The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-12 00:00:00

I I s AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE. O'CLOCK. A much firmer tone now pervades the general discount market, and a sudden increase of business is reported there, as well as at the Bank of England. The fact is, an opinion prevails that higher rates may be soon established, the accumulation of gold having ceased, while the demand for accommoda tion has increased, and there is now a desire to ob tain supplies of money at the current quotations, but enhanced terms should have to be paid a few days hence. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce markets during the last few days has continued in acti% e. Sugars have in most instances been at slightly reduced prices. Coffee and rice have re mained at steady quotations, while in tea the ope rations have been extremely limited. In the tallow market a better tone has prevailed, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 435. Gd., and for last three months' delivery, 465. 3d. to 465. 6d. per cwt. The 18th inst. has been appointed, by the Steck Exchange Committee, a special settling day in the following securities :—Tne Scrip of the Italian 1863, Ceylon Government Six per Cent. Debentures, the Shares of the London and South American Bank, of the Alamillos Company, and of the Vallangasca Gold Mining Company. These various undertak ings are to be marked in the official lists, with the exception of the Italian Loan. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank yesterday. The arrival of the Nelson, from Victoria, has just ,; been announced. She brings 12,354 out.ces of gold, or £49,416. The International Financial Society, based upon the principle of the Paris Credit Mobilier, has been established with the view to assist and take part in financial and industrial undertakings, especially foreign loans and enterprises possessing Govern. ment guarantees. The directors are highly in fluential gentlemen, largely connected with the principal monetary establishments both here and abroad, and to secure the object they have in view, they have made arrangements with several foreign companies, bankers, and capitalists, with whom business relations have been mutually estab lished. Messrs. Robert Benson and Co., Messrs. Samuel Dobree and Sons, Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co , Messrs. Heath and Co., Mess's. George ; Peabody and Co,, Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, _ and Messrs. Stern Brothers are represented in the direction, and they in their turn are associated /with the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier in Sb Paris, Spain, and Italy, and the houses of to Hottinguer, Fould, and Co., Pillett, Will, ' tk and Co., Mallet Freres, M. E. and J. Pereire, M. H. Bicsta of the Comptoir d'Escompte, &c. The capital required is .£3,000,000, in shares of 1;20 10 , each, but a s th e greater port i on of the amount has been already privately subscribed, the directors are to 4, only enabled to offer 40,000 shares, or £BOO,OOO, to 8 8 i the public. The manner in which it has been received on the Stock Exchange is indicated by the g fact th a t th e s h ares t h ere are this morning quoted sfoc 10 to 12 p rem . toe Another undertaking just introduced to the public is the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company, requir ing a capital of £150,000 in £lO shares, of Which £9 is to be called up, It is formed for the purpose of purchasing two other valuable undertakings, namely the Ettrick Forest Paper Mill Company and the Inmate of Ammonia Company, and of manufac turing paper on an extensive scale i❑ Essex. After providing for the necessary contingencies in con nexion with the working of the mills, it is calcu lated that a net profit will be realised which will .1 give a dividend of about 15 per cent. A large share 8 t; of the capital is stated to have been already sub- 4, scribed, and the legitimate character of the enter prise will, it is believed, ensure the remainder. Two O'CLOCK. 4 ' At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Itenter's telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were 691. 70c. 21 —rather firm, Business continues dull in the market for the English Funds, and further indications of weakness have been perceptible, owing to speculative sales. Console are 931 for money, and 91-1 92, less the dividend for the account—a decline of k per cent. Business has taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 91a 1, showing a further decline; and Exchequer Bills are very heavy at 2s. discount,; India 5 per Cents, are marked 1091 ; 110, being steady ; the Enfaced 5 per Cents. tire 107,1; and the De,benturea, 1001. The Foreign Stock Market opened with a very depressed appearance, but more firmness is now apparent, although the dealings are not very ex tensive, the preparations for the settlement of the account occupying principal attention. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 721 ; do., Consolides, 547, 2-; Greek, 311 a ; do. Coupons, 141 15 ; Mexican, 37 I ; Spanish Passive, 341, -2 ; do., Certificates, 12 ± ; Portuguese, 496- ; and the Confederate Loan,l dis. to preen. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been of a very limited description, the ar rangements for the settlement having occupied the chief attention of the dealers and speculators. Lon don and Brighton, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined about 55., and South Wes tern 10s.; Great Westerns and L9ncashire and Yorkshire have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remained inactive, at about previous quotations. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ate dull, and generally show a slight downward movement in prices. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ,, .. 91/ 1 / 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities .. New 3 p er C ent.. Annuities 91 1 i i New 21 per Cent. Annuities... kw:mules, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., ,880 Ditto for 30 India Stock . yr s, expire sth A pr i l, 188,3 14k . . Ditto 5 per Cent ... . .... . . Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent...... .. .. . . Ditto Debentures, 4 p er Ct.,. Oct„ . 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 atio Bonds £l.OOO Ditto under £l,OOO tinder ~,••• Consols for Account, June 9 ........ Cont.,,, 911, 2 Exchequer Bills, £ 1 ,0 00 21 per Cont.... 2 dis Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 2 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 B4 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 94 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto Scrip, £35 paid I Egyptian 7 per Cent pm Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 314 4 12 Ditto Account .................... Ditto Coupons ..................... Italian 5 per Cent. (Maretnmana Railway) 791 81 80 Mexican 3 per Cent Moorish Imperial. 5 per Cent 945 6 New Granada .................. 1 64 Ditto 2 per Cent .... , .. Ditto Deferred ... 94 Peruvian 45 per Cent. Ditto 4f per Cent. 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St . Ditto 45 per Cent., 1850 92i Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Bfif 35 3 Sardinian 6 pe r Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent ; 1 Ditto Passive I SPanish Cert. o f C oup no t f un d e d Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Acaount D itto 6 pe r C ent. 1858 704 4 Ditto, tlOO Bonds 74 D itto ' 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 714 24 Vnezuela, 3 per Cent Di v _ _. per __ 545 4 3 - . . _Cent., 1862 da on the above payable in London. ill:Tit:11r Dividends o r Cent., Cent., Ex. 10 florins 1 861, Ex. 25 francs 7ll 1 Consols, Money .. TRREE O'CLOCK. Ditto Account .........___ ...........*: :::::::: 93 Liverpool ..... ....... brie Liverpool Cottot ------- ). Is l l ar k This Day. (itEuTER.,B TELEGITAM. Quieter, but fi rm. Sales ) , ab Imports 10,978; pre v i ousl out 10,000 bal es . y 2.950. ........---_,..._ THE FDINBURGU BOTANIC GARDENS PETI • petition presented to the Rouse of TIONS.—Tho night in favour of open Commons by Mr. Black on Friday in g the Edinburgh Botanic Garden s on Sunday Was signed by 36,103 adult rcale citizens of Edinburgh. That of the the gardens, preeented on Lord Advocate, against opening the Rune night, had 80,000 oignatures, I TONEY MARKET! SHARE ORDINARY SEIAREs AND STOti.E*3. Share Railways. Paid, ) all )all 8 8i 7 8 83 85 1131 114 61 61 40 42 13 14 92 93 107 109 51¢ 53¢ 47, 4i4i 24¢ 25¢ 1241 124 127 128 134 136 102 101 C6l (71 ICB4 I€ 9 70 80 118 120 41 42 981 91 10 IG4i 44g 45 111 II; 127 27& 1 4 it) 95 97 50i 51i 24 25 100 100 57} 67i F 8 88i 115 117 11 1a i 16 161 111 114 120 451 f(, 98 100 49 50 32 33 91y 92 18 70 98 100 7 8 37 38 9 10 71 71 153 156 • 5 t 3} 3i P, 100 100 100 100 100 - - 100 94 15 100 4 ) 100 99 101 Closing Business Price. I done. 13.14.18ir.. Vol., and Str. Vat . z 5 Blythe and Tyne. 10 lc:.t.,Sleal.,andMid.%_lo st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwati 10 Do A A. gets no di% 10 Do. B iill6pc.pan.has been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno.' at Edinburgh & Glasgow. st Glasg. and S. Western. I at Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock at Ditto East A nrrlian et at Greatyorthof Scotland at Great Northern... st Do A stock Pt Do Li do at I Gt. S. an W. of Ireland st ; Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock at I LancaE , iiite & Yorkshire at !London and Blackwal : I at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover , et .Lon. & Nor' h Western at . ILon. & Sty.th Western et I Man., Shot., & Lincoln. 50 IMaryport and Carlisle 12 . Do f shares.. 10 Sletropolitan st Midland .4.0 Do New st Do Birming. ct Derby ; 0 Irid. Gt. W. of Ireland 1 5 Do. I shares Mid Kent .0 Do Cray Line It North British st Ikaiii., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwict, , 25 Do, G.N.E. purchasti st Do Leeds at Do York st I Do Carlisle.. st 'North London 10 Do New ii . .lB.4 l iNorth Stafrordshire . • 10 IN. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central 5 1 Scot IN. K, Aber. stoc!, st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpoo' st Shropshire Union 5 1 South Deron st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 statues, Wok.,an d Wok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do .. ..!.5 Do New, 186(., ... . . .. st Taff V ... ale. ............ 10 Do B ............... . 10 ,Do C ............... • VC: Ulster 25 Do . ........ l!. 10 Do ........ ............... ....... .... ..., . I st Vale of death ....... st Victoria sta. and. l'irn.. st Waterford ez Kilkenny st West Cornwall st W. Hartlepool Har.&R at West Midland Oxford st Do Newport st Do Hereford : BRITISH PO. SESSIONS. Closing ;d.l Price. Etat I wava & St Lawren, iimn.,Barocla4t.Cent Inc I Gu. 5 per cent. !O Do. New ....... • (0 Do. E. Shares.. !I: 1 4 Builaio and Lake Unroll all .0 Do. Preference , 5 Bufralo,l3rantAGodricl 3 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 i 0 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 1 0 )o. do. Juae 1, 18;4 too _ Clcutta.cr S. hastn. (1,11 ) 100 1(8 109 It i.3apeTown 42: Dock Scril 100 II 94 110. )ek Easfn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1104 ltli ek h:ast Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 109 ) 110 :0 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 14 lip 0 Do. do. II do. .. 5 1 lip ek Grand Trunk of Cana& too- 19 20 0 Do. Ist Pr , . Bonds.. 111 6.1 (5 0 Do. uo. deterred.— all 47 52 0 Do. 241 Prel. Bon ,s.. all 54 66 0 Do. do d'fer ed...... all 42 16 D Do. 3d P et. stock ... tll :17 41 D Do. do. d lett!: d.... al) 33 *4'6 3 Do. 4th I'ref. s o k... all 23 26 Do. ao deferred....,, all 21 2 'l‘ 13t.Indld.renni.,;ua.5p.c 104, 110 1104 ) Do. New Qua. sp. c... 12 1 2 I Do. January, 1862 .. 4 14 14, tk Gt. South.of India(Litu guaranteed 5 per cent. 1110 107 108 1 4 Gt. W.ot Canada Shan, all 1t 14 %4 Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 wit'i't opt. all 99 101 .0 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 89 12 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 p >ck Madras guar., sp.c. .. t oo 107 103 )ek Do. 44 p. c. Extensiol 100 1 04 103 Vic Dc. 44 d 0........ 100 97 1 0 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 ?ck ‘lelb.Corn. Ap. c. ton _ )0 Dlelb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 47 19 30 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. ali ;ew Br unswick t Can't Class Annl B al' N.lll.C'da.6 pc Ist pt bdr 11 tOd , Scinde .......... ( 1 A 5 Do. Delhi Do. do 10 Do. Punj sub St Do. Do. ~ F 6 ocl , Do. Endus.St. Flo EH. to, 1 16 l*Pp 6 7 8 )ll 3 5 [OO E 4 86 14 Ii .9 1.0 00 107 108 2 4 15 li li , 00 107 ICB n• 105 1(7 1091 I 6 It 110 10 107} 1091 21 1 107 i rio. J Ik . In: 1105 R 7 f COLONIAL GOVERN M ENT SEC URITI p.e.,Sit u,, 1877-84 .......... 10 , J 1064 It 74 107 O. ti p. c. Feb. & A ft,. 10 0 tel t 6 105 Do. el p. 6. Mar. & Sept 100 103 II 6 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 100 064 073 9 81 7 Do. 6 Inscribed stoci. 100 95 07 , ape G.Flope, p e. 187: 10n 011 113 Do.Ap &Oct 18.3( 100 112 114 Do. 100 i 2 114 • Do. Jan. & July. 1691. 10J '5 117 Ceylon, N0v.1461, 6p t 101 113 115 Mau itius 6 per cent lOO 112 1.4 .Na(a . Gi,v. 6 per cent. 1)0 R 9 111 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..i ii.&Jui 10, 1064 1 , 7 107 Do. 6p. (.10. 10 , - N. S.W. 6 ov. p b • 1024 1( 33 Do. sp. to 1 10( 1 03 103 3 103 1 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdh lon 1034 1031 10 1 4 New Zealand 6 p ,ent. 100 112 114 11l Nova Scotia Gov. p. c. steriin,g, 1875 lOO 1064 107 3 1074 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO :3 115 b. Aus Giip.e.len.,sz up lOO 112 114 ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jitl) 100 110 112 Do. to D.U. A 1).&()CL. 100 1101 1114 1114 106 BRIT] SR NfINES. 2 Cambria Consol. Gold ( 1 Ad ..: 11i1ordAmalgamated — 22 24 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 510 620 East Bassett (11102;an1 3O 95 1(0 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. 3d 4p , East Caradon ..... 1.14., 36 37 NI lPast Carn Brea.... - - .E..4l"lll.usseleravistli 8.1.6 34 4 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 573 11 13 —Great South Tolgus... 1 7s 5 53 41 Wheal Vor(Helston.i f 40 63 7 •Grenville . (1.16 r 54 6 , Lierod's-Foot /1.1•2 47 49 ingston D0wn5...... 4..7.0 23 3 Lady Ilertha 'Margaret (lJny Lciar2l 94 31 33 - iliarke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim 22 1 d - New Seton lOl 1 1 0 120 North Downs 24 2 24 - WWI Basset (1110 oil 1.17. , 44 41 44 4 , ;orth Wheal Crotty .'sr Consols (•,0 1 :t. Blazey, IA 43 5. 2) - rovidence(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.; t I 4. .ziouth Caradon(StCleer 11 400 410 .3. Cant Brea (illogan) 5.15 . 1'. 34 4 !'.Wheat loran. (Illogan 18.1 , -.9 85 90 - Stray Park 5 'TainarSilv.&Leadliri ii 43 1 ; - tiu Cron a 193 2'4 West Basset, (Illogan) l3 12 13 - W Caradon (Liskearct 5 29 31 ;West Seton 473 050 260 - Wheal Basset (Mogan, 14 (5 70 Vilma] Buller(ltedrutli) 5 50 55 '- , Vheal Kitty (li.Lclautd 2.0.6 - ;‘WhealLud ott .2.10.8 54 51 heal Mary Ann (Men.) S 15 3 10 4 - 'Wheat Seton _ heal Treiawney (Lis.; 7 It 173 Wheal Union 3.17 • 43 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Pastern, E. Anglian B, 6 per cent. pf., 129 Great Western, 46 per cent. red., 1004 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 904 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 100 North Eastern 4i per cent. rd., 02 North Staffol dshire, 23 South Wales, gua. 5 per cent., 1011 West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 128 PREFELIENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Caledonian £lO gua. stock, 102 i Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pt., 96 Ditto, 5 per cent. prf., 1054 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4 , per Cent., 84 Northern and Eastern, b per cent., Z. 6.1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gum. 7 per °cut, 20 amur and Liege gua. 14f per annum, 9 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., lea Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Paris and Orleans, 0 ! Recite and San Francisco (11. m.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 FOREIGN MINES. Caput Silver, Don Pedr, Nor h Del R ey, 1 Port Philip, St. John del Rey (lira.), 516 United Mexican (limo, 71 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Nlliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 30.1 $1 Australasia, 726 I British and American Exchange (11m.), Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 01 chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 251 C6hartere d } der. of India, L on d on, and China, 61:.2- ity. 02 English and Irish (lim.), 5 Illndustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 13 121 Imp e rial Ottoman, 216 Plate 42i d • Colonial(11mo, 4i London an London and aßn.d Brazilian ..ondon and Couhty, 43} London and South African, 28} National of Liverpool, limited, 7 Oriental Bank Corporation, 541 Standard of British South Africa (linu), 181 Union of London, 341 a MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, q Crystal Palace, 3; Electric Telegraph, 103 Great Ship Um. 17b per cent. pref., ; Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavern% Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. ,SiO issued 90, 20 81 Joint stock Discount, lb Madras Irrigation and Canal, 31 National Discount Company (lim.), 9f Peninsula andd iental atearn, new, Rio de Jantiro City Improvements, lim., 29i Ditto (£?,) 3 Royal Mail Steam, 66 7 • South Australian Land. 33i 3 yau Diemen's Lind, 164 154 156 29 31 125 k 128 67; 7 1081 1181 98.'91 103 t 4 , 4k 111 i 1274 24} luOi 91i 2 Bust nesB don THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1863. 'his day. i CENTRAL CR OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) William Montague, a lad 1.8 years of age, pleaded guilty to picking pockets. He was only committed for trial from the Mansion-house yesterday. The learned Judge sentenced him to six months' im prisonment. lURT—This Day. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A FOREIGNER, The Common Sergeant said the offence to which the pri senor had pleaded guilty was a serious ore, calculated no only to cause great loss to travellers, but affecting the cha racier of the house at which he had been received as a guest and throwing suspicion on the servants of the establish. merit. He therefore sentenced him to six years' penal servitude. FORGERY. Charles Smith pleaded guilty to forging a promissory note for £5, and obtaining that amount at a loan office, with intent to defraud James Steedman. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Francis Wildman pleaded guilty to uttering a forged request for the payment of 35., with intent to defraud a benevolent society. The prisoner said that he picked up the pocketbook con taining the order, and in an evil moment he was induced to utter it. lie was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT, Lucy Buckston, 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of steal, ing a pair of sheets, the property of her mistress. Sentence deterred. in order that certain inquiries migh be made with respect ro character. ALLEGED PERJURY. Elizabeth Griffin, the wife of a labouring man living near Ashford, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. She pleaded not guilty. From the evidence it appeared that the alleged perjury took place before the magistrates sitting in petty session at Brentford, in a charge pref.rred against a man named Hart, a labourer, also living at Ashford, for cruelty to a cat, which resulted in a conviction, the magistrates fining him £1 and 10s. costs ; but which sentence on appeal was reversed at the Quarter Sessions. There appeared to have been some ill•feeling between the prkoner's husband and Hart, and she swore she saw Hart throw a stone at the cat, knock it into a ditch, and afterwards on her looking at the animal she saw it with its eye out and jaw broken. At the time the prisoner said she saw hart throw the stone it was proved he was working in his garden some distance from the sput. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced her to six months' im prisonment with hard labour. The Uinta Italiana announces that the e:7-Gari baldian Colonel Nullo has been arrested at Cracow by the Austrian authorities, while endeavouring to cross the Polish frontier. Colonel Nullo was implicated in the attempt to invade the Venetian territories about two years ago. JESUITS' BARK. —The Bulleiin de la Societe d'Acctinzatation publishes a very interesting article, by M. Rochussen, late Governor-General of Dutch India. on the cultivation of the tree which yields the precious bark now known to be the only reliable febrifuge in the world. This tree, and those of the same genus, were called Cinchona by Linnaeus, after the Countess Del Cinchon, the wife of a Viceroy of Peru. Having been cured of an obsti nate ague by its bark, she brought it over to Europe, where she distributed it in powder to the sick, whence it was called the Countess's Powder. The Jesuits subsequently sent over large quantities,whence it acquired the name of Jesuits' bark. Until then it had been sold as a secret, but Louis XIV. bought and published it, Unfortunately it has been ascer tained that the production of this bark does not keep pace with the consumption, which has increased enormously of late. The tree is indigenous in only a small p art of South America; it does not exist in forests, but is dispersed over large tracts, and no laws regulate its cultivation or preser vation. The gradual disappearance of the tree is placed beyond a doubt in Weddel's paper addressed to the Aca demy of Sciences in 1849, entitled ; " Natural History 01 tae Peruvian Bark Tree," and in his " Travels in the North of B ,livia," where he says that it can now onl. be found of good quality at a distance of from eight to ten days' journey from inhabited places. This serious danger, which menaces the general health 01 society at large, has induced the Dutch Government to adopt a course highly beneficial in a double point of view. In the first place, the cultivation of the poppy has been pro hibited throughout the island of Java, together with the production of opium; thus opening a vast extent of land to a more profitable purimse, viz , the raising of the Peru vian Bark tree under the protection of all those salutary regulations whicn experience has shown to be necessary for the pr, servation of trees. The produce of the tars will more than compensate the loss occasioned by the stoppage of the opium trade, to which, moreover, the /: utch Government has created an other impediment, by making opium a monopoly so that, since none is produced in the island, and that im ported from British India goes into the Government stores, its cost has risen to six times its former value, and the poo , are thus debarred from the use of a drug the evils effects o. which are notorious.—Galignani. WOODCUTS.—In a curious and interesting volume just Published by M. Arnbroise Firmix;-Didot, en titled " Essai Typegraphique et Bibliographique sur l'Histoire de la Gravure stir Bois," we find the following chronological particulars which present some interest. Papillon, in his history of engraving, relates that under Pope Honorius IV., who reigned in 1285, a certain Chevalier Cuuio and his sister executed eight wood en- gravings representing as many scenes from the life of Alexander the Great. He does not t•ay that he has seen these cuts himself, but states that he had the fact from a SWIFS captain of the name of Gerder, who give him a corn- plete des ription of them ; according to this authority, the impression was of a pale blue on grey paper. This acc..unt however is in contradiction to the fact that the first kinds of paper manufactured in Italy, France, and Germany are re markable for their whiteness ; it is by no means clear that there were any paper manufactories in Italy about the year 1284. The grey paper, on the other hand, might have been from China, since Marco Polo, who visited that countrt about 1275, mentions a sort of paper-money priuted there on paper made of mulberry leaves. The oldest paper manufactories in France date from the beginning of the 14th century, and it is natural that engraving eon wood should be posterior to the making of paper. Packs of cards are first mentioned in 1341 in tho ro mance of "Renard Contrefait ;" before that time ivory leaves were the substitutes for cards. In 1418 the making of cards for play had become a regular profession at Augsburg. In the year 1441, the Venetian card makers obtained an edict forbidding the importation of foreign cards into the Republic. The oldest woodcut (except cards) known in Europe is " St. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus ;" it bears the date of 1423. There is another older still, if the date, 1418, be Correct, in the Museum of Brussels, represent ing the Virgin and four fem Ale saints. Heinecken quotes a " Martyrdom of St. Stephen" of 1437, and Jansen a " Calvary" of 1443. The first books with prints werevery probably printed before 1454.—Galignani. INFLATED COSTUME.—The peg-top trousers et the present day, unmanly as they are, in their assimilation of the male to the female figure, are nothing in comparison with the swelling, huge-hipped breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries. These were stuffed out with horse hair, w and flax, and seem to have made as great en croaohmenta on the public space as the skirts of our better halves do now. In the early years of Elizabeth's reign it was actually found necessary to erect round the inside of the Houses of Parliament a scaffolding for the express ac commodation of those noble lords and lion, members who were determined to be in the extreme of th 3 fashion. The monstrosity went out of vogue in 1565, but came in again in the reign of James the leirst. A sumptuary law was passed against these enormous "small-clothes;" but of course it was frequently broken. A good story is told by an old author, to the effect that a man who was cited before a court of justice for offending against the inflated small clothes' law, dechned that such garments formed his safest storehouse, and straightway produced from certain occult recesses sundry sheets, tablecloths, ten napkins, four shirts, and abundance of linen and other necessaries; adding, that he had yet great store which re mained unshown. The story is of course a joke, invented by some witty fellow of that time, who, if he lived now, would probably be a contributor to Punch, and an assistant to Mr. Leech in ridiculing the ex cesses of crinoline. Equally fantastic were the beards of the Shakesperean epoch. To twist and cut that stately appendage into the most quAne, and ridiculous shapes was the groat art of the barber. We see some strange specimens now-a .days; but they would look tame beside the oddities which men were pleased to carry about on their faces be tween two and three centuries ago. People fashioned their beards in much the same manner as they did the yew trees and pivot hedges in their gardens, and cared little for defor mities if they could only hit upon something novel and peculiar.—Dickens's "All the Year Round." CLIFTON SUSPENSION BEIDGE.—The works in conisf nexion with thi s undertaking are progressing satactorily, and are so far advanced that it is expected the two piers on the S omersetahiro and Glocestershire sides of the Avon will b e connected by wire ropes in about a fort owrkilltofoerrmeetththeetepmeprmoraanryenptlsattrfuorcmturoen, ei nufactured by M essrs. Glass, Elliot, fort night. hh g ie h eyh t . the eve These menbe been n o i p r and Co.) of Cardiff, and there are altogether nine of them, measuring 1,150 feet is length and weighing two tons each. Emile Collins, a Frenchman, pleaded guilty to three in dictments, charging him with stealing several portmanteaus containing clothing and monies from 'various hotels were he had taken lodgings. His system was the old one of carrying a bag supposed to contain property, and taking away the luggage of other p-rsons stopping at them, and leaving his own worthless rubbish in its place. Sergeant Russell, of the detective police, proved the pri soner had committed various robberies at Brighton, Brix ton, the Queen's Arms, and the Old Hummums, in Covent-garden. POLICE IN This Day. AIARLBOROTTGH-STREET. CAUTION TO 01IMBI:S PROPRIETORS, THEIR HORSE KEEPERS AND DRIVERS .—Fred. Meredith, jun., proprietor of the omnibus 6,778, Richard Gomm, horsekeeper, and George Rickman, driver of the said omnibus, appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. Wm. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the first two named defendants for having caused a horse to be tortured, and the latter for having tortured the same horse by driving it whilst in an unfit state. It appeared that the omnibus in question is one running among what are called the Citizen omnibuses from Padding ton to London-bridge, and on the 6th inst. the defendant, Rickman, was brought to the court, having been taken into custody by the society's officers whilst driving the horse in question. The horse was in a most disgraceful state, ex ceedingly poor, old, and quite worn out, and appeared to have lost the use of one of its hind legs, which it dragged after it. Mr. Love having spoken to the above facts, said that the horse had, since Rickman was brought to the court, been killed. The defendant, Gomm, admitted sending out the horse although he knew it was lame, but said he did so by his was; er's orders, and the defendant, Meredith, said he permitted the horse to go out, because he thought it was fit for work. After hearing the defendants, Mr. Tyrwhitt said the horse was totally unfit for work, and he noticed that it dragged one of its legs after it. He should fine Meredith 205., and Gomm 10s, and costs, ane discharge Rickman. BEGINNING EARLY.—Timithy Brown, a rough boy, 15 years of age, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assaulting his mother. The mother, who resides at 23, Marlborough-street, Fitzroy Market, said that on the previous night the pri smer, her son, came home in a state of intoxication, and demanded something to eat. She told him that she had no food in the house, when he began smashing the things, and said he would soon have some. He then struck her several times in the face and two or three times in the back with the handle of a fork. Mr. Tyrwhitt—D o you mean to say the boy was drunk. The Mother—Yes. He has been without a father for years, and I have got him several places, but he won't keep them. 49 E said that when he took the boy into custody he was drunk. He admitted striking his mother. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the boy that he was a precious rascal to use his hand against his mother. He should send him to prison for two months, where he would be put to such hard work as a buy could do, and where, if he was well whipped, so much the better. A MiscnEANT —John Burn.tt, a fellow 60 years of age, was charged with indecently assaulting a little girl, named Gardin, 9 years of age. The case was a very bad one. Remanded. WESTMINSTER. A PECULIAR FAMILY WEAKNESS.—Joseph Laurence, aged about 50, and Joseph Laurance, his son, aged about 24, were placed at the bar before Mr, Arnold charged with assault and felony. The police said said that the charge of assault had first been preferred against one of the prisoners, and wished to know whether the magistrate would proceed to investi gate that or a charge of felony subsequently discovered. Mr. Arnold said the felony is a matter of greater im portance. - Police Constable Leach of the 13 division, said he was on duty in Cromwell-lane last night, when he saw the two pri soners running across a piece of piece of waste ground to wards Brompton, followed by a boy, who complained of being assaulted by one of them. He followed and took the younger prisoner the station he found five pint pots up on hi m, cut up i nto small pieces thatuto custody,thew ere when, on searching him at convenient)}' carried. Another policeman proved appr e h en d ing the father of such the prisoner first captured, in a very low place called Jen ning's-buildings, Brompton. The father had not in the first instance been given into custody, but when it was ascertained that he had been in company with his son when the pots were stolen, he was also taken. John Latiabury, brother of the proprietor of the Red Lion, at Brompton, said that the two pris tiers came to his house yesterday morning and remained there two or three hours. Ihe pots were taken from a place where they la,d been put to dry after cleaning. During the time the pri soners were in the house they had an ample opportunity of purloining the pots. The prisoners were remanded. THAMES. SERIOUS CHARGE.—DTSGRACED POR EVER.—George J. Johnson, a tall well-dressed man, about 32 years of age, a c erk in the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with indecently exposing his person to some children, in Albert-square, Commercial road East. The principal evidence against the prisoner was given by a girl named Jane Turner, about 14 years of age. She was taking care of her little brothers and a sister, and passing Along the eastern side of Albert. square, which is open to the Commercial.road, when the prisoner passe l her and flourished a stick, with which he tapped her on the shoulder and laughed at her. He walked in advance of the girl, her mothers, and sister, and whistled to a tract her atten tion. She looked towards him and he beckoned to her to approach him. His clothes were thegin a disordered state and his pet son exposed. As the children walked on sards the prisoner walkt.d before them with his person exposed, and he c ntinued insulting them for 10 or lo minutes. At last the girl saw a policeman, to whom she pointed out the prisoner, who adjusted his clothes and ran Away. He was pursued across Arbour-square to Arbour street West, at the back of the Thames Police -court. The policeman called to him and he stopped, and was taken into custody. Joseph Turner, a boy 12 years of age, confirmed the state ment of his sister in every particular, and clearly E stablished the charge against the prisoner. Patrick Condon, 365 K, said the girl came to me in th e Commercial -road and called my attention to the prisoner, who was walking down Arbour-street East. He turned round, and on seeing me he ran away. I called to him and he stopped. I told him the charge, and he said he knew nothing about it ; he never saw the girl before. The prisoner afterward s sa i d, if I di d d o i t, I di d it uninten tionally. Hi s vest was open, his eyes were " bloated," and 1 have no doubt he was the worse for liquor. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said he took the charge, and all the children related clearly, in Mr. John son's prasence, the indecent conduct he had manifested towards them. The prisoner stood collected and calm, and said, " This will ruin me, I can look no one in. the face afterwards." The girl was re-called and very strictly questioned by Mr. Woolrych. She said what the gentleman did could not have been accidental ; le whistled to me to take notice of him. Mr. Stoddard, solicitor, after cross-examining the wit nesses, said that the prisoner was a man of hitherto irre • proachable character, married, and had been two years in the Royal Arsenal as clerk. Th e prisoner would be :he last person to act as was lepresented, and it rues strange and improbable that he could have acted in the disgusting w ay represented. A clerk, living near the Court, said the prisoner was his brother-in-law, and came to his house intoxicated yesterday, dined, and then went away flourishing his stick zv. he Was la the practice of doing. _ _ _ Air. Woolrych said—ln proportion to the gravity of the charge was his anxiety to investigate it very fully, H e was satisfied th a case was made out, and that the prisoner had acted in a most scandalous manner and insulted the chil dren in a public square. Drunkenness was no palliation of crime, but in this case he believed it was the sole cause of the prisoner acting so disgracefully and so irmi orally as he had done, and divested it in some measure of the grossness which often attended exposures of this kind. He sentenced the prisoner as a rogue and vagabond to two months' im prisonment and hard labour. The Prisoner—l am disgraced and ruined for ever, SHIPPING7-Tliis Day, May 12.—Wind this d ay at noon—South- W L es O t N er D ly o7, s t ron g breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. . -- P OR TSMOUTH, M a y 11.— Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ada mmaanitta,. _ _ f rom Calcutta; her Alajest y ' s ship Edgar, from .Spuykeso.—S a il ed—Glendower, and Sir nn,LA for ns,hallgahyail. la ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Alcyon, from Dinan ; Havre SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. apd Minerva, from Sunder land ; Anna Dixon, Anne, and West Lothian, from Cardiff ; Gipsey, from Llanelly. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. ste A am rr GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. e iv r, ed fr — om Je H un a e vr P e a , u ß l e a s n s d ie, Arrived, May 11—Bessie, from Algoa Bay ; Hamlin, from Callao. Arrived, May 12—Frn Mareu, from Gefle ; Amphion, from Frederickstadt. Sailed—Cissy and Cym line, for Sh ang h a i ; Nasdes y, cheda, for Cowie River ; Seuerk, steamer, for Copenhagen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed--Criterion, Larque, from Porto Rico, Electric sp a rk, from Callao. Skimmer of the Seas, from Ceylon ; all for London. la Anchorboth ed—Water Lily, from Japan, Irene, from Ad e - ide for London. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's p ure , Tea; v ery c h o i ce at 3s 4d. and 4s. High Standard 'at 4s. 4d. (f ormer l y 4s. Bd.), i s t h e Strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town eupply it in packets._ Magnetic toys were, until lately, the only application of Ileumll the magnet to anything like a usef u l purpose, now states, ‘ I we have 11 ‘ er nggs magnetic brushes, d ec. Dr. regard them as the most p erfect brushes hitherto made, ri as respects their mechanical construction and their magnetical action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, as N.B.—Cou n t er f e it s are b e ing made. Offices, 34, 13asingliall-Etreet, London. THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. ingale, Five Brothers, Charm, Brothers, John Wil liams, Ida, Clara (Mobile pilot-boat), Gipsy, Ascen sion, Anna Bee, Pacific, Theresa, Agnea (No. 3), Ida (No. 2), Maggie Fulton ; the sloops Minnie, Enter prise, Rela wpago, Rosalia, Ranger, Clotilde. The value of these vessels and cargoes cannot be less than 250,000 dots. Despatches have been received giving an account of a boatexpedition for the purpose of scouting the coast between the Suwannee River and the Anclote Keys. The sloop Helen, of Cry sta River. loaded with corn, was burnt, and the boats made a movement towards a large schooner at anchor inside, laden with cotton, but were arres'ed by the fire of a two gun battery on the shore and a number of riflemen concealed in the wood After a brisk action, the Confederates were driven from their guns, and the schooner set fire, and entirely destroyed. The Confederate schooner Alabama, from Havannah, was captured off Mobile, on the 17th inst., by the Federal steamer Susquehanna, and towed here. The Tampico (British schooner) was also captured running the blockade from Sabine Pass. New York, April 28.—The prize schooner Clone, of Nassau, went ashore on Lewes Beach, near the breakwater, on the 24th inst., and went to pieces; all hands saved. A vessel arrived at this port from Palermo reports the capture of the ship Morning Star, of this city by a confederate privateer. The ship was released on giving bonds, the cargo being, probably, on English account. A brig arrived at this port from Ponce, P. R., reports that the privateer Alabama arrived off that harbour on the evening of the 7th inst., arid sent a schooner tender into port for powder and coal, was supplied by the Spanish authorities, and sailed the same ❑ight. The steamship St. John arrived at this port, captured by the steamship Stettin, while endeavour ing to make a Confederate port. The Stettin first sighted her off Cape Roman. After giving chase for two hours, the St. John was run ashore at Cape Roman. The captain and crew (with the exception of four firemen) escaped in boats. After 12 hours of hard and laborious work and throwing overboard a portion of the cargo (salt), got her off. Labourers were yesterday removing the cargo of the Peterhofi from the wharf to the Government stores, where it wilt be examined, and will subsequently be turned over to the Prize Commissioners. The Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Treatment of the Blind, The annual meeting of the members and friends of the Association for Promoting the General Wel fare of the Blind, was held at St. James's Hall yesterday afternoon. His Grace the Archbishop of York occupied the chair, and was supported by the Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of 6t. Asaph, the Right Hon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Eburc, Professor Owen, Mr. W. Cotton, Rev. Dr. Kaynston, &c. The meeting was numerously attended. The CHAIRMAN having briefly explained the objects of the association, the report was read, and the Bishop of Chichester having moved its adoption, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose amid loud cheering, and said,—l rise with great satisfaction and cordiality to second the motion which has been proposed by the right reverend prelate. This association is not founded on the idea that the blind, because they have suffered a great and heavy visitation are, therefore, to be the mere passive recipients of that which the liberality of their OEOw-creatures may bestow. It does not pro ceed on the idea that because the blind are so, they have, therefore, ceased to partake in other respects of that mysterious nature of which we are all par takers, with its immense capabilities and powers, with its high hopes and great dangers; for in all other respects the blind continue to be sharers in everything pertaining to us as men, and if I rightly apprehend the idea of this institution it is this, that while we minister to the wants of the blind in a specific manner, yet that we still consider them as rational beings, es members of society, escapable of various purposes, as not intended to be sent into a corner or to be excommunicated from but as intended to bear their parts as citizens as enlightened and civilised creatures, and as Chris. tians. Employment is a blessing for us all, but it is much more so for the blind. Employment ti the blind is the condition of mental serenity, of comfort, and resignation. Employment to the blind is also the condition of subsistence—that is, of honourable end independent subsistence. The equipment and strength of faculties is sufficient with the mass of mankind to enable them by their labour to find the means of support; but in the case of the blind it comes some what short of that. Now the associatien attempts to fill up the gap, but it does not supply the blind with the means of living without nar own exertions. Is there anything harsh in that ? No ; it is the curse which enlightened benevolence dictates. In doing that we recognise the position of the blind as beings belonging to civilised society, and we do not remove them one inch further from it than they are removed by the dispensation of God. (Ap plause.) There is serious danger and inconveni. ence in all plans of benevolence which tend to throw the blind too much on themselves and on one snarler. I find in the second rule it is stated that " the immediate objects of this association shall be to afford employment to those blind persons who for want of work have been compelled to solicit alms, or who may likely be tempted to do so; to cause those unacquainted with a trade to be in. strutted in some industrial art, and to introduce trades hitherto unpractised by the blind," and BO on. He concluded, amid much applause, by saying that he cordially seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously, and the claims of the association having been advocated by Lord Ebury, Professor Owen, and other gentlemen, a cordial vote of thanks wab given to the chairman, which brought the meeting to a olose. THE LATE MURDER AT ALDERSHOT.—The murder of Mr. Henry Holton, of Bagshot, appeals to be one of those unfortunate cases in which the ends of justice are likely to be defeated. Reward bills offering £lOO for the conviction of the murderer or murderers have now been issued more than two months, b ut, although the police have been unremitting in their exertions, not the slightest clue likely to lead to the apprchensioi of the guilty party or panes has been discovered. The deed was without doubt committed under cover of the night, and, as the body the chance had of Unravelling the mystery surrounding the crime was considerably diminished, and itis feared that nothing farther Will b e elucidated, SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.—The Government has purchased the steamships Weenie gton ,Panama, Oregon, and California, to be razed and used as war vessels. Savannah, April 24.—The sloop Eagle, laden with cotton and tobacco, outward bound, was beached and fired in Warsaw Sound, on Thursday night, to prevent her capture by the blockaders. The crew are safe. Boston, April 29. —The bark Lysander, from Cienfuegos, arrived here. She reports, April 10, while standing in to wards Colorado Reef, about 20 miles distant, saw a vessel on fire, probably the work of some of the privateers; tacked and stood off. On the 12th, 11 a.m., saw a small privateer schooner c;.ming down for us. The wind being light we could not escape by keepii.g off. He was soon alongside, hailed uq, ascertained where we were from and bound, and ordered us to heave to and send a boat alongside. Captain Glover refused to comply, but called all hands and ordered the small arms to be rondo ready. The enemy must have seen the men coming aft with a rush, and passing the guns to each other, as we were only 10 or 12 rods distant. He then tacked ship, and came under our lee again, and took a good look, when he apparently concluded to let us pass, as he said nothing, but ran a short distance ahead, tacked ship, and stood for us again, came up and asked my longitude. He then saw a small vessel under my lee, and kept off for him. I think he wanted me to send a boat so as to divide my men, and make easier work for him. His crew were a hard-lookieg set ; some barefooted, with red shirts. The one that hailed the Lysander was an Irish man. My longitude was 83 45, lat. 23 18. Key West, April 21.—The following captures have been made by Admiral Bailey's squadron :—The boat Alligator, the brig Atlantic (since restored, there being no proof to warrant her condemnation) ; the schooners Surprise (condemned), Florence Nigh THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, BATH RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BATH HANDICAP. Spencer Change Raglan Ten ran COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. Raglan Surbiton Hill ('opia Seven ran. TWELFTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Crythcia .. ... C by Pelon Black Friar , Eleven lan. K ELSTON STAKES. Lufn GBzelle Neilgherry ELEVENTH BIENNIAL, Glenorchy Baldwin Eight ran, LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 9to 2on the field (off red) 16 to 1 age! National Guard (taken) 25 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) 40 to 1 agst Fantastic (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The Stockport District Rates Bill was read a third time. PETITIONS. ncip Mr. P. TAYLOR, from the Emaation Society of Lon don, staling that the petitioners viewed with abhorrence the building of war ships in this country for the Confederate States, and praying the Government to enforce the Queen's proclamation; Mr. A. SMITH, Truro, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath: an HON. MEMBER against, the op-fling of the Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh on the Sabbath; Mr. LOCKE, Southwark, against the amalgamation of the metropolitan with the city police. THE SUEZ CANAL. Mr. D. GRIFFITHS gave notice that on Friday he should ask whether the Sultan had issued an edict against enforced labour on the Suez Canal, and if so whether the r oble lord would give effect to the carrying out of the principle. THE MALT DUTY. Colonel BERKELEY gave notice on behalf of the hon. and learned member for East Suffolk (Sir F. Kelly) of his intention to move on Thur day, the 9th of June, for a select committee on the malt duty. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP MAJESTIC. Mr. lIADFIELD asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if his attention had been called to an article which appe4red in the Live?pool _Mercury newspaper, respecting the flog ging of one of the crew of her Majesty's ship Majestic; whether the particulars therein stated were correct; whether the punishment was inflicted in the presence of surgeon ; and if he would lay a copy of the proceedings of the court-martial before the houses ? Lord C. PAGET said the statement referred to amounted to a foul and wicked lioel affecting the character of one of the most distinguished officers in her Majesty's navy. (Hear, hear.) '1 he libel on Captain Eng,efield was almost too gross to state to the house. In effect, it set forth that when one of the men was flogged the captain, in giving he signal, smiled, that the man tainted under he punishment, and that he was then confined in a dark dungeon charged with loathsome air. It was unnecessary for him to state to the use the character which Captain Englefleld bore in the service. (Cheers.) Three times he had gone to the North Pole in search of Sir John Franklin—(cheers) —and ho was well known as one of the most humane and kind-hearted officers in the navy, (Cheers.) When the petty officers read the calumny they came and denied it. The result was that they indited a letter, signed by 36 of them, to the newspaper, the Liverpool _Mercury, which had first published the libel. This letter was a contradiction of the oroers of the service, b3cause the Admiralty permi►ted no such publications in the newspapers, but es it had been published he would state its substance to the house The noble lord read the letter, which state t that the captain apparently gave the order to the boatswain to begin the punishment with regret, and that he kept his eyes on the deck nearly the whole of the time ; that the man was re moved to the cockpit, where men were confined to prevent desertion, and that lamps were always burning there night and day; that the officers cabins were on the earns deck; that no oase of insubordination had occurred on board the ship, and that some men could not be reformed though confined in cells and afloat, ashore, and repeatedly punished for dis graceful acts. (Hear, hear.) It appeared the man struck his superior of f icer while on duty, and there was plenty of other acts of insubordination. (Hear, hear.) He trusted the house would agree wits him in expressing its indignation at the publication of FO scandalous a libel. (Hear, hear) It appeared, too, that this letter was sent with the name of another person ; in fact that his name had been forged, and the writer was now under judicial surveillance. ALLEGED RI , , 1' IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT CAMBRIDGE Mr. POLLARD-TJRQUHART, who had a question on the paper on this subject, withcrow it, having received a satisfactory explanation from the parties interested at Cambz idge. IRELAND...—SEIZURE OF CROPS. In reply to Colonel DUNNE, Sir IL PEEL replied that he hoped to introduce a bill to prevent the seizure and male of growing crops before Whitsuntide. SCHOOLS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked several questions with re spect to the mode of dea.iug with the payment of masters in Gov,rninent schools. Mr. LO WE replied that the rules of the Privy Council were not likely to be altered. The managers of the schools would gave to make gcod all the contracts into which they had entered with their schoolmasters and schoolmistresses. MR. ODO RUSSELL AND THE ROMAN BRIGANDS. Mr. P. HENNESSY repeated his questions of last evening. Lord PALMERSTON could not understand why those questions were perpetuated, save to cause un pleasantness between the Duke de Montebello and Mr. Russell. It appeared that 260 brigands left the Roman States, and entered the Neapolitau territory attired in French uniform, which was easily effected, as the old uniforms were sold to the Jews, and therefore the circum stance reflected no discredit on the French authorities. The Duke de Montebello spoke from information, so did Mr. Russell. It appeared that these dresses were taken to the convents, where arms had been sent in herrng cases, so that it was easy to make such a foray, and so attired. The agents of the Duke hal not been very active, or the men could not have passed the frontier. As the Pope was a mere puppet in the hands of the French authorities at Rome. it rested with the French to prevent the machinati, ns of the corn. mittee, who instigated these offensive acts, to prevent this organised system of preventing men committing ravages on the Neapolitan territory, lie believed a great expedition was intended in the present month of May. Lord J. MANNERS called upon the noble lord to pro dune the papers which he had referred to, according to the practice of the house. The noble lord had not hesitated to make a very serious charge. Lord PALMERSTON replied that it was new to him that a Minister was bound to produce all documents to which he simply referred—if he read a despatch he was bound to produce it. He would, however, look at the despatch, and see whether there was anything. in (Laughter ) lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. ROEBUCK moved an address for copies of memo rials presented by Sir George Marcoras and Sir Typaldo Xydras on Sept. 16,1862, to biA Excellency Major-General Sir Henry tqorks, her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner in the lonian Islands. Mr. EORTESCUE entered at length into an explana. tion cf the rejection of the memorial of the judges referred to, and justified the course adopted ; and said he had no objection to the production of the papers. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening. WAR OFFICE, MAY 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Reynell George Taylor, of the B,ngal Army, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the third class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. GREE T t , it h i n A e :Pn ThomaseclrPol.:n ci l NbeieNn iiieStahrsoedirjet°giasPiaPt°ivinu ----- --- -- --- --- WHITEHALL, MAY 1 1.. , the Rev. ' The Queen has been pleased Leonard Ramsay Henslow, M.A., t°the county of Norfolk, of Fulham, St. Mary Magdalen ' the death of tho Rev. Fre- J o a f rv th is e , and diocese of Norwich, void by t tnE:l Curacy derick William Freeman. Es T q l . re t( f ) ;lu i r D s Island of Antigua. OFFICE, MAY 12. FOREIGN Aberdeen for his Majesty The Queen has beon pleased to approve of Mr. James W. hasC memberW the Ici ng of MAY 11. approve of M 13 IT o nsnl-General in Canada for hi r. - -- rhaierlllelgulrToB7l:B:saaal:o been pleased to Dixon as Ki T n i g ie ° : ,( T' d k s E N C( J e iS h il U v i r li l a s Y n io ds n e er H s A of l‘ h iß er E A ß l Sest y 'ss Tre l a a s j u e r s y ty ha th v e e been pleased to appoint the Right Ilo a n i . the Earl of Dudley to be a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. -01-TICE MAY 12. Ist RelgViinAeßifoFtFti'l,:j' Guards —James Edward William Theobald, Marquis of Orrnond,e,. to be C ornet and Sub-- Lew enaut, by purchase, vice 1 homas Ru m b o ld Richard -sth L s: : ur who g eo retires. n ) vice Lancers—St:iff-Surcreon Robe r t Fl eetwold Andrews to henry Iluisb, M 7 th Ilussars—Captain John Bayley, 'Prom' w t h h o o e B x s c th h a F n o g o e t s ; to be Captain, vice Aytoun, who exchanges, receiving the former difference between Cavalry and Infanty. 14th llussars—Cornet James Colquhoun Revell Reade has • been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission Military Train—Ensign James Archer Harris, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Charles Williams, who retires ; Ensign Roger Forrest to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Townley, who retires; Goorge Penrose Prit chett, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harris; Paymaster-Sergeant Robert Douglas Noake, from the sth Lancers, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forrest, _ Grenadier Gua r ds—Th e G en tl e men appointed to an tte E n_ . signcy and Lieutenantcy, by purchase, in the Gazes cl2o 28th April, 1863, should have been described a of Honourable Adelbert Wellington Erownlow Cus t . _ 2d Regiment of Foot Li eu tenant Alexander Baird to be Paymaster, vice Robert Hamilton Simpson, transferred Eb t t. 3d F o yn poi h gut e —nr6csjilLt John h oh, u. F n, t o evn o Un Eliast Arthur u e y r f o o n lrvd E e Edwin ob ye L ey i uo s t ee , t no whoanbet C b a y p pt retires;au rn - chase, vice Lewis : Hans Mortimer Oliver, Gent to he Ensign by purchase, vice Durnford. sth Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Charles Stratherne Close to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Ravencroft Whitty, promoted on the Staff. 6th Foot—The retirement of Lieutenant Cole, and appoint ment of Ensign Mellor, should have appeared under the heading of Bth Foot, in Gazette of 28th ultimo. Bth Foot—Ensign Martin George Cole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Unwin, who retires • Alfred Mellor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cole. 9th Foot- -Lieutenant Henry Bullen from the 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Grier, who exchanges. 10th Foot--Lieut. Frederick John Granville, from the 102 d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Trernenheere, who exchanges. 11th Foot—Lieutenant Pearson Thomas Beames, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Coote, who exchanges. 33d Foot —Ensign George Malcolm Douglas to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Richard Statham, deceased ; Edward Quin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Douglas. ;.,7th Foot—Lieutenant John Court Ferguson Frier, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice, Bullen, who exchanges. 40th Foot—Ensign Rdward Stack to be Instructor of Mus ke ry, vice Lieutenant William Gibson, promoted. 67th Foot—Captain Frederick William Jebb to be Major, by purchase, vice Major and Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel j„i i n Porter, who retires; Lie u t enant ' William Bell Kingsley' to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jebb ; Ensign John Sadlier Brereton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kingsley; Vincent Thomas Eyre, Gent,, to be En sign, from the 11th Foot, t o be Lieutenant, vice Beames , who exchanges. Fo b o y t_ purchase,ieu Foot—Lieutenant vice eor ge Brereton. 69th Conte, 79th Foot—Ensign John Busfeild to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas Wimberley, who retires; Arthur Newton Forbes-Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Basfeild. to be Captain, vice Bayley, who exchanges. 85th Foot—Captain James Aytoun , from the 7th Huseare, 102 d Foot—Lieutenant George Henry Wynn Tremenheere, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Granville, who exchanges. DEPOT IPoTosßtrAuToTtoA.rLloOf Musketry, N William Green, 42d Fo o t, to • M'Nair, of th e 79th F oo t, who resigns the appointment. Staff MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—TO beSurgeons—Sur geon Henry Ilui s h, M.D„ Robert Fleetwood sth Lancers , vice Fleetwood Andrews, vice George William- Young, M.D who exchanges; Staff Assistant- Surgeon John Eldon u C sk aP et t r g y in , vice Captain John Miller William son, M.D,, appointed to 64th Foot ; Assistant -Surgeon Thomas Ravencroft Whitty, f rom sth Foot, vice Herbert Taylor Reade, placed upon half-pay. BREVET. Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Henry Ellice, C. 8., half-pay, late 24th F oo t, to have the tempo rary rank of Brigadier-General while in command of a Brigade. ... Major Alick John Fraser, lately serving with the local rank of Colonel in Syria, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Joseph Webster, 78th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. The following officers having completed five years' qua lifying service in the rank of Lieutenan , -Colonel under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonels : Lieutenant-Colonel Julius Richard Glyn, C. 8., Rifle Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Henry Pakenham,3oth Foot. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—H. Payne Moors to be Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores. Commission and relative rank to bear date April 1, 1861. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Rumen, builder, Upper Mitcham BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : George Walker, butch er , D ar li ngton Frederick Bunting, beerseller, Manchester John Hart, leather seller, Chertsey Charles Holmes, plumber, Pimlico George Henshaw, merchant, Liverpool George F. Kirk, rope manufacturer, Nottingham Daniel Ruffell, butcher, Haughley, Suffolk Wm. Nichols, builder, Leeds Matthew Spicer, cooper, Gaineborough Thomas Smith. cutler, Sheffield SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Steuart, letterpress-printer, Kelso plumber end gasfittor, Ayr V Carman, flour merchant, Glasgow David iolrllgaena K Wilson, David Patterson, sea., flesher, Hawick Eraucis M'lvor, merchant, Stornoway William e n n e r d, writer, Glasgow y y Matthew Wilson, grocer, Dunse Arthur Fowlis, farmer, Bankhead, Mum-shire Course of the Exchange.—This Day. 1 Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 11 17 11 17i Antwerp .. 25 421 25 47/ Brussels — 25 421 25 45 Hamburgh — 13 7} 13 a Paris .. Short. 25 171 25 221 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ..... 1191 1 l) Vienna Trieste .. 11 15 11 25 Peteriburgh Berlin Madrid t... Cadiz Leghorn — 25 47} 25 b 5 Milan — 25 47i 25 52i Genoa — 25 4'4 25 55 Naples Palermo ..— 25 62i 25 57 } ;Messina — 25 52i 25 57i Lisbon — 622 53 Oporto — 53 53k Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Nlexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The greater portion of the attention of an overcrowded room was occupied this afternoon in the adjustment of the balances outs►anding at Chester, which, having been got through in the most satisfaetory manner, the members then turned their attention to the events so immediately succeed ing at Bath and Epsom. Industry, however, did not on this occasion meet with its due reward, for we scarcely recollect so much apathy evinced upon the eve of these two important meetings for many years, the little that really was transacted being scarcely worth a return. Tho Bath and Somerset shire Stakes was touched upon, but the layers acted with extreme caution in their investments—not knowing of what animals the field would be composed, from the favourable weight of Canary, about whom all sorts of prices were taken in the City during the morning, notwithstanding J. Day has two strings to his bow. At the commencement of busi ness 2 to 1 was taken freely about the favourite, whose ad mirers appeared to be extremely fond to the last, his only opponent being Fantail, who was strongly fancied in an in fluential quarter, and 4 to 1 wuuld have been taken to win some money. Lord Clifden appeared extremely firm for the Derby, his opening price being readily consumed by his l o pao v yi e ne r rt - sa tiredn less,i o a u ot s u f tr whichit ehnedbs backers, which cek er wass,wba ah p co e k e re d ed i y u brought sbeucit fatoai sytsnupoptehtp h eweu i i m iltfiahtn t se o itsaah nt half dlte_hs s a e than 9 to 2. Macaroai advanced half a point upon his last quotation in the estimation of his friends, and bids fair to see a much shorter price ; 10 to 1 was accepted about Lord Strathmore's colt Saccharometer by well informed per sons, and a point over those odds was readily noted down to win a large stake about Ghillie. In conse quence of these demonstrations The Ranger somewhat receded from his place, 16 to 1 having been offered dur ing the afternoon against him, but at the close of tha room, as near as we could collect, 14 to 1 was the highest afur offer made. Tom Fool was inquired after, and, , 100 to 6 was taken several times, 15 to 1 was . upshot hm the price. National Guard was knocked about dunßentged nd a oe t e 2 d o in t g o tatalwl which h ts p o r f ic p e ri h c e es w , a b s ut ot h ro o n fi g n ir a 1 b a e s hin tak d on to some money iatipgpetahreedaptpoeharaavnecae quotationssitnronthgeparty not mma herein enume..panion Donnybrook. 25 to 1 w ab o ise u sb t at li chke i e n Fd g itm of o t the ,w ai Fantastic, and ho wa der by Voltigeur—Gadabout, in Mr. Cart wrighea stable, was backed with much spirit, both in the divi sion, Seaman , t 3 h 3 o u t to a l n eachds. Of b f oh a o f tt u n ihtw hie Ih city and here, to win some thousands. The return given n n and Vale,o bO e t o 1 below will represent the prices of those rated:— ocssht outsideparbop t d i reaid cr'dcedooa SOMERSETSHIRE 6TAXES. 2to 1 agst Canary (taken) 4to 1 agst Fantail (taken) THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Lord Clifden (offer ed, take 9to 2) 11 to 2 agst Maccaroni (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saceharometer (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Gillie (taken) 14 to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 15 to 1 agst Torn Fool (taken) 20 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 25 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) 33 to 1 agst Giles the First (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 50 to 1 agst Fantastic (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Avondale (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Baldwin (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Early Purl (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Seamander (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Trojanus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Flibustier (taken) THE OAKS. sto 2 agst Lady Augusta ( offered) 7to 1 agst any other (offered THE LATE INTERNATIONAL ExErIBITION.—Thfr report of the Royal Commissioners on the late Ex hibition is now comp leted, and will, we believe, be made public in the course of a few days. It is gratifying to be Ag we s al ta l te alo o n f g affirs able to state that the balance-shoat appended to this anticipated, however, is entirely d g l :a t . 0 present thei document will show no deficit, a b b i i i i t ~ i g on t t h b e e m cortrary, a small surplus. ranters will not be called upon for a single shilling. This rY of the contractors for the besides waiving many of their claims, made b uildin g, who, tvheeryiisbeatrisafiaitcyto re port and wind up their affairs with good what was R deficit of X 15,000 by handing over that a Royel Commissioners, thus en Mount t o t h e hundreds still in hand. a balanne f ___ 0 , .. "vvue few