The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-23 00:00:00

o , r, 4s_ IT 0 N E -7 Y - 371 - A KE T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been less inquiry for money to-day, and lower terms have been accepted by the banks and discount houses. About £B,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £231,000, and the exports to £586,000. The directors of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company will recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, at their meeting on Friday next. The East India Irrigation and Canal Company's report, to be submitted at the ensuing annual meeting has been issued, and states that the prose cution of operations has been very favourable, and that the confidence which the directors have enter tained in the success of their undertaking has re ceived continued confirmation. The call of 3 per share made during the year has met with a satin factory response, and the accounts appended show that the sum received was £114,340, and that £17,926 was expended, leaving in hand a balance of £96,413. The Madras Irrigation and Canal Company have also issued their report in anticipation of the ensuing meeting of shareholders. The directors state that they have brought to a satisfactory conclusion the recent discussions with the Secretary of State for India, and that an arrangement has been made with the Government whereby those difficulties which have so long impeded the settlement and execution of a formal contract, and seriously retarded the progress of the com pany, have been removed, and the right to con struct and develop the entire scheme of works origi nally selected for the undertaking, has been secured to the latter upon such advantageous terms as to greatly improve its prospects. The accounts of re ceipts and expenditure up to Dec. 31 are also fur nished in this rt port, from which it appears the total receipte have been £661,141, and the expenditure £250,442, leaving a balance of £410,699. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f 45c.—inanimate. Rather more firmness has been apparent in the English Stock Market to-day, but the actual varia tion has been unimportant, Consols having closed 931 I for transfer, and at 9281, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced have been 92 4'x' ; India 5 per Cents. are 109 k 110 k; and Exchequer Bills have not varied. Increased business has been apparent in the Foreign Market, and the dealings have been rather limited, Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71/ ; ditto Consolides, 5l 8 ; Venezuelan 56/ fl ; Egyp• tian, 100 4 ; Greek, 32 / ; Mexican, 351 36 ; Spanish Passive, 34 *; ditto Certificates, 12 ; and the Confederate Loan par to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very limited, and the few operations officially recorded show a slight decline in prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire and North-Western have declined 55.; London, Chatham, and Dover and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; and Bristol and Exeter, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remained without my material change in values. Joint-Stock Bank Shares were in good demand, and fully maintained the late improvement in prices. In the Miscellaneous Market business has been lull, and quotations show material alteration. Eng lish and Scottish Marine Insurance shares are quoted a to i prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I per Cent. Reduced Annuities I per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock — Ditto 6 per Cent llO 9/ 10/ Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/ 'att. Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for account, June 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent ... Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-b B-60 Egyptian 7 per Cent lOOl Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 3ll i 2 11 Ditto Coupons l4l Italian 5 per Cent. (Marerainana Railway) 79 f Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account. 351 6 New Granada l6l 1 Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) .. 8 a Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account..._ BBl Epanieh 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Ditto Account 341 f it Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .. 7 0 1 t Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4e. 24 Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK. 93 1 Ditto Account 92k t xd Liverpool Cotton Market----This Day. Opened quiet, but strong. Sales, 8,000 bales er more. Imports, 4,395. The French Government and X Thiers. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing letter from the Minister of the Interior to the Prefect of the Seine : Paris, a y 21, . Monsieur l e Prefet,—l hasten to M o reply t 8 0 63 the report you have addressed to me upon the rumours circulating in the second circumscription of Paris, and according to which the Government, hesitating to oppose M. Thiers, thinks of withdrawing his competitor, M. Devinck. I authorise you to contradict those rumours in the most categorical manner. Had M. Theirs, rendering homage to the great ness of the new empire, presented himself to univer sal suffrage as a friend of our institutions, the Government would have welcomed with sympathy his return to public life; but from the moment of his consenting to join, in order to become their champion, a reunion of the old parties entirely composed of declared enemies of the Emperor and the empire, he himself rendered impossible the wel come the Government were disposed to give to the illustrious historian of the Consulate and the Empire. Whether M. Theirs presents himself to the suffrage of the electors with or without repugnance, whether he consents or refuses to explain his atti tude, equivocation is no longer possible, He remains henceforth one of the representatives of a regime which France has condemned, and which on that account it is the duty of the Government to oppose. M. Thiers is too honest a man for any one to accuse him of taking an oath he does not intend to ke ep. But what M. Thiers wishes is the re-esta blishment of a regime which has been fatal to France and o to himself—a regime flattering to the vanity of .. rae few an d i n j urious to the we l fare o f a ll, which displace s authority from its natural bisis to feed the passions of the tribune, which substitutes for the fruitful movement of action the sterile agitation of words, h; which during e i g h teen years pro d uce d only impotence athome and feeblenes s abroad, and which commenci n amid riots (dans l' meats) con tinued through the uproar of riots and finished amid riots. No, sir, in the presence of aggrandised France, of that France which has only ,h beco me so prosperous M. i and so glorious since Thiers and hi s f r i en d s h av e c eased to be at the head ofazatirs ; i n th e m id st o f m that great city, now the in tranquil, the most rich, and the most beautiful the universe ;—no universal suffrage will not oppose to meut which has rescued the cou-nt°rvfromt h r e u g i n ov e r those n a who had allowed it to fall into th" abyss at y, Mousier le Prefet, &c., F. m, Minister of the Interior. 6.4.0 Saiare! 3.14. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.tio Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no t lix tillepe pan hap Do. B ' • • been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st G re a tNor thof Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western ... Do Str Val gua. stock Laneashite & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brig,ht.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sty.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. DOlshares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent _ . Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction 1 Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 19.16.4 1 it Do Scot. Mid. stock.. .0 Shrews, and Welohpool it Shropshire Union .... it South Devon ... it South Eastern it South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton As Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall Y W. Hartlepool Har..tßJ West Midland -Oxfordl Do Newport, Do Hereford, SHARE MARKET S---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOIL Railways. Paid: Closing —ll - R Price. SilleSs dem. 8 8i 8 9 84 86 115 k Jl6j 6 6 40 42 13 14 91 93 107 109 51 531 47 49 241 251 125 126 127 12 134 136 102 104 671 1171 110 a 111 781 791 118 120 41 42 1001 1011 10444 1 IC5a 45 111 1 1 i 127 I 2 7i 96 98 51 51& 24i 25i 101 102 68 68i MI 691 115 117 15 1* 16i 1 1 p l 111 12} 118 120 45i 464 98 100 50 51 32 33 91i 92 E 8 70 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 P 74 B p ' 153 156 5 541 3 4 3 P, 53 21 892 1151 79 82 154 155 28 30 44 15 38 49 99 101 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 ATliintic& St Lawrenc* all 60 63 stk fßom.,Baroda&Cent Inc 100 1(84 1694 109} ( Go. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 55 5/ 55 10 Do. Preference . all 75 85 100 Bull'alo,Brant,&GodriCl Sp. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 to 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. Jule 1, 1874 100 st Clcutla.&S.Eastn. (Lie ) 100 108 109 at Cape Town & Dock Sail 100 1e95 1091 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 110 112 1115 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1095 1091 1095 20 Do. do. G 5 1 5 ]sp 20 Do. do. H do. • . 5 1 1 5p stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 20 100 1)o. Ist Prof. Bonds all 63 65 100 Do. co. deferred all 48 61 601 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 68 100 Do. do deferred all 43 47 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 33 36 100 Do. 4th I'ref. sto all 24 26 25 100 Do. do. deferred all 21 23 stock GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 110 1101 1105 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 2 20 Do. January, 1862 4 1 14: stock Gt. South.of India(Lim: guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 ICB 201 Gt. W. olCanada Shares all 115 12 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 100 100 Do. 5/ p. c. do. '77-8.... all 89 42 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 51 p 25 stock Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 107 108 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 101 103 1015 5 stock Dc.4h d 0........ 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Uelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all SO Newßrunswick & Canda (lass A and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da 6po Ist bds 100 84 86 stock &elude .......... (100 1(94 1101 st Do. Delhi ' 100 107 108 ( Do. do ea G 107 15 IC I B 4P 165 2 st o Do Do . D Pu o nj . i t , 100 1 2 5 4 IP stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1100 10( 106 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URITIES. - Can. Gov. p.c..) &J 110 —. 1877-81 ' Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 le3 1(6 Do. 4p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 106 jan.&July. 100 26 96; Do. Inscribed stock 100 95 9 7 7 , Cape G.Hope. 6 p .3,1873 100 ill 113 i Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 115 117 Ceylon, N0v.12,78, 6p c 100 113 115 Mauritius 3 per cent .. 100 109 111 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 109 111 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&J ul) 100 1065 107 1071 Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct.. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p IS 100 1025 1031 - Do. sp. c.,18,1 to 1.71 100 103 1031 Do. d0.,1888 etupwcii 100 103 101 1035 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112 114 104 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1065 1071 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO ; 3 115 S. Aus (16p.c.1678.& up_ 100 113 115 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 110 112 Do. to s p.c. An.&Oot.. 100 1105 1115 1115 105 115 ES. 1111 10; 111 321 i 5 5i 15i 1611 MO £6O 16 17 4i 5 Gk f PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Wotern, 5 per cent. red. prf., 105 41 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 76 London, Chatham, and I)over 5 per cent. pref., 1004 I Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 94/ 1 4 West Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 1214 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Caledonian £lO gua, stock, 103 Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pi., 904 • London, Chatham, &c. Mctrop. Bxt., B, 6 per ce n t., Ditto, 6 per cent., C;Bf LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 1114 Royston, Hitch., and Shep., 133 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 BRITISH MI Cambrian Consol. Gold chtlord Amalgamated-, Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Clogau Gold Ltd., East Caradon ...... East Cam 8rea........ E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St-Aubyn(Gwen.)' Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville ........... Herod's-Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha 3largaret (tiny Lelar t Marke Valley.. 4yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs '1 Basset (11104 - an . North Wheal Crotty , 'Par Consols Blazey, Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) ' Stray Park Tamar Silv,k Lead Min [in Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskear (1) West Seton ..•••• Wheal Basset (Mogan; Wheal Buller (Kedruth) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton Wheal Treiawney (Lie.) , Wheal Union 2.14. n 3.4.0 8.1.0 572 6.16 r 8.12 4. I 7.0 2.0, 6 21 2.17.0 2.4.9 le 10.6.7 5.15.6 18.1.9 28.9. 47i 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 58i 1 3.17 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent., 21:1 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 125 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 42 Royal. Danish, ICI 16 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 91. Southern of France, 30} FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 191 St. John del Rey (lim.), 55 United Mexican (lim.), 61 Vallanzas3a Gold, Rm., Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 36U RANKS Alliance Bank of JOIN London and Liverpool . (lira.), 31) Australasia, 3) Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chins,:3o 29 City, 119 10 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 23 2) Imperial Ottoman, 21 201 London, B. Ayres, and It. Plate (lira.), 22) ',London Chartered Bank of Australia, 291 i London and Colonial (lina.), 411 London and County, 43i ' London Joint Stock, A) Loudon and N•n-thern (Rm.\ 1 London and South African, '2(i) London and Westminster, ni Aletrop. and Prov. Bank (limo, 12 Oriental Bank Corporation, 551 5 Provincial of Ireland, 90 t CHINESE DELICACIES.—H W he name of O in E p i cur us, the Chinese can eat ' such foul-feeding pigs is incomprehensible. I renumber reading Some ago, in a book on China by a na v a l officer, something years the effect that a Chinam a n will eat ever y t hing but his to father, and while h i g hl y amused at their g oin g so Zr owil a n d stopping at that tr iflin g obstacle, I was rather in credulo us. Readily now would I e ndorse his statement, after onl y hav ing seen them masticate with fond delight their beloved scavengers. I was once taken to a street in Canton where I was shown a shop, the window of which was hung round and across with cooked animals in sufficient abundance to prove that a good trade was not incompatible with a secluded situation. I was rather exultingly told that one lot of the nicely browned morsels was cat, and another opposite, split up and skewered with an eye to effect, was " number one" dog.—Froin Fleming's Travels olt horseback in Nantehu TTIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 186. 128 ii 671 i llei 1 118 171 4o 1 01 1 Ai i i 105 q llf a 127& 8 51} 2 1i 102} LAW INTELLIGENCE—Tbis Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. TOBIN, ON A PETITION OF RIGHT, V. THE QtTEEN. The plaintiff in this case was a merchant in the African trade, residing at Liverpool. It also appeared that he was the owner of several vessels trading to different parts of the world, amongst whom was one named the Britannia, and while that ship was performing a voyage she met with certain mishaps, which rendered it necessary for her to put into one of the ports on the African coast for repair. While undergoing the operation, one of her Majesty's cruisers seized her on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, and in a short time after de stroyed her by fire, instead of taking her into one of the Admiralty courts to be adjudged as a prize. Pleas were put in by the Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, that the averments in the petition were untrue, and Mr. Rim perly, on the part of Mr. Tobin, this morning addressed their lordships, contending that under Mr. Bovill's act, the Crown was debarred from putting such a plea in such general terms, and that the petition m'ght be taken as con fessed, as ho denied altogether that the Crown was deprived of the right of answering in such a general way. The Court was of opinion that the Crown still held the right that the learned counsel questioned, but granted a rule to show cause why the pleas should not be made more general. EXCHEQUER COURT. :Before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Martin, Bram well, and Channell.) POOLE V. LEWIS. This action, it will be recollected, was tried a short time ago, and a verdict given for the defendant. The plaintiff, a fashionable tailor, carrying on business in Saville-row, sued defendant for the sum of £3O, the value of certain arti cles of wearing apparel supplied to him. At the trial it was contended the clothes were supplied on the usual terms, viz,, six months' credit, but as that time had not expired the amount was not yet recoverable, and the result was the jury gave a verdict to that effect. Mr. Hawkins, this morning, on the part of the plaintiff, moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside on the ground of misdirection, that the verdict was perverse, and also that there was no evidence to go to the jury to support the terms of the contract as pleaded by the defendant, Mr. Baron Martin said he was not satisfied with the re sult of the trial, The Court granted a rule to show cause. COURT OF PROBATE. ISAACS V. IVHALIIY. The will in this case was contested on the ground that it was not made in conformity with the act, and also that it was invalid for want of the necessary wi'nesscs. The pro. perty in question was not of a very large amount. The in strument was drawn up at the request of the testatrix, Mrs. Isaacs, by a female friend, who, as she herself stated, was " not quite a lawyer," and, although her name appeared on the paper it was placed there, she stated, merely as the writer of the will and not as a witness. The sister of Mrs. Isaacs signed the document as did also the female servant ___ • The Court decided in favour of the will, the costs not to be paid out of the estate. GLEN T. BURGESS AND SON. This case was postponed for a fortnight on the ground of the illness of a material witness. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano ) IN RE BURTON-IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER DEED OP ARRANGEMENT. Mr. Doria appeared in thie case to apply for sanction to issue execution against Henry Burton, under the following cir cumstances :—Burton had obtained protection on executing a deed of assignment for the benefit of his creditors, the majority of whom had agreed to accept a composition of 2s. 6d. in the pound; but Messrs. Davis and Co., dissen tient creditors, having obtained judgment against him, sought to recover by execution, but the sheziff refused to execute the writ, as Burton held the certificate of the regis trar and protection, the deed having been duly registered. Mr. Dotia now contended that the deed was not in con formity with the Act of Parliament, as the property had been assigned to the trustee, whose receipt was to be a suffi cient release, and the creditors had to look to him only for payment of this composition. The learned counsel contended that the deed was fraudulent, but unless the c' urt granted the application the dissenting creditors had no power of testing the validity of the deed, whereas if Burton was taken in execution and applied for his release they would have the opportunity of doing so. Mr. Griffiths contended that there was no ground for suspecting any fraudulent intention, and if the trustee did not act properly he would be liable, but the learned counsel did not think the court would stultify itself by granting the application when all the requirements of the act have been complied with and sanctioned by the officer of the court. His Honour reserved his judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.-Mr, Robert Pryce, a gen tlemanly-looking man, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Police-constable James Gibbings, 130 0, under the following circumstances : It appears that a large number of persons yesterday afternoon collected at the EL gent•street entrance of the St. James's•hall to witness the departure of their Royal High nesses the Princess Alexandra and the Princess of Hesse, and that the persons making a rush towards the carriages, the constable (Gibbings) pushed Mr. Pryce back, and Mr. Pryce, as the constable and Inspector, Walker stated, struck the constable, and was then taken into custody. Mr. Lewis, jun.. appeared for the defence, and said that Mr. Pryce, who had been rather roughly used, denied striking the constable. Three witnesses were called for the defence, and said that they did not see Mr. Pryce strike the constable, but one of them admitted that she was not certain as to the identity of the defendant, and another said that he was not present at the commencement of the altercation. Mr. Knox said that if a blow had been struck, it was a very slight one there was no doubt. He had to decide between the opposite witnesses, and believed the police. As the assault was only a slight one he should find the de fendant os, THAMES. CATCHING A TARTAR ON TOWER •HlLL.—Charles Bur rows, a powerful, stiffly-built fellow, aged 21, who is well known to the police, and has been several times in custody, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a silk handkerchief from the pocket of Mr. Henry Taylor, a merchant, dwelling at No. 4, Upper East Smithfield. Mr. Taylor was passing over that modern Alsatia, Tower-hill, where thieves, crimps, touters, swindlers, hanky , panky men, mendicants, and nostrum mongers mostly congregate, when he felt a slight pull at his coat behind, and turning round saw his handkerchief in the pri soner's hand. Mr. Taylor, jun., who was by his father's side, exclaimed, "He has stolen your handkerchief," and at the same moment the prisoner let it fall to the ground and ran away, Mr. Taylor, jun., pursued the scoundrel, was soon upon him and knocked him down. The prisoner was soon upon his feet again and made a great resistance, but he soon found to his cost that he had caught a Tartar, for Mr. Taylor, jun., knocked him down again, and re peated his blows whenever the prisoner made any resist ance. The fellow was secured and handed over to a police constable. The prisoner, who was stated to be a cowardly bully, put on an air of deep humility, and said he was very sorry. He had not been in bed for four nights, had no work and nothing to eat. He hoped the magistrate would forgive him, because he had been knocked about a good deal. Mr. Woolrych—You were rightly served. The pick pockets on Tower-hill are a great plague. You are a pro fessional thief. I sentence you to two months imprison ment and hard labour. FURIOUS AND RECKLESS DRIVING.—OIiver Butler, aged 25, a master baker, of No. 7, Sarah-street, Poplar, and William Rowe, aged 44, of No. 63, Grundy-street, Poplar, greengrocer, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being drunk and furiously driving. James Hillier, a police-constable, No. 457 lc saw the prisoners last night in a cart, near Limehouse Church. The prisoner Butler was driving the horse attached to the cart. The horse was sober; the other animals were drunk and very uproarious. Butler was whipping the horse and driving in a zig-zag direction, first on one side of the Com mercial-road and then on the other. He disregarded the rule of the road, and was driving on the wrong side, when ho came in contact with a gentleman's horse and chaise, and his career was stopped. There was a tremendous smash, the prisoners were thrown out of the cart, but not ma terially hurt, and the pannel of the gentleman's chaise was broken. Mr. William Smith, a commercial traveller, said he was on his right side of the Corarnercial-road, driving a horse and chaise, when the prisoners drove right upon him and smashed one of the pannels of the chaise. He was in very imminent danger, and so were the prisoners. The damage amounted to £5. Butler—l will pay. It was my fault. Mr. Woolrych said the conduct of the prisoners was very absurd, and attended with danger to themselves and the public. He ordered Butler to pi) , £5, the amount of the damage, and a fine of 10s. for furious driving, and he sentenced Rowe to pay ss. for being durunk and unable to take care of himself. SHIPPING —This Day. . LONDON, May 23.—Wind this day at noon—North. Easterly ; light bre?ze and fine weather. CowEs, MAy 22.—Arrived--New York, steamer, from New York for Bremen. PLYMOUTH, May 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Jane, from Callao for Ostend. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. , Saturdaorning. Arrived, May 22 --Bituar GRAVESEND and Anne, from yM Antwerp; Maria, from Norden ; Wilton, from Jamaica; Lucerne, from Gibraltar. fr Arrived, M a y 23 —Waveden, from Dantaic; Elizabeth, Bremen. (-4 ota —uer nsey; Windar, f rom H amburg; Schwal, from Hamburg.Sailed—Plecha, for Gh en t ; John Bull, steamer, for DEAL, day Mornin. Passed—Urani us , for Demerara; John Romilly, fog St. from Helen a ; Seine and T e.mise, screw s t eamer , for Cala i s—al Loudon, Royal Agricultural Society of England. The annual general meeting of the above society was held yesterday, in Hanover-square—the President, Viscount Eversley, in the chair, Among those present were Lords Berners, Portman, Tredegar, and Walsingham ; General Hood, Sir A. Macdonald, the Hon. W. Cavendish, Alder man Copeland, M.P., Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Owen Wallis, Mr. R. Barker, Mr. Brandrei.h Gibbs, &c. On the motion of Lord PORTMAN, seconded by Mr. R. SMITH, Lord Fevershana was elected president of the society for the ensuing year. The house list of the council was adopted unanimously. The Secretary, Mr. H. HALL DARE, then read the report of the council for the last year, which was as follows : " The council have the satisfaction of reporting favourably of the progress made by the society in the attainment of its practical and useful objects. The number of its members at the present time differs only by six from the numbers at the date of the last general meeting, 205 names having been removed by death or otherwise from the list, while 211 new members have within the last five months been elected into the society, which now consists of—life governors, SO ; annual governors, 88 ; life members, 1,263 ; annual mem bers, 3,735 ; honorary members, 17; making a total of 5,183. Mr. Bowly, of Siddington-house, Cimacester, has been elected a member of council in the place of the late Mr. Jonas Webb. The funds of the society are in a highly satisfactory state ; every claim against it has been regularly discharged as it has become due ; and while £16,48817s 10d remains invested in the New Three per Cents., an ample cash balance is available for current purposes in the hands of the bankers. A deposit account having been opened with the bankers, the society will receive interest on the funds which accumulate in the early part of the year, and will not be required till the show-yard is erected. The council have to report the favou ra bl e progress of t h e pre p ara ti ons f o r the country meeting of the so c i e ty, to be held this year in the city of W or c es t er, i n the week commenc i ng on Mon day, the 20th of July, which will be the day on which the judges will award the prizes in the classes of live stock. The show and trial-yards will be opened as fol lows :—Wednesday, July 15 : The trial-yard opened from noon till 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 16, 17, and 18: The trial-yard open from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. Monday, July 20 ; Cattle -yard open from 8 a.m., when the judges will commence inspecting the live stock and making their awards ; the implement-yard, open from 8 a.m. ; the show-yards will close at 6p m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, July 21, 22,'23, and 24. The gene ral show open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mr. Dent, M.P., has accented the office of steward of stock ; and Sir Archibald Macdonald that of steward of implements in the place of the Honourable A. Vernon, resigned. The entries for im plements are more numerous than in any previous year in all the three departments of shedding, seed and model sheds, and machinery in motion. Papers have been read at the weekly meetings by Mr. Taylor, of 88, Parliament-street, on Materials for Cottage Building, by Mr. Bailey Denton, on the Effect of Underdrainage on the Rivers and Arterial Channels of the Country ; on the Adulteration of Oilcakes, by Professor Voelcker ; on the Animal Parasites, by Pro fessor Symonds ; and by Mr. Ruck, on Steam Cultivation. The council have decided, subject to the usual conditions, to hold the society's meeting next year at Newcastle-upon- Tyne. The country meeting in the year 1865 will be held in the district comprising the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset." The report having been adopted, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and after a reply from the noble lord, in which he congratulated the meeting on the great benefits which the society had rendered, and was still ren dering, to agriculture, the proceedings terminated. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society Was held yesterday at the London Tavern. MI. ALEXANDER (the treasurer of the society), who occu pied the chair, apologised for the position in which he was placed, owing to the regretted absence of Lord Brougham. With respect to the struggle which was now going on in America between North Lad South, he expressed his opinion that, though war was a great evil, yet that the good which would be effected by the civil war in America fully justified the society in wishing the Federal cause to succeed. Mr. CHAS. BUXTON stated the purport of a letter which he had received from Lord Brougham that morning, stating that his lordship declined to attend the meeting on the ground that he believed every Englishman ought to remain strictly neutral on the question in dispute between the Northern and Southern States of America. The announcement was received with some few hisses and other expressions of disapprobation, and a gentleman present proposed a resolution to the effect that the reason assigned by Lord Brougham for his non-attendance was not satisfactory, and that the secretary be requested to forward a copy of the resolution to his lordship. The resolution, however, having no seconder fell to the ground. Mr. Buxton explained that Lord Brougham had not given any promise to attend the meeting, but that the secretary had announced his lordship's name, believing that the noble lord would attend the meeting. Mr. CHAMEROVZONV, the secretary, read the report of the proceedings of the society, and the financial accounts showed that the balance now in the hands of the treasurer was £l6, and the outstanding liabilities were £lB7. The donations during the past year were £74, and the subscriptions were under £2OO. Sir T. FOWELL BUXTON, who moved the adoption of the report, expressed his regret that, even at the present time, slavery should exist to so great an extent in various parts of the world, and especially that Spain should still continue to give so much support to the system. He expressed his opinion that slavery on the continent of America was fast approaching its termination, and that probably before many months they would see it completely extinguished. The resolution, seconded by the Rev. Dr, hlAssiz, was unanimously agreed to. The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL proposed, as a second resolution, " That the society deemed it of importance at this crisis to reaffirm the fundamental principle of the anti slavery movement; that slavery is a sin and crime before God, and that its speedy ab .lition was devoutly to be desired on the grounds of religi on and h uman ity." The resolution, seconded by the Rev. W. ARTHUR, was also unanimously adopted. Some other resolutions of a formal character were also adopted, and the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. MARKETS---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale here to-day, and the demand rules inactive, at the subjoined currency : FRUIT. - - - -- 8 . d. s. d., s. d. s d Pine apples 8 ot olo 01 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 01 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 0 oto 0 0, Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 9 Foreign do 1 6to 2 61 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Melons .... pr Nectarines, per dz 0 ot o 0 01 Almonds, per bus 0 ot o 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 6t o 4 0 f Figs, per d 0z ..... 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 0 ot olo 0 i C u rrants, per h.sv 0 ot o 0 0 per l l l o i o s . v . e 4 3 6 0 to o 7 5 0 0 k Plums, rreena apgleersd, do.o ot o 0 0 o. .. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries Gooseberries Lemons, prp t 0 oto 0 0 I Raspbernes,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Sh a llots, per lb .. 0 ot o 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 6 ; Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Bad ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 ti Celery, per ditto 1 oto 2 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6 t o 2 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto o 0 Potatoes, per ton ..0 oto 0 0 1 , S ma ll salad, p. pn, 0 2t o 0 3 New ditto, pr cwt 13 oto 16 0; Mushrooms.p ptl. 0 9to 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 i Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 3 0 Mint and savory..o 3to 0 4 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 8 Green peas,ll.-sy. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 i Chillies, per ditto 0 oto o Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 1 9 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 Bto 1 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach 0 Bto 1 0 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6t o 6 0 Turnip radishes 0 sto 0 8 Seakale. per bun. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od; geese, Os Od to Os Od each; goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; ducklings, 2s Gd to 4s 6d; rabbits, is Od to 2s lid each ; wild d0.,7c1 to is ld ; pigeons, Os 8d to is Id each; Surrey fowls, '_Os Od to 14s Od • chickens, 8s Od to 9s 6d ; barn -d oor f owls, 5s Od to 7s Ocf; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each; pheasams, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges,oB Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 9d to Os lld ; English, lld to is Od per lb ; English eggs, 7s Cd to Os Od ; French do., 58 6d to 6s Od per 120 ; leverets, Oa Od t o Os Od each. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 3d to is 6d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; skate, 4d to 6cl ; sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, is Od to 58 Od ; brills, is Od mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; s 6d ; pl a i ce an d garne t s , Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3 d to is 6d per p a i r ; commo n Od; crabs, Od to 7s 6d O t d o 2 ; oysters, 108 to —8 ; natives , 56 s to —8 per b us h e l ; w hiti ngs . t l o o b s s s t e r o s d , ; 6d d ip to r e is s 0 3s Od to lOs ; haddocks, 4s to l6s ; smelts, Os Od to is 6d ; ilmmders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 58 per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s. Od ; mutton, 3s Ocl to 4s 4d ; lamb, 55 4d to 6s 4d 'by the ca rc 3s 8d ass to 48 6d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs.. WHITECRAPEL. Beef, from 23 6d to 4s Ocl ; mutton, 3s Od to 4 4d • lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 48 Gd ; and pork, 3s Gd to , 4s 6,1 per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the me t ropol i s are f rom 'lid to 8d of household do., 61d to . 7 ,, iu per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. dto 3d ; 641 b t o 721 b, 3d to 311,,dr ; et72hlibdetso, 801b, 561b to 3d ; 801 b t o 881 b, 31d to 4id 381 b to 961 b, 41d to scl; 961 b t o 10 41 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od t o lOs 6cl; calf skins, light, 25 6d to 4 s Od ; full, 78 Od t o Os Od ; polled sheep, Os I‘k6t-io lb 4d , 21 Od to Os Od ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 7s Od to Os Od; lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 10d; shearlings, is 7d to Os Od. HAY MARIC2TS. SMITHFIELD.O—MCadOW hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £ 1,4 £1 lOs to £1 163 per load. Trade slow. ciy hay, £2 Os to £4 4s ; clove ) do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw 3 .1 1 3 E os ßt to A £5 D.l_oBm; ett and 4 o w straw £1 10s to 16s per load. Trade inactive. W HITE CHAPEL —Meadow h ay, £2 Od to £4 4s ; c l ove r do , £3 lOs to £ 5 10 s; and Straw ) £1 10 8 t o £1 16 8 per load. A slew demand. The M.P.'s I Saw at the Derby. (From the Field.) The form of the motion for adjournment which the Speaker put OR Tuesday night in the House of Commons should have been " that this house do now adjourn over the Derby Day," for that is the exact meaning of the ad journment on the Tuesday preceding the Derby. When the House commenced day-sittings on Wednesdays, an ad journment over the Derby Day of course became a legisla tive necessity, because it is impossible that " Mr. Speaker" can be in two places at once ; and, as he must be at the Derby, he could not very well take the chair in the House of Commons at the same time. Still, although the adjourn ment ever the Derby has of late years been looked upon as a "standing order," the Minister of the day, in submitting the motion, has usually made some allusion to the great carnival, always trying to be funny on the subject, and not always suc ceeding; but on the present occasion Lord Palmerston made the motion as a mere matter of course, and without adding a single wet d upon the subject. Yes, it is now understood that the House of Commons on the Tuesday before the Derby Day adjourns to Epsom Downs; and, although the popular branch of the Legislature does not go to Epsom in a body, I slppese we may assume that the great bulk of them are there somewhere; but, whatever they may be at Westminster, the members of the House of Commons when they go to Epsom Downs are not gregarious, and therefore, in attempting a record of the " M.P.'s I saw there," it must not be understood that I intend to give a hind of " division list" of the members of the Legislature who were at Epsom. Why, Asmodeus himself would be unable to do so. On such an occasion Epsom is a mighty bottle of hay, and the members of the House of Commons may be consi dered the proverbial needles thereof. Auspiciously for my mission, at the very moment that I arrived, in that pitiless rain, at the grand stand, the Prince of Wales drove up, his carriage literally dash ing through the mud, which all around the entrance to the stand was of the consistency of and far more plentiful than turtle soup. Thus the first member of Parliament whom I met—for as the Prince is the first peer of the realm he is of course a member of Parliament—was the Heir ap parent to the British Throne, on this, his first visit, to the world-renowned Derby. His royal highness was accom panied by the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Hesse, Major Teesdale, and Capt. Westerweller, and he was con duz.ted to the Jockey Club stand, where he was met by Lord Torrington, Lard in Waiting. The royal party were well prepared for the inclement day, and they seemed to find much consolation in the cigar case, for they smoked incessantly. The Prince of Hesse seemed to me to take more interest in the proceedings than the Prince of Wales did, but perhaps this impression was produced by the Duke of Cambridge being almost continuously engaged in explaining everything around in minute detail to the Prince of Hesse. It was said that when the horses took their preliminary canter for the Derby, the Prince of Wales was most struck with the appearance of The Gillie, and backed his fancy for £lOO. Having seen the Prince and his friends take their places in the part of the peculiar stand—certainly not conspicuous for its importance or architectural dignity—which is appro priated to the grandees and magnates of the turf, I took my way about the course and into the paddock, and on the road thither I met the Earl of Cardigan and his lady, and they appeared to me to be in some annoyance at the miscarriage of some instructions which had been given in London. They had come down by railway, and I expect the carriage which was to have conveyed them to the course was the im portant part of the miscarriage to which I have alluded. I then met the Earl of Chesterfield, who, as he dashed into the mud at the entrance to the paddock, seemed rather to enjoy a rainy Derby Day. He was all alone in his glory. Then came the Earl of Shrewsbury, also alone, but I could plainly see that he didn't like either the rain or the mud. He, however, was compelled to struggle through both, in order to reach the paddock. And indeed it was quite a relief to get into the paddock, for although it is true you could not escape the rain there, yet the splendid turf was so de lightfully elastic, that it seemed as if one was walking on velvet. Of course, like all the rest of the folks who had the privilege of the entree, I bent my steps to the spot where the favourite was being led about the enclosure; and when I reached the levee—for such I supposed it was—l found myself side by side with the Earl of Dudley, who was earnestly discussing the points of the favourite with Sir Joseph Hawley, who, I should say, knows a good point of a racehorse when he sees one if any man in the world does. The Earl of Dudley discussed the subject . so earnestly that the thought struck me that it was strange that a man of his enormous wealth did not keep a stud. He is a yacht ing man, I know; I wonder he is not a racing man as well. How very loudly that peculiar-looking gentleman in the light, very light, green coat, with extraordinary facings, is talking to all around him, and oracularly giving his opinion on the other side of the favourite. Some people who listen to him may think, and justly so, that his opinions are occasionally full of sound, sometimes of fury, and always signify nothing. But he must not be recognised by me in my glance round the paddock—for, is he not a member of the Jockey Club, and very often blatant in his demands for a peculiar exclusion especially connected with Newmarket? and is he not a representative of the poetic lyre of Eng land ? But make way, there? for here is approaching a wond rous judge of men and horses too, and one whose opinion, when expressed upon any subject, is circulated over all the world. He is an old man—a very old man—but he walks as erect as he did half a century ago, and with as firm a tread, and there is as much fire in his eye now as then. He approaches, leaning on the arm of the Marquis of Ailes • bury ; and he, too, comes to have a look at the favourite. Yes, the Prime Minister of England— Lord Palmer.ton— forgetting all the cares of State for the hour, comes person , ally to examine the great favourite for the great race. And if you will look down at his boots, you will see that the venerable Prime Minister has spurs thereon, which fact plainly shows that, spite of that drenching rain and of the rivers of mud that are in the roads, he has ridden down from London, to be one amongst the mighty multitude that is the feature world-renowned of the great Derby Day. Having critically examined the favourite, Lord Palmer ston, with a springy step upon that springy turf, still lean ing on the arm of the Marquis of Ailesbury, makes the round in the paddock of the other horses ; and he is one of the last to leave the exclusive spot, and wend his way back, careless of mud and water, to the Jockey Club Stand to view the race. Here they come trooping to see the favourite. Hero is Mr. Bailie Cochrane, who, whether on the back benches of the House of Commons, or on the Downs of Epsom, always ap pears to me like an overgrown boy. And next comes Major Ikresford (the immortal W. B.) ; he is not so upright now as he was before the Frail electioneering days of years ago. See who comes here, literally skipping along as though he were a schoolboy in a playground. Lord Henry Lennox forgets his speech that he did make the other day and the speech that he is going to make about the affairs of Italy, in his anxiety about the favourite. Why, surely we shall "make a House" presently around the favourite. Mr. Bankes Stan hope scrutinises Lord Clifden through his eye-glass; Sir John Hay tells Sir Edward Codrington that the favourite is the finest horse he ever saw ; General Peel points out to Mr, Greville what he thinks the best point about the horse ; and Mr. Whiteside solemnly takes the opinion of Mr. Napier Sturt, who gives it, and then appeals for confirmation to Capt. Gerard Noel who, by the by, 1 saw compare his betting-book with Mr. Knatchbull Hugessen at the door of the House of Commons on Tuesday night, and in the face of the whole house during the discussion of the temporalities of the Irish Church. The course has been cleared for the race, and now the paddock is deserted. I, like the rest, take my way to the stand, and I go round by the back entrance, and there I stumble against Mr. Daniel O'Connell, who is floundering in the mud—the only remaining son of the great Dan—who until a few weeks ago was the member for Tralee, who is now an income tax commissioner, and who therefore was perhaps on the look out for whom he might surcharge. And so the last M.P. I saw there was an ex-M.P., who, let us hope, will be exemplary in his new office. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Geographical, at 1— Anniversary ; Linnean, at 3—Anniversary. Tuesday— Royal Institution, at 3—" Sound," Professor Tyndall ; Zoological, at 9—" Mr. Motley's Birds from Borneo," Dr. Sclater. Wednesday—Horticultural, at I—Great Exhibi tion; Society of Arts, at 8; Archaeological Association, at 81—" Recent Discoveries of Antiquities, Salop," Rev. T, Owen Rocko ; " Pedigree of Derwentwater of Cattle Rigg," Mr. Powell. Thursday— Royal Institution, at 3—" Geo logy," Professor Ansted ; Antiquaries, at 8—" Portraits of the Wives of Henry VIII ," Mr. J. G. Nichols. Friday— Horticultural, at 2 Election of Fellows ; Royal Institu tion, at 8—" The Vedas," Professor Max Muller. Ss turday—Horticultural—Promenade ; Royal Institution, at 3—" Electric Telegraphy," Professor W. Thomson.— Athenceum. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL.—An accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred on Thursday at the Bristol Suspension Bridge works. Several stagings, on an immense scale, are in course of erection, to be used subsequently in the erection of the bridge, owing to which the men are compelled to work at a very great height, thereby incurring great peril in the progress of the work. The accident referred to took place in the afternoon of Thursday, at the buttress of the bri d g e, on the Peigh Wood side. Two men were engaged o n the top of the t tower in filing a portion of the staging , one of them .being on he temporary platform and the other just below him suspen per a ded in a seat for the purpos e of p erforming his part of the o tions. There were two men at the bottom of the tower en gaged in steadying a " guy" rope, and assisting on the staging in fixing a " derrick" or pole, when by some means or other the "gug" rope to which the derrick was attached slacken() too much, and the deceased, who w as steadying the polo and endeavouring to place it in position, was overbalanced by its weight, and was precipitated to the b o ttom of the buttress , a de p th of 70 feet, falling headfore most upon the stones, literally smashing his skull, surgeo n was sent for, but his services were unavailing, A a s tbo poor fellow only survived a few minutes. His com panion, who was at work beside him,_ was saved by th e ropes to which his seat was attached. He therefore escaped with a scratch of the face, More Federal Ships Burned by the Alabama and Florida. PERNAMBUCO, May 1. The Bremontier, French barque from Bordeaux (out 35 da. a), bound for California, put in here this morning to land the master and crew of two Ame rican vessels taken and burnt by the Confederate steamer Florida, Captain Moffat, which is now cruising off Fernando de Noronha. Taken April 23, lat. 1.12 S., long. 28.55 W., American barque Henrietta, of and from Baltimore, 437 tons (out 26 days), Brown master, bound for Rio de Janeiro with 3,100 barrels, 300 half ditto, flour and sundries, consigned to Phipps Brothers; burned same day. Taken April—Ship Oneida, of New Bedford, 437 tons, Potter, master, from Shanghae (out 86 days), bound for New York with 8,060 half chests of tea; burned same day. Previously taken and burned—Ship Common wealth, of Boston, 1,245 tons, with a general cargo, bound for Francisco, California ; bug - a Lapwing, of Baltimore, 504 tons, California clipper, from Boston with a cargo of coal, bound for the Cape of Good Hope. This vessel is being fitted out as a Confederate cruiser, 35 new guns having been sent aboard. The masters report that nine other vessels had been previously burned by the Florida. . _ BURNED BY THE ALABAMA. March 23—Schooner Kingfisher, of Fairhaven (whaler), 121 tons register (36 barrels of oil) ; burned same day. March 25—Ship Nora, of Boston, 927 tons, from Liverpool, bound for Calcutta, with 1,520 tons of salt ; burned March 26. March 25—Ship Charles Hill, of Bostofl, 699 tons, Pere . ..vial, master, from Liverpool (out 41 days), bound for .Monte Video, with 990 tons of salt, lat. 1.23 north ; burned following day. April 4—Ship Louisa Hatch, of Rockland, 853 tons, Grant, master, from Cardiff (out 28 days), 3.30 south, with 1,033 tons of coal for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, bound for Point de Galle (Cey lon). The Alabama having taken out a supply of coal off Fernando de Noronha, the vessel, &c., was burned the 19th inst. April 15—Barque Lafayette, of New Bedford (whaler), in 1.23 north ; burned same day: April 15—Schooner Kate Cory, of Westport, 125 tons (whaler); burned 19th April off Fernando de Noronha. The masters of the Charles Hill and Louisa Hatch, with 60 men, arrived here from the Island of Fernando de Noronha on the 26th April ; and there still remained on the island, 42 men, waiting a vessel for this port. _ _ The Alabama is reported to have passed this port on the 29th inst., steering for the southward. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CRACOW, May 17. Since Jezioranski's last battle there has been a gene' al calm along the Galician frontier, disturbed only from time to time by some rapid and sudden attack upon the Russian outposts, under the (Erec tion of the übiquitous cavalry chief called " Bonza" —the name not of a family nor of any living crea ture, but of a heraldic symbol. The conflicting re ports that have reached Cracow as to Jezioranski's latest movements have doubtless been transmitted by telegraph to London. One day we were told that he had been beaten and had sought refuge in Galicia, with all his army—another that he had not even been engaged, and that he was still in the kingdom. I learn from a friend who has just left Jezioranski that these statements, apparently so impossible to reconcile, are nevertheless both of them true as regards the main points, for Jezioran ski is still iu the kingdom, and nearly all his troops have crossed over into Galicia. This is what is called " dividing the army into two detachments" —one detachment consisting of the army minus the commander, the other of the commander minus the army. The ouly battle in which Jezi oranski's corps had been worsted was a battle with hunger. It had had no meeting with the Rus sians since the great fight at Kobylanka, but the Russians appear to have been on the point of encircling it, and they had certainly succeeded in cutting off its supplies. General Jezioranski, with General Waligorski, and a great band of followers, made his way to Czerwinski's detachment, in which he is now serving, at some distance in the interior. As to his men, very few of them have fallen into the hands of the Austrians, and the arms are, for the most part, in safety. It cannot be said, then, that Jezioranski's army has been destroyed. It has been temporarily dissolved, but its elements can, and will, be combined again in some form or other. In estimating the forces at the disposal of the Polish National Government, it would be a great mistake to count those insurgents only who are actually in the field. At present every one who joins a detachment organised by the National Go. vernment becomes a soldier of the Polish national army ind must obey orders, not only as long as his detachment remains in the field, but as long as the insurrection lasts> If the corps to which he belongs is driven in he has to report himself at headquarters, and to hold himself in readiness to start again for the frontier at the shortest notice. The soldiers of the insurrection receive regular pay (if they happen to want it), and owe the same obe dience to their chiefs which would be required from them in any other army. A national police, too, has been organised, and has been found very useful in the Kingdom. Its action, it is said, will soon be extended to Galicia, and especially to Cracow, for the benefit of a number of insurgents who are tem porarily unattached, and who in the meanwhile do not seem to know exactly what to do with them- selves. Besides its police, properly so called, the National Government employs a body of commissioners for collecting taxes and giving and receiving informa tion of various kinds. The war tax amounts to 10 per cent. on clear income, and is, or ought to be, paid by every one except the peasants, who are not allowed to ply anything to any one, and who are so petted by both Governments—national and anti national—that they would be quite spoilt were they not already far beyond the possibility of spoiling. Will the Russians succeed in making the Polish peasant fight against his late master, or will his late master succeed in making him fight the Rus sians? Probably, after taking what he can get from both sides, he will remain quietly at home, doing no work, paying no rent, and enjoying him self after his own fashion. The proprietors are convinced that he will never take up arms for the Russian Govetnment, whatever inducements it may offer him ; and hitherto he has a c e e t r i t v a e inly not given the slightest sign of an intentio n to strike a blow in its favour. He has show n himself ready i s enough to earn a dishonest pen n y by selling h as a countrymen to his country's e nemies, rule, he has carefully abstained fromtaa inter ference on either side. I n no aded to do battle districts and instance, however, has the the Polish s upeasant obaeseni in e c r e a r u fought well for he h a a n y p has re e a r l s ly ons seem to ima ohnispoawroticpueloapr tatlees.lefs, as g i n e, the kossuni eri were all peasants there would be t h ous ands of peas an ts already under arms i n Lithuania, b ut in the Kingdom itself --n ; b h o u e t t o c n l t a h ly s e s kossunieri a re, for the most part, farm labourers (not to be c onfounded fora moment has t o w t with the enough o f peasant proprietors), workmen, and d omestic , portion s foryall t se rvants. hes ; i r his l t V h mehrereno were he commander o e m a ar mnm adequate supply o f proper s a d of them wi t h military weapons we should probably sythemEn at ali. Travellers f rom W arsaw say that great excite ment prevailed there on the 13th. C annon had been brou g ht f rom was a a s r t u o m cmmand the suburb o f P raga. rumour r e [ i h ta e d re el bridges, so the citadel and p os t e d on the ur d among the soldi ers th a t t h e was mined, and and 25 of th e houses posts w of facingas a i itb o u h t a d t o b b e e en b l searched throughout. Fresh , infantry and Cossacks had been formed at all the barriers, and detach ments were moving about in every direction in search of insurgents, whohad shown themselves close to the city. The whole of the district of Rawa, the centre of which is about 50 miles to the south or south-west of Warsaw, was in the hands of the in surgents, and under the civil as well as military rule of the Polish National Government. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 20. The Queen has been pleseed to appoint Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Elliot, 1i,C,8„ to be Governor of the Island of St. Helena. ADMIRALTY, MAY 14. Resr-Admiral of the Red Robert Smart, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron, whilst employed as Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Mediterranean station, and until further orders. WAR OFFICE, PALL -MALL, MAY 22. "Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Buchan Hepburn, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Quin, who exchanges. 4th Dragoons—Lieut, Augustus G. Churchill Inge, to be Captain by purchase, vice Thomas Clarke Gillespie, who retires ; Cornet George Hall Ringrose, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Inge ; Edward Poppe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice William John Brooke, pro moted. sth Dragoon Guarts—Lieutenant Thomas Albert Quin, from theist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Hep burn, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Ensign George Tomkyns MLrris, from the 3Sth Foot, to be Cornet, vice Joseph Thomas Cammilleri, promoted. sth Lancer—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Sutherland from the 24th Foot, to he Assistant-Surgeon, , 12th Lancer. —The sn'vices of Paymaster R. H. Roberts have been dispensed with. 9th Regiment of Foot—Lieu!enant John Haycroft Bolton to be Captein, by purchase, vice William Augustus Dmhirst, who retires; Ensign William Hawkins Hath. way to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bolton; Tr,s. John Buchanan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hathway. loth Foot—Ensign George William Carter to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice Hargood Thomas Snooke, deceased; Ensign Christopher Campbell Oldfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George William Carter, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 31st March, 1863, has been cancelled; George Daniel Hall Brookes,Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Oldfield ; Staff - Assistant-Surgeonßayues Reed to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Clarke, M.D., promoted on the Staff. 18th Foot—Major James Harwood Rocke, from a Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Swin!,urne, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Cecil Bowes Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Forbes George Vernon, whose appoint- Arent has' been cancelled. - 22d Foot—Charles Leslie Sykes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jo s eph King Barnes, who retires. 24th Foot -- Staff. Assistant Surgeon Campbell Millis Douglass, M.D., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Robert Soudierland. appointed to tha sth Lancers.. 31st Foot—Staff Surgeon Duncan Robertson Rennie to be Surgeon, vice David Field Rennie, M.D., appointed to the Staff. 38th Foot—James Alexander, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice George Tornkyns Morris, transferred to the 7th Dragoon Guards. 39th Foot—Henry French Cotton Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Francis Shortt Arnett, who retires. 41st Foot—Ensign Henry Webb Byng to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Edgar Younghusband, who retires ' • Ed ward Eden Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Byng. 43d Foot—Ensign William McNeile Cairns, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wellington, James Denton, who retires; John Bingley, Garland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles Yates Peyton, who retires. 44th Foot—Lieut. George Evatt Acklom to be Captain, without pwchase, vice Arthur de Montmorency Fleming, deceased; Ensign William John Graham Sutherland to to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Acklom; En sign Lloyd Fenton, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sutherland. 57th Foot—Lieut. Edward Gould Hosted to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Gorton, w ho retires ; Eusign 61tsotwhoF be Arthuroot—C Foot—Ensign retires; Ensign, e n i s l sibagymn peMannersisu,rrTca purchase, s tse Thomas jsy b oi eGeheniMannersf Wakeman . ia ek e Lieutenant, mG a.e nn Gent„ to purchase, vice Hosted ; J ames Ri chard Knox T re d enn i c k, Gent., Long t sign, by bt—y Lieutenant,pEunrscipurchase, anse j a byvr James vice esF purchase, Loenrgg vice Chas. John Griffiths, d t, by purchase, vice Jam es Fraser, uss whow o ires ; I George Edward Earle, Gent., t o be Ensign, by purchase, vice F er gusson. 77th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas . H 73 Mur ray, from the Gold Coast Artilleryo o nt acrdob Corps, ‘l3l to , D. i e to ut ou i tg g e o b o n a e Lieu t l b : tonant, vice William Minister, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 83d Foot—Ensign Charles Lucius Smith to be Lieutenant, U.Y purchase, vice Edwyn Thomas, who retires ; Sir Keith George Jackson, Bart., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith. 94th Foot—Lieutenant Sydenham Malthus to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Francis Hamilton Elliot, deceased. 96th Foot—Frederick William Lambert Cassidy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cairns, transferred to the 43d Foot. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Edmund Ashton Ross to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Andrew True love Edge, deceased ; Ensign Archibald Hamilton Duthie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Peach, who retires; John Barclay Jackson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ross ; Beaufort Henry Vidal, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duthie. DEPOT BATTALIONS. Major the Hon. Wm. Leopold Talbot, from half-pay, unattached, to be Major, vice Dawson Cornelius Greene who retires upon halt-pay. Major John Swinburne, from ISth Foot, to be Major, vice Rocke, who exchanges. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General Joseph Marsh to bo Assistant-Commissary General, vice Hector John Macaulay, placed upon retired pay. Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General Geo. Home Tel fer, from half-pay, to be Deputy Assistant-Commissary- General, vice Marsh. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon David Field Rennie, KB., from 31st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon. Assistant .Surgeon John Clarke, M,D., from 10th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon, vice Duncan Robertson Rennie, ap pointed to the 31st Foot CIIAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT. The Rev. William Anderson, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, has been permitted to resign his Commission. The Rev. Matthew R. Scott, M.A , Chaplain of the Second Class, to be Chaplain of the First Class. The Rev. J. Browne Wilson to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class, vice the Rev. William Anderson, resigned. UNATTACHED. Captain and Brevet Colonel Thomas E. Lacy, half-pay Unattached. Major and Superintendent of Studies, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to be Major, without purchase. Ensign Peter Gill, on the Unattached Indian Establish ment, to have the rank of Lieutenant on the Indian Esta blishment. BREVET. Captain ['avid Mac Farlan, Royal (late Bengal) Artil lery, to be Major in the Army. Captain Astell Thomas Welsh, Sth Foot, to be Major in the Army. Paymaster William Dowler, 9Sth Foot, to have the hono rary rank of Captain. Paymaster George Montgomerio Davidson, 22d Foot, to to have the honorary rank of Captain, The undermentioned officers having completed 5 years' qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal 'Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonels : Lieutenant• Colonel Henry Meade Hamilton, 12th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Fredk. Augustus Thesiger, 95th Foot. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Solomon Marks, printseller, Minories David French, corn merchant, Chatham C P i e ty plar John White, baker, Bermondsey Henrywilli aWilliam Allen, Abbey, engraver, shoemak e Skinner-street, , Montague Dyer, commercial clerk, Bromptun James Hawker, builder, Marylebone Moses Cook, joiner, Dronfield, Derbyshire John Tay ton, farmer, Coventry Charles Tat em, Gilder, Wolverhampton James Chapman, engineer, Cambridge Samuel Frost, miller, Crossing, Essex Edward Tomkins, coal dealer, Diglis, Worcester Thomas Ilill, fishmonger, Sw insea Charles Edward Gardner, saddler, Paignton, Devon Ma thew Groves, Innkeeper, Middlesborough James Tranter, beerhouse keeper, Sheffield Thomas Huds n, ironmonger, Wakefield SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, Geo. Patterson, cowfeeder, Arbroath • l essee of the Lunatic Asytu, l A t i o e b x e a r n t d D er . P T r r y o d tt e e , r st a il w ib r r i o e k , eir, F er ry-Port-on -Craig _ m Gilmore Ruse, near Edinburgh James Smith, bookseller, Aberdeen Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. - Short. 11 151 11 1 6 11 17 1 11 18 Amsterdam ...... 3m o nths. 11 17f 11 18 Ditto 2.5 50 E 2 2 5 5 4 45 5 25 50 13 7 13 3 fili3 B A ru55e15............ a tt St lU d C i g n: h:i ******************************************* Short. 25 20 25 25 Paris ********** ** 3 Months. 25 45 25 50 25 60 Marseilles tl._ i ne .. ...... 114 11 35 11 35 35t pi Trieste D ic a teen n i srn t te k t sab f o o u r:t e . O h n . . .at ". ; ********* --:::: 2 11 51 1 19 35 1 31 5 00 Berlin Nladrid Cadiz -- Leghorn,,,, -- 49 494 25 47i 25 54 GMilan - 25 47i 25 52i Nenoa Paples . Malermo ............ 25 50 25 55 essina ............ 25 50 25 55 Lisbon 521 521 .............. 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Mrs. Norton. —The Times, in its review of Mrs. Norton's new work says :—" `Lost and Saved' will be read with eago r interest by those who love a touching story. to o t h is e a r vigor ous powers ow no vel. The author has trusted to her knowledge of soc i e ty to describe three or four leading types, which, if t h e y are not actuall y portraits, are, at least, very intimate stu lies. And, independently of this, in the wrongsand sorrows me wh• of her heroine she has c onceived a c tel l en . lies our gentler sympathies and g iv es scope of painting the tenderer emotions."