The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-16 00:00:00

211 E CIVIL T AR IN AMERICA,

When our elder generation was young, it heard
sensible people say that the study of history was
not much worth to persons who were indifferent to
the making of history before their eyes. Those
were days when the affectation of refinement took
the form of dislike of politics, or other realities,
for the sake of a very dreamy sort of studies.
Sensible parents used then to say that they did
not see much good in reading history in books, if
the study of it in actual life was neglected and
despised. History so read became a mere novel,
or narrative poem, entertaining to the imagination
or fancy, but of little use to the understanding.
Since that time the character of history itself has
changed, and the means of observing passing
events have become enlarged beyond all compu-
tation. History now aspires not only to a philo-
sophical, but to something of a scientific charac-
ter; so that its nature as a study has entirely
changed ; and, again, the practical developments
of science make the observation of the present a
very different matter from what it was to a former
generation. We perceive this when we read the
lives, correspondence, despatchee, and oratory of
statesmen, soldiers, and men of letters in the reign
of George 111. It strikes us that news travelled
so slowly, rumours were so obscure, everything
was so cumbrous, that people really might find it
easier to read history in books than as it proceeded
pari passu with their own lives. How little we
knew of what was doing among our own soldiers
in the Peninsular war! How vague and dim was
the notion of what happened in the war between
us and the New England colonies ! What interest
we have since felt has been excited by the detailed
histories or fictions published in America. The
novelists and historians of America have shown us
much more than our fathers ever knew of that re-
volution and its workings.
Now that the second American revolution has,
after long and clear expectation, arrived, we are
able, if we choose, to see and understand it—to see
it in all its vividness, and understand it in all its
significance—without waiting till it is presented
in a book, or recorded for us by other faculties
than our own. If there is now any affectation
abroad which pretends to take no interest in
current events, let it declare on its honour
whether it can show, in any modern book, a nar-
rative or a picture more serious, more instructive,
or in any way more valuable, as history, than such
news of the day as the following. The incidents
all took place last month; and if they read like a
narrative of events of ninety years ago, so much the
better.
President Lincoln and his Secretary of State
issued a call f©r 75,000 men to defend his Go-
vernment, in entire uncertainty as to what would
follow. There is no longer any doubt that the
promise of " the enemy" was to take and burn
Washington, to take Philadelphia, and to march
upon New York, confident of an eager and joyful
reception there, as saviours of the trade of the
port with the South. Such was the situation.
The President saw that no course but resistance
was possible ; but he had no means of knowing,
or conjecturing, whether the necessary force was at
his command. In old days we should not have
known till long after what the answer was ; but
now all the particulars are within reach of those
who choose to inquire.
The response from all parts of the Free States
was that he had not demanded half enough. If
he had asked for a quartsr of a million, or half,
or a whole million of men, he should have had
them, with all the appliances and means that they
could bring. The details show whether this was
big talk or reality. The North-West is not so
accessible for a near view as the Atlantic States ;
but we know that the North-West has actually
raised and equipped four times the number asked ;
that the citizens cffer to swarm down the Mis-
sissippi, and undertake that New Orleans shall
not be mischievous. In fact, they hold the exist-
ence of New Orleans in their hand ; for they could
lay the city under water any day by letting loose
the floods from above. Baltimore lies under a kin-
dred liability from its dependence for supplies on
the dam of the Susquehanna. In case of need that
dam could be tapped. But the New England
States are the most interesting study, not only be-
cause Massachusetts was the first ready, but be-
cause the whole course of conduct reminds us that
the people are Sons of the Pilgrims.
It was not exactly the Fiery Cross that was sent
through the country ; but it was something as
rapid and as effectual. On the arrival of the
telegram at any station, some man leaped on his
horse and rode through village and hamlet till his
horse dropped, and another took up the message.
In those rural settlements the citizens had for years
been singing hymns in their evening meetings, vow-
ing their readiness to go forth against the sin and
curse of the land in any way and at any moment
that should be appointed them. Many of these met
the horsemen as they were returning from the field,
or the workshop, or the boat. Their township ought
to send so many to the war ; the last train would
start within half an hour. They laid down their
tools, or gave them into the charge of bystanders,
trusted that those who could not go to-night
would bring on their clothes to morrow, and
started as they were—some with the soil of the
furrows on their feet, and others with the marks of
their toil on their hands. When such men as these
were marching through the towns afterwards, the
shopkeepers ran out as they passed, accosting them
with, " Anything that you want P" "Anything
that we can furnish you with P" The muddy boots
then disappeared, and everything rusty was made
new ; and all knapsacks and pockets were filled
with comforts and means of buying them. Bread
was baked daily in Boston, and forwarded in hun-
dreds of barrels, lest supplies should fail ; but in
every company there was a baker, who would look to
that matter, for flour was always to be had every-
where. At the first rumour of scarcity there was
such a turn out of plenty as defied all calculation.
There is no seeing the end of the provisions offered
all across the land, from the ports to the great
rivers. An eminent clergyman, of grave repute
for his conservatism, called upon the ladies from
his pulpit to come in the afternoon with their
thimbles and work-baskets. Shirts and other
clothing were instantly wanted for the gathering
soldiery; and in the vestries the women have been
sewing and preparing hospital apparatus ever since.
The clergy seem to be very like those of the
olden time. One offered himself as chaplain to a
regiment, provided it marched through Baltimore
after the collision there. To . march through
Baltimore, and efface the disgrace of any
impediment to access to Washington, was the
enthusiasm of the hour. The first company that
went on that perilous service was not delayed for
a moment by mothers, wives, or sisters ; there was
no hope of more than half coming back ; and the
horrors of war were already felt in their homes.
Nothing was heard of them for days. They had got
through safely ; and how P The dandy regiment
of New York, " the curled darlings" of the ball-room,
had new laid the rails for them,and built up bridges,
and renewed the wires, with their own dainty hands.
Archbishop Hughes has floated the national flag from
his great Catholic cathedral in New York ; and the
Episcopalian Bishops have forwarded the arma-
ment with all their influence. So have the German

pastors, and the Italian, French, and Irish priests.
Regiments of all these nations are out on service :
and in the great squares of the cities there are plat-
forms at the corners, where every man may hear
speaking in his own tongue. The theme is the
same everywhere; but it is treated of in all the
languages of Europe. Still, the old Puritan scenery
comes up—the most interesting, however grand
the rest may be. The burning of the ships is heard
of with hurrahs. They will buy sbips enough. It
is an article which money will buy. Meantime,
there lies one in the bay, empty and unprepared,
while the General wants to embark his troops
at an hour's notice. Is there any man who will
undertake to sail her ? Fifty men step forward
from the ranks. They are Marble-headed fisher-
men, turned soldiers that morning, and now turned
sailors. One feels particularly at home in the ship,
as his father built her. But her engines are out of
order : is there any man who can throw light upon
that ? A man undertakes to make all right. He
made the engine, and will answer for her good
conduct when properly treated. In a trice they
are off, with all they want, and cheers follow-
ing them as they turn out of harbour. Coun-
try schoolmasters and mistresses offer a per
centage of their salaries towards the expenses. The
old men handsomely equip the young. The hotel-
keepersand station masters will take no pay for
soldiers
or nurses. Each township takes charge of
the families of volunteers at present, and always, if
the father or widow's son does not come back.
Medical and military commissioners are examining
nurses, and appointing them to their duties. The
amount
' of industry developed is as marvellous as
tiliartseogf every sort of wealth.
But how is it, all the while, with the cause and
occasion of the war ?
Not much is known from the far South. What
is known is that the ships which did not aid Major
Anderson were bound for Fort Pickens, under
orders to carry their reinforcements there, and that
they have succeeded in their object. It is known
that negroes have escaped over the Pennsylvania
frontier to the value, as chattels, of millions of
dollars; and that all claims of search off the coast
are resisted. If invasion is menaced in consequence
the threat is met by an invitation to come and see
what is to be seen in the North. It is known that
there are offers of aid in Mr. Lincoln's hand, of
such variety and force that, if accepted, the sec, ded
States would find themselves "fitted with an iron
shroud." No glign are yet apparent of hostile move-e

ments from the South; and one incident looks as if
there might be none after all. The latest cry sent
forth is that the South will resist "subjugation.
All the menace having come from the Secessionists,
this change of ground looks like retreat. Mary-
land, meantime, reverts to the Union, as soon as
the question is submitted to the people at large►
and Virginia is pledged to allow no enemy to ap-
proach Washington through her territory. Till
it is known where the Secessionist force is, and
what it proposes to do, no prophecy can be ven-
tured as to what will happen next ; but if public
spirit and unanimity in the presence of danger to
the national honour, can bring the aggressors to
a sense of their own position, there is reason to
hope that the conflict will be more moral than
military, after all. The one certainty is that there
must be a real settlement of the Slavery question,
by whatever means it is reached. The people of
the Free States will take care that the revolution
which has been forced upon their country sb all not
be an abortion. They must be no less careful that
their constitution never again contains any com-
promise or evasion which must issue in future re-
volution. But it is an early day yet for such
speculation and moralising.—.Daily News.

LOSS 0.1 THE GLASGOW STEAMSHIP
UNITED STATES.

The screw steamship United States, from Glas-
gow for Quebec, was wrecked on Bird Rocks on
the 25th ult. The crew of the United Statos were
brought to Liverpool yesterday by the Jura. The
following is the statement of the captain of the
United States :

" At nine o'clock on the evening of the 2.5 th we
sighted St. Paul's light, and steered for the Bird
Rocks, which we sighted at twenty minutes past
one, almost right ahead. Our course was altered
so as to come to a proper berth. After the vessel
had passed the Great Bird Rock, judging that
we were at least two miles from the island, I
ordered the vessel to be steered for Channel-course,
then abreast of the Small Bird Rocks. She
struck on the very outer edge of the reef,
thongh I believe she was at least a mile outside
of it. There was nothing in the water whic h indi-
cated that there was a reef or a shoal there. The
vessel had all the sails set at the time when she
struck. I had the sails taken in, and for 16►alf an
hour the vessel made no water. We bacled the
engines, but she would not come off, and they were
stopped again. At this time the wind began to
freshen into a gale from the S.E., the sea r o,se, and
the ship began to strike heavily, so the boats were
got out and the passengers ordered up from below.
They were got safely into the boats, which Irept by
the leeward of the ship for shelter until the day-
light. _ _

" The bark Maranham, Captain Emersorn, then
hove in sight. Signals were shown to her, and
she came straight for the wreck. I then boarded
her in my own boat, and asked the captain to
take on board my passengers and crew. He at
once consented. I then returned to the w reek to
take off the remainder of the passengers and crew,
and see that there was no one left. One of the
boal,s with passengers drifted away, and was lost
sight of for a time, but when the rest were put on
board search was made for her, and she was found.
We then mustered the passengers and crew (there
were 87 passengers, of whom 78 were ste,erage),
and found them all except David Dunlop, a steer-
age passenger from Glasgow. We saved little or
no baggage, as by this time the sea was x unning
high and dashing over the ship, which had fallen
over on her beam ends. Before leaving •rave had
tied down the ensign which had been at her mast."

TILE DISPUTE IN T IHE BUILDING

TRADE.

At a meeting of the masons held last 'week it
was resolved that a proposition should be rude to
the masters that they would accept Cs. per day at
the present working hours for the first five days of
the week, with 3s. for Saturday, leaving work at
12 o'clock. This has also been agreed to by the
bricklayers ; and though the other three b:ranches
—viz., the carpenters, plasterers, and painters--
have not formally fallen in with the proposal, on
inquiry at their central- committee it is understood
they will not oppose the plan if acted upon. The
proposal has been favourably received by some of
the masters, one of whom (Mr. Moore) has written
to the masons' society approving of it as a fair pro-
posal, and one which he would recommend the
masters to carry out. The number of men now on
the lock-out fund is about the same as last. week;
for although many of those then out have since ob-
tained employment, their places have been filled by
those men who turned out from Mr. Garnmom's yard
on Saturday last.

Should the proposed arrangement fall through,
it is intended by the central committee to call e
general meeting of the trade in a few days, to de-
termine what further steps shall be pursued. With
respect to Mr. Clements, who it was asserted last
week had adopted the new system of payment, one
of his men who brought up the shop contributions
to the central committee assured them that the firm
had made no alteration, but the men worke don the
old system.

We are requested to state that there will be a
large gathering of volunteer corps, under Lord Ranelagh,
in Regent's-park next Monday at half-past four o'clock.
Lord Radstock, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Colville, Colonel
Money, Major Roupell, the Hon. T. Bruce, awl several
other commanding officers, with the consent of their dif
ferent corps, have promised to attend, and a sham fight
will probably be organised. Further accounts will be
published on Saturday. Any small corps that may feel
inclined to take part in the proceedings is requested to
communicate with one of the commanding officers above
named, who will at once make arrangements with Lord
Ranelagh for its being allotted to some of the regular
battalions.

INTERNATIONAL fy XHIBITION OF 1862.—The
guarantee fund up to last night exceeded £IOO,OOO, and
further subscriptions to it are expected. The building for
the Exhibition is proceeding most satisfactorily, and the
demands for space by intending exhibitors pour in daily to
an extent far exceeding what was ever contemplated.
THE BISHOPRIC OF MELANESIA.—Another colo-
nial bishopric has been founded, and the Rev. John Cole-
ridge Patteson, M.A., of Merton College, Oxford, eldest
son of the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Patteson, has been ap-
pointed the first bishop. The diocese comprises the western
islands of the Pacific. The ceremony of consecration was
performed on the Feast of St. Matthias by the Bishops of
New Zealand, Wellington, and Nelson, at St. Patin;
Church, Auckland. Mr. Patteson has been for some years
past an active missionary in the Polynesian Islands.
IN RE EDWIN JAMES.—Mr. Edwin James, the
eminent Queen's counsel, has filed a petition for arrange-
ment under what is commonly known. as "The Gentle-
man's Act" (7 and 8 Vic., cap. 70). The learned gentle-
man describes himself as late of Berkeley-square, and now
of Dr. Johnson's-buildings, Temple. Protection in the
usual form was given, and the sth of June was appointed
for the first sitting. The liabilities of the learned gentle-
man are currently stated at £90,000.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ISLINGTON.--ESCAPE OF
FOURTEEN PERSONS.—Yesterday morning, between the
hours of one and two o'clock, a destructive fire broke out
on the premises of Mr. J. Gordon, coffee-house-keeper, No.
3, Peter-street, Islington. The discovery was made by the
police on duty. At the time of the outbreak no less than 14
persons were soundly sleeping in the house, but by great
good fortune they were all rescued. Owing to the prompt
attendance of the engine the fire was extinguished, but not
till the house was nearly destroyed.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, May 14.--The coal ports
are now full of shipping, the arrivals of vessels since Friday
having been very large indeed. Great activity prevails, and
some of the vessels that reached the Tyne on Saturday are
now laden and ready for sea. Coal freights to London have
dropped down to about ss. 9d. per ton. The Customs' re-
turns of the north-east ports of the trade of April are much
more favourable than was anticipated. Newcastle exported
226,829 tons of coal and 14,704 tons of coke, against 169,886
tons of coal and 9,716 tons of coke in April, 1660 ; Sunder-
land exported 118,737 tons of coal in April, as against
91,651 in 1860; the Hartlepools, 56,656, as against 45,830
tons; Middlesborough; 13,211, against 8,563 tons; and
Seaham, 4,432, against 2,967 tons. Newcastle sent 143,436
tons of coal to London and coastwise in April ; Sunderland,
130,137; and the Hartlepools, 92,043 tons. The increase
in the value of goods other than eoal and coke exported
from the Tyne was £36,511; the Hartlepools, £37,531;
and Middlesborough, £9,511.

THE PRIMROSE HULL TRAGEDY.—Pursuant to
a warrant received from Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy coroner
for the western division of Middlesex, Murray, the sum-
moning officer, on Tuesday made the necessary arrange-
ments, as the law directs in cases of felo de se, for burial of
the body of the wretched Robert Goreing, who wilfully,
feloniously, and with malice aforethought (in the language
of the verdict), destroyed himself on the top of Primrose-
hill, on the 4th inst , under peculiarly romantic circum-
stances, as already published in our columns. The dis-
tressing, but happiiy somewhat rare, Ceremony of burial
took place between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock in
the night. Shortly after nine o'clock the remains were re-
moved from the St. Pancras dead-house by the men em-
ployed by Murray, and under his directions, and torches
having bee' procured they directly 'proceeded to the place
where the body was to be buried, in the unconsecrated por-
tion of the parish cemetery, at Finchley at midnight.
The grave was ready and the body thrust therein, and
covered over without any usual religieus ceremony what-
ever, in compliance with the stern requirement of the law
in cases of self-murderers. This sad termination of the
deplorable tragedy created some excitement among the
deceased's friends and relations, and though a few of the
former were present they were not permitted to take any
part the proceeding.

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ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharel - , Railways. Paid. Price. Business done
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Done stk Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind No 95 96 Business 100 (Atlantic &St Lawrence all 65 68
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Railways. I Paid.' Price.
Mary- RISE IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. Share]
------___. Gu. 5 per cent
18 Do, Do. B all - - d
s soon as An advance of 1 per cent. has been made to-day
50 Belfast and Batlymena all -8 •-; 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 55 d
at large, in the minimum rate of discount, which now stands 13.14 Bir., Wol ,and Str. Val. all
81 1813
stock !Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 201 Do., New
Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 80
all - -
10 Do. Preference .... . all 6 7
ny to ap- at 6 per cent. The tendency of affairs during the 25 'Blyth and Tyne all - -
ry.. Till• 100 f 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
last few days must have prepared the public for
e is, and stock Bristol and Exeter
100 961 D 7 9431 7 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 65 70
this announcement, and the steadiness of the Funds stock Caledonian
10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co allloo
976
917
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70
lbe ven- 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' all 5 55
if public after the measure became known shows that, on the - -
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.). 2s. - -
Blrock. &Passage all - _
20 Cape Town & Dock ScriP 10 li 1 d
Langer to Stock Exchange at least, it was fully anticipated. 20 'cork, '
20c1.00
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20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 4pr n
remora to The commercial community, however, also expected I Lit gets - - 171 Demerara all
10 ID° A 1 uutii 6pc peran. all -
reason to2o Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 15 1 6 d 145
the movement, and conoequently obtained all the 10 Do 81, hasbeeni si. toB stock East Indian, gu. sp. e. 100 991 1001 964 4
nal than 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all - -
accommodation they required at once, lest they
hat there 25 Dun., Perth, • • unc a
50 Dublin & BezzlfasAbt lune all 481 438 i
100 165 174 20 Do. Jubbulpore all -
100 Do. 44 pc. Deoentrs all 97 99
question, should have to pay higher rates after the weekly ;took East Anglian
stoct Eastern Counties lOO 41 50 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864,. all 98/ 991
people of Court of Directors• stock ,astern Union, A stock 100 38 40 38f 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 985 995
do B do 100 27 29
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sh all not 25 Do Na, A, late EU3ds. 131 - -
100 - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 65 68 .05
100 Do. 2cl Pref, 6 per et. all 55 60
has been the renewal of specie shipments to Ame- stock East Suffolk
.•eftil that stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 82 84 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 36 38 36
com-
rica, which have not only trenched upon the stock
stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 275 285 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all- 44 47 41
futyre re- of bullion, but have also stimulated the demand for
an
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 33 36 33
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stock Furness ,.. • 00 - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 33 36
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for such money, because it engendered the impression that stook Glasg. and S. Western 100 101 111 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 965 en 97 61
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 125 127 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... lO Id 4 d 95
fresh restrictions would be the result. stock Great Northern lOO 109 110 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim)
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100 130 132 MI it 20 Do, do. all d
:M.SHIP Bank of England yesterday, and no withdrawa.l 8 stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 105 107 205 Gt. W, ofCanada Shares all 14 111 11
stock Great Western .„..„. 100 701 715 701 201 Do. New .. .. , . .... 18 91 91 tB4
were reported. .
sty` IDo Str Val gua. stock. 100 60 02 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 100
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after a long discussion, to liquidate the estate instock
stock i,..incashiro & Yorkshire 100 1034 109 1081 4
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stock j Do. Indus. St. Flo.. J,l 100 92 94
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FOREIGN RAILWAYS,
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Cotton Market yesterday, and prices experienced 20 Beaters to Graissessac.. all - - 3re . The stock De A. stk ; A recs no d. a
Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 11 12
when she a further slight decline. The sales - -
100 Co_piapo . . all - - I
r lbtalf an bales.stock Nth. Eaatzmt-Berwick) 100 1015 102 1025
untilnol3 6optcochta s
.b.:en.
e:pd..B:
10 Ditto Extension ~.. all 35 211 8
Lek ed the 25 Dodo,
A meeting took place to-day of the proprietorsloo 5S so 20 Eastern of France .... all 225 234
hey were stock Do Leeds .. -... •••• • • • • 100 t 194 SO 904 591 20 Grand toe Guar. 6p. c. al - - d
of the Provincial Bank of Ireland-Sir Minto Far- stock Do London,... - -
be gan to North 'l
5 -
r o,se, and quhar, Bart., M.P., in the chair-when a very 10 Do new - 20 Great Central of France all - -
19.16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 4/ 4 1 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 61 7 64
)at s were satisfactory report was read and unanimously 30 Italian Junction - -
Im below. adopted. The net profits on the 30th March stock Not. ~.,, Grantham Rail..
l 10 N. ands. W. ,Tunction ..
~
........
1011
7494
71601
20 Lierre & Turnhout , all - -
fl li:ept by were £119,388, and the usual dividend at the ratea 2010 Rhymney . all - - 20 Lyons & Geneva. -
20 ',Namur & Liege ..... • •
Portsmouth
the day- of 20 per cent. per annum was declared payable in
st 10 feebles ..., .... - „ ...... all - -
sSefotttiNshE-C.e:nA. all - - 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. , „ .... all 194 204
stock stock l6 orthern of France.... all 385 391
July next.l6 o. New Shares ..... 15 - b
sorn, then 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref.. all 8 9 11
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... 100 85 87
lop 46 48 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 364 374
her, and
to this day, are in round figures as under :- stock Shropshire Uni0n......
all - - 20 Paris & Orleans all 63 65
ibraeri. stock 101 13134 144
h
1 hoarded 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer.
20 I Recife & S. Fran, (Perm)
aptain to 25 S.-Durham & Lane. fin. 224 - i gua. 7_p. et. 1im.... • • 17 41 4 d p,
1861. 1860. stock South Devon ...... .. 100 39 41
'. He at Great Western stock South Eastern ........ 100 791 80 20 Riga & Dunaburg lB.B. -
....20 Royal Danish all 13 14 bl
w reek to North-Western
93 05 5 Royal Swedish ... . all - lc
South-Western , 85,554 83,900 stock S. fork. and River Dun 100
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - _
and crew, 18,290 17,569 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7
Brighton . 25 Stockton & Darlington all 395 404 20
7)llmbre & Meuse .- - all 51 6
Ina of the Midland .........
. 15,323 14,939 11 91 104 p 10 o. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 88 54
I was lost South-Eastern ' 36,586 38,974 25 Do (16.•
25 Do New (1860)
, 3 56 6 p 20 an Paulo, lim,x. 7p. c. 4 If lid 25 1
18,856 19,676 stock Taft-Vale ... -•.•-. 100 - - 20 '.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 16 1 p
re put on Great Northern 23,563 25,617 stock Do Pref. No 1.. lOO - - 20 Southern of France.... all 22 23 IX
ma found. Lancashire and Yorkshire - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 4 - _ ki
evir (there Bristol and Exeter 6,192 6,655 50 Ulster ••
North-Eastern 25 Do 20 2 3I) 10 Do. 5510. c. Preference,. all •94 9* th
ste!erage), 38,393 39,261
,M,_anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
~ 2 d p 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 204 215 at
1, a steer-•
West
West Midland - .. 6 -
th
d little or
e r e at iivT7,loB
Southern and Western of Ireland 8691 6,980 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim.. all 115 111 20 Western of Switzerland all -
6 :Wiesbaden - _ hi
Edinburgheru
nst e andkra ofo
fC
ca Glasgowan
Canada
Canada
8,288 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
I running 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... all I
Grand 20 Zealand - -
all ‘ - - TI
Lad fallenrnwall ...: ... ! 1
6,584 6,426 50 Waterford & Limerick. 1
all
54-
6-
15,012 13,716 20 West Co
81
20 West L0nd0n..........; all -
BRITISH MINES, "we had . 9,422 8,619
10 Do Ist class ........ all - -
m!
Ler mast." These returns show, in some instances, a slight 20 Do 2d class . ~ .. all - - - !Alitia-Consols(rhilack), 3.2.1-0 11 25
i 20 !British Iron
elprovement, althou h the lines in the manufac-
g stock liraenB7lßaaritllepool Haibr ,
...! 100 - ,Clifford 1 nil 170 180
DING taring districts continue to exhibit the effects of stock West Midland-Oxford) 100 46 48 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist )! 1 350 360
sto•9c Do. Newport 100 39 41 - ,East Bassett (Illogan) 130 974 1025
Cl
the dullness in trade. On the Great Western there stock Do. Hereford 100 82 85 - East Caradon .- .. 12.11,6 25 213 251 6 Se
is au increase of £1,905 ;on the North Western, of - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 61 65 Pi
t 'week it - Gam.dStAubyn(Gwen.) 54/ 15 17 Pi
e made to £1,654 ;on the South Western, of L 721 ; the PREFERENCE SHARES. - 'Great South Tolgus.... 17s 35 tli Ci
Brighton, of £384 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, - (Great Ala (Mack) 13.9.6, 5 / Se
)er day at - G. Wheal Vor (Helston)l 40 5i 6
7e days of of 41,096; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, of £158; 1 ,
i
'Paid Closing Business - Grenvillej , 6.2.6 224
- 111er0d'5.F00t......., 8.12 19 41 48
Pork at Share!
the Grand Trunk of Canada, of £1,296 ; and the I Rarlways.
Price. Done. - Hingston, Downs 4.11.6 224 24
to by the Great Western of Canada, of £BO3. On the Mid- - - Lady Bertha
branches land there
Eastern, of
is a decrease of £2,388 •; on the South 25 Mythe and Tyne 10 per .... Margaret (LJny Lelant) 91 51 f 3
- .North Downs 24 4 45 13(
minters--
£B2O the stock fsris.
c. pref. (issued at ~esf, all - - - North Frances (Illogan) 114 44 41 . St
and the North Ea;
posal, on
sternG,
of £B6B,
Northern of £2,054 ; & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 - - - ,N.Wli'l Baseet (1110 ;an) 1.4.0 4/ 55 Cs
The London2o Do. do. do. Shares - - - !North Wheal Crofty .. 9.18.9 75 85 Pi
mi erstood
stock Caledon £lO, 44 percent 190 100 102 - ;Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 9 04
10ri. The and
'Westminsterstock Do. Char. Shares, No. 2. 100 - -
20 !Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 39 41
Bank have mod'-- ISortridge Cons. Min. Cod 1 1 f
y some of fled their terms
for
of
mordeposits, viz., to 41 per cent. 65 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all
20 Cornwall. 5 per cent. - 21- - ISouthCaraclon(StCleer) 15 295 305
La written for amounts
cent, for smaller sue 65 IDun.Perth&Aber.Jtur all 51 6 - S. Carr Brea (Illogan).. 41 2 3
I :fair pro-math. anTfesooo,thaenrd
btaonk3El3
apnedr 14 IDo Ist Class Pref all - - IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. ~ all i is
stock
DL.OA. ndogneClalassasßAS7p&c.sp...c
stock '- S.Wheal Fran. (Illoge,n):18.18.9' 130 135 fol
ne nd the the private
establishments
have not yet announced 1001 10899 113101 - Stray Park 24.8.0 35 37 8d
,n now onstock 'Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 105 108 5 I Tamar Silv.& Lead Alin 45 14 25 35
any change, stock E. 'Coun. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 100 108 110 10 ;Tin Croft 9 5 51
Ist, week ;
The English Stock Market is ve stock Do. do. No. a 100 106 108 - ;Vale of Towel, (Carm.)' 13s fd 4 1 I
1 Since 013- stock Do. New 6 per et stock. 100 122 124 - 'West Basset (Illozan)..1 15 175 18/ fat
). filled by . the rise in the rate of discount
has not had an
17 quiet, and stock Eastern Union, 4 per et 100 80 82
stock I Do. 5 percent - - - iIV. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 69 71
- West Seton
581
10(n's yard effect upon quotations, Consols being y stock guar...Edin..llas.s3.e.shaes 100 109 111
stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 - Wheal Basset (Illogan)I 51 95 100
- Wheal Buller(Redruth),' 5 105 115 4d
money, and 911- 92 forthe account. 9Tllet-for
through,
Threes remain at 89a ;--,7- •; the Reduced are heavy stock g din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 i 7
New stock I Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - Wheal Edward (Cals. ,71 1/ 2
- Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant , 1.7.2 91 105 req
too calla
atB9a •1 ; India Stock has advanced to stock jGlas.& S. W 100 - - - Wheal Mar Ann (Men. 8 12 13 het
y's, to de" - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)', 7 16 18 , 171 lan
eti. With 226 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan to 101: 1 • and
2241 and stock Do.sp.c.Redmes.t,.lgo.ap..sc.pPmm.
,2 100 110 112
stock IGreat Northern, sp. ct. 100 113 11.5
FOREMN MIAS.
stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do.
chequer Bills are steady at 6s. to 2s. dis:
.n-ted last Ex- 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 20 Australian
Intent, one Foreign Securities have been in limited request, 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf all - - 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim 17.6 i d * f to
stock j Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 499 20 'Brazil St. J. del Rey,Lim 15 33 34
tributions p. et pref. stock.... 1 100 97
5 IDo.Land and Mining Co. all 4 15
and prices, in 50 ,eat West. (Berke and 1 ,Clarendon Cons.lllinCo. / - dim.
t the firm some instances, have shown less firm-
ea on the Bess. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 703 7 Hants) Ext. sp. et... 6 - -
4 .11 ; ditto stock t-o. Redeemable, 44 p.et 100 98 100 40 ,Cobre Copper all 39 41 f
- ICopiapo ... l6 7 9 do,
. 1858, 551 56; ditto £lOO Bonds remain at 59 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 89 91 1 !DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 4 Tr.
. stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 90 92 91
Mexican are depressed at 22!4- 23 ; Portuguese at stock Do. 5 p.a. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103 2 li'ortuna.
-
will be a 47:1; Sardinian at 811 • and Dutch 4 , per Cents. 8 Do. Dirm. Pref. Shares. all 91 10 94
10 Gt.w
R. Ches. 8 p.c. /Ash. all 17 18 20 General all 24 25
2 :Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 5p clo
Ranelagh, at 991. 10 Do. do. sp. et. pre all 105 102 15 Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 11 11 p 21, pei
. . ._ *their rl,-, Txt..”„ -.-- . . .- . _ la IT :.......... .11 ox n I -

will be -ii
R anelagb,
ur o'clock.
[le, Colonel
nil several

their dif-
b.am fight
te will be
t may feel
)gruested to
Leers above
with Lord
le regular

In the Railway Share Market a rather heavy,
tone has prevailed, owing to the unfavourable cha-
racter of the traffic returns. Great Westerns have
receded 55.; Great Northern, North Western, and
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire and North Eastern (Berwick),
ss, ; and Brighton and Midland, £1; Caledonian
improved ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been dealt
in to a limited extent, and quotations have shown
little change of importance. South Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian realise 16 to 161 ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 1911 20; Great Western of Canada, 11;
East Indian, 100 to 1001 ; and Great Indian Penin-
sula, 97 to 971.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continued at about former prices. London Joint
Stock improved to 32 ; Bank of Australasia brought
611 to 611 ; Crystal Palace, 311 ; and Peninsular
and Oriental Steam have declined to 72.

E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c.
Do. do. Class B 6 p.c....
Do. do. Class C 7 p.c....
E. 'Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I
Do. do. No. 01
Do. New 6 per et stock.
Eastern Union, 4 per et.
Do. 5 per cent guar...
Edin.ArGlas.sp.e. shares
Do. 4 p. c. gua. S. & D.
g din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.
Furness, 5 per cent ....
Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
Great Northern, 5 p. ct.
Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm
Do. 44 p. c. do. do.
Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm
Gt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pr.
JGt.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4
p. et, pref. stock
teat West. (Berke and
Hants) Ext. 5 p. et
fjo. Redeemable, la p.ct
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et
Da. Irredeemable, do
Do. 5 p.a. Redeem. Pref
Do. Itirm. Pref. Shares
Gt. R. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh
Do. do. sp. et. pref
Do Birnm.guar. stock
Do. Chester gna. shares
Do. do. do.

Do. do. do.
Lan. & Carl. 4 pc. pref
Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock
Do.BarneLstXs3s 10d pc
Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) • .
Lon.& P,rig. 5 pc.gn. No.l
Do. 5 p. c. No. 2
Do. ua. 6p. c.
Do. do. sf. c. No. I
Do. do. 4 per cen‘.
Do. do. 4 p. c. shares..
Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock.
Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.)
Do.4p.c.S.(div.ilettil '65)
Do. 4 per cent. Pre
Lon. Chat. and Dover..
Do.W. rceiv. no div.
Ex.A til6p cispdon
Do. B B. & Brom ex.
Do. Metropolitan Ex B
Lon. and N.W. Coy. and

98 100
89 91
90 92
01 103
9i 10
17 18
101 10f
74 76
20 21
10 10i
15 jsi

5 i
1 1
28'2.8}

Australian
BonAccord Copper,Lim.
Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim
IDo.Land and BliningCo.'
,Clarendon Cons.lllinCo
,Cobre Copper
I Copiapo
Dunlioun. Cop. Ming. Co
Fortuna.
General
:Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr
Kapitnda (Limited)
!Linares

ILusitanian
IMs.riqui ca
'N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L
Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi
Mining and Smelt
Port Philip
(Scottish Austrin. (L.)
United Mexican
IWorthing (Limited)
Do .

all
128.6 d

all
1
108.
all
all

lf
d *
33 34
a
39 41
7 9
a a
2f 3
24 25
lf p
81 9
id fp
a 4
i id

3 5

1 ict
5} 51
i i

113 115
113 115
137 140
113 115
101 103

stock
stock
stock
stock
stock
10/

M.—The
10,000, and
uilding for
r, and the
in daily to
aced.

JOINT-STO,

10
stock

L5O 155
128 131
71 74

titer eolo-
rohn Cole-
ord, eldest
s been ap-
he western
ration was
Bishops of
St. Faun;
some years
ads.

stock
stock
2s. Gd.

!K B.

ANKS,

AgraetUnitedService Bk
Australasia ...
Bank of Egypt
I Bank of London
Bank of Turkey
British North American
iChtd.Bank of India, &c.
IChiger. of In. Lon.& Ch.
City
Colonial .....
Corn. Bank of Canada..
Commercial of London.
Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch..
Gen. Bk .of Switzerland
Lon. Char.Bkof Austral
Do. new
London and County
London Joint Stock
London and S.African
London & Westminster
Nat. Prov. of England .
Do. new ........
,0 'National Bank

82 84
61 62
18 19
52 54
1} id

85 87

I all
all

Nuneaton, 5 p. ct
Lon. t S.W, 7 p. ct. stock
Do. 44 per cent
Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns
of 2s. 6d
Londondy. & Cole. sh
Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh
Man. Sh. tizLin. 6 per et'
Do. £6
Do. 31 per cent
Do. redeem. 6 percent
',laryport & Car., 4 p. C
Do. 45 per cent.
Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock
Do.Con.Bris. & Bin 6 p.c
Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock
Do. 45 per cent
Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st
Novak 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1845
Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do 1847
Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47
North British, 5 p. o.
Do. New, gm 5 p. c
Do. Bor. Trn. g. pf. shs
Do. do. do
Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co.
N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c.
Do. 45 p c. redeemable
I Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref
I Do. Benvielc, 4 p.c. Pref
Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1848
Do. York, H. &S. Purch
North Staffordshire
Rhymney Guaranteed
Scottish Central, new pt
!Scottish North-Eastern
35 p. c. pref. stock
Do.Aberdeen,gua.Gp.c
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
(Do. Fixed 45 per cent.
South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0.6)
Do. 45 per cent.
Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Ist is.
I South Wales, gua. 4 p. c.
Do. 44 per cent.
Do. 5 per cent'
5.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gni a
[Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c.,
Do. B 6 nor cent..... .t 4
I Do. C 6 per cent
Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.
wavria -oxt Ist Gua stk
Do. 2d do

12i
12i
stock

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
. 233
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
91/ 891 I
1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5; lndia Stock .. .. 226 /4/
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 2O dis
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, June 6 .. 92 1
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d.
Ditto £500
Ditto Small

inest, the
r arrange-
Le Gentle-
ed gentle-
', and now
ion in the

appointed
ed gentle-

FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 3.. 881
.
Mexican 3 per Cent 22i 3
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853.
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859....
Sardinian 5 per Cent. . Bl3
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account

Consols' Money . . THREE4 CILOCK.
Ditto Account 9l/ '2

Despatches were sent from tho Colonial-office
yesterday to the Governor of Canada.

stock

- -
Colonel Gawler, had an interview with the Duke
of Newcastle yesterday. Mr. L. Mackinnon had also an
interview with his Grace at the Colonial-office.
COUNT TELERI.---In some parts of Hungary it is
still suspected that Count Teleki was murdered, but no dis-
passionate person can doubt that he committed suicide.
He purchased the case of pistols, one of which was found
near his dead body, but three days before his docease, and
oonneth:
his9th instant he said to a little girl, the daughter of
friends, " Look at me well, for you will never
see me bgain.,,
We are happy to learn that the rumour which
office of Private Secreta
prevailed recently of Air. wa
the
to ldegrave's resignation of the
ry
Waldegrave will continuein the office, the duties
Speaker nc on
of which
to t Mr.ieh
he discharges in a manner so
to the public. satisfactory to the house and
A special commission has been formed, with
Prince Napoleon as President, to organic measures for
sending French productions to the Universal Exhibition
in London in 1802. The members are M. Rouher, Count
de Persigny, Marshal Count Vaillant, M. Tholivenel, M.
Achille Fould, M. Drouyn de Lhuys, M. Schneider, M.
Merimee, M. Michel Chevalier, Baron Gros, M. Arles-
Dufour, M. Leplay, and M. Gervais (de Caen).
FAILURE IN THE IRON TRADE.—BIRAIINGIIANI,
May 15.—A failure has to-day been announced in connec-
tion with the iron trade of this district. Mr. George
Thompson, of the Crookhay Ironworks, has filed his peti-
tion under the private arrangement clauses in this Bank-
ruptcy Court. His liabilities are estimated at between
£50,000 and £60,000. Mr. Thompson was formerly mana-
ger to the New British Iron Company at Corpgreaves.

1211
124
stock
stock
stock

Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf. red.
Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pt 1866
Do. till 1869, Ist is.

LINES LEAS

Railwayg.

131 141
,125_ 127

68 70
!Pi

100
20'11
100

[New South Wales.

Orient. B. CorporatiOn.
Ottoman Bank .
Provincial of Ireland
Do. new
-
South Australia
,Union of Australia
!Union of London
+Unity

20 201

72 74
37 39

Ist 16}

221 231
11.
35 36

!OLONIAL GOVERN

836 3
61,
I 184

2 ii
65 87

THE SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1861.

.—( This Day.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15.
The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-old
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 51b. Optional selling weights
and allowances. Half a mile.
Mr. Saxon's ch f Miss Coutts (E3O), 7st 31b • • (Midgley) 1
Captain Christie's b f Miss Swift (£4O) 7st 71b (car. 7st 81b)
(Fordham) 2
Mr. Gill's br f by Weatherbit, Surprise's dam (D 0), 7st 31b
(H. Grimshaw) 3
Doorha, Ophelia, and Miss Pennell also ran.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Miss Swift, and sto 1 each agst Miss
Coutts, Miss Pennell, and Doorha. •
Miss Pennell led off, with Miss Swift in the second place
to the road, where Miss Pennell was beaten, and Miss Swift
went on with a lead of two lengths, followed by Miss Coutts.
The latter came with a rush at the Stand, caught Miss
Swift within a few strides of the chair, and won easily by
half a length ; the Surprise's dam filly was a bad third, and
Miss Pennell did not pass the post. The winner was bought
in for 120 guineas.
The Flying Dutchman's Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a
sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft; and only 5 if declared,
&c. The second saved his stake. One mile and quarter.
42 subs., 21 of whom pay 5 soya each.
Mr. John Osborne's br c Wildman, 4 yrs, ist 81b
(Grimshaw) 1
Mr. R. Menzies' oh g Montrose, 4 yrs, Est 51b (Doyle) 2
Mr. W. Hudson's ch f Lady Trespass, 4 yrs, Bst
(Challoner) 3
The following also ran :—The Prophet, Benbow, Flash
in the Pan, Millionaire, Maid of Chesterfield, Brassey, and
Lancelin.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Benbow, sto 1 each agst Brassey
and Lady Trespass, 7 to 1 agst Montrose, and 10 to 1 agst
Wildman.
Montrose was first off, but was passed in a few strides by
Lancelin, The Prophet, and Brassey. These three remained
in front to the bend for home, where Benbow, Lady Trespass
and Montrose took their places, Wildman following in their
wake. Benbow then took a decided lead, which he main-
tained to the distance, where Wildman came through his
horses, and won easily by two lengths; Montrose finished
a length in advance of Lady Tprespass, and The Prophet was
a bad fourth. The next two were Benbow and Brassey.
The Rawcliffe Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added
by the proprietors of the Rawcliffe Stud, for horses foaled
at the establishment, for 2-yr-old colts, Bat 71b, fillies,
Bst 41b. Certain penalties and allowances. The second
horse saved his stake. T.Y.C. 10
Captain White's Jung Frau (51b ex), Bst 91b (Fordham) 1
Mr. G. S. Thompson's Dutch Sam (31b), Bst 41b (Owner) 2
Mr. R. C. Naylor's Biondella (31b), Bst 11b..(Challoner) 3
• The following also ran :—Flytrap, Jenny Mills, Miss
Coutts, and Blackcoek.

Batting—. to 4 agst Jung Frau, 5 to 2 agst Blondella,
and 5 to 1 agst Blackcock.

Dutch Sam led off, with the gray on his right, and Jung
Frau and Biondella close at his girths; these four ran in
front to the distance, where Jung Frau quitted them, and
Dutch Sam passed the other three. Jung Frau was not
again approached, and won very easily by two lengths ;
Dutch Sam saved his stake by a length, Blackcock was
fourth, Miss Coutts and Flytrap next.
Tho Londesborough Cup, value 100 sovs in specie. The
second received 25 soya out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
Mr. J. Osborne's Lopcatcher, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Challoner) t
Captain Christie's Spicebox, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Fordham) f
Count F. de Lagrange's Angelo, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Sweetsauce, Horace, Walking.
ton, Cramond, Brown Bess filly, Longshot, Maid of the
Mist, Lady Louisa, Interest, Pancake, Astarte, Lily, Sacer-
dos, Fast Runner, Jim, and Lancelin.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Spicebox, Bto 1 agst Pancake, 9to ]
agst Cramond, 10 to 1 agst Sweetsauce, 100 to S each agsl
Angelo, Interest, Sacerdos, and Jim, and 20 to 1 agst Lop.
catcher.

Pancake, Spicebox, Angelo, and Lady Louisa got off
nearly abreast, and ran in front, with Lopcatcher and
Maid of the Mist in their wake, to the road ; Pancake and
Lady Louisa were there beaten, and Spicebox took up the
running, followed by Lopcatcher and Angelo. At the
Stand Angelo dropped back, and a splendid race with the
other two ended in a dead heat. Angelo was two lengths
from them, and Pancake a bad fourth. Captain Christie j

and Mr. Osborne divided the stakes, and Lopcatcher walked

The Consolation Scramble of 30 soys, added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for all ages. T.Y.C.
Captain Christie's Spicebox, 4 yrs, Bst 101b..(Fordham) 1
Captain Gray's Antwerp, 3 yrs, 7st (Hibberd) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Count 8010, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Sadler) 3
The following also ran :—Maid of Chesterfield, Starbeck,
Latona, and Ophelia.

Betting-6 to 4on Spicebox, 3to 1 against 8010.
8010 led to the road, where he was passed by Spicebox
and Antwerp, the former winning easily by half a length;
bad third ; Latona fourth.

Lord CHELMSFORD could not agree with the noble
and learned lord in the view he had taken of the case.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that his noble friend
had laid down the law most correctly. The law as to port
was vague, and it had been suffered to remain in some un-
certainty. After the proclamation there was no doubt that
any person joining either side violated the law of his own
country, and must not look to it for redress. But on the
other hand, a person accepting a commission from either
belligerent parties, although violating the law of his own
country, was still carrying on what was called a justron
&limn, and if he was treated as a pirate, it would be
murder.

Lord KINGSDOWN said Oa e inhabitants of the Northern
considered the Southern States as rebels and guilty of high
treason, and might deal with them as such. That prin-
ciple might apply to their own subjects, but as the
Southern States were recognised as belligerents by
were not entitled to apply it to the subjects of the other
powers. It was impossible to defend before hand ; what
was contraband of war ? Coals, for instance, for commer-
cial purposes were not contraband of war, but if they were
taken for the supply of war steamers that would materially
alter the case.

The subject then dropped.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Tally-ho Stakes, a Hunters' Stake of 3 sovs each, with
50 added by the Yorkshire Union Hunt Club.
Mr. G. Thompson's Assignment, by Portrait, 5 yrs, list
(Mr. Thompson) 1
Mr. W. Hudson's Lady Williams, 6 yrs, 11st 71b

- - (Major Bell) 2
Mr. Quickfall's Cherokee, 5 years, list .. (Mr. Walker) 3
The following also ran :—llanunerton, Eighty .eight, and
Sweep.

Betting—Even on Assignment, and 5 to 2 agst LadyWil-
Hams.

The running was made by Eighty-eight, Cherokee, Lady
Williams, and Assignment following in the order named to
the turn for home, where Lady Williams went to the front,
and remained there to the distance. The favourite then chal-
lenged, and won without difficulty by a length ; bad third.
Sweep was beaten off, and did not pass the post.
City Purse of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya
each. One mile.
Mr. Robinson's2The Gift (late Stormer), 3 yrs (x3O) Est _

The Sneyd's Branch Railways, Birmingtram Navaga-
tion, Liverpool Improvement, Middleham ivad Tonge Im-
provement, Sowerby Bridge Gas, Thorne Moor Drainage,
Newcastle-under-Lyme Marsh Landr,, Nantwich and
Market Drayton Railways Bills were read a second time.
The Victoria Docks Gas, Glasgar.v (City) Life Assur-
ance Company, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Boodle
Branches), Oldham and Ripporden Roads, Neath. Water,
and Hyde Water Bills were read a third time and passed.
The Princess Alice Annuity Bill was read a third time
and passe].

(Doyle) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Count 8010, 3 yrs (X3O), Gst . .. . (Noble) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's br c by Hospodar—PeggyTa ft's dam,
3 yrs (X3O), 6st
Peggy broke away and ran to the straight before she was
stopped. At last they started, and 8010 set Win front, but
was soon passed by Peggy, pulling hard ; the other two then

The Smoke Nuisance (Scotland) Amendment Bill passed
,hrough committee.

INDIAN CUSTOMS DUTIES.
The Earl of AIRLIE rose to ask the Under Secretary
for India whether her Majesty's Government had ad-
dressed any representation to the Local Government on the
subject of the Customs Duties which were imposed Jut
year on manufactured articles imported into India.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Trus EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Prosterly and Stanhope Railway; London and North-
Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Railways (Manchester London Road Station) ; Manchester
and Winslow Road ; Mid Wales Railway ; Price's Patent
Candle Company.

followed Peggy to the distance, where they joined her, and
the Gift won, after a tremendous race, by a neck, 8010 beat-

ing Feggy by a neck. The winner was sold to Mr. Peck for

62 guineas.

LATEST BETTING.

THE DERBY.

4to 1 agst Dundee
9to 2 agst Diophantus (taken)
Bto 1 agst Rouge Dragon
Bto 1 agst Klarikoff
12 to 1 agst Kildonan
25 to 1 agst Imaus
25 to 1 agst King of Kent

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY.

The principal business of the day was the meeting at
York. Some little was done on the Derby, which was
more remarkable as indicating the state of the market than
for the amount of business done. At one time Diophantus
had rather the call of Dundee, and even money was betted
between them, but later on 4 to 1 was taken about Dun-
dee and offered against Diophantus, but there were offers
to take 9to 2. Closing prices :

THE DERBY.
7to 2 agst Dundee (offered, 4to 1 taken)
4to 1 agst Diophantus (offered, take 9to 2)
9to 1 agst Klarikoff (offered, 10 to 1 taken)
9to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (offered)
12 to 1 agst Kildonan (offered)
14 to 1 agst Dictator (offered)
33 to 1 agst Imaus (taken)
40 to 1 agst Robin Hood (taken)

MR. E. W. TOPHAM AND THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH."
—A most unjustifiable article appeared in this newspaper
short time since, attributing to Mr. Topham corrupt
motives in the handicapping for the Chester Cup. We
have authority to state that the matter has been placed in
the hands of his solicitors, and that legal proceedings for
the publication of the alleged libel have been commenced.—
Chester Courant.

General de Brigade Grezy has just died at
Bourges, aged 57.

MURDER IN FRANCE.—An account was given in
January of an old man, named Huet, of Carrieres-Saint-
Denis, having been murdered in his house, an isolated one,
in which he lived alone, and of his drawers and closets
having been ransacked of everything of value—also of the
police baying subsequently arrested at Rueil, a journeyman
butcher, named Ballagny, on suspicion of having committed
the crime. Yesterday this man was brought to trial for the
murder before the Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Oise. It
appeared that on the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January,
nothing was seen of old Huet, and that no answer was
given to knocks at the door : but that in the night of the
latter day, one of the villagers going home late saw a light
in his cellar. She cried " Thieves 1" and a number of the
neighbours assembled, Th 3 doors being locked, one of
them got a ladder and prepared to enter by a window ; and
at the same moment a man was seen to jump over the gar-
den wall and take to flight across the fields. He was pur-
sued, but could not be captured. The house having been
entered, old Huet was found lying dead at tho bottom of
the stairs, with his skull smashed in by blows from a
blunt instrument, and with his cravat tied tightly
round his neck. The state of the drawers showed
that he had been murdered for the sake of robbery,
but what was taken could not be ascertained ; it
is supposed, however, that part of the booty was a
sum of 3,000 fr. The police on inquiry learned that late in
the night in question a man had gone to a house of ill fame
at Rueil, and had remained there until the next morning.
This man resembled the one who had been seen to run from
Huet's house, and the police soon ascertained that he was
Ballagny. Moreover, a bundle containing articles in dress
was found in Huet's garden; it had evidently been aban-
doned by the man who had taken to flight; those articles,
one of which was a goat-skin coat, were recognised as 1301
lagny's. Ia presence of these facts the man not only :I:ma
no attempt to deny his guilt, but he gave details of the,
crime ; among other things he said it was in the evening °I
the 10th that he had committed it, and that he had re-
mained in the house, eating, drinking, and sleeping
until
the night of the 12th. The jury declared him guilty, an
on Court co4dexaneci lute to deutli.

CIVIL BILLS (IRELAND).
Mr. MAGUIRE moved for returns, from the clerks of
the peace cif the several counties and counties of cities iY
Ireland, of the number of civil bills entered for hearing in
the courts of the assistant barristers, or chairmen, for the
five years previous to the let day of January, 1851,
distinguishing the number of the same decreed,
dismissed, and nilled in each respective year. Of Civil Bill
ejectments entered for hearing in the courts of the assistant
barristers, or chairmen, for five years previous to the Ist
day of January, 1851, distinguishing the number of same
decreed, dismissed, and nilled in each respective year; of
the number of civil bills entered for hearing in the
courts of the assistant barristers, or chairmen, for the
five years previous to the Ist day of January,
1861, distinguishing the number of same decreed, dismissed,
and nilled in each respective year ; and, of the number of
Civil Bill ejectments entered for hearing in the Courts of
the assistant barristers, or chairman, five years previous to
the Ist Jan., 1861, distinguishing the number of same
decreed, dismissed, and nilled in each respective year.—
Ordered.

THIRD EDITION.

SCIN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE PROCLAMATION.
The Earl of ELLEN-BOROUGH said he was anxious
to ask the noble earl the President of the Council the con-
struction to be put upon certain portions of
the proclamation lately issued by her Majesty with
respect to a war in America. According to his
notions, it should not be necessary to go to a lawyer in
order to understand the document. He wished to know,
in the first instance, in what sense we were to understand
the phrases "lawfully," and "actually" applied to a blockade.
The noble earl explained at some length the meaning that
had been applied to the terms lawfully established and effec-
tively maintained, and he said he should like to know whe-
ther the new phrase was to bear the same meaning. lie
much objected to the vague terms, contraband of war, and
wished to be informed what articles they were which her
Majesty's subjects were not to carry to sea near the coasts of
America. The law relating to articles contraband of war
was very indistinct, and when he looked. into this question
six years ago he found that a broad limit was laid down,
that what were to be considered contraband of war were
those articles necessary to the combatants at war.
Earl GRANVILLE said, with respect to the first ques-
tion, the international law with respect to blockade had
not been altered. He considered that a blockade would be
lawfully and actually established if we accorded to the con-
tending parties the term belligerents, and if a sufficient
farce were used to prevent ingress or egress of vessels
into the ports blockaded. He thought the noble
earl had partly answered the second part of the
question himself in defining articles contraband of
war. In all cases, however, the matter depended on the
decision of the prize court.
Earl DERBY did not feel disposed to object to the pro-
clamation as vague, knowing the the:difficulty of drawing
up such a document. It was: important.; that we should
come to an understanding with the United States with re-
gard to this question of blockade. The navy of the United
States was numerous enough to carry eu.t, an effectual
biocktaie along the whole line of the American coasts. He
thought it important that the Government of the United
States should understand that we would not recognise a
mere paper blockade. He referred to the threat of the
United States Government to regard all privateers as
pirates. It was invariably recognised that privateering
was not piracy, and the United States Government ought
not to be allowed to punish privateers with capital punish-
ment.
Lord BROUGHAM said that ptivataering was not
piracy, but the law of nations as at present understood and
administered; but any subject of her Majesty's going in
any expedition agst any power at peace with her Majesty,
that was a piratical act, and after warning given in the
proclamation, their blood must rest on their own heads.
He thought that contraband of war wes anything that was
furnished to one State to enable it to carry on war. He
agreed that it was not essential that the whole coast should
be so blockaded so as to prevent all egress and ingress, bui
that there should be sufficient force to make any attemp
extremely doubtful of success.