The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

M ONE X MARKET ANI) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWZLVE O'CLOCK. ADVANCE IN THE MINIMUM RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of England at their meeting to-day have raised their terms of interest and discount from 31 to 4 per cent. The measure was to a large extent anticipated, owing to the terms recently asked in the general money market, and the consequent pressure of nearly the whole of the current business upon the national establish ment. The announcement being expected has not led to much discussion, but in some quarters it is regarded with satisfaction, as it may have the effect of checking the introduction of so many foreign schemes. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under : 1863. 1862. Great-Western £57,871 L 56,852 N ort h -Western South- Western Brighton. Midland South-Eastern 19,520 20,177 Great Northern Lancashire and York shire 32,943 31,119 Bristol and Exete r 6,33l 6,548 North Eastern 44,368 39,66f1 Glasgow and Soutth-Western ..... 8,407 8,143 Great Western of Canada The above returns are generally of a satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an in crease of £1,019 ; North Western, £1,450; South Western, £349 ; Midland, £1,406 ; Great Northern, £1,303 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1,824 ; North Eastern, £4,708; and Great Western of Canada, £1,450. The London and Brighton, however, ex hibit a decrease of £527, and the South Eastern of £656. Messrs. Coleman, Turquand,Yonngs and Co. are now paying, on the part of the estate of Francis Ede, Son, and Co., a second instalment of 28.6 d., making, with the dividend in December last, 15s. in the pound. The biddings for 30,00,000 rupees (£300,000) in bills on India took place to-day at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were, to Cal cutta 16,70,000 rupees, to Bombay 12,00,000 rupees, and to Madras 1,30,000 rupees. The declared minimum price was as before, ls. Hid, per rupee on Calcutta, and ls. 111 d. on Bombay and Madras. The applications within the limits were for upwards of 100 lace. Tenders on Calcutta at ls. llid. will receive about 28 per cent. ; on Bombay ls. about 31 per cent.; and all above these prices in full. Those on Madras will receive in full. Two O'CLOCK. The thirty-eighth annual meeting of the pro prietors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland took place to-day. The following dividend was declared, viz., an extraordinary dividend of 30s. on each £lOO share, and 12s. on each £lO share, of the capital stock of the bank, in addition to the ordi nary dividend of 4 per cent. There has been very little business in the Eng. lish Stock Market to-day, speculation being ex ceedingly dull. At one time a little depression was apparent, Consols then being 931 1 for money, and 92 /, less the dividend, for the account ; they have since recovered to 931 1 and 92/1 re spectively. The New Threes ere dealt in at 9 ill ; and Reduced, at 91: I; Bank Stock is masked 2331 235 ; the Indian 5 per Cent. Loan, 109/ 1101 i India Debentures of 1864-66, 1001; and India Bonds, 13s. to 198. prem. ; Exchequer Bills are dull at 4s. dis. to par. The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market are still on a reduced scale, speculation having recently received a check. Spanish 3 per Cents, have been 541 1; the Passive, 34/1 ; and the Certificates, 12/ 1, showing depression ; Russian 6 per Cents., 1822, are 951 ; ditto, 1862, 921 2 ; and the 41 per Cents., 901 911 ; Italian 5 per Cents. are 711, being about 1 per cent. lower. Mexican have receded to 361 ; Turkish Consolides have returned to the quo tations of yesterday, viz., 51 ae ; and Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are marked 711 1; Greek are 31/ 4 ; and the Coupons 141 1 decline in both instances. New Grenada are marked 161 /, and the Deferred 10/. The Confederate Loan is 1 1 prem., being firmer. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, and a further slight depression has taken place in values. Great Northern and Great Eaeterns have each receded about ss. to 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the operations have a)so been restricted. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have declined to 22: ; Great Western of Canada to llt ; and East Indian to 109-3-. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally exhibit rather less firmness. London and Westminster are marked 781. London and Bra ziiian 43, and Royal Mail Steam 63. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock ... 235 :If 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 6 - C e , ' per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 f Dltto Bonds .£l.opo Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, June 9 921 Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 21 per Cent 4 dis par Ditto £SOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 1843 Egyptian 7 per Cent lOOl Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupns — Ditto Account 3lf 141 1 i 1 f Ditto Coupons Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 79 8f Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish I mper i al 5 per Cent 951 New Granada .............. . . ... • 16 4 $ it Ditto Deferred .. . . . • . ' .. 10 11 10 Portuguese 3 per Cent, ......... — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6o' 62 491 1 I Russian 5 per Cent., 1 822, £St . .... Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 92 1 / Sardinian 5 por Cent. ............... Ditto Account . .......... 89 Spanish 3 per Cent .................. Ditto Account 54/ / Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account.. Ditto Passive Ditto Account 341 1 I 1 Spanish Cert. of C ou p no t f un d e d Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 7CI a Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 711 I i i Venezuela, 3 per Cvnt Ditto Account 241 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .. 55/ 1 1 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Ce n t., E x . 10 florins Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 641 Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. 1 Consols, Money 92/ f xd Ditto Account IMPROVEMENT IN AREOMETERS.—M. Pouillet last week communicated to the Academy o f Sciences a new construction of the Areometer imagined by himself. The usual instrument con sists, as we all know," of a glass tube with bulb at One end, which renders it buoyant, and a few drops of mercury in a separate compartment below the bulb, to balance it. &aurae, the inventor of this instru ment, having thus prepared it, laid down the following rule Ifioarldrasduating it, in order to determine the densities of put the instrument into distilled water at a tem perature—o tube the pfoili,ls degrees Centigrade (59 Fahr.) ; mark on the this poi t ertoat which it emerges from the liquid, and cal point Then • • tion o f immerse the instrument into a solu tion parts, • mark the point et I : ll 7eight, of sea. salt in 85 of water, and ling it 15. Divide the spa ce the tube emerges from the liquid, cal and continue this gra sjace beta ten zero and 15 into 15 parts, convenient. i n this m u h ati n beyond the latter part as far as accurately determined nner the density of a liquid will be sinks into it, b yHero isolbserving how far the instru mentever simple Beaume's method. Pouillet remarks that, how appear, it nevertheless has a greatof graduating his scale may cumstance that sea -salt seldom defect, owing to the cir marksbeing often mixed up with foreign elements the sa me d egree , an influence upon its solution. Andemasents which exercise one-thousandth par in the density of th a e variation of on ly rise to a considerable increase or diminutio latter may giv e At Pouillet has modified Beaume's metho n d M h y the degrees, using tilled water only for the graduation of the are3met dis. er, at the same time however modifying the shape of the • instrument in ft peculiar manner. His method at the same time offer • 8 a direct method of verification for areo tme ern of all kigs, BRITISH POSAESSIONS. , har. dal !ways Paid. Price. Business don , :antic &St Lawrenc, all 60 83 stk Gu. 5 per Dent........ 'tom.,Barodatt.Cent Int ` 1( 8i tot 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. CO tiutiaio anti Lave Win (.1( at, 5/ 61 51 z to Do. Preference WO 3duff alo,BrantotGodrici p. et. bds. Aug. 1, Is7'i 1 00 Do. do. July 1, 137 100 100 ro. do. Jute 1, 100 et 71cutta.&S. Eastn.(Li ) 100 1(8 109 at 'apeTown & Dock Seri 100 it 91 1091 stock Rastn. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 110 112 stock kart Indian. gu. sp. c. (00 11;91 1091 1091 I I 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 11 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of C ariad: tot 19 10 0 1(o. Ist '. Bonds :1i 63 65 1341 4 100 Do. s.o. deferred.... all 1 8 51 100 , , o. ttd Prat. Bon a nh 55 56 100 DJ. do d ter ed all 43 7 100 uo. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. d• 1 e rr. d.... ali 33 76 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o k... all 24 26 100 Do. do deterred.-- all 21 23 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.4ua.sp.c 100 110 1101 Mt 10 20 Do. New gua. sp. a... 12 1 2 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 1 11 stock Gt. South.ot India (Lint guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 204 (It. W. of Canada Sharrt , all 111 12 In 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. 0. do. '77-8.. all 89 (2 10 Indian Branch Limited. 2 /1p 21 stock Madras guar.. sp. c. 100 107 (08 1071 stock stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extenslo, 100 10 1 103 104 1 Dc. 4. ... 100 t 8 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.l orp. 6p. C. 13nd , lot _ 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7 p.c. Bds. alt 20 New Br unswick Cana Class Asn 1 B all 3 6 N.llll.C'da6 p 0 Ist pi bdh 100 04 86 eta Soinde .. .... ) i st 5 Do. Delhi • I 'lO 1t 100 10 9 i 1 10 7 108 110 Do. do lip 21 20 Do. Punjaub 15 11 lip at Do. Do. r„,?; , 100 167 1(8 - 4 ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) ( 104 10' )101 1(6 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t n 0.0•017. p.c.Ja &Jut, 8 77-S1 .. . •• 100 106 11 . 7 1061 Do . p. c. Feb.& Au, 100 (13 t( 6 ! Do. p.c.Mar.& Sept 100 (03 if 6 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 100 06 97 NI Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 Cape G. llope, 6 p 0,187: 100 .11 113 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 112 114 Do. 189 , 100 112 114 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 115 117 116 Ceylon, N0v.15 , 78. 6 p 100 (13 115 -- MAU 'tins 6 per cent .. 100 100 Iti Natal G.,v. 6 per cent.. 130 119 111 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&.1u1) (00 1061 1071 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 'N. S.W. Gov. O p 18' 100 1021 1031 Do. sp. 0.48,1 to 100 103 1031 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1031 104 1031 4 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112 114 iNovaScotiaGov. 6p. c. ' sterling, 1875 lOO 1061 1071 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO :3 115 6. Anti G10p.c.1676.& up IV 113 115 Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 110 112 1075 Do. to 41 u.0. A n.4t00t.. 100 (101 1111 1101 111 El MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I 4 ~iitiurit Am algamated 22 24d I )(won G. Con, (Tavist 1 515 525 !East Bassett (Illogan, 30 97i 10 104 5 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 55. id ip East Uaradon ...... 1.14. 31 334 31/ 1 East Carn Brea.... . . 8 81 8 -- E. W'l Russel Cravistk. 8.1.6 31 3f (iam.drSt.Aub yn(Gwen.) )7 4 11 13 dreat South Tolgus... • 17s 41 51 Wheal Vor(Helston 40 64 7 Grenville %16 • tlerud's- root , 8 .1 19 2 6 54 47 .1 ingston Down s .... 4. 7.0 24 3 ( Lady Bertha %I argaret (lJny Lelant :4 31 33 Narke Valley.. 8 4 I\lyncly Iron Ore (Lim. 2k 1 4 d New Setun 194 110 120 ..Nurth I.)owns z4 2 25 !.17.t. 41 44 Forth Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 41 5 I'ar Consols(St. Blazey 14 44 51 20 l'rovidenee(Uny Lelm. 10.6.7 .1 13 South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 400 410 4034 S. Caru Brea (Illog•an) 5.15.6 31 31 - '.Wheat Fran. allnan 18.1 .0 85 90 (Stray Park 5 'Tamar Silv.et Lead Min 4l I Pin Crolt l9 2 ) West Basset (Illov,an) ll 12 13 - W Caradon (Liskeard 5 29 31 !West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan 54 (.5 70 tv heal Buller(Redruth) 5 50 55 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) l 2.0.6 WhealLud ott .2.10.8 5 54 Wheal hlaryAnn(rilen )i 8 154 164 Wheal Seton . 584 / 250 260 heal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 16 17 --- Wheal Union 3.17 41 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great to, 4 vor ce thern, 5 per cen t ., red, at 5 per cent. Pm., 1071 Di per cent. red. at 10 per cent., 104 i Great Western, Birmmgham gua. stock, 76 Great We-tern, Chester gua. stock, 77 orth British 5 per cent., 110 West Midland, Oxforu, Ist guaranteed stock, 1291 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1061 London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1855, 1031 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 8 per co:11.a0 LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4. per Cent., 94 'Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 571 FOREIGN RAILAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. W 7 per cent., 204 Dutch Rhenish, 17 Eastern of Fr..nce 20 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 114 Ditto (24), 3 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Recite anti San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 17} 17 San Paulo ;lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 Agra andiTnitejdOsleNrviTc-:TaIC.)KOOO4 RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 811 1 2 Anglo Portuguese Mtn.), 7 Bank A Ba t t k r a oo l ft a L s v i o a i no, Victoria, 4 r Bank Quems a, A l 2 cl u l ' a l i i ( s u t 2 rn r a ) 1 . 1 84 a; Bank of Wale s , a British aud American Exchan g e C 40 lihriiatritsehreNdorßtahnAk m ot erica ` b 7 a : 1 1 , 0 "; Chartered Bank of B ritish ,AustraColurnila, and China, 27Mi1l S 6 co • ch, and Australian Chartered, 224 I CE m nit p gly e i r si i h a 3 l Bank (11m.), 221 2 :,Imperial Ottoman, 214 201 14 20t 1 London and Brazilian , lirn.), 43 London, 13. Ayres. and It. Plate ( 11 m.), 22' London irtered Bank of Australia, 284 Lon , :on and Colonial (11m.), 44 / London Joint t-tock, 6. London and South African, 2t / 7 £2114 Fe , erved iss. at pm., s L i o e n tr d o o p n and ad IpVrt.olivt.ni Bankt is t e m 7 5 . 1 .), Ditto, 1. . Africa (lim+), 16} o m n i . t e s d 4 , Oriental Standard of itishSouth Nat ismal B of in l k .h ( 7 ,o r r p p o o o r l t l Union of Australia, 544 4 DOCKS. London, 60i 601 MISCELLANEOUS. Australi m Agricultural, 22} Berlin Water Worn, 8, / Crystal Pab•ce, 34 Ditto, pref., 112} E glish and Australian Copper, 11 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 ner cent. Bonds rd. 18;0 issued 90, 2)1 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 31 National Discount Company (lim.), 9/ Oriental Inland Steam (lira.), ei Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 76} Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Ilm., ;.=" ; Ditto (4,) Royal Mail §teana, 03 Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The official trial of Messrs. Westwood, Mille, and Co.'s new inch hydraulic press, erected in Woolwichd 3 cek 2 ya - id, for bending and preparing armour-plates, took place on Tuesday. Ihe officials present at the test were Sir F. Nicholson, Commo dore ; Mr. Turner, master shipwright ; Mr. Fric kett, chief engineer ; Mr. Thornton, assistant master shipwright ; and Mr. Tucker, foreman of the yard ; Mr. Westwood represented the firm. The first test consisted of trial of two 41in. armour plates, made hot, forming a chicknness of 9in. of solid iron, which were placed in the press and bent to a curve of 7-Bths in the dreadth of th 3 plates in less than five minutes, at a pressure of 1,000 tons on the whole surface of the piston, the pump making about 130 revolutions per minute. In the second trial the plates were adjusted so as to bring the pressure near the centre of the plate. The pump was then worked up to 1,539 tons by indicator, bending the two slabs of iron to a curve of one-half in their breadths. The third and last trial consisted of a simple test of the working of the pump and the strength of the press. The pump worked up to about 1,600 tons and exhibited no visible signs of weak ness. The press is fitted with an improved appara tus not enumerated in the former notice —namely, a table or guide at the top of the cylinder to keep it from rising or canting, which will enable it to be worked up to the enormous pressure of 2,000 tons. The Russian Government have desired Messrs. Westwood and Co. to supply three of these presses with the utmost possible despatch, after having in vestigated the capabilities of the press by a careful inspection during its erection in Woolwich dock yard. Mr. Tucker, foreman of Woolwich dook yard, yesterday proceeded to Glasgow, by order of the Admiralty board, to survey the three iron fri gates building by Messrs. Napier for the Turkish Government. The Thames Iron Company have like wise entered into an engagement to build a fourth for the same Government. They are to be of 6,000 tons each, and of the Warrior class. A large number of hands are employed in scraping the bottom of the iron screw frigate Defence, and afterwards paying it over with a coating of red lead in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth, to be followed by a coating of Messrs. Peacock end Buchan's preservative composition. It is said that Messrs. Peacock and Buchan only advocate the removal of the softened outer crust of the composi tion with a (lamb scraper, and that they are entirely opposed to the method now being pursued—that of scraping off the entire composition with sharp steel scrapers, and laying bare the surface of the iron, which then receives the coating of red lead. The compositions on the bottom of the Defence have been removed by " chipping," rather than by scraping, and, as sailors are naturally careless in the use of tools, they no sooner find that the com position in the vicinity of the rivets or under the lands of the plates cannot be reached effec ually by the flat edge of the scraper than they bring one of its " points" into play, pickaxe fashion, and open up still further the fibre of the iron and render it the more impressionable by any chemically de structive action to which it may afterwards be ex posed. With regard to the application of red lead to the scraped and bare iron plates of a ship's bot tom, it is maintained by many men of large expe rience in the working of iron, and more especially by those connected with the manufacture of marine engines, that red lead is the best preservative that can be applied to iron which has afterwards to be submerged in salt water. If this is a generally received opinion among iron workers, a very diffe rent opinion is held by eminent chemists and other scientific men. These gentlemen contend that an iron ship's bottom which has had the bare iron of its auter surface payed over with red lead " sweats" when afloat in salt water, the result being a blister ing of the red lead and the deposit of the lead in a metallic crystsltine form on the surface of the iron, each blister thus becoming a miniature galvanic battery, and that a corrosion of the iron fol- lows. The Defence's case, then, appears to be just one of those cases which can only be decided by competent and scientific authorities, so far as relates to the application of red lead to the scraped and bare surface of her bottom plates. No doubt whatever can attend the use of the sharp steel scraper to those plates. When used simply in the ordinary manner, the flat edge only being brought into play, the skin of the rolled plates is torn up and the fibre of the metal exposed to any future deterio rating influences, whether it be from red lead or from anti-fouling copper compositions. Of 'hese latter, so many are now before the public that it will require some little care on the part of the Admiralty to pre vent the bottoms of our expensively constructed iron ships being destroyed in the endeavour to discover which physician holds the best receipt. Meantime the Admiralty have been doing their best for some months past to find some covering for the submerged parts of our iron ships, and as the result- of long aisd patiently-conducted experiments at Portsmouth have arrived at a means of electro-coating iron with zinc in a very superior manner. A still more important experiment in the same direction is, however, now beieg carried out, the results obtained from which are expected to have a most important bearing upon the covering and preservation of the b Atoms and armour of our iron ships. Some three or four years back a French invention was patented for coating iron ex posed to the action of sea water with an electro de posit of copper or brass, with the use of an alkaline solution. The project failed in some of its'greatest re quirements. The metal was deposited,.but unevenly, with a dull surface, and was soft and porous. The defects were, however, overcome some time prior to the date of the French method by a well-known in ventor, who can deposit metals on iron as hard, as bright, or as thick in substance as may be desired. The inventor has placed his services at the disposal of the Admiralty, and is now officially engagEd at Portsmouth in the construction of the batteries and other apparatus necessary for carrying out his plans. The screw steam gunvessel Snake, Commander John Moresby, November 30, 1861, from China, arrived in the Sound yesterday evening. The Lk, 21, screw corvette, of 1,169 tons, and 250 horse power, has been commissioned at Ports mouth, for service on the Australian station. No captain joined her yesterday on the hoisting of her pennant of commission, but several names were current as those of officers likely to receive the command, and among the moat prominent were Capts. Boyce and Curtis. The Lk was originally constructed for the Admiralty by Mr. Scott Russell. Since her last commission, however, her hull has been almost entirely rebuilt, and her engines have also undergone considerable repairs. Her armament consists of 15 8-inch guns, muzzle loaders, and four 40-pounder breech-loading Armstrongs—all broad side guns—and one 110-pounder, breech-loading Armstrong as a pivot forecastle gun. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. will sail from Portsmouth early this morning for Gravesend, and will, according to present arrange ments, embark their Royal Highnesses the Prince Louis and Princess Alice of Hesse at the last-men tioned place. She will sail for the Continent on Sa turday morning. The Black Prince, 40, iron frig ite, Capt. Wain wright, will go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spit head at noon to-day, and make an official trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes-bay, to morrow. The following appointments were made on Mon day at the Admiralty:—CJmmander Arthur Barrow, to the Cumberland; Henry J. S;anley, master, to the Curacoa, additional, for surveying duties ; Wm. J. Baird, surgeon, to the Cossack ; Wm. H. BE assist.-surg., to the Cossack; Wm. H. Stull, acting chief engineer, to the Cutsack ; Edmund J. Murphy, first-class assist. -engineer, to the Edinburgh ; Thos. S. Grice, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Cossack; and Henry Whi te (b), acting second-class assist.- engineer, to the Cossack. The following appointments were made on Tues day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Bouverie F. Clark, to the Esk ; Lieut. Armand F. Fowlett, to the Co lumbus ; Lieut. John C. Beet, to th e O rontes; Li eut. B Foster, to the Mirlborough ; Lieut. Edmund C. Drummond, to the Revenge ; Lieut. John Nirtt, to the Sheldrake; Lieut. John D. V. Butler, to the Alert; E. W. Creak, maeter, to the E ek; Sub- Lieut. G. F. Hammick, to the Curacoa; and James A. Cooke, acting second class assist.-engineer, to the Fire (1.1e(.n. THE ARMY. The 4th battalion Military Train, tinder Lieut.- Co►. O'Brien, is under orders to remove from A ldershott to Woolwich early in June, when its place will be supplied by the 6th battalion from Woolwich, under Major de Salis. The Middlesex, East Indiaman, Capt. Cammell, R Nit., which arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening from, Calcutta with the head-quarters of the 92d Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) on board, was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday. Tho troops were landed by Government steamer on the Gosport side of the harbour, taking up their quarters in the new barracks just vacated by the 6th Foot. The disembarkation of the troops on the day previous was "prevented by the strong N.E. gale. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share! 13 all ways. 13.14. 10 et 81 50 20 10 10 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. iliythe and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian :ork and Bandon Clornwal I Do A A gets no dig Do. B tillfipc.pan.has been ai to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perthatc Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.) Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do ,Gt. S. an i W. of Irelandl (Great Western _ 8 8] 8 9 83 85 115 k 116 6 6 40 (2 13 14 91 93 107 109 52i 63i 47 49 24i 25} 125 126 127 128 134 136 102 104 67i CI Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashae & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 1.0 n., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Siy.th Western Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. 110 i 111 78i 79} 118 120 41 42 1001 101; 101 i 1( 44 45 1 2 4 Dot shares 10 Metropolitan It Midland 4 . 0 Do New it Do Binning. Jr Derby i 0 Gt. W. of Ireland VI Do. 4 shares i 5 Mid Kent .0 Do Cray Line ;t North British It Edin., Perth, & Dundee It Nth. Eastern—Berwici, I 5 Do, G.N.E. purchase it Do Leeds It Do York Iti 127 12 ! 14 lid 96 98 51 514 2 4 / 1 25i 101 102 68 684 68f 691 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 Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun' ,•staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do • Do New, 1866...... •.. Taff Vale.. . ........... Do B Do C ............ Ulster ... . Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim IWaterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall S. Hartlepool Har.(4 R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 115 117 li it P 18 18} 111 12} 118 120 45i iGi 98 100 , 9.16.4 60 51 32 33 914 62 (8 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 p 7 8 153 4 156 p 5 54 3 4s P 12.10 79 82 154 156 28 30 44 45 38 41 99 101 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOeL.B. Closing Business Price. done. 6S 2& I 98f 125 i t not 7 67 1 I I 111 1 0 E11 781 9k 1012 I I I 05 45 I 114 1i 1271 I I 14)21 1 59 89; f 70921 i 2 411 I trIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVIMING, MAY 21, 1863. TIIE VOLUNTEERS, Under the sanction of the War-office and the Lords 0, the Admiralty arrangements have been made for a com bined naval and Volunteer demonstration at Southend on Monday. The gunboats and a detachment of Marines eta ticned at Sheerness will, under the orders of the Comman der-in-Chief at the station, Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. H. Johnstone, co-operate with the Volunteer force assembled on the occasion. The guns of the West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Col. Palmer, will also be in position. The various Essex corps of Volunteers and one or two battalions from the metropolis are expected to take part in the manoeuvres, the programme of which has been arranged as follows : the guns of the West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry will be in position on the right of the Coastguard station. The force of Marines will be landed at 4 p.m. at the foot of the cliffs in tront of the "new town," and wil► immediately throw out flank companies of skirmishers, who will at once ascend the hcightm. The signal for the ad vance of skirmishers on both sides will be tile driq gun fired from the gunboats, which will be at once replied to from the position guns. The Volunteer skirmishers will fall back on the appearance of the main body of the attacking party, and the positions will also he temporarily abandoned. Upon the advance of the main body of Volunteers the at tacking party will retire to the edge of the cliffs, where they will maintain their p sition, the firing from the position guns being resumed at the same time. After a short time the first line of Volunteers, being presumed to have suffered severely from the fire of Marines under the cliff, will be re lieved by the reserve. Atter the firing has ceased the en tire combined forces will be formed into quarter-distance column, and will march past the Vice -Admiral. It is intended to celebrate her Majesty's birthday at Norwich on Wednesday, the 27th inst. It is proposed that the 6th Lancers, the West Norfolk Militia, the local en rolled pensioners, and the N orwich battalion of Volunteer Rifles should muster on the occasion, and, weather permit ting, have a field-day on Mousehold-heath, when colours will be presented to the Volunteer battalion, at the request of the donor, by the Hon. Mr. Walpole. A public dinner will afterwards take place at the Royal Hotel, at Norwich, the Mayor (M. H. S. Patteson) in the chair. A great review is to take place at Cambridge on Whit- Monday. The battalions to be reviewed will be the Bed fordshire, the 2d Hertfordshire, the Cambridge, the Tale of Ely, and the Cambridge University, altogether upwards of 1,300 men. The various corps will assemble on Talker's Piece, and will proceed thence to Stourbridge-fair common, where they will execute various evolutions under the com mand of Col. Baker, On Tuesday the Melton, Helmsley, Castle Howard, and Hovingbam companies of North Y or k V olunteers were in spected in Castle Howard Park b y Li eut. . C o l. H arman , attended by Captain-Commandant Worsley, and the new adjutant of the battalion, Capt. Hedley. The number of spectators was very large. The Volunteers went through tke various manoeuvres in a soldier-like manner. The in specting officer highly complimented theMalton menfor their proficiency in drill, and for the excellent condition of their arms, and the Helmsley men, who have had no paid in instructor, were similarly honoured. The after part of the day was devoted to dancing on the lawn to the music of the band of the 2d battalion. On Thursday the Pontefract Volunteers were inspected by Lieut.-Col. Stanhope, accom panied by the new adjutant, Major Cooke. Prizes have been given to the Whitby Artillery Volunteers for compe tition on Whit Monday. Lord Aveland, lord-lieutenant of Lincolnshire, has offered a series of prizes to be competed for by members of the re spective battalions of Lincolnshire Rifle and Artillery Vo lunteers on July 30. The Kesteven and Holland battalion will shoot for corresponding prizes at Stamford. The bat teries of Volunteer A tillery formed at Boston, Grimsby, and Louth will compete at the Boston battery with heavy guns for various prizes. The Challenge Cup, of the value of 60 guineas, now held by Private Grumrnitt, of the 15th Lincolnshire R fle Volunteors, will be shot for at Lincoln on Monday and Tuesday, the 3d abd 4td August, by mem bers of the respective battalions of Lincolnshire Rifle and Artillery Volunteers. the 3d Wes York (Bradford) Rifle Corps, with the Bing ley and Keighley Corps (two companies) attecned, was offi cially inspe,ted on Saturday afternoon last in 1 eel Park, Bradford. The inspecting officer was Lieut.-Col. Harman, who, at the close of the review, said he had been highly gratith-d by all the corps had shown him. He found them in a highly efficient state, and, with one exception, he had not inspected any battalion that had done better. The ground.was well kept by tile Bradford Artillery Volunteers. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 46s Sd barley, 34s 5d ; oats, 21s 11d ; rye, 33s 7d ; beans, 38s 3d ; and peas, 358 Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 45s Ild ; barley, 34s Ild ; oats, 21s 8d ; rye, 31s 2d ; beans, 378 Id ; peas, 358 3d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOL D L AST WEEK.—Wheat, 8 5,684; barley, 5,426; oats, 2,293 ; r ye, 38; beans, 3,729; peas, 319 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was rather scantily supplied with beasts, in for the roost part fair average condition. All breeds were in steady request, and in some instances the quotations had an upward tendency, a few very superior Scots having rea!ised 5s 2d per Ms. The general top figure, however, was 58 per Sibs. The show of sheep was moderately good, and the mutton trade ruled inactive, at Monday's currency. The best Downs changed hands at 48 10d per Blbs. Lambs moved off slowly, yet no c h ange took place in prices. Calves, though in increased supply, were steady, at late rates. The top figure was 58 per Blbs. Pigs were very dull ; but milch cows ruled steady, on former terms. . Per 81b, to sink the offal. e. d. s. d. so d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primeers-wool d 0.4 4 4 6 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Doe. S'thdown d 0.4 8 4 la Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, Ott. 4 10 6 0 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 lo Large hogs ...... 3 4 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 2, Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 6s Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN BtTPPLY. Beasts .... Cows 132 . Sheep and lambs .... 1,400 • Sheep and lambs Calves 420 :Pigs Pigs 320 / MEAT MARKETS. --- NENVGATE AND LEADENRALL. —The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand rules steady, as fol lows .—Beef, from 2s 10d to 48 4d, mutton, 3s 6d to 48 8d ,• lamb, 5,8 d to 68 8d ' • veal, 48 Od to 4 s 8 d ; and pork, 3 8 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 20.—The sup:Ales of stock are mo derate and the trade rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 4s Ocl to 58 Od ; lamb, 68 Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 4J to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 48 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal, pork,qua 3s 6d to 4 s 6d per 81 b s ; suck ling -old st ore p i gs, 20s to 275; and ROMFORD, 20.—Beasts adv ance d 2d per 81 b , other wise the trade w in a sluggish state. Beef, f rom 3 s 8d t o 6s Od ; mutton, 38 10 d to 58 Od ; l amb, 6 s Od to 7s Od , veal, c4asiv4eds, 12s tossto4dlfL; quarter-old mulch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., w, £1 8s to V. 168 per load. Trade dull. 2s to £4 4s; clove c :it tis t m3 T ß it iro F sit l L E t oALD.:.Tsn—.l:olB:;laedaac:wod:vtrhaay , £2 z £ 2 l 8 0 s d to to £ £ 1 4 16 0 s 8 p ; er el l o o v a e d r . do., £3 10s to £5 108; and straw, straw, 41 8s to £1 18s per load. —Meadow hay; d S o uWp , p £ lll 3 yiTg l is co Hd to A. £5 10s; and A. full avers , UP EXTRAORDINARY MURDER IN FRANCE.—The vilage of Maisons Alfort, near Paris, has just been the scene of a dreadful murder committed by a lad only 16 years of age on his own mother. A steady working man named Aubrey, employed in an ironfoundry, had long been living most unhappily with his wife on account of her drunken habits. They had two children, a lad of 16 and a baby in arms. A few days since Aubrey, accompanied by his son, came to Paris on business, and before leaving strictly charged his wife not to drink during his absence. On his re• turn, he found her lying intoxicated ma the bed. In his fury he seized a loaded gun which was in the room. II is son hav ing asked him wh at he was goin g to do, he replied , " For 21 years your mother b y her drunke nness has made me miser poor. I can endure it no l onger; I mus t The lad i ns t an tl y sna t c h e d the hand, excl a i m i ng " No, I w ill kill h gunea iebtrlhe? miser and and r:kodmi llkheh a pei t srt nofhraeet myself." ey a l m s'es e l f m . moment discharged the gun into his aw ay, when some of the neighbours who had heard mother's breast. He then threw d own the gun an d was rthueniarienpgort stopped him. On entering the bedroom they saw the father standing, cs if petrified, by the aide of his wife, who was quite dead. Both father and sen were at once given into oust , dy, and when interrogated by the com missary of Felice they stated the circumstances of the crime as given above. The two prisoners have been sent to the The uturdered wom an was first cousin Morlot, Archbishop of Faris. Clarisse mt p o r o e tr t hi e oe c t t l u aw r isse e of rlicardoiden name, The Rom Mrs. Norton's New Story. Lost and Saved. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton. 3 vols Hurst and Blackett. The accomplished and gifted granddaughters of Sheridan are at this moment dividing the interest of the literary woEd—a new novel from the pen of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, and a new comedy by Lady Gifford (better known as Lady Dufferin), having within the last few days appeared almost simulta neously. Of the brilliant comedy at the Haymarket we have already spoken. The novel of Mrs. Norton now lies before us—a novel, like all the productions of its author, endued with a twofold character— remarkable for its brilliant description°, vivacious sketches, and graceful polished tone ; but remark able also, like all the outpourings of that tender poetic nature, for the intense feeling, the tender pathos, and the under-current of subdued emotion that imperceptibly, but most sensibly, pervade the entire composition. Mrs. Norton is no hacknied novel writer, no conjurer pulling the strings of a puppet show. Her hand, with the rare facility of genius, can touch the chords of the heart so skilfully as to elicit at pleasure every varying emotion. Her writings not only excite our admiration, they extort our sympathy ; and in saying this of any work of art we are according the highest praise. This praise is to a certain extent due to her new story of " Lost and Saved." The characters are delineated with wonderful skill, the scenes described are in many instances almost dramatic in their in tense Effect, and the story itself—a story of tender trustfulness, herrtless treachery, and cruel suffering —is beautifully told. Yet,as a story, there are many points on which we can accord it but very quali fied approbation. Beatrice Brooke, the heroine, over whose very name the authoress lingers lov ingly, is the child of an Italian mother, and is endowed with that " fatal gift," an ardent and im passionEd temperament, so frequently productive of unhappiness. Beatrice, young, inexperienced, and enthusiastic, loves and is beloved by Montagu Treherne, the heir to the earldom of Caerlaverock. It is ordained by the will of an unreasonable grandfather that Montagu Treherne shall espouse one of his cousins or forfeit his share of the family estates. The old Earl, his uncle, is at Venice, and there, in the hope of gaining his consent to their marriage, Treherne persuades Beatrice to proceed, in company with some strangers—the acquaintances of a day. Beatrice goes, although her father, the innocent victim of some unhappy speculation, has just been arrested and is in prison. This first fatal step, neglect of her duty as a daughter, leads by a series of somewhat improbable catastrophes to the elopement of Beatrice and Mon tagu from Venice with the intention of being mar ried at Trieste. They embark by mistake on board the wrong steamboat and are taken to Alexandria. The British Consulate there is, for the time, inacces sible to them in consequence of the arrival of " the Marchioness," a most portentous personage, of whom we shall speak later on. Compelled to pro ceed on a journey through the Desert, the unhappy Beatrice is taken seriously ill, and overcome with exhaustion and anxiety is reduced to the verge of the grave. One grief haunts her—her father will hear of ber death without hearing of her marriage. A travelling doctor in the suite of " the Mar chioness" happens to arrive at the station where the invalid is lying. Commis rating her ccndition, he declares her death is imminent unless ber mind can be set at rest. We must transcribe the scene that follows. The chapter is entitled BEATRICE IS MARRIED. "Are you sleeping, Beatrice ?" said Treherne, in a low voice, as he entered the room, after the doctor's prescription had been given to her. " No, —I am dying I I hear you, but the words seem all faded and distant. I see you, but everything is confused, I remember, as if all my life were so long ago—so long ago ! Oh Montagu 1" resumed she, with a burst of renewed passion, " what will become of me? My father I my father I If I could only say husband' once, and you could tell him I died your wife. Montagu! ' —and her look was one of such wild appeal, that Treherne first shrank, and then with a burst of passion, folded her in his arms; "Would it be a great in to call me by that dear name to him, even if you cannot get some one to join our hands before I (lie ? He has suffered so much—my poor lather :Heis so proud, so honourable. Oh 1 God, have pity on me I Thou, who knowest all hearts, Thou knowest I meant no wrong." And this time, the appealing eyes looked, not to Tre hems, but with a desolate wildness upwards. Upwards I beyond the blank ceiling that hid the sky—beyond the world that hid G. , d from her thoughts. Then a faint stupor dulled all her being, and she lay with her eyes wide open, and that expression in them which thrilled Treherne's heart with such inexpressible terror; that muddy lustre, like the sunshine on pools full of dead autumn leaves. When she was again conscious, Treherne spoke to her ; he was standing by her bedside with another gentleman, with some one in a dark dress—with a clergyman. Beatrice gave a wild cry of joy. "Here is the chaplain of one of our consulates, Beatrice, who has been good enough to consent to a little delay in his journey; to make you my wife; do you hear, darling ?" Beatrice's eyes moved quickly from side to side, but she answered nothing. " Oh, love of my heart Oh, Beatrice I here is help. Don't die 1" S ome thing like a smile quivered over the hot d r y lip s o f the poor girl. "No," she said, "no, Montagu. I won't die, if I can live I" " Do you think you will understand what this gentleman —what the chaplain will read ?" y es . lamto be your wife ; let him make me your wife. I will not die till then." She folded her hands with anxious earnestness, and immediately afterwards unlocked them ; they fell by her side. "God help us both, and make me a pleasant memory to Montagu, when I am gone I" she said : and then turning to the chaplain, she added faintly—" I think death must be very near, I feel so much less confused. Marry us quickly: and be sure it is not such grief as it seems. 1 would rather be his wife, though only to die in his arms, than live for any destiny that could part us 1" The eyes of the English chaplain were bent on her with the deepest compassion. His voice trembled, the words faltered from his lips, as he read with earnest gravity the brief ceremony appointed by our Church, for that solemn union which death only should have power to unlink ! A deep sigh of relief from Beatrice at the conclusion, was echoed by both her companions. Then she turned deadly faint ; she caught nervously at Treherne's sleeve. "Oh Montagu, ' she said, is this death ? Is this indeed farewell P Farewell, my darling Farewell love, and farewell life I Don't forget me I" And so saying, a deadly swoon seized her, and she lay with her head on Treherne's arm, like a lovely statue of marble, Does not this tender scene of subdued emotion jus- tify all we have said of the writer's pathetic power P The consequences of this incident are deplorable, and hardly within the limits of probability. Mon tagu Treherne is cleverly described. He is super latively selfish and irredeemably heartless ; but we are inclined to think that in this instance even his character is somewhat overdrawn. Few men having passed through the ordeal of a scene like that above described, could, on the restoration to health of the unsuspecting victim, make that very scene—that fictitioua marriage, entered into on the one side with the truthfulness of a death•bed devotion—the substitute for the real marriage that was to be, the excuse for subsequent ruin and desertion. The in- cident, while it adds additional darkness to the iniquity of Treherne, affords another excuse to the blindness of Beatrice. With the intensity of her womanly devotion where Beatrice loves, she cannot doubt, and consequently very terrible is the agony of her awakening. Most dramatic is the scene later on, when—in the midst of her utter ruin and helplessness, when not a friend will believe her story of the fictitious marriage, and she is regarded by all as "lost"—lost beyond the power of" saving''—Maurice Llewellyn, although incredu lous of her innocence, brings a charitable doctor to visit her dying chiid. " This is Dr. Foljambe, Beatrice , " he began, but a wild expression illuminated the features t-f Treherne's for saken love; she gasped for breath; then with a sudden movement she locked tho door by which they had entered, and drew away the key. "Now," she said, "now you must hear me. Give me time—give me help, 0 God I Maurice, ask him—ask RIM" --and she pointed to the friend he had introduced, with a strange mixture of repulsion and triumph—" whether I have told the truth I It was TOU who married me," sh e continued, addressing the stranger with passionate excite ment; " I owe my ruin—and my child's ruin—to YOU—to your cruel treason—to ur base perfidy 1 How dared you mock the ordinances of God, by pretending, in that solemn hour of expected death, to unite me to Montagu? I am los'— miserable ; for I am not his wile ; but that is his son I Answer to Heaven for my boy's fate —and for miner Very powerfully are those chapters penned which relate the penurious struggles of the forlorn Beatrice —all the more powerfully (alas !) because of their exoeeding probability and truthfulneel. without a friend to protect or a " character" to recommend her, the unhappy girl endeavours to earn her bread in vain. She stands—as so many, young and inno cent as she, have stood—alone, on the slippery bor ders of destruolien. Not a hand outstretched to ''save." "Lost" for time and for eternity, as far as the cold world cares—" lost," for any help from human charity, from man or woman either—only preserved from sinking, only endued with courage to endure, for the sake of that little, frail, fragile existence, cradled within her arms—the cause at once of her hope and of her despair. The following passage is full of painful truth—" Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour"—how many of us are without sin in this respect Not that the world in general had any particular spite to the Brookes, but that it is the universal practice of that corporate body " society " to strain at a gnat when good is recorded, and swallow a camel when there is any evil gossip afloat. People run each other down as though they could make pedestals of their neighbours' characters, and stand upon them. No inquiry is made into facts, no allowance for circumstances. In this world accusation is condemna tion. Nothing is so fallible as human judgment, but no thing is so pitiless. It is the one black spot in our hearts (the devil's share in us), that the general impulse is to be lieve the worst. Mercy and peace are kissing each other in come more heavenly habitation, certainly not here. Here, the mass are for ever learning from their ' dark master' how to tarnish, and where to sting; and truly he has reason to be proud of his scholars, even among nominally religious and self righteous folk. There is nobody so abased that he is not tall enough to look duwn on others—doing unto his neighbour what he would particularly resent his neighbour doing unto him; and scorning his fellow-Christian "with all his heart and with all his mind, with all his soul and with all his strength." Yet we know who is the master and teacher of scorn— Scorn is of Devils I Meek compassion lies In Angel words, and beams from Angel eyes. And angels have been God's messengers from all time. Thoy are not His messengers who go to church (strict Sabbatarians I) and patter out loud litanies to the "Author of Peace and Lover of Core ord" to "deliver them from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy —from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness—to comfort and help the weak hearted, and to raise up them that fall"—and who then re turn home to sit in judgment on their neighbours. Yearn ing for power to punish other men's sons ; slan dering and sneering at other men's daughters ; and fiercely condemning the Beatrioes whose true history is to them a sealed book. Who art thou that judgest another ? To his own master he staudath or falleth. But Beatrice is " saved." The title of the book proclaims this fact, and we are betraying no se3ret in recording it. We are not content, however, with the manner of her "saving." We are disap pointed with the conclusion of the story both as a work of nature and as a work of art. It is not true to nature surely that a heart so passionate and so tender, having loved once so intensely and so truthfully, should, under any combination of circumstances, love again! The only palliation for the faults of Beatrice is the over mastering power of one great affection. To admit the possibility of a second passion is to remove all excuse for the imprudence of the first. As a work of art, to " point the moral" of the world's harsh judgment, the story should rather have had a tra gical or at least a melancholy conclusion. We are rejoiced, however, that Beatrice is saved, only we would rather she had never met with Ludovic Sforza! We leave her happy in her Italian Pa lszza, and the third volume concludes with the vale dictory prayer of the grateful Parkes. We have not room for more than a passing glimpse at the other characters, and yet they are worthy, many of them, of an attentive scrutiny. First in order of precedence, by every right and every reason, must come " the Marchioness"—in her own opinion, and in that of all who approached her, about the very greatest lady in the land. " Her sisters called her the Marchioness, as the servants did. Her husband called her the Marchioness. It seemed as if there was no other marchioness in the world." Very humorous is the portraiture as it appears through out the story, for the Marchioness plays a promi nent part in this history, as she does in the world at large. As a foil to her resplen - dent ladyship is little Parkes, the humble companion —Parkes, whose &miles are swe:led with hours of standing holding pins during the toilet of the grand lady. ‘' I never ask her to do anything menial," says the Marchioness; "I did not engage her to do anything menial. I don't call pincushions menial !" In the hour of her bitter distress poor Beatrice finds Parkes a true friend. Next in order to the Marchioness of Updown comes her sister, the Lady Eudocia—the model of a match•making mamma, blest with no son, but with five golden haired daughters, whom she calls her five Disap pointments! Lady Eudocia exercises a very bane ful influence on the fortunes of Beatrice; but more fatal is the influence of Lady Nesdale, or Milly, as she is generally termed. Miliy Nesdale is the bonne amie of Montagu Treherne, and the heart's devotion of poor Beatrice is far outweighed by her false rival's glittering and meretricious charms. There is something singularly repulsive about the portrait of Milly Nesdale ; and her aunt, Mrs. Myra Grey, is even more revolting, and assuredly, for the credit of human nature, let us hope, more untruthful. Mrs. Myra Grey, on a slight provocation, administers poison as if it were water ! The chance entrance of her child, and his mother's horror as he is about to drink the deadly beverage, is another instance of Mrs. Norton's dramatic skill, but the age of the child is surely an anachronism, Mrs. Myra Grey having been an adept in the art of poisoning when in India, before the birth of Maurice Llewellyn, the man she was now seeking to destroy. Sir Bertie Llewellyn, the father of Maurice, and his wife, Lady Diana (another sister of the Marchioness) better known as " Dumpty," are both most love. able characters. The old Earl of Caerlaverock and his spouse the Princess Gouglokeff, with her tur quoises and her broken English, are a very different pair. Even the minor characters reveal the artist's master hand—witness that little glimpse of the servant's hall on Helen's wedding das, when the old nurse exclaims—" T'ant a coronet as'll kelp off the headache, nor a star won't keep your heart from acheing neither"—to which the butler indignantly rejoins that " at least them as has a coronet—if so be things don't go smooth, have got something to fall back upon," which teas unanimously held to be a much sounder opinion than nurse's ! We must perrorce conclude our notice of these very delightful volumes. The pleasant style and the tender senti ments will linger as an agreeable memory, in spite of the sad story which they narrate. THE DRAWING Room.—The Court Journal contains by far the most complete and detailed acccunt of the Drawing Room of Saturday, the presenta•• tions, débutantes, descriptions of costumes, and an especial and sac usive article on that event. Independent of the fullest Court and aristocratic news, the Court Journak always contains the n oat amusing and complete resume of the week's events, and a vast amount of original news and information interesting to the upper classes of society in general. The sporting article is acknowledged to be the beat which appears in any paper, being most analytical and addressed to the practical question. Price 5d.; stamped, 6d. W. Thomas, 26, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, and all CROPS.—The rain has new T s H ag E e e n w ts E . AT ; ;Ert hthaendlonogn t a h n i d s 11-141) . Tu— be E truly said, in its own come at_lalsirt,heann W d e i i t ae rn ! week took been penfelt at n t good time. unusual during the early p ,rt and May had set in a eoject, protracted of the spring. P i n the like course, and although the crops apparently steadily . o bee a tt dry, vigorous, and even pro ___ generally we"' a s fully obvious that each day of drought began considerableaBenl oo o k rfi ]evoking anxietynr rain, had keen well miring, it was As a rule, tho wheats bore it well, but oats, to b eans , peas, and pastures, all exhibited symptoms barl,,y, ' g that injury must surely ensue unless a change wais prov.n quickly felt. It must, therefore, have been with a feel ingtell its tale. of absolute relief that our agriculturists viewed the heavy showers of the 11th inst , supplemented by the fur ther rain which fell two days subsequently. "With the downfall of rain there happily also came a rise in the tem perature, and both combined have already done a vast deal in improving the appearance of the crops and imparting a great stimulus to vegetation generally No detail, are neces sary ; every equate foot of cultivated soil throughout the country furnishes an index to the progress and improvement that have taken place. Apparently we are now getting the showers considered to be more properly belonging to the month of April; and the warmth of a May 5u end a May tem perature being superadded, it is not easy to estimate the enormous advantage to crops of every kind and description. The accounts from the hop gardens are encouraging This crop, however, is so precarious that little real reliance can be placed on any estimates made at So early a period of the year; at the same time it is satisfactory to know that the plant is in most cases healthy and vigorous, and that the past season has been taken advantage of to attend to careful nultureewa6.7lo4 iddVertt4tri THM,D EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) , May 21. The Peni nsu l ar and Orie SO ntaI UTITAMPTON Company's steam ship Poonah, Captain Field, with the heavy por tion of the above mails, arrived this morning. She brings in all 176 passengers, among whom are Sir W. Codrington, Governor of Gibraltar, Chief Jus tice Adams of Hong Kong, Lady and Miss Coch rane, and Sir G. and Lady Whitlock and daughter. The Poonah brings on freight 1,820 packages Imiian cargo, and 1,600 bales raw silk, value L 50,000 sterling. The Poonah left Gibraltar on the 16th inst. On the 17th, off St. Vincent, she spoke the Company's steamer Eilora, with the outward mails of the 12th, and on the 20th inst. the bark Calypso, homeward hound from Jamaica. The French steamer Jerome, with hi s Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon on board, arrived at ALexandra on the Bth inst. In the harboure were the Egyptian fleet, French frigate Perdrix, and Sardinian frigate Victor Emmanuel. The British ships Marlborough, Magicienne, Icariva, Trafalgar, and Revenge were in the harbour of Malta. American sailing corvette St. Louis, 19 guns, from Fatal laden with stores, arrived at Cadiz on the 11th; and the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter ()spray, from Lisbon, also arrived at Cadiz on the same day. The Malta Ttnzes says that an exhibition of the productions of art and industry in Malta is to take place in the island next winter, and directors have been appointed to conduct the undertaking. Gentlemen of wealth and influence in Malta are invited to become guarantors of the expense at tending the Exhibition. The British brig Feronia, from Constantinople, laden with wheat, put into Cadiz on the 3d with !oss of bulwarks. The British brigantine lanthe, from Cardiff, bound to Naples, was spoken off Cape Trafalgar on the Bth inst. The following British ships had arrived ont at Gibraltar sinc e l as t a dvises : steamer lonia, six days from Liverpool ; schoonr Ruby, 25 days from Cardiff; steamer Sydney Hall, 6f days from Lou. don; brigantine Mary Grace, 9 days from Swansea; schooner Anne Elizabeth, 17 days from Swansea; brig Wellington, 10 ten days from Cardiff; schooner Elizabeth Anne, 10 days from Swansea; Chris tina, five days from Liverpool ; steamer Saconia, 58 days from Liverpool; steamer Palestine, 5 days from Liverpool ; steamer Peninsula, 61- days from London ; brigantine Clarissa, 14 days from Liver pool ; steamer Ceylon, 4f days from Southamliton. GIBRALTAR, May 16.-90 delja date, Exchange on London, 50f to f ; Paris, sf. 30e. ; Mar seilles, sf. 3c.; Genoa, of. 330 ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, p.m. ; Cadiz, fto f dis. ; Seville, 8 days' sight, I die. ; Malaga, par; Barcelona, t o pm. ; Aliveira, dis. ; Valencia, 4 pm. ; Alicant e dis. ; prem. on five francs pieces, 1-1 to f P.C. P.M. Freight without change. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SHIRLEY STASES. No rare. TWO-YEAR-OLD STASES. Midnight Mara Tomato Fille de I'Air 3 Seven ran. SOUTH-WESTERN PLATE. Suburban S,Autetelle 2 Tourist Eight ran. EPSOM CUP. Atherstone Zetland Buckstoue Six ran. WALTON STAKES. Mysterious Lady Surbiton 11111 Levington . 3 GRAND STAND STAKES Rubicon Millionaire Amy Four ran. FOUR-YEAR-OLD STAKES. _ _ Lacydes w.o. QUEEN'S PLATE. Caller Ou I Barchettina 2 Necklace • 3 Five ran. LATEST BETTING. TILE OAKS. 9to 2 aget Borealis (taken) 6to 1 agat Lady Augusta (taken) 12 to 1 agst Isoline (taken) 100 to 8 apt Miss Armstrong (taken) 14 to 1 agst Vivid (taken) 100 to 7 agst Marigold (taken) 20 to 1 agat Old Orange Girl (taken) 20 to 1 apt Amelia (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sea Nymph (taken) Bank of England Return... -This Day. An Account, pursuant to the Wednesday,h and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on the 20th day cf May, 1863: ISSUE DEP ARTMENT. otes issued .......X28.341A5 Government Debt X 11,015,1 C 0 Other Securities .. 3.6.34.900 Gold Coin & Bullion 18,694,605 Silver Bullion .... £28,344,505 1 £28.314,506 oprietorel Cap BANKING D i t al £14,553,000 [test Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend AC- _ _ , EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,181.815 Other Securities 20,48 420 Notes Gold and Silver 84918 Coin coun — i3l - ,- . 7.610.278 Other Deposits 13,983,654 Seven Day and other Bills 585,205 £39,881.168 IV. £ 3 9.881,166 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. May 21, 1863. IMPERIA T. PARLLAXENT - __. OUSE li, CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack OF LORDS--This EVetallg. The A.. 0 I.D at oloc. fl ", 1 HELPER presented a petition from Derby against Ler- . The Earl of HARD WICRE presented a petition from the Stockport prhyiu g for Government interference in the matters of Poland. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Prieon Mibister,4 Bill. The Earl of Fite's Eqate, Gravesend and Milton Cias, Rotherham and liiinberworth Local Board of Healih, Inverness an 1 Perth Junction, and Perth and Dunkeld Itailweys, and lichen Bridge Bills were read a second time. he Land Imirpilr,lwßeDmelttEAcDlNGS.. T ompany—l Perth Junction Railway —Mercantile Marine Service As nverness and hociation—Whitehaven Ch-ator, and Egremont Railway .—Liristot and Exeter reailway—A.bergavenny Road.—and Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Bills were reads third time and passed. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBMON. The Duke of RUTLAND asked whether any determi nation had been come to relative to the purchase of the building at South Kensington. Earl GRANVILLE said the site of the Exhibition __, be longed to the Commission-re of the Exhibition of I_B_ - 'l O and the building was the property of the contractor_s e . m _T , s3_ . Government had made a communication to thwehutivr'srte sioners of 1851 relative to the terms upon b on returned to could be disposed of, and an answer had - had been re that communication but no formal answer As soon as ceived to the letter of the Commission t e h r e s. matter would be any thing defiuite had been arrived at, submitted to Parliament. SAVINGS BANKS MONIES BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of this bill. Lord REDESDALE thought the bill was a very im portant one, as related to the disposal of a large sum of money held in trust for saving banks, and he thought it desirable to postpone its further consideration for a short time. --- I:r d BROUGHAM expressed his approval. o f th e - b i ll, and stated that he felt gratified at the spread, of Post-office savings banks all over the country, more 'especially in Ire land, as the interest upon deposits did mr..it fluetwAte as did investments in the stocks, The bill was then read a second tit 4e. cor .nroittee. STOCK CERTIFICATES This bill passed through adjourned for the WiAtsun hat. CUSTOMS AND ILL, REvEltuE This bill also passed thr m . t e BILL. Their lordships Olen it 6 • days,