The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-13 00:00:00

Ir ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The general money market continues active, and the rates remain very firm. The steamer La Plate, from the West Indies, has brought £230,000. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no material alteration. The prospectus has just appeared of the Royal Marine Hotel Company of Kingstown, requiring a capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £5 each. The obj(ct is to provide Kingstown —a suburb of Dublin—with a first class Hotel; and, in order to carry out this intention, it is proposed to purchase the present Royal Hotel, with the land adjacent, to be converted into an establish ment commensurate with the growing wants of the place. The directors are gentlemen of great local it fluence, and are sanguine of successful re sults from the fact that Kingstown besides being renowned as a watering place, is fast acquiring e character as a convenient picket station. The ar rangetnents for the transfer of the property appear exceedingly favourable, and in auditio❑ to the pro fits derivable from the successful working of the the property inc!udes a large piece of land adjacent to the hotel presenting a good sea ontage. Upon part of this land the directors in tend to erect an arcade capable of containing thirty suites of apartments, with shops, and to let the other portion for building purposes. Two O'CLOCK. The earlier transactions in the market for the English Funds were at heavy prices, but purchases having since preponderated an improvement of per cent. is now apparent, Consols being 931 for money, and 92 less the dividend, for the ac count. Speculation continues very dull, and the dealings for transfer are too limited to create acti vity. Tne New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 9li I, and the New 21 per Cents. at 761 771 ; Exchequer Bills are 3s. dis. to par; and Bank Stock is marked 232 234; India descriptions show no material alteration of importance; the Stock is quoted at 230 ; the 5 per Cent. Loan, 110; and the Bonds, 17s. 20s. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market this morning is less active, the arrangement of the ac count continuing to rncupy attention, but prices are generally firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 721 ; do., Consolides, 541 ?-; Italian, 712 ; Spanish Passive, 35Z- 2-; do., Certificates, 12+ ; Greek, 32: g ; do. Coupons, 151 ; Mexican, 378 d ; Portuguese, 491 ; Egyptian, 100+ ; but the Con federate Loan has declined to 31 21 discount. Business i❑ the Railway Share Market continued rather dull, the settlement of the accounts being still in progress. Prices, however, have generally shown a firmer tone. Great Northern A Stock, North Western, South Western, and Midland have each improved about ss. ; and Great Eastern and South Eastern 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has been little change of importance. South Austria and Lombardo-Venetian realise. 22! ex div. ; Bahia and San Francisco, 20 ; Eastern Btengal are firm at 1111 ; India Peninsula at 110 to 1101 ; end Scinde Ue►hi Stock at 107 k. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally maintain previous prices. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 234 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 188 u — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 144 15-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 98 Ditto 5 per Cent D ~.. Bonds ±".1,000 .. Consols for Account, June 9 92 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2/ per Cent par 3 die FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent ... . — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Milian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Egyptian 7 pet Cent lOO 1, 991 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup•ms 321 1 Ditto Account 324 Ditto Coupons l4l 151 Italian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 8o 791 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent — Ditto Deferred lO 91 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 7h I Pe avian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 BBl 1 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ...... Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred . ... Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3 si i 1 i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18.58 Ditto Account 7Ol Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 711 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account,. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex, 25 francs 7ll 1 1 1 1 1 _ _ _ Com TH.REEmie, Money .. Ditto Account 92 4 ad Mr, Scratchley's Proposed New Life Assurance Bill. The follo,viog are the objects of the measure Which is about to be introduced into the House of Commons " 1. To place, by means of a nomination endorsed on a policy, the wife and children of an assur r in the same posi tion as they would hold if the policy had been secured to them by the formality of a trust deed. " 2. Under the present law, if a man assure his life, say for £5OO or £l,OOO, with the design of providing in some way for his wife and children, the whole of the policy would be liable to be impounded by any creditors who might hap pen to have claims upon the assurer at the time of his de cease, unless he had settled his policy for tne sole benefit of his family by means of a trust deed. " 3. The law, as it at present stands, places no impedi ment in the way of an assurer desirous of thus providing for his family. It Simply stipulates that the trust shall not be created under circumstances indicating a desire to de fraud creditors, and that the assurer shall not at the time of creating it be utterly insolvent. " 4. For persons in a superior class of life, there is pos sibly not much difficulty in obtaining the consent of friends to incur the responsibility and trouble not unfrequently aris ing out of trusts. But when a lower stratum of society is reached there are multitudes of persons—highly respect able, but of limited means, uncertain position, and defective education --wh o aro not suitable for trustees ; while yet the assurer may have no one else to whom he could apply, and may have enough to do in paying the premium, with out incurring the expense of a trust deed. "b. To this class, the power of securing all the advan tages of the present system of trusts, by a simple nomina tion notified to the office, would be an inestimable boon ; and it facilities for efflcting this were granted by the Legis lature, assurance societies would bo lik-ly to transact a greatly extended business, while much misery would be avoided to the families of the assured. "6. Any one who has conversed with such persons as small traders in country towns on the subject of life a•sur. ance must have hoard the observation that they would have no objection to insure for some small amount, if the policy could bo secured to their families free from the contingen cies of their trade. " 7. The privilege already exists in societies registered under th e F riendly Societies Acts ; and if extended to as surance societies, it is also to be anticipated that a vast n ut working umber o f respectable men would prefer to take order o policies i n a well. established assurance company, in to be tree from the risk of ultimate bankruptcy, from societiesexcesa ofasrieekexallowanees, to which the majority of benefit ose 4. " . The inconv enience. p y unequntl y of the present law is also felt not father, w h, , 1 110 1 1 :Vies on the death of a husband or immediate mean tog.,,,he has insured his life, has left no &c.; while y e t, un*;AIY for probate duty, funeral expenses, society, though disposertobate be granted, an asmrance anticipation of the custo° Pay a portion of the claim in for want of any one able te rnary i per•od, cannot do so safely, "J. Delays also sometimgesv,:' valid receipt. eying they have some claim ottri.see from persons who, fan with notice th policy, serve the society " 10 All these evils would be avoided b nomination suggested, hi b i s W.C.., uowev,- y the system of interests of credit ,, ra in policii s of Asrs,uboth protects the and seeks to confer upon theta conside r r ir from fraud, making assignments of policies Tecognisable it't)tlll'enefit, by law, instead of beinz merely rights enforceable e common and allowing transfers of the right an , l int. rest in i a ecl i ui l t" ; to be made by a simple Endorsement upon it r i . 1 . 7 .cuupieu(w)lictia notice to the office) without the expense, trouble, o d e l r ay 91 lui sesigarant beds?. SHARE MARKE T S.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOu Fs S. Paid. Closing Busines, , Price. done. 8 8} 7 8 83 85 11311 114! nn Q 6 40 42 13 14 92 93 107 109 51 53i 47 4Si 24i 234 1244 1254 127 128 134 136 102 104 661 (71 I ' lo9_ IC9I 79 80 118 120 41 42 9s 091 10 1i44 414 45 111 127 .274 95 97 50i ISI 24 25 100 100 571 67i 88 68i 115 117 1 1 II 1 16 161 llt 12* 118 120 fti 98 100 49 60 32 33 914 02 €8 70 98 100 7 8 37 38 9 10 153 166 5 54 3} 31p 1271 8 66j 71 62 1082 781. 9gi 1041 4 44k 1271 100) 57 1 ihare! RailwayE. 13.14, 25 10 st st 50 20 Bir., Wol. and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and3lid.Co Bristol and Exeter,., Caledonian work and Bandon Corn wal I Do A A :::•ets no tliN Do. B till (ip c.p an.ha, been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. el k Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian t reatNort hot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do an W. of Irelan, ' , treat Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashaett Yorkshir , London and Blackwal Lon., firight.ot S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dove' Lon. Si North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Shef., Az Lincoln. Alaryport and Carlisle 1.16.4 DO # shares.. ‘tetropoh tan Midland Do Ne _ r Do Birming. t Derb) Gt. W. of Irelanu Do. y shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—lierwic , Do, G.N.E. purohas Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New North Staffordshire Z;. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welehpoo st Shropshire Union 3t South Devon st South Eastern st South Wales 't S. York. and River Dun l 0 ,taines,Wok.,andWok lb Stockton it Darlingtoi t 5 Do :5 Do New, 1880 st Taff Vale.. ....... 10 Do B Do C. Meter: . Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Jr Kilkenny West Cornwall VV. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford 154 156 29 31 94 45 38 4 ) 99 101 1101 10 107 i an BRITISH P, idar. 4Ur 1 20 Rai Iwn.vp atlantic & St. Lawrenr guru., Baroda&Cent inc Gu. kper cent.. it ock stock 4!ock StiESSEONS. itock stock Do. New Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Lake litlal.l3 Do. Preteronee liutlalo,BrantAGodriel p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1t,72 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10. do. Ju i 1,1? , " n,utta.&S.l - ;astn. ( ) 7apeTown Dock Ser) Kastn. Bengal gu. 5 IL I h.ast Inthan, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canadk. Ist . Bonds . Do. L.o. cf erred ...... ! , 1 Pre. Bon s.. Do. do d ter ed...... Do. 3d P et. stock Do. do. d ferr. d.... Do. 4th l'ref. s o k... Do. do deferred.- Gt.indiaPcniu.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Do. January, 1862 South.of India (Linn .!uaranteed 5 per nen!. 4t. W. of Canada Shan-, Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 F , c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. Do. 41- p. o. Extensio Dc. Do. Fifth Extension. %lob.' or, p. o. tsno & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. nth \kw Bt unswick ffi Cand, Class A en 1 B ill.C'da6 pc Ist 1 bds SCinde ........., Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub r Do. Do. •• • Do. I ndus.St. Flo.) Pam 100 100 100 100 100 10r; Closin,! Price. 1 86 us, I 16 p f l 6 p i 6 7 8 1( 8 IC9 1( 9 4 110 4 110 4 M a i 1(:9 1 ILA 1 O F 0 li 6t (5 .7 52 54 56 42 i 6 41 33 F 6 2i 28 21 2.t 110 1104 1 2; 14 11; 107 11.8 11 14 94 9 99 101 89 ,2 I. 8 167 1.8 . 103 97 eg 47 49 all 100 ' 100 J 2 itodii et 1 3 5 E 4 86 i'9 1,0 107 108 k fp t 07 1(8 ip (of 6 to 100 00' riustness don, 1111 1071 roLoNIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITI - - 1877-S4 Do. ap. c. Feb. & An, 100 14..3 1 6 Do. 6p. c. Mar.& Sept 106 103 la 0 Do.: p. c. Jan.&July. 100 116 n 9 7 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 96 147 'aPe G• Elope. 6 p 0,187 100 111 113 Do.Ap &Oct. 18 , 41 100 112 114 Do. Ito pH, 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1801.. 10,) 415 , 17 ('eylon, N0v.1.41, 6 p 10 • 113 115 Msu thus rt per cent .. 112 1.4 :Na,a' G..v. 6 per cunt.. 1)0 449 111 -- x . 11.G ov. 6 p.c..; a A.l ui • 'OO 1063 1' 7, i.o. 6p. c.Ap. & Oc. 104. - - S.W. (iov.: p '.,ls 10'. 1023 33 1021 3 Do. p. c.,18, s to( , 10u 103 1033 , Do. d0.,1888 &up wdt 100 1033 Nil 10 1 3 New Zealand 6 p e.nt 100 112 lit , Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steesing, 1875 lOO 1063 1073 1061 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:3 115 ~ Aus ti ,, p.e.ir.,70.4.4z up lO 112 114 • Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. J24....t,1 u i lOO 110 112 Do. to 80. c. Ap.&Oat.. 100 4103 1113 111 103 RIZTTISII %FINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Goldi 1 3 id '4_;l l / l ord Amalgamated. 1 - 22 24 Devon G.Con.Javist..l 1 610 620 516 'East Bassett (I llnzan 30 95 14 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. Is. 3d 3D East Caradon '2.14.. 343 353 351 1 Nast Carn Brea... I 3.4.0 8 4 81 - - E. W"1 Russel (Tavist.k il 8.1.6 33 4 ,Gam.&St.AuDyn(Gwen ), )7 4 11 13 'Great South Tolgus lis 41 53 41 11. Wheal Vor(llelston. 40 63 7 !Grenville '4.4- 47 19 1 ingston Downs 4. 7.0 23 3 Lady Bertha 2.0.6 3 1 Margaret (tiny Lelart 44 31 33 I tlarke Valley.. 4 Ilyncly Iron Ore (Lint 2l 1 4 d New Setun l9l 110 120 North Downs 23 2 2t basset( Illo_7ati 2.17.1 43 41 f 0rt.1.4 Wheal Crotty ('or Consols (st. Blaze) 14 46 53 20 i'rovidence(Cny Lelnt. 10.44.1 II 43 ~ S outliCaradon(St.Cleer, 46 400 410 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 33 4 I, .Wheal Fran. (Illogsn 144.1•.9 85 90 - Stray ['ark $ l'amarSilv.& Lead Alin 43 a rin Croft it 196 2'3 193 - .West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 i 3 I4\' Caradon (Liskeard 5 29 31 - West Seton W heal Basset (Mogan 53 (5 70 heal Buller(liedrutlid 5 50 55 - It% heal Kitty (I).Lelani 2.0.6 - WhealLud ott - t't . heal Mary Ann (Men j 8 166 163 Wheal Seton 583 260 170 heat Treiawney (Lis 7 1 3 174 Wheal Union 3.17 43 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Edinburgh and Glas4ow, 4 per cent. gua., S. and D., 91 PREFEIXENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 1031 LINES LEASED Al! FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho yhead, 5S Ditto, 5 per cent., 116 London and Greenwich. pref., 117 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1361 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Bahia and Sin I , 'ranc,sco gua. 7 per cent, 191 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 1.1 Sambre and Meuse, 10 San Paulo Jim), gua. 7 per cent., 91 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 West Flanders, 7k FOREIGN MINES. Gt. N. Copper of South Australia (lini.,)* N. Rhine do., A Vallanzasaa Gold, lira., Yudanarautana of S. Australia (11ra.), JOINT-STUCK IiANKS. Australasia, 73i Chartered Ban. of India, Australia, and China, 261 6 English and !rush (11m.), 5 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 221 Imptlrial Ottoman, 211 London Ch,rtered Bank of Australia, 28i London and Couhty, 43 National Provincial of England, 120 Ditto, new, 3,4 Ditto, new, 241 Oriental Bank Co rporation, 54k Union of Australia, t.l Union of London, 392 DOCKS. London, 681 MISC BL LANEOLTS, Anglo-Mexican Mint, 201 Berlin Water Worns, a t; Crystal PalPce, Ditto, pref.. 113 Italian irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. ,8;O issued 90 20 Ea Joint stock Discount, 44 § Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, new, 467 6 Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day, (REUTERS TELEGRAM.) Strong. Sales about 10,000 bales. Import, 6,798; previously, 13,928. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1863 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with tLe English Mint price of £3 7s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is arly 1-10th i er cent. dem er in London than in Paris. the course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 163 k to IGli per cent., and the premium on gold is 50 to 51 per cent. At these rates there is a profit cal tha PziPortltlou ol gold t 1i Wilted Mates. Western Life Assurance Society. Yesterday afternoon the 21st ordinary general meeting of the directors and shareholders of the society was held at the London offices, 3, Parliament street. The annual re port, which was of the most satisfactory description, was unanimously adopted, and in the evening the directors and their friends dined together to celebrate the society attain ing its majority. J. T. Hibbert, M.P. for Oldham, owing to the indisposition of the chairman of the society, (Somers Cocks, Esq.) presided. The dinner, which was of the most recherche description, having been disposed of, The CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal toasts, which were all heartily responded to. Major LAVIES and Capt. TEMPL ER neatly responded to the toast of the Volunteers, the latter gentleman remarking that the Western was the first assurance company that opened its doors to them without the slightest restriction. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Success to the Western Assurance Society," regretted very much the absence of Mr. Somers Cocks, because he took the greatest interest in everything which tended to the goad of the society. He need hardly tall them they were assembled that evening to celebrate the attainment of its majority by the Western Life Office. (Cheers) The United Society had surmounted tte:difficulties of infancy, and the dangers of youth, but to day it began its manhood and entered the world to work for itself. The medical officers had taken the greatest care that none but first-class lives were accepted, and to that might be attributed their present prosperous and successful position. In the year 1861 their proposals amounted to 700. while during the past year their new proposals received amounted to no less than 1,748, which represented if. premiums upwards of £18,000; but gratify- ing as that circumstance was, the business for the last four months had outran all their expectations, and the present year gave evidence of being une of extraordinary success. (Cheers.) It was not every amalgamation that led to prosperity, Lut in their case the union of the societies had been one of unparalleled success, and if is did not in a year or two o'ertop, it would at least prove a formidable rival to the oldest, richest, and safest life assurance society in the country. Their success was attributable to the great ability cf Mr. Scratchley—(cheers)—coupled with the fore sight and assiduity of their directors; and if the proposition of their talented actuary was adopted by Pat liament, life assurance would greatly increase, and the benefit would be felt by all. The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. Mr. SEYMOUR FITZOERALD, M.P., proposed as the next toast, "The United Boards." He said he looked back to his connection with the company with the greatest pride, especially as its career of prosperity had utterly astonished its most sanguine supporters. They had that day attained their majority, or he might say come into the full and uncontrollable enjoyment of their fortune, and looking to the business habits of every gentleman connected with the Western, their future could but bo brilliant and prosperous. (Cheers.) Mr. LEIGH returned thanks. The Hun. Mr. HOWARD proposed the health of the Chairman ; and Mr. HIBBEBT briefly, but pointedly, returned thanks. Air. NEALE proposed the next toast, viz., "Prosperity to all L t'e As•urance Associations." Captain rEMPLER of the Equitable replied. __ .... Mr. DREW proposed "The Visitors." Alderman SAUNDERS of Sheffield retuned thanks. The greater part of the remarks of the speaker H eke in favour of the bill of Mr. Scratchley, an outline of which will be tound in another column of i he Sun. The next toasts that followed were " The Trustee s," pro posed by Mr. Seager ; the "Legal Advisers," by Mr. Frers. Mr. LEIGH proposed the health of Mr. Arthur Scrat chley, their actuary, and in doing so passed a glowing eulogium upon the undoubted talent and ability of that gentleman. Mr. SCRATCHLEY, in returning thanks, said he felt highly complimented at the manner in which his health bad been received. The success of the Western was his greatest pride. (Cheers.) The bill he proposed to submit to Parliament was, in his opini .n, a great public want, and, if it was sanctioned, it would not only center much good upon mankind, but tend to a great extension of life assurance. (Cheers.) He again begged to thank them very sincerely tor the compliment. "The Officers of the Society" were next toasted by Mr. Marson, and acknowledged by Mr. Row, of the Manchester Branch, and Mr. Harding, of the London office. lhe toast of "The Shareholders" was responded to by Mr. King. The toast of " The District Managers," proposed by Dr. Fuller, and acknowledged by Captain Hutchinson, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Anstey, and Mr. Polkinghorn, closed the en j •yments of the evening. The following gentlemen were present :—S. Fitzgerald, M.P., General Cottleld, Hon. It. E. Howard, R. T. Cocks, Dr. Basham, H. A. Hunt, H. P. Fuller, Councillor Spiers (Oxford), G. H. Drew, C. Stephenson, W. T. Mackrell, Harrison Blair (Manchester), A. Scratchley, H. Clothier (Hasleinere), Dr. Lavies, R R. Sad , er, H. J, Semple, C. Harding, Vansittart Neale, G. 0. Camroux (Birmingham), R. Johnson (Liverpool), R. Freeman, W. Fuller, 3. B. White, jun., H. P. BuAler, J. T. King, Alterman San ders (Sheffield), Dr. Fuller, C S•uart Bailey (Ilistol), Samuel Hobbs, Peatson (Nlanchester), Dr. K lly, E. W. Brabrook, W. B. Row (Manehest-r), F. F. Camroux, F. W. ltowlatt, Joseph Oliver, W. Polkingborne (Winchester), H. E. Bicknell, J. L. Seager, J. B. White, W. Freeman, jun., W. W. Fisher, E Lucas, J. Fisher, Popham Leth bridgs. (Greenwich), Peter Hood, R. D. Gilbert (Ply mouth), J. A. Stuart, T. E. Hardy. a List (Shrewsbury), W. Matson, E. S. Anstey (Devonport), J. U. Hibbert, M.P., J. C. I..mpler, A. Robinson, Rev. E. P. B. Latimor, H. Seager, Jas Hunt, M. Pound, J. Leigh (Manchester), D Cope (Birmingham), Chas. Frere, J C. Lethebridge, 0. Roberts, J Reynold, Capt Hutchin son, It. G. Cabell, F. H. Gilbart, W. T. Clarke. POLICE INTELLIGENCE This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BURGLARY AT LORD H' SHAM'S—CAPTURE OF THE BURGLARS —£2,000 ORTH OF PE.OP.RTV RECOVERED . —Richard O'Lochlin, ~ddress refused, and Arthur Hewitt, alias Wallace, of 33, Dorset-street, Commercial-road South, and who, it was stated, had already suffered four years' penal servitude for a robb• ry, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Lord Chesham, 19, Grosvenor-square, and stealing a large quantity of jewellery and other articles, including a number of antiques, of the value of £2 000. In addition to the valuable property which was produced in court, a thick piece of rope, used by burglars with a lever to force iron bars, a screw-driver, some silent matches, and two life preservers, found on the premises, were produced. The greatest praise is due to Police-constab c Edward Rowlett, 145 C, but for whose exertions the burglars would no doubt have escaped with their valuable booty, which, singularly enough, they had pretty equally divided between them, as nearly as possible £l,OOO worth of property being found upon each of them. Mr. Simpson, agent to Lord Chesham, watched the case on the part of his lordship. Edward Rowlett, 145 U, said—About half past five this morning I was in North Audley-street, near Grosvenor square, when I saw the two prisoners drop from a low wall into the area of 19 A Grosvenor- square. I ran up to the area and beard a rattle spring, and the two iTisoners attempted to get over the area wall. They then jumped over into North Audley street, and I attempted to seiz- Hewitt, when he immediately turned round and said, " Don't take me, I'll give you this," holding a life -preserver in his hand. He made a furious blow at me, which I warded off by stepping back. The two prisoners then ran down North Audley-street towards Oxford. street. I sprang my rattle and followed them to opposite Green-street, when I asked a man with a phaeton to let me ride with him in pursuit. He did so, and I rode on the box, keeping them in eight till they got to Park-street, where they stopped, and I seized Hewitt by the collar, and on the constables coming up we conveyea them to the station. At the station on O'Lochlin was found five stjatches and the other articles. [Rowlett then read a long list of the articles.) On the other pti • goner three watches and other articles. [Rowlett read the list ) In Park-street, when he apprehended Hewitt, he threw away a life-preserver (one of those mentioned above). I then went back to the premises, 19. Grosvenor-square, aed found upon examination that the prisoners had got access to the house by getting over a low wall and over a knife house. I found the window of the servants' hall had marks on the railing of a thick piece of tarred rope having been tied round it, and the bars wrenched apart by that means. The opening made was wide enough to admit a hand. The window had then been opened, and the lock of the door had ben broken. On the prisoners a screw • driver and some matches were found. John Uff, page in service of Lord Chesham, said—At a quarter-past five this morning I came down to the ser vants'-hall and saw a man outside the window and the other getting up to the window. I called the under butler, and he sprung a rattle. James Alexander "rain, under-butler to Lord Chesham, said—At a quarter-past five I was awoke by the last wit m as, who said thieves were trying to get into the house. I ran on to the leads taking my rattle with me. Toe pri soners were on the leads at the back of 19A., and on asking what they did there, Hewitt said they wanted to sleep. They instantly turned round and commenced climbing over the wall, and 1 then sprung my rattle, and saw no more of them till they were in custody. Mr. Thos. Wedderspoon, steward to Lord Chesham, said —I was up till one this morning, and before going to bed saw all the premises safely secured. The iron bars of the servants' hall window had been bent, and the window which was closed last night found open. I locked the door of the servants' hall and the door was forced open. The whole of the articles produced were the property of his lordship. Some of the articles were taken from the front drawing room. By Mr. Tyrwhitt—Some of the articles were in glass cases in the dining-room last night. Inspector Bowles—l wiph for a remand, your worship, that I may get evidence of the prisoners' convictions. Mr. Tyrwhitt—They will be remanded for a week. The Royul Mail Steam Packet Company held ite meeting to. day. The report of the directors was adopted %maim:nu:lly. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PER JURA. NEW YORK, MAY 2, MORNING. The Philadelphia _Evening Bulletin learns that General Hooker, with 60,000 men, has had a battle with the Confederates beyond the Rappahannock Find that the Union troops were victorious; but this statement has received an official contra diction. The New York Tribune, says that on Thursday last (the 30th u l t .) t h ree corps o f G enera l Ho o k er ' s army were acr oss t h e R appa h an nock, marching straight in rear of Fredericksburg by way of Chan cellorsville, 12 miles from Fredericksburg. Three other corps were at Ban ksford, and in communication with the advancing columns, All the corps were in a position to move directly upon the Confederate line of communication, and still another corps was threatening to cross below and assail the flank of the Confederates. The Tribune says that Gen. Lee has no alternative but to march out of Fredericks. burg or fight, with the certainty that, if defeated, his whole army will be destroyed or captured. Gen. Stoneland's Federal cavalry is in rear of any position to which Lee oan possibly have fallen back, and the Tribune expects to hear that both the Vir ginia Central and the Richmond and Fredericks burg Railways are severed. If so, Lee must fight with the forces he has, for no reinforcements could reach him before he was attacked by Gen. Hooker. It is reported that the Federals have occupied Grand Gulf, between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. It is now stated that only one transport was sunk while passing Vicksburg. Semi-official despatches say that Gen. Banks' expedition has not only destroyed the army and navy of the enemy, but captured his materials for reorganisation, his ablest sea and land officers, and between 1,000 and 2,000 prisoners. General Banks' loss in the two last battles was from 6,000 to 7,000 killed and wounded. The Federals have been driven by the Confede rates in Tennessee, who have advanced to within 12 miles of Murfreesboro'. It is supposed the intention of the Confederates was to force Rosencranz to concentrate his lines, but an attack was not expected. A Federal force from Corinth destroyed 20 miles of the Central Mississippi Railroad, causing consi derable excitement in t hat region, The New York Tribune says that at the request of the Governor of Massachusetts a war vessel is to be armed, t quipped, and ordered to cruise off Boston harbour. The steamer Eigle, from Nassau, has arrived at a Southern port. (Per Edinburgh.) NEW YORK, MAY 2, EVENING. The New York press generally considers that the action of Mr. Adams in givin g a cert ifi cate t o a vessel bound to Matamoros with arms f or M e xico does not justify the the severe comments of the I n 'ee t l h i e ng " l b il i E e n tt gland ready to resent thereßrii i is h par ehostiless uo and thinks it proves even the shadow of afront. Some journals consider Mr. Adams's action perfectly justifiable. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, BATH RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BADMINTON STAKES. Livingstone Safeguard Glenorchy 3 Five ran SO MERSETSHIRE STAKES. Canary Fantail Blondin. Eight ran. DYRHAM PARK HANDICAP. Bally Ed mood . 1 Oak Apple Buttez fly Ten ran. WESTON STAKES. Light Molly Carew Garotter Seventeen ran. SELLING PLATE. Hypermnestra. WELTER STAKES. Bally Edmond .. . •• • General Hess 2 LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord CliOen (taken) 11 to 2 agst Maccaroni (taken) 10 to I. agst Saceharometer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Galli) (taken) 20 to 1 ag s t Ki ng of the Va l e 15 to 1 ag s t H anger (taken) (taken in force) 33 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Light 800 (taken) IMPERIAL PARLTAWriNT ONS—This D ay. HOUSE OF Colllil The SPEAKER took the chair at ten minutes after 12. The Coventry Market Rouse Bill, and Pembroke Town ship Bill were read a third time. The Bishops Waltham Railway Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS• public meeting at whi c h By Mr. ROEBUCK, f rom t h e w orking men of Sh e ffi eld, a t g y a; h n e st i‘ t i h a e yo c r lo a s s ii. c g ha o i f r p m u a b n li o c- f h t o h u e se p s on Sunday, and s i gned it was agreed to. An HON. MEMBER, in favour of the modification of the fire insurance duty; Mr. HADFIELD, from the Law Society of Liverpool, in favour of the Judgments Amendment Bill ; Mr. BAZLBY, from M an _ chester, to the same effect. STATUTE LABOUR R ADS AND BRIDGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Sir J. OGILVY moved the second reading of this bill, the principles of which he said were in accordance with the views and suggestions of public bodies in Scotland. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE supported the bill, and cha racterised it as a very valuable one. Mr. BLAcKuonx and Sir A. AGNEW assented to the general principles of the bill, and suggested various amend ments of the details. - . Sir J. FE ItGUSON, as one of the Royal Commissioners on the roads of Scotland, assented to the necessity of th e bill. ----- Sir E. COLEBROOKE supported the bill, and trusted his hon. blend with whom this bill originated would listen to no compromise of any kind. After a few words from Mr. DALOLISH and Sir a NloyrGomEaY, the bill was read a second time.— (Commit. tee on Friday.) STATUTE LABOUR ROADS AND BRIDGES (SCOT i AND) TRANSFER BILL. Sir J O(iILVY proposed the second reading. He said it was based upon the recommendation of the Royal Corn mission.—Agreed to.—(Committee on Friday.) JUDGMENTS, &c., LAW AMENDMENT BILL.M we re actually under £lOO, Mr. HADFIELD moved the second reading. He said the profession throughout the c , untry were unanimously in "' cover more than £3,000. The house favour of the bill. It would not have a retrospective effect, and w, old not apply to Ireland. Three -fifths of all the re gistered a einthet of opinion between Lord and in the continue to protect an interest of this, kind. A t the present time a buyer must search to see it any judgment had been aan e le t t e rh re is d th a e gair p i r s e t n t n h t e vendor, s , even b coulda though nao t tt h ej ur e dedi t agd r s a :n n :o s nat a b e l t y r n was cited causes where judgments .had might tn occur r re a d t w an it y hi t n im a e n . people might have their sharp practice on th e part of attorneys dealing pc Ih andatuo uur purchases otaahifsaneet innocent, sio e m.vc i a tpst c ni,or : tr u tt, t: a ed l nfr aebt s iy S. Leopards and the Maser of . the Rolls with respect to searching. the former contenoing that such a proceeding was imperative up to within an hour of the completion of a proposed purchase, whilst the latter held that it was not. The present law was obsolete so far as be ne fi t to t h e pu bli c was concerned, and ought to be, therefore, abrogated. Mr.HUMBERSTONE supported the secone reading, as the present law was exceedingly vexatious and most in jurious to both the buyers and sellers of land, The law was pregnant with absurdities. For instance if a person put up a picture for sale for £l,OOO, the buyer was actually liable to lose his purchase money if h e pa i d w i t h out sear ching to ascertain if there were any judgment against him. proposed law, and said he should support the law because the present, and the it was based upon just and rational principles, and would correct the absurd and anomalous state of the present law. Mr. MALINS explitined r the . past, cent." men, who trafficked on the needs and ncoe B " 60 per. to extremity. • cities of persons driven to raise money on any " money jobbers" and t l . t r s m er s v . ed the interests only of the The SOLICITOR-GENERAL admitted that the sub ject was of great imp or t ance, a nd fully appreciated the ex cellent motives wh ich i nduced his hon. an d l e arned friend (Mr. Hadfield) to bring this measure forward ; but ho objected to the bill because it w ou ld i nstitute a retrog rade l movement by affeetwg the reemtly-Eettiod laws with re' spect to debtor and creditor. The bill went no further than this : it would relieve people of the payment of 2s. or 38. for searching to see whether persons with whom they were dealing had any judgment entered up against them, a course which it was obvious strict prudence dictated. This was, strictly speaking, the sole purpose of the bill, which was a mere bagatelle in comparison with the question of the bona fides of persons having property and offering it for sale. (Hear, hear.) He approved the bill, because it would materially tend to nullify the statute law which had worked well and usefully. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 23 Against it 43 Majority against the second reading-20 POISONED GRAIN PROHIBITION BILL (IRELAND). Mr. PAULL moved' that the order for the second read• ing be discharged, in order to introduce an amended bill. Leave was accordingly given to introduce a new bill, and it was read a first time. JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND) BILL. Committee postponed until to-morrow. ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. Sir J. FE i GUSON said, in moving the second reading of this bill, that it was introduced with the consent and approval of the railway companies in the kingdom. (Hear, near.) He trusted, therefore, that the house would give the measure an impartial consideration. It was much to be regretted that many people out of doors looked upon railways as enemi es o f t he pu b l i c, whereas they constituted the greatest benefactors of the present age. (Hear, a hear.) Railway companies did no t ask to be ret'm in e e vedof c t r he re sponsibilities that properly a tt ac h e d to t the public, but they de ir e d t o h ave t h e i r liability defined,ryinr which he had endeavoured to do by this measure. Referring to the law with respect to carrying goods, he contended that the responsibility of railway companiesaw m s clearly lyde fined, but in regard to law passengers the un certain, and exposed the railway c om p an i es to the mot; extraordinary and most unjuet claims. Lord Campbell's Act mended the law, but its principles wer e carr i e d to a far greater extent than the noble and learned lord could possibly ever have anticipated. Passengers paying the s ame rate ' s ' who were injured were most unequally compensated. The present law, too, opened the door to frauds to an enormous amount on the companies, and there were several cases on record of money having been obtained from railway compa nies for injuries which never occurred. Companies were im pressed with the belief that th.re was an organised body of medical practitioners and lawyers who got up the majority of cases against railways, and made a good living out of them, for they piled up masses of medical evidence, and undid) enlisted juries on behalf of their clients. Many cases, which merely deserved nominal damages, were thus magnified to unusual proportions, and the companies were amerced in enormous and really penal damages. The hon. baronet referred to a number of cases in support of his argument. The remedy he proposed to protect railways from fraud on the tne hand, and prejudice on the other, was this. He proposed to limit the preferring of claims to one year, e principle laid down in the Merchant Shipping Act of last year, and that the exsct amount of compensation should be apportioned to each class of travellers, leaving them to insure their lives with the companies for such larger amount es they might thing proper. It might be said tow there was a Railway Passengers Insurane Company, which assured risks of this nature, but it was not at present the interest of the companies to promote the issue of its incur- ranee tickets, because the amounts paid did not lessen their liability. He did not submit this as an arbitrary bill, be cause he should be ready to amend it in committee. Mr. LONGFIELD stigmatised this as one of the most monstrous and indecent measures ever introduced into the Legislature. Men were to be appraised like cattle—like the beasts that perished—and this was the rate at which human life was valued by railway people in their market— first-class passengers, £4OO ; second, £3OO ; third, £2OO In the time of Athelane, the value of a churl's life was set down at £l3 Gs:, and that of the monarch at £ 1 ,500; and at one time in Ireland an eric, or price was set on the head of persons who lost their lives accidentally or otherwise. He deprecated setting up a tariff of human life after this nature—so much for an eye, so much for tetanus, and a maximum sum for complete annihilation of the lives of A B or C, according to the class be or she might have travelled. (Hear, hear.) The bill would place dividends in direct competition with human life, and he did not apprehend that the public would be carried more safely than at the present moment; indeed, the railway interest promoting this bill—and this day so fully represented in the house—had not dared to set up that argument in favour of the bill, which the proposer had supported by imputing perjury to juries and pettifogging tricks to lawyers and medical men. (Hear, hear.) The records of railway accidents testified that many of them were caused by the negligence of underpaid and overworked railway servants. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move as an amendment that the bill be read a :second time this day six months. Mr. BENTNCK seconded :the motion. He attributed many railway accidents to overspeed, generated by exces sive competition. Snch was the opinion of a select coin mitee which sat for six months in 1858, and over which he had the honour to preside. Mr. THOM PSON supported the bill. There had never been any attempt to assess the value of the loss of domestic I ties in connection with railwa y accidents, but only the money value of the persons life by his family. This bill proposed to affix a reasonable amount of compensaticn for railway accidents, which would be quickly and cheerfully paid by the companies without the expense and risk of litigation. Railways had heavy burdens cast upon them, and paid heavy rates of an exhorbitant character. Out of 55,160,000 people carried an the North-Eastern Rail way, with which he was connected, during the last eight years only 181, or nearly 19 , had been injured, and these not of a serious kind, or I per annum, or one in two years killed. This testified that railways were far safer than any o her means of communication that had ever been devised. Juries had acted so vindictively towards railways that several of them had really been improvished and their dividends depreciated. The SOLIC ITO R-GENERAL considered the principles of the bill were such that they could not possibly be carried i-to effect. Railway companies were not absolutely respon sible for the safety of their passengers, unlike carriers of goods, who had their value declared, and charged special rates, except their own negligence caused accident or deatb. It the passenger himself wa- alone to blame then they would not be liable. What this bill asked was for passen gers to insure companies against their own wrong, which was utterly opposed to the principles of insurance, which was a voluntary contract for a reasonable and legitimate purpose. (Hear, hear.) He set up these objections to the bill without at all denying that the subject might not de s-irve co s deration, and that cif possible, an equitable mi de of procedure might be adopted in cases of compensation. ( H ear, hear.) Mr, DUTTON cited cases of anamolous verdicts of com pensation awarded by juries in which he held the com panies were entirely blameless. (Divide, divide.) He suggested that the subject be referred to a committee up stairs. Mr. J. CLAY defended the bill. He was the chairman of the "Railway Passengers Assurance Company," and could recite to the hon. and learned member out of the house many cases that would make him laugh, and others at which he would shudder, including one where there was great reason to believe that murder had been com mitted in osder to obtain competition. Mr. BOV ILL said he had had a good deal of experience in the courts, in connection with compensation cases, and knew that frauds were practised on insurance companies and e ther bodies, as well as upon railways. (H ear, hear,) This bill would simply take trom the shoulde s of the com panies nearly all the responsibilities that attached to them, and cast it upon the public. (Hear.) He woul I suggest a remedy. Let the company issue tickets at a reduced rate where the passenge rs were unprotected by insurance, and a higher rate where the company agreed to bear all the risk of compensation in the event of accidents, It would not be well to relieve railways of any of the proper responsibilities which at present attached to t hem and a rigid rule could be drawn for general adoption. He could not understand why railways should be exempted from the consequences of their own earlessness, and every little stage coach or om nibus proprietor continued liable. Mr. AYRTON recommended the proposer of the bill to withdraw it, so that the subject might be ref erred to a select committee. (Divide, divide.) Atter a few words from Mr. PAULL, Sir J. FERGUSSON replied. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second rea din g •• 7O A ga inst it 9O Majority against the second reading The bill was consequently lost. CHURCH RATES REDEMPTION BILL. Mr. ALCOCK moved that the second reading of the bill be fixed for the 10th of June. On a division the motion was rejected, the numbers being For the motion Against Majority against the motion The other orders having been disposed of, the house ad journed at 5 minutes to 6 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY RACES. TUESDAY. The rain, which had been threatening during the morn ing, came down in real earnest soon after noon, and con tinued steadily to descend the whole of the afternoon. Considering the unfavourable state of the weather the meeting received a very fair amount of pltronage, both in the stand and from the number of carriages on the course. As regards future events the racing was of such a nature as to require no comment. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. One Mils. Winners 511; extra. 29 subs. Mr. John Powney's Raglan, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.... (Deacon) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Surbiton Hi 1, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Ashbee) 2 Mr. Reeves's Copia, 3 yrs, sst 10113 (Smith) 3 Mr. Grimshaw's Silkstone, 4 yrs, Bst (H ard castle) 4 Mr. G. C. Morgan's Rockley, 6 yrs, Bst 21b tDrew) Mr. H. Sopp's Rose de Clare, 3 yrs, bat 711) (Sopp) 6 Capt. Gay's Herald colt, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Dowling) 7 Betting-5 to 2 apt Raglan, 4to 1 agst Silkstone, 6to 1 agst Rockloy, and 6 to 1 agst Surbiton Hill. The favourite got away in advance, followed by Rookley , Surbiton Hill going on third, with the Herald colt at his girths, Rose de Clare and Copia bringirg up the rear. At the half-mile post the favourite was headed by Surbiton Hill, who came on with a clear lead into the distance, where he was ca ght and headed by Raglan, who WO O very cleverly by a length; Copia, who ran past the pull. ing up horses, finishing a bid third ; Siliceous was fou and Romig filth; the other two w ere beaten oft a long way. The First Year of the Twe lfth BiAnnial Stakes o f 10 soya each, with 50 soya ad ded, for foals of 186e1 ; horses or colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and gelding s, Bst 71b. Untrid mares allowed 31b ; one h allowancile The subs second horse to save his stake. Straight alf m e. . 65 . Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, Bst 71L (Judd) 1 Mr. J. Clark's Kennett 's dam colt, Bst 101 b ..(Fordham) 2 Mr. B. Brayley's Bl a ck Friar, B st 101 b (Page) 3 The following also ran :—Teddy, Hypathia, Te • neriffe, Verdiere, Gertrude colt, Birchbroom, Inak Walton, and V a balathus. Betting-7 to 4 aget Crytheia, 2 to 1 aget Vabalath us , a nd 10 to 1 each a ge t the Kennett's d am colt and the Ger trude colt. Vabalathus was the first away, and made play at his best pace, waited upon by Crytheia, and Ilypathia in the centre of the course, having Black Fria t. r next the rai s , an d M r . Clark's colt on the extreme righln this order they ran to the distance, when Black Friar appeared in front, haying the favourite and the li:ennett's dam colt in close attendance to the enclosure, where Crytheia camp out and won a fine race by a head, a like distance separating the second and third. Vabalathus was a good fourth, and the Gertrude colt next, with the otbers close up, with the exception of Ver diere, who as beaten off a long way. The Kelston Stakes of 6 soya each, with 40 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards; weight for age, with maiden and sell ing allowances. Half-mile. 9 subs. Mr. Jacobs's Lufra, 3 yrs (L6O), Est 111 (J. b Grimshaw) 1 Mrs. Snewing's Gazelle, 4 yrs (L6O), 6st 9lb (Nightingall, jun.) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's Neilgherry, 3 yrs (EO), Est I Ilb (Good) 3 The following also ran :—Speedy, Baton of Avon, Pinke poe, Rosabella, and Copia. Betting-5 to 2 agst Speedy, 7to 2 agst Gazelle, 4to 1 agst Neilgherry, 5 to 1 agst Lufra, and 8 to 1 agst Copia. After several failures, in the first of which Neilgherry, Gazelle, Copia, and Pinkepoe ran to the stand, the flag was lowered to a scrambling start, Gazelle getting away with a clear lead, which she held for the first 100 yards, when she was headed by Lufra, next the rails, Neilgherry going on third with Speedy in close attendance. At the distance Speedy was beaten, and the three placed singled themselves out and ran home together, Lufra winning at last by a neck tv o lengths separating the second and third. Copia was fourth, and the Baron of Avon and Rosabella, side by side, next. The winner was bought in for 65 guineas. The Bath Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft if declared, with 100 soya added, for 3-yr , olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile. 37 subs. 26 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 5 yrs, 85t.... (G Fordham) 1 Mr. Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, Est 31b .. (J. Grimehaw) 2 Mr. J. Powney's Raglan, 3 yrs, Sat 121 b (El. Sopp) 3 Lord Uxbridge's General Hess, 6 yrs, 9tit 41b (S. Rogers) 4 The following also ran :—Humphrey, Bertha, h by New minster, Alchymist, Surbiton Hill, and Kennett. Betting-100 to 30 agst Alchymist, 4to 1 each agst Spen cer and Change, and 8 to 1 agst General Hess. At the second attempt the flag was lowered to an excellent start, Surbiton Hill getting away in advance, Change going on second, with Gen. Hess and Alchymist lying up ; then followed Bertha, Spencer, Humphrey, and Kennett nearly abreast. Rounding the tar turn Surbiton Hill considerably iruproved his lead, and came round the turn into the straight, followed by Change, Alchymist, Bertha, General Hess, Humphrey, and Spencer in the order we have given ahem, and in which order they ran to the distance, when Mr. Brayley's colt was disposed of, leaving Change in pos session of the lead, who in a few strides further was joined by sponeor, whn waited until half way 112, then took a slight lead, which he retained to the end and won cleverly by a neck; three lengths between the second and third a head separating the third and fourth ; Alchv mist and Bertha were the next two close together, the others were pulling up as they passed the post. The Second Year of the Eleventh Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 sovs added, for foals of 1860. Colts 3st 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b, untried horses or mares allowed 31b. One mile and a half. The second horse to save his stake. 51 subs. Mr. R Sutton's Glenorchy (31b), Bst 71b (Thomas) 1 Lord Palmerston's Baldwin (31b), Bst 71b (J. Goater) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Judes (31b), Bst 71b, carried Bst Blb (C. Marlow) 3 The following also ran :—Gunner, Sauterelle, Bright Cloud, The Avenger, and Oak Apple. Betting-7 to 4 agst Bright Cloud, 4to 1 agst Glenorchy, 5 to 1 agst Baldwin, and 6 to 1 agst Gunner. Gunner took a clear lead at starting, having Glenorchy, Oak Apple, and Bright Cloud as his immediate followers, the others, who were headed by Baldwin and Sauterelle, lying off, the last of whom was Judea. Approaching the half mile post Gunner somewhat improved hie lead, the favourite at the same time dropping back, and his place was immediately after taken by Baldwin, the leaders run ning in close company round the bottom turn, where Gun ner was beaten, leaving Glenorchy with a clear lead next the rails, and at the distance the pair were joined by Bald win and Judex, the former taking a slight lead halfway up, but, dying away to nothing within a stride or two from home, enabled Glenorchy, who answered his rider's call, to get up and win on the post by a neck, Judex finishing three lengths in their rear. Gunner was a bad fourth ; the others beaten off. LITERATURE. A Simple Woman. By the Author of "Nut-brown Maids." 1 vol. Smith and Elder. A simple story of a simple woman, very simply, and naturally, and beautifully told. The adjective, in this instance, of course implying the existence of all true feminine qualifications, without art, or artifice, or affectation. We all remember the poet's tribute to such womanly simplicity, when Tenny son'a "Princess," casting aside " her falser sell,'' remains simply "woman,"-- " Lovelier iu that guise Than in her mould that other when she rose From purple deeps to conquer all with love," Mary Shenstone, however, has no falser self to cast aside. Site is throughout her history natural, and genuine, and truthful. At first a frank, artless, Simple Girl,and then a tender,lovin g, Simple Woman. An orphan, educated under the tender care of a sailor-uncle and a dear Aunt Fair—a simple loving woman herself—Mary Shenstone arrives, at the commencement of the story, on a visit to the Brookcs', of Buckley, her mother's family. That proud and wealthy household is under a blight. Harry Brooke, the master of all, is an old man, rigid with paralysis, and a prisoner in his room. The household is governed by the widow of his son, a very haughty and obnoxious individual, generally feared and very generally detested. Her three daughters, Vie, and Arbell, and Claor, or Octavia, Arabells, and Charlotte, have in their various ways the faults and follies likely to characterise the daughters of such a mother. The redeeming member of the family is Ralph Brooke, the reputed heir. Ralph is the constant visitor of the old grandfather's gloomy chamber, where the good qualities of the young man are charmingly manifested —gentle qualities the more attractive in one who inherits the pride and self-will of a haughty and imperious race. We will not spoil the interest of the story beyond hinting that the plot turns upon a will made by the old squire in a fit of passion, just before his seizure (and unknown to all the family), in which his son is disinherited and bis daughter Mary, the mother of Mary Shenstone, is made his heiress. This incident, in a certain degree, resembles the main incident of Mrs. Oliphant's capital story of " Zaide3 ;" but the resemblance is immaterial to the interest of either story, as both are in other respects quite dissimilar. The little struggle in Mary's heart when, loving Ralph, she discovers that she is to rob him of his inheritance, is charmingly told. Like a " Simple" Woman, as she is, Mary shrinks painfully from the idea of be coming the " benefactress" of her lover—" his bene factress! Ralph was her king. She would never depose him from his throne." The scene in the old man's death-chamber—when his senses are partially restored, when the timid, neglected granddaughter stands forth before the startled family (including the astounded Mrs. Brooke), and strong in the power of her simple love gives a meaning to the anxious incoherent articulations, and a life and vigour to the eager but almost impotent hand—is described with singular skill and dramatic force. "The Simple Woman," if we mistake not, will find favour with many readers. Gudrun, A Story of the North Sea, From the Medieval German. 1 Vol. Edmonston and Douglas. moth and There is a species of literature which is somewhat akin to those fossil remains of the . present time the mastodon and other similar rfetlhicwes which endure to the amazemen t ts in those days." Of to attest that there were a o ll f the past, 'ogo7nwhich this volume is (from Nibelungenlied of the marvellous Saga of the Norse, derived) such i is the a n G d u d t r h u e n l famousie d the Germans ;Mary owitt ; the loves rendered familiar to us I Y. ts ' of Fingal, as of Bragels, and the cap at b H . preserved in the obadowy numbers of Ossian, and some ti'l'e are wrong, however, in ot h e rs. Comparing these literary relics to fossil remains , for , the latter consist merely of dried bones from which all life has long since departed, while the traditionary po ems of ancient days on the other fra gmentary hand, c onfused as they appear, preserve , if and anything—the spi r it and fire ve, they pres erve vitality. "hey are g hosts They are be s t described rather than corps es . of Echo— by that happy definitio n "The vocal soul that lingers to the last, Where Echo's step o f this class o f lit In literature, the story of Gudrun, the daughter of Hetel, • a mighty king on the shores of Friesland, and his imperious queen Hilda, daughter of Wild Hagen, king of Ireland. Gudrun, the tender and devoted bride of Herwig, is ranked by critics as second only to the Nibelungenlied. Frag ments only of the original poem remain, and of those fragments part are considered spurious. The translator of this volume has d, emed it best to pre - sent to English readers a continuous prose Barra:Dv of the fortunes of Gudrun. And a very interes g J (narrative it is, recounting the perilous adventures of that peerless maiden, who is a worthy embodi ment of the noble virtues of her race. Full of inte rest also is the very ably written introduction, which narrates all that is known of the origin of the old world - famous legends and romances. Speaking of the family resemblance of the ancient ballads of different lands, the writer happily ob serves— " Cast into shape at first by a single mind, they soon be came, N e, o f r r th om er t n h r e a i c n e t s e , r a e n st d o a f r t e h m e estuwbjietcht,inthleanpdrs widely opertyof all sun dered. Borne by means as manif,ld and imperceptible as those by which thistle-seeds are wafted, they reached the moors of Scotland, the bleak coasts of Orkney the k forests of Germany, th e green va ll eys of Ireland. The highland grandame t aug h t t h em to t h e b oy at her knee; the peasants of the Danub e re p ea t e d t h em i n t h e i r huts; • the Icelandic mother sa ng th em to h er b a b e while 'ho northern lights gleamed across the sky, and the ice-floes thundered on the shore. Harsh mayseem thesyllable s' rude may be the theme, but these wild lays, shouted out with a forcible enunciation of the consonants impossible to our vocal organs, and emphasised by bellowing into the hollow of the shield, claim our reverence as the first poetic efforts of the race; in them lies the germ of those exquisite crea tions which have given us 'nobler loves and nobler cares,' the most precious heritage which the centuries have gathered for our favoured time." A little later on, alluding to the fervour of the middle ages, we find the following forcible descrip tion of the building of those great cathedrals of former days erected by our forefathers, not "for an age, but for all time" : "To describe the natureof the sudden religious awakening which accompanied the first crusade would be a difficult task; the great cathedrals of the age are the best witnesses that real strength and depth of religious feeling animated a large portion of the men of that time. Each worked vigorously in his degree. The builder piled the mighty stones; the poet iabou,ed with his pen; the warrior &zed the perils of the sea, the rage of the Saracen. Slowly, year by year, generation after generation, arose those glorious structures which look down upon the pigmy works of modern facility with an unattainable calmness and gran deur. Truly has the poet said that the builders built their lives into the stones. What patience and love must have animated the souls of those workers who grew gray over their task, who shaped the stately porch, and pointed the arch, and raised the majestic columns, the soaring roof, the lofty towers, and beautified with skilful and tireless hands every corner of the beloved edifice, with scr)ll and tracery, and trefoil and lily, and lighted the solemn gloom with hues of ereeiald, and sapphire and onyx; and yet must die and leave the great work mfinished Tae same unselfish spirit is happily defined by Pope where he save— " Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name." In external appearance " Gudrun" is singularly attractive—printed on paper of unusual thickness, it is furthermore adorned with quaint typography and mediaeval illustrations. The Shilling Volume Library. Matilda the Dane. By C. J. Collins. Ward and Lock. Very truthfully, it would appear, has the Poet Laureate exclaimed, in his address to the fair Princess of Wales— “Norman, and Saxon, and Dane are we I We are all Dane in our welcome of thee ! Alexandra I” for the Danish element is just now peculiarly promi nent in the literature of the day. After turning over the pages of " Gudrun," a partially Scandinavian romance, the next volume that comes to our band is entitled, "Matilda the Dane," and is dedicated to the Princess of Wale thes.lair Matildheroinea the o f Dane the is volume , how ever, a mismmer, being an English Princess, the sister of George 111. of England, and the consort of Christian VII. of Denmark. The story, with a slender foundation of fact, is very extravagant in its details, and essen tially ephemeral in its character. Wilson's Tales of the Borders. New Edition. Vol. 1. Ward and Lock. We are glad to find that these popular stories are now to be issued in shilling volumes, the first of which has just made its appearance. Like the Last Minstrel of Walter Scott— " The last of all the Bards was he Wha sung of Border Chivalry." The name of John Mackay Wilson is identified with the records of Border chivalry and romance. In th© households of the past generation these tales were familiar friends, and now, by the happy advent of this new edition, they are placed within reach of the rising generation, and will, we doubt not, achieve a new and deserved success. Agnes of Sorrento, By Mrs. Beecher Stowe. New Edition. Smith and Elder. This interesting story, from the gifted authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," originally appeared in the pages of the Cornhill Magazzne. It is now issued in a separate form, and will be welcome to many readers. The pure and gentle Agnes, and the Painter-monk, her uncle, are very attrac tive portraits, and afford a new evidence of the diversified power of the mind that imagined, and of the hand that delineated, Uncle Tom and Topsy, Tableau from Geology. Sonnets, Stanzas, Sketches, and other Poems. By Matthew Brydie. Hard, wicke. A metrical version of the creation of the world would required the inspiration of a Milton at the very least. It is not surprising, therefore, that Mr. Brydie has proved unequal to the very ambitious task he has undertaken. Of the minor poems, those on "Infancy" and " Childhood" are among the happiest. - Autobiography of Lutfullah, a Mahomedan Gentle man. Edited by E. B. Eastwick, F.R.S., F.S.A. New Edition. Smith and Elder. Many more than those already acquainted with it will be interested in this work as a mere lite rary curiosity, it being the composition of a na tive Mahomedan. On a re-examination it found useful, also, as sonveying the o p inions of .4 one o f t h emse l ves ," on th e habits, customs , and characters of the Hindostanese. w ill be The Procession of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alexandra of Denmark from Eton to Windsor. Pu blished by W . F. Tay oat in in giv in - ha nd; fair High-street, Windsor. when the whole United Sing dom o _ f Windsor was, On the festive occasion of the participated one common rejoicing , the old town nanifestations of its gayest of holiday weadtatiinrger; of course, conspicuous in a t "The Roy.itowon n o e f ve W ry indsor," says rams, the letter-press accompanying ruins ritaodyibneenfifauglsly gar landednareupiatiirpeidi:tifeisrutomonesnbely a p ano i n loyal affection. itself bad been caused by the Wind and this bridal hthe d ea e vd c ya k m e decked decorations; words of greeting to - welcome the coming and, speed y si w ly bere ; and al). gladness gsotn a e n fi d li g s a h i i e n t g ; seemed merry as the the parting guest abounded m atilopa a upn r ced r ha i s s r twegodee window r everywhere v bells beur that ushered in g. formed by the iron gates and c o r v o e w re d d ed sea w ts it w h er a e ll h t e h re e George I.V.' s Within the enclosure the early morning*. e vc s er o e f c gate, thes row erected, and charms and attractions that beauty wealth, and fashion c omman d . The bonnt , s and dresses of the ladies were light and elegant, almost bridal in their character and • hscarcely • with an exception every person wore a wedding favour." The letterpress refers to the day of the wedding, March 10, while the picture represents the arrival of the Princess, March 7. The above description, however, is equally appropriate to both occasions. The whole line of procession from Eton to Windsor is faithfully represented and prettily coloured in an engravingt which unfolds to the length of at least three ity y ards . To the good people of Windso r, especially , and serve as a suitable mement o of a me happy occasion. -------------- ORIGIN OP TELE WORD " TEXAS." -- General Hamilton, wh making speeches about Texas, says that state fe c a pa ble of producing three times the crop of all the rest of the states in the Union. What a wonder. fni change from its early prospects I Your readers prc• bably know from whence Texas derived its name. In early times, when all sorts of people found a refuge there, the erntitronts on their way used to sing this:— ,6 When every other land rejects us, This is the soil that freely takes us." .6 Takes WI" after a while became " A Letts" 4 01 0 ion