The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-04 00:00:00

irbirb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'G'lock. MANCHESTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TSVO-YEA.R-OLD STAKES. Mainstay Jack Horner Hesperithusa Four ran. CITY HANDICAP. Martlat.. Brei Z 3 . Eight ran. TRADESMAN'S CIIP. Underhand Janet Commotion . Romeo Ten ran. Won by half a length. Two lengths be tween second and third. Mongrel scratched at 3.20. MAIDEN PLATE. General Williams._ Arribu'a darn colt.. Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. TRADESMAN'S CUP. 9 to 2 agst Commotion (taken) sto 1 agat Br. to Preston (taken) sto 1 apt Romeo (taken) 6to 1 apt Underhand (taken) 6 to 1 agst Mongrel (taken) 8 to 1 agst Vandal (taken) Bto 1 agst Companion (taken) Romeo and Brother to Preston iu most demand. ASCOT GOLD CUP. 11 to 2 on the Field (offered) 12 30.—ItainiDg fast here. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CILINCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. L'ird Brougham was this evening in attendance. The noble and learned lord looked remarkably well. LAW OF LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL presented & petition from a cer tAin party who was put to very great expense, in conse quence of an action having been brought against him for libel, whiehrconsisted in the publication of the proceed ingl at a public meeting, in a newspaper. The petitioner prayed for an amendment of the law. On the motion of the noble and learned lord the petition was referred to the committee now sitting to inquire into the law of libel. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Bill, Great Southern and Western (Capita') B;11, and the Inverness and Nairn Railway Bill was read a second time. PUBLIC BATHING. The Marquis of wEsTmINSTER brought in a bill for the better management of public bathing pieces. The noble lord said he had been at Ramsgate and Margate last season, and there witnessed scenes of indecency that loudly called for improvement. The bill was 'read a first time. SALE OF POISONS. Earl GRANVILLE moved that the house go into committee on this ball, which was one intended to put a stop to the great facility of purchasing poisons. The fifth clause of the bill was the most important, as it. provided that the parties purchasing any poisonous in gredient should be accompanied by a witness known to the seller, or else to be provided with a certificate of a respectal la medical practitioner or clergyman in the neighbourhood. The 6th clause enacted that certain poisons should be kept under lock and key, and that when sold they should be placed in bottles of a certain shape or coloured papa. The vendor was also required to keep a register of the quantity of poison sold, and alto an accurate entry of the name and address of the purchaser. The Dill, he felt convinced, would be one of great good, and would afford that protection which was at present so loudly called for. Lord CAMPBELL said he felt great pleasure in sup porting the present bill. It was one which was loudly called for, and he doubted not that great good would follow the passing of such a measure. The Earl of II ARDWICKE said, it the present bill passed, one half of the chemists' shops would be closed during the next six months. Many poisons were used . in medicines, and if any person was supplied with a bottle containing a certain mixture a part of which wan poison he would refuse to take it. The bill en acted that poisonous compounds were to be made up in a certain manner, but he thocight all legislative en actments would be found useless to meet the evil in question. He should therefore oppose the bill. Lord TALBOT DE M ALAIIIDE said many of the er.aetmeits c f the bill had been borrowed from Ire- land, and such being the case, he hoped an effort would be made to as;imilate the law with respect to the snle of poisons is the three countries. Lord REDESDALE suggested; hat the bill should be referred to a select committee before their lordships proceeded further with it. _ Earl GRAN VILLE said be bad not the slightest ob jection to the course proposed by the noble lord oppo site. After a short conversation the bill was ordered to be referred to a scl:ct c"romittee. [LEFT SITT IN G. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills ware read a third time and pas- Fled :—The Atlantic Telegraph Company and the Austra lian Agricultural Company. The following bills were further considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Cardigan Markets and Improvement ; Cork Gas ; Dartmouth and Torbay Railway ; Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier ; Mayor s Court of the City of London ; North Eastern and Har tlepoi.l Dock and Railway Companies Amalgamation ; North Eastern Railway (Capital) ; Portsmouth Rail way ; Tralee and Killarney Railway ; Wycombe Rail way. PUBLIC BUSINESS —ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER announced that he bad received communications from Mr. Coppock, stating that it was not intended to proceed with the petitions against the return of Mr. Christie, for Newcastle-under•Lyne, and against the return of one of the members fur North Staffordshire. Mr. RICHARDSON also commnnicated to the Speaker that it was not his intention to defend his re turn for the borough of Lisburn. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The followi❑g members were sworn on the General Election Committee, empowered to commence their sittings forthwith—Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Walpole, Mr. B. Carter, Sir W. Somerville, Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Miles, and Colonel W. Patten. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of Mr. Headlam's Medical Bill, and against Lord Elcho's Medical Bill, against the Superannuation Act, in favour of Mr. Ilardy's Beer Bill, in favour of the oAtbs Bill, against Church rates, &c. &c. NF W WRIT. On the motion of Sir W. J. JOLLIFFIE, a new writ was nrdored for the county of Carmarthen, in the room of Mr. Davis, deceneed. ELECTION PETITIONS. The following petitions against the return of members have b een exam i ned and found unobjectionable is burn, Nv.wport, Beverley, Taunton, Bodmin, Weymouth, Count; of Galway, B a th, M a ld on , L anar k, B ra df or d, Psve;ch, Falkirk, Sligo County, Huntingdonshire, Pe terhore', Queen's County, Por smoutb, Chatham, Lyrn ini3t" Sandwich , No rth Staffordshire, Yarmouth, _Lotises, Athlone,Clare. Meath, Finsbury, Sligo borough, Berwick, Dover, Gloater, Newcaatle-under.Lynn. METRO POLITAN WORKHOUSES. -Vin METROPOLITAN R AYNHAM gave notice that be should on this day fortnight move for a select committee to in quire into the condition of the metropolitan workhouses. Mr. SMITH - INDIA. Save notice that on the 23d he should call the attention of the house to the obstacles that im pede the application of capital to India. GRAND JURIES, &c. (IRE Mr. HAMILTON gav e notice that on the 23d he should move for a grand j ry laws, &o.s(lreland) elect com mittee to i nqu i re i nto the THE BALLOT. Mr. 11. BERKELEY gave notice that on the 23d he shrAild bring on his motion relative to the ballot. OATHS BILL. Sir F. THESIGER P aid that for the co nvenience of members he - wished to state that be , and those who acted with him, had no intention to oppose the second reading of the Oaths Bill on Monday next— (bear, hear)—but that 'on. the going into committee be shoull move the in. troduction of certain word., to have for their object the continuation of the Christian character of the as. serably. He and those who thought with him considered the present alterations in the oath an improvement. THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER an nounced tbat, in the event of any estimate being com pleted to-morrow evening, and the debate on the Oaths Bill not occupying much time ol Monday, that be should proceed with the civil service estimates. THE. PAPER DUTY. Mr. G.A. HAMILTQX asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it was theinteution of Government with a view to the promotion of education to propose any measure for granting a drawback on the paper duty, as regarded paper and books used for the purposes of education ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it ETONIANS IN OFTIOE.—Of the four new Government officials just appointed, three are old Etonians, namely, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. for Louth, Under-Secre tary for the Colonies ; Sir John William Ramsden, Bart., M.P. for Hythe, Under-Secretary for War ; and Mr. T. G. Baring, M.P. for Falmouth and Penryn, a Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Fortescue left Eton for Cbri-t Churcb, Oxford, of which he became a student (fellow), graduating in very high classical honours ; Mr. Baring was, we believe, a fellow of Brasenose, and also a graduate in honours; Sir John Ramsden was for a short time at Cambridge. All three are veryyoungmen,and were at Eton under Dr. Hawtrees, the present provost. The Speaker of the House; the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary, Mr. Osborne, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, are also Eton men. _ SIGNIFICATION OF LADIES.' NAMES.—Mary, Maria, Marie (French), signify exalted. According to some, Mary means lady of the sea. Martha, interpreted, is bitterness ; Isabel, signifies lovely ; Julia and Juliet, soft-haired ; Gertrude, all truth ; Eleanor, all fruitful ; Ellen, originally the Greek Helen changed by the Latins into Helena, and by the French into Helene, signifies alluring, though according to-Greek authors, it means one who pities. The interpretation of Caroline, is regal ; that of Charlotte, is a Queen ; Elizabeth and Eliza, sig nify true ; Clara, bright, or clear-eyed ; Agnes, chaste ; Amanda, Laura, a laurel ; Edith, j oyous ; Olivia, peace; amiable ; Phee be, light of life ; Grace, favour.; Sarah, or Sally, a princess ; Sophia, wisdom ; Amelia and Amy, beloved ; Matilda, a noble maid ; Pauline, little one ; Margaret, a pearl ; Rebecca, plump ; Han nab, Anna, Anne, Ann, and Nancy, all of which are of the same original name interpreted , mean, gra cious, or kind: Jane, signifies dignity ; Ida, the morn ing star ; Lucy, brightness of aspect ; Louisa, or Louise, one who protects; Emma, tender ; Catherine, pure ; Fiances, or Fanny, frank or free ; Lydia, severe ; Minerva, ehaste.—Ladies' Note Book. NON-LIABILITY Or A STAKEHOLDER.--A t the Southwark County Court, yesterday, an action was brought to recover the sum of 31. from a stakeholder. The plaintiff, named Morgan, said that on the 14th of February last be was at the Jolly Caulkers, Ber mondsey, kept by a person named Green, when he made a bet with Mr. Green that be would trot his pony to Chatham and back for 51., the distance being 62 miles, the time to be six hours. : He was drunk at the time. Afterwards finding what a rash bet he had made, he caused a letter to be written, demanding his money back, which had never been I answered. On the 18th February he went to the house d of G reen, and there saw Chapman, the defen antand at once sa id h e would not keep to the match, as he was not going to kill his pony for such a g te thehe should small sum. r. Chapman o then said as he was not going G on re 7 n i t ha according match n agreement, uld hand that thethemox deposited yo poted was to be forfeit e d if theover to match did not take place. For the defence, Mr. Ch a p man, Mr. Green, and Mr. Shepherd, a fish saleman, were call e d, and they all distinctly swore ' that although the plaintiff had bee n drinking he perfectly well knew what he was about. Mr. Solomon , fu -the de fondant, said his client was q u i te justified in handing o ver the money, as it was clearly forfeited, the wrg being put an end to by plaintiff himself ; it h a d been so decided in the Court of Queen's Bench. Th e j u d ge, having looked at the case mentioned by Mr. Solomon, gave a verdict for the defendant. was not his intention at present to introduce a measure for the purpose of granting a drawback as aske(% LUNACY-ST. MARYLE BONE. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the President of the Poor law Board whether be had received any communication from the Board of Guardians of St. Maryleboae in answer to the report of the Commissioners on Lunacy, dated , and whether he would have any objection to lay such communication upon the table of the house ; and whether any steps were about to be taken for the purpose of preventing the continuance of the system now prevailing in the Marylebone Workhouse in regard to the treatment of pauper lunatics? Mr. BOUVERIE said that, with respect to the first part of the question, a letter had been received from the Board of Marylebone Guardians, containing a report of a committee of their own body on the sub ject, and recommending certain steps for the re medying of the evils that existed in the workhouse rel dive to the pauper lunatics. The question of admit ting the Inspector of the Poor-law Board to the meeting of the Board of Guardians, and to take part in the pro ceedings, was now before the Queen's Bench, where it would be fully argued. He had no objection to produce the papers. The inspector had lately visited the work house with a special regard to the state of the pauper lunatics, and the guardians were remedying the evils complained of, as far as the accommodation of the work house would permit. (Hear, hear.) CHURCH RATES. Sir J. TRELAWNEY asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if it was his intention to introduce a bill for the abolition of church rates this session ? Lord PALMERSTON said that Government had a measure on the subject in preparation, and he hoped before long to submit it to the consideration of the house. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. TRELAWNEY said that the answer of the noble lord was so unsatisfactory that he should bring on the motion he had given notice of on this subject this evening. (Hear, hear.) • Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the noble lard if, by using the expression " before long," he meant this ses sion or next session ? (Laughter.) Lor PALMERSTON said that anything having refe rence to the next session must be very long. (Laughter.) He meant this session. (Hear, hear-) rfiE MU N I LO N DON, SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. VOTING PAPERS. Lord R. CECIL moved for a select committee to inquire into the expediency of collecting the votes at elections in counties and universities by way of voting papers. The noble lord entered at some length into the question, and urged that it would have the effect of preventing bribery and corruption, and be the means of dispensing with the ballot. It would also have the effect of increasing the number of votes at elections, because a large number who did not vote under the present system would by the mode he proposed. It bad been tried with reference to munici psi elections, and the election of Beards of Guardians, and was found to work well. It wool 1 also meet many , of the objections of the noble lord the member for Middle sex relative to the expense of bringing voters to the poll. Mr. M'CULLAGH opposed the motion, because, from the advanced state of the session, it would be im possible for a committee to investigate properly the pro posed alteration, which struck at the root of our elec. teral system. The present manly system of voting was as bold as the constitution of the house itself, and to that was opposed what he might term an " effeminate " system, because under it at present women were al lowed to vote for certain officers. The difference in the principles in use and proposed was this, that the law was to give the franchise originally, and it now carried out in practice the spirit and theory of the constitution. Any man once placed on the registry could not be divested of his right by any person, and it was his own fault if he did not exercise it. He considered there were five distinct contingencies to this mode of election, by which the acts of other per:ons, without privity or com plicity of the voter, might prevent his exercising his right to vote at all. The point was that it was possible the voting papers might not be delivered to the voter at all, ' and he instanced the case of Swansea and Banbury, where the elections of guardians were declared null and void from that circumstance. Another point was that of falsifying or forging the vapers, which he illustrated by a circumstance of that kind that occurred in 1855 in the borough of Lambeth, where the parties were punished by crimieal proceedings. There was the case of an indictment against five agents at West Bromwich, who were found guilty of tampering with voting papers, and were sen tenced to three months imprisonment, and when the Poor-law Board Inspector went down and investigated the matter, he found that 342 voting pipers had been tampered with, and the majority of them found for geries. The honourable gentleman further proceeded to Illustrate his argument by showing the abuse of power on the part of collectors of these papers in elections for hoards of guardians, and he proceeded to remark on the faults and irregularities attending these papers at such elections, which showed the system was a bad one, and would not work, because the elections bad been declared void in consequence by the Poor Law Beard. (Hear, hear.) After some general remarks he said that the Government ought not to consult the interest of the few against that of the many who voted under the present system. This was considered by many as the half-way house to the Ballot, though repudiated I,y the noble lord, but he differed from him, and he moved the previous question. Mr. BOWYER seconded the amendment. Lord EBRINGTON, after some general remarks in reply to the last speaker, said he should support the ori- giiia - 1 motion, becau e before a committee means might be found for preventing the frauds complained of. One objection to the proposed mode, was the bad pay ment of agents, instead of intrusling the delivery and collection of the papers by the police. This subjact ought to be incorporated into the reform bill of next ses sion. In Illarylebone election by voting-papers was gain ing in popularity. Lord STANLEY . thought that the noble lord (Lord Cecil) bad made a mistake in mixing up the two elections f counties and universities. If the proposed alteration bad been confined to universities he should have supported the motion, but be could not in counties because the rnea sure woul I have the effect of either going too far or not far enough for such constituencies. [LEFT SPEAKING.] LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been more active to-day, and prices of all the leading stocks are a shade ad vanced since yesterday, at the following rates :—Eastern enuntie?, 11i—London and North Western, 1014—Dutch Rhenish, 1i d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 42$ --Grand Trunk of Canada, 16 —North Eastern, Berwick, 2?4—Dittn, York, 34$ 3—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 100 —Midland, 831 $ South Eastern, 22i I—Great Wes tern of Canada, 23.1—Ditto, new, 1i p. MANCHESTER, JUNE 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. --There was a quiet business, but prices were about stationary .. Sheffields, 423—Leeds, 1601—Eastern Counties, 11i—Dovers, 22 —Cheshire Junction, 69—Great Western of Canada, 23:1—Londons, 1041—Sheffields, 6/. prof., a. BIRMINGHAM, Juxx 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was inanimate to-day, but in prices no alteration. London and North-Western, WI/ —Ditto, Eighths ' new, 3s. 9d. d. — South Staffords, 91—Manchester and Sheffields, 42i 43. R.LILWATS. A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. £ Eastn. Juno-- Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Chester & Holyhead ;Cork and Bandon 11 Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A Do. B Dublin&BolfastJunc. Dun. P. &Abor.June. East Anglian ......... Eastern Counties.. EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. 8..... ..... Do. New A ...... Eact Kent ..... East Lancashire ,East Suffolk Do. lEdinburgh d; Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.dtDundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness Glasgow & S.Westorn Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ...... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western. Do. Str. V. R . gua. St Irish South-Eastern. (Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Third 5. . :......... Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London & S.Reatern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 3danch.Shet&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland .. ........ Do. Birmlng. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt. Aberg.&llrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock 5t0ck...... ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. astern Berwick Do. do. Extension .Do do. G.N.E.Purch Leeds 100 100 all all all 100 3, 100 100 Do. York North London .„ N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N:& S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Portsmouth ,Rhyraney... Scottish Central 16 1.00 1.00 22 all all all all Scot. N E. Abran . St Shropshire Union I Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Dovon !South Eastern Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales S. rorksh. River Dun Do ........... ....... Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., IS N 5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Prof., No. 1 Thames Hay. D, &R Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick all all 1' West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace ' Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class I Do. Second Class... Wimbledon &Croydon. BRITISH PI Closing Prices this day 5j - 53 8i - 9 67 - 69 --- 9 89 - 91 71i - 72 35 .- 35i 4 - 5 ..d . 9 10 18 19 11 1 , —11 i 52 U 35 36 8- 7 d 97 98 53 - 61 ii - u 95 97 8 9 96a 87 89 121 12:3 103 105 63 63. 63 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 pl 6 - 8 108 - 100 1 - i 6 - 6} 110 - 112 Inn - lot id-- #d 9'3 100 • --- ••• 421 - 42; 83 - 8:3; 54 - .55 14} - is 62 - 64 31 - 4 42 - 43 88. - 3 - 2, - 2 42. - 43 68 - 69 96 - 99 5k - 41. 7i - 8 10 - 30 - 31 7 - 5 105 107 1 25 261 48 50 3 2 el' 181 191 731 746 87 88 6 —5. d 6 5d 40 -- 42 20i - 21. 4 - 44 ••• •. 7 9 2i— a - • ISSESSIONS, I - ip L 1 par 192 95 90 93 90 93 - P 107 - 109 1 - lip 19i - 20 62 - 64 91 - 92 21 - L- - ' p 7.51 2' A - 16, 100 101 110 114 110 114 106 - 108 19 - 20 21 - 211 d- iP P ••• - ••• li - lip IdElUttBl34tY EVANING, JUNE 4, S'OV 2; 50 25 124 12i 20 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid' RAitwAirs. 100 100 all 100 all 100 Buckghamsh. 1 ielydeeade Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. Now Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull (SE Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark, Sh. Mancli.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. diEst.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed 5p c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A R,oystn.& Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh• • WearVaLg6pc Do Wilts &Somrst Leasing lompanles Ln.&N.W. I Caledou E.U.6gE.O Gt.Northn l E. Couut. Caldonian. Do Gt.Westu y. & N.M Do Do Closing Prices this day. 93 - 95 11 - 13 31 - 133 - 4i ic; —l.6s S. Eastern Do Poto &Co Do 100 54 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 Ln. &N.W. & Midland_ 263 13 20 St. E. Conni Do Do Do St. 124 12 14 12i -12 i I 22i -- 234 101 -- 106 P 21 -- 21 88 -- 00 id - 54 -- o 6 L 0. 61 100 1100 100 100 all all 20 25 25 12i 12112, 20 1 14s 111:f 7 13s, la 151 L. .W Do Gt.Northn, T. Bragsey! M. MCloan, Stk. &Dar 1 1 Do Gt.Westn 40 1256 1.4 20f 1 130 - 133 Vi, -8; 9 - 9A 11l '7si ilttsiness this (lay :Naval and Military illteinc,euce. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, as the General Commanding-in-Chief, held a leyce at the Horse Guards yesterday, when rather a numerous circle of officers waited on his Roya! Highness. It is understood the distribution of the Victoria Cross (the Order of Valour) will take place early in the ensuing month. The precise day has not been decided on. Her Majesty will personally award the decoration to those gallant men entitled to the honour, and the ceremony will take place on the parade in front of the Horse Gaards, as was the case when the Crimean medals were distributed. The steam frigate Cyclops, 6, from the eastward, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, and sailed the same day with apparatus for taking soundings in the Atlantic. The steam vessel Alban, 4, Command( r do Bla quiere, and the Sprightly and the Pigmy, from Portsmouth, with a portion of the 93d Highlanders, arrived Plymouth on Tuesday morning, and transferred them to the Belleisle, for service in China. The screw steam ship Exmouth, 90, Captain H. Eyres, and the screw steam sloop Brisk, 16, Com mander Curtis, from Portsmouth, arrived at Ply mouth on Tuesday afternoon. There is much despatch at the Devonport dock yard in order to prepare the screw steam ship St. Jean d'Acre, Captain King, upon which the arti sans were employed on Sunday. All thomagazines are cleared, and it is intended to place 1,200 miles of the electric cable in her hold. She is to be got ready, if possible, by the next spring tide. The screw steam sloop Cordelia, 11, Commander Vernon, has been for several days in Plymouth Sound. She made a successful trial of her engines, and it is expected that her destination will be the Rod Sea, where silo will be employed, in conjunc tion with the Imaum of Muscat, to protect British shipping engaged in the guano trade at the Kooria Mooria. Islands. Capt. Ord, superin'endent for the proprietors, was at Plymouth on Monday. He will proceed overland, so as to reach the Islands by the Ist Sept., which will be sufficiently early in the sea son fx the commencement of operations. Captain Ord will be provided with a steam-vessel. The toll, it is understood, will be 1/. per ton to the proprie tors, and 2s. 6d. per ton to the Government. Strong hopes are entertained that the Arabs will be induced to help to load the ships. The Colossus, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain Thomas S. Thompson, arrived at the Great Nore at 8 p.m., on Tuesday. The alacca, 17 guns, steam-sloop ; Captain Atthur Farquhar, arrived at the Little Nora at 9 p.m ,on Tuesday, The Colossus and Malacca are to be dismantled and. paid off at Sheerness. The Eurydice, 26 gunq Captain John W. Marie ton, C. B. (C..tc., and the Mariner, 12 guns, sloop, Commander Wray R. G. Palliser, are ordered to proceed to Chatham to be dismantled and paid off. The floating battery Terror, 16 guns, has been taken into No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness for the purpose of a survey being held on her. She is being ri g ged with all possible despatch. By a letter received from Carthagena, dated the 11th of May last, it appears that the Orion, 91 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain John E. Erskine, was that day to sail, and convey the Admiral of the West India and North American station to Navy Bay. The Admiral was to proce , d to Panama, where he was expected to remain a few days, after which the Orion was to co nve y hi m t o Greitewn, from thence the Orion will convey him to Bermuda, where he is to join his flagship, the Indus, 78 guns, Captain John C. Dalrymple Hay, which ship leaves Carthagena on the same day as the Orion, andpro ceeds direct for Bermuda. The West India squad ron is broken up, and the following vessels (says the letter) are to be sent home :—" The Cosz , aek, 20 guns, screw steam-corvette, Captain James H. Cockburn, sailed for England yesterday, to be paid off ; the Victor, 6 guns, screw steam gun-vessel, Commander Algernon, F. R. De Horsey, leaves to day ; the Tartar, 20 glans, screw steam-corvette, Capt. Hugh Dunlop, has proceeded to New York, but she is under orders to return again in a certain number of days to Bermuda. All the vessels are ex pect ed to return home about the latter end of July next, or the beginning of August. The Orion, it is expected, will return home shortly after the re turn of tha Tartar from Now York." 31. -32 i 87 - 89 99 1 1351 1311 1301 The fleet of 40 iron barges ordered by the Board of Trade for the service of the Turkish Government which are under construction by Messrs. West wood, Baillie, and Campbell, at Millwall, Isle of Dogs, are rapidly progressing towaiels completion. They are in. ended for dredging the Danube, in order to carry out the terms of the treaty entered into for the free navigation of that rive-. They are termed hopper barges, from their peculiar c-ntstruct ion, and are well adapted for the purpose, beinc , fitted so as discharge their contents by means of a trap cun fleeted with the flooring. They are 30 Let long, awl carry 15 tons ; when light, they draw 15 inches of water. One of the barges is ordered to be de spatched t) Woolwich Dockyard to be teste t in the basin, to verify their efficiency prior to the fulfil ment of the builders' contract. Yesterday four 68-pounder gun - i, captured in the la'e Russian war, were forwarded from Woolwich Arsenal to York, Leeds, Sheffield, and Hudders field. A number of these trophies have been de spatched to the various provincial towns of the kingdom, and also to the colonie, to be erected in the parks or other public places of resort. 3121 Yesterday a number of hands employed in the mi litary store department of Woolwich Arsenal, who were entitled from length of services to the sill eran nuation fund, retirel from the es tabliAment. Most of these men had been nearly 50years iu tho service. Yesterday the annual inspection of the Chatham Diiision of Royal Marine Light Infantry to ,k place by Major-General Lord Rokeby, K. C. B: The whole of the officers and men of the battalion were f 'rine I in the barrack-square at 10 o'clock, and on Major- General Lord Rokeby, who was attended by Colonel Lord A. Hay, Assistant Adjutan►-General, and Col. S. It. We-ley, Deputy Adjutant-General, arriving he was received w►th a general salut3, the band playing " Rule, Britannia." After inspecting the troops, who were in heavy marching order, the bat talion was formed into 10 companies, and, headed by Col. E. A. Parker, the commandant, proceeded to the Great Lines with colours flying. Lord Rokeby having concluded the inspection of the barracks, the barrack accounts, and the sergeants' mess, visit d Melville Hospital, over which he was con ducted by Mr. Drummond, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, and, having made an examination of that building, proceeded with his staff and nearly all the field officers of the garrison to the lines, where the Marines went through a variety of evo lutions and light infantry manoeuvres, each man having been supplied with 15 rounds of blank car tridge. On the conclusion of the evolutions Lord Rokeby, addressing Col. Parker and the battalion, expressed his entire satisfaction with the result of his inspection, and 2 - lid a compliment to the com mandant on the high state of discipline of the corps of the Royal Marines under his command. Lord Rokeby and suite then left the ground to visit the batteries, where he inspected the Marine gunners in the great gun drill under Capt. It. G. Connolly, the manner in which that body of men worked the gunk eliciting unqualified approbation. The Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Col. Wood, were yesterday morning drawn up on, Woolwich common in field-day order. Shortly 10 o'clock Col. Bloomfield, aide-de-camp t-) her Majesty, Acting-Commandant of the garrison ; Brigade-Major Shaw, and the garrison staff, in un dra-s uniforms, accompanied by Count Von Bern- storff, the Prussian Ambassador, and Sir Culling E. Eardley, arrived on the ground and took up their position, when the troops commenced a series of field manoeuvres, and fired 15 rounds of ammu nition. At a later hour the whole of the Royal Marine force, under the command of the respective Colonels of Divisions also assembled on Woolwich common, and went through a course of platoon and other field drills. 0 1 1 The quarterly ball held by the officers of the Royal Artillery garrison took place on Tuesday evening in the mess-room of the establishment at Woolwich. This evening (Thursday) a grand din ner •is to be given by the mess committee of the establishment to Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Shafto Adair, Commandant of th e Suffolk Artillery Militia, and Mr. Bell, the sculptor. Major-Gen. Sir W. F. Williams will preside ,at the entertain ment, the object of which is to inagurate a white marble statue represent'ng " Armed Science," presented by Cot. Shafto Adair. The statue is chiselled out of a solid block of Carrara marble. It stands 6 feet 6 i nc h es a b ove th e pe d es t a l, an d i s placed in a well-selected position, wi , hin a recess at the northern extremity of the mess-room. The following regiments are held in rearliness at short notic e t o proceed from Dublin for Cork for embarkat'on, the former for Ceylon and the latter for the Cape of Good Hope :—The 50th, consisting of 36 officers, and 800 men, including non-commis ironed officers, drummers ' and rank and file, under the command of Col. R. "Noddy, C.B. The 95th, consisting of 40 officers and 800 non-commissioned officers, drummers, and rank and file, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Hume, C.B. Of these 30 officers and 200 rank and file, with a number of women and children, will go in the Beecbfield, and the remainder in two other vessels which are daily expected. Major H. Smith, late 3d Buffs, is now Adjutant-General of Cork district. Col. Smyly, 99th Regiment, is Acting Quartermaster-General, in the room of Quartermaster-General Packe, on leave of absence. A number of volunteers arrived in Cork on Monday from Templemore, on their way to. Alder. PREFEREN, Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) Brig. p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4 3 / 4 p. c Ches. & Ho. 5 3 / 4 p.c Do. do. 5 par cent Cork &Bandon 5 3 / 4 p. c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do. els. C 7 p. c• Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent ° Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent_ East Lancasb .6 p.cts. E.&W. York, J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c..... Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. G t.N . of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4 3 / 4 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per +ent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus, Stk. Do, Chesil, Gus, Sh. Do, do, do. Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 P.C. 5t.N0.2 1 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & I Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 porct. late 3(1 Shares Lon dy. & Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S. , &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol. 6p. c. St, Do. Con. Br.Bi r. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New.,Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red, 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. ST orfk . Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. •.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. 13er w. 4 p. c. Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York LI. & s. Purl North Staffordshire I Ox., Wor. 4; Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. p. c. 2d guar: Scot. Cent. New Pre . . P Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pt. St. Do. do.:3i p.c. pf. St; South Dovon Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sty S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp; e Do. do. do. Stock. & Hart]. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 IWaterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. Alfred Cons. (Philk. ;British Iron :Condurow (Cambrn.) !Day. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) ,Great South Tolgus„ G rt. W. Alfrd. (Plink.) ;Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) ;Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crotty 'Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S.W. Frances(lllogn.) Tani. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V, of Towey (Camay,) Basset (Illogan),. W. Caradon (Liskrd, ) ) Wh. Basset (Illogan). IWh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llanty Wh, Ma. Ann (Me nht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) E SHARES. • • • - ... 92 - 94 ii = 95 .8 1 108 112 fOB - 112 12k - 2i ?1 - 72 1114 - 116 LO5 - 107 99 - 101 61 -- 63 10 -10 i - 6 93 1 -95 i 83 - 85 85 - 87 LOO - 101 9* - 10 16i - 17 91 - 10 72 - 74 19 - 19 9. " 14 14; [34 - 136 , 38 - 141 .15 • - 117 .54 - 156 ••• ••• 66 - 68 .30 - 132 95 - 97 86 - 88 11 1' 11 101 -= 103 91 92 1i ld - 22/ - 24 1111 - 113 114 - 116 105 - 110 18 19 = 224 -23 i 98 = 100 95 - 100 27 - 28 2 - 3p ••• -- ••• 2i - 3 BRITISH MINES. 18 - 19 7 - 8 145 - 155 465 - 475 16 - 18 74 -- 711 4A -- 15 -- 17 18A -19 i 4 -- .5 22 - 23 4i 330 - 340 5 - 1300_ -- 3 2 0 - 1 -75 - 2 00 - 1 29 - 80 13 5 - 145 260 - 270 320 - 340 6 - 6 17 19 46 - 48 23 - 24 FOREIGN MINES. FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian - i 35 27 Brazilianlmp.Ossued 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 61 - 7 at £5 pm - ii 20 18 Ardennes. ••• - ••• 30 all Do. Cocaos & Cuiada ... ... 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1/ - 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 15 • - 17 20 16 Beziers to Graissessae par - 1 p 1 i Clarendon Con. Min. 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Co. of Jamaica i _ id Coal Mines and Ry. 41 - 54 40 all Cobre Copper 53 - ;55 544 20 12 Dutch Rhenish -1.4 d ... 16 Copiapo - 14 1 20 all Eastern of France ... 28 4 - 2 9 284 2 all Fortuna -id 20 all Do. New - ... 20 all General - 18 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... par - ip p 3 all Linares 20 18 Gt. Central of France 24/ - 211 241 5 1/ Lusitanian - p 20 18 Great Luxembourg... 61 - 64 . 64 . 1 a ll M a riquita = i 10 4 Italian Junction • - ••• 1 all New Granada 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ... - ... 1 all Noveau Monde - ... 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 20 all Pont.Sil•LdM•drSadt 5 .-- 7 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4/ -44 p 101 5 1 Port Philip - ••• 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ...- .. , 30 16, Santiago de Cuba - 3 21 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 28 - 29 1 all South Australian 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ... 1 all Do. Scrip ..... .., •••••• ..„ 331 all Maria Anter.la - ..• 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref.... ..• -7 7. 10 all Do. New - ••• . , 281 all United Mexican ... ... .31 - 4 20 all Namur & Liego - fq 84 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O .- 20.1 MISCELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France 37/ - 371 25 19 Australian Agricult. 174 - 184, 18 171 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 9 - 10 10 all A.ustraln. Royal Mail . 20 all Paris and Lyons 57 - 571 67/ 10 all Berlin Water Works.. .4 - 5 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 - 58 50 40 Brit. American Land .. - ••• 20 7 Recife & San Fran., 100 320 Canada - 15 2 (Pernam.) g. 7p. C. 4 d - par 9 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 112 - 1124 1121 10 74 Rome and Frascati-. ... - ... • 20 all Royal Danish l6 - 18 St. 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&Aur. ... - ••• 5 all Royal Swedish i 14 St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept ... - ••• St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 30 - 35 20 all Sambre and Mouse- 8 - 84' 81 10 all Do. 54 per cent. pref. 8 - 84 25 all Do. Prof. 7 0 p. cent. 25 ..... 27 1 5 all Crystal P a l ace 2 -- 2i 24 20 all Southern of Franco.. 28. - 29 84 all West Flanders 4 - 5 5 all Do. Preference 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prof 9 91 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc ... s ••• . - 20 all W.&N.W, of France 30 -31 1 4 Du.ston Iron Ore ... •.• 20 18 Eastern Steam . •-• ••• 20 6 ' Western of Austria._ par - 1 St. 100 Electric Telegraph 20 all ( West. of Switzerlan • ... - ••• 6 all Wiesbaden - ••• 1 all Electric Tel. of 'rel.' .. - 14 ' 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo l . 11 - 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof. ... - ••• 20 all Zealand lO I.os.,Eur • & Ind. Jan. Tel. ... ...0 ... • --- ••• 25 +ll , Gen, Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.), ... .P., ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navt. . . ,• _•• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 2O 5 L on d on Discount,. 11 : id 4 40 all [Australasia 'B7 - 89 88 71 4. all Loud. Gen. Omnibus, 31 34 34 i 25 18/ Bank of Egypt - lid 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - ••• 100 50 Bank of Lond o h 5O - 52 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel . I ... ••• 40 all , Bri.Col Bk.dan Co 10 all Mexican& S.Americ; 21 ' 24 50 all British N. American .. . - . 5 5 INat. Discount C 0.... 14 -' 4d 3 4 20 . 8 ,C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 11 •-• ti 91 5 5 Do. New • - ••• 00 50 City 62 - 64 63 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 14 - 14 100 25 Colonial 10 all Do. Do. 100 120 ' Commercial of Loud. • • - 5 all Do.B p c.Pf.i s s. a t ld 44 - 4 a ~. 120 ' all I Eng.Scot.dtAus.Cht. 171 - ITI 20 all ,Lon.Cli. Bk•of Aust. 17i - 174 5 1 Do. Do, - IP 100 80 New B. &N, S. Lanell 18 - 22 20 all 'Ditto New l7 - 171 St. 1.00 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D., . . . -- • • 20 20 ;London and County _ ... I all N. B. A us t ra l as i an- 1 50 50 ILnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp si _ .•• 10 all Nrth.ofEu ro p o St eam 9 - 10 50 10 ;London Joint Stock ... -.- ... 32i 1 1 all Oriental Gas -14 1 4 o. 10 ( 20 ILoud.andWestminst. ••• - ... k 9 12 ss. Do Now Shares p - iP 100 35 ,National Pro. of Eng. ••,, - ... -" 25 all IPeelßr. Ld, &Minrl ll - 2 2 20 10 i Do. New 5O all Peninsular & Oriental ••• - ..• 701 50 224 National Bank - ••• 5O 10 Do. Now .... ... 20 all . ;New South Wales.... 4 6 - 48 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 all .Oriental Bank Corp. 384 - 394 394 15 all Do. New 5 - 7 20 15 Ottoman Bank - par 1.5 60 s ß . o oA y tug a . l A. G M uso a tv i ral l .6 S op t i e .n a c. m vbdc . B . st .. : 5 9 -- ___ : 6 1 1 . 14 100 35 Provincial of Ireland 61 63 - c_ 1 60 all se 10 all Do. New - all Do, Now ' • .- ... 5 1 ILAus.B.&G.Im.Co ... --... 25 all South Australia . --... 36 i 25 all south Austral. Land 34 - 30 25 11 Union of Australia- 55 - 57 56 1 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 -- 1 ... 21 Do. New 6 - 7 1 all Do. Registered - 1 50 10 Union of London .... . . - ••• 261 4 20 5 Trus. LEI. Co. Up. Can ... - ••• 100 10 Unity Mutual ... . l6 -14 d 100 284 Van Diemen's Land_ 11 -- 12 100 , 0 Westrußk of Loud. x ,lO •-.- 13(1 ili shot Camp, to join the 83th Regiment, under orders for India. The following appointments wera made yosterJay at t'.e Admiralty:—H. W. Burnett,. mistcr, to tho ; C. Mitchell, mato, to the Princess Char lotte ; E. Key, assistant-paymaster, to the Edin burgh. ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF GUANO. The Spanish Consul-General presents his com pliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to for ward the translation of an article relative to tha probable discovery of guano on the southern coast of the island of Cuba, which appeared in the Madrid Gazette of the 23d ult., in hopes it may prove of sufficient interest to merit ins , rtion. JOSE J. DE MORA, Consul-General. Consulado General de Espana, en la Gran Bretana, 1, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, June 3. " Savannah, March 24, "We lia,ve lately spoken of the discovery of a deposit of guano upon the Keys (Cayos) adjacent to the island on its southern side ; we announced the appointment and departure of a commission deputed to make a detailed survey of the said rocks, and also notified the fact of the arrival of some cases of samples sent from Trinidad by the commission ; from which place, according to the intelligence published in our number of last Sun day, it was announced that. the guano had been met with in abundance and of fine quality. We this day propose t.) occupy ourselves more fully with this discovery, entering (although briefly) into its history; for we are of opinion that the facts which have come to our knowledge, and which we are now about to relate, will not, be found wanting in interest, more especially since the racent publication of the decree of his Excel lency the Governor-Superintendent.. . . "According to our information, then, the exist ence of a species of guano upon the Cayos, adja cent to the island, and even upon some point of the island itself, was a circumstance that had been long since ascertained. One of our friends assures us that, happening to be some years back at Trinidad, he had been commissioned by a merchant of Havannah t ) withdraw from the stores of that city certain bags of guano, with the object of remit ting the same to France for the purpose of its being examined with a view to ascertain whether its ship ment to that market would likely to be advanta geous, subsequent to which he had learned that its transmission having taken place, the answer which had been returned was that the guano was found to be of excellent quality. Again, we learn that D. Tranquilino Sandelio de Noda has declared that among his youthful recollections he remembers that upon the occasion of his sailing towards Bata bano from the direction of Vuelta Abajo his vessel, having to make her escape from the pursuit of pica es, had been obliged to take refuge upon one of the southern Cayos, where the passengers found that they could scarcely sustain the bad odour emitted from the soil ; which strong smell, he pre sumed must have proceeded from an abundant de posit of guano. But, at all events, we are not aware that up to the present moment any serious investi g ation has been made of the matter, al though it is certain that very powerful reasons exist to lead us to suspect that the greater portion, if not the whole, of the guano which for a long time has beenconsumed in the United States under the name of Mexican guano has been taken from the Cayes upon our southern coast. However this may be, in the course ofThelpast year Captain Green, of the American brig Mon cure, succeeded in convincing the firm. of Tyng and Co., of this city, that guano in large quantities did actually exist upon the Cayos of Jardines and Jardinillos, and that a largo profit would be de rived from its exploitation, if permission could be obtained to work it. The house of Tyng and Co. applied to his Excellency the Superior Civil Governor, Captain-General and Superintendent of Finance, requesting such exclusive privilege for a certain term, and presenting a sample of the sub stance in question, submitting that they had este • blished a right to claim that or an equivalent re• ward ,for the information which might be conceded without prejudice to the State, since from the be fore mentioned Cayos alone as much as 150,000 tons might be annually extracted. " As it may naturally be presumed, our supreme authority gave immediate orders that the sample of guano should be analysed, committing this task co the case of the intelligent director of the . Labor atory of Chymical Investigations. Those who are acquainted with the activity and scientific attain ments of that distinguished professor will not be surprised to learn that this commission was promptly and conscientiously performed. Although the an alysis did not furnish results entirely conformable to the qualities which had been attributed to the sample of guano submitted, it, ou the hand, gave ethers more than sufficiently satisfactory and valu able to render it highly advisable to continue the investigation ; for, although no guano equal to that of Peru had been found, still the substance which had been examined possessed qualities, as a man ure, of an exceedingly valuab:e nature, which would render its employment iu our agriculture highly profitable and even afford ample returns to the ex chequer by the granting licenses for its exp -,rtation, which would, not have been so earnestly sought for without well-grounded reasons for counting upon a profit able return. " The sample submitted to examination was a substance which, taking the result of its qualitative analysis, was found to contain sulphate of lime or gypsum, traces of salt, chloride of sodium, phos phate of lime with oxide of iron, carbonate of lime with indications of magnesia, silica and slicate of iron, vegetable organic matter and water com bined ; the quantitative analysis showing that the sulphate of lime and the traces of salt en tered into its composition in the proportion of 40 parts in the 100, the phosphate of lime 20 parts, the carbonate of lime 12, and the silica and silicate of iron 2, organic vegetable natter 6, and water and loss 20 parte. Mr. Casaseca very justly called attention to comparison of this analysis with that of the guano of Peru, from which the sample examined materially differed, since the latter contained neither uric acid, urate of ammonia, or ammonia 2al salts. whi!e the average qualitative analysis of the Pei uvian guano supplies no sulphate of lime, the sample aualyeed contained no less than 40 per cent. of that substance, it being to be ob served that no guano hitherto examined had yet furnished gypsum, on which account Mr. Casaseca considered himself authorised in terming it a cal careous stone. " But Mr. Casaseca was notwithstanding of opinion that this substance. was to be considered as a mineral manure of great utility, on account of the large quantity of gypsum it contained, and to a high degree valuable in particular descriptions of cultivation, no less than On account of the remark able proportion it contained of phosphate of lime, one of the best mineral manures known. He was of opinion, therefore, as we have already stated, that the subject was a matter calling for thorough investigation ; and this accordingly is the object with which the commission appointed has set out on its voyage, accompanied by the before-men tioned Captain Green, sent by the firm of Tyng and Company. " The commission left Batabano on the 6th ; on the 7th the steamer arrived, conveying it nearly as far as the extremity of the Rosario Channel; and anchoring near the Cantiles Cayo. This cayo was examined, and an abundance of white guano, similar to that sold in the United States as Mexican guano, was found upon it. On the Bth the Rosario Cayo was examined, and on the 9th the Pasages. Cayo, upon which was found guano equal to that of the Cantiles. On the 10th after going in the direc of the Largo Cayo, their explorations were con- Celled with various results, but they had found on some islets in sight of the said cayo an immense number of birds and a considerable quantity of guano. " On the 11th, directing their course along the south of the Largo reef and. cayo towards the Bel lenatos Cayos, they found upon the larger one to the east some guano of superior quality. On the 12th, at daybreak, the steamer went iu a direction E. by S. of the Largo Cayo, and visited some cayos which they had not examined on the 10th, meeting with a dark-coloured guano, and upon one of them so imreense an assemblage of birds that the very sun was darkened by them ;' the soil of this cayo was covered with eggs, it being calculated there were as many as a dozen to every square yard. The guano appeared to be abundant, and of excellent quality. The steamer afterwards sailed to Trinidad, from which place the commission was about to leave for the cayos of Doce Legnas, and to continue their explorations as far as the Cruz Cayo, alio reserving fur examination the cayos situated between the Ro sario Channel and the Isle of Pings. " But before resuming their labours the commis sion took care to remit to his Excellency the Go vernor and Captain-General six cases of samples of the qualities of guano, to all appearance distinct, which it had met with at different spots. Some at least of these samples, which we have had the plea sure of inspecting, must differ considerably from that previously analyzed by Mr. Casaseca ; for, if we are not mistaken, it can not be doubte d t hat they exhale ammonia in abundance, and that conse quently that essential point of distinction between it and the guano of Peru no longer exists. " The samples have now been since TUesday last in the hands of Mr. Casaseca, with the view of his making new analyses of the same, so that the de finitive results by which we are to abide cannot be long in being made known. Be these what they may, it is our firm conviction that they cannot fail • to prove of great importance, as well to the genera prosperity of the island as to the interests of the na tional in asury. For if, as we consider in every way improbable, the guano from the new depoQit4, whence the samples collected by the commission have been Wien, should not be found to be im mensely more rich than the former in fertilising power, the information we have received of . the avidity with which the guano most resembling that first analysed is received on the neighbouring con tinent would already assure us of its recognised utility and value for exportation when once autho rised, as it has accordingly sinee been, by the de cree of bis. Excellency the Governor Superintendent of the 12th inst. The liberal terms of this decree deserve our warmest acknowledgments, as much on account of the just discretion exercised in the total avoidance of any grant of monopoly as on account of the zealous desire shown on behalf of the agri cultural interests of this island. " Such, then, are the facts and observations which we proposed to enregister. That our agri culturists should not; show themselves indifferent to the benefits thus conferred upon us by Provi dence, or ungrateful to the exertion; of the autho rities, is our sincere desire, as it must needs be of whoever feels a true interest iu the prosperity and enrichment of the island." ASSAULT IN A RAIL WAY CARRIAGE. -- , Mr . . James Algernon Stuart Austen, a middle aged man, of Headley, Surrey, stated to be a mer chant in the city, son of a baronet, and brother to a county magistrate, was examinet before a bench of justices at Reigate on Tuesday, on a charge of committing a gross and indecent assault upon Miss Emily Burley, lady's maid to the wife of the Rev. Lord Char!es Hervey, in a railway carriage during its passage through a tunnel, in the month of May last. The complainant stated that she left London by the 4.40 p.m. South-Eastern train hi a second class carriage on the 12th ult. There were two men in the carriage with her. The defendant was ens of them. (Complainant pointed him out in the court.) During the journey she was grossly insulted by the defendant. At first he spoke pleasantly to her, but she only spoke to him when he spoke to her. The other person in the carriage was a very disagreeable-looking mar, with a swollen hand and face ; he looked as if he had been fighting. She was frightened at him, and objected to get into that carriage, but as the train was just starting she had no time to get into another. Defendant began by • putting his feet on hers shortly after the train started. She then moved back on her seat, but she could not move back so far as she wished because she had some parcels on her right hand. The.de fendant was sitting opposite. The defendant was first sitting in the corner when ho put his fe,t near to hers. Before coming to Merstham tunnel he put his feet on each side of her feet and tried to raise her clothes. When the train entered the tunnel he took hold of both her hands and tried to pull her towards him. She got one hand released and then pushed him away. She t existed strongly, She did not shout because she thought no one would hey, and she thought she would be safer if she was quiet. She was afraid to attract the notice of people in the same carriage. When he found she resisted he de pisted. • The struggle last a few minutes. When the train got to the first station after leaving the tunnel she tried to atract attention by signs, as she was afraid to speak. She had no opportu nity of calling anyone's attention. At the next station she got to she told the porter she must change carriages as she had been insulted. Se then put her into another carriage. ".She was going to Box-hill. She was positive it was the de fendant who insulted her. The complainant was cross-examined by Mr. Morrison, who appeared for the defendant, - but nothing was elicited to shake her testimony. She said that she did not take any steps against the defendant until last Friday, be cause it was not convenient. Mr. Morrison ad dressed the Bench for his client, and suggested that the complainant might be mistaken in the identity of the defendant. The Chairman said the Bench was of opinion that there was no doubt in the matter, and they had therefore unanimously decided upon sentencing the defendant t. three week's imprisonment. Mr. Morrison endeavoured to induce the bench to change their decision, and said the defendant would pay 501. to any charity if they would mitigate the sentence, but this was re fused, and the defendant was removed to Wands worth prison. The Bench suggested that the c rin pany should have lights in the second-class car riages the same as in the first-class, when the train was passing through tunnels. Mr. Rees, the soli citor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, said he would emavey the suggestion to the board. 12i as. 50 20 20 Atlan, and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cou.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo di Lake Hur. Buff., Brnt. 61 God ch. l 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72l Do. do., 1 July, '73 , Do. do., 1 June, '74 (Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon ,llares Do. B. do.' I • ••• lemerara Eastern Bengal East Indian C Shares D 0.4 p.e.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 por cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New iDo. Bds., payable '57, Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, d 0.... I Do. do. '73„ without, optiou 'Madras, guar. 4. p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., .do. Oude (Limited) ISciudo, guar. 5 pore Do Business dons this day. 721 i 2 li i 8g g 97 121 103 g 641 41 33 2g 3g 100 i i 6k 104 i 3i 413,14 2 99 1 1 1 100 831 3 43 2f 43 68A 63}3 j 4 211 Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. JUNE 2. Supplies of all kinds these last six days aghin large. Oat straw, from 7s 0,1 to 104 01 per temple of .16 stones tron; wheat do., 5s 6d to 8s 01; barley do., 7s 01. to Ss 01. Hay from is ld to is. 4d. EDINBURGH MEAL—JUNE 2. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Od and DALKEITH MEAL KET-TUNE 2. There were in the market to-day 7 bags of oatmeal, 00 1 barleyxneal, and 0 pot barley. Sales reaJy. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801b s Fi rs t. S econ d . Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od —s Od —s Ca, Poasemeal, per ditto --s Od a Od --s Od Flour, new, per ditto — s Od - -a Od —a V, Pot-barley, new, per ditto — s Od -- a Od -11 U4l DUBLIN, JUNE 2. Whito wheat, 35s 01 to 316 6d ; red ditto, 32s 6d to 360 61; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; grind' ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 13s 3d to 16s; ditto, new, - Od to —s 01; oatmeal, 15s to 17s Od; bero, new, —s to — 0 01; rapose- d, Od to —3 01 per brl ; baker s' flour, 19 0 01 to 24s Od per owt ; Indian corn, 338 01 to 40s 6d per 480 lbs. BRISTOL SUGAR-JUNE 3. We have had a quiet week for both raw and manufac• turgid sugars, and the trade are not inclined to operate. Impoi terg, however, are firm in demanding f ormer ra tes. In rum 2.30 puns. and hhds. Demerara have been disposed of at 3s and 3s ld per proof gallon. COAL LURK Prices of Coals per ton'at ET.—JUNE 3. t the close of tho market. s. d Tanfield Moor l4 0 Wyhun l6 0 West Wylam 15 - 0' North Percy Hartley l3 0 1 Davison's West Hartley 16 • 0 Bebside's Hartley 16 0 Walker Primrose .... 14 _ 0 Tanilaid Moor Butes 14, 0 Walleond, ego. s a. Framwellgate l5 3 Eleu,gh Hall 15 0 Jaswell..., , 17 6 Riddell _l4 3 Whitworth .15 Hartlepool Barton .... •••..- ,14 Pees l7 3 Hatton Kepler Grainge l6 6 South Kelloe 16 3 Edon l5. Eden Main ~...lb ; sold, 37. Wsllsend, &o. Russell's Hutton ]5 9 Stewart's 17 3 Kelloe 16 . 0 Cassop 16 3 Dorwontwater Hartley 15 6 Ships at markel DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT IRISH ORNAMENT.—"A; few days since, as a poor man named Daly was engaged in levelliog a ditch at Liscarrol, 29 mils from Cork, ha found iu the deep part of the ditch, about 18 inches be' low the surface, a valuable Irish relic, which is believed to ba unique. It consists of a gold fillet or ornament for the head, composed of nine strands of twisted gold joined together like a band, with a hop at each end, lts length is fully 20 inches, and it weighs loz. 3dwts. 12 grains• The gold, which is of great purity, would be worth at the standard value over 4/. The relic has been examined by some local antiquaries, who have pronounced it be over 1.000 years old. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 2d inst., at Abbotsford, Mrs. Hope Scott. On the 2d inst., the wife of the Rev. J. Chandler Witley. OF A DAUGHTER, On the 2d inst., at Penge, Surrey, the wife of William ThAeher, Esq. On the 3d lust., at 3, Arundel-terrace, Barnebury, the wife of Mr. W. H. T. Allen. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at St. Paul's, Winchmore-hill, George , eldest s on o f G eorge H ar k er , E sq., of Woodbury, Stok e Newington, and Upper Thames-street, city, to Harriett , second daughter of Frank Gardner, Esq., late of RogateP Sussex. On the 2d init., at St. Paul's, Deptford, Edward Pem broke, Esq., of South Lodge, Take-hill, to Mary Ann, th . only daughter of Hesketh D. Wells, Esq., of Eyelyzy street, Deptford. DIED. On the 3d inst., at 28, Bayham , terrace, Mr. Richard Dent, aged 82. On the 2d inst., at Mount Annan, Dumfriesshire, Lieu" tenant-Col. Dirom, late Grenadier Guards, aged 63. On the 241 inst., at Mercury House, Brentford, the Ite'' Edwaill Trimmer, late of Putney, Surrey, aged 57. On the 2d inst., at 16, Park-village west, Caroline Ann' the wife of R. B. Baxendale, Esq., and daughter of lOW Darroch, of Gourock, N. 8., aged 23. On the Ist inst., Henry Francis Metcalf, Esq., Gr° f° Lodge, New Park-road, Stockwell, aged 47. On the Ist inst., at Grove Hall, Bow, Middlesex, Byron Aldharo, fourth eon of the late Captain George Aldhatnr R.N., aged 46. Reido n j t a h e e k 3 s l o s n t , u l a l tt.e, R.M.to L n i g eh h o t u i e n s f , a D u t e r v y7ag , aged , j"ePh On the 2d inst„ W. G. Gill, Esq., surgeon, of Islington , ag(id 12. LONDON : Printed and Published by MIIRDO Y0172§10, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N O 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the counif of Middle Sex, Thursday, June 4, 1857, 20 20 10 St. 20i1 100 100 1 100 20 20 20 20 St. 20 100 100 20 all 10i 100 100 1 2efici 1 lOs all Oi all all all all 2 1 9 12j i 3 01 i 1081 23 12 1 1061 rac aro Sta Pot had dal) Pati Ind nq 10f1 To gag Jul] nev, Lan I thai Vac CU • 811 c C. I (Ro les Are I ar e add! Prer Pi Loa( sum AO!. (See dale GA.P. 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