The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-31 00:00:00

1/1014EY MARKET AND COMMEIiCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is only a moderate demand for discount, and the rates for the best bills of three months are 6d 4 per cent ; the terms for other descriptions bein g in a proportionately reduced scale. The sup. plies of money are more than sufficient for the re quirements of trade, and the absorption for other Purposes is not large enough to create activity in discount circles. About £17,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Oneid o , f rom th e B raz il s , h as arr i ve d at Lisbon, With £5,553, en route for England. The directors of the St. Jahn d'Ei Rey Mining f r o pang (Limited) have received, by t e l egram Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro Velho, April :—Produce, 10 days of April, 8,773 I . °ita v 4 e, yield 4.830 oitavas per ton. Timbering .15411 11 shaft. Putting wire rope on Cachceira engine. During the last few days there has been a moderate amount of business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in fair request at full rates, while coffee has generally s.ustained previous prices. In tea there has been ttle or no change, vi hile rice, fruit, and spices have been dealt in to an average extent without Material change as regards values. The tallow Market has been rather quiet, and prices have remained steady: The prospectus of the Chamonix United Hotels '''' )l l 3 •ny (limited) is published, with a proposed capital of £lOO,OOO, in 5,000 shares o f 120 eac h. 'lie-posit £1 per share, and a further sum of 30s. on allotment. The prospectus states that near 1,500 shares have been already subscribed for. The directors, who are gentlemen of standing, announce that the company is formed for the purchase of the seven hotels which are situate at Chamonix, with Which place and hotels the public are more or less familiar from the graphic descriptions of the late Mr. Albert Smith. They have entered into satis factory arrangements for the entire purchase of them all. The estimated average of visitors to the World-femed Chamonix is 15,000 annually; and f rom a close calculation, resulting from that number as a basis of calculation, at the ordinary rate of Charge, a dividend of 15 per cent. is anticipated upon all investments in this company. The details Will be found in another column. The shareholders of the British and American Exchange Bank held a meeting to-day to receive the resignation of the eight directors who had re signed their posts. Mr. Gordon occupied the chair, and made a lengthy statement in favour of the Position assumed by his colleagues. After some discussion the resignations were received, and Messrs. Edward Lawrence, E. C. Dickson, Thomas ''took, and Jameson were elected in their place. Two O'CLOCK. At Pari s thi s morn i ng , accor di ng t o R euter ' s telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 62c. llea vy. Only a small amount of business has been trans aeled to-day in the Market for the Eugtish Funds, and its effect has been unimportant. Prices, it is tr ue, are a little firmer, but the movement is of the innallest fractional character. Consols, for transfer, are 913 I, and for the March account, less the divi dend, 903 I. The New Threes and Reduced An nuities are 893 3 ; India 5 per Cents., 105/ 1063 ; Ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 104; ditto 53 per Cent., 114; and ditto Bonds, 20s. die. Bank of England Stock is 237 238*. In the Foreign Market there is a moderate business, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71 ; do. Consolid6s, 484 2 ; Mexican, 442 ; do. New Loan, 14 Ot dig.; Greek, 241 25; Spani,h Passive, 34 ; Portuguese, 48i 49 ; Russian Loan, 4 prem.; and the Confederate Loan, 64 66. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very restricted ; price s, however, have shown rather more firmness. Great Northern, and Lanca shire and Yorkshire have improved 10s. ; and Great Western and North Eastern (Berwick), 55.; while Great Eastern have receded ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about former prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in mode rate favour, and in one or two instances exhibit rather more firmnesE,. „ 1112 .ITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ‘ 3O YMINMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols 3 Di tto Account, M ay 8 per Cent. R e d uced New 3 per Cent. New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — A , intuties, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1385. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. -- Mhrch. June. exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent. Ditto £5OO .. Ditto £lOO and £2OO Ba nk England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditto Account.. — , INnisx GOVEIMmENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 187 U Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 D:tt.) bonds .61,00 U • — Ditto under £l,OOO. . FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent _ Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 37i xiquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 14 gYPttan 7 per Cent.. lOOl Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 251 41 i Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — hitto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italia n 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) -- ) ilexican 8 per Cent Ditto Account.... 441 I Ditto Scrip £l3 paid 1 die Ditto French Scrip, Ex 25f 20c 4 die Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Bl Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 4/ per Cent .. Ditto Account... oitto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account rortugues e 8 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 483 Dit to Account . ~ Ditto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid -- Pm 11,u. sum 5 per Cent , 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent ~ 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent ' 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Anglo-Dutch Di tto Scrip, £2O paid — 4/ pm oardinian 5 per Cent B6 Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account *Di tto Account — Ditto PPB ,, ive _ D itto Account 34 q 1 'tnish C ert. of Coup not funded lll Ditto LiCeount Swedish, 4 per Cent .. th D itto Scrip, £2O paid. 4 4 rkish 6 per Cent. 1551 Di tto Account Ditto G per Cent. 1853 . I)it to Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 _Pitt° Account DA 'G £lOO Bonds.. ..,. Ditto 1863 „Luitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOOl 'tezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ' D itto 6 per C en t., 185 2 Dit to Account — D itto 6 per Cent, 1861 — Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid — dis Ditto 11 Der Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond a, Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Il elgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f.. Ditto Account. — Dutch 23/4 per Cent., E -,... Guil D itto 4 per Cent. Certificates Itali an, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 6 83 Ditto Account Console t'loney TWO O'CLOCK 911 Ditto Account 9Ol x d bEARE 2:IARKE TS—This day. ORDINAItY SHARES AND STOch.S. Share , 1 Railways. ; 1 pail, Closing Business Price. done. 13.14.! Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 24 st !Blythe and Tyne. 10 1 lic , st.,Slcat,andrdid.Co , all 84 st Bristol and Exeter ..: 1 100 83 05 85 St 'Caledonian 1 100 1184 1191 50 Cork and Bandon , a:1 20 Corny; a'•' 10 IDoA jA gots no illy all 10 Pm . B till 6pc,pan.hasl t all been paid to P.!, 50 Dublin & Belfast June.' all I 35 37 25 IDun.,Perth,&Ab. J unc .l all j 16 ",, at Edinburgh & Glasgow., 103 88 90 st IGlasg. and S. Western.; 100 1 01 106 at .Great Eastern, Ord. stli, 100 16 1 i 7 l et Ditto A stock at Ditto East A nglian et 1 100 61 74 at GreatNorthoi Scotland 103 at Great Northern 1 100 130 131 1301 st Do A stock st I Do Li do st , Gt. S. ant W. 01 lrelan , 100 1 90 92 at !Great Western at Do Sir Val gas. stocl. 100 St Lancashize & Yorkshir( IGO 112 1121 1124 I 1 st London and L3lackwal 100 66 07 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 103 105 105 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 1 40 4 t at Lon. & North Western 100 1101 1111 1101 at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 971 984 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 54 541 54 50 Marypert and Carlisle. all 121 Do t sh,tres all st Metropolitan all 1 , 4 1 1 5 114 1 st Midland Do New P at Do Birming. & Derby 100 ilO3 105 103 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line st North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 244 '45 i at Nth. Eastern—Berwlei‘ 100 1011 102 1 , 2 11 25 Do, G.N.E. purohas , 16.13.4 st Do Leeds lOO 67 68 at Do York at Do Carlislc . at(North London 1 0 IDo New .0.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. IV. Junction. all 10/ 114 st Scottish Central at Scot N. Id, Aber. Mc,. 100 36 38 st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 10 Shrews, and Welohpoo all at Shropehire Union st South Devon lOO 33 35 at South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 104 106 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 71 81 25 Stockton & Darlington all 864 371 25 Do l7 94 10 n 25 Do New, 18a, lO 8 81 at Taff Vale.. 10 Do 13 8 6 7 1 , 10 Do C 3 i 3 4 p 10 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5l at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim NO st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 22 24 at W. Hartlepool liar.&K lOO et West Midland -Oxford. 100 at 130 Newport' 100 at Do Hereford; 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Ahare Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 ! 4.tiantic &St Lawrence all 19 61 8k I Flom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc 100 103 104 Gu. 5 per mat.. 20 Do. New ••••• • 8 20 Do. E. Sharss... 7l id 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all :4 64 10 Do. Preference all 81 94 00 Bullalo,Brant,&Godricl, 100 77 82 t 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187_- ;00 Do. do. July 1, 187'• 100 77 82 100 Do. d 3. June 1, 1875 100 77 82 st Cleut tn.& S.Eastn. 100 101 103 I at Cape Town Dock Serb 100 08 100 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 105 107 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1041 1051 105 20 Do. do. G Ext 15 a P 20 Do. do. H do. l5 4 4 P stock Grand Trunk of Canada leu 2u 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 14 100 Do. cio. deferred-- all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Prel. Bonds all 63 65 66 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 65 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 30 091 9 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 25 t 7 261 stock Gt.lndiarenln.gua.sp.c 100 104 105 105 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 12 4 4 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 1031 204 (It. W. of Canada Sharet. all 10 104 104 201 Do. New .. ....... . 18 104 104,; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 90 02 100 Do. 51 P.C. do. '77-8. • , all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par ip stock madras guar., sp. 0. lOO 102 )u3 103 stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension lOU 96 98 stock Dc.4o do 100 94 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Helb.Corp. Ap. c. Bnds. 100 _ 50 Alelb. &11 obson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. Mortg,. Eds. all 20 New Ito swick a Cantle Class A, and B all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da spc Ist pt bds No 82 M. sock Scinde (100 1024 1031 stock Do. Delhi 20 Do. do 1 2 id IP si Do. Punjaub t4' t 1 all 102 103 Do. Do. . , , 100 111 Oct Do. Indus. St . c. 100 96 98 e,u1...0.N1 IAL GO V 'daily SP:101.111.1•1•1.r.,z. 6 p.c.J a ,ti. July 1877-81 Do. Ap. c. Feb.& A u;,. 100 102 :04 I Do. 6p. e. Mar. 34 Sept. 100 102 304 Do. 2 p. e. Jan.&July. lOC 91 84 Do. 5 1 nscribed stock 100 91 03 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189 e. 100 1(8 110 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, Nov:1878, 6p c 100 102 IG4 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 106 108 iN.l3.tiov. 6 p.c..) al; 100 101 103 Lao. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p 1,18,,, 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,18t1 to 137( 100 99 101 Do do "888 'upwds 100 99 101 • - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111 .Nova Scotia. Gov. 6p. e. sterling', 1875 lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 INTic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - I Do. to Ab.&031,.. ( 100 lOB 109 1094_4 ___ BRITISH MINES. 2 :Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I id Amalgamated.. 33 35 IDeven G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 660 670 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 65 67 • East Clcgau Gold Ltd. !East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 294 301 - jEast Cam Brea... ... .. , 3.4.0 6t 64 74 - E. 17'1 Russel (Tavistk.): 8.13.1 31 4 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen .A 1 7 9 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 24 3 'G. Wheal 'for (ilelston 40 33 35 'Grenville 6.16.1 94 94 lEler;:d's-Foot 8.12 88 40 llingaton Downs 4.18.0 31 4 'Lady Bertha !Margaret (lJny Lelaut 03 15 17 ;NI arke Valley.. 4 I,llyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2/. 14 New Setun lO/ 85 00 • North Downs 2l 14 14 N.WICI liasset (111o4an 3.1.0 14 2 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (*St. Blazey 20 IProvidence(Uny Lelnt.; 10.0.7 40 42 ISouthCaraden(St.Cleer it 450 170 i 5. Carn Brea (Illogan) — - z"..,V heal loran. (Mogan. 18.1e.9 40 45 Stray Park Can= Silv.& Lead Min. '- fin Croft a 16 18 West Basset. (Mogan) l4 9 10 C , radon (Liskeard 5 16 18 West Seton Wheel Basset (Mogan, 54 90 95 fly heal Buller i (ltedrutli 10 30 35 14 heal Kitty (U.Lelant;. 2.0.6 - WhealLud, ott - !Wheal MaryAnnt,Lien , 8 14 16 Wheal &ton 6Bl 220 230 Wheal Tre iawney (Lis.) 7 21 23 Wheal Union 3.17 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 97f Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref.. 102 Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Midland 4 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 1144 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase. 101 LINES LEASED Al: FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 56 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. South Austrian acid Lombardo Venetian, 201 FOU.EIGN D1D114.13. Yudanamutana of S. Australia, Urn., 3 BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 129 Aoiance Jim,. 62 Anglo Austrian, 71 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 40 English, Sco:ch, and Australian Chartered, 216 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Dm.), 336 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 15 Imperial Bank (Bin.), 406 Imperial Ottoman, 21 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. 6k London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26k London and Colonial (lim.), 2 0 6 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 24 4 Merchant Bank, Jim , 26 6 k Mercantile and Exchange, Bro., 196 201 Ditto, new, 141 131 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 336 Oriental Bank Corporation, 61 South Eastern, lim., 51 Union of London, 58 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Company of African Merchants, aim., 2i Credit Foncier, 12 Crystal Palace, 33 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, BM, 8 Home and C lonial A ssurance, lira 6 6 - • Hudson's Bay, 193 f International Financial Society, aim., llf Joint Stock Discount, Um., 7} London Financial Association, Urn 29 Ditto, new, 6i London General Omnibus Company, 21 M ,dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, (alp ' 2•) j M erca ntile Credit Association, aim., 141 National Discount Company, aim., 141 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lirn„ 181 Nova Scotia Goldlland Land, lim„— Ditto, ditto, 2j Ocean At arine (Insurance), 211 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 135 Societe Fina ciere d' eg,ypte, Rm., 15k 6 1 Warrant Finance, Um., ci CRYSTAL PALACE..—ONE SHILLING DAY, May 30. —Admissions on payment, 3,753; ditto by season tickets, I ,l2l—total, 4,874. MARSEILLES, May 27.—Advices from Tunis to the 23d state that the town was quiet, but that the Bey still refused to dismiss his Ministers. The Europeans along the seashore were still on board the ships. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. :Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock, and Barons Channel' and Martin.) RE DOMINGO CAP. DE VIELLE. The Inland Revenue, in this case, claimed probate and egacy duty upon the property of the deceased, which was refused by the representatives of M. de Vielle, on the ground that ho was a French subject, and that he had never given up his domicile in France. The question, therefore, for the Court to decide was whether the deceased had given up his domicile in that country, and had become domiciled in England, whereby his property would become subject to the payment of the duty. The deceased was born in Montroi, in the Ban Pyrenees. In 1808 he went to Spain and entered a mercantile house at Cadiz. At the breaking out of the Revolution he amongst other Frenchmen were taken prisoner, and put on board a hulk at Cadiz, which was alter driven by a gale to the other side of the harbour, Port St. Mary, where a part of the French army was stationed, and, of course, the French subjects were liberated. The deceased then returned to France, but afterwards on the return of the Bourbons he gave up his employment there and entered an English house of business at Gibraltar. After some years residence there he came to England and established himself in business at Manchester as agent to a firm abroad. Since 1820 the testator had resided entirely in this country, with the exception of two visits to France, one in 1846 and the other in 1853, on which occasion he purchased some pro perty in Montroi. Atter his return from Paris on the last occasion he entirely took up his residence in this country, where he remained until his death. Mr. .Bovill, for the representatives, contended that the deceased never intended to give up his French domicile, and that he was whilst living essentially a French subject, possessing, as he did, the right to vote for members of the Corps Legislatif. M. de Vielle had never abandoned his French domicile, and his property was not liable to the legacy and su cession duty. The Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, argued that the whole of the actions of the deceased showed that he had given up his French nationality, and that all his subsequent acts showed that his intention was to make England his domicile. The arguments were not concluded when we went to CO& press. COURT OF PROBATE, (Before the Judge Ordinary.) MACDONALD V. MACDONALD. This was an application on the part of the children of Capt. Macdonald, who was killed in India on the breaking out of the mutiny at Meerut, on the 10th of May, 1857. The wife by a will was made sole executrix, but she died about the same time; but whether she escaped and after wards shared the fate of ner unfoitunate.husband could not be discovered. The principal question raised was whether in fact the husband was killed before the wife. The court taking into consideration the circumstances of the case, and being guided by the decision of his pre decessor, decided in favour of granting letters of adminis tration to the applicant as next of kin to the dceased. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (l3efore Mr. Registrar Murray.) IN RE RANDALL, This bankrupt was a grocer at Norwich, and this was a meeting for choice of assigness. Mr. Bugg, of Norwich, appear3d for creditors, and COM. plained that the property had been taken possession of under an order of this court and sold by Messrs. Cuttan and Davis at a great loss. Mr. Lawrence felt assured that the order for sale had been obtained by some kind of misrepresentation, or the court would not havo made the order had the facts been truly stated ; but all that could be done at present was to rescind the order and put the property under the control of the assignees. He strongly reprobated the system which bad sprung up since the passing of the last act of selling the property immediately at any sacrifice. Mr. Bugg spoke to the same effect. In this case 'Messrs. Cuttan and Davis went down immediately after and pro ceeded to sell off, and some portion had been sold to a man in the bankrupt's employ at 18s. a-week, and he no doubt bought it with money from the bankrupt's business, who thus bought his own goods. He considered it a very gross case, for there was not a pretence or excuse for such precipitancy. The Registrar said it was a rule in this court not to grant an order for sale, except upon evidence of there being an absolute necessity—as that the articles were of a perishable nature. Mr. Bugg said there was not the slightest necessity in this case, for the property on the whole was not perishable. A creditor said that he had sold £6O worth of stock to the bankrupt, which would have kept six months and longer. He considered the sale a fraud on the creditors, whoever got the benefit. Mr Cameron, the official assignee, said that he was not fully aware of the facts on the grounds on which the order was issued, as he was ill at the time. He asked what was supposed to be the loss. Mr Bugg said he could not say, but he would have the inventory sent down and every item priced ; but the loss was not all, it was the gross injustice done under the colour of the order of the Court. Mr. Lawrance, who was interested in a similar case, said the short way would be to bring an action in truver against Messrs. Cuttan and Davis, and leave them to plead the order of the Court. Mr. Bugg said he entirely exonerated the official assignee from any participation in what was a gross fraud. Mr. Cameron said he had employed Davis and Cuttan in the usual way, as he did not know who else to employ, The choice of assignees took place, and Mr, Bugg carried the choice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS DOG CASE.—A SUSPICIOUS AFFAlR.—William Mitchell, of 44, Noble-street, St. Luke's, described as a bookbinder, was charged before Mr. Knox with having a stolen dLg in his possession. J ames Carter, a young roan, living in St. George's terrace, Agar-town, said—Yest er d a y a ft e r n oon I saw the prisoner who was drunk, leading a dog with a leash. I told him that he had stolen property in his possession, recognizing the dog as belonging to a friend. The prisoner said " Oh, go to —," I then gave the prisoner into custody, and he was taken to Bovr• street police-station, where he at first said that he had had the dog five years, and afterwards that he had it that morning from a friend to whom it be longed, to giti it a run. . _ [A large oil-painting of the dog —a bull terrier —was here shown to the magistrate, as also was the dog itself.] Mr Marriott, of Salisbury-crescent, Agar-town, an engine-driver, said-- On the 19th of January the dog was stolen from me near King's-cross. It is of the value of £5, and I had handbills printed offering 10s. reward for it. M'Glorin, 50 F—The prisoner, who had been drinking, first said the dog belonged to himself, and afterwards that it belonged to Mr. Fishwick, a beershop keeper, in St. Luke's. On going to Mr. Fishwick that person told me that he had purchased the dog of a boy three months ago. Prisoner—l am in the habit of using Mr Fishwick's, and yesterday offered to take the dog out for a run. Joseph Fishwick, the keeper of a beershop, in Central street, St. Luke's—l have had the dog eight or nine weeks. I bought it of a stranger, and gave a sovereign for it. I do not really know who I bought it of, and that's the truth, Mr Knox—lt is a regular dog stealing story. Fishwick—l am willing to give up the dog and pay expenses. Mr Knox—You ought to be standing where the prisoner is, in fact, instead of the prisoner. As far as the dog is concerned there can be no doubt it is a stolen dog, and Mr Fishwick I am not at all satisfied with your conduct. Fishwick—l have told the truth. Mr Knox—About half of it. The dog must be given up to the owner, and the prisoner discharged. Get about your how you meddle with dogs( to ll snh this s k d ) business, i stri district. haveand face once before. The prisoner was then discharged, and the dog handed over to the owner. THAMES. A CIVIL ENGINEER AND HIS TASTING-ORDER.—Dir. Edward Norris, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being disorderly and incapable of taking care of himself, in Great Prescott -street, White chapel. Mr. Paget—ls this the prisoner who was reported to me too drunk to appear yesterday afternoon. Blown, a police constable, 181 H.—Yes, sir: The pri soner had been to the docks with a tasting-order yesterday, which he converted into a drinking-older, and drank too much wine. He was very much inebriated, noisy, and quarrelsome, and so very disorderly. Mr. Paget—What are you, Mr. Nurris ? The prisoner—A civil engineer. Mr. Paget—Then you can pay ss. for being drunk and disorderly ? The prisoner—Certainly, sir. APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTION ORDER,—Mr s Mary Ann Rhodes, a lady about 40 years of age, of No. 41, Alma road, Bow Common, applied to Mr Paget for an order to protect her money, goods, and chattels, which she had ac quired sinc3 her husband deserted in or about July, 1862. Mr Paget—Did you give him any cause for his desertion of you. Applicant—None whatever, sir. Mr Paget—Have you been faithful to him ? Applicant—l have, sir. Mr Paget—Have you heard from him since ho left you? Applicant—l have not, and don't know where he is. Mr Paget—And you have acquired property by y our own industry. Applicant—Yes, sir. Mr Paget—l will grant an order for your protection. ALLEGED COMPROMISE OF A FELoxY.--William 6mith, aged 33 years, a beer seller and proprietor of an ale and beer shop, 64, Back-church-lane, St. George-in the-East, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with being concerned in stealing four £5 Bank of England notes from Lawrence Gundil, a seaman. The prosecutor, who signed the charge sheet, was paid off on the 21st of the present, and was immediately after wards robbed on Tower-hill of four notes for £5. Infor mation was given to the police, ono of the notes was paid into the Bank of England, and was traced back to the pri soner, who gave no satisfactory account of the way he be came possessed of it, and he was taken into custody. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said he was engaged to defend the prisoner. The prosecutor was called and did not appear. Inspector Denby said the prosecutor had been paid money not to appear. de understood £2O had been paid to the sailor. Tie will not be here. Mr. Paget—Then the prisoner must be discharged. LITERATURE. Second to None ; a Military Romance. By James Grant, author of " The Romance of War," Sze. 3 volt , . Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. " Second to None!" such is the proud motto of the regiment in which Basil Gauntlett, the hero of Mr. Grant's new chapter of the romance of war, casts his fortunes, and with which his history be comes identified. Here is a sketch of his first glimpse of his regiment FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART—(This Day). The distribution of medals and prizes to the students of the Female School of Art, 43, Queen's -square, took place this afternoon at Burlington House, Piccadilly. Lord Houghton occupied the chair. The noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, con gratulated the fair students on their having obtained such signal success at the competitive examination, where they were fairly pitted against the sterner sex. In their pro gress of art study, the Female School had obtained the greatest possible number of medals and awards during the year, and in that respect stood in the proudest position of any Government school in the country. This fact was the more pleasing as the annual Government grant had been withdrawn at a very critical time when it was most needed. Fortunately for them the Queen and Princess of Wales had come to their rescue, and doubtless the Royal patronage would ultimately become of more advantage than the annual Government grant, which, as a portion of the original School of Design, Somerset House, they were as fully entitled to as the School at South Kensington. His Lordship dwelt on their success in their designing of lace, and the number of students who had passed into regular practi tioners of art, swelling the ranks of the Society of Female Artists, and occasionally finding a place on the line at the annual exhibition of the Royal ACaderay. The distribution of honours then took place, at the con clusion of which the interesting proceedings terminated. Tidbits from " Manhattan," LINCOLN'S SLY DEVICE OF KILLING OFF HIS RIVALS• at least their reputations. _ _ The Democrats are hoping that as soon as Grant's failure is apparent, M'Clellan will be at once placed at the head of the army. I have no such idea. The President will have killed off Grant as a rival candidate, and I think 11:.) will remove Grant to make room for Fremont—" the bespat tered Reformer Fremont "—as the head of the nation has stigmatised him. Fremont will not make soup for Lee and his men, and be too will be ruined as a Presidential candi date, as has been Banks and Grant. PROFANE PRAYER OF TILE YANKEES. In Boston the Churches use this prayer—" Oh Lord, protect U. S. Grant, U. S, A. conqueror." Here the De. moorats read it " 0 Lord, protect us, Grant us a con. queror." LEE'S POSITION. Lee is more formidable than ever. He has not retreated a mile, and he is about giving us an exterminating blow after he has let us blow and exhaust ourselves for two weeks. THE GOLDEN INDEX TO THE TRUTH. Gold, under the effect of getting at the truth respecting Grant and his victories, went up to 178. I think it will go up to 200 on the news. MANHATTAN'S NEW VIEW OF JAMES GORDON BENNETT, (recently so highly eulogized in " Marion," and in the dedication to it.) That monster liar press, the .11cw York Herald, is a disgrace to this unfitly. It sets an example that is fol lowed by other daily papers who fear to be out-gcneralled. The Herald to-day has its full complement of lies from Europe, and re-asserts what every child in America now knows to be fake. The headings of its first column—" Pre parations for a vigorous attack on the enemy by Grant," " General G ant reinforced," " A rebel demonstra. tion on the Union trains defeated"—indicate no despair of Lee. An enemy used up don': - . attack Union trains ; and if Lee was defeated we don't need any preparations for a Vir ginian attack. Bennett prides himself upon sticking to a man he has once backed. He will do it in this case, although he knows Grant has failed ; and he will try to bring I\l`Clellan upon the carpet again before a week is over, to replace Grant or to supersede him, on the plea that NE‘k.;lellan is the only general who can save Washington and Baltimore from capture by Lee, who is sure to under take it, as soon as he is reinforced by Beauregard. " Battle —Fierce attack upon our lines," says the _Herald. This requires no comment. Enemies that are about to surrender and are hemmed in, don't attack. A lady h as , through Messrs. Knowles and Foigtor, presented £5OO to the National Lifeboat Institution, to assist it in establishing a lifeboat station at Poole, Dorsetßhire, SECOND TO NONE. In those days—this was in the year before we fought at Minden—the Greys wore double-breasted scarlet coats, lined with blue, having slit sleeves; long slashed pockets were in each skirt, and a white worsted aignilette dangled irora the right shoulder. We wore tong jack-boot 4, and tall grenadier caps, with the Scottish Thistle and circle of St. Andrew in front, Our cloaks were scarlet lined with blue shalloon, and in front they had rows of large flat buttons set two and two, on white frogs, or loops of braid. On our collars we wore a grenade in memory that at its formation, a portion of the rniment had been armed with that formidable weapan, the same as the Scots Horse Grenadier Guards. Everywhere the proud motto of the corps met my eye ; on the standards and kettledrums, on our caps, carbines and pistol-barrels, and on the blades of our long straight broadswords, I read the words— SECOND TO NONE ! That short sentence seemed full of haughty spirit ; it gave me a new life, and fired my heart with lofty inspirations. I repeated it, dreamed and pondered over it, and as our departure for the seat of war was daily looked for, I longed for active service, and for the peril and adventure ever con sequent thereto. Basil Gauntlett is the disinherited heir to a baronetcy. His father by his marriage having offended the imperious Sir Basil the grandfather of our hero, dies and leaves his orphan son to the cold charity of the world. One kind friend inter cedes with the old baronet, and urges him to re member that he has been young himself. "Yes,' growled the gruff baronet, " but it is so very long ago that I have forgotten all about it !" So Basil, friendless and penniless, meets with two jovial dragoons of the Scots Greys, and enlists as a private in their regiment. In following the fortunes of the soldier, whether in the battle-field or the bivouac, ie the warlike onslaught or the peaceful carouse, Mr. James Grant is always felicitous ; he is, par excellence, the historian of the romance of war. The principal portion of Basil Gauntlett's adven tures takes place in France. One incident we are inclined to quarrel with, a strategem which not even the example of Achilles can render heroic, namely, the disguise of the young soldier as a soubrette, or lady's maid. The sprightly Angelique, the attendant of the fair Jacqueline de Broglie, can find no other means of saving the young soldier than by introducing him as another attendant in the house of her mistress— the lady-love of Basil. The scene is ludicrously unheroic. Imagine the fair lady listening to a loving; compliment from her soldier lover—in the dress of a femme de-chambre! The conclusion of this episode threatens to be most tragical, and the fearful retribution in the hut in the forest is " sen sational "in the extreme. Here, taken almost at hazard, is a specimen of Mr. Grant's spirited style : " Ride fast 1" said the captain, briefly. WESTMINSTER. A DILI:NE-EN CABMAN.--J ohn Shephard, a cabman, was charged before Mr Self e with being drunk and incapable of driving his horse and hansom. Police constable 388 V said that about three o'clock that morning ho was in the Fulham road, when he saw the pri soner in the act of going on the stand. Witness thought by his manner of driving that he was not sober. After he got on the stand, he left his seat and went inside his cab to sleep. Mr Selfe asked the constable for his licence. The constable said that the prisoner's master had pro mised to come with it, but he had not done so. Mr Selfe observed that he had before stated that he would not hoar a charge against a cabman in the absence of the licence. The constable stated that the prisoner's master lived as far as Praed-street, Paddington. He (witness) had seen the license, which was a " clean" one. Mr Selfe—That may be, for he may only have had it about a week. Constable—That is so, your Worship. Mr Selfe (to priscuer)—What have you to say to the charge ? Prisoner—l haie been in the hospital, and the doctor told me I was not to drink anything but stout, and I had two pints of stout, that made me sleepy. I have been a licensed driver ten years, and was never fined before. The prisoner was fined 55, and he was ordered to send for his license in order to have it signed. THE KILKENNY CATS. —I have often wondered who arc natives why none of your correspondents of Notes and Queries, but of or residents in Kilkenny given you the real version of the tale of the Kilkenny eat : frequently noticed in the columns I have seen the subject cats. received and I have never seen the following accurate version of the a ef proverh ....,, as quarrel occurrence, which led to the erro neous story of the Kilkenny That story has been so long current that it has becomtwe: long twe a t n aiis s l o f T u h ri t ou t sly that some as the Kilkenny cats"— s th d e cats in which city are asserted to have fought so but mani festlys an I r i s h exaggerationand ; when your readers . - have learned the true anecdote connected withthe et shall two cats they will understand why only two tails o were found, the naught was found of th em unfortunate owners having ft a --e-- in terror from the scene their mutilation. lam happy ia being able to stateth ai t . neither Ireland not Kilkenny is at all disgraced by th e occurrence, t e which did take Place in occurrence, Kilkenny, but which might have occurred in ay oter place in te known world. During the rebellion which occurred in Ireland in 1798 (or may be in 1803) Kilkenny was garrisoned by a regiment of Hessian soldiers, whose custom it was to tie together in one of their barrack rooms two cats by their tails, and then to throw them face to face across a line generally used for dry ing clothes. The cats naturally got infuriated and scratched each other in the abdomen until death ensued to one or both of them, and terminated their sufferings. The officers of the corps were ultimately made acquainted with these barbarous acts of cruelty, and they resolved to put an end to them and to punish the offenders. In order to effect this purpose an officer was ordered to inspect each barrack-room daily, and to report to the commanding Officer in what state he found the room. The cruel soldiers, determined not to lose the daily torture of the wretched cats, generally em ployed one of their comrades to watch the approach of the officer, in order that the cats might be liberated and take iefuge in flight before the visit of the officer to the scene of their torture. On one occasion the " 100k -out man" neg lected his duty, and the o cer of the day was heard ascent ing the barrack stairs while the cats were undergoing their customary torture. 0110 of the troopers immediately seized a sword from the arm•rack, and with a single blow divided the tails of the two cats. The cats, of Course, escaped through the open windows of the room, which was entered almost immediately afterwards by the officer, who inquired what was the cause of the t wo bleeding cats' tails being suspended on the clothes li ne , and was told in reply that " two cats had been fighting in the room ; that it was found impossible to separate them; a n d that they fought so despe rately that they ba d devoured ea hich ch other up, with the exception of their tw o tails ;" w may have satisfied Captain Schemmelkettel, but would not have deluded any person but a beery l'russian,—Sstes and Queries, THE OLD MORGUE AND THE NEW.—Among recent demolitions iu P ar i s is that of the old well known Morgue. Not that this gusee des Alerts has ceased to exist as an institut ion, for a much large r Morgue has been erected on the island immediately behind Notre Dame. In this new building every arrangement calculated to carry into effect the objects of the establishment has been adopted. In one apartment, lighted in the most effective manner, are 12 slabs of black marble, on which the unfortunate dead are laid ; and in another apartment are 14 similar slabs, destined for bodies that have become so decomposed that recognition is no longer possible. Bath-rooms are abundantly supplied with water, which falls continuously ion the bodies, The clothes appertaining to the latter are suspended in a room, in a very conspicuous manner, and, unless identified, remain exposed for a year. THE POST OF DANGER. Charters shortened his reins, gave his grey the spurs, and departed at once. As he proceeded towards Querque ville Point, the French cannoniers redoubled their efforts to bring him down, He frequently waved his sword as if in defiance, and escaped as if by a miracle. Then on his do scendicg to the beach, where some rocks protected him, the battery turned its round shot and grape on the advancing boat. Suddenly there rose from the sea and pierced the sky, the mingled yell of many voices. A 24-pound shct had dashed the boat to pieces, and 12 seamen and a little mid shipman were seen struggling and sinking amid the debris of oars, thwarts and planks, while the French sent dose after dose of grape to kill the drowning men. The middy struggled bravely—being light, the waves bore him towards the rocks, but Charters saw that unless succoured, the poor lad would certainly perish amid the surf that boiled over the ridge. He sheathed his sword, shook his gloved hand fiercely at the battery, and urging his horse into the sea, even while the hissing grape sowed it thick with tiny waterspouts around him, succeeded in grasping the sinking lad by the collar, and turning the head of his gallant grey toward the shore, he bravely battled with the surf, the long waves of which, reddened by the sunshine, seemed to boil in fiery foam upon the beach, and rolled over his shoulders, so that at times the nostrils of his charger wore only visible, yet he succeeded in landing the half-drowned midshipman, and rode twice afterwards into the sea to succour the seamen, but succeeded in saving only one. This was done in the presence of the whole left wing of the army, which gave him three tremendous cheers, and a few minutes afterwards the grenadiers of Richmond's corps with the light troop of the Greys made a dash at the fort, which immediately surrendered. With such scenes and incidents the narrative is, as may be imagined, singularly animated. Of the love stories we shall only say that the hero has no less than three lady hives, the gentle little Ruth, the fascinating Jacqueline, and the amiable Auroral but which or the three wins the first place in his affections we shall not reveal. Suffice it to say that ultimately the heroine like the hero becomes— " Second to None." Raised to the Woolsack,. By Langton Lockhart, 3 vols. J. C. Newby. It is satisfactory to the readers of the history of Mr. Henry Gilmo:e, barrister-at-law, to know at the very outset of his career, that he ultimately obtains the legitimate object of every barrister's ambition— a seat on the woolsack ! As the baton of a marshal of France is said to be contained in every French eoldier's knapsack, so the great seal of England is supposed to be hidden away in every English barris ter's brief bag. This novel idea of revealing on the title page the ultimate destiny of his hero is the only noticeable feature of Mr. Langton Lockhart's ro mance. As a story it possesses no particular attrac tions, and its heroes and heroines are in no way interesting or remarkable. Infamous Treatment of Polish Women by Russia. The Siecle of yesterday says it has received a private letter respecting the treatment to which Polish women are subjected by the Russians, which contains ouch terrible details that it does not dare to publish them. The Polish women referred to are the wives and daughters of those who have taken part in the insurrection. "They are torn from their families and transported to Siberia," says the Steele. "They are given, like the slaves of old, to pitiless masters, who force them to contract fresh unions. Their marriage ties are broken. The ancient barbarism which Christianity destroyed is revived by this abominable transportation of women, and the language of indignation has no terms suffi ciently strong for such means of repression. The letter we have before us does not confine itself to vague allegations ; it cites persons and names. When will some in power take pity upon a nation subjected to such ignominies ? The person who brought us this document wrung his hands in despair and invoked t he justice of God. It is only, in fact, that justice whicti can punish such crimes. If Russia continues her system of transporting the Polish women, let her remember that Roman Em pire which, after having *ls° covered the world with its violence, was in turn overthrown amid vio and barbarism." ,erica MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARK 2:I'S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND..—Mea.,Iow hay, £2 10s to £4 10s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10 3 Od ; an d straw, £1 4s to £1 103 per load! A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow bay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs p er load , Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEs..—A fair amount of business has been done in most kinds, and prices of superior greens are well maintained. SIIGAR.—The demand for West India has been mode rately active, and prices have been steadily maintained. In the refined market, also, the dealings have been to an average extent, at about former rates. COPFEE.—There has been a moderate inquiry for colonial descriptions, at fully previous rates, superior qualities of Plantation having realised full prices. RlCE.—Business has not been very animated, although superior qualities of East India have generally maintained former values. TALLOW.—The market has presented a rather quiet ap pearance, although prices for both present amd forward de livery have been well maintained. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s per ewc, 418 . 3 d to 41s 6d July to September, and 43e 9d to 44s for last three months, AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. (From the Correspondent of the limes.) VIENNA, May 29. The official Abend Post maintains that the policy of Austria and Prussia in respect to Denmark has, " in principle," undergone no change; but, if I am rightly informed, Count Rcchberg and M. von Bismark have altogether relinquished the idea of a personal union between Denmark and the Dachies, and are now intent on obtaining for the Duke of Augustenburg a part, or the whole, of the Duchy of Schleswig. The allied Governments made volte face so very suthlenly that for a time the secon dary German PJviers were inclined to doubt the correctness of the communications received from their diplomatic agents in this city. On the 18th ins!. a member of this Government said that, in his opinion, the establishment of a personal union between Denmarle and the Duchies was the " only" way of bringing the question at issue to a satisfao - conclusion, and two or three days later the same personage gave one of the leading members of the Diplomatic Corps to understand that the Im perial Cabinet was still inclined to maintain the integrity of the D finish Monarchy. On the 22d inst, important despatches arrived from Paris and London, and in the course of that same day Count Rechberg and M. von Schmerling had a long con ference with the Emperor. In the morning of the 231 Baron von Werther, the Prussian Minister at this Court, called on the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and in the afternoon of that day it was rumoured that the Danish question was about to enter into a new phase. It is not likely that the Prussian nation will be satisfied with the turn which things have taken, but the King and all the members of his family are well pleased that the claim of Duke Frederic of Augueten burg to reign over Schleswig-Holstein is to be taken into consideration. Three or four days ago the Prussian Government formally declared that it entertained no idea of appropriating to itself a part of the Duchies, but it stands to reason that Prussia will have great influence over the new member of the German Confederation. Should there, in the Treaty of Peace, be no stipulations to the contrary, Renabnrg will not fail to become a Federal fortress with a mixed garrison. The port of Kiel, in the Baltic, is likely to become a permanent staticn for the ships of war of Prussia, and Austria is said to be looking out for a place of resort for any cruisers which she may think fit to keep in the North Sea. According to an on dit, any Austrian vessels which may be employed in the North Sea in the service of the German Confederation will carry a flag having on it a black double eagle with a red tongue, in a field of gold. Although it is here believed that the war with Denmark will not be continued, the Chief of the Naval Department has ordered the authorities at Pola to get ready for immediate ser vice the Danube, a screw frigate of 44 guns; the Adria, a paddle ship, also carrying 44 guns ; the Dandolo, a schooner with 23 guns ; and one of the new iron-plated frigates. The Austrian vessels now in the North Sea are armed with 230 guns, and it is here said that they are opposed to Danish ships carrying 250 guns, 15 of which are rifled 100 pounders. During the last few months Austria has been in great disrepute in Germany, but the recent change in the policy of the Imperial Government will not fail to be agreeable to the inhabitants of the Southern States, who are very favourable to the claims of the Duke of Augustenburg, MM. Zaepfi and von Warnstedt. two of the most renowned jurisconsults in Germany, have just communicated to this Government their opinions concerning the right of succession in Schleswig and Holstein. In substance they are as follows : " 1. The Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein are indis solubly united, and they occupy a totally separate position in Denmark. " 2. Tho only persons having a just claim to the throne of the same are the heirs male of the princely House of Oldenburg. "3. His father having renounced his claims, Duke Frederic of Schleswig- tiolstein-Sonderbut s-Augustenburg is the legitimate heir to the throne of Schleswig-Holstein. "1. Christian IX., King of Denmark, has no right whatever to the throne of those Duchies." A week ago Count Rechberg and his colleagues would have paid no attention to the opinions and arguments of Messrs. Zeopfl and Warnstedt, but they now pronounce them to be incontrovertible. The German inhabitants of this city are almost beside themselves with rage because the Bohemian Diet has resolved, by a majority of 101 to 91, that the students in the gymnasia! and commercial schools shall be obliged to learn the Bohemian as well as the German language. "This resolution," say the Vienna organs of the press," is a shameless attempt on the part of the Prague Diet to subordi nate the German to the ',:zech (Bohemian) element. The Transylvanian Diet has again met, but it would appear that very few, if any, of the elect of the Mag yars have taken their seats in the House. Of the Hungarians little more is now heard than that they are resolved not to come to terms with the Minister of State, who still flatters himself that he shall be able to overcome the passive resistance of his nume rous and formidable political opponents. The Emperor and nine of the Archdukes were present at the imusing ceremony which took place here on Carpus (IrisLi day. As usual, the streets through which the procession passed were linen with troops, and, as usual, the windows of the houses were filled with more or less devoat specta tors, The weather was tolerably fine, but the Em press, who is not very well, did not make her ap pearance in public. The reply of the Russian Government to the last Papal allocution will be the formation of Roman Catholic synods in Russia and Poland for the regu lation of the affairs of the (Roman Catholic) Church. The Archbishops and Bishops will be nominated by the Emperor. The Bishop of Lublin is likely to be Primate of Russian Poland. In a few days a Customs Conference will he held at Munich for the purpose of drawing up proposi tions for a compromise with Prussia. The States that will be represented are Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Hanover, Hesse-Cassel, Hessu- Darm stadt, and Nassau. Hardly any business is done here in the new Austrian loan, but some few sales have been effected in Frankfort and Amsterdam. The Confederate States, The following is an extract from a private letter, dated Wilmington, April 27 : As I predicted to you in January, our armies are sweep ing everything before thew, and it will continue. We have about the same number of troops in the field that the Yan kees have, and ours are all veterans. On Tuesday last we stormed and captured Plymouth, a alert distance from this place. We captured 2,500 prisoners, 35 pieces of artillery. sunk two gunboats, captured one and disabled another. The loss on our side by the assault is about 1,000 killed and wounded. I have no doubt a very great number of the enemy were put to the sword, as was the case at Fort Pillow, where 500 out of 700 were killed. It has come to this point, however, and our people will show the Federals this summer what war really means. This capture is very important, as it opens up a vast territory which the Yankees previously held in this State by means of their fleet. We have an iron clad now in those waters which will sweep them ; and I presume the Yankees will go out as fast as possible. It upsets all their plans of approaching Richmond from that quarter, and and opens up to us one of our richest granaries, now full provisions. Forrest has complete possession of Western the Kentucky and Tennessee, and rather interferes h w a i s u free navigation of the Mississippi. John Morgan cut up e into Eastern li,utueky, and between them will to c P the communications, so that the Yankees will havael Chattanooga, and fall back. Our best gGeneoerrgi2 Jo h ns ) will follow with his army from Northern Smith has defeated re ports from Louisiana are that Kirby t (_ ;:c s u: i t i f , 3 by a fall in the river. Banks, with heavy loss, and that d tahe Federal gunboats have been caught beyond Alexandra be destroyed, even It so, all their transports must certainly have as yet no official if their defeated army escapes• advices about the Louisiana items. w henever he makes a move. i te ms. You can depend upon it that Lee will smaeli GrantNOW York will tell you pretty well The rise in gold in w hipped, even if they suppress the when they Everythingpromises a speedy publication. have been now 60 days--then all the evils which they n of the war, as we shall use up the Yankees most ter. ribly in the nest d es i re d to inflict upon us wil l fa upon them, 11 mg. WARREN DE LA RUE, PRESIbENT OF THE RoYA ' ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, h as i ssue d car d s f or an evefling reception at Willis's-rooms, on Saturday, June 11. TIIE OXFORD" has been first in the field, as usual, (the Atkeneeum takes occasion to remark) with the music of " SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE, IrsE 29. Acceptt\nces for the Northumberland Plate of 200 sows added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each. Two miles. age at lb Caller Ou 0 ldminst3r D ollar .. 4 8 7 Limosina Borealis .. 4 7 12 Honest John 4 7 9 Trust Donnybrook 4 7 3 King Charming Hypermnestra, 4 6 13 Alice Age st lb Tottenham 3 6 6 Oceola Hymettus Greville Baktitchi Serai 3 6 0 Found Again 3 5 12 Tooi Tooi Sir Roger Wharfing,r .. 3 5 10 Sandeela h Lady de TrarJrd RACING FIXT Nye 1 Maidstone .. Ascot .. Hampton l5 Newton baiham Bibury Newmarket July Cerllele . Pontefract Abingdon C a mbridge Liverpool July Stamford Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon . . 9 Wolverhampton , 9 Reading Egli= 01. ford lB Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster .. Bedford 4 Northallerton. 6 Newmarket second Oct. 10 Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 IMBER. Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington &War. Hunt 22 IRISH. Jnts. Curragh 2B, 29, 30 SEPTEMRER. C arra& 6 , 7, S Ocroink. Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1861. NOTEXBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Haut 22 THE CAMEL, 0 In cities, in fairs, or other much.frequentel places, the camel seems habitually dull ; but no sooner does he find himself in the desert, than his spirits return ; he snuffs the sweet air, he looks gladly over the unimpeded landscape, he feels him-. self at home ; and if his rider be familiar. to him, trots away at the rate of 12 or 13 miles an hour without the least urging. In cases of necessity, he can, as we have already remarked, knock off 18 or 20 miles in the same period. One of the pleasures of this mode of travelling, not often noticed, is the great height of the rider from the ground, preserv-. iog him from the fierce heat reflected from the sand, which on an ass, or even on a horse, sometimes scorches the feet; but aloft on the camel's saddle, the air is comparatively cool, and rendered more so by the swift pace of the animal. Owing to the structure of his foot, he does not sink in the sand, but spreading the sole as he goes, appears to fly over the surface rather than to gallop. Although his eye appears dull, his sight is long and piercing, and in the fineness of the sense of smelling, is perhaps exceeded by no other animal, since he can scent water, which has scarcely any odour at all, at the distance of a mile and a half, or two miles ; we should even say, from observation, that he can scent it more than twice as far, for, on approaching the Nile from the desert, we have known him voluntarily to quicken his pace at the distance of four or five miles. The delight imparted by immense heat, which appears to confer upon some individuals a sixth sense, will continue during eight or ten hours, bubbling, seething, and, thrilling through the frame like a sublime intoxication; but by degrees weariness nod languor succeed, thirst makes itself felt, and as the sun nods towards the west, the eye glances about wistfully in search of a clump of palm-trees or a rock, the usual indications of a fountain. Upon discovering the well-known signal, the dromedary rears his head, turns, gives his rider a look of encouragement, and then, if not quite subdued by fatigue, bolts off at full speed. How many days he can go without drinking, has never perhaps been exactly ascertained—in fact, the power of endurance varies greatly in different indi• viduals—but it has been stated, on very good authority, that the dromedary can subsist nine days without water. though exposed the whole time to a heat resembling that of a furnace. It is certain that when the camel does drink, he always appears to be laying in a stock for a week or so, and he has evee been known to swallow seven gallons and a half, or thirty quarts of water at one time.— Chambers's Journal, New and Improved Series. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market dull. Sales, about 5,000 bales. Imports, 3,146. Previously, 11,622. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) LONDON, May 31.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. FALMOUTH, May 31 —Wind N.—Arrived—Anna Kay, from Bahia. PLYMOUTH, May 30.—Wind Netherlands Majesty's steamer Zetland, for Holland. HULL, May 30.—Wind W.N.W,—Arrived—Tynam, from Jamaica. 30.—Wind N.—Sailed—Western Chi e f, ror S C u a l l E ta Ll O. s' i‘laY CLYDE, May 30.—Wind SM.—Sailed—Paragon, for Matanzas—Enchantress, for Madras. TORBAY, May 30.—Wind variable—Sailed—Fearless, for Newport and Montreal. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SUIITHAILPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Vectes, steamer, from Marseilles; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Saxonia, steamer, from Hamburg. The Vectis has come home from the Marseilles and Alexandria station of the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's mail routes, and brings neither passengers nor cargo. The Valetta, which has been employed on the same station, left Marseilles in company with the - Vectis, and io consequently expected hero hourly. BY DIAGNETI;; TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 30—Dania, from Fredericksham—Fortun froet, from Falkenourg — Collina , from Ostend—Active, and Engelholm—Port Royal , from J amaica— roe DIM. over Douglas from Guernsey—John and Mary Ann, from kirk—Helen, from Caen, Sailed, May 31—British Empire, for CariterburY. New Zealand—Notolk, for Nagasaki. M o. frday ornin DEAL, A --- o. Passed—Three Janes, of Carnar von, from the West, for the North. Anchored, [—Trimfo, from Ldon for on Mal Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Hop el , b ke n ce a nslon, and St. Helena June 29. Australia and Mauritius, via . Southampton........ June 18. and via Marseilles ... June 12. Antall and Cape ercls, by British packet. June 5. g porL, via Southatnpton.June 2 via Marseilles June 12. Cohinapeviofgonols, .. June 2. Gibraltar, via and . 181.and S s outhatupton 1 72 d alcutta),e5 lira, ::: . outliampteu June 2. via Ilareeilles June 12. In di a (Bombay), via Southampton June 11. via Marseilles June 5. Portugal.• • • June 5. M„lto, _Egypt, Itz.(l Aden, via Southainptou June 2. L E: a l 1 1 : via ..)larseilles June 5 Sewfoundland .. June 8. Oporto and V .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Jane 8. by U.S. packet.... All parts of 'West Indies, inclu b di - n C g a } June 10. California.i and Columbia C na li d i ? p , a r c u te t. Jun e 3 . - ROYAL DRAMATIC C OLLE GE. —The annual meet ing for the election of five inmates to the College at Maybury was held this day at the A del p hi Th e a tre. The chair was occupied by Mr B. Webster, the warden of th e college. The remarks of the chairman were of the most cheering description with respect to the position of the college; and after Mr Wigan had handed in a dona tion of £l5, the proceeds of an amateur performance given in the country, the election of candidates was proceeded with. The poll remained open when we went to press. MALTA AN P ALEXANDRIA TELEGRAPH.—The fol lowing telegram has been received by Messrs, Glass, Elliot, and Co., from their superintendent at Malta, dated M a y 30, 4 35 p.m. Powder magazine exploded near Tripoli station. Forty men killed. Telegraph station much da maged. Clerks safe. Lino joined through to Beugb.azi l Traffic with Alexandria not interfered with. RES FOR 1864. 13fiverlay 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne ffcastle-on-Tyne Woreest,r (Summer) Ipswich .. 'LT. Nottingham ......... 19 Winche5ter..,......,,. 19 Southampton ........ 20 Chesterfield .......... 21 King's Lynn Goodwood ...... 26 V&T. Dover York .6. upst 2z": Yarmouth .. 23 Plymouth Lichfield 29 Stocktcn • ... Devon and Easter Derby M/SX/t. Brecon Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn liewmarketFirat October 27 IBER. SarT: OCTI Nova: ..:~. r -.=-.--•