The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-04 00:00:00

110iiiii lIARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Ciry, Two o'CLocx. the uncertain position of Politics is restricting pur• chases of public secur i t i es, as i n the event of a disso ton the consequent depreciation would enable better i nns to be got. Nevertheless, the fine weather a comparati ve scarc i ty of the lead i ng stocks keeps the ma r k e t s t ea d y . B eyon d a _ inc reased firmnes s i n some o f t h e cre di t and n ~4 banking s h ares upon an expected improvement 1 the dividends now that money is dearer, the prin ,etP,al movements have been in foreign stocks. This , u , e ,e_ription of investment is again agitated by a zuul „l'' I I , le . of reports concerning new loans. Egyptian and Turkish are chiefly offered. _eThe Discount Market, which showed unusual firm ss °n Saturday afternoon, is this morning quiet. f le impressi on i s t h at the bulk of the propositions t he enngements of to-day (the 4th) has been fr ( ec te 2t d• o pa Tile rat e f or tha b est 6 0 d ays ' per ranges Lin 2- er The corn ma p rket cent is . heavy, and prices easier, on the fi ne weather. „Consol s are quiet at Saturday's prices, at 93i to three per Ce n t s ., 92 4 to 921.; India Five per Cents. .srt.eady, at 115/ to 1161- ; Bank Stock, 243 to 245 ; Exchequer Bills, 12s to 15s prem. As regards foreign stocks, the principal movement I\iceroy 's B 7 . i n Egyptian. B ot h t h e R a il way L oan an d t h e Nine per Cent. Bonds are 1 per cent. lower, at 88 t o 89 an d . 881 t o 891 respec tively. The Viceroy's Seven per Cents., how ever, are * better, at 71 to 711, and the 1864 loan is steady, at 794 to 804. Italian (1861) are i n d emand, and at 48; there is an improvement of k. On the other hand, Turkish (1865) are flat and k lo wer, at 341 to 35. There is no change in Mexican, at 15} to 151 ; Greek, 13. E to 131 ; New Spanish, 35k4 to 35i ; Orel Vitebsk, 791 to 79/ ; and Nicolai, to 66g. The Honduras Railway Loan is par to 1 prem. Spanish Colonial 8 per Cent. Loan, fully paid, is steady at 91 to 94, and the Scrip, 2 to 1k dis. In American securities, United States 5-20 Bonds are firm at 701 to 70k, being an improvement of 1; Erie shares are 4 lower, at 45i to 46 ; Illinois steady, at 95 to 95.4. f Atlantic and Great W estern R a il way D e b en t ures have advanced , to 29i to 30 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds f, to 33/ to 34i. . English Railw ay Sh ares are in little request, and t Jte movements in prices are very trifling. London, Brighton, and South Coast is lower, and Metro politan ; but Manchester, Sheffi e ld, an d Lin colnshire, is * higher ; Midlands remain at Satur day's decline. The following are the quotations : tancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1281 • South N a ! t ; i ern, 74/- to 744 ; London and toolNrth irestern, ot to 116 i ; Midland, 1071 OBl ; Great Great orthern, 102 k to 1031 ; ditto (A Stock), 98 to 99 ; Ba.stern, 34 to 341 ; Great Western, 541 to , Brighton and South Coast, 53 to 531 ; Man m'ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 431 to 44f ; Letropolitan, 112 to 1121 ; Caledonian, 76 to 76i ; reinChatham, and Dover, 181 to 19. gn railways are quiet. Lombardo-Venetian is a er, at 141 to 15. Great Luxemburg, 10.1 to 101. Bank Sh ares are genera ll y we ll supported, al business c ontinu e s quiet. London and ,County, and L on d on and Westminster are each better, being quoted at 511 to 521 68 to 69, 4 _ 4 d 3 3 to 34 respectively.. Chartered Mercantile a,r_e inquired for at 28 to 29 ; Agra (A shares), 9i to 4 1 ‘ 3: 4 -Alliance, 13 to 12 dis.; Anglo-Austrian, 4i to ; Consolidated, 4a to ; Imperial, 18 to st • Imperial Ottoman, to prem. ; London Joint °lck, 33 to 34 ; and Oriental, 411 to 42; ex div. n Finance shares Credit Foncier is quoted at 21 d t° 3 ; Ge nera l C redit, 2a to 21 dis. ; International i s 4a nee, 2 to 11 dis. ; London Finance 22 to 21 _ n Fo re i gn Mining shares the dealings are few and en t at "Im portant. St. John del Reys are without move -19. to 20; ; Chontales 1 lower, at 2i to 21 ; ;ort Philip, 11 to in Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are again :confined to a few of the principal descriptions, and t, l 'ees are a little altered. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per T ent ' is k better, at 51 to 5g •, Anglo-American elegrapb, 234 to 231 ; Ocean Marine is -1 higher, a d t . 14 to 15 prem. ; Fore-street Warehouses, 11 to 1k d s * Hudson's Bay quiet at 141 to 15 ; London eneral Omnibus to 2k. f _ Bar gold to the value of £45,000 was withdrawn rem the Bank on Saturday for export. Ile Seine has arrived with £31,401 in specie from the d Brazils ; the Tanjore, with £2,800, from Alexan tir,"l; the laMmonia, £32,500, from New York ; and e E tna, £l,lOO, from Halifax. The steamers which left New York on Saturday for a'un,rope took £lBO,OOO in specie. •in The Plata has left for the West Indies with £19,150 specie, Mr. • Joseph Knight, earthenware manufacturer, 17ngton, has suspended payment. His liabilities are sm '°°„ °, and the dividend is expected to be very 13A- meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of tobaY has b een ca ll e d f or t h e 6 t h i ns t . , t o t a k e 11 of c onsideration a lett e r re cei ve d by the committee English shareholders from the Secretary of State fo r Indi a w i th reference to the commission appo i nte d by the Indian Government to inquire into the cir cumstances which led to the collapse of the Old Bank of Bombay. The report of Liebig's Extract of Meat Com- PTV states the net profits at £29,747 7s sd, out of ch it is- proposed to pay interest at the rate of 6 tier cent• per annum, with a bonus of 5s 6d per share. The annual general meeting of the Trust and Loan C ompany of Upper Canada has been called for the 29th inst., for the purpose of declaring a dividend on the capital stock of the company. , The ordinary general meeting of the City Terminus ttotel Company has been convened for the 13th inst., to receive the directors' report and statement of accounts. The total bullion imported into the United King dom for the week ending April 29, amounted to £ 9 25,533, and the total exported to £271,385, showing a balance in favour of this country of £654,148. The following mining dividends were declared during April ; Per share. Amount. Wicklow Ataes-y-Sofn West Wheal Seton 5 0 0 Mario Valley 0 4 0 Dalcoath 4 0 0 eura-Erfin jlera:tbatzneand Penkevil 1 5 0 2 0 0 Wheal Basset Br ookwood South Darren Total -X15,930 10 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 gO vERNMENT FUNDS. por Cent. Cons o l s Ditto for A ccoun t 93/ -1 93 a 921 i I ~,per Cent. Reduced 92 1 1 li 4 Z e w 3 per Cent - "e'w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 4, 1)° .. per Qent,..) an. 1873 /Unties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — U . for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — - L. , (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., '''Xellequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l2 14 12 pm 1908 — D o . £5OO is Do. ze et , £lOO St ..£2OO — pm h tlk of England Stock, 4iper Cent 245 "AL Account . ID — I , . I.Nb IAN GOVE " RTMENT SECURITIES. -41 a tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 ... —., -00. A„ _ Es _ , Account 116 C• 0 per Cent. July, 1880 1 , 13 . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .-0. Corti fi cates Ili)o. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — b ° ,.: per Cent., J an. 1872 b"'° Do l't Per Cent., May 1879 — per Cent., RUp. Deb. 1872... lO3l do. 1877 — T N BO 1882 — D0:...1, , • doe ueb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 i, Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO I'o. Bonds, 5 22 27 pm A r I'OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 44etil.tille Republic, 6 per Cent _ )3 ra F,1.411 13 onds, ,5 per Cent. 1859 tp"a 5 por Cent — x.l bo' 4n} Per Cent., 1852 _ • do 1858.... 'Jo. I', 1860 — D o 5 "•• 1863 — U, . Per Cent., 1865 8 ." A ccount 75/ 61 1,•-•408 Ayres 6,, ~ yres Co per Cent _ Cl;:'" ' Per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent ' o, l l` Li 6 Per Cent h iall 6 per Cent _ " u ° 4 1 Per Cent , 0 0 - t; per Cont., B _ -ii,._., 1867 - b ° o • 7 , per ,Cent., 1866 0 y, Be., £32 paid 1 ), 4 1 4 8 ' i5 " )1 ',..t0, 6 por Cent. 13 ~,,1 )1 , , o n P 'r Cont. 1825 xl— —81 a 7 erl, Cent B.) Ki 1,,,, Per Cent., 1867 73 ' .er N ow uo . , !i . ypti an. 7 ..... nsolnlated, 1 por Cent — t per Cent — i()- Seeoad lssu B • .400 Bonds e BO A% 410 e b o ßonds — Do. .... . 1864 ,0 5.10 Bonds tu u • 4100 Bonds ~.., 81.1 OreeVs4reent Railway Debentures ...• 89 i 90 89 to. 4eorutitut., 1 821 1 5, ox Coups — 8 ° 1.'7 1 14 . e°ll Pens G..A .c00. _ . ........................... 51 'Nate,— 'tat ' 11) . 6 Per Cent I f .... Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account ~ 741 Jo. Maremmana Raiway Mqxicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-.Eronch — dontevideau 6 per Cent. . — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l Do 3 per Con 354 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) - - Peruvian 5 per. Cent. 1865 -- Do Account .. 831 4 al Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) .•• -- Do 4f per Cent., 1862 -, — - Do Account Portvmese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,':- 401 Lo. do., 1 , 67 4O Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid ll Russian 5 per Cent., 182 z, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1!',62 1)o. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds„,„,, Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. •„. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B6l Do. do £B4 los. do — gardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do AcciJunt Do Now Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc , ant Do Corn. Cert. et Coup. nut funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cont. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do XlOO Bonds 671 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6 64 i Do. 1863 .— Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 584 9 81 1 Do 4 por Cont., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent, 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — Dividends on the above payable iu London. IBelgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 23f. — Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, E. 25f. Do. Account 4Bl CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 93 I Do. Account, sth May 931 CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. The May Session of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning. The number of prisoners for trial is 87—namely, 77 males and 10 females, and it is satisfactory to find that there are not many very heinous cases to be disposed of. The calendar does not contain a single charge of wilful murder, and the most serious charge of this character is that against a prisoner named Thomas Holland, of endeavouring to murder bis child, a little girl, six years of age, by throwing her into the river Thames at Bankside. A lad, named Timothy Keefe, is also charged with attempting to commit murder by shooting. There are two or three charges of manslaughter, and amongst them is the one against a man named James Brooks, in having caused the death of Lieut. Bullock, at Hammer smith, under rather extraordinary circumstances, by driving a horse and cart over him. There is also another Fenian case to be disposed of at this ses sion, that of the man Peter Moran, or Morgan, who is committed for inducing a number of sol diers to desert from their regiment and join the so called Fenian army. Among the other cases that will have to be disposed of is the charge against Mr. Robert Short Waters, formerly steward to the Earl of Shaftesbury, who stands charged upon several indictments with having embezzled very large sums of money belonging to the noble earl, and which he had received in his capacity of steward. The case has been standing over for a period of more than two years, and the order originally made by the Court was that the charge of embezzlement should not be tried until proceedings had been taken in Chancery by the defendant Waters, and which involved an inquiry into the state of the accounts be tween the parties, should have been disposed of, and a decree made declaring on which side the balance was really due, the defendant Waters claiming by his bill to be entitled to receive a large sum of money from the Earl of Shaftesbury, instead of having embezzled Any from him. The defen dant, however, at the December session made an application that the trial should take place, alleging that although no decree had been made the proceedings in Chancery were virtually con cluded, as he had no means to carry them on any longer, and Mr. Justice Shee, to whom the appli cation was made, made a peremptory order that the trial should come on at the ensuing May session. The judges who preside are the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Baron Channel], and the aldermen who will sit as second commissioners are Messrs. Wilson, Sidney, Carden, Hale, Besley, and Cotton. 111ARKETS.7(This Dau.) CORN. The fine weather, and the favourable appearance of the growing crop, although too early to advert upon with any certainty, are not without some influence on the trade, increasing the caution on the part of buyers, and render ing factors rather easier to deal with. From the country markets the reports speak of a dull ness in the trade, with quotations here and there a shade easier for wheat, spring corn remaining steady. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was fair, but the trade opened with rather less strength in quotations, but without any very marked alteration. English wheat was not in large supply, but was perhaps easier in price. Sales of foreign not pressed, but late rates barely sus tained. The number of floating cargoes of wheat off the coast is reduced to 28, and these are firmly hold, the addition advised from shipping ports to the numbers now on pass ing being small. The flour trade is dull, buyers have the turn of prices in their favour for both English and foreign. No quotable change in malt, and the trade inactive. Barley in limited supply, and relatively firm, with a fair inquiry. Beans a quiet sale at about late rates. Peas not quoted at any appreciable change. Oats are purchased more sparingly, and are the turn easier. Oilseeds continue dull of sale. Oilcake quiet, with drooping prices. NEWGATE AND LE A.DENTIALL. MEAT.—On Saturday the supplies of moat were iu excess of demand, and, with lower prices, a good deal of meat was left unsold. This morning there is very little fresh moat up, and the weather not being quite so close, trade is rather more cheerful, but hardly to establish any better prices. We quote beef, prime, 4s to 4s 2d ; middling, 3s 8d to 3s 10 , 1; inferior, 3s 4d to 3s 61 Mutton, prime, 4s to 4s 4d ; second qualities, 3s 8d to 3s 10d ; good, 3s 4d to 3s 81 Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1; pork, 4s 44 to 4s 8d; lamb, 5s 8d per stone of Blbs by the carcase. POULTRY. The market is very firm for good fresh supplies, which aro short. Fowl are very dear. Other poultry without much alteration. We quote —Surrey fowls, 7s to lOs ; chickens, 4s to 5s ; Essex fowls, 3s 6d to 4s ed ; best, 3s to 3s 6d each; rabbits, tame, is 6d to 2s; duck lings, 3s to 3s 6d ; goslings, 5s 6d to Gs 6d each. EGGS remain without quotable change. BOROUGH HOP. MessrS. Hoary Turnbull and Co. report there continues a fair demand for the better sorts of new English and foreign hops, and prices are firmly supported. In some instances coloury Sussex make more money. Other sorts rule dull, at -uneven quotations. The general reports from the Continental markets aro better, and there it a fair inquiry, at fully late prices. New York advicos are more encouraging. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts was rather shorter than last week, the number of sheep and lambs were about on a par. The accounts of last week's dead meat markets made butchers cautious, but reports of the dead meat trade being rather more cheerful this morning salesmen were not inclined to give way, and trade was consequently ,low. Of beasts there were IGU from Scotland, 2,217 from various parts of England, nil from Ireland, and 1,093 from the Continent. ...- The beef trade ruled dull, and foreign stock ;were in poor su,Thly, prices were lower. Of sheep and lambs the supplies were 5.090 from abroad. DEATH OF LORD CALTTIORPE. Lord Calthorpe died at his residence in Grosvenor. square on Saturday last, after a short illness. The late Right Hon. Frederick Gough Calthorpe, Baron Calthorpe, county NorTolk, in the peerage of Great Britain, and a baronet (1723), was the third son of Henry, first lord, by his wife, Frances; second daughter of General Benjamin Carpenter. He was born 14th June, 1790, and succeeded his brother George, third baron, in Sept. 1851. The de ceased nobleman married, August 12, 1823, Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset, eldest daughter of Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort, and sister of the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Lady Louisa Finch, the Countess of Galloway, and Lady Mary Farquhar. By his wife, who died in September 1865, he leaves issue three sons and six daughters, namely : Hon. Frederick Henry William Calthorpe, M.P. for East Worcestershire, his successor in the family honours ; Hon. Augustus Cholmondeley, and Hon. Somerset John ; Hon. Charlotte, married to Mr. F. J. Cresswell ; Hon. Frances Blanche, married to the Rev. John R. Ffeilden ; Hon. Harriet, married to Lord Alfred Churchill ; and Hon. Isabel, Hon. Olivia, and Hon. Susan, unmarried. The late Lord Calthorpe was M.P. for Bramber from 1826 to 1830; was for some years a metropolitan commissioner of lunacy ; also for some time a councillor of King's College, London; and was appointed a deputy-lieutenant of Staffordshire in 1848, of which county he was high sheriff the same year. His eldest son, already named as his successor, was born July 24, 1826, and is deputy-lieutenant of Warwickshire and Staffordshire. For a few years, namely, from 1853 to 1859, he was a lieutenant in the GloucestershireYeomanrY Cavalry. Since February 1859 the hon. gentleman has represented the Eastern Division of Worcestershire in the House of Commons, which, of course, by his elevation to the House of Peers, becomes vacant. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 4.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Mar- Let firm and advancing. The Emperor and Empress of the French have promised to visit Orleans on the 9th inst., to bo present at the Agricultural Show. Some say that their Majesties have another object in view, viz., that of endeavouring to conciliate the famous bishop of that diocese. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINCI-, MAY 4, 1868. LETTER FROM DR. LIVINGSTONE. We have been favoured with the following extract from a private letter from Dr. Livingstone to a gentleman in Bombay. It is dated March 2, 1867, and was written at Bembo :—" I have been unable to send anything to the coast since I left it till now, and have heard nothing from the coast We have been very long in our progress hither, but I think we are now on the watershed between the Zambesi and Isapula, which flows, as report says, into Lake Tanganyika. I have only nine of a fol lowing, but hope to get on in time, and do what I have undertaken. In some parts we had plenty of meat ; I could easily supply the pot with my rifle. In other parts nothing could be procured, and we had to go on as best we could. It was the rainy season, and we had a long trudge through dripping forests, with the soil often so sloppy the feet were constantly wet. This was made worse by want of • food, not of fine dishes, but of even a little porridge. The people could not sell grain ; thel were subsisting themselves on mushrooms, which are very good as catsup, but wretched watery food, producing vivid visions of the roast beef of bygone days: Now we have come to a land wheie food is to be bought, and we mean to rest a little. When we get to Tanganyika Lake we hope for news, and to find a second supply of goods. I shall write to you from thence. Tell that his dog turned out a famous one, and I was never so sorry for any animal as when we lately lost him. He had more spirit than fifty country dogs, and as soon as we got a hut in the village he kept it clear of all curs, and never stole himself. Ire was as much of an attraction as the white man himself. He took charge of the whole line of march, and was so spirited he went at anything. This is how we lost him : we had to wade a marsh, a mile wide and waist deep—a peaty bottom, with holes made by buffs" loes' feet, which made us all flounder. I went first and forgot the poor doggie. He must have swam among the boys, each one minding himself, till he. was drowned ; no one noticed him. lam unable to write to Dr. Wilson, though I ought to do so, but the slave trader will not give me more time. I consumed Mrs. —'s extract of meat from real gnawing hunger, and found it excellent. I have lost all my medicines—the sorest loss of goods I ever sus tained. You will excuse my brevity. The slavery party leaves, and I must write several letters. Blessings from the Highest be on you all, my dear friends.—DAVlD • VING STONE."—Times of India, April 11. INDIA. Intelligence from Bombay up to the 11th April supplies the following, taken from the Times of India The date of the latest message from Great Britain by the Indo-European Telegraph is the 30th March. The com munication between Gwadur and Mussendore still has to be carried on by steam vessels. Major Alexander Carnegie, Bombay Staff Corps, has been appointed Assistant Adjutant-General of the Bombay Arury% The Rajah-of Mysore is dead, and his adopted son has been proclaimed his successor. Mr. Mackintosh Balfour, of the Agra Bank, has been appointed secretary and treasurer of the new Bank of Bombay. A petition to Parliament praying that the order for the enhanced rates of Indian postage may be rescinded, is to be presented on behalf of the Madras Chamber of Com merce. At a meeting of the Commercial, Financial, and Stock Exchange Corporation, held in Bombay on the 4th April, the report presented by the liquidators showed that the liquidation was proceeding satisfactorily. It is proposed by the Governor and the leading gentle men of Bombay to hold an Exhibition in Bombay, in January 1869, on a large scale. An accident happened to a goods train on the Great' Indian Peninsula Railway, at Tanna, near Bombay, on the sth instant. The train ran off the metals, and for a day or two the traffic had to be carried over a single line. The damage done amounted to over £lO,OOO. Mr. Cowasjee Jehangirjce Readymoney, of Bombay, has offered the Government £5,000 towards the expense of erecting a lunatic asylum at Hydrabad, in Sind. Mr. G. Turnbull, late chief engineer of the East India Railway, is to inspect the Great Indian Peninsula line, and report on its defects. Mohed-ood-deen Khan, of the Loharoo Chief's family, has been arrested in Delhi for complicity in the rebellion of 1857. Mr. Mark Fryar, a practical mining engineer, has been appointed to the newly-created office of mining geologist in India. The application to the Bombay High Court made by the liquidators of the Alliance Bank, for an order requiring all contributories to the company to send in their claims for dividend before a certain day, has been refused by Mr. Justice Westropp, who had a doubt whether the court had any power to say that a shareholder should be so debarred. The unclaimed dividends could be deposited by the liqui dators with the Accountant-General. THE BISHOPRIC OF NEW ZEALAND.—TIIO Bishop of Lichfield intends leaving England for the distant diocese of New Zealand, of which he still holds the epic• copal supervision, on the 2nd of July. CONSERVATISM IN ESSEX.—A great meeting of the friends and supporters of the Conservative cause is to be held in the theatre, Colchester, on the 13th inst. Mr. E. K. Kanlake, Q.C., one of the sitting members ; Colonel Learmonth, who will be a candidate at the next election ; Mr. R. N. Fowler, and Mr. W. T. Charley, will address the meeting. A letter from Rome says :—" Lady Herbert has recovered from a severe attack of Roman fever, which for some weeks so prostrated her that on Easter Sunday her life was despaired of. Although still very weak, her lady ship is up and convalescent. The illness is attributed to Lady Herbert's too assiduous attendance at the bedside of a friend who succumbed to the Caine malady," DEATH OF DOWAGER LADY IVENLOCK.—WE havo to announce the death of the Dowager Lady Wetlock, who expired at an early hour on Saturday morning at the family residence in Berkeley-square. The lamented lady was the youngest daughter of Richard, second Lord Bray. brooke, by his wife Catherine, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. George Grenville , and was born October 6, 179 ' 2, and married, May 10,1817, the late Paul Beilby, first Lord Wenlock, by whom she leaves issue the present Lord Wenlock and three other sons, and a daughter, the Hon. Jane, married to the Right Hon. James Archibald Stuart Wortley. Contradictory as are the reports from the seat of war in Central South America, there can be no doubt that it is rapidly drawing to a close. This final stage reminds us very forcibly of the close of the civil war in the United States three years ago. There is the same heroic and desperate tenacity on the part of the losing side, the same slow but steady advance on the part of the winners. Wonderful feats of valour performed by forlorn hopes sliew how brave the Paraguayans are, and how dauntless a leader they have in Lopez. But even invincible courage will not avail against overwhelm ing numbers, and the Paraguayans have long been making 10,000 men do the , work of 100,000. One by one their strong places have fallen. They are still fighting ; deter mined, it would seem, to " die in the last ditch." Cura- Paity has been captured ; by this time Humaita—the Vicksburg of the Paraguay, has no doubt fallen, and we may expect to hear in a mail or two that Lopez has either surrendered, or has been captured, or is dead. LAW INTELLIGEOCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ilolroyd.) IN RE H. .1. BYRON. This bankrupt was the well-known dramatic and burlesque author, and to-day was appointed for the last examination and order of discharge. It will be remembered that the bankrupt had taken three theatres in Liverpool, and in consequence of the great depression in trade -there the speculation was a failure. There being no opposition, the order of discharge was granted. - COURT OF DIVORCE.—MAY 2. (Before the Judge Ordinary. HOLMES V. SIMONS. This was a suit for dissolution of marriage brought by the guardian of the petitioner, Robert Cyril Frederick Holmes, a young gentleman now not 18 years of age, with Laura Simons. Mr. Coleridge was for the petitioner, and Mr. Denman for the respondent. It appeared that Mr. Holmes was a young gen tleman living at Kiddlington, Oxfordshire, and at the time of the marriage was but 15 years of age ; and the respondent, Laura Simons, was the nursery governess in his mother's family, aged 25. The marriage was performed before the registrar, and the nullity of the cere mony was asked on the ground that the correct names of the parties had not been given in the mar riage notices. 1 The petitioner, in his examination, said—l shal be turned 17 years of age next month. lam now living at Madeline, in Herefordshire. I came home from school at Christmas, 1865, and remained there till my mother died. Miss Laura Simons first came into my mother's service in 1865 as nursery governess. - She had the sole charge of my younger sisters and brother, and had the •full care of the linen. I became somewhat attached to Miss Simons, when my mother spoke to me about the matter. I told her there was nothing, and she replied she hoped there was not. My mother died. Shortly after this I and Miss Simons were thrown much more together, and finally I asked her to be my wife. I was_ then nearly 16 years of age. She consented, and it was proposed to be married at a registry-office in Oxford, and, having been there, she said it could not be done, but that a notice would require to be put up in the little office, but that no person would see it. She told me I should have to swear that I had the consent of my guardians. We arranged before we went to the register office that my age was to be stated at 19. In fact that I was to say it was. Miss Simons, I think, muskhave knowu'my real age, as she had access to the family bible ; she knew I was at sclaool before I came home at Christ mas.. It was settled that I was to sign the book Frederick Holmes, and she Laura SimonS. I can't say there was any talk about my other names " Robins Cyril." She had care of my linen when I came from school. Most of it was marked, but she must have known my name was Cyril. Mr. Coleridge—Did sLe talit the chief part in the marriage arrangements ? Witness—lt was arranged generally between us. Mr. Coleridge or—Vhat ? you tell the untruths to registrar Witness—Because I thought if he knew my right f \ did age he would not marry us. As wo were going to be married we mot Mr. Groggy, and he asked us what we were doing in Oxford-street, and I said shopping. I lived with Miss Simons after the marriage until we were separated by the Court of Chancery. By Mr. Penman—My mother appeared to like Miss Simons. I never heard mother say that after her death I was to look to Miss Simons for protec tion. I don't think I know the exact meaning of perjury. The respondent told me she was twenty one. My common name at home was " Frederick." I gave Miss Simons a copy of a Song, " Hope told a flattering tale." I signed it " Frederick Holmes." I thought if I said I was but 16 the registrar would not marry us. After some further evidence, judgment was de ferred. POLICE LVTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. -40. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON THE POLlCE.—Edward Murray, a carpenter, living in Newport-court, and Joseph Dommey, of Berwick-street, St. James's, bootmaker, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, the first -named with being drunk and causing a crowd of persons to assemble in Little Windmill-street, and assaulting Charles Squire, 166 C, and the last named with attempting to rescue Murray from custody, and with assaulting police-constable Tyler 164 C. After some evidence had been given in support of the charge, Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had no doubt about the case ; and fined the prisoners £5 or a month each. WESTMINSTER. A MODERN " JACK SIIEPIIERD."—John Shepherd , a decently dr esse d b oy a b out 12 years of age, was charged with st ea li ng a m oney-box containing silver and bronze, the monies of Mrs. Murray, 34, Pelham-street, Brompton. Prosecutrix said that on Saturday she engaged prisoner, who lodged in the same house, to clean her room, and she having occasion to go down stair, came up quickly and saw the prisoner put his hands hurriedly into the pail he was washing in. She questioned him about it, and he said he wanted to get his work done quickly so as to get out of his father's way, as he had been out all the week. He had before stole n 2 s. an d it wa s looked over. She locked the door, an d i n a f ew hours returned home and then found the box and money were gone. Prisoner could not be found anywhere till two on Sunday, when he was found in the coal cellar. _ _ Mr. Selfe—Now, Jack Shepperd, what have you to say ? Prisoner—l know nothing about it ; I only had 4d. Mrs. Murray gave me f o r doing the room. A lad was called to show that he was in posses sion of a large sum of money, but his evidence failed ; and a female lodger said he was a thief, and indulged in such vituperative language against the prisoner that it was very evident he had no friends in the house. Elizabeth Shepherd, the mother, undertook to produce him next Monday, and Mr. Selfe ordered his liberation till then. The mother said the boy would do well were it. not that all the other lodgers abused him and called him _a thief and other names. Remanded till this day week. Foreip Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. elnatralla and New Z eal and, via Sontliampton.....May 23. Ditto, via ItareeilloB ............ •.....•.... Ma y 18 . _ Ditto, via Panama ........ ......... . ...... Hay 23. Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video May 4 Ditto, by branch paoket ......... ........ . M Ly 2/ Cape Verde, by Brazil Packet ...... .. _ May 4. Cape of Good H o pe. Ascension, and St. Helena May 13. China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May I. Ditto, via ?dalliance .. .00 • May 4. Falkland Islands ...... ....... May 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton ..... . .. Ditto, via Marseilles ...... . . ... Hay 4. Malta, Egypt, &0... ........ ..... May 2. Ditto, Marseilles... May 5. Mauritius, Cape of Good Rope, and Natal, via Southampton_ Ditto, - Marseilles May :8 Newfoundland . .. . May 6 Portugal ........................................May I. Ditto, by p rivl.le ship to Oporto . Ditto c Ato to Lisbon United states, l anada, California, &0., by British packet May 2 Ditto, by L Lited States packet Ditto ditto ( New York; Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet „ Miy 1. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriff., May 6 West Indies and Paz.itio (except Mexico and Saha- mas) Cuba and Alexia° ...Mry 29. Bahamas, via New Y - May 20, Bermuda, via Halifax ............. . May 6. Iler Majesty has consented to lay the first stone of the new St. Thomas Hospital, on the 13th of May. SPORTING NOTES. Mr. Topham's programme put forth for Tuesday and the three following days exactly resembles those issued last year and the year before, being mainly made up of insignificant handicaps, nearly the same horses being engaged in each. After the opening day we must not look for large fields, be cause a strong light will be thrown on the after events by the running of Tuesday, when the Eaton Plato will be the most interesting of the eight races on the list. Out-and-Outer has a 101 b penalty which extinguishes his chance. Sir Oliver and Huntsman appear to me to have the race between them, and I prefer them in the order named. As Blinkhoolie will be reserved for the Great Northern Handicap the Welter Cup seems at the mercy of Rabbit Trap and Three per Cent. Diadem or Milton should win - the Chesterfield Stakes ; Bagpipes the Mostyn Stakes ; and Grand Cross or the Corporal the Wynnstay Stakes. Salamanca and Czar have the Palatine Stakes be tween them ; the pair, however, being worth con siderably more than the sum for which they are entered to be sold (X,200). On Wednesday the Cup will be ran for, and towards the close the betting may be of a more spirited character than it has been during the past few days. The run upon Paul Jones seems to have paralysed speculation in other directions, and it is said that some of those who hold positions in the quotations now will be pulled out of his way when Mr. Hodgman and other owners have an opportunity of laying their heads together. The most notable withdrawals up to the present time have been those of Weather Star, Owain Glyndwr, and Beeswing, and there has been little " milking" in connection with the race, the Shiffnal pair—Grey Stocking and See-Saw —being all that the book-makers have shown themselves disposed to take liberties with. There will perhaps be 15 or 16 starters, selected from the following : Age st lb Strathconan 5 8 12 Dalby ... a 8 8 Goodwood... ...4 8 4 Ago st lb Beauty 3 6 13 The Priest 4 6 12 Nelaton 4 6 11 Deceit 4 6 8 Mercury 3 6 6 Stradbroke ... 4 6 4 Paul Jones... ... 3 6 1 Scotchman's Pride 3 6 0 Viscount ... ... 3 5 11 Landscape... ... 3 5 11 Fervacques ... 4 8 0 Caithness ... ... 5 7 13 Abergeldie ... 5 7 7 War ... 5 7 4 Bracken ... 4 7 2 S a ville ... 4 7 2 Palisade ... ... 4 7 0 Treasure Trove ... 5 6 13 Strathconan is talked of as a certain runner, and if he strips in the form he showed at this time last year he will be highly dangerous. Those connected with Bracken may mean business with Fervacques, but after his recent French form the latter can have no chance, and with Bst 41b I cannot have Good wood, who is of an uncertain temperament, and not always in a trying humour. He will stay every yard of the journey, and the same may be said of Dalby, the movements with regard to whom have been of a most mysterious character during the past few days. He may help to pave the way for Paul Jones by keeping out of the competition, and if Mr. Stephenson really means what he says with re gard to Stradbroke, it will be no use thinking of Caithness, who does not read so well as Dalby upon the Liverpool autumn form. - Strad broke performed indifferently in the City and Su burban race, but he had au inflamed eye and other ailments at the time, while how he is all right, has been tried to stay, and has his owner's money at his back. If Abergeldie can only stay, it is impossible to think of, a better representative from among the old ones, and it may be mentioned that he has been supported by the proper parties, who usually have good grounds for their investments. War must be inferior to his stable companion, Viscount, at the weights; and I am assured that but short adds will be laid against the latter after he has been seen. The only time he ran last year was when he was not fit, but he has for the race under discussion 'received a good preparation at Whitewall, and it remains to be seen if he is the racer represented. Something won derful has been discovered about Seville since she left Danebury for Newmarket—at least the touts and wiseacres at headquarters say so—and that they have believers is evident from the price she has been brought to. Abergeldie apparently holds all the middle-weighted old ones safe, and I cannot en rol myself among the partisans of Treasure Trove, who has often carried his owner's money, and a good way from the winning post, since , he won the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Great Metropolitan as a three year old. The bookmakers have specu lated against The Priest too much to please me, but Deceit has all along been backed for genuine money and I am disposed to think that there is something worth knowing about the Holywell horse who has maintained a position in the quotations ever since the weights appeared. No doubt he is better than his public form makes him out, and he is well worth the consideration of place betters. Beauty must possess a chance with all her weight, and there is encouragement to back her on the First Spring running of Athena, who was defeated by her at Northampton. At Lewes last year Paul Jones gave her 101 b. and a beating ; and with 221 b. the best of the weights, Mr. Hodgman's colt seems bound to repeat the trick, especially as he has been ascertained to be in rare form, and some 211 b. supe rior to Mariner, the winner of the Northampton shire Stakes a week or two back. The winner I expect will be PAUL JUNES, and next to the latter I fancy Stradbroke, Aber geldie, and Deceit. The other events are so de pendent on previous running that it is not worth while referring to them. A FRESH MAN• PROGRAMME OF CHESTER MEETING. TUESDAY, May 5. The Grosvenor Trial (Handicap) Plate of 100 soya; about a mile and a quarter. The Eaton Plate (handicap) of 80 SOTS. Half a mile. Age at lb Age at lb Out and Outer ... 6 810 Conundrum :.. 5 612 Dawdle ... a 8 2 The Clown ... a 6 12 Indian Star ... 58 2 Lady Rosehill 468 The King's Daugh- Lord Palmerston ... 3 0 ter ... ... 4 8 0 Rhi ne Wi ne 6 3 Sir Oliver ... 4 7 12 Festival „. 4 6 7 Mistletoe ... ... 57 12 Canard ... ... 4 6 5 Huntsman... 4 7 10 The Returned 3 6 4 Parma .. 4 7 9 Patrician ... 3 6 4 Isis... ... 5 7 9 The Lion 2 6 4 Catton 3 7 4 St. Valentine „. 3 6 0 Lady Clinton. 4 7 4 Curfew Bell 5 12 Practitioner a 7 4 Ada ••• 3 5 Musa 4 7 2 Proctor ... 3 5 9 The Dean 4 7 0 Prince George ... 3 5 9 The Welter Cup of 100 soya, added to a Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the fund); winners of any handicap after April 27 (at 11 a.m.) 71b extra; gentlemen riders. One mile and a half. Age et lb Rabbit Trap ... 4 10 0 Cadley ... 4 9 12 Gleaner ... ... 5 912 Knightsbridge ... 4 9 4 Peggy ...4 9 4 Chimney Pot ... 8 810 Age At lb Blinkhoolie 4 11 10 Steamboat... ... 5 11 5 Three per Cent ... 5 11 2 Rococo ... 511 0 Kidderminster 4 10 8 Fire-eater ... 5 l 0 8 Maid of Kent g ... 4 10 2 The Chesterfield Handicap el winners of a handicap aft extra. Seven furlongs. 1 st lb Ironmaster...B lo Milton ... 7 12 Cuckoo 7 7 Papillon 7 7 Blacklock 7 3 Sirocco... ... ... 7 3 Bessie Dixon 7 3 Prince Regent.- 7 3 The Returned... 7 0, The Mostyn Stakes of 10 soya eaoh, h ft, with 80 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings Bst 61b; winners of 100 sous stake 51b extra. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Maria, Bagpipes, c by Lifeboat out of Stint, Welling ton, fby Cavendish out of Redpole, c by Kettledrum out of Imperatrice, Fenella, Beautiful B;rd, Knight of Stanton, a ttple n o a rth, f by King of Trumps out of Sortie, Can' een, The Wynnatay Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added; second to receive 20 out of the stakes. Nearly one mile. Age st lb Age st lb Viridis 4 8 10 Romeo ... 4 6 6 The Corporal 4 8 6 Tessin Dixon 3 6 2 Seville ... 4 8 IChf by Folkestone Castanet ... ... 5 712 —Child of the Goojerat 57 12 Mist ... ... 3 6 0 Skylark ... a 7 10 i Lady Flora ... 35 12 Grand Cross 4 7 5 , Weather Isle ... 3 512 The Clown ... a 6 101 The Palatine Plate of 5 Boys each, with 50 added ; three year olds 7st, four Bst 7 b, five 9st 21b, six and aged Oat 41b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winner to be sold (if demanded) for 400 soya ; if for 200 allowed 71b ; if not to be sold 71b extra. Once round and a distance. 10 subs. Meliora, The Rock, Salamanca, The Returned, Bedford, Warwick, Czar, Zingara, Ilium, and Bandmaster (pd). 5 soya eaoh, with 100 added ; it April 27 (at 11 cm.) 71b subs. et lb Ilium ... ... ... 6 12 Braxey f .. ... 8 11 Pride of Erin ... ... 6 10 Prince George ... 6 9 Fair Star ... ... 6 9 Seaman ... ... 6 0 Diadem ... ... 6 0 William ... ... 6 0 11/11) SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Su:a" of Saturday, eon tairang tho Latest Betting at Tattersall's, dr., was published in time for delivery in town at 7 p.m. INIPERIAL PAIILIADIENI HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Grand Junction Water Bill and North London Railway Bill were read a second time. TUE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Th. Earl of MALMESBURY said that their lordships would be naturally anxious to know what was the course that the Government took after the division of Thursday night. Therefore en Friday her Majesty granted an audience to the Prime Minister, when he told her Majesty that he thought that constitutionally the Government could claim her consent to a dissolution of Parliament, but that, on the other hand, the Ministers were ready to tender, and did tender, their resignation to her Majesty, and that he would advise her Majesty to take the advice of the other servants of the Crown. The Queen was graciously pleased to say that she would take this cours; and on the next day she granted the right honourable gentleman the Prime Minister another audience, when her Majesty said that she had con sidered the question, and that she should not accept the resignation of Ministers, but that they had her permission to dissolve Parliament whenever the policy of the State permitted it. The Regulations of Railways Bill was committed and passed. The Petty Sessions and Lock-up Houses Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marriages (Franton Manse') Bill was committed and passed. At the conclusion of the business of the house Earl GREY expressed his strong protest against the theory as to dissolution of Parliament enunciated by the noble earl opposite, and he stated that he considered it was not constitutional, and that the right hon. gentleman the Prime Minister had no right to advise her Majesty to dis solve the house. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that there were other grounds on which the right hon. gentleman had advised her Majesty. They must all remember under what circum stances the present Parliament was called together. The present was one of the most vital questions, and when the present Parliament was elected it was not a Parliament which could express in a national and constitutional way an appeal to the country on au issue of this kind. Earl GREY said that ho did not see because a certain question was brought forward not before contemplated that it should affect the position of any Parliament. It was a question as to whether the Parliament had confi dence iu 'the Government or not. If this presumption were persevered iu the functions of Parliament would be upset entirely. After a few further remarks from the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Somerset, and the Duke of Richmond, the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuts EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. Petnberton and Lord Ingostre took the oath and their seats for East Kent and Stamford. The attendance in the house was very numerous, par ticularly on the Opposition ei Ic of the house. The gal leries were crowded, and large lines of persons assembled in the grand quadrangle to witness the arrival and entry of members to the house by that way. His Royal Highness Prince Christian occupied a seat in the Peers' Gallery. At 23 minutes past 4 Mr. Disraeli en tered the house, and was received with loud cries of "Hear, hoar," from his supporters. The absence c p e ls o t f f ld our . Gla [stone from his usual seat at this time a pp eare d to be a matter of surprise, but precisely at half the right hon. gentleman entered the house and was re ceived with loud cheering. At the particular moment Mr. Hatfield had a question on the paper, and the Prime Minister rose to reply to it, it being generally expected that the Ministerial announcement would be made, but the Premier merely answered the qu es ti on, and resumed his seat, much to the evident disappointment of the house. Another trifling question haying been asiswered by Mr. Corry, the business on the paper was then got through. THE MINISTERIAL SPATEMENT. Mr. DISRAELI, who on rising was received with loud cheers, said after the division on Thursday night, in the opinion of those with whom he acted an alteration had oc curred in the relations in which the Government stood with the house. He had asked the house thew to consider the result of that vote, and he had now to communicate to,it the result of thee() deliberations. (Hoar, hear.) The house would recollect that when in 1866 Lord Derby was summonockby the Queen to take the menegemeee o f a ff a i rs, the party with whom ho acted was in a minority in the House of Commons. It would have been quite within the right of Lord Derby to have diesolvel Parliament and appealed to the country, but partly owing to the distracted state of the Liberal party, and thinking that the house had only been recently elected, he waived the right he un doubtedly possessed in the hope that he might be able to carry on the Government of the country. In 1567 the Government was called upon to deal with a question —the question of Reform—which had broken up and discomfited every Government that had attempted to deal with it. But Lord Derby did undertake the labour, and Ito proposed eitsn d finally passed a great measure, which he believed had given satisfaction to the country. (Hear, hoar.) After the pessieg of such an Act, it was quite competent to the Earl of Derby to dissolve the Parliament and take the opinion of the country, but that which he had waived in 1866 he again waived on the occasion he had referred to. Wuether any thing had occurredsince which should have derogated from such a constitutional co urse was not for him to say, but in the few observations he had to offer it was not his desire to speak in any coloured manner, but, on the contrary, his desire was to use the cold judicial language of the bench. (gear.) Ho thought he might say that during that time the conduct of the Administration had never been impugned. (Hear, hear.) The manner in which his noble friend (Lord Abercorn) had. governed Ireland—a subject which had brought about the present circumstances—had led to results which were iu the highest degree satisfactory. The financial measures of the Government had never been questioned or opposed; in fact, they had been supported by hon. gentlemen oppo site. Then again the foreign affairs of the country had been carried on in a manner that was in the highest degree eatisfaztory to other great Powers, and this had been done, not by thrusting down its own opinions, but simply by the conviction that the Government were actu ated by justice and a sincere desire for peace. (Hear.) The manner in which the Abyssinian question had been treated was also a matter for congratulation, not only from the manner in which it had been concluded, but to the fore sight in such a great commander as they had in the General who had so worthily executed the operations in that distant country. (Hear, hear.) The failure of such an expedition would have been attended with the most alarming consequences, but thanks to the wisdom in de ciding upon the course to be taken, for which he thought the Government might take some credit, the expedition had been successful in everything for which it was organised. Now the matter that bad brought about tho present crisis had rose suddenly. With but a few days' notice the house was asked to consider a startling question —a question whether the Established Church in ono part of the United Kingdom was to be disendo wed. There was at the time a Commission sitting to inquire into the revenues of the Irish Church, and it was proposed and hoped that the house would have waited until the Commission had made its report before any final decision vas come to in the matter, but; such was not the case, and her Majesty's Government, feeling that the most serious results would :,follow such a proposition, it was determined to give the proposition their most deter mined opposition, from the feeling that the same proposal would soon be made with respect to the Church of Eug laud. If such a thing was to take place the Cisurch in England would either become too powerful for the State, or broken up into opposite sections, or governed by the despotism of the Court of Rome—in either case the royal supremacy would be destroyed. The house having decided not to take the course the Govern. ment had recommended, it became his duty to take that course which was open to him. It had been said that there was a clinging to office on his part, and that his was a policy of governing by minorities, but he denied that such was the case. After the vote had been come to he took the earliest opportu nity of laying the whole of the matter before her Majesty. The advice he gave to her Majesty, under the circumstances was to dissolve the present Parliament and take the opinion of the country on the conduct of her. Ministers and the measure in question. (Hear, hear, loud cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh." He had also said that if the matter might be more satisfactorily settled by the retirement of the present Ministry from office they were quite ready to retire. (Hear, hear.) He had tendered his iesigaation to her Majesty, but she too graciously decided not to accept it, and had adopted the recommendation he had felt it h;s duty to give to dis solve the present Parliament as soon as the state of public business allowed. He wished the appeal might be made to the new constituencies, and that the business of the session might bo so concluded as to allow the dissolution to take place in the autumn (Hear, hear.) He disapproved of all the Irish resolutions and therefore he could do nothing more than do all in his power to prevent that which ho looked upon as a great national calamity. es_Mr. GLADSTONE condemned the advice which the Government had felt it their duty to give to her lifelestyi; (Hear, hear.) He thought such advice could .onl,y hopebav been given to her Majesty when there was a rattounidlffer that the decision of the Parliament to be e lected would di (Hear.) materially from that which was to be chs o so ) lie thought Was such likely to be the case 7 . (No, s n ay . that ho was not; and for himself, ho forwardbeau quite to (Loud cheers) With regale quite prepared to go i when the time arrives. Ile that will have to be settledto ith what his is re t o s ol f u o t l i l o u n w s , With respect to the resolutions, his duty. h it e w s as hou cl l e d a n rl o y should be quite prepared to tako t.othat,as go on with thaw that evaning, but ha sh )111 I be quite prepared to go on with then at the first opportunity, an I when they had been sub mitted to the house and adopted, as they would be, the next step woull have to ba taken by her Majesty's Go vernment. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. (LEFT SPEAXING.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. TATTERSALL'S—This Even'.:l7„ CHESTER CUP. 2to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Stradbroke (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Beauty (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Abergeldie (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Seville (taken) 25 to 1 agst Minster Bell (offered) 25 to 1 agst Goodwood (offered) 500 even on Abergeldie agst Treasure Trove, both to DERBY. 3to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered) Bto 1 agat Itosicrucian (offered) 10 to 1 agst Speculum (offered) 12 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 100 to 8 agst Tom Bowline (taken) 25 to 1 agst Erucas (taken) 25 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 even Speculum agst Tom Bowline Offer to take 500 to 200 agst Speculum 1,2, 3 ARRIVALS AT CHESTER. Fire Eater, Breach, Beautiful Bird, King's Daughter, Fair Star, Don Spitfire, Rhine Wine, Grand Duke, Goodwood, Distaff, Beauty, Freemason, Mistletol, Indian Star, Icicle, Chalia, Clown, Bedford, William, Alicia, Promised Land filly, Landscape, Festival, Minster Church, Curfew Bell, Lady Rosehill, Patrician, Hanamerton, Dalby, Pride of Erin, Priest, Itch colt, Good Hope, Minster Bell, Bracey filly, Lady Flora, Highland Duck, C. rporal, Mandrake, Czar, Zingari, Practitioner, Rampart, Miss Sophie, Viridis, Prince Regent, Papilion, Cavendish filly, Prince George, Blacklock, Castanet, Strathconan, Scotchman's Pride, Three per Cent., Bracken, Nelatou Chimney Pot, Steamboat, Goojeral, Saint colt, Gipsy Caithness, Sirocco, Stradbroke, St. Valentine, Perfume, Hatty, Purveyor, Astracan, Seville, - Tv; War, and Agrippa. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAY. CHESTER CUP. 2 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) 100 to 12 agst Stradbroke (offered) 11 to 1 agst Beauty (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Abergeldie (offered) 100 to 6 agst Treasure Trove (teken) 25 to 1 agst Goodwood (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dalby (taken and offered-100 to 3 previously laid) 25 to 1 agst Grey Stocking (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Seville (taken) 100 to 1 agst Viscount (offered) 3to 1 agst Abergeldie (1, 2,3, taken) 4to 1 asst Goodwood (1, 2,3, takon) 4to 1 agst Bracken (1, 2,3, taken) 6to 1 agst Dalby (1, 2,3, taken) DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered) Bto 1 agst Rosierucian (offered) Bto 1 agst Speculum (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Toni Bowline (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) 20 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered—take 25 to 1) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COXISIISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications for membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black - friars-road. LONDON 001131ISSION EXCILINGE, FARRINGDON-ROAD, E.O. Established Nov. 1, 1867. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION—FIVE SHILLINGS. W. y. ROCRE, Secretary. RACING F[XT 31. rItES Felt 1868. Y. Chester 5 Egliuton Hunt 7 Winchester York Spring 13romyard . l4 Doncaster Spring Salisbury IBath Wye Croydon Ist Summer 1 Newark `2 1 I Harpenden Epsom Summer I Paris 3l NE West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester Ascot Summer 9 Newton llsmptun Newcastle 23 Beverley, Hall, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Aloxaudra Park BO OCTOBER. Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Lanark Chelmsford Autumn Cheltenham l3 Sudbury and Ealing l5 I Newmarket kiougnton 17 1 Irarrow . 27 I Woccestor Autumn 27 I Lincoln Autumn 29 THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE LV THE CITY. EXAMINATION OF THE ALLEGED BOY MUIZ DELERS THIS DAY. This morning Arthur Forrester Smith, aged 15, and Hec tor Augustus Smith, aged 13, brothers, were placed before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion house, charged with "feloniously assaulting, on the Ist of May, in the house No. 2, Catherine -court, Seething-lane, Mary Ann Nunn, aged 65, a housekeeper, by striking her several blows on her head with a wooden mallet, with intent to kill and murder her ; also stealing from a box in the said house the suns of £2 Os. 61, her money." Inspector Tillcock was the first witness called. He said on Friday night he went to the house No. 2, Seething lane, and in the passage ho saw Mrs. Mary Ann Nunn, the housekeeper. Her head, face, and hands were covered with blood. She was sitting up, suppOrted by a constable. She had severe cuts on her head, her nose was broken, her eyes blackened and swollen, and the flesh on her hands all cut off. He sent for a cab, and had her con veyed to Guy's Hospital. The Lord Mayor— Do either of you boys wish to ask any questions ? Both prisoners hung their heads down and muttered "No," crying at the same time. Inspector Moss, detective, said that he went to Deacon's Coffee-house, in the Strand, and from inquiries ho made he wont upstairs to one of the bedrooms. He knocked at the door and it was opened by the younger prisoner. Witness asked him his name. lie said Smith. Witness went into the room, where the elder brother was lying in bed. He said that ho charged them with committing a murderous assault on Mary Ann Nunn. He asked the elder prisoner if he knew that person. Ho replied "No; oh no." Witness said to the younger one, " Smith, do you know that person ?" lie replied hesitatingly, " Yes, I did know her." Witness then searched their clothes. In the trousers pocket of the elder prisoner he found a quantity of loose gunpowder, some caps, and a portinonnaio. Ho found in the room, at the back of a looking-glass, a pistol broken, an opera glass, a powder flask, and various other things. Under a chest of drawers he found fencing foils and two pairs of boxing-gloves. The clothes were all spotted with blood. Before leav ng the room witness said, " Now, do you quite understani the charge against you ?" The elder prisoner replied, " Yes, I did it ; I was tempted to do it." Witness said, " Who tempted you ?" He replied, "I don't know; I was tempted." The younger prisoner said nothing. Re conveyed them to the station, and then to Guy's Hospital, where the injured woman recognised them both. He then took them to Bishopsgate Station and placed them in separate cells. The elder ono asked to see his brother, fur ho wished to make a statement. Superintendent Foster was present, who cautioned the prisoner and told him that anything he said would be used against him. Ile replied, "Yes, I know that perfectly well." Ile then stated—We were in the coal cellar for some time. We hoard Mrs. Nunn go out about 7 o'clock. Then we went upstairs and took screws out ef the box, and forced it open by putting the handle of the mallet in. While we were forcing the lid 1 believe that Mrs. Nunn, who had come upstairs, and gone into the front room adjoin ing,she hoard us, and came to the door where we were. lv had began to scream. I thought we would stop her. and she brazil not planned to murder her. I laid hold of her, landing. My stairs, but I stopped her on tte fi r s t -floor mallet. I replied, My brother asked me if I had My brother brought held her, and she tried to screahme.ad. Both me and Mrs. "No, it is upstairs." He ran upstairs got the mallet and struck her onatmhees. ihe and fetched it. I I said to my brother, Nunn fell two or t , hree While the bell was ringing "Strike her again.' o,. _ ng noisJ on the fluor. We i downstairs for our boots, the cel• W ar. o t ien went which wo had left in top, got out of t a bu window, and slid upstairs to the dust-bin, a . got over a wall into a down the pipe iut) a left she la her r makingaud a wont in o into Seething - lane. I took my pistol to te r ug , n ot intending to hurt her. My brother had a pistolfcrigurht ln'i e a s 'ab lv i ell. He either lost it or threw it away. I walked home without my hqt. The next morning wo brushed our clothes to get the blood off. The prisoners said they had uu questions to ask witness. Mr. Ellis, son-in-law of the housekeeper, said that the prisoners were the great-graudehildren of Mrs. Noun. The house surgeon at Guy's Hospital then stated that the unfortunate woman was rather better to-day, although in considerable danger. 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