The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-21 00:00:00

TANEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: Saturday is usually a quiet day in the general money market, but the falling off in the number of bills for discount is on the present occasion more than ordinarily conspicuous. There is an abun dance of floating capital, with very little inclination to borrow it on the present terms, a further reduc tion being considered imminent. There was a general decline in the foreign ex. changes yesterday afternoon. . _ About £73,000 in bar gold was taken into the Rank yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £340,228, and the exports to £417,644. It has transpired that Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., and 'Messrs. Banbury and Lloyd, bankers, of Lombard-street, have amalgamated. The report of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada for the half year ending March last, has been issued. The net profits during this period amount to . 1 .:14,095 6s. 7d., which, added to the sum brought forward from September, gives a balance at credit of revenue of £14,322 17s. 7d. The Directors recommend that oat of this balance a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, less income tax, be declared on the paid-up capital stock of the company ; that one-half of the surplus profits over 6 per cent. per annum, and the usual charge for interest, amounting together to £3,768 7s. 11d., be carried to the re serve fund, in accordance with the provisions of the royal charter of incorporation; and that £250 be applied to the redemption of preliminary expenses. There will then remain the sum of £304 9s. Bd. to the credit of the next half-year's accounts. During the period embraced by the accounts the reserve fund has been charged with the suns of £7OB 14s. for losses on realisation of securities in default, and Outlay on office premises. The amount standing to the credit of this fund, after adding the £3,768 7e. 11d, above referred to, will be £54,802 9s. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 70c. Rather firm. The market for the English Farads opened heavily, and a decline of per cent. speedily occurred. Consols were 911 I for transfer, and 901 I, for the account. Since then there has been no variation of importance. The New Threes are marlod 89 ; the Reduced, 89 ; March Exchequer Bills, 10x; and the June do,, 3s die, ; India 5 per Cents., 105/- Enfaced do., 1031 105 ; do., 54 per Cents., 1031. There is very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70171; ; do., Consolides, 471, 48; Mexican, 431 44 ; do., New Loan, 1 01 dis. ; Greek, 23 / ; Spanish Passive, 34 .I s . ; and the Confederate Loan, 63 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has con. tinned very dull, and prices exhibit little change Of importance. Metropolitan have declined 1, Mid. land 1, Lancashire and Yorkshire and South East ern 4, while Bristol and Exeter have advanced and North Western 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial alteration. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~ ` j OYIIRNMENT FUNDS. 0 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 . 90/ / per Cent. Reduced A....eVq 3 per Cent b lew 3 per Cent. Jan. 1894... . Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 10 3 Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5 per Ct. Ditto Account.. Tritutirt GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 5 31 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto CAug., 1866 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditio 1863 B7l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent _ Ditto Account — uhilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 pei Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent o ,,ttba, 6 per Cent. uanish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 — r, Ditto Scrip £5O paid 4 p m -4 .luador New,Consolid a t e d, 1 p er C ent — ' . 'gYptian 7 per Cent lOOl _ Ditto, Second Issue G reek 5 per Cent. ) 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lOl rinnteruala 5 per Cent. , Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ,t,,kt e l halt 6 per Cent.plaremmuna Railway) Ff-k /dean 3 per Cent I_lo htto Account.... orish Imperial 5 per Cent !v,' Granada •Ditto 2 per Cent. - -Ditto :Di tto Deterred ~ Land Warrants (Hectares) — i - e 5 , ,,,. • ,s.vmu 41 per Cent -vitt° Account... . ) — .1)0 1 Di"() 3 per Cent. (Gribarren) Dtt 41 per Cent., 1862 .. 1 5 ittG Account BB 6.4412;14,8e 3 per Cent., 1853 IT'-'itto Per MC' 3 per Cent., 1856, '7. '9, '6O, 62,'3 "...Ditto Account graqsian 5 per Cent 1822, Ditto 41 per Cent: £St — 1850 — D itto 3 per Cent 1859 Di tto 5 per Cent, 1862 :D itto 1864 Sc r ip, £lO pa id .. S Ditto A nglo-Dutch pm 4r ch tto bi Account — c Pani e h 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Pris‘ive Di tto Account 34 1 Evil fish Cert. of Coup not funded — _ 1) ,tto Account B wo dish, 4 per Cent — bi tto S cri p, £2O paid.... — pm Teti :ish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Di tto Account Di tto 6 per Cent. 1858 1)i tto Account 6Bl I Di tto, £lOO Bands 1 3i tto 6 per Cent. 1862 'Ditto Account .Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7l 5 Ditto 1863 'Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per C Cent..... .... v ( gnezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account ................. 551 Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 ............ Ditto 11 per Cent .................. Dividends on the above payable in Loud a, DAustrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ..- 01gia rx 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ tch. 21 per Cont., Ex. 12 Guil ....... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... ...... 99/ 4 Alian, 5 er Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 franc s .. P 'Ditto Account 6Bl 71 TWO O'CLOCK. e c r asole Money Zitto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, arket steady. Sales, about 6,000 bales. 'We hear that a marriage has been arranged be- Nrcen Mr Henry Milbank, u third son of M r an d L a d y gusta Milbank, nephew of the Duke of Cleveland, and and bi•other in-law of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, Lady Susan Osborne, eldest daughter of the Duke of Leed s, and sister-in-law of the Marchioness of Carmarthen. ANEW TENOR PHENOMENON has been discovered, according to the Art Musical, in the person of a ci-devant 29 uav e in the African army, who, with ono half year's Ct liti °n, has made such wonderful progress that he will soon ak e his debut before the great world. His name is The Reader. VICTOR HUGO'S SITAKSPERE.—We learn (says the Reader) from the Dutch bo , )ksellers' circular that Vie- Q r Rug° received from the firm of Verbockhoven and Co. lirusaels the sum of 50,000 francs fur his "William to llakepere." the right of prop e rty, h owever , re t urn i ng -0) autho r in two years, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SIIAIiES AND STOOKS. raid. 8 84 81 9 83 F 5 1181 1191 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 00 101 106 7 48 t3i 74 129 131 123 140 128 h 2 90 in C 4 64i 1111 1111 (6 t 7 103 105 , 40 41 1101 111 97i DBi 54 14k 1 , 3 114 132 132 j 102 IC4 Pi 61 244 `4si 1011 102 57i 684 E 9 90 127 120 1 16 2 6 P 7tl 78 101 ii 121 123 39 40 54 68 33 85 0/ Oli 103 106 74 86 366 376 94 10 f , 8 B}e, 17J 175 6 7 ti 3 E pl 100 105 21 23 Share Railways. Mr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Slcal.,andMid.Co Brlstol and Exeter Caledonian t!nrk and Bandon 10Ormvall 1D„ A A frets no div D o. B ti ll tip e.p an.li a s been paid to B. Dublin & _Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western Great Eastern, Ord, stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern.-- Do A stock .._, Do B do G t. S. an • I W. of Irelan , l Great Western Do Str Val g - ua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast ion., Chat., all d Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So..th Western, Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birmlng. tt Derby &lid. (it. W. of Ireland Do. shares Ind Kert ... Do Cray Line 'North British l Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N. E. purcharie Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle , North London Do New North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction Soottish Central IScot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo: Shropshire Union South Devon.....— South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun btaines,Wok.,andWok Stockton a Darlington Do Do New, 1.86 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford us Closing B Price. done. iness 64 a 1101 11 97i 1128 13 12i 132 i lf 102 11 77i 9, 103} 21 BRITISH POSSE ,SIONS. Closing , h are Railways _ 100 It lantio &St Lav7renet. all 60 62 Sk IBom.,Baroda&.Cent Int', 100 1025 1034 1 031, 21 Gu. 5 per oent. 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. E. Shares. 201 Buffalo and Lane Huron all :,/ 65 10 Do. Prefcronoe 100 Buffalo, Brant&Godrich 100 77 82 5 p. et. bils. Aug. 1, 1872 (0 0 Do. do. July 1, 187, 100 77 8 1 1 100 1)0. do. June 1, 18;4 100 77 82 st Clcutta.,4 S. Esstn. (Ltn. 100 101 103 et Cape Town & Dock Seri; 100 98 100 stock Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. t 100 105 107 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1041 .1051 1015 1 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 1 I - P 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 21 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds all 72 14 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 63 65 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 55 100 Do. 3d 1' ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 12 100 Do. 4th Pref. etock all 27 30 27i 100 Do. do. deferred all 25 e 7 stook GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 104 105 1045 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 5 & 1 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 1031 205 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all 10 104 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 90 92 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par ,5p stock Madras guar~ sp. o. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 96 9 8 stook Do.** do lOO 9.1 04 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Nor tg. Bds all 90 Newßrunswiok a Candn Class A and B. N. itl.C'daB pc Ist pf bds 100 82 04 stock Scinde ..........) (100 1021 1035 stock Do. Delhi I 4 µ ;100 101 103 20 Do. do . . .' 2 ,-, ~, 2 ,d SP at D c Do. Puujaub .... z . all 102 103 Do. Du. ........ , f,,,,, 100 -• 8 `ock Do. Indus. St . Flo.) I k 109 96 98 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. (:;.ii.cior. a p.o.J a &Jul:, 1 1877-81 '.. ..... 100 103 105 1034 I Do. 11 p. c. Feb. a Au);. 100 102 104 I Do.t p. c.Mar. a Sept. 100 102 104 I Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 10C 90 02 911 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 !Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187:. 100 106 108 _ , Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189 1 100 1(8 110 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 101 104 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 106 108 106 5 -- N.B.Gov. 6 p.c../ a.&Jul) 100 101 103 I Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - .N. S.W. (3, ov. 5 p 0., 180 t. 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,lB'n to Ib7C 100 99 101 —• ! Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 99 101 100 ' 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 1 sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. op. c l3O IS. AllB G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 109 111 .- ; Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 o. to a p.c. An..tOot.. 100 108 109 _______ _ll ......_ BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id ' ) 11 ilord Amalgamat3cl.. 32 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 67 70 , East Clogau G old Ltd. d East Caradon ...... - lEast Carn Brea 3.4.0 61 f. 4 E. W'lltunsel (Tavistk ) 8.13.0 31 4 Gam.eiStAubyn(Gwen , 58 0 7 9 , Great South '1 ul gum.— 17s 24 3 161. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 33 35 IGrenville 1 0.16. t 94 91 Heed's-Foot .. 1 8.12 .08 40 tf ing - stou Downs , 4.18.0 35 4 !Lady Bertha Margaret (Coy Lelant e 5 15 17 I\l arke Valley.. 4 At yndy Iron Oro (Lint ) 21 14 1 0 New Setun .. 19g 85 90 - • North Downs 2l 1: 1: N.NVlt't Basset(lllo2fan 3.1.0 14 2 i North Wheal Crafty I ear Consols (St. Blaze). 20 ; itovidence(Uny Lehat.,l 10.0.7 40 42 i ioutliCaradon(StCleer I 14 I 450 170 3. earn Brea (Mogan). . - - IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 27 27 Vamar Silv.& Lead Min — 'fin Cron 9 18 19 • West Basset (Illogan) ll 9 10 IV C' radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan, 54 90 95 Wheal Buller(Hedruth) 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (13 . .Lelaut) 2.0.6 - - Wheal Ladt_ott Wheal Mary Ann !Men ) 8 12 14 Wheal Beton 585 220 233 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 20 21 Wheal Union 3.17 15 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at7s per cent. pm., 108 6t.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 1 t guaranteed stock, 124 Midland 41 per cent. pt. stk. rd., ICOi PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. --- - North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 78 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 10i West Flanders, 71 West Flanders, 54 per cent. pf., 10 FOItEIGN MINES. Mariquita, Poutgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 71 United Mexican (iiin;, 6} Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lim.,:3i 3 BANKS. Agra and United Service (Um.), 130 62 Anglo ,/ 2 74 A Australasia, 7 ian „31 limited, 6 A Ditto, new, 56k 71 British and Californian, lim., 61 Chartered Iler. of India, London, and China, 69/ City, 136 Continental, Um., 18 /- East London, lim., 8/ European Bank, lim., 14'1 Hindustan, china, and Japan aim.), Ditto, new, 15 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 41 Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm., 25 a Imperial Ottoman, 21/ 11. / Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 6 I London Bank of Scotland, Um., 21 / London and Colonial (lim.), 18 London and County, 64 London Joint Stock, 474 London and South-Western,-241 Merchant Bank, lira, 22i Ditto, new, 19 Seinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 131 South Eastern, lirn., Union of Australia, sd# Union of Ireland, lim., 20 Union of London, 581 8 DOCKS, London,:74i MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 20} Company of African Merchants, Urn., 2 Consolidated Discount, ltrn., 8 Continental Union Gas, lira., GI 7 Contract Corporation, Ern., 4i Credit Malin r, O. Crystal Palace, 31 3 }Eignyapntci ial C C ou o m ; o a r n a td ion, Trading, 4 lira. 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 10 pl Hudson's Bay, 191 Imperial Financial, lira., 9 i nternational Financial Society, lira., 11 101, Joint Stock Discount, iim., 7: London Financial Association, lira., 27 Ditto, new, 15 3 M+ London General Omnibus Company, 2; ; and Canal, 1. M ercantile Credit Association, lira., 1 5 U - National Discount Company, lim., 14- Societe Finaiiciere d'Egypte, lira., s:ht Telegrat h Construe. and liraintenanoe, lira., 4i Warrant Enance, lira., tjj LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE DAVIES. The bankrupt was a compositor, and this was a meeting for last examination anJ discharge. The debts were only £62—£4l of which was on a bill of exchange given, renew ing a debt under a former bankruptcy, and the remainder was partly for costs, _ _ _ There was no opposition, and bankrupt passed and ob tained his order of discharge. RE GEO. BOOTH-QUESTION OF ALLOWANCES TO BANKRUPTS. This bankrupt was described as of Freeman-villas, Sy denhara, brickmaker, and this was a meeting for last exa mination and discharge. The debts are stated at £1,157; to creditors holding security, £1,575; creditors by good debts, £54 ; doubtful, £241; property, £213 ; ditto in the hands of creditors, £1,595, The bankrupt obtained hid order of discharge. Mr. Lucas, for the bankrupt, asked for an allowance which had not been granted by the assignees. He said that by a recent decision of the Lord Chancellor the Court had, un• der such circumstances, a discretion to make an allowance. In this case the property had realised more than it was stated at, and the bankrupt's failure was attributable to unavoidable looses after he had been in business for 20 years. His Honour granted an allowance of £2O. IN RE JASON, This bankrupt was an omnibus proprietor, of Maida-hill, Paddington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr E. Reid opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt had improperly disposed of an omnibus and six horses to his brother for an alleged debt, and then came to this court to relieve himself from all his other liabilities. The whole debt only amounted to £258, and if the property had been fairly brought forward the creditors might have been paid, or at all events had a good dividend. He (Mr Reid) submitted that this was not a case in which the Court ought to intervene, and that the petition should be dismissed. Hif Honour said he should adjourn the examination sine die without protection, until the bankrupt brought in the property, or its value, to the official assignee, rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA V EVENTN Thunderstorms. A heavy thunderstorm broke over London last night. Between 7 and 8 o'clock dark clouds gathered on the northern horizon, and bright sheet lightning wax seen at intervals. The clouds gradually overspread the sky, and at a quarter to 11 vivid flashes of lightning were followed almost imme diately by loud peals of thunder. At 11 o'clock the storm was at its height, and the rain fell in torrents. About half past 11 the lightning and thunder ceased for some time. A second storm broke out at 12 o'clock, which, however, only lasted a few minutes—it being apparently at a greater dis tance from London. The lightning affected the telegraphic wires connected with the Houses of Parliament and B euter's office. The bells attached to the wires rung violently at the very moment when the most vivid flashes of lightning were seen. At 1 o'clock the storm had ceased, and at 2 the moon was shining in a cloudless sky. _ _ Yesterday Liverpool, after five days of remarkably hot weather, was visited by two severe thunderstorms. The first commenced between 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning, and continued about an hour. From the peculiar sound of the thunder it appeared as if three or four storms were raging at the same time at various distances. This storm was ac companied by a smart shower. The second storm com menced about 1 o'clock, and lasted for about an hour and a half. It was immediately over the town. One church spire is said to have been struck, but no damage done. No serious accident has been hoard of. After the second storm the air was much cooler. A thunderstorm passed over Birmingham between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. This was accompanied by a shower of hail, the hailstones being larger than full-sized peas. A heavy thunderstorm burst over Manchester yesterday at noon, accompanied by deluges of rain, and lasted several hours. After a long period of dry, sunny weather such as has prevailed in the neighbourhood, the rain was much wanted, and will do good service to the agricultural and horticultural interests. How the Rothschilds have made Money. (From the Diary of a Lady of Quality.} I did not know, till I heard it from Alava, the exact circumstances of the first arrival of the news of the battle of Waterloo in London. It seems that one morning a partner of the house of Rothschild came to Lord Liverpool. informed him that he had a few hours before received the glorious news, or at least the bare outline; that, having made all the advantage which this exclusive knowledge could give him on the Stock Market, he tow came to im part it to Government. He would not answer any inquiries as to the means by which he had acquired the intelligence, could not give any particulars, only repeated the assurances of the truth of the informa tion. Lord Liverpool thought it cruel, on such vague foundations, to raise hopes or fears. To one of his colleagues—Vansittart, I think—who hap pened to come in, he told the circumstance, and they agreed to conceal it from every other human being till more was known. There was a Cabinet dinner that day at Lord Harrowby's; not one word was said respecting the news, and Lord Liverpool was returning home full of anxiety. In the street his carriage was stopped by an unknown, who, with some apology, said that he was just come from Downing-street; that a carriage with six horses dressed with laurels, French eagles, and colours hanging out of the windows, had arrived ; that the glorious news was instantly spread ; and that the messenger was gone to Lord Harrowby's in pursuit of him through another street from that in which he was met. This, I think, I heard at the time, but certainly till now never heard the thing accounted for. It seems that the Duke of Wellington, after writing his despatch home, said to Pozzo di Borgo, " Will you write to Louis XVIII. at Ghent ? tell him only that Napoleon is utterly defeated; that in less than a fortnight I shall be in possession of Paris, and hope very soon to see him reinstated. Say that excessive fatigue prevents me from writ ing." A messenger was of course immediately sent off to Ghent. When he arrived, Louis and his little court happened to be assembled at breakfast in a room.whose windows down to the ground were wide open. The embraces, the ejaculations, of course instantly apprised those under the windows of the arrival of good news. Among these was a spy from the house of Rothschild, who had many days been upon the watch. He no sooner heard the news than he rode post to Ostend; there, happen ing to find a small vessel just sailing, he embarked and got one tide before the English messenger, who arrived shortly afterwards. CROSSING THE LINE ; A ROUGH SHAVE,--When my turn came, I was seized by the two fiendish looking functionaries before mentioned, who blindfolded my eyes, and seizing me by the arms, dragged me on deck. Here I was saluted by buckets of water, which were dashed over me on all sides, whilst the firs engine played in my face with such cruel precision that I was more than half drowned. Coughing and spluttering, and gasping for breath, I was marched slowly across the deck, forced to mount a ladder, and seated on a plank, with Neptune on one side and the barber on the other, whilst the doctor stood below with his lancet and box of nostrums ready to administer to those who required his aid. The ceremony began by Neptune asking me, through a speaking-trumpet applied close to my ear, " How old I was," "Why I had come to sea," " Whether I had previously crossed the line," &c., and each time I tried to answer having the great shaving brush, covered with lather, stuffed half way down my throat. Declining to answer only made matters worse; for the doctor was immediately called upon to restore my power of speech. This he dexterously accomplished by dig ging his lancet into my foot, and completed the cure by cramming one of his abominable boluses into my mouth. My face was now copiously lathered and scraped, and my legs being tilted up, I fell backwards into a sail filled with water to the depth of three or four feet. Blind folded as I was, I fancied myself overboard, and struck out for my life. But my miseries were not yet ended. I was startled by a hoarse roar, and the two bears, who had been lying in wait L - r their victim, seizing me in their tarry paws, ducked my head under water, and bundled me about till I verily thought I should be drowned. At last I managed to tear the bandage from my eyes, upset one of the bears, and, jumping on his prostrate :body, succeeded in making my escape. Be ing now ono of the initiated, I was provided with a fire bucket, and allowed to amuse myself by ducking the un fortunates who succeeded me. All having undergone the ordeal of shaving, bleeding, and physicking, and drowning, another ;lass of ram was served out, Neptune drove off to the sound of martial music, and the remainder of the day was given up to dancing and sky-larking.—lly Indian J9urnal, by Colonel IV. Campbell. This year, for the first time since Switzerland was constituted into a political Confederation, the Helvetic Budget showed a deficit. This unheard-of fact caused a considerable sensation in the 22 cantons. The Federal Council became dioquieted, and extreme measures were taken to get rid of what the fellow countrymen of William Tell considered a scandal. The means resorted to were very simple, merely consisting of an increase in tolls on bridges and on telegraps, but the honour of the country is considered safe, as the year will pass without a deficit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days MANSION HOUSE. CHARGE OF SCIII'TLING A SHlP.—Hendrich Knhn, sea man, was placed before Alderman Carden, on remand, charged with wilfully destroying the ship Alma, with in tent to defraud her underwriters of £lOO. Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the prosecution, said he did not propose to proceed further with the case at the present moment, as since the prisoner had been in custody he had made a full confession of the share he took in the trans-. action, The statement, of course, involved other parties in the charge, and therefore it would be for the ends of justice that the necessary steps should to taken before he stated the facts as related by th 3 prisoner. Under these circumstances he should ask for a remand until next Saturday. Alderman Carden at once remanded the prisoner for a week. John Walter Sheppard, a young man about 25 years of age, was charged with feloniously endeavouring to obtain some valuably shawls with intent to defraud. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of a linendraper, and by that means became acquainted with the mode adopted by the warehousemen in supplying goods. In the present instance the prisoner went into the warehouse of Messrs. Lock, Edwards, and Co., and asked for four shawls, valued at £3O for the Messrs. Harvey , but immediately he got into the street he ran away, but was overtaken and locked up. He was fully commuted for trial. Another charge was preferred against the prisoner—viz . obtaining by false representations four valuable shawls, from Messrs. Sellingcourt and Co. He represented that the goods were required by a cus. tomer, and as it was imagined he was one of the firm deal ing with the house, the property was given to him without the least suspicion of there being anything wrong. The police fortunately in this instance succeeded in recovering the stolen property. Alderman Carden committed the prisoner for trial on this charge. The prisoner was again charged with obtaining by false pretences some woollen goods from the Messrs. Forster, Porter, and Co. Mr. Tomlinson, an assistant in the fancy hosiery de partment, said in October last the prisoner came to the warehouse, and asked for a small man's Cardigan jaCket— one of the best in stock—for Mr. Thomas, of Poplar. The goods were given to him; and he afterwards sail he was also to take a fancy Nest. On this being given to him, he signed the book in the name of Williamson, as having re ceived the goods for Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas, draper, of Poplar, said the prisoner was formerly in his service, but ho left it in 1863. He never sent him in October last to Messrs. Porter for the articles mentioned by the last witness. A police-constable produced the stolen articles, which he found at the prisoner's lodgings, in New North-street, Theobald's-road. The rrisoner was also fully committed for trial upon this third charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OFFERING OBSCENE SONGS FOR ►SALE.—William Young, a hawker, living in Union-court, Holborn, was charged before Mr Knox with offering obscene songs for sale. Inspector James Thomson, of the Detective Department, Scotland.yard, deposed that on the previous night the pri soner accosted him in Argyll-street with the expression, "Look here, captain, here's something that will suit you," at the same time showing him a parcel of so ngs . H av i ng noticed the nature of them, he told the prisoner that he had better tear them up or he sFould get into trouble. He then left the prisoner and walked into a public-house in Argyll street, and the prisoner shortly after followed him and offered some of the songs for sale to the persons standing in front of the bar. On leaving the house the prisoner again offered him some of the songs for 6d., and on his (Inspector Thomson) asking him where he got them from, he said, "It don't matter, I want to be off to sell some more." He then took the prisoner into custody, and at the station found in the parcel about 150 songs and prints of the very worst description. The prisoner told him that he had bought them of a man just come from Birmingham. The prisoner said that he purchased them of a man who had come to London lately. Mr Knox committed the prisoner for trial. WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMANLY AIUSEMENTS.—A fashionably-dressed young man, who gave the name of James Brown, and address Chapel-street, Be'grave-square, was charged with the following misconduct : Sergeant Brett, 29 B, said that at 4 o'clock this morning he was on duty in Belgrave-square, when he saw the de fendant and two other persons of equally respectable appearance. A chimney sweeper was proceeding through the square, when the defendant and his companions went behind him, and began playing tricks with the sooty machine which he carried, After amusing themselves for some time at the expense of the chimney sweep, they went across the square to two men who appeared to be going to their work, and one of these men was struck and the other kicked. Next the defendant and his companions went to the Duke of Buccleuch's, where some men were unload ing goods, and interfered with them, and witness then went up to the defendant and companions and told them that that sort of thing could not be allowed, upon which defendant said it was nothing to him and struck him upon the chest. Witness then took him into custody. He was under the influence of liquor. Mr, Selfe—What have you to say to this? Defendant—l am very sorry. Mr. Selfe—What are you ? Defendant—l am not doing anything at present. Mr. Selfe—Were you no occupation? Defendant—None. Mr. Selte—A. person in your evident position of life might, I should think, have been better employed than as described, You are fined 205., or committed for 14 days. The fine was immediately paid. :ytgofiegrv: trouble sleeping photographer, most respectable man, who lips' at No. 10, THAmEs --Mr. George Wade, a neighbours, came before the Partridge t m rl'i s da , gg a ee g t)y e d 11 years I l i 8 0 11 ed A V.eRY ANNOYING MISTAKE._ 1 ,,,, . accompanied by several A m m n ag am ist e r d ate Ge u e n rg de e r Wveargyersi,na terAdlacyndfeary,a gular circumstances. si , Poplar, and who has a and co o m un m t- it t t e e r d rac t e .o , r W tr h i i a t l ec b h y a A p i e r l- . road, was remanded by A a l etri.ini el assault on a girl named 13 urcham (who officiated for months. Both addresses of earydehnoeotrsrsaaftsrmoNmaloll.os, room. mount o .v n la T ce u , e w sd h ay ite in ch a ap m e o i. r r n o i a n d g , oNuVnalditaeerrace, where the offender, the man Wager were newspaper. Mr. Georg , : of instituting the carries on business as a necessary e p s e s o a p r l y e , inquiries, without have P o tiv n i 1 the identified Wage r with Mr Wade, o who is the only photo grapher carrying on his business openly in the place, and interruption, t h e con sequence has been annoyance, and i nsu lts all the week , as wel l as the loss morn i n g the Saturd a y edit ions of several o f customers. This weekly journals gave further publicity to Wage r ' s case, and people assem bled opposite to Mr Wade's house discussing the affair anything but a pleasant manster. Mr Wade in hoped it would be male public that he had no connexion h ith Wager, who was servant to a tobacconist and photographer w named Riley, of No. 105, High-street, Poplar ') and gra e p er carried on business in Mount place or Mount-terrace. never MURDEROUS ASSAULT.--John and Charles Hurst brothers, were brought before Mr Partridge, charged with committing a very sa vage assault upon Mr James Regan. The complainant appeared to be very much hurt, and the clothes which he was wearing when the outrage was com mitted were covered with mud and torn. The prosecutor, a gentleman of good position, was on his way home this morning at half-past 1 o'clock, when he was fiercely attacked by the prisoners in the Mil e - en d- roa d . They beat him and kn ocked him down, and when ho was down kicked him and inflicted m)st serious contusions and bruises on his head, face, and body. The prosecutor gave not the slightest insult or p rovocation to the prisoners. One of them said, after he was g i ven into custody, that he had made a mistake ar.d mistook t h e prosecutor for another person. A police-constable sail both prisoners were intoxicated, the prosecutor was sober. The prisoners, both young W en t who said they wer e sailors, and that one of them only came home yesterday, said they were grossly insul ted while passing alon g the Mile-end -road. The prosecutor was recalled, and said he had a factory in Bell-lane, Spitalfields, that he e mployed 22 persons, and that his business kept him in his factory late every Friday night. Mr Partridge said this was the most extraordinary and cruel case he ever met with, and he believed the prosecutor, who was fully confirmed. It wa s a moat g rievous case, deserving of severe punishment. He fined the p • rtsoners £5 each, and in default two m onths' imprisonment. A LADY MILITARY DOCTOR.—MiSS Mary C. Walker, M.D., arrived here last week, with orders to report to Dr. Perrin for duty. She has been appointed to Colonel M'Cook's brigade, and has just left for Gordon•s Mills. The young lady is said to thoroughly understand her pro fession, and is very pretty.---Chattanooga Gazete. FEMALE ItECREITS.—The official records of the military s.uthorities show that upwards of 150 female re cruits have been discovered, and made to resume the garments of their sex. Ic is supposed that nearly all of these were in collusion with men, who were examined by the surgeons and accepted, after which the fair ones substituted themselves.--New fork Sun. DELICIOUS MERELY TO READ OF ! —ICE IN PARIS. —The annual consumption of ire in Paris is reckoned at 12,000,0001b5., exelu,ive of the Tuileries, the Palais Royal, and some of the wealthier families (the Rothtichilds, all of whom are supplied by thdir private ice-houses. Tile city charges an octroi duty of five centimes or double mulles on all the ico entering its walls, and fi:s a revenue of 72,000,00 dollars from this tax, G, MAY 21, 1864. DENMARK, (From the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 18. It is of the utmost importance, I believe, both for the Conference in London and for the world at large, to know in what manner the terms of the armistice are observed in Jutland. I have more than once been tempted to go and ascertain matters by my own observation ; but, in the first place, the communications have not yet been freely and fully re-established; general orders have been given to that effect, it is true, but subject to a variety of vexations exceptions, and left to the interpretation and execution of all but irresponsible subalterns. In the second place, a vast amount of silly exasperation exists throughout Germany, and especially among the Prussians, against England and the English, and I know the instance of a traveller fresh from London who had to go through Germany on his way to Copenhagen, and who was exposed to gross insult in a railway carriage between Cologne and Minden, simply because he pleaded guilty to being an Englishman. The indignities to which a French newspaper correspondent had to submit in Schleswig soon after the outbreak of the war are a warning and a caution to all his brother quill drivers; and, without entering into further expla nations, I have no hesitation in stating that I should not deem it safe for me to venture into Prussian quarters. Possibly, however, I may happen to be better informed as to the general condition of the invaded province by prolonging my stay in this capital than by roaming at random from ono to the other of the Austro-Prussian garrisons. Doubtless, the Dines are in a state of the greatest excitement, and their statements must be taken with discretion, but the information I intend tosup ply you with does not come to my hands through political channels; it rests on the evidence of pri vate, chiefly commercial, letters, and it is in a great measure substantiated by official documents signed by the German authorities themselves. Ac all events, let it be taken an ex parte statement, a mere acts daccusation ; it will always be in the power of aggrieved parties to say anything they may have to allege in self-justification. I sent a telegram to you yesterday concerning the conduct of Major- General von Bornstedt, the Prus sian commander in Viborg. It was, however, im possib:e to condense the intelligence in a despatch of few words. It seems that the coming into ope ration of the truce in Jutland has been the signal for an outbreak of hostilities between that gallant officer and the Provision Committee (Verpflegung Komnussion) in that town. The General continued to impose upon the inhabitants the same contri butions that were levied during the war; the local authorities protested, and would only deliver what was demanded " under reservation of payment." The General waxed wroth and wrote a threatening letter, concluding with the following words : "Should these my moderate commands not be instantly and scrupulously obeyed by the Provision Committee, I would give the gentlemen upon whom the execution chiefly devolved an opportunity to consider, on bread and water, their stubbornness, and would take by strength of arms what the usages of war allow. The responsibility of the damage which might unavoidably arise from it would rest not on me but on the town authorities." This is signed " V. Bornstedt," and dated the 13th of May, 21 hours after the truce came into operation and fully three days after the announce ment of it reached Jutland. The General takes it for granted that the army has a right to subsist on the invaded country, and says nothing about payment. Possibly the inha bitants had not at hand the provisions required. Possibly, also, as the Tutlanders are known to be the most obstinate as well as the most loyal subjects of Denmark, they had them and would not give them ; they were unwilling to. give what, by the terms of the armistice, they were only expected to sell. But, at all events, the Prussian constitutes himself a judge in his own cause, and he will have what he will by a threat of violence, both on the property and on the persons of the citizens ; he threatens them with imprisonment on bread and water. Generil Falkenstein, in Aarhuus, on the 12th, grounding his demand on the terms of the truce, thus sets down the treatment that the officers are to expect from the hosts upon whom they are billeted : —For breakfast, "coffee with accessories ;" for dinner, "soup, meat and vegetables, roast, and sweets, butter and cheese, and a bottle of wine;' for supper, " tea, bread and butter, and meat ;" "eight cigars daily." The men are to have, in the morning, "coffee with accessories or brandy;" at noou, a pound of meat, with vegetables, bread and cheese, a flask of beer, g of a pound of tobacco, or 10 cigars, daily. The horses must be supplied daily with "four measures of oats, eight pounds of hay, and the necessary straw." All this arrange ment is to take effect on the 14th. Those hosts who have not, or cannot otherwise procure the wine, tobacco, and cigars required for their billeted guests, may apply for them at the Royal Prussian Commis- sariat. The same as to forage ; where the Commis sariat is not ready with the required forage, appli cation should be made by them to the civil authorities, who are to deliver it upon acknowledg ment and quittance. Not a word is said about payment in this order, which was equally published at Viborg and other places. We hear, however, that 20 Danish shillings (sd. sterling) will be allowed to the inhabitants daily for every private soldier billeted upon them. About the officer no statement is made, and it is only added that Gen. Falkenstein verbally insisted that " the wine and cigars should be of the best quality." Be it remembered that the Rinish Government, when compelled to quarter its own troops upon the people, paid one mark (4d.) per head for the sol diers, for which the latter were to have mere straw to lie upon and one meal such as the family could afford for themselves, without either coffee, liquors, or tobacco, and the officers were only entitled, upon the same payment of a mark, to lodgings, fire, and light, and the use of the kitchen, It matters not how sumptuously and splendidly the Prussian Government may choose to treat both men and officers, so long as they are at its own charge, nor is it worth while to atop to inquire whether these German troops, at t;ny time, at home or abroad, were allowed one pound of meat daily and 10 cigars. The question is whether their army is to be Vartered and fed at the cost of the Jut lenders, or whether these latter are to receive the value at least of the provisions consumed in their premises. The Prussians and Austrians are not, agreeably to the terms of the truce, to " lever des contributions de guerre," and are to " payer tout ce qui serait fourni aux troupes Allemandes." Are we to understand that they insist upon the right of einquartierung, and that the billet implies the feeding no less than the accommodation of the troops ? More, that under the designation of "feed■ ing " are to be included a waste and luxury such as were never known since a penny was set down as the proper wages for a soldier ? SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) LONDON, May 21.—Wind this day at noon—North- West; moderate breeze and clondy weather. There was a heavy thunder storm during the night. BRISTOL, May 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Glenelg, from the Wrest Coast of Africa. NEWPORT, May 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Princess of Wales, from Havanna'. Sailed—Atlantic, for Hongkong— Loyal, for Sierra Leone. PLYMOUTH, May 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Morning Star, from London for Sydney. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 20—Favor, Wlthan:tine, and Cambyses— all from Porto Rico. Sailed, May 21—Result, for Port Phillip. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Fassed—Polikari, screw steamer, from Ibrail ; Golden Fleece, from Calcutta—both for London ; Anglo Saxon, for Shanghai; Alfred, steamer, for Cape of Good Hope; Asia, for East London; Broming, for Bermuda; Lucerne, screw steamer, for Trieste, Ithuriel, for Berbice ; Lightning, for Cardiff—all from London. Lately at Valladolid took place in presence of a vast crowd an encounter between a bull and an elephant. The former had not the slightest chance, th© elephant almost without an effort preventing its antagonist from ever touching it. The spectators withdrew greatly disap ., pointed at the inequality of the conflict. LIFE IN IDAHO, The correspondent in Idaho of the Denver News writes :--" J. A. Slade, known in Denver as well as here, has been a terror to this community. He has been keeping a ranch on the Maddison branch of the Missouri River, about ten miles from here, but spent two-thirds of his time in town, and while here he was always drunk. He had with him at all times a gang of desperadoes, who feared nothing, and never observed law, order, or the counsel of any one. He frequently slapped law-abiding citizens in the face, and threatened to bore them through' if his wish, whatever it might be, was not granted. Ti - e citizens and Vigilance Committee sent him word, when he was sober, that law and order should and would be preserved, and if he did not abide by this rule, which is consid;red impera tive by them, he would soon suffer the conscquences• Early this morning Slade and company were drunk —not dead drunk, but crazy drunk, and abused every one, calling them opprobrious names, and daring any one to take it up. Papers were issued for his arrest, but while he was being arrested the warrants for himself and others were torn up, and vengeance threatened against the Court. Before other warrants could be drawn he went to the office of the Judge, called . him foul names, and said some people's days were numbered, and thus abused the most respectable citizen among us. At 3.40 p.m., a company of about 300 men, all armed, marched from some place unknown to myself, up through Jackson-street, and halted directly in front of the place in which Slade was. A guard was put around the town, and also the building that Slade was then in. Business was suspended; crowds gathered, the streets were full; old muskets and rifiss glistened, and gangs of men could be seen in every direction, but hardly a word was spoken. Slade was arrested and conducted to a ravine at the edge of the street, where, lo and behold there stood before him and us a newly erected gallows, for this especial cccasion. The hills and streets, housetops, and every vacant spot in s'ght were covered with wen, women, and children. The crowd conducted him before the scaffold, and asked him if he had anything to say before he would suffer death. All was quiet and still. Not a word could be heard from any one, except the cravings of the prisoner to see his wife. About an hour previous to this a message had been despatched to his ranch for Mrs Slade, but this was not known to the committee, and, therefore, his request was not granted. He was made to mount the stand, and give ten minutes to say what he pleased. He cried for Judge Davis, Lawyer Sanders, and others. Judge Davis came forward, and was asked in the most entreating language by the prisoner to plead with the people for an innocent man. The prisoner said if they would allow him to leave the country he would immediately do so, and go anywhere directed. Judge Davis told him it was not in his power to do anything to save him. Again and again he would ask time for his beloved wife to arrive. He said he had business matters to explain to her, and asked them for God's sake to grant him time for her arrival. His legs now trembled, his face was pale,and his whole frame was nervous. He was certain his time had come. The rope was placed about his neck and his arms bound, and again he cried, For God Almighty's sake, let me see my be loved wife!' Cries of ' Let him see his wife' from every quarter were heard, and a rush to the gallows was looked for. Excitement now prevailed, and a general fight was anticipated. In an instant about 300 guns were levelled on the crowd. and in an in stant more everything was as still as the hush of midnight. The prisoner was still begging for mercy, but all to no purpose. Hang him they would, and hang him they did, while he was still asking for a few moments longer, and without his being blind folded the trap was sprung. The fall was 30 inches, and his boot toes touched the ground. After hang ing for 31 minutes the rope was cut and the body conveyed to the Virginia Hotel. At 6 o'clock, and before the corpse was laid out, Mrs. Slade arrived. She is a lady who bears an excellent character hue, and is thought much of by all her acquaintances. When she rode in front of the Virginia Hotel she alighted, and was conducted to the room in which her dead husband lay, yet ignorant of the fact that he was dead. As soon as see saw the body she cried out that God might punish the murderers in open daylight of her husband. Her feeling can better be imagined than described, and the sym pathy of this community is with her. She asked a friend of Slade's why he did not pull out his pistol and kill him before he was hanged. Thus endeth the man's career. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of fruit were on sale here to-day, and the show of vegetables was seasonably good. There was a fair demand for most descriptions of produce, at the an nexed currencies : FRUIT. B. d. s. d. s. d. s d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 1 oto 2 0 Grapes,per lb 0 oto 0 01 Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 01 Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 6to 5 0 { Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 oto 10 01Peaches.. Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 7 0; Currants, per /a.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberrieshf sve4 oto 4 6 1 Plums, per dcy. Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 , Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES, Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, 1) dn 1 oto 2 0 1l d ditto 0 oso 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 ) Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 9to 2 0 j Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts .. 1 oto 1 2 I Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 35 oto 70 0 ' Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 New ditto, pr lb ..0 2to 0 6 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 o Cucumbers 0 6to 1 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 Green peas,ll.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 oto 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 i to 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach .. 0 6to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 5 0 Brussels sprouts , 1 9So 2 6 Seakale, per bun. 1 oto 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 4s Gd to 8s Od ; ducks, 2s to 3s Od ; ducklings, 3s Od to 5s 6d; rabbits, is Od to is Gd each; wild do., —Li to Os —d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 16s Od; chickens, 5s Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea fowls 6s Od to 8s Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to O s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os 10d to is Od ; English, is Od to is Id per lb ; English eggs 7s Od to Os Od ; French do., 4s Gd to 6s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od. to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 8d to is 10d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 35 Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to Os Od ; doreys, 55 Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to Os 8d each; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair ; common oysters, 8s to 18s; natives, 6s to 70s per bushel; whitings, 2s Od to 5s • haddocks, Os to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3e 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 48 Od ; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 68 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 2d to 4s 4d per 81b8 by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id told, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21 , 1 to 3d • 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3,d to 4d ; 801 b to 'BBlb, 3id to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to 12s Od ; calf skins , light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; 8s Od to Os Od ; potted sheep, 08 0•1 to Os Od ; half- breds, —s Od to -- 8 Od ; DOV7IIB, lOs Od to 12s Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 8d; sheatlings, Is lid to Os Od. HAY MARKZTS• SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 108 to-DI lOs Od ; clover, lOs to R 4 lOs • clove, SI Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, XI 43 to £1 0 per low!. Trade dull. mi3EXLAD.—Mea,lovv hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Its to £1 lOs per load. Trade slow. WHITECHAYEL —Meadow hay, £2 lOs to LllO3 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £l. 108 per load Trade inactive. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A BRIDE.—.,An aged f ema l e , who had f or some time been in receipt of 30s. a month from some fund, attempted to commit suicide at Devonport unde r the followin g circumstances : —lt appears that on Thursday morning she was, to the surprise of many of her friends, united in the bonds of matrimony, and by so doing she forfeited her monthly allowance. After the wed ding ceremony was concluded she was made acquaintea with the fact, and this so preyed upon her spirits that she took a dose of poison. Medical aid was sought, and having been attended to, she was removed to the hospital in a cab. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLoc K. GREECE. The King of Greece is to leave Athens for Corfu on the 24th May, and the excursion will last from twalve to fourtesn days. The itinerary includes Syra, Hydra, Spetzia, Nanplia, Gythium, Cala mata, Navarino, Missolonei, and Patras. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING—Tun DAY. DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (taken) 6to 1 agst Canibtascan (taken) Sto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 9 to 1 agst Bir,:hbroorn (taken) 12 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 16 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stafford (taken) 33 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ackworth (offered) 100 to 1 agst Forager (offered) LONDON:iGAZETTE—Last Evening, LORD CHAMBERLAN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 31; Notice is hereby given that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of hrir Majesty, on Tuesday, the 14th June next, at two o'clock., It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal Highness at the Drawing Room shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 31. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the Ist of June next, and on Wednesday, the 22d of June next, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at these Levees shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to hei Majesty. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 19. Notification of the raising of the blockade of the Prussian ports in the Baltic, and the ports of Sleswig end 1101- stein. It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, her Majesty'ri Principal Secretary of Stare for Foreign Affairs, has ro ceived from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Copenhagfm an official notification, issued by the Ministry of Marine of the King of Denmark, and dated the 10th May, 1864, I at nouncing that the blockade, by the Danish Naval For , ..!es,, of the Prussian ports in the Baltic, and of the parts ot Sles wig and Holstein (which ports and places are particularly named in the official notice hereunder set forth), will, fr Gl i a the 12th of this present month (May, 1864) be raised, and ceased to be in force. The following is the official notification received by Earl Russell : The Ministry of Marine notifies herewith, that according to the suspension of hosilities, concluded yesterday in Lon don, the blockade of the ports '.,ammin, Swinemunde, Welgast, Greifswalde, stralsurZ., Barth, Danzig, and Pillau will be raised the 12th of this month. Further, the blockade ot ports and inlets in the Duchies of Sleswig and Holstein, notified under the 18th and 27th of February and 22d of March this year, will be raised trorck the same time. 0, LITTEEN. Ministry of Marine, Copenhagen, the 10th May, 1864. WAR-OFFICE, Mir 18. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major Patrick Stewart, of the Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Gadban a Consul-General in London for the Sublime Ottoman Porte The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Dan Manuel Jose Quintana as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAY 20. 6th Lancers—Captain Cornwallis H. Chichester, from 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice E. F. Weaver, who exchanges. 7th Hussars—Lieutenant Francis Arthur Hutchins, from the Bth Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice E. H, Kennard, who exchanges. Bth Hussars—Lieutenant Edmond Hezan Kennard, from 7th Hussars, to ba Lieutenant, vice F. A, Hutchins, who exchanges. 12th Lancers—Lieutenant David Roche Vandeleur to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Marlow Sidney, who retires—Cornet Edward Albert Pole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vandeleur—Henry Lancaster Graham, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pole. 15th Hussars—Ensign Henry Wise Ridley Blackett, from the 86th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Cuthbert Larking, who retires. lst Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Hon. Thomas 0. W Plunkett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Richard Llewellyn Williams, who retires—Ensign Ernest Alexander Morant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vico Hon. T. 0. W. Plunkett—Ensign Frederick Coningham from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Morant. 2d Foot—Captain William M. D. Alderson, from the 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Gair, who exchanges. 3d Foot—Captain Penrose John Dunbar to be Major, by purchase, vice William Henry Cairnes, who retires-- Lieutenant Walter Augustus Daubeny to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dunbar—Ensign Thomas William Car penter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daubeny— William Robert Aylmer Haly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carpenter. Bth Foot—Sergeant-Major Alfred Berry to be Quarter master, vice Charles Usherwood, who retires upon half, pay. 12th Foot—Sergeant-Major James Edwin Tripp, to be Quartermaster, vice Thomas Huddlestone, appointed Paymaster. 13th Foot—Captain Edward Francis Weaver, from the sth Lancers, to be Captain, vice C, 11. Chichester, who exchanges. 28th Foot—Captain Cornelius George O'Brien, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice John Blake, who retires upon temporary half-pay. 39th Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Murray to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Newport Tinley, who retires —Ensign Henry Lewis Brooke White to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray—Henry O'Brien, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice White. 53d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Coningham, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Ainsworth, promoted—Alfred Philip Mules, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F. Ceningham, transferred to the Ist Foot. 62d Foot—Ensign Elward Podmore Clarke to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Eugene Charles Pollexten, who retires—Thomas Fentham Todd, Gent„ to be Ensign, by pui chase, vice Clam 77th Fout—C , ptain William Garr, from 2d Foot, to be Captain, vice Alderson , wh o exchan g es. 86th Foot—Lieut. Josh ua James Bowness to be Ca p ta in, by purchase, vice Robert L . Grant M`Grigor, wh o re tires—Ensign Edward Phili pp s to be Li eutenant, by p ur chase, vice Bowness — Henry Brooke Rhodes, Gent. purchase, ussars vita r l g H. Cooper, Gent., t AY, R. Bl ac k ett j be Ensign, by purchase; vice Philippe. • t t r o a b n e sf E er n re si d gn to , b l y u sth 92d Foot—&sigu Henry Uenjamin Archer has been superseded for being absent with ou t l eave. 94th Foot—Ensign Francis John Hassard to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice James Strachan, who retires—George Russel Salvia Bowlby, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hassard. BREVET. Captain Alexander Cockburn, half-pay, Unattached, tQ be Major. .... Captain and Brevet Major Alexander Cockburn, half-. pay, unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Frederic Brine, Royal Engineers, to be Major. Captain Ambrose Wolrige, Royal Marines, to be Major. Captain Robert Edward Henry, 86th Foot, to be Major. Captain Henry John Wilkin, 94th Foot, to be Major. The following promotions and alterations in dates of com missions to take place consequent on the promotion of Colonel E. Frome, Royal Engineers, as Major-General, on sth January, 1864, and of Colonel B. Cuppage, R 0 314 Artillery, as Major-General, on March 1, 1864. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Major William Williamson Both Foot. Major M'Kay Rynd, 62 d Foot. TO BE MAJORS. Captain Spencer Henry Hutchins Edwards, 98th Foot. Captain Matthew Bligh Forde, Royal Artillery. MEMORANDUM. B ap Alexander Cockburn, half-pay unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, under th e Horse Guards' Cir. cular Memorandum of February 15, 1861. 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James Carmichael, poulterer, Edinburgh John Dunlop, auctioneer, Fraserburgh Gillon and Shiells, merchants, Edinburgh John Be'shayNu, builder, Edinburgh James Dick son , f armer, S tot t au ld s , Forfarshire. Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday. km Stet dam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 ± 12 1 Antwerp Brus , ds - 25 67t 25 771 Hamburgh — 13 o t 13 91 Paris Ditto Marseilles - 25 65 25 771 Frankfort on Maine - 124 120} Vienna Triesto ........... - 11 90 Pet ersburgh Berlin ~.•., Madrid •• Cadia Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Faiern.o .... 47i 4S 474 48h 25 77! 2? 81.2, 25 r , O '25 85 - 25 75 26 85 9 5 SO 25 SS 25 _s:s ‘.ts c,,)11 13.14. Bt 10 at st 50 20 1.15. i 12.10