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

-aff ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation, and the rates remain without alteration. There appears, however, to be a tendency in the direction of greater stringency, consequent upon the uncertainty respecting the specie movement, and bankers and brokers are, therefore, unwilling to negotiate securities except at rates even higher than the Bank minimum. The Peru, which leaves to-morrow for India and China, will convey £154,765. During the last few days there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Tea has been dull, while sugar, coffee, and cocoa have barely sustained previous prices. In rice operations have been suspended, consequent upon the quantity to be offered at public sale this day. Saltpetre has continued very dull, while a downward movement has been apparent in prices at the public sales of indigo. Tallow, however, tiEt been in better request for both present and forward delivery. The London General Depository Company, re quiring a capital of £20,000 in shares of £5, has been formed for the purpose of purchasing the busi ness and plant of the Nurth London Depository in Gray's Inn-road, which for the last quarter of a century has carried on a large and, it would now appear, a very successful business. The public are therefore reminded by the directors that in project ing the company they do not seek to create a new business, but merely to improve and extend one already estaUshod, highly remunerative, and with out risk, bat lacking the necessary capital to deve lop it to its fullest extent. The arrangements for the transfer of property seem to be of a favourable character, and, as the premises are of great size, a small outlay is said to be sufficient to place them among the most complete and commodious of their class in London. Two O'CLOCK. According to Renter's telegram this day the Paris Three per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 35c. heavy. The English Stock Market opened this morning with a buoyant appearance, and on the negociation of a few purchases a rise of 1 per cent. took place. This movement, however, has not been fully maintained. Consols, which have been 931 for money, and 921 1, less the dividend, for the account, are now 931 1 and 921 respectively, The New Threes and Reduced Annuities remain at 911 t, and Bank Stock at 234. A transaction has taken place in the Thirty Years' Annuities at 14 1516. The 5 per Cent. Indian Loan is quoted 110 1; the 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 107; the Debentures, MI ; and the Bonds, 15s. 18e. prem. Exchequer Bills are at 4s. die. to par. Several rather important alterations have taken place in the Foreign Market; but the dealings are rather limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71k ; ditto Consolides have been 51152, but are now 518 a ; Spanish Passive, are 341 d ; do., Certi ficates, 12a ; Greek, 31k ; do., Coupons, 141 15 ; the Confederate Loan, y I prem.; Portuguese, 491; and Russian, 92k 8. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very limited; in one or two instances, how ever, a firmer tone has prevailed. North Westerns and North Eastern (Leeds) have improved 10s.; Midland, L 1 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1 to £1 Os. Great Northerns have declined about 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue dull at about former quotations. Recife and San Francisco realise 17 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 20a 4 ; Great Western of Canada have improved to 111 t; and East Indian are firm, at 1119. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no material alteration in values. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities knnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 1415-16 India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent llOl 10 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 f Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £1,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, June 9 92/ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent pm 4 die Ditto £500 Ditto Small .. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 1843 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOOl 100 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account .. 3li 1 i Ditto Coupons l4 -a Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 79 1 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 361 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) B/ 1 I Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862 — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 95 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1850 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 6 per Cent. Ditto Account BB Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 54/ Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account,. 4Bl Ditto Passive Ditto Account 341 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup:not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - - Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds 74 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .... Ditto Account ........................... Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent... Venezuela, 3 per Cent ......... .. . Ditto Account ................. 24 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862'.............. 66i 1 6 a Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ...... 651 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 2 Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money i)itto Account 92i Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day, Sales about 3,000 bales. Quiet at Saturday's decline. Import, 6,153; previously, 21,899. MARRTITS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITIMELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od • Iv do., £3 1 08 to £ 5 10s ; and straw, £1 10 s to £ 1 16s i clover do., Trado slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4e; clove! do., £3 10. to £5 108; and straw, £1 101 to £ll6s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2 Od to £4 Os ; clover do , £3 10s to £5 10s; and straw, £1 108 to £1 IS. per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA..—The market has been very quiet, and of impor t ,ance. prices have remained without any change SE GA.B..—There has been a limited inquiry uirraavfoer been neg lected, a nd fine gr ocery descriptions, but ot h er qua and prices in some instances may be quoted rather easier. In th e ref i ned mar k e t quotations rem unaltered. COFFEE.— The dealings have been very limited and con fined to a f ew parcels of the plantation Ceylon, which have sustained former rates. Iticm.—Business has boen dull, a rather large quantity , however, is announced for public sale to-day. SALTPETRE.—.& hea con t inue depressed, vy tone has prevailed and quotations TALLOW. —The market has shown rather more buoy ancy owing to the American advices, and quotations for both present and f orward delivery have tended upwards. .C., on the spot, is marked 43s to 43s 6d, and last three months' delivery 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. oma_s Vett SUDDEN DEATH.-11r. Th eh, the head of the eminent firm of nurserymenunderolvExeter and Chelsea, died suddenly last Thursday gentleman, melancholy cir cumstances. The venerable was ti : u w eh ho was 70 years beenattached„ a few of age, lost his wife, to whom he went t buried . on days previo , sly, and she was tovehitaev: outinto . h ? Thursday last. On that day Mr. nursEry to gather lilies to strew on his beloved grave, and shortly after his return into the house hewi wife's d on wad expired. SHARE MARKE TS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share; Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div till Do. B c.p an.hag Ibeen paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. J une ., !Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk, Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Dofido~ Gt. S. az i W. of Ireland Great Western ..... • • • Do Str Val eua. stock, Lancashire & orkshire Loudon and Blackwal: Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & So-.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & 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 Lecds DO York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N and S. W. Junction I • [Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Dev0n.......,, South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do I Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta, and Pim.' Waterford & Kilkenny) West Cornwall In. Hartlepool HarAtit ' West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSE, ;SIONS. Closing Shari Hallways Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lawreia all 60 63 etk flom.,Barodadi.Cent Ind 100 1(841094 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 5 1 4 P 204 Buffalo ana Lake Huron all 54 61 10 Do. Preference ..!• •• • all 7 4 8 100 10 1, 1872 Rutralo,BrantAGodricli () p. et. bds. Aug. 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:4 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Li ) 100 1(8 109 st Cape Town & Dock Seri) 100 1( 94 1104 110 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 1104 1114 p. c. 100 1(94 110 1094 stock East Indian. pit 5 20 Do. do. U Ext..... 5 11 11P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 6 1 111, 6 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pre+. Bonds.. all 63 85 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 47 62 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds— all 54 66 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 42 46 100 Do. 3d I' ef. stock ... all 37 41 100 Do. do. &fern - A.. .... all 33 26 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto k... all 23 26 254 100 Do. do. deferred —. all 21 23 stock GtlndiaPentii.gua.sp.c 100 110 1104 110 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 2 1 1,1 20 Do. January, 1862.. 4 1 14; stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 203 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 114 11 114 I 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 Do. 54 p. e. do. '77-8.. . all 89 42 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 l p 24 stock Madras guar.. sp.c. .. 100 107 (48 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extensioi. 100 101 103 stock 130.44 d 0........ 100 48 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. np. 0. Bndi.. 100 60 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. alt 20 Nvwßrunswick Canth Class Aan 1 B all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da6 po lst pf bds 100 14 86 Stock Sande (100 it 1,0 8 , Do. Delhi t Do. do •r ct 2 6 iP 21 20 Do. Punjaub 9 15 14 lip st Do. Do. .. , ICO 107 1(8 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 00 101 ,;OLONIAL GOVERNMENT sECU aii.Gov. 6 p.c.J a &Jul; 1877-84 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug' 100 1 0 3 1( 67 107 64 Do. dp. e. Mar. & Sept 100 103 Ic6 Do. op. o. Jsn.acanty. too 06 97 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 'Cape G.llope, e p 0.1187 100 al 113 i Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189( 100 112 114 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 109 115 117 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 Mau , Mlle 6 per cent .. 100 109 111 1103 Natal Guv. 6 per cent.. 100 l(9 111 N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&Jul) 100 1064 107( , Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S. W. G ov. 5 p 13...( 100 1024 1034 Do. 6p. c.,18i1 to L'if 100 103 1034 1031 Do. d0.,1888 & upwth 100 1034 1031 1034 4 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112 114 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 lOO 1064 1074 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:3 115 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 113 115 , Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul} 100 110 112 Do. io p.c. An.&00... 100 1104 1114 1174 114 BRITISH MINES. 2 !Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 d Clifford Amalgamated.. 22 24 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist. ) 1 510 620 5224 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 974 10 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. Is. id iP fe E_ :a a s s t t C e a a r r ad n ..... 8 15 4 4 844 5 4 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.1.6 31 31 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 574 11 13 Great South Tolgus 175 41 5i G. Wheal Vor (Helst on ) 40 63 7 Grenville H emd's- Foot 8.12 47 49 llingston Downs 4.17.0 24 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelaut o k 31 33 Mare Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 1 4 d New Setun 194 110 120 North Downs 24 2 24 N .W l 'l Basset (illo ;an '2.17.0 4 4 44 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 14 44 54 20 Providence (Uny Le Int., 10.0.7 41 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 14 400 410 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15. 6! 34 31 wheal Fran. (Illogan 18 . 1,.9 85 90 'Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 ft Tin Croit V 19 23 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13 W Carudon (Liskeard) 5 29 31 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan ) 54 (5 70 - Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 5 60 55 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.6 WhealLud ott heal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 154 164 Wheal Seton .. 584 1250 160 h. 2 eal Treiawney (Lis.; 7 14 17 Wheal Union 3.17 44 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 44 per cent. red., 100 i North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 92 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 4} per cent., pf., 951 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead. Lino, 5 per cent., 116 i 17 Lancaster and Carlisle, 207 London and Chatham 4, per Cent., 94 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 98 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) qua. 7 per cent., 20, Recite ana san Francisca (urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 West Flanders, bi per cent. pf., 1011 FOREIGN MINES. East dcl Rey (lira.), 11 St. John del Rey (lim.), 551 United Mexican (llui.), 6t Vallanzasca Gold, Sm., JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 1001 edliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 311 I I Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 101 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 26/ C hartered Nler. of Indi a , L on d on, an d China, 511 i 2 City, 102 t English, Sco'ch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Imperial Ottoman 20 London and Brazilian (lira.), 43 London Joint Stock, :nil London and We stminster, 79 Mercantile Exchange. ,11 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 24 Oriental Bank Corporation 541 Standard of British South Africa (limy), 161 Union of London, 35t DOCKs. East and West India, 144 London, 59 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Si glish and Australian Copper, if Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90 ' 294 N a tional Discount Company (lim.), ui Peninsula and 0, iental Steam, 761 i Si Ditto, new, 46e5i Royal Mail Steam, 65 SOUTH KENSINGTONMUSEUM.—During the week ending the 16th of May the visitors have been as follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 5,472 ; on Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public, 6d.), open from 1 0 a.m. ti ll 6 p.m.; 1,372 ; total, 6,844. From the opening of the Museum, 4,657,015. THE ALLEGED INHUMAN CONDUCT OF A WIFE —The inquiry whivh has been going on for some time into the death of Mr. Doggett, an ironmonger in Shoreditoh, was brought to a close yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against his wife, and Mrs. Doggett was taken into ettstodY. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING, &c,---Shelton Goodram, and William Goodram, both described as grooms, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a horse and harness, of the value of £65, the property of Sir Henry Rich, of 16 Curzon-street, Mayfair, and tho prisoner Wil liam was further charged with robbing his master, Dr. Matthew Henry, of 5, Harley-street, of money. The prisoners were taken into custody by Sergeant Ed ward Langley, of the detective department, Scotland-yard, accompanied by King, 76 D, at Margate, to which place they had made their way a day or two previously, and where, in a stable the prisoners had taken, several other horses were found. Sir Henry Rich said— I bought a horse some two months ago at Tattersall's, and I gave, I believe, 51 guineas for it. My coachman not liking it, and as I felt dissatisfied with it I told him to take it to Tattersall's and sell it, but not meeting with a customer, the horse was brought back to my stables. I then told my coachman to fiud a purchaser for it, and to let me knew the price. A day or two after my coachmt n told me that he had been offered 12 guineas for it, and I told him to let it go for that. He then told me that the person who wanted it was the owner of some cabs, and that he wanted the horse to remain in my stables a short time, and he gave me £2 which he had received as a deposit for the horse. I told my coachman not to let the horse go till the remainder of the money was paid, but on Thursday last my coachman came to me and said that he had had a misfortune, that the man had called, and asked him to let him have the horse out for an hour, and that he had consented, and that he had not brought it back. I then communicated with the police at Scotland-yard. I wish also to state that I have no room to suspect my coachman. John Wood, coachman to Sir Henry Rich, said—l agreed to sell the horse for 12 guineas to the prisoner William. Both prisoners came to see the horse three times, and on the last occasion the prisoner Skelton came and said he wanted the horse out for an hour, and I consented, and the prisoner having put some of Sir Henry's harness on the horse, took it away, and never brought either the horse or the harness back. Sergeant Edward Langley said—From information I re ceived at Shooters-hill, I, in company with King, 76 D, tracked the prisoners to Margate on Saturday last, the prisoners having been seen with a light horse and cart and leading another along the road. On going to the stable of Mr. Lawrence, Addington-street, Margate, I found the horse belonging to Sir Henry Rich, the harness, and four other horses, which I believe, although claimed by the prisoners, belong to other persons. On taking the prisoners into custody, I found a receipt for the £2 deposit for the horse. One of the prisoners said he had the horse from Sir Henry Rich. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Coachman, did the prisoner say anything about going out of town. The Coachman—Not a word, sir. Sergeant Langley—The prisoner William, while on our way to London, said they drove their own horse down and left Sir Henry's, and that they had a good deal of trouble in getting it down to Margate. There was another charge against the prisoner William of robbing his master to some extent. After some discussion between the prosecutor in Ihe second case,:the magistrate, and the officers, the second case was postponed to Tuesday nest, to which day the pri soners were remanded. WESTMINSTER. —PAROCHIAL INHUMANITY.—A very poor but creditable-looking woman, apparently 70 years of age, applied to the magistrate to give her some relief. Applicant said that she was in great need, and had been refused assistance by the Parish of St. Luke, Chelsea. Having for a number of years been afflicted, she was forced to seek parochial aid, and had received it, but now that she really needed it most she was denied. Mr. Arnold asked her whether she had seen the relieving officer, Applicant replied that she had, but he refused to do any thing for her. She knew his name, it was Rogers, and told him her necessities, but they were perfectly unheeded. He said he did not know anything of her, and that was all she could get out of him. There was no doubt about her claims to be maintained by Saint Luke's, Chelsea, as it was her mother's parish, and she (Applicant) had been in the workhouse several times; she had been an inmate two years. (Laughter.) rMr. Arnold enquired whether applicant was able to fol low any employment. Applicant said that she had long been nearly blind, and could do nothing The relieving officer refused to assist her even with a night's shelter. She was houseless and without food, and therefore entreated that the magistrate would help her. Mr. Arnold asked when she saw the relieving officer ? Applicant said yesterday. Mr. Arnold immediately directed one of the summoning officers to go with the unfortunate woman to the parish, and say that her case ought to be attended to. THAMES. ROBBERIES OP GOODS 7N TRANSIT.—Henry Wood, a lighterman, aged 28, of 3, Grundy-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing three pieces of new calico, the property of the Steam Tug and Lighterage Company. Mr, Stoddart;solicitor, appeared for the company, and said his clients, who were under heavy responsibilities, had been frequently robbed by their servants, who were well paid, and, notwithstanding the examples made of dishonest lightermen, here was another case where goods had been plundered in their transit. The prisoner was entrusted with the navigation of a barge containing valuable goods, and had committed a gross breach of trust. Wm. Wells, a day watchman in the East India Dock, stated that yesterday afternoon he saw the prisoner leaving the dock, and as he looked very bulky he stopped him and asked him if he had anything concealed about his person. The prisoner replied nothing. He searched him and dis covered three pieces of calico fastened round his body. He asked the prisoner how he came by the property, to which he answered that a man outside the dock made him a pre sent of it, and he fastened the linen around his body for security. He entirely disbelieved this very improbable story, and took the prisoner into custody. He afterwards inspected a barge called the Horatio, belonging to the Thames Steamtug and Lighterage Company in the dock, It contained bales and cases of Manchester goods, intended to be put on board ship for exportation. One of the cases had been tampered with and plundered. It contained pieces of calico exactly similar to those found upon the prisoner. Each piece of calico bore the name of the manu facturer, "James Benton and Son, Manchester," and an elephant, the device of the firm, in a corner. There were 20 yards in each piece. The case in question had been forced open and nailed up again in a clumsy manner. Valentine Charles Friend, an officer of the East and West India Dock Company, gave confirmatory evidence, and said the barge the prisoner belonged to was outside the dock. The Horatio was inside the dock, and the prisoner had been on board, assisted in the robbery, and secreted the stolen goods about his person. Mr. Stodelart asked for a remand to enable him to perfect the case, and make some inquiries about the prisoner and those who had charge of the Horatio. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. A DANGEROUS CHARACTER.—JosepIa ~ a muels, aged 2 7, hair dresser, of No. 13, Henry-street, Limehouse-fields, near Stepney Old Church, was brought before Mr. Wool rych, charged with stealing a table cover, ♦alued at £llos., from the dwelling -house of Mr. Hodge, an officer of her Majesty's Customs, No. 6, Edgecombe-terrace, Bow. road, with having a workbox in his possession supposed to be stolen or unlawfully procured, and with being concerned in an outrage and highway robbery committed on the night of Saturday, the 9th inst., in the Mile-end-road. George Pullen, a detective officer, No. 10 X, said that three persons were in custody on a charge of ill-using and robbing Mr. A. Armstrong Walton, architect, of Bre con, South Wales, on the 9th instant. Mr. Walton was struck on the head with a life preserver, and also received a blow on the face, and became insensible. When he re covered half an hour afterwards he was under medical treatment in the London Hospital, and missed his silver watch, gold chain, seals, and £1 12s. in money. The prin cipal in this murderous outrage and robbery was a fellow named Addington, better known by the name of Bacca, a companion of the prisoner Samuels. He went to the house of the prisoner yesterday, in search of Bacca. The pri soner said I have not seen him since last Monday morning. Ile searched the prisoner's house, in which he found a table-cover, stolen from the house of Mr. Hodge, in Edg combe-terrace, Mile-end-road, on the 17th of February last, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock. He also found in the house a work-box, which he believed was stolen. The prisoner said he bought the tablecover of Mr. Telfer, a pawnbroker, in Ratcliffe highway, four or five weeks ago. He made inquiries of Mr. Telfer, who said he never had such a thing in his house. The prisoner, on being asked how he accounted for his possession of the workbox, said he bought it of a man on Tower-hill. He wished the prisoner to be remanded, and had no doubt he secreted Bacca, and knew where he was. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. SHIPPING--This Day, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tues.lay Morning. Arrived, M a y 18 . — Urica and Monarch, from Dantzio; Karen and Sophia, from Farrow; Helen Morrow, from Kurrachee. Arrived, May 1 9.—Caroline and Vesper, from Windau; Anne Methee, from Nykoping ; Christiana, from Dram; Vixen, from Stettin; Dona, from Memel. Passed, M ay 18.— Gem, of Yarmo DEAL, esday Morning. uth; Tu Castor, of Scar borough ; Rachael Ann, of Fowey ; New Express, brig—all from North, for West ; Speedwell, from London, for Jamaica; Catrina Maria, brig, from Rotterdam, for Li tavia. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. ,c High Standard "at 4s, 4d. (formerly 48 Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every towa supply it in packets. P a id . Closing Business Price. done. 8 81 7i Si 83 85 115 .1113 6} 61 40 42 13 14 92 93 107 109 Mi 63i 47 49 24i 25i 125 126 127 128 134 136 102 104 671 67i IcBl 109} 78i 794 118 120 41 42 1001 1011 100 1151 44 45 111 1 1 7 127 127 i 90 98 wi t 51i 24 25 101 102 E 8 68} 881€9,i 115 117 I#llp 18 164 111 12} 118 120 45} 15i 98 100 60 51 82 33 914 n €8 70 99 101 7 8 97 38 9 10 o 74 8 p 163 166 5 s#p 3} Sf p 79 82 154 156 28 30 671 1001 101 70} 81 44 45 38 40 99 101 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1363. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, EPSOM RACES--THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CRAVEN STAKES. Adventurer Nine ran. DERBY. 7to 2on the field (offered) 6to 1 agat bar one (offered) 15 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) RACING FIXTU: RES FOR 1863. Jtr: Ascot 2 Newton ..10 Hampton Odiham 16 Bibury Club 17 II Z• 17 Beverley. I Stockbridge lB 1 Che l ms f or d 23 Newcastle-on -Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O LY. Stam f or d ..16 Winchester 2l Nottingham 21 Cambridge 2l S o uthampton.... 22 Goodwood 22 Ju: Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Liverpool 13 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Pontefract 16 Au Brighton ...... Brighton Club 6 Lewes Wolverhampton 10 Reading . l2 York August lB UST. 20 Plymouth 25 Egham 25 Stockton Oxford Lichfield .. 3l SEPTE' Devon and Exeter 1 Derby Summer Warwick Leicester lO Doncaster l6 MIER, Brecon 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket lst Oct. 29 )BBR. Lincoln Autumn 20 Newmarket, Houghton 26 ,MBER. Shrewsbury Autumn 7 Coventry 6 Newmarket S. Q, 12 Novm Worcester 3 IRISH. 'Malow JrNz. 17 1 Curragh .. ~..., ...... 23 JULY. 30 Bellewatown I Down Royal Corporation. 23 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN BE WAVILL. His Honour was engaged principally in this case, which was with the view of setting aside a deed of arrangement in the affairs of Mr. T. B. Wavill, carrying on business under the style or firm of Wavill and Co., at The Mercantile offices, 44, Poultry, and the objeet of the examination was to show that a partnership existed between Mr. Wavill and Mr. George Ward Chaless, whose name appeared as secre tary, but was alleged to have been a partner, although his name appeared as a creditor for £525. Mr. C. E. Lewis appeared for Mr. Mills, a dissenting creditor, and examined Wavill at great length, and he said £4OO was advanced by Chaless, in September last, and the remairder at subsequent periods. He (Wavill) was at the time advertising for a partner, but he never had one. Cha less was only a :Jerk and was to be paid £4 per week. The money advanced was deposited in their joint names, and could only be drawn out by their joint cheque, and they also had separate accounts. He bad not got his books with him, but they would show all the transactions. _ _ _ Mr. Lewis said it was important for his purpose that the books should be produced, and he asked for an adjourn ment for this purpose. Mr. Bagley (for Wavill) said there would not be the slightest hesitation in affording the fullest information. The case was accordingly adjourned that Mr, Lewis might investigate the above and other accounts. The debts appear to be large, as three creditors amount to upwards of £l,OOO. Nothing was stated as to the cause of the stoppage or the probable amount of assets. Crime in France. The Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Marne has just tried a man named Bert, a carter, in the em ployment of M. Piedeloup, of Crecy, on a charge of having, on Feb. 14, 1861, murdered a retired farmer named Guyon, residing at Bouleurs, near Crecy. On the morning of Feb. 15 the body of a man was found in a pond by the side of the road between the places abovenamed, and was identified as that of Guyon. Teat he had been murdered and afterwards thrown into the water was certain, as he had received a dreadful fracture of the skull from some heavy weapon, which it was thought must have caused instant death, and a pool of blood was found a few paces distant, where the crime had evidently been committed. There was only one man who could have any motive for this crime, and he was a farmer of considerable property named Trouble, who had, in 1857, who purchased all Guyon's land, worth about 11,000 f., for an annuity of 1,446 f. to be paid till Guyon's decease. Trouble was accordingly arrested on suspicion, and during the investigation which followed it was proved that he had been drinking with the deceased at Crecy on the evening of the crime, and also that the trousers and shirt he wore had been washed imme diately after the murder. Trouble was tried in May, 1861, and condemned to hard labour for life, notwithstanding all his protestations of inno cence. Some months after his condemnation cir cumstances came to the knowledge of the gen darmery which seemed to indicate that Trouble had not actually murdered Guyon with his own hands, but had instigated some other person to com mit the crime. While the gendarmery were seek ing evidence to olear up the mystery, it happened that the prisoner Bert, a man of a most violent cha racter, was arrested at Crecy for insulting the com missary of po lice. He was no sooner in custody than several persons came forward to state that a week or two before the murder, when Trouble and Bert were one day drinking together, the former began talking about the rigour with which Guyon en• forced the payment of his annuity, and that Bert said, " Only give me 500 f., and I will relieve you of that embarrassment by killing him." This disclosure put the gendarmery on the right track, and other evidence soon came to light. The gendarmery had in their possession a horse's nose-bag, which had b een picked up in th e road on the morning aft er th e murder, and on l y a few steps from th e spo t where it took p l ace. who lodged on the This bag was recog n i se d by Piedeloup, B ert ' s employer, as his prop er ty, which had been l ost ever since the crime. Both Piedeloup and hi s premises,wife also haddepobseede n that out B a l e i r t t , h e night of th e 1 4th February, and that the next morning they bad noticed stains of blood on his shirt, which he declared had been caused by his nose bleeding. Bert was consequently committed on the charge, and orders were despatched to Cay enne that Troubl e should be seat back to be again examined at the trial. After the president had interrogated the pri soner Bert, who declared that he had never offered to murder Guyon, and that he was altogether inno cent of the crime, Trouble was brought into court, and, in reply to the president's questions, stated that Bert had certainly offered to murder Guyon for 5001., and that he ( trouble) had thoughtlessly answered that the money would be willingly paid, but he persisted, as before, in asserting his own innocence. Se veral witnesses were examined, Bert was drinki ng w i t h T rou bl e o 14th Feb ruary, and expressed w th nh e to ir h conviction deeepvoesendh in tgof the at that Bert was a man capable of any crime. The evidence generally tended to prove that Bert had struck the fatal blow, and that Trouble and he had then thrown the body into the p ond. Having heard counsel for the prisoner, the public prosecutor, and the summing up of the president, the jury retired and soon after retur ned i nto court with a ver di c t o f guilty, but they al lowed the prisoner th e b ene fit o f circumstances, years' hard labour.tances and the Court con demned ex t enuatin g him to CAPTURE OF TUE PRIVATEER RETRIBUTION.— At last one of the Confederate privateers has fallen into the hands of the Fede rate. Accor ding to advic es received in Liverpool from New York, we learn that the American brig Leonidas had arrived at New Bedford on the sth inst., and reports having been chased Into St. D om i ngo b y the Con federate privateer Retribution, which vesse l l ay o ff th e port three days, waiting for the Leonidas to come out. On the morning of the 4th, however, another steamer was ob served making for the port. This vessel proved to be the United a States , was ob serve d a t once the ng o ieer Retribution, Atbaanmda gave chase t o th e l a tter ves sel, which tried t o g et awa y' The attempt was futile, for the United States ve ssel p ut on a full h ea d o f s t ea m, soon over hauled the privateer , and captur e d h er. Th e Retribu tioncliiSf the tes cru was taken in tow L y t h e Alabama and carried away to a Federal port. The last heard of the Confederate steamer Alabama was that she was lying off Sant i ago d e Cuba on the 16 th Ap ril. Baron de Beust, President of the Council of Ministers of Sazoy, has left Dresden for Berlin, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. This being the last day of meeting at Hyde-park-corner prior to the Derby, subscribers began to drop in early, ant before three o'clock the room and lawn showed a very fair muster, which materially increased in the course of the afternoon. Speculation on the Derby was at once com menced, Lord Clifden being freely supported at 7 to 2 (taken), which position he maintained until the majority of bookmakers had loft, when thero were some offers to lay 70's to 20; but half a point more was asked for. A violent attempt to "perform" upon Maccaroni in the City an hour or two previously had such a damaging effect upon him that a similar process was repeated in the West, and in a few instances with effect, as early in the afternoon an offer of 20 " ponies" against Mr. Naylor's horse was booked at once. He was thereafter backed at lessening prices until he settled down at 8 to 1 (taken freely), his owner's pre sence and support having completely dissipated any mis giving that may have existed about the horse. At the close 7to 1 was taken to several hundred pounds. Saecha rometer's position remained unshaken, or rather further improved, as, after 9 " fifties" had been booked, an offer of eight more was quickly accepted, and Lord Strathmore's horse left off firm at 7 to 1 (offered). Hospodar did not seem to have many friends, and offers of 12 to 1 met with no response. The Ghillie was likewise at a discount, offers of 13 to 1 having failed to reach his friends. King of the Vale had certain admirers, who took 14 to 1 kindly; but it could scarcely be said there was a disposition to invest at the price. Sixteen to 1 was accepted about Tom Fool, and the like odds to a " century" about Scamander, although latterly the supporters of Mr. Cartwright's horse stood out for 18 to 1. Fantastic " came" somewhat warm, advancing from 30 to I—his opening price —to 25 to 1 (taken freely), and such was the eagerness to " get on" that layers would only accommodate his friends at 20 to 1, which was the longest price offered when the lawn was cleared. National Guard and The Ranger were scarcely inquired after, al though 30 to 1 was bunked once or twice about each. After 40 " ponies" had been taken about Early Purl an offer of 33 " tenners" was accepted; but, later on, any amount of money could have been invested at the same price. Several outsiders were backed at the usual long shots. Closing prices : THE DERBT. 7to 2 agst Lord Clitden (offered) 7to 1 agst Macaroni (taken) Bto 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Gillie (offered) 12 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 14 to 1 agst King of the Vale (offered) 16 to 1 agst Scamander (offered) 16 to 1 agst Tom Fool (offered) 25 to 1 agst Fantastic (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ranger (offered) 33 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) 40 to 1 agst King of Utopia (offered) 66 to 1 agst Avondale (offered) 100 to 1 agst Donnybrook (offered) 100 to 1 agst Baldwin (offered) THE OARS. 3to 1 agst Lady Augusta (taken) 7to 1 agst Miss Armstrong (taken) 16 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) CITY BETTING.—YESTERDAY. THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst Lord °Men (taken) Bto 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 10 to 1 aget Maccaroni (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) 13 to 1 agst Kiug of the Vale (taken) 16 to 1 agst Scamander (taken) 33 to 1 agst Fantastic (taken) 33 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 50 to 1 agst Early Purl (taken) 100 to 1 apt Giles the First (offered) 100 to 1 agst Baldwin (offered) OAKS. 3to lon the field (offered) 7to 1 bar one LATEST EPSOM SCRATCHINGS. The following list of scratching was posted in the sub scription room at Tattersall's at four o'clock yesterday afternoon : " DERBY—Abbotsfordian, Buckmaster, Carnival, The Perfect Cure, Dictator, Pratique, Blithefield, Stampede, Stockbroker, Beauvale, the Drake's dam colt, and all Mr. Saxon's except Countess. " OAKS—Pocchini, Queen of Beauty, Fiancee, Neil gherry, Gardener's Daughter, and all Lord Glasgow's ex cept the Brown Bess filly. " ROUS STASES—Manrico and Mrs. Trimmer." LATESI DERBY SCRATCHINGS—MeITOI3O, Newchurch, Nugget, and The Beau. NEWCASTLE•ON-TYNE MEETING. Weights for the Northumberland Plate. Two miles. Age st lb Age at lb Carbineer Caller Ou .. 5B 8 Weatherwise ., 46 8 Haddington Adventurer Dictator 5 8 6 Erin-go-Bragh.... 3 6 6 3 Cape Fivawor • Joey Jones ...... 5 8 b Brm onean Knutsford ........ 5 8 3 .1, co, by Joc o Sot 8 6 0 Oldrninster ...... 5 8 3 Michael Scott Montrose ........ 6 8 2 Double X... 3 5 13 Hartington ...... 4 8 2 Rubini Brilliant ........ ö 8 0 Sauterelle 3 5 12 Gardener ........ 5 7 13 Daniel O'Connell 3 5 12 Imperatrice . ..... 4 7 13 Watford 3 6 12 The Knave ...... 4 7 8 M anchester Captain Crow .... 4 7 8 T rust 3 5 11 Brighton ..... ... 4 7 6 Clarkr T om my Jones .... 47 b Reviver The M0nk........ 6 7 6 Chaff 3 6 10 Stanton .......... 5 7 4 Alice .. 3 5 10 Lothian's King .. 5 7 3 King Charming .. 3 5 9 Doefoot .... ...... 5 7 3 Ashmore Pol)nesia .. ..... .4 7 0 Prairie Flower Patrick ..........4 6 9 Cachuca 3 5 7 Birthday filly .... 4 6 9 EPSOM RACES.—The Sporting Gazette (Limited) of Saturday, May 23d, will contain the best and fullest reports of Epsom Races, with exclusive particulars of the Derby and Oaks, and all the incidents of the week; re marks by "Beacon" (late of Bell's Life), anticipations of Manchester, &e —Price threepence: stamped, fourpence. —To be had of all news agents. 14, York-street, Covent len, W.C. GENERAL SEDGWICK'S DEFEAT. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18. The following are the details of General Sedg wick's defeat : On Monday morning, the 4th inst., large masses of Confederates appeared on the heights to the east of Fredericksburg, which had been par tially evacuated by the Federals in order to strengthen General Sedgwick's division. Those remaining made but a feeble resistance, and relinquished the position to the enemy after having removed all their guns. Some fighting occurred above Fredericksburg, the particulars of which have not been received, but is supposed to have been an effort to prevent the rebels from moving up to reinforce the force engaged against General Sedgwick. In this the Federals were unsuccess ful. It is generally understood that this force was General Longstreet's column just arrived from Suf folk. He interposed no obstacle to the Federals holding possession of Fredericksburg, which they still retain. General Sedgwick was hotly engaged throughout the entire day, the enemy pressing him on all points and cutting him up badly. His men were obliged to give way constantly before overwhelming masses of the enemy, and his discomfiture seemed certain, when the Vermont brigade made a brilliant charge, re pulsing the Confederates in gallant style, and secur ing the safety of that portion of the army. The slaughter in this action,occurring in close proximity to Banks' Ford, is without parallel in the history of warfare, considering the number of men engaged. Whole brigades of rebels were literally wiped out, but their force was so many times greater that. that at the command of Sedgwick that it was im possible he could hold his position. He therefore concluded to extricate himself by recrossing the river, This hazardous expedient was at tempted, and successfully carried out between midnight and 2 o'clock on the 6th inst. The enemy enemy held positions with their artillery raking the bridges over which Sedg wick was obliged to move his men, necessarily creating some confusion in the Federal ranks as the columns moved over, a n d causing considerable loss of life. They also pressed hotly upon his rear, when they discovered he was retreating, and harassed him incessantly. But he succeeded in getting his force over as above stated in wonderful good order, and m arched im mediately in the direction of the United States Ford to join the main army under Hooker. On Monday morning at daybreak the rebel s ob tained a position on the hills on the south sic e of the Rappahannock scarcely two miles below United States Ford, and commenced a vigorous shelling of the Federal train lying posted on the north side of the river close to the ford . Several men were injured by these shells , and one or two killed. A panic was imminent among the Federal teamsters, and would have been gene ral and disastrous but for the stoppage of host il itiesby the enemy. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC E . NEW YORK Mix' 6 (Morning'. Stocks dull and l ower. Stocks rapidly advancir x g c . Last quotation, 1474. Eh: at 165. Cotton, sat es stiffin g. M iddling London dull 66. mg. Middling Upland, 11i I 12? j 6 8 ROMAN AFFAIRS. A letter from Rome, dated May 12, sa y s :—Yes terday afternoon, at 4i p.m., the Pop e l e f t t h e Vatican for the central railway station on the Piazza de Termini, where a number of spectators had col lected to see his Holiness set out on his journey to the southern provinces, French and papal military bands were in attendance ; a throne-room had been prepared at the station, in which the Pope, who was accompanied by his major domo and other house hold prelates, was received by the Minister of Com merce and the representatives of the railway admi nistrative council, and allowed a party of prelates and ladies to kiss his foot and wish him fella() viaggio. The special train being in readiness, the Pope got into his richly-ornamented carriage at 5 p.m., the banner of Papal white and yellow waving in the van, and after pausing a few minutes near the Porta Maggiore to observe the opening in the city walls and the deviation of the Felice aqueduct through which the line is carried, his Holiness proceeded in the direction of Velletri, passing through the inter mediate stations of Ciampino, Marino, Albano, and Civita Lavinia, which was decorated for the occa sion, and where the local authorties were in waiting to do homage to their Sovereign. I had the honour of witnessing the transit of the pontifical train from the lofty summit of the latter-mentioned classic town, the ante-Roman Lanuvium, which, thinly populated at any time for the last 15 or 16 centuries, was more desolate than ever yesterday afternoon, the " Senatus populusque Lanuvinua" having des cended to the station at the foot of the hill to receive the Pontiff with banners, petards, and the regimental music of the Papal Zonaves. The church bells were rung and the petards fired off twice on false alarms, the first trains descried bearing only members of his Holiness's household, and the second locomotive signalled being only a pilot engine or kind of steam outrider to the Papal train, which arrived subsequently. At half-past six his Holiness arrived at Velletri, where, besides a numerous assemblage of spectators, there were in waiting Cardinal Mat tei, the bishop, and Monsignor Picci, the delegate of Velletri, with all sorts of local authorities and dig nitaries ; and finally the magistrates of Velletri, who presented to his Holiness the keys of that loyal and devoted town. From the station the Pope pro ceeded in triumphant guise within the city walls in his carriage escorted b 3 the superior officers of the. French troops in garrison and by detach men is of noble Guards, French Hussars, and Papal Gendarmes, and alighted at the Cathedral, where he assisted at the benediction, and prayed before the miraculous image of Santa Maria delle Grazie, His Holiness then drove to the Town-hall, which was splendidly pre pared for the reception ; and, seated on the throne erected in the grand saloon of the Lapidi, admitted to the honour of kissing his foot deputations from the neighbouring towns as far as Terracina ; the clergy, ladies, and principal citizens of Velletri obtaining a similar honour upstairs when the Pope went into the apartments of the Cardinal Bishop. From the balcony his Holiness blessed the popu lace, and the evening's entertainments concluded with fireworks and illuminations. This even ing the Pope arrives at Frosinone, where he will take up his head quarters for a week, making excursions every day to some of the surrounding cities and towns within approachable distance by rail, but his Holiness will visit Ceprano by the post road, thereby avoiding the proposed homage of the Italian officers and soldiers at the railway bridge over the Liris. His Holiness is not expected back in Rome before the 20th inst. When the beautiful casket of Etruscan jewellery, executed by Signor Castellani of this city, was for warded for the acceptance of the Princess of Wales, the following address accompanied it:— " Forty nine British subjects residing in Rome at the period of the marriage of his Roy al Highness the Prince of Wales respectfully venture to offer for the gracious accep tance of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, the accompanying ornaments of Roman workmanship, as a humble token of their most sincere loyalty and devotion," The following answer has just been received by Mr. Gibson, one of the committee of British artists deputed by the donors to select the objects in ques tion : "April 29, 1863—Lord Harris has received the com mands of her Royal Highn( ss the Princess of SVales to ex press to the 49 British subjects residing at Rome her warm acknowledgments for the beautiful ornaments of Roman mr,"Armon..,ll ip w hir.ll fh.:47 lin up, to haar T.nril Harris is directed to add her royal Highness's admiration of the workmanship displayed in the execution, and the taste manifested in the selection of the ornaments. "John Gibson, Esq., R.A." Manning Ships at Liverpool. A committee of the Ballast-office in Dublin, who have lately, by desire of the Board of Trade, in quired into the lighting or marking of the south east coast of Ireland, have made so lie remarkable statements in their report relating to the system of shipping crews at Liverpool, which they declare to be the principal cause of the casualties that occur to outward bound ships off this Irish coast. They state that when a ship is ready for sea notice is sent to the Sailors' Home two or three days before that a crew is wanted. At the time appointed the cap tain attends, and the number of men required are turned aver to him, and agreements entered into. A month's wages are then advanced to each man to enable him to get his outfit, but it is generally spent in profligacy and debauchery. Pimps are always on the watch to pick up and secrete away any ap parently good sailor found among these men, and in lieu they:send down to the pier from which the vessel is about to depart any of the worst descrip tion of persons they can pick up, and the vessel, being all ready to sail, often with the steamtug at tached to her, must either take these substitutes, as they are termed, or go to sea half manned; but same captains, rather than take men from the Sailors' Home, prefer to arrange with the parties who have secreted the men before referred to, and give a certain sum per head for every man they supply. The men thus described go on board all strangers to the captain ; most frequently they are in a state of intoxication ; they are often so diseased as to render them not only useless in the naviga tion of the ship, but so reckless and refractory that they will neither work themselves nor allow others to do so, and the ship is not manage able for some days. She is usually towed out as far as Great Ormes Head or the Skerries. If the wind be from the southward or south and west, sail is made on the port tack. The direct course from the Sherries to the Tuskar, making no allowance for the flood tide running full twoknots an hour, and setting two points on the port bow, would be certain of throwing the ship in on the Blackwater Bank, and there cannot be a doubt that many a ship has been lost from the reluctance of the captain to put his ship about, from the disorganised state of his crew. The committee are clearly of opinion that the losses sustained by the outward bound ships from Liver pool are more decidedly traceable to the causes they have thus stated than to the insufficient lighting and marking of the coast, and they make these statements that the Board of Trade may take such steps as they m . y consider necessary to bring th e subject under cons ideration of the proper authori ties, with the view to a closer inquiry to this ja i _ portant subject. The committee consider that, although it is much in the power of the owner and adoptedmoralwitlyt hdtehmelvnideswthoef of the underwriters to remedy these abuses, g m t i h g e h m t not and be pu bc is well deserving of consideration adoption of a vigorous and close a r a e c m tn ed en y t i s n may tend to remove evils whichupervision which verely deplored by those who appear to be se compelled to submit to are hum necessit3 them. PLYMOUTII, Monday --(By Electric an d Inter national Telegraph.) H.Jretdshire, ,50 tons, Capt a i n Walker, belongin to Mr. r Marshall, l from Bombay, January 17, with seeds and general cargo, for London, passed up Channel this morning. Sne touched at St. Helena, March 22, and spoke, April 12, the Lady Clarendon, on the 26th the Golden Age, and on the 17th, off the Lizard, the Prince of Wales, from Plymouth for Melbourne. The Correctional Tribunal of Setif (Algeria), con demned, in February last, MM. Mongin and Mercier, editor and printer of the Echo de Self, to six days' impri sonment and 250 fr. fine, for the publication of false news relating to certain robberies committvd in that locality. Against this sentence the defendants appealed, on the ground that the ac , ount published was substantially true,w and altogether im,ffensive. The court took the same vie of the case, and accordingly quashed the first judgment,' ae contrary to &no Acta Qi ale caw, Launch of the Russian Battery, the Pervenetz. Since the Warrior first left the dockyard of her builders at Black wall there has not been so much interest excited in the launch of any vessel as that displayed yesterday in the case of the formidable Russian battery. Every available piece of ground from which a view could be obtained of the iron monster—the scaffolding and staging which rise up like forests of timber over the many acres occupied by the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Com pany, and the unfinished hulls of vessels destined for almost every navy in the world —swarmed with and a g ran d stan d erecte d at eager eight- seers ; the bows of the battery was crowded with mem bers of the House of Parliament, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish naval officers, eminent ship owners in the mercantile marine of our own coun try, and a number of others interested in the ship ping and mercantile interests of the country. Th e battery which was yesterday launched has already been described, but we may recapitulate the prin cipal features of this remarkable vessel. Her length between perpendiculars is 220 ft. ; breadth, 63ft.; depth of hold, 26ift. She is pierced for 28 68- pounders on the main deck, and will carry two large pivot guns on the upper deck. The armour -plating is 4fin., upon a teak backing of 9in., and they ex tend from stem to stern, giving protection to all parts of the vessel. The engines are to be of 300- horse power, and constructed upon the three cylin der principle, with superheating and surface-con densing arrangements. She will carry her port sills Eft. 6in. above water, her draught when fully equipped being 14ft. The sides are inclined at an angle of 27 degrees, and both stem and stern project considerably under water, giving to the battery as it lay upon the slip a most uncouth and unsightly appearance. The screw and rudder are completely protected by plating, and the stem is strongly fortified with vertical and horizontal bulkheads, so as to admit of her being used as a " ram." The battery is not of course intended to be a fast ship, and the speed will probably not exceed seven or eight knots, so that there will not be great scope for employment as a ram, unless it be among a fleet at anchor, or old sailing-ships becalmed. The launch ing took place with all that precision which we are accustomed to see in the yard of these famous ship builders. The be! tle of wine flung by the hand of Miss Hume, the sister-in law of the Russian captain who has charge of the battery, had no sooner broken on the iron bows than the huge hulk was in motion. At first it moved so gently that it seemed as though the young lady who was its sponsor might have held it back with a silken thread; gradually it acquired speed and momentum, and then dash ing into the water, the huge hempen cable unable to hold it, snapped asunder, and as they fell dashed the water in foam high on the track of the float ing battery. When at length brought up and taken in tow by the attendant tug steamers, the Pervenets looked less ugly, though still a most formidable looking craft. The protruding snouts, modelled apparently after the head of a rhinoceros, disappeared under water, and the sloping sides with their array of defiant portholes alone loomed heavily on the Thames, most truly answering to its descrip_ tion of a floating battery. There were loud and long continued cheers; and the strains of the Rus sian national anthem went forth from an excellent band as the first of the Muscovite ironclad fleet passed into the water. The name of the battery is the Pervenetz, and in the Russian language means the " first.born "—a name apposite enough to the first ironclad ship in the navy of the Czar. That this " first-born " of the Russian navy should have issued from the Thames Shipbuilding Works is a matter of no small pride to a firm which has already produced a " first-born "—the Warrior—for the British navy, and is now engaged in supplying similar novelties for the Spanish, the Turkish, the Danish, and the Brazilian navies. The largest of these vessels now in hand is the Viclone, 4,860 tons, for the Spanish Government ; and a frigate of 4,300 tons for the Sultan. The Minotaur and the Valiant are also in hand for our own Government,. There are also on the slips a large screw and a large pad dle steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, and the moment the Russian battery had left its berth, the Peninsular and Oriental flag was hoisted, to denote that that company had possession of tho:vacan t spot, upon which a third large steamer, sister to the Poonah and the Golconda, was to be commenced. The French tricolour also floats from a portion of the dockyards, and marks the spot where a paddle steamer of 4,000 tons has just been laid down for the French mail and transport service to the West Indies and Mexico. An inspection of the numerous forges, steam hammers, lathes, punch ing, slotting, and other machines was made with much interest by the company present, among whom was a large number or ladies. The whole process of manufacturing the armour-plates, from the sorting and cleaning of the scrap iron, through all its various stages of hammering and yielding to the final crushing blows of the steam hammer, that made the ground tremble beneath the feet, were shown, and the visitors afterwards proceeded to a. welcome luncheon supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brvmer, of Cornhill. A series of complimentary toasts, including " Success to the Pervenetz," and the health of Miss Hume, were proposed and drank with much cheering. Among those who were pre sent and took part in the proceedings of the day were—the Earl of Caithness, Lord and Lady W en . lock, Lord de Ros,Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. George, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Admi ral Izquierdo, and Capt. Blanco, of the Spanish navy ; Captain Said, of the Turkish navy, Admiral Boutakoff, Capt. Lesonsky, superintendent of Cron stadt, Mr. Peter Rolt, Capt. Ford, and others. MOONSHINE 1 Professor Hansen's hypothesis respecting lunar gravitation I Anxious to explain the moon's occa sional deviation, by a second or two, from its pre scribed path, says the Examiner, Professor Hansen entered recently upon a series of minute observa tions and calculations, resulting, as it seems, in a proof that the density of the moon is unequal, her real centre being about 37 miles distant from her centre of gravity ; in other words, that one of her sides is heavier than the other, and that in her re volutions round the earth the lighter side always a li f ele ss faces it. It this be true, as is urged by some speed.. d cl e u s e e n r t t i • Y ern ' eu w ,h w p i ato t h h h vn i ej ol n eu thgh t ieda a dds t eu m onub o jsb s ei : cd h etera r lators, then the side next the earth is, as it were, the whichto paollfaairvaanstd mountain,wate water w 0 would drptmesriwfloehrsci perforce fromgamlhlst - t o the lower and th e near sassee a a v v . r r re g ions i h e m is p here ci p ai Leitch, ; i and,s .. ,l,aTtihoen,imrejaogiicniantgioinn,,a,ll the core a "lan 13 1311- n enose unfit t o adopts this in G atmosphere Good Wo rd s, and who theory," u :eu n xri r iits e ttt s feer e nno rvedl y Lure bread oceans, bearing on their bosom is set free to [fierce of al l owanceof air must water. valleys through world, rivers fertilis',o--"m" 4 h aveoo uildlngs of colossal size .6 which can conceive the intrepid eab lunar inhFAbitarnitasiltv this n ew ing, all ti f e a a r lin a ge loft tation, and b • . they flow, a luau evnetivgtuhere..e. hemisphere ; just like adreathe, within the barren tnount v ains to obtain an extended spectacle must burst upon.theWvhiea globe, nturoils travellers on our vr t an of as t t h o e ni l s u n n in a g r view of the landscape. tourist as soon as he fairly gets within the new hemisphere! . . Wtiat a tale of wonder will be have to toll when, after his perilous adventures, he retorts to the bosom of his family!" The above may be matched by a story told by the Rev. Josiah Crampton of an eccentric friend who insisted that the moon was none other than the " Heavenly Jerusalem," destined, according to the literal read h twh he su st aino7; ,h r e ai : 8. jog of the Book of lit•velation, to come down upon the earth at the last da y . " On my a rtore modestly tn h, e b e but ttic ti l,i e, hint ing that the appearintcheeoef t tthe describedm oon at present in the A did po not seem to rese mble. he e s f c r l i s e i u m d e , d that loudly the and v eenergetically.. is io theu veryhis , c No,al ye ps i m y , dear tenon side, is I true, hav is have come b Heavenly Jerusalem is on the other side , 1 . ~,, ~.rpo sel y conce aled Irom us till the time comes,' sl The Second Chamber of th e G rand i Duchy fel:se-Darmstadt resolved, in a recent sitting, by of 3G tc , 5, to request Government to re'VlEie the law 04 tho, -cotes 934. 13.14.; 3.4.0 9.16.4 12.10 125} 101 I 444 4 101/ 581