The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. The. 69F. 72c.—heavy The Spanish Certificate-holders are now assembled at a general meeting for the purpose of considering their present position and future prospects. The English Stock Market presents a very de pressed appearance, sales being effected by specula la.tors for the purpose of realising the recent ad vance, and a decline of about / per cent, has been the result, Consols being 93/ t- for money, and 938 I for the 9th June. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities continue at 91/ 2 ; Bank Stock is heavy at 233, and a dealing has taken place in the 3u years' annuities at 14 13-16 15-16; Indian descrip tions do not exhibit any material alteration ; the 5 per Cent. Loan being still quoted 109/ 110; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1074 ; end the 4 per Cent. Debentures, 1001; the Bonds are slightly higher at 225. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, on the other hand, have declined to 3s. prem. There is less animation in the Foreign Depart.. ment today, and a general decline has occurred in values on sales in realisation of profits. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 701 6 ; do., 1862, 71/ 4 ; do., Consolides, 54/ 1; Spanish Passive, have declined to 338 348; do., Certificates. to 10/ 11 ; Greek, to 311 321; do., Coupons to 14/ 151; Mexican to 361 37; Egyptian are 981 991 ; Dalian Marern mana Railway Loan, 78 s ; Grenada, " ex call,' 16 ; Portuguese, 49-1-, 4 ; and Russian 93 f. The Confederate Loan is 4 to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited, and prices have shown a slight down ward movement. Great Eastern, Great Western, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) have declined ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern, 10s.; Midland, £1 ; Great Northern A Stock, £1 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there have been no change of importance. Joint Stock Bank and, Miscellaneous shares con tinue at 4hoat I : l 7,vious quotations. BRITISH FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock I Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9 3! New 3 per Cent. Annuities ortuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 — bitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 13-16 15-16 I ndia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/ Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 22 1001 1 Dirt , Bonds E,1.000 *Consols for Account, June 9 x Xxche quer Bi lls, £ l,OOO 21 per Cent 3 pin d Ditto .E5OO Ditto Small 3 pm 3 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ...... Ditto Account .... Egyptian 7 pe t C en t 941 81 Ditto, Second I ssue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ins — Ditto Account.. Ditto Coupons l5 11 / 15 2 Itllian 6 p er C ent. (Maremtnana Railway) 784 8 8 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 374 6 1 74 64 74 7 Moorish Itiperial 5 per Cent New Granad a l6l D'.tt o D e f erred 95 9 4 16 4 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 6/ Peruvian 41 per Cent. liitto Account ........... 95 ... 95 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862. • Ditto Account ......... ▪ 89 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 1862 Ditto Scrip, £3O paid Russian. 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 45 per Cent. 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 69 Ditto .5 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account ... 885 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 64 Ditto New Deferred . Ijitto Account Ditto Passi ve 334 4/ 31 1 4 4 4 4 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded lll 104 11 101 114 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Aczount.... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account.. DDitto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. 711 1 2 Vitto Account ..................... 71/ enezuela, 3 per Cent .............. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ............. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .......... 981 Datil 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 ........ 65} Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ 1005 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, E x . 25 f rancs— Ditto Account. .... 714 2 THREE O'CLOCIi, Consols, Money 934 / Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Firm, Sales, about 10,000 bales. Import, 9,913 ; PrevL°llBl Y, 11,986. DUDLEY GALLERY. on Tueßav • ------ -- g e h i, t m. Levassor, public entertai: who has not given a years, commenced a t in London for something like five miques" at the tml:eries of " Scnes et Chansons Co . wer() no sooner op ort : d Gal lery• The doors of the room crowded, and when it is than the room was cmnph tely ment delivered in a b orne fore in mind that an entertain limited portion of th e p u b& language appeals nly to a tractive power of M. Levasso; tbltB detrionstrati.n of the at- On his first appearance his nairthefers' indeed, remarkable. tenant® was at once recognised aslitc good-humoured mun e t of an old and wel come friend, and every one of his • through tho medium of song, epetecahtal Whether conveyed the signal for roars of merriment. I° eerd movement, Was quisile neatness on the one side, mad al d ildc ) what with ea the other, the artist and the audience could not have been better matched. M. Levassor was assisted, and 11 as e usual, by the pleasant vocalist Madlle. Teissore, Va udeville, is promised for some fufwe occasion, Y of the ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, In the Money Market to-day there is more demand for accommodation, and the lowest rate for first class three months bill is 21 per cent. The biddings for 40,00,000 rupees (1:400,000), in bills on India took place at tie Bank of Et gland yesterday. The proportions allotted were—To Cal cutta, 24,00,00 is.; to Bombay, 16,00,000 rs. ; to Madras, nil. The declared minimum price was, as on the last occasion,ls. 111 d. per rupee on Calcutta, and ls. 111 d. on Bombay and Madras. The appli cations within the limits were for about 67 lacs. 'fenders on Calcutta at ls. 111(l. will receive about 70 per cent.; on Bombay, ls. 11 Id., about 67 per cent., and all above these prices in full. Ceylon Government Six per Cent. Debentures to the amount of £250,000, being the first instalment of a million sterling, to be raised for the construe ton of a railway from Colombo to Kandy, were dis• posed of by public tender yesterday, by the Agents- General for Crown Colonies. The total biddings represented £1,293,000. The minimum was fixed at 111, and the amount offered at and above that rate was £372,600. The tenders accepted ranged from £ll2 ls. to £ll2 54. 6d. The Committee of London Bankers have resolved to admit the Alliance Bank of London and Liver pool to the clearing-house on the Ist July next. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under : 1863. 1862. Great-Western .north- Western South- Western .... Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Great Eastern 1 aneashire and Yorkshire 32,486 31,178 North Eastern Bristol and Exeter 6,572 6,602 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western of Canada ___ These returns in several instances are of a less satisf ictory character. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £233, on the Brighton £1,450, and on the South Eastern £1,273. The North Western, however, shows an increase of £3 292, the South Western £334, the Midland £1,52, the Great. Northern £714, the Great Eastern £254, the Lan cashire and Yorkshire 1,308, the Midland 11,832, the North Eastern £3,273, and the Great Western of Canada £9OO. Itanycap , . faid. 8 8i 7 8 83 €5 114 115 61 61 ,11 40 12 11 13 14 )0 92 93 )0 107 109 )0 52 b 3 97_ 49 24& 25a 10 124 125 10 128 127 O 134 136 O 102 104 O 661 at; ICBi IC9 78 :9 118 120 41 42 98f 094 104 lo4i 4q 15i 11 11; 12k JO 127 , 27i CO 14 lip 10 16 98 isoi 614 24i 25i 00, 101 571. 57i 68 Et 3i This day. ORDINARY SHAttv. , AND STOu!, Closing Business. Price. done. 13.14, 25 10 st st 50 20 .' Bir., Wel., and Str. Val.! all !Blythe and Tyne. 1 al ' Best. ,Sleat,and Tyli d.OO 1 al Bristol and Exeter i 10( Caledonian ' 10 , Cora and Bandon al Cornwal' al 1 0 A A .ets no di, al Do. B ti 11 lip c.p an .lia •, a , been paid to B. • Dublin & Belfast June. all Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. a: Edinburgh & Glasgow. 10 iGlasg. and S. Western. 10 iGreatEastern, Ord. stk 104 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st I 101 GreatNorthof Scotland ! 104 Great Northern.— „ v 104 Do A stock I 104 Do B do Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 104 [ 'Great Western .... •• • • 10 ' Do Str Val gua. stock 10! Lancashite & Yorkshire IG , London and Blackwall 10 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 10 Lon., Chat., and Dover 10 Lon. & Nor'h Western 10 Lon. & Scr.th Western 10 Ban., Shef., & Lincoln. 10 Ilaryport and Carlisle. al .. Do * shares . al Metropolitan al, Midland Do New Do Binning - . ct: Derby IC Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland al Do. 6 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 104 A th. Eastern—Berwieh 10 Do, G.N.E. purchas( 16; Do Leeds lt Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New ..... Aorth Staffordshire and S. IV. Junction al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool- 10 Do Scot. Mid. stock l O, Shrews, and Welchpoo al Shropshire Union 10 , south Devon l O, South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dar -taines, Wok.,and Wok al stockton & Darllngtou a Do . . 1 Do New, 1886 Taff Vale. . Do B Do C ............... Ulster Do Do . ................ .... , 5 ........... . Vale of Heath Victoria sta. and l'lrn lO aterford & Eilkeon% West Cornwall lO 11. Hartlepool Har.&Lt luu %Vest Midland Oxioro 10 Do Newpor 10 , Do Herd or. 115 117 5 11 11 11 16 16t 11 11i 1t O 11S 120 O 45 45 O 98 100 )0 49 50 10 32 33 10 921 93 f 8 70 u 0 98 100 111 7 8 11 37 38 15 9 10 8 71 7 f , )0 153 16 8 5 a 3 31 11 !O 154 i 56 28 30 ro 45 46 10 38 4) r 0 98 100 BRITISH Pt)-;-41,; Cal wMVh t lantie d 4 St. Lawren,. tom.,Baroda&.Cent In, Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New Do. E. Shares... nuilalo &nu Labe tint, t Do. Preteronce .... Ituflalo,Brant,leGodriel Its ri p. et. bds. Aug. 1, Do. do. July 1, 187. tot )o. do. Juoi , 1, ,ileuttadvS.Kastn.(L , 10( stock stook I , 7apeTown it Dock Scrii 101 Havtn. Bengal gu. sp. c 101 h:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 100 Do. do. Do. do. stock G Ext. ... H do. . Grand frOnk of Canadv LO I )o. Ist l'r •'. Bonds.. 41 stock stock stock stock stock 20 stock stork deferred..... 2d Fret. Bon .s. do defer ed..... 3d P ef. stock .. do. d -1 ern. d..... 4th I'ref. s o k.. . _. Do. do deferred...... al GLlndtaPenia.gua.sp.o 10( Do. New gua. sp. c... 11 Do. January, 1862 .. 9 Gt. South.of India (Lim vuaranteed 5 per cent. 101 Gt. W. of Canada Shan r• al Do. New ....... 1! Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., sp. o. .. 10 Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 Dc. 1. d 0.... .... 10 Do. Fifth Extension. ortr. p. c. Bud- it Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. a Do. 7 p. c. &lortg. Tick New Br unswick Cana.. (last+ A nil N. ll.l.C'da6 pc lat p 1 bdt• 1( Soinde ..........1 Delhi Do. do . . • Do. PlinJaub ...• I Do. Do. ..•• • • ,t, g I I Do. Indua.Sl. Flo.) S;JUi i 1877-81 ......... Do. cp. c. Feb. AuL 1G Do. ap. C. Mar. & Sepi lot Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 10( Do. a Inscribed stow, 101 !ape G. II ope, i p 0,187. 101 Do.Ap Oct. 18s( 101 Do. 18v 1(0 Do. Jan. & July, (sot,. Ceylon, Noy.lx6l, ep • 1U hiPti 'btu; i per cent .. t 0( Na a G v, d per cent . 131 A. l i.Gov. tl p.u. J x.daJ u l 01 dp. e.Ap. (St Oc. i N. S.W. Gov. p :.,la 10( Do. . 1 ; p. c.,18,. to 1 Do. d0.,1888 &ttpwt 101 Sew Zealand fi p 'cot. 101 Nova scot la Gov. d p. .terdrig, 1875. ,Queensland Gcy. Bp. c . 101 Aus (.4.1),. ir , 7o.Sz, up 10 4i p.C..11 , ...A0 01 10' Do. 1., II I:mil - 1st-I V i~:... ;Cambrian Consol. Gold '; hour. Amalgamated Devon G. C. Jay itl t Kast Bassett I Iln an .s 1 i East Clogau Gold Ltd. 5i lEast caradon ..... East Carn 3.4 %%''i Russ e l (Tavistk ' 8.1 Gana.dzSt.A übyn(Gwen ; Great South Tolg-us Wheal Vor(llelston ti (Grenville... 1 le . tlerod's- Foot ......s. iingston Downs 4. Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant .4 : tlarke Valley.. (tf yndy Iron Ore (Lim 2, New Setun . . urth Downs W;3'3 iiasest(lll44;ai; ‘:erth Wheal Crotty . 2.4. .'ar Consols (st. Blaze). 1 'rovidence(Cny Lelut., 10.( South Caradon(St.Cleer ti S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 3.1 ••!. Wheat loran. (11104 - an, is.' 'Stray Park Csinar Silv.4t Lead Min 4; [ln Cron , Vest Basset (111 w, an) 1) Car :'ion (Liskeard ; .Vest Seton .•.•• 474 Wheal Basset (Mogan, Ij heal Buller(Redruthl 5 Wheal Kitty (I.l.Lelant, 2.0 WhealLud ott t heal MaryA.nn (Men ) 8 Wheal Seton bf heal Trelawney (Lls ) 7 Wheal Union 1 * fd - 20 22 1 510 20 10 1 15 117 is. id p I. • 0 41 §I 1.6 Si , 7. 11 13 5 5, 10 6a 7 16 51. 61 • 1 47 13 7.0 24 3 I, 104 4 i 7 Mt 11 10 112} 30 32 74. 8 31 120 130 21 2/ 1 1 7. 1 41 4 1 1.0 4 6 6 46 5 .0.; 41 6 305 405 15.1 3/ 41 1 .9 85 90 L 9. 35 87 9 20. 216 12 13 r 29 31 '. 250 260 i G 5 ?0 • 50 55 ).8 51. 5; 15i itsi li 260 270 1l i 17& ' 4} 5 'HI PREFERENCE SHAS. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. I, RE 112 Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. p re f. , 13 2 Great Eastern, E. Union 4 p er c en t, guaran t ee d , 871 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 117 Great Western, 44 per cent, red., 10' Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 91j Great Western 5 per cent. red. prf., 104} London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. cent9i Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 8 per ~ 139 i Midland, Leicester and Ilitchin 4 per et.. ssi PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1054 6 Ditto, 4 per cent. prf , 9 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 10f LINES LEASED Al: FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 95 Shrewsbury and lierelord, 136 k FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 4 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 204 11 Great Luxembourg, 41 1 IL(11 'noir: •), $ 3 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aid,n), 1 I 1 12 Royai Swedish, 4 San Paulo Jim.), gua. 7 per cent., 911 I D ; o or u : P nh e an dr ,ai n p.ta ll or h Mont. Au re"" FOREIGN oI MINES. East del Itey 11 ) 14 Rey, y i ti u u i : d i t t a e i n d . . r4 11 3, 11 t i u .• t a:i:e a a l w o i 5. i . ), 7 / 1 4 14irlz. Gold Min. Co. Ohm), 24 1,11, A:lona:ran. u d a L a i :, J oINT-sTe.)CE FLANKS. alliance Bank ot 1.. , 0 Liverpool (Um.), MI 1 Angle , ortuguese A ustralaala, 731 ' m.), 81 i Bank of Egypt, 304 *A 30 Bank of NOV Zealand aim.), 11 Chartered .ler. of India, London, City, I,il 1. 01 n, and China, 514 2 1 Colonial, 40 39) English and Irish (lim.), 51 English, Soo ch, and Australiered Imperial Ottoman, 22 2 an Chart i , 224 London and Count), 431 6 London and South African, 271 8/ Loudon and Westminster, 774 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 244 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55 41 Standard of lii itish South Africa (limi), 19 4 Union of AuAtralia, 04 Union of J.ondon, 341 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 9 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. -8;0 issued 90, 29 Joint stork Discount, 4, 4 4 London General Omnibus Company (lira.), 14 National Discount Company (lim.), t 4 4 4 ()rental Gas (11m.), new, 4 Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 6 Ottoman Gas lim.) i At the Bankruptcy Court, this morning, Mr. Hart, the accountant, appointed by the Judge to assist the assignee in the case of Mr. Stiff, late of the Morning Chronicle, stated that the estate would at present Pay a dividend of 7e. in the pound, No mention was made of mIY further diyidond. 1 ',N.', ud.lClosin Price. ltB U.S 2 16 p 5 ; 11 7 8 1(8 IC9 169 f 110 i 109 1,, 1094 110 1 11 1 1 p 19i .0 lf 62 65 15 50 53 66 42 46 35 40 90 33 2' 25 20 22 1691 1101 1 2, liP 107 108 1f 9} 99 101 89 s 2 107 ItB 'Ol 103 97 29 it, 11 47 49 Li - ...... a 3 5 WO 80 83 Inn 1(9 uo 00 107 108 1 .'! 1* Ir p 100 1( 7 ICB 10 102 1( 4 !(61 1( 7i 3 c 6 lu .03 1( 6 87 )0 94 96 1,10 112 IU 111 113 )1• Ell 113 lo 114 116 112 114 11J8 110 .t,5 i 4 7 1 i 1102,} li )( wei ►n 102 f 1G qs 0 112 hi 8 107 .2 1;4 12 1 14 lo 11? 101 lilt SHARE Bustnes. don 108 i 9 110 110 104 10 211 1101 10 32) 3 xn 107 1011 0 107 6} 10311 10 .t THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1863.1 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. NORRIS V. NORRIS AND FL.HERTY. This was a petition presented by the husband for disso lution of marriage. The petitioner was a clerk in the accountant's office of the Great Eastern Railway, and the co-respondent was a porter in Covent-garden market. The marriage took place in 1853 at St. Martin's Church. The cohabitation with the co-respondent was proved to have taken place in a house in Little Wild-street, Drury-lane, and also at a coffee-shop in Seymour-street, Euston-square. At the latter place a con stable was called in to take the co-respondent into custody for assaulting Mrs. Norris, for which he was after wards sent to the House of Correction Coldbath fields prison for three months, where he was served with a copy of the citation and petition. The respondent was also served with copies of the documents, and she afterwards c9lled at the office of Mr. Beard, and admitted her euilt. The learned judge summed up the case to the jury, which he said was about as low a case as could some before the court. They would have to estimate the damage the husband had sustained. According to his view of the case, she did not seem to be worth more than a farthing. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the peti tioner, with one farthing damages. The Court granted a decree nisi. COURT OF conmoN PLEAS. BEADLE V. HOWARD. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing counsel in an application for a new trial in this cast , , which was tried some short time ago at Guildhall. The question involved was the infringement of a patent for a steam plough. POLICE INTELLIGENCE This Day. MARLBORO al 11-STREET. VOLUNTEERS' SUBSCRIPTIONS, SUMMONSES FOR NON -PAYMENT.—David Krakeur, a member of the 30th Middlesex An idery Voluntecr,, appeared to answer a sum mons taken out by Mr. Bezekiah Vbnman, sergeant major of the corps, for arrears of subscriptions due To the corps, Mr. Venman said the defendant was a member of the corps, having been enrolle'l on the 19th September, 1861, the subscription being annual but payable quarterly. There was Ll ls. 9d. due from the defendant for six quarters, the first hree quarters at Ll ls. per annum, and the last three at 12s. The defendant had not. resigned, _ _ Defendant said he should have done so, but did not know wh. to send his resignation to, Mr, Venroan said the commanding officer was the proper per.on. An onter was made for the payment of the sum claimed and costs. There were summonses against seven or eight other members of the corps, and in sou e cases they were settled, in others withdrawn, and second summonses were ordered to issue in a few instances, ANNOYING FEMALES IN THE STREET.—George Robert son, of 24, Chiron roa St. John's-wood, a commission agent, was charged before Mr. Mansfieid, who sat for Mr Knox, with annoying females in Oxford -street. From the evidence of a constable of the D division it appeared that while on duty in Duke-street, Oxford -street ) the previous right, he was informed by a gentleman that the defendant was annoying females passing along Oxford street. He requested the defendant to go away quietly, and not to annoy anyone, but as he refused, he took him into oust edy. Mr. Mansfield asked what the defendant had done to he females. The constable said the defendant put his arms round their necks and pulled them about. The defendant had been drinking. Mr. Mansfield (the defendant having nothing to say) im• posed a fine of 405., or, in default, 14 days' imprisonment. WESTMINSTER. A NOCTURNAL AMUSEMENT, AND SUSPICIOUS POSSES SION,—WiIIiam Goosee, a young man, was charged with unlawfull) ringing house bells, and further with being in possession of some tobacco. Henry Sparks, 186 B, said he was on duty at Brompton at two this morning, when he saw the defendant go up to the door of No. 1, Brompton-crescent, and ring the house bell, after which he hurried away to 21, where he pulled another bell, and was then taken into custody by witness. On searching him at the station, there were two half ounces of tobacco, in different papers found upon him. Mr. Arnold—What have you to say, defendant ? Defendant—Nothing particular. I can account for the tobacco. Mr. Arnold—You are described as a barman out of plane. Defendant—l got the tobacco from a retired publican, Mr. Sladdow, who used to keep the Adam and Eve, and now lives at 38, Dartmouth-street, Westminster, and I expected somebody would have been here from him, but there has not. Mr. Arnold—Did the defendant give a correct address ? Polio man—Yes, he did ; and I have been there. It is a respectable place where he lodges. Mr. Arnold—l don't think it necessary to say anything more about the tobacco; tut what is your reply to the charge of ringing the bells. Defendant—l did not know there was any harm in it. Mr. Arnold—You must have strange notions of things if you don't think there is any harm in wantonly ringing at houses in the dead of the night and disturbing the inmates. Were there any c , mplaints made where he pulled the bells Constable—Yes, both complained; and the gentleman at No. 21 came to the gate and complained at the time of the ringing. Mr. Arnold—This annoyance, which is a very senseless amusement, must be put an end to. You are fined 205., or 14 days. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, May s.—ln yarns there has been a fair amount of business done for India and China. Cop yarns for the home trade have also been in quired tor, and the Germans are buyers of small quant:ties where prices are suitable. Yarns for India are about d. per lb. higher than this day week, and some spanners are asking as much as id. per lb. higher, but extreme rates have a tendency to check business. The twist and cops most in quired for are 30's to 60's for manufacturers. Other counts are dearer in proportion. Jr. cloths also there has been a considerable business. Prices are a shade higher, and the quotations of last week have been more easily obtainable. The chief busi ness has been in shirtings suitable for India. Other goods, though firm, are not in such active request, though there is evidently more desire among buyers to operate. The opinion obtains ground that the improvement in the cotton trade lately has been considerable. In addition to the weekly returns of Mr. Farnall showing a steady decrease of the un employed factory hands, it is observable that a greater number of chimneys are smoking. It is thought, in fact, by many that the trade has now attained as good a position as can be expected with the present supply of cotton, and an improvement in prices was to be expected under such circum stances. NOTTINGHAM, sth.—At the exchange hall to day the amount of business transacted was limited. The attendance was tolerable, but the demand for lace yarns was inactive at Friday's rates. For hosiery yarns the inquiry was also slow, but holdere obtained full rates. The demand for brown nets was exceedingly liar, and prices had again a tendency to recede. There is very little alteration to quote in the value of any description of bilk, hocntALE, 4th.--The flannel trade keeps active. The manufacturers are working full time, and the demand for goods keeps close to the suply. Under such circumstances, es might be expected, prices are firm. Indeed, the manufacturers are eo stiff in their demands that buyers purchase more to meet immediate than prospective wants. Some few orders for the spring shipping season have been given. Yorkshire goods, especially the lower and cheater sorts, are in fair request. Wools are without change since last week, but manufacturers buy cautiously. The new clip promises to be a good one, but sheep farmers are demanding high rates. DUNDEE, May s.—To-day there was a good in quiry for flax, and a number of sales, chiefly small parcels, are reported. At a alight concession in price some large transactions could have been effeett d, but A 9 sellers would not give way, the ne goeiations are for the present broken off. The business done was at the full rates of last week, and the market closed strong. ices continue too high in Russia to warrant any abatement here. In tow and codil:a there is no change either in demand or value, and only a small business was done in them. Jute is still unsaleable here, at prices equal to those P a y in g in England. There was a moderate demand for flax and tow yarns to-day, and p rev i ous pr i ces were gene ra ll y paid. Jute yarns a re qu i et , an d prices in f avour of the buyer fo sizes. Ex port hessians are i n less request,r in some consequence of the want of activity in the American market, but the letters received thence today hold out the prospect of a better demand Whortly. The better class of linens made in the district go off freely, and there are no stocks of almost any description of goods on hand. LITERATURE. Cecil Beaumont. By the Hon. Chas. Stuart Savile. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. " Cecil Beaumont" is a book that is pleasant to read. It is well written, the style throughout is simple and animated, and the scenes and charac ters described are full of freshness and vigour. We have been a good deal disappointed with the can eluding volume, we must admit. During two volumes and more we bad faowed the fortunes of the hero with interest, but after his varied and numerous misfortunes the transition in his fortunes is so abrupt, and the finale to the tale so couleur de rose, that it reminds us of that last scene (who can ever forget it P) where Lord Dandreary, waving his hand in a back-handed idiotic manner, exclaims to his valet and his sweetheart—" There! bless you— bless you! I suppose that's the ordinary thing !" &c. Before alluding further to theconclusion, which has disappointed us, we will first speak of the earlier portions of the story with which we have been at times greatly pleased. The scene is laid in France. Cecil Beaumont is the son of a locksmith of Cusset, a small town in the interior of France. Having evinced great abilities, and having distinguished himself at the college of the department, he is brought to Paris by a speculative schoolmaster, who for five years administers to his intellectual, while he neglects his physical, culture, and sends him back, at the expiration of his term of agree ment, emaciated and starved—a living skeleton— but loaded with prizes and honours won at every examination. C ec il , i magining h i mse lf to b e " the very typ e o f a great man, " begins life, like so many before hi m , with exaggerated dreams of ambition and a yearning for ideal felicity. One by one these delusions are, of course, dissipated. At first he is appointed under-clerk to a notary of his native (own, and is here initiated into the secret of law writing. " The most essential thing," says the head clerk, who is instructing him, "is to manage to stretch ont what you write, so as to make as many words as possible and to write in large hand. Now the act of say ing very little in a great many words constitutes the principal element of an avoue's science. The man who possesses that art in perfection is pretty nearly certain of making his fortune." That art, however, is not possessed by Cecil, who is forced to seek for fortune in another direction. He goes to Paris, is enrolled as an avocat, but being too honest to plead any cause unless convinced of its justice, he makes no profit by his profession. He afterwards turns author, takes a play to a manager for perusal without obtaining any receipt, and the play is brought out under another title as the manager's own, and Cecil has no redress. He then concocts a sensation drama, rightly called "a mon strosity." By the proceeds of this, of which he is heartily ashamed, he manages to exist for a time. We do not propose to follow him step by step in his miscellaneous and interesting adventures, some of which are sufficiently amusing. On one occasion he has taken a manuscript to a Jew publisher, wLo is willing to bring it out at the author's expense, and the following ridiculous equivoque occurs : "You see, sir, that the publication of a work of the sort will entail a heavy outlay." " Of that I am perfectly aware," observed our hero ; and pray, may I ask you to name what terms ?" " What would you say to five thousand francs for the first edition, the money to be paid in advance ?" said Mon sieur Isaac, blandly. This was a sum so much beyond Cecil's expectations, that for a few moments he was too much agitated to reply. " I can assure you that they are the best terms I can offer, in duty to myself and my children," said the pub lisher, mistaking the reason of his visitor's silence; "for, sir, I am the father of a large family." " I was about to say that I am perfectly satisfied with your terms," responded Cecil; "and am ready to sign the agreements directly. I suppose you have got a receipt ready ?" "You are right, sir, since you propose that the payment should take place at once." And going to his desk the publisher took from it some papers, upon one of which he wrote some words. " Five thousand francs 1" soliloquised Cecil ; how fortu nate it is that I did not wait for the arrival of Jules' Maecenas 1" " Here is the receipt, sir," observed Monsieur Isaac. " I have signed both it and th e agreement; you will have on your side to sign the duplicate of the latter yourself." " Why have you signed the receipt P'' exclaimed Cecil in astonishment; "it is for me to do that, as it is I who am to receive the money." "I beg pardon, sir," remarked the other, "hut I do no exactly understand you; to what money are you allud ing " To the five thousand francs you are going to pay me," replied Cecil. " Y u mean the five thousand francs you are going to pay me," retorted the publisher. " / going to give you five thousand francs, sir ?" ex claimed our hero. "What for?" "For publishing your novel, sir I" ['he disappointed author returns to his lodgings, and flings the MSS. in despair into the corner of his room. The next day, to his dismay, be finds it has been swept away as rubbish, and, according to French custom, becom e the property of some chigonnier. As a very different specimen to the scene above quoted, we ' A il] give a description of the funeral ber vice of a young musical composer, who had himself, like Mozart, unwittingly com posed his own requiem "At first it was a plaintive harmony, full of soft melan choly, as if the sounds were the voices of pitying angels asking pardon of God for mankind The tone of the music then changed, and was intended to represent the voice of the eternal God, thundering in wrath against the ingrati tude of sinners, and announcing the chastisement merited by their evil doings. "At this moment there issued forth from the orchestra sounds of wondrous import, now imitating the fury of the , tempest, now the rolling of the thunder, and with this wild harmony mingled the roaring of demons rejoicing in the wrath of the Deity f a lli ng upon the h uman race; and at the same time th ere seemed to ar i se th e agon i sed cry of souls condemned to e t ernal fire. "At this magnifi cen t expression o f divi ne i n di gnation and human suffering, the h ear t s of all present quiver e d with emotion ; but by degrees the fury of the orchestra be came softened; the groaning of the damned and the roar ing of the demons ceased and the voices of seraphs seemed to implore pardon from heaven. Then a gentle melody appeared to explain to the faithful that God had just made a new compact with man, and had said to him : ' Go forth and glorify my name.' " Strains of majestic gravity succeeded ; mortal man, with his forehead in the dust, adored and blessed his Creator. "As was to be expected, the congregation was enraptured by this powerful composition, at one moment plaintive and touching, at another sombre and terrible. All present had felt the emotions of the artist to their very heart's core ; and in turn trembled a t the wrath of God, and hoped in his divine mercy. While the peals of thunder resounded beneath the arehed roof of the temple, they had bowed their heads sub missively; when the souls of the damned had groaned in anguish, they had also sobbed and groaned ; and when at length the pardoned world glorified its Creator with strains of love and prai.e, that crowd, In which were mingled fer vent and lukewarm breasts--that crowd had with one accord fallen upon their knees upon th e church pavement, their hearts overflowing with hope and faith." If this eloquent outburst be deemed som ew h a t ex travagant, what will be said of Cecil's rhapsody about love towards the COBCIUBIOII of the third volume Henrietta ! Never, xeepting in Mr. Disraeli's Temple" — that "lov e story " with out parallel in the extraordin ary extravagance eof its emotions—have we read of such ebullitions of transport as those indulged i n b y Cecil Beaumont. Like the lover of Henrietta (and like him alone, within the range of our literary experience) Cecil Beaumont foams at the mouth in the paroxysms of his affectionate emotions! For example, here is a scene that occurs when Cecil receives a letter from a friend to say that the family of his beloved have returned to Parisl—'• It would be tt,eles to attempt to describe the wild, deli rious, maddening impulse that pervaded the frame of the 37, ung lover as he perused the se x few wor d s. A typhoon seemed raging in his soul — a might.. wind, dispelling in its course the sullen clouds and vap our , of long days of sus pense; Ile was silent for a few moments, tor he was tongue-tied, though the big drop of perspi ra ti on that quivered on his brow (1 ), and the sl ight foam that rose to his lips (I I), proved the excess of his feelings, But, as the wind clears the heavens, sudden, unexpected good tidings tranquilise the soul. The tumult of his mind gradual subsided ; the scudding thoughts that for a moment had coursed about in such wild order, vanished and melted away, and a sentiment of bright serenity ' succeded—a sense of beauty and joy, and of hover ing and circumambient hope. In his next work the author of Cecil Beaumont must put a little restraint upon the ardour of his imagination and temper the fervour of his descrip tions. We the more readily find fault with pBO - like the above, Which Are, to our thinkingri ridiculous, because, on the whole, we have been so much pleased with the book and with its writer. The spirit that pervades the whole composition is genial, and gt nerous, and impartial. It presents a refreshing contrast to some of the " sensation'' novels of the day, and we shall gladly renew our acquaint ance with the author of "Cecil Beaumont." HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. On Tuesday afternoon the Exhibition of Sculp ture by living artists, which is to form a permanent attraction to these gardens during the summer months of each season, was opened to the public. The idea of an exhibition of this kind each year at these gardens originated with the late Prince Con sort,, though, as the grounds themselves were scarcely completed at the time of his lamented death, no steps were taken towards carrying out the plan un til recently, when the matter was intrusted to a committee of five artists—Messrs. Foley, Marshall, Weekes, and Woodington, with Mr. Stephens as pecretary. The result of the labours of these gen tlemen, as far as they can be judged by the groups which they have brought together, may now be seen at the gardens, where they are distributed in the conservatory and arcades or placed about the grounds themselves, which they decidedly improve and fill up in a pleasing manner, though the illu sion in some cases disappears on a closer inspection of some of the groups themselves. Before the public were admitted their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of %Vales paid a private visit to the exhibition. They were re ceived on their arrival by the President of the so ciety, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Wentworth Dilke, Mr. Wilson Saunders, the hon. secretary, Mr. Kelk, and the whole of the members of the Council, Thus attended, their Royal Highnesses passed some time in inspecting the groups sent in, which include works from such artists as Woodington, Passworth, Weekes, Noble, Monti, Foley, M'Dowell, Thorney croft, Fontana, Durham, Bell, Adams, Calder, Mar shall, Stephens, Davis, and many others. Such names ought to give promise of as good a collection of English works as the sculptor's art among us is able to produce ; but, with few exceptions, the groups shown are nearly all in plaster, and even in this material are only reduced copies of important ori ginals. A large part of the collection also is made up of busts of various persons, which, when they are those of such eminent men as Napier or Wel lington, are, though not new, interesting enough; though the same cannot be said of rows of esquires and professors who, even if exhibited in the flesh, would fail to draw attention, and who certainly gain nothing in attractiveness by being introduced to the public through a plaster-medium. Some of these, however, are exceedingly well done, and, whether like the originals or not, are at least busts that are natural and full of character, and in which the artist has contrived to escape the traditional bust-like look which generally makes these me mentoes so stonily significant of lack of skill. Among the marble groups will be found Calder Marshall's well•known statue of " Ophelia," so touching in its exquisite sorrow, in the perfect abandonment of grief that is embodied in the very outline of the half-drooping figure. Near it is an other by the same artist," The Young Briton." The interest of this fine conception is, we venture to think, lessened by the extreme youth of the Briton in question, who, though represented as being in vested by bis mother with the dead father's torque, is of en age at which the degenerate Britons of the present day are scarcely weaned. Westmscott's celebrated statue of " The Peri" is also in the Con servatory, and near it is a pretty copy of Mr. Miller's group of " Emily and the Doe of Ryhl stone," which many of our readers will reclllect was reproduced with such perfection by Copeland in the Exhibition of last year. Out on the terrace in front of the Conservatory is Durham's great statue of the Queen, in bronze, surrounded by the attributes of " Peace," which was originally in- tended as the cro Aning statue for the Memorial of the International Exhibition of 1851. This fine figure has been produced in metal by Messrs. Elk ington's process of depositing by electrotype. It is a splendid specimen of this branch of scientific zeproduction of works of art. By this method the cost of bronze statues is reduced to less than one- half, and ail risk of imperfect castings, of course, entirely done away with. As our readers aro aware this figure is not to surmount the Memorial, but in its place will be one of the late Prince by the same artist- This figure has also been completed by Messrs. Elkington, and will be fixed on the pedestal in a few days more, to be ready for the public in auguration by the Prince and Princess of Wales in June next. There are several other fine models of figures in the collection of statuary, such as Weekes's " Young Naturalist," Lawloi's "Bather," Durham's " Parting of Paul and Virginia," Foley's " Youth at a Stream," Miller's "Evangeline," &c., each and all of which as individual examples de serve commendation. The collection, as a whole, however, must by no means be taken as a fair ex ample of the state of the sculptor's art in England at the present day. Some of our best sculptors have not contributed at all, though it is not likely, after this exhibition, that they will suffer themselves to remain unrepresented next year. The Council of the Horticultural Society are now busily employed in preparations to make the in auguration of the Prince Consort's Memorial on the 10th of June as effective and as important a dis- play as becomes the occasion. As it is important that the Council shculd be able to judge of the numbers likely to be present at the ceremonial, they have decided that the price of cards of admission shall be 15s. each if purchased on or before May 27 (the day of the first great floral exhibition), £1 up to June 9 inclusive, and £1 10s. on the day of the ceremony. The Council have also decided that each Fellow of 12 2s. (or 20 guineas) shall be entitled at any time up to May 27 to purchase three tickets at half-price. and fel lows of £4 48. (or 40 guineas) six tickets. The Princess of '►'alas having signified her wil- lingness to become a Fellow of the Royal Horti cultural Society, the Council have called a special meeting of the society for Saturday, May 16, for the purpose of electing her Royal Highness. PENNY-A-LINERS ! These writers never allow us to go anywhere; we always proceed. A man was going home, is set down " an individual was proceeding to his resi dence." We never eat, but always partake, even though we happen to eat up the whole of the thing mentioned, In court, counsel asks a witness, " Did you have anything to eat there ?" " Yes." . 4 What was it ?" " A bun." Now go to the report in the paper, and you'll be sure to find that 64 witness confessed to having pavtaken of a bun," as if some oue else shared it with him. We never hear of a place ; it is always a locality. Nothing is ever placed, but always located. " Most of the people of the place" would be a terrible vulgarism to these gentlemen ; it must be " the majority of the residents in the locality," Then no one lives in rooms, but always in " apartments." " Good lodgings" would be far too meagre; so we have "eligible apartments." No man ever shows any feeling, but always "evinces" it. This "evince," by the way, is oue of the most odioug words in all this catalogue of vulgarities, for such they really are. Everybody " evinces" everything. No one asks, but "evinces a desire." No one is hurt, 1;14 " evinces a sense of suffering." No one thanks another, but " evinces gratitude." I remember, when the French band of the " Guides" were in this country, reading in the Illustrated News, that as they proceeded, of course, along the streets of the metropolis (we never read of London ind polite does journals), they w e r e vehemently (every b everything vehemently) cheered by the populace (that is the genteel name for the p eeo p Ymbllee ).d And what do you suppose the Frenchmen did in return P Of course, something very different from what Englishmen would have done under similar circumstances. But d id they toss up their caps, and cry, "Vivo l'Angleterre ?" The Illustrated News did not condescend t o enter into such details ; all it told us was that they " evinced a reciprocity ! " Again, we never begin anything in the newspapers now, but always commence. I read lately in a Taunton paper, that a horse " commenced kicking," And the printers seem to think it quite wrong to violate this ru le. lir p ea t e dly, in drawing h an dbills for charity sermons, I have written uP a lways do, "Divine service will b eg i n at so a u s nd l so " but almost always it has been altered to "com mence ; " and once I rememb er the bill being sent back after proof with " a query, commence ? " written against the word.—Dean Alford's Plea for i,L:I Queen's .English.;, 53 2f f f 48 71 24/ 1244 5 41 127 i Ok 7 El Off I} 789 IrB 7911 9 119} 18} 41} 99 8f 104 31 41. 111. 12d 7a a 100 j 57i 88 THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK RUSSIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 2. The chances of a naval war are now the topic of warm discussion. The Governor-General of Fin land in his report speaks of a growing restlessness of the people and of their Scandinavian tendencies, and urges the Government to increase the Russian forces in the Grand Duchy. In the mean time 12 vessels of war, mostly steamers, are being armed. Three vessels are already cruising, and six more will shortly leave Cronstadt. In a note to the Governor-General of Moscow, the Emperor thanks the capital, which he calls the " dearly beloved city of his birth," for the address conveying the expression of their loyal sentiments. In his reply to the deputation by whom the ad dress was presented, the Emperor said—" I still have hope that we may avoid a general war. If, however, war should be our destiny, I am convinced we shall know how to defend the boundaries of the empire and the countries which are inseparably connected with it." The order of St. Vladimir of the first class has been conferred upon the promoters of the address. A special reward has been instituted and confer red upon all high officials who co-operated in the emancipation of the serfs. Bank of England Return.--This Day. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 6th day of May, 1863: ISSUE . Notes issued .........X28,940,765 Government Debt X11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,290,765 I Silver Bullion .... X 28,940,765 £28,910,765 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- O EPARTIIIINT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £12,151,3 5 Other Securities 17,470,20. Notes Gold and Silver 850,995 Coin missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 7,241,739 Other Deposits 13,122,087 Seven Day and other Bills 603,014 £38,639,377 W. £38,639,377 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. May 7, 1863. IMPERIAL PAR,LIAMEI HOUSE OP LORDS—Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The North Eastern Railway (Newcastle and Starbeck), Cockermouth and Worthington Railway, Staines and Woking Junction Railway, and Sowerby Bridge Local Board bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. - - - The Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) and North British Railway bills were read a third time and passed. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. Their Royal Highnesses entered the house this evening shortly after five o'clock. The Princess of Wales occupied a seat in tha gallery over the throne, and his Royal High ness took his usual seat on the front cross bench. The Earl of DERBY thought the whole bill would prove totally useless without a clause similar to the suggestion of the noble earl (Grey) opposite respecting bribery was in serted. He objected to the clause which gave the House of Commons the power of suspending the issuing of a writ for five years, as that was virtually disfranchising the place. Lord ItEDESDALE also objected to that clause, and hoped it would be expunged. After a short discussion the house went into committee on the bill. Clause 1 was agreed to. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS :BILL. Earl RUSSELL moved the committal of this bill, and in doing so entered into an explanation of its provisions, which provided that in the event of boroughs being found guilty of extensive bribery the writ might be suspended for five years, and also gave very stringent powers where in dividual cases were to be dealt with. Lord LYVEDEN moved the insertion of a clause which disqualified all persons from voting who had been engaged at a salary as agent, messenger, or any other capacity for one month previous to such alteration. Their lordships divided, when there appeared— Contents Not contents Majority against Clauses up to 9 were agreed to. A division took place on the 10th clause, giving Parlia ment the power to suspend the writ of a borough guilty of corrupt practices for 5 years. Tho numbers were— For the clause 26 Against it Majority against the clause 66 (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The consideration of the Lords' amendments to the fol lowing bills and amendments were considered and agreed to :—Cleveland Railway, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, Rugby Water, and Whittle Dean Water. THIRD READINGS. - - The following bills were read a third time :—Birkenhead Improvement, Formartineand Buchan Railway, Gravesend and Milton Gas, Great Grimsby Water, Itchen Bridge, Letterkenny Railway, London and South Westerr and Andover and Redbridge Railways, Mid Kent Railway, Rotherham and Kimberworth Local Board of Health, Stourbridge Railway, Tranmere Docks. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Equitable Gas Bill was considered, and ordered to lie upon the table. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against tho imposition of income tax out charities, and against the amalgamation of the Metropolitan with the City pollee. A large number were part in favour of the Prisons Ministers bill by Mr. HENNESS EY. EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS, In reply to Mr. MAGUIRE, Lord C. PAGET said it was true that experiments were made at Shoeburyness on the 27th of April last on " Chalmers' Target," but whether they were made on a target which was a piracy of one patented by Mr. John Clare, jun., the Board of Admiralty could not venture to express an opinion. CONVOCATIONS OF ARMAGH AND DUBLIN. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to summon the Convocations of Armagh and Dublin, in the same manner as the Convoca tions of Canterbury and York were summoned ? Sir G. GREY replied that two memorials had been pre sented to her Majesty, but the Government had not deemed it well to advise her Majesty to accede to their prayer. ORDNANCE SURVEY. Mr. WARNER asked the Under Secretary of State for War when the military survey of the environs of London, stated in the Ordnance Survey Report to be in progress of publication at the end of last year, was likely to be issued ? Lord HARTINGTON replied that some portions of the survey had been published, and that the rest would be com pleted and be ready for issue before the end of the year. PURCHASE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHI with the other Ministers, and generally created by his con duct an ill-feeling against this country. He justified the language of Gen. Webbe with respect to Mr. Christie.: Lord t'ALMERSTON defended M. Christie. He bad for sometime been a member of that ho use, and many hon. members could hardly fail to recollect the meritorious way in which he performed his duty. (Hear.) Mr. Christie was a gentleman and a man of honour, and he was satisfied that no man could justly question his verdict. (Hear.) He knew nothing of Mr. Webbe--(laughter)—and with re gard to his letter, it was no doubt treated by Earl Russell with the disregard it merited. (Hear.) Had such a letter been written by a British diplomatist he was sure his noble friend would have dismissed him as a perron unfit to hold such a responsible post. Mr. Christie simply carried out the orders sent him by the Government, and he had reason to believe that the informati ,n supplied to the hon. member for Lincoln with respect to the alleged ill feeling against Mr. Christie was grossly incorrect. (Hear, hear.) It was not the province of a body of traders to decide upon tho conduct of the representative of a Government, but that of the Government who sent him there. (Hear, hear.) After a short discussion the motion was negatived with out a division. PRISON MINISTERS BILL. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. R. LONG rose to move that the house resolve itself into a committee this day six months. (LEFT SITTING.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, CHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SCURRY HANDICAP. Antipodes Mountain Buck Miss Julia.. •. Five ran. MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE. Dictator Caller Ou Middlewatch Six ran. CHESTER. WELTER CUP. Eidolon Fontenoy Deception DEE STAKES. _ -- Borealis Newohurch Won in a canter. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 11 to 2 agst Macaroni (taken) 12 to 1 agst Saccharometer 60 to 1 agst Fantastic 66 to 1 agst Avondale (taken) THE CONSCRIPTION IN FRANCE, " One hundred thousand men," says a Paris paper, speaking of this year's conscription,— " One hundred thousand men have just passed under the regu:ation measure, and have heard the President of the Board of Revision cry out, as each moved on, 'Good for service.' One hundred thou sand families have received the terrible tidings. For the first few days all is sorrow ; soon courage returns to their valiant hearts. Is not France a nest of soldiers ?" No doubt, the army of Franco is worthy of admi. ration, but while we are struck at the exactness with which she turns out yearly her 100ynotuitnhs,sappirpiats rently excellent in health and exuberant —some of them already grasping in fancy the Mar shal's staff which they are to find in their cartridge boxes,—We do not notice the crowds which the same Board of Revision have been forced to reject as unfit material for powder to consume before they can get at the number required. It is affirmed by those who ought [to know the fact that the sickly, the deformed, or those who are below even the small stature of an approved conscript are far more nume rous than those who are declared fit for service. The result of the conscription which is just concluded shows that in this respect matters are still worse. The War Department had been forced to lower by a few centimetres the standard required for the old regiments; and it is feared that if the numerical amount of the ccnscription be maintained at its pre sent rate a further reduction will become indispen sable. This ogre, called the Conscription, swallows up year after year the flower of the youthful rural population. Those who are left behind are com paratively short in stature, feeble in frame, and infirm. It is stated on authority, whieh has not, I believe, been contested, that, out of 1,000 youths registered as the contingent to be furnished by cer tain cantons, 731 were rejected by the Revision Board as unable from physical defects to bear arms. Napoleon I. used to boast that he had 100,000 men to spend every year, and his incessant wars and in cessant calls upon the population to support them have produced what we now w itness. To this, as well as to the laws on the division of property, is attributed the fact that the population for the last ten years has stood still, where it has not actually diminished, while that of other European countries has increased. BITION BUILDING. Lord R. CECIL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the report was true that tho Government had offered or intended to become purchasers of the building in which the Exhibition of 1862 was contained; and, if so, what rum they proposed to pay for h, and at what period of the session they intended to bring forward the estimate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had nothing to add to the reply which ho had given to a simi lar question a short time ago. Ho was not able to make any flesh statement. But should the Government deter mine to purchase the building, the matter would be quickly communicated to the house, and ample time given f o r the discussion of any estimate that might be asked for its pur chase. BRITISH KAFFRARTA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. the M c r 0 . I A o n . ies MILLS whether memorials Under o t D2 a t i t ! : o tn f sb3,b s ,a t a d tt, been the in- A-ecently addressed to her Majesty's Goectern i ng the P habitants of British Kaffraria, mope i tho Colony of annexation of that Province d o , if so, whether roposed the Cape of Good Hope ;, "to lay such dom.. there would be any objectionp merits upon the table of the Mr. FORTESCUE 55 , 0 d f h t ; b e e t iLi o i onnsyhNavdi t h been presented clip o of against the atualgamatici)nng. the matter tho fullest considera e. A fter givbad determined that the annexation should conu, Good l tdh H be o e p pr o c e e cd Ae Governmentd, with.tr., , had been let to roN-TERRACE. 1 :t the valuation of t il en i d . E e L s u t s th s; s a al_way, a L .-, d it the and Trollop ;In F. F the 13 vacant p j yr : l7l:jaEa S ,..,el: l r de r .i is.Bna S t ~itel nw r a e s p the highest . b t. at £1,400 e— a-year. He had no 9 jec , ten to produce the ripe FOLAND. , rs. Mr. HENNESSY gave notice that should move bn address to the C on an early d ay h e Poland. Crown on the subj ec t of . - COMMUTATION OF CHURCH RATES. Mr. ATE ave that early &ession he should IntrodGnee a bill for the notice commutation next of church rates. M. mi ß L ß N A t Z s l L ro . — se l\ t l o ß , pu C t ii a ß l lS ue T s l ti E o;l Mr. Lord of the to the First Treasury respecting the conduct of Mr. Christie, her Majesty's Minister at Brazil, in the question of the ship Prince of Wales and the officers of her Majesty's ship Forte ; and asked whether a letter addressed to Earl Russell by the Minister of the United States at the Court of Brazil, and subsequently published, had re ceived any notice from her Majesty's Government. He thought it was only due to Mr. Christie that the hon. mem ber for Lincoln (Mr. Bramley-Moore) would retract the very unjustifiable language he had used towards that gen tleman. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, in order to explain, moved , the adjournment of the house. The merchants d prin cipalable to inhabitants of Rio Janeiro, who werea distance, were better n pronounce an opinion than people at ? exceedingly dissatisfied with the conduct of Mr. Chr istie on account of the irritability of his position and the actu al Harr the falsehoods in which he h ad dealt with the wrec h bad quarr of eled Prince of Wales, It appeared , too, t hatv The London and South African Bank, ANNUAL MEETING.—THIS DAY. The second annual meeting .employed p t l, h oy e p rop rietors edcauw_tseaeeseita wuayal o s f ,he London and South African Bank took place to day. Mr. J. 11, Thomson presided. The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that the accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1862, exhibited a surplus of £29,481 Bs. 6d., out of which a payment on account of dividend was made in Oc tober last, at the rate of 6s. per share, free of income tax, and stated that — "Deducting for rebate on bills not due 45,233 IN 9,21 ; applying in reduction of preliminary expense account the sum of £1,608 6s, or one-fifth of the original amount; and carrying to the credit of the reserve fund £2,000; an avail able balance remained of £14,639 108 8d; out of which the directors proposed a dividend for the half-year, ending 31st December last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the entire paid-up capital, free of income tax, carrying forward £2,639 10s 8d to next account. The past year had been marked by the completion of the bank's capital, to the extent of £400,000, paid up in full, (in conformity with the provi sions of the Charter of Incorporation), a steady increase in its business, and freedom from bad debts. As intimated in the last annual report, the directors now announced the formation of a branch at D' Urban, in the colony of Natal. Arrangements were in progress for the establishment of others at Pietermaritzburg, King William's Town, and Graaf Reinet ; and it is the intention of the directors still further to extend the sphere of the bank's operation as may be found expedient." The Chairman stated that last June they had paid a dividend of 6s. per share on £200,000 capital. That capital had since that time been increased to £400,000, and the directors now proposed to per for the past half year another dividend of 6_ l _ l o . o share. Although the dividend wasp aYabl only £288,000. d e o d u ri ng abon t h 9l y p e a e r r £400,000, th ,... e ho cap ne it t al p a ro c a tu t al m l £288,000. r on £288,000 was £26,644, b distributed, would b account. cent. The portion paid to the shareholders, includ ing coenngt. the A l t C h o o l o u n g i h a l i t twaansksnot to afford a statement of the reduction made for rebate of interest, mfoigr wh th ta e rb i d r e accounts tooonsnext xd considered eexhibited a year'ss a ew l a s hr o rici a eh d d ded to the reserve fund, .now amouite.d, to £3,100. The notes in circulation, deposits,&c., in z5,23: a ti on gatgeneralhe £12,000 dividend of practice6to be • to £145,000, eneehlianstefreraesperdesented £95P‘6,01:110c ^:ictu a in fu D rt e h e e e r m i b n e c r re i . accounts from the Cape stated that , £ 2 , 0 00 was i h n ad j b u meat had taken lace and since then the £182,000. The lace, the total now being 000 capital, had resolved to raise necessary sanction, which,anwderheatvoinbge appropriated d ia t te h d e anothers,O share s , il ° 4 ' ,000 of pt i h a ey now proposed to issue to the shareholders, in proportion of one new share for eve r y fi ve o ld shares, and that the price be at the rate of £24 per share. The 1,000 remaining shares to be kept for the benefit of the bank. A dis cussion ensued, the majority of the shareholders contending that the whole of the proposed new shares should be issued to the proprietors at par. A compromise was afterwards effected, and a reso lution carried limiting the proposed new shares to £22 each. _____----_—_!_----- ~ .----.__.____T-- -" ----- ------ s o t n re t e i t aa 7 t i h th e THE MURDER IN ST• GlLEs'o.—ln consequence of the statement appearing in the papers that the body of a man, supposed to be the murderer of Emma Jack son, had been discovered floating in the river off Sc. Kathe rine's Dock, Inspector Oarforth, of the E division, yester day to®k three or four of the witnesses who had been ex amined at the inquest to the dead-houbo of St. Botolph, Aid gato,for thepurposo of identification. On seeing the body they all agreed in the opinion that there was nothing in the ap pearance that at all corresponded with the descriptio n of enteredwoin twhiothhtohuesetriifiningGeeoxeregvet-i deceased wore a pair of side-spring boots body was so far advanced in decomposition, and : 1 , il() the th e unfortunateta who altogether of such a sickening nature, l-- the sight females bad to be conveyed home Kith that one of t LI, the utraf.i. be "'" bP6fld. .o_ 1 , 9.1&41 116} 16f 92} lf 69