The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-21 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: Saturday is usually a quiet day in the general money market, but the falling off in the number of bills for discount is on the present occasion more than ordinarily conspicuous. There is an abun dance of floating capital, with very little inclination to borrow it on the present terms, a further redue ' tion being considered imminent. There was a general decline in the foreign ex. changes yesterday afternoon. About 4 '73,600 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £340,228, and the exports to £447,644. It has transpired that Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., and Messrs. Hanbury and Lloyd, bankers, of Lombard-street, have amalgamated. The report of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada for the half year ending March last, has been issued. The net profits during this period amount to £14,095 6s. 7d., which, added to the sum brought forward from September, gives a balance at credit of revenue of £14,322 17s. 7d. The Directors recommend that oat of this balance a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, less income tax, be declared on the paid-up capital stock of the company ; that one-half of the surplus profits over 6 per cent. per annum, and the usual charge for interest, amounting together to £3,768 7s. 11d., be carried to the re serve fond, in accordance with the provisions of the royal charter of incorporation ; and that £250 be applied to the redemption of preliminary expenses. There will then remain the sum of £304 9s. Bd. to the credit of the next half-year's accounts. During the period embraced by the accounts the reserve fund has been charged with the sum of £7OB 143. for losses on realisation of securities in default, and outlay on office premises. The amount standing to the credit of this fund, after adding the £3,768 7a. 11d. above referred to, will be £54,802 9s. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 70c. Rather firm. The market for the English Funds opened heavily, and a decline of per cent. speedily occurred. Consols were 911 for transfer, and 90k 1 for the account. Since then there has been no variation of importance. The New Threes are marked 891 ; the Reduced, 89 4; March Exchequer Bills, 10s; and the June do,, 3s dis, ; India 5 per Cents., 1051 1; Enfaced do., 1031 105 ; do., 51 per Cents., 1031. There is very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 704 711 ; do., Consolides, 47i 48 ; Mexican, 43! 44 ; do., New Loan, 1 Of die. ; Greek, 23 / 1 ; Spanish Passive, 34 1; and the Confederate Loan, 63 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has con• tinned very dull, and prices exhibit little change of importance. Metropolitan have declined 1, Mid land f, Lancashire and Yorkshire and South East ern /, while Bristol and Exeter have advanced i f„ and North Western 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial alteration. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FENDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced N„,.ev , 3 per Cent. B 9l 9 'law 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2,1 & 3 per Cent. 10 3 Ditto 1500 Ditto £lOO and. £2OO Bank England Stk, 5} per Ct. Ditto Account. .. — 'NEON GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 .... .. • . 105 i i D itto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 5 3} Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto CAug., 1866 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto - 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4t per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 18G3 B7t Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account Chilien 6 per Cent. — Ditto 4i pet Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 Ditto Scrip £5O paid Equador New. Consolidated, 1 per Cent — EgYptian 7 per Ceut .. lOOl Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., .1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 23a * i Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lOl Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) —, .kexi can 3 er ent I With) Account Mo orish ik.. Imperial 5 per Cent l ieu' Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent. — D itto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent ... ..... Ditto Account ) — Ditt o 3 per Cent. (Cribarren) — D itto 4i per Cent., 1862 .... D itto Account. BB rortuzuese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account. — Ditto 3 per Ce nt., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 4Bl Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Gent., 1850 .. Ditto 3 per C I .ent 1859 . Ditto 5 per (r en t, 1862 • Ditto 1864 S cr i p , £lO paid Ditto Atigi° -Dutch Sardinian 11 pi r Cent Spanish 3 per: Cent Ditto ACC'JU nt Ditto Accor mt Ditto Pass' re Ditto Acco ant SpanisTi Ceri .:. of Coup not funded — Ditto , Acs ount Swedish, 4 . per Cent ' Ditto 5(.3 ip, £2O paid ... pm Turkish ( i per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account BBl Ditto 6 per Cent. ISSB Ditto Account 684 I Ditt o, £101) Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 714 Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7l 4 Ditto 1863 Ditto . Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezt Lela 3 per Cent. _ Dittf ) 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditt o Account ... ..... Ditt o 6 per C ent, 1864 Di';to 11 per Cent __ ...... Dividends on the above payable in Lond )n. Austi :inn, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgi fin 4 3 / 4 per Cent., E x . 25 f. Date h 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Di tto 4 per Cent. Certificates /tali in, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account 6Bk 71 TWO O'CLOCK Consels Money Ditto Account 9oi t a d Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady. Sales, about 6,000 bales. We hear that a marriage has been arranged be tween "Mr Henry Milbank, third son of Mr and Lady Augusta Milbank, nephew of the Duke of Cleveland, and brothu:•in-law of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, and Lady Susan Osborne, eldest daughter of the Duke of Leo is , and sister-in-law of the Marchioness of Carmarthen, A NEW TENOR PHENOMENON has been discovered, ecco ruing to the Art _Musical, in the person of a cindevant Zottame in the African army, who, with ono half year's tutu, in, has made such wonderful progress that he will soon make his debut before the great world. His name is C tzs'ax.— The Reader. V'iCTOR HUGO'S SHAKSPERE,--We learn (says the I?eader) from the Dutch booksellers' circular that Vic tor Hugo received from the firm of Verbookhoven and Co. In Brussels the sum of 50,000 francs for his "William ohak spere, " the right of property, however, returning the author in two years, Share; 13.14.1 ‘0.10.4 IVol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwcal lO ' A A 2ets no di; D o. B till Gpe.pan.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,l'crths . Ab. June. Ndinburgh At Glasgow. Glacq, and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f share®.. Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birming. do Derby Qt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares Do. Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York 12.10 Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction , Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stools Do Soot. Mid. stook.. Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union .... South Devon ... South Eastern . . South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6thince, Wok._ ~ :Lila Wok. 'Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 185 G Taff Vale.. •• •••••• • • • • Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath I Victoria sta. and Pim aterford da Kilkcuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.edt West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. I p a i d.; Closing Business Prioe. done. 8 14 Bi 9 83 C 5 118} 119 i 6 7 35 37 18 17 88 90 104 106 47 48 ei 7i 129 131 138 140 128 132 90 92 64 641 111 i 1111 1 66 67 103 105 40 1101 ill 07i 081 54 54i 113 114 132 1321 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.13.4 102 IC4 504 61 214 25} 104 102 57i 68i 89 90 127 130 11 2h p 76 78 10/ 111 121 123 39 40 64 66 83 85 901 91i 100 106 74 84 1164 374 94 10 ,r S 84 17) 175 6 7 3 E p BRITISH POSSE share 100 sk I 20 204 10 100 stock stmk stook 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook 204 .20i stock stock stook stock stock et ock frOCk Railways It!antic lir St Lawrenek Bom.,Baroda&.Cent hid Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Laaelluron Do. Preteranoe Buffalo,BrantAGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1,187: Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 elcutta. &•S. /'; astu.(Liiii CapeTowli Dock Scri l Muhl, Bengal gu. b p. is Indian. gu. sp. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt. IncliaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1882 Gt. South.of IndiagAm guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Sew Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited IMadras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4} p. c. Extension Da. 1* do Do. Fifth Extension. Mclb.Corp. fi p. o. kin& Meib. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. e. &long. Bds. Newßrusswick &t Can& Class A and B. N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• •• • I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Business done 103} 2} 1041 1 274 1044 an 100 (100 I 100 2 all 100 L 100 1022 2 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - (ay. 6 p.c.J a. 0r...1 al; 1877-S4 100 103 105 103% - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 I Do. ep. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 I Do. Ep. o. Jan.&July. 10C 90 ez 914 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 'Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187. 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 I Do. 189( 100 1(8 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 100 104 —(Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 196 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 106 108 106 1N.8.G0v.0 p.o.JaAJul) 100 101 103 I Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oa. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0.,180' 100 99 100 - Do. sp. 04 8 / 1 to 167( 100 99 101 I Do. d0.,1888 ctzupwcik 100 99 101 100 —• New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. I sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 (Queensland Gcv. 6p. 0 lOO - S. Aus G6p.0.1873.8z up lOO 109 111 Vie.Grov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,July 100 - - IDo. to 6 v.o. An.&Oot.. 100 108 109 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 2 id difford Amalgamated.. 32 34 Devon G. Con.. ( . Tavist.) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 07 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caxadon ...... 2.14.8 294 304 East Cana Brea... , 3.4.0 6t f 1 WI Russel (Tavistk.)' 8.13.0 34 4 Gam.&St.Auhyn(Gwen., 581 7 9 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 24 3 G. Wheal Vor (lielston; 40 33 35 Grenville . ...... 8.12 88 40 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 34 4 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut 4(4 15 17 Marke Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 2). 1% t New Seton 14)1 85 90 • North Downs 2% 11 1% Basset(lllo.;an 11.0 14 2 r\lorth Wheal Crotty j Var Consols (st. Blazey, 20 Providence ( tiny Leint., 10.0.7 40 42 I Bouthl.3aradon(St.Cleer, 14 450 470 'S. Carn Brea (Mogan). • S.Wheal i!'ran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 40 50 - Stray Park 30.17.6 25 27 27 Eamar Silv.& Lead Min. - fin Crott 9 18 19 West Basset (Ilinato).— 14 9 10 W C: radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 West Seton Wheel Basset (Mogan) 54 90 95 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 30 3.5 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLudeott Wheal MaryAnni s illen ) 8 12 14 Wheal Seton 584 220 230 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 20 21 Wheal Union 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. atis per cent. pm., 10$ Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 1 t guaranteed stock, 124 Midland 44 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 104 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. North britiolx INAL bh , azati INtattloo) 4 pop oonk , 7Ct FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 10i West Flanders, 74 West Flanders, 51 per cent. pt., 10 FOREIGN MINES. Mariquita, Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 7i United Mexican (liia;, 6} Yudanamutaua of S. Australia, lim.,:3i 3 BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 130 Alliance 621, 2 Anglo Austrian, 4.71 Anglo-Italian, limited, 6 Australasia, 7,if • Ditto, new, 56i 71 British and Californian, Urn., 61 Chartered ger. of India, London, and China, 69f 70i City, 136 Continental, 11m., 18k 19,E East London, lim., European Bank, lim., 12; / Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, 15 Imperial Bank (11m.), 41 Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm., 25 Imperial Ottoman, 21i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 6 London Bank of Scotland, Um., 21 k London and. Colonial (lim.), 18 London and Comity, 64 London Joint Stock, 474 London and South-Western, - 241 Merchant Bank, lim., 22} Litt°, new, 19 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim 1.311 South E Astern, 51- " Union of Australia: ss,} Union of Ireland, bra 20 Union of London, 54,8 DOCKS. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE DAVIES. The bankrupt was a compositor, and this was a meeting for last examination an 3 discharge. The debts were only 02—.€44 of which was on a bill of exchange given, renew ing a debt under a former bankruptcy, and the remainder was partly for costs. There was no opposition, and bankrupt passed and ob tained his order of discharge. RE GEO. BOOTH-QUESTION OF ALLOWANCES TO 100 105 21 23 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 40 62 10 ?i iO3il id p ti 6i 8i 9} 77 82 77 8? 77. 82 101 98 100 105 107 1041 JO5& II t 20 21 72 14 61 63 63 65 53 55 48 50 40 42 27 30 25 e 7 104 105 I 11 1021 103 i 10 101 10i 101 , ; 1 90 02 82 64 par 4p iO2 103 96 98 9t 94 57 59 5 82 14 1021 103} 1011 103 id ip 102 lu3 96 98 London,:74i 64 f 1101 11 97k 51} 102 11 771 8 1031 21 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 201 Company of African Merchants, lira., 2 1 Consolidated Discount, lira., 8 Continental Union Gas, lira., 61 7 Contract Corporation, Urn., 4i Credit Mobili(r, Crystal Palace, 31 3 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira. 5 Financial Corporat ion, si Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 10 91 Hudson's Bay, 191 Imperial Financial, lira., 9 International Financial Society, lira., 11 10k Joint Stock Discount, lira., London Financial Association, lira., 27 1 Ditto, new, 15 ; London General Omnibus Company, 21 M idras Irrigation and Canal, I; Mercantile Credit Association, lirn., 15 National Dhcount Company, lira., 141 Societe Financiers d'Egypte, lira., Telegrat h Construe. and MaintenanCe, lien., 41 Warrant Finance, lint, 1121 13 12i 132 1 11 THE MTN, LONDON, SATVIWA Y EVENING, MAY 21, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MANSION HOUSE. CHARGE OP SCUTTLNG A SHlP.—Hendrich Kohn, sea man, was placed befob Alderman Carden, on remand, charged with wilfully lastroying the ship Alma, with in tent to defraud her unterwriters of £lOO. Mr. Lewis, who appared for the prosecution, said he did not propose to proceed 'lather with the case at the present moment, as since the pisoner had been in custody he had made a full confession of the share he took in the trans. action, The statement, of course, involved other parties in the charge, and theefore it would be for the ends of justice that the necessary steps should to taken before he stated the facts as relat e d by the prisoner. Under these circumstances he sholld ask for a remand until next Saturday. Alderman Carden atonce remanded the prisoner for a week. _ John Walter Sheppati, a young man about 25 years of age, was charged with feloniously endeavouring to obtain some valuable shawls with intent to defraud. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of a linendraper, and by that means became acquainted with the mode adopted by the warehousemen in supplying goods. In tha present instance the prisoner went into the warehouse of Messrs. Lock, Edwards, and Co., and asked for four shawls, valued at £3O for the Messrs. Harvey but immediately he got into the street he ran away, but was overtaken and locked up. He was fully committed for trial. Another charge was preferred against the prisoner—viz . obtaining by false representations four, valuable shawls, from Messrs. Sellingcourt and Co. He represented that the goods were required by a cue• tomer, and as it was imagined he was one of the firm deal ing with the house, the property was given to him without the least suspicion of there being anything wrong. The police foi Innately in this instance succeeded in recovering the stolen property. Alderman Carden committed the prisoner for trial on this charge. The prisoner was again charged with obtaining by false pretences some woollen goods from the Messrs. Forster, Porter, and Co. Mr. Tomlinson, an assistant in the fancy hosiery de partment, said in October last the prisoner came to the warehouse, and asked for a small man's Cardigan jacket — one of the best in stock—for Mr. Thomas, of Poplar. The goods were given to him; and he afterwards said he was also to take a fancy N est. On this being given to him, he signed the book in the name of Williamson, as having re ceived the goods for Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas, draper, of Poplar, said the prisoner was formerly in his service, but he left it in 1863. He never sent him in October last , to Messrs. Porter for the articles mentioned by the last witness. A police-constable produced the stolen articles, which he found at the prisoner's lodgings, in New North-street, Theobald's-road, The prisoner was also fully committed for trial upon this third charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OFFERING OBSCENE SONGS FOR SALE.—William Young, a hawker, living in Union-court, Holborn, was charged before Mr Knox with offering obscene songs for sale. Inspector James Thomson, of the Detective Department, Scotland.yard, deposed that on the previous night the pri soner accosted him in Argyll-street with the expression, "Look here, captain, here's something that will suit you," at the same time showing him a parcel of songs. Having noticed the nature of them, he told the prisoner that he had better tear them up or he would get into trouble. He then left the prisoner and walked into a public-house in Argyll street, and the prisoner shortly after followed him and offered some of the songs for sale to the persons standing in front of the bar. On leaving the house the prisoner again offered him some of the songs for 6d,, and on his (Inspector Thomson) asking him where he got them from, he said, "It don't matter, I want to be off to sell some more." He then took the prisoner into custody, and at the station found in the parcel about 150 songs and prints of the very worst description. The prisoner told him that he had bought them of a man just come from Birmingham. The prisoner said that he purchased them of a man who had come to London lately. Mr Knox committed the prisoner for trial. BANKRTJPIS. This bankrupt was described as of Freeman-villas, Sy denham, brickmaker, and this was a meeting for last exa mination and discharge. The debts are stated at £1,157 ; to creditors holding security, £1,575; creditors by good debts, £54 ; doubtful, £241; property, £243 ; ditto in the hands of creditors, £1,595. _ The bankrupt obtained his order of discharge. Mr. Lucas, for the bankrupt, asked for an allowance which had not been granted by the assignees. He said that by a recent decision of the Lord Chancellor the Court had, uu• der such circumstances, a discretion to make an allowance. In this case the property had realised more than it was stated at, and the bankrupt's failure was attributable to unavoidable losses after ho had been in business for 20 years. His Honour granted an allowance of £2O. IN RE JASON. This bankrupt was an omnibus proprietor, of Maida-hill, Paddington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr E. Reid opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt had improperly disposed of an omnibus and six horses to his brother for an alleged debt, and then came to this court to relieve himself from all his other liabilities. The whole debt only amounted to £258, and if the property had been fairly brought forward the creditors might have been paid, or at all events had a good dividend. He (Mr Reid) submitted that this was not a case in which the Court ought to intervene, and that the petition should be dismissed. Hif Honour said he should adjourn the examination sine die without protection, until the bankrupt brought in the property, or its value, to the official assignee, Thunderstorms. A heavy thunderstorm broke over London last night. Between 7 and 8 o'clock dark clouds gathered on the northern horizon, and bright sheet lightning was seen at intervals. The clouds gradually overspread the sky, and at a quarter to 11 vivid flashes of lightning were followed almost immo diately by loud peals of thunder. At 11 o'clock the storm was at its height, and the rain fell in torrents. About half past 11 the lightning and thunder ceased for some time. A second storm broke out at 12 o'clock, which, however, only lasted a few minutes—it being apparently at a greater dis tance from London. The lightning affected the telegraphic wires connected with the Houses of Parliament and Renter's office. The bells attached to the wires rung violently at the very moment when the most vivid flashes of lightning were seen. At 1 o'clock the storm had ceased, and at 2 the moon was shining in a cloudless sky. Yesterday Liverpool, after five days of remarkably hot weather, was visited by two severe thunderstorms. The first commenced between 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning, and continued about an hour. From the peculiar sound of the thunder it appeared as if three or four storms were raging at the same time at various distances. This storm was ac companied by a smart shower. The second storm com menced about 1 o'clock, and lasted for about an hour and a half. It was immediately over the town. One church spire is said to have been struck, but no damage done. No serious accident has been heard of. After the second storm the air was much cooler. A thunderstorm passed over Birmingham between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This was accompanied by a shower of hail, the hailstones being larger than full•sized peas. A heavy thunderstorm burst over Manchester yesterday at noon, accompanied by deluges of rain, and lasted several hours. After a long period of dry, sunny weather such as has prevailed in the neighbourhood, the rain was much wanted, and will do good service to the agricultural and horticultural interests. How the Rothschilds have made Money. (From the Diary of a Lady of Quality.) I did not know, till - I heard it from Alava, the exact circumstances of the first arrival of the news of the battle of Waterloo in London. It seems that one morning a partner of the house of Rothschild came to Lord Liverpool. informed him that he had a few hours before received the glorious news, or at least the bare outline; that, having made all the advantage which this exclusive knowledge could give him on the Stock Market, he now came to im part it to Government_ 1-T. ‘ennla not anaavar tiny inquiries as to the means by which he had acquired the intelligence, could not give any particulars, only repeated the assurances of the truth of the informa tion. Lord Liverpool thought it cruel, on such vague foundations, to raise hopes or fears. To one of his colleagues—Vansittart, I think—who hap pened to come in, he told the circumstance, and they agreed to conceal it from every other human being till more was known. There was a Cabinet dinner that day at Lord Harrowby's; not one word was said respecting the news, and Lord Liverpool was returning home full of anxiety. In the street his carriage was stopped by an unknown, who, with some apology, said that he was just come from Downing-street; that a carriage with six horses dressed with laurels, French eagles, and colours hanging out of the windows, had arrived ; that the glorious news was instantly spread ; and that the messenger was gone to Lord Harrowby's in pursuit of him through another street from that in which he was met. This, I think, I heard at the time, but certainly till now never heard the thing accounted for. It seems that the Duke of Wellington, after writing his despatch home, said to Pozzo di Borgo, " Will you write to Louis XVIII. at Ghent? tell him only that Napoleon is utterly defeated ; that in less than a fortnight I shall be in possession of Paris, and hope very soon to see him reinstated. Say that excessive fatigue prevents me from writ ing." A messenger was of course immediately sent off to Ghent. When he arrived, Louis and his little court happened to be assembled at breakfast in a room.whose windows down to the ground were wide open. The embraces, the ejaculations, of course instantly apprised those under the windows of the arrival of good news. Among these was a spy from the house of Rothschild, who had many days been upon the watch. He no sooner heard the ❑ews than he rode post to Ostend ; there, happen ing to find a small vessel just sailing, he embarked and got one tide before the English messenger, who arrived shortly afterwards. CROSSING THE LINE ; A ROUGH SHAVE,--When my turn came, I was seized by the two fiendish looking functionaries before mentioned, who blindfolded my c.v.., anti waiving mo by tbo dragged ma an deck. Here I was saluted by buckets of water, which were dashed over me on all sides, whilst the fire engine played in my face with such cruel precision that I was more than half drowned. Coughing and spluttering, and gasping for breath, I was marched slowly across the deck, forced to mount a ladder, and seated on a plank, with Neptune on one side and the barber on the other, whilst the doctor stood below with his lancet and box of nostrums ready to administer to those who required his aid. The ceremony began by Neptune asking me, through a speaking-trumpet applied close to my ear, " How old I was," "Why I had come to sea," " Whether I had previously crossed the line," &c., and each time I tried to answer having the great shaving brush, covered with lather, stuffed half way down my throat. Declining to answer only made matters worse; for the doctor was immediately called upon to restore my power of speech. This he dexterously accomplished by dig ging his lancet into my foot, and completed the cure by cramming one of his abominable boluses into my mouth. My face was now copiously lathered and scraped, and my legs being tilted up, I fell backwards into a sail filled with water to the depth of three or four feet. Blind folded as I was, I fancied myself overboard, and struck out for my life. But my miseries were not yet ended. I was startled by a hoarse roar, and the two bears, who had been lying in wait fa. their victim, seizing me in their tarry paws, ducked my head under water, and bundled me about till I verily thought I should be drowned. At last I managed to tear the bandage from my eyes, upset one of the bears, and, jumping on his prostrate ',body, succeeded in making my escape. Be ing now one of the initiated, I was provided with a fire buaket, and allowed to amuse myself by ducking the un fortunates who succeeded me. All having undergone the ordeal of shaving, bleeding, and physicking, and drowning, another glass of ram was served out, Neptune drove off to the sound of martial music, and the remainder of the day was given up to dancing and sky-larking.—My Indian Journal, by Colonel IF. Campbell. This year, for the first time since Switzerland was constituted into a political Confederation, the Helvetic Budget showed a deficit. This unheard-of fact caused a considerable sensation in the 22 cantons. The Federal Council became disquieted, and extreme measures were taken to get rid of what the fellow countrymen of William Tell considered a scandal. The means resorted to ware very simple, merely consisting of an increase in tolls on bridges and on telegraps, but the honour of the country is considered safe, as the year will pass without a deficit. WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMANLY Alms EMENTS .—A fashionably-dressed young man, who gave the name of James Brown, and address Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, was charged with the following misconduct : Sergeant Brett, 29 B, said that at 4 o'clock this morning he was on duty in Belgrave-square, when he saw the de fendant and two other persons of equally respectable appearance. A chimney sweeper was proceeding through the square, when the defendant and his companions went behind him, and began playing tricks with the sooty machine which he carried. After amusing themselves for anrna «L..— r „n o nf thn chimney sweep, they went across the square to two men who appeared to be going to their work, and ono of these men was struck and the other kicked. Next the defendant and his companions went to the Duke of Buccleuch's, where some men were unload ing goods, and interfered with them, and witness then went up to the defendant and companions and told them that that sort of thing could not be allowed, upon which defendant said it was nothing to him and struck him upon the chest. Witness then took him into custody. He was under the influence of liquor. Mr. Selfe—What have you to say to this? Defendant—l am very sorry, Mr. Selfe—What are you ? Defendant—l am not doing anything at present. Mr. Selfe.—Were you no occupation? Defendant—None. Mr. Selfe—A. person in your evident position of life might, I should think, have been better employed than as described. You are fined 205., or committed for 14 days. The fine was immediately paid. A vsatY ANNOYING T AI H is A YITE S .-- . Mr. George Wade, a most respectable man, who was accompanied by several neighbours, came before the magistrate under very sin gular circumstances. A man named George Wager, a photographer, 105, High-street, Poplar, and who has a sleeping apartment at No. 10, Mount-terrace, Whitechapel road, was remanded by Mr. Burcham (who officiated for Mr. Paget) on Monday, and committed for trial by Mr. Partridge yesterday for a criminal assault on a girl named Adams, aged 11 years and 10 months. Both addresses of the man Wager were published on Tuesday in a morning ne wspaper. Mr. George 'Wade carries on business as a photographer at No. 5, Mount-place, Whitechapel-road, only five doors from 10, Mount-terrace, where the offender, Wager, rents a small room. Many people, without taking the trouble of instituting the necessary inquiries, have identified Wager with Mr Wade, who is the only photo grapher carrying on his business openly in the place, and the consequence has been interruption, annoyance, and y Wade' insults all the week, as well as the loss of customers. This morning the Saturday e to di mr tio a n g s er o , f s c s a e s v e e , ra a l n w d e p e e k o l p y le jo a u s r s n em als . s house discussing the affair in wa de public that he had no connexion with bgalnaeNycl'ethefPiunPrg°thebie:Utptueabl‘lpilelreitasant manner. Mr 'Wade hoped it be e ho was servant to a tobacconist and photographer of No. 105, High-street, Poplar, and never MURDEROUS ASSAULYJohn and Charles Hurst wncWattormalirgileededdr,Ronilebyu,siness in Mount.place or Mount-terrace. brothers, were brought before Mr Partridge, charged with committing a very savage assault upon Mr James Regan. The complainant appeared to be very much hurt, and the clothes which ha was wearing when the outrage was com mitted were covered with mud and torn. a gentleman of good position, was on his at half-past 1 o'clock, when he was the prisoners in the Mile-end-road. fiercely attacked by d inflicted meet serious contusions and and knocked hun own, and when he was They beat him waybru Theshe home prosecutors mo ne thish sh morningea d Paco, and body. The prosecutor gave and the prosecutor for another not the slightest insult or pro voca . tion to the prisoners. One down kicked him given into custody, that he had of them said, after he was g made a mistake and mistoo k person. A police-constable said both prisoners were intoxicated, and said he had a factory in the prosecutor was sober. The prisoners, both youn6 men, who said they were sailors, and that one of thew only came home yesterday, said they were grossly insulted while passing along the Mile-end -road. that V) employed 22 persons, and Bell h - e lane, s s ee p u it t a o i r fie w id as s, reca lleat that his business kept him in his factory late every Friday night. Mr Partridge said this was the most extraordin ar y an d cruel case he ever met with, and he believed the prosecutor, who was fully confirmed. It was a most grievous case, deserving of severe punishment. He fined the prisoners £5 each, and in default two m onths' imprisonment. A LADY MILITARY D OCTOR.—Miss Mar y C, Walker, M.D., arrived here le st week, with orders to re p ort to Dr. Perrin for duty. She has been a pp ointed to Colonel M'Cook's brigade, and has just left for Gordon's Mill s . The young lady is said to thoroughly understand her pro fession, and is very pretty. —Chattanooga Gazete. FEMALE ItEcrturrs.--lhe official records of the military authorities show th at u p wards of 150 female re cruits have been discovered, and made to resume the garments of their sex. It is supposed that nearly all of these were in collusion with men, who were examined by the surgeons and accepted , after whic h the fair one s substituted themselves,—.Yeto York Sun. DELICIOUS MERELY TO READ OF I. —ICE IN PARIS. —The annual consumption of ice in Paris is reckoned at 12,000,0001b5., exclusive of the Tuileries, the Palais Royal, and some ot• the wealthier tontines (the Rothschilds, Sco , ), all of whom are supplied by aeir private ice-houses. The city charges an octroi duty of five centimes or double milles on all the ice entering its 'Walls, and finds a revenue of 72,000,000 dollars from this tex. DENMARK, (From the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 18. It is of the utmost importance, I believe, both for the Conference in London and for the world at large, to know in what manner the terms of the armistice are observed in Jutland. I have more than once been tempted to go and ascertain matters by my own observation ; but, in the first place, the communications have not yet been freely and fully re-established ; general orders have been given to that effect, it is true, but subject to a variety of vexatious exceptions, and left to the interpretation and execution of all but irresponsible subalterns. In the second place, a vast amount of silly exasperation exists throughout Germany, and especially among the Prussians, against England and the English, and I know the instance of a traveller fresh from London who had to go through Germany on his way to Copenhagen, and who was exposed to gross insult in a railway carriage between Cologne and Minden, simply because he pleaded guilty to being an Englishman. The indignities to which a French newspaper correspondent had to submit in Schleswig soon after the outbreak of the war are a warning and a caution to all his brother quill drivers; and, without entering into further expla nations, I have no hesitation in stating that I should not deem it safe for me to venture into Prussian quarters. Possibly, however, I may happen to be better informed as to the general condition of the invaded province by prolonging my stay in this capital than by roaming at random from one to the other of the Austro-Prussian garrisons. Doubtless, the Danes are in a state of the greatest excitement, and their statements must be taken with discretion, but the information I intend to sup ply you with does not come to my hands through political channels; it rests on the evidence of pri vate, chiefly commercial, letters, and it is in a great measure substantiated by official documents signed by the German authorities themselves. At all events, let it be taken an ex parte statement, a mere acte daccusation ; it will always be in the power of aggrieved parties to say anything they may have to allege in self-justification. I sent a telegram to you yesterday concerning the conduct of Major-General von Bornsteet, the Prus sian commander in Viborg. It was, however, im possible to condense the intelligence in a despatch of few words. It seems that the coming into ope ration of the truce in Jutland has been the signal for an outbreak of hostilities between that gallant officer and the Provision Committee (Verpfiegung Komnussion) in that town. The General continued to impose upon the inhabitants the same contri butions that were levied during the war; the local authorities protested, and would only deliver what was demanded " urder reservation of payment." The General waxed wroth and wrote a threatening letter, concluding with the following words : "Should these my moderate commands not be instantly and scrupulously obeyed by the Provision Committee, I would give the gentlemen upon whom the execution chiefly devolved an opportunity to consider, on bread and water, their stubbornness, and would take by strength of arms what the usages of war allow. The responsibility of thQ damage which might unavoidably arise from it would rest not on me but on the town authorities." This is signed " V. Bornstedt," and dated the 13th of May, 24 hours after the truce came into operation and fully three days after the announce ment of it reached Jutland. The General takes it for granted that the army has a right to subsist on the invaded country, and says nothing about payment. Possibly the inha bitants had not at hand the provisions required. Possibly, also, as the Jutlenders are known to be the most obstinate as well as the most loyal subjects of Denmark, they had them and would not give them ; they were unwilling to give what, by the terms of the armistice, they were only expected to sell. But, at all events, the Prussian constitutes himself a judge in his own cause, and he will have what he will by a threat of violence, both on the property and on the persons of the citizens ; be threatens them with imprisonment on bread and water. CienEral Falkenstein, in Aarhuus, on the 12th, grounding his demand on the terms of the truce, thus sets down the treatment that the officers are to expect from the hosts upon whom they are billeted : —For breakfast, " coffee with accessories ;" for dinner, " soup, meat and vegetables, roast, and sweets, butter and cheese, and a bottle of wine;' for supper, "tea, bread and butter, and meat ;" " eight cigars daily." The men are to have, in the morning, " coffee with accessories or brandy ;" at noou, a pound of meat, with vegetables, bread and cheese, a flask of beer, k of a pound of tobacco, or 10 cigars, daily. The horses must be supplied daily with " four measures of oats, eight pounds of hay, and the necessary straw." All this arrange ment is to take effect on the 14th. Those hosts who have not, or cannot otherwise procure the wine, tobacco, and cigars required for their billeted guests, may apply for them at the Royal Prussian Commis sariat. The same as to forage ; where the Commis sariat is not ready with the required forage, appli cation should be made by them to the civil authorities, who are to deliver it upon acknowledg ment and quittance. Not a word is said about payment in this order, which was equally pubiished at Viborg and other places. We hear, however, that 20 Danish skillings (sd. sterling) will be allowed to the inhabitants daily for every private soldier billeted upon them. About the officer no statement is made, and it is only added that Gen. Falkenstein verbally insisted that " the wine and cigars should be of the best quality." Be it remembered that the Danish Government, when compelled to quarter its own troops upon the people, paid one mark (4d.) per head for the sol diers, for which the latter were to have mere straw to lie upon and one meal such as the family could afford for themselves, without either coffee, liquors, or tobacco, and the officers were only entitled, upon the same payment of a mark, to lodgings, fire, and light, and the use of the kitchen, It matters not how sumptuously and splendidly the Prussian Government may choose to treat both men and officers, so long as they are at its own charge, nor is it worth while to atop to inquire whether these German troops, at any time, at home or abroad, were allowed one pound of meat daily and 10 cigars. The question is whether their army is to be quartered and fed at the cost of the Jut landers, or whether these latter are to receive the value at least of the provisions consumed in their premises. The Prussians and Austrians are not, agreeably to the terms of the truce, to " lever des contributions do guerre," and are to " payer tout ce qui serait fourni aux troupes Allemlndes." Are we to understand that they insist 4012 the right of einquartierung, and that the billet implies the feeding no less than the accommodation of the troops ? More, that under the designation of "feed ing" are to be included a waste and luxury such as were never known since a penny was set down as the proper wages for a soldier ? SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day, LONDON, May 21,—Wind this day at noon—North- West; moderate breeze and clondy weather. There was a heavy thunder storm during the night. BRISTOL, May 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Glenelg, from the West Coast of Africa. NEWPORT, May 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Princess of Wales, from Havannah, Sailed—Atlantic, for Hongkong— Loyal, for Sierra Leone. PLYXOUTR, May 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Morning Star, from London for Sydney. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRANESEND Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 20— Favor, Williamine, and Cambyses. a ll horn Porto Rico. Sailed, May 21—Result, for Port Phillip. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Polikari, screw steamer, from Ibrail ; Golden Fleece, from Calcutta—both for London ; Anglo Saxon, for Shanghai; Alfred, steamer, for Cape of Good Hope; Asia, for East London; Broming, for Bermuda; Lucerne, screw steamer, for Trieste; Ithuriel, for Berbice ; Lightning, for Cardiff—all from Londcn. Lately at Valladolid took place in presence of a vast crowd an encounter between a bull and an elephant. The former had not the slightest chance, the elephant almost without an eihrt preventing its antagonist from ever touching it. The spectators withdrew greatly disap pointed at the inequality of the conlict. LIFE IN IDAHO. The correspondent in Idaho of the Denver News writes :—‘ l S. A. Slade, known in Denver as well as here, has been a terror to this community. He has been keeping a ranch on the Maddison branch of the Missouri River, about ten miles from here, but spent two - thirds of his time in town, and while here he was always drunk. He had with him at all times a gang of desperadoes, who feared nothing, and never observed law, order, or the counsel of any one. He frequently slapped taw-abiding citizens in the face, and threatened to bore them through' if his wish, whatever it might be, was not granted. The citizens and Vigilance Committee sent him word, when he was sober, that law and order should and would be preserved, and if he did not abide by this rule, which is considered impera tive by them, he would soon suffer the consequence. Early this morning Slade and company were drunk —not dead drunk, but crazy drunk, and abused every one, calling them opprobrious names, and daring any one to take it up. Papers were issued for his arrest, but sslaile he was being arrested the warrants for himself and others were torn up, and vengeance threatened against the Court. Before other warrants could be drawn he went to the office of the Judge, called him foul names, and said some people's days were numbered, and thus abused the most respectable citizen among us. At 3.40 p.m., a company of about 300 men, all armed, marched from some place unknown to myself, up through Jackson-street, and halted directly in front of the place in which Slade was. A guard was put around the town, and also the building that Slade was then in. Business was suspended; crowds gathered, the streets were full; old muskets and rifles glistened, and gangs of men could be seen in every direction, but hardly a word was spoken. Slade was arrested and conducted to a ravine at the edge of the street, where, lo and behold! there stood before him and us a newly erected gallows, for this especial occasion. The hills and streets, housetops, and every vacant spot in sight were covered with men, women, and children. The crowd conducted him before the scaffold, and asked him if be had anything to say before he would suffer death. All was quiet and still. Not a word could be heard from any one, except the cravings of the prisoner to see hie wife. About an hour previous to this a message had been despatched to his ranch for Mrs Slade, but this was not known to the committee, and, therefore, his request was not granted. He was made to mount the stand, and give ten minutes to say what he pleased. He cried for Judge Davis, Lawyer Sanders, and others. Judge Davis came forward, and was asked in the most entreating language by the prisoner to plead with the people for an innocent man. The prisoner said if they would allow him to leave the country he would 'immediately do so, and go anywhere directed. Judge Davis told him it was not in his power to do anything to save him. Again and again he would ask time for his beloved wife to arrive. He said he had business matters to explain ,o her, and asked them for God's sake to grant him :ime for her arrival. His legs now trembled, his face was pale,and his whole frame was nervous. He was certain his time had come. The rope was placed about hie neck and his arms bound, and again he cried, For God Almighty's sake, let me see my be loved wife !' Cries of Let him see his wife' from every quarter were heard, and a rush to the gallows was looked for. Excitement now prevailed, and a general fight was anticipated. In an instant about 300 guns were levelled on the crowd, and in an in stant more everything was as still as the hush of midnight. The prisoner was still begging for mercy, but all to no purpose. Hang him they would, and hang him they did, while be was still asking for a few moments longer, and without his being blind folded the trap was sprung. The fall was 30 inches, and his boot toes touched the ground. After hang ing for 31 minutes the rope was cut and the body conveyed to the Virginia Hotel. At 6 o'clock, and before the corpse was laid out, Mrs. Slade arrived. She is a lady who bears an excellent character here, and is thought much of by all her acquaintances. When she rode in front of the Virginia Hotel she alighted, and was conducted to the room in which her dead husband lay, yet ignorant of the fact that hp myna Nana. Ao rann RR she saw the body she cried out that God might punish the murderers in open daylight of her husband. Her feeling can better be imagined than described, and the sym pathy of this community is with her. She asked a friend of Slade's why he did not pull out his pistol and kill him before he was hanged. Thus endeth the man's career. MARKETS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of fruit were on sale here to-day, and the show of vegetables wes seasonably good. There was a fair demand for most descriptions of produce, at the an- flexed currencies : ritIJIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. a d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0, Cherries, per lb. 1 oto 2 0 Grapes,per lb 0 oto 0 0, Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 I Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 Melons 0 oto 0 0 j Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0; Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6to 5 01 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 otolo 0 j Peaches.. .. Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 7 0 Currants, per 11.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberriesht sve4 oto 4 6 Plums, per dO. Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do, 0 oto 0 0 - - VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3' Horseradish, pdo 1 oto .2, 0 Bpd ditto 0 oso 0 0' Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 j Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 35 oto 70 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 New ditto, pr lb ..0 2to 0 6 j Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 o to 2 6) Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 o Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 61 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 1 6 Mint and savory.. o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 Green peas,h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 T o matoes, dz . 0 oto 0 0 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 o to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6 to 2 0 Ca p sicums, bun 0 3to 0 6 per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 to 1 6 Rhubarb, per Spinach. 0 6to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 5 0 Brussels sprouts, 1 9So 2 6 B,eakale, per bun. 1 oto 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 6s Od to 8a Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 4s 6d to 8s Od; ducks, 2s to 3s Od; ducklings, 3s Od to 5s 6cl; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., —d to Os —d ; pigeons, Os 6 d to Os 8d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 16s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 10a Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasani,s, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wil ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; w id g eons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os 10d to is Od ; English, is Od to is ld per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to Os Od ; French do, 4s 6d to 6s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grou se , Os . Od to Os Od. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 8d to is 10d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 3s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to Os 8d each; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 8s to 18s; natives, Gs to 70s per bushel; whitings, 2s Od to 5s ; haddocks, 6s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 45 Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 3s 6d to 40 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 46 Od ; Mutton, 38 6d to 48 6d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 81 ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3e 2d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7tl , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, ' 561 b to 641 b, 22d to 3 d • 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 301 to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to Horse hides, lOs Od to 12s Od ,• 03 1816115, light, 2s 6d to 48 Od ; full, 8 s Od to Os O d ; poLled sheep, lO s Od tOs 04 to Os Od ; half-breds, —s Od to —5 Od ; Downs/ 12s Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4 s 8 d; sheatlings, Is Ild to Os Od. HAY MARK pTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to ££l 1 4 10s oOd ; clover, £1 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 48 to 8 per load. Trade dull. UMBERLAND..—MetI4O97 hay, £2 10s to £4 103; clove!, C £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 45 to £1 108 per l oa d . Trade slow. WurrEcHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2lOB to L 4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £5 105 Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 108 per load, Trade inactive. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A BRIDE.—An aged female, who had for some time been in receipt of 30s. a month from some fund, attemptel to commit suicide at Digvonport under the following circumstances:--It appears that on Thursday morning she was, to the surprise of many of her friends, united in the bonds of matrimony, and by so doing she forfeited her monthly allowance. After the wed ding ceremony was concluded she was made acquainted with the fact, and this so preyed upon her spirits that she took a dose of poison. Medical aid was sought, and having been attended to, she was removed to the hospital in a cab. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. GREECE. The King of Greece is to leave Athens for Corfu on the 24th May, and the excursion will last from twalve to fourteen days. The itinerary includeri Syra, Hydra, Spetzis, Nauplia, Gythium, Cala mat a, Nava rino, Missolon ghi, and PAras. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCT. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening THE DERBY. sto 1 eget General Peel (offered) 100 to 15 agst Cambuscan (offered) Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) Sto 1 agst Birch Broom (offered) 14 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 100 t® 7 agst Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Coastguard (offered) 18 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 20 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ely (offered) 25 to I agst Copenhagen (offered) 2S to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken) 30 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 33 to 1 agst Strafford (offered) 50 to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered) 50 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 60 to 1 agst Idler (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Washington (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. • DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 9to 1 agst Bir,hbroom (taken) 12 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 16 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stafford (taken) 33 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ackworth (offered) 100 to 1 agst Forager (offered) The Culture of Oysters. A very interesting lecture on " Oyster Culture" was read on Wednesday evening at the Society of Arts by Mr James Lowe, joint secretary to the Acclimatization Society of Great Britain—Mr W. Hawes in the chair. The lec turer commenced by stating that the art of oyster culture was by no means a new one, having been carried on with perfect success by the inhabitants of the borders of Lake Fusaro, in Italy, from the time of the Romans to the pre sent day. Fifteen years ago M. de Quatrefages, the emi nent French naturalist, called the attention of the Academie des Sciences to the depreciation and abandonment of many oyster beds on the shares of the Channel. In 1858 the gradual increase in the price of oysters in France, conse quent on their growing scarcity, attracted the attention of M. Coate, the celebrated pisciculturist, and since that time several beds on the coast Brittany and elsewhere have been entirely renewed through the exertions of the gentleman. In this country the oyster was also becoming scarcer and scarcer every day, having doubled in price during the last few years and if some remedy was not speedily found these delicious bivalves would soon become extinct. Luckily, the shores of the British islands afforded numberless localities in which oyster culture could be carried on with ease and success. The method adopted by the French cultivators as carried on on the foreshores on that part of the shore lying between high and low water mark was thus described :—The shore is divided into allotments by means of low walls, each allot ment being called a park, in which are placed tiles covered with old shells, bits of rock, &c., fixed in their places by cement. It is upon these that the spawn, or spat, of the oyster collects and attaches itself. Besides these parks, there are etalges, or places on the forshore where the oysters are laid down to fatten for market ; claires, or enclosures, having similar objects, and viviers, cr vivaria, where the oysters are stored. The conditions necessary to insure success are few. A fine sheltered shore free from weeds and muscles, and with just a little but not too much mud, is best fitted for an oyster park. For large operations in a consi derable depth of water, like that carried on so suceessfully by M. Coate when he re-stocked the bay of St. Brieue, nothing is better than large fascines of branches bound to gether with a thin chain of galvanized iron wire and sunk by means of a heavy stone, For small parks on the foreshore the tiles already spoken of are used, which are the invention of Dr. Kemmerer, the able and zealous oyster-culturist of the Isle de Rui. Mr. Lowe then gave an account of the life of an oyster from the spat to the fat tened native, from which it appears that although each oyster produces spawn amounting to millions of individuals, yet hardly half-a-dozen of them ever arrive at maturity. Oyster culture has already taken firm root in the island of Guernsey in several localities pointed out by Mr. Lowe as particularly adapted to the purpose while visiting the island about three years since, and preparations are now being made at Prittlewell, between Southend and Shoebury ness, for the establishment of oyster-parks on the French principle by the. Fish and Oyster Culture Company. The company has already laid down 1,500 bushels of full-grown oysters, which have been spread over about five acres of ground in such a way as to leave room for the placing of 60,000 Kemmerera collecting tiles. It is calculated that if each tile collects only 10 spat, the crop secured in one year will amount to 500,000 oysters, the value of which will be £l,OOO. Mr. Lowe then alluded to the legal difficulties standing in the way of oyster culture. The foreshore be longs to the Crown, but upon proper representations being made, Parliament would no doubt see fit to cede that right under certain limitations. An interesting discussion followed, led by Mr. Ffennell, Inspector of Fisheries. lie said that the coast of Ireland abounded in localities most favourable to oyster culture, and instanced the fact of accidental oyster beds having been found in several places. In Cork river a most profitable oyster bed was now being worked which owed its origin to a number of unsale able oysters having been thrown overboard from a vessel anchored just above the harbour. If such results were due merely to accident, how much greater might b e ex p ec t e d f rom systematic cultivation. A. great deal of opposition had been raised to oyster culture, and it had been said that a number of poor people would be deprived of their bread, but no'stress need be laid on these representations as it was a well-known fact that almost every oyster fishery in this country was decaying. He would mention one on the coast of Ireland which a few years since sent oysters to market, the freight alone of which amounted to £l,OOO per week, whereas now the total produce hardly reached £3OO a year. Mr. Ffennell was followed by Messrs. Mit chell, Ridley, Ashton, Buckland, Tegetmeier, and several others, all of whom were unanimous in their opinion that oyster culture should at once be established in this coun try. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Lowe by acclamation for his very interesting and eloquent paper, and the meeting separated. The lecture was copions l y . illustrated by a large number of specimens collected by e the Mr. Lowe during an official v isit p aid b y him last year t h t o y s t e r grounds on the west coast of Fran ce, and by p o o. graphs of oysters in different stage s of development, ex-. hibited by means of the magic lantern. The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Veal, of Belle Vue, Hampstead, was proved i n London under £lO,OOO. The testatrix died on th e 9th of April last, and was the relent of the late John Veal, Esq., of th e R ecor d and Writ Clerks' -office, Chancery-lane. The sole executor and trustee nominated is Frederick Beds well, Esq., of the same office, who is al so a pp o i n t e d residuary legatee. The will and codicil were excl. cuted in l‘fareh last. Amongst the legatees are phew, G. F. Smith, £2,000 ; and ,of Hampstead, £l,OOO. Libel. the four under-mentioned in. legacies are given to servants. Bequests of University College Hospital, B£Btrthais.eitoGuott.ei.eoßsintreasohtriinanr:eTs:lnieee.fDt .to T United he w L i a l w l o C f l Daniele rk s S o ß e i u e r t g y. es Hospital, Cancer Hospital, and the King's College Esq., of Clifton Park , Bristol, was proved in London on the 9th. inst., by his sons, Daniel Burges, Edward Burges, and George Barges, Esqs , the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £40,000. The testator had held the office of Town Clerk for the city of Bristol, and died on the 16th of April last, having executel his will July, 1863, and two codi cils, 1862 4. He has disposed of his property prin.,' cipally amongst his four sons and three daughters in various proportions. His freehold warehouses and buildings at St. Stephen's, Bristol, he be des vised to the eldest son, Daniel, and to whom he has bequeathed the sneer candelabrum presented to him by the Town Council and many of the inhabi tants of Bristol, upon his retirement from the office of Town Clerk. To his son Edward he has be queathed the silver salver presented to him by the ' Corporation. of Bristol. The residue of his property he leaves equally amongst his four ow - e.