The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

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At the trial the counsel t'Or ie articles wee Carriers Aol; ore not halo insured. 11* that the paw Bief Baron cels , defendants paid declined to add Vital on behalf SI ersonal lunacy such a deface mi then went to for the plaintiff t, but the Lord wrsonal the def endana of the plaintiff to enter • vor by the . pA l!" ed their babiMr, open to them on DIVORCE. , r.) e AND OTHIIIB. d. the plaintill; the defendants. led a copy of tits laybank Cottage, on the 27tb,Narch, 4th Augnst,lBll2, tathbone, thasols ippointed her two a previous tab) , w 0 grandsons by a Mr. Edge; but it st disposition at a been aufildeall )3' other members tlecottlinttZ e t thbone he testatrix or by sncelling it. Tha d her to take tka ted a deed of gift, trty. Its amoutt e went to prow , PENSATION ter, Scott Twat`, Y.) MISSIONERS OF 70 Gabriel Go lag's arn, in reePed cd • An'a-inn-fielde, the non of the new law PPegre d in ra, Q.C.. an"ll7lri. la tales was prayed. 2,8501. , r ty, when ' indulgence of the 1, a nd a verdict bi iliff the jury py** ITRTS. r. ricer, but admit's & ith obtaining " I °° ll f 16, named Heel his father. who 1 ut half-past 4 clock rn Tottenham osart• round the i r= ' sniping • holding uP • g 2 inside r for ls. c, and wanes' recw night the puns for • it only contained Igo ught it if he had WA Ito )f course e he num did cr, so. A he thought the tcco r to induce others W n, said he wog PROW es statement. lvm. atter mid, " It is On can make a chin!: ing rae containing 1 6 ." Am pretence. Salta, 'henurse and ° I L., opened th• Pe ' I be could see instil?" , he put the money it it there, or that tbll question with th• Ilk s owe Won • jurf: o we d a t the to murder his 1,11;11 Tr, amuses-lour, r of the Assorisfe Iv sat * f o r improving and enforcing the laws for the pro tection of women, watched the case, and Mr. Ricketts, of Frederick-street, Gray's-inn-lane, defended. The be this ease have been reported, and it will be imeembe of red that about fortnight ago the prisoner and his wife were both the worse for liquor. The lodgers h e ad a scuffle, and then the daughter of the landlady )sad t h e window in the pr isoner ' s room opened, and the I=er say " Out you go. " Shortly afterwards the in woman was found lying on the stones in an insen sible d e a a . She was taken to the St. Pancras infirmary w i m p) she remained in a dangerous state, her life being &gu ild of. The deposition was taken last week, and she than stated that she was not aware that her husband impc ts to throw her out of window. sergeant Parry, 14 Y, now handed in the fob low*.,inedical certificate :—" St. Pancras Infirmary, April 18, —I hereby certify that Sarah Hoyle', aged to, is favourably.—W. F. Burr, Surgeon to the St. Infirmary and Workhouse.* gr. Ricketts hoped the magisteate would now take bail for * prisoner's appearance. garker asked if the police knew if the woman was tysope t=er le Gifford, 228 Y, said that the surgeon b a d Wormed him that the injured woman was still very fo. sad not out of danger. Barker said that under those circumetancra cot like bail at present. Nr. Ricketts said that what the oonstable had beard was sot evidence, and his statement ought not to prejudice the *goner. The certificate stated that she was progressing favourably, and such being the case bail ought to be taken. The prisoner had nowbeenremanded for a fortnight on mere suspicion, and on evidence on which no jury would ever sunvict. He could put in bail to any amount, and by not admitting the prisoner to bail the court was punishing him without giving the primmer the right to be tried. Mr. Barker said he would not take bell at present, but Mr. Ricketts could apply again when the woman was out dan rieketts Mr. asked the magistrate to fix the amount of mil, so that the prisoner might not be kept a day longer i s imprisonment than was necessary. Mr. Barker declined to fix the amount of bail, and the rienser was then removed. LAMBETH. CHAIIOI or 110kOM-STILALIZIG. William /mos, • horse-er, was charged with steal j og 6 pony of the value of 41 .4 45., the property of Thomas he could prosecutor said that on the 2nd of October last be • pony from the prisoner for 41. 45., and he V Ase warranted the animal to be perfectly sound and quiet. s day or two after he discovered that the pony was des, and meeting the prisoner at the Elephant and castle, Newington, he told him about it, and wished to have the money back for it. The prisoner said he should 'sake that all right—that he had no wish to take ad- Tha sage of a poor man—but instead of returning back the ixi bey he got possession of the pony and drove him off. The prisoner, who cross-examined the witnesses in such a way as satisfied all present that he has had much aspa rtame in that way, was remanded to a future day. PICKING UP A BTRANGIB. Sarah Ass hut, a middle-aged female, was charged rids ro bbing Mr. John Hutchinson, a tradesman, residing g High-street, Chelmsford, of about 61. in gold and miser. TM the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor " picked app" the prisoner in the railway carriage when going to meet kis brother at Norwood. They got drunk and the prisoner managed to rob the prosecutor. She was fully committed for trial. SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN SOUTH STAFFORD SHIRK. THREE MEN KILLED. Yesterday, inquests were held in Wolverhamp tee sad at Deepfields respecting the deaths of three men, Jae Gardner, 18 ; Thomas Snap., 19 ; and Joseph Swift, dapun. All three men were working together on Satur y sight, at one of the blast furnaces of Hr. T. Furby, at Nobel& One furnace contained about four tons of molten iron,and about four tons of cinders and the like. Soapewasthe keeper of the furnance, and the other men were his assist ants. It was Snipe's duty to have run out the contents of the furnace at half-pmt 7 o'clock, but at half-pest 8 he and the other deceased were talking together about Needing for some cheap drink, and Snape stopped up one of the exits of the molten metal. Owing to this opera tion, and the delay in tapping the furnace,the molten iron rose until it came up to one of the tuyeres—huge hollow pipes which contain water, which runs between their two sides. The molten iron having risen to the to ere, it was burnt through, and the water micaped into the furnance occasioning a generation of steam, the force of which blew out the front of the furnace just as the deceased were stripping to tap it. The whole eight tons of red hot stuff which the furnace contained was bulged out, and Gardner, being buried beneath it, soon became a perfect cinder. Maddened with pain, Snape leaped into the canal, and then ran home, where he died. Swift, too helpless to mope, was conveyed to the South Staffordshire Hospital, where he expired on Sunday. A verdict of " Accident..! death " was, in each instance, returned ; but the Coroner mid that had Snaps lived, he would have been guilty of manslaughter. LIVE-BOAT SERVICE. MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND, Ttmulav Nrerr. This morning intelligence was brought to Maryport that • schooner was ashore on Dub Mill Scar, about 8 miles &N.& of this place, with a flag of distress flying (says H. Lindsay, Esq., Collector of Custom). It was blowing a strong gale at the time from W.S.W. The life-boat of the National Lifeboat Institution was at once launched, and went away through the heavy surf under canvass in the direction of the wreck, which was reached in about an hour. The life-boat's anchor ware then let go and she dropped down alongside the vessel, which was then alloat. Finding the master ignorant of his whereabouts, the coxswain and four of the hfebost's crew went on board. One of the crew was in the rigging, and the sea was soaking a complete breach over the ship. Shortly afterwards one of the cables broke, when the coxswain slipped the other one and ran the schooner into Silloth, thus saving both life and property. The lifeboat was taken bast to her station in tow of a steam-tug which had come out to the vessel. The schooner wu the Treaty, of Goole, bound from Newcastle, Ireland, to London, with a cargo of granite. This is the first ser vice performed by this lifeboat, which has only recently been placed by the National Lifeboat Institution on this station, through the munificence of Henry Nixson, Esq., of Manchester. The boat is reported to have behaved ad mirably in the surf and better than the crew ever ex peeteeL THE SOUTH EASTERN AND LONDON ' CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILMAYS.—The boards of the South Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies met yesterday and approved the heads of an agreement for a united system of working and developing the traffic of the two lines, with the view of furthering the mutual interests of the two undertakings and extending the facilities of both systems to the public. It was arranged that application should be made to parliament for powers to effect a fusion of interests on the prin ciple of the North Eastern agreement ; that is, by a division of the total net profits earned in propor tions to be agreed, the existing capitals of the two companies remaining distinct ; but a joint capital to be created for general purposes. The whole arrangement is to be subject to the approval of the shareholders of both companies. The Owl says that the man who attempted the life of the Emperor Alexander is a Russian landowner of Mali means, who conceived himself injured or ruined by the emancipation of the serfs. The would-be regicide fired his pistol when close to the Emperor, and would no doubt have shot him, but that a police agent, who noticed his sudden movement, rushed at him just in time to turn aside the aim as the weapon went a within a few feet of the person of Alexander. The Emperor, with perfect presence of mind, himself seized the culprit, asking him quietly—" What have I ever done to you that you should leek my life ?" The New York World states that seven I Cnited States men-of-war, carrying 86 guns, are to be sent to the North American coast. The tonnage of the seven ships is 10,473. Rte OVER AND KILLED. —Last evening Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Tiger Tavern, Wick-road, Hackney, touching the death of Ed ward Chapman, aged 54. The deceased was a bricklayer, liv[ng at 3, Elvid-cottages, South Hackney. Last Satur day night, while crossing Shoreditch High-street, a cab mine along and knocked him down and ran over him. He was taken home, and when a doctor was sent for it was discovered that his spleen was ruptured, and that he had received other dreadful injuries. He elated that no blame 1, 116 attributable to the cabman, and that the accident was entirely due to the crowded state of the street. He died in greet agony on the Sunday morning. The jury returned I verdict of Accidental death." Mr. Pare, the City coroner, held two inquiries at Guy's Hospital relative to the death of two children, who had been run over and killed. The first case was that of a girl named Mary Lush _l, the daughter of a labourer living in the Borough. Mr. Nance, of No. 18, Royal Exchange, said that on last Friday evening he was on an omnibus ggooing along Black man -street, in the Borough, when the ran across the road, and, finding herself surrounded by vehicles, she loot presence of mind, and fell right under the wheels of an omnibus. She was run over, and died immediately after being taken to the hospital. The other case was that of a boy named John Philp, aged 12 years, son of a compositor reading at 31, King-street, Lambeth. On Wednesday last, at 12 o'clock, while the deceased was in Great Tower-street, be fell in crossing the road and was run over by a railway Tit. He received injuries from which he died on Friday. Verdict' of "A cc id en t a l death" were returned in each case. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(THIS DAY.) Mr. DODSON (the Deputy-Speaker) took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. The Kingston and Epsom Railway Bill, and the Tulacre Pier and Barbour Bill were read a second time. PUBLIC COMPANIES BILL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH in moving the second reading of this bill, said it wee identically the same bill as passed a second reading in 1864. The bill was interded to correct what he conceived to be an imperfection in the mode of voting in public companies, and to enable them to know what they were voting about before instead of after. Many companies had numerous shareholders, some as many as five or ten thousand, and the Loudon and North Western as man, as 22,000. Of course they could not all attend the meetings, and many of these were ladies. At present, if proxies were sent they must be received by the secretary 48 hours before the meeting. lie proposed that in the event of a poll being demanded the motion and amendment should be printed and sent to all the share holders, who should then send voting papers by post. Mr. IL GIBSON said he had no objection to the principle of the bill. The bill was then read a second time. THE HOP TRADE BILL. Mr. HUDDLMTON moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which is to prevent frauds in the hop trade by requiting the weight and name of the grower to be marked on the pocket. [Left speaking.] SHARE L. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1866. ris DAY.) 011 O'CLOCK. The railway market is firm to-day, but the only variations are a rise of * per cent. in London and North Western, and a decline of in Great Eastern and in London, Chatham, and Dover stocks. London and North Western stock is quoted 121* to ; Great Western, 158* to ; Midland, 123 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121 to *; Great Eastern, 40 to I ; South Eastern, 74} to 74 ; Caledonian, 127* to , ex div. ; Metropolitan, 1331 to 134* ; Great Northern, 121 to 122 ; ditto A, 137 to 138 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, vs to 3011. Grand Trunk of Cans, Railway stock is flat, and has declined # percent.—viz., to 281 to 29*. Great Western of Canada shares are also slightly lower, at to 1. PETITIONS TO PARLIAMENT FOR THE REFORM BILL. It appears from the last report of the select com mittee on public petitions, that up to Friday last there have been presented to parliament sines the recess 610 petitions in Lwour of the government Reform Bill, with a total number of signatures amounting to 440,941. As many ea 172 petitions were signed officially or under seal. There have been several other petitions for extension of the franchise and vote by ballot ; one (with one signature) for further inquiry ; sixteen petitions with 2,896 signatures against the bill ; seven against clause 16 ; five for alteration ; and one, with 1,545 signatures, for Lord Grcavenor's amendment. THE STREET TRAFFIC OP THE METROPOLIS. The select committee to whom was referred the London (City) Traffic Regulation Bill, and who were in structed " to inquire into the best means of regulating the traffic of the metropolis," have agreed to the following special report, which was published this morning : 1. Your committee have heard evidence as to the general street traffic of the metropolis, and as to the attempts made to regulate it under several acts of parliament passed, to give to the various authorities in the City, and in the me tropolitan police district, power for this purpose. 2. Your committee are of opinion that any legislation which may be necessary for the farther regulation of the public traffic within the City of London would be inefficacious and in complete, unless corresponding regulations were in force in a much larger portion of the metropolis, and that inch regulations should be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of State, by the Com missioners of Police for their respective districts. 3. Rntertaining these views, your committee think that it is not desirable to proceed with the bill referred to them, which is limited to the regulation of the traffic within the City of London. Your committee, therefore, remnonend that a general measure to correct the present defeats in the law, and to give additional powers to regulate traffic in every portion of the metropolis, should be brought for ward by the government." ELECTION PETITIONS.-( THIS DAY.) HEISTON. The committee appointed to inquire into the legality of the election for the borough of Helston met yesterday at 11 o'clock ; Mr. S. B. Miller in t he chair. The other members of the committee were Mr. W. 0. Foster, the Hon. W. Portman, Lord A. H. Trevor, and Mr. Winn Knight. Mr. Berjeant Ballantine and Mr. Hammen appeared as counsel for the sitting member, Mr. Adolphus W. Young and Mr. W. H. Cooke, Mr. Cox, and Mr. Thesiger for the petitioners. The petition itself contained only the ordinary allegations of bribery and treating. The usual formal resolutions respecting the exclusion of witnesses, the production of the list of persons bribed, &c. having been agreed to, a consultation took place between the learned counsel and parties upon each side, Mr. Cooke stating that if the commiteee would allow them to consult it would result in a considerable saving of time. After deliberating a few minutes Mr. W. Cooke stated that he was happy to inform the committee that their labours would be very soon concluded in respect to this case, because since the presentation of the petition Mr. Young, with the assistance of his friends, had insti tuted an inquiry into certain circumstances attending the election, and although the petitioners suite acquitted the hon. member of any participation in the acts com plained of, he had been advised by his friends that those acts committed without his knowledge by his agents were quite sufficient to void the election, and acting like an honourable gentleman, Mr. Young had de clined to put the petitioners to the expense of a protracted investigation, which would only result in the same conclu sion. He therefore consented that one witness should be called to prove a case of bribery and would then retire. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said that all he had to add to his learned friend's statement was that Mr. Young would offer himself for examination, for the purpose of showing that he had nothing whatever to do with the practices complained of ; but that certain cases of treating having been brought to his knowledge, and having been advised that they were sufficient to void the election, he did not wish to put his opponents to the expense of proving the specific charges. A witness named Rowe, residing some three miles from Helston, was then called and stated that in the middle of the night before theelection Mr. &comae, oneof the sup porters of the sitting member, came to him and offered him 201. to go along with him. He understood what it was for but did not go. Mr. Adolphus W. Young was then called, and denied that he hail the least cognisance of any improper practice being carried on in his name, but that having been advised by his counsel that cases of treating could be proved which would be sufficient to void the election he hal determined to retire from the contest rather than give his opponents the trouble of actually proving the allegations and enter ing into a long and costly inquiry, and which after all might be attended by the same result. The Chairman stated that the course pursued by the hon. member was just what the committee would have expected from him. He wished to know whether the seat was claimed. Mr. W. H. Cooke—No, sir. I presume you will report to the house that the election is void. The Chairman—Yes. You are aware that we obliged to report the particular cases of bribery, by the statute. One attempt has been proved, which is sufficient, and al though a list of others has been handed in it will not be necessary to do more than report the case actually proved. Mr. evoke—Quite so. Our further attendance, I pre sume, is unnecessary. The Chairman—Yes; we shall draw up our report at once and present it to the house. The proceedings then terminated. Additional evidence was taken to-day by the Nottingham, Bridgwater, Horsham, and Maidstone committees. The Rev. H. G. Alington, Master of Marlborough College, has been appointed one of her Majesty's inspec tors of schools. Mr. Alington obtained an open demyehip at Magdalen College, Oxford, a first class in moderations, and a second class in the final school in 1859. Upwards of twenty American ships are now to be seen st one time in the port of Havre. During the American revolution not above four or five were to be seen there. No port suffered more from the rebellion of the Southern Confederation than Havre. Before the rebellion upwards of sixty American ships were often in that port together. Nearly 300 convicts were shipped last week from Portland for Western Australia. Roupell was one of them, but, for some reason or other, he was relanded, and I was not sent off. _ - . Gzsmix Tamoas.—By the Hamburg steamer which arrived on Saturday afternoon there were brought to Leith Z 3 journeyman Cierman tailors for masters in Edinburgh. On being landed they proceeded to the Shipping Company's office, where they signed an a went wider which they will be required to work. agree will be entitled to the current rate of wages, and be sub ject to such rules as the master may agree to. The next steamer from Hamburg will bring a second company of 30 tailors. A number of constables were in attendance in the docks on Saturday to prevent the men being molested, but so far as could be seen their presence was unnecessary. —Scotsman. " SMALL BY DIARIES AND BZAITTITIILLY LIM." —A dividend (which it may be presumed may be taken ea a dual one) of I• 9o th of ld. has just been declared in the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy in the estate of S. C,oz, manufacturer of chemicals, of Netham, neer BristoL The bankruptcy took place under the Cinsolidation Act of 1849, and there have been three previous dividends of Bd., ld., and 1-Bth of Id. Ma sum now divided was U. Is. be tween creditors whose debts amounted to about 45,0004 ORDLNANY SHARES AND STOCKS. Y►IDAATB LOU Bristol and Exoter 100 Caledonian 100 Cambrian all C.4 . .,ric and Bandon all Cornwall _ 100 Dubllnand BallaslJunc 100 Dundee, l'erth.etAbd.ln all Nast London Scrip CAM 100 Do 100 'Glasgow and S. Western' 100 IGrent. Eastern Ord. St. 100 Do. 8 Ang. Stk., No. 100 ! Great North ot Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 IDo.A Arec. no cliv. un -100 DO. B - itil6p. c. paid.B 100 .Do. New tae. a' L 5 pm. 80 .Do. Ord. Del. Div. Stock 100 10t. Smith& West. (Ire ) 100 'Great Western 1001 Do.BtourVaLGua. titk 100 Do. South Waite . „ 100 Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 100 1)o. Do. Newport 100 Do. Do. Hereford 100 , Lancaahlred Yorkshire 100 Lon..Brinhtn, &S. Coast 100 London,Chathamonov 100 i Do. Met Exten. AG p. c. 100 London & North Wean. 100 I LontlondtSonthWeatern 100 Man. Shef., k lin,Ansh 100 ,I{oyopolyan New Extension t 9 127} 66 13 4 err 70 all NetropouttnlHatrict 10 Do. do. do. 8 IM. &Bt. John's-wood 100 Midland 6 Do. C. 9 Shares jlOO Do. Blrm. & Derby 1 all ibild Lent 1100 jhorth British .100 Do. Edin., Perth,Dtuid. !100 N. Eastern—Berwick lei Do. G. N. 'lOO Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 'lOO Do. Carlisle all Do. Stock.dtDaiiing 111 Do. do., 180061 100 North London 1 7 Do. do., 1884 ' 7 Do. do. , 1861 100 North Staffordshire :100 N. & 8. Western June. 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish N. K. Aber. Stk. 'lOO Scottish Midland . . 1100 100 South Devon . Shropshire Union Ii 9nat6 k!i!tlr.o - ;11 13istruesiN, Okiitiltaro,rte ,100 'Tart Vale ' 3 Do. C 1 100 Vale of Neath 100 Waterford & Kilkenny !4 Waterloo& Whitehall 100 West Cornwall BRITISH Cl y a c tag i res I Bela today to 1 p.m. 01 1724 16 1S 6 70 72 In In In} 134 lOU - Its e MA 8 76i ST 1n 1 05 30 e 30 1 129 . i g e In r Sh. I Pd. 1 BLILWAYS. 100 all iiltTntic&St.Lawrencei St. 100 ,Born. Bar. &C. In. gsp.c. ' I 20 8 ' Do. F Shares 20 3 / 4 all Buffalo d Lake Huron 10 all I Do. Preference 100 100 Buff.,llnult.,&4loderlch 6 per cent 1872-3-4 St. 100 .Cal. &S. kistern sp. St. 100 Cape T. & Dock 6p.c. g 100 all 'Detnerara,7p.c. perpref. I St. 100 'East Bengal go. sdo St. 'lOO East Indian gu. sdo St. 100 Grand Trunk of Cansdo 100 all i Do. ILntlp.M.B.6p.ct.' 100 all ; Do. Ist preL Bonds 100 • all Do. do. deferred 100 all Do. 2nd preL Bonds., 100 all Do. do. deferred, 100 all , Do. Sard pret Stock 100 ' all ! Do. do. deferred 100 all • Do. 4th pref. Stock 100 all ; Do. do. deferred, St. 100 Great Indian Peninsula; 20 18 ; Du. gua. 5 per cult. 20 8 Do. New do. 20 2 I Do. New St. 100 Gt. S. uf g. sp. ct I St. 100 Do. 41 per cent. St 2 Do. 205 all Gt. Western of Canada 20i IS ; Do. New 100 all , D0.6p.c.8d5.Pay.187 2 10/1 all , Do.SI do. do. 18776; 10 2 Indianßranch'Llmited, St. 100 ;Madras guar. sp. cent. St. 100 ! Do. do. 41 do St. 100 ! Do. do. do I 20 10 Do. Fifth Extension' St. 100 Melb. Corp. 6 per c. Bd.! 50 all Melb. and Hobsons Bay 100 .. Do. 6p. et.. pay. 1880; 100 _ ; Do. sp. ct., pay. 105 St. 100 N. R.of Can.6p.c.lstp. B. St. 100 Sende, gua. 6 per cent.! St. 100 Do. Delhi do 20 2 ; Do. dn. do St. 100 ' Do. Fut:daub do. St. ,100 I Do. Indus St. Flot do LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (nr =cram TILZOILLPH.) NEWMARKET MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. T.Y.C. Breeds'bane, Sr to Ascham, The Duke, and Qui Vive are here. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. EACH. T.Y.C. Fortunatus, Raven, and Thalia to be sold for 3001. each. My Love, Goodfellow, Gas, Molly f, Hopvine, and Amazon f, 2001. each. HANDICAP PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Bretby Stakes Conroe; I Warrior, Set 12Ib ; Audax, Sat 41b ; Le &Nernst', Sat 31b; Menace, Bst ; Ethelred, 7at 131 b ; Paris, 7st 131 b ; Glen dusk, 7st 121 b ; Whit ey, 'lst 1 Ilb ; Rose, 7st Illb ; Lady Valentine, let 101 b; Forester, 7st 101 b ; Kinzmaker, ' 7st 10Ib ; Flutter f, 7 st 71 b ; Tilt, 7st Tlb ; Celerrima, 7st 51b ; Custard Castle, 7st 21b ; Grapeshot , Est 121 h ; Rantillion, Est 12Ib ; William Pitt, bat 101 b; Tomahawk, Sat 91b ; Sweet Anna 6st 81b ; Blackthorn, 6st Ilb; Anemone c, sst 71b ; Denmark, set 71b ; Helen Ragan c, Sat nb ; and Hopvine, Sat 71b. All are here. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Lest five furlongs of R.M. I Rus Urbe, Lady Hester, Sneer f, Tuftiloe c, Verona c, at. Lose Leaf, t. Halley, Ilavourneen, Dunbisne, Gas, Hermit, St. Satyr, Problem, Ruthven, ntel, Verity, Ingratitude, S Prodigal, Atalanta, Names, Photograph , Ruth, The Eine- 5 2, raider, Knight of the Garter, Catherine, Hippia, King- g . horn, Clairvoyante c, Collins, Langton, and Firmament c 100 are here. All the others have paid excepting the following : St. Lady Mary, Nine Elms, Barrington, Red Cross Knight, Young - Young Lord, The Porter's Knot, Van Amburgh, Will o' the Wisp, Phantom sail, Amour Propre, and Angelica. PLATE OF 100 SOVS. A.M. St. Ischia, Mr. Pitt, Janitor, The Corsair, Maseppa, and 84- 8 , Emigrant are here. St. SWEEPSTAKES OF 501. A.F. S St t. Tomahawk and Strathconan are here. gt PAID FosvezT.—The Mule. Bt. Aamoun.—Masson and Cotillon. St. St. CHESTERCHESTERCUP. St. 3 to I agst Delight (t) 8 to 1 Win. Pitt (t) St. 10 to 1 Treasure (t) et 25 to 1 Mouhey (t) Bt. St THE MURDER IN CANNON-STREET. St. EXAIIILNATION OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER I; AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) too In consequence of the statement that the prisoner 11° charged with the murder of Mrs. Million, in Cannon- SI street, would be examined at the Mansion-house this se. morning, the greatest excitement was created, and long 05 l i before the usual hour for the commencement of business, a great number of persons had assembled outside the court St. for the purpose of obtaining admission. 25 . St. The prisoner was stated in the police-sheet Lobe Will iam gt . Sei4Us, slim Penton, 25 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high, St and a labourer. He was charged with the wilful murder r s of Sarah Million, alias Swann, by striking her on the head St. with some blunt instrument. He was placed at the b ar in n custody of Sergeants Moss and Hancock, the city deter- Bt. fives, by whom the prisoner had been apprehended. Bt. Bt, The Lord Mayor took his seat on the bench at 12 o'clock. in. Sir John Musgrove, Sir R. Carden, and Colonel Fraser, r t: the commissioner of the City police, were also present. st. Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the prosecution. St. 20 Mr. Scarth appeared for the prisoner. St. The prisoner was placed at the bar about half-past 12 to o'clock. He gave two or three deep sighs, but, other- It' wise, appeared quite calm and collected. 10 Mr. Wontner, addressing the Lord Mayor, said he ap- St. peared at the instance of Messrs. Bevington and Sons, of Cannon-street, in whose house a murder of great atrocity was committed last week, to narrate the circum stances of that crime, and to produce evidence against the prisoner. He said that the house was left in the charge of the deceased and another woman, and she appeared to have complained of the visits of some persons, who constantly came to the house to annoy her, and she was in the habit of answering the door, and she had done so on the night in question. Soon afterwards the other woman came downstairs, and the deceased was found a lifeless corpse in the passage. He should show that the prisoner was the person who had annoyed the deceased in the way he had stated, and it would appear by a letter which was in the handwrit ing of the prisoner that he had used threats towards her. He said he should be able to prove that about three or four years ago the deceased had borrowed a sum of money of a woman named Webber, through the instrumentality of a man named Terry, and he sent the prisoner to the deceased to make application for the money, and had constantly annoyed and threatened her. The prisoner used to give a receipt for the money paid him in the name of Denton, but his handwriting was recog. nixed, and he was taken into custody yesterday at Eton, and he admitted that he had applied to the deceased for money, and that he had signed the fictitious name of Smith. Upon his clothes being searched it was found that they were saturated with blood in many places, and he made a long statement to Moss, the officer, which would be detailed in evidence. After he was told what he was charged with, he merely declared that he was innocent, and he professed to be able to account for his time in the evening when the murder was committed. The following evidence was then adduced : Sarah Lewes,cook in the establishment of Messrs. Beving ton, was the first witness examined. She appeared to be a good deal excited, and it was some time before she could be examined. She said—l am cook to Messrs. Bevington and Sons, of No. 2, Cannon-street West. The deceased, Sarah Million, was the housekeeper to Messrs. Bevington. I have been nine years in the service, and the deceased was there for the same period. Her husband was formerly also in the service of Messrs. Bevington, but he died in 1859, and the deceased lived there afterwards as a widow. The pre mime were generally cloned at 7 o'clock in the evening, and no one but I and the deceased rem lined in them during the night. For some time past there has been very often a ring at the bell in the evening, and the deceased would always answer it. I remember there being a ring at the bell last Wednesday. The witness went on to describe the circum stances under which she found the deceased. Deceased had about two months ago asked her in a frightened way to lend her some money to give a man who drove away in a cab. The evidence of the police-constables who were called in after the murder was then taken, after which the detec' Live by whom the prisoner was apprehended was examined. He stated that the prisoner acknowledged the letter as his. Prisoner's mother complained that he was a trial to her. Articles of his clothing were found with stains which witness had no doubt were stains of blood. The prisoner said he was as innocent of the murder as a baby. He acknowledged to having called on the deceased three times and to having received money from her, and that he knew that the man Tent' was not entitled to the money. The prisoner was ultimately remanded till Thursday, the 26th, his counsel saying be should be able to show conclusively that the prisoner was not out of the town of Eton on the night of the murder. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. -(THIS DAY.) This day the twelfth ordinary meeting of share holders was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. MITCHELL, M.P., in the chair. The report, which has been already published, having been taken as read, The CHAI RYAN, in moving its adoption, regretted that he bad not to congratulate the shareholders on a more favour able one. But they passed through a severe crisis in the East and without making an invidious comparison with others they did not suffer more than others, and less than some. The capital remained untouched though the reserve fund had been diminished. It should be their duty to endeavour to build it ni upi. Their credit remained unimpaired, and they were • large profits in the course of the present year. With aaxxll to bad and doubtful debts they had given them accurately as far as they could and without the least reserve. The losses last year were greater than the profits, but in pro posing a dividend of 2} percent. they were not trenching on their capital. If they were he should not propose a dividend. The directors found it necessary to tranfer 83,0001. to meet the bad and doubtful debts, which sum they believed to be amply sufficient for the purpose. He concealed nothing from the shareholders in the past, he told them that they were making loses. He now told them that their credit WM firm, that they were making good profits, and he hoped that he would appear before them neat year with a more favourable report and a more prosperous state of affairs. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jores seconded the motion. Several questions having been put, and answered satis factorily by the chairman, the motion was adopted. SOLTHAMPTOX, APRIL 18. —The Hamburg and American Company's Mesmer Allemania riL this morn ing for New York with 130 saloon paesenges, and • larp cargo, including French jewellery to the value of 17,900 franca. 68 68e 67 50 39 41 $6 16 100 102 121 121} 05 97 30 32 121 121} 92 93 61 63 a pm 1 11 pm liii 92 96 1 ts 92 mi 1 1. 11 pin SK 67 68 26 27 104 1021 71 72 1084 1094 - - 25 4 NI 10 11 pm 122 124 1 2pm 1 2pm 74 78 108 112 149 161 00 08 lA, 49 61 Mt 74 8 9 140_ 143 .._ _ 4 3 100 1031 DID 51 53 SESSIONS. Mains prier& 1 65 57 102 103 ; par Om. 5. 6 91 101 76 80 96 96 65 70 100 102 101 102 102 103 29 31 85 87 :a 63 66 55 60 • 67 59 50 65 I 42 45 40 44 3o 32 29 31 108 109 1 llpm 1 1 pm 1 pm 199 101 I 91 03 I 5 10 x 4 5 4edls xd 94 96 83 85 xd le Oldli 90 100 91 93 86 88 62 64 100 102 83 85 80 82 83 100 98 00 i idla V/ 99 JOINT STOCK BANKS. BANKS. Masterman's • AlllanceLon.gLiverpool ,Anglo Austrian Anglo Egyptian (Lim). • 'Anglo Italian ,Limited;. .ASSiatit: Bunk Cor. new sh !Australasia • Bankof British Columbia, 80. New, Issued 2 prn 1 'Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Otago (Limited) Bint of Queensland IL.‘ Blinkof ietoria,Australl Bank of New Zealand ,Bank Bank ,Limitedi! )Brasillan&Portuguese,L, British& Calif ornian,L .1 British N. America , :CharlesLaffltteg Co. L C. Bk. Aus., China! Chart. Met, of India, &c. ,City Colonial .. 60,000, 60 10,000 50 40,000 100 • MOW 20 40,000 60 20,000 50 • 11,300 20 30,000 40 12,500 20 14500 20 10,000 40,000 20 2.5,000 20 10,000 100 20,00). 50 60,000 10 40,000 50 60,000. 20 20,000 60 20,000 , 50 . 75,500 20 60,000 20 1 30,000 251 60,000 20 20,000 100 40,000 200 40,000 25 200,000, 10 10,000 50 2),000 50 50,000. 20 30,000: 30 20,000' 25 30,000; 23 20,000 l 50 'Coro. Bank of CYnada ICoru. Bank of India, dc , 'Cons Bank (L ; 'Delhi and London East London , Limited.' 'Eastorn Exchange,Litn.i, English and American .1 English Joint Stock 'L. )' EintScot.d: Anal. Chartd English and Swedish :L European Bank: Limited, illndwm.CbinatkJap. 10;000i100 10,000,100 20,000:100 20,000 100 135,000 20 67,500 20 6,000 25 6,0u0i 25 100,0001 20 500,000100 20,0601 50 13.000100 22,0001 20 5,000100 20,9001 15 50,000, 20 '5,0001 50 72,00 0 1 60 25,000. 20 10,000'100 5,000 50 50,000 100 10,000 100 60,0001 o 20,000 0 05 0 0 1 G Il' 111 : 0 o ao : 1 06 pin.% Do, New Imperial Bank ,Limitecr, Imperial Ottoman Do. New lonian Do. New Lind Mort. Bk. India ,L ; IDo.Sp. c. Den. 1964. S 0 7rs Lon.Bk.onlexico,&c. London and Brazilian 60,000 60,000 60,000 10,000 25,000 21.000 27,210 10,000 87,500 12,600 I New ILondon& Meer Plate ,L Do. New, Ilia at pm 'Lon_ Ch. Bank of Aosta London and County 'London Joint I rnrlo - n & South African ;Lon. &S.Western,Liro., ,London &Venazusla.L ,London & Westminster. Merchant Bank ,Lim.; . I Do. New • Mercantlle&Exchan,L l Metro. & Prov.llank,L, Midland Bank (Lim. ) National of Australasia National of Liverpool IN. Pro. of ..oand • - • • 'National D. siew South Wales !New Zealand (Limited: North Western 48 60 8 1 0121 1 dla par 4 par 2i , Ipe 8 6 dis 12 18 70 71 20i 21i 11.051 10,000 40,000 10,000 :o;ental Bank Corpora. Orient.Oom.B.LlateO.C. Do. do. lateN.F. Do. do. late F. C. Pro, In. Bankin&CorP. Provinc. of Ireland &Ind°, Punt. & Delhi (14 Do. tuned at 2 pm South Australia Stand. of B. & Africa Do. do. ma at 6pm Union of Australia Union of Ireland () Union of London 31 33 27 28 2 1 lidis 10 8 di& 8 9pm 7 8 dis 2 1 .44 34 214 is 47 49 14 20 40 42 ID 21 45 40 6 pint -1- Y } } —61 1 2 S las 21 AMA Val 8 6 dig 7 6 dis 14 16 la 16 14 16 8_ 9ym - I ifIM I per' i pm 93 2ti _l,lla par lag - 8286 3 UM id 1318 par I!l,iss 'l2 14 Pm S 349 w 21 22 77 78 46 47 14 16 2 1 dla 4 2414 96 97 2 9 29 dl 54 40151 1 dli si p Pm ' m 6 pull W 4 ifi 6 19 181 Pis sr 2 4 Puk 4648 3 di. 14.6 in! 47} 1 4 3 dis 83 85 66 86 13 10 &a 7 6 di. 61 63 dia 61 + 6$ 88 - -- lower 8R lard sad West ladls .- 110, 190 198 1;080 10 General Flostft Dock! 6 678410 8d 'London &StAathads. 100 71 511 ni I,ooe,seolee Do. De& 81 4 p cent! al S 7 90 —.. 10;866 St. 'Southampton 100 887,071 It ,86a1r07 Commear4.l lOO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Sambre and Meuse, S. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15, i. _ PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern 5 per cent. redeemable, at 5 per cent. prem., 105 t. Great Western—Original 5 per cent. redeemable pre ference, 99. Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock, 129,1, 8. Midland 4t per cent. stock, redeemable, 96. North Eastern—West Hartlepool Har t. and Rail., 791. South Eastern 4t per cent., 91. MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices (Limited), 5;, 5. Credit Fonoier and Mobilier of England (Lim.), 61, 7. Crystal Palace, 33. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, 3.. General Credit and Finance of London (Limited), 4e, 1. Imperial Merc. Credit Assoc. (Limited), 24. London Financial Association (Limited), 151, 1. London General Omnibus Colapialy (Limited), 31. Madras Irrigation and Canal (all paid), 171. Otago and Southland Investment (Limited), 11. 4 Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), 1 4 4, ,4,4, 4, 4. Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 731. Ditto, New, 501. Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Limited), 71. PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LieWOOL, APRIL 17.—Sales to-day : Great Eastern, 401 I Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121—Loudon. Chatham, and Dover, 301 —London and North Western, 1711 1 1 I—London and ' South Western, 112—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 621 1— Metropolitan, 184—North Eastern Berwick capital stock, 109 — North Eastern, Carlisle, 139--South Eastern, 761—Great Eastern 7_per cent. C. 136—Buffale and Lake Huron,s 6-16 1 11-16—Great Western of Canada, 14 xd--Scinde, Drlld, o!y—Hlinols Central, 80 791—Great Luxembourg shares, 141 7-16 1 5-16 xd.—Flameds Banking Company , 1 d—Eastern Exchange Bank 11 d—Mercantile and Exchange Bank*Limited;, 59-16 9-16 d—North Western Bank (Limited', 11 p—Royal, 14— pire Marine (Limited', par—Liverpool and London and Globe Fire and Life, 8 p—Union Marine . Limited), 1 546 p—Ahican Merchants, 5-16 p—Mersey Steel and Iron (Limited), 21 d National Steam Navigation ;Limited, S 1 S j d—West India and Pacific Steam, 11 d. BIRMINGHAM, AMT. 17.—Business done : Muntts Metal (Limited'. at 1 die. Closing prices Midland Railway, Ito 1231 Midland, Birmingham, and Derby Hallway, 92 bu yers: South Staffordshire Railway, 54 to tS/ ; Birmingham Canal, 56 to 864 Birmingham Joint stock Bank. 36 to Sti; Nottingham Joint Stock Bank, par to I wens ; Birmingham and Stafford shire Gas, £5O shares, 94 sellers Birmingham Fire Insurance, 1111 sellers Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon (Limited), 91 to ; and Leeswood Cannel and Gas Coal (Limited , . It to 11 per share. MANCIMIIIft, APRIL 17.—There was a good market, and prices were generally better. Bolekow, Vaughan. and Co. (Limited), 6 p.—Ebbw Vale Co. ;Limited , 2/ d.—Eries. 52 1_} s— Great Eastern, 401 1 j--Great Luxtiutouig, 141 ;`,—Great Northern A, 158—Grand Trunk of Canada, 294—Great Westena of Canada, 15 11.16—Great Western, 54 SO—lancuhire and York shire, 1211—London and !forth Western. 1211 11 t--Manchester and County Bank (Limited' , , 4 p.—Manchester, asMeld, and Lincolnshire, 64 I—Metropolitan,1—Metropolitan, 1141 I t 4—Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited:, 11, 3 1 3 d.—South Eastern, 751. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Miles Tas- Mer- Tetal, Total, RAILWAY& open eengers. chandlse. 1868. 1865. Week ending March 18. t 1:. £ Z Ottoman Ditto March 26 — 281 463 784 fill Week ending March 24 Grand Trunk of Osnada _1377 Northern of Canada 94 Week ending March 29 Detroit and Milwaukee _ . 8,R54 Man 26,505 26,310 401 1,472 1,676 1,667 6,617 6,911 Week ending March 30. Great Western of tainads. 846 Week ending April 1. S.AustrianLotubardy&C.l. (South Austrian Line _ 11.450 33.371 Lombardo Cent.. Italy 479 u. 071 G,TJ3 Lines of the Piedmont.. 649 7,303 10,007 Week ending April S. Belgian Eastern Junction 3f4 Brecon and Merthyr .... G 4 Week ending April 14. w & South Wcstern 219 I l ly a ri t ro ) n, Brighton, and S. Cued -- South F.satern Week ending April lb Cambrian 130 Great Luxembourg Ourthe Line Metropolitan North London 13,170 10,738 18,921 37,150 12,384 10,395 17,310 17,513 8&7 1,218 11,163 10,210 293! 10010 6,552 22,242 24,880 - 17.348 6,320 23,668 26,701 1.015 1.035 1,:20 •.dO6 2.060 2.267 6,096 6,861 129 3,951 2,902 4,701 3,172 3,095 1,606 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARK-LANE.---(THIS DAY.) The quantity of English whc..t received fresh up to our market, to-day, coastwue and by land carriage, was very moderate and in but middling condition. For film parcels the trade ruled firm at the late tulyaaces in prices, but for inferior produce the demand was heavy. Compared with Monday, however, no change took place in the quotations. There was a moderate quantity of foreign wheat on the stands. In must descriptions a lair business wait passing, on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at about late currencies. Barley, the show of which was tolerably good, moved off slowly, at Monday's quotations. The value of malt was well supported. Oats changed hands to a limited extent, at unaltered prices. The supply on offer was good. In beans sales progressed steadily, at the recent im provement in the quotations. Peas met a fair sale, on former terms. Flour supported late rates, with a moderate demand. Linseed and rapeseed were in but moderate request. Agricultural seeds commanded but little attention. Cakes wale steady. OATS. CURRENT PRICE& E.NOLISH. Per Qr. i Scotch potato Irish, white „ black BRANS Mazagin 1865, Tick... !farrow Pigeon PEAS. FLOUR. Town made: per 280 43 to 68 H,.. Household ln to 38 52 to 37 Country Norfolk and Suffolk, 82 to 34 ea ship OAT. t. 6. Daniel and Swedish 22 to al ltusstau BEAMS. Danish ... 140Ptian Plas. Maple Boilers White .• Yellow FLOUR. French, per sack .... ICI to 96 OATS. ,• Spanish „ 33 to 96 Datah brewing .... 23 to 281 American, per brL WI to 30 f ee ding ARRIVALS OF GRAIN, ,f 40., INTO LONDON, BY WATER CARRIAGE, FROM APRIL 14 TO APRIL 17. INCLUSIVE. Wheat.. Barley. • Malt. oats. I qrs. qrs. qrs. qrs. Milisbandfleoteb 1110 i 190 i 2790 i 200 Foreign ... INDLiN et/RN. to SG Si to & _ Flour. brit.. lucks. i3so I 9470 Iwo - _ ; -- - Total i 5440 ' 9e60 . 2790 i 2000 I .. 1 610 COMPARATIVE QUANTITIER AND PRICES OF GRAIN. FOR PPR WEIR 160160 TOR THR ODRRISPORDING Wl= APRIL 14, 1866. tg 1865. Qrs. Average. Qrs. Avers2e. Wheat .. 444. 3d. Wheat 61,805 B ar l e y 19,055 .. 375. Od. Barley 22,977 .. 295. 6d Oats 4.674 .. 244. 2d. Oata 5.988 .. 224. Id. -- LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (PT ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORNEMPoNDINT.) The market continues quiet, and prices still decline. Sales about G,OOO or 7,000 bales. MINCING-LANE.—(TIIIS DAY.) SOCIAL—The market continues dull and prices to decline; in some cases Si. per cwt. reduction has been submitted to ; the sales are chiefly confined to British West India; a parcel of clayed Manilla has recently been sold at 275. 9d. Refined is unaltered. C O FFEE.—The parcels of Ceylon brought to public sale have sold at steady prices. Plantation. fine ordinary and low middling, 765. 6d. to SOs. ; middling to fine bold, 80s. 6d. to 102 s. Native, ordinary and fine ordinary, 675. to 695. ; bold, 70m. 6d. to 71s. Ter.—The public sales are progressing quietly but steadily, at prices on a par with those previously ruling. Rts.—About 160 puncheon+. have been sold ; Demerara at Is. 6d. to Is. ; Jamaica at full prices. RICE AND SALTPETRE. —NO sales reported. GAWBIERA.-3.000 bags sold at 21s. 6d. Corros.—There is a much better demand at some ad vance on recent low prices. J UT & —About 5,000 bales have recently been sold at previous prices, at which there are now few sellers ; cut tinge sold at 61. 10s., being an advance of se. per ton. TALLOW MARK-BT.—(Tals DAY.) The market is flit. Town tallow is quoted 4135. net emit; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 475. ed. ; April to Juno, 475. 3d. ; June, 475. 9d. ; October to December, 49e. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(Tins DAY.) Moors. Pattenden and Smith report • continued demand for oononmption for an descriptions at Lot weal priors. WHEAT. lissez, Kent, Wd,Old 44 to 50 new Do. white, old 1. 6 4:6 , new 3S to 60 Norfolk and Lincoln red, old gARLEY Malting Distilling Grinding MALT -to 33 to 42 28 to 31 t 6 to 23 Blies, Norf7lrCan . ti Suffolk 56 to 65 Kingston and Ware LS to 67 Brown 4S to SS _ Rye. 26 to 96 OATS English, feed Sooieh,jlTtett° 21 to 27 • 28 t' 321 25 to 27, roid Per Qr . w Barr. a a Dantzle and Konigs berg 64 to 58 Rostock & Mecklen burg 44 to 55 Danish BUSAion, hard ~. soft American. red . white . . 4io to 1.4 BARLEY. Grinding ... Distilling Malting ~ _ 32 to 34 :mom Grey... Maple . White . BoLlets 90 1 74 76 44 46 HONEY .431 ARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Ows o'CLoci. The absence of disquieting intelligence front Germany, the purchase of gold by the Bank yester day, and an impression that the ministry will carry their reform bill by a satisfactory majority, hive had a good effect to-day upon the stock market, which generally show firmness. Consuls are ;p -altered for money, but have improved 1-16th per cent. for the account. Foreign bonds and British railways are in fair demand. An advance has also oo curred in some of the financial shares. London Finan cial and Imperial Mercantile are in chief request, and have risen 78. lid. and ss. respectively. The shares of Overend, Gurney, and Co. improved in the morning to 3to dia., but are now quoted about the same as at the close yesterday. Ameri can securities are decidedly better. . . he oeTenurnttk(. iMa;shGyreett9)ok.n:lst The discount market is quiet to-day, with ases. per a good supply of money and few bills offering. The general rate is 5/ to 6 per cent., with occa sional transactions at 51. In the Stock Exchange obtainable at 4 to 5 per cent. advances till to-morrow on English government morning the Three per Cent. Be osfev6e Citri an : ii.e t Renter opened at 66fr. 57c., showing a fresh tall Consuls are now quoted 861 to 1 for money, and ; of an l d B62 Tur ha kish ve ad- of Foreign stocks arc firm, and have improved in 1865 and Mexican, I. Spanish Certificates, how ever, have declined 1. The prices are as follows : Greek, 131 to f„' ; Mexican, 201 to 1 ; Spanish Passive, 251 to 26 ; ditto Certificates, 145 a to ; Turkish, 1862, 63i. to 641 ; ditto, 1865, 33'4 to ; and Brazilian scrip, 3 to 21 . 1 dia., ex div. United States 5-20 Bonds are in strong demand, and have risen to 69/ 1 to 1, ex div., being 5-8 per cent. better than yesterday. Erie Railway shares are also firmer, at 54 to 1, and Illinois Central at 801 London, Chatham, and Dover Railway scrip is quoted 11 to 11 prem., and the Viceroy Egypt's Loan, 1 to 11 prem. International Financial shares are now quoted 9-16 to 7-16 this. ; General Credit, 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ; London Financial, 41 to 41 dig. ; Impe rial Mercantile, 2} to 21 dig. ; Credit Fonder and Mobilier, 11 to 2 prem. ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 1 top dig . ; and National Discount, 81 to it prem. About 30 , 0001. in gold was sent into the Bank yesterday. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon expe rienced no general alteration. The rates for bills on Italy were rather higher, and on St. Petersburg somewhat lower. The list is subjoined : Amsterdam, 3 montha. 12.0 to 4 • ditto, 3 days, 11.17 to 4; Rotterdam, 3 mouths, 12.04 to '6 ; Antwerp, 3 month., 25.421 to 71 ; Hamburg, nix. bane*, 3 months, 13.9 to 1 ; Paris, 3 days, 25.10 to 171 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.:r to 42 4 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine , 3 months, 1194 to 120 ; l'etersburg per rouble, 3 months , '-914 to 1 ; Vienna, e ff . do., 3 months, 11.05 to 10; Trieste, ditto. 3 months, 11.074 to 124; Madrid, 3 months, 461 to 7 ; Cadiz, 3 months, 471 to ; 3 months, 25.72 4 to ; Genoa, 3 months, 2 1 .1 1 27% 774; Milan, 3 mouthy, 15.721 to 774: Naples, .; months, 25.721 to 771 ; Palermo, 3 months. 25.724 to 771 ; Messina, 3 months, 2.).721 to 774 ; Lisbon, 90 days, 51',1 to 1; Oporto, 514 to A. The failure of a firm in the sugar trade was gene rally reported yesterday, but, though believed to be true. up to the close of business the statement was not o ffi cially confirmed. The liabilities were estimated at ale ait 150,0001. The difficulties of the house are stated to have arisen from specula tions in cotton. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 1,0481. over last year. A special meeting of the London and Smith Western Railway Company will take place on the 3rd of May, to consider numerous bills now pend ing in parliament. A special meetin,g of the Cambrian Railways Company is called for the 26th inst., to consider five bills now before parliament. The annual meeting of the National Land Com eP;sfeor:7ldrart are c Com pany (Limited) is convened for the 26th inst. 111 r. John Lilwall, who name was long before the public in connex . with the early closing move went, has issued a circular in which he calls atten tion to the facilities afforded to the mercantile com munity by the act of last year to amend the law of partnership. Mr. Lilwall remarks : By this important amendment in the law of partnership I it is rendered practicable for capitalists to invest either large or small sums in private buifinesaes, and to take be a share in the profits, without incurring any pecuniary risk yond the amount of their investment. In this way the principle I of the Limited Liability Act is practically extended to the • operations of trade, without the intervention of the cum brous and costly machinery of a joint-stock company. To parties engaged in trading or mercantile pursuits this re cent alteration of the law is of the utmost comequence, providin3, as it doe., a ready and unexcep tionable method whereby they may avail themselves of the co-operation of capitalists, whether to a large or small extent. • Private persons are thus enabled to share in the solid gains of trading enterprise, V. about the publicity or trouble of a personal share in the management. Subjoined are the quotations of in gas, dock, and other share s, as given in the Stock Exchange list of list evening : Insurance.—Alliance British and Foreign, 144. 1 ; ditto Marine, 324 ; Commercial Union, 64, 6 ; Guardian, 481,1 ; Imperial Life, 204 ; Indemnity Marine, 1244 ; :Sun lain. lid ; Universal Marine (Limited) ' , 31., 2 ; E ur opean, New, Gaslight and Coke. —Ilombay New 64 ; Imperial, 74, A ; Imperial Continental, ; Phoenix, 241, • W estulinstZr Chartered , New, 431, ; Wes tern, 15, 14; ex dix. 109. 2 2 , A. Canal. —Regent's (or Lon don), Locks.—London and St. Katherine, 724, 1 ; Steley Com mercial,The Colonial Company (Limited) have advertise(' the half-yearly interest due the lst of May on Segue La Grande Railway Seven per Cent. Bonds. Per Qr. 28 to 32 21 to Pd 20 to 25 32 to 30 34 to 34 36 to % 39 to 42 35 to 37 36 to ♦2 38 to 43 to Per Qr . Si to 30 56 to 23 TVESMAT Evesrie. Consols, which closed yesterday at 864 to for the 9th of May, opened this morning at 84 to 11, and closed at 86g to I. For money the last price was 863 1 to g. The official business r eport is as follows ;—Tluee per Cent. Consols, for money, 861, 1, i; ditto, for account, 86 , A r L; Three per Cents. Reduced, I ; New per Cents., 844, g ; Bank Stuck, 243; India Stock, 212 ; ditto Five per Cent., 103 i, ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 10 7 lt e India Five per Cent. Stock continues in demand for investment„ and is again higher. Exchequer Bills are unaltered, the March being quoted 84. to 3s. die., and the June ss. dia. to par. There was a better demand fur foreign stocks, many of which improved. Turkish Bonds of 1863, recording to the o ffi cial list, rose 6 per cent. Egyptian advanced 1 per cent. ; Brazilian of 1865, ; Italian of 1861, ; Mexican, Ito ; and Bra zilian scrip, Turkish of 1865, Spanish Passive, and the Committee's Certificates, 1. Portuguese, on the other hand, declined I. MINES.-(THIS DAY.) Ows o'CLoca. The mining market is inactive to-day, and prices in most instances are unchanged. Chiverton Moor shares have declined to 51 to 6 1 0 , ; but Cald beck Fells are inquired for at par to 2prem. Great Laney are quoted 201 to 11 ; Great North Latey, 2 to ; East Gren ville, 21 to 3 ; West Caradon, 7.1 to 81 • East Lovell, 81 to 9 ; Frank Mills, 51 to 6 ; * North Treskerby, 21 to 3 ; and Wheal Seton, 202 to 2071. Chontales Gold shares are quoted 11 to lk prem.; Frontino and Bolivia, par to prem. ; and Mineral Right., i to f Prom. The United States man-of-war Cannandniga, now lying in Southampton water, is called after bawd ful town situated on Lake Ontario. 36 to SO 33 to MI 1011 3 ti