The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation, and the rates remain without alteration. There appears, however, to be a tendency in the direction of greater stringency, consequent upon the uncertainty respecting the specie movement, and bankers and brokers are, therefore, unwilling to negotiate securities except at rates even higher than the Bank minimum. The Pera, which leaves to-morrow for India and China, will convey £154,765. During the last few days there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, Tea has been dull, while sugar, coffee, and cocoa have barely sustained previous prices. In rice operations have been suspended, consequent upon the quantity to be offered at public sale this day. Saltpetre has continued very dull, while a downward movement has been apparent in prices at the public sales of indigo. Tallow, however, has been in better request for both present and forward delivery. The London General Depository Company, re quiring a capital of £20,000 in shares of £5, has been formed for the purpose of purchasing the busi ness and plant of the North London Depository in Gray's Inn-road, which for the laet quarter of a century has carried on a large and, it would now appear, a very successful business. The public are therefore reminded by the directors that in project ing the company they do not seek to create a new business, but merely to improve and extend one already establ:shed, highly remunerative, and with out risk, but lacking the necessary capital to deve lop it to its fullest extent. The arrangements for the transfer of property seem to be of a favourable character, and, as the premises are of great size, a small outlay is said to be sufficient to place them among the most complete and commodious of their class in London. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram this day the Paris Three per Cont. Rentes were 69f. 35c. heavy. The Englisk Stock Market opened this morning with a buoyant appearance, and on the negociation of a few purchases a rise of / per cent. took place. Tnis movement, however, has not been fully maintained. Console, which have been 931 for money, and 92} /, less the dividend, for the account, are now 931 1 and 921 respectively. Tne New Threes and Reduced Annuities remain at 911 4 1 and Bank Stock at 234. A transaction has taken place in the Thirty Years' Annuities at 14 1516. The 5 per Cent. Indian Loan is quoted 110 1 ; the 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 107 ; the Debentures, 1004; and the Bonds, 158. 18s. prem. Exchequer Bills are at 45. dis. to par. Several rather important alterations have taken place in the Foreign Market; but the dealings are rather limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71/ 1; ditto Consolides have been 51152, but are now 518 B ; Spanish Passive, are 3411; do., Certi ficates, 121 I ; Greek, 311 ; do., Coupons, 141 15 ; the Confederate Loan, I I prem.; Portuguese, 491; and Russian, 92Z I. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very limited ; in one or two instances, how ever, a firmer tone has prevailed. North Westerns and North Eastern (Leeds) have improved 10s.; Midland, £1 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1 to £1 ss. Great Northerns have declined about 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue dull at about former quotations. Recife and San Francisco realise 17 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 208 ; Great Western of Canada have improved to 8 4 ; • and East Indian are firm, at 111 1 . Joint• Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no material alteration in values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Dank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9 3s I iii New 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 1415-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent llok 10 9k Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent . Ditto 6} per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto Bonds 11,000 _ 1.5 pm Ditto under .£1,000..... Consols for Account, Juno 9 925 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 25 per Cent par 4 die Ditto £500 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 1843 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Ditto, Vrovisonal Land Warrant R Egyptian 7 pet Cent 10051005 992 100 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ms — Ditto Account • • 31 4 I i - It Ditto Coupons 145 1 4 5 Italian 5 per Cent. (Haremmana Railway) 79 4 Mexican 3 per Cent Dittc Account. 36/ / 4 Moorish Imperi a l 5 per C ent New Granada ll / i Ditto Deferred ... IC4 10 5 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) B4 it i Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent.,1856, '7, '9, and '6O 494 Ditto 1862 .. 495 5 1 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 95 45 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 .. 92/ / 4 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 545 Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account,. Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3ll 1 a Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. l 2i i Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account ....... Ditto, £ lOO Bonds .. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ........ . 7 - 11 5 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, Venezuela, 3 per Cent ................ Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862' 564 / 6 a 6 Dividends on the above payabl e in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 655 - Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Gionsols, Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market----This Day, Sales about 3,000 bales. Quiet at Saturday's decline. Import, 6,153; previously, 21,899. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 108 to £ 5 10 s; an d straw, £1 10s to £ 1 16 a per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s; clove, do., 10s to £5 10s; and straw, £1 10s to £ll6s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2 Od to £4 Os ; clover do , £3 10s to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA. —Th e mar k e t h as been very and importance. quiet, and remained Without any change of f o p r r prices have SUOAR.—There has been a limited inquiry fine grocery descriptions, but other qualitteshavueb neg lected, and pr i ces in some instances may . easier. In the refined mar e e d e n rather be ot unaltered, ket quotations Corrxt.— Th e d ealings have been very limite d con fined to a f ew parcels of the plantation Ceylon, which have sustained fo rmer rates. d rema i n e d Rl CE. — Busine ss h as been dull, a rather large quant it y, however, is announced for public sale to-day. continue depr essed. ' SALTP ETRIL—A heavy tone has prevailed and quotations TALLOW --The market has shown rather more buoy ancy owing to the American advices, and uotations for both present and forw ar d delivery have tentended upwards. FA .C., on the spot, is marked 43a to 43a 6d, and last three mon th s ' delivery 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. ------ SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM g thewcek ending the 16 th of May the visitors have been as on surdi uWedn es y d f follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and ay r , ee n d urs ays . , open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 5 , 4 72 ; day, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public, 6d.), op e n from 10 am. till 6 p.m.; 1,372; total, 6,844. From the opening of the Museum, 4,657,015. THE ALLEGED INHUMAN CONDUCT OF A WIFE --The inquiry which has been going on for some time into the death of Mr. Doggett, an ironmonger in Shoreditch, was brought to a close yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against his wife, and Ur., Doggett was taken into owitodY. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOII3. Railways. Dir.. IVol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wal i Do A (A fete no di Do. B till fip c.p an. ha F. been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. iGreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great 'Western Do Str Val g,na. stock Lancashife & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. Metropoli tan Midland Do New Do Birming. Az Derby Gt W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N. E. purchast Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot Is. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton It Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny I , %Vest Cornwall Vs. llartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do 1)o Hereford BRITISH P Kai !ways mantic Be St Lawrene( iom.,Baroda.t.Cent In,: Gu. 5 per cent.. T)n. New . ...... Da E. shares.. . Buffalo anti Lake Huron Do. Preference Ruffalo,Brant,/¢Godriel p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187', Do. do. July 1, 1871. Do. do. June 1, 1z , :9 ::11cut ta.& S. aetn.lLii ape Town & Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. t h:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext II do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fro+ . Bonds.. co. Do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Da: do. defer , ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. d e Do. 4th l'ref. sto k. . . Do. do. deferred...... (3t.lndtarentn.g - ua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lhn guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shafts Do. New . .. . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. C. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. 5 p. o. Do. q p. C. Extension : Dc. 4A Do. Fifth Nielb.Corp. a p. o. 13nds Nielb. it Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. &iortg. Bds. Vew Br unswick s Clinch Class A. an I B .. N.ltl.C'da6 pc I s t pi bds Scinde .......... 1)o. Delhi . • • Do. d 0.... .... 1 Do. Punjaub t • S Do. Do. •• • tILIg Do. Indus. St. Flo.) Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 83 - - 74 84 83 86 115 116 6 1 61 40 42 13 14 91 93 107 109 521 63i 47 49 241 251 125 126 127 128 134 136 102 1 0 4 671 t7I ICB/ 1091 784 794 118 120 41 42 1001 1011 1044 1154 44 45 111 I 1 127 127 i liP 96 98 54 51i 24 25 101 102 68 684 881691 115 117 1 1 1 1 16 16} 11, 121 118 120 454 46} 98 100 60 51 32 33 916 92 f 8 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 7i 8 p 153 150 5 54 3} Si pi 70 82 151 156 28 30 44 45 :_lB 4 ' ) 99 101 101 I 444 671 I lest 14 791 8i lli i 123 i 8 li p ,SIONS. Closin Price. CO 63 1(81 Mgt 1 16 p 5f I lb B6 p 1( 8 109 1( 91 109: 110 1 , 2 I(9k 1( 91 1f lfp 1 1 &p 19 20 61 65 48 61 85 68 43 17 37 41 33 36 24 26 21 23 110 1101 1 21 1 107 ICB 9 81 ,1 97 100 89 Q 2 107 togP 101 103 c 8 100 49 51 3 6 84 86 It 9 lio 107 108 fp 07 1 i tip 108 104 106 COLONIAL GOVER. - ki1,01.117. p.c.J a aJui 1877-S1 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & AuL Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sepi Do. p. c. JanstJuly. Do. 5 Inscribed stow, Cape G.llope, Bp e,187:, Do.Ap &Oct 1880 Do. 189' IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. ' Ceylon, N0v.178, 8p c 3lau 'tins per cent .. Nat& G,,v. 6 - per cent. -- N.13.G0v. 6 p.c.%) it.dr..l —moo. d p. e.Ap. & OeL N. S.W. 6ov. 5 p x. , 18 Do. 5 p. e.,18,1 tOl ', t ' Do. d0.,1M8 dcupwdi New Zealand 6 p cent. INova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. 1 sterling, 1g75 Queensland Gcv. 6p. e 1,.Au0 Giip.e.les7O.4t up - Vio.Gov. 6 p.e. Ja.daul) Do. to an.o. An..toot„.. 'T SECURITIES MEN' 106 107 tu3 H 6 103 1( 6 96 97 95 97 .11 113 112 114 112 114 115 117 113 115 109 111 11.11 111 1014 ttl 1021 1031 103 1031 1031 104,, 112 Ili 100 100 100 100 100 107 6} 6 1032 1 1031 4 Si 106 i 1071 3 115 [l3 115 [lO 112 [lOl 1111 117; 111 11 BRITISH. MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. G o ld 1 fd f IChtiorti Amalgamated --22 24 IDevon G. Cone. (Tavi s t I 515 625 5221 I East. BaHsett (Mogan) 30 971 10 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. fd kp - l r.ast Caradon ...... ?..14.6 3el 331 34f 4 3 East earn Brea 3 . 4 . 0 8 81 -- W'l Russel (Tavistk , 8.1.8 Si 3f G-am.deSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 571 11 13 Great South Tulgus 17e :4. Wheal Vor(Helsten` 40 go 7 (Grenville - 51 6 II erud's- Foot t4.12 47 49 iingston Downs 4.1.0 21 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny ',dart Yi 31 33 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 2/: 1 4 d New Setun . 191 110 120 North Downs 24 2 25 NAV 101 Baseet(lllo4"an 2.17. G 41 41 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 41 6 Par Consols Mt. Blazey • If 41 51 2) Providence (Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 11 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; If 400 410 S. Cam Brea (I llogan) 5.15.6, 31 31 c..Wbeal loran. (Illogan, 18.1..9 85 90 Stray Park 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4l 4 Fin Croit V 19 2) West Basset (Mogan). 11 12 13 W Caradon (Liskeard; 5 29 31 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illof,ran) 54 G 5 70 ' Wheal Buller(ttedruth) 5 50 55 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudkott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 1 54 164 Wheal Seton 5Bl 250 260 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ); 7 16 17 Wheal - Union 3.17 41 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 44 per cent. red., 1004 London, Chatham, and Dover s per cent. pref., 1001 1 north Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 92 PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 4i per cent., pf., 961 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho yhead, Litt% 5 per cent., 1161 17 Lancaster and Carl s.e, 207 London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 94 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 8 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., zot Dutch Rhenish, 17/ Recite and San Francisca (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 San Panto ;Bur.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 1 Ditto (all), 234 West Flanders, 54 per cent. pt., 101 ideuietxtianeiyße aae(ryij ooi(7:i.n A,r. )ss_s:l_o6c lc Ayu St.alun a scii j m ttaeon i dd i ha l en o m: s , li mited, FOREIGN MINES. Mont. Aureoi nirahnz; G ol d ' l Min. Co. (lira.), 24 a NKS. Vallanzasaa Gold, lira., , 6 f Btrlla, (lien.), 35 Agra and United Service (li ra ). Alliance Bank of London and 2664 Anglo Portuguese (limo, 71 i verpool (UM), 311 ii A Bank of Que, naiad (Um), 84 British North American, 5, Ch a rtered Bank of British Colu m bi a, ICI i Ch ar tered Bank of India, Australi a , and-Ohlna, 26f 71 Chartered , iler. of India, London, and chL City, 1 0 2 5 ...a, 515 i 2 English, Soo' ch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Imperial Bank (litn.), 22i 2 35 24 Imperial Ottoman, 20 4 London and Brazilian (lint), 43 London and County, 435 London Joint stock, .- 6 i London and South-Western (lint), 45 London and Westminster, 79 Mercantile Exchange. lira., 15 Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (hin.), Ditto, Reserved is s. at Z 2 pm., 12 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 24 Oriental Bank Corporation, 541 Standard of British South Africa (limi), Hi 5 Union of London, 354 5 _ DOCKS. East and West India, 144 London, 59 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 8/ Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., MI ET glish and Australian Copper, lf Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90, 281 1 Joint stock Discount, 4 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4 3 National Discount Company (lim), Peninsula and O. iental Steam, t 51 6 Ditto, new, 46; Royal Mall Steam, Business don, 110 14 lit i 2; 107 f 8 THE - ''SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19. 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING, &p Shelton Goodram, and William Goodram, both described as grooms, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a horse and harness, of the value of £65, the property of Sir Henry Rich, of 16 Curzon-street, Mayfair, and the prisoner Wil liam was further charged with robbing his master, Dr. Matthew Henry, of 5, Harley.street, of money. The prisoners were taken into custody by Sergeant Ed ward Langley, of the detective department, Scotland•, yard, accompanied by King, 76 D, at Margate, to which place they had made their way a day or two previously, and where, in a stable the prisoners had taken, several other horses were found. Sir Henry Rich said—l bought a horse some two months ago at Tattersall's, and I gave, I believe, 51 guineas for it. My coachman not liking it, and as I felt dissatisfied with it I told him to take it to Tattersall's and sell it, but not meeting with a customer, the horse was brought back to my stables. I then told my coachman to find a purchaser for it, and to let me knew the price. A day or two after my coachmt n told me that he had been offered 12 guineas for it, and I told him to let it go for that. He then told me that the person who wanted it was the owner of some cabs, and that he wanted the horse to remain in my stables a short time, and he gave me £2 which he had received as a deposit for the horse. I told my coachman not to let the horse go till the remainder of the money was paid, but on Thursday last my coachman came to me and said that he had had a misfortune, that the man had called, and asked him to let him have the horse out for an hour, and that he had consented, and that he had not brought it back. I then communicated with the police at Scotland-yard. I wish also to state that I have no room to suspect my coachman. John Wood, coachman to Sir Henry Rich, said—l agreed to sell the horse for 12 guineas to the prisoner William. Both prisoners came to see the horse three times, and on the last occasion the prisoner Skelton came and said he wanted the horse out for an hour, and I consented, and the prisoner having put some of Sir Henry's harness on the horse, took it away, and never brought either the horse or the harness back. Sergeant Edward Langley said—From information I re ceived at Shooters•hill, I, in comp -ny with King, 76 D, tracked the prisoners to Margate on Saturday last, the prisoners having been seen with a light horse and cart and leading another along the road. On going to the stable of Mr. Lawrence, Addington-street, Margate, I found the horse belonging to Sir Henry Rich, the harness, and four other horses, which I believe, although claimed by the prisoners, belong to other persons. On taking the prisoners into custody, I found a receipt for the £2 deposit for the horse. One of the prisoners said he had the horse from Sir Henry Rich. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Coachman, did the prisoner say anything about going out of town. The Coachman—Not a word, sir. Sergeant Langley—The prisoner William, while on our way to London, said they drove their own horse down and left Sir Henry's, and that they had a good deal of trouble in getting it down to Margate. There was another charge against the prisoner William of robbing his master to some extent. After some discussion between the prosecutor in the second case, the magistrate, and the officers, the second case was postponed to Tuesday next, to which day the pri soners were remanded. WESTMINSTER.—PAROCHIAL INHITMANITT.—A very poor but creditable-looking woman, apparently 70 years of age, applied to the magistrate to give her some relief. Applicant said that she was in great need, and had been refused assistance by the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea. Having for a number of years been afflicted, she was forced to seek parochial aid, and had received it, but now that she really needed it most she was denied. Mr. Arnold asked her whether she had seen the relieving officer, Applicant replied that she had, but he refused to do any thing for her. She knew his name, it was Rogers, and told him her necessities, but they were perfectly unheeded. He said he did not know anything of her, and that was all she could get out of him. There was no doubt about her claims to be maintained by Saint Luke's, Chelsea, as it was her mother's parish, and she (applicant) had been is the workhouse several times; she had been an inmate two years. (Laughter.) ''"'Mr. Arnold enquired whether applicant was able to fol low any employment. Applicant said that she had long been nearly blind, and could do nothing. The relieving officer refused to assist her even with a night's shelter. She was houseless and without food, and therefore entreated that the magistrate would help her. Mr. Arnold asked when she saw the relieving officer ? Applicant said yesterday. Mr. Arnold immediately directed one of the summoning officers to go with the unfortunate woman to the parish, and say that her case ought to be attended to. THAMES. ROBBERIES OF GOODS IN TRANSIT.—Henry Wood, a lighterman, aged 28, of 3, Grundy-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing three pieces of new calico, the property of the Steam Tug and Lighterage Company. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, appeared for the company, and said his clients, who were under heavy responsibilities, had been frequently robbed by their servants, who were well paid, and, notwithstanding the examples made of dishonest lightermen, here was another case where goods had been plundered in their transit. The prisJner was entrusted with the navigation of a barge containing valuable goods, and had committed a gross breach of trust. Wm. Wells, a day watchman in the East India Dock, stated that yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner leaving the dock, and as he looked very bulky he stopped him and asked him if he had anything concealed about hid pers..n. The prisoner replied nothing. Hd searched him and dis covered three pieces of calico fastened round his body. He asked the prisoner how he came by the property, to which he answered that a man outside the dock made him a pre sent of it, and he fastened the linen around his body for security. He entirely disbelieved this very improbable story, and took the prisoner into custody. He afterwards inspected a barge called the Horatio, belonging to the li Thames Steamtug and Lighterage Company in the dock. It contained bales and cases of Manchester goods, intended to be put on board chip for exportation. One of the cases had been tampered with and plundered. It contained pieces of calico exactly similar to those found upon the prisoner. Each piece of calico bore the name of the manu facturer, "James Benton and Son, Manchester," and an elephant, the device of the firm, in a corner. There were 20 yards in each piece. The case in question had been forced open and nailed up again in a clumsy manner. Valentine Charles Friend, an officer of the East and West India Dock Company, gave confirmatory evidence, and said the barge the prisoner belonged to was outside the dock. The Horatio was inside the dock, and the prisoner had been on board, assisted in the robbery, and secreted the stolen goods about his person. Mr. Stoddart asked for a remand to enable him to perfect the case, and make some inquiries about the prisoner and those who had charge of the Horatio. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. A DANGEROUS CHARACTER.—Joseph Samuels, aged 27, hair dresser, of No. 13, Henry-street, Limehouse-fields, near Stepney Old Church, was brought before Mr. Wool rych, charged with stealing a table cover, ♦alued at £llos., from the dwelling -house of Mr. Hodge, an officer of her Majesty's Customs, No. 6, Edgecombe-ten ace, Bow. road, with having a workbox in his possession supposed to be stolen or unlawfully procured, and with being concerned in an outrage and highway robbery committed on the night of Saturday, the 9th inst., in the Mile-end-road. George Pullen, a detective officer, No. 10 X, said that three persons were in custody on a charge of ill-using and robbing Mr. A. Armstrong Walton, architect, of Bre con, South Wales, on the oth instant. Mr. Walton WNS struck on the head with a life preserver, and also received a blow on the face, and became insensible. When he re covered half an hour afterwards he was under medical treatment in the London Hospital, and missed his silver watch, gold chain, seals, and £1 12s. in money. Ihe prin cipal in this murderous outrage and robbery was a fellow named Addington, better known by the name of Bacca, a companion of the prisoner Samuels. Ii e went to the house of the prisoner yesterday, in search of Bacca. The pri. Boner said I have not seen him since last Monday morning He searched the prisoner's house, in which he found a table-cover, stolen from the house of Mr. Hodge, in Edg combe-terrace, Mile-end-road, on the 17th of February last, between the hours of eight end nine o'clock. He also found in the house a work-box, which he believed was stolen. The prisoner said he bought the tablecover of Mr. Telfer, a pawnbroker, in Ratcliffe highway, four or five weeks ago He made inquiries of Mr. Telfer, who said he never had such a thing in his house. The prisoner, on being asked how he accounted for his possession of the workbox, said he bought it of a man on Tower. hill. He wished the prisoner to be remanded, and had no doubt he secreted Bocce, and knew where he was. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. SHIPPING—This Day, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tues.lay Morning. Arrived, May 18.— GRAVESEND, a aonarch, from Dantztc ; Karen and Sophia, from Farrow Helen Morrow, from Kurrachee. Arrived, May 19 . —Caroline and Vesper, from Wizdau; Anne Methee, from Nykoping ; Christiana, from Dram; Vixen, from Stettin; Dona, from Memel. DEAL, Tuesday ng. Passed, May 18 . —G em, of Yarmouth; Castor, Morni of Scar borough ; Rachael Ann, of Fowey ; New Express, brig—all from aicallorth, 19r W Maria est; Speedwell, fro m L on d on , f or tavia. Jam; Catrina , brig, from R otterdam, for Ba- Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3a 4d. and 4s. 46 High Standard "at 4 s. 4 d. (formerly 4 8. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. This being the last day of meeting at Hyde-park-corner prior to the Derby, subscribers began to drop in early, ani before three o'clock the room and lawn showed a very fair muster, which materially increased in the course of the afternoon. Speculation on the Derby was at once com menced, Lord Clifden being freely supported at 7 to 2 (taken), which position he maintained until the majority of bookmakers had left, when there were some offers to lay 70's to 20 ; but half a point more was asked for. A violent attempt to " perform" upon Maccaroni in the City an hour or two previously had such a damaging effect upon him that a similar process was repeated in the West, and in a few instances with effect, as early in the afternoon an offer of 20 " ponies" against Mr. Naylor's horse was booked at once. He was thereafter backed at lessening prices until he settled down at 8 to 1 (taken freely), his owner's pre sence and support having completely dissipated any rale giving that may have existed about the horse. At the close 7to 1 was taken to several hundred pounds- Saccha rometer's position remained unshaken, or rather further improved, as, after 9 " fifties" had been booked, an offer of eight more was quickly accepted, and Lord Strathmore's horse left off firm at 7 to 1 (offered). Hospodar did not seem to have many friends, and offers of 12 to 1 met with no response. The Ghillie was likewioe at a discount, offers of 13 to 1 having failed to reach his friends. King of the Vale had certain admirers, who took 14 to 1 kindly; but it could scarcely be said there was a disposition to invest at the price. Sixteen to 1 was accepted about Tom Fool, and the like odds to a " century" about Scamander, although latterly the supporters of Mr. Cartwright's horse stood out for 18 to 1. Fantastic " came" somewhat warm, advancing from 30 to I—his opening price—to 25 to 1 (taken freely), and such was the eagerness to "get on" that layers would only accommodate his friends at 20 to 1, which was the longest price offered when the lawn was cleared. National Guard and The Ranger were scarcely inquired after, al though 30 to 1 was bunked once or twice about each. After 40 "ponies" had been taken about Early Purl an oiler of 33 " tenners" was accepted ; but, later on, any amount of money could have been invested at the same price. Several outsiders were backed at the usual long shots. Closing prices ;-- THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst Lord Clitden (offered) 7to 1 agst Macaroni (taken) 8 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 12 to 1 agat Gillie (offered) 12 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 14 to 1 agst King of the Vale (offered) 16 to 1 agst Scamander (offered) 16 to 1 agst Tom Fool (offered) 25 to 1 agst Fantastic (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ranger (offered) 33 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) 40 to 1 agat King of Utopia (offered) 66 to 1 agat Avondale (offered) 100 to 1 agst Donnybrook (offered) 100 to 1 agst Baldwin (offered) THE OAKS. 3to 1 agst Lady Augusta (taken) 7to 1 agst Miss Armstrong (taken) 16 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) LATEST EPSOM SCRATCHINGS. The following list of scratching was posted in the sub scription room at Tattersall's at four o'clock yesterday afternoon : " DERBY—Abbotsfordian, Buckmaster, Carnival, The Perfect Cure, Dictator, Pratique, Blithefield, Stampede, Stockbroker, Beauvale, the Drake's dam colt, and all Mr. Saxon's except Countess. " oAxs—Pocchini, Queen of Beauty, Fiancee, Neil gherry, Gardener's Daughter, and all Lord Glasgow's ex cept the Brown Bess filly. "Roos STAKES—Manrico and Mrs. Trimmer." LATEST DERBY SCRATCHINGS—MeIrose, Newelaurch, Nugget, and The Beau. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETING. Weights for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles, Age st lb Carbineer Caller Ou Had dington Adventurer Diet ator 5 8 6 Cape Flyaway Joey Jones Knutsford 5 8 3 Oldminstcr Montrose Hartington Brilliant Gardener .. Imperatrice . 4 7 13 The Knave Captain Crow , 4 7 8 Brighton Tommy Jones The Monk 6 7 b Stanton Lothian's King .. 5 7 3 Doetoot Pol)nesia Patrick Birthday filly Age st lb Pilot Weatherivise 4 6 8 Prologue Borealis Erin-go-Bragh 3 6 3 Marigold Bohemian .. Joeo, by Joe o' Sot 8 6 0 Michael seott ..., 3 6 13 Double X... 3 5 13 Rubini Sauterelle Daniel O'Connell 3 5 12 Watford 3 5 12 Manchester Trust Clarkr Reviver .... 3 5 10 Chaff Alice King Charming Ashmore Prairie Flower Cechuca 3 6 7 Ersom RACES.—The Sporting Gazette (Limited) of Saturday, May 23d, will contain the best and fullest reports of Epsom Races, with exclusive particulars of the Derby and Oaks, and all the incidents of the week; re marks by "Beacon" (late of Bell's Life), anticipations of Manchest:r, &c —Price threepence: stamped, fourpence. —To rte had of all news agents. 14, York-street, Covent Garden, W.C. Launch of the Russian Battery, the Pervenetz. Since the Warrior first left the dockyard of her builders at Blackwell there has not been so much interest excited in the launch of any vessel as that displayed yesterday in the case of the formidable Russian battery. Every available piece of ground from which a view could bo obtained of the iron monster—the scaffolding and atsging which rise up like forests of timber over the many acres occupied by the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Com pany, and the unfinished hulls of vessels destined for almost every navy in the world—swarmed with eager sight-seers ; and a grand stand erected at the bows of the battery was crowded with mem bers of the House of Parliament, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish naval officers, eminent ship owners in the mercantile marine of our own coun try, and a number of others interested in the ship ping and mercantile interests of the country. The battery which was yesterday launched has already been described, but we may recapitulate the prin cipal features of this remarkable vessel. Her length between perpendiculars is 220 ft. ; breadth, 53ft. ; depth of hold, 261ft_ She is pierced for 28 68 pounders on the main deck, and will carry two large pivot guns on the upper deck. The armour-plating is 4fin., upon a teak backing of 9in., and they ex tend from stem to stern, giving protection to all parts of the vessel. The engines are to be of 300- horse power, and constructed upon the three cylin der principle, with superheating tied surface-con densing arrangements. She will carry her port sills Eft. 6in. above water, her draught when fully equipped being 14ft. The sides are inclined at an angle of 27 degrees, and both stem and stern project, considerably under water, giving to the battery as it lay upon the slip a most uncouth and unsightly appearance. The 'mew and rudder are completely protected by plating, and the stem is strongly fortified with vertical and horizontal bulkheads, so as to admit of her being used as a " ram." Tee battery is not of course intended to be a fast ship, and the speed will probably not exceed seven or eight knots, so that there will not be great scope for employment as a ram, unless it be among a fleet at anchor, or old sailing-ships becalmed. The launch ing took place with all that precision which we are accustomed to see in the yard of these famous ship builders. The bottle of wine flung by the hand of Miss Hume, the sister-in-law of the Russian captain who has charge of the battery, had no sooner broken on the iron bows than the huge hulk was in motion. At first it moved so gently that it seemed as though the young lady who was its sponsor might have held it back with a silken thread ; gradually it acquired speed and momentum, and then dash ing into the water, the huge hempen cable unable to hold it, snapped asunder, and as they fell dashed the water in foam high on the track of the float ing battery. When at length brought up and taken in tow by the attendant tug steamers, the Pervenetz looked less ugly, though still a most formidable looking craft. The protruding snouts, modelled apparently alter the head of a rhinoceros, disappeared under water, and the sloping sides with their array of defiant portholes alone loomed heavily on the Thames, most truly answering to its descrip tion of a floating battery. There were loud and long continued cheers; and the strains of the Rus sian national anthem went forth from an excellent band as the first of the Muscovite ironclad fleet passed into the water. The name of the battery is the Pervenetz, and in the Russian language means the "firstborn "—a name apposite enough to the first iron clad ship in the navy of the Czar. That this "first-born " of the Russian navy should have issued from the Thames Shipbuilding Works is a matter of no small pride to a firm which has already produced a " first-born "—the Warrior—for the British navy, and is now engaged in supplying similar novelties for the Spanish, the Turkish, the Danish, and the Brazilian navies. The largest of these vessels now in hand is the Viclone, 4,860 tons, for the Spanish Government ; and a frigate of 4,300 tons for the Sultan. The Minotaur and the Vaiiant are also in hand for our own Government. There are also on the slips a large screw and a large pad dle steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, and the moment the Russian battery had lett its berth, the Peninsular and Oriental flag was hoisted, to denote that that company had possession co, the:vacant spot, upon which a third large steamer, sister to the Poonah and the Golconda, was to be commenced. The French tricolour also floats from a portion of the dockyards, and marks the spot where a paddle steamer of 4 , 000 tons has just been laid down for the French mail and transport service to the West Indies and Mexico. An inspection of the numerous forges, steam hammers, lathes, punch ing, slotting, and other machines was made with much interest by the company present, among whom was a large number of ladies. The whole process of manufacturing the a rmour-plates, from the sorting and cleaning of the scrap iron, through all its various stages of hammering and yielding to the final crushing blows of the steam hammer, that made the ground tremble beneath the feet, were shown, and the visitors afterwards proceeded to a welcome luncheon supplied by Messrs. Ring and Bremer, of Coruhill. A series of complimentary toasts, including "Success to the Pervenetz," and the health of Miss Hume, were proposed and drank with much cheering. Among those who were pre sent and took part in the proceedings of the day were—the Earl of Caithness, Lord end Lady Wen lock, Lord de Ros,Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. George, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Admi ral Izquierdo, and Capt. Blanco, of the Spanish navy ; Captain Said, of the Turkish navy, Admiral Boutakoff, Capt. Lesonsky, superintendent of Cron stadt, Mr. Peter Rolt, Cept. Ford, and others. Manning Ships at Liverpool. A committee of the Ballast-office in Dublin, who have lately, by d es i re of the B oar d o f T rade, in quired into the li g h t i ng or marking of the south east coast of Ireland, have made some remarkable statements in their report relating to the system of shipping crews at Liverpool, which they declare to be the principal cause of the casualties that occur to outward bound ships off this Irish coast. They state that when a ship is ready fnr sea notice is sent to the Sailors' Home two or three days before that a crew is wanted. At the time appointed the cap tain attends, and the number of men required are turned aver to him, and agreements entered into. A month's wages are then advanced to each man to enable him to get his outfit, but it is generally spent in profligacy and debauchery. Pimps are always on the watch to pick up and secrete away any ap parently good sailor found among these men, and in lieu they:send down to the pier from which the vessel is about to depart any of the worst descrip tion of persons they can pick up, and the vessel, being all ready to sail, often with the steamtug at tached to her, must either take these substitutes, as they are termed, or go to sea half manned ; b ut some captains, rather than take men from the Sailors' Home, prefer to arrange with the parties who have secreted the men before referred to, a n d give a certain sum per head for every m an they supply. The men thus described go on board all strangers to the captain ; most frequently they are in a state of intoxication ; they are often so diseased as to render them not only useless in the naviga tion of the ship, but so reckless and refractory that they will neither work themselves nor allow others to do so, and the ship is not manage able for some days. She is usually towed ont as far as Great Ormes Head or the Skerries. If the wind o o hour, and setting allowance for the two points on the p ort bow, would be certain of be from the southward or south and west, sail is made on the port tack . The direct course from the makingoktts an ) n floodSker rtiiedsetroutnhoei n T g us i tar l it , w throwing the ship in on the Blackwater Bank, and there cannot be a doubt that many a ship has been lost from the reluctance of the captain to put his ship about, from the disorganised state of his crew. The committee are clearly of opinion that the losses sustained by the outward bound ships from Liver pool are more decidedly traceable to the causes they have thus stated than to the insufficient lighting and marking of the coast, and they make these statements that the Board of Trade may take such steps as they m.y consider necessary to bring the subject under consideration of the proper authori ties, with the view to a closer inquiry to this im portant subject. The committee consider that, although it is much in the power of the owner and of the underwriters to remedy these abuses, yet it is well deserving of consideration whether some en actments might not be adopted with the view of remedying them, and puolic morality demands the adoption of a vigorous and close supervision which may tend to remove evils which appear to be se verely deplored by those who are from necessity compelled to submit to them. Ministers Baron 0 fdlnsyetaTlxflahl3osrentmeyTvu,eohsnitue has' ete whothe wCasou7nocyileaorsf SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr.yTmteionnao of s Exeter Chelsea, head under very melancholy cir odocuffiemtadhgsesotau,endmlocdiseentsne.his wife, to whom he was much attached, a few days previously, and she was to have been buried on lhursday last. On that day Mr. Veitch went out into his nursery to gather lilies to strew on his beloved wife's grave, and shortly after his return into the house he fell down and expired. nrrsua:lbraeslryfeeter es Dresdeniedn for Berlin. MOONSHINE? Professor Hansen's hypothesis respecting lunar gravitation ! Anxious to explain the moon's occa sional deviation, by a second or two, from its pre scribed path, says the Ixaminer, Professor Hansen entered recently upon a series of minute observa tions and calculations, resulting, as it seems, in a proof that the density of the moon is unequal, her real centre being about 37 miles distant from her centre of gravity ; in other words, that one of her sides is heavier than the other, and that in her re volutions round the earth the lighter side always faces it. It this be true, as is urged by some specu lators, then the side next the earth is, as it were, the top of a vast mountain, 134 miles high, from which all air and water would perforce fall down to the lower and heavier regions; and, conse quently, while the near hemisphere is a lifeless desert, without atnaosph re and unfit to sustain existence, the hidden side may have a human popu lation, rejoicing in all the comforts which must re sult from having a double allowance of air and water. " The imagination," says Principal Leitch, who has written upon the subject in Good TVords, and who unreservedly adopts this theory," is set free to pic ture broad oceans, bearing on their bosom the com merce of this new world, rivers fertilising the valleys through which they flow, a luxuriant vege tation, and buildings of colossal SiZ3. . . We can conceive the intrepid lunar inhabitants ventur ing, as far as they can breathe, within the barren hemisphere ; just like adventurous travellers on our globe, scaling lofty mountains to obtain an extended view of the landsc-ape. . . What an astonisning spectacle must burst upon the view of the lunar tourist as soon as he fairly gets within the new hemisphere! . . Wnat a tale of wonder will he have to tell when, after his perilous adventures, he returns to the bosom of hi s family I" The above may be matched by a story told by the Rev. Josiah Crampton of an eccentric friend who insisted that the moon was none other than the " Heavenly Jerusalem," destined, according to the literal reed ing of the Book of Revelation, to come down upon the earth at the last day. "On my modestly hint ing that the appearance of the moon at present el . () no t seem to resemble the c i ty described in the Apo calypse,i he exclaimed loudly and energetically— No, my dear friend , t hat is the very point—that is the very reason why I have come to the conclu sion. This side , it is true , is barren, b ut the Heavenly Jerusalem is on MeOctohere , side, purposely conce aled from us till th e time m The Second Chatilber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt resolved, in a recent sitting, by 36 votes to 5, to request eoverment to revise the law on L h e press THIRD EDITION sUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL :PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. AUGMENTATION OF BENEFIC KS BILL, Lord BROUGHAM.s , aid he was pleased to see that their lordships had given a first reading to this b ill, of wich he highly approved. The noble anti le a rned lord had ` not de prived the Great Seal of any living which was'of the least importance. It was those small livings which' were an encumbrance, and when he came into power in 1830, the first thing he did was to address a circular to all the right rev. prelates, giving up all livings that did not exceed £l5O per annum. During the four years that he held the Great Seal, he had been in constant coin • munication with the right rev, prelates, and from cone n• sinus he then came to, he only regretted one thing, and that was that he did not pribhibit the Salo of the next pre sentation. The noble lord could not resume his seat with out again expressing his approbation of the bilL PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Duke of Norfolk's Estate—Meux's Estate—New port Pagnell Railway—Furness Railway an i Birrow Harbour Commissioners—Furness and Midland—Great Western and West Midl nd Railway Amalgamation— Great Western, Weft Midland, and South Wales Railway Companies Amalgamation—and Great Western Railway (Branch at Great Brie g) Bills we erec,d a second time, be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, G.C.8., the office or place of Vice• Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral Sir Fiends William Austen, G.C.8., who has been promoted to be an Admiral of the Fleet. The Qun-n has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir Georce Francis Seymour, G.C.8., the office or plane of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the . Admiralty thereof, in the room of Ad miral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., who has been promoted to be an Admiral of the Fleet. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert James Craig to the church and parish of Mochrum, in the presbytery of Wigtown, vacant by the death of the Rev. Alex. Young. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAT 19. The Honourable Artillery Company of London—Lieu. tenant Geofge Ritherdoa to be Captain ; Sergeant John bornby to be Ensign ; S ergeant Chales Edward Webb to Ensign, ADMIRALTY, MAY 15. y Infantry—S econ d Li eu t enant Al b ert Ro Ge al r M ice nr s in i e dn L e i y gh li t awesto be First Li eutenant, Tice Ricketts, to half pay. CROWN OFFI 'E, MAY 18. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT, Through of Tralee—The Right Hon. Thomas O'Hagan, of Rutland-square, in the city of Dublin, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland, in the room of Daniel O'Con nell, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northsiead. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. James F. Williams, builder, Potter's Bar Jonathan Leefe, fancy box manufacture, Old Kent-road James F. Williams, builder, Potter's Bar, Middlesex David Newton, manufactura, Leeds BASKRUP T S. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gaz-tte : John P. Humphreys, commission agent, Carey-street James Cocks, tailor, St. James's-street John Rea, baker, King-square, Goswell-read Stephen James Grove, clothier, King's-cross, Middlesex SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CRAVEN STAKES. Adventurer Isoline Comet Nine ran. HE A.THCOTE PLATE, Livingstone Miss Julia .. ___ El6ven ran. BRIGHTON STAKES. Drummer Boy Libellous Ellerton Eighteen ran. WOODCOTE STAKES. Fill AdeAde I'Air _ _ _ 1 Molly Carew Fifteen ran. ROUS STAKES. Wingrave Ace of Clubs Prince Plausible Ten ran. HORTON STAKES. Dirt Cheap Dinah f 2 Four Tan. LATEST BETTING. THE DERRY. 4to 1 agat Lord Clifden (taken) 7to 1 agat Nlaccaroni (offered) 9to 1 agst Saeoharometer (offered) 10 to 1 agat Eibg of the Vale (offered) 10 to 1 agst Gillie (offered) 100 to 6 agat Seamander (offered) 100 to 6 apt HoSpodar (offered) 20 tO 1 agat Tom Fool (offered) 20 to 1 apt Fantastic (offered) 30 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 eget The Ranger (offered) 40 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) 40 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (offered) TEE OALS. 4to 1 eget Lady Augusta (taken) 6to 1 eget Borealis (taken) Bto 1 eget Miss Armstrong (taken) 10 to 1 agat Old Orange Girl (taken) 20 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 20 to 1 agst Isoline (taken) THIRD READINGS. The Tottenham and Ramps ead Junction Railway— Newry and Greenore Railway and Pier and Wet Dock— Dundalk and Darlingford and Greenore Railway—London 'I raffle Regulation—Sowerby Bridge Local Board—Mersey Docks and Harbour Board—North-Eastern and Stockton and Darlington Railway Company Amalgamation bills were read a tti,d time and p ‘s-ed. ACT OF UNIFORMITY AMENDMENT BILL. Lord EBURY rose to move the second reading of this bill. He said he need not say the subject was one of great importance, but as the subject was a very dry and ab truse one, he did not think it would largely interest the house, and therefore he hoped their lordships would extend to him their patience and indul gence. When he brought forward the subject last year he did not press their lordships to a division, on account of acceding to the request of the right rev. prelate who pre• sided over the diocese of London, which was to gi. e further time for a full consideration of the subject before giving a decided opinion on the bill. Ho was fu ly canvinced that the time had now arrived when the consideration awl settle ment could be no longer postponed. He might say, on the present occasion, he brought forward the bill with the con currence of a large numb.-r of the clergy of the Church of England, because not a single petition had been presented against the second reading. When he brought forward a proposition for a revision of the Prayer-book, a m morial, with upwards of 10,030 signatures, had teen presented against his proposition, and as th re had been an absence of such an expression on the present occasion he felt he might consider it a most favourable omen. He had formerly gone so fully into the acts of uniformity, subscription, and declaration, that there was no need of doing so on that oc casion. Many hut dreds of young men who might do good service in the Church were kept from entering it by the restrictions imposed upon them, and personally he knew a number of talented young men who would have been members of the ministry if the bill he had new the honour of submitting to them had passed. Having given an outline of the measure, the noble lord resumed his seat by moving the second reading of the bill. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY opposed the motion. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THIRD READINGS. The Brecon Junction Rail way Bill was read a third time. PETITIONS. By Mr. C. TURNER from Tuateth•park in , favour of a general rate for the poor. Several petitions against the closing of public houses on the Sabbath; Mr. MONSELL, from the county of Dublin and other places, in favour of Mr. Uillwyn's motion with tespt-ct to religious endowments. BRITISH CLAIMS ON PORTUGAL, Mr. AYRTON asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether her Majesty's Government had made any representations to the Government of Portugalwith regard to the claims of various British subjects who invested their money, by request of the Minister of Public .Works of that country, in an undertaking called the Union Mer cantile Company, the stock of was guaranteed by royal decree, and by acts of the Legislature; if so, what had been the result of 'hose representations, and whether there would be any objection t i lay any papers upon the table connected with those claims. Mr, LAYARD replied that her Majesty's Government had made representations on the subj-ct to the Government of Portugal. Certain British subjects invested a consider able sum of money, ace neither principal nor interest was paid. Her Majesty's Government had urged the propriety of an early settlement on the Portuguese Government ; and he trusted, for the credit or that Government, that steps would be taken to liquidate those claims. THE CASE OF CAPTAIN WHITE. Col. FI{EN)H asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what *lewdly power he meant to propose as arbitrator to decide on the compensation Capt. Melville White was en'itled to for the treatment he had received from Government officials in Paru. He explained that the sum of £290,000 demanded was named as an equivalent, bared upon an estimate of compensation by the French Government for similar injuries Mr. LAYARD replied that his statement was strictly correct, and based upon Capt. Whi'e's own letter. Corre spondence was ther , goine- on with the Government of Peru on the subject, and as yet no arbitrator had been selected. PURCHASE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION• Sir 11. VERNEY asked the thancellor of the Exehe• quer, whether he could inform the ho .se for what sum the hulloing of the Internatknal Exhibition of 1862 could be put chased, with a view to convert a portion of it into a Museum, or a Gallery for Works of Art, or some institu tion for the encouragement of those objects to whic`i the late Prince Consort ,devoted his efforts, and to bear his name I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated that he was not yet in a condition to give a practical snawer, as the commissioners of 1851, with whom the matter rested, had not yet come to a deolsion. The commissioners would meet on Thursday, when he anticipated a final decision would be arrived at. Alter the holidays he hoped to be in a position to answer the question satisfactorily, and to inti mate the in►entions of the Government with respect to the bui ding. It acquired by the Government it certainly would be devoted to the purposes indicated in the question. PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. CRAWFORD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he would bring in hie bill for the better protection of life and pr.•percy against fire in the met ropol s ? Str G. GREY replied that, as the details of the bill had not yet been settled, he could not name the exact period when it would be introduced. But it would be introduced at the earliest possible moment, SMALL PDX IN TH E METROPOLIS. General BUCKLEY asked the President of the Poor Law Board, whether he was aware that fresh cases of small pox were brought into the workhouse of St. George's, Hanover-fquare parish, and other workhouses in London ; and whether some arrangement could not be it ado to pr vent fresh cases of small pox tieing brought into the popu lous part of London 1' Mr. VILLIERS replied that the parish anthori ies, in response to a circular from the Poor Law ,Board, had pro vided ample accommodation. The disea-e was greatly on the decline, not only in the parish specified, but in other parts of the metropolis. THE CHINA WAR VOTE. _ _ Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it was the intention of the G .v.-rnment to surrender into the Exchequer the balance of £526,104 re maining unissued from the vote of cr-dit for the (.lina war. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the time had not arrived when it would be practical to surrender this balance. The money w•uld be surrendered to the Exchequer when all the contingencies connected with the war had been definitively Nettled. COMMITTEE ON ORDNANCE. In reply to Mr. LINDSAY, Mr. MONSELL re, lied teat the committee had not yet c' , ncluded their labours, and he feared it would be some time yet, but he hoped the report and evidence would be in he hands of members before the end of the session. POLAND. Lord PALMERSTON moved the adjournment of the house to the 25th. Mr. HENNESSY called the attention of the noble lord at the head of the Government to a document which he had eceived, and which he asserted to be autheu•io, stating that the Russian troops had received great facilities anti bad been supplied with amunition by the Prussian tre ps, and addressed some interrogatories to the noble earl on the matter. Lord PALMERSTON exploited what, in his opinion, was the notate of the internat.onal law on theeubje% and 0. intimated that he had not received any intorma,u. . the matter. He believed neutrals were p ermitted to supply belligerents with ammunition. A fter a short • iscussion, s f u ou b r . great Mr not fully or fairly repre .dPpEaArtniCOenCtisocfontgjelaiSnteadto jectsin their department were sented in the hovse. twheartot the ehrzdasn hthate that the tu es Oppor unity a d foreign matters, urging Mr. LAYARD defended his conduciti in t reoont t deb . ates h on been afforded by the G ove rnment for their discuss i on. (LEFT SITTING.) _ Course of the Exchange.—This Day. kinsterdam Ditto / •• -- 25 42i 25 47t 25 42' 25 47i ... 13 7i 13 7 .. Short. 25 17k 25 25 3 Months 25 42i 25 47} ‘ [;l6l3'l l aria: a :urn : l: stiw s act9 e btere i :dr i l Marseilles 25 .......... 25 421 26 47 1 Frankfort on Maine.. —... 119 / 1 l)1 Vienna Trieste ............ 11 20 li 32 Peteraburgh. .......... 11 20 11 32 ........ Berlin ....... 351 35i r Jadiz ....... Madrid ........ -... —. 49 491 , 49 49 .............. Leghorn .... _ 26 47} ;25 t2l Milan. .............. 25 471 25 621 Gen0a...,.,.,..... 25 47} 25 ) 6211 Naples . — 25 471 25 5 - Palermo — 25 621 25 57i Nlesaina Lisbon ,..... Oporto _ 2521 25 65221 5632 r1 , Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 0 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons LONDON GAZETTE —This Evening• WHITEIIA' L, MAY 16. Who Queen hoe beau pivaeoti, to cttruct letters paten t co ROMAN AFFAIRS. A letter from Rome, dated May 12, says :—Yes terday afternoon, at p.m., the Pope left the Vatican for the central railway station on the Piazza de Termini, where a number of spectators had col lected to see his Holiness set out on his journey to the southern provinces. French and papal military bands were in attendance; a throne-room had been prepared at the station, in which the Pope, who was accompanied by his major domo and other house hold prelates, was received by the Minister of Com merce and the representatives of the railway admi nistrative council, and allowed a party of prelates and ladies to kiss his foot and wish him felice viaggio. The special train being in readiness, the Pope got into his richly-ornamented carriage at 6 p.m., the banner of Papal white and yellow waving in the van, and after pausing a few minutes near the Porta Maggiore to observe the opening in the city walls and - the deviation of the Felice aqueduct through which the line is carried, his Holiness proceeded in the direction of Velletri, passing through the inter mediate stations of C.ampino, Marino, Albano, and Civita Lavinia, which was decorated for the occa sion, and where the local authorties were in waiting to do homage to their Sovereign. 1 had the honour of witnessing the transit of the pontifical train from the lofty summit of the latter-mentioned classic town, the ante-Roman Lanuvium, which, thinly populated at any time for the last 16 or 16 centuries, was more desolate than ever yesterday afternoon, the " Senatus populusque LanuvinuP having des cended to the station at the foot of the hill to receive the Pontiff with banners, petards, and the regimental music of the Papal Zmaves. The church bells were rung and the petards fired off twice on false alarms, the first trains descried bearing only members of his Holiness's household, and the second aTlredrirnameli Gina ; locomotive signalled being only a pilot engine or kind of steam outrider to the Papal train, which arrived subsequently. At half-past six his Holiness arrived at Velletri, where, besides a numerous assemblage of spectators, there were in waiting Cardinal Mat tel., the bishop, and Monsignor Picoi, the delegate of , Velletri, with all sorts of local authorities and dig th a n w a i htdao dig nitaries;devoted presented a an d town.to h sy Fr t o h mt e the Holiness esa superior Hishi e rt t ii r k doo a e ner t H y p e ot s s rho o tel o f cai fer: Velletri, loyal and from: ceeded in triumphant guise within the city walls in his carriage escorted 'by French troops,in garrison and by detachments ofnoble Guards, French Hussars, and Papal Gendarmes,and alighted at the Cathedr: o l o , n n , o 'h f e t r h e e he L a a s s d i s .t t h e d e t a h t r t o h n e e benediction, alld prayed baenfodr.estehaetmediraocnulons image B P.erld . dl y p re . d of r o S ve n to ta t M he l T ri o a w d n e- h il a e' ll G , wrahtehi was upstairs when the Ilope ( t te :h ora e t er i tc i eh i l n d i ee l e d i fihnogiogrhnnbtaothouhesureirmroi?enficrigeaakpnrittdsiohossowni n :n g o s u his r as f a r as pi 1, admitted evening's From the balcony hie o w l e er ri g t y i , nt l o ad t i h es, e o p l :n o e s i s n s o b n el e,sviseladetrheehepowpuil-1 t o h p e citizens of Velletr i' entertainments concluded g the Pope and illuminat. p h a e r a ri d ves at the C ardinal Inca, and the we:then:6i r o e n in cities and towns ton& T.his even take up hi s within some of the surrounding day for a week, making rail, but his Holiness It! approachable distance by will visit Ceprano by the post road, thereby avoiding the proposed homage of the Italian o ffi cers and soldiers at the railway bridge over the Lids. His Holiness is not expected back in Rome before the 20th inst. When the beautiful casket of Etruscan jewe7ilery, executed by Signor Castellani of this city, rats for warded for the acceptance of the Princess :sf Wales, the following address accompanied 'a in Rome at the " Forty-nine British subjects resid'Ang f al highness the Prince() period of the marriage of his Rai s 1 °filo for the gracious accep tance Wale s respectfully v enture s die Princess of Wales, the of her Royal H ighnes f Roman workmanship, as a accompanying ornaments ° l • d devotion." humble token of their west sincere loyalty and The following answer has just been received by 11 Th Gibson, one of the comma tee of British artists deputed by the donors to select the objects in ques tion : "April 29. 1863—Lord Harris has received the cor n , monde of her Royal Highness the Princess of TAre efit to to the 49 British subjocts residing at Ro ex ' press Ane her warm acknowledgments for the beautiful maw ut workman -hip which they have pretreated. Bof Boz zian. Harris is riirected to add her roy a l " her. Lord ( A the workmanship display, d in thag nt"'R admiration taste manifested in the seleCtion Of "Leelit:"l ' and the "John Gibson, Esq., ° raw:walls. IfiloevkaaraPynadrtinPerninlitesioPfalar - Marc, 13.14. P.1&4 12.10 dart 100 I tit 20 204 10 100 / 100 WO stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 10 20 1 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock eto(e et 1 et •• ock , SSE Paid, all all 100 (100 100 11 2 11 , ICO 1251 128 51/ 101 i 58,3 8 7* ssi 8 Ito 1116 1091 i 1074 24