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

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: 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 minimum, are only obtaining accommodation to satisfy present and prfs,ing requirements. The rates for short. dated paper range from 82 per cent,, and for six months' bids from 71 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 Foreign 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. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter 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 £5,330 163., and after deducting expences, 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 plaeo 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 £200,831 113. 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 bunk. 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 I per cent. better, are 911- 1- for money, and 901 t, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 1; Exchequer Bills, March, 103. dis.; do., June, 95. to 4 8. dis.; India 5 per Cents, 1051 :I; do. 4 per Cents., 994 100; Bank Stock is marked 237 239; and Indian do., 217 2181. In the Foreign Market there is less business, and price s are not quite so well supported. Turkish Consolides are 481 4 ; Mexican, 441 45 ; do. New Loan, I die. par.; Greek, 231 8 ; Spanish Passive, 34 / 1 ; Confederate Loan, 64 66; Russian Scrip, prem.; and Swedish, do., 11 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 - astern have advanced 55., and North Eastern Ber- Wick, 103. 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 94 1 ; Union of London, 592 ; Hudson Bay, 19,1. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new under takings :—Provincial Bank.. 'mg Corporation, 1 2 prem. ; International Land Credit, 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. , GOVRANMENT FUNDS. e Per Cent. Console Ditto Account, May 8 v eer C ent. R educed ... Ne i' 3 per Cent "ew 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894... — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 .--- Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 March. June. 9 4 die Chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO , Ditto £lOO and £2OO .L'ailic. England Stk, 51 per Ct. Onto Account — / IlIbi&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Rdia Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 217 18i Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 187 U Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 lOO 991 o Certificates Ditto D Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 53 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 It t o , Ditto ds EL MO ditto Aug., 1866 " Bon Ditto Under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. )3,, Ditto 1859 a zilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 j 3 Ditto 1863 .. 861 Duos Ayres ebbitto Account i lian 6 Der Cent. — o Ditto 4 pet Cent — °l,ol3abian 6 per Cent — btlua, h 6 per Cent. .. e 'llis 3 per Cent., 1825 Ihtto 5 per Cent. 1864 0 1 1ador N ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent — -'gYptian 7 per Cent 100! o,: i j i !to• Second I ssue 1-. i Dit -" 'eKto 5 per Account Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 2 - 31 ' Li tto Coupons ..,Ditto Account — tuateniala 5 per Cent. pe, 139 and 1859 ,_ktalian 8r Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 74 &lexicon 3 per Cent .... i 'Ditto Account.... 1 1oorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred _ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account.... ) — Oitto 3 per Cent. (Cribarren) Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1862 ortou--- 3 Ditto Account per Cent., 1853 4,itto Account bitto per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 4 1)4 3 Account Dtl,p4ian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St — itto 4; - per Cent., 1860 — D'''.,, i tto 3 per Cent 1859 itto 5 per Cent, 1862 • 86i "Jitto 1864 Scrip, £lO paid D. k t — , A tto Anglo-Dutch .... 4 niar t 5 p er Cent ............ i3131-2,sth. itto .Account - . 6'.' 3 per Cent Itto ik ecoun t 521 litt o Deferred t New I v ' 0 Account —1 t i . t t o Passive 11p ; to Account 111 'j it 's4 Cert, of Coup not funded Sy n ,,, o Account IV . gi., 4 per Cent. T.Z,ltto Scrip, £2O paid Ipish 6 per Cent. 1854 — 0 10 Account .. 19 .o !tt.o 6 per Cent. 1858 410 A „ r , 68 b i ,, ~. , louni, 1);:,l'o• £ lOO Bonds _ ));`,‘, 6. per Cent. 1862 D:,to Account •• `to £lOO Bonds.. — b Ditt o 1863 .. Ire,lttn Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. lOO 211 ( ,..1A 3 per C ent. NAccount ...... . .... , 1 ) co 6 per Cent., 1862: 551 D1 ) 1 4 0 A ccount. ............ i tto 6 per Cent, 1861 . - -- "to 1 per Cent A rg , vidends on the above payable in Loud ,n, ....I I . Del n, 5 per Cent,. Ex, 10 Florins. 4 b e i i i r i , 4o . 4,!,- per Cent., Ex. 25f. 13 94 2 2. per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil i t !tto 4 1, per Cent. Certificates : - j'' ll , 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs , Ditto Account — 011. , . TWO O'CLOCK. DeisMoneyDe is .I.ccotuat . .• 90 1 i x d 100 100 stock stook 101 204 100 100 stook stook stook Kock a tock stock S'eCk SHARE MARKETS This day. Share' Railways. I Paid. 18ir..1V01., and Etr Tr a i Blythe two '^ Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall v D o A A 2 - ets no di Do. B till 6pc.pan.has been paid to B ; Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,PerthatAb. June.! Edinburgh & Glasgow. (flaw. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at IGreatNorthof Scotland 1 (Great Northern.. ..... Do A stock Do El do IGt. S. ant W. of Irelan,! : Great Western : Do Str gua. stock Lancashlie a Yorkshire 1 London and U!ackwall Lon., fright.,& S. Coast I Lott., Chat., and Dover 3 !Lon. & North Western (Lon. & Ser.th Western 1 'Man., Shef., & Lincoln. I Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares a• Metropolitan Midland Do New Do firming, & Derby 1 ;Md. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares and Rent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee 1 Nth. Eastern—Berwick I Do, G.N.E. liurchast 16 Do Leeds 1 Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction a Scottish Central Scot N. E. ' Aber. stock 11 Do Scot. Mid. stook ll Shrews. and Welohpoo] a Shropshire Union 11 South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 11 Staines,Wok.,andWok a Stockton & Darlington a Do 1 Do New, 166 G 1 Taff Vale.. is Do B Do C Ulster Do Do 6 Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim lO Waterford & Kilkenny 10 West Cornwall lO W. Hartlepool II ar. &it 10 West Midland -Oxford 10 Do Newport 10 Do Hereford 10 L&l4. 9.13.4 12.10 II Ili Ei 83 15 117} 1181, 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 101 106 17 171 6 7i 129 130 1 1374 :38i 130 f3c, 91 03 oi C 4 1111 111,1 64 66 lot iO4 40 41 110 1104 97i 98A 534 54 114 315 132} 1321 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOELS. Closing 1 Business Price. done. 1 139 i 130 111 i / 66 lu2& 110 i 11 98i 114 15 11i 15, 1321 t 104 BRITISH P Aharf- stock steak stock 100 Rai Imps Class A. an a 5........._ N. itl.C'dao pc Ist pf bde Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do . •• • Do. Punjemb ... • Do. Do. •• •• Ib DO. indue.St. Flo.) I COLONIAL GOVERI Itiantic tz St Lawrence Bora.,Barodaa.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . ...... Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich p. ct. lids. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:, 1)0. do. June 1, 18:1 Cleutta.,t S. Eastn. (Bin, Cape Town & Dock Sail Eastu. Bengal go. b p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. 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 Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stook— • Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndia.Penin.gua.sp.c Do. New gun. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited h 3 lrdrsui. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4 p. e. Extension Dc. ti Do. Fifth Extension. 3 lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Arelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Hortg. Bds. Newßrunswick a Candu or. tS p.c.J a. c.Jul) 1877-34 Do. A p. c. Feb. a Aug D 0.6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. a p. c. Jan. &J uly. Do. 5 Inscribed stock ,Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187:i Do.Ap a Oct. Imo Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1873, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cont 14.13.G'0v. 6 p.c.,) a.aJuly Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18:a Do. 5 p. c.,lSr3 to 187( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nora Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 .Queensland GCv. 6 p. c S. Aus G6p.c. 1878. a up Vlo.Gov. °p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6n.c. Aii&Ont. 101 1( 3 50161& 244 25y 100 100, 55i 6(34 EBi 90 128 131 16 26 p 76 78 10! Ili 121 123 39 40 64 66 $3 85 90 90i 104 107 7 8 361 4 37i1 91 10 8 81 i . 165 17,1 5 7 3 4 p 95 57 SSESSIONS. Paid, all 58 69 all , 100 (109 100 2 all 100 k,loo 93 95 Closing Price. 59 Al 10! 103 f a I p 6} 8) 9a 77 82 77 88 77 82 100 102 98 100 104 106 l i i Ic3 t i 104 i I 1) 2u 2ui 71 /3 60 62 60 6! 51 63 48 50 90 ft 25 27 23 e 6 103 104 1 / 101 103 10 10} 104 10 94 95 82 84 fp 1014 )021 94 96 90 Ot 3 5 82 F 4 102 103 101 10! P iP 100 102 T SEC URITIES. 103 105 102 !04 102 104 89 01 89 91 106 108 107 109 108 110 110 112 105 107 /06 108 IV6 108 (01 103 99 100 99 101 99 101 En 111 1103 105 !too 111 1107 108 BRITISH. MINES. 2 Jaambrian Consol. Gold 1 Jul:6ord Amalgamated.. 32 34 Devon G.Cone.(Tavist.j 1 550 660 I East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 67 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... 2.14.0 281 291 East earn Brea... . 3.4.0 61 7 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.; 8.13.0 31 41 - I Gam.3zSt.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 7 9 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 2{ 3* Wheal Vor (Helston 40 31 33 Jcirenville ilerc.d's-Foot .. 8.12 68 40 'l7 ingston Downs 4.18.0 31 4 —(- 'Lady Bertha Margaret (any Lelaut t 18 20 Marke Valley.. 4 liyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21 11 d New Setun l9l 85 95 • North Downs 2l lf 1i Basset(1110:;an, 3.1.0 11 2 North Wheal Crafty Par Consols (St. Blazey; 2) i Vrovidenee (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 41 43 I South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 450 470 JS. Cam Brea (Illogan) IS.Wheal Fran. 18.18.9 40 50 'Stray Park I famarSilv.‘t Lead Min — ;Tin Croft 9 78 19 • IWest Basset (Mogan) ll 9 19 IV Co radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5* 90 95 Wheal Buller(liedruth) 10 30 33 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLadcott tVheal Mary Ann (Xen ) 8 111 121 Wheal Beton 5Bl 200 205 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)' 7 21 24 Wheal Union I 3.17 2 21 Londc Di PREFERENCE SHARES. ni and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 2, Ito, 6 per cent., 134 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, Ea Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 124 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 11i 11 Ditto (all), 20 BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 140} Alliance Jim.). 651 51 Ditto, new, 55 Anglo Austrian, City, 126 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 I Continental, Rm., 171 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 Imperial Bank (lira.), 43 Ditto, new, 251 Imperial Ottoman, 211 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint, 61 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 22 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 61 London Joint Stock, 481 7: London and 11 estminster, 041 Merchant Bank, Urn , 211 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 344 Mexican, lim., 61 7 New South Wales, 57 61 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lim., 141 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 114 Union of London,s9 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim.. 81 City Offices, lim., 51 Coutinental Union Gas, lim., Fore -street Warehouse, lim., 61 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 101 1 Hudson's Bay, 19, 1 Imperial Financial, lim., 91 International Financial society, lim., 111 1 Joint Stock Discount, Um., 71 London Financial Association, lim., 281 Ditto, new, 161 Mercantile Credit Association, Bin., 16 15 National Discount Company, lim., 141 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim Ditto, ditto, 21 , —' Oriental Gas (limo, Ditto, new, ti Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., 271 Societe Financiere d'Egypte, Urn., 51 1 Universal Marine, Insurance, Rm., 6 i The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of ,C 3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 1-I(th per cent. dearer in Paris than Landon. lily advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 per mark and the sh or t exchange on L on d on i s 13. ti per £1 sterling. Standard goid at the English Alirt price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at Nev York on London for bills a 60 days' sight is about 200 per cent., and the premium on gold is about t 2 per cent. At these rates there is a . profit on the importation of gold from the United States. 100 100 100 100 100 107 i 9 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 bankrupt 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 delsying 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, etc., to Mr. W. B. Davies, a solicitor, of Chelsea. The Registrar said that the matter must be 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, Furring 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 for a painter. She told him she believed 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 ( Firs. Stevens) a violent blow on the check, and then struck her servant in the eyes, blackening both of them in I a very bad manner. 91} 104} Business done 60 1021 f lo4} I 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, Chariot to-place, said that while going along Duke-street, yesterday afternoon he heard cries for assistance, and on going to No. 22 he 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 fro:n one of her eyes. White, 98 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 for 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 HYDE-PARK.—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 cff in the coolest manner with them. He then took the prisoner into oustody. Mr. Knox inquired whether the chairs were left loose in the park all night, and the constable said they were, being placed in hesps. Barns, the gaoler, said he believed the prisoner was at 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 most dissipated looking ruffan, 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 home. The prisoner would not go, and became abusive and 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 me a serious mischief. Ho 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 shah 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 sev ere sentence in my power, I sentence you to ba imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. _ . MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4 , 3 to £1 14s par load. Trade slow. CUMBEHLAND..—MearIow hay, .f:.; Oa to £4lss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £l4s to £1 14s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL — Mear'..ow hay, £3 Os to £4 lsa ; clover, Trade inactive. £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4a to £1 14s per load, COLONIAL. TEA..—Br4siness has been inactive, and the few dealings enteral ; ,eto have been at about previous rates. A small quan!..ity is announced for public sale to-day, SUGAR.—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 has been a steady inquiry for Colonial descriptions at fully late rates, the stocks on hand being somewhat smaller 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 4Q to 43s 3d, and last thre3 months, 43s 3,1 to 43s 6d peg 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 tho flagstaff which so long and gloriously held aloft the Southern flag over tho 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. BEAUREGARD, 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 pint 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 neighbourkood of Bayonne was visited two days since by a violent tempest, which raged for nearly thirty-six 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 them to the hospital. Trial for Murder by Poison in France. The proceedings commenced on Saturday at the usual hoar. 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 and Rousain, as s.ts conclusions are not justified by the facts. 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 vegetab!o poisons do not. But this is only a trifling inDeeurvey; 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—ist, 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 digitalin° was not present. As to the second experiment, 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 discussion here 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 appegled to the authority of Pro 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 contraetion of the heart, and death is the oonsequence. Tne 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 P ro f e ssors Bouley and Rayn e ], of the Veterinary School of Alfort, who have all made experiments on animals 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 his marriage, Mme. Pauw visited him every day. Several domestics who had bken in the prisoner's service deposed that ha was a good mast er , an d a number of his patients spoke highly of hi s s kill as a physici,n and of his liberality in supplyin g th em with medicine gratis. The list of witnesses being exhausted, the Presi- dent adjourned the pleadings to Monday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day. lIY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 16—Furet and Napoleon, from Gravelines, Arrived, May 17—Conrad ; from Colombo—Esstuco, from Helsingborg. Sailed, May 17—Danio, for Adelaide. _ DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, May 1 6—Azorian, from London, for Canaries— Alfred the Great, from London, for Madras. Passed, May 17—Wilton, from London, for Jamaica— Legal, of Bilbo s , f rom H avannah, for London—Thomas Dryden, from Shanghae, f o r L on d on . Passed in Tow—Sylph, from Barbadoes, for London— Majestic, from Jamaica, for London—C ar l o , f rom T r i este , for London—Frank W., from Marseilles, for Lynn. t3poke by the French bark Greenvilles, Capt. Lefette, from Callao for Dunkirk, April 2d, the bark 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 shooked by the idolatries of the Romanists into a conscientious desire (says a writer in last Saturday's Athenmum) to convert th em t o a p urer faith. Not " having the G ospel to give them, the ques tion," says Mr. Blood, " ar ose i n my Mind, ' What can I best do F' " " The respon se i mmediately 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 na rra ti ve will interest them, and gain their att en ti on, solemnise their minds, and prepare them for the recepti on of the glad tidings of redeem. loveleg b ym r which .B l o itd (them ak levsriktenroiwant.li e Iten h cc e u goes Amazon' on is t o a ' T inform us), and the fact ma k es his cool commendation of its interest and efficacy, as preferable to that of any other trot work which could have been selected, significant, to arty the least of it. " Trenez lnon ours !" 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 great 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 s elf - deception." Two other "rich and great Protestants," who refused in a similar fashion "to stand and deliver," are also introduced with notes of displeasure. There is something 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 oard gaping fora guinea, with the envelope ready directed, and the fluent appeal far alms for some local clerical object which comes up to town from total strangers in places as far distant as Merionethshire or Wensleydale or the Fens ? THE LATE FIRE IN HAYTI,--W e have already mentioned a terrible fire which broke out at 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 cotton caught fire, and, instead of crying out for help to ex tinguish the flames, he tried to put them out himself. The consequence was that they communicated to an apothecary's shop, and, as there was a very strong wind, several houses, w hi c h were all m ad e 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 fency tha immense loss that everbody ha s undergone. The houses destroyed have not yet been counted, but I think they must be something like 200, wh i c h for a small town like Gonaives is immense. There was not a single pump ready. nor did anybody make an effort to put out the fire. The prison was burnt down, but all the prisoners first got out, and I need not tell you to what amount they pillaged, To people who are such thieves, the opportunity was too good to be lost, They all of them had got arms by some means, and were ready to assassinate any who attempted to I o n told that the P resident prevent them from steali n g. has sent 100,000 gourdo (about 4d. each) for the distressed inhabitants, and a subscription is being raised a t P ort -an- 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 £500,000. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE HALFPENNY JOURNA L . —An endeavour has been made to induce the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to become one of the staff of a daily journal —to ascend t o th e tempting a nd elevated p os i t i on of leader-writer for a halfpenny paper I The prop r i etor of a little fly-sheet, called a newspaper, published serneli here in London, had the cool effrontery to enclose the light 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, a l so , 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 iii 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 rolla—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 thenanae, address, appearance, occupation, &c., of the murdered man ; but, as these fact 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, he observed a queer, c , ffin-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 )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— when, 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 polies, 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 fellow 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 Aorthern 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, were 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 nen, 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 honourable career Mr. Loyd retired from business, being succeeded as head of the London firm by his son, Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, .who was subsequently created Lord Overstone. Thus, the falling in love of a young Manchester girl with a Welsh dissenting minister was the cause of the establishment of an important bank, besides leading to the creation of a peer of the realm.—Railway News, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton.. May 19. . via Marseilles , ..May 13. Brazil and Cape Ve r ds, b y B r i t i s h pac k e t. .. Tune .5. Capo of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May . 29 . Thina, Penang, and Singapore, via Scutharnpton.May 1 9 . via Marseilles ...May '27: Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. May 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. May 19. .. . . via Marseilfes....Mai 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. May 27. via Marseilles May 21, Portugal.... ... . .. 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, Madeira, and Teneritle .. June 10. Bahamas, via New York June 2. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru; I May 14 California, and Briti s h 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, February 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 north 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 bo 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 loaves of the oak tree. One of these species, the Bombyx Pernii, 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 Bom byx Yams-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 do 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 of, eases of croup and diphtheria of every kind, which they considered to be produced by a variety of the oidinm 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 cryptoga 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 Itomince, A morning paper gives a summary of the main facts of a remarkable case which is being heard in the Scotch Court of Seeeion. 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 establish 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, 1850, Mr Leslie was seized 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. Tn.. Net was communicated by the factor of Mr Leslie to Mr M`Lec4 when he arrived at Denlugas, after ho father-in-law's death. 13elore the lid of the coffin was finally screwed down, a mysterious incident occurred which was the beg - liming of a train of circumstances which led to the present action The factor states that he was ordered by Mr Les:ie to place a certain packet near his heart when he died. The factor told Mr M'Leod that it merely contained a pair of slippers which a lady had I worked for the old gentleman, while another story 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 wife' 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 thtemarriage. 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 Scotch 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 I 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. J, Souter, states in his evi dence that he made copes 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 Souter, 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 found that infooffment or saisin had been taken upon the marriage contracts by search in the Register House in Edinburgh, where such documents are preserved. In this instrument the two 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 iracts 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 p9stnuptial contract was found, in the hand writing of the solicitor who had been the agent both for the Barra family, of which Aire. 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? Tho factor declsres 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 aresufd- 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 is 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 ontracts 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 £20,060 ; 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. Yesterday Cardinal Wiseman celebrated the translation and procession of the relic of St. Simon Stock in the garden and chapel of the Carmelite Friars, Duke's. lane, Church-street, Kensington. The ceremony which is one of ancient date, is held in high regard by the Catholic Church. The high mass was sung by the Very Re d. Dr. Hearn, the Vicar-General ; and after the Gospel, a sermo: Was preached by the Rev. Father O'Sullivan. At the club` of the service a collection was made from the shrine of St. Simon Stock—an English Saint whose period dates back tw :ice the distance of "The Reformation" —otherwise to as far ba:li; as six hundred years ago. The established at Kensington, Carmelite Fathers, who an, take their name from Mount Ca."mel, in Palestine, on the top of which they have a monaste.7...?fount Carmel is celebrated as being the place where Li,.lyth destroyed the priests of Baal. THE CASE OF THE SAXON.—There is .5 naval court martial in session at the Philadelphia N"v.Ty yard for the trial of Acting-master Charles Dananhower, of the United States navy, upon a charge of murder 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. Lite 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 ad, 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,—New York Herald. M, Taine'e " Histoire de la Litterature 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 Broilers 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. 96e.; making 42,175 dole. 37c.; and under date 22d of April further coilections aro ad vised for two weeks more, from the Custom-honse of La Guayra, 9,061 dole. 81c. ; do. Puer t 9,593 dols. 26c. ; making 18, 655 d ols. 70." o Cabello, The accounts from the vario us manufacturing districts for the past week have generally been of a satisfactory character. At Manchester there has been a good demand for both cloths and yarns for home use and for the Indian markets, and prices have shown increased firmness. In the woollen dis tricts of Leeds, Bradford, and Hudd ers fi e ld there has been a mor e active inquiry for seasonable goods, while a fair amount of bu s i ness h as b een transa cted in the hosiery an d A lace uepartments of L e icester and Nottingham . In the hard ware dis tricts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhamp ton the general prosperity o f t ra d e i s cons id ere d very satisfactory in most departments. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLock. BITRTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BATH RACES-THIS DAY. (RE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Suburban .. I Black R0ck...., ... 2 Nebuchadnezzar.. Five ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 11 to 2 agat Cambascan (taken) 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) Sto 1 agst Birchbroom (take 9to 1) 15 to 1 agat Paris (taken) 30 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 6000 to 60 agst Idler (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RADCLIFFE RACES.-MONDAY. The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sow, for all ages ; win ners extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr T. Cliff's Roes, 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 . (Carroll) 3 Mr Dent's Mantalini, yrs, st Mr Wood's Captain Knight, aged, Bst 101 b (Lomas) 5 Mr A. Scott's Fidelity, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ..(J. H. Harrison) 6 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Lisette and Worthless, 4to 1 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 soya each, with 30 added. About one mile and a quarter. Mr Lincoln's Rifle, 3 yrs, bet 71b (Kenyon) w.o The Wilton Cup (Handicap) of £lOO, added to a Sweep stakes of 6 sore each, 3 ft ; second to save his stake ; winners extra. About one mile and a half. Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Inc. 101 b ex.) (car. 7st 111 b) (Boyle) 1 Mr Ambery's Lady de Trafford, 3 yrs, Est 91b , _ • (J. GrimshaW) 2 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs, sst 81b .. (Jamieson) 3 Mr G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Carroll) A Betting-13 to Bon East Lancashire, 3to 1 agst Lady e ‘ s Trafford, 5 to 1 agst Siva, 8 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn filly. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third, The Heaton Park Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; winners extra. One mile. Mr Ambery's Lady de Trafford, 3 yrs, 7st lib (J. Grimsbaw) 1 Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, 7st 131b..(J. Snowden) 2 Mr T. Cliff's Rifle, 5 yrs, Bst 10Ib (Kenyon) a Betting—Even on Lady do Trafford, 7 to 4 agst Jack's Alive, 3 to 1 agst Rifle. Won by a IQngth; five lengths between the second and third, LATEST BETTING. UNION CITE'. 4to 1 sgst Utopia 6 to 1 agst East Lancashire TATTERS ALLS'.—LAST EVENING. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Deerstalker (taken and offered) sto 1 Baldwin (taken and offered) DERBY. sto 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) 8 to 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 aget Prince Arthur (taken and offered) 33 to 1 aget Hollyfox (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES,—Accident and Greenland were struck out of the Somersetshire Stakes this (Monday) after. noon at Tattersall's. CITY BETTING-YESTERDAY. There was not a large attendance at the Club, which, perhaps, may be due to the glorious weather. The feature of the morning was the silent force, if we ►nay use the ex pression, of Scottish Chief, who bids fair to resume his old quotation very soon. DERBY, sto 1 agst General Peel sto 1 agst Cambuscan 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief Bto 1 agst Birchbroom 12 to 1 agat Paris 10 to 1 agst Coastguard 15 to 1 agat Blair Athol 15 to 1 agst Baragah 20 to 1 agat Forager All taken freely. THE CHANTILLY RACES.—SIINDAY, May 15. THE OAKS. The Prix de Diane, of 10,000 f, 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 Fille 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 do l'Air, sto 1 agst Poudriere, 6 to 1 agst Perle, and 8 to 1 agst Gueule de Loup. Mlle. de Rcsay 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 FIXTURES FOR 1864. MAY. Bath .. 17 Manchester . (Summer .. 18 I Harpenden Epsom 24 WE Ju. 'ye Maidotone 3 Ascot Hampton.. l5 Newton Odiham Bibury • • • .f Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on-Tyne 28 Worcest.r (Summer) 30 Ipswich .. 'LY. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford .. Winchester Nottingham 19 Southampton ........•• 20 Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Huntingdon .. 9 Wolverhampton .. 9 Reading Egham . . l6 Oxford .. 18 Dover ................ !£3 York Austot .......... Yarmouth ... 23 Plymouth .. 25 DevonSl t i o c c b k fi t e c a l u d .. ..n Ex e t •.. er :3 9 ( 0 ) Derby ........... 3/. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opens v er y q uie t. SaleF, probably 4,000 bales. HEATS OF SCOTLAND.--The Registrar-General of Scotland has issued his usual monthly return for R ffice, t h e e ight principal towns. It shows that sinc e th e establish meat o f the Register- c nine years ago, there never were so man y marriages or so m any bi rt h s i n any Apr il as i n t h at o f 1864, and only on ce (i n t h e cold April of 1860) so many deaths. Births, marr i ages, and deaths have all been a b ove the average; lif e seems to be going on at rather a fast ra t e . Greenock, Ab er d een, and Glasgow continue to s uffer from typhus ; and throughout the town populations one death in evet y four was caused by the zymotic (epidemic and con tagious) class of dis eas es. The month was characterised by a high mean temperature, 474, 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 occuried two days since in the streets of Bordeallr. Two stags, brought from Pondichery by Captain Joubert, as a present for the Bor deaux Garden of Acclimatization, had just been landed from 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. MEN 991 i