The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-27 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

ties. Bulkley, the murderer of Captain McKinnon, has
been executed. Robberies of a daring kind are still re-
corded, the Cantonese who infest the settlement being the
chief offenders.

The city of Hangchow, which has been for nearly three
years in rebel possession, fell to the imperialists on the 31st

From the Southern ports we have no political intelli-
gence. Some correspondence with regard to the customs
at Fuhchau has been published. The Commissioner there
has been endeavouring to oblige the traders, but has not
succeeded, and both parties hare lost their temper as well
as their judgment in consequence.
At Canton and Macao matters go on as usual.

From Pekin and the Northern ports we have no particu-
lar news. All is quiet at the different ports on the Yang-

By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we (limes)
have received our private correspondence and files
of papers from Calcutta to Vie 23d April, Hong-
kong to the 15th April, and Bhatighai to the 2d of
April.

INDIA.
The following is the letter of our Calcutta car.
respondent :

" CALCUTTA, April 23.

Seizure of the Chinchas Islands by the
Spanish Squadron.

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(REUTERS EXPRESS.)
The steamar Ecuador, chartered by the Peruvian
Government, arrived at Panama on the night of the
27th from Callao, which port she left on the 17th
it This steamer was despatched to convey Senor

Villena, with special despatches from Peru to the
United States Government at Washington relativs

o the important movements of the Spanish squad•

Oa the arrival of the last mail we published the
fact that the Spanish Commissioner had not been
received at Lima, and had sailed from Callao on the
13th to join the Spanish fleet. On the morning of
the 16th H.C.M. frigates Resolution and Tri-

unfo and gunboat Covadonga made their ap-
pearance again in the bay of Callao under

a full head of steam, and it was soon ascer-
tained that their intentions were hostile to the

place. The day previous they had taken possession
of the Chinches Islands, hoisted the Spanish flsg,

made prisoners of the Governor and officers of the
island, and captured the Peruvian transport Iquique

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with her officers. Thence they proceeded to Callao

'or the purpose of surprising the Peruvian squadron
a that port; but this was fortunately frustrated, as
he fleet had time to get up steam and move under
he protection of the guns of the Castle before the
foreign merchant vessels could be moved out of the

way of the operations of the Spaniards. The Span.

ish fleet sailed from Callao OR the evetling of the

16th, probably for the Chinchas Islands. The
Peruvian steamer Tumbes left Callao on the morning

of the 17th to watch the movements of the Spaniards.
At the time the Ecuador left the greatest excite-
ment prevaKed in Callao.
From the offical documents forwarded to us from
Callao we compile the following particulars :
" On the 20th of March last, Senor Eusebro de
Salszai addressed a note, marked confidential, to
the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating
that H. C. M.'s Government had sent them on a
special mission to Peru, and asking for a day and
hour to be fixed when he could have au interview

with the Minister."
On the 23d of March Senor Ribeyro, the Peruvian
Minister, replied, naming the 30th of March for the
interview, which took place, and at which Senor
Salazar presented to Senor Ribeyro a note from the
Spanish Government, under date of 18th January,
introducing Senor Salazar as a Special Commis-
sioner whom that Government had sent to Peru,
considering it advantageous to the interests of
Spain in her intercourse with Peru to have such an
agent, and requesting that the Peruvian Govern-
ment would attend to his mission and receive him

favourably.
On the let of April Senor Itibeyro addressed
Senor Salazar, stating that his Government would
receive the latter with the greatest cordiality, and
extend to him all the facilities and courtesy recog-
nises by custom and necessary for the discharge
of his mission, and added in regard to his -charac-
ter as Commissioner

" The Viceroy and the whole of the principal
members of Government left Calcutta last week
for Simla. Three months' experience of the new
rule has proved what immense advautaget,sre pos-
sessed by a Governor-General who has that know-
ledge of the language and the people of the country
which alone can enable him to begin his work at
once. Sir John Lawrence has not lost a day since
he has been here. Tee quantity of arrears that

have been cleared up in every office almost exceeds ,
belief. Departments had done their work just ,
when and how they pleased for so long a time, that
when a searching supervision came they were un-
prepared to meet it, and the sharp rebukes of the ,
Viceroy startled all the sinecurists in India into
unwonted activity. This has been a part of Sir
John Lawrence's work, but that work has not
stopped here, lie has originated or pressed on some
social measures of greet importance. The Sanitary
Commission, presided over by Mr. S',rachey, ie
busying itself with the condition of towns
and cantonments, and its Efforts will in all pro-
babiiity add much to the comfort of the soldier in
India, no less than of the general population. The
attempt to mitigate that great evil which sends a
third of our army into the hospitals, by the adope
tion of a strict system of supervision, can scarcely
be otherwise than successful under the cautious
regulations recently decided upon by the Supreme
Couecil. Minuter social matters than these have
received attention. The greatest—at this season of
the year nearly the only—variation in the mono-
tony of Calcutta life, is the outbreak of a fire.
Somebody sees the thatch burning upon a native
hut, and goes el to fetch the engine. With 10-
finite screaming and yelling coolies drag it along,
and by the time the fire has burnt itself out, and
destroyed probably a hundred huts, the engine is
got safely to the Spot, and then pulled back again
with the same ceremonies. The performance has
been repeated very often latterly, and at one large
fire at Kidderpore the Viceroy was present with the
Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. There have, no doubt,
been many things in Calcutta which surprise a man
who hits never indulged in apathetic listlessness
himself, and never allowed it in others so far as he
could prevent it ; and the way in which
effo a wto
hole
street is burnt down here with hardly an rt
save it could scarcely have been the least of these
surprises to Sir John Lawrence. Dr. Hathaway is
resolved to organize some better system of dealing
with these accidents, and he is also trying to estab-
lish a Humane Society, and institution for the
relief of European vagrants, of whom there are
large numbers in the Presidency towns. Sir John
Lawrence's last public act in Calcutta was to lay
the foundation-stone of a Sailors' Home. These
are not great matters, but they serve to illustrate
the thoroughness with which the Vlceroy has set
about his work. As a good many officials know to
their cost, there is scarcely a petty detail of the
Government machinery which he has not personally
examined. It is not at all Nicely to prove a com-
fortable administration for that class of public
servants who consider that in drawing their salaries
they have done all that the country can fairly ex-
pect of them.

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CHINA.
We take the following summary of news from
the Overland China Mail of the 16th April :
The Taeping rebellion is still the chief subject of in-
terest in China. In our last overland summary we spoke
of the surrender of Liyang and Kintang. The announce.
ment that the latter city had surrendered
.was premature.
The garrison, it is true, had expreesed their intention and
willingness to surrender, but, unfortunately, the Im-
perialist forces who were to have kept Chang chow-
sin in check and its garrison employed while Gordon
operated against Kintang, fell back, upon Woosili three
days before Kintang was attacked. That city was, there-
fore, strongly reinforced from Chang-ehow-foo very shortly
before Col, Gordon appeared in front of it, The rebel force
thus thrown into a city which was about to have surrendered
consisted of men from the Two Kwang (Kwangtun and
Kwangsi), and are the most hardened of all the Taeping
troops. These are what may be termed the original rebels, and
are the men who made all the mischief. They are brave,
remorseless, and cruel beyond anything ever recorded of
their opponents. Colonel Gordon s force has witnessed the
most bitter evidences of this in children slain and young
girls shamefully mutilated.
From Japan we have no definite news of importance.
The Tycoon and Mikado aro said to be on good terms, and
the foreign question still engages the serious attention of
native statesmen.
The intelligence from Shanghai is purely local. The
steamer Tsatlee has been restored to her owners, Messrs.
Russell and Co., and the pirates who took her have been
committed to gaol ; those belonging to American juris-
diction have already made their escape from prison, a fact
which casts a stigma upon the lilaitW States' gaol authori-

"An eminently scandalous act has just been
perpetrated in the waters of the Pacific by the
Spanish squadron under command of its Admiral,
D. Luis H, Pinzon. Our guano islands have been
occupieci ,t2v foreign forces which have seized a na-
tional vessel of Tar and hoisted, as well on shore
as at sea, the flag of C:stile. Such an act, executed
without any precieus declai:tion of war,
.without
any legal motive that would authe'rise it, makes its
authors aggressors of the territory of our country,
violators of international law, and gr,2tuitous
despoilers of foreign property.
" The arrival of a pretending Spanish diplomate„
with the character of commissioner, whose title
alone was an outrage to the dignity of Peru, charged,
as is believed, with exaggerated reclamations, has
been the signal of this unjustifiable proceeding which
I, fulfilling an austere duty, make known to the
Republic. The Government has fulfilled ics mission,
defending the honour of the country against the pre-
tensions of an envoy who has answered to the regard
shown to him with outrages to the nation, the laws
and the Government. All the documents of this
affair will be published at once, in order that you
may judge of my and my cabinet's behaviour, which
on this occasion, as always, has been worthy of the
nation's confidence,
" I believe that the Government of Spain is
foreign from these aggressive acts of its deputies
on the shores of Peru; but if they should, unfortu-
nately, be authorised by it, we will never consent
to the humiliation which those same people want
to impose upon us, who in Ayacucho did not know
how to fight, nor had the courage to defend the
possession, held for centuries, of the conquest.
The Government is taking those.measures of secu-
rity which the critical circumstances we find our-
selves in do require, and seeking means to vindicate
the national honour and to save our treacherously
and violently robbed riches. Still fresh are the
memories of the war of independence in which I
was an actor, however small. I will repeat those
old services, not excepting the sacrifice of my life,
which belongs entirely to the generous country that
to me who not deserved it gave its votes to occupy
the first post of the nation.
" JUAN ANTONIO PEZ ET.
" Callao, April 16,1864."

A Southern View of the Battles in Virginia.

(From the _lndex.)
Lee's programme is sufficiently plaia. It is to
compel his enemy to become the assailant under the
most disadvantageous conditions, to fight him where
his superiority of numbers will help him the least;
to drag him through an unfamiliar country, away
from his supplies and his base of operations, to hus-
band his own strength for the day of final struggle,

"As the communication of the 18th of January and then, if strong enough, to close upon the enemy,
of the present year accredits M. de Salazar in a exhausted and bleeding from his frequent wounds.
purely confidential character, to judge from its text, From the first it will be seen that Lee has
the undersigned at once accepts him as such an agent adopted very different tactics from those which
of the Cabinet of Madrid, because the denomina- he has ordinarily pursued. His is an obstinate
tion of • Cornmissioner' not being in conformity defence. It is like the retreat of Wellington
with the diplomatic rules and usages, might per- before Massone, and will and with another
haps cause embarrassments in the course of nego- Torres Vedras. Grant's hardest fighting has
tiations, which, for the benefit of both Governments, to come ; and it has yet to be decided whether
must be removed at any cost. If Mr. de Salazar, the Federal army or the city of Richmond is in the
as is to be hoped, admits this previous and precise more imminent danger. If, as we believe, General
explanation, he may, whenever be deems it conve- Lee has been husbanding his resources for a final
nient, begin his mission, sure to find on the part of struggle before the walls of Richmond, saving the
Peru and its administration the happiest disposi- lives of his men, and hoarding his supplies, so as to
'ions to come to an understanding with the repre- be enabled a given moment to resume the offensive,
eentativo of the illustrious Spanish nation." the next few weeks may witness such a seeies of
To this Senor Salazar replied as follows : blows to the Northern armies as will well-nigh
"LIMA, April 12, 1864. shatter the Union to pieces.
" The undersigned, Special Commissioner Extra- * * * * * *
ordinary of H.C.M. has had the honour to receive And now let us take the other supposition. Let
the note which H.E. the Minister of Foreign Re. us assume, for the sake of argument, that the great
Cations of Peru has had the kindness to address to Captain of the South is defeated by overwhelming
him on the date of the Ist inst. In it the Peruvian numbers, and the bulldog pertinacity of the
Government repels the title of ' Special Commis. Northern commander. Let us further assume
sioner' as not being in conformity with diplomatic that Grant not only defeats Lee, but takes
rules and usages. Richmond, though the one does not in the least
"The memorandum which the undersigned has involve the other, for under 111:Clellan an' army of
addressed to the representatives of the allied nations, greater numbers, and certainly of equal discipline,
and of which a copy is enclosed, will explain to was driven from a strongly fortified position so
H,E. the Minister of Foreign Relations the signi- near to Richmond that the outposts could hear the
fication the Government of H.M. will give to the chimes of the city bells. What follows ? Would
proceeding of that of the Republic in these critical the Confederates lay down their arms ? No, for
circumstances. they are not engaged in a war of aggression. Like
"In one of the last sessions of the Permanent the Netherlanders, like the revolted colonists of
Commission of Congress, it has been given to Great Britain, they are fighting for their homes,
under3tand that the present Administration has the for liberty and independence. They know what
intention of contracting a loan of seventy millions submission means ; they know how diabolically
of dollare, which, being excessively in advance of cruel are the tender mercies of England ; they
to the requirements of the Treasury, is, according know that the vile miscreant who insul:ed the
the opinion of influential public men, for the object women of New Orleans is the favourite effi-
ef gaining means for an opposition to the just car of their enemy; they know what
demands of Spain. . M'Neil, Turchin, and many such havo done ;
"The Peruvian Government will do what it may they know what Dahigren tried to do. Their
think most convenient ; but the undersigned hopes burnt towns, their desolated villages, the inhuman
that during his absence from Lima the subjects of treatment of those who have fallen into Federal
the Queen in the the territory of the Republic will hands, forewarn them of the indescribable horrors
be respected, whatever nay be the eventualities of of submission. The pulpit and the press of the
the future. Toe moderation of its Government, of North have clamoured for their spoliation and ex-
the authorities, and of the country in General, will termination. In the halls of the Federal Congress
give to the Government of H. M. the standard for resolutions to deprive them of their prcperty, and
the conduct it will have to observe hereafter ; and to reduce them to political serfdom, have been re-
if, unfortunately, excesses should be committed, ceived with acclamation. Therefore, if their case
the reprisals will be prompt, energetic, and decisive, were ever so desperate, they would fight on to the
for modern Spain is firmly resolved not to allow bitter end. No Northern victory can subjugate the
her sons to be trampled upon or her flag to be South. Before that can be accomplished the whole
blemished. male population must be killed or captured.
" The undersigned repeats to H. E. M. Ribeyro The capture of Richmond would indeed be a
the assuraces of his most distinguished considera- triumph to the Northern arms, and a painful catas-
tion. (Signed) trophe to the South, but it would not help the North
" EUSEBIO DE SALAZARI MAZARREDO. materially in its work of conquest. New Orleans
"To H. E. the Minister of Foreign Relations, Pre- has long been under the Federal yoke, yet
sident of the Council of Ministers of Peru." Louisiana is not conquered, and though Richmond
Senor Salazar then left Callao without waiting a fell, the war in Virginia would not be over. In
reply. a military point of view, Nashville, the arsenal of
In regard to the memorandum mentioned in the the South, was a greater loss than Richmond would
above, the official organ of the Peruvian Govern- be, but the the South was not crippled by the taking
ment says :—" The memorandum mentioned by the of that town. The fall of Vicksburg was regarded
Spanish commissioner in the note that has been as a great misfortune, but the South was not dis-
inserted, will be published, in order that the world couraged, and took measures to deprive the North
may judge of the state of aberration in which it of all the fruits of that victory, and until this
has been written, and some documents that will be day prevents the Mississippi river from being
sufficient to form a sentence on the immense medley an outlet for the commerce of the West.
of calumnious accusations with which it is filled." After every misfortune the Confederates have come
The document had not been published at the time forth in greater strength. At the outset
the steamer left Callao. , of every campaign they have manifested
After this note complications appear to have cone• an increased power of
,resistance, and at the
menced, and Senor Ribeyro addressed a long letter commencement of the fourth year of the war
to the Spanish Minister of State, Senor Salazar have proved themselves stronger than ever by
having left Callao, justifying the course of Peru recovering much of the territory that the North
from the time of her independence, and showing the had taken at a tremendous cost of life and treasure.
disposition manifested by her to assume friendly The truth is, so far as resources are concerned, the
relations with Spain; and offering to treat Confederates cannot be exhausted. The blockade
of the difficulties existing between the two that was to be the means of their subjugation has
Governments in a frank and equitable manner. made them supremely independent. Luxuries they
He alludes to the generous welcome ex- have abandoned without a sigh, and they grew
tended to the Spanish fleet on its arrival at and raise food to supply the army and people
Callao, and complains that the Admiral of the abundantly. Shut out from the markets of
squadron returned their hospitality with the most Europe, they manufacture their own clothes.
haughty disdain. In referring to the Telma° affair They make their own guns and gunpowder, and
he says that a quarrel occurred between some the siege of Charleston is evidence that Conk.
Spanish settlers and :some natives in which a derate artillery is a match for any artillery
Spaniard and a native were killed and others that can be purchased for Federal gold through
wounded, and that the authorities were using due the agency of Messrs. Barieg and Co. But the
diligence to find cut and punish the delinquents. most noted instance of their ingenuity and resources
That this quarrel has been used as a pretext by the is the construction of an ironclad fleet. We say
enemies of the country to make complaints to nothing of the brilliant success of their ironclads,
Spain, and that the Spanish Admiral, Senor Pin- but refer only to their skill in obtaining and
zon, has been particularly partial and passionate in fashioning the materials. When the war broke
his relation of the matter. He denies that Peru out there was not a foundry or a rolling mill in

attempted to borrow seventy millions of dollars for the country; but now full supplies of the precious
any purpose whatever, and he expresses the hope ore are taken from the earth, and there is an
that all questions pending between the two Go.. abundance o- machinery and skilled labour to
vernments will be amicably settled, and winds up prepare it for plating ships and repairing rail-
by saying that senor Salazar, in leaving Lime, has roads. The only doubt about the resources of the
left in his note a motive for deep feeling on the part South was in reference to men, and we submit
of Peru, attributing to the Government a bad die- that there is not the slightest reason for anxiety
position to enter into a settlement with the Govern- on that score; The Southern army is now larger
went of Spain, that Spaniards were receiving every than ever. Tne population of the North is greater
protection according to law; that they were the con- but its losses are also greater ; and, not having
stant object of a sincere and cordial hospitality ; negrces to till the fields, a great part of the men
that they should receive no injury either in person capable of bearing arms cannot ige enlisted in the
or property, but that they should be left in full army. Every year adds 60,000 men to the fighting
exercise of their occupations unmolested, and that population of the South, and we need hardly
these privileges were not granted them by any fear observe that the deaths are not nearly ao numerous.
of tee threats of Senor Salazar. And let it not ho forgotten that, as an ultimate
This is all we can find as having efficially trans resource, the negroes can be turned into sol-
spired. diets, and would, at the bidding of their masters,
On the 16th, after news was received of the fight with enthusiasm against the Federals
seizure of the Chinehas, the President of Peru issued lout there is not the most distant prospect of
a proclamation, of which the following is a transla- the military service of the negrces being required.
tion Well, then, we say there is no chance of the Con-

federates being subjugated. And as it is certain
they will not submit, it is clear that a Federal vic-
tory will not bring about peace. Such an event
may prolong the war by giving a temporary eclat
to the war party, but it cannot give peace. Only
the success of the South will give a hope of the
termination of the bloody strife. We offer these
suggestions at a moment when we think the South
has achieved a great and momentous victcry. Still,
we know the proverbial uncertainty of war, and far
be it from us to imitate the jester of the White
House, and triumph before we know the final re-
sult of the battle.

CrillTtlto • itrfAv
3 kkA bit

RER MAJESTY,

BALMORAL, May 25.

The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Princess
Leiningen and Princess Helena, went out in the morning.
Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses the Princess
Leiningen and Princess Helena, drove by Castleton, Cor-
riemulzie,, and Mar Lodge, and returned through Inver-
cauld.

On this day her Royal Highness the Princess Helena
entered her 19th year.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of
Hesse, and attended by Major Teesdale, went yesterday to
the International Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall,
Islington.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Mary
of Cambridge, and attended by Lady Morton and Lord
Harrill, went to a concert at St. James's-hall.

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The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of
Hesse, went to the House of Lords in the afternoon.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess
Louis of Hesse and Princess Mary of Cambridge, took a.
carriage drive.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales had a dinner party in the evening. The company
consisted of their Roy al Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess Louis of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe- Weimar and the Countess Doruberg, Prince Theodora
of Tour and Taxis, the Countess Gleichen, the) Duke of St.
Alban's, the Countess of Morton, the Earl and Countess
Stanhope, the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl
and Countess of Best,borough, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord
and Lady Alfred Paget, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood,
Colonel the Hon, Sir Charles Phipps and the Hon. Harriet
Phipps, Colonel Henry Percy, Captain Frederick Stanley,
the Hon. G, H. Cadogan, Mademoiselle de Grancey, Cap-
tain von Wester, weller, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and
Major Teesdale.
Madame Jerichau has been honoured with sittings for a
portrait of Prince Albert Victor of Wales.

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR.—Her
Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the younger
members of the royal family, and attended by the ladies and
gentlemen of the Court, is expected to leave Balmoral and
arrive at Windsor Castle on or about Thursday week, the
9th of Juno. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince ana
Princess Louis of Hesse will visit the Qmeen at Windsor,
Whom it La understood the approaohing nocouchement of/
her Royal Highness Princess Alice will take place.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prinn and Princess
of Wales are expected to pay a visit to A icot races on the
grand day.
His Excellency the French Ambassador bad a
dinner party on Thursday evening at Albert-gate
House. The dinner circle comprised the Prince Edward
de la Tourd'Auvergne, brother to the ambassador; the
Duchess de Morny, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Bath, Lord and Lady ProbY,
Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn (2), Earl
Granville, Sir Edward and Lady Filmer, Marquis Caumont
le Force, Vicomte de Contades, Vicomte de, Courval, and
Comte Maffei.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale
have left Claridge's Hotel for Yester House, Haddington.
The Earl and Countess Spencer and Lady Sarah
Spencer arrived last evening at Spencer House, St.
James's, from Paris. The noble earl and countess and
Lady Sarah have been absent from England since the early
part of last October. Daring their stay abroad they visited
Egypt, and, recently, Constantinople. They returned home
by the Danube and through Vienna and Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Verulam had a dinner
party yesterday evening at their residence in Great Stan-
hope-street.

PROVIDENT CLERI;S' BENEVOLENT FUND,--The
annual election of 12 annuitants for this meritorious
fund, took place on Thursday last, at the offices, 15, Moor'
gate-street. The successful candidates were :—Cterks--
is. H. Steele, J..J. Gannon, W. J. Toward, and F. 14*
Hart. Widows—Nelson, Holder, Burraston, Traies,
Drawbridge, Anderson, Hawkins, and Hake. life fund,
it may not be goner ally known, consists in a great measure
of small donations and subscriptions from the clerks of the
metropolis, its object being to grant annuities to necessitous
members. The Clerks' Benevolent Fund is an offshoot 01
the Provident Clerks' Life Assurance Society, which nos/
holds a position of immense strength in the insuranoo
world, in consequence of its being o:ae of the very tot':
selected by the Government for a)suraace of the lives of
clerks in the Post-office and other public offices. Although
the society is principally for clerks, yet ele benefits of its
solidity aid security are open to the public: generally.
IHE FRENCH TREATY.—The increase of the
French Trade, owing to the Cobden treat?, is somethin g
enormous. The treaty came into operation in the middle
of 1861. In 1861 the number of packages which passel
through the Customhouse warehouse in the Southampton
Docks from Havre was about 15,000. In 1863 they raga'
bered nearly 60,000. This year they are likely to number
upwards of 100,000.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—CAMPBELL Y. CAMPBELL.-'
This was an appeal from the Court of Session
in
Scotland, and the question involved was whether that court
was right in refusing to appoint a receiver to receive the
rents and administer the estates of the Earldom of Breadsl".
bane, until it be ascertained by proceedings now pending
who is the true heir to the estates and earldom. The Lord
Chancellor and Lord Chelmsford yesterday decided that the
Court of Session was ric ht, on the ground that the respor
dent had a better prima /acie case than the appellant, Oci
affirmed the decision of the court below. Lord Wens
ler
dale was of a different opivion, but the appeal was 11 a
majority dismissed.
LEE'S ARMY IN VIOGINIA. —" Metthatiefi
writes:—" To the English readers of my letteo'
who are not supposed to know this geography of VirginiT
where the fighting is going on, let me soy that they tieet
not get confused if they will bear in mind this simple fec,.:
that for ten days from the time that .Grant crossed
Rapidan, and to where Lee now is, is not a distance of tet,
miles, so that ho is not six miles from the Rapidan, 11%0
withstanding ono would think by btanton's letters that
tit
had retired about 300 miles, if every day's progress of 01.:a..
is added—one day 14, another 30, and soon. All this pi° is
shed thus far has been in a circle of eight miles.
Tt
to-day occupying the entrenchments he had prepared L%
fortified with so much skill for months—aye, Y°'11„.010
appears to-day that he has slaughtered his oPPa--cea,
until he is tired out. Now he will rest in
hr's deteuetil
secure from Grant if he had 500,000 fresh lawn,
.71 be
the Federal commander is played out. Then 110wl_will
joined by Beauregard and about 40,000 fresh meta. _,
i
an turn attack Grant, and drive him back to the f:aVttints
and then we shall have to go over the old routine 0- g6ci
another army of 250,000 men, and a new coranie'i too
place of Grant, who will then bo kicked out, as h"ve„ders
INl‘Clellan and a dozen other great ex-military comraa-0100
of the Potomac. I think all this meets Mr. Lin
views, His chances for the Presidency are good.
sus'os
will evidently play himself out in martial glorY,,
been none by my illustrious Massachusetts friend, Gen
Banks. The latter has so fully justified all my Pr.„„1400
for him since three years that I am really grateful. 11-e:titis.
made me a true prophet. I shall try and get up ra.o west
and raise money to buy a cheap farm for him up
Jersey, where he can do no harm, and raise OP
chickens,"
The _Rielanond Inquirer announcEs the arric_raila itl i
the Confederate States of Commander W. L. Pit"'
A the Confederate steamer Georgia.

]CONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the general discount market there is a slight
increase in the inquiry for accommodation, but the
rates continue tolerably easy at 6i 1 for the best
commercial bills.

A further sum of £94,000 in gold was taken
Into the Bank yesterday.
There was a iilight downward movement in the
foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to £805,579, and the exports to
£113,170.

The Stock Exchange Committee has appointed
Thursday, June 2, a special settling day in the
shares of the following companies :—Lemberg-
Czernowitz Railway Company (Limited), Home
and Colonial Assurance, Clyde Engineering and
Iron Shipbuilding, International Land Credit,
Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the
East (incorporated by Royal charter), Frontino
and Bolivia (South American) Gold Mining, all to
be officially quoted, but the last-mentioned company
in the bi-weekly list only. The Committee has
also appointed Thursday, June 2, a settling day in
the French Scrip of the Mexican Loan ; to be offi-
eally quoted, all transactions thereon to be settled
at the fixed exchange of 25f. 20c. per pound ster-
ling.

The application share list of the Scottish and
Universal Finance Company will close on Tuesday
next, the 31st inst. We understand that the appli-
cations already far exceed the sum required for the
first issue.

The Ashton Vale Ironworks Company have limited
all applications to June Bth for town and country.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning, according to Renter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 65c.
Heavy.
Business in the English Stock Market has con-
tinued very quiet, but as several small purchases
have been made en improvement of it per cent. has
taken place, Consols being 911 4 for money, and
901 2 for the account, The New Threes were
marked 89,1 ; Exchequer Bills 12s. to 3s. dis. ;
and India 5 per Cents•, 1051 106.
The principal feature in the Foreign Market is
a fall of 2 per cent in the Peruvian Loan, viz., to
851 861, upon the advices just received by the West
India mail. Mexican are firmer at 441 1 ; the New
Loan, at 1 to 4 die.; Greek, at 24 i; Turkish Con-
solides, at 48i ; Russian Scrip has risen to 44i
prem. ; the Swedish to 3 4 prem. ; and the Confe-
derate Loan is 64 66.

The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been extremely limited, the dealers and specu-
lators being occupied with the arrangements for the
settlement. Prices generally are without change
of importance.

to the Foreign and Colonial lines there is no ma-
terial alteration.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
in some instances a shade flatter.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto Account, May 8
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1391
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 9.16
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
Mach. June.

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent.
Ditto £5OO ..
Ditto £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct.
Ditto Account —
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 —
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870
:: Ditto Account
h:Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 —
Do Certificates
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ..
Ditto of per Cent., May, 1879 —
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO lB
Ditto under £l,OOO —
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
dastrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863 —
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account —
Chilian 6 per Cent —
Ditto 4} pee Cent.
Colombian 6 per Geat —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825

Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent..
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 24 1
Ditto Account
i.. Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account —
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 1839 and 1559
It tlian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) ---
Atexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip £l3 paid
• •
Ditto French Scrip, Ex 25f 20c 4l die
Moorish imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 4/ per Cent
Ditto Account....
Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) . ...
Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account -•
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account —
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481 9
Ditto Account —
Ditto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 —
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 ..
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B7l
Ditto Anglo-Dutch
Ditto Scrip, £2O paid 3l Pm
Sardinian 5 per Cent B6l
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account —
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Ditto Account
Swedish. 4 per Cent —
Ditto Scrip, £2O paid 3± Pm
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account —
Ditto, £lO6 Bonds —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account • .
Ditto £lOO Bonds 7lt 70i
Ditto 1863
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account... -- Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864
Ditto Scrip, £l5 paicl.
Ditto 1i per Cent .............
a........ ..
--•
Dividends on the above pyable in Loud 11
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ea. 10 Florins. .....
Belgian 4± per Cent., Ea. 25f.
Dutch 2± per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ea. 25 francs 67i
Ditto Account
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Money
Ditto Account .... 90a 1 a d

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,
No change. Sales, probably 5,000 bales, Im-
Porta, 8,630.

"We have reason to k now," says the Nation,
" thae t the neutral Powers have agreed to prevent
the G
the rsumption of hostilities between Denmark and
erman Powers. There is therefore reason to
expect that the tree 3 which now exists will, at the
next sitting of the Co'aferenee, be changed into an
arlulstiee propErly sr, called."
41. fatal ease of st? ibbing occurred at a wine shop
at Caen two days back. The master, whose name
is Lecludey, while qutarrelling with his wife, seised a knife
and struck her re pt atedly3 in the back, inflicting three
!i'ounds. A young roan named Leguay, who was standing
bY, endeavoured t 0 interfere, when Lecaudey turned from
his wife and plunged the knife into Leguay's breast. The
wounded man ran fora bhort distance, and then fell dead.
The wife of the m
a a dangerousderer, wu,rderer, who as arrested, is also lying
state.

BRARE MAREF,TB—This day.

-ip
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuls.S.

I
Share! Railways.
, Paid. Closing Business
done.
j Price.
13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all $ 84
st Blythe and Tyne.
100
10 Ilost.,Sleat.,andllid.eo all 8i 9
st Bristol! and Exeter
at !Caledonian lOO 118 k 1191
50 Con: and Bandon CI
20 Cornwall
10 Do. B
10 ,Do A A ;2.-ets no divetill 613 c.p an.has all
all
ai to B.
50 Dublin &eB Belfast June. all 3 F
, ,
25 IDun.,Perth&Ab. June. all 16
st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 88 90
atst Glasc,. and S. Western. 103 105 106
Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 46k 474 46.1
at I Ditto A stock -
at I Ditto East Anglian at 100 64 71
at GreatNorthot Scotland 100 1
at !Great Northern lOO 1 1
12938 140
131
t Do A stock
st Do 11 do
at Gt.S.ant W. of Irelane 100 I
641 541 90 92
100 ;
s
at Great Western
at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 1
at Lancashire S/ Yorkshire 100 , 1114 1111 111 4
at London and Blackwall 100 , 66 67 60
at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 103 105
at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 i 40 4 e 41
st Lon. & North Western 100 i 1101 111} 1101 4
at Lon. & So-Alt Western 100 ' 974 984 97 2
at 'Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 54 544
60 IMaryport and Carlisle. all
124 Do i shares... .....
at Metropolitan all 1(4 115 1134 13
st Midland
Do New
at Do Binning. & Derby 100 103 105
50 Mid. Gt.. W. of Ireland all
25 Do. 1 shares
26 Mid Kent
10 Do Cray Line
et North British
st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 241 `454
et Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1019 102
25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 d
at Do Leeds lOO 57 68
et Do York
at Do Carlisle... lOO
at North London
10 Do New 5 1 21
16.16.4 North Staffordshire
10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 Ili
et Scottish Central
at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 36 38
st Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO
10 Shrews. and Welohpool all
at Shropshire Union
at South Devon ... .. 100 23 85
at South Eastern
at South Wales
st S. York. and River Dun 100 ,102 106
20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 74 34
35 Stockton & Darlington all 262 376
26 Do l7 94 10 c
25 Do New, 1866 lO 8 84 ‘,
at Taff Vale.. ....
10 Do B 8 6 7
10 Do C 3 3 4 p
60 Ulster
25 Do
12.10 Do 5l
st Vale of Neath
at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO
st Waterford & Kilkenny 100
st West Cornwall lOO 21 23
at IW. Hartlepcol Har.drß lOO
st 'West Midland —Oxford) 100
at Do Newport, 100
at Do Hereiordi 100

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
~hare Closing
lways Paid. Price. Business don,
100 Atlantic &St Lawren-ct all 60 62
flora.,Baroda&.Cent Ind
100 103 104 1034
Gu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 74 id I P
'204 Buffalo and Lam:Huron all 1 di
10 Do. Preference ..... all 84 94
00
.Butfalo,Brant,&Godricl; 10') 77 82
p, at. bds. Aug. 1, 18%
00 Do. do. July 1, 187',, 100 77 8!
100 Do. do. June 1, 16;1 100 77 82
et Ul,:at taae S. Eastn. u 100 101 I€ 3
at Cape Town & Dock Sul; 100 98 100
:,took Nash'. Bengal gt. sp. , 100 105 107
itc,ck East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1044 1054 1014 I
20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 * P
20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 F
stock Grand Trunk of Canada luo 20 21
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 14 734
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 61 63
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bons.. all 63 65
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 53 55
100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... all 48 50
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 42
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 30
100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 26 t 7
stook Gt.lndtaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 104 105 1011
20 Do. New gua. sp. a... 12
Do. January, 1862 ..
stook Gt. South.of India(Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. too 1024 1034
204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104
204 Do. New 18 104104,;
100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 90 02
100 Do. 54 p. 0. do. '77-8.... all 82 81
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 par ip
stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 102 1,13
stook Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 96 98
stock Dc. 44 ...... 100 92 91
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2
stock Melb.Corp. sp. o. Buds. 100
50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 69
100 Do. 7p. c. edortg. llds. all
Newßrunswurka Candu
Class A and B all 8 5
N.lll.C'daB pain pi bds 100 82 F 4
stock Soinde (100 1024 1034 1024
stock Do. Delhi,. .: 100 101 103
40 Do. do 4' a E 2 Id 1p
st Do. Punjaub all 102 103
Do. Do. ........ , .a!, 10U
s'oek Do. [ndus.St. Flo.) k 100 96 08
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
u.n.Gov. p.c.J a. SzJ ul)
I 1877-81 ._.—.........100 103 105
I Do. Ap. c. -Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104
Do. 6p. c. Mar. ct Sept. 100 102 104
Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. 10i 90 90
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91
,Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 108
Do.Ap & Oct. 1850 100 107 109
Do. 182( 100 ltB 110
-
,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112
Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 lot 114
'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108
,Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 106 108
N.8.G0v.6 p.o. J a.&July 100 101 103
Do. 6 p. e.Ap. & Oat 100
- v. S.W. Gov. 5p z.,18,,1 103 99 100
—• I Du. sp. c.,lBti to hit 100 99 101
- Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 1024
- New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 111
'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105
;Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100
- Fs. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 109 111
- Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul; 100
Do. io A0.,t0.3t.. 100 ;08 109

BRITISH MINES.
2 i.)ailibrian Consul. Gold 1 ad
- ILltilord Amalgamated 32 34
'Devon G. Con, (Taoist ) 1 560 670
East Bassett(lllogau) 30 07 70 66}
- Vast Clogau Gold Ltd
East Caradon ...... 2.14.9 294 30a
;East Carl: Brea... 3.4.0 61 61 7
;E. Wlitussel(Tavistk.; 8.13.0 34 4
- !Gam..kSt.Aubyn(Gwen 58. 7 9
'Great South Tolgus 178 24 3
Wheal Vor(Helston 10 33 35
Uerz..{l's-leoot . 8.12 68 40
tit ingaton Downs 4.:8.0 35 4
- Lady Bertha
Margaret (lJny Lelant tt4 15 17
)larks Valley.•
4 Ilyncry Iron Ore (Lim 2X 14
New Setun l6l 85 90
-- North Downs 2l If lt
—. N. W'i Basset (111o48n 3.1.0 14 2
North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 45 41
;Par Consols(st. Blazey
20 ii'rovidenoe(Cny Lelnt., 10 0.7 40 42
ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer 14 150 170
'S. Carn Brea (lllogan)
- W heal loran. (Mogan 18.18.9 40 45
!Stray Park 130.17.6 25 27
remar Silv..% Lead Min.
- rin Cron 9 18 19
• I West Basset (lilogan), l5 9 10 94
W Gc rivlon (Liskeardl 5 16 18
West Seto:
Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 90 95
Ii Buller(Redruthj' 10 30 35
Wheal Kitty (15.Lelant)! 2.0.6
WhealLuthott i 3.5.8 15 2
Wheal MaryAnni,lden )1 12 14
Wheal 3eton I 585 220 230
Wheal Treiawney (Lis )i 7 20 21
Wheal Union 13.17 15 2

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent, stock, 921
Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 1051
Great Western Orig. 41 per cent. pr., 981 8
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent,, 71

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9}
Great Luxembourg, 10
Ban Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent.,
Ditto (all), 20

FOREIGN MINES.
Cape Copper, Urn., 111
Yudanaotutana of S. Australia, Um., 3
BANIM

Alliance (Um.). 621 2
Ditto, new, 52
Anglo Austrian, 6
Australasia, 74
Ditto, new, 57/.
Bank of Queensland (lim),
Chartered pier. of India, London, And China, 69 81
Consolidated Bank, lin., 11/
Continental, UPI, 181
East Lond,:d. lim., 81=
„, new, 7/
opean Bank, lirn., 121 /
Ditto new, issued at 2 pm., 141
iiindustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 311
Imperial, Bank (lim.), 301 40
Imperial Ottoman, 21
London Bank of Scotland, Um., 19}
London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, 24
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 6
London and County. 62=
London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange,
London Joint Stock, 46
Loudon and Northern, lim., 211 •
Loudon and South African, 25 41 lim., 22 3
Merchant Bank, lirn , 21/ 31
Mercantile and Exchange, iim., 19
Ditto, new, 33i
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 331 3
Midland Bank (lim.), 15/
Oriental Bank Corporation. 62 1
Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 131 1
South 11,stern,
Standard of British South Africa (11m,), so
Union of London,6B

DOCKS.

St. Katharine, 7311
MISCELLANEOUS.
City Offices, lira., 4i.
Crystal Palace, 33
Discount Corporation, 15.1
East India Irrigation and Canal, 6
Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira. 51 43-
Yglish and Australian Copper,
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira.,
General Steam Navigation, 26i
Hudson's Bay, 191 lsk
Imperial Financial, urn.,
Indian Carrying,
International Financial Society, lira., 11.1 II
Joint Stock Discount, iim., 7i
Land Securities, I.m , 5
London Financial Association, lira., 28 7:
Ditto, new, 1160 14
London Genf amnibus Company, 2/
South African Mortgage and Investment, UM.) ei

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
THE MITRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

To-day was appointed for the last examination under the
bankruptcy of this company, which is being wound up in
the Court of Chancery.
Mr Stronsburg, the managing director of the company,
but who has since become bankrupt, was in attendance,
but was not called upon to be examined.
Mr Sedgwick, for the assignees, said that no account hid
yet been filed in this court, and the only assets received had
been distributed under the order for winding up. As an
adjournment must take place, the question was whether it
should be to a day fixed on sine die; an adjournment sine
die might leave it a great deal too open to the company to
account when they thought fit.
His Honour thought that an adjournment sine die, with
liberty to apply for a day to be named, would meet the cir-
cumstances. •
Adjourned sine die accordingly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

410. - -

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FOR AN UNPROVOKED
ASSAULT.--Dan Mahomed, a man of colour, who has
several times been charged at this court with assaults, Ice.,
was charged, before Mr. Yardley, with assaulting Robert
Cressy, a wood turner, residing in Drury-lane.
The complainant said that on the previous night, while
walking along Regent-street, he observed something dark
lying partly on the pavement and partly in the road. lie
turned round to see what it was, when the prisoner jumped
up and sprung upon him, and threw him on his back,
tearing his coat.
Mr. Yardley—l suppose you took him for a log of wood.
Complainant—No ; I thought it a black dog. (Laughter.)
A constable proved seeing the complainant and the pri-
soner struggling tegether on the ground. The prisoner
tore the complainant's coat, and on attempting to take the
prisoner into custody he tried to throw him (the constable).
Mr. Yardley—The prisoner is well known to me, and is
only just out of gaol.
Prisoner—Yes, we know that well enough. (Laughter.)
Mr. Yardley—The prisoner is a great pest, and I shall
commit him for a month.