The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-20 00:00:00

NOWEY MARKET AND CITY NE MS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Money Market, notwithstanding the con tinued quietude of the demand for commercial pur poses, is rather firmer, as the banks and private establishments anticipate greater activity during the next fortnight, owing to the usual quarterly disbursements, and the extensive revenue collec tions. No change of importance is expected, but it is quite probable that slightly enhanced terms will be asked for the negotiation of the best qualities of mercantile securities. At present, however, accom modation is still obtainable, at quotations ranging fully per cent, below the minimum of the Bank of England. At the half-yearly court of the Bank of England proprietors, held this day—Mr. Alfred Latham in the chair—a dividend of 4,1 per cent. was declared payable, without deduction of income tax, on the sth April ntxt. The net profits for the half-year ending 28th Febructry last were £609,818 14s. 2d., making the amount of the " Rest" on that day £3,633,827 188., and after providing for the present dividend the " Rest" will be £3,015,325 Bs. The dividend warrants will b e p a id on t h e 7 t h Apr il . The adjourned m ee ti ng o f th e A t l ant i c R oya l Mail Steam Navigation Company will take place on the 24th inst., to receive the report and accounts, and to transact the general business of the company. A fair amount of business has been transacted is American Securities during the past week. Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite, in his weekly circular, states that the market in London for American Securities remains very firm ; the transactions since our last having been important, at steady prices. The amount of gold taken into the Bank of England yesterday was £56,000. _ A call of 10s. per share has been made by the directors of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas Cora- PanY, payable on or before the 10th proximo. The Pera, from Alexandria, has brought £57,700 in specie. A fair amount of business took place in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices Were firm. The sales were about 7,000 bales. Tye market for English Securities opened this morning with a buoyant appearance, and, although the transactions have been very limited, the recent advance has been sustained, Consols having been supported at 931 -7 ; for transfer, and 93'4 94 for the Recount. The New Threes and the Reduced are 927-, 1, 1 -, being steady; Exchequer Bills remain at 19s, to 225. prem. ; India Stock is 223, and the 6 per Cent. is firm at 1081 .2.. A moderate amount of business is recorded in t :'oreign Securities, but prices in some instances show less firmness.. Tuilash 6 per Cents. are 86 1 ; ditto, 1858 711 72; Mexican are flat at 341 35; Peruvian have receded to 98 ; ditto Uribarren to 95 ; and Sardinian to 81 , 4 ; Spanish are 531 ; ditto Deferred, 4317 ditto Passive, 198 ; and ditto Certificates, 7. The shares of the Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool are 41 prem. The Rio de Janeiro City Improvement Company's shares are f-, and 1 prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :-- 1862. 1861. Great Western £51,012 £49,295 North-Western South- Western ghton Ilidland Su eth-Eastern reat Northern r ic I a - ashire and Yorkshire - ,Bristol and E x eter 5,605 5 ,7 33 - Manchest er , Sheffield, and Lincoln 13,464 14,635 Great South and West Ireland Idinburgh and Glasgow Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 9,802 9,056 T hese returns are, in most instances, of a very un favourable character, and show the continued depression of trade in the manufacturing districts. °n the North Western there is a decrease of £3,836 ; on the Midland, of £1,653 ; on the Great Northern, of £1 353; on the South Eastern, of £2,102 ; on the Brighton, of £493; on the Lanca shire and Yorkshire, of £3,661 ; and the Grand Trua,k of Canada, of £746. A more buoyant tone has prevailed in the Rail 'Way Share Market, and some of the principal British undertakings have been dealt in at enhanced rates. Great Northern have improved ss. ; Cale donian, Lancashire and YJrkshire, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s. ; and Great Western, 155, ; North Eastern (Berwick), however, have declined about ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings h ave Also exhibited a slight improvement. Bahia and San Francisco realise 17; 5 1 ; Great Luxemburg, 118 12 ; San Paulo, 62 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have im proved to 261 ; East Indian, to 104 and 1044 ; Great Indian Peninsula, to 102 and MI ; and Scindes, to 104. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main without any material change. Bank of Aus tralia have improved 10a. ; Oriental Bank, 10s. ; P eel River Land, £1 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 3 per Cent. Consols 'Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. 92i ± Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lst India ,tuck 223 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO2l :Ditto 51 per Cent loBi S - Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April 1864 100 Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO itto under t.:1,000 Consols for Account, April 10 . 94 93i India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1081 a March. 1 J tine. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 1 Ditto £5OO .. 22 I , itto Small I 19 22 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Imperial Moorish Scrip New Grenada, 2 per Cent , erucian 41 per Cent .. 98 Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. .. 95 Ditto 3 per Cent , Ditto Account z•E,ruinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Bl Spanish 3 per Cent I )itto New Deferred 431 Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded "1. urkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. 'French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 96f. 50e. TWO O'CLOU o. Consols, Money . Ditto April Account COMMITTAL FOR FORGERY'—Yesterday Horatio Lester Fletcher, the eldest son of the Rev. Horatio S. Fletcher, of Bilston Savings .bank notoriety, was brought up on a remand at the Wolverhampton Petty Sessions, Charged with forging a bill of exchange for £7B lls., and also with uttering the bill, both with intent to defraud. The magistrates were Mr. Partridge (stipendiary), and Mr. Cartwright. It appeared that the prisoner was in r art -lership with a Mr. Isaac Pitt, as iron merchants, at Wil lenhall, but that on the let of August a deed t f dissolution ofpartnership was signed between them, but it was not gazet,,ed. The conditions of dissolution were that f , r bills arriountitl'g to £750, of which bills the Rev. Mr. Fletcher Was endorsed, Pitt was to go out of the concern, but was to remain for a time as clerk. Early in January Pitt brought to him th e bill in q.2estion, which had been drawn at the (aid of the previous September by the prisoner upon one Jacob Groves, a lockmaker, of Willenhall, who was a cus tomer of the firm. The bill had been dishonoured by Grove s after it bad been discounted by a bill troker, to • ' wh om it was presented by the prisoner, Groves main taining that the signature was a forgery. When Pitt Npoke to Fletcher upon the matter he denied that he had forged Groves's name , but admitted that he had used it. After calling upon two of the prisoner's uncles upon the subject, Pitt paid the amount on the bill out of moneys that had been received on the firm's account subsequent to the dissolution. When the Rev. Mr. Fletcher's defalcations were discovered the prisoner wF , s made a binkrupt, and, b e cause the dissolution had not been gazetted, Pitt also. The trade assig nees unfler the bankruptcy obtained possession of the bill and brought thee proceedings. Grov e s now swore that the signatu re was not his; Pitt deposed that he believed it was the prisoner's, and spoke to th e p r i soner ' s a dmission; and the son o f the discounter thenc swore to the prisoner uttering - the bill. T he committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes, and declined to take bail. llaihvays. Share 13.14 6.4.0 IBir., Vol., and Str. Val :Myth and Tyne ;Bost.,Sleaf.,and._Ard . IBristol and Exeter Caledonian C•mk and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A gets no div, till c.p m I Do. B been 6p paid to aims 8.1 & Belfast June.' Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc I East A nodiatn l Ehstern Counties 'Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds l East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow ) Edin., Perth, & Dundee; IGlasg. and S. Westerni GreatNrthn.of Scotland, Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland ;Great Western Do Str Val qu a. stock Trish South Eastern .., Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall ion., Briprit.,& S. Coast! Ton., Chat., and Dover! Lon. & North Western' Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. 11an., Shef., & Lincoln.] Maryport and Carlisle.' Do I shares lretropoli an Midland Do New Do Birminf.r. lc Derby, Mid Gt. W. of Irelands Do. 4 shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dey.nail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d [9.16. I till F, pc. has been pdß, Do B stock [Nth. Eastern—Berwick purchasei Do — Leeds ' 12.10 Do York North London Do new I North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth Rll3 mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. ' Aber. stock Do Sc 4. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer i South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun? S twines, Wok.,an dWok. j Stockton & Darling, ton Do 5i 6 41 43 10 11 23 23a 57i 68/ 89 61 30 41 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames H avenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny Wate,rtord k Limerick IVest Cornwall West London 91 93 32 32i 103 105 117 118 115 116 132 134 104 106 74 744 58 60 1081 1081 58 60 123 125 46 47 941 Olt 101 102 9 11 43} 44} 91 9a [2Bl 1281 li ) 1P 99 101 6S 70 67 67i 981 09i }a 551 36i 87i 88 102 103 4; 41 d luf llf Do lst class Do 2d elasq W. Hartlepool Han &R "West Midland •Oxt ord Do Newport Do Hereford 128 130 48 50 106 108 46 48 36i 371 84 841 68 69 100 102 5i 37 38 8 9 p 5 i 6 i P 145 150 24 3 58 59i 39i 40 55i 56i 24 d 90 93 L 29 132 33 35 1171 741 5 lost 8 124 i 4 46i 51 sit 10 li 44 32 91 I • 129 If 981 d 12i I 11 35t 84 i 5 41 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. 8 Price. Done. - - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh 'las hre. Chester & Holynead.. 1 00 Do. Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&10.0 E. Lincolnsh. g. Cpr c. 100 Gr. North. 138 140 E.Uni on,H arwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4i Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon • • • • Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. . • • • Hull and 'elby all Yk.N. Mid 150 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 , Ln.&N.W 197 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0... • • • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 04 Do. Preferen N Lon.,Tilb.& s, “ - "iend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do n per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 1 3 . .1Z Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 gua. 5 per cent... S 5. 5.6.1 E Counts. p i p Northn.&E astn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 0 per cent..... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all IDo. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1 , 0 N. E. Ber .. .• North Western L& N. 1 ,9 1 Preston and Wyre. I all &L. yk. i 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all !Do. ••• • .. .. • • Roystn. Hitch.& Shep. 100 iG t.N0rth.,136 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brasseyl2l 193 Do. Do. S ou th Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn tr Croydon all L.&Brg,tn, 84 9* Share PREFERENCE SHARES. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per mut.— Dun. Perth, & Abei,Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref .. E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of :,cot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. 70. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chesterß p.c. pf. she Do. Cheater 5 p.c. pf. she Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do. Barnal.st£ s 2s 10dre Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.c.au. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 41 Do. 7 per oent pref. stkl Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) i Do, 4 p c.st.(dly.def.lir 65' Lon.Chat&Dny. sp.c.pti Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S,West. 7p, cent. st., late 3d shares . Do. 45 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s 6d Railways. p a i d. l Closing BDone.llBllleBß Prices. 93 95 20 21 6 6i .00 105 [O9 111 [OB 110 126 12R 84 86 [lO 112 90 92 97 99 2s 124 124 100 102 91 93 91 03 [O3 105 94 103 175 184 101 11 75 77 20 t 1 10 10 154 15 - - [37 130 01 103 15 117 15 117 .35 140 115 117 152 156 118 142 76 78 96 97 GOO - dandy. & Cole. she 4,ondony. & Ennis. she Man. ' 4 h. & Lin. fi per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent „ „ Do. redeem. 6 percent Marvpart k Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 41 per cent. Midland Con. 6 p. C. stk. Do.Con,Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p.c. pret. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. .44- per cent. , • Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct N. rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5i p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx,st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. IDo. New gua. 5 per cent i Do. Bor. tn. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do N th,Dvn.Rail.SzDck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4i pr. ct. redeemable I Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref . Do. Berwick 4 p. c, pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 IDo, do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, FL & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... ithymnev Guaranteed.. Scottish North-Eastern 3 p. c. pref. stock. . Do.Aberdeen,g,ua,6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Readin,g Ann., 1.0.6) ..... Do. 4i per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent) South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per pent Do. do, 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. Stock. & Dar. A 5 Do, B6p.c vr Do. C6p.c• • • atrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. Do.N.ewport 5 W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. P er p o er„6 p.Pt pf. 1866 pf.red. • 1869 14 14* 125 12 a ip m 49 71 tPm 48 49 44 46 89 01 DOCKS. 451 I 45 134 110 102 101 92 94 111 113 109 111 1i lipm 2 1 100 97 1909 k'dis par 136 1 , 0 10 11 10. 6. 24 24i 101 103 101 103 gi 11P 27i 281 32 34 32 34 42 45 1126 128 1 120 125 an Ws 122 126 119 123 .___ stock iCommerCial 1100 stock ;Do. 4 per Cent,Pret.llln 1 100 stock !East and West ludigi , I 100 128 128 126 stock !London • • I 100 68 60 stock jSt. Katharine. 1 100 6.9 62 6 0 1 stock Southampton 1100 stick rv - ietoria ..•..••• ..••••• : j 100 99 101 1 20 D0 4 NeVi......P...is 2 /IA p SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Pai Closing Business Price. done. d. 7i 8 Al 71 94 9!'i 111 111. 112 i 11i 116 112 104 107 100 100 100 all all POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(TMs Day.) Closinl 1 Price. SharZ Railways, I !Paid. Business done BOW-STREET. 100 - Atlantic :t Ft Lawrencel stk S Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind t Gu. 5 per cent.. 20i Buffalo and Lake Huron 204 Do. New 10 Do. Preference 5 Cleutta.,t t..ast3).(L — ) 20 Cap e, Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 20 Cape Town 4r, Dock Scrip 174 Demerara.. stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e stock' East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 100 Do. 4} p c. pebentrs. 72 75 101 102 6; Old A young man named Taylor, and a woman named Pierce, was charged with assaulting the police. Police-constable, 177 F, said he was called to the Ship public-house, in Hanover-court, and found the male pri soner quarrelling. Two men wore holding him to prevent him doing any injury, and as he (constable) was getting him out of the hou'e he was kicked very severely by him. The female prisoner was lying on the top of the man to prevent his being taken into custody. The female slapped his face and pulled his hair. The male prisoner said he was so drunk he did not know what he did. 81 5 81 t,* Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Ext..... Grand Trunk of Canada; The woman also said she was too drunk to remember anything. Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. The magistrate fined Taylor 20s. for the assault, and Pierce ss. for being drunk. Do. 6 per et. Debentr, Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t. In di aPenin. gua.sp. c. Do. New gua. 5 p. a... Gt. South.of India (Lim)l A little boy, aged 9, who said his name was Zac Turner, was charged with stealing a bunch of carrots from Covent garden Market. The owner of the property said it was quite safe when she left last night. guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ............ Do. 6y.c. '73 wlth't opt Mr. Hall—The property cannot be very well looked after, and the wonder is you are not robbed to a much greater extent than you are. Do. 5 p. e. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. c• ,• • Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 4 , do.. „ Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk—The police are not allowed to act in tho market, as it is private property. Mr. Hall—The market beadles, I suppose, look after the goads ? 11Iell);(3orp. p. cr. Bnds. Newßrunsi,vick x Canda 1-ty..tLand(Lim.)g.t 3 pt Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. • • Scinde ,t 4 ,1 Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ 9 , Do. Indus. St. Flo. 51,,P, ,Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Complainant—No, they don't. If we speak to the beadles about looking after the property they say they are not paid for looking after the goods, but for the protection of the Duke of Bedford's property. Mr. Hall—Why don't the whole of you make a proper representation to Bedford office ? FOREIGN Complainant—We have done so often, but it's of no use. Inspector Witham—The property will never be properly protected until the police have authority to act in the market. The boy was put back in order that inquiry might be made about him. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST AN UNCLE.—AL LEGED RAPE.-Mr. Frederick Clark, described as an ac• countant, but slid to be a retired grocer, of Canonbury, Islington, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with commit ting a rape upon his niece, Adelaide Elizabeth Sophia Butler, 12 years of age, living with her parents at 3, Fre derick-street, Hampstead-road.. , - Mr. Thomas Beard, of B a singhall-street, appeared for the prisoner, who is a respectable-looking man, about 54 years of age. Adelaide Elizabeth Sophia Butler, the girl, said—l live at my father's, and the prisoner is my uncle. On Wednesday week my uncle took ms out for a walk into the Regent's park in the afternoon. We afterwards went to a coffee shop in Rathbone-place, where we had some tea. While there he put his hand up my clothes. I told him to leave off, or I would tell my mother. (Some evidence was here put his hand over went home to my and went last. There mmgioyvtehinneortuo,sot,hi.nlddeNivlidcenattohetottnoellbl my e e a r t a h p me o o r h t t e ho d use . r ) etial li nl was no one else in the roam besides my uncle and me. By Mr. Tyrwhitt—We were in the house three-quarters of an hour altogether. By Mr. Beard—l told him I should tell my father, but I did not do so, or take any notice. I have only once stayed at my uncle's house for three weeks, and Sunday was the first time I mentioned it to my mother. My uncle was given in charge last night at his own house. I h ave go t a brother him, I did not like to tell my of telling any one at the mothercoff coffee e n b d s h i oe i f o po. t r , e a i nd I tried I had attend ied tocnoh al chance aunt ebut he put his hand on my mouth. I told ray mother he pulled up my clothes— nothing more. The boy from the coffee shop, Joseph Crossingham, was called and said—The gentleman asked if they could go up and wash their faces, and he sho'wed them to a bedroom, but they were not there long. Mrs. Sophia Butler, mother of the girl, said—On Sunday I spoke to my daughter, who complained of illness. She told me that she had been ill ever since she went out with Mr. Clark, and that she had dreadful pains. I afterwards had her examined by Dr. Davis, who said she had been shamefully illused, and then 1 had the prisoner taken into custody. I saw marks of ill-treatment. My daughter is an intel igent child. I am on good terms with th e pr i soner. _ _ _ Mr. Beard said the prisoner was a ma n holding ; it respect able position in society, and was scarcely possible to be lieve that he would act in the way stated, and he (Mr. Beard) was prepared with witnesses to speak o f th e pri soner's high moral character, he being a married man with grown up sons. Mr. Tyrwh!tt said he should remand the prisoner till to morrow week for the attendance of the doctor. Bail, on the application of Mr. Beard, was taken f - r the prisoner's appearance, himself in £3OO and two sureties in £l5O each. THAMES. A HARD CASE.—A BANKRUPT BURIAL SOCIETY.—A poor woman named Mary Macdonald, dwelling in Lima house-causeway applied to Mr. Selfe a few days since, and stated that she was the widow of John Macdonald, formerly a soldier in the BGth regiment of Foot, and for many years a pensioner, who died in Chelsea Hospital on Friday, the 3d of January last. On the Ist of October, 1817, a burial society for the benefit of the widows of Chelsea pensioners to assure the payment of £5 on the death of a member, was established at the Pension-office in Tower-street, Mr. Mills of that establishment being the secretary. The society was called "The First Eastern Division Chelsea Pensioners' Burial Fund," and the contributions were 2s. per quarter. Her late husband joined the society at its commencement, became a free member in 1843, and regularly paid his quarterly contributions. The last, a sum of 25., was paid by herself on Dec. 31 last, four days prior to her hus band's death. On applying to the secretary for the £5 to which she was entitled by the rules, he said the society was broken up, and gave her a sovereign only. The applicant produced her contribution book to prove that 2s. a quarter had been regularly paid for 15 years. This morning, Howland, 89 H, one of the summoning officers of the court, said he had made inquiries of Mr. Mills, the secretary of the Chelsea Pensioners' Burial Society, who said the accounts of the society were audited in December last, and a balance of Bd. only was all that the society possessed, and that the bankrupt state of the society was owing to the many deaths among the members last year, and the consequent heavy demands on the society, that a committee was formed, and it was suggested that the contributions should be increased to 3s. per quarter to meet any demands that might arise, but the suggestion was not adopted. Mr. Selfe asked if the society was enrolled. Howland—lt was not, sir. Mr. Selfe said he was very sorry indeed for the poor woman, who had paid in fifteen years £6, exclusive of the interest on the money, and had only received £l. The tables of the society must have been very badly calculated to lead to the results stated. As the society was not an en rolled one he could not grant a summons, but he could not help observing that it was somewhat extraordinary the secretary should have received 2s, of the poor woman on the 31st of December last, when he knew the society was bankrupt and unable to meet its engagements. THE REVISED CODE-LORD S 7. LEONARDS' _RESOLUTIONS. The following are the resolutions in regard to the revised code of which Lord St. Leonards has given notice, but without fixing a day : 1. That it is inexpedient altogether to exclude religious subjects from the examination. 2. That the new system is based upon results. No result is more important than the general aspect and condition of a school, which therefore should be encouraged and paid for as a result. 3. Writing of itself is a most important branch of learn ing in national schools, and should therefore be encouraged and paid for upon its own merits. For writing from dicta tion a small additional sum might be given. The heading in the code is "Writing ;" the thing required is " writ ing from dictation." 4. The requirements in arithmetic in groups 111. and IV. are beyond the ordinary capacities of the boys and girls to be examined in those groups, and should therefore be moderated. 5. Although arithmetic is required for girls as well as boys, yet girls do not require the same extent of knowledge on that head as boys do, and distinction, therefor e , s h ou ld ex by age is a lt oge ther inadmissable; no school eve r was or ever can occupation. 6. Grouping be made between the sexes. G irls, besides, have daily to learn plain needlework, so imp ort ant to them thro ug h ou t life, whilst the no purposes corresponding o f examination be carried on upon that s ystem ; and th e exam i na ti on should be regulated by the actual state of th e c l asses an d up boys g for hav e arrangement of the schools. Centurie s h ave proved that schools must depend for their efficiency upon the spirit of emulation amongst the children —on their industry and capacity. Age devoid of that spirit, but with idleness and want of capacity, would excite ridicule if placed at the head of a school. 7. Age cannot be admitted, as proposed in the code for the groups; because in national schools many children of 11, 12, 13, end 14 join the schools at all times without a knowledge of reading, writing, or arithmetic, sufficient to qualify them even for the lowest class, yet the code would them in the highest place group. The exaltation of in•• competent children because they were old, and the dis placing the competent children because they were young, would in fact degrade them all, and greatly grieve their parents, and would have a tendency to break up the schools. 8. The trial of the examination according to the pro posed groups upon a village national school, as shown by the annexed papers, goes far to prove the necessity of revising the grouping before the revised code is called into action, -- __ At the Atlantic Telegraph Company's meeting yesterday the report was adopted. Hopeful views were en tertained, and it was stated that Lord Palmerston. would rece i ve a deputation on the subject nut week. THE SUN, LONDON, WITTEN OAY EVENING, VI ARCH 20. 1862. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING RACES-WEDNESDAY. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, win ners extra. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. 29 subs. Mr. T. Wadlow's Shropshire (h b), 4 yrs, lOst 81b (W. White) 1 Mr. Lincoln's Nosegay, 5 yrs, lOst 51b (Palmer) 2 ' Mr. Pratt's Romeo, aged, 9st lllb (0 Bennett) 3 Mr. David's Dominie Sampson, 4 yrs, 9st 91b (M'Grillan) 4 Mr. W. Barnett's Butterfly, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b (in. 71b ex.) (G. H olman) 5 Lord Coventry's Emblem, 5 yrs, lOst llb (G. Stevens) 6 Betting -2 to 1 agst Emblem, 9to 4 agst Shropshire , 7 to 2 agst Nosegay, 6 to 1 agst Butterfly; 25 to 1 agst Romeo (off.) Nosegay and Romeo went off with the lead, which they maintained until reaching the Swan Meadows, where Shropshire took second place, and immediately after clear ing the last flight of hurdles closed with Nosegay, the two racing in side by side to the half distance, where Shrop shire disposed of Nosegay, and won easily by four lengths Romeo was a bad third, Emblem was pulled up opposite the stand, end the other two passing her were placed. The Two-year-Old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b, winners extra. Straight run in. About 3 furlongs. 28 subs. Lord Stamford's Livingstone,9st (in.4lb ex) (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. J. Whittaker's Marmion, Bst 101 b (Challoner) 2 Mr. J. Claik's Vanity f, Bst 71b........ (H Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Hodgman's Don't-come-late, Bst 111 b (in. 41b ex) (J. Goater) 4 The following also ran :—Wax, The Little Woman, Rapture, Coupon, and Semley. Betting-3 to lon Livingstone, 10 to 1 agst Wax, and 100 to 8 each agst Rapture and Don't-come -late. The favourite was the first off, making all the running, and winning very easily by two lengths, three parts of a length separating the second and third; three lengths off came Don't-come-late. The Little Woman came next, the two last being Semley and Wax. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 20 sous each, with 50 added; winners extra; the second horse to receive 20 sows. Two miles. 35 subs. Count Batthyany's Loiterer, 5 yrs, Est 121 b.... (Bradley) 1 Mr. W. Mundy's Watchfire, 3 yrs, sst 91b....Whiteley) 2 Major Millman's Newstead, 6 yrs, 7st ....(G. Parsons) 3 Lord Westmoreland's St. Lawrence, 3 yrs, sst 71b (S. Adams) 4 Capt. H. Rhys' Rhosbus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 6 Mr. Hawksley's Satanella, 3 yrs, sst 71b.. Ch illiamson) 6 Mr. Barber's Prince of Denmark,aged, 7st 21b (Entwistle) 7 Betting-5 to 2 agst Loiterer, 4to 1 agst Newstead, sto 1 each agst Prince of Denmark and St. Lawrence, 8 to 1 each agst Watchfire, Rhcobus, and Satanella. On passing the stand the first time the lot lay in close order, Prince of Denmark having a slight lead, with Watch fire, Rheobus and Loiterer next, St. Lawrence last. On going up the hill for the White House, Newstead took fourth place. When coming over the hill, in sight for the mile post, Rhcebus was seen with a slight command with Satanella and Watchfire ; at about three lengths off came Prince of Denmark and Loiterer, Newstead and St. Law rence whipping in. Immediately after passing the mile post Prince of Denmark fell back into the rear, beaten, at the same time New stead and Loiterer took close order with Rheehus, Satanella, and Watchfire; the two former were quickly beaten, and Loiterer, settling Watchfire and New stead, won cleverly by half a length, three quarters of a length between second and third, and half a length between third and fourth. The Walton Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for all ages, 5 furlongs. 11 subs.: Lord Stamford's Ellerton, 4 yrs, 7st 61b.. (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Sagittarius, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Captain Coates's Libellous, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (G. Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Erica, Lapidary, Reverie, Southerly Wind, and Rossmore. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ellerton, 7to 2 agst Libellous, sto 1 agst Sagittarius, 6 to 1 agst Reverie. The favourite got off with a strong lead, and made all the running, winning easily a length and a half; two lengths off came Libellous ; Lapidary and Southerly Wind were the two next ; Erica last. Handicap Plate of £5O, for all ages. One mile. 14 subs. Mr. Bruce's Lord of the Manor, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Mr. David's Dominic Sampson, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Plumb) 2 Capt. Coates's Ariadne, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (G. Fordham) 3 Air. W. Goater's Independence, 6 yrs, Bst 21b.... (Butt) 4 . , The following also ran :—Misty Morn, David Ann, Cam bria, and Villager. Betting-7 to 4 apt Lerd of tho Manor, 2to 1 agst Ariadne, 10 to 1 agst any other (off.) Lord of the Manor lay off until reaching the half dia. tance, where he shot to the front and won cleverly by a head; a neck between the second and third; and half a length between third and fourth. Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each ; gentlemen riders ; pro fessionals 61b extra. One mile. Capt. Coates's Ariadne, 6 yrs, list (Mr. Edwards) 1 Capt. H. Rhys's Vesper, 5 yrs, 9st 71b .... (Mr. Wood) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's Watersprite, 5 yrs, lOst (Mr. W. Bevill) 3 Betting-5 to 4 each agst Ariadne and Watersprite, 4to 1 agst Vesper. Watersprite led to the distance, where Ariadne and Vesper closed with him, and a fine race in resulted in favour of Ariadne by three-parts of a length ; a head be tween the second and third. The Debdale stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for hunters ; winners extra ; half-bred horses allowed 71bs. ; gentlemen riders. Two miles. 13 subs. Mr. T.Wadlow's Shropshire, 4 yrs,llst 71b (Mr.Holyoak) 1 Capt. H. lthys's Old Port (late Maxwell), 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Wood) 2 Baron Niviere's Gisors, 6 yrs, list 91b .. (Mr. W. Bevill) 3 The following also ran:—Ceres, Best Man, Knuston, Bird of Prey, Adamant, and First Flight. Betting-2 to lon Shropshire-6 to 1 agst Knuston-10 to 1 agst any other offered. Knuston led until entering the straight, where Shrop shire took the lead, and won in a canter by six lengths. Gisors was a bad third; Bird of Prey fourth. Match of £25 each, over the Leamington Stakes Course. Mr. Parks' Marmion, by Springy Jack, 13st ..(Owner) 1 Mr. Formby's Adamant, 12st ......... (Owner) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Marmion, who made all the running, and won by nearly half a mile. 100 all all all Algerian .• ..... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... .•• • • • • Bah.&S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c. Be4.rian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. t'armeaux Mine & [tail Copiapo • ••• • • • • • • Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish .. Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege Do. 8 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) zua. 7 p. et. Um...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish.- Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, a. 7 p. c. S.Aust. ILomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flanders► Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. W. N.W. of France .. West , rn of Austria.... Westom of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand . . i SP `WO 101 1021 1021 100 102 1011 102 i 102 103 1031 1041 27 2 1 8 78 SO 08 70 48 50 48 52 42 45 41 44 101 102 pr ip 100 101 131 133 7 61 101 103 95 97 100 101 92 95 91 93 5 7 4 8 112& 103 a 98 100 I Id 20 stock 100 100 100 stock 20 stock 20/ 20/ 100 100 stock stock stock stock 20 stock stock all [lOO 15 all 100 1 ,AILWAYS all all 1,6 i all all 6f 6; - .7 _Tp i li# 11 12 46 4 236 24i 11i 12 8* ii 20 21 391 40f 8 10 7i 6f 42 43f 53 65 34'; 21c1 14 16 S 8 9t f Of; ipni 1 lfp 29i 30i 71 7 1 10 iO4 22k 2:32 BRITISH MINES. 'Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.9.3 55 20 British Iron Clifford Devon G. Conn. (Tavist ) 1 405 415 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 47 50 45 East Caradon ...... 1.11.6 305 31 331 East Cana Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk 7.7.0 24 35 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 561 12 14 Great South Toltus l7s 4 44 Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (11elston' 40 61 7 Grenville 6.15.6 24 31 Herod's- Foot 8.12 25 37 Gingston Downs 4 .14 24 21 Lady Bertha Irargaret I tiny Lelant C 42 14 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Mm ) 25 i d Ipm North Downs 25 4 1 5 4 North Frances (Illog,a 12.3 N.Wh'l - Basset (1110 zans 2.0.0 35 4 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 7 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 40 42 Sortridg*e Cons. Min. Co. 1 I South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 315 '25 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 25 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all `'.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 18.1`.9 95 165 Stray Park 5 Tamar Si/v.& Lead Min. 45 15 14 10 Tin Crott 9 95 105 Vale of Towey (farm ) 138 68 West Basset (Mogan). 15 125 135 1125 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 40 12 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illog,an` 55 975 1025 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 65 70 Mica( Edward (Cals.) 7A 14 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wheal Mary A.nn (Men. 8 15 16 Wheal Tretawney (Lia.) 7 17 18 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm all 5 4 5 Brazil Land it Mln.Co all 15 14 1 Clarendon Cone.MhiCo I 10 ( Cobre Copper all 32 84 !Copiapo l6 6 8 1 i DunNforin.Cop.lllintr.Co ail 1 1% 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 id is p 11 14 • Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14 p 2 Linares all 8 9 , 6 Lusitanian 2 >i d pr 2 1 Mariqui r a all 4 1 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 4 4 pr 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead, Mining; and Smelt... all 2 4 5 'Port Philip 1 1 ' 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 14 15D m 24 2 0 St. John del Rey (L.)._ 15 60 62 28.2.84 United Mexican all 75 8 1 Worthing (Lirnited) 1 all 1 4 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Can.Gov. 0 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S2 100 109 111 110 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6 P.C. Mar. & Sept. 100 1107 1 09 Do. 5 per cent lOO 995 1005 100 Do. Inscribed stock 100 88 100 -- Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 189 1 lOO 11l 113 ;Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 1055 1065 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. sp. 0., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 975 985 971 Do. do., 1888 &upwds 100 97 98 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 109 ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 iS. Au5,G6p.c.1872 , ..1cup lOO 108 110 iVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100 104 106 :Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO ;107 1075 1074 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&TJnitedServiceßh 60 88 90 40 Australasia all 88 70 693 70 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Ba.ak of London ... 50 British North American all 54 58 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 21i 22 21i 25 Ch.ller. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 13 15 100 City 100 C010nia1...,. 25 89 41 90.11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all l 8 19 181 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 24i 25i 20 Do. new all 24 25 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO id pr 10 100 London & Westminster 20 77 79 100 Vat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National Think ..... 25 20 Ne ‘, South Wa1e5...... all 38 40 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 54i 55i 20 Ottoman Bank .. ... all 23 24 221 431 41 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 85 88 10 Do. new all 25 South Australia all 35 38 25 Union of Australia .... all 48 47 50 Unt,,., of London —.... 12 32 8 3 324 100 Unity ao— MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Ang,lo-Mexican Mint .. all 17 18 10 (Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (Id) all 2 3 1000 ; Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 , kustrali an Agricultural 19 26 28 10 I Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 IBerlin Water (Limited) all 5 55 50 British American Land 40 50 111.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 12 20 'Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 911 325 Canada Land all 115 118 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim \ all 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 25 at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 12 16 st. Crystal Palace et. Do. Preference at Po. 6 p ot. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 10 lE.lndia & Lon. Ship A 75 -- IG Do. B 7 15 05 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 pr }pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 21 3 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 I Great Ship Limited) all 5 1 1 Do. 175 pet Preference all 6 I 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 35 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 15 1/ 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 25 2/ 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _ 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 pr i p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 1d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. a ll t 100 N. Br,&NovaScottaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 11 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 16 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 15 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) , all 6 7 at. Peelit Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 53 55 51 50 Pen, 4 Oriental Steam all 67 69 68 50 Do. New 3O 11 11 42 20 Red Sea&ln.TeLg.4sp.o all 181 191 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 18 15 Do. New all 0 58 2 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 54 56 511 ii 6 at. Soot. Auatlp. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land 411 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do. Q Telegraph to Ind a(L ) 1 par ip 10 Trust' and Ag,enoy or Austrlatida M112)1416. 1 pi' 4 P 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. orUpr.Can. 5 it 111 5 u. K'dom Tel. Co. oino 1 16 05 100 Van Ditnien'a Land 18/ 100} 103 j 4,} 4 2i i 28 i 12i101! 2} 2 : 13 1 i 100/ 11 11i 12 8 i I fii i BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDNEspA.T. Very little was done on any future event. There were offers to take 100 to 6 against Hadji Stavros for the Chester Cup ; and Prince Plausible came in force for the North amptonshire Stakes. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 100 to 7 aget Prince Plausible (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 7 agst suburban (taken) [RES FOR 1862. Edinburgh Spring 29 IL. Newmarket C 2l Bishop Auckland Catterick Bridge .. 24 Abergavenny 24 'Elairsk RACING FIXT MA Shrewsbury S Northampton Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring Liverpool Hunt Club Pontaland Newmarket F S Chester Spring York Spring . 23 JUNE. Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll Ascot Beverley lB Newcastle Hampton Carlisle rLY. Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge . 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverpool Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford ...... Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough 25 Goodwood . . 29 AV Radcliffe 4 Brighton.. Brighton Club Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton Reading Wenlock l5 f UST. r York Stockton 26 Egham Lichfield 26 Bridgwater Ludlow EEP T Devon and Exeter 2 Derby .... Great Yarmouth Plymouth Oxford 4 Warwick Leicester Bedford Newmarket S 0 .. 13 NOVI Doncaster Richmond Walsall Monmouth 25 Manchester 26 Newmarket F 0 R. Gloucester 2l Newmarket H Worcester Hereford lO LEER. Liverp00l Shrewsbury ~DiBER. IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. APRIL. Kildare Hunt 8 Athlone Skerries Kelle Tullamore 24 Curragh April Tullamore .. 3O Cork 1 Nenagh Howth and Baldoyle l4 Ju: Galway Hunt 2O Tipperary Westmeath 3 I Curragh June MY. Bellewetown Am I Down Royal Corporation 23 [UST. Heath 7 Wicklow Roscommon Galway SIFTS Curragh ____ 2 Carlow .. 10 Londonderry Tramore .. Jenkinatown Park 24 OCTOBER. Limerick Curragh NOTBILBER. Armagh 6 UNITED STATES' MAILS.—The screw steamer Kangaroo, belonging to the Inman line, sailed from Liver pool yesterday. Besides the United States' mail, she also took out about 25 cabin passengers, and a fair amount of cargo. IMBER. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOtiSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER the chair soon after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Bridport Road, Folkestono to Barham Downs Road, North Devon and Okehampton Railway, Norwich Corporation, Ross Turnpike Trust, and Wycombe Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. O'FERRALL, from the county of Carlow, against the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill • by Mr. WILLIAMS, from Lambeth V es t ry, against the Parochial Assessment Bill; by Mr. ALCOCK, Mr. TITE, and others, from various places, against the Revised Code of Education ; and by Mr. Alderman SALOMONS and Mr. LOCKE, from Woolwich and Chelsea, against certain clauses in the Metropolis Local Management Act Bill. ACCIDENT COMPENSATION BILL. Mr, AYRTON moved the second reading of this bill. After going over the practice observed in the earlier stages of legislation in questions relating to masters and work men, the hon. member referred to the first case on the subject, which came before the Courts, at Westminster, in 1837, whic was an action brought by a workman for com pensation for injuries received in his master's service ; but which action, though the facts were all in favour of the workman, failed. Ever since that time the Judges in West minster Hall had been endeavouring to build up a code of laws for the regulation of questions between masters and workmen; but, in his opinion, thEy had as yet failed. At the present time, if a seaman brought an action for compensation for injuries inflicted upon him in conse quence of his having been sent to sea in an unsea worthy ship, he could get no redress, as the question came within the category of the Common Law; but if he sued for compensation because the vessel had not been supplied with medicines in terms of the statutary injunction, and that his health had suffered in consequence, then an action would hold. It was the same in regard to mines and fac tories. Unless the statutary injunctions put upon the owners of these were proved to have been neglected and not complied with, no action for compensation for injuries inflicted in consequence would hold, and that he considered a most unsatisfactory state of the law. The object of his measure was to render the master responsible for everythi ng w hi ch happened to his workmen while in his employment, arising through neglect, so that the distinction which had been set up by the courts of law between injuries arising from the default of observing the statutary injunction, and those arising from the mas ter neglecting something he was morally bound to do, should be clearly defined. He held that as a matter of policy they were bound to take up this matter, and deal out to the workman that justice which he considered him entitled to, but which, under the present state of the law, he could I not possibly obtain. Mr. POTTER having seconded the motion, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to move an amend ment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He had come to the conclusion that were the measure to be come law it would not only be injurious to the master against whom it was levelled, but it would be also injurious to the workmen who it was intended to protest. At present the master was bound to see that due care and provision should be made for the protection of his workmen, and he could see no middle course which he could adopt between the law as it at present stood, and the measure before the house. Under the present state of the law the master was liable for accidents caused by his own act, or arising from his neglect of or breach of duty, that duty being that he should, in the conduct of his business, use reasonable care with the view of providing good machinery and tackle and competent and efficient servants, and he could not see how, in that respect, his liability could be extended. The hon. and learned gentleman quoted a number of cases in support of this view of the case, which had been decided by the courts of law, and some of them by the House of Lords, in one of which a master was held liable for negligence on the part of his foreman. According to the measure, as it stood, a master was to be liable if personally he neglected to use due and proper precaution, or omitted to do what was right and proper to have been done. The question, therefore, would come to be what was right and proper to have been done. That must be left to a jury, and with the event, in respect for which damages were craved, perhaps a break down in a railway fresh in their minds, and being in some degree under the influence of it, would it be proper to leave the matter to go to the jury in that leose manner. It was creating no extension of the liability of the master other than at present existed, but it was raising a suspicion and doubt in the minds of the jury as to what the master ought to have done to have escaped damages in the case. The same injustice would be entailed by the clause making the master liable - for injurie s inflicted by the negligence of one workman in his employment towards another, and he hesitated not to say that were such un• just trammels put upon the employers of industry they would remove their establishments to other quarters where they could carry them on without being subjected to such annoyance. Were the measure to pass it must either be inoperative or bo pregnant of great injustice, for one of its first effects would be that, before masters took workmen into their employment, they would make them enter into an agreement to free them from the consequences of the measure. Upon the whole, therefore, as he could see no amendments which could be made in committee which would render the bill such as the house could adopt it, he must move that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BOVILL opposed the measure, and illustrated the evil consequences which would result from the measure by the case of a gentleman travelling in his carriage and being upset by the carelessness of the coachman. His horses were killed, himself and his wife injured, together with his footman, who afterwards could bring an action against him for the injuries he had sustained by the catastrophe, and if he should happen to have been killed, his wife could bring a similar one. He could not by possibility see bow the law could be further extended, having in view the rights both of master and servant. It was a well un derstood law, and, he believed, a just one, and he could see no reason for an alteration in it. Mr. H. A. BRUCE also opposed the measure, as he considered tho law as it stood perfectly satisfactory, as the master was held responsible in every case where proper care and vigilance had not been used. Were the measure to pass, and an accident similar to that at Hartley to occur, which was caused by the breaking of a beam, and as re garded which no blam e could be attached to th e owners, te owners of the colliery would, in addition to the im. mense loss sustained by it, have to compensate every widow and child of the sufferers, which would be most unjust, Mr. MITFORD considered that the provisions of the bill would, if adopted, be attended with great injustice, and would strenuously oppose it. Mr. W. E. FOSTER hoped that, while they could not go into committee on this measure, nothing that had been said against it would be taken as showing any indisposition on the part of the house to go into the consideration of means for preventing a repetition of those great and terrible accidents which had recently taken place. Sir M. PETO also opposed the measure, when Mr. AYRTO N replied, and stated that after the discus sion which had taken place he would not press the second reading of the bill to a division. The second reading of the bill was accordingly negatived without a division. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord ENFIELD suggested that the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. Ayrton), who had an amendment to it on the papers in effect that the members of the Metro politan Board should be elected by the ratepayers direct, instead of by the vestries, should withdraw that amend ment, and bring on a separate measure on the subject. Mr. AYRTON declined to agree to the suggestion, and suggested in turn that the measure should be referred to a select committee of 15 members, in order that the various amendments might be properly considered. . _ _ Mr. CRAUFORD stated that he had no objection to going into committee with the bill, as all the amendments suggested by the city had been arranged. After some further conversation, the house went into committee pro forma, and the chairman having reported progress, the house resumed. TURNPIKE TOLLS EXEMPTION (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be corn. mitted. WHIPPING (No. 2) BILL. This bill was also read a second time. BLEACHFIELDS (WOMEN AND CHILDREN EMPLOYMENT) BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was ordered to be reported. Lord HOLMESDALE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the sale of spirits. The bill was read a first time. The house then adjourned at half-past five o'clock. In the sitting of the 15th of the Germen Diet it was decided, upon the proposition of Austria and Prussia, that the command in chief of the Federal garrison of Frank fort, now held by Major-General Rzikowsky, shall be de ferred, until further orders, to a Prussian General, and the command of the town, at present confided to the Prussian Colonel Alvensleben, be transferred to an officer of the Austrian staff for the whole of the time that Prussia shall hold the command of the garrison. The report of the nego tiations between Austr ia and Prussia on the one hand, and Denmark on the ot her, relative to the constituti onal affairs of Holstein and Lauenburg was also communicated to the Diet COLD COMFORT.—Canada, when the last mail left, g ßla u e p wstorms, the most s h e a v d e r h e a o d f f o t h r e some presentdays a winter,s u cc e s b s l i o o c n k n f the railways and interrupting all business ; and before these storms above 85 inches of snow had fallen this season at Montreal—more than enough to cover the tallest man. Nevertheless, says a would not exchange ld f errMontrealt hpeapselur,"vo"rcinegwanotid our clear, dry wintr of the British dampness which characterises the - • •C -[ ROYAL lIORTICUL2URAL SOCIETY. The London season may almost be said to hare commenced with the Early Spiing Flower Show of yesterday, whicri heads the programme of the Royal s Hortcultural Society's arrangements for the year 1862. Hitherto the fashionable drives and pro menades of Hyde -park and the aristocratic localities of Belgravia and South Kensington have, owing to the long continuance of the cold and wet which have marked the opening months of the present year, been comparatively deserted. Yesterday they were alive with gay equipages, and the immediate neighbourhood of the Horticultural Gardens and he International Exhibition was all but impassable from the influx of visitors, attracted not so much, perhaps, by the expectation of a brilliant horticul tural display, which is hardly possible in the third week of such a March as this has been, as by the bright sunbeams which, almost for the first time since their return to town, shone out with sufficient promise of permanence to draw them from the warmth and shelter of their firesides. But, considering all things, the show itself was most creditable. The hyacinths, whose beautifully formed petals, pure colours, luxuriousness of flower, and exquisite but powerful aroma could scarcely be surpassed, were in great profusion, and well deserved the commendations they obtained from the cognoscenti. The camellias, white, red, and variegated, were unexceptionable, and, as regards those which obtained prizes especially, told of the care which had Leen bestowed upon their culture. There was not so large a display of tulips as a more genial season would doubtless have produced, but the few that were there were extremely good. Early open air grown sprin g flowers were, as might be anticipated, scarce, except lilies of the valley, which were plentiful enough, and amongst them some bunches drooping with the weight of their white bead-like blossoms. The primula, epieias, and other open air spring flo wering plants, and the stove amaryllis, did credit to their respec tive growers as well as to the exhibition of W hi c h they formed a part. Besides the competing plants, there was a magnificent display, as far as quality i s concerned, of rhododendrons, and a few beautifully developed roses, both red and white. There was but one drawback to the show, and that was that the confined area in which it was held, and the im mense number of visitors, rendered it all but impos sible to see one half of the many very interesting specimens of the floricultural art it embraced. From a little after one o'clock, when the doors opened, until dusk, there was a continuous stream of visitors passing through the council chamber, which on this occasion was the somewhat inconvenient route of the exhibition, and the necessary efforts of the attendant policemen to keep the stream flowing prevented that attention being given to the "points" of the flowers which an area of more extended limits would have allowed. This is a defect which will be no doubt remedied by the next flower show, and may well be excused in the present instance, remembering that the very unpromising weather which prevailed yesterday would have made the substitution of a marquee in the gardens a dan- gerous experiment. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the grounds during the afternoon, and enlivened the out door portion of the entertainment with a selec tion from some of the most popular composers. Taken as a whole, this, the opening day of the season, was most succ essful, and promises w e ll f or the numerous other fetes which are set down in the published programme of the year, an d w hi c h are to follow each other in rapid succession. The following is the list of the prizes in the various classes to which the competition extended : Class 1-18 pots of hyacinths, 12 distinct kinds (open) W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nursery, N. £2. Class 2-12 pots of hyacinths, distinct kinds (amateurs), W. Young, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., West -hill House, Highgate, £2 2s. Class 3—G pots of hyacinths, distinct kinds (amateurs), W. Young, gardens'. to R. Barclay, Esq., Highgate, £l. Class 4-6 pots of hyacinths, new distinct kinds (open), W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nursery N., £1 10s. Class 5-24 pots of tulips, 3 bulbs in a pot, 6 kinds (nurserymen), W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nursery, N., £2 10s. Class 6-18 pots of tulips, 3 bulbs in a pot, 4 kinds (amateurs), W. Young, gardener to P. Barclay, Esq., Highgate, £2. Class 7-12 pots of tulips, 3 bulbs in a pot, 3 kinds (ama teurs), W. Young, gardener to R. Barclay, Esq., High gate, £l. Class 8— 6 plants, camellias, distinct kinds (amateurs), no competition. Class 9-4 plants, camellias, distinct kinds (amateurs), no competition. Class 10—Single plant of camellia (open), John Standish, Royal Nursery, Bagshot, £l. Class 11-9 pots of lilies of the valley (open), Mrs. Mary Conway, Earles-court Nursery, Brompton, 15s. Class 12-6 pots of stove amaryllis, 3 kinds at least (open), \V. Parker, Exotic Nursery, Tooting, S., £1 10s. Class 13-6 pots of any kind of primula (open), Thomas Todman, gardener to R. Hudson, Clapham-common, 15s. Class 14-12 forced geraniums (open),'no competition. Class 15-12 pots, spring plants in flower, not forced (open), J. Veitch and Son, Chelsea and Exeter, £2. Class 16-12 plants in flower, forced, J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge-road Nurseries, Leyton, £2. MISCELLANEOUS CLASS. Flowers and plants-Ist prizes : to W. Cutbush and Co., for collections of 10 hyacinths, £1 10s.; (equal) to A. Hen derson and Co., for collection of hyacinths and tulips, £1 10s.; (equal) to W. Paul, for collection of 100 hyacinths, £1 10s. 2d prizes : to W. Cutbush and Son, for collection of 36 varieties narcissus, Ll ; (equal) to J. Standish, for 5 camellias, £1 ; (equal) to W. Paul, for new and rare plants, £1; (equal) to T. Todman, for collection of 6 roses, Ll. 3d prize to W. Paul, for two boxes of cut roses, 15s. ; (equal) to B. S. Williams, for collection of miscellaneous plants, 155.; (equal) to the Rev. F. Beaton, for 3 boxes cut camellias, 15s. 4th prizes : to Paul and Son, for 1 box of cut roses, 10s. ; (equal) to F. and A. Smith, for collection of new and rare plants, 10s. Extra prize to J. Salter, for 2 pota variegated lilly of the valley, 7s. 6d. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge visited the show in the early part of the morning, attended by the Duke of b ß y u Buck ingham. r Wentworth - ingham. Her Royal Highness was rec e ived otw the or Council.thDilke , Mr. Fairbairn, and other mem berse TEIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 20.—Wind this day at noon—North• Easterly ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with heavy rain. PORTSMOUTH, March 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Glortuma, from Moulmein, LIMIZRICK, March B.—Wind E.—Sailed—Mary Ann, for Halifax LOUGH FOYLE, f Valparaiso;aCarders.h Marc hl9 xvwi Mary li 19.—Wind d . 19.—Arrived—Hibernia, Ann. w A N ri iv 0 d —Hibernia, screw steamer, from Portland, U.S., and proceeded for Liver pool ; left Portland on the Bth. KINGROAD, March 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mis chief, from China; Hannah Castle, from New York for Gloucester. from Bilboa,. Sailed —E ngl and's 1 9.— Wind E n gias Queen, NE.jEos.hnsfa—oiAriAeartKrorir i n i v n_ ee e d d a l a i n e ud o j e r o r su g h sit e t n ano : : f S o o r u N nd ew ; Isab e ll a and Catherine, for St. Thomas; Pelican, lg.—Wind N.E. — Sailed—Florence Greenock, rom N f e o w rc Y ft: o ea r u r k o . fi t juG S s a o i ;o 1 : I t : 1 r E o M - SWANSEA, March Fernando,Louise for "CLYDE, peror, p o e d : for Trinidad. Kingdofmor, Demerara s' 7 e forSeSilfalfgsliaMire C h ewy l9 don, for the Ocean, for Lisbon. SUNDERLAND, March 19.—Av• A •,,,. m undi, for Shanghai. il l" •L'i .E.—Sailed—Fore- OFP PORTSMOUTH, March L ondon for Sydney. 19 . — Arrived —Strand, from %BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 19 —Rose, from Antwerp; Dart, from Dunkirk; Elizabeth Ann, from Casa Bianca; Follena, from Emden; Aline, from H.olmstadt ; Johanna, from Copen hagen ; St, George, from Guernsey ; Economic, from Alex andria ; Industry, from Helsingborg ; Johanna Rebekka, from Holmstadt ; Alice, from Guernsey; Lauritz, from Svendborg, • Sailed—Adler, steamer, for Bremen ; Iberia, steamer, for Oporto. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Belairs, from Shields, for Alexandria; Hot- Spur, from Shields, for Point de Gale; Mont Blanc, from Shields, for Boston. 1 THE ` ' F EATHER AND THE CROPS.—Since our last the weather has been dull, foggy, and cold, with occasional sunshine and occasional storms of wind and rain- Vegeta tion seems making considerable progress, though unques tionably checked by the general low range of temperature which has prevailed. The wheat plant is looking strong, healthy, and vigorous, but no t too forward. Rep orts from all parts of the country sp eak of a larger breadth of lan d planted in wheat than usual, and all accounts a g re e as to its healthy appearance, a nd as to the excellent s t ate of the land. Altogether the farmers' prospects may be said to be favourable.—Susses Advertiser. ~~