The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND CMIMII-tOIAL INTELLIGENCF, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: REDUCTION OF ONE PER CENT. IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of England have just held their weekly Court, and announced a reduction of one per cent. in their rate of interest. The minimum quotation is now eight per cent., and tha public are relieved from the anxiety experienced within the past few days as to the probable issue of affairs. The measure, it is true, has been expected, but in the present unsettled condition of things no great surprise would have been created if the official quotation had been continued for another week at nine per cent., so as effectually to root out the recent speculative mania. About -X45,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The bar silver brought by the Shannon has been sold at 53 Oid per ounce standard, being another lower; the Mexican dollars by the French steamer Florida have also been disposed of at 53 ltd per ounce, showing no alteration. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. James Hurst and Co., merchants, of London, and Alauritius. The last week's rai'way receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : 1864. 1863. Great Western £69 471 £58,952 North-Western South- Western Brighton ............. ........ Midland South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 40,390 32,963 Bristol and Exeter North Eastern 61,852 54,791 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,818 14,681 Glasgow and South- ‘Vestern Great South-Western of Ireland These returns, when compared with those of the same period of last year, are of a highly satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an in crease of .£10,519 ; on the North Western of £14,488; on the South Western of £5,374 ; on the Brighton of £1,874; on the South Eastern of £1,742; on the Great Northern of £7,057 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £7,447 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of 4708; on the North Eastern of £7,057 ; on the Mar,chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,137; on the Glasgow and South Western of £493 ; and on the Great Southern and Western of Ireland of £707. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 70c. A very quiet and inactive market has prevailed for the English Funds. Prices show not the slightest variation, and Consols continue at 91.3 I for money, and 901 less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; India 5 per Cents., 10517 E nfaced 5 per Cents., st, 104 ; do. 5 per Cents., 114; and the Deben tures, 984. • 7..7 In tho Foreign Market there is very little bust- 1+ Iless, and prices are rather heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 ; do., Consolid63, 481 8 ; Mexican, 44Za ; do. New Loan, lOa dis.; Greek, 11 2.3 k a; Spanish P ass i ve , 341 a; Portuguese, 481 1; Russian Loan, 21 ! r 5 , prem.; and the Confederate st , Loan, 66 68. Business in the Railway Share Market has g' Shown rather more animation, and in one or two instances there has been a slight improvement. i; B righton, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great t! 'Western h ave eac h i mproved ss. ; and North- at, 'astern (Berwick), 15s. ; while Metropolianrhave declined 15s. Tile Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in fair re qu2st, and in most instances support previous quo- b i tations. L on d on and Westminster realise 95; 8 , Union of London, 581 ; Hudson Bay Company have declined to 191 ; Provincial Banking Corpo- of ration are quoted 4 1 prem. ; and International Land Credit, 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Govr.BaimENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols bitto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced - ':„,,,Zbv , 3 per Cent L'oew 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894... . — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth J an., 1880 _Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1835 — _Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 _ March. June. dis zehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO -uank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditt o A ccount oldia NDIA.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. J Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 _ 1 3Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent Oct. 1888., . ~ Do Certificates Ditt o Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per Cent .. 5 per Cent , Jan. 1872 .. 104 Ditto 51 per Cent , May, 1879 ll4 13 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 " ~, at° Bo Ditt ndsSl, d oo o itto Aug., 1866 98} D itto und er £l ,OOO — dis FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —CLOSING PRICES. tr . . Ditto - 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ,r, Ditto 1863 B7 4u_snos Avres 6 per Cent o,,Ditto A-ccount u nian 6 ner Cent . — Ditto . i4l pei Cent ,ototunian 6 tier Cent t u ba, 6 per Cant. ani sh to 3 per C en t., 1825 — D!ts 93a D per £ Cen 1864 t itto Scrip 50 t. paid O r tian 7 per Cent — Greek ' y i L tto, Second Issue ' 6 per Cent '1824-5, ex-Coupons.. .1, PDitto Account D it it to Coupons , to Account .. it Di tto, 1839 and 1859 Dit kr%ii.an pexica/a 3 er er Cent C .(Maremmana Railw a y) ...L to Account koorish Imperial 5 per Cent dew Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred „„ Ditto Land W arrants (Hectares) rcruvi an 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account.... i sitto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ..., . Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 pe r C ent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9 , '6O, 6 2 , '3 — Ditto Account 434 3. 11 .nasian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ S' BB- Ditto 4J per Cent.. 1850 .. 851 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent 1862 B6 a Ditto 1861 Scrip, , £lO paid 2a pm Ditto Anglo-D u t c h Sar dinian 5 per C ent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent D itto Account Ditto New Deferred _— Ditto Account Ditto Pase,ive ................ — Ditto Account ..................... S panish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account ' 3w edis'n, 4 per Cent. ft , 4 arki sh 6 per Cent. 1854 „.-1-litto Account _. --. Jj itto 6 per Cent. 18 5 8 • , Ditto Account Dittc, .',lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account itto £lOO Bends 7ll 1 Ditto 1863 V D' tlo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Vlezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ~-iiitto 6 per Cent., 1362 ',),itto Account Ditto per p Cent 1864 Ditto 1f per Cent , — Dividends on the above payable in Lond ,n. 411strian 5 pe- Cent Ex 10 Florins. .-- 1) 'Olin 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f _ 4 ,telt 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — it uitto 4 per Cent. Certificates ')itto Account ......... THREE O'CLOCK. eoil so ls Money .............. 1)Ittio Account ............ ....... Ziverpool Cotton Market—This Day, b k arket quiet and steady. Sale; about 6,000 41e8. Imports, 6,184; previously, 62,024. 4.16. 12.10 22i li 21 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 3k are Hallways Paid. Price; Business done 160 &tit Lawremx all I 6) 62 sk J 3 013.,Barcdak,.Cent 106 10 1 1031 103 1 Gu. 5 per 20 Do. New . ..... 8 20 Do. E. ,511 ares 205 Bulfalo and Lake Huron all 4 65 10 Do. Preferonce 100 I Bio,L'rantotGodrich 1 0D 77 82 ru. llit p ot. Gds. Aug,. 1, 17 - : , 100 Do. do. J uly 1, 187: too 77 8 100 Do. do. June 1, lOU 77 82 cc ~. 3Lutta.,, , ,S.EnNtn.(l.ll. 100 lel 1 3 101} at Cape Town Dock Fut] 100 98 100 stock kiastn. Bengal gn. sp. g 100 165 107 stook Mist Indian. gu.. sp. c. 100 164 1 1 JO5l 1011 41 5 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 p 20 Do. do. II do. .. 15 1 p stock Grand Trunk of Canada luo 2u 21 201 191 160 Do. let Brut'. Bonds.. all 74 14 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 61 (53 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 63 65 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 53 5.5 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 47 43 43 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 26 2S 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 24 t 6 06 stook Gt.lncliaPentn.gua.tip.o 100 104 105 1011 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 e 1 Lo. January, 1362 .. siook Gt. South.of In.dia(Lim g uaranteed 5 per cent.' 100 1021 t(35 201 Gt. W. ei Canada Shares all 10 105 101 201 Do. New 109 Do. 6 p.c. '73 withq opt. all 90 02 cOl 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par 1 p stook Madras. guar., sp.c. .. 100 to 2 lu3 stook Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 96 98 stock Do. d 3 ........ 100 94 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Budh. 100 50 .11elb. & Ilcbson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. w llortg - . Bd. alt 20 Newßrunawick Camh Class A and B all 3 6 N.lll.C'da6 pent pi bth, 100 82 t , 4 stork Scinde .......... ' (100 1021 1031 stock Do. Delhi 1 ' 100 103 to Do. do ' 5 2 -id 1p et Punjaub all iu2 103 Do. Do. .....• • ;fly.* Do: lndus.St. Flo.) k . 120 93 95 COLONIAL GOVEIO.,TIUM T SECURITIES. op.c.J a - 577-51 ...... U 0 103 105 1031 Do. Ip. c. Feb. 4: Aug. 100 102 :04 Do. dp. c. Mar. (.1; Sept.: 100 102 104 Do. sp. c. JaudiJuly. 10 , .' 90 61 91 901 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 21 Gape G. Hopo, 6p 0,187:$ 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 18S( 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 it 8 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p t 100 101 104 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO (96 108 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 106 108 N.13.G0v. 6 p.e.,) aati ul3 100 WI 103 Do.. 6 p..e.Ap..lk Oct. 100 • - S.W. G o.v. 5P „?..186t 100 99 100 Dv. Sp. c.,lBrx to In . ( 100 99 101 097 Do. d0.,1888 ctupwdt. 100 99 101 911. New Zealand 6 p cent: 100 10) 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c titcriing, 1875 lOO 103 105 104 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO Ana G6p.c.1678..1cup : 100 109 111 - Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. ja.&July 100 • - /Do. lo 6 p.c. Ao.,tcOot lOO ,08 102 _ 1081 1 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I "id Amalgamated — 32 31 IDevcia G. Con, Ta.vist ) 1 561 170 jEast Basbett(lllogan) SO t 7 70 East Clogau G old. Ltd ' ' East Camden ... . ... 2.14.0 291 301 30 I East Carn Brea... 0.4.0 6; Cf E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) l 8.13.0 31 4 amASt.Auhyn(Gwen lA/ 7 9 Great South Tolgus l7s 21 3 - (4. Wheal Vor (I.leleton 40 33 35 331 4/ Grenville 8.12 68 40 111 iugaon Downs 4.:8.0 31 4 !Lady Bertha !Margaret (tiny Lelant vi 15 17 Marke Valley.. 4 NI yncly Iron Ore ,25 11, Newl Seton 192 85 00 • ;North Downs 2l 11 If Basset(lllo4an 3.1.0 14 2 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (6t. Blazey lerovidencc(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.; 40 42 , iouthCaradon(St.Cleer 11 450 470 i 3. Carn Brea (Ilogan) IB.Wlieal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 40 50 :Stray Park 30.17.0 25 27 ramar SilV.,t Lead Min — Crolt 9 )8 19 West Basset (Mogan) 1 9 10 W. Cr.radon. (Lisearcl; 6 16 18 !West Seto I Whet! Basset (Mogan) 54 90 95 !Wheal Buller(lLedruth)l 10 30 35 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) l 2.0.8 - IWhealLudeott I Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 14 ;Wheal leton , 581 220 230 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis* 7 20 21 'Wheal Union ; 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SI Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at : Mid. Consolidated, 6 pee cent. stock, Di , to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per c( North Staffordshire, :.:211 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent [ARES. 0 per cent. pin., 110# :nt., 136 i :, 431 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pt., 41 London, Chatham, ,tc., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., —4 Ditto, ditto, C 6 per cent. so LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4,1 per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund stook, 5 per cent., 99 Midland Bradford prof: stock, 95; FOREIGN RAILWAY& Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per vent, 17i Dutch Rhenish, Ditto (ad), 211 Eastern of France, 19 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 Sambre and Meuse, 5} per cent. pf., West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MINES: Cape Copper, lira.. 12} St. John del Rey (Em.), 46 United Mexican (liuk;, 6 Yudarian.utana of S. Australia, BANJid. Alliance (Um.), 64 3N 3 Ditto, new, 521 3 Anglo Austrian, 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 61 1 „ Australasia, 744 Bank of Egypt, 281 Bank of (Jag°, lira., Brazilian and PortugueS, lira., 13, 7 1 British and Californian, Inn., 6± 6 Chartered Ban , oLlndia, Australia, and City, 335 Cons olidated Bank, lim.; 11,1 China, 40 Continental, inn., 186 East:London, lint, 8t Litto, new, 8 European Bank, lira., 12 Hindustan, Chi na , and Japan (lira.), 32 Ditto, new, 15/ Imperial hank ( 1 1m.), 42 II Ditto, new, issued at 1 pm , 2G Imperial Ottoman, 2 10 London Bank or Scotlan - C - 1 lirn., 23 2 London and Coloni a l ( l imo 1 , London Joint Stock,' 484 London and 11 estininster, 95 Merchant Bank, inn , 23 2a Merc p a i n t t t i ol e n a e n v, d I , l : 4 7l;ange, 20 • Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 32.1 2 Mexican, lim., 7 61 National Bank, 381 Oriental Banx Corporation. 611 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lira., South Eastern, lint, 6 64 • Union of London, 581 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, hm., 6 I Commercial Union, Insurance, Si Credit Ponder, 13 127, Credit Mobi Ur, 9k Egyotian Corn. and Trading, Um. 5} English and Scottish Marine, JjDl., 6 Filittllclal Discount 11m 41 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Railways. p aid Closing , Price. 8 8, 81 9 83 f 5 1181119 6 7 35 37 16 17 68 90 101 le6 17 18 Of 7} 129 131 VS 140 128 1,12 90 02 G 4 E4i 111} 1111 66 47 103 105 40 4t 1101 111 974 54 544 1144 11!4 132 132; 102 IC4 50/ di 24/ '45; 1011 102 57i 68, Eg 90 127 ICO 1 2i 71 78 121 123' 39 40 64 GO 33 35 801 91 103 106 7} di 36i 37i Di 10 S Si 165 17J 5 7 3 100 105 21 '23 M MAR 13.14. Wol., and Str. idly 111:! and Tyne. R ost. , Sleat.,andMid.kio Bristol and Exeter Ealedonlan ;''or!.; and Bandon Joni Do A A Do. B offts no divj till Op c.p an.has , been aid to 8., Onblltt & Belf p ast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & filaTo3,v. Gllasg. and S. Western C-reatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto Eastiinglian at CTreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelanc great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast : Lon., Chat., and Dover : Lon. & Noel Western Lon. & So'.th Western an.,Shet, dr Lincoln. Alaryport and Carlisle. Dog shares ITetropoli tan nidland Do Nov Do Birming. & Derby (it. W. of frelane Do. j shares Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line .7;orth British :din., Perth, & Dundee ' Nth. Eastern—Berwioi. Do, G.N.E. purolias4 Do Lec,di Do York North London Do Yew Sorth Staffordshire J. r.nd B. %V. Junction coot tish Central scot N. E., Aber. Etoci, bo Scot. Hid. stock , ,hrews. and Weichpoos Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales 3. 'York. and River Dui; ,tainea,Wok.,tuadWolt itookton Darlington Do Do New, Ibef, rah' - Vale. . Do B Do C UTster Do Do Vale of Ncath Victoria sta. and I'im Waterford & Kilnenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland—Oxlora Do Newport Do Hereford THE StU,N, :LONDON, r,t l Tir;?, ; EVEIN_ING, MAY 19, 1864. NISCELLANEOUS—ContinttecL" Fore-street Ware' owe lim., G V-,ls , Cen. Credit and Finalize of Londou, 11w,, 101 Hudson's flay, 131 Imperial Financial, International Financial ':: , ociety, lirn., Land Securities, lim,, London and Caledonian Marine, lirn., London F inanciarAssociation, lim., -- Ditto, new, 161 Mercantile Credit Association, lirn., 16 National Discount Company, lim., H I Ditto, new, 9i Societe Finay;ciere d'Egypte, Universal Marine, Insurance, lirn., Warrant Finance, lirn., LITERATURE. use." Never mind it, however," said Ruth. "Thank you for you: good wishes, and take no notice." ",You speak so, because I am too obtuse to understand, in the manner of your quick intellect and your clear apprehen sion ; but at least I can offer whatever I have not yet given —whatever remains to me of myself; and you know, yes, I am certain you know, I have everything to beg, to entreat from you, but have already lost all to you." "Now indeed I do not understand you. In what way have we caused you any loss ?" " Unwi Tingly, I am afraid. Oh, Bliss Winspear—oh, Ruth, can you treat me thus ?" "How?" said Ruth, startled that I used her Christian name. " Indeed I do not in the least understand to what you allude." "Oh I to nothing, since it is thus. That which would be life to me, is yet nothing since you look on it thus." " You say thus,' said Ruth, " but how ? lam very bad at guessing riddles, and since you speak in them I must renounce comprehending. Lot us say no more except that I beg you to continue still the course I ,thought you were kindly taking. You can't help observing, but refrain from speaking; every family has its private matters, and a stranger does harm by meddling with them." "I am a mere stranger then; I am an unwelcome stranger. You despise, you dislike me; you will be glad if I promise never to enter your door again. And if it be nut beyond human furce, I will do so," I cannot comprehend your meaning," said Ruth, "but this is mere nonsense. You have been, you are very wel come ; we are glad to see you, when neither you nor we are busy ; you have rendered us a great service." " Oh, for the sake of heaven, do not say that word again. It is of no use to break a man's heart, and ridicule it for breaking. Nay, I have not offended you," I cried, as she turned away. "Forgive me; at least do se much, and I will go." "It is time for me to return to the house," said Ruth. " Besides, it begins to rain. Good evening I Will you have an umbrella ?'' "It is time," said I. "Farewell," and I turned away, stopping after a few yards and turning, but Ruth was al ready at the top of the avenue, and in another minute lost to my sight within the house. Was ever more prosaic love-scene upon record! Conspicuous among the other characters is the easy, careless, extravagant Lord Ennavant, who gambles away the moneys of his estate more rapidly than his faithful steward can collect them. Here is a characteristic sketch of steward and spendthrift : THE ORDEAL. Rather sooner than was anticipated Lord Ennavant ar rived, and came into the room where we wete working to gether. He threw himself into an arm chair, and at once desired the worst and the best to be told him. " It's like drawing a tooth," said he, " to come into this horrid room and this chair. I know it will be all right by the time I get out of it, but you make me go through tor ments before that happy moment arrives. So now for it. Do your worst, and end by giving me command of the money." " Just as I had arranged with the banker, to give you credit for necessary expenses for the next three months--" " That can't be helped. It makes not the slightest difference to this sum. This is a wholly unnecessary ex pense." " With a little prudence, and the great storm that swept down your Gloucestershire timber, you might have got on till rent day, and then paid the banker with the rents, ne glected the butcher, and gone on again." " Well, I'm glad you think £5,000 is an equivalent for for only a little prudence. So I have committed no great excess after all. It ought to be all the easier for you to supply me." " It is, however, not easy at all," said Mr. Point; gloomily.. "But I have met with one expedient, the suc cess of which I shall know in the course of the evening, and would have sent you word--" "If I had not been in such a devil of a hurry? But I want to be clear of the thoughts; for although I never make myself miserable except in this accursed room, there is always the sense that I shall have to go through it till it is done. So what is it ? Lord Ennavant occasionally learns some home truths from the plain-spoken John Greswold, and is happy to befriend him, when he can do so without personal inconvenience. Mrs. Winspear is a capi tally drawn character—while Miss. Nation, the fast fine lady, is assuredly a caricature. Her con • versation reminds us of another would-be fine lady—Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Skeggs, We take leave of John Greswold with a pleasant remi niscence of our passing intercourse, but with regret to leave him with his fate and fortune a mystery and his history " nowhere." A NEW PALK FOR PARIS is being opened at the Buttes St. Chaumont. AdvicEs from Tours state that the Bishop of Evreux has got much worse, and is now dasgeruusly ill. The Arch bishop of Tours, at whose house he has been stop ping, ad u.inistered the last sacraments to him the night before last, and prayers haye been offered up in all the churches. The King of Greece has invited the represen. tatives of France, England, and Russia to accompany him in his excursion to the lonian Isles. The Official Gazette of Turin publishes a Royal decree suppressing the special administration of the seques trated estates of the ex-Duke of Modena, and transfers it to the agents of the State domains. The Napoleonien of Rodez states that M. Ga robaaa, Cure of Cassagnes Begoubes (Aveyron) has been murdered. The authorities of Rodcz went to the scene of the crime to institute an inquiry, the details of which are not yet given. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE ISLE OF Or WIGIIT.—The Lady of the Lake, a steamer fitted up like the American river steamers, has commenced running between Cowes and Southampton. There are now no fewer than five steam packet communications between the Isle of Wight and the mainland, viz., between the island and Littlehampton, Portsmouth, Stokes Bay, Southampton, and Iliningtou. John ()remold. By the Author of " Paul Perron." Two Vols. Hurst and Biacket. To turn from the vitiated atmosphere of some fashionable and suffocating assembly and take a stroll in the pure air of the country side, and to do this in company with same clever, pleasant friend, whose lively gossip will amuse, without exciting, like the cup that " cheers but not inebriates," will produce a bracing, pleasurable effect, such as' is experienced by the satiated reader of the unnatural fictions of the present day, who takes up these vo lumes by the author of "Paul Ferrol]." The style is charming, and the perusal of the whole work is a matter of continued satisfaction ; but as for the story which it contains it is, in fact, no story at all. While turning over the pages (as in taking the stroll above alluded to) the reader is happily and beneficially employed, but be yond the pleasant associations of the hour, no more lasting effect is produced upon his memory than might be suggested by the most abstract constitutional. Wilkie Collins, and Miss Brad don, the magician and enchantress of modern lite rature, implore their critics not to unfold the mys teries of their prison -house. We cannot commit a similar gaucherie in the present instance, for in re gard to "John Greswold," as in regard to Canning% knife-grinder, " story—Lord bless you there is none to tell!' We leave our hero co his twenty-third birthday ready to begin the world, having made, as his brother tells him, two false starts already. Per haps on some future occasion his future fortunes may be recorded, and we shall be right glad to become ac quainted with them, for as we have already intimated we have found John Greswold a very delightful companion. The only little romance of the story, and a very pathetic romance it is, is associated with John's brother, the soldier Robert--who returns disabled from the Crimea to the overwhelming dis. may of his young betrothed. Robert at once re hates her from her engagement, and tenderly re garding her as " the widow cef his better days," enacts towards her the part of truest friend and brother. The heroine Ruth is so all perfect as to be removed above the reach of our sympathies es far as John Greshold is from the reached of hers. The following attempted declaration of love presents a specimen of unparalleled obtuseness on the part of the lady —perhaps according to the saying that NONE ARE SO DEAF AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT HEAR. She turned away, hut I would not give up the opening which chance seemed to have made to obtain for me a pot , Con of her confidence. " I know not," I said, " whether I clearly understand you; hut this I know, that if it be within the compass of my will and my power I would give —that is, I would use all the power I have to be of the least—that is to be o POLICE IN! ---,This Day, Alderman Carder—You ought to have written to your owners long before this. Prisoner--I wrote them four or five letters. Witness—Nothing has ever been received. George Peacock—l went with the prisoner to a bill bro ker. I saw a bill for £J,OOO produced for Captain Miler's endorsement. The bill was endorsed. Captain Miller told me the mon: y was to bo handed over in hard cash for ship ment to Bombay, Alderman Carden said he did not think it Very possible that the prisoner could require bullion for the purpose of taking it to the owners. Be should order the prisoner to be taken to Liverpool to be dealt with there. He thought the City police deserved great credit for getting h o ld o f th e prisoner before he could leave London, The prisoner will be formally brought up again to-mor• row, but it will be merely for the signing of the depositions MARLBOROUGH STREET, FORGERY BY A CLERK OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY.— Joseph Bingham, a young man, clerk, in the employ of the Library Company, Pall-u_all, was charged before Mr Knox with forging and uttering an order for the payment of the aum of £37 15s 4d. Mr Thomas James, jun., clerk at Messrs Ransom's Bank, 1, Pall-mall East, said thlt on the sth of April last the prisoner presented the cheque produced and asked him to cash it. He did so, the Library Ctmipany having an account at the bank. The amount of the cheque was £37 15e 41, Mr Henry Fowler, secretary of the Library Company, sail the cheque was act endorsed by him as it purported to to be. All cheques were endorsed by him ;no other person connected with the company had any buziness to do so. In answer to Mr Knox, Mt Fowler said the prisoner had been in the employ of tip company nearly a year. Sergeant C. Robinson, of the detective department, Scot land Yard,.proved taking the prisoner into custody at Now- town, Merionethshire, and said that on showing prisoner the cheque he admitted writing the whole of it himself, stating that he was very sorry, but that he had been drinking at the time. Mr Knox said the writing on the cheque did not look Ilk that of a man who had been drinking. The prisoner, who had no quEstions to ask, was committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial. THE ENCOURAGERS OP DISHONESTY AMONGST SER VANTS.—Mr Knox received the following letter this morn ing : " May 18.—Sir,—May I ask you to lend your aid in sup pressing another evil which is very prevalent at the West end of London at this season, and is also disseminated by means of handbills dropped into areas of an evening. As the system no allul ikelded to is p ro fit a b le to the servants of families, iis t y that it will be made public as the other has been [handbills dropped an astrology imposture] thr ough the magnanimity of " a servant." I refer' to the bills which state that the "beat down areas respecting price'' is given for every conceivable article of transfer in bones, fat, rags, &c. Th ere is no address on these hand bt l e l , h b o u u t s e a h n o l i d n , t i f m r o a r glas s , china, broken silver, down to t n i on is g i ven that a call w ill be ma d e i n the morning for anything t hat may be g ot ready. Th e police might do much t o check the system, if they direct their ad instruction t o attention s from their superiors to r -t, and the press—always the eyes of the heads of households to the ready to expose abuses of the kind —may be of great service - urn, Sir, yours, &c., " Bora) PUBLICO." Another letter has been received from a person complain ing of the hand -bill nuisance, and requesting that the e in xis o te P n e c n e in of these practices. --"r scampmay exposed. The hand bill i s headed whose "YourDestiny,tlatrimony Made Easy : or , How to Win a L over, " and the f ellow who issued it calls himself a name it bears "qualified p ro f essor of astrology," and seems to be in gre at want of postage stamps, was charged In7:Ln'ower Grosv enor-place, and further at- WESTM INSTER. UNLAWFULL Y ENTERING A RousE.--Charles D au b Yl with unlawfully entering property of the Marqui s of Westminster. taaemhinopiudtdisnelega-attogNesodteal a lead pipe, tho -.JohnDl:e-w—,assistant to Mr. Haines, auctioneer to the Marquis's estate, said that at 6 o'clock on the previous evening his attention was calle d to th e d oor o f t h e house No. 7, Lower Grosveno r- p lac e , being open. The h ouse , was empty, and witness wen t in. R Some boys ran ou t o f a back door from the leads. He found th e prisoner, There f w ro a m s a ti p ie ic w k a n l e l a a r n h d im, in and some lead Pipe had been re move d The prisoner was th en &v.. 1..1,,, ..,uotoa,.. Richard Mallon, porter to Mr. Ba rnes, said th a t h e l ive d at No. 8, and h ear d a noise at the time, an d caught the leads. He was very much c onf used, and ran away. Witness followed and captured h im. There wa s a p i ckaxe near him, and so me l ea d pipe had been removed, lie said hackedtsc ho knew nothing about the pickaxe' and had not touched the lead. a quarter past si x prisoner was heAtomobkrtohsee prisonerJuttan, S i O n 3 t 0 13 c , ussatioddroytvh. e a d t H a t :ea tSaid he w an t e d to e look after the wa ll th a t wa s near falling. The mar k s on th j e a w m a e l s l aDnidxopnip,eaccoornretrspacotnodre,dp with the pickax e , at work for him near the spot. lie did not know what business he had there, and knew nothing about the pick, Prisoner said the pick did not belong to him, H o was looking after a wall that was falling, and had not got into the house for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Arnold remanded him, taking bail for his reappear ance. MANSION HOUSE. CHARGE of EMEEZZLING £4,ooo.—Captain Robert Boyle Miller, Lane's] Hotel, St. Alban's-place, Haymarket, was placed before Sir R. W. Carden, charged with em bezzling (within the last three months) the sum of £4,000 and upwards, received by him as servant to Richard Rylands and others, shipowners, Grosvenor Buildings, Tithebarn-street, Liverpool. Mr. Maynard, for the prosecution, said the prisoner was formerly in the ereplsy of Messrs. Rylands and Siddon, of Liverpool, shipowners, and was captain of the ship Richard Ryland, which sailed in the month of July last from Liv, rpool, to Calcutta, with a cargo of cork. It would be his duty to sell the freight, receive the I money, disburse the discuses of the ship, and then flans alit the proceeds of the voyage to the owners at Liver pool. The ship Richard Ryland, of which the prisoner was master, sailed from Liverpool for Calcutta with a cargo of cork, The cargo was sold, and the prisoner received the money at the Mauritius, but the owners have never received any portion of the £4,01,0 received by the prisoner, neither had they since heard anything of the ship commanded by the prisoner belonging to Messrs. Ryland, which was of the value of £25,000 He should merely submit enough evidence to enable the magis trate to send the prisoner to Liverpool to meet the charge. Mr. Maynard then called, Sergt Spittal, wh o sa id —ln consequence of instructions received from the Li verpool police, I, in company with Pack man, took the prison er i nto custody, and charged him with embezzling the sum of £ 4 ,000, the p ro p er t y o f hi s em pl oyers, Messrs. Ryland, Seddon, and Co., the owners of the ship Richard Ryland. He said the charge was false. We took him to the Bow-lane Station, where be was searched by Sergeant Packman. I told him where he had received the money, but he said it was untrue. The prisoner this morning said he was surprised the firm should suppose that ho was guilty of anything wrong—that the bill he got in the Mauritius for the money deposited in the bank, he had obtained and changed for safety for his employers. If he had intended anythi ng Wrong he had a great deal mote money in Calcutt a; t h at he intended to go down to Liverpool and settle with hi s employers next Saturday. Aldermaa Carden—Any q e. , ! i ori, Miller, to ask witness ? Prisoner—Oh no, sir, what he says is perfectly correct. Sergeant Packman—l was in company with Spittal when we apprehended the prisoner yesterday at Lane's Hotel. When at the station I searched the prisoner. On his person I found £0 lOs 7d, and in his room I found £49 in cash, two £5O Bank of England notes, a deposit note on the Stockton Bank for £1,10,1, dated May 12, in the name of Robert Miller. I also found a bank book, showing a credit for £ 1,800, in the name of Robert Mill er. Alderman Carden—Did he say wh ose money it was ? Witness—He said it was his own. On his way to the Mansion-house he said, "I cannot think how they think I intend to do wrong, because if I had wished to do so I could have done so when I was in the East Indies, and had plenty of money. I intended to go to Liverpool on Saturday, but I've been fool enough to stop in London a few days. He said nothing about where he received the money. Mr Walter Partridge, of the firm of Fletcher, Parr, and Co., Leadenhall street, said they were agents to Ryland and Seddon, of Liverpool. They own a ship called the Richard Ryland. The duty of the prisoner would be to disburse the debts incurred by the ship, and transmit the balance to Liverpool. The owners ought to have received iatelli• gence from Calcutta rslativa to the money three months ago. The ship sailed in July last. We charg e the prise nor with having embezzled the £4,000. THAMES• A MOST INCO RRIGIBLE T HIEF . —Margaret Du ne ki n, a most wretched l oo ki ng woman , 52 years of age, wh o ap prcopareedrty o lob f o i S i o e , n u r ' y as i c i b o a p r k g i c n d s, w o i with bB, Church lane, Whi te- h s tealing a waist coat, the p chapel. The prisoner entered the prosecutor's house, the stre e t door of which was open, and went into the yard behind. A waistcoat, which had been recently washed, was hanging on a line to dry. The prisoner removed it, and was leaving the house with it, when the prosecutor's wife and another woman saw her and gave her into custody. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been a great m an y ti mes i n custody, an d h e was a f raid to say poor oe o oa w rr smpbaeenresyno persons timesshe could l ay her the practice hPer stealingahcatdie b e e oa n fn cy6otunheviani sneaking D e d g S n h t o e h o l e d o o T e es noyf hands on. She was no sooner out of prison than she was in custody. lie believed nothing would ever stop her from picking and stealing when she was out of pr.son. An officer said the prisoner had been found in sin gu l ar positions in the houses of the poor. At one time she was discovered at daybreak by a poor woman, seated on th e top of a copper in the wash-house. She had beim in this pO B . I - The coroner said that great difficulties were caused in this case by the arrest of the wile. This court had the power to examine any one as to the cause of a death, but by the wife's bring taken into custody no statement could be obtained from her. It was possible that she might be able to explain how the matter really stood. Br, J. Wilcocks Wakem said that on Monday he made a careful examination of the body of the deceased. There were 35 marks of violence. There were bruises such as a blunt insrrument—a poker for instance —would have made, There were other marks of injuries inflicted some days previous. The injuries Tare principally on the limbs. The head was puffy externally. The post-mortem examination showed that the bruises on the limbs were superficial, and not sufficient to effect vitality. There were the marks of five or six blows on the head, and blood was effused under the sca r p. The blows had been inflicted with a blunt instrument of small superfices. Blood was effused on the brain. Witness was decidedly of opinion that death was attributable to violence inflicted on the head by a blunt instrument; but the deceased was so diseased that very little violence would have been suflicitnt to produce death. In answer to the Coroner, Dr. Wakem said that a person struggling violently in delirium tremens night, if forcibly held down, sink back and die of exhaustion. The two blows seen by the witness Samuels were not in themselves sufficient to cause death. Thera had been general violence. Witness considered it impossible that the injuries could have been self-inflicted in knocking about under the influence of delirium tremens. After some further evidence, the court was cleared, and the jury having deliberated for nearly two hours, it was decided to adjourn the inquiry until Monday next. A fatal accident occurred two days back on the Lyons Railway, at Saint-Romain-la-Mott e . A goods train, consisting of 80 trucks, ran off the line, and about 24 of them were thrown on to each other by the shock. he guard received serious injuries and died a few hours later, but the breaksman jumped from his seat and was only slightly bruised. Eight other persons were in the train, but all escaped unhurt. The accident is supposed to have occurred from a horse having broken through his box and fallen on to the line. The poor animal was almost ground to shreds, as traces of its blood were found between the rails for a distance of nearly a mile and a half. Two o:her horses were killed. The Marquis de Turgot, the French Ambassador in Switzerland, has returned to Berne, and re= sumed the duties of his pest. " Austria," says the France, "has just met with a financial check which has produced a certain sensation. She wished to contract a loan of 77 millions of florins (nearly 193 millions of francs), and has only been able to obtain 23,500,000 thalers (a little more than 58 millions of francs.)" HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES is to take the chair at the lecture to be delivered at the Royal United Service Institution by Capt. IL W. Tyler, R.H., on the subject of " Railways strategically consi dered." THE KING OF PRUSSIA is going to Gastoin, in he Tyrol, to take waters for the benefit of his health. THE DANISH WAR.-A subscription opened in Denmark for the widows, orphans, and wounded of the war produced in a single day at Copenhagen alone upwards of 300,000 f. The Ring put his name down for 12,000 f. a year during a poriod of ten years. The shock of an eartbquake was felt on Thorne's Creek, three miles east of Fort Langley, Fraser River, on the 28th of February, at half-past seven in the evening. It was accompanied by a hoarse, thundering rumble, and lasted for about 30 seconds. The sky was at the time clear and brilliant, and the atmosphere calm and mild. So frightful was the commotion of the quick and awful rockings as to snake it a moment of great suspense as to whether the beholder would be buried with the log shanty, wideh cracked, rolled, and tottered around him, in a conglo merated mass of heterogeneous ruins. —British Columbian. 1::flIE ALPACA IN AUSTRALIA.—The last accounts from Australia state that the hopes which had been I entertained of the naturalisation of the Peruvian alpaca have been disappointed, Of the 300 introduced by Mr. Ledger from Peru, five years ago, and purchased by the Government of New South Wales for £15,000, the whole have died off, and their progony,•numbering 330, are in an unhealthy condition. Some persons throw the blame on Mr, Ledger for inefficient management, and others con elder that the mistake was in their having been kept all together at one locality under Government care, instead of their having been distributed among individual settlers, some of whom would probably have discovered the precis?. districts most suitable to them. During a discussion on the subject in the Colonial Legislature nearly every speaker was in favour of the Government immediately getting rid of tho cost of keeping them, and of having to maintain a staff of officers to .ratend to them, and a resolution was ac cordingly adopted that they should be disposed of as soon as possible, either by auction or in any other way that might seem expedient, THE MINERS' STRIKE IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. —Yesterday an open-air meeting of miners was held at Bilstoa, to receive a report from a deputation of men who had bean appointed to wait upon the mastr.,rs who had given notice to about 1,000 or 1,500 men in the Bradley district for a reduction in their w::.ges of 3d. a day. Between 1,000 and 1,500 men were present; and the deputation reported that those of the nr.rster§ whom they had been able to ace all objected to withdraw the notice, some of them saying that before they would dc so they would blow cu their furnaces. Several speeches were then delivered, the burden of the whole being that the masters were trying to oppress the men, but that the men were determined that to the uttermost they w,uld resist the effort. Aid, it was stated, would be forthcoming from every other mining district in the kingdom ; and other trades' unions, it was added, had offered assistance. The struggle would be the stronger because it was felt that if the masters succeeded with this notice they would give one all through South Stafbrdshiro for a reduction to 3d a day. Similar views were expressed at three other meetings. ti on, and nothing c:Arld induce her 1 - ..).nr0v0 until she was taLen.aown and removed ty the police. The magistrate said the prisoner W,19 a dangerous old roman, and committed her to the House of Correction fur throe months, and to be kept to hard labour. The Suspected Murder by a Wife in Lambeth, Last evening Mr W. Carter, coroner for Surrey, held an inquiry at the Spanish Patriot Tavern, Lower Marsh, Lateebeth, touching the death of Stephen Weston, aged 34, who was alleged to have been murdered by his wife on Sunday last. Mr Ed win appeared for Mrs Weston ; and Inspector Edmonds had charge of the case for the police authorities. Elizabeth Sweetman was the first witness called—She said that she was the mother of the deceased's wife, and she lived with the Westons. Deceased was a tripe dresser and dog's -meat seller. He occupied the house, 1, Johanna street, Lambeth. His wife, Sarah Weston, and four chil dren, the eldest nine years of age, lived with him. Witness had lived with them three or four years. Samuel Samuels, a cooper, was called, and he gave the same evidence he had already given before a police-court. He said that on Sunday morning he was in the street looking on at a fight between two women, when he heard a cry of "Murder," proceeding from 1, Johanna-street. He climbed up on the ledge of the Spanish Patriot, and thus got on the top of Mr Weston's shop window. A girl opened the window and he put his head in. He saw by the light of a candle Mrs Weston holding deceased's head and knock ing it against the handles of the chest of drawers. He was partly on the floor and partly on the bed. He was trembling, but not struggling. She knocked his head twice. Witness slid, "If you don't leave go, you coward, I'll knock you down with this flower pot." She let go, and deceased's head fell. Witness said he is dead. She said to witness " You have got up there to rob the place," She left the room, and witness got down. She came to the door with side-spring boots on, and said, " I have get his boots on now." She said she would lock witness up, and that he had no business to interfere between her and her husband. Witness had known them both to be of drinking habits. She said one night last week that she would do for her husband one of these days. She was drunk then. Witness had heard her threaten him, and show him a knife at other times when drunk. Deceased had only a shirt on as he lay on the floor when his wife was beating him. Mrs. Sweetman, re-called, said that she was at home on the morning of the occurrence. The front room was the sitting-room, but witness and three of the children slept in it. Deceased and his wife occupied the back room. De ceased had been in and out of bed all day on the Saturday. He had not been to business, for, witness thought, he was out of his mind. Witness asked a policeman to come up on the Sunday morning, but the officer would not. Witness did not see him struck. She saw some one come to the window. She had not called any one. She went to the door, but it was only to get some one to put deceased into bed, as he was out of his mind. Witness went upstairs, and saw the poor man lying on the floor on his face. She did not know whether he was then dead:' He had jump ea out of his own bed, and come into the front room. Witness did not call out "murder," nor did any one eliet. When a person was in a deranged state, it would bee natural to wish some one to assist, She only wante e a the police to keep him ry in Let . day Deceased lied d runk two half quarterns of sher. Elizabeth Frances Weston, an intelligent little girl, was then sworn. She said she lived with her father and mother at No. 1, Johanna -street. On Sunday morning all the family were in the front room. Deceased had come in out of the other room. He fell across the bed. Witness did not see what caused him to fall. He was noisy, and ae had been out of his mind all day. Nothing was done to him as he lay on the floor. Some one came to the window. Wit ness did not know why. Witness's mother was trying to pick him up then. She did not strike him. She did not beat his head against anything, His head was not near the chest of drawers, but was right away from it. It was not true that she struck his head against the drawers. No one told her what to say, regret. Naval and Military Intelligence., --- ~- THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Field - Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a Levee at one o'clock on Monday nett. Major-Gen. Si r R. Thcres, accompanied by Brigadier l‘Ljor Hey, Assist.- Q aurtermoster- Urn. Capt. M ing l e , h as just mad e hi s h alf -yearly inspec;tiou of the troops at Warley hrirracks, near Brentwood. 'rho troops, to the number of 700, ezecuted several manwavres in a creditA)le manner. At the close they were formed in close column and addressed by the gallant major-general, who en forced the advantages and importance of temper ance. The general then proceeded to inspect the I hospital, married men's cottages, schools, barracks, &c., all of which were declared to be in a satisfac tcry state, while the arrangements in the new block of buildings, including the reading and recreation rooms and sergeants' mess, were specially com mended. The Woolwich division of enrolled pensioners, in command of Major Mackinnon, yesterday went through their annual official inspection an Wool wich-common by Col. J. Travers, R.A. The drills commenced on the 6th inst., since which time the whole force has been through a course of exercises and manoeuvres in separate companies, in which they acquitted themselves with great credit. They yesterday mustered at the review ground in full force, numbering 375 strong, and fired 10 rounds of blank ammunition. The inspecting officer ex pressed himself highly pleased with the appearance of the veteran soldiers and their steadiness under arms, remarking that in case of emergency they would farm a most formidable auxiliary to act with the regular troops. Their arms, clothing, and accoutrements, he added, were all in good condition, for which and for their correct manoeuvres he gave them great commendation. He said he should not fail in making a most favourable report of his in spection to the Horse Guards. The men were all hale and active-looking, varying from 40 to 50 years of age, 55 being the maximum age for their being re tained on the enrolled list of the corps. The majority of the men are employed as mechanics and labourers in the Arsenal and dockyard. Each man is allowed a compensation for lost time—namely, as enrol ment money, and at the rate of 2a per day during the drills to privates, 28 6d corporals, 3s ser geants, and 3a 6d sergeant-majors, Their cloth ing is renewed every seven years. Major Mackin non formerly belonged to the 16th Lancers, and is a most zealous staff officer. He has seen many years active service, having been, as appears from Hart's list, 10 years in India. He served through out the campaign of Affghanistan under Lord Keane, and also i❑ the campaign of the Sutlej in 1846. During the inspection yesterday the death of the ?axe superintending officer, Sir Alexander Tulloh was announced. He resigned the post on attaining his rank as M< , j3r-General, and died on Monday last at Winchester of inflammation of the lungs. The announcement was received with much Business done. 47i } 64 1114 66& 1-4/ 4 41 111 102 51 Alf i i J 2 1011 & 2 581 8 893 TIIE NAVY. The Orontes steam troopship, Capt. W. H. Hire, arrived at Spithead last evening from the West Indies, with the 14th Regiment on board. She is ordered into the harbour, and the troop will land this morning, en route for Aldershot. George Barnes Haddock has been appointed lien• tenant to the Royal Naval Reserve. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 398 3d; barley, 29s 9d ; oats, 19s 8d ; rye, 28s 5d ; beans, &Is 3d ; and peas, 32s 6d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s 6d ; barley, 30s 6d ; oats, 19s 5d ; rye, 29s 2d ; beans, 33s 5d ; peas, 323 4d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.--Wheat, 101,521 ; barley, 11,432; oats, 6,470; rye, 4; beans, 4,133; peas, 496 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Oar market, to-day, was fairly supplied with beasts ; but the general qualify of the stock was by no means - prime. All breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency—the top figure being 4s. Bd. per Sibs. The show of sheep was only moderate ; nevertheless, sales progressed slowly, at previous rates. The best Downs changed hands at ss. per Sibs. There was a good demand for lambs at full prices —viz., from 6s. 4d. to 7s. Bd. per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was moderate, were dull, at unaltered quotations. In pigs very little was passing, and milch caws were almost nomi nal in price. Per Slbs.to si 8. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 I Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second qualityslo....4 0 4 4 ink the offal. s. (1. 8. d. i Primecrs••wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Pine. S'thdowndo.4 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 2 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 2 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 s 4d to 7s Bd. Lambs.... 6, Suckling calves, 16s to 23s ; 2Os to 23s each. and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. 1 POREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l4O i Sheep and la m b s C heep and lambs 6,120 .... 10 S f Calves ............ .. 8 260 Calves 3BO 1 Pigs ...... ____ Pigs. 290? .............. .... MEAT ISIARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEA DENHALL.--The supplies of meat are limited, and the demand is inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 48 8d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 63 10d ; veal, 3s 8d t o 4 s 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s dd per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 18.—Fair average supplies of stock on offer here, to-day, Generally speaking, he trade ruled inactive, as follo ws : —B eef, from 33 4d to 4s Sd ; mutton, 3s 8d to Us Od ; lanm, 6s Gd to is 61; veal, 4 s 03 t o 4 5 10d ; and pork, 3 s 8d to 4s Gd per Sibs, to sink the offal. RomroltD, May •18.—Prime stock was in fair request, at full prices, otherwise the trade was rather heavy : —Bed, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 103 to os Od ; lamb, 6s 8d to 7s Sd ; veal, 4s 6d to 48 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Elbs; suckling- calves, 158 to 22s ; quarter - o ld store pigs, 20 s to 245; and niilch cows, £l4 to £lB each. HAY MARK.2TS. SM ITIIPTELTI.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover , £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 4a to £1 14s par load. Traee slow, C UMBE IILAND..—MowIow hay, £3 3s to £4 Isa Od ; clove r, £4 Os to £5 15 8 Od ; a nd straw, £1 4s to £1 148 per load. Trade dull. WHITE CHAPEL — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lsa ; clover £4 Os to £5 15 s Ud ; an d straw, Ll 4s to £1 14s per load, Trade inactive. ARKET. t the cio.:e of the market. I COAL I'd rnaes of Coal per Ton al l 6 * d o ' Walls End. West Hartley Holywell l7 3 Hartlepool ......... .. 17 0 Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 9 ,-. T a u _ n _q 3 _ _ ll * ......... •• 15 0 u Lambert's West Hart- r au°G ............. 16 9 3 3 G%csilf°oerih. ................... .. .. .. 1 1,6 5 63 15 9 risswell ........... ... 17 6 ley Tonheld Moor . B . Mulled Moor 17 6 Riddell .......... 15 6 Wylam ...... Bower's West Hartley - J.6 0 Wharneliffe • 15 6 West Wyla.n l6 6 Bmddyll's • llctten 16 0 Ute . :::1 1 4 4 Eden Main 16 0 South Hartlepool„.... 16 3 Hetton l7 6 Whitworth. 6 .... Ships at market, 80; so ld, 53 . .. io Yesterday Sir J. D.H. Elphinstone, M.P., and the other members of the Committee on Dockyard Ma nagement, &e,, appointed by the House of Commons, visited Chatham dockyard, and commenced their investigations at that establishment. During the early portion of the morning the members of the committee visited the Lord Warden and Bellero phon, iron clad vessels, under construction, and from personal observation, as wall as from informa- tion obtained from the officials employed on those vessels, elicited many interesting details conneoted with the system of labour pursued at Chatham dockyard. The remaining portion of the morning was devoted to the transaction of official business in the Captain Superintendent's and other offices, and later in the day the members of the committee in spected the works in progress for the enlargement and extension of the dockyard by the creation of additional steam basins, dccks, factories, and other buildings, the whole covering a space of 300 acres beyond the area of the present dockyard. On the previous evening the members of the committee landed at Chatham dockyard from the Vivid, paddlewheel steamer, Staff Commander H. W. Allen, which brought them from Sheerness, where they had been occupied in inspecting the dockyard, naval barracks, and other establishments. During their visit to the naval barracks the com mittee expressed themselves in an unfavourable manner of the system of crowding in the building, one of the rooms which was only fit for 100 being required to accommodate 300 seamen. SECOND EDITION. 6UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. HOLLAND. --o - The Batch Minister of Finance hs made known to the &coed Chamber the principal points of a bill which he proposes to submit next session to the EtatLfi, ancl wi.i h has for object the suppression throughout the kingdom of the octroi-duty, whicu is to be tcp!aced by a uniform system of excise to be levied direct by the State. lIIR EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. 1111PERIAL PAIMIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS —This Evening, The SPEAUER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bedford Gas, Chelsea Water, Liverpool Improvement, Liverpool SAnitary, Metropolitan Railway (Additional Powers), Midland Railway (Sr. Pancras Branch), New castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Road, Stroud Gas, and Swansea Harbour Trust. CHINA. THE CHURCH BUILDING AND PARISHES ACTS AnENDMENT BILL. Sir L PALK inquired wirther this bill would be pro ceeded with is-nturruw. Sir G. GREY sail it wculd not be taken until the 26th THE GUARDS. Colonel KNOX inquired whether the Guards were ordered from Canada. The Marquis of II A.RTINGTON asked the hon. and gallant gentleman to give notice of his question. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord J. MANNERS gave notice that on the vote for the National Gallery at Burlington-house he should oppose it, with a view of retaining the National Gallery in its pre sent position. SUPPLY. Mr. MASSEY brought up the report on supply, w was agreed to. UNION ASSESSMENT ACT AMENDMENI' BILL; This bill passed through committee. RAILWAY COMPANIES POWERS BILL. This bill passed through committee. SUMMARY PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ADMIRALTY LANDS AND WORKS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. RIVER POLLUTION (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. LIMITED PENALTIES BILL. This hill was real a second time. CHIEF RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. The rcp3rt of amendments on this bill was brought up and considered. HIGH WAYS ACT AMEND VENT BILL. Sir G. GREY moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act for the better management of highways in Eng land. After a short discussion, in which Mr. LIDDELL took art, leave was given, and the bill was accordingly brought in and read a first time. The house adjourned at five minutes past six o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—TIIis Day, MANCHESTER RACES—Tars DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, TRAFFORD PARK STAKES. Clown .. Lady de Trafford 2 Dr. Rooke Four ran. TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. Brown Bread Vanilla .... 2 Two ran. TRADESMEN'S CtiP. Trust Oldminster Grevi110 Three ran. Dead heat for first place. Bank of England Return,--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on 'Wednesday, the 18th day of May, 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. (iota issued .......X27,251,165' Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,601,165 Silver Bullion £27,25!,165 BiMusa D] Pronrietone £27,201,165 tal X 14,553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis raissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Se9n rifles Sincluding Dead IV eight.An nutty) .......... £1 0,7P 1 5,2G7 Other Securities .. 20,973,429 Notes ............ 6,431,630 Gold and Silver 666,281 Coln ............ counts) 7,566,611 Other Deposits 12,962,402 Seven Day and other Bills 493,817 X 33,856.607 May 19, IE6I, £38,856, 607 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. THE MOST STRIKING ILLUSTRATION OP THE SAY.. ING THAT THE PITH OF A LADY'S LETTER IS THE POST SCRIPT :—" P.S.—You will see by my signature that I am married." The effective force of the Austrian troops assembled on the frontier of Transylvania and the Buko wins amounts to 30,000 men. They occupy the whole line of the Carpathians. A STEEPLECHASE BY MOONLIGHT.--DUNDALK/ May :16.—Last night, immediately after the clock struck twelve, several officers of the gallant 4th DraV °ll Guards, stationed here, started off for Dowdalhill race - course to witness a mo on li g ht steeplechase of three mi l e s,.._ which Lieut, Farquh ar un d ertoo k to per f or m w i th favourite race mare L a d y A nn i e. Lieut. F ar quhar cam enor hisiia his faithful nag bein g muc h t h e worse o f their midn ight unscathed, and had 15 m i nutes to spare , ne ither he steeplechase. I und ers t an d th a t c hows ware so much again s t th e ga ll ant r id er that several bets w ere offered, by whi c h h e nette d £lOO. The race was an ini - promptu on e , an d arose at th o mess ta ble a 11Iail. few minutes before it was undertaken.—Dubi" Even i ng : DEATH OF A "LIVING SKELETON" AT YORK.—. An inquest wa s held on Monday eveni n g at York on the body of a boy about 14 years of age, named Robert Corbett, who had died on the previous night, His father • • had gone to America two years ago from Cl onmel, Ireland, and a fortnight bef ore last Chris tmas dece ase d was exhibited at Iteynold's waxw ork crciaib ition at Li verpoo l as a " livin'r l'a' The had since been ta k en to the s t week exhibited i n C ast legate,York, alter havir t' visited principal town , and w t , Huddersfield, and 'Wakefield. 11. • wa s dressed in a fantastic s t y l e, and was so frightfully erne, skele skeleton leeds, Bradford ciatcd that there was no wonder one of the witnesses de scribed it as a disgusting exhibition. His mother took hint round the country for the sake of a livelihood, though it was stated that the poor boy himself was desirous of being shown tp an admiring public as one of the greatest wonders of the world. Mr North, surgeon, who was called in about two hours before the deceased's death, which he attributed to a scr o f u l ous disease, thought the public exhibition of the child was hi g hl y o b jectionable as regarded his health, but he was no t prepared to sty that death was accelerated there Ly. Th e j ury returned a verdict that t h e d ecease d h a d died of scrofula, and at their request the coroner severely reprimanded the mother for her conduct, stating, however, that as it had not been made out that her conduct had acce- lerated her son's death, she had-escaped a criminal verdlct. Icccl 8 Mercury. The Echo de VEsone states that M. de Tonnens, ex-King of Araucania and Patagonia, vho is now staying at Perigueux, has recently received letters from his old kingdom assuring hint that his return is impatiently expected by the population, and that he may rely on an enthusiastic reception if he will return Col. SYKES gave notice that to• morrow he would ask by what law, right, or ordinance British subjects in China were subject to trial for breaches of neutrality. MR. HERBERT. Sir S. NORTHCO IT gave some explanations in refe rence to Mr. Herbert and his pictures now being prepared for the house. Mr. Herbert wished him to state that ho never intended or wished to dictate terms to the house. Mr. C. BENTINCK said ho had great admiration for Mr. Herbert as an artist, and regard for him as a per sonal friend. He did not mean to say anything disre spectful of Mr. Herbert. DEFFAIRS. In reply to Mr. WH DANI ITE S , Mr. LAYARD said th a t it was understood that after the adoption of the armistice on the Dana- German question, no further contributions on the defeated by way of making good the expenses of the war would be levied, her Ma jesty's Government had seen statements in the newspapers recently to the effect that that provision had not been com plied with, but no official communication had been received on the subject. THE AUSTRIAN SQUADRON. Sir J. PAKING TON inquired whether the Govern ment had received any information that the Austrian squadron bad gone to the Baltic. Mr. LAYARD said that part of the squadron had re mained at Lisbon, and he presumed it had gone to join the other part in the North Sea. RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA. Mr HENNESSY asked whether the Government had received any information in reference to the proceedings of the Russian Government in Circassia. Mr. LAYARD said the Government had received a de spatch from Constantinople, in which it was stated that a large number of Circassians, feeling it impossible to live under the rule' of Russia, bed sought protection in Turkey. Great mortality had tekea place. He should have no ob• jection to produce the papers. Sh are 91 9%