The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England at their meeting to-day have advanced their rate of dis count from 2f to 3 per cent. The extraordinary magnitude of the withdrawals of sovereigns on account of the Turkish loan, and the full rates asked in the discount market which caused the bulk of the commercial bills offered for negotiation to be taken to the national establishment, fully prepared the public for this alteration, and it has consequently created little commotion either in monetary and commercial circles or at the Stof:k Exchange. The bullion has been trenched upon to a considerable extent, and the weekly balance-sheet to appear this afternoon will no doubt exhibit a considerable addition to the bills under discount. Under the circumstances it would not have produced much surprise if the authorities had carried the rate to 31 instead of 3 J:',er cent. There is an active inquiry for discount accommo dation, and full rates are demanded in all instances. In accordance with the advance in the official minimum, the Joint Stock Banks and discount houses have made a corresponding alteration. The Banks now allow 2 per cent. for deposits, while the Private firms give 2 per cent, for money at call, and 21 per cent. with 7 days notice of withdrawal. The bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday were of an unimportant character. The Bremen from New York has brought £2,000, and the Alhambra £1,483 in specie. A meeting of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has been called for the 30th inst., for the declaration of the dividend. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures its under : 1862. 1861. Great Western £56,852 59,507 North-Western South- Western lirighton Midland 37,478 39,881 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,119 38,663 Bristol an d E xe t er North. Eastern _Eastern Counties Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 1 3 ,498 15,975 Great Southern and Western of Ireland 8,406 8,186 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western of Canada These returns show a continued decrease in the receipts of most of the principal lines. On the Great Western it amounts to £2,655; on the South Western to £1,832 ; on the Brighton to £215 ; on 'the Midland to £2,403 ; on the South Eastern to £220; on the Great Northern to £3,387; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £7,544 ; on the North Easter to £3,203 ; the Eastern Counties to £2,047 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £2,477. The London and North Western, how ever, exhibits an increase of £2,251, and the Great Western of Canada of £1,476. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there Was considerable animation, and prices were id. per lb. higher. The sales, however, amounted to 5,000 bales, owing to the advanced rates. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. A decline of s per cent. has taken place in the English Stock Market since the advance in the Bank rate was announced. Consols are 931 d for transfer, and 91! 92 less the dividend for the ac count. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 911 Y ; the New 2* per Cents., 771, ; Exchequer Bills have receded to 13s. and 16s. prem. ; Bank Stock is 2364 and 237; and India 5 per Cents. re- Main at 1091- y. - The dealings in the Foreign Mark have been rather circumscribed, and prices show no important variation. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 801 ; ditto, 1858, 701 ; ditto New Loan Scrip, 21 4 prem.; Egyptian, 11 a ; Mexican are flat, at 311 2 ; Grenada 2 per Cents. at 25/ ; and Italian have de clined to 691 ; Spanish Passive are 191- ; and ditto Certificates 81 a. The Russian Loan is a prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, and prices have shown little change of importance. Eastern Counties, Great Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Berwick) have receded ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are also at slightly reduced prices. South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian have declined to 211 ; and Great Luxem bourg to 144 I; Grand Trunk of Canada have im proved to 241; and Great Indian Peninsula, to 103. Joint Stock Bank Shares continue inactive. Lon don and County, however, have improved to 381 ; Ottoman Bank, to 251- ; Alliance of London and Liverpool realise 91 ; and Union of Australia, 45. The applications in London for shares in the Union Bank of Ireland are stated to amount to nearly the entire capital. In the Miscellaneous Market there has been little change of importance to report. Peninsular and Oriental Steam are steady at 69 ; Red Sea and India Telegraph at 19 to 19k ; Madras Irrigation at 3 i; and Atlantic Royal Mail Steam at 3. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities • 9 31 i i New 3 per Cent. Annuities 914 * New 2 1 ,-, per Cent. Annuities 774 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 154 India Stuck Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO3 Ditto 5f per Cent . . lo9a Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent.TOct., 1863 Ditto dtito April, 1864 100 Dino Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, June 10 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l6 13 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian, 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60 Egyptian, 7 per Cent Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Grenada, 2 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent:, 1853 — Ditto Account . 45i Spanish 3 per Cent DittoWassive ... 194 Spanish C er t. o f C oup. not funded 4 i urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 1862 (S cr i p ) . Ditto, Paio up S cr i p .. 2 1 a . . . Cent. ........ Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, ex 25 f 694 TWO 0'(11,0(7' Consols, Money Ditto Account It appears that, in addition to the remarks of his Royal Highness the General Commanding• in-Chief on the late court-martial on Captain Robertson, published on the 17th inst., it was intimated to Major Jones that he was not to expect any further promotion, and Lieut. Rintoul was informed that the practice of making notes of the private conversation of his brother officers, and producing them afterwards against them, is unwarrantable and repre hensible. A CON. FOR NATURALISTS.—What creatures may be said to live on their relations? Why, the Aunt-eaters, to be sure I—Punch. The Directors of the Australian Agricultural Company have decided to recommend at the annual meet ing in July, that sheep breeding on the company's estates be resumed in 1863. If after consideration the shareholders adopt this recommendation, a call of capital will be neces sary, PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—We believe the parliamentary session will be brought to a close about the 15th or 20th of July. If it were desirable the business might be wound up much sooner; but, as the duration of the parliamentary season very much influences the stay of the fashionable world in town, it is considered advisable to keep both Rouses sitting until about the time when the upper ten thousand generally migrate. The only measure to be brought forward by the Government by which tho allotted time can be spun out is the Transfer of Land Bill, about which lawyers and country gentlemen will have volumes to say. The only really important debate likely to arise before the recess will be that on the deferice question, the period for which will depend on the time at which the supplementary report of the Commission will be laid before Parliament. A memorial to Parliament has been signed by all the leading mail steam companies, principal anies, the large marine in surance offices, and many of underwriters of London , praying that shipowners and d the clause proposed by Sir James Elphinstone may be added to the Merchant Ship p i ng Amendment Act, requiring al chain ca bl es an d anchors to be subjected t o the same te st of strength as that used in the Royal Navy. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Flletchley l all Ln.tN.W Birkenhead.. Buckingh m._ll re. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 54 56 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 IDo. Clydesdale Junction 100 'Cledon. Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gr‘pr c. 100 Gt.Ncrth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge....! 100 .. • • •• Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cledon Gloster&DeanForestj all Gt. West .. .. Hull and Selby I all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 199 202 Lon. and Chat Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c all D 0... .. .. Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all Do 2O 22 Do.W . Ext. A, 44p c. all D 0........ 8 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen • Lon.,Tilla.& S.. - `bend 100 Peto &Co B7 89 881 Lowestoft g - ua. 4 pc.. 100 Norfolk Do i per cent lOO Do. 31nc.,8xtn.,& 3latlock all LNW& 31 4- 4! 3 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx I 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p i p g-ua. 5 per cent... pm North n.&Eamtn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt.Norih. 92 93f L&N.W Preston and Wyre. 1 ' all & L. y k. ) 44 46 Do. 4 shares A all iDo. ••• • .. „ .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North i . 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO tGt. West.l 93 95 Wimbledn er Croydon, all L,SzErgtn I 86 94 SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOIs.S. Share' Railways, Bir., Wol.. and Str. Val Bost.,Sleat.,andnid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A nets no div Do. B tilllipe.nan.ha,, been pa,d to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East A nvlian Eastern Counties . Eastern Union, A stock Do Edo do East Suflolk Edinburgh & Glasgow. Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn of Scotland Great Northern.. .. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val g - ua. stock) Lancashire & Yorkshire London and lilackwalli T.on., Bright.,& S. Coast! Lon., Chat., and Dover) Lon. & North Western Lon. & Smith Western I.'clerry & Enniskillen. an., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I 5ha1e5........ Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Ilirming. & Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares 'Arid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk Forth British Nor.Dev.RailtDk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pa has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York North London Do new , North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. anti Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.En South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington) Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har. West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Paid.( I Closing Business I Price. done. 7i 8 6 7 91 93 108 108! Ci 61 1 2 5 6 41 43 10 11 204 214 56 57 57 59 37 40 89 91 30 304 102 104 , 140 145 1114 115 112 113 132 134 104 4 1053 72i 72 55 57 109 1093 60 62 122 123 44 45 94 931 99 100 40 45 401 41i 8t 9 1 127 t 1281 lin 98 100 71 73 62i 621 97_ 07i 1 Fl 55} A 52 £ 4 5 85i 100 102 4; 4p d 10i 11} I 122 124 46 48 105 107 45 47 35 37 83i 84 66 68 99 101 6 7 37} 38; 8 i 9i p 6 6i p 143 147 54 56i• 26 36 i c 1.31) 91 - 93' 1130 135 46 48 42 44 87 83 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. p aid. ' Closing Business Price. Done. !Blythe and Tyne i 0 p.c pref. issued at £5 IBris. & Ex2t 4 p. c. at Do. shares Caledon. qr. shra, o. 2 1 Cork & Bandon, 5 1 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cc nt....1 Dun. Perth, & Abez.3 an. Do. Ist Class Pref.. E. Angn. Class A 5 u. c. E. 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. S p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pni Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redir .atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. G. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 3 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. Do. redeem. 4 p. et 'Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. C. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chest er guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.l3arnsLet£s 2s 10d pe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.igu. No.l Do. 5 per cent, do. No 2 Do. 6 pei cent d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st.(div.def.lll'6s Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent.' Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. pt., late 3d shares f,ondony. & Ennis. she Man. Sh. Sr. Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3i per cent........ Do. redeem. 6 per cent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4 per cent..... 'Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 14 per cent. Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct N .rflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 1 D0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New trua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44 pr. et' redeemabl, Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, R. & S. Purcb. North Staffordshire.... ,Scortish North-Eastern 3 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6pc Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent Routh Eastern (Readin, Ann., 1.0.6) ......... Do. 4/ per cent ...... Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent ...... Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. Stock. & Dar. sp. e Do. AB6 p. e DO - . C 6 ii. c... SI, Voted & KilknY , 6 p. c. IW. Mid.-Oxf lst gua stk Do. 2d do ... .. D o. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869, 94 96 20 21 6 61 103 105 109 111 101 110 127 129 84 86 110 112 90 92 1 116 113 'll2 114 104 106 107 109 El 99 100 102 91 93 92 94 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 I:3S 1411 1102 10t 115 117 1.15 117 1 136 142 ,115 117 152 156 129 133 77 79 91 95 ' 14 141 124 128 ilmi 68 70 1 13 S 110 ,103 105 91 90 1 110 112 108 110 1 li;pm 100 102 06 98 d, par p 224 234 135 140 10 11 23i 24i 101 103 101 103 86 90 28 29 pi 33 34 33 34 42 45 125 127 120 125 103 105 122 124 110 122 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I Can.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July' 10') !ill 112 1111 - 1877-32 ; Do 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 - 1)o. 6p. c. Feb. & Am:. 100 1108 11 0 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept., 100 0.08 1;0 Do. 5 per cent lOO 101 i, 102 101{ Do. Inscribed stock 100 ,100 101 -- 'rape G. Hope, I p 0,1873, 100 ,109 111 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 1 110 112 Do. 1890; 101 11l 113 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 ; 100 'll2 114 ICeylon, Nov.lBol, 6p cI 100 105 p.c.J a.&Julyl, 100 ;108 109 6p. u.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 18661 100 104 101 k Do., sp. 0.,1871 to 18761 100 oa 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdel 100 98 99 New Zealand 6p. cent. I 100 109 in Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1110 112 S. Au5,G6p.c.187 3 .& up lOO [i 08 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, 100 ,168 110 Do. do. 6p.0.A1 1 &0 01, .1 100 11061 106 1061 11E7Sing, LONDON, TIIURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1862 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways. Paid. Price. Business don, 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence -- air C 5 69 „ Bom.,Barodaez•Cent Ind 8 "' I G. 5 percent. 100 102 103 102/ 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 54 54d 5 4 4 204 Do. New f all 10 Do. Preference 100 Bulialo,Brant4Godrich in t 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 `' 81 - 85 100 Do. do. July 1, 1877 100 79 83 100 Do. do. June 1, 18 .00 78 02 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (1., 100 102 101 st Cape Town &Dock Seri lto 103 1 0 4 171 Demerara... ...... stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. • 100 102 103 stock East Inddin, gu. sp. c. 100 1044 104/ 104 4 20 Do. do. G Ext.... all 1 1 stock Grand Trunk of C ana d t 100 24 25 241 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 68 70 68 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 57 60 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentt all '36 38 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 43 46 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 35 38 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 36 37 stock Gt.lndiaPcnin.gua.sp.c 100 1021 103 1024 3 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 4 6 p stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 102 103 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share, all 121 121 124 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 98 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 95 100 Do. 1878. all 92 95 stock Madras guar., sp.c. . 100 101/ 1021 stock Do. 41p. c. Extensiol 100 94 96 stock Do. 4i d 0........ 100 91 93 stock Ilelb•Corp. 6p. o. I3nd•• 100 20 Newßrunswick ,i 5 Cand. RyALand(Lim.)g.6lB 11 5 7 Class A Capital Share a Do. do. Land d 0........ 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. f< Land do. ..... "' '•• stock Scinde c, .......... 1 w lOO 103 104 20 Do. Punjaub .... e id „, 15 I P ZO Do. Do. .. .. .. .. all 204 201 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ge, 100 991 1004 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS 20 Algerian . 5 10 Antwerp a Rotterdam. all 7 75 20 Xrdennes .... ....... .. all —I , 20 Bah.4sS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 161 1 14 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 11 Carmeaux Mine 4; Rail 30 11 12 100 Copiapo ................ all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 44 4 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 18 14 if p 171 5 1 20 Etuatern of France .... all <.4 ,3 224 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. al 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 141 15 141 4 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege .... .... all 8/ 81 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21 16 Northern of France.... all 411 421 16 Do. New Shares —.. 15 - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 810 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 15 8 7 20 Parts,Lyons, ,t Medi ter. all 431 441 441 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 61 63 20 [Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) ,i;ua. 7p. ct. 1im...... 19 4/ 34 20 Riga 415 Dunaburg...... all 20 Royal Danish.. 5 Royal Swedish ....... all 4 1)o. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all Li/ 12 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 01. 91 111 4 20 San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p.c. 8 4 4 pm 20 S.Aust, &Lomb Venetin 18 31 e , of p 211 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 7 -- 20 Southern of France.— all 335 341 81 West Fiandera .. ~.... all 76 71 10 Do. 51 pe. Preference.. all 10 101 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 I PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. st *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 103 105 20 Cornwall 41 p.c. ga.perp all st l*E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. 100 120 123 st 'l* Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 131 134 st l Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 80 82 st Lond'u, Brig'tn, &c., 44 per cent.... .... . . 1858 100 103 105 at Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 92 95 st Do. do. 45 per ct. 1861 100 103 105 5 Do. do. 4 , per ct. 1861 34 10 Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop. , Ext. B, 6 p.c , 74 5 d pr 171 at Lon. &S.Western 4/p.c. 100 102 104 10 North British £lO Gua. all Shares, 1861 i st t *ScottishCentral4l p.c 100 irred. pref... 10 ;S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859 all 94 10 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 i 4pm 10 (Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 35 4 fpm! * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be made good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. * R made year not to be t half year. BRITT S Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon 'East Carn E. WI Kassel (Tavistk.)l Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South Tolgus (;.Wheal Aild. (Phil ack) G. Wheal Vor (Hel.ston) .Grenville Herod's-Foot H ingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) Mark e Valley Myndy Iron Oru (Lim ) r North Downs North Fr ances N. Wh 'I Basset (1110 4an)! North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blareyy Providence (Uny Lelnt.), ‘;ortridge Cons. Min. Co. I South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illooan) ~ Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.Az Lead Min. Tin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth)l Whtal Edward (Cals.)! Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanfi ; Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)l MINES. &9.3 29 111 940 460 44 46 44i 951 19 20 2/ 31 14 16 51 5i t 1 M 3.0.0 561 17s 6.15. n 8.12 4.14 4.3.0 66 7 6 66 36 40 21 26 44 !6 61 101 2 1 4j 41 2i 12.3 2.3 0 2.2.9 1k 10.6.7 3i 4 3 3i 5 6 40 42 335 '45 21 3} 95 100 35 97 11 14 11 114 124 134 34 86 260 270 921 974 50 60 11 11 10 12 15 17 15 17 5.11.61 18.1,1 , 1 28.9. 1.7.2 441 19 I i ~ `. LAW---THIS DAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE STIFF. This was a meeting for the last examination and dis charge of Mr. Stiff, late proprietor of the Morning Chronicle and London Journal, and part proprietor of the Weekly Times. The business of the day was principally for the proof of debts, most of which were admitted without comment. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees ; ➢lr. Lawrence and Mr. Pook for the creditors, and Mr. C. E. Lewis for the bankrupt. After a short examination the case was adjourned, Mr. Joseph Hart, the nominee cf the Court, not having had sufficient time to complete the accounts, but he states liabi lities, £60,000; assets, considerable. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE BROWN, This bankrupt was described as formerly of Deans- row, Walworth, physician, but now of Bedford-row, Barnsbury, editor and author, and this was an application for release from custody. Mr. T. Beard supported, and the release was opposed. His Honour said that as the debt of the detaining credi tor was contracted seven years ago, and as the bankrupt, by his imprisonment, had lost a considerable portion of his practice, and had five motherless children to support, ha would order an immediate release. STIERIFFS' COUTRT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Wheeler.) THE DISTRTC T SAVINGS BANK BUBBLE.-IMPORTANT DECISION. -HALL T. BAGISIIAW. This was an action to recover £6 18s. 10d., for certain teas and other refreshments, alleged to have been supplied to defendant, Mr. B eed (counsel for defendant) took a preliminary ob jection to the plaintiff's recovering. In this case the pro ceedings arose out of the District Savings Bank affair, and it had been decided by the Court of Bankruptcy that no one should be made liable except under certain circum stances. The defendant here had been sued by the plain tiff for rerresnments supplied as if to himself, whereas the proper course to have pursued was by proving the debt in the Bankruptcy Court, and then plaintiff would get his money. His Honour—l see that there are unlimited " teas." (Laughter.) There are " teas, teas, teas," " lobster," and then a whole string of " teas." (Great laughter.) Mr. Reed—The plaintiff must sue the defendant as a contributory to the list of shareholders, and here it is simply a case of goods sold and delivered. The Joint-stock Com panies Act is express upon that point, and I contend now that the defendant cannot be made liable upon this form of action. His Honour (to Mr. Osgool, registrar)—What do you think of this ? Mr. Osgood—The plaintiff has sued in the form of a simple contract and cannot recover. His Honour—Precisely my opinion. Plaintiff—But defendant has promised payment. His Honour—lt is no matter what the defendant has promised, you cannot recover in this form of action. You are opposed by a very able and learned counsel, and I would recommend you to employ an attorney. Mr. Reed—lf he gets his debt regularly proved he will get his money, but he is sure to be defeated if he comes h ere. - His Honour—Plaintiff is Lonsuited, and must pay costs. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH •STREET, THIS DAY, THE BURGLARY IN MAYFAIR.—Peter White, boot maker, of 36, York-street, Westminster, was charged by Inspector Wilson with having in his possession part of a burglary, at No. 2, Chapel-street West, Mayfair, which took place a short time since, when plate to the amount of about £7O, the property of a gentleman named Doherty, was stolen. John Horne, 175 F, said—About 6 o'clock yesterday evening, at the corner of Little Earl-street, Seven-dials, a man came to me and pointed out a lad who had a silver spoon in his possession, saying he had offered it for sale. I asked the boy where he got it from, and at 26, Little Earl-street, the boy and the prisoner being together, the boy said the prisoner gave him the spoon to sell. I asked the prisoner how he become possessed of it, and he said he found it in Leicester .square. I then took the prisoner into custody, and from inquiries made by Sergeant Joy, it was found to be a part of a burglary committed in Mayfair, but since the prisoner had said he received the spoon of his own boy. The prisoner is-a shoemaker, at 36, York-street, Westminster. At the station a purse was found on him which he said his boy had given him. Miss Ann Barber, 2, Chapel-street West, Mayfair, said —The spoon produced is my property, and - 'of a large quantity of plate stolen. A boy, who said he was a boot-closer at 26, Earl-street, said—The prisoner came to my father's between 4 and 5 yesterday afternoon and gave me the spoon produced to sell. He said he did not know whether it was silver, and that he had found it. Mr. Knox said—lt comes to this, prisoner, that you are found in the possession of a spoon, the produce of a bur glary, Inspector Wilson—l examined the premises, and there was a burglary. Mr. Knox asked whose property the plate was, and Miss Barber said Mr. John Doherty's (the son of the late Chief Justice Doherty). Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner till Saturday, giving the officer instructions that the prisoner should be well locked up. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. KIDDERMINSTER. The nomination has been fixed for Monday next. Col. White and Mr. Huddleston are pursuing their canvass, and both have addressed the electors ; but the proceedings have so far been destitute of interest, and, having in view the notoriety of Kidderminster from the time of Mr. Godson's elections down to recent occasains, popular feeling has not yet exhibited itself immoderately. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF CANADA. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this undertaking was held this day at the London Tavern. The chair was occupied by Mr. F. S. HEAD. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the directors' report, referred to that document, which showed that the receipts on capital account amounted during the last half year to £5,202 17s. 6d., making the total receipts, on the 31st of January, 1862, £5,218,300 ss. Od. The expenditure amounted to £5,019,662 12s. 6d., including the cost of renewing the wooden bridges in stone tied fresh jointing eight and a half miles, during the last half-year, There were still remaining about 90 miles to undergo the same operation, which will, in future, be charged to capital, and the item of expenditure includes a sum of £14,618 9s. 4d. The revenue account showed that the gross receipts were £265,951 lls. 11d., the working expenses to £125,424 17s. 10d., leaving a balance of £140,526 14s. ld., fr ,m which had to be deducted for in terest on Government loans, and other charges £89,249 Os. 5d., leaving £53,277 7s. 4d. as a balance of the half year's working, out of which it was proposed to pay a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum, the balance to be carried over to the account being £14,054 6s. 6d. The account showed a balance of £21,500 above the sum required for the payment of the dividend; but the directors had thought it prudent to write off Is. 3d. of the sum of £22,000 owing to the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway. The traffic was most satisfactory, the through traffic to the east being enormous, while that to the west was net so large, and the local traffic was in a very good state, but the number of through passengers had been diminished by the American war and other political causes. Various renewals had been made at a reasonable rate, although it was in some quarters thought that too large a sum had been laid out ; but the proprietors weld find—on comparing the sum paid by the North-Western, the Great Northern, and the Lon don and South-Western—that that was not the case. With respect to the Detroit and Milwaukie line, he was of opinion that it was a good investment, and that it was calculated to be of the highest importance to the company in the way of business. The directors asked the proprietors to give them power to spend £lO,OOO I. tuo ....truction of a short branch line of railway of about 12 miles to the oil springs. From recent circumstances it was evident that such an out lay could not but prove remunerative to the company. As to the position of the company with the Commercial Bank their legal advisers in Canada had informed them the Bank had no case, and they hoped that no discussion would take place on the question, as it could lead to no good but most likely be productive of evil—the chair man then stated that the accounts of the Council of Investigation had been paid in full. The amount being £8,816. He had bc ask the forbearance of the meeting to arrangements under consideration with re spect to the Grand Trunk line. He trusted the meeting would not at that time insist on a discussion of the subject, but that they would place the greatest confidence in the board of directors, resting satisfied with the assurance that nothing would be finally agreed to until the shareholders had had the opportunity of fully considering and deciding upon the point. Mr. HOYES seconded the adoption of the report. Mr. H. SMITH asked if the details of the arrangements with the Grand Trunk would be laid before the proprietors some time before the shareholders were called upon to assent or dissent to the proposal, in that they might come to the meeting familiar with the provisions of the arrangements. The CHAIRMAN said he would see that that was done. Mr. CARMAN said if the union with the Grand Trunk was carried, it would be found that the shareholders of the Great Western would be literally swamped. A PROPRIETOR asked whether the bill in the Canadian Legislature was for an amalgamation, or merely a traffic arrangement. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said it was not an amalgamation, but he could not give the information required without telling the whole of the arrangements. Mr. M'EwEN said he had received from Canada a copy of the bill of the proposed arrangement with the Grand Trunk Railway, which had been presented to the Canadian Parliament. He read extracts from the bill to show that the nature of the agreement was an entire amalgamation. The CHAIRMAN said the directors in England had not yet received a copy of the bill. Alderman DARIN thought the shareholders ought not to be left in the dark respecting the terms of the arrangement. There was a bill before the Canadian Legislature, and the directors ought to have given the shareholders every infor mation. Mr. BRATTHWAITE supported the course taken by the directors. Mr. JAMIESON moved that a copy of the bill 'should be furnished tD every shareholder, and then a meeting called to consider its provisions. Mr. HARRISON seconded the proposition. The CHAIRMAN said the provisions of the bill could give no idea of the arrangement. The measure was simply one to carry out a certain agreement. He could have no object in holding badh information, and when ale Lime LALLIC lie should defend the agreement, and he confidently expected to receive the approval of the shareholders. If it should be thought the directors had erred, then he would cheer fully consent to its being cast to:the winds. The arrange ment must be considered as a whole and not in parts, and in about six weeks th thought he should be in a position to place the whole matter before the assembled shareholders. He begged to remind the meeting that the bill was merely a permissive one, and would be totally in operative without the consent of the shareholders. Mr. CAMERON moved a resolution stating that the meet ing, having heard that day for the first time of the bill be fore the Canadian Legislature, strongly protests against it. In accordance with the wish of several of the share holders the secretary read the provisions of the bill in ques tion, after which a number of questions relating to arrange ments about to be entered into, were put by several speakers. The CHAIRMAN repeated that which he had already stated, namely, that, having entered upon the subject at the present moment, at the proper time he should be in a posi tion to give the fullest information. SHREWSBURY. Mr. R. Banner Oakeley, of Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire, who three years ago entered upon a canvass but did not go to the poll, has announced himself a candidate in the Conser vative interest, and assures the electors " that on this occasion at least he will resolutely go to the poll." His chance is not promising. No Liberal candidate has yet appeared, but Mr. W. J, Clement, one of the local leaders of the party, has issued an address, calling on the electors to reserve their votes, as he had promised Mr. Slaney on his death-bed that "he would not desert the good old cause, and would try to get a good man to succeed him." He says that in a few days a gentleman in every respect well qualified will he ready to contest the honour of representing them. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, May 22.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy sometimes. KINGszowN, May 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mark, from Philadelphia. CLYDE, May 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—St. George, screw steamer, for Montreal. Put back—Stella, for Ha vannah. QUEENSTOWN, May 2,2.—Arrived—Bloncathna, from Moulmein; Vibilia, from Laguna. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre; Jane Cochran, and Mary Ann, from Cardiff, Sailed—Alarm, for Sunderland ; Elbe, packet, and Wil liam, for Middlesborough. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, May 21—Medina, from Jamaica ; Duncan Dun bar, from Sydney; Thomas Snooke, from Cape Coast Castlo. Arrived, May 22—Alarm, from St. Vincent; Young England, from Colombo; Union, from Havre; 111ento, from Worcum ; Cospatrick, from Bombay ; Fortuna, from Dram; Star, from Guernsey; Excelsior, from St. Valery. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Waterlily, from St. Kitts ; Witch of the Wave, from Algoa Bay; Aodel a, Mexican, scho oner, Patine and m Porto Rico; Fai fro Hobart Town; Julia, Cloud,ra g o hf f rtoe. m from ot mhe Bayonne,s west;h Aa Shanghai; Malaria, Admiral r a lP v r i n in dwb a a d r ri a gd l e f f r, ship, and Flying from Woolloomooloo, from Sydney ; Jenny Jones, schooner, from Demerara; El Dorado, from Tuticorin ; John Souchay, from Barbadoes ; Jenny, from St. Kitts—all for London, Anchored —Elliptic, from London, for Mauritius ; Stra della ; from Memel, for Gosport; Henrich, from Hamburg, for St. Thomas ; William, from Gottenburg, for Truro ; C. L. J. Behr, from Memel, for Cardiff. TAY SALMON FISHING.—During the p as t xeek Perth is l s . 6d t o ls. there has been fair fishing , both on the upper and lower d s t i a d t i c o o n n e d , i ti and on . t h e rr h s a o l m p r c i n o e o landed fsolm o o f n l i a o rge size an d i n splen 7d. per lb., and trouts, Is. 34. to Is. 4d. per lb.—Scotsman. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.—Mr. M'Combie of r e done o of more catt l than e 2 i s to any be ent er t a i ne d a t a man alive to im proveTil iy o the u r , hpolledo has p u blic dinner, in celebration of his rec en t successes i n w l France and elsewhere, en an early a -aY.—The ancient British urn found lately near Banff has been claimed by the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer on behalf of the Crown. —The salmon fishings in the north have greatly improved of late.—This season, a white-faced ewe at Broodley, Kil drummie, gave birth to three lambs. The mother took to two of them, but repudiated the third. The little animal, deserted by its unnatural "patient," Was taken up by a collie bitch, which, being under milk, allowed the lamb to suck her, and continues to prove a most attentive nursing mother. Both seem fond of each other.— North British , Mali 1 PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MAY 21. SALE OF SPIRITS BILL. Order for second reading read, Motion made, and question proposed, "That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, "To leave out the word ' now,' and at the end of the question to add the words ' upon this day three months.' " Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided —ayes, 82 ; noes, 53. AYES-82. • Angerstein, W. Gavin, Major Pilkington,james Atherton, Sir W. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Potter, E. Ball, E. Gitrdon, B. Proby, Lord. G. L. Bass, M. T. Hadfield, Geo. Fuller, C. W. Beecroft, G. S. llanbury, R., jun. Ramsden, Sir J. W. Berkeley, Hon. H. Hay, Sir J. Richardson, J. Black, Adam Henley, Lord Robertson, D. Blencowe, J. G. Hervey, Lord A Roebuck, J. A. Brady, John Heygate, Sir F. Scholefie,,d, W. Bramley-Moore, J. Hibbert, J. Scully, V. Brand, H. B. Holmesdale, Lord Sheridan, H. B. Butler, C. S. Hunt, G. W. Smith, Sir F. Caird, James Hutt, W. Spooner, R. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Kershaw, J. Stacpoole, W. Carnegiedin. C. Kinglake, Serj. J. Steel, John Clay, James Knatchbull-Hugess Stuart, Col. Clifton, Sir R. Lanigan, J. Taylor, P. A. Cobbett, J. M. Leader, N. Tite, Wm. Cox, W. Lewis, Harvey Vernon, H. Crossley, Frank Liddell, - Hon. H. G. Walter, John Dalglish, Robert Locke, John, Watkins, J. L. V. Denman, G. Monson, W. J. Western, T. S. Edwards, Major H. Newdegate, C. Wickham, IL W. Egerton, A. F. Padmore, R. Williams, W. Evans, T. W. Paget, C. Winnington, Sir T. Fitzvrilliam. C. W. Palmer, Sir R. TELLERS. Forster, Charles D. Peel, Sir R. lirtWint, Pc U. French. vitzstephen Peel, F. woEs-53. Agnew, Sir A. George, John Mure, David Baxter, W. E. Goldsmid, Sir F. North, F. Berkeley, C. Gore, J. R. 0. Ponsonby, A. Bernard, Col. Gore, W. R. 0. Powell, J. Blackburn, P. Haliburton, Justice Powys, L. P. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hamilton, Jas. H. Selwyn, C. J. Bruce, Sir H. Henley, J. Smollett, P. Chapman, J. Horsiali T. B. Somes, Joseph Cobbold, John C. Jervoise, Sir J. Vance, John Cole, J. L. Kendall, N. Vansittart, Wm. Davey, R. King, J. K. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Davie, SirH. R. F. Knatchbull, W Whalley, G. H. Dickson, Col. Lawson, W. White, Jas. Dunlop, A. Leighton, Sir B. Whiteside, J. East, Sir J. B. Lyall, G. Whitmore, H. Estcourt, S. 31 - acdonogh, F. Forster, Sir G. Mackie, J. TELLERS. Forster, W. E. Malins, R., Ayrton, A. S. Gard, R. S. Mills, A. Deedes, Win. THE GAME LAws.—A Kentish family of" noto rious voachers," who hate been convicted about 20 times, and one of whom writes to a contempo rar y , coolly stating that he stole partridges " because he was out of employ ment," being far too haughty to accept the hum ble contri butions of the payers of poor rates, had set a child to snare game. The child was detected, and the Maidstone magis strates imposed a heavy fine, avowedly intended for the punishment of the parents, who paid it, and said that they would have done so had it been three times as heavy. Meantime, there was a great burst of virtuous indignation about consigning a child to prison, and one soft-hearted goose sent up the amount to the p oachers, without in q u iry, probably neglecting s ome really meritorious needy person near him, so much pleasanter is sentimentality than honest charity. Sir George Grey was interrogated on the subject by the patriot D i g b y Se y mour, and gave this ex planation, for which the Gushers might have waited.—Punch. It is rumoured that a telegram has reached Go vernment from Lord Elgin, the new Viceroy of India, as ki ng permission to send a body of British troops to sup. port the new ruler of Cabul, who has solicited assistance against the Persians. At a meeting to-day of the Q ueen I nsurance Com pany, held at Liverpool, it was resolved, on account of the increase of business, to increase the capital from £500,000 to £4000,000. PROOF POSITIVE,—Jones says be is never satis fied that a lady understands a kiss unless he has it from her own lips. R. S. V. P.—Ladies, which are the best? Man• obester, or London Biases f-..-Pfmck, 21i 5 0 1 i FOREIGN MINES. Australian BonAccord Copper,L ina. Brazil Land & Min. Co... Clarendon Cons.MinCo Care Copper Copiapo all all all CaPula Silver DunMoun.Cop.Mino - .Cc East Del Ray (Limited) Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquira N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Sant a Ba rbara GldMlne Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthfng(Limited) 5 1 1 20 28.2.81 1 'KS. stock 'Commercial stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.lifin stock !East and West India stock ' London stock 'St. Katharine.. stock Southampton st.,ck v ictoria ...... 20 i Th. New _ s i 1 * 25 29 6 8 d fpm 1 lip ~2t 22 - 24 - 1 , 7 74 d fpm. Ada' 2 4 1 1 / 1 I ;Pm lfpm 55 57 6t n Q I 127 129 54 58 57 59 i i 9 a B plaoro JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&linitedService 13 , 50 88 90 - 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt all 225 235 100 I Baak of London ..... • • , 0 424 50 'British North American a.l 54 56 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 204 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 45 100 City 100 Colonial . 25 39 40 395' 20'll Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 , Eng., Scot., t Aus. Ch.. all 185 to 18/ 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char Bkof Austral all 1 254 26 l • 20 I Do. new all 1 251 251 50 ,London and County 50 ;London Joint Stock 20 'London and S. Airican lO id spm' 91 100 London & Westminster 20 795 805 80 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 4 d 1 p 100 Nat. Prov. of Eng eau., I 42 • 20 'Do. new .. . .... 12 , -- 50 National Bank ....... 25 1 20 Nei' South Wa1e5....... all 139 41 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 1 49 51 20 Ottoman Bank .........1 all 195 26 251 4 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 89 91 10 I Do. new...... , . 25 South Australia .. ... all 136 38 25 Union of Australia .... I all ,44 46 45 50 Unt , of London 109 Unit. Mutual. MISCELLANEOUS. IA Angia-Meeican Mint .. all 18 '9 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1d) all 2 3 3 000 Atlantic TO. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 54 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 25 10 20 Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited)........ all 9 11 325 Canada Land all 110 114 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 25 at. Cop. Min.olEng.&Snaltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 12 IS at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference st Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 109 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 75 :15 it. Do. B 75 15 05 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 par 1-pm et. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 2 24 15 Gen. Steam Navigate in 14 26 27 1 Great Slip Limited) all * 1 1 Do 175 pct Preference all 6 t 2 Indian Carrying, (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 31 35 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 21 3 34 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ' all 34 45 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 .1 4 p 54 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1d lip 10 Netherlanda Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 414 100 N.B L&NovaScotiaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all X 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 18 1 4 20 Red Sea&ln.i. . 10 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 11 8.. Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 55 64 t• Pe elß.Lnd.&Min (Li ) 100 56 58 50 P en- & Oriental m 50 D o. New Steam all 68 70 89 , 15 Do. New .... 25 Rio Janeiro 50 ithymney 1r0".4113'c" all 19 19 4 Vs 19 Y Impts, all 26 265 Iron all 44 54 at. Scot. Austin. 1nv.(.1 ) 100 Royal Mail Steam.. . 49 51 100 60 25 South Australian Land n 135 140 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip„ all 32 34 1 Do. do. Registered ... i . i 1 10 , Do. • a.l do ... all 2 ( Telegraph to India (U .) 1 4 6 10 'Trust and Agency et id pr 4 Austrlasia(lim)lst is. I id 5 5 1 li p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 .IC dom Tel. Co. MIN) 1 , j. ii 04 3 . 90 Iran pitmen's I, 12d IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEA.E.E took the chair at a quarter past one o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Berwickshire Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills wero considered and or• dered for third reading :—Caledonian Railway (Leith Branches) ; Eastern Counties Railway and other Compa nies Amalgamation ; Mid Rent and Addiscombe Railway; South-Eastern Railway (Tunbridge and Dartford Lines). The Lynn Valley Railway Bill was read a second time. HIGHWAYS BILL. Sir G. GREY said he thought it right t o state that as supply would come on to-morrow evening, and would in all probability occupy the house till late, he would not procted with the bill until Monday evening next. On that evening the Scotch Education Bill would be the first order of the day, and he proposed to placa the Highways Bill second on the list. If, however, the first order of the day lasted any considerable time he would not press the High.. ways Bill that evening. SALE OF SPIRITS BILL. _ _ _ Mr. W. MARTIN, in moving the order of the day for the, second reading of this bill, said the object of the mea sure was to modify what was known as the " Tippling Act" passed in the reign of George 11. When that act was passed tippling was carried on to an extent of which in the present age they had no idea. Gin was then sold at the corner of every street, and the object of the framers of the bill was to prevent scores being ran up against half drunken men on the backs of doors of publichouses. The bill proved effectual, and he did not wish that debts should be recovered for spirits drank on the premises. His only object was to prevent the existing law from being perverted to an extent that was never proposed by those who patronised that measure. Having read the preamble of the Tippling Act, which set forth the object for which it was framed, he said he intended by the present bill to enable wine merchants to recover for two gallons of spirits supplied at the house of a cus tomer. He quoted some cases, the particulars of which had been furnished him by correspondents on whose infor mation he could rely, and which shwa ed that people in the most respectable station of 000ioty were not ashamed to plead the Tippling Act to defraud those w ix,. they were honourably bound to pay because their demands were just. He said that his bill was framed in accordance with the re presentations of some of the most respectable persons, and the sole object was not to promote intoxication, but to pre vent a class of honest tradesmen being cheated. (Hear.) Mr. AYRTON moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day three months. He founded his opposition to the bill on the ground that no necessity existed for its introduct'on. The bill proposed only to deal with gin. Now gin was an innovation, and came into this country after the Dutch Revolution, being, he believed, the only drawback to that political event. He read the statements of some of the authorities of the City who presented a petition to the house in the reign of George 11., which led to the passing of the act which it was now sought by this bill to repeal. After a short discussion, The House divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading Against Majority 29 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 18th of June. JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND) BILL Mr. WHITESIDE, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that some centuries back an Act of Parlia ment was passed which enabled a creditor to look to the moiety of land for his debt. In the reign of George 11. another act was passed which enabled a creditor who had obtained a judgment to assign the same, which led to a great deal of litigation. There was also the disadvantage that the owner of an estate could not sell any lortion of his estate as long as there was any judgment hanging over it, however small the amount. Having ad verted to different committees which considered the subject, and the legislation which had been attempted in reference thereto, he drew a.tention particularly to the bill introduced by Sir John Romilly, the Master of the Rolls. By that bill it was proposed that no judgment should operate as a lien on land, and that it should not have any effect after the sale of the laud. The judgment must have been registered in order to entitle the creditor to claims against the estate. The learned author of this bill, by the latter provision, intended that the creditor should claim against only a portion of the land. However, that failed, and it was found that the creditor frequently claimed against the whole estate. The object of the present bill was to alter the state of the law in Ireland, and assimilate it to the law of this country. Colonel FRENCH thought:that the bill if persevered in should be referred to a select committee, some of the mem bers of which should be selected from landed proprietors who were interested in the subject. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he had con sulted the Lord Uhancelior of Ireland and the law officers in that country, and as they were opposed to the bill, he trusted the house would consent to his (the Solicitor. General's) amendment, namely, that the bill should be read a second time that day three months. The right hon. gentleman then went through the different statutes that had been passed on the subject, and said that the bill of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Whiteside) proposed to take away all security which the statute at present gave to the holder of judgments on land. He reminded the house that by the act of Lord St. Leonards an alteration had been made in the law relating to judgment debts on land in this country. He read a letter from the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, stating that the bill would do away with all that wholesome legislation that up to 1849 had been effected for Ireland. Mr. LONGFIELD supported the bill, and contended that the law in Ireland was in a most unsatisfactory state. Mr. SCULLY said that it was most desirable that the law of the two countries should, as far as possible, be assimilated. However, he objected to several of the details of the bill, but advocated its being referred to a seleet committee. Mr. GEORGE and Mr. HENLEY supported the bill. _ _ Mr. HADFIELD cot sidered that a bill should be brought in to do away with the law of judgment altogether, and he did not think that the present measure went far enough. Mr. M‘DONOUGH said that the law in Ireland was most unsatisfactory, and he thought the Irish Government should have brought forward a bill on the subject. He thought the most advisable course would be to refer the bill to a select committee. Mr. MONSELL said that he would support the second reading of the bill provided he agreed to refer it to a select committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL denied that tho bill would effect an assimilation of the law between the two countries, and even if it did accomplish that object, the law in England was objectionable. Mr, 'WHITESIDE replied, and _ . The bill was read a second time, with the understanding that it was to be referred to a select committee. _ _ DEBENTURES ON LAND (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. WHITESIDE moved the second reading of the bill, and explained that its object was to allow a person who had obtained an indefonsable right in the Encumbered Estates Court to have a right to mortgage his deeds or deben tures to the value of one-half or one-third of the money for which he purchased his estate. It might be said that facilities would be afforded to spendthrifts to raise many, but he believed persons of this description would not be in fluenced by whether they raised money cheap or dear. He quoted the authority of Judge Hargrave in support of the bill as well as that of Judge Longfleld. au__ .a.o .2. cr z ..-•co xv- vl ....A .10.114.a.1i constaerect that this bill, and another on the same subject by the member for Cork (Mr. Scully) as well as that already read a second time, should be referred to the same select committee. Mr. V. SCULL Y said that he was bound to support the bill of the right hon. member ( Mr . Wh iteside), becau se its bill was principle was identical w e i d th th t a h t at th b e il p l wrihniccihpleheof their. Scully)(I introduced A t A o tshceohnosui considered Lord• objectionable. It was not shown that there was any specific evil which required the application of ameasure like the present. One of theb Estates Court was evils th a t resu lt e d from a job the operationbingin land, which o f the Eneutaered would be increa se d b y thi s bill. The great majority of gentlemen Irelandinw ewere facilities l n i t o i not e s ufficnt of i n favour was in favour of the avoue toencumberrthis bill, and l thought t thatowithout there t i n c A r i e r a . s i i n , g o L them A R f u D r t . h land in Ireland at 41 per. ieen. Money t could now be obtained on b u i l i t l i . m Sir a r tey ll p E a s Y s i G n A t TE opposed the bill, and said that if these debentures were ethree hands allow of allowed he lo believed they would Ireland wh o f requently had money w to at le to n rn d. eys l , f a th c i l e ass hi i l n l passed it might i ncrease the value of land, b ut that i ncrease and would therefore be of no permanent value to the country. Mr. H. HERBERT, as being connected with land in Ireland, viewed this bill with some alarm, and after the passing of the Encumbered Estates Court, he regarded it as a retrograde measure. Col. FRENCH supported the bill. The bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee. INVESTMENT AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES BILL This bill went through committee. CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed until Friday. DISCHARGED PRISONERS AID BILL. This bill was postponed unil next week.. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL . BILL. This bill went through committee. LAND DEBENTURES IRELAND BILL (MR.' SCULLY'S). This bill was read a second time and ordered to be re• ferred to a select committee. . • The hou.se adjourned at 10 mi nutes to Oil o'clock. THE .51IDDL E L EVEL INUNDA'ZIONS. LYNN, WEDNESDAY: Yesterday the poor fellow Davis, whose foot was caught in the wheel of a timber drag, and who was very seriously injured thereby, died. The poor fellow's body presented a ghastly and he:rible appearance, being literally split up. He died .after great agony. Another poor fellow was brought into the hospital yesterday afternoon who had receiN ed very serious injuries. Every effort seems now to be made to master the tidal waters; several cradles have been put down, and the practice of throwing sacksful of earth into the current is continued. The rumour that the bridge had fallen in turns out to be false. Meetings of the commissioners are being held almost daily, and individual cases of distress becoming known, exciting sympathy on all hands. There is little or no appearance of the tidal waters being stopped. A meetin g o f th e M ey d a l e D ra i nage Commis sioners was held this day on the bank near the breach, t h e Rev. W, B. Dalby in the chair. A. Saunder s , C.E., was present, and showed the commis sioners that there was a great hole being made in the east bank •26 feet deep, and 40 feet long, directly opposite the breach in the west bank. If this is not stopped by some m eans directly, the result will be that all the east side o f th e fens up to Downham and Ely will be inundated. A t e l egram was imme diately forwarded to the secretary requiring atten tion to it. Mr. A. Saunders, C.E., waited upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department yes terday, and asked the interference of Government with the Middle Level Commissioners. He promised to do all he could in the matter, which was to write to the secretary of the Middle Level Commission on the subject. There appears to be no probability of , the dam being constructed before the tides begin to increase again. 'ft re is no head to the great num ber of men who are at work. The alarm is now spreading rapidly, and Nast numbers of persons visit the banks daily, and, seeing the inactivity and confusion, grumble fearfully. To-morrow the tides begin to increase, and the general impression now is that the whole of the Level will be flooded. CaIIfIUTTAL OF A NOTORIOUS SW INDLER. At the St. Helen's Police-court, yesterday,before Messrs. R. Dalglish and W. Pilkington, Jun., an aged and respectably-attired man, who gave the name of Francis Whittall Jackson, and his son, Septimus Jackson, a boy about twelve years old, were charged with obtaining a large quantity of various articles from tradesmen in the town by false pretences and with intent to cheat and de fraud. Several witnesses were examined, and from their testimony it appeared that the elder prisoner is a plausible fellow, who has for some years car ried on a gigantic system of fraud, which eclipses the nefarious transactions of the notorious Gil mour. A gentleman from Mr. Mactaggart's es tablishment, Bold-street, in this town, gave the prisoner a very unenviable character, and enume rated about twenty Liverpool firms who have been victimised by the rogue, some to the extent of ahoy'? £5O. Jackson's modus operandi was this. He first contrived to obtain an introduction to his intended dupe, to whom he would tell a very plausible story. Sometimes he would represent himself as a traveller for an extensive tea and coffee establishment, or wine merchant; at other times he stated that he was a retired wine merchant, who had just taken a house in the neighbourhood, that he had heard the trades man mentioned in flattering terms, and had been thus induced to patronise him. He would then select a few portable and valuable articles, and carry them off without paying. During last week he patronised the tradesmen of St. Helen's. From Mr. PJrter, draper, he obtained goods to the value of £5; from Mr. Butler, a watch of the value of £5 55.; from Miss Johnson, harness, ice. ; from Mr. Dawson, a carpet bag and drapery ; from Mr. Mort, boots ; and at Mr. Booth's he ordered ironmongery of the value of £ll, but, fortunately, only a few of the articles were delivered. He also engaged apartments at the Raven Hotel, whore he stayed only one night, and then, after borrowing 4s. from the ostler, decamped without paying the bill. It was likewise shown that the prisoner, in waiting upon the tradesmen of St. Helen's, re presented he had taken a house at Rainhill, where he was residing, and that he was well known to the stationmaster at that place. He was liberal in his orders for goods, and directed that every thing should be sent to the care of the station master. One of the tradesmen took the precaution of going with the goods, and ascertained that the station-master knew nothing of his " friend" except that he had lodged for some time at a house in the village. It was also ascertained that the porters carrying the goods were generally met on the road and the goods taken from them. The result of these disclosures was the apprehension of the swindler just as he had booked at the St. Helen's Junction Station. The bench thought it was one of the most extensive swindling transactions that had been brought before the public for some time, and corn, witted the prisoner for trial at Kirkdale sessions. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had had great losses within the last three or four years. MARKETS---THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. bar ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 57s lid ; barley, 37s Od ; oats, 23s 5d ; rye, 34s 5d ; beans, 39s 10d ; and peas, 39s 7d. THE SI% WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 58s 2d ; barley, 36s Ild ; oats, 22s ld ; rye, 36s 6d ; beans, 39s 4d ; peas, 40s ld, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 66,313; barley, 7,985 ; oats, 10,444 ; rye, 120 ; beans, 4,186 ; peas 198 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL To-day's market was scantily supplied with beasts nevertheless, all breeds moved off slowly at Monday's cur rency. Sheep, the show of which was only moderate-- were in fair request, at full prices. The bast Downs realised ro ch irch ged cows, han no change took place. 4s. 10d. per Sibs. Lamb s were very dull, and the quota tions further declined 4d. p er Bibs. They ran g ed from 53. Bd. to 7 8 . per 81bs. The supply in the pens was season ably extensive. We h ave to report 9. dull inqui r y f or s7o l w ve ly s, on nt formerabout terms. stationary p t c h i e e Pigs value of . Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 1 0 3 0 I Prime S. d. a. S ec ond quality do. 3 2 3 _ _ mec-wool d 0.4 0 4 4 i Prime large oxen 3 8 4 t, ; 'we. S ,rs thdowndo.4 8 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 0 4 \ Largo erne. calve s 4 2 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 61 L ime small do 4 10 5 2 Second quality d o . 3 8 3 arge hogs 3 8 4 0 10 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 10 Lambs, 5s to 8 4d. Suckling calves, 12s 8d 19s to 28s. to 20s and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ............ 880 Sheep and lambs.... 8,540 Calves - - " Ilf"t rigs ............... 350 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calveo 7O Pigs ••• • MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENBALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d , mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL ' May 21.—We continue to be well supplied with stock. Generally speaking, the trade rules inactive, es follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 21.—Prime beasts and sheep were in fair request at full prices ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. Beef; from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 10d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b ; suckling calves 10s to 198; quarter; old store pigs, 19s to 26s each; and milchi cow s, £l4 Oa £lB 58 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £ 4 15s 6d; clover. £3 108 to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Off per load, Trade dull. CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os 15s ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw , £1 15s to £2 per load. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL..—MeadOW hay, £2 Os to £ 4 15 a ; clover £3 108 to £5 15s ; and straw, kl 15s to £2 Os per load. Supply good, trade dull. Paris, at least he was de Lavalette is s A made one of a party at the Tuileries MondaY, and there on the Pasha of Egypt. People are to do honour to to k n own het ler cri his return to Rome—if he THE POPE AN til D i curious to will carry with him anything in the shape TgEeriFnigtEiNnerr EMPEROR, M. of an u ltimatum, or fresh instructions for himself. There is reason to believe that the Emperor has been weighing in h i s wind the propositions which it would be advisable to submit to the Pope. The most remarkable of these pro positions was that of France guaranteeing to the Holy Father the patrimony of St. Peter, on condition that he sent deputies to the Italian Parliament. Whether the Pope should have the right of veto on the acts of the deputies of his own states was also weighed, but not decided. It is e to be feared there is not much chance of Cardinal Auto , 111 accepting this offer. The Pope has very recentlyeduece Ay: that if Piedmontese troops entered Rome, even though French remained, he should quit it. come to the worst will persist in his resolve when matters sa that he is to be seen, but it is stated upon has said so. authority 13.14 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 19.18.4 12.10 10. 6 I all 100 61 6i 100 100 100 all all 72i 108 7/ 1221 444 931 1271 8 97} 7 831 1451 88 8 I