The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

AND COBITTERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Two O'CLOCK. In the Foreign Market there is less business, and prices aro not quite so well supported. Turkish Consolid6s are 482 ; Mexican, 441 45 ; do. New Loan, s die. par.; Greek, 23Z- -a; Spanish Passive, 34 ; Confederate Loan, 64 66 ; Russian Scrip, prem.; and Swedish, do., 19 2 prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been of a limited character, and prices have not varied to any important extent. North Western have declined 55., and Brighton, 103.; while Great Eastern have advanced 55., and North Eastern Ber wick, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little vari ation as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are generally at steady prices. London and Westminster realize 941; Union of London, 591; Hudson Bay, 191. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Provincial Bank.. ing Corporation, 1 3 1 -- prem. ; International Land Credit, 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 189 i... .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 _ March. June. 9 4 die Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5f per Ct. Dab) Account,. — INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 217 18i Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 lOO 0917 Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto 13onds Cl,OOO Ditto under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 185 2-58-60 Ditto 1863 .. 861 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account — Chilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 pei Cent Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 — Ditto Scrip £4O paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent 100; . Ditto, Second Iss ue Greek 5 per Cent., ,1824-5, ex-Coupons — I I Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account . ' Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italian b per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 74 Mexican 3 per Cent .... I Ditto Account.... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Acc0unt........ Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'2 Ditto Account — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 . Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto 1861 Scrip, £lO paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch. .... Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent .......... . Ditto Account . Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive -I Ditto Account 34/ a Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip, L'2o paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 6Bl Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds — Ditto 1863 .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p e r C en t. lOO , Venezuela 3 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1362 Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond , u. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gii;l — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account 9O/ I x d ONEY MARKET The favourable feeling regarding monetary affairs continues to increase, and the commercial public, believing that a downward movement will be made this week in the official Milllo3llM, are only obtaining accommodation to satisfy present and pressing requirements. The rates for short• dated paper range from 8 per cent,, and for ti.x months' bills from 73 per cent. A further sum of £170,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. During the last few days there has been very little business transacted in the Foreig❑ and Colo nial Produce Markets owing to the Whitsuntide holidays. Sugar, however, has maintained previous rates, while the operations in tea, coffee, and rice have led to no material change as regards values. In the tallow market a steady tone has been appa rent as regards prices for both present and forward delivery. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Ren tea were 12f. 45c., 66f. 80c. Rather firm. At the second ordinary general meeting to-day of shareholders of the Bank of Wales, Mr. Daniell in the chair, the report which was unanimously adopted, stated that the gross profits of the Bank to the 31st March last amounted to £5,330 165., and after deducting expellees, there remained a balance of £1,115, which was recommended to be carried to profit and loss new account. The annual meeting of shareholders of the Mer cantile Bank of India, London, and China, took plane to-day, Mr. G. G. Nicol in the chair. The report stated:—After providing for all bad and doubtful debts, and defraying expense of manage ment at all points, the net profit amounts to £196,562 25., to which has to be added a sum of £4,269 9s. 2d. undivided profit, brought forward from the preceding year, making a total of £200,831 11s. 2d. Out of the above total, £50,000 has been paid in two half-yearly dividends, and £25,000 as a bonus, making together 15 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the bank. A further sum of £50,000 has been added to the reserve fund. The unappropriated balance of £75,831 lls. 2d. is carried forward to the profit and loss account of the current year. As will be seen by the accounts, the premium on new shares paid up to 31st December amounting to £81,140, has been added to the re serve fund ; the balance due in respect of same, £18,860, since received, has also been passed to this account, with which the addition of £50,000 from the year's profits, above referred to, makes a total to this date at credit of that fund of £250,000. A further improvment has taken place to-day in the Market for the English Funds, and Consols, which are per cent. better, are 91-} for money, and 901 I, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 i; Exchequer Bills, March, 10s. dis.; do., June, 95. to 4s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 105 k 1-; do. 4 per Cents., 991 100; Bank Stock is marked 237 239; and Indian do., 217 218 1 . BEARE MARKETS This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share I Railways. p aid. , Closing Business Price. clone. Bir.. Wo]., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Ilost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cern wa 1 8 8i 8f 9 83 f 5 117 k 118; (A gets no div Do A Do. B ti ll 6p c.p an.has • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc• Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. 'Edinburgh & lasg, and t, Twestern. f :' - :leatriastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A nglian std GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock. Do B do Gt. S. anti W. of Ireland' Great Western ...... Str Val g - ua. stock Laneashize & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast; Lon., Chit., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birming. & Derby Gt. IV. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, St Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do North London Do New . North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E. ' Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid, stook.. Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union .... South Devon ....... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 'Staines, Wok., an d Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1800 Taff Vale.. . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Nest Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.46R.l West Midland —Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 10 t 106 17 i7l 6i 7i 129 130 1371 lilBi 130 132 91 93 63i 64 111 A 111 i 64 65 102 104 40 41 110 110.E 1 07i 08. 53A 54 114 115 1321 1321 101 113 50i 61i 24i 25 t 100 100, 69i 88& 90 128 131 16 26 p 76 78 101 Ili 121 123 39 40 54 66 33 85 90 90i 104 107 7i 36i 371 1 g 10 p 8 Si p 165 17U 5 7 I 3 t p 05 97 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. bare Railw a y s Paid. Price. Closing Business done 100 A.tlantio &St Lawrence all 59 61 60 BkJ Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 101 103 1014 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New • 8 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 74 id 204 Buffalo and La.ae Huron all ;4 6i 10 Do. Preference .... . all 8 94 00 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrieb 10 ,, 77 82 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 KM Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 88 100 Do. do. June I, 1874 100 77 82 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lint 100 100 102 st Cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. s 100 104 106 steak 11:aat Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1134 1044 104,4 4 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 4 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 stock Grand Trunk of Cana& 100 20 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds..' all 71 13 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 60 62 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 60 6 P. 634 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 63 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred .... all 23 26 stook Gt.lndlarenln.gua.sp.o. 100 103 104 1034 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of I n di a (Li m guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 103 1021 204 Gt. W. ofeanada Shares all 10 104 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 wlth't opt. all 94 95 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 5P stock Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1014 1024 stook Do. 45 p. 0. Extension 100 94 96 stook De. 44 do .. 100 90 92 10 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stook Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 itlelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 1 00 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 90 NewßrueawickttCanda Class A and B. all S 5 N.Rl.C'das po Ist pf bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 102 103 1024 stock De. Delhi lOO 101 102 20 Do. do . igg I 2 p 1p st Do. Punj tub r" , s c-. 102 Do. Do. ........ , 190 B'ock 'De. Indue.St. Flo.) k . lOO 93 95 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a. &J ull - I 1877-Si 100 103 105 - Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 89 B 1 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.liope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct, 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 108 110 ,- Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107 !Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 106 108 'N.B.Gov. 6p.c.Ja.&July 100 101 103 I Do. 6n. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1., 18or 100 99 100 - Dn. sp. c.,1811 to 1:;7t 100 99 101 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 995 - !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10) 111 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lO3 103 105 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - IS. Aus G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 109 111 - VI:3.0;ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 'Do. to 6 p.c. A.n.allnt,.. 100 107 108 1074 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 fd Clifford Amalgamated 32 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 67 70 • East Clog,au Gold. Ltd East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 285 295 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 63 E. gr'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 3I 45 IGtin.kSt.Aub , n(Gwen 581 7 9 Great South 1 17s 33 G. Wheal Vor (11.elstan, 40 31 33 I Elemd's-Foot ...... 8.12 88 40 liiing - ston Downs 4.18.0 35 4 Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelant; t 1 5 8 20 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 15 g d New Setun • North Downs 2 11 1i N.Wh'i Basset(lllozan, 3.1.0 lf 23 north Wheal Crotty Par Consols (st. Blasey , 2J , i'rovidenoe (Uny Lelnt.' ; 10.0.7 41 43 'South Caradon(St.Cleer,l 15 450 570 - S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — B.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 SO rainar 5i1v..16 Lead Min — Crort Si 18 19 • West Basset (Illogan) l5 9 10 Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), 53 90 95 Wheal Buller(Redruth)l 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l 2.0.6 WhealLudeott I 3.5.8 2 25 (Wheal MaryAnn/ s Men ) 8 115 125 ( Wheal 3eton 585 200 205 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 22 24 I Wheal Union 3.17 I 2 25 PREFERENCE SHARES. London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, Ditto, 6 per cent., 134 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, 8/ Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12i San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 11i 11 Ditto (all), 20 BANKS. AcTra and United Service (Rm.), 1401 Alliance film). 65/ 5 1 Ditto, new, 55 f Anglo Austrian, 71 City, 126 Consolidated Bank, lira., 111 Continental, lim., 172 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 Imperial Bank (Inn.), 43 Ditto, new, 251 Imperial Ottoman, 211 1 , Land Mortgage Bank of . India, lira., 611 London Bank of Scotland, Inn., 22 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 61 London Joint Stock, 48/ 7: London and 11 estminster, 941 Merchant Bank, B i n., 214 Dl etropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 341} Mexican, lira., 61 7 New South Wales, 57 61 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lira., 141 Scinde, I'unjab, and Delhi, Urn., li Union of London,s9 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Bin.. 8/ City Offices, lira., 5/ Continental Union Gas, lint, 61 Fore-street Warehouse, Bin., 6fr Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 101 f Hudson's Bay, IV/ Imperial Financial, Um., £l/ International Financial Society, lira., 111 f Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7f ti London Financial Association, lim., 28} Ditto, new, 161 Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 16 15 National Discount Company, Bin., 14/ Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lira., Ditto, ditto, 2f Orfental Gas (lim.), Ditto, new, Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. lim., 271 Societe Financiere d'Egypte, Um., 51 UniTereal Marine, Insurance, Um., 5 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is ab ou t 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.174 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it app ears th at gold is nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than London. Ely advices fromliamburg the price of gold is 426 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13. e 4 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Miet price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The , :ourse of exchange at New York on London for bills a GO days' sight is about 200 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 82 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United states. 13.14. 1 at 10 st at 50 20 10 10 4.16.4 12.10 139 i 130 111 i f 66 1021 1101 11 98f 1142 15 11i 15; 132 i I 104 THE SUN, LONDON; TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE (This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE GEO. VAN HARE. This bankrupt was described as of Stafford-place, Pim lico, Tunbridge Wells, Cremorne Gardens, and the Theatre Royal Jersey, circus proprietor, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. The debts are stated at £7lO, and the bankrnpt attributes his difficulties to the receipts not being sufficient to meet the expenses, the illness of horses and their sale at a "total' loss. Mr. Lewis applied for an adjournment, as his client, who was also a circus proprietor, was not present, as he was travelling. The learned Registrar did not think that was a sufficient reason for delaying the choice. Mr. Lewis said that as he found on the proceedings an affidavit by Mr. Kent, the bankrupt's solicitor, that the bankrupt could not furnish the accounts required, he (Mr. Lewis) would question the bankrupt on that point, and also Mr. Kent. Mr. Kent said he should decline to answer any questions but would examine the bankrupt. This was done, and the bankrupt said that he had handed the books, &0., to Mr. W. B. Davies, a solicitor, of Chelsea. The Registrar said that the matter must ba cleared up, and after some further discussion the case was adjourned till the 7th June. IN RE DOD. This bankrupt was described as of the Eagle, Farring• don-road, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees, Mr. T. Beard, Basinghall-street, appeared for the peti tioner. The debts are £1,507, but the assets are not stated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH STREET. A WELL• KNOWN THIEF CHARGED WITH BEING FOUND IN A HOUSE AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULTING Two FEMALES.—Frederick Williams, a thick-set young fellow, well known to the police, and who has only just re turned from penal servitude, was charged before Mr. Knox with being found in the house, No. 22, Duke-street, Port land-place, and also with assaulting Mrs. Ann Stevens, the landlady, and Ellen Cunningham, her servant. Mrs. Stevens said that on going into her bedroom, yes terday afternoon, she saw a shadow on the wall, and after wards found the prisoner in the room with his hand on one of her husband's coats. On asking the prisoner what he wanted he said he was looking fora painter. She told him she be:ieved he was there for the purpose of com mitting a felony, and held him, and called her servant to go for a constable. The prisoner struggled to get away, and on the servant coming to her assistance the prisoner struck her (Mrs. Stevens) a violent blow on the check, and then struck her servant in the eyes, blackening both of them in a very bad manner. Ellen Cunningham, servant to Mrs Stevens, proved that while passing the prisoner to go for a constable he gave her two violent blows in the face, blackening both her eyes. William Haley, of 30, Charlotte-place, said that while going along Duke-street, yesterday afternoon he heard cries for assistance, and on going to No. 22 ho found the prisoner struggling with Mrs. Stevens and her servant, and trying to get away. Mrs. Stevens was bleeding from a wound on her face, and the servant from one of her eyes. White, 93 E, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and Inspector Hubbard, of the E division, said the pri soner was a well-known thief, and had suffered penal ser vitude. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for three months for being found in a house for the purpose of committing a felony, two months fur the assault on Mr. Stevens, and two months for the assault on the servant, each sentence to take effect at the expiration of the other, The prisoner on leaving the dock thanked the magistrate, STEALING CHAIRS IN HIDE-PARY.—George Boyd, a tall, miserable-looking man, was charged with stealing four chairs from Hyde-park the previous night, the chairs being the property of Mrs. Pearce, who holds the contract for the supply of chairs to visitors. A constable proved seeing the prisoner about 10 o'clock the previous night with four chairs on his shoulders, walk ing off in the coolest manner with them. He then took the prisoner into oustody. Mr. Knox inquired whether the chairs were loft loose in the park all night, and the constable said they were, being placed in heaps. Barns, the gaoler, said he b e li eve d th e p r i soner was al the Marylebone Police -court yesterday, on some charge, but discharged. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for a week. THAMES. AN UNNATURAL CONTEST.—John Attingham, a moss dissipated looking ruffian, was brought before Mr Paget charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting police. constable Payne, No. 194 H. The constable stated that last night ho was called out of the Lemon-street Station-house, in Whitechapel, to sup press a disturbance in that street, and found the prisoner and his father stripped and fighting. Mr Paget—Fighting with his own father. Payne—Yes Sir. They were knocking each other about most unmanfully. I separated them, and the old man left the street and went horns. The prisoner would not go, and became abusive Etnd violent. I laid hold of him by the collar, and he struck at me and kicked me on the legs. He also endeavoured to kick me on another part of my body, and said " I'll rupture you, you I will." I narrowly escaped the kick intended for me. I succeeded in taking him to the station. He plunged, kicked, and struggled all the way, and tried to do ms a serious mischief. He was very much intoxicated, The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done. He was beastly intoxicated last night, and did not know what he did. Mr. Paget—Beastly intoxicated ; what an admission for any man to make. I shall visit this case with great severity. What are you? The prisoner—l am in the rag trade. It was holiday time yesterday. Mr. Paget—l cannot admit that as an excuse. In all cases of this description I shall sentence the offender to im prisonment and hard labour, and where a policeman is assaulted, by kicking, in the execution of his duty, I shall inflict the most severe sentence in my power. I sentence you to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. OUNIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 14s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHA.PEL,—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 14s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA..--Business has been inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. A small quantity is announced for public sale to-day, SUGIII.—A moderate amount of business has been en tered into, without, however, any material change as re gards prices. Good grocery qualities of West India con tinue in fair request. COFFEE.—There bas been a steady inquiry for Colonial descriptions at fully late rates, the stocks on hand being somewhat arcane' than at the same period of last year. RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done, chiefly for home consumption, at late prices. TALLOW.—The market has been rather more animated, although business has been on a rather limited scale for both present and future delivery. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 40s to 433 3d, and last three months, 43s 3d to 43s 6d per cwt. A TROPHY OF FORT SUMTER.—The Index has the pleasure of chronicling a most delicate and deserved tribute paid by one of the most distinguished men in the South to the first Englishman who, in Parliament, proposed the recognition of Confederate Independence. Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P. for Galway, has just received from Charleston a fragment of the flagstaff which so long and gloriously held aloft the Sbuthern flag over the bat tered ruins of Fort Sumter. This interesting trophy bears the following inscription:— "Head -quarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Charleston, S. C., February 10, 1864. "Piece of flagstaff of Fort Sumter, harbour of Charles ton, sent with my compliments to W. H. Gregory, M.P. for Galway. The flagstaff of that fort has already been shot down 40 times by the enemy's fire since the commence ment of the siege, July 10, 1863. "G. P. BEAUREGA.RD, General C. S. A." THE Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP MATILDA.—The Board of Trade inquiry as to the loss of this steamer has concluded, and the assessors came to the conclusion that up to a certain paint the course pursued by the pilot was justified, but that he might have been more cautious, and not have depended upon a compass which he had been told was defective. There was nothing culpable proved against him, but he ought to have been more careful. With regard to the master they thought that, considering he had only been up the Channel once before, he was justified in delivering the charge of the vessel into the hands of the pilot, but he ought to have pointed out to the pilot the want of dependence on the compasses. They did not consider that the Bristol pilots had any felonious intention on board the wreck, but they were merely trying to save the articles from the salvors. The master and the second mate had their certificates returned, The Matilda, it was reported, was intended for the Confederate service. The town and neighbourhood of Bayonne was visited two days since by a violent tempest, which raged for nearly thirty•sia hours. An English brig which attempted to enter the port in the midst of the storm was struck by several seas, which damaged her poop, and so injured the captain and two sailors that it was found necessary to take then) to the hospital, Trial for Murder by Poison in France. The proceedings commenced on Saturday at the usual hour. After the witnesses for the prosecu tion had been heard, those for the defence were called. Dr. Hebert, head pharmacian at the Clinique, deposed as follows I intend to combat the re port of Drs. Tardicu andßousain, as . .ts conclusions are not justified by the fees. In the first place the report expresses astonishment at the wonderful preservation of the body after a lapse of 15 days. It is true that mineral poisons prevent decomposi tion, whereas vegetable poisons do not. But this is only a trifling inaccuracy; and I will therefore pass on to examine the physiological experi ments with dogs, rabbits, and frogs. As to the dogs, the report states that the experiments de monstrated—lst, The gradual slackening of the circulation ; and 2d, the contraction of the ventricles. I maintain that these facts were sufficient to justify the conclusion that digittaine was not present. As to the second expfriment, I assert that the experts were mistaken in attributing the death of the rabbit to digitaline. That sub■ stance has little or no Effect on rabbits and other herbivorous animals. As to the experiments made on dogs and rabbits with the substance extracted from the organs of the deceased, no effect was pro duced on the dog, but the rabbit died. I venture to affirm that digitaline did not cause its death; the putrid matter was most probably the cause. As to the frogs, I have no confidence in the results obtained by the experts. The learned Stannius says that frogs are very little affected by digita line. I have tried it on several myself, and I could show them to the jury, all alive and well." A long diacuesion hero ensued between Dr. Hebert and the experts, which did not seem to throw much light on the matter, for each of them firmly adhered to his previously expressed opinions, and as they had appeeled to the authority of Pre fessor Claude Bernard, of the College of France, he was called in and deposed to the following effect : " I have been occupied in researches on digitaline and other poisons which act on the heart. Digita line has a rapid action on the superior animals by arresting the circulation. It stops the contraction of the heart, and death is the consequence. The cadaverous rigidity of the heart rapidly follows death when caused by digitaline." Dr. Tardieu, in reply to a question from the Pre sident, declared that Professor Bernard's opinion confirmed his statement that the relaxation of the heart is the characteristic effect of digitaline. Dr. Vulpian and Professors Bosley and Rayne], of the Veterinary School of Alfort, who have all made experiments on aniiials with digitaline, were next heard, and expressed opinions coincident with those of the experts and Professor Claude Bernard as to the effects of digitaline. A number of witnesses were then examined whose evidence chiefly bore on the habits of the prisoner and his intimate relations with Mme. Pauw, to whom some of them represented him to have been very generous. The porters of the different houses where he had lived stated that, previously to tais marriage, Mine. Pauw visited him every day. Several domestics who had been in the prisoner's service deposed that he was a good master, and a number of his patients spoke highly of his skill as a physicit,n and of his liberality in supplying them with medicine gratis. The list of witnesses being exhausted, the Presi dent adjourned the pleadings to Monday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 16—Furet and Napoleon, from Gravelines. Arrived, May 17—Conrad, from Colombo—Esstuco, from Belsingborg. Sailed, May 17—Danio, for Adelaide. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, May 16—Azorian, from London, for Canaries— Alfred the Great, from London, for Madras. Passed, May 17—Wilton, from London, for Jamaica— Legal, of Bilboa, from Havannah, for London—Thomas Dryden, from Shanghae, for London. Passed in Tow—Sylph, from Barbadoes, for London— Majestic, from Jamaica, for London—Carlo, from Trieste, for London—Frank W., from Marseilles, for Lynn. Spoke by the French bark Greenvilles, Capt. Lefette, from Callao fcr Dunkirk, April 241, the hark 'Wensleydale, from Llanelly for Bombay, 46 days out, lat. 45, long. 38— the same day, Yarratilda, Capt. Conway, for Panama, 39 days out, lat. 6°25, long. 38, WHAT A CAPITAL IDEA !—During a residence at Nice, for the amendment of his health, the Rev. Wil liam Blood [horrible name] was shocked by the idolatries of the Ramanists into a conscientious desire (says a writer in last Saturday's Atheneum) to convert them to a purer faith. Not " having the Gospel to give them, the ques tion," says Mr. Blood, " arose in my mind, What can I best do ?' " "The response immediately came, ' Get The Amazon' translated : it contains the Gospel ; its title will excite their curiosity [and no wonder] and get for it a read ing [otherwise unprocurable]; the narrative will interest them, and gain their attention, solemnise their minds, and prepare them for the reception of the glad tidings of redeem ing love which it makes known.' " The Amazon' is a tract by Mr. Blood (the writer in the Athenceuin goes on to inform us), and the fact makes his cool commendation of its interest and efficacy, as preferable to that of any other work which could have been selected, significant, to say the lea s t of it. "Prenez noon ours I" is not a phrase of which we ought to be reminded when topics so grave as those of this volume are in hand. It was by aid of The Amazon' (a tale of the well-known sea disaster) that the groat oppression of Italy was to be made to melt away. The reverend author soon wrought himself to the point of con sidering all friends who were less sanguine than himself as little better than traitors and recreants. Not being " very well able to afford" the expense of print ing that translation when it was executed, he applied for pecuniary aid to "an intimate friend, a very rich Christian," and on the latter de clining to entertain the application, Mr Blood has placarded his refusal as "a specimen of self-deception.'' Two other "rich and great Pr otestants," who refused in a similar fashion "to stand and deliver," are also introduced with notes of displeasure. There is scmething too much of this confident mendicancy among the clergy of a Church who are on no abuse more eloquent than on the mischief done by the begging Romanist friar. Which of us does not know by heart the slit card gaping for a guinea, with the envelope ready directed , and the fluent appea l f ar a lms for some local c l er ical object which comes up to town f rom t o t a l s t rang ers in places as far distant as I'Lerionethshire or 'Wensleydale or the Fens ? - - THE LATE FIRE iNT iJAYTI.—We have already ment i one d a terrible fi re w hi c h b ro k e on t a t Gonaives, in Hayti, and did much damage. The following is taken from a private letter.addressed to a gentleman in Paris, and dated from Gonaives, April 22 :—" A dreadful conflagration has taken place, and more than halt the town has been burnt down. The fire began thus :—A man who had a cotton store was smoking, when by some accident the tred to put them out himself. cotton caught fire, and , instead of crying out for help to ex tinguish the flames, he i The consequence was that they communic a t e d to an apothecary's shop, and, as there was a very strong wind, several houses, which were all made of wood, were soon reduced to ashes. Not one house is left near the market place, where all the business is done —so you can fancy the immense loss that everbody has undergone. The houses destroyed have not yet been counted, but I thi n k t h ey must be something like 20 0 , which for a sma l l town like Gonaives is immense. Th ere was not a single pump ready. nor did anybody make an e ffort t o put out the fire. The prison was burnt down) but all the p r i soners first got out, and I need not tell you .. to what am ount they pillaged, To people who aro such thieves, the opportunity was too good to be lost. They all of them had g o t arms b y some means,reventand them were from ready ng e. assassinate any who attempted to I am told th at the President has sent 100,000 gourde (about 4 i d. each) for the distressed st sii to p inhabitants, and a subscription s being raised at Port-au- Prince in their behalf. At the theatre of Port-au-Prince a benefit is to be given for the sufferers. The loss is sup posed to be about 30,000,000 gourde, or X 500,000. MR. GLADSTONE AND VIE HALFPENNY JOURNAL. —An endeavour has been made to induce th e Chan cellor of the Exchequer to becom e one of the staff of a daily journal—to ascend to the tempting and ele va t e d pos i t i on o f leader-writer for a halfpenny paper I The proprietor of a little fly-sheet, called a newspaper, published somewhere in London, had the cool effrontery to enclose the right hon. gentleman a cheque for a hundred guineas, with a letter, stating that the service required for it was the production of a leading article for the columns of the little rag ; and with a liberality which cannot be too highly commended, he informed the Chancellor that in accordance with the custom prevailing in his editorial department, Mr. Glad stone, like the other contributors, should be allowed consi derable scope in the statement of his opinions. The Chan cellor was to be at liberty, also, to devote the cheque to charity, should he so think fit. Mr. Gladstone's secretary returned the money in a note, stating that while the right hon. gentleman appreciated the object of the proprietor, his public duties would not permit of his accepting the engage ment. Next day monster capitals in the halfpenny sheet announced an " important special correspondence between the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and this journal." This was what the individual wanted. It was the trick of a small Barnum.—London Correspondent of the Liverpool Albion. A TALE OF A LAY FIGURE. On Thursday night an alarm was raised that a murder had been perpetrated in a house in a respectable locality in Belfast, and that the corpse of the victim had just been dis covered. The body of the unfortunate man who had been so unfairly dealt with was found concealed in a box under the bed in a room which was used by a young man—a lodger in the house—as a sleeping apartment. As soon as the affair became public through this person, several policemen were brought to the scene of the supposed tragedy, for the purpose of inquiring into the matter, and ascertaining, if possible, and bringing to justice, the cruel assassin. Great consternation was created in the neighbourhood. Anxious were the inquiries to find out thename, address, appearance, occupation, &c„ of the murdered man ; but, as these facts had not transpired up to the hour of our going to press, we can only publish the following brief yet dreadful tale:— The young man alluded to had for a short time lodged in the house in question, and in the room, concealed under his bed, ho observed a queer, coffin-shaped, rough-looking deal box. Often did be look wistfully at the strange piece of furniture, for he could not get rid of a hankering suspicion that therein all was not well. On Thursday night, therefore, his curiosity, coupled with the aforenamed suspicion, impelled our lodger to draw the box gently and quietly from underneath the bed. He stopped. Conscience whispered to him that it was none of his business what was in the box, but, on further debate within himself, the young man made up his mind to open the lid, His heart throbbed: The lid he opened, but not a moment did he look at the contents—for, horror of horrors! —there lay stretched at full length before him—a corpse! I There could be no mistake about it—he was certain a foul and bloody murder had been committed and here was the unhappy victim I The silent language of the fact made its own eloquent revelation, Vain would be the attempt to describe the horror depicted on the counte nance of the second floor lodger. To have lain with and upon a corpse was dreadful—in fact it was too much to bear. Now, the 3 oung man was determined to ferret out the mystery connected with the shocking spectacle he had seen in the deal box. Under such trying circumstances every one must give him credit for acting with so much coolness he appears to have done. It would have been bad policy, our cunning lodger knew, to have created an alarm in the house. He did not want the landlady to have the remotest suspicion of his discovery, for that must have been ruinous to his plans. The young man, shortly after witness ing the melancholy sight, put on his hat, and strolled about the street, but when out of sight of his landlady's house, he made his way with hurried steps and a sense of palpitation at the heart in search of a policeman to whom he might re late his tragic story. Police were found, and, attended by the heroic young man, they proceeded to the apartment in which probably the unfortunate corpse had made its last struggle. The box was produced in presence of the authori ties, and then with great solemnity the lid was raised— wher, surely enough, an object worth notice presented itself. There lay the body, cold as ice, and though dumb it bore an expressive countenance. A titter from the police, followed by a loud laugh—induced the hero of the tale to take another look at the figure in the coffin. Affrighted or ashamed of the figure he himself cut, the lodger bounded down the stairs, and was out of the neighbourhood in half a minute, or about the same time it takes the fire-brigade to turn out. The secret of the young man's terror is easily explained. The landlady of the house is the widow of an artist, who in the pursuit of professional business, required certain lay figures, and one of these models was placed in the position in which it was found by the lodger. The rest will Le readily conceived. The poor follow who has been the victim of a common failing—curiosity—has not been seen or heard of since " that dreadful night." The serious part of the business, however, is this : Unless ample satisfaction be given by the young man for the annoyance he created, we understand the Law Courts will be called on to take cognisance of the matter.—Belfast .21orthern Whig. Jones, Loyd, and Co.'s Bank, There is much of the romance of history in the origin of some of the great private banking houses still existing in our days—though all more or less threatened with destruc tion by the giant of joint-stock enterprise. The origin, among others, of the house of Jones, Loyd, and Co. was very curious, Mr. Lewis Loyd, the founder of the house, father of the present Lord Overstone, began his career as a Welsh dissenting minister in a small chapel at Manchester, the congregation of which included a Mr. Jones, a sort of half -banker half-manufacturer. In addition to Mr. Jones there was a Miss Jones who attended the sermons of the Rev. Mr. Loyd, and, as often happens, the maiden found the orations so eloquent that she fell in love with the preacher. The affection was responded to by the mini. ster, and the two, fearing' the purse-proud mer chant would never consent to the messaliance, wore pri vately married. Of course, when the affair became known to Mr. Jones, sen., as it could not fail to do, he was exceed ingly angry, but, seeing that things went on pretty com fortably with his daughter, he became reconciled in the end to his reverend son-in-law : but, though fond of attending sermons, he did not think preaching a good busi ness, and after a while proposed that Mr. Loyd should give up the Welsh Dissenting chapel and enter his count ing-house as a partner, under the firm of Jones, Loyd, and Co. Mr. Loyd consented; and, to extend the business, it was subsequently agreed that he should go to London, and establish a bank under the name of the Manchester firm ; so that Jones, Loyd, and Co., of Manchester, might draw bills upon Jones, Loyd, and Co., of London, or, as it was facetiously called at the time, " pig upon bacon." It soon turned out that Mr. Lewes Loyd was eminently fitted to be a banker, for his clearness of head, untiring industry, and perfect honesty proved the foundation of success for the new establishment. After a very long and hoLiourable career Mr. Loyd retired from business, being succeeded as head of the London firm by his son, Mr. Sat;Nel Jones Loyd, who was subsequently created Lord Overstone. Thus, the falling in love of a young Manchester girl with u Welsh dissenting minister was the cause of the establishmeN; of an important bank, besides leading to the creation of a I NT of the realm.—Railway News, Foreign Mail Packet LiA MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. May 19. via Marseille; May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. June 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton May 27. via Marseilles May 21, Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 21. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 19. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May —. W.C. of Africa, M- adeira, and Teneriffe June 10. Bahamas, via New York June 2. Mexico...... May 30 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i m ay 1 4 Californi a . an d British Columbia.. EARTHQUAKE AMONG THE GOLDFIELDS.—The British Columbian says :—" We have received the following from a rural correspondent :—' The shock of an earthquake was felt on Thorne's Creek, three miles east of Fort Langley, Fraser River, on Sunday, Fobruary 28, at half-past 7 in the evening, It was accompanied by a hoarse, thundering rumble, and lasted for about 30 seconds. The sky was at the time clear and brilliant, and the atmosphere calm and mild. So frightful was the commotion of the quick and awful rockings as to make it a moment of great suspense as to whether the beholder would be buried with the log shanty, which cracked, rolled, and tottered around him, in a conglomerated mass of hetreogeneous ruins. Its course was across the Creek from nor th to south. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting a paper was received from M. Valz, the astronomer of Marseilles, on the deviation of the tails of the 4th and sth comets of 1863, from the planes of their orbits. From calculations founded upon the results of observation, he shows that the tail of the 4th deviated from the plane of its orbit by an angle of 1 deg 29 min ; while that of the sth presented a deviation of 33 min. Hence the only four comets for which data exist sufficient to determine this circumstance, have their tails outside the planes of their orbits; from which it may be presumed, until observa tion shall have proved the contrary, that this is the case with all comets.—M. Guerin Meneville produced some liv ing specimens of two different species of Chinese silkworms feeding on the leaves of the oak tree. One of these species, the Bombyx Pcrnii, is reared in various cold and moun tainous provinces in China, that of Kooy-Cheoo espe cially, which exports upwards of 40,000 bales of silk from this insect per annum. The other species, the Born byx Yama-mai, is reared in Japan, where the exporta tion of its eggs is prohibited on pain of death, because the silk derived from it is a Government monopoly. These specimens were peculiarly interesting, from the cir cumstances that they had been hatched long before the oak had put forth its leaves, so that M. Meneville had been obliged to feed them with the leaves of the Photinia alabra, a Chinese shrub, which puts forth leaves from the beginning of March. This experiment had succeeded perfectly.—MM. Bouche de Vitray and Desmartis sent in a paper on the possibility of transmitting the odium Tuckeri from plants to man. They have observed that, since 1852, the first year in which that parasite appeared, the number ofsases of croup and diphtheria of every kind, which they considered to ho produced by a variety of the oidium albicans, a parasite ackaowledged to cause the thrush, has increased considerably. This singular coincidence is, in their opinion, owing to a sort of relation ship existing between the two parasites. They foresee the objection that might ba made, viz,, that the two eryptoga mous plants are not of the same species ; to which they reply that they are of the same genus, and that the oidium Tuckeri may be susceptible of proteism. A Scotch Romance, A morning paper gives a summary of the main facts of a remarkable case Which is being heard in the Scotch Court of Session. The plaintiff is Mr Gordon M'Leod, and the de fendant Mr Hans G. Leslie, of Denlugas, and the object of the action is to ettablish the terms of a document which has been lost. The plaintiff was married in 1854 to a sister of the defendant, greatly against the wishes of old Mr Leslie . In May, 1856, Mr Leslie was seised with the illness of which he died, and then for the first time since the marriage sant for his daughter, Mrs M'Leod, to attend him on his death bed. In April of the same year Mr Leslie made a settlement by which he provided for Mrs M'Leod the life interest of £5,000, the principal sum to go to the children of the mar riage. This fact was communicated by the factor of Mr Leslie to Mr M'Leod when he arrived at Denlugas, after his father-in-law's death. Before the lid of the coffin was finally screwed down, s mysterious incident occurred which was the beginning of a train of circumsta nces which led to the present action- The factor states that he was ordered by Mr Leslie to place a certain packet near his heart when ho died. The factor told Mr M M'Leod that it merely contained a pair of slippers which a lady had I worked for the old gentleman, while another story I was that it enclosed a lady's portrait. After the death of Mr Leslie his estates were taken up by the defendant in the action, Mr Hans George Leslie, the only son, who at the period of his father's death was captain in the 37th Bengal Native Infantry. Mrs M'Leod died about the year 1860, leaving three children, for whose interests Mr M'Leod, as their administrator, prosecuted the action. Shortly after his marriage, and before his father-in-law's death, Mr M'Leod states that he had been told by the late Mr Shepherd, a writer to the signet, in Edinburgh, that there was a contract of marriage between the late Mr Leslie and his wife, under which Mrs M'Leod had certain rights as one of the children of the marriage. Mr M'Leod could find no trace of such a document, but about three years after his wife's death he received from a gentleman who had been a clerk with the late Mr Jas. Souter, W.S. (brother to the Denlugas factor), information of a much more definite kind. It appears, from the mass of evidence already taken on commission, that two contracts had been made, about 1828, between the late Mr Leslie and his Rife' Miss Ramsay, of Barra; the one antenuptial, in view of the marriage, and the other postnuptial, in imple ment of the agreement made before marriage. By these contracts the late Mr Leslie provided an annuity to his wife of £5OO in the event of her survival, and also a sum of £4,000 payable to herself and her heirs, The lands of Den lugas were conveyed in security of these provisions, He also bound himself to provide £16,000 for the younger children of the marriage in the eventof there being an heir male, or £20,000 if no heir male was born of the marriage. Mrs Leslie died many years ago, Mrs M'Leod being the only younger child of the marriage who survived her and Mrs Leslie, while the defendant is the heir male born of themarriage. These contracts have in some mysterious manner disappeared, and it is to prove their contents that the present action has been brought. They were in exist ence in 1854, when Mr M'Leod was married to Miss Leslie, old Mr Leslie having sent them to James Souter, W.S„ of Edin burgh, by the hands of his factor, to obtain the opinion of counsel upon their effect. The greatest :secrecy was observed in this transaction. Lord Kinloch, one of the judges of the Court of Session, formerly Mr. Penney, of the Seotch bar, and Mr. George Moir, ad vocate, have given evidence that they gave an opinion at the time stated on such a case. Five persons alone were acquainted with the existence of the contracts, Mr Sheppard, W.S. who had been agent for the Barra family, and who first gave Mr M'Leod a hint of their existence, being dead. The five were, old Mr Leslie himself; Mr Souter, the factor; Mr Souter's clerk (who copied the papers, but who has, as yet, not been discovered—the factor declaring he cannot now tell which of his clerks it was) ; Mr James Souter, W.S. ; and his clerk, who laid the papers before counsel. Mr. James Souter and Mr. Leslie having died, and the clerk who made the copies in the factor's office not being known, the parties who knew of the contracts were reduced to Mr. Souter, the factor, and the clerk of the late Mr. Souter. Mr. Reid, who was the sole clerk of Mr. 3", Souter, states in his evi dence that he made copies from the principal documents, blank so; far as regarded the names of the parties and of the estate, and that the copies were so made out by order of Mr. James Sorter, that it should not be known nor traced that those had reference to the marriage contract of Mr, and Mrs. Leslie, whose daughter was interested in them, and was married, or about to be married, to Mr. M'Leod. The plaintiff f oun d that infeoffment or se i sin had been taken upon the marriage contracts by search in the Register House in Edinburgh, where such documents are preserved. In this instrument the twu contracts are nar rated and the attesting clauses given at length. The name of the solicitor who prepared the contracts of 1828 was thus discovered, and although he had long been dead, his busi ness books were traced, it is said, to the waste room of a paper mill, and the whole charges for preparing the con tracts found carefully stated, including the price of the stamps and the charge for "extending" or copying out upon the stamped paper. Moreover, in an old tin box, the draft of the postnuptial contract was found, in the hand writing of the solicitor who had been the agent both for the Barra fancily, of which Mre. Leslie was a member, and for Mr. Leslie himself, But the contracts themselves have not been discovered. The question accordingly recurs :—What did the packet contain which was buried with Mr. Leslie ? The factor declares he does not sus pect that the parcel contained the contracts, because he had received instructions in relation to it in 1851. The case is still going on, and the Court may find that the existence and terms of the contracts are suffi ciently proved, in which case it will be unnecessary to invade the tomb with the view of discovering what the sealed packet really held, If the Court should decide in favour of the plaintiff, his children will be entitled to the sum of £16,000 provided for the younger children of the marriage in the contracts of 1828, as coming in place of their mother, Mrs. M'Leod, and to the half of £4,000 as joint heirs with the defendant to old Mrs Leslie ; the two sums amounting, with interest since 1856, to considerably more than £20,000 ; and in ad dition they will be entitled to the sum of £5,000 which old Mr Leslie provided for them in his trust settlement, evi dently intending that to be in place of, and not in addition to, the provisions in their grandmother's carriage contract. IYesterday Cardinal Wiseman celebrated the translation and procession of the relic of St. Simon sto ,:k in the garden and chapel of the Carmelite Friars, Duke's. :q.ne, Church-street, Kensington. The ceremony which is one of ancient date, is held in high regard by the Catholic Charon. The high mass was sung by the Very Rev. Dr. Hearn, the Vicar-General; and after the Gospel, a sermon wa.: 4 preached !. - 7 the Rev. Father O'Sullivan. At the close of the service 3 collection was made from the shrine of St. Simon Stock—an English Saint whose period dates beck twcoe the distance of "The Reformation" —otherwise to as far bok as six hundred years ago. The Carmelite Fathers, who Are established at Kensington, take their name from Mount Carmel, i n Palestine, on the top of which they have a mol: eatery. Mount Carmel is celebrated as being the p l ace w here Elijah destroyed the priests of Baal. THE CASE OF THE SAXON.-I:lere is a naval court martial in session at the Philadelphia Navy yard for the trial of Acting-master Charles Dananhower, of the United States navy, upon a charge of mill der on the high seas, in shooting James Gray, mate of the British bark Saxon, in October last, off the coast of Africa. The charges are preferred by Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the information of Lord Lyons, British Minister. The case was submitted to a court of inquiry, after the return of the Vanderbilt, on which the accused was serving, and he was fully exonerated from blame, and justified for the act, and the finding of the court, it was understood, was approved by the Secretary of the Navy. His Lordship, the British Minister, not being satisfied with the result of the proceedings, has induced the Government to convene a court-martial for the trial of Mr. Dananhower, and the case is, as we have said, in process of trial,—.Were York, .Herald. M, Taine's " Irstoire de la Litteratnre Anglaise" having been presented to the French Academy to compete for the Bordin Prize, the committee unanimously recog nised its claim to that distinction. The Academy, how ever, in its last sitting, rejected the conclusions of the com mittee, and decided that the prize should not be awarded this year. It is said that the philosophical opinions of the author were the cause of this decision. The Correctional Tribunal of Montpellier tried on Saturday eighteen persons charged with attacking the houses and assaulting the persons of the wit nesses who gave evidence in favour of M. Armand in the recent trial at Aix. Two of them were acquitted, and the others were condemned to terms of imprisonment ranging from six months to a fortnight. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co,'s agents in Venezuela advise, under date Bth of April, that they had received for 55 per cent. of the import duties for about two weeks, from the Custom-house of La Guayra, 8,981 dols. 41c. ; do. Puerto Cabello, 33,193 dols. 96c.; making 42,175 dols. 37c.; and under date 22d of April further collections are ad vised for two weeks more, from the Custom-house of La Guayra, 9,061 dols. 8 1 c.; do. Puerto Cabello, 9,593 dols. 26c. ; making 18,655 dols. 7c." The accounts from tile various man u f ac t ur i ng havegenerally been of Manchester there has a di s s a tr u i s c f t a s et f o o r r hyt character. past weekbeen a good dema nd for both cloths and yarns for A t home use and for the Indian markets, and prices have shown increased &unless. In the woollen dis tricts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield there has been a more active inquiry for seasonable goods, while a fair amount of business has been transacted in the hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham. In the hardware dis tricts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhamp ton the general prosperity of trade is considered very satisfactory in most departments. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, RADCLIFFE RACE S.--MONDAY. The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ;gas ; win• ners extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr T. Cliff's Ross, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (H. Taylor) / Mr T. T. Drake's Worthless, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b _ (Tomlinson) 2 Mr Martinson's Lisette, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Car ro l l ) 3 Mr Dent's Mantalini, 3 yrs, st Mr Wood's Captain Knight, aged, Bst 10Ib (Lomas) 5 Mr A. Scott's Fidelity, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ..(J. H. Harrison) Q Betting-5 to 2 each agat Lisette and Worthless, 4to each agst Ross and Captain Knight. Won by half a length; a length between second and third ; a bad fourth. A Handicap Plate of 5 sous each, with 30 added. About one mile and a quarter. Mr Lincoln's Rifle, 3 yrs, Get 715 (Kenyon) w.O The Wilton Cup (Handicap) of £lOO, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft ; second to save his stake ; winners extra. About ono mile and a half. Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (inc. 101 b ex.) (car. 7st 111 b) (Boyle) Mr Ambery's L a d y d e T rafford, 3 yrs, Sat Bib (J. Griwahaw) 2 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs, sst 81b .. (Jamieson) 3 Mr G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, Gat 31b (Carroll) 4 Betting-13 to Bon East Lancashire, 3to 1 agst Lady de Trafford, 5 to 1 agst Siva, 8 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn filly. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third. with 30 added ; The Heaton ParwkinHnaenrsdiecxatprao.f 50anovesmeailceh., Mr Ambery's Lady de Trafford, 3 yrs, 7st llb (J. Grinashaw) 1 Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b.. (J. Snowden) 2 Mr T. Cliff's Rifle, 5 yrs, Sat 101 b (Kenyon) 3 Betting—Even on Lady de Trafford ; 7 to 4 agst Jack's Alive, 3 to 1 agst Rifle. Won by a length; five lengths between the second and third. LATEST BETTING. UNION CUP. 4to 1 eget Utopia 6 to 1 agst East Lancashire TATTERSALLS'.—LAST EVENING. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES, 5 to 1 eget Deerstalker (taken and offered) sto 1 Baldwin (taken and offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst General Peel (take 11 to 2) 11 to 2 agst Cambuscan (take 6to 1 freely) Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Birch Broom (take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Coast Guard (offered) 100 to 7 agst Paris (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blair Athol (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Ely (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Copenhagen (take 33) 33 to 1 agst Forager (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) 33 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) SONERSETSHIRE STASES.—Accident and Greenland were struck out of the Somersetshire Stakes this (Monday) after. noon at Tattersall's. CITY BETTING-YESTERDAT. There was net a large attendance at the Clab, which, perhaps, may be due to the glorious weather. The feature of the morning was the silent force, if we may use the ex pression, of Scottish Chief, who bids fair to resume his old quotation very soon, DERBY. sto 1 aget General Peel sto 1 agst Cambuscan 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief Bto 1 agst Birchbroom 12 to 1 agst Paris 10 to 1 agst Coastguard 15 to 1 agat Blair Athol 15 to 1 agst Baragah 20 to 1 aget Forager All taken freely. THE CHANTILLY RACES.—SIINDAY, May 15. THE OAKS. The Prix de Diane, of 10,0001, for 3-yr-old fillies. Entry, 400 f ; forfeit, 250 f, or 200 f only if declared. The second to receive I,ooof. Weight, 1081bs. Distance about 2,100 metres, Thirty subs. Count de Lagrange's File de l'Air M. Schickler's Poudriere (J. Watkins) 2 M. Lunel's Fantasia The following also ran :—Mlle. de Rosay, Civility, Gueule de Loup, Somo Sierra, and Perle. Betting-7 to 4on Fille de l'Air, sto 1 agst Poudriere, G to 1 agst Perle, and 8 to 1 agst Gueule de Loup. Mlle. de R..say and Somo Sierra, who had been started to make the running for their stable companions, went away at a dashing pace, with Gueule de Loup and the favourite following, Fantasia coming last of all. No change took place until after passing the stables, when the two leading horses, who had been running a long distance in advance, fell back, and Fille de l'Air and Poudriere who had passed Scrupule and had been running fourth, placed themselves in the van. From this moment the race was re.. duced to a match between those two. They ran alongside of each other as far as the distance post, when Fille de l'Air went away and won in a canter by half a dozen lengths. The same interval separated Poudriere and Fantasia; Civility was fourth, Scrupule fifth, Perle next, while Mlle. de Rosay and Somo Sierra tailed off and did not pass the post. RACING FIX TU. MA rRES FOR 1864. kJ'. Bath .. .. 17 Manchester .(Summer .. 18 Harpenden 2O I Epsom 24 rNII. Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 23 New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne .. Worcester (Summer) Ipswich 'LY. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Nottingham Winchester Southampton .. Chesterfield King's Lynn ...... 21 Goodwood .. 26 Brighton.. 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Pluntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 ►SEPT: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster OCTI Bedford 4 Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Nor] Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRI NI Dover York August 2a Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stocktcn Devon and Exeter .... 30 Derby Brecon . . 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 IBER. Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 (BER. Leamington &War. Hunt 23 SH. Y. ---- Springhill 2 Cork ......... 16, 17 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Tullamore •• lB Nenagh JUNE. Curragh ... 28, 29, 30 SEP TEMBBR• Curragh ...................... 6,7, 8 0 CTOBEIU Curragh .................... 18 ' 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. ton a nd Warwicaliira NoVEMBER. Learning kHunt 22 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, -0- - Market opens Very quiet. Salee, probably 4,000 bales. HEATH OF SCOTLAND.—The Registrar-General of Scotland has i ssue d hi s usua l mon thl y re t urn f or the eight Principal towns. It shows that since the establish ment of the Register-office, nineyears ago, there never were so many marriages or so many births in any April as in that of 1864, and only once (in the cold April of 1860) so many deaths. Births, marriages, and deaths have all been above the average ; life seems to be going on at rather a fast rate. Greenock, Aberdeen, and Glasgow continue to suffer front typhus ; and throughout the town populations one death in every four was caused by the zymotic (epidemic and con tagious) class of diseases. The month was characterised by a high mean temperature, 47.1, which is 2.8 above the average ; and the temperature was nearly uniform over the country. The humidity was above, though the amount of rain (varying from 1.2 to 3 inches) was below the average. The barometric pressure was high throughout the month, and in general free from any sudden fluctuations. East winds were below their usual frequency in April. An exciting chase occurred two Bays since in the streets of Bordeaux. Two stags, brought from Pondichery by Captain Joubert, as a present for the Bor deaux Garden of Acclimatization, had just been landed frcra the steamer, when one of them escaped from its keepers and started along the quays at full speed, followed by a crowd of people. The terrified animal at last took refug in a cafe, to the great alarm of the customers present, and was secured without injury to itself or its captors. UST. :MEER. I