The Press. — London, England, 1855-04-14 00:00:00

362 we do not think that the Muleteer of Toledo will re main very long at the Princess's. OLymric.—The comodietta Law for Ladies, and the farce Kill or Cure, were both revived at this theatre on Monday night. In the first Mr. Wigan was very amusing and professional as Percy Twizzel ton the barrister, endeavouring to get up evidence for a divorce case ; and in the second, as Brown the landlord, Mr. Robson, with his versatile talent, invested the character with such fresh interest, and worked up the points with such skill, as to prove in a singular degree his power of originality. He was admirably supported also by Mrs. Wigan, whose acting is beyond praise. For the Easter extrava ganza we have still The Yellow Dwarf, which so far retains its hold upon the public that it is nightly re ceived by a crowded house with as much applause and as thorough an appreciation as ever. ptianb. THE CAVAN Etscrios has terminated after a fierce struggle, carried on amidst much excitement, in the triumphant return of Mr. Burrowes ,the Protectionist candidate, by a majority of not quite 400 over the Papist nominee, Mr. Hughes. The poll Listed two days, and the final numbers were not accurately known, though the result was unquestionable. His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieu tenant, arrived at Kingstown on Wednesday, at two o'clock. Arrived in Dublin, he proceeded in state to the Castle, loudly cheered by the people. The name of the Rev. Dr. Stanford is removed from the list of the Viceregal Chaplains, some person having communicated to Lord Carlisle that the rev. gentleman had been dismissed as chaplain to the North Dublin workhouse, for proselytising ten dencies. Sergeant Sullivan, says the Cork Constitution, has got his well-earned commission; but it is not to the War-office he owes it. "No ; ashamed are we to say, and ashamed should the country be to hear, that but for the press, for Sic De Lacy Evans, and for Mr. French, he would be a sergeant still; and a ser geant he might continue until death relieved him of all care about promotion. If we are not mistaken, even this tardy act of justice was sorely against the will of one who was not altogether unconcerned in the doing of it." The venerable Baron Pennefather, now in his eighty-fourth year, has been visited with a melancholy infliction by the death of his last surviving son, Mr. John Pennefather. The sad event took place, after a few days' illness, on Sunday evening. The de ceased, who was rapidly attaining a high reputation at the bar, attended as Crown Prosecutor at the Tipperary Assizes, where he caught typhus fever of the most malignant type, and under the effects of which he rapidly sank from the outset of the attack. The Baron's eldest son, the late Mr. Richard Pen nefather, filled the post of Irish Under-Secretary during the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel, and was also carried off by fever. Mr. John Pennefather was chairman of the Killarney Junction, and a director of the Great Southern and Western Railway. The Irish exodus has already re-set in at the southern ports, and crowds of the peasantry are daily leaving their native shore for the far west beyond the Atlantic. The steamers from Waterford leave each week, carrying with them their full complement of emigrants. The Roman Catholic clergy at home and in the United States have been for some time past exerting their utmost influence to induce the Irish peasantry to give " fatherland" another trial, as there is no longer a prospect of bettering their con dition in the model republic until at least some check is given to the formidable organisation of the " Know-nothings." The reverend advisers, however, see no objection to their flocks going to the Canadas, which are now regarded as the land of promise, although under British rule. From the province of Connaught, too, the cry is still" They go," and even the voice of John of Tuam is powerless to stay the flight of his erratic subjects. THE Post believes it to be probable that when the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill comes on for a second reading on Monday certain clauses will be proposed by the Government conferring upon newspaper proprietors a copyright, necessarily of brief duration, in all articles of original composition published by them. IN A RETURN moved for by Sir G. B. Pechell, and just published, it appears that the total number of Russian vessels captured as prizes, and against which proceedings have been taken in the High Court of Admiralty in England, from the 29th of March, 1858, to the Bth of February, 1855, amounted to 105. A few were captured under Danish, Swedish, Han overian, Mecklenburg, Dutch, Norwegian, Tuscan, Greek, and lonian colours. Two were captured under British colours by the Customs' officers of the ports of Leith and Liverpool. THE PRESS. rants Varlut anb it 3ntilligttut. FRIDAY EYENHIL THE settlement of the monthly account in Consols chiefly occupied the attention of dealers early in the past week. The operation prices continued to droop, and the recent reduction of the Bank rate of interest seemed to have no effect upon the quotation. On Wednesday rumours of a loan on home account be came rife, and occasioned a fall of fully one-hale per cent., the depression being further enhanced yester day, when the report assumed considerable solidity, and led to some extensive sales of stock by capi talists, by way of preparation. This afternoon all remaining doubts respecting the alternative between a loan or increased taxation were finally set at rest by the arrival of the following official notification at the Bank of England from the Chancellor of the Exchequer : Treasury Chambers, April 12. Gentlemen,—l beg leave to inform you, and request that you will make it known in the usual manner, that Lord Palmerston and I shall be ready to see any gentlemen who may be desirous of contractilig for a loan for the service of the present year, on Monday next, the lath instant, at one o'clock, in order to inform them of the amount which will be wanted, and to fix the time and the manner of the bid ding, and I hope it will be convenient to you or one of you to meet those gentlemen here at that hour.-1 have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, G. COHNEWALL LEWIS. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England. The immediate effect of this announcement on the Stock Exchange has been almost null, the market having, indeed, been sufficiently prepared, and all the anticipated consequences being discounted as usual beforehand. The daily range of prices since our last publica tion has been—Saturday, 021 1; Monday, 921 8; Tuesday, 821 4 ; Wednesday, 911 2; Thursday, 911 4, and 911 2 for the May account. This even ing the quotations of Consols have been 9111 for money, and 914 1 for account. Reduced Three per Cents. were 901 ; New Three per Cents., 901 ; Bank Stock, 2104. Exchequer Bills have been lower, at 59. to 10s, prem.; Ditto Bonds, 99 4. It is expected in the best-informed monetary circles that the new loan will not be raised by an ad dition to Consols, but in some other description of stock, probably bearing 34 per cent. interest. The amount which Sir G. C. Lewis will ask is " guessed " at twenty millions. Money has been abundant for the last few days, and in the Stock Exchange cash could be obtained on loan at 3 per cent. The India Company are stated to be ready to make loans on Government securities for two months et 24 per cent. The Dis count Market is also becoming easier, owing to the large amount of capital seeking employment. Good bills can be discounted at 4 per cent. The various London Joint-Stock Banks have reduced the rates allowed by them on money or deposit, which now vary from 3 to 34 per cent. The prospectus of another Joint-Stock Bank has appeared under the title of the United Mutual Bank ing Assoliation. Its capital is to be 1,000,0001., with power to increase to five millions. If the partner ship laws permit there is to be an equal division of profits between the shareholders and the customers of the establishment. SHARES are generally lower, in consequence of the decline in Consols. Business continues to be comparatively limited. FOREIGN. The Foreign Market continues dull and depressed. Turkish have been done at 76f 77ex. div. in the course of the week, but fell to-day as low as 75 to i. THE FLOATING TONNAGE of the Western world, or the whole civilised world, excluding only China and the East, is computed to consist of nearly 138,000 vessels of 14,500,000 tons. Of all these vessels more than three-fourths belong to the civilised countries of the West out of the Mediterranean and to the United States. The number of seamen in all these vessels is supposed to be somewhat more than 800,000, and including the Eastern and other States, of the maritime population of which we have no ac counts, there must be at least a million of persons engaged at sea, and generally on the ocean. THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES were printed OR Thursday. Those for the principal Government offices—Houses of Parliament, Treasury, Secretaries of States' departments, &c., amount to 1,315,3901. The sum for the last year was 1,423,1881., so that there is a decrease in the expenditure of 106,7961. In the estimate for public works and buildings, &c., there is a decrease of 89,0691., as compared with 1854, the sum for last year being 815,8291., and for this year 746,760/. A separate return shows that the sum to be voted for public' education amouuts alto gether to 381,9211. BRITISH FU OFFIC per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account $ per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India stook, 10e per Cut. Exch. Bills, lid. per diem India Bonds, (1,000 I.) 219 id 16 -W BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Aot 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 89 for the week eudiug on Saturday, the 7th day of April,lBB6. 198 UL DiIkiIiTNICNT. . _ Notes issued .... 12e3,392,300 A28,392,54)0 BANKING DI Proprietors'C spits] Z 14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits* 6,008,895 Other Deposits 4even Day & other Bills Government Debt 211,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,984,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,392,200 Silver Bullion .... :PARINI/IT. A 28,322,500 Government Seou- rities (tueluding Dead Weight An.) A 18,026,119 Other Securities .. 18,666.996 Notes 8;680,140 Gold is Silver Coln .60t4318 36,049,x02 £35,949,2u2 • Including Esohmuer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. The toregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding week, eluding March 51, exhibits the following changes: In the Public Deposits Other Deposits Notes Issued Do. Reserved DECREASE of Seven-day Bills bio9n/8S of Coin and Bullion Government Securities .. INCH/LAU of .. 1,445,882 Other Securities DECREASE of 435,948 The Rest DECREASE of 567,857 The amount of active circulation In /rotes 117,749,860 Do. in Seven-day and other Dills 90i,839 Coin and Bullion in both Departments FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond. Tuesd. Wed. B raz ili a n b 99. id 491 xci? Danish 5 Dtoh. (E:l9 Guil )21 621 French 3 119 t 93e Do. 4l 94; 30e Do. Bank Stook 2995f.1 Mexican 9 414 1 P eruv i a n 44 ' Portuguese 4 Rusaian 6 Spanish 3 Turkish Serip(Ace.)6 70flOt 94( 40c 29951. 18,654,190 15,078,518 TO 1 36 k 79f NO Oixti RkILWATO--• Aberdeen Birm.Wolv./Stour Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon • Dublin I Belfast Juno. East Anglian Eastern Unior.(B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Bth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, Sthend Lon., Brighton, &a London and Blackwell London and Nrth•West. Midland Newmarket. Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire.... North• Western Oxf., Wrostr., and Wolv Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov. South. Western South Wales Waterford I Limerick M ISCZLIANEOUS - Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Laud Peel River Land &Min. Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land .. Mond. 201 8* I 1 sti 90 BI ixd 121 91 Tuesd. 201 1 6 3 83 30 61 Ixcl 131 31 14:25e 30001. ?II 1 9i xdi . 09110 c 94C 25c . 30001 21i 1 :0 ':~~ =dl Wed. IT di 8:4 90 60 aid 138 38 4 3 d 4 14 b 1 tl 8 ! 72 3 ' 1 1 81 91 91 3 83 78 101 li I 98 100 I 7 1 4 ) 21 1 4100 ) 4941 70 28 30 119 21 33 41 37 TOREI Mond. 8} 1 2 lid 2i p iii li 0 10ii 7i 81 96 89} 1 1 47 9 244 t 2 1 10 90 60 4xd 12 2a xd 83 Oxd 12i 3 lxd d 2 3 El 8i 12 4 401 1 70 _ 75i 5 Frill. 20 1 8 i f 68 90 59f SOf 12 3 4 Sd 14 5 21 3 72 3 tla I 8$ 9 91 3 84 1 75i G 104 It 98 100 7a 84 98a 9 6 8 t 9 le $ .17 9 $1 id 21 61 26 8 97 9 63 5 126 $1 60 1 82 3 274 8 e 22 28 3U 119 21 3 + 4 28 30 119 911 Irl9 ;°ll Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen G. W.of Can.,Sh Lyons & Geneva Madras Nit. it Lge.(w. in) Nrthrn.of terms. Norw. Trnk.Prf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen 2g. 3 is sT jl3 1 a 8 l 1 1 Ts a a I 13 { .GN RAILWAY Tuesday. Wednes. ll 81 1 8 1 2 1d 2 i 23 SP 2 1 3} ; P 1 P a IP 1} 3 17% 23 3% p 23 SIP, par dp Par PI y ki 5 341 9 8 9 17} A 2i 33r Par dP 6 341 5 8 9 22 1 48 501 37 8 12i 3i Thurs. 8j II I 2 l id 23 6 i 7 1 21 B i p `par 3 6 44 8 9 221 301 124 * P' ia so' 40 2 i PI 48 60 40 2 SHARES. SATURDAY s ing Prices. !lON. Wed. Thurs. 82. 9,92 11 921 11921 2 91 C9l 901 11 911 31 515-16 2111 110 2 290 91f 91f 90 91 901 4 3 110 e 13 - 10 11l 4 1- - 23 30 119 21 31 I 1 1 s } 37 d 12i 3 Friday e3l 9 Friday 4 led 23 t $ IP 11 21 3P par P 6 524 i 9 229 3IP 17 9 40 2 Mond. 92i 92 91.1211 914 id, iCITAT] Traced. ale it 924 91i 91i Si 4 910 9