The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

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The ke marriage, bat d the lady, ead pa was tome* net beea allowed mad they gave lay the ease via t a rule for new , Q.C., conferral in upon the tam t there &odd be er party require/ up on earl lido. TCY. ;burn.) Debts, 1,5391.1 to lawkrat tiy ht o two re . • The answer ; but, at a private tnemes whom the not appear. that he had dome of the wit:meow, that effect Ha Shropshire, had I paid. seat. e Mr. Tyrwhitt officer, said that harisoner with a " Please pity umanied by • dafi. im receive 'event ew him not to bs rriaoner was in tha mother and a non two or three tixolll Ito this time, hat Imes months, with OP A THIN,• ribing berself as • who had inhint L nd, charged wit h e of the Bee. T. C. i'clock in the after• prosecutor, entered g dirt on the win on the floor, the rawer s had ban L At thin ino• ths prisoner •T, her, upon whisk hery in a hosi t il The servant sad :cent': robbe not the cudb , she would go lissi plied that she had es, and then VIM ollowing and ' ki r icener at first de ately produced two §ses, and other ar forgiveness' be practised Wes, dc' ble, when she we/ R division, said the les convicted, t. •bery from dwOlnill lege twoconvietboak sessions, i took Or e en earning It llTllle gomising not to bo Lred perfactll 12 ° Wr. for trial at the Old F S k O illed by the feable sod Brom line. IS intended to form • imou_th, • bridg e baa • alk for its keystone. id several men were he re fused to work he brickwork, sad dge was neh d 7 ol o S a turday ahem e n navvide . eg tt riCklaTer e 1211"7"'."'-' LLO 4 inteadi'd toWAS In the afterno ol4 th e . ling urn hot e h em ab rllll4lo of course, r ha the work „fi e , could he ars Pivotal**, of pa ti e nts relie • ced_ . r wat /55 weie new omm. JE. r.ca• THE STANDARD BANK OF BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA (LIMITED.)-(THIS DAY.) The fifth ordinary general meeting of the pro prietors of this Company was held at the London Tavern T&J. Th e report stated that though the profits during the half year have been satisfactory, considering the cautious and restricted business transacted, the l o wa Incurred through the severe and nnprece- d en t e d commercial crisis in the Cape colonies during the ear ly part of last year, and other exceptional causes, have not cely aboarbed these profits,but made it necessary again to encroach on the reserve fund to the extent of 16,0001. It is consequently with regret that the directors are unable on t his occasion to recommend the payment of dividend. N o twithstanding this crisis, the general business of the bank has been so conducted that, except fort e lases by the default of local directors at Port and Coles berg (where colonial banks were taken over in 1863), the bad debts incurred would have been of comparatively m ail amount. Local boards of direction, *re their ser vices have not already been dispensed with, have now been placed on a different and more satis factory footing, and the directors look forward with u ndiminished confidence to the future of the bank. Whilst fully alive, however, to the importance of retain ing none but remunerative branches, the directors are of o pinion that, under a proper system of supervision, branches may be rendered of great benefit to the leading establishments of the bank. With the view of still greater efficiency the general manager has been in structed to see to their frequent and thorough inspection by a competent officer. It affords the directors pleasure to bear testimony to the great ability, seal, andenergy displayed by Mr. Stewart since he assumed the general management at the Cape. To his indefatigable exertions they believe the bank has been carried through a period of great trial, and placed on a sound and permanent basis." The CHAIRMAN said the report would have informed them that the directors did not think it desirable t o recommend a dividend for the half-year. This was not from any new or adverse cirownstanoes, but simply as a means taken in majtmertion with the better prospects of the bank ; it would tend to ppaat the bank on a more satisfactory footing. The now directors, not being satisfied with the information t h e y received rom Fort Elisabeth, determined to appoint a general manager for the bank, and to that us owin that the bank was saved from great disaster.disaster.M g _ e arrived at Fort Elizabeth at the bginning of 1866, and he found on arriving there that the interests of the bank had been sacrificed to those who ought to have tected it. He could not enter into all the details. He was not himself at the bottom of the mystery, but this mach he could gay, that had the then general manager sent information to the general board they would have been able to stop the course that was being adopted, and the logs that had been incurred. Mr. Stewart's first set was to limit the transactions of the bank to those of amend and legitimate character. He then applied himself to obtain securities for former loans, and with such acmes that there now remained only 73,392/. which could not be recovered. The whole of that amount had been pro vided for, and had been written off to profit and lam without touching the capital. True they had keen obliged to entrench on the reserve fund, but they had still 11,0001. of the fund to carry forward. They knew the worst of their position, and this was the whole of their loss. Their prospects were now brightening, the drought which had so long prevailed was at an end, rain bad fallen, and that had set the whole trade of the colony going. Then the rise in the price of wool had given great stimulus to trade. The Cape was not a new colony ; it was the largest wool exporting country in the world, and it presented great facilities for profitable banking operations. lie concluded by moving the adop tion of the report. Mr. EDINBOROUGH seconded. In an to various questions, The Outsmart said he fully expected they would be able to pay a dividend next year. Mr. KINTRA said looking at their balancewbeet and oon littering the value of their business, he took a sanguine view of the prospects of the bank. The report stated that Mr. Thomas Stenhouse offered himself with Mr. Torrance for re-election. Mr. Stenhouse only returned from Bombay on Saturday and ought to have been present at this meet ing if be desired re-election. He should object to that gentleman's re-election. He suggested an amal gamation with the South African Bank, which he thought would result in preventing rogues out there from vic timising first one bank and then the other. The CHAIRMAN said the name of Mr. Stenhouse was inserted as being re-eligible, because the articles of association declared that those directors who retired were to be assumed to be willing to stand again. With regard to the proposed amalgamation he thought an amalgama tion was desirable, yet he did not think it would be well for this company to propose it. A SHARCHOLDICR cud this was the younger institution and ought to make the advance. Mr. NICIBII, a director, strongly advocated an amalgama tion es being to the interest of the two companies. Mr. WREATHS believed that a large number of share holders in the hank would reciprocate the desire to amal- The e. discussion was still proceeding when our reporter l eft. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of the subscribers and sup porters of the above society was held this forenoon at Exeter Hall; Mr. J. T. FERNLEY in the chair. Every part of the large hall was densely crowded. The meeting having been opened by prayer, and after a brief address from the chairman, The Rev. Mr. Onuorove, the secretary, read a moat voluminous report, detailing the operations of the society for the past year and its present position, of which the following is an abstract:—The receipts for the year are so follows : Home, 101,549/. 7s. 3d. ; foreign, 32,5101. 12s. 11d. ; from jubilee fund, 11,825. • making a total of receipts of 145,8851. Os. 2d. T he home receipts exhibit an increase of 3,934/. over those of the previous year. The expenditure has been 143,7077. be. 9d., leaving a balance of 2,177!. Ils. sd. The contri butions received for the jubilee fund upto the present time have been 137,000/. The m ssions now underthe direction of the committee in Europe, India, China, Africa, the West Indies, Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, be, number G6l, with 4,800 chapels or preaching places, 981 ministers and assistant missionanes, 1,383 catechists, interpreters, and teachers, 17,834 unpaid agent., or Sabbath school teachers, 145,091 church members, 13,297 on trial for membership, 152,284 day and Sabbath school scholars, and 8 printing establishments. Since the last annual meeting 28 missionaries and 14 Mesa of missionaries have been sent out by the society to France, Germany, India, Africa, West Indies, Australia, and Canada, and seven missionaries had been removed by death, including the Rev. Mr. Draper, who perished in the London at sea. There have been also five wives of mis sionaries deceased. The reading of the report occupied upwards of one hour, after which the meeting was addressed by a great number of leading Wesleyan miniAters, and at the close the report woo received and ordered to be printed. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOW LEDGE.-( THIS DAY.) The Archbishop of Canterbury presided to-day at St. James's-hall, at the first public meeting ever held b the Society for Promoting Christian Knowled ge , a lth oug h it was established so long ago all 1698. From a brief report of its proceedings which was presented, it appeared that in 1785 it began to circulate the Bible, either giving copies away or selling them to the poor at low prices. Between April, 1864, and April, 1865, it issued 182,424 Bibles and 156,353 New Testaments. It also prints Bibles and Testaments in foreign languages, that people in distant lands may read the Gospel in their own tongue. In 1705 it began to distribute Prayer-books as it did Bibles. In 18434 , 65, one year, it honied 5015,681 Prayer-books. It also prints the Prayer-book in foreign languages. In the first month of its foundation the five members subscribed to pay the cost of printing religious books and tracts. In one year (1864-65) 5,781,261 books and tracts were issued from its depositories. In has granted Bibles and Prayer books for service in churches and licensed rooms, books for schools and lending libraries, and tracts for distri bution to nearly every parish in England. It has helped to endow colonial bishopncs, to build colleges and schools, rind /ranted books for their use throughout the colonies. On its first foundation it began its missionary labours. The late Bishop of Calcutta, Dr. Wilson, called it " The Promotive Missionary Society of India," so great were the efforts made by the society,especially in the southern parts of India, where its missions were established for upwards of 100 years. In 1701, finding that the work of missions generally grew inconveniently upon its hands, it formed the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, however, continues to render spiritual aid to a large extent to the colonies and dependencies of the British empire. Amongst the published list of speakers at the meeting may be men tioned the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gathorne 1{ &* 0 1. M.P., the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of ( Ward, the Bishop of Brisbane, Sir R. Phillimore, Q.C., the Rev. Dr. Kay (late principal of Bishop's College, Cal cutta', the Rev. Canon Miller, D.D. (vicar of Greenwich), the itev. W. G. Hnmphry, B.D. (vicar of St. Martin-in the-Fields), and the Rev. James Moorhouse, M.A. (incum bent of St. John's Church, Fitzroy-square). Describing the scene at the declaration of the in the House of Commons on Saturday morning, the Tines says :—" Conspicuous on the government side were the cheers of the liberal members who had opposed the bill, and who vied in their manifestations of d e li g ht with the members of the opposition." Messrs. Blackwood will shortly publish a new novel by Miss Evans, entitled " Felix Holt, the Radical," the action of which takes place about the period of the agitation immediately preceding the passing of the first Reform Bill. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 186 6 . ELECTION PETITIONS.-(THIS DAY.) SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.) CHELTENHAM. The committee reassembled this day at a quarter past 11. Present—Mr. Ayrton (in the chair), Viscount Holmesdale, Sir C. O'Loghlen, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Cole. The first witness called was Charles Ballinger—l am a butcher at Cheltenham, and know " Tailor Lea." He came to me on the morning of the election with a person named Marshall. He asked me to vote for Schreiber and what I wanted. I rid 10/. He said it was too much, and offered me After some talk I agreed to take 5/. I went with them to the Beehive Inn, and from thence to Alder's porter stores. I saw Sims there. After a while Powell and Byrne came in. Byrne is secretary for a loan society. Powell went aside, and asked what I would take. He ob jected to Si., as they were only giving 41., but at length told me to make a bet with Les. I did not understand that way of business, and wanted the money. Byrne said it would be all right, and I agreed. When I went to poll I was asked who I voted for, and I said, `• Not for Berkeley, but Schreiber," and they booked me for Berkeley. There was a row about it, but I meant to vote for Schreiber. I was a little elevated, but not with drink. I afterwards went to Byrne about the money, and by arrangement went to the Rose and Crown, where I met Lea and Palmer. Palmer made out bills, by Lea's direc tion, for my 51., for Sims' Y., for Lea's 51., and several other sums. They then went away, and when they came back Lea handed me 4/. but I would not be " humbugged" that way, and after some pretence of nut having money enough, Lea gave mesl. Palmer brought the money ;he requested me to make out a bill for services. The one produced is the one I made out. I was told to take it to Mr. Cockerell, who struck out a line from it, and he wrote a line on it. The bill is, " Services for three days and one night, 155." Cockerell went across to Stroud for the register, to see if I was a voter. He paid me, but wrote at the bottom of the bill, " Witness to his doing the work." He told me to get that signed by some one who knew I had dune any work and Ming it back to him. I went to Palmer for that purpose but did not get it signed, and so kept the bill. I have been away Lora Cheltenham three weeks to morrow. Mr. Cheshire desired me to leave. Crix....-examined—l did not make out the bill in the presence of Lea. If I said so it was not true. I ren dered no services for the 15e. I don't know how my wife is to be supported in my absence. I have no idea where it is to come from. A tailor named Lames took me away, and told me she should be well taken care of. I believe he was a voter, but I don't know. By the Chairman—l sometimes earn 5/. in a week, and in others very little. Ch..rles Marshall—l am a labourer of Cheltenham, but not a voter. On the morning of the election at about half past 5 in the morning I went with Tailor Lea to Powell's House. Powell came down and spoke to Lea. Later in the day we went to Ballinger's, and he said he was not going to vote for either party unless he had the coin, and Ballinger agreed to get it for him. We then went to Sims, who also ag.ved to vote if he were paid, and we went to Alder's porter shop. Powell and Byrne were there. Oars o'CLooK, The railway market is flat, and most of the prin cipal lineshave declined. Great Northern(original) and London, Chatham, and Dover stocks have re ceded f per cent. ; London and North Western, Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Eastern, and Great Northern A, ; and Great Western, ; South Eastern, however, has improved 1. London and North Western stook is now quoted 120 to 1; Great Western, 571 to # ; Midland, 1221 to 123; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1201 to ; Great Northern, 121 k to 122 k ; ditto A, 1361 to 1371 ; Great Eastern, 39 to 40 ; South Eastern , 74 to ; Caledonian, 127 to 128 • Metro: politan, 133 to ; and London, Cha tham, and Dover, 27 to 28. Foreign lines exhibit a drooping tendency, but Indian are steady. Great Western of Canada shares show a slight rise, at 15 to Recife and Ban Francisco (Limited) guaranteed 7 per cent., 121 xd. Ban Paulo (Limited), gua. 7 cent., 151. South Austria* and Venetian, 14i, PREFERENCE. Midland, Leicester and Hitchin, 4 per cent., 87. North Eastern Consolidated pref., 4 per cent. 89i. South &stern (Reading Ann., It. Os. 6d.), 324. MISCELLANEOUS. Consolidated Discount (Limited). 4. Credit Fonder and 31olallier of England (Limited', 41, I,stal 1, xd Palace Cry Preference, 11L Bnglimb and Foreign Credit, 4.3). General Credit and Finance of London (Limited), 3), 1. Hudson's Bay, 16. Imperial Mere. Credit Assoc. (Limited), 1,1, 01 per 51 die. International Financial Society (Limited). 41, ), 4. London Financial Association (Limited), 15, 141. Madras Irrigation and Canal (16/. 10s. paid), 13). Ditto ditto (all paid), 171. National Discount Company (Limited), New, issued at 5 p.m., 31 to be paid, 51. North British Australasian (Limited), 50. Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), 141, j, 1. 4. Panama, New Zealand, and Aust. N. Mail ( La m.), S. Warrant Finance (Limited), 5). NILLWALL IRON WORKS SKIP-BUILDINO AND ORAVINO DOCKS COMPANY (LIMITED).- (THIS DAY.) The second annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern, Sir JOHN HAT in the chair. The report of the directors stated that the year has been unfavourable for the business of the company. The low freights prevailing from that period and the superabundant tonnage, augmented, as it necessarily was by the cessation of the American civil war, are causes which adequately ex plain the absence of demand for newships,whether forbelli gerent or for trading purposes. Nevertheless the profit and loss account exhibits a balance on the profit side of 15,419/. 17s. 10d., whereof 8,0001. was appropriated to the payment of interim dividend in September, leaving 7,499/. lie. 101. applicable to further dividend. Your directors, therefore, are enabled to recommend a dividend of 3s. per share, which, added to the interim dividend already paid (de clared in July) gives a rate of 7 per cent. for the year. The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report. said, after referring to the exertions of the workmen and the director of the works (Mr. Lungley) in the launch of the Northumberland, which hewn sorrytosay had resulted in Mr. Lungley being too ill to attend that meeting. He said the report was notsofavourable ascould be wiehed, butlook ing at the state of trade during the year they had to con gratulate themselves that the company was not in a worse poin.ion. Go down the Thames and they would find that there was little doing in any of the shipbuilding yards. This was arising in a great measure to the higher prices and better work on the Thames. As an instance he mentioned the case of a transport, for which they made a tender to the government, but another firm took it at • much lower price, but at the end of 12 months that transport was sent to them for repairs, and they r-pairedit at an expense greater than the original met There was a growing confidence both in this country and on the conti nent in the resources of their yard. They had an advantage which many shipbuilding yards had not. Their plate mills were in activity, and they had just completed a contract with the Danish government. The Northumberland was built on commission, but in negotiations with the government they were most liberal, so that in the long run he did not think they would lose much by the misadventure in the launch of that ship. Mr. 1). W. CHAPMAN seconded. A SHARRTIOLDRR asked if the launch of the Northum berland was on commission as well as the building. The CHAIRMAN replied that it was. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN said no doubt a Gall of 2/. would be made, but there was no immediate intention of making it. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 7 per cent. declared. SMITH, KNIGHT, AND COMPANY.-( THIS DAY., The second annual general meeting of this com pany was held to-day at the London Tavern ; Mr. Ow stahmrt in the chair. The report, which has already been published in the R , was taken as read. Tg a t iliAlliMAN in moving its adoption, stated that there was no foundation for the impression that prevailed in the minds of some shareholders that they were undertaking new contracts. The board were acting strictly on the understanding come to at the meeting in October, of concluding or letting the present contracts as early as possible, realising the assets, and winding up the concern. They had funds in hand which would enable them to pay 2s. in the pound in May to the creditors, and he rather confidently hoped they would be able to make the distribution 2s. 6d. in thepound. The motion was agreed to. The board was reduced to five, from ten, and the remu neration of the directors fixed at I,ooof. a year. The auditors were also reappointed, and votes of thanks to the chairman, deputy-chairman, and directors concluded the proceedings. WEATHER. REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) MONDAY, APRIL 80, 8 1.11. P.I Extreme. ;Sea. .S. l W. W. 29 lto I l2l Y. D. 9 * Nairn Aberdeen Leith Ardrossan Greencastle 29.96 44 , S.W. . 1 6 E be 1 Valentla ;29.87,431 R.N.& 1 71 N.E. be 0.04 1 Cape Clear !29.83 40 E. 6 2 B.E. m 4 Liverpool. :29.98 : 29.98 41: E. 8 1 W.N.W. cb 0.01, 2 Holyhead Penzance 29.7945 K N.E. 6 8 W . B.W. cb 0.04; 4 Brest Lorlent 29.5348: N.E. 4 2 :7.\.E co 0.35 2 Rochefort 29.41571 E. N.B. 4 2 E. to 0.3:: 2 Plymouth Weymouth 29.7943 N.E. 6 1 W.N.W. ob i 0.201 6 Portsmouth...29.Bo 441 N.B. 4I 2 W. rc 10.42 3 ' London .. —19.84 43 1 IL 4 j 7E.N.E. re 10.81 - Yarmouth 29.91 38 E 3.& . 2 S.W. ,re 0.03 6 Scarborough. 29.96 44 : N.E. 2' 4 N.E. ihcb 0.06 Shields 30_01401 N.E. 1 2 N.W. .0.05 3 Helder I PROBABLE TI: F-9DAY. 01 NORTIIIIII WEDNESDAY. Varying winds, mode- COABTS. Chiefly northerly and rate to strong, westerly, but varying, showers. fresh to strong. Chiefly easterly, strong, WEBTERE. E.N.E. to B.A.E. fresh squally,with showers to strung, squally. As next above. Sourinnui. As next above. Similar to above. Fri/rims. Similar to above. Northern—Scotland. Western—lreland, Wales, and adia eeneles. Southern—Eng , lsh Channel and Bay of Biscay. Eastern—Eastward England and North Sea. A meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners for tto Paris Exhibition of 1867 for Group VI. was held on Saturday afternoon at the South Kensington Museum. There were present the Duke of Sutherland, K.G., the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., Mr. John Fowler, P.T.C.E., Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. Henry Thrum, Mr. Warrington Smyth ; and the secretaries of the group, Mac Leod of Mac Leod, Lieutenant Colonel Ewart, R.E., Major Mal colm, WE., Captain Beaumont, R.E., Captain Hichene, R.E., Captain Webber, R.K, Mr. Henry Sandham. The committee appointed associate commissioners for certain of the classes comprised in the group, and decided that the precedents of the exhibitions of 1851, 1855, and 1862 should be followed in asking the Institute of Civil Engineers to ' Undertake the duty of allotting apace to all exhibitors of machinery. . . " • THE ROYAL SoctETY.—General Sabine, president of the Royal Society, gave his second con rersazume this season on Saturday evening at Burlington-house, on which occasion the Prince of Wales honoured the president and fellows by his company. His royal highness, attended by the Earl Spencer, Major Grey, General Knollys, and Dr. Hohmann, arrived shortly before 10 o'clock, by which time the apartments were thronged by a large num ber of visitors. In the entrance saloon, lower library, and meeting-room, and the Linnean Library, and other apart ments, were exhibited numerous scientific apparatus, spe cimens of natural history, and some interesting works of art. The different rooms were relieved by numerous trees, plants, and flowers lent by the Royal Botanic Society. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND SOCIETY.—On Satur day evening the Stith anniversary festival, dating from the foundation of this excellent charity, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern. About 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner, under the presidency of Lord Henry G. Lennox, M.P., who was supported by Sir Walter Stirling, Mr. Thomas D. Dighton, the President of the Fund, Mr. George Godwin, F.R.S., Mr. W. 0. Brierly, Mr. Lewis Haghe, Mr. T. S. Wyon, Dr. Godwin, Mr. Henry Tring, and manyother gentlemen interested in the success of the association. The financial report showed that the total receipts for the past year amounted to 1,5271., while the expenditure fell short of this by 3471. which remained as a balance in the hands ' of the bankers. At the close of his lordship's speech nearly 5007. was subscribed in the room. BURIED UNDER A THOUSAND POLES.—A singular and serious accident occurred at Huntmoneeux recently. It appears that some men were engaged in removing hop poles at Buckle Farm, when the stack fell, knocking one of the parties down and burying him beneath about 1.000 poles. He was extricated as soon as possible, taken to his home, and medical assistance sent for. Mr. A. Simmons, of Boreham, was soon in attendance, and found the poor fellow to be very severely injured. A fellow workman, who was near the centre of the stack at the time it fell, fortunately escaped unhurt.—Surrey Standard. DENOMINATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.— And now the extreme church educationist joins hands with the ultramontane catholic in demanding the destruc tion of that system which was at once the most equitable in its basis, and the moat beneficial in its influences upon Irish society, that they may establish upon its ruins the system of denominational instruction, which will only strengthen and perpetuate the sectarian animosities of the country and mar the sense of common citizenship and equal patriotism. But the Irish clergy are now so blind and infatuated that, with the view of recovering their lost influence over education, they are prepared to accept • system which will make the catholic priest supreme and absolute in the catholic school—in other words, hand over to the hierarchy the secular as well as the religious in struction of more than two-thirds of the Irish people. No measure, not even the endowment of the catholic priest hood—an idea so abhorrent to their prejudices—could do so much to confirm sacerdotal authority. The protestant clergy do not see that they can never maintain, under a denominational system, separate protestant schools in many districts of the south and west, where their adhe rents do not number half a dozen families. We trust that the government will strongly resist the demand of the two extreme parties in the interests of education itself, as well as of common citizenship, for the multiplication of separate schools in districts that are now amply supplied under the mixed system, can hardly be carried out without risk of deterioration. Churchmen may affirm, as they have often done, that the three leading denominations are at present as thoroughly isolated as they can be. The fact is far otherwise. The attendance in the national schools is fairly mixed where then is a mixed population. In Tyron e , Londonderry, of and Fermanagh, in which the po "on is mixed, between 84 and 96 per cent. the •c ools have • mixed attendance, and from 84 to 90 per cent. of all the children in attendance on national schools are in mixed schools.—Zdinburgli Review, new number. ORDDIAIN SHAM AND STOCKS. Sh. I Pd. I RAILWAyn I "using Prue , ' Won to-any On nittAlM I Mp. to p p.m. SL ,100 St 1100 St. 100 ,Brylt.9l and Itleter :Caledonian ;Cambrian ~Cork and Bandon I :Cornwall Dublin and Belfast Junc l i Dundee, PerthAt Abd in' ! East Londo nScripCartl --- I Do - 'Glasgow and 8. Western, Great Eastern Drd. 8L I 90 92 127 120 66 OS 13 16 S 6 67 70 70 72 Tor 'Great North of Scotland Great Northern S) 16 114 116 39} lei 6 7 IDo.w j Are c. no dlr. nn-i : Do. B IttlGp.e.Lpaldß :Do. New W. a' 25 pm. I Do. Ord. Def. Dlr. Stovk "Gt. South & West. (Ire )I Great Western Do.StourVal.Ona.Stk Do. South Wales: : 322 123 1871 1331 DO: W. Do. Do. Newport' 5.3 68 Lncaahire & Yo! I Lon. , Brinhtn , & S. Coast London,Chetham,&Dov I Do. Met. Elton. p. e. London & North West& London&SouthWestern Man. She., & Uncolnah 'Metropolitan 67 SO 39 41 34 36 1201 1211 26 06 27 to Bt. 100 Bt. 100 10 7 10 8 100 all 100 10 10 8 St. 100 Do. New Do. Fatension Metropolitan District Do. &Bt. John's•wood Midland Do. £9 Shares Do. liirm. & Derby Mid Kent 'North British 12 , 14 62 64 13S 124 It. 1100 100 1100 1 16* 1100 100 1100 fi 1100 It 'lOO it. 1100 it. 100 It. 1100 3t. 100 3t. ,100 It. 100 Do. Edin.,rerth,Dund. N. Eastern—Berwick Do. G. N. E. Pure Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. &Darling Do. do., 1840-61 North London Do. do., 1864 Do. do., 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. Western June Scottish Central Scottish N. E. Aber. Stk. Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Stainea,Wokingham,d/c Taft Yale Do. C Pin 1 1 Pia 92 96 Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitehall : West Cornwall lril 1211 pm l 92 94 1421 1304 7 67 i i 12011 I 1 96 27 1201 ?2.i. j I=t , 3 - 121 4 67 IS 20 27 100 110 74 St 41 71 7! 109 110 a 8 861 10 11 pm 120 124 1 2 pm 1 2 pm 74 76 108 112 149 181 88 68 40 61 74 76 8 9 140 143 1 3 pal 100 103 62 66 JOINT STOCK BANKS. I Pd I C. -pit BANKS. 'Agra& Masterman's ~L ; I 26 ii 'Albion .AllianceLom&Liverpoo 25 'Anglo Austrian 6 'Anglo Egyptian (Lim.) 'Anglo Italian (Limited , 2O ,Astatic Bank Cor. new sh 10 (Australasia all Bankof Britishiblumbial all I Do. New, issued 2 pm. b Bank of Egypt Bank of London :Bank of Otago 'Limited) 10 Bank of Queensland J % 25 !Hanka ietoria,Atuitral 25 Bank of New Zealand lO ,12umed's Bank 'Lludted, 10 Braxilbukt Portuguese, L, 10 British CatifonliamL ) 1 7 'British N. America ICharleslaflitte &Co. (L )1 5 C. Bk. India, Ans., China. all Chart. Mar. of India, 54e. , all lefty Colonial 125 i!Com. Bank of Canada , all Corn. Bank of India, de.' all' !Consolidated Bank (L f 4 Delhi and London 25 East London J.linited;l 6 EioAera Exchange. Li in.)i 5 English and American ~ 5 English Joint Stock J..' 10 .Eng2cot.it Anil. Chart& all / 'English and Swedish , L.ll 20 Europeanßankillmited 15 iiindusn.China&JaP.,L,' 25 I IDo. issued at 2 pox 1 25 Do, New I 25 I Imperial Bank' limited? 20 'lmperial Ottoman 10 1 Do New ,lO I lonian 5 Do. New I Land Mort. Bk. India',L; 4 fi IDo sp. c. Deb. ,1854, 30 all D Lon.Bk.ofilexico,&e. 15 0 ;London and Brarilian 1 20 i Do. New 100 London&ltiverPlate,L), 25 Do. New, ha at limn' 20 'Lon. Ch. Bank of AustrL 60 'London and County I 150 ,London Joint Suck . 20 :London tt South African :100 Lon. et S. Western ',Lim 50 ,London Venezuela,Ll 100 'London et Westminster. ;100 'Merchant Bank (Lim.) . 100 Do. New , 50 Mercantile&Exchan(L ) .100 :Metro. tt Prey. Bank( L: 100 Midland Bank ;Lim) i 5 National of Australasia 100 National of Liverpool ilOO 'N. Pro. of England 50 ,National Bank 90 New South Wales 10 New Zealand 'Limited,. 20 North Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporn. 20 ,Orient. Com 11.Llate0.C. 20 Do. do. lateN.P.l 20 • Do. dn. lateF. C. 50 Provin.BanldnaCorp.tL,l 100 Provinc. of Ireland 1 20 Sande, Delhi 20 Do. issued at 2pm 25 South Australia 1100 Stand. of B. & Africa ! • 100 Do. do. res. at 6 paa. 25 Union of Australia I 140 :Union of Ireland kLim ); 20 Union of London COLONIAL GOVERNMENT STOCKS. Do. 18951 W - i 7 3 . 1.4!1C 9.ar. .11 Oetl - ei bidis 10 18 70 72 io iii} mil 31 St 23 25 2 2 di, 18 12 dl. si %Om 20 lo di. 21 ledis 4 3 dbxd 47 49 SO 21 id 0 43 19 21 45 47 41 61 peal 32 33... 1 • ledi. 3 Id+. • 2idls 20 81. 8 edu 7 1 6 0 1 11 13 11 13 11 13 I 46 e " 134 - li - ii pall 1 lipm I I pm 28_ 28 I idia pa/ idia par id 4 8 Ms 241. par i dia par 12 14 pm 3 3 43. 82 22 221 77 78 47 49 14 16 ._ 4 2 die' 98 97 I 20 23 7 8 8 6 dial 'ld' Par 2 4Inn I i 6 7 pail 50,0001 100,0001 10 a 141a - ipm 2 3 pm', 46 48 xd S 2 dts 4 3 dal l 84 86 SS 37 Is 11 Ms 8 tidal 61 63 id WI - dis 9 4 - 7i 8 Kam, 11 2il Can. 450 r. 6p. e., 1877-84. 100 Do. 6peret,leb..2Aug. 100 Do. 6 peret. blar.&-iep. 100 Do. 5 perct.Jan.&July 100 Do. 5 per et. Ins.Btock 100 CapootO Ilope6per.lB73 100 Do. d 0.1890-1900 100 Do. do. 1880.90 100 Do. do. 1800-91 100 D0.5p.c.Ap.840et.1900 100 Ce lo lon, Nov. 1808, C pd. 100 1878, d 0... 100 .... , 234.000 Do. 1872 d 0... 100 100,000! Mauritius 6 per ct.,187 3 100 250,00. Do. 1878 100 1,004.000 Do. 1882 100 200.000 Do. 1895 100 200.000 Natal. Goy. 6 per cent.. 100 200,000, New Bruns.Gov.eperet. 100 300,000! New South Wales Gov.. 165,50 0 : 6p. cent.,1671 to 1876 100 166,000; Do. sp. e.lBBB to 1892 100 .... • New Zealand 6per cent. 100 Do. Spec cent 100 .... Nova Scotts 6p. c.,1875 100 150,000 Queensland Gov. 6p. et. 100 1,000.000 B.Aust Gov. 6p. ct.,1868 100 250,000, Do. 1878 and upwds. 100 750,000 Vic.oovABp. c. Jan. July 100 Do. 6p. et. Aprildoe. 100 47 - 62 slicultini 685,808' 200,0001 tr.IW - St - b7x 7 6. J Pd. j Cl.plices. I Salem. 2,063,685 St. Zeal and West India .1 12,000 10 'General Floatt=cr 474,110 St. London /St.ir 1.062,500 100 Do. Deb. St. 4p. cent 860.866, St. Southampton 807,071. St. Surrey Commercial 92 94 90 93 90 93 78 80 76 79 102 104 102 104 102 104 102 104 86 99 102 104 107 109 103 105 105 197 104 106 104 106 99 101 90 98 92 95 8 7 } 88} 9t 96 72 75 97 99 96 100 106 107 nil 103 104 Pd ICL Mem. I &Ale& 1100 139 133 6 100 70 72 . all 87 90 . 100 .100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India guar. 5 per mt., ICGI. Basle and lake Huron, 41. Rest Indian Guannteed 5 par oent., 1041, 31. Grand Trunk of Canada 4th preferenoe stook, XL 6. Great Indian Peninsula New, 4. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia end San Francine° (Limited) guaranteed 7 per cent., 14g. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 81 18 g. 74 76 46 48 [Left aitting.) HUDDERSFIELD. The committee appointed to try and determine 1 1 1 , 1 the matter of the petition against the return of Colonel u Crosland met again this morning : Lord Naas in the chair. s t Mr. Temple, q.c., Mr. Serjeant Atkinson, and Mr. Mao- It namara, appeared for the petitioners ; Mr. Rodwell, Q.C., Mr. Hannen, and Mr. Waddy, for the sitting member. l i t Mr. Temple said that as it was found impossible to pro- 84 st duce Mr. Spencer, against whom a warrant had been st issued, the case of the petitioner was closed. st Mr. Rodwell then proceeded to address the committee on St behalf of the sitting member. Not only had he to de- st fend the seat, but also the character of Colonel st Crosland, which was of more importance to him than the 11 seat itself, and he felt quite satisfied that he should be lc able to give a perfect and conclusive answer to the charges st which had been brought against him. The witnesses whom St he should call would contrast most favourably with those 1C who hail been examined, who had been raked up from all SI the back slums of Huddersfield. No less than 12 charges of personal bribery had been brought against Colonel Crosland, but the petitioners had only ventured to give evidence in one, and to that one Colonel Crosland would give the most complete answer. [Left sitting.] KING'S COUNTY. The committee resumed - their inquiry to-day, at 11 o'clock ,• Mr. Stephen Cave presiding. The other mem bers were Mr. Gore Langton, Mr. R. W. T. Hamilton, Mr. Townley Mitford, aril Mr. John Abel Smith. Counsel for the petitioner: Mr. Longfield, Q.C., Mr. Cooke, Q.C., and Mr. O'Hara. Counsel for the sitting member (Sir Patrick O'Brien) : Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Coffey, Q.C., Mr. Biron, and Mr. J. W. Gray. The following additional evidence was given in support of the petition : Jas. Jackson, who acted as poll-clerk in the barony of Ballybut, stated that Thos. Ryan, whose name appeared at the end of a page, voted for King and Hennessy. (His vote was not included in the total of figures opposite his name, being the total of the column.) ('rose-examined—l know how he voted by the total. The deputy-sheriff crossed out the vote of Mr. Wallace, because he had voted before. There is a Wm. Wallace on page 9. I could not swear he is the same man. A Wm. Wallace came in and he did not belong to the booth at all. That was found out after his name was written down and the deputy sheriff struck out the name. Ido nut know whether the correction was struck out before the list was made or not. It was made before, I think. lam certain of it. I cannot tell when I made the list. It might have been when the poll was closed. I think it was after. [Left sitting.] FOUND DROWNED IN THE THAMES. INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) -- - This morning an inquiry was held at the Essex Head, Essex-street, Strand, by Mr. W. J. Payne, the coro ner for the Duchy of Lancaster, touching the death of a woman whose name was unknown. John Morrissy, Thames police-constable, No. 2, said that on last Friday morning he was on board the Royalist, the Thames police-station, near the Temple-pier. He saw the body of a woman floating in the river, and he got a boat and towed it ashore. She was a woman of above 25 years of age, and the only clothes she had on were a black alpaca dress and white petticoat, and a pair of leather boots and white stockings. From her appearance witness thought that she was a mar ried woman and the wife of a river bargeman. She wore a gold ring. Every inquiry had been made by the police, but no clue could be obtained as to her identity. Dr. John Walsh said that the deceased had not been dead more than five days when she was found in the river. The cause of her death was drowning. There was a mark under her left eye, as if she had received a blow before she had fallen into the water. That blow might have been re ceived by the deceased striking her head against some hard substance whilst leaping from a bridge into the river. Witness believed that the deceased was not a female of the lower class of society, but that she had moved amongst the respectable classes. Her hair was done up in the fashionable style, and she bad a very ladylike appearance and her skin was remarkably white. She had on her finger • gold keeper ring. She had been a mother. _ . . Joseph White, coroner's officer, said that the friends of two young women, who had been missed in London within the last week, bad called to view the deceased's body. One party stated that on Tuesday evening a young woman, named Elizabeth Helston, living in Bethnal oven, ran down the steps on the city side of London-bridge and leaped into the water ; before she could be rescued the tide carried her away, and she waa drowned. When shown the body of the deceased, he said that she was not his friend. The friends of the other young woman who was missing also failed to identify the deceased. A juror said that the deceased had evidently committed suicide by leaping from one of the bridges. The Coroner said that as there was no legal evidence as to how the deceased woman became drowned, the jury must return an open verdict. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased female, unknown, was found drowned in the Thames, but under what circumstances she came by her death there was no evidence to show." PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LreilteoOL, APatt, 28.-Balea to-day: Great Eastern, 40— Midland, 123 I—South Eastern, 75 4i—Grand Trunk of Canada, 221 }--Buffalo and Lake Huron, 4l—Dutch Rhenfah, 5 p.— Great Luxembourg, Hi—Mercantile and Exchange Bank, 71 3-16 d —National Bank, 611 p.—Overeaul, Gurney, and Co. 7.16 [warren, 15-16 . d.-Queen Insurance, 1.16 p.— National Steam Company, 41 1 6 6{d.. MANCHESTER, APRIL 214 —The market has been quiet, with very little change in prices. Itslckow, Vaughan. and Co. (Li mited`,. p.—Consolidated Bank Limited', 51 I p.—Sties, 12 Great Eastern, 401--Orest Northern A. 188;—(lend Trunk of Canada. 224 1 /—Lancashire Insurance. 13-16 p.--Lancashire and Yorkshire. 1211—London and Caledonian Marine Insurance Limited , . 11 d.— London and North Western, 121—Metropolitan, 1331—Midland, new £lB shares, p, Gurney, and Co.. (Limited', 1. 4.--South Eastern, 744 I—Lancaster Canal, 86— London, Brighton, and South Coast, 41 per cent. (1868), 921 — Ditto, , 1863 , 921. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL yB.—The transactions to-day were—lu Birmingham Banking Company shares, at 27: South Stafford shire Railway shares, at V} ; Birmingham Gas, Class A, at 190 : Birmingham Waterworks, at 33: and Patent Nut sad Bolt share", at. prem. Amongst the closing prices were Birmingham Joint Stock Banks, at 384 t 039 ; Birmingham Banking Company shares, at 961 to 271 ; Birmingham Town and District Beak. at 14 to 141 ; and Muntes Metal shares, at 1 dn., sellers. Doman, Aram !B.—Three per Cent. Consols, 861_ it s—Ne w Three per Cent. Stock, 86—Ditto, for amount, NA, , Ditto, for new account, 861 I—Hank of Irela MOO), =— National Bank (£3O paid, 741 )—Ulster B. nk !paid /1.2 10 6 .1. 9 1 — Teton Bank (Li mi ted(` nu 171—Dublin and Lg= Steamahlp Building Redeemable (mid £5Ol. 601 (Limitedpaid LllO, 6—Duktin and £lOO, _` =— Great So ut hern and Western,for accoinr97l—iddand Bandon 51 per cent. perpetual (paid 16 65.), 64 I—Great Southern and Western 4 per cent. perpetual (paid L 100). 92. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARK-LANE. -(THIS DAY. ) Only a moderate quantity of English wheat via received fresh rap to our market to-day, ocastwiee and by land car riage ; but the general quality of the produce waatolerably good. For fine samples, there was a fair demand, at last week's currency. Low and damp parcels moved off hea vily, on rather lower terms. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on offer. The sale for all kinds was very inactive. In prices, however, no quotable change took place. The show of English barley was limited ; of foreign, ex tensive. AU descriptions moved off slowly at about last Monday's currency. Malt, the supply of which was moderate, was in fair re quest at full prices. We were heavily supplied with foreign oats ; neverthe less the oat trade was steady, on former terms. Beans were in short supply and fair request, at full quotations. The few peas on offer were mostly disposed of at late rates. The flour trade wee quiet, on former terms. The supply of English flour was extensive. The arrivals of grain and seed-laden vessels off coast have been very small. In wheat, the transactions have been to a fair extent, and the value of some descriptions has had en upward tendency. Mirka, arrived, 435. to 445. 641. ; Banat, 421. 6d. per 492 lbs. Maize has ruled firm in price, but the demand for it has been by no means active. Wallachien, arrived, 275. • Thal prian, 28.. 6d. per 4801hs. The trade for barley b as been m a sluggish state, and distant cargoes have changed hands for less money. Danubian, on passage ~ 28s. 3d. ; Nicolaieff, shipping, 255. 7id. per 480 lbs. Epos rye is offered at •los. to 31s. per 4801bs. ; but no sales have been e ff ected. A cargoof Banat oats is held at Ms. per 304 lbs. No business has been reported in beans. Barber'', 40e. to 41s. per 480 lbs. The demand for Millet seed has been very dull at 21s. to 225. per 480 lbs. for Danubian. We have nothing of interest to notice as regards linseed. No sales have been reported, and prices in consequence are nominally unaltered. Botubay, in ware house 70s. 6d. to 71x; Calcutta, 695. to 705.; Black Sea and Azoff, 67e. to 68s. St. Petersburg. 655. to 665, per qr. The inquiry for linseed cakes has been limited. The supply on sale, however, being small, no change has taken plate in the quotations. London made. 111. to 111. 15s. ; New York, in barrels, 111. ss. to 11/. 10e. ; ditto, in begs, ill. to 11/. ss. ; Western, 10/. 10s. to 101. 15s. per ton. Cottonseed cakes, British made, are worth about 4/. 15s. to 5/. perton. Rapeseed has been very quiet, onrather easier terms. Guzerat, 70s. ; Ferozepore, 625. to 63a. ; Calcutta, 58s. ; Danubian, cultivated, 62a. to 645. •, wild Black Sea and Azoff, 30s. to 325. per qr. Cottonseed has met slow sales. New seed on passage is worth about 71. 17s. 6d. to 8/. per ton. ARRIVAL OF SREDS.-English-Tares, 20 ; linseed, 75 ; rapeseed 30 ; maize, ZTO ; and sundry, Z3O qrs. Foreign -Tares, 'lO9 ; rapeseed, 4,240 ; maize, 10,069 ; and sundry, 410 quarters. ExPowns.-Wheat, 500 ,• malt, 900 ; oats, 70 ; beans, 8 ; peas, 4 ; tares, 15 ; and oil seed, 3,386 qrs. RRENT PRICLS. ENGLISH. Per Qr. WRZAT. !MK, Kent, red, old I. i 44 to 51 Per Qr. OATS. I. s. Scotch potato Irish, white „ black Enna. 11 =wan ,1865 B2 to 38 Tick B7 to 41 Harrow Pigeon 43 to 48 Pau. 33 to 35 35 to 38 37 to 40 33 to 40 Grey Maple White Boilers FLOUR Town made, per 280 Ina. Household Country .. said Suffolk, ez ship 32 to 34 43 to 44 37 to 39 31 to 37 3 MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) thrs oTtocri. The news from abroad eimtinnes to have a very depressing effect upon the quotations of public se curities, which have again given way. The funds have declined per cent., and moat of the chief British railways I to Amongst the foreign stocks, Italian show extreme heaviness, and have further receded 21 per cent. Spanish Passive and . _ . . Certificates, however, 'meet with inquiry, conse quent upon the prospect of a settlement. Financial shares remain flat, and are lower in some awes. The applications for discount to-day are limited, and the supply of money is large. The rate for the beat paper, however, is still 51 to 6 per cent. Console are now quoted 86# to 4- for money, and 86} to 3 for the account (May 9). In the foreign stock market the principal feature is a decline of 24 per cent. in Italian Bonds of 1861. Turkish of 1865 have also receded 1, and Brazilian scrip 4. On the other hand, there is a alight demand for Spanish Passive Bonds and Certificates, which have risen per cent. Greek and Mexican are steady Some of the present prices are as follows: Tarkiah, 1862, 65 to 66; ditto, 1865, 314 to 32 ; Greek, 114 to 124 ; Spanish Passive, 25# to ; ditto Certificates, 15! to 16 ; Italian,lB6l, 464 to f ; Brazilian scrip, 4 to 3} din. ; and Mexican, 19i to 204. United States 5-20 Bonds have declined per cent., Erie and Illinois Central Railway shares 4. The present prices are subjoined :-5-20 Bonds, 69 to 4 ; Erie Railway shares, 514 to ; and Illinois Central, 794 to 4. International Financial shares are now quoted to # die. ; London Financial, 64 to 4} din. ; General Credit, it to 4 die. ; Imperial Mercantile, 44 to 44 dis. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier, to dis ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, to dia. ; and National Discount, 74 to 84 prem. • The sum of 110,0001. in gold was withdrawn from the Bank on Saturday for exportation. The steamer Shannon has arrived from the West Indies with 150,4381. in specie. Subjoined is a statement (from Mr. Slaughter's Weekly List) of the railway calls falling due in the month of May. The total is below the average : animist per Share. Due Already Number Due in May, 1800. Date. Pahl. Cali of Shares. Amount. London, Chatham. and Dover Os dinary stock, issued at 10s. . 8 nlO 0 0 Not known. Lemberg anclCsernowlis 10 13 30 0 62140 £187 ,400 Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Re- deemed 810 1,5 8 20 0 100,000 200,000 Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Total In May. 2 0 0 30,000 00,010 Total In five months of 1866. 447,400 E 5,162,1214 The San Paulo (Brazilian) Railway Company (Limited) have resolved to issue further 7 percent. debentures to the extent of 400,0001. at 95 per cent., and repayable at 100 on the Ist January, 1870. Ten her cent. of the amount of each deben ture will be payable on allotment, and 40 per cent. on the Ist June next ; the balance will be par able on the 17th December. The existing deben tures of the company amount to 200,0001., and the present issue is to rank equally with them as a first charge upon the company's revenue. Applications will be received by Messrs. Rothschild and Sons. Thu report of the directors of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, to be presented at the half-yearly meeting on the 4th of May, is of a very encouraging character. The gross receipts of the half-year on revenue account amounted to 617,969/. lie. 4d., or 1,0261. 16s. Bd. per mile, against 313,1751. 6s. 10d., or 5541. 3s. 10d. per mile in the half-year ending December 31, 1864. The expenditure of the half-year amounted to 368,387/. 4s. 9d., or 69.61 per cent. of the receipts, leaving 249,5821. Is. 7d. as net profit to be carried to the credit of the company's interest account with the government. Travers' circular gives the following comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the price of Consols with the same date of last year : At present. game date last yes:. Rank coin and bullion . 1:13,855,776 ... 1:14,754,795 Bank reserve of notes 5,944,295 ... 7,551,410 Rate of discount Price of Consols 9le -•-- We are requested by Messrs. Clench, Smith, and Co. to state that Mr. Dimsdale has no longer any interest in their firm. The following, on the tea trade, is from the cir cular of Messrs. Richard Gibbs and Co., dated April 26: The arrivals and departures aince our last are to follows: —Arrivals—At London : !Idea Finlayson, Earl Dalhousie, Lammermuir, E. Shun, Patrician, Bacchante, and Cam balu. Departures—From London :—Wild Deer and Juan pore, for Shanghai ; and Invincible, for Hung Kong. Since the departure of the last mail the market has re mained inactive ; the demand from the country is still languid, the provincial dealers waiting the result of the budget before filling up their stocks ; meanwhile the so counts from China are of a character to induce firmness on the part of importers; there is every prospect of a more satisfactory business shortly. The present condition of Germany exercises a prejudicial influence on the export demand for the north of Europe, but a fairly extensive business has existed for Japan teas and greens fur North America. SATURDAY EY natio. Consols, which closed yesterday at 86i to 87 for the 9th of May, opened this morning at the same quotation, and closed at 861 to For money the last price was 86# to I, and for the June settle ment, 87A. The official business report is as follows :—Throe per Cent. Consols, 87, fib ; ditto, for amount, 87, ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 85A 6 ; New Three per Cents., 85 , t, A;. India Five per Cent. Stock, 1061, 6. The India Five per Cent. stock was steady. Exchequer Bills were unaltered, the March being quoted Bs. to 35. dis., and the June 64. dis. to par. Much depression prevailed in the foreign stock market, and prices again declined, owing to the anxious tenor of the news from abroad. Italian Bonds of 1861 and 1866 were prominently heavy, and fell 13 and 1 per cent. respectively. Turkish of 1865 and Greek also declined ; Turkish of 1862, Brazilian scrip, and Egyptian of 1864, ; and Mexican, Spanish Passive, and the Conunittee's Certificates, }. • 'new 36 to 45 Do. white, old 52 to 66 , new 38 to 60 Norio& and Lincoln -to SLIMLY. 33 to 41 28 to 31 23 to 28 rod, old Malting ---- Matlllmg Grinding MALT Emu, NorfUli,;Uld Suffolk 56 to 65 Kingston and Ware 68 to 87 Brown 4B to 53 ETV. 26 to 28 20 to 2 2L to $0 22 to 20 Per Qr. Now OATS. English. feed pgato &oink feed mreicAT. ana OATS. I. s Danish and Swedish 22 to 26 Russian berg 4B to 58 B.ortock 8 lteekleu- —......___ ------ burg l5 to 55 Danish Russian, hard Solt American, red „ white BAiIIAY Danleh ERYPURo • FILAR Maple Rollers INDIAN CORN BEANS. 96 to 90 9.5 to 30 Grinding Distilling Malting Orti. White Yellow FLOUR French, pers:eh7_ 23 to SG Spanish „ 23 to j American, per brL .. 24 to 30 ; Canadhui „ 26 to 30 INTO LONDON, BY LAND AND APRIL 21 TO ArRIL 24, IN- Dutch brewing if to 28 j . „ feeding ARRIVALS OF GRAIN, dc, WATER CARRIAGE, FROI CLUSI VE. Wheat Earley. Malt. Oats. :Beans' rtaia klour qrs. qrs. qrs. I qrs. 1 qrs. qro. ' brie. scks 4947 1102 18166 429. 424 I 11,3 .. 18749 I . 9:0 _ .. Foreign .. 26779 NW7 47040 351 335 2000 W 7 Total .. 31726 6974 19154 i 48531 975 1 618 2000 21000 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (Br ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The market very dull and prices ars id- lower than Saturday. Sales 7,000 bales. MINCING-LANE.--(THIS DAY.) SUGAR — The market continues quiet, no sales of im portance reported since Friday last. Refined is firm for all descriptions. Comr..—A fair business is doing in Ceylon descriptions at steady rates. TEA. —The market remains quiet. Rica—The demand is more active. About 30,000 bags of soft grain sold. Rangoon, 10s. 31; Bassein, 10s. Gd.; and a parcel of white Bengal at 16s. lid. Rux.—No sales reported. SALTPETRE.-600 bags sold, short prompt, at 235. for refraction 3 per cent. Carros.—About 500 bales sold at a decline of ad. per lb. on Friday's quotations. JClL—Business is doing at steady prices, cuttings sold at 2s. Gd. per ton advance. TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) The market is steady :—Town tallow is quoted 455. 3d., net cash ; Petersburg Y. C., on the spot, 472. 3d. ; April to June, 475. to 475. 3d. June, 475. 3d. to 47a. 61. ; Oc tober to December, 48s. 6d. Delivery for last week 1,065 casks. PARTICULARS OP TALLOW. 1863. I 1964. I 1865. I 1866. Stock on hand this day ..easksi 41,032 Delivery last week I 1 ' 377 Ditto from Ist June 75,240 Arrival last week . 115 Ditto from Ist June 77,993 s. d. d. PriceY.C. on iit this day Ditto Town last Friday __ - _ Antral for the week ending Bth May last year 1,253, casks, sad delivery 1,318 casks. 50,417 34,619 1,147 70,60 29,526 1,065 98,122 si:iii 83,116 77,766 e. d. ' s. d. d. 40 3 ; 40 9 ♦1 6 ; 42S 96,264 s. d. d. 47 47 3 47 9 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (THIS DAY.) The supply of beasts is shorter, and trade is rather more active. Prices are better, and • fair clearance is effected. The number of sheep is about the same as on Monday last. There is a good demand for them, and in some instances prices have advanced. There are still very few calves to be had, and prices con tinue high. From France and other countries we have 1,770 beasts, 5,140 sheep, 29 calves, and 75 pigs. Scotland, , 190 beasta ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 1,110 ; and 470 from the Northern and Midland counties. Per stone of Blbs s. d. ad. I Per stone of Mba ad. ad. Best Scots, Herefda 5 0 6 4 I Best Dna& Sh 6 4 6 6 Best Sltort-borne . 4 10 5 0 1 Best Long-wale ... 410 5 Second qua. beasts 84 4 0 Do. do Awn—, 00 0 Calves Pigs Be m esa HU -brads 00 0 0 Lambs Beis at market, 11,640 ; &sop and lambs, MAO ; salves, 40; plgs DA . _ BOROUGH HOP MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) Means. Pattenden and Smith report there is a steady trade tialal in all descriptions of English and ford,' hope, at late prices. Old continue in good demand, at con siderably enhanced rates. Per Qr. f. • ~VL•I)A TNT , 11 . 1 • MINES.-(THIS DAY.) ONE o'CLocs. The mining market is flat to-day, with very few transactions. Clifford Amalgamated shares aro now quoted 9. to 104; Chiverton Moor, 54 to ; West Chiverton, 674 to 724; NF 'rrskerby, 21 to ;E as t Ruasell, 24 to 4; Frank Mills, 51 to 6 ; South Darren, 3to ; and Chontales, 14 to Prem. SPEECHES FirrgEN MINs LONG.—Both on Thursday and Friday nights the number of members an each side of the House of Commons anxious to 'peek c the question was so great as quite to perplex the Speaker, who was desirous at once to consuh tile pleasure of tie house and to meet the fair claims of individual members. On Thursday night the right hon. gentleman that, after the speech of Mr. Lo we, the evening eh= given up to new members ; and this was the rule till ilr. Clulders rose to make the concluding speech. On Friday night, alter the speech of Lord Crenborne, the competitors for the Speaker's eye and the ear of the house were so numerous that frequently from 12 to 20 members rose at once ; and as this continued to be the case, the Speaker at length proposed privately to the members who were desirous of speaking, and whom be considered as having claims to be hissed, to restrict their speeches to fifteen minutes of time. The proposal was acceded to as en ant of obvious fairness, and the restriction was tolerably well observed ; on the whole the plan worked well, but it had the effect of demolishing the plans el not a few members, end reducing their facts and arguments to mere frigniente. So far as we know, this is the first time that any such limitation of time hes been adopted in the House of Commons, but the example is a good one, and may with vast advantage be followed in all public meetings where the speakers are so numerous am to require it.—Leeds Mercury. 37 te 41 36 to 40 31 to 36 31 to 35 RTS.