The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-29 00:00:00

NE X MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, The general appearance of the discount market remains without the slightest change of importance, but there is still a tendency towards greater easiness, owing to the abundance of money and the very Moderate requirements of trade. The introduction of new companies seems to have very little ef f ect, although there must be a considerable transfer of floating capital from one channel to another. About £12,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The following sums have been received by Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. on account of the New Grenada dividends, viz. :—Santa Marta, £2,637 135.; Cartagena, £800; Sabanilla, £300; making a total of £3.737 13s. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was held to-Oay proforma, in accordance with an announce ment made through a circular issued by the direr. tors to the effect that they anticipated being able before the present time to report the result of their tender for the West India mail service, and conse quently to in dicate their future course of proceedings. Captain Mangles occupied the chair, and informed the shareholders that the directors hoped, in the course of a few days, to obtain the decision of her Majesty's Government regarding the contract, and, therefore, moved the adjournment of the meeting to the 13th proximo. The report and accounts would be issued previous to tt at day. The resolution was unanimously carried, and the meeting separated. Two O'CLOCK. About an average amount cf business has been transacted in the English Stock Market to-day, it has produced an advance of 1 per cent. in the quotations, Consols being now quoted 93 tor money and account. The N'w Threes and the Re duced Annuities continue at 91i 4; Bank Stock is steady at 2351, and the 30 Years' Annuities at 14 13-16 ; Exchequer Bills are also firm at ss. to Bs. prem. ; India descriptions exhibit little aliena tion, the 5 per Cents. is still quoted 109 i and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1071. An active business is reported this morning in Foreign Securities, and the quotations have been well maintained, with a further upward tendency in a few of the favourite descriptions. Greek Bonds have improved to 291 ; and Coupons to 14k ; Egyptian 7 per Cent. continue firm at 981; Spanish Passive Stock has advanced to 33Z 340; and the Certificates to 111 I. Turkish Securities are generally buoyant, the 6 per Cents, of 1868 are 681 /;; the 1862 Loan is 1 per cent. higher at 711. Mexican 3 per Cents. also show a rise, and are now rahrked 354 s ; New Grenadian Stock is buoyant at 158 ; Italian, 714. The Confederate Loan is 11_21 prem. In the Railway Share Market a firmer tone has prevailed, several of the principal lines haring ad vanced per cent. Great Eastern, Great Northern (A Stock), Great Western, and Brighton have im proved 55., but South Easterns have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial Markets have remained moderately active. Bahia and San Francisco realise 201 21 ; Southern of France, 31 ; North Western of France, 21i. Grand Trunk of Canada have de clined to 181. East India improved to 1091; Eastern Bengals to 1081; and Madras 5 percents. to 107. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main without any material change in values. Lon don and South African realise 27k; Agra and United Service, 100; and Royal Mail Steam have improved to 691. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 2355 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 926 36 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Nunumes, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 13.16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - Ditto 5 p er C ent Consols for Account, May 7 93 Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 2} per Cent 5 8 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 5 8 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent • • .... 101 Ditto 41 per Cent., 185258-60 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto Scrip, £65 paid Egyptian 7 pe t C en t.. 9B f Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins — Dirt. A eitolint . Ditto Coupons l3l 141 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. 346 51 5 I New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent ... 33 P ruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 162 Russian 5 per Ditto Cent., 18228 £St 942 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. o f C oup not funded 11 1 1 06 11/ Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 68 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins Dut,th. 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account 7ll Consol s , M oney THREE O'CLOCK. 9 3 k Ditto Ac coun t 93 i Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Market slightly Improved. Sales, probably 4,000 bales. The Pric e of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 175. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is n arly 2-10ths i er cent. deal er in London than in Paris. By advices fr o m H am b urg th e p r i ce of gold is 421 p er mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 8-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sigflit is 187 to 1691 per cent., and the premium on gol i is about 656 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. SHIPPING ---This Day, LoNDoN, April 29.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, with some whoa era. Nymph, from FALMOUTH. Melbourne. April 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Water BY MAGNETIC TELEGRA.PU. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—lris, from Guernsey ; from uram; Cor nelia Jantins from Libau; Johan Peter, from Carta erona. Sailed—Lord Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Totune, for Galatz. g' DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed_ Margaret, of Sunderland, from the north, for the west. The Empress Eugenie is t 'king great interest personally in preparing Fontainebleau for the Prin ce and Princess of Wales. An apartment is being i t t ,r t a 111) in the Chi nese fashion, and the rooms intended and the Prince and Princ ess w ill di sp l ay th a t s pl en dour or t il: taste which is peculiar to France. The old frend dole, uhie tatipe r or, Count A rese, has sent a Venetian gon• garde n . ' w in be placed on the waters of the magn.ficent Yesterday the sent ative f or lime.lection of a Parliamentary repre rendered necessary bfax took place, which had been office as a Junior L o L l ‘ i r• James Stansfeld having accepted bein g oppoi , ition to Mr, s ta a f e l ; the Admiralty There was no ceedings at the eleeti% p a d re-elect(d, and the pro- BRITISH NORTH 41 4 3 ;4 off most quietly. the War-office shows th at, in iC A. -- -A retur n i ssue d by the Trent, there we re sent fronle°Xequence o f t h e affair of ber, 1861, to Cansda, Halif ax, and a N c°ll ntry, since Decetn rift's of th e p a tt ern o f 1858 , 2,500 an C til ßrunswick, 44 . 820 a ccoutrements, ammunition t o the lau " bbore arras, 45,500 40,000 greatcoats, and 25,940 blankets. ra er of 2,276,600, THE WEDDING PRESENTS._ —I n conse Vie great interest taken by the public in the elihnie b n . ea of the wedding presents, his Royal Highness the Pritnio°ell of f W ales has graciously consented that the presents m a y main for inspection at the South Kensington AI - re th e e . uleura until vonin g of Monday, tho 4th ttf May. stock 4toek 4!ock stook stock gtock itock stock stock stoc SHARE 'his day 01{DIYA FrS' SITAREs; AND STOuk S. h,re ! Railwaye. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. al Blythe and Tyne, Bost.,Sleat.,and Mid.Co al Bristol and Exeter lei Caledonian Corti and Bandon Cornwal I al al I A gets no di, al S° A Do. B c.p an.ha, ] been paid to ) - Dublin & Belfast June. all Dun., Perthalz Ab. June. all !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 Glasg. and S. Western. 100 Great Eastern, Ord. ea 100 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at 100 Great Northof Scotland 100 Great. Northern • 100 Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Irelan, 100 Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 100 t Lancashiie & Yorkshire 160 1074 108 London and Blackwal 100 76 ;7 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 114 116 Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 40 41 Lon. Sr North Western 100 974 98 Lon. & So*.th Western 100 1014 102 Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 43 44 Maryport and Carlisle a Dot shares.. Metropolitan a Midland Do New i D d o . G B t i r mllivvi Do. 3 shares g o . f & Ir D e e la r n b d y l a ( Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 Nth. Eastern—Berwici• 10 Do, G.N.E. purchase - 16.1 Do Leeds I( Do York Do Carlisle 1( North Loudon Do New , 1 North Staffordshire a !N. and S. W. Junction. a. !Scottish Central Scot 1. E., Aber. stock 10 Db Scttt. Mid, stock lO !Shrews. and Welohpoo! a !Shropshire Union 10 !South Devon lO 'South Eastern South Wales , 10 S. York. and River Dun! It) ataines, Wok.,andWok al Stockton & Darlington al D 9 Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. . I 101 Do B Do C .............. Ulster . Do Do Vale of Neath !Victoria sta, and Pim ; !Waterford & Kilkenny; 1 , West Cornwall , 11 Vs. Hartlepool Har.&R ' 11 West Midland Oxtorcl Do Newport' 100 Do Hereford; 100 t 3.14. ce. 10 st Et 50 20 I 8 81 LI I I 6-1 61 40 42 13 14 90 91 106 108 51 52 44 46 24 25 121 122 122 i 1231 134 136 101 103 66} 66i [1 1 f 121 0 1221 ,23 1.0 It lip 0 90 92 d. 4.0 50 51 24 25 98i 99 551 66i 85i 86 GO 115 117 5 Lll 15t 16 11 114 1Z DO 119 121 DO 43 14 DO 98 )00 .11 - 9.16.4] 48 80 32 33 91i 92 67 69 99 101 a ei 71 ll 87 38 ,5 9 10 0 8 7 7 10 150 153 u 8 41 5,1 3 4 P - -p 154 156 28 30 BRITISH PO'S 43 45 37 38 98 100 p a id . ! Closing Businel Price. done. 7 8 83 F 5 0 1 1121 112 f 1 511 6 123 2j 4 66 1 1 lon 1 113 102 i 11 12 1.:21 E 16 16; 911 1 itus av antic , ig/ Ft Lawren, . , om.,Barodatt.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New ..... Do. E. Shares.. tituialo awl LaKe klurup al Do. Preference al] Buffalo,BrantotGodric). ,„ ,6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, Iti2 Do. do. July 1, 187:-) . to Do. do. Juue 1, 1t , .4 10 Th'utta.,tti. f.,,d1).‘ I, ; 101 'apeTown Ai Dock tier, loi Plastn. Bengal gu. sp. 1( last Inchon. gu. 5 p. e. 1)o. do. G Do. do. H do. . Grand Trunk of Canatb, tu .0. Ist Fr • . Bonds Do. Lo. deferred.-- al Yd Pret . Bon s.. D). do d fer ed...... al; Do. 3d 1' ef. stock ... Do. do. d ierr d.... al Do. 4th Pref. 8 0 k... al, Do. do deferrcd...... Gt.lncharenti.t.gua.sp.c 101 Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. tut (It. W. of Canada Share. al Do. New ..... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 54 F.C. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., sp. c. .. 101 Do. 41 p. C. Extension UN Dc. 4• d 0.... .... 101 Do. Fifth Extension. ort, oP. o. Bncls lot Melb. & Hobson's Bay. al. Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. al. Vrwßrunswick it Candi. Class A en 1 B. all N. Itl.C'da 6po Ist pi bds 1( Soinde 0tt .... Do. Delhi Do. do .... : Do. Punjalm •. j l Do. Do. . , I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) , Ssl()Ns. Closia. Price. 108 169 2 1 p 5 4i 6 11 7 8 107 ICB us do )1, 108 .09 1( 9 I (i.) 5 ( 1 18 0 60 64 11 5 50 o 52 65 11 40 5 :is 40 I 30 LI 20 25 11 20 22 1(9 106 [2 1 1 2 p 4 10 11061 toz 9 81 , 11 99 101 11 89 ,2 2 i O 10 6 ti. 7 p o 00 102 10 97 '9 2 - 47 49 .1 - 11 ,, I 3_ 5 E 0 lob I , 8 00 11 61 2 1 lb li 0 167 1 0 hot (2 09 • m u 1(3 105 ...4 ,,, r."p.e.J, ‘ &J u. 1877-S1 .......... 1; Do. tp. c. Feb.& Au 10 Do. dp. c.Mar. at Sep, 10, Do.t p. c. Jftn.&J uly. lu Do. d Inscribed stow. 10 ape G. Hope, p 0,187 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 10 Do. 189 , 101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10; Ceylon, Nov.lxol, A p to WWI per cent .. too 111 113 Na . a G.,v. d per cent. 130 ttB 110 p.e..) ui 103 u 5 4,0. 6p. c.Ap. Oc .. 101 ;N.S. W. Gov. p 18 10i 102 1021 Do. t. p. e.,18,, to V. 10( 102 1024 Do. d0.,1888 &upwd. 101' 102 IC2i IN ew Zealand 6 p .;ent. 100 11u 112 !Nova Scotia Goy. 6p. .teriing, 1875....... tug Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 10C s. Aun it.;7o.aL up.. 10( vie. Gov. 6p.e. Ja.dzJul) 101 Do. I. • A ri..tto,t tr 0 1 3 '1 1(0 113 U 3 us U -2 04 h au 112 /t , 11l 113 Jr 111 113 11) 113 115 104 106 1 113 111 113 109 110 1091 1101, d 20 2i2 1 510 10 86 89 )S. id p 4. 41 42 4." 81 9. 1 1.6 3 13 15 lis 5 5, 7 ' 16 564 51. .1 41 49 7.0 2 3 0.6 P O 32 34 3.0 74 e 1 i 9 / 12 0 130 2/ 2f 17.' 4 5 1.9 1 6i 44 54 .6.: 11 13 395 105 15.6 31 41 .9 85 90 36 34 46 1 ; 24 214 12 13 27 29 250 260 65 70 50 55 51 51 is 6 10 a 0 lei 17i 44 5 RusineßP dory BRITISH NII 2 ,Lambr----ian Consul. joid, i hnoru Amal Itevon G. Con.. gamated . - Jay ist East Bassett (Illoga n 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 51 East Caradon .. East Carty 8rea....,. 3.1 —N. WI Russel (Tavistk B.l Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) I CI reat South Tolgus 1. Wheal Vor (Ilelston !Grenville... t I erod's- Foot ingston Downs 4. , Lady Bertha - \largaret (tiny Lelant t 1 arke Valley.. - I 4 ‘lyndy Iron Ore (Lim 2l New Setun .. 11 worth Downs basset(lllo4au :orth Wheal Crotty . 2.4. 'ar Consols (St. Blaze). 1 10 'rovidence(Uny Lelnl. , 10. , South Caradon(St.Cleer ) 1 S. Carty Brea (Illogan) .5.1 Wheal loran. (Mogan, 18.1 Stray Park 5 ParnarSilv.,ts Lead Alin .0 Fin Cron t , Vest Basset (Illozan) 1 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 'West Seton LtVlieal Basset (Illogan 5 1 ',heal Buller(Redruthj, 5 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0 , VhealLud ott ........ ;2.11 I- w• heal 51aryAnn alen.4l 8 Wheal Seton . 51 _ heal Tretawney (L 15 . 41 7 Wheal Union 3; 11010 411 401 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 95 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 17 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 91 1 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. South Eastern 5 per cent., June, 1861, rd., 10) LINES LEASED Ai FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho yhead, 5 per cent., 115 London and (ireenwich, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 21 201 Eastern of France 20t Sambre and Meuse, 51 per cent. pf., 10 S uthern of France, 31 Western and North-Western of France, 21} FOREIGN MlisIES, United Mexican (Hui.), 7 ti 71 JOIN T-ST9CK RANKS. Agra and Unitea Service l ad,( 100 Alliance Bank of London Liverpool'Jim.), sok Australasia, 72 li Bank of Egypt, 24 30 Bank of New Zealand (lira.), ri 6 tlnionpderoinai:n)dttosoinuatnh African, Hindustan, t hina, and Japan ( lira.), 14 Imperial (tank ; liar,) 15 Nationavgicial of Lo ndon, B. Ayres ' , and R. Plate (Rm.), 22/ fri t can, 27i Standard of isri i iEnp,land, 124 Union of Londot C NDltto, new h South Africa (Ihn ), 16i :lA' 3ISCBLIANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, gi 9 Crystal Pal.ce, 34 ' Joint at°. k Discount 2i i London District Telegrapl (i. m.), 2 „ National Discount Company Ulm.) IP , North British Australa s i an, I s $ Oriental Inland Steam (lira.), 5i Rio de Janeiro City Improvements aim), Ditto, £2, 3 Royal Mail Steam, 62+ A VOLCANIC EKITTION AT SEA. 1Z R,../tpooL, April 27.—Extract from a letter f ro m Halliday, of the Helen Nicholson, from the Cl y de for California, dated March 24, in lat. 1 N. , long. 26 Vv t 9 a.m. we saw a very large volc a n i c eru pt io n distant about 20 miles; seen quite distinct]) from the maintop; it seemed to be of great fury, sending water and clouds of steam to an immense height. Its position, as near as I can judge, will be l'4o to 1.30 W. and 25 . 50 to 26 W. It might be well to have this reported, as there is a possibility of a shoal being left after the eruption is over." Probably another vessel destroyed by the Alabama, as she was in let. 2 N, long 26 W. on the 23d of March, The solemn inauguration of the statue of Schiller, as proposed by the ex-King Louis of Bavaria, is to take place at Munich on the 9th May, the anniversary of the poet's birth-day. By h s Majesty's express invitation the daughter and grandson of Schiller will be present at the ceremony. The Director-General of Music, M. Franz Lachner, has been charged to compose choruses for the 000461.011. ~lllt. TflE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29:71863. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury. SHIRLEY V. SHIRLEY AND STATHAM. This was a suit for a dissolution of marriage instituted by the husband against the wife. The parties were married in 1840 at St. George's, Hano ver-square, and for some time lived on good terms. About four years ago Mrs. Shirley became addicted to drinking, and to such an extent was the vice indulged in that it be came impossible for the husband to live with her. A sepa ration took place, an allowance being made by the hus band to support his wife. This allowance was kept up until certain information reached the husband's ears which induced him ro take steps to obtain a decree of divorce. The co-respondent in the case was a person named Statham, a lecturer or preacher on Paddington-green ; and it was alleged in the petition that, after delivering a lecture on the evening of Sept. 11, he met the respondent, who was then leading the life of an abandoneed woman, and pro ceeded with her down a narrow court near the green. Two policemen were near the spot, and in a few minutes after both parties were taken into custody, and, from what took place at the police-court, the present suit was instituted. Margaret Shirley, the sister of the petitioner, said, about four years after marriage Mrs. Shirley became addicted to drinking, but she had never seen her drunk, although she had known her take as much as would intoxicate two or three men. She used to pawn her husband's goods to raise money when she could not get it any other way. She also had a number of " tally bills." The Judge Ordinary—Telegrams I Witness—No, my lord, " tally bills." The Judge—l don't know what you mean by " tally bills." Witness—For dress, my lord. The Judge--What are " tally bills." The term is quite a new one to me. Witness —The tally system, my lord ? The Judge—l haven't the slightest notion of what you mean. I know of a system of payment by tally which is prohibited by law, but I don't know what a tally bill is. Witness—lt's for clothing, my lord, to be paid for weekly unknown to her husband. The Judge—Oh, !hat's what it is, is it. Evidence of identity having been given, the case for the petitioner closed. Tne jury were of opinion that the co-respondent Statham had committed adultery. The Judge Ordinary granted ft Utak —;43,...4 coats. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) HOW TO MAKE BOOTS PIT.—ASSNETON V. THOMAS. This was an action to recover the value of a pair of boots supplied to defendant,who is an accountant, of 16, Gresham street. Defendant said I defend this case on principle, and beg to say that I never had the goods or ordered them, Plaintiff—They were left at your office. Defendant—l will explain. I once had a pair of boots from plaintiff, and they wire so large that I was compelled to put on three pairs of worsted stockikgs to make them fit. (Laughter.) Under these circumstances I declined to give plaintiff any further orders, but was astonished to find a pair in my office one day. I refused to have them, and they should have been returned. A friend of mine came in during my absence and appropriated them to his own use. His Honour —'then you must pay for them. Defendant—Oh I very we11...1 do not mind if lam liable. Verdict for plaintiff, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. ATTEMPEED SUICIDE THROUGH A LOVE AFFAIR. Eliza Dicks, a young female, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with a'tempiing to commit suicide by drowning, in the Long Water, Kensington•gardens. Charles Croft, a park constable, said that while closing the gate the previous evening he taw the prisoner standing on the banks of the Serpentine looking very disconsolate; and, as he thought she was meditating suicide, he sent a young man, not being himself able to leave the gates, to watch her. Before the young man could get to her she jumped into the water up to her shoulders. She was got out and taken to the receiving -house. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the witness whether she gave any reason, and whether she had any friends present. Croft said she gave no reason, but seemed very unhappy, and none of her friends were present. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the girl said she was very sorry, and she had nothing more to say. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a dreadful affair. He should send her to a place for a week, where she would be told the criminality and foolishness of the offence. The prisoner, who seemed in a very desponding state, and who, it was stated, was engaged in a love affair, was then remanded. ' ROBBERY AT rRA.DESMEN.S.—James Clemson, described as a leather dresser, who gave the address, 1, Bermondsey square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a portmanteau at 4e, Cranbouna-street, the property of Mr. John Bray, orisoner was taken into custody by Michael Brosnan, 185 C, after a desperate resistan , e, and in his pot session was found a mahogany and glees case, about four d)zen new pocket knives, which had evidently been taken from the case, and also a new mahogany table knife case, lined with velvet. The prisoner, who conducted himself in a rather impu dent manner, was remanded by Mr. Tyrwhitt for a week. WESTMINS [ER . ROBBING A FELLOW SERVANT.—Stephen Plail, a native of Mount Nessing, near Lrentwood, Essex, was formally exascii.ed, charged with the following robbery : Eli Joseph Wallington said he was a waiter at Mr. Hun's, 38, Grosvenor-row, ea , ing-house keeper, prisoner having also been in the same employ. They went to bed together between lne and two o'clock on Sunday morning the 12th inst , previous to which prosecutor wound up his watch, which prisoner obs, ruing, said " does it go well," and prosecutor replied in the affirmative. He then locked the watch up in a box, placing the key in his trousers pocket, where also was a purse containing a sovereign and a half and some silver. When prosecutor awoke in the morning he found his watch, chain, and money was gone, and prisoner had absconded. Subsequently he also missed a gold pin, a pair of Wellington boots, and two aprons. John Hornblow, 24 B, and James Dacres, 63, Essex constabulary, proved apprehending the accused, and finding the watch, but the other property was not traced; and the evidence of Robert Stubbs, of the West Essex Militia, having been taken to show that the prisoner had been seen with the watch and chain in hts possession, Prisoner, who denied all knowledge whatever of the property, was fully committed for trial. MARKETS—This Day. MAR K -LANE. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was small, but the condition of the pro duce was good. For both red and white qualities there was a steady demand, anu Monday's advance in prices was fully supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat was moderate, chiefly ex granary. Holders of .41 descriptions were very firm, and in some instances the quotations further improved. Floating cargoes of grain st ere in request on rather higher terms. Barley— the supply of which was small—moved off slowly, nevertheless prices were supported. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent at previous quotations. The supply of oats was moderate, and the trade ruled steady at Tully Monday's currency. Beans were in limited supply and steady request at full prices. Peas were firm as to value, and the supply on offer was small. The flour trade was very firm, and barrels realised rather more money. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. M a l t. Oats. Flout. English...— 670 430 330 Irish.. e'oreign 1,180 2,0.0 — 1 6,910 I 200 aka. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is firm, and prices have an upward ten dency. The supply of foreign hops continues moderate. WHITECHAPEL. Fair supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade, on the whole, rules steady, as follows : Beet, from 2s 6d to 3s 10a ; mutton, 38 4d to 4,2 d; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to Is 6d per 81bs by the carcase. THE BAILIE THAT PULLED THE COUNCILLOR'S NOSE.—Every attempt, says the Rocnesay corre spondent of the Morning Journal, made to arrange the differences betwixt these gentlemen, in refer ence to the Bailie pulling Mr. Comrie's nose twice at a meeting, having failed, an action of damages (for £6OO, we team) before the Court of Session will be served on the Bailie in the early part of next week. The Bailie is to raise two counter actions for £lOO each as a solatium for alleged language uttered by Mr. Connie derogatory to the Bailie's character. From the correspondence that has passed betwixt their agents, and which we have seen, we learn that Mr. Connie agreed to accept a full apo logy, to be published at the Bailie's expense, and to con ssuigclih £csl2oariintit°es aosneMor.f C th om e itri e o t h m e i s e a h y t b n alk e s toT Thisbe h g a i v s e b n een t o declined. The Electric Light is row produced by the latent but im lopyemense forceHeorfrinthge,smargi:,iovrecl brushes.sely simiDri.arritito,,stahustsaemys: I re d I n them as the in most per/tot brushes hitherto made, as respects thelirhmeyecahraentict,aelrceomasetdry rucotirougreay handtirh,cnireumragnalgie; tical act t l i o s n. m N.B.—Countertelt S are being ode,. MOO, rheumatism, 14411-Ntreet, Lyndon.': IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ---s------- HOUSE OP COMMONS-This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at 1% o'clock, NEW MEMBER —HALIFAX. Mr, STANSFELD took the oaths attl his seat. The Lords' amendments to the Leeds Gas Bill were con. sidered and agreed to. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Elsecar, Wentworth, and Hoyland Gas —and Tees Conservancy, SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time :—Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway, and Fochabers and Garmouth Railway. __ CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Sir J. TRELAWNY moved the second reading of this bill. He regretted the absence of the right hon. gentle man the member for North Wiltshire (Mr. S. Estcourt) from ill health, who had proposed a bill with a view of ef fecting a compromise on this important matter. Parliament had virtually given its assent to the repeal of church-rates, and it w. is high time that some satisfactory settlement was arrived at. In 1861, it would be recollected, that the bill for the total abolition of church•rates was only lost by a majority of one, and that the Net° of the right hon. gentleman in the chair, Strictly speaking, church rates were the mosquitos of the Church of England, for they were a perennial source of irritation. He disclaimed any intention to injure the Church or to separate it from the State. He had done all he could to bring about a substan tial compromise, but he regretted his endeavours in this direction had not received very lit.ral support. He con fessed he could not understand the language and policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of church rates. The right hon. gentleman advocated civil and re ligious liberty in all church matters, but nevertheless he did not vote either way in connection with the abolition of church rates. (Hear, hear.) He trusted the right hon gentleman would explain his conduct. He hoped hon. members would cease to make this subject a stalking horse for their personal aggrandisement or ambition, and proceed at once and finally to a settlement of a matter which had re mained open and unsettled too long. Strictly speaking, the church was the church of the people, and in most churches a certain number of seats were set apart for those who came unable to pay for seats, but in some cases, as in Manchester, some of those seats have been let, and it could hardly be expected that in such circumstances people would pay church .L a love to understand the grounds on which the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. G. Hardy) proposed to meet his bill with a direct negative, without offeri g any substantial amend ment. Now was the time for those on the other side to accept the olive leaf, and at one to come to a deft its un derstanding on the matter. Those who now opposed a settlement would have to answer for their conduct at the hustings. Sir C. DOUGLAS seconded the motion. Mr. G. HARDY rose to move as an amendment that this bill be read a second time that day six months. He should leave the right hon gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose mind was certainly undergoing some extraordinary changes, to explain his conduct with respect to church rates. (Laughter.) IL held that in no case were church rates unjust; they had been levied for 1,000 years, and with the consent of the owners of the land But for them we should not probably be enjoying the blessings of religion, nor the ben , fits of education, for it must never be forgotten that the Church fostered and popularised the art of printing. The bill proposed to take away a quarter of a million easily collected indispensable fir the maintenance of the fabrics and her pastors. Let Dissenters leave the Church alone, for voluntaryism was defined by one of its chief supporters as the principle of non-interference with Church or State— and strive to emulate her in good works. (Hear, hear.) The supporters of voluntarism belied and vitiated their until th e t a bl e groane d principlesthem, iansksinengdtihnegSuipatpeetotlitinotnersfere with the observance of the Sabbath, bnt they would not allow the slightest in terference with themselves. (Hear, hear.) The best argument in favour of the retention of Church-rates was that they were maitained in the large towns with which the supporters of this bill were connected. (Hear, hear.) And he therefore charged those who supported the bill as thus acting inconsistently. The hon. baronet appealed to the decisions of two Parliaments on these rates, but it must not be forgotten that the present Parliament had ageed, by resolution, that these ancient rules ought not to be abrogated until a remedy were devised in the nature of an substitute. To be consistent the house should reject this bill, (Hear, hear.) Those who supported this bill con sidered that the Church ought not to be maintained in con nection with the State; those who opposed it entertained a diametrically opposite opinion : hence there could be no compromise on account of this diversity of their sentiuents. The abolitionists could give them nothing in return; they proposed to take the oyster and give the Church the shell. The noble lord the member for Woodstock (Lord A. Churchill) had put a notice on the paper, as an amend ment, that the churchwardens and overseers should be empowered to repair churches and to levy rates for that purpose, but it expressly stated that they should have no power of enforcing this requisite levy. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more absurd than that. The voluntary principle would not suffice for the repair of churches; voluntaries had peculiar modes of raising funds by anni versaries RN CI juuneem m. LUC!a owa+ not be done in[connection with the Church. (Hear. hear.) Whrre would they find churchwardens, whose duties are at present no sinecures, to discharge the duty of collecting voluntary sub,criptions for the repair of churches ? Why, they would not find men to discharge inch a duty. (Hear, hem.) The clergy, at this time, were overburdened with charitable claims. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE POLISH QUESTION. .--- The following is the fu -.. ll text of the despatch of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Drouyn de Lbuys, to the Duke of Montebello, the Ambue sador of France at St. Petersburg:— " Monsieur le Duc,—The insurrection of which the Ring dom of Poland is now the theatre has aroused in Europe an anxiety, in a time of peace, which no proximate event seemed likely to disturb. The lamentable effusion of blood caused by this stru gg l e, and the painful i nc i dents connected with it, excite at th e same time a deep an d sad emotion. " The Government o f hi s Majesty, there f ore, only obeys a duty which in th ex is state pressi ongf to a ff the air s D calling its attentio n to the inconveniences and dangers Cour t ttor a lif Russia the refl e cti ons suggests to it, an d i n which it implies. " What characterizes the disturbances in Poland, M. le Due, what gives them an exceptional importance, is the tact that they are not the effects of a temporary crisis. Effects which are almost invariably reproduced with each genera. tion cannot be attributed to purely accidental causes. these convulsions, which have become periodical, are the symp toms of an inveterate evil ; they are so many proofs of the impotency of all plans hitherto imagined to reconcile Poland with the position conceded to it. " On the other hand, these too frequent disturbances are a source of anxiety and alarm. Poland, which occupies a central position on the continent, cannot be disturbed with out:the other States touching upon her frontier suffering a shock which reverberates through the whole of Europe. This has always been the case whenever tne Poles have taken up arm s . These conflicts, as what we are witnessing sufficiently proves, do not only create anxiety in the pu'lic mind, but, if th e y are pro l onge d, may disturb the relat ions between the Cabinets and cause most lamentable cow plica tions. It is the common interest of all the Powers to see that these incessantly recurring dangers are put a stop to. " We flatter ourselves, hi.. le Due, that the Court of Rus sia will receive in the same spirit in which we have written them the considerations which are worthy of its attention. We feel confident that it will show that it is animated by those liberal views of which the reign of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander has already given such striking proofs, and that, in its wisdom, it will take advantage of the oppor tunity of taking measures to place Poland under the condi tions of a durable peace: "You will please to leave a copy of this despatch with his Excellency Prince Gortschakofr. against £20,231 f or the correspond inggainst £22,467 ; on the Cork and The receipts last week on the South-E as t ern Railway were £18,567, ; on the Lond on and Big (Easter week) rto per iod n, Lus,tßandon, £344, against £ 355 ; and on the G rea t Luxera• bourg, £5,041, against £ 5 , 031 . 1a 895, year a William M‘Lean, Esq.. of Henderson County, one of the most extensive end successful planters in Kentucky, sold his crop of tobacco, embracing three hun dred and eighty thousand pounds, together with his mop of corn, for the sum of 70,000 dole. The tobacco alone brought 63,000 dols.— New York Taper. DEPARTURE OF 1,000 _EMIGRANTS FROM MAN CHESTER. --Yesterday morning upwards of 1,000 emigrants left the Victoria Railway Station of the London and North-Western Company, Manchester, for Birkenheae, en route to Australia. Tne tifti,i consisted of 21 carriages, inclusive of the luggage vats, which appeared to be as heavily laden with goods as the carriages were with emi grants. The engine as well as carriages were gaily decked with evergreens and flags, and a majority of the adventurers appeared as joyous and lighthearted as if they were going only for a short pleasure trip, instead of a distant voyage to the antipodes. The emigrants consisted of 400 to 500 fami lies, besides many s i n gle young men and women. The sta tion was exceedingly crowded, there being quite as many friends there to bid them God speed" as there were emi grants. Since writing the above we learn that the emigrants are going to Canterbury, New Zealand, by the ship British Crown, now lying in the MerseY. The emigrants are chiefly natives of Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, and the surround ing villages. THE CITIZENS AND THE POLICE AMALGAMATION BlLL.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor fixed Tuesday next, the sth May, for the meeting of citizen s with reference to Sir G. Grey's Police Amalgamation Bill. Up to last night, upwards of 3,500 signatures had been appended to the re quisition. YORK RACES—TFIis DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EGLINTON STAKES. FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. Adventurer Borealis Senorita Seven ran. CHESTER CUP. 3to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 10 to 1 agst Plover (taken) 12 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) THE DERBY. 9to 2on the field (uffered) 13 to 2 aget Macaroni (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saccharnmeter (taken) 15 to 1 aget National Guard (taken) 15 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) 16 to 1 agst The Ghi)lie (taken) 30 to 1 agst Kiag of the Vale (taken) 40 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 50 to 1 aget Avondale (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Carnival (taken) THE DERBY-1864. 1000 to 30 agst Baragha 6000 to 200 agst Blair Athol 10,000 to 100 agst Dormouse SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING -TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; 3-yr oldia, 7st ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 71b; 5-yr-olds, 9st; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; win ners of 100 soya to carry 61b; twice, or 200 soya, 101 b extra. One mile. 9 subs. Lord Gla.gow's Rapid Rhone, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.... (Doyle) 1 Mr. Osborne's Comet, 3 yrs, 7st (Whiteley) 2 Mr. H. Jones's Stockman, 3 yrs, 7st (carried 7st 21b) (Harrison) 3 The Beau and Cannon Ball also ran. Betting-6 to 6on Stockman, 6to 2 agst Comet, 7to agst Rapid Rhone. After the first quarter of a mile Comet, with the favourite and The Beau, made ulay to the Middlotlao.p turn s whoro they were joined by Rapid Rhone, who waited to the en closure, where he made his effort, and getting up in the last stride, won by a head ; two lengths between the second and third ; The Beau was a bad a fourth. The Zetland Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds ; wits, Bst 10'b; fillies and gadings, Bst 61b; win ners once to carry 41b; twice, or 200 soya, 71b cxtra ; beaten horses allowed 21b, T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 41 yards.) 26 subs. Mr. F. Martin's Tarlatan, Bst 41b (Mideeley) 1 Mr. Beaumont's Vanessa, Bst 61b (Whiteley) 2 Lord Zetland's Saragossa, fist 6lb (Snowden) 3 Mr. Henry's Amain. ton, Bst 101 b Dawdle, Tommy Dickens, Armour er,./Eola, Navarino, and Eagle's Wing also lan. Betting-5 to 2 agst Vanessa, 6to 1 agst Saragossa, 7to to 1 agst Annington, 8 to 1 agst Armourer, 100 to 12 agst Tarlatan, Dawdle jumped away with a clear lead on the extreme right, followed by Tarlatan and Saragossa, the favourite, in company with Annington and Armourer, lying close up to the distance, where Dawdle was disposed of, leaving Saragossa with the command, which he held to the enclo sure, where Tarlatan came out and won cleverly by a length A. length between the second and third, two lengths between the third and fourth; Dawdle was fifth ; Ar mourer sixth, and 2Eila seventh. The Stand Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added ; 2-yr olds, 7st ; 3 yr-olds, 9st ; 4-yr-olds, 10st 31b; 5-yr-olds and upwards, lOst 81b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; if for 75 allowed 41b ; if for 60 91b ; if for 40 141 b. T.Y C. Mr. Saxon's Idle Girl, 2 yrs, sst 111b....(.T Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Beaumont's Belgravian Lament, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Whiteley) 2 Major Stapleton's Exile of Erin, sst 91b .... (Sanderson) 3 Mr. Win'eringham's Saltant, 3 yrs, 7st 11lb • .(Howey) 4 Mr, Smith's Trump About, 3 yrs,..Bst, , (Harrison) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Idle Girl, sto 1 agst Trump About. The favourite made all the running and won is a canter by three lengths; a ler gth between the second and third. The winner was bought in for 155 guineas. The Great Northern Handicap of 100 sovs,added to a sweep stakes of 20 sous each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared ; cer tain winning penalties. 2 miles. 62 subs, 21 of whom declared. Mr. Crook's Adventurer, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (inc. 141 b extra) (Clement) 1 Mr. It Boyce's Fantail (carried sst 81b) Lord G asgow's Physalis colt, 3 yrs, sst 91b .... (Dixon) 3 The following also rau :—Queen of Trumps, Carbineer, Doefoot, Venison, Manfred, and Laura. Bating-5 to 2 agK Fantail, 9to 2 agat Carbineer, 6to 1 agst Physalis colt, 7 to 1 ags A venturer, 10 to 1 cach agst Queen of Trumps and Manfred, 14 to 1 agst Doefoot, 16 to 1 agst Venison, and 20 to 1 agst Laura, Immediately the flag' was low red Manfred rushed to the front and made running at a steady pace, followed by the Physalis colt, the favourite, and Adventurer. Then came, at intervals of two lengths, Carbineer, Venison, and • e •-: p . bringing up the rear, In this way they ran past Dringhouses, but shortly after the Physalis colt dropped back, and his place was taken by Ad venturer, who with Carbineer in attendance, came on in waiting on the leaders to the Middleihorpe turn, where they were joined by Queen of Trumps, the lot running in close company round the bend, where Manfred was beaten, and was headed by the favourite and A dventurer, the pair being immediately alter joined by the Physalis colt and Queen of Trumps. At the distance Adventurer came through, and in a few strides held a clear lead, which ha retained to the end, and won in a canter by two lengths ; half a length be tween the second and third ; a length between the third and fourth. Carbineer was fifth, close up, and Manfred sixth; D efoot seventh. Laura and Venison were beaten off a long way. Match-2 miles, 100 sovs, 25 sovs forfeit. Mr. G. Hopper's Maria, 5 yrs, list 31b (Mr. Baynton) walked over. The Union Hunt Plate of 2 sous each, with 50 added; weight for age; gentlemen riders. Two miles and a half. 17 subs. Mr. G. Thompson's Ace of Spades, 4 yrs, list.. (Owner) 1 Mr. W. Harrison's Delphi, aged, 12st 12Ib ' (Mr. G. Walker) 2 L rd Middleton's Friar Tuck, 5 yrs, 12st 21b (lion. C. L. Fox) 3 Mr. Holiday's Barbarian gelding, 6 yrs, 12st 91b (Mr. Oliver) 4 Mr. Parrington's Chance Shot, aged, 12st 21b (Mr. Erskine) 5 Betting—Even on Ace of Spades, 3 to 1 agst Delphi, and 5 to 1 agat Friar Tuck. The favourite laid away until reach;ng the distance, then went up, and won a fine race by half a length. A bad third. 3-yr-olds, The Knivesmire Plate of 50 sovs; 2 -yr-olds, 7st; cast 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31 b ;winning penal ties and maide ,, allowances; half a mile. Lord Stamford's Livingstone, 3 yrs Bst 121 b (Edwards) 1 Mr. Saxon's Inverness, 2yre=, 6st 81b.... (J. Grlmshaw) 2 Sir G. Strickland's Lyra, 2 yrs, Est Blb (Metcalfe) 3 Mr. Chborne'. Fauconberg, 2 yrs, 6st Illb (Whiteley) 4 Mr. M ntgomery's La T.ucques, 3 yrs, Bst 21b..(1.)0yte) 6 Molly Malone also won. Betting-7 to 4on Livingstone, 4to 1 agst Inverness, 5 to 1 agst La Tuneques, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Livingstone made all the running, and won in a trot by three lengths. A Lad third BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending April 4. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the Ist April (the nearest date furnished by their returns) will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : March 7, April 4, 1863. 1863. Increase. Decrease Bank of England 10,487,253 )0,662,220 174,967 Private Banks 3,058,491 3 , .53,765' e 5,274 Joint-stock Banks 2,795,9b4 2,937,552 1 141,568 Total in England 25,371,728 25,72,3,537; 381,809 Scotland 3,878,6 b 3,R30,154' 1,536 Ireland 5,394,605 5,376,771 1 17,834 - United Kingdom. 34,644,951 35,010,462 i 365,511, And, as compared with the month ending the sth April, 1862, the above returns show a decrease of £616,842 in the oirculation of notes in England, and a decrease of £953,546 in the circulation of the United Kingdom : On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : tie English private banks are below their fixed issue The English joint-stock banks are below their £364,806 fixed issue Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,540,361 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,130,833 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £977,723 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the Int April was £14,760,755, being a decrease of £316,133 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £1,798,667 when compared with the same period last year. : The following are the amounts of specie held by the S co t c h ..... and Irish banks during the month ending the 4th Ap r il Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... 42 , 32 0,041 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ........ 1,969,478 £4, Being a decrease of £91,653 as compared with the previous:return, and a decrease o f £5 70,951 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. ......,....--._ A QUESTION FoR A SPORTING UNDERGRADUA.TE OF CAMBRIDGE.—When a betting-man makes it all right with the ring, may he be said to square the circle ?—,Fun. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. Livingstone Skipjack 1 2 3 Royal Visit to Aldershot. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Dike of Cambridge, and Prince Louie of Hesse, accompanied by their Grand Ducal Highnesses Prince Alexander and Prince Henry of Ht ESO, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Knollya, Captain Grey, Mbjor Cowell, Captain Westerweller, and Baron de Rotsmann, visited the camp at Alder shot, and were present at a grand review of the whole of the troops. Ten o'clock was the hour appointed for the re view, but some time previously the troops were under arms, and seen moving in glittering pic turesque masses to the arid tract of the Long Val ley. There General Pennefather appeared deter mined to make the most of his comparatively small army—certainly not more than 8,000 or 9,oo—and drew it up in lines of brigades, infantry in front and cavalry in rear, the artillery, engineers, and military train being disposed of on both flanks of the infantry. The royal party arrived on the ground shortly after ten o'clock, and were received by the troops with the royal salute, the bands playing the National Anthem. The troops were then inspected by the royal visitors, who passed up and down the lines in succession, the bands meanwhile playing the Danish National Anthem and various regimental airs. The Long Valley presented an appearance which baffles description. At the best of times a desert, unredeemed by a single blade of herbage, it looks inhospitable and dreary, but on this occasion a fierce wind wt.s blowing, and clouds of white, impalpable sand were driving across its whole ex panse. This was an enemy against which no generalship could prevail, and it was met most courageously by the royal party and the assembled spectators as a visitation inseparable from a review at Aldershot ; and so the inspection proceeded, the bands playing gaily as if defying the dust•clouds enveloping them, and the royal visitors not appear ing to heed the subtle foe, although they must have been painfully conscious of its all-pervading presence. The inspection over, the interest of the day centred in the field ►movements which were expected to take place, and which would doubtless have been of a most interesting character but for Another vicissitude of campaigning which proved most inopportune. Spectators were moved a con siderable distance on to a heath, fringed with golden gorse in full bloom, and having a picturesque background of wooded hills. Here they were free from the annoyance of sand -storms, and here it was expected the marching past would take place. All present were, therefore, rejoicing in the selecTion of the position, when a shower, which had give❑ several premonitory tokens of its approach, de scended in full force, and cortinued until troops and visitors had experienced enough of its effects to make them wish for an order of retreat. The order " of retreat" did not, however, come, but for advance; and on the spectators retracing their steps to their original position, it was found that the rain had sufficiently allayed the dust to allow of the march past taking place there, and this it was feartd would conclude the review, as another storm appeared approaching. The marching past commenced under a clear blue sky, but the heavy clouds in the south-west broke after the cavalry brigade and one infantry brigade had passed the saluting point, when rain and hail, in a furious storm, burst overhead—this time with such violence as fairly to drive every one before it; and here the review ended—for princes and generals, and whole regiments, equestrians, and pedestrians, beat a precipitate retreat, fairly beaten by an enemy more relentless than the dust. In mingled and picturesque masses the whole assemblage dispersed in very different order and condition to that in which they had taken the field. The royal and distinguished party subsequently partook of luncheon at the quarters of General Pennefather in the south camp, and at one o'clock the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by General I(nollys and Col. the Hon. H. H. Clifford, took their departure for Farnborough, proceeding o town by special train. Prince Louis and Princes Alexander and Henry of Hesse visited the artillery and cavalry barracks, the military gymnasium, the huts occupied by the 73d Regiment, the hospital lines and the commissariat stores, shortly afterwards returning to Windsor in two of the royal carriages. AN ALEXANDRA IN SAN FRANCISCO, (From the limes Correspondent.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. The authorities seized a vessel in this port yester day, on the alit gation that she was about to engage in privateering under the Confederate flag. The vessel seized is an Am, rican schooner, called the J. M. Chapman, which arrived in this port several weeks ago from Valparaiso, with a cargo of beans shipped at the latter port for the San Fran cisco market. Her captain sold her here to the parties who have fitted her out. I am informed that for some time back gunpowder algid other materials of war have been shipped privately at. Sin Friincisco and sent down the coast to a point, it is supposed, in Lower California, where the J. M. Chapman intended to take them on board, preparatory to her entering upon her alleged career of privateering. As she is a sailing vessel, and would not he likely to chase a steamer with much prospect of success, it is sup posed the intention was to lie in wait for one of the California steamers en route to Panama with tree eure, to capture the steamer, and to convert the latter into a privateer or Confederate cruiser, and then prey on the commerce of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco, Panama, &c. It is not yet ascertained what character the J. M. Chapman was to assume—whether that of a Confederate cruiser, under a commission from the Southern President, or that of a privateer under let ters of marque—the former most probably. You will find it stated that any prizes to be taken would be sent to Victoria, Vancouver Island, to be "disposed of." This assertion is entirely gratuitous. Victoria is the last place at which such property could be disposed of—the most unlikely place, within three days' steaming of an American man of-war from San Francisco, to carry prize pr perty to. The assumption is grounded on a story (which I contradicted some time back) that an effort had been made to fit out a Confederate privateer in Victoria. I have been informed to-day that mea sures have been in progress for nearly a year in San Francisco to get up such an expedition as would capture one or more of the treasure steamers, and that the parties therein engaged put the story of the " Victoria privateer" in circulation while they were maturing their plans in San Francisco, with the view of deceiving the authorities here and draw ing off their attention from the proceedings going on at this port. Notwithstanding the fuss made a a re of opinion of the J. M. Chapman, most P:urffis°cnisent to condemn that the evidence %ill not be ever, p without wait rbeovuetntthethseeizsuurce. her. Her seizure will, however, in future, I h ave no cess of any r°,nscoe'that its teoeafrmapetartiee EUTOpe ing doubt;for the e d I regularssiemnidi this attempt e s .t t publi cation may allay the fears in terested in the Californian treasure shipments. That the objfet of th is vessel w as to captu re one of the gun', and then ar m her with D a hl gren no d ou b t of; but Ire steamers, itsuno bß chance o f any such pais attempt the capture of oth er A merican vessels, I informed tn o w there r e c p a c m att fortune occurring by means of an expedition to be fitted out in San Francisco. ESCAPE OF TWO PASSENGER TRAINS. NARROW —On soldier belonging Frtday, between eight and 77th Regiment, stationed at Ti-- bury Fort, and who was drunk, went into the watchman's box at the • to the railway crossing on the Milton-road, and, with out provoostion whatever, struck the watchman (who is a cripple) with his belt, inflicting a severe wound on the Bide of his head. He then took possession of the box, driving the watchman away. A police-constable, who had been sent for, then came up and secured the man, while the watchman immediately opened the crossing gates to admit the trains (one up and the other down) which were due. Had the constable not come up in time a serious ac cident must have happened, as the watchman was afraid to go near the gates in consequence of the violence of the soldier, He was taken to barracks by a military escort, and will be brought before the magistrate to account for his conduct.--Maidstone Journal. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. , 16th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Arthur Ewen Stabb to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Christopher Samuel Bailey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sydney Herbert Davies, who retires; Rigby Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bailey. 21-4 Foot—Ensign John Davidson, from 58. h Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ro.hwell, transferred to 71st F, ot. 22d Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon Francis Henry Welch to be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Adcock, M.D., who ex. changes 24th Foot—Ensign George James Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leech, promoted. 40th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Brooks Clarke to be Cap tain, by purchase, vi ce Thomas Bailey Richards, who retires; Ensign Legh Richmond Philli ps to be Lieute nant, by purchase , vice Clarke; John Selby Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by p urchase, vice Phillips. 41st Foot—Thomas Horner Pearson, Gent., to be Ensign, b i purchase, vice John D u B oulay Blennerhassett, who retres. 58th Foot—Thomas Herbert Mulles, Gent., to be Ensign , by purch,se,vice Davidson, tr ans f erred to 21st Foot. 71st Foot—Ensign Sydney Arthur Bothwell, from 21st Foot, to be Ensign, vice James Norton, transferred to 2d Life Guards. 86th Foot—Lieutenant John Joseph Blake, from 94th Fo o t, to be Lieutenant, vice Cullman, who exchange.,, 94th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Valentine Cullman, from to b e Li Lieutenant, ecnaadnetz John vieeßlake, Charlesw who Jackson,exchanges, trom 1 0 theBo6t h t hFoot— G entlemanFm Royal t Military College, to be Ensign, by pur c h ase , vice Henry A Jones, who retires. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Sydney Carr Glyn to be Cap tain, by purchase,Nice James Singer, who retires; En sign the Bon. Edward Lawless to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glyn ; Algernon Heneage Drummond Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon. Edward Lawless. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon Jobn Adcock, M.D., from 22d Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Sur geon, vice Francis Henry Welch, who exchanges. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—John Hanly,Gent , to be Acting Veterinary-Surgeon, vice William Albert Russell, promoted. BREVET.—Colonel Frederick Gaitskell, C. 13, on the Re tired Full-pay List of the Royal Artillery, to be Major. General, tha rank being honorary only. MEMORANDUM.—Major and Brevet Lieutenant -Colonel Wm. Henrylienny, half-pay, late 73d Foot, and late Staff Officer of Pensioners, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15, 1861. AMIRALT, APRIL . In pursuance o f her Majest Y y's pleasure, 27 Admirals of the Red Sir Francis Wm. Austen, G C. 8., and Sir Wm Parker, Bart , G.C.B , have this day been promoted to be Admi rals of the Fleet; and in consequence thereof the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken place '— Admirals of the Whire—Str Win, Bowles, K.C.8., and Sir Henry Hope, K.C.8., to be Admirals of the Red. Admirals of the Blue—The Right Hon. Maurice Frede rick Fitzliardinge Lord kitzhardinge, 0.C.8., and Sir Fairfax Moresby, K.C.8,, to be Admirals of the White. Vice Admirals William -Walpole and Benedietus Mar. wood Kelly, on the Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same list. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir William Henry Bruce, K C.B. to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admirals— William James Mingaye, Sir Charles Christopher Parker, Bart., and John Edward Walcott, on the Reserved Lis, to be Admirals on th e same Li st. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir James Hanway Plumridge, K.C.B. to be Admiral o f th e Bl ue. Vice-Admirals of the White—Sir Henry John Leeke, K.C.8., K.H., and Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, to be Vice-Admirals of the Red. Vice-Admirals of the Blue—Henry Srnitb, C. 8., and John Alexander Duntze, to be Vice-Admiralty of the White. Rear-Admirals of the R"d—The Right Hon. the Lord Edward Russell, C. 8., and Henry Wolsey Ba) field to be ,Vice-Admirals of the Blue. Rear-Admirals of the White—William Ramsay, C. 8., and .Sir l'aldwin Wake Walker, K.C.8., to be Rear- Admirals of the Red. Rear-Admirals of the Blue—Charles Eden, C. 8., and the Honom able Charles Gil nen John Brydoae Elliot, C. 13.. o be Rear-Admirals ~ f the White. Captain the Bon turable George Fowler Hastings, C. 8., `0 be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain Richard Henry Stoptord to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserv, d List. Captain the Honourable 4wynfen Thomas Carnegie, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admir als —Hugh Patton, Alexander Montgomerie, John Wm. Montagu, George Cornbl Gambier, Sir Charles Burrard, Bart., Thomas Ladd Peake, to have the rank and title of Retired Admiral. Rear-Admirals—Henry Shovell Jones Marsham, Charles Crowdy, Thomas Mansel, to have that of Retired Vice- Admiral, in pursuance of the Order in Council of 7th May, 1858. Captain James Pulling has also been promoted to ba Retired Rear-Admiral. on the terms proposed in the Lou. don GazAte of the I s t S eptem b er, 1846, but without increase of pay. APRIL 23. Royal Marin e Li g ht Infamtry—First Lieutenant John. Frederick Sanders, to be Captain, vice W. P. Ellin: t, re tired ; Second Lieutenant Francis Mordaunt Shairp, to be First Lieutenant, vice Sanders, promoted; First Lieu tenant and Adjutant James Pultney Murray to be Cap tain, vice Fox, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Erskine Tudor Risk to be First Lieutenant, vice Murray, pro moted. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. George V. Wakefield and ILLlert Birt, hotel keeper,' Swansea Wm. Smith, merchant, Manchester H. and J. Redgate, lace « anurneturerf, Nottingham BANICKUP TB. the,,zoenttley:7bankrupts of any importance whichT he f appearollow ili3 in the t a h r e e o Henry Sylvester, cab proprietor, Hampstead hosier, Sheffield C G l e ia or r g le e s Vb°oiraenr,s'cbeesernouger, HaVersleek- J l4 o 7 l m in Dl:::::,l3bulialdckelliill,uV.ikaYen,tn;o,"_,,lf,i,,or„i,,s.: Birmingham HTJJL l T : s haea r mtn i o e vi l ll mreci l ys i ssi e a r Gs a ßli :E l :;arii di akj i : ge t e a r : ag i u ml 1 i n o: d in iC r:s ' ue o ops i j t l n ; c i uih. n i ri a ) lea ; s i i rt , e e :. 0. '4:3‘ printer, l ' ,w l i u ' Ba r , riis►Birmingham b b r e o, l 1 , a . 1 3 i br i n 11 ri : " :L ' L. , I : r a l g a t 2 tn., er B• . e maker Birrnin ry S i Edmunds'. 1 homes G. Gi ~ .1 -111 e Mercnant m auvi n lebono n, b u ii de ,„ , , ark-lane ~ ra( p.,, Ltinotoe-street, Mary- Henry Harvey, general raerchnnt, Kennington -road William Mold, auctioneer Euston-road John S. Ruthven, merchants, Liverpool John liveumont and Josaph White, brewers, le- Georp:,e Murton and John Murton, grocers, Newcast upon -Tyne. Stalybridge --,...... .,Mm0../••••=., 1 Course of the Exchange —Yesterday. Amsterdam .. Short. 11 — 15f 11 1G Ditto e 3 M ont h s. 11 17t 11 18i Rotterdam ... — 11 17,1 11 191 Antwerp... ........ .. .— 25 45 25 50 Brussels -'25 421 25 50 H aruh urg h l3 74 13 if Paris - 13 25 17i 25 25 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort o n Maine .— 1101 119 i I i (,0 11 o 0 Vienna 'Huth --11 60 A Peteraburt,h Berlin Madrid Cadiz OO ••• Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 49 49i 48'4 A 49 • 25 52k 25 on 25 52i 25 1,71 25 1,21 25 .571 25 62t 25 57/ 25 bn 25 62 25 rzo 3 571 25 C2i . . teruio es sin a Lisbon — n'22 tl . i Oporto — 62 l l Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz ...... £3 17 9i Mexican Dollars ........... ~ ................ 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) S ou th American Doubloons o 0 0 A PARTING G IF T.— ,, What can I give you f ur a keepsake , IN dearest J“lan P" sobbed out a sentinici-,:rl girl tu h ers ca pegrace lover about to j o i n l i , s ship. " Give, my ange l," cried Jack ; in some contusio n, c; IL w i iy , you've not get such a thi n ni, Nvh •--- g as a five -pound note, I sup p ose , about you."—iluterican Paper. FOREIGN OFFICE, Arita, 28. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. B. R. Ficheler as Consul• General in'the United R;ngflwa at Great Britain and Ireland for his Ito val IlinlineLL the Duke of B:unswiek. WAR-OFFICE, Ar,nii, 28. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Generalun Earl Beauchamp, from the 10th Hussars, to be Co!unel, vice FiLid Marshal Lord Seaton, G. 0.8., G.C.ALG., deceased. 60m1hiaenivd.l Beauchamp, e 10th Hussars —General his Royal Highness the Prince cf Wales, K .G„E.S.I., to be Colonel, vice Gfliet al the Earl transferred to the 2d Life Guards. Regiment of Foot — Lieutenant-General Viscount vteCL.Bie.u, te fr n o a m tit. 3 G 2 e d re F ra o l ot p , a t t o er b s e or C , o d lo e n ce e as l Com mandant, Regiment 01 Life Guards Ensign James Norton, from 71st Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Stephens, Promoted. let Dragoon Guards—Charles Gaudy, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Charles T e dd y Hatfeild,promoted. Ist Dragoons—William Watt, Gent., to be CorE et, by pur chase, vice Croft, promoted. 2d Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Philip Parr to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice George Buchanan, Who retires; Cornet Thomas Hunt to be Liout ecant, b y purchase, vice Parr; Francis James Agnew W a ll ace , G ent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hunt. Royal Artillery—CaptainGeorge Hossack to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Hatch, removed to the Supernumerary List ; Captain and Brevet-Major Richard Harte Heatinge to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Ho•tsaok, retired upon full pay ; Second Captain Thomas Marshall Harris to b e C ap . tarn, vice Hossack; Second Captain George Napier to be u t e he sec Su o p n e d rnu c in ap e t ra ai ry n, Ll e t ; Captain, vice Brevet-Major .Keatinge , Second Captain and Brevet - Major Thomas James Maclachlan to be Cap tain, Harris ; Lieutenant Philip Hanmer Harcourt to be Second ner to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major Maclachkan; Captain,t4v nivice Lieutenant : B o e ft John N Yl a Y p ' removed e T r ak L e i r eu t t Lieutenant o n ant H. C. Iy ',taker Tau, To be Lieutenants—Gentleman Cadet William yb:dteley, vice Tasker ; Gentleman Cadet Horatio Francis Smyth, Douglasvice i a c r h l a m n n p d o vice ot e Har G eo e u u r t t le ; m G an ent C le a m de a t n li da n gt Ernest Wentworth Buller, vice Tanner. To be Adju tants.—Second Captain James Smith Bird; Second Captain Gustavu, Frederick,Blair, Second Captain Henry William Lumsden, Second Captain David Dalrymple Anderson. Grenadier Gu ards — Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Carew de Morel, from half-pay late 42d Foot, to be Captain and Lieutenant -Colonel vice Brevet-Colonel Arthur Lord Walden. who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Lieutenant and Captain William Earle to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice de Morel, who re tires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Renebald Clinton to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Earle ; the Hun. Ade!bert Wellington Cust to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clinton. 6th Regiment of Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel John H. F. Elkington, from half-pay, late tith. Foot, to be Major, vice Henry Pratt Gore, who re fres upon temporary half-pay; Ensign Martin George C o l a to be Lieutenant, by p u rchase, vic e William Unwin, who retires; Alfrea Mellor, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cole. _ _ s -~,,,,,,..,_ _..~._ ~___ - 71 tZ.I 101 5 1121 ion} 109 48 5