The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, May 28.—There has been no material
change in the tone of the market, and business con-
tinues very limited, the arrangements for the ap-
proaching settlement occupyi4the whole attention
of speculators. Threes, for the Account, which
opened at 701 25c, are now at 70f 30c. Railway
Shares quiet, but pretty firm. The market closed
as follows :•=•

4t per per Cents 96 85
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 7O 30
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month 6O 50
Credit Mobilier..., 823 75
Do, end month 826 25
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3135
Credit Fonder 1575
Belgian 41 —
Piedmontese Fives 7l 30
Italian Loan 7O 90
Austrian
Spanish Threes s2f
Home Debt
FAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1320 .. 1316 25
Northern ....
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1110 .. 1112 50
Geneva 370 370
Southern
Western
Eastern .. „ 562 50 .. 563 75
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 596 25 .. 595

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY.

The Inman steamer Etna arrived this mornin g
She was off Ur) harbour at 8 o'clock last night, bu
was detained by fog. She_left New York on the
17th inst.

From the army of General M'Clellan the fol-
lowing is the latest despatch. It is of May 14,
from Cumberland, Virginia :
" General M'Clellan's head-quarters were esta-
blished here yesterday, and are now pleasantly
located ou the banks of the Pamunkey river.
The main body of the army is rapidly concen-
trating at the point designated by the Commanding
General. The quartermaster's and commissary
stores are in abundance. The advanced guard
of the army, under General Stoneman, still re-
mains at White House, within sight of the
enemy's position. A contraband, who arrived from
Richmond yesterday, states that between that city
and the Chickahominy river (a distance of some 17
miles) the enemy are encamped in large force, where
they expect to await the arrival of the army of the
Potomac. As the rebels fall back they drive before
them most of the cattle, sheep, and hogs, leaving
only such things as they cannot remove. Two ex-
plosions were heard yesterday in the direction of
the Chickahominy, which .‘a ere supposed to have
been caused by the blowing up of the railway
bridge."

A special correspondent of the World, writing
under date of the 13th, from White House, New
Kent County, says :
" One week ago today the enemy evacuated
and retreated from Williamsburg, 35 miles dis-
tant. From that day the roads have improved
rapidly, and can now be no better, but are liable to
be worse from incessant travel, if not from bad
weather, and even the latter promises to-night. This
point is the extreme of our progress. The scarcity
of transport and want of provisions may have de-
layed a more rapid advance. Other things
may have caused it. Strategy may have
demanded it. But one thing is undeniably true
the strength,spirit, and intentions of the rebels were
rapidly giving way when they left Williamsburg
in such great haste. Now they have had lour days
in which to cross the Chickahominy, get ready for
a fight, and to-day they show their rear in a saucy
and defiant manner. Stoneman pushed ahead with
great vigour, but be is too much of a leader to leave
a wide gap between himself and the head of the
main column for an enemy to introduce himself
from either flank."
On the 13th the whole army moved an average
of 12 miles. It was expected the advance would
have reached the Chickahominy. The weather was
very warm. The writer adds—
" The gunboats have penetrated thus far up the
Pamunkey, end as soon as the ruins of the railroad
bridge are cleared away they will go up to Hanover,
eight miles further, to which point the river is na-
vigable for vessels drawing nine feet. This is well
on the left flank of the enemy, and about 24 miles
from Richmond."
General M'Clellan has issued the following
order :

"To THE HON. E. M, STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR.
" CAMP, 19 MILES FROM WILLIAMSBURG,
MAY 11.

" Without waiting further for official reports,
which have not yet reached me, J. wish to bear tes •
timony to the splendid conduct of Hooker's and
Kearney's Divisions, under command of General
Heintzelman, in the battle of Williamsburg. Their
bearing was worthy of veterans. Hooker's Division
for hours gallantly withstood the attack of greatly
superior numbers, with very heavy loss. Kearney's
arrived in time to restore the fortunes of the day,
and came most gallantly into action. I shall pro-
bably have occasion to call attention to other com-
mands, and do not wish to do injustice to them by
mentioning them now. If I had had the full infor-
mation I now have in regard to the troops above-
named when I first telegraphed, they would have
been specially mentioned and commended. I spoke
only of what I knew in the time, and I shall rejoice
to do full justice to all engaged.
" GEO. B. M'CLELLAN,
Major-General Commanding."

A description of the Galena's passage up the
James River appears in the New J ork Herald:—

" Gunboat Galena, May 11, 1862.

is I suppose by this time you have heard of the
Galena leaving Hampton Roads. I was glad of it ;
for such a fine ship as this ought not to be kept in
such times as these, and the boys were all anxious
for a fight. We got under way and left the
Roads 15 minutes past seven o'clock on the morning
of the Bth, and it was not long before we passed
Sewall's.peint, without one shot being fired at us.
As we passed Newport's News we were hailed by
loud and long cheers from the men of the fort, who
them
about glad to see us make a move to help their
soldiers. But we had onlp passed
about 25 minutes when, to our great joy, a battery
He gave
hove in sight. It was first seen by the well ex-
perienced eye of our gallant captain.
orders to Lieut. Newman to call all hands to quar-
ters, which he did in his usual cool way; for he is
always cool and brave. This order was promptly
obeyed by the crew,
who thought every minute an
hour, so anxious were they to try their skill on the
rebels. alley soon had a chance; for 15 minutes to
10 o'eleck:the ball was opened by our pivot gun for_
ward. The shot fell short. The second and third were
fired ; but there was no reply. We ran in under
their gun range, and then they opened on us from
six or eight guns ; but all of the shot fell harmless
l
against our iron sides. I hardly think
flyink fromthervinew
what was coming at them. We e
our
whole battery, and made it pretty warm for them. We
sailed back and forward by the fort three or four
times, and soon levelled their flag and made it drag
,in the dusts After an action of 40 minutes they ran

like' red sharks,' as they always do from the well-
directed fire of our brave sailors. Not one shot
damaged us up to the end of an engagement.

" The action at Fort No. 2 commenced about
one o'clock, three-quarters of an hour after we
had silenced the first battery. In this fort we
found a more formidable opponent than the first.
It mounted twelve guns, and after an hour and
fifteen minutes' bombardment, eleven of them were
silenced. The remaining one fought us for an hour
afterwards, making this bombardment of two hours
and fifteen minutes' duration. The gunboats Aroo-
stook and Port Royal were with us, but did not
take an active part in the engagement, though they
did some execution with their long guns.
" The rebel gunboats Jamestown and Patrick
Henry were lying under the guns of the second
fort, but, instead of assisting in its defence, they
got up steam and ran away with all speed towards
Richmond. Our damage in the engagement was
small. One shot struck the Aroostook, and. went
through her bulwarks under the hammock nettings.
No one was injured. One or two shits struck us
but they only left their mark on our iron mail, and
glided off.

" After passing the second fort we started up the
river, but the buoys had been removed, and there
we stuck hard and fast, waiting for high tide. The
batteries silenced were called the Upper and Lower
Shoal Batteries. Great praise is due to Captain
Rodgers, First Lieutenant Newman, and Engineer-
in-Ct.ief Thompson."

From Norfolk there is no news of importance.
The following is the latest from Fortress Monroe to
the 15th :

" General Wool also visited Norfolk to-day. All
is quiet there. Orders have been issued by General
Wool prohibiting the sale or distribution of news-
papers in Norfolk or the surrounding country; also
prohibiting the transportation there of supplies or
merchandise of any kind, whether by sutlers or
otherwise ; and also prohibiting officers, soldiers,
and citizens from visiting the city except on busi-
ness connected with the troops belonging to the
department of Virginia. We understand that the
embargo upon travel to Fortress Monroe from Balti-
more will soon be removed, and free transit to and
fro resumed."

The following official order has appeared :
" WAR BULLETIN.

" Washington, May IG.

" The skilful and gallant movements of Major-
General John E, Wool, and the forces under his
command; which resulted in the surrender of Nor-
folk and the evacuation of strong batteries erected
by the rebels of Sewall's Point and Craney Island,
and the destruction of the rebel iron-clad steamer
Merrimac, are regarded by the President as among
the most important successes of the present war.
He therefore orders that his thanks, as Commander-
in-Chief of the Army and Navy, be communicated
by the War Department to Major-General John E.
Wool and the officers and soldiers of his command,
for their gallantry and good conduct in the brilliant
operations mentioned.
" By order of the President.
" Made at the City of Norfolk, on the 11th day
of May, 1862.
" EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War."
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Gen.
Wool to be Major-General of the army.
A special despatch to the Tribune from Cairo
says :—" The steamer Gladiator, from Pittsburg,
has arrived. There was a rumour that General
Beauregard had sent a flag of truce to General
Halleck, asking an armistice of 10 days. This was
subsequently corroborated by deserters, who said
the matter was under consideration when the
Gladiator left."

The Teresa has arrived from China with 380,400
pounds of tea.

The Sagittarius, Captain Provo, from London,
sailed from Dartmouth on the 6th of August, for Shangha e,
and not having since been heard of, is now considered at
Lloyd's a lost ship.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed-
nesday, May 28.—Admissions on payment, 2,187; ditto
by season tickets, 789 ; total visitors, 2,976.

THE SPITHEAD FORTS.—The report of the Com-
tuirsluner3 uu rfationat Derences, on the quetiou referred
to them as to circumstances whether the action between
the Merrimac and the Monitor in Hampton Roads were
not such as to modify their opinion respecting the adapta-
bility of forts for the defence of Spithead was issued yes-
terday. The report goes over a variety of considerations
on the question which, say the commissioners, "lead us to
the conclusion that fortification is a necessary element in
any arrangement for our permanent security, and that the
construction of forts at Spithead is essential for the protec-
tion of that anchorage. In proporvon to the development
of the power of artillery the value of the forts will be in-
creased and the space to be defended ty floating batteries
diminished. But whatever the space mey be, the support
of forts is necessary to give the defence a superiority over
the attack. We therefore adhere to the opSaion expressed
in our report of 26th February, 1861, appended hereto, that
the combined system of forts and floating batteries therein
recommended will bo not only the most economical but the
only really efficient mode of providing for the lefence of
Spithead."
SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN A BREWERY.—Ashock-
ing accident, attended with fatal results, occurred yesterday
morning, at Mr. Roberts's brewery, South-street, treen-
heys. A young man, named Richard Clements, was
engaged in whitewashing the ceiling of one of the u)per
rooms. On the floor below a man, named Thompson, vas
superintending the hoisting up a number of boxes. Har-
ing an unusual thumping noise, he was induced to look ul,
and, to his horror, perceived that Clements had been caught
by the stiaft of the hoist, and was being whirled round by
it. The engine was stopped as soon as possible, and the
poor fellow was extricated, his head and arms having been
beaten to pieces by dashing against the wall. He died be •
fore a surgeon could arrive.—Manchester Examiner.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—The Special Commission
for the trial of the persons accused as the perpetrators of
the recent outrages in the counties of Tipperary and Lime-
rick has been issued from the Hanaper office, but neither
the time at which the trials will commence, nor the judges
who will preside, are as yet known with certainty. All the
twelve judges are named in such commissions, and they,
by private arrangement, appoint two of their number. It
is considered probable that the du'y will devolve upon
Baron Deasy and Judge Fitzgerald. Fifteeß days must
elapse between the issuing of the precept to the sheriffs and
the opening of the commission, which cannot, therefore,
take place before the 12th or 13th of June. Yesterday
being the first day of Trinity Term the courts were opened
with the usual formalities. In the course of the day a
meeting of the benchers was held, at which Mr. O'Connor
Morris was appointed Professor of the Law of Real and
Personal Property, and Mr. J. A. Byrne Professor of Con-
stitutional and Criminal Law. Mr. Morris was called to
the Bar in 1854, having obtained a certificate of honour of
the first class at the Inns of Court in London in 1853, and
second class in classics at Oxford in 1844, and a schnlar-
ship there in IM4.
Private letters in London from America speak
of the more recent events as favourable to Confederates, and
also represent the anti-Northern spirit in the South as more
inveterate than ever. The Confederates had obviously
ceased to have any chance of success in districts within
reach of gunboats, and, by retreating in good order to the
interior of their own States,where there is no water cat riage,
where the roads are bad, and the population hostile to the
" invaders," they adopt the tactics which will best baffle
their opponents. Persons who have lately been at Rich-
mond report the population to be as one man in their intense
hoaietr Fr
ferocious. It is no great secret that M. Mercier,
the French Minister, came away from Richmond convinced
tste:l
uiof the North, and the women especially as being ab-
solutely
that the Seceders could only be brcught back into the Union
by being reduced to a state of slavery as absolute as that
of the blacks.

A WELSH TRAGEDY.—
About
shop About ten days ago the
wife of Mr. George Ward, a printer, in Welchpool, Mont-
gomeryshire, 'Was arrested on the charge of robbing a
in that town. The search which the police
made at her house resulted in the discovery of a large
quantify of stolen property, and further inquiries showed
that the robbery of this shop by the prisoner had been con-
ducted very systematically, and had been carried on for a
very long time. The police also took into custody the
mother of Mrs. Ward, who was charged with receiving
seine of this property knowing it to be stolen. Both pri-
soners were committed for trial, bail being taken for their
appearance. When Mr. Ward was made acquainted with
this he became very nervous and very desponding, the
shock being very great, inasmuch as he occupies a highly
respectable position in the town. On Tuesday the neigh.
bourhood in which they lived was aroused by the alarming
cries of his niece who lived with them. She ran out into
the street imploring assistance, as her uncle and aunt had
cut their throats. On the arrival of the neighbours it was
found that both.had dreadful wounds in their throats, and
the medical men give little hopes of their recovery. It is
believed that the man intended to murder his wife and then
cut his own throat afterwards.

We (Manchester Guardian) believe there is no
foundation fur the report connecting the name of Mr,
Massey, M.P., with the vacanoy caused at the War -office
by the death of Sir Benjamin EaWM

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

No further specie operations of importance have
taken place at the Bank of England, but it is
expected that another wit'ldrawal of £400,000 in
sovereigns will be effected next week in connection
with the Turkish Loan. There is a probability,
moreover, of the general efflux of specie being
augmented by the early despatch of a large supply
of gold to Spain. Under these circumstances many
parties anticipate a further increase in the rate of
discount.

At the Bank of England yesterday the transao•
tions in gold were unimportant.

The directors of the Recife and San Francisco
and Pernambuco Railway have made a further call
of £1 per share, payable on the 30th proximo.

An extraordinary meeting of the London and
Elackwall Railway Company has been called for
the 10th of Juno next, for the purpose of consider-
ing and determining upon the exercise of their
powers with reference to the raising of capital, the
cancelling of old and the creation of new shares, &c.

There was a much better inquiry for all descrip-
tions of cotton in the Liverpool market yesterday,
and prices advanced id per lb. The sales were esti-
mated at 8,000 bases.

At the first annual meeting to-day of the Malta
Gas Company, Mr. Edward Hawkins, jun., in the
chair, the directors' report referred to the progress
of the works in the town of Valetta, which are now
in efficient operation. It was the intention of the
directors to supply gas to the town of Corfu and
other places situated on the shores of the Mediter-
ranean, although for the present they would con-
fine their operations to Malta alone. A very eli-
gible site for new buildings had been purchased for
£1,860. It was proposed to set aside out of the
profits £l2O as a reserve fund to meet contingen•
ciei, and they also proposed carrying the balance
remaining after payment of the dividend, and of
the interest or dividends due to late proprietors, to
the credit of a fund for equalising dividends to be
called the " dividend fund," The chairman con-
cluded by proposing that the report and accounts
be adopted, and that a dividend at the rate of 6 per
cent. be declared. The motion was unanimously
adopted, and the directors who retired from office
'were duly re-elected.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1862. 1861.
Great Western £56,003 58,878
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 30,680 52,146
Bristol and Exeter
North-Eastern
Eastern Counties
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow ..a South- Western
Great Western of Cau.a.
These returns show an impurtant falling off
compared with the corresponding period last year,
Which, however, included the receipts of the Whit-
suntide holiday traffic. On the Eastern Counties
there is a decrease of £2,313; on the Great Wes-
tern, £2,875; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire,
£21,466 ; on the North Western, £4,872 ; on the
South Western, £333; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, £5,541; on the Midland, £5,860 ; on
the North Eastern, £6,820; on the Brighton,
.£3 677 ; and on the South Eastern, £1,646. The
Great Northern, however, shows an increase of
£741.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY .

Two O'CLOCK.

A moderate demand for discount accommodation
is reported in the discount market to-day, and full
rates are required by the joint-stock banks and
private firms.
A holiday is obierved on the Paris Bourse as
usual on Ascension-day.
The transactions in the English funds to-day
have continued on an extremely limited scale, but
quotations have again exhibited a firm appearance.
Consols h ave been 931 for money, and 921 less
the dividend, for the account, but this improve-
ment has not been supported, the latest quotations
showing a return to 931 1, and 92 924 respectively.
The New Threes and the Reduced are firm at 911 a ;
Exchequer Bills are 10s. to 14s. prem. ; Bank
Stock bas improved to 236; and India 5 par Cent.
to 1091 t.

Continued quietude prevails in the Foreign mar-
ket, and prices show scarcely any variation.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81; ditto, 1858, 691
701, ; ditto New Scrip is firm at 21 2 - prem.;
Egyptian 7 per Cents, steady at 11 prem.; Russian
5 per Cents. remain at 97i ; the New Scrip
at 1-, Q prep. ; Spanish Certificates are nominally
at 81 1.

The settlement of the half monthly account has
been Inc chief business transacted in the Rail-
way Share Market, and prices generally have
shovn a further slight decline. Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick)
hare receded I-, and Eastern Counties, Great West-
erns, and South Westerns,
The Foreign lines remain dull at about former
rates.

For the Colonial lines there has been a moderate
inquiry, and prices, in one or two instances, have
slightly improved.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinue inactive, at previous quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES
Bank Stock
3 per Cent- Reduced Annuities 9la 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 1
India stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Consols for Account,'June 10 . 92e
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1071 7
Exedequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent lO
iiitto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES,
Brazilian, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60
Bilenos Ayres 6 per Cent ..
2 quador New Consolidated
-Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
31k
Russ Portugnues perCentse 3 per Cent.
1822, 1853
97Z St ....... 41 5
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
Spanish
Ditto, 3
3 per Cent., 1862. Scrip
911
S • I per Cent ......
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ***************
?31801
Ditto 6 per Cent .1858
..
Ditto Account ************** 6794 70
................ Ditto 1862 (Scrip) .......
Ditto, Paid up Scrip ............. . 2
"ii?j 1 a
Dividends on the above .payable in London.63'
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, ex 251, 7Ol i
THREE O'CLOCIZ.
Consols, Money .... 931 i
Ditto Account

NOTHER GR.EAT 'I-ETV EL ROBBERY.

This morning another great jewel robbfiry was

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Bass a re;:

fe sal,

iscovered to have been committed on the premises
of Mr. Seeker, a jeweller, carrying on business in
High-street, Camden Town. The premises are
situated at the corner of Warren-street, and Mr.
Seeker hae not occupied the house for more than a
few weeks, although the jewellery trade has been
carried on there for many yee..rs by the late Mr.
Cassell. The value of
the
consisted of vin F stolen property, which
other articles, is estimated 'watches chains, bracelets, and
at over £l,OOO.
LICENS

'ED r.JecUPA.TIONS.—On the motion of Mr.
-tan has been made stat'ng the trades and pro-
.,,is that pay license duties. These taxes produce
above £1,500,000 a year, and the amount may in a few
years approach £2,000,000. The larger portioa is paid by
dealers in spirits, wine, and beer, and by brewers and malt-
aters. Dealers in tea, coffee, and pepper, and dealers in
tobacco and snuff pay a small annual sum ; makers of to-
bacco, soap, paper, vinegar, a large amount. There are
also licenses for horse-dealers and persons keeping horses
or carriages for hire. Attorneys are in the list, but not barristers ; and the other professions are not represented at
a:en:rankers' pawnbrokers, hawkers, pedlars, medicine
plate dealers are liable to this tax. Auc-
tioneers; Were brought under it when the auction duty was
taken off; thex Pa;
4,0 -
ahoyuesar, appraisers only £2. Thee
latest addition is that4of
list in 1861, and pay £2
a.leaer
.agenit; who came upon tthh
stamps on agreement to let furnishedange was made it e
considered necessary t, kee,,
theahouses, and was
curao!tentts under the view o
the Revenue department
miles the tax is the
Bartle whether a man does a large business or a small, but
in some there is a sliding scale.