The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-20 00:00:00

The half-yeariy report of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada for presentation at the next meeting of. shareholders has just been issued. The balance-sheet is made up to the 31st March of the current year, and the net profits realized during the period amount to £14,092 ss. 6d., which, added to the sum brought forward from September, gives a balance at credit of revenue of £14,315 ls. Bd. The directors recommend that out of this balance a dividend at the rate of 81 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 £3,682 4s. sd. be carried to the rese rve f un d , i s accordance with the provisions of the Royal Charter of Incorpora tion, and that £250 be applied to the redemption of preliminary expenses. There will then remain the sum of £7O 7s. 3d. to the credit of the next half year's accounts. During the period embraced by these accounts the reserve fund has been charged with the sum of £216 18s. sd. for losses on realisa tion of securities in default, and the amount stand ing to the credit of this fund, after adding the £3,682 4s. sd. above referred to, will be £48,271 188. 11d. A statement just issued by the East India Rail way Company shows that the traffic receipts for the week ending 15th February last on the Bengal Division upon 604 miles, amounted to £14,880, against £8,605 on 3534 miles open in the corres ponding week of the previous year. On the North- West Provinces Division upon 297 t miles, the sum received in the same period was 14,952, against £2,907 upon 243 t miles fur the corresponding week of last year. The application list of the Generil Credit and Fin ince Company of London will close for London on Thursday, and for ths country on Friday ; and of the D4rtford Creek Piper Mill Company on the 23d and 25th inst. for the metropolis and provinces respectively. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram this day the Paris Three per Cont. Rentes were 69f. 40c.— R3Pher firm. The Villamzlse% Gold Mining Company have re ceived alvices dated the 14, n iusr. They state that the rich ore lately discovered in the Cava Veechea level on the yellow lode was tried laEt week by working two charges of it in the old amalgamating mills. From the report of the re duction officer, it will be seen that charge No. 1, of 40 kilogrammes, yielded 3-60 grammes of gold, or very nearly three ounces of gold to the ton of ore ; and charge No. 2, of 37 kilogrammes, yielded 1-93 grammes of gold, or 1 oz. 14 dwts. of gold to the ton. When it is taken into considera tion the great waste of gold which takes place by these mills, it will be easily imagined how impor tant the discovery is, and how rich the ore must be to yield the above quantity of gold even by the pre sent method. Business in the Stock Exchange markets to-day has been somewhat interfered with in consequence of the large number of City people who have, for the nonce, abandoned work for the festivities at Epsom. Hardly any speculation has, therefore, been attempted, and a few purchases in the early part of the morning has consequently produced a firmer tone, Console being 931 1 for money, and 924 1, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 91;-,s-, 4, the New 24 per Cents. 761, and the Thirty Years' Annuities 148 ; India Stock is 2311 ; the 5 per Cent. ditto, 1094, 1104; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1071 ; Exchequer Bills are steady at 3s. to is. dis. The Foreign Market s dull, and quotations are generally depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 8 ; ditto Consolides, 5 d 8 ; Venezuela, 561; Italian, 714 ; ditto Scrip, 1 1 1 ; Greek, 321 ; do., Coupons, 14i 15 ; Spanish Passive, 34p, ; do., Certificates, 121 d ; Mexican, 361 4 ; Portuguese, 491 1, and the Confederate Loan, 4 11 prem. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been very limited; prices, however, have generally exhibited a slight upward movement. Great East erns, North Westerns, and Midlands have improved 55., and Great Northern and Lancashire and York • mire, 10s. The Foreign and Cllonial undertakings exhibit little change of Importance as regards prices. Bahia and San Francisco realise 29 ; Great Wrstern of Canada have improved to 114 12; and Eastern Beegals have declined to 119 111. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Share are at slightly higher rates. Imperial Bank have improved to 221 231 ; Kilauea of Londop and Liverpool, to 314- 321; Imperial Ottoman, to 2 1 ; and Royai Mad Steam have declined to 64 The shares of the English and Scottish Marine In surance Company are quoted Ito prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 3a 4 a New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities.. . :kunuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan,, 1880 — IDitto for 30 y rs , expire sth April, 1885 l4/ ndia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent ............... 107 i Ditto 51 per Cent. ............. 115 t Consols for Account, June 9 ...... ... . . . .. . . 92/ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent.... 1 2 die Ditto £SOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Vhilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO 1. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 32/ 12 Ditto Coupons l4l Ragan 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 78} Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Gr ana d a .. Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Bl Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account . 88 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6o' 62 491 i Russian per Cent., 1822, £ St 951 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passive I Ditto Account 34 4 atii Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded '2 i Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 _ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 7cl 70 iiitto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 71 i I I 24 Venezu e l a , 3 per C ent D itto Account Ditto 6 p er C ent., 18 62 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs -- Ditto Account .......... THREE O'CLOCK. C Timis, M oney Ditto Acc ount..,, 93 a... . . 92 h .1 ad L' iiverpool Cotton Market--This Day. Market at Saturclai's deelire. Sales ord 2,000 or 3,000 b ales. Import, 14,916 ; previous 28,052. HANOVER SQUARE Rooms. —A grand concert 4 , 1 Church Mu , lc wad given here morning witt, much success. And The solo singers were Madam:, Sherring ton, • Madame rea, Madame Weiss, and Messrs Swift, y , Weiss Bervon, R Brad arm igby, Ritab,,ley. One of 'he most interesting pieces performed was a manuscript double chorus and duet ` 6 Magnificat et exultravit," by Han del, and although it was one of his youthful compositions, it bore :ill the beauties of the master hand. The duettists were ISledanies Sherrington and Andrea, both of whom ren dered their respective parts with the greatest taste itONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market this morning presents a Pi et appearance, the brokers still continuing un wiiiiPg to negotiate even first-class three months' bills under 31 per cent., an idea prevailing that the Bank directors, owing to the heavy demand daily forced upon them, will be obliged, for their own protection, to make a further advance of I per cent. in the minimum rate to morrow. About 50,000 sovereigns were taken out of ttt Bank yesterday for exportation to Constantinople There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINAItY SHARE AND STOtthS. Railways. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val, .iythe and 'Fyne. Itristol aria Exeter Caledoman ork 4uu Bamioo _;orn wl I I D „ A \ !its no di' Do. B ii 11 ep er) all.t1Ro• been paid to B. Outuin & Belfast, June. I Pun., Perth,& A b. June. Kdinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. . , reai Kastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian 4, GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock IDo B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western • • Do Str Val gua. stock Laneashi,T & Yorkshire London and tilackwat , Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do a shares • Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do York _ Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction IScottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South DeTon South Eastern I South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an d Wok. Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale. Do B Do C fUlster Do Do Vale of Neath (Victoria sta. and Pirn IWaterford Kilkenny', (West Cornwall Hartlepool Har.&R ' West Midland Oxford Do Newport, Do Herefords Closing Busines!, Price. done. 8 81 7i Ri 83 r 5 115 Jl6 6i 6! 40 12 13 14 91 93 1( 7 :09 5:4 5 , 6 47 19 244 •-5i 125 IA 127 12S 134 136 102 104 671 (71 110} 11 1 i 7S 7 9 i 118 ;20 41 42 1001 101 i, 1044 1 1 -511 44 45 111 1 ; 127 , 127 4 14 1 1d 96 98 51 51} 24i 25i 101 102 t 8 58i 88f 69i 115 117 1 I#l p 1 16 161 11i 121 118 120 451 4Gi 98 100 50 51 32 33 91i 92 CS 70 99 101 7 8 ' 97 38 9 10 74 8 153 166 5 3 i 31 79 82 154 156 44 45 88 4) 99 101 BRITISH POs-;EssioNs. 4ailwarg Pala, Lll 31osiw. Price. 60 63 1, .i.9t 1 16 p ; 51 66 11 81 .c► 1 20 20 [OO ttanti &St Lawrenci iorn.,Barodatez.Cent In( Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New ..... . Do. E. bbares.. liutial. and 1,.., ri un 1 i)o. Pre erunce .! • 7 cattalo, Bran t,B/Godricl p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1 ,- ! Do. Jo. .July 1. Pi: .;u. t 'lpeTowri ,r 1 ).41: Nakqn. Bowl] ot. S L. I Rot in:Lan. 211. ~ o. do. G Do. do. LI do. . `Ji 411(1 Ist . Bonds 4tock stock stock stock stock stock Do. :O. t et erred...... Jo. zd Pro Bon a.. D. do d ter ed...... uo. 3d ef. stock ... Do. do. d lerr. d.... Do. 4th l'ref. s o k... Do. ao deterred.- (.3t.lndmPenth.gua.sl).c Do. ew gua. sp. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.oi India(Lim euaranteed 5 per ceni• IGt. W. of Canada Shan Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opi. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4# p. o. Extension. f;c. 4. Do. Fifth Extension. oro. Bud- Melb. & liobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. 3lortg. 8d.4 N ew Br un wick a Candy Class A an I B N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pi bdt , Scinde ......., ..1 Do. Delhi Do. do z Do. Punjaub cc Do. Do. • • , Do. [ndus.St. Flo.) all 100 (too ' 100 2 15 ,100 stock; ock 1 , 8 1 , 9 1;9,1 109 :10 1:2 " 9 i W 9 )2 1 ' 19 0 61 (5 ;8 61 65 68 44 ,7 41 33 36 24 26 21 23 110 )14 1 2 : 1 1i 107 ICB 111- 12 9 83 , 97 100 89 12 1p 107 108 10i 103 48 100 49 51 Business don• 5 1 i 8 110; 11 1091 25 41 2t 11; 12 21 k 1071 3 6 84 86 1( 9 1(0 107 108 fp 167 IGB ip 10f 1(6 COLONIAL GOVERNMENI' SECURITIES. ‘,11.6(n. p.e..1 a &Jul, ! 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au, 100 it 3 it 6 105 Do. d p.c7.lrar.& Sepi 100 103 166 Do. p. c. Jan.&.luly. 100 96 97 97 66 Do. 5 Inscribed stock, 100 95 97 !Cape Do.Ap &Oct. ope. p 0, 188) 100 112 174187: 100 .11 113 ! I Do. 189! 101 l 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 109 115 117 Ceylon, N0v.1678, n p 10) 113 115 —1116 u I per cent .. 100 103 111 Nate' Guv. 6 per cent . 190 1) 9 111 ;.N.B.Gov. p.c. J a .a.l (00 iv6s • p. e.Ap. & 100 - N. S.W. 6ov. p 7., 16 • 100 1025 1631 Do. sp. c.,18,, to 1•1 100 103 1035 Do. d0.,1888 &upwch 100 1031 104. 1031 1 ; 'New Zealand 6 p .7ent. 100 112 115 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. t. , sterling, 1875 lOO 1061 1075 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 3 115 —8, Aus 1i6p.c.7876.& up lOO 113 115 IVic.Grov. ti p.c. Ja.Sulul:, 100 (10 111 Do. to i/v.o. A.n.&1)67... 100 1101 1111 1111 10/ — I4I4ITISiI 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 15 id huuro Amalgamated.. 22 24 Devon G. Cons. (lavist. 1 515 525 520 Kasl Bassett ((Hogan 30 974 to 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 58. id in , East Car.don ..... 14, 3 1 335 32 1 11 t.ast Carn Brea... ..... .4. , 8 8} - E . w•I ItuNssl (Tavist Is 8.1.6 3} 31 am.,STSt.A üby n(G wen.) i 7. 11 13 !i real S outl, 'I ulg - u5.... 17. 41 5} Wheal VorOlelsti, 44? 66 7 —1) lrenvil 51 6 erud'e,- Foot 6.1 47 19 : ing - stOn Downs., 4 7.0 24 3 3?I liertha d,rgarel ‘l7ll:y* Leiat,; I, 31 33 —1,, arke 4.3.0 74 8 4 , vncl} - • Iron Or, 'Lim. 2.4 1 - New Setun l9; 110 120 • , .urth 2 2 11 :) 1 1 basei)ill!;) , ) 41 4- 4} talk Wheal Crotty .. 2.4. 45 5 - 'sr Consols 4); 5A 2) 'revidenee(tlny !I 13 - .ioutliCaradon(St.Cleer 1 1400 410 S. Cam Brea (11logan).. 5.15.01 3} 31 Frau. (111oL;ei, 18.1 .8 85 90 Stray Park 5 I.CArnarSilv.& Lead :11.n; 45 / I Cin Croit l9 2 West Basset (Illogan) l5 12 13 W Caro:ion (Liskeard; 5 29 31 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan 51 (5 70 Buller(ltedrutli) 5 50 55 %Vilest Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 155 161 Wheal Seton . . 585 250 260 teal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 1)1 17 , Wheal Union 3.17 45 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 44 per cent. red., 100,} Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 91 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 10 01 Mid. Consolidated, B r i stol and Birm., 6 pa' cent., 189 Midland 4) per cent. irrd., 94i West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 129 • PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pf., 961 London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858, 104 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 8/ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 62 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 06 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 95 a FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam,"Bl Bahia and San Franc.sco gua. 7 per oent., 20R N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (2i), 23 REIGN MINES. Don Pedro, No r h I F ; O el Rey, 11r - St. John del Rey (lim.), 54 4 34 44 United Mexican (Btu.), Yudanamutana of S. Australia 3} ; JOIN ..STOCK KANKS. A.gra and Unitea Service (l), 101 1004 &Bianco Bank of London and Liverpool NM.), 32 14 2 4 2 Australasia, 731 e Wales,ti a n k Bank of Queensland (lira), 84 Britishind acuostturamtibat,a:mldOichins, Bank harteori Chartered Bank o of 261 74 Chartered .iter. of India, London, and China, 514 City, 1 , 3 English and Irish (lim.), Imperial Bank (11m.), 2. 3 4 21 3 4 Imperial Ottoman, 20 ft 1 London and Brazilian 434 11. Ayres, and It. Plate (11m.), 22 14 South African, 2‘,4 7 London and South-American (Urn.), L Lo o nd do ot n i% Joint -took, and Lonacal and %Veto =miter, ;1"; National Provincial 01 Eng dan , Ditto, new, 24, DOCKS. London, 60 MISCELLANEOUS. Electric Telegraph, 103 Ita ii in Irrk t 1,11 Wanal favour ) , Ditto, 0 ur ecn . Bonds rd 8;0 issued 90, 281 Oriental Inland Meant (lim.), 61 Rio de .ianeiro improve►uents, lim., Ditto (.£ ,) 3 Royal Jlll steam, 34 Van Diemen's Lq.n.i. 15i M, I t it rs, it i, jokicglT said ut, Paris, has the intentiun of forming a Tiers pal tie. 'I he followitg quitrain On an Umbrella" is going the round as the list little jeu-de•mot by Eugenie Scribe : Ami commoda, ami nouveau, coutre I'orlinaire usage, Neste 3 recart quand ii fait beau E t se mown lea joura d'orage G 7 ft 1101 11 101 4 791 8! 1 01 1 i I i 105 i 11 i i I i 128 t PIE SUN, LONDON, SVEDN'''SI) AY NVENING, MAY 20, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) AN EXTRAORDINARY ACTION FOR FIVEPENCE, THE PRICE OF PIGS' CHOPS-AUSTIN V. GAME. This was an action to recover fivepence, money had and received, defendent being the well known butcher and pur veyor of Cannon-street. His Honeur—Well, plaintiff, what about this fivepence? P.aintiff—lt is a very extraordinary question. You must know that one of my mates sent to defendant's shop for a pig's face—(laughter)—and, indeed, they looked very good. Well, the messenger put down ls., and took up a pig's jaw —(great laughter)—besides which he got 9d. change That, you see, was 3d. for the jaw. (Renewed laughter.) Well, that is finished. Now, I saw the jaw, and, thinking it was ery cheap, I sent a man for one for me. I gave him 6d., and he went in`o the shop and politely de manded a pig's jaw. He was asked what he paid for the otter one, and said 3d. 1 hen defendant took up the 6d., and gave my man ld. change, but no pig's jaw, as he said, " that makes it all right." Plaintiff called a witness possessed of a most laughte•- moving Irish brogue and style, reminding one strongly of Mr. Brougham in Dennis Brulguiderry. This witness depicted the following history :—" I went to the shop, sur, and put down the sixpence. ' It's a pig's jaw that I want,' says I And what did ye pay for the last ?' says he. Threepence, sur,' says I. And shur,' says he, did ye ?' With that, by me soul, he took up the sixpence, and gave me a penny for change, but devil a pig's jaw did I git." (Roars of laughter, in which his Honour joined, after a vain attempt to suppress the inclination.) Witness (quite surprised)—" ' That makes it all right,' says he. ' Does it, by the powers,' says I, but the devil a pig's head I got to this day.' " (Great laughter.) His Honour—Well, Mr. Austin, you will recGver your fivepence and half-a-crown costs. Verdict for plaintiff. This little case will cost defendant some 6s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE BURGLARY AT LORD CHESRAM'S —ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST THE PRISONERS.—Roderick O'Lochlin, alias Benjamin Johnson, alias Charles Greyston, but whose real name is said to be Hart, and George Hewitt, alias Wallis, alias Bennett, alias Groves, charged with bur glarioualy breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Lord Chesham, 19, Grosvenor-square, and stealing a large quantity of jewellery, watches, and antiques, of the value of about £2,000 ; were again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, second charge to-day being preferred against the prisoners by Ins lector Steer, of the D division, of breaking and en tering the house of Mr. John Laurie, 10, Hyde-park•place, and stealing a quantity of property, cons sting of a gold cup, a gold snuff-box (the gift of the Emperor Napoleon), &c., on the night of the 29th April last. Lord Chesham and his daughter were present, and were accommodated with seats on the bench. Mr. Morgan, of tiumphreys and Morgan, prosecuted, and Mr. Dodson defended. From the fact that the prisoners are known to belong to a notorious gang, the greatest interest was felt in the pro- ceedings. Mr. Morgan said the only additional evidence b-day would be proof of form 3r convictions. A constable, named Cook, proved a conviction against Hewitt for uttering a forged note, when he had four years penal servitude, and auother constable proved a conviction against O'Lochlin. The prisoners were then committed for trial. Mr. Morgan said that he then charged the prisoners with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. John Laurie, of 10, Hyde-park-terrace, on the night of the 29th April last, and stealing a quantity of valuable property, bu as that c , ,se was no. quite oaniit. , te he roust azk fora remand for a week. Mr. 1 yrwhirt granted tht• applic.ition. It appears that the property at Mr. Laurie's wee all safe at 11 o'clock at night, and filo tux., morning it was discovered that the premises had been burglariously entered, an entrance having been gained by forc ing the rails of the kitchen window. A tarred rope and screw-driver were left behind, and from a cellaret which had been forced open a quantity of valuable property had been taken. Three men were seen near the house the previous night as if reconnoitering, and on the night of the burglary three men were seen sitting on the steps of the next house by Mr. Laurie's coachman. Ser geant White, D division, on going to the lodging of Hewitt found a jemmy, which the woman he (Hewitt) cohabited with tried to secrete, and on inspector Steer comparing the jemmy with Mr. Laurie's cellaret he found them to corre spond exactly. A noticeable feature in the two cases is, that a screw was taken from the locke of the kitchen doors in both houses, so that the burglars might thus gain ad mission to the interiors of them, and that tarred ropes were used in both instances. MARKETS—This Day. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. The attendance of buyers was small, and the demand both for red and white qualities ruled inactive. Nevertheless, good and fine par cel. steadily supported previous rates. The show of s,mples of foreign wheat was moderately large. All descriptions were in limited request, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate demand on former terms. The supply of barley was very moderate. All descrip tions, however, met a slow sale, yet prices were supported. Malt changed hands to a fair average extent, at late rate.. The supply of oats was moderately large. Good and fine corn moved off slowly, at previous quotations; otherwise, the trade was dull, at drooping prices. Both beans and peas were very firm, and the currency had an upward tendency. Barrel flour, the supply of which was moderate, met a slow sale, on former terms. 0 her descr,ptiona ruled in active, but no alteration took place in their value. ARRIVALS THIB WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English-- 170 — 320 100 ; 330 _ omen ...... 9,400 1,190 14,810 ; 7,230 brls, The Elephant and Castle, as usual, was "all alive," at a very early hour looking more like a heleagured fortress or the halt of a caravan, so great at one time was then umber of vehicles clustered round to tempt the unwary to try the perils of the road. The appearance of a great many of the vehicles might have induced a belief in the mind of a stranger that, instead of the Londoners taking their annual holiday, they were in fact occu pied in an extensive movement of furni ture, as the great majority of the vans were entirely covered with a tarpauling upon which was painted in conspicuous colours the following announcement :—" Goods carefully removed." At a few minutes before ten, the rain ceased and a dif ference in the scene was soon observable. The heavy coverings were clewed up, and then instead of chairs and tables, &c., &c., men, women, and children were discovered as the occupants, and from the good humourtd look that prevailed the assemblage all seemed bent on making the best of the day. To say that every kind of vehicle, in or out of repair, had its representative in the motley gathering, is only to express what has been said of every:Derby day since the origin of sport. The aristocratic four-in-hand, the humbler brougham, the fast dog-cart, the pon derous omnibus, and plebeian barrow of the genuine costermonger, abounded everywhere ; hansom cabs transformed themselves into perfect bowers, and hurried along the line; whilst amongst the inde cribable ruck of vehicles there was something that looked very like a mourning coach, that had either banished dull care for the day, or become reckless through excess of grief. _ . . To the great majority of visitors to Epsom the railway, with its admirably organised arrangements, has now so completely established its superiority, That to go by the road would be something like the Civic procession taking water in the venerable and inv-honourd City b,rg(s, when the whole of the municipal wisdom cau be conveyed from Blacktriare to We , tminiter so much more rapidly in a penny sicarub , at. The secret of "doing" the Derby com fortably is to go late and come away early, when the whole of the bustling, the pickpockets, the confusion, y nd nearly every thing of an unpleasant nature, may be avoided. The arrivals at the South• Western, and at the London bridge ,:nd Victoria Station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway were immense, and yet owing to the capital arrangements of the officials, the trains left with the greatest regularity, the travel. lers taking their seats (considering the occasion) with but little, if any, fighting and crowding. EPSOM, 10 A.M. The rain, which has fallen all night, continues his morning. The course is very soft. Wind N.W. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EPSOM TOWN PLATE. Selection Merry Maid Libellous Twelve ran. BOROUGH HOP. Our market. both as regards home-grown arid foreign produce, rules firm, and prict,s are well supported. W HITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade ru!es steady, as follows : Beet, from 2w 8d to 4s 01; mutton, 3a Od to 4s 2d: lamb, 5s 4rl to 6s Od ; v( al, 3: 6 t to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3w 44 to 4w 4.1 per Blbw by the carcase. Newsvenders' Benevolent and Provident The twenty-fourth annual meeting of this society was held yes'erday at the News Exchange, Black Horse -court, Fleet-street, Mr. Kennedy in the chair. Mr. MILES, the hon. s, cretary, read the report, which congratulated the members on the increasing prosperity of the society, and the fact that during the past year many members of the trade who had hitherto stood aloof had come forward and joined the society. By a wise rule of the society the elec- tion of its pensioners was limited to the amount of dividend received upon its invested stock, and this, now amounting to £1,925, enabled the committee to receive another pensioner on the fund, whose elec tion would take place at the close of the meeting, making a total of five pensioners, one at £l6 and four at .£lO per annum each. The committee were enabled to announce a large addition to their funds by many donations received at the la►e anniversary dinner, presided over by Mr. Charles Dickens, to whom the thanks of the members are due. The total income of the society for the year bad been £342 9s. 7d., and the expenditure /33765. 5d., being a balance on the year of £25 38. 2d. The office of secretary bring vacant consequent o❑ the sudden retirement. of Mr. Hoskins, the committee recommended Mr. W. Jones, of the Lambeth Savings Bank, for the office. Mr. Kelly moved, and Mr. Stevens seconded the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. Votes of thanks having been given to the com mittee and officers, the retiring directors and audi tors were re-elected. On the motion of Mr. Wood, seconded by Mr. Standfast, Mr. W. Jones was unanimously elected as secretary, and the proceedings closed. The successful candidate was Mrs. Rose Wild, widow of the late Mr. Wild, of Catherine•street, Strand, who polled 289 votes against 91 given for Mrs. Livett. REPRESENTATION OF LONDON. —Mr. D. Kirk man Hodgson, Governor of the Bank of England, and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Laurence are spoken of as candi. dates for the representation of the city of London. NexItCELY CREDIBLE: I .-I'6e oddest Idea (says the Court Journal) that mai fa-hion has had of late (Where I' we venture to ask] is that of making gentlem-m wear coloured coats and breeches at balls. They must be either of silk or velvet, and (ming to the " sottuess" and constquent appropriateness, velvet is the chosen. RE - POSTF.D NEWSPAPERS. -- • Grantley Berkeley has l a t e l y writtrn that—" Postmasters cannot charge an extra penny for the transinisfion of a stamped newspaper, on the ground that its redirection, if on the pap -r itself, and nut on a fresh cover, is 'writing' prohibited by 1 5w . I have just had the case decid w i by the Post master General, and the two pennies which were charged on a pa per re-sent to me from" Wycombe to L on d on, an d t h en ce to_Winkton, returned. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST SEVEN. BURGH STASES. Blanche of Lancaster Wangle-eye ..... ...... 2 Neilgherry ................................ Six ran. LATEST BETTING. THE OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Lady Augusta (taken) 9 to 2 agst Borealis (taken) 8 to 1 agst Miss Armstrong (taken) 100 to 8 agst The Orphan (t'tkeu) __.- E __The Spoting Gazette (Li m ited) of S iu P r s d °a. y M , will tonta.i., the b es t an d f u ll es t reports of Epsom Races, with exelmive particulars of the t Derby and Oaks , and all the iocidents of the week ; re marks by " Beac on" (late of Bell's Life ) ., anticipations of R M A a c y E s . 2 3 d t Manchest r, &c —Price threepenee: stamped, fourpence. —To t e had of all news agents. 14, York-street, Covent. Garden, W.C. --------7.7--.._ PLYMOUTH, Monday--(By Electric and Inter national Telegruph.)— The Wietordshire, 1,50 tone, Captain Walker, belongisg to Mr. Marshall, from Bombay, Janua r y 17, with seeds and general cargo, for London, passed up Channel this morning. She touche d at St. Helena, Match 22 and spoke, April 12, the Lady Clan ndore, on the 1612 the Golden Ag., and on the 17th, off the Lizard, the Prince of %Vales, from Plymouth for Melbourne. The Paririan authorities are about to allow Mr. J. Van Malderan to illuminate the Place St, Sulpice with a new electric light, one jet of which is equal in brilliancy to 2,000 jets of gae. SPORT.,NG INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. The state of the weather this morning must have been a sad disappointment to thousands who had made up their minds for a visit to Epsom Downs to witness the race of all races, viz., the Derby. Not withstanding the pitiless rain which had from an early hour in the morning been falling, those who had engaged " traps," or had booked places in " first-class covered vans," had no choice but to make the pilgrimage or lose their money, which, "to prevent mistakes," had been paid beforehand. this being the state in which a large num ber of her Majesty's subjects were placed, the thought with many naturally turned itself as to the b€st manner of braving the soaking rain when falling with the most provoking regularity at nine a.m. In place of Z -phyr coats, white hats and green veils, in which the lords of the creation invariably appear on such occasions, they had to sport Inverness wrappers, oil-skin over coats, felt hats and water-tight boots : and the ladies followed the same example, although many of them must have resigned the " duck" of a bonnet bought for the special occasion with very great regret. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE DERBY. MACARONI ...Challone r ) 1 LORD CLIFDEN.... (Fordham) 2 RAPID RHONE ..... BLUE MANTLE . , [Our Prophecy of the winner this year has, therefore, turned out right : we having placed the four first horses in our paper of Monday last as follows :—lsilAccA. RONI, 1; KING OF THE VALE, 2; LORD CLIFDEN, 3 : and if an outsider win, it will be BLUE MANTLE The following also ran : Lord Glasgow's Clarior (Doyle) 0 Lord Glasgow's Physalis colt 0 Mr. Bowe's Early Purl. . (T. Ashman) 0 Mr. H. J. Smith's Avondale ..(J Mann) 0 Mr. Sales's Sateguard ...... Mr. Naylor's Avgressor.. (Perry) 0 Mr, H. Saville's The Ranger.... .......... (J. Goater) 0 Mr, C. Bryan's Fantastic.. ................ (Custance) 0 Lord Pa.orerston's Bal .w n (Gray) 0 Count Bltrhyany's Tao hour Major.. (Weds) 0 F. Johnstone's The Galie Lo,d Durham's Michael Scott ........... (W• R. , Yce) 0 Lord St ra: hmore's Sacc hat °meter ........ (D. Hugh es ) 0 Lord stamtord's Onesann er (Roper) 0 Mr. Whittaker's King of Utopia ...... (H. Grimshaw) 0 Count Lagrange's , im.podar ................ (Watkins) 0 Count Lagrange's Jarnicoton ................ (Pratt) 0 Count Henckel's Giles the First ............ (E. Sharp)'o Baron Rothschild's Kir g of the Vale ...... (A. French) 0 Mr, E. hrayley's Tom Fool .............. (A. Cowl ey) 0 Mr. H. Robinson's Donnybrook ........ ( S . R ogers) 0 Mr. Beaumont's Golden Pleoge ........ ( J. Osborne) Mr. Cartwright's Scamander ........................ 0 Mr, Watt's National Guard ............ (J. Snowden) 0 Mr. Wy. Robertson's Dunkeld .............. (Brewtey) 0 Lora Bateman's frojinus .................. (Midgley) 0 Mr. Hughes's The Reserve .......... Won by a head. Half a length between the second and third ; a head between third and fourth. The judge put wrong numbers up. MAN OR PLATE, Dirt Cheap ............ 1 Glance colt Santhal ................ :: .......................... 3 Nine ran. BENT INCK PLATE. Welland Creole ............................................ 2 Lord Burleigh Thirteen ran. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. A correspondent, writing from Valetta, May 15 says,Vice-Admiral SirW. Fanshawe Martin,K.C.B., struck h's flag yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Marlborough (Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8.), and Vice-Admiral Smart, K.H., assumed the com mand of the Mediterranean fleet, under the custo mary salutes. Vice-Admiral Martin has since hoisted his flag on the Magicienne, 16, Capt. Wil liam Armytage, it being his intention to embark on board that vessel this evening for Marseilles en route to England. Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C.B will embark on board the Al gicienne at Marseilles for Malta, to replace Rear-Admiral S. C. Decres, C.B. Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8., with his family, flag-lieutenant, and secretary, took his departure from Malta on Tuesday afternoon last, Oil board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Poonah. Admiral Codrington will spend a week at Gibraltar with his brother, Sir William Codrington, Governof of that fortress, and proceed in the following packet of the same company to England, to report himself to the Admiralty. There have been no movements of men-of-war since the de parture of the last mail of the 11th in st., but we are shortly expecting the return of the Malacca, 17. Capt. G. Napier, from the Coast of Syria. She has orders to call at the different islands of the Archip elago and the Piraeus, which will somewhat delay her arrival. Her Majesty's ships in Malta harbour are the Marlborough, 131; the Revenge, 73; the Trafalgar, 70; the Meeanee, 60; the Magicienne, 16; the Medina, 4; the Icarus, 11; the Alacrity, 4 ; the Wanderer, 4 ; the Cockatrice, 2 ; the Hiber nia, receiving ship, and her tenders Boxer and Growler. The former of these tenders is to be fitted as tender to the Hydra, which is to replace the Me dina for the surveying service in the Mediterranean. The ship Middlesex, 1,200 tons register, Com Cammell, R.N.R., whose arrival in the Channel with troops from India was announced in The Sun of Monday, arrived at Spithead at 11 p.m. on Sun day. The troops on board consisted of the head quarters of the 92d (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment in the following strength :—Col. Archibald Inglis Lockhart, C. 8., in command ; Capts. A. W. Came ron and G. H. Parker; Lieuts. R. W. M. Lockhart, R. B. M'Ewen, C. M.Barnett, R. J. S. Carruthers, A. R. A. Boyd, D. M. Crichton, and G. Thomlin son ; Lieut. and Adjutant John Cursland Hay ; Ensigns G. K. M. Callum and C. C. Ross; Quarter master J. Dewsr, Surgeon J. B. Reid, Assist.-Surg. J. Langdale, M.D., 6 staff sergeants, 1 Scripture reader, 24 sergeants, 24 corporals, 14 drummers, 262 privates, 20 women, and 48 children. The Curagoa, screw frigate, Capt. Sir William Wiseman, made her official speed trial, on commis sion,:on Monday, at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead and staff, comprising Mr. J. Ward, assistant to the Chief Engineer of her Ma jesty's dockyard, and Mr. W. E .mes, Acting In spector of Machinery afl rat. &x runs were made at the mile with fur, boiler power, the mean spend of the ship being 10.750 knots. Four runs at half boiler power gave the ship a mean speed of 8 67(1 knots. Circles were also made with the following results—With full power—Port helm—Toe halt circle was made in 3m. 31s. and the full circle in 6m. 465., the angle of rudder being 15 deg., the turns of wheel 2*, and the revolutions of engice 691. Starboard helm—The half circle was made in 3 minutes 8 seconds, and the full circle in 6 minutes 15 seconds, the angle of rudder being 15 degrees, the turn of wheel, and the revolu tions of engines, 68. With half power—Port helm—The half circle was made in 4 min. 6 sec ; the full circle in 8 min. 22 sec., the angle of rudder being 192 deg. and, the revolutions of en gines 51. With half power :—Starboard helm—The half circle 3 min. 52 sec., and the full circle 7 rain. 29 sec., the angle of rudder being 191 deg. and the revolutions of engines 51. The machinery, 350 horse power, by Maudslay, Field, and Son, gave every satisfaction to the officials on board by its working. It is not expected that the Curacoa will sail from England for some days to come. THE ARMY. The half-yearly inspections of the troops at Al dershott were completed last week. On Monday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accom panied by Lieut.-Col. Caron, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8.; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., and Lord Elcho, arrived at the back Camp shortly after 9 a m., end minutely inspected the 2d Brigade, which was formed in line on the Quen's-parade, under the command of Brigadier- Gen. Bates. The brigade having marched past in open column of companies in slow time marched back to the ground and reformed line ; Major A. H. Cobbe, put the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers through the manual and platoon exercise, which was admi rably executed. Several field and light infantry movements, by the three regiments constituting the brigade (the 26th Cameronians, under Lieut.-Col Carey, the 76 . h Regiment, under Col. Smyth, C 13., and the 87th, Lieut. Col. A. Murray) were then per formed. At the conclusion H R.H. highly com plimented Brigadier Gen. Bates on the general ap pearance and disc:plitie of the brigade. His Royal Highness then proceeded to C2o , tit'S camp, where the artillery and cavalry brigades were drawn up in two lines, with the cavalry in advance. His R Highness having been received with a royal sa lute proceeded to inspect the brigades, which marched past in open coiltnns of batteries and squadrons. Various other movements were Performed with such steadiness and preci awn that the Duke comp imented nearly every b.t tery and squadron as they passed on their riding and appearance. The troops forming these brigades were C and G batteries Royal Horse Artillery,under Colonel the Hon. G. T. Devereux, A and B batteries, 4th brigade Royal Artillery, under Lieut.-Col. E. A, Williams—Col. Gambler, C. 8., Brigadier; the Gth Carbineers under Lieut.-Col. Sawyer, the 12th Lan cers, under Lieut.-Col. Oakes, and the 13tn Hussars under Lieut.• Col. Jenyns—Major- Gen. Hodge, Bri gadier. The troops returned to their quarters about 2 o'clock, after which his Royal Highness honoured Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather with his company at luncheon. He returned to town in the afternoon. The A troop and 24th Company of the Royal En ginners, under the command of Capt. Akers, were inspected by Major-Gen. Brook Taylor, un the 13th inst., at the Level Camp; and the 2d company under Capt. Harrison, on the afternoon of the same day, at Bourley Bottom. The 2d battalion military train, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Robertson, C.B , was inspected by Major-Gen. Hodge, at the South Camp, near the New Church, on the 13th. Colonel Clark Kennedy, Commandant of the Military Train, had previously inspected the 2d and 4th battalions. The appearance of the whole of the troops elicited the warmest commendations from the inspecting officer. ' We omitted to notice last week the inspection of the 64th Regiment, under Lieut.-Col. Shute, which took place on the Bth inst., by Major-Gen. Russell, com manding the 3d Brigade. The regiment having broken into open column of companies, marched past to stow time, and then at quarter distance with quick time, trailed arms, and afterwards at the double. It wait then put through a bayonet exercise in review order by Major Mockler, and through a variety of field movements by Lieut.-Col. Shute, Capt. Haldane, and Capt. Coop, with the whole of which the General expressed himself highly satisfied, as well as with the sword exercise, which the (Beers went through with NI ejor Mockler. The ship Middlesex, of London, Capt. Carnwell (Royal Naval Reserve), arrived off Falmouth on Saturday afternoon from India with troops, ii . nd re ceiving orders she proceeded at once for spithe.d. She brings Cotonel R pckhart i n command, with 15 officers, 29 ~ergt•tints, 24 car porals,l4 drummers, 262 orirates, 2it women, aid 48 children, belonging to he 92,1 Hi ghlanders. She left Calcutta on the 27th J tnuary, the Cape on the 24th March, and Si. Helena (fr cm which place she landed a mail) on thE 6th April. The sh i p has ex p erienced a fine weathe r pas sage, r.nd only one casualt y ( from consumption) nas occurred during the voyage. On Thursday M r. Coxwell, the aeronaut, v i s i ted Aldershott for the purpose of making a balloon ascent and taking observations of t he troops whil e g oing throu4h field movem ents. w _ t the whole of the division, in light order, had be e n With this whale .out to th© Long Valley ; but as the wind proved very unfavourable the ascent did not take place. The balloon is lying at the gasworks. It is named the . vening Star, and is capable, when in flated, of cof taining about 30,000 feet of gas. It is not so large as that in which Mr. Coxwell and Mr. Gtaisher p ?formed their ascents; but it is not in tended,we believe, in the present instance to proceed to a higher altitude than about 600 ft. The experi ment is looked forward to with considerable interest by the troops in camp. THE COTTON FAMINE. The health of the people in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Cheshire has naturally been a subject of great anxiety to those who watched the development of the distress which has followed the cotton failure, for it was not forgotten that dur ing the period of the Irish famine Lancashire expe fenced a death-rate which looked as though she herself were stricken with pestilence. In 1846 and 1847 provisions, in coisequence of the failure of the potato, were dear, and employment scarce from the depression of trade. The starving Irish thronged he quays of Liverpool and crowded the streets of Manchester, or they were huddled together beyond Al experience in the poorest and dirtiest of neigh bourhoods. " Live rpool," said the Registrar Gene the force of endemic causes upon mortality, irre spective n a oit n vro t ec sr two pu o op f oo dni is, the fre p oi r l o t , a tt c alh e le . r ;Len y T i rv,p h e n e rwspeh w os of the econom i c con di t i on o f th e inhabi nsgdi generally strlavt inosnt ,dDicvetairldbl divided ioolacifhorleaei area of our large These places contain a population of nearly 500,000 persons. During the cotton famine, Liverpool, though it is th e l argest cotton port i n Europe, has suffered very little di s t ress. W hat her merchants have lost by the American war in one direction it is shrewdly suspected they have made up through the same cause in another. We should therefore hope that the death-rate there would show at least as favourably as in the unions where the industry of half the people is paralysed. But what are the facts ? In 1860.61 the deaths were 12,420 ; in 1861- 02 they rose 1,600, being then 14,011 ; last year they again rose 1,000; in exact numbers they were 15,041. In 1862 3, therefore, they were 21.9 per cent. higher than in 1861, and 7 . 4 per cent. higher than 1862. Contrast these figures with those we ti,ve given above in exposition of the diminished mortality of unions like Bolton, Rochdale, Hashing. den, Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester or Preston, b w y he e r h e a unemployed The Liverpool L tla i o v u er sa p pd ool s e have eat been h.rate m in aintan ied 1862-63 was 31 in every 1,000 of the inhabitants; this is fifty per cent. higher than the a verage rate for all England, and nearly double tha t which Dr. Fa rr has pronounced to be the natural rate of mortal ity in this country. The low rate of mortality which has generally marked the cotton unions during the distress has been sometimes referred to the circumstance of the mothers being able to give that necessary care to their younger offspring, of which they are too often depnved during lull work in the factories. We eqn not venture an opinion upon the va'ue of this explanation, the statistical evidence to determine the question not being at present before the public; but at y cause acting largely upon the infant mor tality of our manufacturing districts must have great influence upon the general death-rate. In Lancashire, in 1860, which we take as the latest year in which the deaths by age have been pub lished, out of every thousand deaths 441 were those of infants under five years of age. If Lancashire could be made as favourable to infant life as North Wales, for example, where the mortality under five years is 312 per 1,000 deaths, the saving to the county palatine would be equal to 6,000 or 7,000 lives at those early ag es . H er e, then, is a broad margin, where physical, social, and moral influences may, under given, but not ex t ravagan t co nditions, be brought into play to check a frightful waste of human lite. We cannot but think that very many of that mul titude of benefactors who came with generous celerity to the rescue of the cotton workers in their first season of trial, will read with lively plea sure the figures we have here adduced to prove that an inordinate mortality has not aggravated the dis tress of Lancashire. The statistics of death afford another proof of the sufficiency of the means be stowed upon the hungry and the naked. There health has smiled on charity, and charity will not readily forget the grateful reward of her first daunt less struggle with famine. "has for a year been the hospital and cemetery of Ireland." The deaths which in Lancashire, dur ing 1844 and 1845, averaged 45,993, rose ie the followiaa year to 59,627, and in 1847 to 68.765 ; hence, in 1846, they were nearly 14,000 in excess of that which may be properly termed the normal death-rate of the county ; but in the next year this excess bad risen to 23,000. In the two years ab ut 36,000 persons perished, who, if the sanitary condi tion of this district had experienced no deteriora tion, would have lived. Though the Irish immi grants and the Irish fever must be credited with some portion of this terrible mortality, the Regis trar-General regarded indigenous and not exotic causes by far the most active agents in its produc tion. The sufferings of the poor at that time are in- dicated by the increased poor rate, which was then regarded as very heavy, but which, in comparison with the far larger expenditure of the present day, ❑ow appears insignificant. By the assistance of the tables of mortality recently issued from Somerset House, a parallel can he drawn between the death-rate during ono year of the cotton famine, with that which prevailed during the Irish famine, in our great manufacturing county. Taking the years ended with March, we find that the deaths in Lancashire, in 1860-61 were 19,116, in 1861-62 they were 65,464, and in 1862 63 they were 63,694. These present a strong and a very gratifying contrast with those we have just been considering. It was not until the commence ment of the last three years which have just elapsed that the distress in the north was sufficiently great to attract the notice of Parliament. We see, how ever, that the deaths were only 4,578 in excess of 1860 61, a year of great manufacturing activity, and that they were 1,770 below 1861-62. It will be shown hereafter, when we limit the observations to he cotton manufacturing unions, that the evidence of their generally healthy condition is still more remarkable. Last autumn, when public attention had been called to the marked decrease in the mortality of some of the most distressed of the Lancashire unions, the Registrar-General observed, with judi cious caution, that "It had been assumed as ohvioas that if the death-rate in the distressed districts does not exceed or falls below that which has prevailed in times of pros perity, the relief obtained by the unemployed, from public and private sources, has sufficed to maintain them in health. Ttie allow ance may or may not have been sufficient in amount, but the returns of mortality furnish no evidence of the fact ; they only show that extreme consequences of famine have not yet been mani fested." It is reassuring to find the Registrar- General with a whole winter's additional experi ence of the distress, the relief, and the death-rate in the North, admitting, with some emphasis, "that the legal provision for the distressed, and the spon taneous liberality of their countrymen, have hitherto sufficed to maintain the people in health." There is another way of testing the Lancashire death-rate, that is, by comparing it with that which has ruled in a neighbouring county. The West Riding of York, during the three years under re view, has, with a few inconsiderable exceptions, sustained an active industrial life; but the returns do not tell of a more healthy state of her inha bitants, with relation to antecedent conditions, than can be shown for the palatinate, with her mills motionless, and half a million of her operatives living upon the unwonted bread of charity. In the West Riding, 1860-61, the deaths were 36,202; in 1861-62, they were 35 296; and in 1862 63, they amounted to 37,725. The last year was in excess of both the former ones—with respect to the first by 1,523 deaths, and to the second by 2,429 deaths. To explain the circumstance that the deaths in Lancashire during the winter quarter last past show a decline in number when compared with the two corresponding quarters of 1861-62, which decrement is not participated in by the kingdom generally, it has been suggested that, while England enjoyed an average amount of health during the first term of the comparison, Lancashire was in those t wo quarters morello healthy than usual ; and that, in the common fluctuations of disease, " more or less improvement of the public health was to be expected." It appears to us that this explanation may be read backwards. The eve of recovery from an unu,ual amount of insalubrity in any district appears to be but a bad commence ment for hearing up against a period of privation. Instead of partially explaining the unexpectedly moderate death-rate of Lancashire by referring it to the ordinary fluctuations of disease, the fact of the low mortality appears rather to render the evidence stronger that this happy result is principally the effect of the prompt, liberal, and (ffilient aid which her operatives have received in the day of their adversity. When we analyse the returns, it is found that considerable diversities exist among the unions. Following tie same line of comparison employed in discussing the mortality of the county, the Stockport union shows an increased death rate of 10 . 8 per cent., while the neighbouring union of Macclesfield decreased 54 per cent. The winter quarter at the former place was particularly un healthy. Scarlet lever has been very prevalent over the whole union. In Lancashire the cotton manufacturing unions which have been less fortunate in respect of health than their neighbours are War rington, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Barton Ch-orlton, and Charley. The increase in these districts ranges between 4 per cent. and 10 per cent. The more fortun ite ones are 13olton, in which the decrease is equal to 5.1 per cent.; 11 adiogden , Rochdale, 8 . 0 per cent. ; 8 7 per ce i n . t. ; Burnley, which exhibits by far the largest dthee me, namely, 17.3 per cent.; Blackburn, on most where the rate has fa th l h i e eh ythe fi rey 2 Iproeecari distressed unions, 3 6 per cent.; Bury, 3.4 per cent. ; Manchester, 3.4 per cent., the falling off in the number of deaths being there 253 ; and last, b ut not least, Preston, cent., or by 183 deaths. Preston has divided with Ashton-under-Lyne the distinction of being the most distressed union under the presentml.ght v h i a s .v i- e Toe Government, cation. It was there, in the autumn, son ablo alarm arose that the food ,i sent down a s p e _ started on its fearfel career. consult with warned by the earliest symptomseun e ph i oo a oa l rr ro dv e io d gt i o c r a ho l uels i it n imot s h p , ec a t n o ti r v t:s it h trodira:lsievoef thethe e c a h s t u ,e t k 'es th were th t e ak g e n n a 4 s u B ff p e e r r e s r h s nasnddied fromstottplepe spread of the fever ; hut Chen the dim ase stopped, fever and d n s h p a i s t e n o o f t all p t p ff e o a r r t e s d since, or elsewhere the district. d Though Pres tonand t o A the sh i n s t rsetsasnodf much upon the same very much judging of level that distress by the number who have come upon the rates in both unions, yet we observe that their sanitary condition has been discrepant. Preston had 188 fewer, and Ashton-under-Lyne 135 more, deaths than in 1860-61 and 1861 62. Man chester, Salford, and Chorlton form, in point of fact, one vast manufacturing and commercial town. Here kw the labour famine bas witnessed considerable differences in the death-rate. In the first-named place there were 253 less deaths; i❑ the second the mortality was only 1 per cent. higher ; but in Chorlton the deaths increased by 352, or more than 9 per cent. But the figures before us present another phase of the sanitary question— THE GALE YESTERDAY. Shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning the wind, which for some hours previously had threat ened, rose to an alarming strength, and up to mid day, with but slight intervals, blew a perfect hur rica'e from the E.N.E , but frequently chopping rou to the S S.E. and W. by N., causing not only ijury of a serious nature to many persons, but in flicting damage to property to an alarming extent. The trees and shrubs in the parks suffered severely, end several persons were injured by falling branches. Much damage was also done in various parts of Lon don by chimneys being blown down, lead being rolled ( , ff roofs, &c. A number of accidents, but fortunately none fatal, occurred through these and similar casualties. On inquiry it was ascertained that owing to the fury of the gale several vessels had been detained in the Pool, and a telegraphic message bad been received stating that it was advisable not to allow the Mar gate steamer Magician to start for that place as tho weather there was truly alarming. The Triton, from Boulogne, due yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, did not arrive, and has doubtless been detained by the fury of the gale. The vessels in the Pool were ex tensively injured, and in many instances the spars, &c., were torn away. Above Blackwall the gale was felt most severely, and off Woolwich a small boat wns swamped, and two men were only saved from drowning through the exertions of some per sons from the shore. Between Westminster and Vauxhall a barge laden with coal was driven from its mooring, and notwithstanding every effort made sunk in deep water. Near Chelsea two sailing ves • sets came into collision, and one, the Union, was seriously damaged. At Thames-bank a large quan tity of timber lying off a wharf was driven from its fastenings, and dashed with much force against some small boats, which were greatly injured. The fury of the gale was so great at one time that it was only with the utmost difficulty and danger that the steamers could make headway, and the tempo rary footway across the river at Hungerf ,rd was lelt to shake under the violence of the wind. From the accounts received the gale has been felt severely at Hertford and Hoddesdon, and other places on the Great Eastern line, and the trains considerably delayed. At the various hospitals persons were attended, having met with injuries, but nothing further of a serious nature has been ascertained. SHIPPING—This Day, LoNbox, May 20.—Wind this day at noon—North - Westerly; light breeze and cloudy weather, with rain in tho morning. P O RTLAND, May 18 . — Arrived — C it y of Mobile, from Calcutta; Adelaide , fr om London for Portland and Gib raltar. BRIXHAM, May 19 —Wind N.E., blowing a g Bl - 0 Aro i , ,ed—Pripoe of Wales, fvom Hull for Pd.ataroorae, :sup plied with coals, and will proceed when the weather mo derates. PILL, May 19.—Wind N.N. E.—Sailed—Korsien, for Oneiga. N E WPORT, May 19.—Wind N.E.—Sailed--Fite, for Shanghai. BY lIJAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednes lay Mo tl o gg. 8 Martha, from Emden; Catharina, from, Arrived—FraP f 1 antzie ; Sarpen, from Chris• Maria rom Nyioping ; Hans. aile Fish, for B ar b a d os; Amelia, for Berbi ce; NoSd—FlYing rumndle, steamer, for Duuktrk ; Concordia at eamer, for Boulogne; Rainbow, steamer, for O stend; Bruiser, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. The Truiumphant from A.trica for Lendon, has been supplied with anchor and 75 fathoms of chain, to replace others which had been lost, and has proceeded leeward. DEATH OP HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF SAXONY. A telegram .i was received yester day by t h e members of the royal f ' uemise of her hoyal Highness Princess 31, Banrnouzabntcihng e ld es t daughter o f hi s Royal Highness Prince George of Snzony, who The died p a r t utta Dr e sdenn nau on o Mondayer th e evening at anecunoes g o'clock. return to his summer residence near Potsdam, from Wiesbaden, of Prince Frederick Charles, who was said to be in Russia. Some proceedings of the prince. who was suspected of liberalism, had called forth an order from the King for him to leave Berlin for a time. fag, b ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. —Yesterday special command, Professor Pepper hitsbre of delivering his Ghost Lecture befo re , d P ined Louis of t°phrnerinhceonoanudr Princess of Wales, and the Prince on r by the Rev. Heppe. Their Royal Hi of the Polytechnic, and ghnessetes :ere J. B. Owen and the other direecga..eries, were conducted to after being shown througthlidar2recepli tion. At the conclusion a royal box p of the lectu-rer,ePbayred fo'rnvitation of Professor Pepper, the the the scenes and examined the ma royal party wen i t ie,n be ces for producing the curious illusions otlinery an i d . aP ,i l P- nio ghost. After seeing some interesting of the Poteiy.esi the submarine diver and apparatus they experimen re' duration by witnessing the concluded a visit of two hou ti a n d other chief scenes in V o n W eber's opera of incantation „ B e f ore l eavi n g. the royal party grac i ously ' Frosebumd retired evidently pleased vital than k e d the directors, an their via"' -3hnre 1.16.4 1 3.14. I Paid, all ali all ) all 28 30 531 i 92: i