones had fallen, threatening to crush the village." The same writer gives the following account of the destruction in the city of Rhodes itself : " The beautiful Arab's Tower —a prominent object in the view of Rhodes from the sea— was in ruins ; the N.W. angle of the tower, with wall, staircase, turret, and centre tower, were torn away, and the two remaining walls were widely split and leaning over. One side of the tower of St. Nicholas, on which the light. house stood, had fallen, together with the staircase. The walls of the fortifications were rent in various places. In the town and suburbs houses had been thrown down in all directions. Other dwellings —the consulates among the rest—were much injured, Thirteen people were killed, one family being buried in the ruins of their houses. All the mosques, with the Greek and Latin churches, had suffered more or lees severely. A minaret and large round fountain had fallen. During the next day, the 23d, slight shocks were re peatedly felt, and these were succeeded by others, till, on the 26th, a violent thunderstorm with rain threw down more of the partially ruined houses, adding to the misery of the populace. We are told :--"The terror caused by the first earthquake was beginning to abate, when the in habitants were again alarmed by a strong shock, at noon of the 30th, followed by a more severe one in half an hour. The houses were immediately deserted ; tents and huts of sails, carpets, boards, or anything that could be got together, were set up in every vacant space. European consuls, natives, everyone made up such shelter as they could. Mr. Callender, the British Consul, and his family, took shelter in their garden in a tent made of a ship's awning and some boat sails, Fie:ds and gardens were occupied by whole families huddled together in but scanty room. Two Turkish families asked leave, which was of course granted, to make their dwellings in the Protestant cemetery in an unexposed situation. The crowding of the tents was so great that it was feared sickness would break out. A Turkish steamer arrived that Evening with an aide-de-camp of the Sultan, who had sent 500,000 piastres to help the sufferers. On the 3d May, a steamer appeared with the Kaimakan of Mitylene, and next day the Monette arrived from Syra with three surgeons on board, sent by the French admiral. The weather had changed and became sultry and oppressive, the ground felt feverish and quivering, a s i rocco w i n d and leaden sky and strange rumbling noise under ground, all seemed to portend another shock; the natives in terror believing the island would sink into the sea. A new danger now threatened the inhabitants. The earthquake had so shaken the prison, the grand master's palace, that it was feared the prisoners might get out. On the evening of the 4th a plot was discovered ; the convicts, :08 in number, intended making their escape— they had dug a passage under the walls of the prison. Soldiers were posted at different points, and on the top of the palace, with orders to fire on the prisoners if they made any attempt to escape. Some of the convicts have con fessed that they intended to set fire to the town, kill every one they could, carry off all the booty they could lay their hands on, and get off by the boats. Fresh alarm ensued ; every one who had the means armed himself, and regular watches were kept during the night at all the tents. O n the sth of May the ringleaders and most desperate charac ters were removed to a small prison, where they are chained and watched; the rest remain at the old prison strongly guarded. From the desperate character of the convicts it is fortunate the plot was discovered in time, otherwise most frightful atrocities would have been com mitted." A very curious fact will give our readers a more exact idoa of the force of the shock. On the night of the 22d of April, between ten and half -past, the precise time of the great shock at Rhodes, the Greek ship Panaia, Captain Dirnitri Diakopoulo, from Marseilles, with a cargo of wheat and barley, was sai.ing about 30 miles to the east of Rhodes, when, with a sudden and violent shock, the ship stopped short in her course for some seconds, and the cessation of the ship's impetus caused the masts and ti m b ers to crack in a frightful manner. A quarter of an hour afterwards one of the masts suddenly fell, without any apparent cause, breaking in two and bringing down the other mast with it. THE LATE MURDER IN TIIE BORCUGII.—The unfortunate lad, Daniel Ledbetter, died early this morning at Guy's Hospital, from the extensive wounds in flicted on his throat by his father. The inquest will be held on both bodies to-morrow before Mr. Payne, the coroner. A MAN OF HORRIBLY BAD TASTE! —The indiffe rence of the Kaffirs as to what they eat is perhaps as remark a bl e as the extent of their appetite. Mr. Baldwin, in the T raveller, describes himself as having had to restrain tome young urchins who were with him on one excursion from eating pieces of old shoe leather, and one Kaffir, named Hamer, had, h e says, the most depraved stomach he ever sawntl He al ways bothers me for medicines, and he evi dey He castor-oil, rhubard, and ipecacuanha. In fact, I have tried mixed u him with a ll t h e most nauseous drugs, p in any manner to make them still more disgust • ing to the taste, and to get rid of him. 1 once gave him a large spoonful of mustard in a pint of warm w a t er , w hi c h he sipped off l i k e coffae I I then tg °f str ong with plenty of w arm water , old him to follow it up and I beli eve it had no effect whatever on him. H e w i ll drink a cupful of strong vineg ar grees with him. at a time if he can get it, and nothin THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1863, POLICE INTELLIGENCE -This Day. MAR LBOROUGH -STREET, ROBBERY AT A LICENS r D VICTUALLER'S.—Enoch Casey, a lad in tee employ of Mr. Henry Young, of the Cambrian Stores, Glasshouse -street, Regent-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield, by Sergeant Joy, 9 C, with stealing some marked money from the till of his employer. It appears that suspicion being entertained by Mr. H. Young of the honesty of the prisoner, who had only been in his employ about three months, in consequence of money being missed from the till on different occasions, some money was marked in the presence of Sergeant Joy and placed in the till the last thing at night, and the sergeant secreted on the premises. About half past 6 o'clock next morning the prisoner, having on only his shirt and trousers, was seen by Joy to go to the till and take some money from it, and on being searched some of the marked money was found in his possession. Mr. Mansfield inquired of Mr. Young whether he had a character with th e l a d , and Mr. Young said he bad h good I one. The prisoner said he had never touched any money be fore, but he was gu i lty, Mr. M ans fi e ld committed the • r risoner for three months with hard labour, MCP- THAMES. .e.wAy ROBBERY "WITH VIOLENCE.—John Hurley, P. notorious thief, and Elizabeth Brown, his sister, a woman of the town, both well known to the police, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting and robbing a seaman, named Robert Montgomery. This case was a very aggravated one. The prosecutor, who appeared to be suffering from the brutal violence inflicted upon him, was dwelling in the Back-road, St. Geo-ge's-in-the•East. He was on his way home between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock this morning, when he was suddenly attacked close to the northern end of a vile place, called Victoria-street, and thrown down and plundered. He was directed by the magistrate to state more particularly what occurred, and he said he vas seized by the neck from behind. His throat was compressed, and he was nearly choked. He s t aggered. and vas thrown to the ground. There were fiv e or s i x upon bin. His pockets were rifled, and all his m oney, consisting o a .£5 Bank of England note, four sovereigns, an d some silver, taken away. He partially recovered while the people were robbing him, and sung out for the police as well as he cola. In answer to Mr. Woolrych, the witness said he was a little gone with liquor—in fact, he had been drinking a good deal, but he knew all that occurred, and what money he had in his pocket. In answer to the prisoner Hurley, the witness said—l can swear to you, I know you. You laid held of rne, and held me down while my pockets were rifled. I said to you, " I shall know you again well." William Logan, a sailor, deposed—l was at the top of Victoria-street, and I heard a man screaming out. I looked round and saw the prisoners on the top of the last witness. The chap there (pointing to Hurley) caught him by the back of the neck and choked him. It was the most brutal thing I ever saw. She was rifling his pockets, There were people all around. I saw both prisoners eave the sailor on the ground after they had robbed him cf all he had. John Lyons, who said he was a dock l a b ourer by day and a profession a l by n i g ht, gave similar evidence, and said that Hurley spoke to him after the 'obb ery was committed. He was seated on a step humming asong when the prisoners had the sailor down and were riffint his pockets. He dared not interfere as there were always se many thieves, ruffians, and prostitutes about Victoria•stret. He was taken into custody by mistake, and he told tee police all he knew. Hurley asked bim about the ticket, for his benefit, and how he got on after committing the outrage and robbery. John Fry, police-constable, No. :20 g, was in the Back road and heard a cry of police and nalrd er, and a man passed him, who said to a woman " I havegot it," and bolted into a house close by. The prosecutor cane up and said "I have lost all." He soon afterwards took tie prisoners into custody —the man in Victoria. street and tie woman in Palmer's• folly. Both were thieves. Evidence of former convictions wre given. Hurley was convicted of coining six years' ago and sentenced to four years penal servitude. There ware other convictions against him. Mr. Woolrych—This is a highwarobbery with violence. The prisoners are committed for trill. SPORTING INTELIIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, MKsznAnr. One of the most fashionable and mmeroue meetings that have been(witnessed here for many pars began to assemble at an early hour, the heavy nature of the transactions de cided at Epsom during the week rendering a long afternoon absolutely necessary. Money appured to be unusually plentiful, and led to the belief that it had been a drawn battle between the layers and baczers, the preliminary settling passing off with the greatest Smoothness and with out a whisper of an absentee. Severd of the oldest mem bers present expressed their opinon that it was the greatest settling within their recolleclon. One vi ell-known speculator had no less than £200,00( to pass through h;s hands, and appeared delighted with the progress of his heavy task. This day wiil be devotet to the final winding up of the outstanding balances, whidt, from present ap pearances, give every hope of a satisfa tory conclusion. As might have been anticipated, not a be.was made during the afternoon upon future events here : ►ut just prior to our leaving some betting took place at thi entrance upon the French event, for which Lord Clifder was in great force, as tittle as 7 to 4 being taken. La To cques also was in quired after and supported at 2 to 1. At the same time The Ranger and Saceharometer were rentioned, but wet with little or no favour at the odds, or 4 to 1 and 6 to / re spectively. RADCLIFFE RACES.—MNDa.v. The Maiden Plate of 5 soya each, with 5 added; weight for age ; fillies and goldings allowed 31. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Osborne's Sweetcake, 4 yrs,Bst Ilb •• • J (Whiey) Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 y rs , 7sttel Ilb 1 Lord (W. Ma r ti n ) 2 'Wilton's Herdsman, 3 yrs, 7st ....., (William son) 3 Betting -13 to lon Herdsman, 2to 1 apt Honest John, 3 to 1 agst Sweetcake. Won by a neck; half a length between econd and third. Honest John and Herdsman ran out, and he latter broke a stirrup-leather besides. The Selling Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 15 added; win ners extra; the winner to be sold for 5 &ova. Once round and a distance. Mr. T. Cliff's Queen of Clubs, 3 yrs, Est 81b ',Kenyon) w.o. The Wilton Cup (H andicap) of 50 soya, addd to a Sweep. stakes of 5 soya eac h , 3 ft ; winners extra ;second to save his stake. Ab ou t m i le and a half. 15 sub. Mr. Barbe r ' s J ac k' s Alive, 3 yrs, sst 71b • (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Osborn e ' s F an f aron, 3 yrs, Est 41b .(Whiteley) 2 Mr. Masterman's Hone s t John, 3 yrs. Sat Ill b (V. Martin) 3 n B A e ls t o tin r g a l t a o rm 4 io a n gs an L t Fd anafazryonß,ooltls. to 4 age, Marmion, 7 to 2 agst Jack's Alive. Won by a head ; a length between second aid third ; the other two beaten off, The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sow ; wuners extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st Gib (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7st CD (Church) 2 Mr. Aubery's Black Eyed Susan, 3 yrs, Set 311 ........ 3 Betting opened at 5 to 4 on Flytrap, but closed at 6, to 5 on David Ann, 5 to 4 agst Flytrap. Won by a length ; two lengths between second and third. The Heaton P ar k H an di cap o f 5 sovs each, wish3o added ; winners extra. One mile. Mr. W. W a lk er ' s Colonel Crockett, 5 yrs, Ist (Mid gley) 1 Mr. T. Cliff' s F er di nand, 3 yrs, 6st 41 b ... • (Villiains3n) 2 Mr. Cob urn ' s C apta i n K n i ght, 5 yrs, B st 71b .. (Lomas) 3 Betting opened at 6to 4 a gst F er di na nd, b i t c l osed at 2 to 1 on C o l one l C roo k e tt, 3 t o 1 agst Cap t a i n Inight, 20 to 1 agst Ferdinand (offered). NEWCASTLE •ON Acceptances for the Northur Age at lb Carbineer Caller Ou .. 5 8 8 Adventurer Cape Flyaway 6 8 6 Oldrninster Hartington Brilliant Captain Crow 4 7 8 Brighton The Monk.. 6 7 5 Stanton •TYNE MEETING, aberland Plate. Two mile s . Agt at lb prologu e Borealis . ........ 6 6 4 . ...... 3 6 4 Erin-go-Bragh.... 3 5 3 Marigold ........ 3 t 0 Bohemian ... 3 C 0 Joco, by J oe . o' Sot 8 6 0 Michael seat 3 5 13 Doubl e x . , ........ 3 512 Bubb:xi ......... 3 5 .2 Santerell e Daniel O'Connell.. . . 3 5 12 Trust .......... 3 5 11 Clark.r .. Chaff .......... 3 5 11 ........ 3 5 10 Alice ............ 3 lO Kin g Charming . 3 I 9 Prairie Plower•.. ... 3 t- 7 Lothian's King 57 3 Doefoot .... Poi) nesia Birthday filly Pilot Weatherwiso 4 6 8 THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY'S NEW OFFICES, LOMBARD-STREET.— Lombard -street, for centuries associated with the banking and monetary inte rests of the City, is in a fair way o f becomi ng as distin guished for its architectural magnificenc e as it has long teen symbolic of the wealth and power of the English netion. In addition to the noble buildings . rece ntly erected th ere, two new structures are already d esi gned for thi s ancient seat of the Lombards—new banking premises for an old and wealthy firm, and new offices for the Royal Insurance Com pany. The site of the latter stru cture is at th e western corner of Clement's-lane, immediately otposite the present Royal Insurance Buildings, erected only in 1857, and which, after the lapse of so comparatively short a period, are found bu gaged pulling d own five si old houses, to be whssolly inadequate for the com pany's va s tl y -i ncreasing orlwmheicnhadraetneobwacbkusitolYthele time of Eli za b e th, five W so that the extent of the area to be occupied by the new pile is apparent to passers-by. The new buildings will have a frontage in Lombard-street of 54ft., in Clement's•lane of 75ft., and will rank with the best of the modern embellish berißdgul eidi ngs erected in 1857. molts of the City. The architect i s M r. John Belcher, cf who was als o th e archi tect a d oa e fi l nt a gh i d ew e n - e w p o l y a sa. c l e , I L n o s n u d r 9 a nn The Federal Panic at Fredericksburg. The correspondent of the New York ,Herald writes : "I must frankly confess that I have no ability to do justice to the scene that followed. It was my lot to be in the centre of that field when the panic burst upon us. May I never be a witness to an other such scene. On one hand was a solid column of infantry retreating at double quick from the face of the enemy, who were already crowding their rear; on the other was a dense mass of beings who had lost their reasoning faculties, and. were flying from a thousand fancied dangers as well as from the real danger that crowded so close tapon them, ag grarating the fearfulness of their situation by the very precipitancy with which they were seeking to escape from it. On the hill were 10,000 of the enemy, touring their m ur d erous vo ll eys i n upon us, yelling and hooting to increase the alarm and confusion; hundreds of cavalry horses, left riderless at the first discharge of the rebels, were dashing frantically about in all directions; a score of bat teries of artillery were thrown into disorder, some properly manned, seeking to gain positions for effective duty, and others flying from the field; battery waggons, ambulances, horses, men, cannon, caissons, all jumbled and tumbled together in an apparently inextricable mass, and that murderous fire still pouring in upon them. To add to the terror of the wcasion there was but one means of escape froui the field, and that through a little narrow neck or ravine washed out by Scott's Creek. Towards this the confused mass plunged headlong. For a moment it seemed as if no power could avert the frightful calamity that threatened the entire army. That neck passed, and this panic stricken, disordered body of men and animals permitted to pass down through the other corps of the army, our destruction was sure. But in the midst of that wildest alarm there was a cool head. That threatened cala mity was averted by the determined self-possession of Major-General D. Fa Sickles. Spurring his horse forward, he forced his way through the tangled mass and entered this narrow neck. Across this neck there runs a thick brick wall, behind which the forces of General Williams and Berry had already thrown themselves preparatory to meeting the enemy. On one flank of the wall was the deeply sunken bed of the creek, impassable for any species of vehicle and scarcely safe for men. At the upper end of the wall was a narrow gateway, the only opening to be found. To this point General Sickles picked his way, and there, drawing his sword, blocked the passage with himself and horse. On came the panic-stricken crowd, terrified artillery, riders spurring and lashing their horses to the ut most, riderless horses dashing along regardless of all obstacles ; ambulances upsetting and being dashed to pieces against trees and stumps; men flying and crying with alarm—a perfect torrent of passion, apparently uncontrollable. But, against it all the brave General threw himself, and by his de termined bravery brought the first heavy mass— cannon drawn by six horses, well mounted—to a halt, and blockaded the passage. Others dashing up behind and crowded upon the first, their drivers cursing and swearing and calling to the foremost to go on. The loose horses jumped the stone wall, and the flying men scrambled over it, utterly oblivious to the fact that the opposite side was crowded with men whose lives were thus doubly endangered. But by the blockade of the main passage the stampede of the artillery and cavalry bad been principally checked. Once halted, reason began to return to those who had previously lost it, and much of the artillery, properly manned, was quickly brought back upon the field. Tbey all seemed possessed with an instinctive idea of the shortest and most direct line from the point whence they started to the United States Ford, and the majority of them did not stop until they had reached the ford. M an y o them on reaching the river dashed in and swam tf the north side, and are supposed to be running yet. It was no worse with privates than with officers The stampede was universal ; the disgrace genera Defrauding a Burial Society at Stockport. On Saturday, at Stockport, Alice Holt, a widow, was charged with having obtained £'2s 16s. from Mr. Peter Scarlett, the local agent of the Wesleyan and General Assurance Society, by fraud. The prisoner had been remanded from time to time under the irnpress . on that she was unable to be removed from the lock-up, she representing to the authorities that she hourly expected her confinemPnt, and being subject, moreover, to fits, she was not in condition to leave her bed to be taken before the Court. The Superintendent of Police, however, sus pected that she was practising an ingenious deception upon the Court, and the magistrates determined upon taking the case in the lock-ups. The prisoner lay prostrate on her bed, and declined to take part in the inquiry either by question or statement. Samuel Garlick, a canvassing agent for the society, stated that in January last he called on the prisoner at her lodgings, 43. Great Egerton-street, Heaton Norris, and saw her and her mother, Mary Bailey, deceased. He asked them if they were prepared to make the promised pro posals for an insurance against death, the latter being then in apparent good health, but no proposals were then entered into. On the 18th February he called again, and saw both the prisoner and her daughter, and Mary having answered the usual questions, was desired to call upon Mr. Scarlett for a note to the doctor. After a week's delay he again called upon them to ask why they had not been before the doctor. The prisoner said she intended to insure herself, and both she and the mother could go together. He called again on two different oecasions,but was unable to see Maryßailey, the prisoner on both occasions stating that her raotherwas out. In a few days after he called again, and saw the prisoner and her mother; the latter was in bed, and stated that she was very poorly, the prisoner adding that her mother had been taken ill on the Monday. Ann Bailey, who lived in the same house, corroborated the statement of the witness Garlick, as to calling frequently and hearing the prisoner say that her mother was out, the fact being that her mother was then lying on a sick bed upstairs. In a few days after the time when Garlick called about going before the doctor, the prisoner said to the witness, "Ann, will you go with me to pass the doctor P" " What for ?" " Because my mother's insured, but she can't go to the doctor's, and I want some one to go with me for her, for if she didn't pass the doctor she couldn't get the insurance money." Witness replied " No, I can't go with you, for lam not old enough." She asked, " Can you get anybody else ?" Witness said " No." The day following the witness saw Elizabeth Wells and the prisoner leave the house together, and the day after that the prisoner told witness that she had passed Wells for her mother before the doctor, but desired witness not to say anything to any person, or else she would not be able to get the money. The mother was ill in bed at that time, and the prisoner told witness she believed her mother would not get better.—Elizabeth Wells, of Didsbury, said she received a letter from the pi isoner in February, asking her to come to her house as soon as she could. The document was destroyed at the time. On going to the prisoner's t he said, " I want you to go with me to Mr. Scarlett's and then to the doctor's, as my mother's very bad, and I can't get the club money unless you go." Witness said if it was all right, and for a good cause, she would have no objection. They went ac cordingly to the agent's shop, and after some conversation witness told him she (witness) was Mrs. Holt's mother. The witness did not say anything more. They then went to Mr. Heginbotham's, who put a great number of questions, the answers to which he put down, and to which wi ness put her mark as correct. That day witness saw Mrs. Holt's mother very ill in bed.—Mr. Scarlett, the manager of the society, constituted under the Friendly Society's Discharge Act, 1854, said Garlick brought him a proposal, dated 18th February, 1863, referring to the life of Mary Bailey. In a fortnight afterwards the prisoner came to his shop, aceom panied by Elizabeth Wells, saying, " We've er toted your society;" and in answer to a question said, "My name is Alice Holt, and this is my mother, Mary Bailey." Two pro posals for insurance had been submitted—one for the pri soner and another for Mary Bailey. Wells, on seeing the latter proposal, said the mark at the bottom was hers, and that all the answers to the routine questions were correct. Notes were given to them for the medical examination of Mr. Heginbotharn, and the proposal and the doctor's report were duly forwarded to the manager of the society, and the usual certificates were granted. Bailey's certificate was granted on the 23d March; she died on the 27th f the same month; and the amount of insurance money, £25165, was paid on the Bth April, on receiving a receipt from the prisoner. The pri soner was committed to Knutsford sessions for trial, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON May 26.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, May 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Her Ma.. jesty's ship Curagoa, for Australia; her Majesty's ship Liverpool, for the wes tward. PIA- mo unt, May 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hadley, for Rio Grande. COWES, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arrived—Ellen R ose, Arrived` from Bathurst. CARDIFF, May 24.—Wind N.W— A Steffano, from Santander ; St. Charles, e d — Adelo CLYDE, Moy 25.—Sailed—Clio, from New York. Demerara, r Cuba; Avon, for WHITSUNTIDE AMUSEMENTS. HAYM A RKET. The great, success of the last new comedy, "Finesse; or, Spy and Counter Spy," w i t h the Wigans, and the lessee's splendid panorama of the travels of the Prince of Wales in the Holy Land, rendered any special attraction for Whitsuntide quite unnecessary here. The audience last evening enjoyed thcroughly the amusement provided for them, and rewarded the labours of the lessee and manager with the most enthusiastic applause. The array of fashionables in private boxes and stalls was something extraordinary. The other portions of the house were all fully attended. LYCEUM. "The Duke's Motto," which ever since the open ing of the house under Mr. Fechter'a auspices has constituted its chief attraction, was relied on to attract the public,and the reliance was well founded, for the house was crowded. It is to the genius of Mr. Fechter, who performs the principalcharacter, that the success of the piece is mainly due. He played Henri de la Garde last night for the 109th time with his usual grace and freshness. ADELPHI. At the Adelphi last night the entertainments consisted of Mr. Stirling Coyne's drama, " Angel or Devil," supported by Miss Avonia Jones, Mr. Toole, and Mr. Billington ; the recently produced farce of Messrs. W. Brough and Halliday, "The Wooden Spoonmaker," with Mr. Webster's striking and powerful impersonation of the old man ; the capital burlesque of Mr. Byron's, "11l Treated Il Trovatore," in which Miss Carry and Miss Sara Nelson appeared as Manrico and Leonora respec tively, supported by Mr. Toole as Azucena, Mr. Paul Bedford as the Kinchin, and Mr. Philips as the Count di Luna; and Mr. Mark Lemon's extra vaganza " Domestic Economy." Never was Whit suntide audience happier or more merry, and never did artists exert themselves more zealously to amuse. It is needless to say the house was crowded. ST. JAMES'S. This theatre proved highly attractive last evening to a numerous audience. Mr. Frank Matthews, the able and enterprising manager, brought out Mr. Leicester Buckingham's successful comedy of the "Merry Widow," together with a 73d repetition of "Lady Audley's Secret," and Mr. W. Brough's " Perdita ; or, the Royal Milkmaid." The boxes and stalls were well filled, while the upper boxes and the space specially occupied by the holiday folks were crowded to excess. No little applause was also elicited by the beautiful performances of the really effective band attached to the establishment. SURREY. A new season has opened at this theatre, with Mr. Henry Loraine as the manager. This gentle man has made himself favourably known to London audiences by his performances at Drury-lane. The piccc selected last night was" Peep o' Day." The cast is, in the main, much the same as at Drury-lane. Mr. Loraine himself makes a very popular hero. His voice, figure, and manly pre ,ence was sure to have great power over his audience, and in all the situations he produced the fullest effect. Mr. Calhaem is well known as Barney O'Toole, and seems already a great favourite here. Mr. Graham is a very emphatic Rev. Mr. O'Cleary, and Mr. Potter a terrible Black Mu;lins. The two grand scenes—the one of the Pattern, or Festival Fair, at the Holy Well, with the faction fight, and that of the Old Quarry—are capitally got up, and produced an excitement in the extraordinary and multitudinous audience, greater, if that be possible, than we ever remember to have seen. Mr. Lo raine has thus commenced his management under the most cheering auspices, and there seems every resolve to carry it out with spirit and ability. STRAND. No special novelty was presented to the holiday folk at this little theatre, nevertheless the house was attended last evening by a numerous and fashion tble audience. The entertainments opened with Mr. Palgrave Simpson's comedietta, the " School for Coquettes," in which Miss Louisa Thorn, from the Bi.th and Bristol Theatres, made her debut on the metropolitan beards in the character of Lady Clan. morris. Ttis young lady possesses considerable natural attractions both of person and figure. Mr. Byron's version of " Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves," or, as the facetious author called it, " The Thirty-nine Thieves," being " fond of taking one off," was next presented for the 48th night conse cutively. The burlesque is orle teeming with puns of a good, bad, and indifferent character. It kept the house in a continuous roar of laughter from the beginning to the end of it. WESTMINSTER. The performances here last evening were for the benefit of Mr. E. Stirling, the acting manager. The entertainments commenced with Mr. Stir ling's two-act burletta of Mr. Charles Dickens's " Nicholas Nickleby ; or, the Doings at Do the-boys Hall," which was followed by Mr. Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," and concluded with a Scottish ballet, entitled "Love in the Highlands," by the Lauri family. In the burletta Mr. Stirling took the part of Newman Noggs, and he invested the character with a dramatic importance which it might easily lose in less able hands. Mr. Mellon, as Mr. Ralph Nickleby; Mr. H. I. Montague, as the nephew, Nicholas Nickleby; Mr. H. Vanden hoff, as the pretty man milliner; Miss Edith Stuart, as the disowned and persecuted Smike ; Mr. Dewar as the pedagogue ; Mr. Leeson, as the Yorkshire man, John Browdie ; and Miss Rose Leclercq, as Madame Mantalini, did full justice to those cha racters. HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS. The prince of ,pianists, S. Thalberg, gave his first Matinee Musicale yesterday, and never do we re member to have seen a more brilliant and fashion able audience assembled within the spacious and elegant " Queen Concert Room." The first part consisted of five pieces selected from Weber, Beet hoven, Mendelssohn, and Thalberg; and the second embraced four or five from the compositions of Chopin, Moschella, &c. It is an extremely difficult task to describe the performance of yesterday after noon. Each composition was given with the greatest delicacy of finish and the most wonderful execution, but the pieces that seemed perfectly to enchant the audience were Irish and Russian airs by Thalberg, and songs without words by Mendelssohn. The concert was an extraordinary success, and the three others announced to followed will no doubt prove equally so. POLYTECHNIC. - - The Polytechnic again obtained its large share of patronage from the holiday folk yesterday, and afforded proof o f th e grow ing interest felt by the public generally in its instructive and amusing re presentations. Professor Pepper's " Ghost lecture" still maintains its ground in public favour, and will be a great source of delight to all who can include a visit to the institution in their Whitsuntide pro gramme. COLOSSEUM. Tattractions esen whiehthi sfar a fame d tthis a n are he w place s e :f entertainmentitr to to the visitorh a peculia r i n t erest on the pre sent occasion, . t from the fact, as w e un d erstand, that sea son invested varied i t has passed o other hands, and is about to yield to th e onward sweep of th e " great hotel move ment." The last season at the Colosseum we ll sustain a ll its p that, to ast g will lories ; so use a na u ti ca l figure, if the g oo d old ship is to go down, s h e will at least go down " s hi p-shape. " The progra mme is extremelymprehensiv e , an d co a embraces a gr ea t combination of The beautiful greeable varieties, and stupendous Cycloramas repre senting the destruction of Lisbon, London by day, and Paris by night, still remain, perhaps the point de mire of the whole building, and oug ht certa i n l y to be i nspected whilst the opportuity is . There are b es id es the stalactite ca.\ n erns, Swiss presented cot tiges, scenery, mountain torrents, and other objects of interest. Th e Colosseum has the same large staff of competent ar ti s t es as before, whose performances make up i n th e aggregate a very agreeable or evening's o ccupat i on . A mong theewmeornini:yg tnllolif;n the orchestral concert performers under th dircetiou of Mr. W. Howard; Mr. GEo. Buckland'a musical gL-anirigs ; Mlle. Johanna Claussen's " Characteri,tic Chansonettes ;" the Laynor &c., &c. The performances yesterday were well attended, and promise to have a successful " run." 1 MR. AND MRS . G ERMAN REED'S ENTER TAINMEiN T. As on every great holiday, the extraordinary co mbination of t a l en t of Mr. and M rs . G erman Reed and M. John Parry attracted an overflowing audience, by whom their entertainment was highly appreciated. Their new piece, "A Charming Cot tage," was applauded to the echo, well adapted as it is for giving scope to the skill of the accomplished artists engaged in its representation. Mr. John Parry's " Mrs. Roseleaf's Little Evening Party" concluded the entertainment, which ev id ently afforded great gratification t o all present. MR. KENNEDY'S ENTERTAINMENT. Mr. Kennedy, the eminent Scotch recall:A, com menced last evening, at the Music•hall, Store street, another short series of his extremely plea sant and highly popular entertainments on the " Songs of Scotland." For many months the vocal illustrations of this gifted artist and tho roughly trained musician have attracted fashion able audiences at the Hanover-square Rooms and the Dudley Gallery of the Egyptian-hall. Mr. Kennedy's success in Bloomsbury district promises to become quite as complete and satisfactory as that which attended his West-end performance. The Music-hall was well filled, and, judging by the enthusiastic applause which each " selection" se. cured, there is every probability that Mr. Kennedy will extend this " short series of entertainments" beyond the originally announced" Every Monday night." OXFORD MUSIC-HALL. The purely holiday visitor, whose acquaintance with places of public entertainment is refreshed only on red letter days, must be struck when he visits the Oxford, with titles of operatic selec tions with which the outside world of music are as yet unfamiliar. "La Forsa del Destino," " Faust," 8c3., are in the prospective repertory of one, at least, of the great lyric establishments; but while Mr. Gye and Mr. Mapleson are compelled, perhaps, only to promise the article, the Oxford prod uces i t, and all the sa li ent portions of the music become known to a large portion of the pub lic through this channel. Selections from these operas are now being given, with all the customary vocal and instrumental effects—the solo parts, as signed to Miss Russell and Mr. Albert, standing out in conspicuous relief. Mr. Unsworth, the best type of the stage stump orator who has ever appeared on any stage, maintains his sway over the sympathies of the audience b y h i s felicitous blunderings and keen satires upon passi ng f o lli es. Equally noticeable is his coadjutor, Eugene, although the forte of the latter is in the assump tion of the female voice and manner —an achieve ment of remarkable ability. The French clowns Arthur and Bertrand, for fertility of resource and dexterity in tumbling, continue unapproached. Tt.e selections last night were those from "Masaniello " and " Martha," both admirably interpreted. CANTERBURY HALL. With the manifold attractions offered by the Canterbury Hall a full attendance on a \Vhit Mon day cannot be a matter of surprise. Periodical and holiday visitors evidently take an interest not only in the musical entertainments, but in the famous Fine Arts Gallery. This portion of the whole establishment was crowded on Monday night, and some of the masterpieces of painting there to be found underwent careful and anxious scrutiny. By the way, what can have possessed Madame Jericho, the painter of the beautiful picture—" A Danish Family reading the Bible," to reproduce the sub ject, in such dismal colours and with such unsatis factory drawing, in the Pall Mall Gallery ? But with regard to the programme of the " Canterbury" —pictorial and musical. There was a rich abun dance of entertainment. Foremost amongst them must be the now time-honoured operatic selections in which Miss Russell, the prima donna, is supported by M. Tivoli, Mr. Greene, and others. These excerpts from opera maintain their wonted excel lence. The comic part of a night's entertain ment is agreeably enlivened by the "drawing room" performance of Les Freres Athos—the four acrobats who have recently come to this hall, and whose sommersaults and pyramidal exploits are very wonderful in their way. Mr. Hilton, a clever ventriloquist and professor of legerdemain, con tributes also to the amusements. But the cheral de bataille is still the g; eat Unsworth, whose improvisations are always welcome from their spon taneity and admirable delivery. Under a ludicrous aspect, this illustrious stump orator is really one of the censors of the day ; for he hits the moral "raw," with an incisive force usually found to proceed only from more solemn platforms. It would be unfair, however, to disconnect Unsworth from his sparkling little coadjutor Eugene, who, by different means—by the true spirit of burlesque dancing and imitative vocalism—steals upon the sympathies of the au dience quite as surely as his more talkative friend. Nor should Daley (who with the other two formed the trio of the Transatlantic tribe) be forgotten. His stage fright is one of the oddest exhibitions of the kind we have ever witnessed ; and his genuine spirit of comedy is invaluable in the comic scenes—more particularly in that of the " Haunted House" and the "Barber's Shop." Mr. Arthur Lloyd is the principal comic vocalist at the Can terbury, and is a great favourite in his quaint and intelligently rendered and " dressed" burlesque effusions. THE ALHAMBRA. This place of popular resort seems to have male itself the home of athletic sports. Leotard, Naldie, and Verrecko have gone, and their places have been now supplied by a group of Spaniards—the bro thers Risarelis and Balager—who go through a series of miraculous performances on a ladder in close proximity to the ceiling of the building, and consequently at a height sufficient to satisfy the most ardent lover of the dangerous. There are a number of other extraordinary acrobats and tum blers who perform at the Alhambra nightly; i n addition to this the operatic selections are well performed, and there is a twat of talent, comic and sentimental, which is exerted every evening w i t h great success and to the evident gratification of the numerous audience by which the h a ll • Is al ways crowded. CREMORNE. Mr. Smith's special novelty fur the holidy makers was of a hi g h ly attractive ncture, and a despite the chilly s t ate of the a tmosphere a n enor mous numb er v i s i ted these s p le ndid gardens. F rom a continu e d s about half-p ast four until twelve o'clo c k t h ere was accession of novelties ; but thegreatest and most attractive was the new ballet, by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, entitled " The Bridal of Beauty, or the Marriage of Love." The scenery by Mr. Brew, and the music by Mr. Tully are exceedingly pretty, and without doubt it must prove highly successful as we cannot recollect ever witnessing a more taste ful prod uct i on. The other entertainments and the fireworks p asse d off with the greatest eclat, and from all app earances a highly successfuleasel' seems certain. THE TEA TRADE, May 25.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week were 1,139,76 31 b -, which is a decrease of 155,9_01b., compared wit h the previous state- went. NATIONAL BANK.—The annual meeting of the National Bank was held to-day, Mr. M. Usborne in the chair. The report, which was unanimously adopted stated since the accounts were made up a dividend at the rate of £8 per cent. per annum on the increased capital of the bank, and an extra dividend of 16s. per share, amount ing together to £40,000, were paid in February last. The amount of undivided profits after those payments therefore stood at £103,729 3s. EN. as compared with £99,050 14s. 6d, the figures at which they stood last year after payment of the February dividend, and transfer of £lOO,OOO to Capital amount.