The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-21 00:00:00

1110 i x 4/ MARKET OLIMERCIAL INTELLIGE.NCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Tile political.apprehension which prevailed yes!er day afternoon, and caused a relapse in the funds, has partially subsided ; but there is in this respect no recovery. The markets generally are firmer. In foreign stocks the leading feature is the demand for Italian, which have been dealt in at 50. The cause is the belief that the financial measures projected in Florence will be successful, and that the deficient revenue will be supplemented by a loan of five to seven million sterling, to which the public will not be asked to subscribe. Railways are lilt upon the bad traffics. Hudson's Bay shares are still firm. The discount market shows increased inactivity, the rate for the best commercial paper being 1 to per cent. The Holrnsdale has arrived from port Phillip, with £204,800 in Australian gold. Consols are a shade firmer at 94a to 942 for mocey, and 931 to 931 ex div. for account ; New and Reduced Three per Gents., 9n to 9:31 ; lndia Five per Cents., steady, at 116 to 11 ; Bank Stock, 246 to 248 ; Exchequer Bills, :3s to 8s prem. With the exception of Egyptian and Mexican, which are fl it at a• reduction of k to per cent, foreign government securities are steady. Italian continue in favour, and the IE6I bonds at 492 to 501, are a further per cent. better, making the rise 1 per cent. since this time yesterday. N e w Spanish are also firmer, at 36 to 361 ; Greek are 13k to 132 ; Turkish (18 65 ), 35a to ; Chilian (1866), 1021 to 1031 ; ditto (1867), 95i to 96; ; Egyptian (1864), 81 to 82 ; ditto Railway liebentures, 91 to 92 ; Viceroy's Seven pet Cents., 72 to 721 ; and the Nine per Cents., 91 to 911. American Securities are well supported. United States Five-Twenty Bonds are quoted at 71k to 711 ; Erie Shares are f higher, at 45i to 452 ; Illinois, 954- to 952. English Railway shares are quiet, and prices show few alterations. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire is I better at 42 to 43, and Great Northern (A) also higher at 96 to 97, but a fall of lis established in Midlands at - 1062 to 1071, Great Western at 531 to 54, and London, Brighton, and South Coast int 53f t o 532 . L a n cas hi re an d York shiresteady, 127/ to 1281 ; South Eastern, 75/ to 76f ; Londo n an d N orth W estern, 115 t o 1151 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; Great Eastern, 33g• to 33 i ; Metropolitan, 1111 to 11 2 ; Caledonian, 74-1 to 75 ; London Chatham and Dover, 182 to 19. Bank shares are quiet, at previous prices. The following are the prices :—Agra (A), 10 to 101 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 44 to 51 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, to 1 prem.; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 71 to 72 ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; Union of London, 35 to 36. In Foreign Mining Shares, St. John del Reys are marked at 161 to 171 ; Port Philip, 11 to ; Chon tales, 1 to 21, Miscellaneous Securities are steady. Anglo-Ameri can Telegraph is enquired for, at 22k to 231 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 5 to 5f ; Hudson's Bay, 15k to 151 ; London General Omnibus, 1 to 21. The annual general meeting of the Vancouver Coat Mining Company has been called for the 28th inst., for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Company. The traffic receipts for the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway for the week ending March 28th show an increase of £904 ; and the receipts of the Madras Railway for the week ending March 21st an increase of .£1,071, as compared with the cor responding periods of 1867. The bar gold sent into the Bank of England yester day amounted to £46,000, making the balance for the week £290,000 in favour of the stock held. The City of Boston has arrived from New York with £155,000 in specie, and a further amount of £250,000 left that port yesterday for Europe. The biddings for £200,000 Council Bills on Cal cutta and Madras took place at the Bank yesterday. X 198,000 .were allotted to Calcutta, and £1,900 to Madras. The minimum was, as before, is lld on both presidencies, at which tenders will receive 38 per cent., and those above in full. These terms show no change in the demand. No tenders on Bombay Were invited. The London and North Western Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £2,472 compared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Mid land an increase of £2,077 ; the Glasgow and South Western a decrease of £231 ; the Great Eastern an increase of £1,015 ; the Great Northern an increase of £es7. _ _ _ Advices from Marseilles, dated last Monday, state that flour is rather firm in price, notwith standing lower prices of wheat, consequent upon the arrival of• 350,000 hectolitres during the pre vious week, and of very fine, weather for growing crops. Some of the merchants who held for higher prices were urging that the reduction could not be supported, because several most critical weeks have got to elapse before the harvest could possibly be gathered. Nevertheless, the fall in price was con siderable for grain upon the spot, but for future delivery it was less important. Madrid letters state that fears had been entertained of drought in various parts of Spain, and that the crops were suffering front want of moisture. Advices to the 16th state that abundance of rain had fallen, and that fears of the harvest were consequently composed. Wheat had fallen in price at most of the interior markets. The liquidators of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association have issued the report of the second year of their liquidation. The liabilities have been re duced to £1,476,193 17s 7d. The assets, exclusive 9f arrears of calls, and of the call due on the 15th Inst., are s t a t e d t o b e £2,82 4 ,110 9s ld, some of w hich, however, are held as security by creditors, but, on the payment of each instalment of 2s Gd in the pound, one-eighth part of the whole of such secu rities will be released and become available for reali sation. The progress made in the realisation has been as great as circumstances have permitted ; and the call due on the 15th inst. was being paid as readily as either of the preceding calls. There were, how ever, large amounts of the preceding calls over due, for the recovery of which proceedings would be adopted. The directors of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company (Limited), have issued a circular to the Shareholders, formally announcing the successful close of the negotiations for working a union with the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and annexing a synopsis of the articles of contract, particulars of which have already been given. It is proposed to submit the accounts of the Anglo-American Company, up to the 30 th April last, to the meeting, w hich will be held on Frid ay nex t . Th e revenue account for the nine months shows, after payment of the interim dividend 11 1 January last, an available balance of £44,562 9 s. 9d. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols -If I- Ditto for Account, Juno 4 1 Per Cent. Reduced 93f rye'v 3 -1- 931 I per Cent tlew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 D O . 5 per Cent.., an. 1873 annuities, SO vrs, expire sth Jan., 188 e — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug , 1908 — E zotiociner Bills, £1,00(', 2 per Ot — pm Do. £ 5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — Ils.uk of England Stock, 41-per Cent — Do. Account — — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. • ' India gawk, 104 per Cent., April 1874 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do, Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent BB} Do, 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do, 54 per Cent., May 1879 lO9 Do 5 por Cont. , Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — „ Do. do. 1882 — " 1-. .:t•• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ '2O- Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 1)0. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. 4 . l ' , l'entine Repubc, 6 per Cent... .....4 itrian Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1859 Ilrazilian 5 per Cent — xd 2 3 . 11 per Cent., 1852 ... ' lO . do. , 18'43.... L O. do ., 18 ;0 ••• h T i • do, 1863 — '''°. 5 per Cent, 1865 — , Do Accoun+ Sa tienos Ayres 6 per Cent — 0 Do 2 per Cont. (Deferrad 3 per (;0111 , 64 4 4',. 6 por Cent. rs titan 6 per Cent — u 0.44 per Cent — u °• 6 per (lent B . • -- O. 1867 1 Uo, 7 PAr ,Cent., 1860 — o , , Scrip £32 paid yubilai, 6 par Cent. la .V,Alligh 3p lr C ent., 1825•••••••• .nubian P r i nc i pal i t i es, 7 i.cr Cent — r, D 0 8 per Cent. 1867 79}. uador New Consolidated, 1 par Oen'. 9 ' r P ti !o, 7 per Cent . ... 1: , 0 : Se, Odd Issue , • C s' )1) rt011,18 .."10. £IOC Bonds -- 0 0, th 6 i 0— £s;u Do, 1 B o • Account " D nne 0. £lOO Bonds a •••• .... larall„Tri.-ronatut, Railway debentures .... rj °Per Cent 1824-5 ex Coups — • 0 A ./ 7 n ....econt —O . !Jou n.r.10, ' - G n ' IC/0. .A.CCO e ' • -- tat. , 0 IT _ . - otaat o per C ent . — "4,4otarae Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct, a 5 P ~. ~~ Alfred C. L. orough wsani, r after- chard ks You by the briars indeed, ad its ) tran- ieral as !OSSOMS ig tho )rne he. )er any or in and to B." It nterest esorip of the s, the is told, ouche3 again a, and •eader. ) cora -1 the coati )f the ) for ion in ;olonel orooke le only I plea a very , quite irs Or His lent of all Id and no-rule s when )m col- g hard I gains ove of about George strug ergoes. -8 gross ilty he :all the e he is cplains vn ex- Master !tr, like , make he hao in his ends in ,ume of still s you n g a d Mr. is votiou of the -ourieg n learn 3n time n , gain try to i china of her nteuse len Do L and 3 lorne' s l d the -3 shall, c with- sou is, !r. 13 a l co- ,oat of about Ca tlO 3itateg , ad jai' )nsider up ili s longer AV(.3 Wa emain3 envie asulted cribed• td so ill maiull ns. A ch, but ale th e lads to ur path ling we roses' pathos ose of re sai d L , Leocir doled' George r shara g Dn h that ie to re' turn t ° lectablo a long 01160 of :e7liser ) tice bY nay no 3 bring- ff hethe t v a bee ° froal seasoo ; Ler ritiv to be' aua is - g „, er a eve' es ty t ° ' 3O tb° ,he P ur i zoo o , ucess melb eii6 y , s s ly s preve ° re, 9 ' 13 ,übje et h '' f.O title .; ,er, ield. S. it 'lieu 6 per Crr t., 1865 — Do, Account ~ 76 Do. Marernmana Rail; ay — u.micrtn. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Aontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Hoorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada 144 Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account .. 831 4 Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarrou) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portagueso 3 per Ct., 1853,'6,'7,'9,'60,'2,'3 404 Do. do., 1 , 67 404 Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Gent., thzz, £ Si — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do is per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1.1-:.62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bench. Do. • do. £Bl 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5.... Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 614 1..:0, , ,1nnau, a per Gent 741 Spanish 3 per Gen Do Acc'.unt Do New Deferred . Do Account Do Passive — Do Acct ant Do Corn. Cert. of Con.. not fu. , ded Do Account Tuskish 6 per Cent. — do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account .. • Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ••• -- Do Account Du .£I.6C Bonds 6s} 4 6 Do. 1863 574 Do 5 per gent., 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 - 584 4 9 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — 1)0 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, 0., Account , French &tides, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austrts.o a par Cent. Ex 10 Jfiorina Italian 5 per Cant. 1831, F.:- zsf. Do. Account 5O 4 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 4 Do. Account, 4th June .. 934 4 BounsE, May 20.—Th closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month... 69 571 Credit Mobilier ... 285 End of month... 287 50 Credit Foucier ...1475 End of month... .ee o'clock.—The market Bank Shares Its Pan Loan End of month — Mexican Loan 2l Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 371 Homo Debt referred • Cash 870 1197 k 920 585 562 k RAILWAYS. Orleans , Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern b• 00000 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain .................. Saragossa .................. Roman 42 656} 373 • 65 LONDON AND PROVINCIAL TURKISH BATH COMPANY (LIMITED). above eo mr report o n r y t wasT h h e eld half-yearly th isd ay, meeting when of the directors was unanim ousl y ado p ted the of accompanying the " The directors beg to lay before the sharehold ers the following statement respecting the, past half year made and vouched for by the auditor. It was my satisfaction to report to you on the last occa sion that the balance standing to the credit of the profit and loss account, viz., £1,937 2s. 4d., was the largest of any half year. I h ave t h e pleasure DOW to state that the balance standingto its credit, after providing for all depre ciation, is £2,334 11s. 10d., being k:397 9s. 6d. more than the last half year, and £464 17s. Bd. in excess of the corresponding period of 1866 and 1867. They propose a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, amounting to £B7B. Since the opening of the bath there have been is sued--Daily ticketsamounting to a total of 169,339 ; periodical ditto, 1,761 ; representing a money value of £28,468 12s. It is proposed that Colonel the Hon. H. F. Keane be elected a director. They call attention to the following clause in. the report which the shareholders adopted in October, 1865. The company has been hampered by the necessity of acquiring the building in Jerinyn-street known as St. James's Hotel,' which was neither available for the baths, nor capable of affording independent returns. On the reconstruction of this tene ment depends the prolongation of the lease, and the directors conceive that the enterprise is now arrived at such a point of certainty and prosperity sufficient to warrant the.outl ty. In re constructing the St. James's Hotel the premises will be enlarged, and the ch i.mbers will be distributed so as to suit the class of persons desiring to take them in connection with the B ith. It is pro posed to convene an ext raor di nar y mee ti ng at as early a period as possibl e , w h en a reso l u ti on w ill b e submitted to the shareholders authorising the direc tors to undertake the new building and to raise funds for the purpose. Due notice will of course be given andestunates and calculation submitted." MARKETS. 7 (IIiis Day.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supply of boasts was light, of other stock fair for Thursday, and the trade ruled dull. Of beasts there were 700, including 120 from abroad. Sales were difficult except at lower prices, which were not freely taken and the consigns not cleared at a late hour. Of sheep and lambs tbe number offered was 11,830, in cluding 1,720 from the continent. Sales of both sheep and lambs were slow, ani rates barely maintained. Of calves 450 were received, and they met a steady sale. Pork is unaltered. Quotations: Bed, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ; sheep, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 4d to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s to 4s 6d ; lamb, 58 8d to 7s. TALLOW. The market is dull and prices still drooping. Y.C. on the spot, 438 3d; June, Cs 3d; last three mouths, 43s 91 to 448. POTATOES. The demand is steady, and good samples continue scarce, giving firm support to prices. HAY AND STRAW. There were fair supplies at Whitechapel Market this morning, and a steady demand prevailed for good quali ties of haystuffs at late quotations. Meadow hay, 60s to 88s; clover, 600 to 103 s; straw, 28s to 31s per load. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, May 21.—Sales probably 4,000 bales. Market quiet, and prices drooping. The following reflections are suggested to the Univers by the present state of Algeria :—" France now knows thoroughly the situation of her Algerian colony ; she knows it in the past, in the present, and perhaps in the, future. All is fully explained in the letters - which have passed between the Go vernor-General and the Archbishop—the one repre senting material force, who has hitherto done every thing; the other representing moral force, who hitherto has been unable to do anything. It is a complete failure. We have had 38 years of san guinary combats, of immense public works, of sterile peace. A million of men have been put to death ; many thousand millions of money expended ; Algeria is a tomb, or rather a gulf, and on the edge of that gulf all that we have obtained are famine, dis couragement, and despair ! Ail the blood that has been shed has not produced one ear of corn ; an d in that vast charnel• house war is the only seed which an intelligent eye can see shoot up. By the avowal of the Governor-General himself France cannot now count upon the fidelity of 20 Arabs. Does this come to pass because the Arab seems to be capable of gratitude, or is it because the Arab has no cause to be grateful? Whatever be the reason, such an avowal, coaling from those who have all the power in their hands, is pregnant with ter rible consequences, for it prochirns at the same time the resolution to make no change either in their system, or in the character of the population to which they have so fruitlessly applied it. What is to be done with those Arabs who will not become French citizens, and whom the Governor-General will not have converted to Christianity ?" The Univers goes on to recount the various attempts of former bishops to introduce the civilisation of Christianity among the native population, and the invariable resistance of the military authorities, and to that cause it attributes the present condition of the colony. _ _ The number of visitors at the Patent-office Museum, South Kensington, for the week ending May 16, was 2,435 ; ttital number since the opening of the mu seum, free daily (May 12, 1858), 1,298,117. n.re E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EST ENI ,ITIES. 10) 101', 93 100 vs led 86 0 85 67 104 166 IC9 110 107 109 106 108 08 100 110 111 105 107 IC4 106 116 t 6 107 10v ILLS 99 10 1.1.1 1)1 Vti $:5l 961 971 081 100 100 100 It 0 100 100 102 104 Iv 3 105 110 .11 W 4 112, ,911 2 93; f 98 9 SToUnt , Pal d. Cloaing Buslueoe dt.ne. - 10 C. 100 I 00 F 2 sf 71, 75 20 30 75i 77 70 7 102 W 4 33i 31 7 .8 15 6 102 103 97 974 122 126 94 96 64 5 Go GS 30 35 31 31 t27a 128 51 19 115.1 )151 sou 92 12} ha az 105 107 79 St 100 7 100 all 10ti 109 100 107 107; 76 78 33i 34 102 101 588 594 94 95 130 1341 1. 1 133 117 illi 11 116 57 59 107 10? 57 58 13 45 70i 77 lv •11 143 145 3S/ 1 981 i 31 31 1271 53 a /I lE/ LY tlsj f 1,2 1111 106} 107} 163 76 6 f POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TlllB DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—UNPROVOKED AND BRUTAL ASSAULT.—John Sullivan, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mr. Perry, a painter, residing in Bird-street, Marylc bone. The complainant said he was at work ye3terday, with others, at St. George's Barracks, when with out any provocation the prisoner's brother (who as well as the prisoner was also at work at the job) threw a pail of lime wash cver him, nearly blinding him, and then struck him. Directly afterwards the prisoner came up and said, " Stand aside and let me get at him," and then struck him a violent blow on the nose, causing it to bleed profusely. Mr. Knox asked the complainant w.hether it was anything of a trade affair. The complainant said it was not, but that he had heard a good deal about fighting going on during the day. Walter Tacey, another workman, corroborated the complainant, and sail that the assault was a most unprovoked one, and that he considered the complainant had had a fortunate escape from being blinded. Mr. Knox said it was a most brutal assault, and he should commit the prisoner for two months with hard labour, and he would grant a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner's brother. A MASTER CARMAN FINED FOR CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—Mr. Edward Skeggs, a master carman, of No. 38, Watling-street, City, and Charles Roberts, a carman in his employ, appeared before Mr. Knox, the former to answer the complaint of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of causing a horse to be tortured by hav ing it worked while in an unfit state, and the latter to answer a charge of having worked it. Sell, an officer of the;above society, saw Roberts driving a horse attached to a van in Regent-street, the van being laden with iron goods. The horse was very old and lame, and had several sores about it. It fell down exhausted, and on the officer exa mining it he found that a piece of skin had been placed over one of the sores so as to screen it from observation. On the officer asking Roberts how he came to bring out the horse, he said that his master knew the condition of the horse. When the case was before the Court on the last occasion, Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded Roberts, and ordered the owner of the horse to be summoned, and on the case being renewed, Sell informed Mr. Knox that the horse had since the adjournment been destroyed. Mr. Knox, after making some strong remarks on the case, fined Skeggs 40s. and costs, or a month, and Roberta 10s. and costs, or 14 days. VIA NIES. MODERN ASTROLOGY.--A poor Irish woman came before Mr. Benson to complain of an astrologer in the vicinity of the London Hospital, who she said had annoyed her night and day, sleeping and waking, for a long time past. Mr. Benson—What has he done ? Applicant—He has shut me up in his glass, in which other people can see other people both night and day. In answer to further questions, the woman said the astrologer could see her all the way from the London Hospital to Wrapping, where she glass, and that he was con- Who has told you t hi s nonsense ? The woman, instead of ans wer i ng thi s quest i on, said, "I am a widow. I live by my needle." s li t v a e n d tl b y y lo m ok ea in n g s ° a f t h h i e s r. Mr. Benson -- —You had b et t er atten d to your not think o f as t ro l ogers an d for twuonArell-drtleylßleaersffna,siewrns an dare have no power over you or any one else. are all i mpostors, Applicant--But the astrologer is always talking to me. _ . _How does h e t a lk t o you ? Applicant—Through the gl ass , s i r ; an d h e sa id he M w r e . : Benson _ How _ Mr. Benson—fu what Way did he say he would kill you ? he would cook my goose. ( Lglir. said Mr. Bcuson—l4 what part of Warping do you live? Applicant—Hea (Laughter.) , Applicant —King--street,- your worship.: f Roche, the gaoler—That is in St. George-in-the- EAst. Mr. Benson asked the woman if she could ac count for the astrologer persecuting her in the man ner he had done ? Applicant—l d on ' t k n3 w., sir.; he keep s me on the rack ; he looks upt ) me. A gentleman h:td my nativity cast, and the astrologer keeps it in his glass. Mr. Benson was surprised that any married woman could place credence in the casting of nati vides, horoscopes, a n d astrology. 'The applicant ought to be above such nonsense, such rubbish. Applicant—lt is nit t all nonsense. It really is not, sir. Mr. Benson —if You are not insane you ought to know better. D o you think if you were anywhere else you would be free ftom the arts of this wicked astrologer ? Applicant—N o , 8 6 ; li e h as power over me all over tLe world. Mr. Benson —Then I am afraid if I interfere with him he will hav e po wer over me and rule me w ith his rod. (L aughter.) Applicant—tie has n o power over magistrates. Mr. Benson —I am very glad of that. (Loud laughter.) Have yot t a ny priest who will advise you? Applicant—.y es, to be sure, I have. Father Kelly. (Laughter.) Mr. Benson—i m us t have silence in Court. Now don't beli eve a word w h at s ill y peop l e h ave told you about th e astrologer. H e can d o you no hariu—go to Father Kelly—he can give you very good advice. If Father Kelly will write to me I will attend to it. Applicant_The cunning man has me in his gee out of it ? Mr. Benson—B reak it. (R oars o f l aug ht er. ) glass. How sh a ll Now go to Father Kelly, my good woman. The applicant slowly retired from the court. SHARE LIST. COLOSIAL GOVERNALk.:NT SECUII !British Columbia, a per cent., Deo. 31, 1872. ... ICan.Gov.6 poc.Ja.& July 1677-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed ex Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1673 It)o.Apl.& Oct .1690-1900, 1 Do. do 1880-9 u I Do. Jan.&July, 115004 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and t 5 Oct., 1900 - Cs, ion, Nov. 1878, 6 p., 1)o. 1872, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 10. 1882, Mayls, Nov..! Do. 1895, lon. Aug Natal 'low. 6 per cent Il.li.Gov.6p.c.Ja.StJ my N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,186 • Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to IS7 • Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So dia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c , S.Aus.Gov. 6 p.c. 1868- , Do. 1878 & upwards Vlc,tlov. 6 p.o. a &Jul) Ito. do, A pril k Oct !tin NARY dtiAYl ttallwaya . lei :A au jEketet each:4ow= .. I I ut in mil t;urt. and Bandon - ,:orn,v4ll. bublin & Beltwit J unc. ii)un„rertli,(ll. Ab.Junc. kl.Londun scrip Do. Glasgow t S. Western Great Eastern, Urd. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Brest North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A a tock ...... Do. B awes Do. New, is. at 25 pn. GtS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Original Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxfora Lo. Newport Do. Liu jiord ..... Lancashire tt Yorkshire London and Iliac:kw:lli Lon., Brigh.,4 S Coast I•on., Chat., and Dovei Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. 4 North Westezn Lon. 4 South IVestert. Man., Shci., da Line°JD. Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension ...... Metropolitan District. 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Lek Lot.don and Con say, ---• Ditto, new, 35 Loudon and IA estininster, 7 1 1 Ditto, Scrip, 491 Oriental Bank Corporation, 121 Provincial of Ireland, 92} Unto, of Australia, Union of London, 30} 111160ELLAN1CO1.18. City of lionow Gas, lim., 5} Co.ufnercial Union. lustuanJe. 5 Credit louder of England, lim., 2 13-16 East India Irrigation and Caual..l7 Ebbw Vale, 131 .E-typtian 9 pee Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua by 8 0'0. Gov 911 ouson's s a y, 154 International Financial :3cciety,lim., 31 L mdon general Omnibus Cumpany, iim., 2 London Financial Association. 11m., National viscount Company, Peel River Land and Mineral, 32 l'eninsuta and Oriental a team, 59 bit°, new, It , 7, 11 a Rio de Jaueii o (ias, 2 3 ) hopti M. ,ii Stcon. 6:4 Vioeroy of E,;ypt illurtgago) Loan, 72) i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BT TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dray 21—Baron Osy, steamer, from Antw;rp ; Atalanta, steamtr, from New York ; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed—Blonde, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Fairy Que en steamer, for Dieppe. The Dublin papers announce that the negotia tion of the Government with the Roman Catholic prelates in relation to a charter for the Catholic University has broken off. There is " absolute disagreement on .some of the principal. pointit involved in the discussion." AQUATICS. THE AMERICAN MATCH'. is the Club l i u •e b pl t 3 o r of t h e t h e e h e a o l trieintugie from a t too of rOx ford Univorsity Boat voTrdhßeo following at "Oxford, May 16. . . ." Gontlemen,—We beg to ackuowleOge the receipt of your-letter of April 20. Ilad your challenge been to row a race against the Oxford Eight, on the terms you mention, next September, we should have had much pleasure in accepting it, though (as we mentioned at the commence it would be very diffi cult together a crew at a time when all the rue]. t commence ment for o f u s our to nucrewa correspondence) members of our club have been for more than two mouths separated. As, however, your challenge is to row a race in September, 1869, we do not see how we can either ac cept r s e t iv e or s. decline A makes a k se its a affects our successors and not u great difference in our club, and in all probability no me mber of our present committee will be at Oxford in. 1869. Considering that a call upon any match b es i des the our eight to rowannual one against o i Cambridge is entirely un p r ecedented, we are in this diffi culty, that by accept in g y o ur challenge we should pledge our successors to do that which, when the time arrived, they might be either unable or unwilling to carry out. We can only answe r for ourselves, and accept a challenge to row in the present year ; but as regards a race in Sept., 18G9, we think the best plan will be to let matters staid over till the early part of next year, when, if yuu are still in the same mind, you can renew your challenge to the committee which will have succeeded us, and they will be able to answer for themselves. w o a re, Gentlemen, yours obediently, FRANI; WILLAN, President. w. WrlairrmAx WOOD, Secretary. (For Committee of the 0.U.8.C.) "To the President and Committee, Harvard University Boat Club." We (owo understand that her Majesty's Go of their bei ng b eaten on Friday next verarnent will in no ca se resign ; but that on the pro- Bill, they w ill at once procee d to O b n ah t le he co s n u t s i p n e g: s n a c r y .y dissolution; THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF understand that the council of the Royal Botanic Society have kindly granted permission fpr the fete in aid of the above to take place in their gardens on the 25th Juno and two following days. Mr. Edward J. Hopkins, the organist of tho Temple Church, has tindly , undertaken the musical arrangements for the occasion. G, MAY 21, 1868. - ..........4 SPORTING INTELLIGENC lE. BATH RACE MEETING—WEDNzsDAy. The attendance to-day was not nearly so large as that of yesterday, and the day's sport was only' relieved of its dulnoss by the "turn-up" in the Bath and Bontersetihire Stakes, which fell to the least fancied of the three runners, Vortigern, who defeated the highly-tried Vixen gelding and the third in the Great Northern Handicap ? Ploughboy, both of whom were backed for a lot of r. 2orey. The weather was more favourable to the sport tt, au on Tues day, the hot sun being somewhat tempered: by a cool breeze. The Dodington Stakes fell to the favourite, Eau do Vie, and the much-improved Badsworth won th Wes ton Stakes, wherein last year Grimston ran Lady Eliza beth to a head, Blue Gown finishing behind the pair_ The Kelston Stakes was carried off by another fa.voutite.,. Sister to Veda, who w,is backed against the fi 4cl. For the Bad minton Stakes, Liddington and Athena had a good. race : but the young one, who was most fancied, won cosily. Mexico bowled over the selected of the "talent," Donlon stration, in the Dyrham Park Ha ndic..p, but it took Ken yon all his time to beat Butler. Old Lou o recompensed Mr. Brayley for numerous defeats by wins ing the Welter Stakes, with which the day's racing concluded. Particu lars of the betting on the course and the racing are ap pended. The Dodington Stakes (flandicap) of 5 oovs each, w:th 50 aided; T.-1;'.(). Lord Westmorland's Eau de Vie, by Zaycle. Zle—Bar ley Broe, 3 yrs, 7st ;In Mr 'l'. Stevons's 13,ttlow Lass, 3 yrs, ist 111) (Jas. Clark) 2 Mr E. lirayley's Cromwell, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Cam.") 3 Betting-9 to 4on Eau de Vie, 7to 2 agst Cromwell. The latter held a slight advantage of his opponents till a distance and a half from home, when he dropped away, and the other pair came on together to the commencement of the Stand enclosure, where Eau de Vie got the best of the struggle, and won cleverly by a neck ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 125 guineas. The Weston Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; the produce of untried horses or mares allowed 31b; if both, slb ; winners of any one stake of 200 soya value before starting, 31b; 400, 31b extra. Straight half mile. 56 subs. Prince Soltykoff's Badswortb, by Carnival—Berezina, Bst 101 b (inc. 31b extra (J. Mann) 1 Mr J. Stephenson's Night Hag, Bst 10th (Pordhatn) 2 Mr Chaplin's Sister to Hermit, Bat 121 b (inc. 51b extra) (Custanca) 3 Sir C. Rushout's Hilda, Bst 71b" (inc. 31b ex.) (J. Adams) 0 Lord Westmorland's Littleton, Bst 71b (I Goater) 0 Mr J. Astley's f by Atherstone...lona, Bst 41b (Kenyon) 0 Mr W. S. Crawfurd's Juanita, Bst 71b ('l'. Cnalloner) 0 Mr Graham's Bretby, Bst 101 b (0. Page) C Mr J. Powney's Blucher, Bst 101 b (Gannon) 0 Mr Trden's Sund,w, Bst 2 1b (H. Covey) 0 Mr R. C. Naylor's darolina, Bst 2lb . (Mordan) 0 Mr J. Saxon's Una, Bst 41b Mr Parr's colt by Tim Whiffler—Lady Maud, Bst 51b (0. Gray) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Badsworth, 4to 1 agst Sister to Hern:a, 9 to 2 agst Juanita, 6 to 1 agst Night Hag, 10 to 1 agst The latter jumped off in front of the lone filly, Sister to Hermit, and Ba-isworth, the remainder lying in a body, at the head of which were Juanita, Blucber, and Night Hag. They ran in this order until fairly in the rails, when the lone filly retired, and Baisworth soon afterwards headed Hilda, who dropped away at the distance, as did Blucher. The race was then left to the favourite, Night Hag, and Sister to Hermit, the latter of whom tired at the half dis tance, and Badsworth won cleverly by three quarters of a length ; a head only separated the second and third ; Blu cher, close up, was fourth, Juanita fifth, Hilda sixth, the Overture's data filly seventh, Sundew eighth, and Bretby next. The last lot were the Lady Maud colt, Littleton, and Carolina. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sous each. Two miles and a distance. Mr J. Saxon's Vortigern, by Lifeboat—Madelina, 3 yrs, 6st 21b Lord Westinor!aud's g by Vedette—Vixen, 4 yrs, Est 101 b • (Kenyon) 2 Mr J. Gilby's Ploughboy, 4 yrs, Est Mb (car 6st 71b) (Morgan) 3 Betting-13 to Bon Vixen gelding-9 to 4 agst Plough boy, 9 to 2 agst Vortigern. Ploughboy cantered in front of the favourite past the stand, Vortigern lying in the rear until rounding the top turn, when the command was taken by the Vixen gelding, who led down the far side with a lead of fully three lengths of Ploughboy, Vortigern being a similar distance in rear of Mr. Gilby's horse. No change took placo until rounding the bend into the straight, when Ploughbt', coming up on the inside, obtained a clear advantage, but he was beaten before reaching the distance, at which point Vortigern headed the favourite, and coining away won, amid great excitement, by half a length; Ploughboy wa3 a bad third. The Kelston Stakes of 5 sovs each with 40 added ; straight half-mile. Mr Chaplin's Sister to Veda, by Lambton—Christabelle, 2 yrs (.£3O), sst 71b (car. 6st) Mr T. Hughes's Paris, aged (£3O), Bst llb (T Challoner) 2 Mr Saxon's Hagar, 2 yrs (.£3O), sst 71b (Barnard) 3 Mr Treen's Suudew, 2 yrs (..£6O,N sst 111 b (Wilson) U Mr Jones's c by Vedette—Voucher, 2 yrs (Z3U), sst 101 b (car. sst 111 b) Lord Vivian's Lord Falmouth, 2 yrs (E.,30), sst 10lb (t),ickutere) 0 Mr Walter's Sting, 2 yrs (.E3O), sst 71b . (F. Webb) Valetitia was weighed for by Butler, 2 yrs, 3st, 101 b (ear. sst 111 b), but she bolted after cantering, and took uo part in the race. Betting —Even on Sister to Veda, 100 to 30 agst Parts, 6 to 1 agst Lord Falmouth, S to 1 agst S4ug. The first two were in front throug:iout, Sister to Veda winning easily by half a length ; three lengths separated the second and third; Sundew was fourth, the Voucher colt fifth, Lord Falmouth sixth, the last being Sting. The winner was bought iu fir 400 guineas. The lltdminton Stakes of 10 sovs 5 ft, with 100 added ; twq year olds, Gat 101 b ; three, Bst 51b ;. four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner of any stake amounting to 10J Boys in 1867 or 1868 31b, if 300 51b, if 600 121 b extra ; maiden three year olds at the time of starting to be allowed Gib, four and upwards ; T.Y.C. (straight half mile); 18 subs. Mr Padwick's Athena, by Stockwell —Heroine, 3 yrs; Oct (inc. 121 b extra) (Fordhun) 1 Mr Merry's Liddington, 6 yrs, Ost 51b Sib extra) (Daley) 2 Betting-6 to 4ou Athena. Athena waited on the non-favourite to the distance, where she came away and won easily by a length and a half. Tho Dyrham Park handicap of 100 sovs ; winners of any handicap after May 14, at tea a.m., 71b extra; once round and a distance. Mr. Hamilton's Mexico, by Mildew—Wish, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Kenyon) 1 Prince Soltykoira Demonstration, 3 yrs, Est Mb (Butler) 2 Mr Dick's Defiance, 4 yrs, ist 111 b (Hibbord) 3 Mr H. Symou's Triana, 3 yrs, Gst (Viuell) 4 Mr Parr's Nidderdale, 6 yrs, Bst - (C. Gray) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Demonstration, 7to 4 azst Mexico, 5 to 1 " bar two." Demonstration made running with along lead of Mexico, Defiance, Triana, and Nidderdale following in the order named, and separated at intervals of a couple of lengths, until rounding the turn into the straight, where Mexico ch•Lllenged and ran a slashing race home with the favou riO, but always having the best of it from the baud, won cleverly by three-quarters of length ; bad third ; Triana was fourth, and Nidderdale last. The Welter Stakes (handicap) of 5 soya each, with 50 ailed; gentlemen riders; jockeyA, 61b extra; winners of any race after May 14th, at ton a.m., 31b; of any handicap race, 71b extra. Once round and a distance. 9 subs. Mr Brayloy's Douro, by Arthur Wellesley—Jenny Lind, 5 yrs, 11s+ (sir E iwards) 1 Mr W. Troon's Balvio, 3 yrs, lOst (inc Glb ex) (Cannon) 2 Mr Hamilton's Mexico, 3 yrs, 10st llib (inn 9:b ex) (S. Adams) 3 Mr J. Thomas's The Brigand, 6 yrs; list llb (car 51b ex) (W.- G—Jarvis) 0 Mr G. Clement's Romney, 4 yrs, list llu (inc 6lb ex) (Owner) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Douro, 2to 1• agst Mexicb, sto 1 agst The . Brigand. Douro made the whole of the run ning, and won in a cAnter by thirty lengths ; Mexico was a bad third, and the other two did not pass the post. LATEST BETTING. - DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Laly Elizabeth (taken) 13 to 2 agst Blue Gowu (taken) 10 to 1 apt Paul Jones (taken) 1000 to 50 agst Suffolk (taken) 30 to 1 agst Torn Bowline (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Forest King (taken) WYE AIEETING.-WEDNESDAY. This pleasant little gathering came off to-day under rather favourable auspices. The attendance was not so large as ou previous anniversaries, and the ring was al most deserted. Lord Winchilsaa and a distinguished party were present. The results of the day's racing are appended : The L &DIES' PLATE.—lnnuendo 1, John Bull 2, Wild Dove 3. Seven started. The OLANTEIGII TOWER PLATE.—Helder 1, Kis met 2, Angelica 3. Six started. The COLD HARBOUR PLATE.—John Bull 1, The Nun 2, York 3. Eight started The AS iiUNTERS'CUP. — LawyerI, Pakrita 2, Dovedale 3. Ten started. The WYl✓ HANDlCAP.—Pevensey 1, Derby Day 2, Catilino 3. Seven started. SELLING HURDLE RACE.—Dom:no 1, Chance 2, Rattler 3. Eight started. A pony race and a race for local galloways closed a pleasant day'a racing. DEAN CLOSE OFFERING THE ODDS.—A. SIGN OF TILE TIMES.-At a Carlisle meeting last week, Dean Close said in his speech, as chairman—" Any questions fairly bearing on the subject [ will tile care at least to present to the lecturer, and ' I will ley 2 to 1 that las nswers them.' (.ppltui3 nut lout luag'ater.) lam afraid we are getting into the betting ezina." (More laughter.) - - - DIPERIAL PARLIAFIENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 20 minutes past 12. LIBEL BILL. Sir C. O'LOGIILEN moved the house go into committee on this bill, and in doing so assured Mr. Newdegate that there was nothing adverse to Protestantism in the bill, and under such circumstances ho hoped the hon. gentle man would withdraw his opposition to the bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE said ho opposed the bill on general grounds, and not upon any religious feeling. He was quite satisfied with Lord Campbell's Act, and so, ho thought, was the country and the persons affected by the present measure. The law made the publisher of any newspaper responsible for any libel it might contain, which be thought a wise provision. Ho had no desire to curtail the freedom of the press. He wished to leave the onus of libel where it now rested, and not to shift it to the sk.aker, who might bo inaccurately reported. H.► cousi•lered the bill one for the propagation of stands, and therefore he ob jected to goi❑g into committee. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the bill.ought to be allowed to go lute committee, where the obj, , ctio.is to it could be thoroughly discussed. He thought it was of the utmost importance that the public should be ac quainted wtth all that hid pile' at a public meeting:, and not a portioa of it. Tiie reporters were, 11 . 11 ler the present law, prohibited from repenting anything that was lipellous, ant, in the emit of their doing so, their employers suffered, tle thought the present law re quired amendment, and therefore he should vote for going into committee. Mr. T. Cllkl - sIBELIS opposed the bill. it was a pure sophism to say that a full report of all meetings would propagate the truth, as aceording to his notion it depended ou what the truth was that was spoken. Tile bill would benefit none but the lovers of scandal, and therefore he should oppose its going into committee. Mr. NEUTE supported the bill. It was due he thought that power should be given to reporters to represent facts. Ile had seen reports of meetings which convoyed quite a different complexion to that which actually took place. The ATTORSEY-GENEEIA.L supported the bill, be cause it gave the power to the person who believed him self injured of contradicting the statement, and it still fnade the newspaper editors who carelessly and recklessly published a libel responsible for any act of that nature, and also liable ti make compensa tion for the injury inflicted. Whale reporters were ad mitted to any meeting, it vvas highly necessary that they should have the power of reporting the whole truth. He thought the advantages preponderated over the disadvan tages in the bill, and therefore he should give it his sup port. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WHALLEY opposed the bill, and said the per severance of tha hon. member for Clara was due to the influence of Jesuitism. Mr. Sergeant ARMSTRONG thought the third clause gave sufficient protection to all parties, and as the bill would prevent slander he should vote fur going into com mittee. Mr. COLERIDGE objected to the bill, because it made very important alterations in the law which he considered altogether unnecessary, the law being now quite suffi ciently merciful to the publisher of false charges on any party. Public statements on the public acts of public men were already privileged statements. It was only when the private acts of private men were attacked that the law was at all stringent. Why should a private, inno cent, harmless man be chugged out of his privacy by the publication of a slander in a news paper? Why should the publication of personal slander uttered at a quasi-public meeting or a semi-public meeting have an exceptional protection? Ile felt that the third clause gave the remedy to the wrong person. The hen. member for Sheffield said that truth was a great argument, but the fact was the hon. member confounded truth with accuracy. Truth they all worshipped, but ho did not think that an accurate report and a slander was what was required. Thinking the bill made an alteration in the wrong direction, he should vete against going into committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND thought the bill altogether uuuecessary: After a discussion, in which Viscount Amberley, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Dillwyn, and Mr. C. Buxton took part, the house divided, when there appeared— For going into committeo ... ... 108 Against ... ... ••• ... ... 38 Majority ... 70 The house then Weut into committee on the bill. On clause 1, Mr. SA.NDFORD moved an amendment. The clause was that no editor should be open to au action for libel for publishing a correct report of the proceedings of a public meeting; he moved the substitution of the word "speeches" for "proceedings." _ . A. discussion Ousued, but the amendment wa3 agreed to, Mr. Wi.alley only saying "No." Clause 2 was agreod Oa olau3o 3 Wing proposed, Sir R. COLLIER moves its ornissilti: He was afraid that whilst they were iatcat oa sJctriag the liberty of the Press, they were guiiig to liuut tho freedom of deb ate. At presout a inan wits not liable for the effect of wortls ho uttered, uuless were weA) im;;l:ed crimival off Juc:.. By the clause as it now stood everything that was written was actiouabls if it leaded to bring a aim ioto ridicule au 1 contempt ; and if they were to agree to such a propos,' as that it could not bat tail to restrict the freedom of debate. The ITT JRNEY-GENERAL said he was responsible fur the drawing up of the clause. It was quite true it alt •red the law of slander to some extant, sal the effect of the clause would only be to cause pee i ele to reflect upon the character of authors before they made assertions which were scandalous or untrue. If one person went to a meet ing, made a charge which was unjustitiabl ,, , and refused to apologise, then he was open to an a;;Lioa fur libel. He did not s•'e much objection to that. Sl'r C. 01,0G3LEN said the proposed change was entirely consistent with the opinion of Lord Lyndhurst and other men of the highest eminency, although it did not go so far as their recorded opinions. He did not think the alb:ration made was at all dangerous or objectionable on solid grounds. Mr. 'l'. CHAMBERS opposed the clause. It was not in the present instance a case of rubbing Peter to pay Paul, but robbing Peter to make an unnecessary present to Paul. The clause, as it stood, would exempt a person who had undoubtedly committed an offenca for the pur pose of making another liable who had not really done so. Mr. WFIALLEY again described the bill as one alto gether opposed to Protestantism. Mr. K. HUGESSEN thought the clause wouM restrict discussion, and work so badly that lie felt it his duty to vote against it. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE thought the bill a most dan gerous and uncalled for ono, and therefore he should give it all the opposition in his power. The SOLIOITOR-GENERA.L said he should give his vote in favour of the clause. Mr. FOSTER thought it going too far to make an editor of a newspaper open to an action for libel for report ing the speech of a person who was turning another into ridicule. Members of the house had often been guilty of attempting to do the same thing. lie was in favour of getting a slander in black and white rather than letting it float about after it had been spoken, but not reported, at a public meeting. After some further discussion the house divided on the question that the clause be postponed, when there appeared— Ayes .. Noes 5l Majority Tho clause was then postponed and tho chairman re ported progrese. - Thu Entail Aineadinent (Scotland) Bill was read a se cond time. The Mines As essment Bill was ordered to be reprinted with amendments. The committee on the Sunday Trading Bill was post poned until the 23d of June. The Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Bill was read a third time and passed. • The Consolidated Fuud (Z 17,000,000) Fill passed through committee. The house then adjourned. Fenian Mail Packet List, MAILS Ilustralia and New Zeeland, via Boutb.amptoa May 23 Ditto, via slarseilles ...June 17 Ditto, vla l'snatna . • 29 Llueno4 Ayres, and ..11oate Video ~„„ June 4 Ditto. by french paoket • ••• Mil 2: Cepa Verde. by Urazil packet ...... June 4. Uspe of Good Hope. Atwaslon. and St. tielena June 12. Juin% Penang, and Singdapare, via South Imptoa ty 21 Ditto. ♦la Uarsellles ..... • ...... June 11. Falkland 151and5...... .•..• • ....Juua f. dibraltar, via Souttianapioa Soatliarapton O ••• Ditto, viA Marseil es . ..... Niay 2S Italia, ts:gypt, o. nay 23. Ditto, Marseille.; 11zy .11auritius, Cape of G 0.3.1 Li y 2, an t N it LI, vi South‘mptoa DIU 4 - Alenieinea .. June 8 Sewfoundland ...... ..... . ..... 2 ortng.ll .... ••• • • • • • ............... J une 1. Ditto, bj pr le ship to Oporw - Ditto itto to Lisbon United States,: aurida, California, Am, by British packet .. May 21 Ditto, by L. bitcd 3tates packet Ditto ditto 'Now York , Ditto ditto Nuw York) Ditto dittt (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian paeltet .......... 22 . Test Coast of Afri—s, Madeira, and Teneran •.. Juue 3 Set mules and Paoilio,exzept 51exioo and isatl4- mas) Cab and si exieo ........... ............... • ... May 2). 133.1.1a.na5, via New Y - . ........................ May 20 . Bermuda, via Halifax A - . .. Awe 9. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—This DAT. DERBY. 2to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Rusicrucian (offered) 7 . t0 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 11 to 1 agst Orion (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Paul Jones (taken) 13 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 20 to 1 agst Suffolk (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tom Bowline c (offered) 40 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 40 to 1 agst Uncas (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Mercury (taken) 500 to 5 agst Earl (taken) 1000 to 5 agstLf-gislation (taken) 1000 to 2 agst Franchise (ofiered) 1000 to 2 agst Chelsea (offered) 1000 to 2 agst See Sew (offered) 1000 to 400 sgst Sir Joseph Hawbiy's lot (taken) 10.00 ;o 40 agst Green Sleeve, with a start (taken) 00 to 400 nu Ludy Elizabeth-1, 2, 3 (taken) sto 2 agst Pnul Jones--1, 2, 3 (taken and wanted) 100 to 30 agst Speculum -1, 2, 3 (taken) Bto 1 agst Uncas —l, 2, 3 (taken) TILL PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR El RE. (Continued from our Fir.,t Edition of yesterday.) Sir R. P. Collier said that they were relieved, and, were glad to be relieved, of the necessity (.4 prosecuting on the graver charge. He was ini - , c ft obliged to them. But how were they relieN.Pfed? Was it by the pressure of any scruple of conscie ace ? No. It was simply because they could not, do it. They did not find themselves relieved ...Trail Sir Thomas Henry refused to commit Mr. 'Eyre for trial on the charge of murder. And now they wished to make capital out of their •own defeat. He contended that they were now a'cotempting to separate the charge into parts, and proceed upon each of them separately. Would it • have been coin_ petent for the Crown, after prosecuting certai4 persons for murder, on the grov.nd of their alleged complicity in the explosion, at Clerkeu well, .and, after their acquittal on tliat charge, to try them again for the injury done to some individual who had been wounded by the fragments of the barrel, and, failing in that, to proceed against them for creating au obstruction by placing the barrel on, the footway ? Mr. Vaughan said the charge which Sir Thomas Henry declined to entertain was that of the murder of Mr. Gordon, which was only a part of the gene ral question. This proceeding related to other matters, and he could not ref Lls3 to entertain them, because the charge failed as to Gordon's case. Many of these matters arose after Gordon's case, and had, not been shown to have any connection with it. Sir It. P. Collier__l did not charge the imprison ment of Levier, or of Phillips, or of Vinen as murder. Mr. Vaughan said there was involved in this case a great deal besides what came out then. For instance, it would be one of the important questions to be considered by a jury, whether Mr. Eyre was justiaed in maintaining the proclamation and con tinning to execute martial law, not only down to the time of the amnesty, on the 30th October, but down to the 24th of November ; and if the case rested on no other point, he should, on that point alone, think it his duty to send the case further. He should be of that opinion if this were the only charge against him. Mr. Giffard said he was not anxious to go on, speaking for the mere sake of hearing his own voice. If tha magistrate had made up his mind he should not pursue the argument any further. Mr. Vaughan was bound to say that unless Mr. Giffard could address to him arguments of such cogency as to make him entirely reverse the view he had formel so far, it would be his duty to send the case before a jury. Mr. Ginn' felt that it was a great discourage ment to know that the learned magistrate had already formed an opinion adverse to his case, but he was bound to give any tribunal before which he appeared credit for having an open mind to receive and duly consider any arguments he had in his clay to submit on behalf of his client. Mr. Gitfard then went on to contend that this was not the offence Mr. Eyre was charged with. There was nothing about ,it in the suunnons, had it been urged by Sir R. P. Collier. Mr. Vaughan said there were two charges—that of issuing an illegal proclamation, and that of com mitting, oppressive acts under that proclamation. Now it appeared to his mind that if Mr. Eyre dil not put au end to that state of martial law at the time when he Wight have done so, then he was guilty of oppression. Sir R. P. Collier sail that when he made the application for the summons he did enter into that question. Mr. Giffard said he could not enter into what was said at the application for the summons. He had only to do with what had taken place during the actual proceedings. As to the necessity of the proclamation, it appeared to him that those who complain of the alleged oppression of certain inhabitants of the colony treated the colony itself with contempt. It ought to be borne in mind, and he hoped the magistrate would consider it as a definite means of coming to a conclusion, what ought to be done in disposing of this case. COMAIITCAL OF GOVERNOR EYRE FOR TRIAL. At the conclusion of the learned counsel's address, Mr. Vaughan said he should have been very glad if it had bee❑ consistent with his duty to let the case end here, but he felt that it was a case which ho was bound to send to a higher tribunal. Mr. Eyre, on being ca'led upon to make any statement in defence, addressed the court in impas sioned language, and with much emotion complained of the persecution to which he had been exposed, but declaring his confidence in the judgment of the court above and of public opinion being in his favour. Mr. Vaughan committed him for trial at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer at the Court of Queen's Bench, and bound him over to appear in the sum of £l,OOO. The Duke of Buckingham has issued a despatch to the Governor of Natal, giving instructions that any officiA taking part or aiding in the consecra tion of a bishop in opposition to Dr. Coleus° shall be immediately suspended. FALSE HorEs.—The Metropolitan Board of Works have at length made arrangements for the paving of the portion of the Thames Embankment between Westminster-bridge and the Temple, adapted for foot passengers, and the promenade will probably be thrown open to the public in about a mouth from the present time.— The Owl. • REPRESENTATION OF MAORIS.--The last mail brought news from Wellington, New Zealand, that writs had been issued for the election of four Maori representa tives to sit in the General Assembly. The nominations were to be made on the loth of April. It has been intimated to Sergeant Armstrong, by the ordinary Opposition agency, that no encouragement will be given to his vote of want of confidence motion, the leaders of the Liberal party considering that such a step would interfere with the progress of the Suspensory Bill and otherwise disarrange well-concerted organisation. The Owl. SUDDEN DEATH IN FLEET-STREET. --On Wednes day morning at tan o'clock Mr. Warren, the manager of the Sporting News, died suddenly in the office of that journal in Fle,t-street. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman was suddenly seized with a sort of fainting fit, and a messenger was at once sent off for assistance.. Be fore Mr. Brooks had time to arrive, Mr. Varren died, ap parently from t h e effects of syncope, or stoppage of the heart's action. This melancholy event has produced a pAinful feeling, not only among the immediate neighbours of the deceased, but in sporting circles generally. Ths eJroner Liss been cornainuicatod with, and an inquest will, it is understood, be hold. to conaid'er i; a st ai p kn r e o nE po cio s ni THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT.—EDINBURGH, Monday.—A crowded mooting of the electors of Edinburgh washeld to-day in the Music-hall, al to adopt the Public Libraries Act ; the Lord Provost pre siding. The meeting was very noisy throughout. 'Tile chief objection urged by the opponents of the movarnent aAb -A bl a cor s tga. t ht h A a 2 t aosl t : l twe t h e :ol.e r dr e yev i .o s ht t i t uoul s i u w ffl au i p ii s o ih n abo t ywf n av : v i oo m oftt b itorh a za t o • rif o ed f atsrh i e b b r a: a. di : n . a °P s ti e ° r ll ttti o. a f y t : h o ye f he votes has still to bs made,