The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-25 00:00:00

f 4.; AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per C ent. Reduced Annuities 9 235 3± 1/ 1 3 per C ent. Consols Annuities .. I a a New 3 pe r C ent. Annuities 91/ Annuities, 3 0 yrs, expir e sth J an., ,880 — / Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent, ....... .. 11 Ditto Enfu ce d Paper, 4 per Cent 97 91 Ifitto 61 per Cent 1863 Litto ditto April, 1864 D , , t.i Bonds ELMO Dit to u n d er £ l,OOO 12 Consols for Account, J une 9 l6 pm Ea ch equer Bills, £l,OOO 2/ per Cent 4 2i dispar D itto 4.500 p Ditto Small par 3 die FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres 6 per C ent ttitto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 39i ' ,- ;hilian 6 per Cent. lO3 - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 16/ Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO Ditto, Second Issue .. 993 Greek .5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 32i a 2 Ditto Coupons l4l atrili AU 5 per Cent. (Nlarenarnana Railway) 79 / :Mexican 3 per Cent iliac) Account. 35/ New Granada Ditto Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 7l Peruvian 42 per Cent. Ditto 4; per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per C ent. , 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 49/ / f a Ditto Account Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 paid... .. ..... 5a Russian 5 per C ent., 182 2, £ St pm Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 583 9 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 .. 92i Spanish 3 p er C ent Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account~ Ditto Passive Ditto Account i 4 3/ 34 Spanish C ert. of Coup not funded 12 1 11/ 12 111 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 :Ditto Account D .. 'Ditto, £lOO B on d s 73 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 3 1 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1832 Dividends o n th e a b ove payable in London. Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 65/ 41 Ditto 4 per C ent. Certificates Italian, 6 p er Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account ................ Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4/ Per Ct. Ex. 45. 72 i —1/ Consols, Mon e y THREE 0'CL0CK........... 931 Ditto Acc0unt. , ......, ........_ Liverpool Cotton Market —This Da. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Strong. Sales, 8,000 bales or more. No imports. Previoasly, 4,395 bales. Advices from Constantinople of May 13 state that the negotiations between England and Turkey for a telegraphic line to India, via Bagdad and the Persian Gult, have been satisfactorily concluded, and the conven tion for it signed. The Scinde commissioner, Mr, Mans field, is stated to have already arrived at Bagdad to super.. intend, in conjunction. with Colonel Kimball, all the necessary arrangements f or th e aerates—the 'Darkish Government havi ng at th.e the en same t ime sent instu r ctions to gineers to haste n the com p l etion of the line between liminary arra n Bagdad and B usso , :ah. It a pp e ars that already the pre g,,ments are effect e d , the m a j ority of the posts being on the ground, whilst the whole of the wires are in readinesr, for fixing. Should the entire line be finished before tka intsnse summer heat sets in, the submarine cable being '‘ettay for despatch from England to the Gulf, London is IP,iely to be it telegraphic communication with Kurraehee arhd Calcutta, and from these places with all parts of India, by the autumn. The English Government are to have an exclusive wire between Belgrade and Bussorah, which is Ito be served by English clerks and be wholly under Eng lish control. In regard to financial matters it is mentioned that the publication of the budget is daily expected, and 13 - what has thus far transpired leads to the belief that the 'wh a t has will prove in the highest degree satisfactory as to revenue and expenditure and likely to impart in- creF.sed confidence in the financial prospects of the oountry. On Saturday the Prince of Wales was elected patron of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, a coranlardea_ lighness's tion having been received intimating his royal consent. The Prince is expected down at Bandringharn again early in September, for the shooting season, which aj; the Promises this year to be a highly favoural-j ie one, mildness of the spring has encouraged t} ate rearing of both partridg,s and pheasants. SNOW IN MAY.—Daring o.te past week falls of snow have taken place in different parts of Wales, and the weather has been extremely col a. On Tuesday the snow was ankle deep on the Monmo many years p as t, athshire hills, a circumstance which h as not occurred for R OYAL IiORTICIar.aRAL at a 8 last,special gene, S OCIETY.—On Satnirday the purp ose of elect- -al meetingof this society, called for loges of Fell ow , -nig persons wishing to obtain the privi • Prior to the ceremonial of the 10th June— Mr. Henry 0,- dates were . Ae l C .A., in the chair—upwards of 50 wadi- Abetted Fellows. FART' avIIIAXE IN NEW ZEALAND.--The earth quake 0 „ . Arly in the m • , _,,:ibed as awak_ening is d , orning of the 3d2 of February every one instantly. The Hawke' s -D J Ion" says .—tiotses rocked to and fro like reeds in the wind, and atromour creptthorver the stoutest heart, many who attemptad to rise being dtown. The majority .of the 'chimneys in town are dowenwnto ground of those left standing most will have to be repaired,heSeveral cracks are observable in the road from th e 0 , 4 to especially on the portion new The shocks appear to have been even more aeusp:are. Flat. newly re ad o on sh_ the Spit, more south. western portion of the Province thau in NevapieerinTthhee residences of Captain Newman (Arlington station) and Mr. 'Harding (Mount Vernon) are said to be much injured. Mr. ,Smith's inn (Abbots'ord) was shaken off the blocks. Some of the bridges are much damaged, and some large cracks have opened, and extend some distance through the fern hills, ' 4 :( ONE Y MARKET CITY, TWELVE o'CLocF. There is no perceptible change in the general dis count market to day, a moderate amount of busi ness being transacted, at quotations ranging from 3.- 7 4 to 4 per cent. The available supplies are abun dant, and if gold should again accumulate at the bank within the next few days, discounters would be induced to offer increased facilities. The accounts from the manufatturing districts for the past week have again been rather unsatis factory. The woollen trade at Leeds, as usual at this season of the year., has been dull, while there is little improvement to record in the hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham. At coManchester, however, a fi rmer tone has prevailed nsequent upon the American advices, while in the hardware districts —viz., of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton there has been no change of importance. O' At Pari s thi s morn i ng, according Two CLOCK. to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69 f 60c. — very fi rm. The supplies of wheat in Mark -lane to-day were rather limited, and fine qualities have been a little clearer. Other descriptions have not undergone any change of importance. Only a small amount of r business has b een trans acted to-day i n t h e market fo the English f un d s , but notwithstanding the dullness of speculation the quotations are very firm, and the tendency is mot unfavourable, Consols having continued a: 931 for transfer, and at 9281, less the dividend, for the account. Dealings have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 911; y ; and in Exchequer Bills at 4s. dis. to par; India 5 Per Cents. are marked 1101; ditto 51,- Enfaced, 1156 ; and the Bonds, 12s. 16s. prem. Foreign Securities have been generally heavy. but the most important movement has been in the Confederate Loan, which has receded to 2 and 1 discount owing to the receipt of the news of General Jackson's death. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 1 ; ditto Consolides, 501 k ; Greek, 31 328; ditto Coupons, 14,8 15 ; Spanish Passive, 3-k- 318; ditto Certificates, llk 128 ; Mexican, 861 37; and Italian, 72i. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather dull, but in some instances have slightly im proved. Great Westerns have advanced 55.; North Westerns, 105. ; and Great Northern and Bristol and Exeter, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remained at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in limited request without any material alteration in values. International Finance Company shares are quoted 48 prem. ; General Credit, 2-a prem. ; London Finance, 11 a prem. ; and English and Scottit'sh Marine Insurance Company, d y pre m, aRAEI;24ARICETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railr7n.v~; Mr., WOl., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. ..... loP , t.,Sleat.,andMid.U, Bristol and Exeter .... H ial don.itin*:::;.... . 1 'ork and thintfcla Joni ! , •. - :1 I ei ~ 6p e.p anth a' A. Lrets no . li , Do A ~„ - r) o • Dublin ß & been Belfastpaid jtloinle! Oun„Perth,&4l), Juno. 1 . teldinburrh A: ill lasg,ow. Gifilfr• Arid S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. sti Ditto A stock Ditto East A nEclian el 3reatNorttiof Scotland .Treat Northern Do A stock .. • Do 8 - elo ~.. L S , r-lil I VV. of Irelan ireßt Western ...... Do Str V a l gua. stool, LancashieT & Yorkshir. London and Filackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coact Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Irester, Lon. ek, Sev.th Westen itan., Shef., et: Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Dog shares Iretropoli tan liidland Do New Do Binning. & Der klid. Gt. W. of Irelano Do. 4 shares Mid Kent 8 $i A 114 116 j Do Cray Line North British d Nth. p i n, P Do, ~ } ]ase tretrhG.N.E.,n Dundee ßuerrca ics Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot IN. E., Aber. stool, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpoo , Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales , S. York. and River Dun 'tables, Wok., and Wok. Stockton & Darlington I Do .... ....... Do New, 186 C, ........ Taff Vale.. ............ Do 8.., Do C ............... . Ulster ................ I DoDo ................ I ........, ......... Vale of Heath ........ V ictoria sta. and Ptm..l Waterford & Kilkenny' West C0rnwa11...... W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland Oxford Do Newport HerefordUo • Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 85 . 116 16 6 7 3:) $1 13 14 91 93 108 110 524 614 47 49 244 254 125} 1264 1261 1274 131 136 102 104 67i (8 1108 110, 78 79 117 119 40 41 1014 1014; 1041 1,541 444 454 I 1& 1284 .29 14 lb 97 99 51i 52 24i 25} 102} 1021 89:1 901 115 117 11 1 p 161 161 111 124 118 120 45i iti 98 100 50 51 32 33 92/ 921 69 71 99 101 7 8 37/ 38/ 9, 10/ 71 B# P 153 156 5 5/ 3 Sip - '-' P 79 82 184 156 28 30 44 45 38 40 99 101 BRITISH POSSESSIONS, ihan ttailways & St Lawrence i lorn.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . . • Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference 3110 alo,Brant,&Godrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1672 Do. do. July 1, 18;3 tio. do. Juie 1, 1;•7•1 Cleo tta. S. 1 , - as tn.(L ) Cape Town & Dock Seri] Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c Last Indian. gm. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. Ii do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pr. f . Bonds.. Do. uo. deferred...... 2d Pret . Bonus. do &ler ed..... ,ict P ef. stock Do. do. Do. 4th Pref. sio k... Do. do deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.Op.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. Sout h.of India (Lim; oiaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. )o. 5. p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited liadras guar.. 5 p. c. Do. p. a. Extension De. Do. Fifth Extension. Nlelb.toro. r p. a. find, Melt/ & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. along. Bds. Newliranswiak Cand, Class A an I 8..„.... N.ttl.C'daii pc Ist pt bds Scinde —.. • • .... Do. Deihl U. do.. . ' . Do. Punjaub .`x Do. Indna.St . • Do. Du. • • •• Flo.) sto c k Bt 1 M 77-84 ..... Do. ti v. c. Feb.. gt A Ll._ 1 1 4.,. 6p. c. Ma r . & Sept D.Ep. 0. Jan.&July. 1 Do. ti Inscribed stow, 'Cape G.ll ope, a p ! Do.Ap &Oct. 1881. Do. , ;Do. Jan, & July, 189 18 1.. Ceylon, N0v. 1, 78, n p .31sipttius 5 per cent J Natal Guy. 6 per cant.. .N.B.Gov.cp.c.da,.t.lul) C; p.b.AP. & Oct. N. l S. W, tiv. 5 p Dr. 5 p. c.,lsti to Cif Do. d0.,1888 upwth New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. p. c. st er ai nel lB7s .. , . P .. .. Queensland (;a`-,, .C. C. Aug Gt... 0,16701.& up.. Tlo.iiev. 6P.e.Js..&J U I ) IN INK to a p.o. Ap.&001.. --~- 100 100 100 100 100 Paid. 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (1(1 , 100 'Co uo, LONIA.L (4(..)VERNMEIs Price. 60 — 63 — ICBi 108 , , 1 11 p ; 1 * P 5} 64 71 Si ICB IC9 11 , 91 109; 110 112 1091 1091 11 12p 1 l 19i 20iiF 63 65 18 61 65 68 4.3 47 b 7 41 33 36 25 27 22 257. 1091 1101 1 2 1 1&, 107 108 11i 111 9 81 97 100 89 k 2 i i P 107 ,u 8 101 103 48 100 55 53 I ° 9 l i I 1101 g 1071 8 114 3 5 E 4 86 1 ( 9) 107 108 6 IP 107 1( 8 104 1(.6 [O7 i T NECURITIE, 106 107 113 116 103 1( 6 26 97 05 97 Xll 113 112 114 112 114 1l( Ilp 113 115 103 111 119 111 1061 117 102} tcai 103 104 103 104 11 b ,:, 11i 1.061 1 1071 :3 115 113 115 [lO 112 1101 1111 961 7 1071 RHITI S 2 Cambrian teneol. Gold rulittord Amalgamated.. ; Dev on G. Uon,s. 'l`a,vist. • Eant Ilassett(lllogan).; 1 k:ast elogau Gold Ltd . East earadon I East earn Brea : . • . - - ,E. WI Ituasel (.I.oistk. IG-am4SLAthynn4, iGreat Wheal or (Helston) !Grenville ...... ..... tivmd's-Foot ....... — !I itiF,,:•.ion Down s ..... . L'ady Bertha ... ...... c3largaret (tiny Lelar. t II arke Valley.. ....... I yndy Iron Ore (Lim.' New Setun ...... .. . North Downs t --N.IVII 'I Bas. ,,, t(llloau North NVheal Crotty ~ r"olisolst,i3t. Blazey 20 ; Ftovidenee(Uny ;South earadon(St.Cleer; IS. earn Area (Illogan).. Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park. 5 rriunar Lead Alin . °reit ............ We.rsl. Pl,..seet (Illogan).. It'Carzdon (Liskeard West Seton ...... rlical Basset (Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedratli) Wheal Kitty (LT.Lelant) WhealLud• ott (M.... Wheal .7d aryAnn en.) Wheal Seton ......... wheal Trekawney (Lis ), Wheal Union ?). ' 16g •zi 2.4.0 1k 10.0.7 11 5:15.(3 1 18.1 28.9. 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58i 1 7 " 3.17 5 1 6 1 Isi 16i a 250 lti 17 4i 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 112 Great Eastern, E. Anglian B, I) per cent. pf., 129 i 30 Great Eastetn, Norfolk 5, per cent. pf., 1547, 112 Great A orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm . ; 1074 Great IVestern, 45 per cent. red. 1014 Great Western, Birtnnighani. stock, 761 7 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 1 oci North /..;Wern, Conti. pref., 4 per cent, 525 3 West Midland, Oxfor,i, Ist guaranteed stock, 129 Ditto, 2d ditto, 1224 PREFERENCE SHARES AND stliCits. Great Eastern, 44 per cent., pi., 004 Ditto, 5 per cent. 1061 6 London, Chatham Metrop, Ext., B , 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 p'er cent., (), tit London and ,`3.- Western 4 per cent., 1044 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dnntiee) 4 per cent., 82 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. gull end Selby, 112: London and Chathain 41 per Cttit 4 9 Nottingham and Grantham It, tt, C., 95 1 5 Wilts and Somerset, i,t4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Anttmrp and Rotterdam 'B4 _Bahia and San F rancisco'Oint ) qua. 7 per cent., 201 ri RS ao a n tn y ap t: . ar un a ai n : d ias L ihm i , e ) g ,ti e u 6 g la u . a ; .. 6 per cent.lz 201 ottoman (Smyrna to .A.idin). pl., per cent., 91 Ditto (all), 24 JOINT STOCK iIA.NIiS. (lim.), 91 A&ulltiatrnaetiaslljaa,nknofil,6ond-on and Littrpbol London, and Ch(tilnina. Chartered Bank of Briahunce Bank of Egypt, a 9 .) 5 , ,2 311 2 9 1: I British and Ainerican E c a p• Chartered Bank of India, Au° i timb a_ i t,! ol ,,t,t I lain(dlimAltsrclia(nuCmhontseried, 221 i Chartered , ger. of India, Lon s d r" ' --- "uwa 281 Continental, 4 E E ngi ngl i i , s h h , a s n eo dl e r h ir: Hindustan, china, and Japan Imperial Bank Mtn.), 23 1; Imperial Ottoman, 201 London and Brazilian (Ern.), 43 ..London, B. Ayres, and It. Plate (lim.), 221 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 291 Lonaon and Colonial (lim), 41 London and County, 43 i f ;London and South African, 2f I i National of Liverpool, limited, 10 :National Provincial of England, 130 Ditto, new, 3S Ditto, new, 241 Oriental Bank Corporation, 551 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi (Rm.), 21 Union of London, 351 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 3 Crystal Palace, Ditto, pref. 115 East India Irrigation and Canal, 4i 4 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour),4 I Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90, 28! 91 Joint stock Discount. 4 # .Madras Irrigation and Canal, 41 4 National Discount Company (lim.), ti Or:ental Gas (lim.), 1} Oriental Inland Steam (lira.), 6+ Quebrada Land, Rail, ano Mining, ltra., I _ Trust and Loan C o. o f U pper C ana d a, 51‘ i VallDlemen'e Lind, isi Share 13.14 k 5 10 St st 50 20 5.1.0 6.134 Business done 109} 8f Of 111} i 11 10/ 33 i I I 3 MARKETS—This Day. Last week's import was 2,948 bales from Sydney, 1,595 from Port Augusta, 425 from Auckland, and 194 from the Cape. Practically, the wool trade is quiet. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were derately supplied with wheat, and all kinds changed hands to a fair exient, at full prices. Barley and oats moved off slowly, but the value of beans and peas, as well as flour, Wit 3 well gtipPortpd. Throughout the Continent Ni'heat has changed hands slowly, at about previous rates. Most kinds of spring corn have realised full quotations. American advices bring only a moderate export demand fOr produce. The imports from abroad last week comprised 24,365 quarters of wheat, 2,826 barley, 65,421 oats, 1,031 rye, 1,092 peas, 17 tares, 8,314 linseed, 4,875 rapeseed, 60 sundry seeds, 166 sacks and 7,238 barrels of flow. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were small, but the condition of the produce was good. For all qualities the trade ruled firm. Essex wheats were disposed of at the fall prices of Monday last; but in the value of Kent produce an improvement in some in stances of is per quirter took place. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied, both ex granary and ex ship. In most descriptions a fair average business was transacted, and last Monday's cur rency was well supported. Floating cargoes of wheat and other grain were in steady request, at full quotations. The supply of barley was very moderate. The trade ruled firm both for grinding and distilling qualities, and previous rates were well supported. Malt was steady and without change in value from this day se' nnigh t. The supply of foreign oats was very large, of home grown qualities small. The trade was in a sluggish state for all descriptions, and prices were 6d per quarter lower than en Monday last. With beans, the market was scantily supplied, and the trade was firm, at an advance of is per quarter, compared with Monday last. Peas realised extreme rates, and the demand for them was steady. The supply on offer was very moderate, Both in English and foreign flour a fair business wail transacted, and prices ruled firm, CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE. Wheat —Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 4Bs 54s Ditto, white, new 43s 528 Ditto, old sos 57s /Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting Brown 5 8 688 Kingstown and Ware 650 6s 08 68s Chevalier 66s 688 Oats —Yorkshire and Lineolnsh., Feeding l9s 233 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 229 Cork, whitel7s 23s Scotch, Feeding 2os 2is Beans—Tick 308 33s Pigeons, ........... 388 43s Peas—Grey, new Maple ........ 33s 40535 White, new Boilers 36s 38s 36s 38 Flour—Town-made 47 s Suffolk 4B 47s Stockton and Norfolk. ...... . 3OB 328 298 31s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large number of Hamburg sheep on offer here to-day, in somewhat improved condition. The show of foreign beasts and calves was moderately good. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, was seasonably good, both as to number and quality. For ail breeds the demand ruled steady at fully last Monday's currency. The general top figure for Scot , and crosses was ss, but some very su perior stock realised 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,500 Scots, crosses, and short-horns; from other parts of England, 300 various breeds; and from Ireland, 630 Scots and crosses. No fresh Irish beasts were on offer. The supply of sheep was tolerably extensive, and the quality of each breed was good, though not to say very prime. Heavy Lincolns sold heavily, and prices were rather lower than on this day se'nnight; otherwise, the mutton trade ruled steady at that day's currency. Prime Downs realised 48 10d ; prime Lincolns and Leicesters, 4s 6d per 81bs. Lambs—the supply of which was good—moved off heavily at a decline of 4d per 81bs. The quotations ranged from 5s 4d to 6s 8d per 81bs. We have to report a fair demand for calves at late cur. rencies. The top price was 58 per 81bs. The demand for pigs was very inactive at last week's prices. Per 51b. to sink the offal. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 I Prunecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 ; Pme. S'thdown d 0.4 8 4 10 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 BiLarge crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Crse. & int'. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large bogs ...... 3 4 4 0 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, os 4d to Gs Bd. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20i to 28s. TOTAL SUPPLY. ( F OREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. Cows ' Sheep and lambs .... 4,550 Sheep and lamb s Calves , ... 68 ' Pigs .... Pigs. 390 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great, metropolitan cattle Monday, mar May ket, on 25, MlB63,onday, May 26, 1862, and this day, Per 81b. to sink tho offal. May 26, Coarse and inferior beasts 1862. 2 10 to 3 0 Second quality do 3 2 3 6 Prime l arge oxen .. 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep .... 3 8 310 Second quality do Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 410 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 430 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 27, 1861.—81 sheep and lambs, 24,410—calves, 166—pigs, May 25, 1863, 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 3 6 310 40 4 4 46 4 8 4 8 410 5 4 6 8 40 4 6 48 6 0 3 4 4 0 42 4 6 4,190 25,040 68 390 19 ists, 3,790 0. MAY 28, 1860.—Beasts, 3,93 o—sheep and lambs, 28,500 —calves, 180—pigs, 270. The total imports of foreign stocx into London, last week, amounted to 5,353 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 3,929—in 1861, 6,147—in 1860, 6,972 —in 1859, 2.762—in 1858, 2,132—in 1857, 2,229 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDG/s LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 195 .. 475 ... 247 .. 252 .. 4 . Harlingen 155 .. 1,387 .. 30 .. 41 .. 4 Hamburg 53 .. 1,431 .. ~ . .. 116 Boulogne. — .. Cuxhaven Havre NieweDiep — .. Amsterdam - Antwer • • p. Ostend .... .. • •. • 22 .. DOporto Bordt. ...... remen. • • 300 . •• •• -- • • - • • 7 • • - • • e • • • ..."" - • • • • 41 .. Total .... 498 .. 3,701 .. 407 .. 620 .. 124 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : 1862 ... . Beasts. Sh eep . L am b s. Calves. Pigs. .. 1 93 .. 2,586 .. 6 5 7 .. 642 .. 1 18 6 1 . . 450 .. 4,946 .. 231 .. 270 .. 250 1860 625 5 ,068 255 .. 380 .. 1740 1859 1859 184 .. 2,789 .. 471 .. 112 .. 1858 77 .. 1,658 .. 166 .. 231 NEWCIATE AND LEADENHALL. Only moderate supplies of !neat are on sale at these markets. For all qualities the trado rules firm, and prices are somewhat higher than on Monday last. Per 81b, by the carcase. sited Inferior beef .. A 0 8 4 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do, small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork 36 4 0 Inferior ulutton. 3 4 3 10 sdsd Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork ~ 4 2 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of old home-grown potatoes has fallen off, and the receipts of foreign produce have been very small. the imports last week having been confined to 1,400 boxes frOtn Lisbon. The trade rules steady, and late rates are well sUpPol - W., New Ware are selling at 12s. to 16s. per cwt. -Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Rent and Essex Regents... -- s t o —s Scotch Regents .......... 708 to 90 s Do. R oc k s ,, .... 60s to 708 „ Do. Reds. .......... —a to —a Foreign .... „ .............. 50s to 60s " BOROUGH HOP. Since we last wrote, less activity has been observed in the demand for hops; nevertheless, the late improvement in the currency has been steadily supported. Foreign hops continue to arrive freely, the import last week having amounted to 9 bales from Rotterdam, 21 Brussels, 278 Antwerp, 176 Hamburg, 16 Ostend, 692 Dunkirk, and 20 Boulogne. Mid and East Rents Weald of Rents Sussex .. Bavarian .. Belgian America n .. ...... 708 to 180 a per cwt. 60s to 140 s „ 70s to 126 s „ 70s to 112 s „ 65s to 76s „ 70s to 86s ~ 0, WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool he gone off steadil rites b ld since our last ha ve y, at the r ecent improvement in the cur t,renc peing, as regards inferior and me di um pro duce, 3 - . d. to id• per lb, lower than at th e close of last sales' w ith the same period. T he su The value of fine wools exhibit very li ttle change compared pplies offered have been mostly taken by home manufacturers and French buyers. The export trade as regards Belgium and America is unim portant, bands, leaving Up to the present ti me a b out 65,000 bales have changed 33,000 bale s yet to be disposed of. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1863. SHIPPING—This Day. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. Horrible Murder of a Wife and Attempted Murder of a Son, by a Tradesman in the Borough-road. This morning, long before the opening of the gonthwark Police Court, the streets were crowded by a mob of persona anxious to witness the proceedings against Mr. Thomas Ledbetter, an old established tradesman, for many years carrying on business as a cabinet-maker at 21, Borough road, Southwark, who, it was alleged, murdered his wife, and made a most determined attempt to murder his son, at an early hour this morning. As soon as Mr. Combo had taken his seat on the bench the primer was placed in the dock. He is a very stout full-faced man, rather bald, and 61 years of age, and seemed rather careworn and ner vous. His poor unfortunate wife was 59 years old, and the son, who is now in Guy's Hospital, not likely to survive, is 17, and unfortunately has been bedridden for a long time. On the charge being read over to the prisoner by the chief clerk, the prisoner said he was a cabinetmaker, and had for many years lived in the Borough-road, near the Bridge-house Tavern, and he was sixty-one years old. Police-constable 39 M was sworn, and stated that about half-past seven this morning he was on duty in the Borough road, when he received information that a woman had been murdered at No. 21. He entered the house, and in a back bedroom upstairs he saw an elderly female lying on a bed quite dead. In another room he saw a young man lying in another bed with his throat cut in a frightful manner. He was not dead, and he procured assistance, and he was re moved to Guy's Hospital, where he now remains. After the discovery witness went across the road to Mr. Pugh's, chemist, where he saw the prisoner, trembling very much. He told witness that he had cut his wife and his son's throat, and he supposed they were dead. He said he did it with a razor, Witness then took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Combe asked if he had any further evidence to give to-day. He replied that he had not. The prisoner, who remained perfectly silent, was then removed until after the coroner's inquest, and he was im mediately conveyed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. COWES, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arrived--Ellen Rose, from Bathurst. GRAVESEND, Mon,lay Morning. Arrived, May 24—Marie, from Aalborg ; Juno, from ~frindsand ; Niord, from Nestvid. Arrived, May 25—Bella, frem Dantsic; Orion, from Norkophtg Ariel, from Algoa Bay ; Jane and Eleanor, from Stettin; Exchange, from Memel ; James White, from Frederickstadt ; Hercules, from Uddewalla ; Ada, from Stettin ; Aron, from Anclam ; Appe arance, from Freda rickstadt ; Twee Zusters, from Worcum ; Nettie Cornelia, from 12rfuningen ; Carolina, from Stockholm ; Marianne, from Gron/Agen ; Christiania Cecilia, from Sarpsborg ; Roelfina Kniper, from Falconberg. Sailed—City of Petersburg, for Madras ; Nimrod, for MfßrPourne ; Frank, for Boston. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed (in tow), May 24--gyflentiam, from Demerara; Glenbrook, for Sactmica; J. A. U., for Liverpool; Milli cent, for Bermuda—all from London. Passed, May 25—Trade Wind, from London, for Sierra Leone; Bedfordshire (in tow), from Sunderland. for Shanghai. M. LEVASSOR En? VISITE.IankS to Mr. Mitchell, the old English friends of M. Levesor can still see him every other night at the Dudley Gallery of the Egyptian Hall. On Saturday the room was crowded in every part by an enthusiastic audience. Who could help, in fact, enjoying the perfectly truthful imitations of British character, with its little imperfections ludicrously exagge rated, given so amusingly as they are (though in rather questionable taste I) by the most finished fa? ceur of modern dwell. In justice to the entertainment, it must be mentioned, however, that while the generic Englishman this• comes in for a share of it, that M. Levassor's satire, as good natured as satire can ever be, is also lavished upon the prominent traits of the well.• bred Parisian young lady, whilst some of the finest acting of this inimitable:comedian is devoted to the part of a choleric middle aged Frenchman, whore grand passion is a furious hatred of pianos in all shapes and size, whereon he pro• nounces a commin Won which sets the audience in a roar, The piano music is nevertheless tastefully executed and judiciously selected, and a young lady fills up en interval with amusing little French songs. GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, ASFITGN-UNDER LYNE —The committee, of which S.D. Lees, M.D., I Mayor of the Manor, is chairman, has expended in relief during the week ending the 21st of May, 1863, the sum of £538 12s. 3d., including £l9l 12s. sd. for the relief of 1,353 women in the sewing classes; £175 ss. 11d, for the relict of 1,171 persons assembled in educational classes ; £l2 for school pence from 1,449 children in schools; £3 19s. for medical tickets; £147 12s. 7d. for relief to families in dis tress in the five districts of this committee ; and £5 las. for salaries. The total number of persons relieved is 12,174. TROOPS FOR MEXICO. —During the last two days troops have been leaving Paris by the Western Railway for Cherbourg, where they will embark for Mesico. The re mainder of the reinforcements, amounting in all CO '2,500 or 3,000 men, will consist of two squadrons of cavalry end troops of the line from the military command of Lisle.— Galtgnani. How TO SETTLE THE AMERICAN WAR.--“Man. hattan"says, "There has been a generally expressed opinion that this war would end, and peace be restored on a permanent basis, if twelve of the leading extremists could be hung on each side by a rogular hangman. It is said that overtures have positively been made to Mr. Calcraft, of London, and he has stated that he will cross the Atlantic for 500 dollars and his expenses to be paid ; to be free at the Bancroft House, in this city; at the White House, in Washington; and at Richmond, at the Capitol. He will find his own rope if paid 240 dollars, or an extra charge of 10 dollars per bead, to hang twelve on each side. Those that would be nominated by acclamation on this Bide would be, first, Horace Greely, of the Tribune; ; second, Wendell Phillips; third, Rev. Mr. Cheever ; fourth, Henry Ward Beecher; fifth, Senator Sumner ; sixth, Gen. Wadsworth ; seventh, W. L. Garrison, and five others that I will not name, In Richmond the Conservative members of the Congress would be requested to select the twelve for the operation of Mr. Calcraft. MONUMENT TO ISAAC DISRAELL—Daring the sitting of Parliament last year a monument was erecting at Hughendon Manor, Buckinghamshire, the seat of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli. As it progressed the neighbourhood evinced considerable curiosity as to the purpose of an erection of such importance. Conjec tures were life, but no information could be elicited from the workmen, who were not informed of its purpose ; nor was its object known until, the session over, the lord of the manor, passing through his domain, for the first time saw this tribute--erected without his know ledge --to the memory of his father, the late Isaac Dis raeli, The inscription is as follows :—" In memory of Isaac Disraeli, of Bradenham, in this county, Esq., and Hon. D.C.L. of the University of Oxford, who, by his happy genius, diffused among the multitude that elevating taste for literature, which, before his time, was the privilege only of the learned. This monument was raised in affectionate remembrance by Mary Anne, the wife of his eldest son, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, lord of this manor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1852, 1858, 1859, and now, for the sixth time, knight of this shire." The monument is placed prominently on the sum mit of a high h:11, flanked by woods, opposite to the eleva tion upon which the manor house stands, and can be seen irom many places at a considerable distance. The situation istmost judicious and picturesque, and commands many extensive and interesting views. The monument, in the Renaissance style, is a great ornament to the manor and neighbourhood ; it is built of Bath stone, upon a rustic base. In the centre of the shaft there is a medallion of the elder Disraeli. The monument is 50 feet high, and is the design of Mr. E. B. Lamb, architect, of Hind-street, Man chester-square. A STORY OF RED TAPE.—A laughable circum stance occurred in the House of Commons last week, when the Solicitor-General rose to withdraw one of the few Ministerial measures of the session—the bill to pro vide for the Registration of Assurances (or Title-deeds) in Ireland. The hon. and learned gentleman had, it seems, dropped a piece of red tape into his hat, so that when he stood up to address the house it was curled upon the top of his head, with. one end gracefully depending over his right shoulder. So trifling an incident could not, of course, escape the observation of the occupants of the front Opposi• tion bench, who, almost involuntarily, indulged in a well bred giggle. The attention of the hon. gentlemen below the gangway w;its soon directed to the circumstance, and the giggle exploded into a loud laugh. The Solicitor- General then, for the first time, became conscious of the presence of the red tape on his head, and hastily threw it behind him, when it fell into the bat of the the Right Hon. Frederic k Peel, the Secretary of the Trea sury, who is himself the very incarnation of red tape. This itllut•ity, but most appropriate incident, evoked a fresh roar of i'aughter from the house, which upset the gravity even of the k. olicitor-General himself, who made matters in finitely y , orse by turning round to the Right Hon. F. Peel, an d exclah I beg your pardon l" — Court Journal. gh so me four or five years ago, Mark Roches [Oddly enou, , ter in his Cak.imet Pictures (page 201 ), spoke of th e Ri ght , Hon. F. Peel D. ," The very type, model, and i ncarnation ono the Hands of whose existence must perpetua lly r unning . out in. pounc-t ; one whose bowels, o f a Placema h ; if he have any (and we are disposed to be as incredulous upon that point as Sc roo g e was in th e case of M arl e 39, must as suredly be mace of tortuous involuti ons of red tape; one the very breath of whose nostrils is the language of circum. locution 126 } 127 t Z 7/ / 111 10} 78i 114 41 1014 1 f 1011 5 ii llf i 129 tii li 1022 i 92i f 71 SEEDS. The trade for linseed arid rapeseed continues firm, and previous quotations are well supported. Other seeds:move off slowly, on former terms. In cakes a moderate business is doing, at late rates. Turnip, White,p.hrts.lls to 14s Swede .gig —s Mustard, Brown 9s 12s White, Tares, New 7s 641 8s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new s —s Clover, Red Eng., et. 50s 74s White Foreign Red 4os 74s White 603 76s Trefoil, new. —s Carraway 26s 27s Coriander 165 18s Hempseed, per qr 42s 448 Litiseed,Eng,sowing 72s 74s Crushing Baltic - - 3 Odessa —s —g Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los£lo -s Foreign £9los £lO 10s Rape Cakes,p ton.£6 Os £6 'Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 80s 82s The tallow trade is steady to-day, and Russian produce is somewhat dearer than on Saturday. St. Petersburg Y.C. is quoted at 43s 3d to 43s Gd per cwt on the spot, 43s 6d for June, and 46s for October to December delivery. Town tallow, 41s Gd net cash; rough fat, 2s 21d per 81bs. TALLOW. 1860. 1859. 1861. 1863. Price of Y.C. .. 5453.1 t0 1 52s 32 t o 57 5 61 to , Stock this day.. , . 11.911 27,638 66.041 ‘ 36,006 38.673 { --s Od 52s Oct '—B Od —s Oct 43s Ed Delivu— lastweek 1,411 921 1,202 1 1.317 909 46s Oct to 43s 3d to Ditto from June 1 99 , 0 1 0 7 8,852 78,532 :1117. 864 78,139 Arrivals last week 6,r 52 276 1 2,334 4 1 Ditto from June 1 99, , 93 91.380 117,480) 97.444 73,533 Price of Town.... bbs Oct 55s Oct 568 Od 46s 6d i 44s 38 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. RACING IN ROTTEN ROW._Reuben Payne, a groom in the employ of Mr. T. Robinson, of 47n, Bond-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with furiously tiding a horse in Rotten-row, Hyde -park. Matthews, Hyde-park Constable No. 24, proved seeing the defendant, at half-past 11 yesterday morning, on horse back racing as fast as the horse could possibly gallop. The defendant was leaning over the horse's neck jockey-fashion and urging the horse on, He called to the defendant that galloping was not permitted, lout the defendant paid no at tention. On the defendant returning be stopped him and asked for his name and address, which for some time he refused to give, till subsequently ho did so, and the horse was then taken home to his master's stables and the defen dant to the station. Mr. Mansfield asked the defendant What he had to say. Defendant said the fact was the horse, Which was an Arab, was fresh, and when he got half way down &t en. row it bolted, and he lost all command over it. He wry riding it with a single rein and no spurs. Nathaniel Arthur, another park constable, said that the defendant was riding like a jockey and urging on the horse, and Matthews said that seeing several persons in danger he called out to them to get out of the way. Mr. Mansfield said no doubt the defendant enjoyed wha was fun to him, but the danger to others he must pay for. Fined 40s. or a month. HORSE CRUELTY.—BAD CASE.—William Griffin, in the employ of ➢lr. Joseph Fry, carrier, of Rickmansworth, Herts, was charged by Mr. William Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following cruelty to a horse : Mr. Love watched the case on the part of the society, the owner of the horse (Fry) having been before convicted of crueity. The evidence of Simeon Sell, one of the officers of the Royal Society, went to show that on Saturday evening he saw Griffin with two horses attached to a carrier's van in Oxford-street, near the Oxford Music Hall, and noticing that one of the horses could scarcely put its foot to the ground and appeared to be suffering a great deal, he examined it, and found that it had a cont ract i on of the foot and fetlock joint, and was also lame in the shoulder, The van which Griffin was in charge of, and which the poor crippled animal was forced to assist in drawing, was heavily laden with sacks of potatoes, casks of soda, &c., and was on its wfty to Rickmans worth, Herts. Mr. Mansfield said he thought the better way to deal with the case would be to summon the owner of the horse. Mr. Love said he was present in court. Mr. Mansfield, who had seen the horse, asked Fry whether he was willing to have the horse killed ? Fry said he was not. Mr. Mansfield —Then the deiendant will enter into his own recognisance to appear on Saturday, and in the mean time a summons shall issue against the owner. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY DECISION.—PLAYING AT SOLDIEUS. —John Maynard Fry, a respeetable-lookin g man, was charged with unlawfully possessing part of a soldier's clothing. Police-constable 352 B said—At half-past 11 last night I saw the prisoner in Tothill-street, 'Westminster. He was wearing a soldier's tunic, belt, and cap. As he had on his own trousers, which were not uniform, I saw that he was no v'dier, and a corporal corning by, he was taken to Wellington Barracks. Prisoner said he had enlisted, and the man who bad given him the enlistment shilling also gave him the soldier's clothes. He said he had exchanged clothes with the soldier. He was drunk. He was after wards taken to Portman-street Barracks, where the ser geant gave him into custody for unlawfully possessing the clothing of the soldier. Frederick William Chapman, sergeant of the Coldstream Guards—The clothes produced belong to Edward Garner, one of our men, now in custody here for desertion. He has been absent without leave for six days. Ido not think this man is so much to blame as my man. Defendant now before you was very much under the influence of liquor, and he may have been induced to think while in that state that he was enlisted and entitled to wear the clothes. Mr. Dayman—lt was certainly a weak trick, because the trousers would draw attention, and show that the man was not a soldier. Sergeant Chapman—l believe my man would have got the clothes off any one to effect one of the objects he had in view—either to prolong his absence or desert. Mr, Dayman to defendant —What have you to say to the charge ? You are liable to a heavy fine for possessing her Majesty's uniform. Defendant—l was so drunk I don't know what hap.. pened. Mr. Dayman—l shall remand you until Thursday, by which time the military will have disposed of Garner. If it is then considered by them that you are no more impli cated in this matter than appears at present, you will be then discharged. Defendant was then removed. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY IN A DWELLING-HOUSE. -- A COURAGEOUS W OMAN. --John Middleton, an active youth about 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Mr. Linklator Thompson, in his dwelling-house, No. 2, Alder ney-road, Stepney. Mary Ann Potter, a young woman, servant to the prose cutor, said that yesterday afternoon she left her master's house and went upon an errand for a short time. On her return, and as she descended the area steps, she saw the prisoner in the breakfast parlour. He looked through the window at her and then opened the door. She stopped him coming out that way, and he rushed to the window. She seized him and held him fast with the only hand she could use, for she had a baby in the other hand. He got half way out and threatened her, and she called aloud for help. Some persons came to her help, and she then saw him throw away her master's watch, which was recovered. It was hanging ever the mantelshelf in the breakfast parlour, and the prisoner, in her absence, removed it, and would have gone away with it if she had not stopped him. Mr. Woolrych—Your conduct is very good. You die. played resolution and great presence of mind. Frederick M. '1 ap'ey, a lad, was on a visit at the house next door to Mr. Thompson's, and heard the young woman Potter calling for assistance. He went out and saw her holding the prisoner very tightly. The prisoner was strug gling violently to get away, and was about to strike the yo struggling the house. The the u n r a g i l w i n o g m s a o n f t w h h e e f n o r t e h c r e o e ti r m t e in n e a f r m o e n t andci pulled him over prisoner th rew the watch into the garden o f th e next house. It fell down the area steps, and the glass w as b ro k en, Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said h e took the Y and not torn t o prisoner n i d n t h o e c u h s e t g o g d y e d whiletto he w pieces. He recognised the prisoner directly h e saw him and said " What, Middleton, is that you again." Prisoner was a well-known thief and a very audaci ous one. While several men were struggling with hi be takenas ggling with severa m he slipped from bi d cm. and also threw his cap off. He knew th e pr i soner , onvicted of felony, but he cou l d not say when, had been .. gmand. and requested a i„ . Mr. Woolrych-1 Ll'o must be a 'r . remand here, The remanded until We dne sday. prisoner is reman ____________ The Earl of Glasgow has .eft the St. George's Hotel, T Sydne7 Mor;.zing He ra ld o f Marsh I : 1 ; 1 e j I s -1 . 2th rr s h s ,-..g. Intellig e n ce h as b een re ceived THE from the Fijis that the comntry is eansiderably agi tated. Ratova, one cf the Fiji chiefs, has been ravaging the Mathuata coast; and Main, the Tonga chief, is . raising forces with the view of suppressing his devastation s . The last-named understoodchief is to most be supported anxiousby for a pacific ar rangemen t, • King George, of T onga , who is also desirous of peace. The new Consul, M r . O wen , who superseded. Mr. Pritchard , has arrived, and h as b een cordially received both by the Europeans and nati ves . Th e missionaries are prosecuting their work with success, although the mission at Fawn Harbour has been in great peril through the ravages of Ratova. Hostilities are for the time suspended. We regret to bear that the chief of the Roman Catholic mission was drowned in January last while entering Rewa." THE OUTWARD AMERICAN MAlL.—(Renter's TeIegram.)—QUEENSTOWN, Sunday. --The Royal mail steam ship Persia arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day, embarked mails, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded at 4 p.m, for New York. All well. THMD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. No betting. RADCLIFFE RACES-THIS DAY. ICY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MAIDEN PLATE. Sweetcake Honest John Herdsman SELLING HANDICAP. Queen of Clubs w.o, - WILTON CUP Jack's Alive Funf4ron Five ran. STAND PLATE, Flytrap 1 David Ann Black-eyed Susan HEATON PARK HANDICAP. Colonel Crockett Ferdinand Captain Knight 2 3 NEWCASTLE-ON Acceptances for the Northui Age st lb Carbineer Caller Ou Adventurer Cape Flyaway 6 8 6 Oldminster Hartington Brilliant Captain Crow 4 7 8 Brighton The Monk 6 7 5 Stanton Lothian's King Doefoot . Polynesia ..... . 4 7 0 Birthday filly .... 4 6 9 Pilot Weather wise 4 6 8 TYNE MEETING. nberland Plate. Two miles. Age st lb Prologue Borealis Erin-go-Bragh 3 6 3 Marigold Bohemian Joco, by Joc o' Sot 8 6 0 Michael Scott Double X 3 5 13 Rubini Sauterelle Daniel O'Connell.. 3 5 12 Trust 3 5 11 C I aribr Chaff . 3 5 10 Alice King Charming Prairie Flower THE BOMBAY MAIL. The heavy portion of these mails, in charge of Mr. Perkins, of the General Poet-office, arrived at Southampson yesterday, at noon, in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Carnatic, Capt. G. C. Burne. This vessel left Alexandria on the 12th inst., at 5 p.m., and has thus made the passage home in about 11 days 20 hours. She bad fine weather from Alexandria to Malta ; thence to Gib raltar, very strong head winds and high sea ; aiong the coasts of Spain and Portugal to Cape Finisterre southerly winds and hazy weather ; across the Bay of Biscay, and in the Channel, fresh north-easterly gale, with a heavy head sea. The Carnatic brought 96 passengers, of whom 45 were first-class, 36 second, and 15 children ; £l5O in specie, 93 cases of shaws, 1 bale of cotton, 1 hhd. of wine, 5 boxes of oranges, 103 packages of currants, 2 cases of preserves, 15 casks of potatoes, and 238 packsgas of general merchandise. On the 16th inst., ill lat. 37 10 N., long. 11 20 E. the Carnatic passed the steamship Hecht, bound for Gibraltar ; 18th, in lat. 36 47 N., long. 1 10 E., the steamship Grecian, steering to the southward ; 22d, the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Pera, with the outward India, China, and Australian mails, in lat. 44 47 N.. long. 8 27 W. The French corvette Pedrix and steam yach Prince Napoleon, the Sardinian frigate Victor Em. manual, and the usual Egyptian fleet were at Alex. andria on the 12th inst. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Trafalgar, Ma gioienne, Meeanee, Wanderer, Medina, Alacity, and Surprise were at Malta on the 15th, and the Tri dent and Procris at Gibraltar on the 20th. The Spanish steam transport Ferrol, 2, Lieut. P. 011iver, from Fernando Po and Teneriffe, and the screw sloop Africa, 2, Lieut. R. Bravo y Moreno, from Carthagena, arrived at Cadiz on the 15th inst. ; and the screw frigate Concepcion, 37, Capt. M. Macrohon, from Carthagenh, on the 16th. THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. The works upon this most important metropolitan line are being pushed forward with vigour, and it is expected to be ready for opening in July. At Charing-cross the station is rapidly advancing, the wails being up nearly 'co the height required for carrying the iron and glass roof. The front facing the Strand, the lower part of which is to serve as the booking and general offices, and the upper part to be used as a hotel, has advanced to the basement story, and the east wing, facing Villiers-street, is progress ing with equal rapidity. The bridge may be con sidered as complete so far as its actual supports and heavy framework is concerned. Old Hungerford bridge has disappeared with the exception of the lower part of the two towers, which rest upon the brick piers, and the chains which supported the structure are now at Clifton, where they will shortly span the Avon. The station At Charing•cross will be 170 feet wide, and about 450 feet long. It will be on brick-built arches, the whole of which have been tarred and concreted. The arches, which are of enormous solidity, and have a span of 30 feet, and they cover a large area available for cellarage. The station front will be 100 feet back from the Strand, and its frontage will be 230 feet in length extending from Villiers-street on the east to Brewer's-lane on the west. On the land portions nearly the whole of the work is completed, and, with the exception of a bridge near the Borough market, and another across the road leading to the present London-bridge station, no heavy work now remains to be done. This latter bridge will be a most unsightly one. It will be a skew bridge, and, being of very great span, requires to be of enormous depth in order to obtain the requisite strength. To Mr. Hawkshaw belongs the credit of having done more to deface London by the unsightly bridges which he has erected upon this Charing-cross line than any engineer who has ever enjoyed the oppor tunity of constructing a railway. A commencement has been made with the piling and staging for the bridge to be built over the Thames for the Cannon street branch of the Charing-cross line, and it is to be hoped that some control may be exercised over the engineer in the matter of the design of this structure. London-bridge is a graceful and elegant work, and it would be a great pity if within a short distance from it we should have a monster edition of one of those hide ous coffin-shaped tubes which already disfigures each of the leading thoroughfares on the Surrey side traversed by the Charing-cross line. hen completed, the railway from Charing-cross, con nected as it will be with the South-Western, and the whole system of the South-Eastern, the London, Chatham, and Dover, aid the Brighton railways,d will be of immense value in relieving the ero o w f s e e streets of the metropolis ; while the wants will be enormous local as well as through traffic provided d Railway has asto- Metropolitan or Underground passengers for. The success which has attended the f ou t p h p ey orte w rs il i n bu is t he g d re e a v t e :s have travelled on that the hav moste been line, its e: yards of the Bank who assuredly be smell in comparison . with those who will avail themselves of a railway which will or place them in direct communication olafnEdnigtslapnads:engers within a few with all the railways in the south, south .east, and south-western districts of England. The Earl and Countess de Grey left town on Sa. turday for the Isle of Wight, for the holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on Saturday for Brocket Hall, Herts. The noble Premier has issued invitations for a grand dinner party on Saturday the 6th of June, in celebration of the Queen's . Viscount an d Viscountess Holuaes dale birthday have gone to their seat, Linton, Kent, for the Parliamentary holidays. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner on Satur day evening, at her residence in Eaton-place, the Comte de Paris, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Sefton, Viscount and Vis countess Lismore, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount and -Vis countess Castlerosse, L or d an d L a d y Cremorne, Lord andn Lady Chel ms f or d, C o l onel the Hon. James MacdonaldG C. Lane Hon. Mrs. M ac d ona ld , M r. and Mrs. Holford, Mr. Fox, &c. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs, Gladstone left town on Saturday on a visit to Lord Taun ton, at his seat, Overstowey, Bridgwater. LITERATURE. The Quarterly .Revieto, No. 226. The current number of the Quarterly is more . than usually interesting, from the very varied na ture of its contents. It supplies material for the political economist, for the statesman, for the theo logical and historical student, for the novel reader, the litterateur, and the epicure. It opens with a pirne l noti n gel : a carefully tyi whichporrecobloyse compiled eoppeni uti c ser o osdo n unf t i een a od i f:s n o paper on th e " I ndustrial Resources of British ri s r do m ver a a a s t atc c i e n i ot L ov e e rt a hn v e: ll ment which h ave hi t h erto hindered the develop- SdireidearesnrproaEer con siderab le questionspno igfraesg. the amount e o m of_ develop ment of the internal resources of the coun try, the article before us examines into the capacities of the different districts, the fertility of the soil, the degree of cultivation, the drainage and irrigation, with the character of the population, and the means of transit and communication. Follow ing this statistical article comes a summary of the events of the American civil war, which contrasts the opinion held in this country at the beginning of the struggle, with that now generally enter tained, and comments on the mistaken notion which. was formed at the outset of the resources of the South. Among the advantages on the side of the Confederates is reckoned their superior aptitude for the military profession and their greater military spirit. To the youth of the mercantile North the military career offered per se but few attrac tions and, when the crisis came, the bower of the United States officers were "consequently almost invariably of Southern extraction, and naturally hastened to proffer allegiance to their respective States. The high degree of military training generally acquired by the educated classes in the military schools in early life also stood them in good stead when they were suddenly railed to exchange the office or the desk for active service in the field. " As with her generals, so also with her statesmen, the irresistible force of national character gave the advantage to the South. The military genius of Lee and Johnstone, and Jackson and Beauregard, does not more conspicuously transcend that of M'Clellan and Burnside, and M'Dowell and Pope, than does the administrative talent of President Davis and the Southern Cab net the pettifogging incapacity of President Lincoln and the attorney Ministers of the North. The Southern leaders were not the mere mediocre tools and puppets of trading politicians ; they were men selected for those very qualities of talent and command most dreaded and disliked by the wirepullers' of the North. And when the crisis came the difference was felt. It was felt in economised resources and energies exerted to the full; in an unity of design and action by which every element of power was made to tell with multiplied force ; awl lastly, in estimating the situation of the South, we must not forget the paramount advantage of her position of self-defence. In the intimate knowledge of every road by which an army could move, and every field in which a battle could be fought; in the increased facility of inter communication inseparable from operations on an interior line; in the far lighter strain upon an improvised commis sariat and an unpractised staff; in the general eagerness to assist the defender, and to mislead and impede the foe ; in the very nature and extent of her vast and difficult territory; and worst of all, as we have already seen, in the spirit that stirs in the most sluggish heart when fighting for its own honour and its own home; she possessed resources against which it would indeed require a heavy disparity of mere brute numbers to contend." In conclusion the writer observes that a change is coming over the scene. " But the terminal ion of the present contest will neces sarily involve the return of peace. The South, indeed, has fairly conquered her freedom, and may fairly look to a period of rest. The struggle has been long and arduous, and the final victory is, perhaps, one of the least valuable of its fruits. It is in such a war as this that the character of a nation is formed. The South, fighting with its own hands, and pouring out its own blood for liberty and honour, is strengthened and united by the struggle. The North, intent only on its own sordid ends, seeking its own profit in the sufferings and the subjugation of others, and making of war only a more violent and unscrupulous pursuit of trade, has but hastened the dissolution to which mere selfish interests must always tend. Already the partition of the Northern Confederacy has begun. The West is fast growing weary of a war of which the chief burden has been hers, the chief profit to the States of the North-East. New England, whose selfish ness mainly caused, and whose violence and fanaticism have ultimately gained almost the entire guidance of the war, is more than ever bent on turning it to ends altogether abhorrent to her sister States. With every day the breach. grows wider and more irreparable. It needs indeed but little discernment to see that the tide of revolution is roll ing rapidly northward, and that the remnant of the Union will soon be tossing on its stormy waves. What the end may be none can yet foretell. Three Confederacies, at least, of Eastern, 'Western, and Middle States, seem at present the most probable result." The History of Cyclopmdias" is an iateresting essay, tracing back those useful sentinels of our book shelves to their first appearance; which in Eng land was in the form 9f Ephraim Chambers' " Cyclo pwdia or Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences," published in 1828 ! Followed in France by the celebrated " Encyclopedie,' of Diderot and D'Alembert some twenty years later. A modern encyclopaedia, as the writer of this article justly observes, is a whole library in epitome, with. almost the single exception of the literature of the imagination. The "Penny Cyclopedia," one of the most remarkable works of the kind, is thus de scribed : " The literary expenditure on this publication was upwards of £10,000; but the trivial circumstance that it was first issued in weekly penny numbers led to its receiv ing a title that refers to cheapness only, and this seems at first sight to imply the confession that it is of an inferior class, while in reality it has long taken rank with the proudest cyclopaidias of any age or country. It counted among its contributors not only such English names as Airy, the Astronomer Royal; Professor Key, the philolo gist; Professor De Morgan, the mathematician ; Broderip, the enterprising naturalist ; Ford, the unrivalled traveller in Spain; Sir Charles Eastlake, the President of the Royal Academy ; Sir Edmund Head, the acute art critic and Governor of Canada ; Sir George Comewall Lewis, the classical scholar and War Minister ; the late Dr. Donaldson, one of our very best scholars ; with a host of others, our country's honour—but many foreign names of equal rank, such as Rosen, the Sanscrit scholar ; Gayongos, the Spanish Orientalist; and Carl Ritter, the first geo grapher of Germany. To Ritter, who had devoted years to the study of the geography of Asia, the Cyclopesdia was indebted for an article on Asia in which was embodied in a few pages the essence of all his labours. In many other instances a peculiar felicity was displayed in 'Securing for a particular subject the very few that belonged to it." The crisis in Poland has given rise to an essay ort the history of that unfortunate State, which scarce!), renders justice to the long endurance of its Ruff ering people. The attempted defence of tart.n of Poland is something new in this day sad . this co.un try. The Sensation School of . Novelists rece iv es a severe but well deserved castigation, the justice volume. o , i , n c io r g im a e r a t , i , c , le t s o is a criti cism which is sufficiently evidenced by the passages haveau v o e t ed a which we .nreaMAdymr.:llCulguidnteghdleaikrneem'sanother impression, and el careful inquiry into Dr. Colenso's recent The Volunteer Force of the United Kingdom new num bers 159,000 men. THE COUNTESS Guicciou (Byron's old flame), it is said, is writing the poet's life. Mr. Mapleson is :reported to haveiide. Viardot to come over to this country for some performances of 'Orfeo,' the greatest masterpiece of Art, according to one critic, which the stage has seen since the days of Madame Pasta. Sir Roderick Murchison, President of the Royal Geographical Society, has issued cards for two Evening Receptions at Willis's Rooms. The first gathering will take place on Thursday evening, next week. SHIPPING DISASTER ON THE TTNE.—On Wed nesday morning, at 5 o'clock, when the tide was at its height, a very serious shipping disaster occurred on the Tyne, off Sadler's Point. A large, old •fashioned Dutch East Indiaman, the Anna Elise, de Roecur, master, f of Amsterdam, with 40 keels of coals aboard, and drawing d 2,01. lin. water, was towed out of the Northumberland od ut of the charge of a pilot named Purvis. She pass dock in safety, but unfortunately yards from the dock gates when she : a tm: and, notwithstanding every effortkweels of coals were taken not be got off that tide. Thdree it was hoped she would float out of her during the day, but, ado tod a o t o' s ' o w ,eed couch o 3 u 0 1 ' d o' with water, and her stores were employed stripping her, in the afternoon tide, haste. On Thursday sh w e ith flll a ed il ship's back is broken, P t a h t a c t h Le bu w t will become wr eck. Blame seems to be attached to asinnbstodeadthooaf d bed notok removedi doing u g pb e: been , gacharg . edwi thall an de d s answer her the pilot, f or is lying her own length from the the ha ve been Oldest biasenefdeoambreeardactaierrgtmo titili: will s ship i e . p the channel, in which there was 22ft. 4in. of employed, Th t ae i ss ship fostatedrwa was tnht bound o t ofu more it it oe steamsh i p Batavia, pw world e power should dnwo tu h t h a v hsvm , eadr.l.e belonging to the Amsterdam company. P. 18.4