The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-08 00:00:00

_......... have MON_EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. . SIIARE MARK _ET.-( TIIIS DAY.) + lugh + ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. n ally CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ----------- I Closing Business ad to There has been very little animation in the Share Railways. iPaid. Price. Foreign and Colonial Produce Market during the r. and last few days, although • have in most in- and Eastern Junction 10 6 6} --i7i Am b er g., Notting. Bost. ) ne of prices 50 Belfant and Ballymena.. all - - stances been fully supported. Tea has been inactive, 13.14 Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. all 75 8} Bora lnall, but at full rates. For sugar the demand has Stook Bisk ac L ti a o n n e., and Chesh 100 62 64 ardy, been chiefly for home consumption, and the 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 11 111 all 31 13 , better descriptions have sold slowly, at former Stock Bristol and Exeter attic- values. In the refined market, however, Stock Caledonian rder6 Stock Chester and Holyhead there has been a slight improvement. Plan- 50 Cork and Bandon all • - lnah. 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage • all - tation Ce y lon coffees continue in fair request , 20 Cornwall all 5 51 brOng A rms. no div 1 all - _ and the finer qualities have slightly advanced. 1100 Do. AB until6p.c.per an. - - Rice has been exceedingly dull with no alteration hasbeen pd.toß. an H. to report in values. For rum there has been a 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - 25 Dun.,Perth.& Abr.Junc all 84 91 Stock East Anglian ns in 100 15 16 steady inquiry ; and saltpetre and tallow have Stock Eastern Counties lOO 59 4 60 4 604 I •oops. shown less firmness. The public sales of foreign Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 ' last Stock Do. do. B Stock 1 00 29 31 and colonial wool have proceeded with greater 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - forceall 14 16 animation, owing to the more favourable character Stock2s East '.as rent 100 92 94 in up of the continental advices, and the prices current 20 East Suffolk all - - ;ently 10 Do - - at the opening have been fully sustained. Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 704 71 point In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 26 5 27 4 27 4 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - some - steady business was transacted, and 10,000 bales Stock Furness - - ir in a were sold at very full rates. The railway share Stock Glasgow & South Westn 1( n) 9 4 96 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 t had Stock Great Northern lOO 1041021 102 1 i , market dosed with rather more activity, and prices Stock Do. do. A St oc k lOO 8 7 89 with tended upwards. Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 103 l3l 133 1334 riding Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld request) 100 104 Money continues in moderae at previous Stock Great Western and rates. The India. Loan is now awaited with Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 54 56 ,rance 12 Irish South Eastern all 85 - - some interest by the investing public, who, it is 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 90 ity , 164 Do. Thirds of expected, will subscribe liberally, notwithstanding 1613 4 D o. N ew T hi r d s l6 12 13 p siege the Stock l6 Do.Lancash d ir o. e & F Y R o l r 6 kshire 100 94 1 95 95} i discount to which most of the new-created forded ly6 Id state securities have descended. Indian in- 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 i id ah in 3 Do. West Riding Union - vestments generally have been more inquired 20 Do. Southport - - „, ilwur, for durin the last few dand there can be no g ays, s and - Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. - - doubt that the demand, if continued, will soon Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 11 94 0 112 UlWer Stock London & North Westn 100 1 045 25 1 i carry up the value of most of the railway shares, 121 Do. Eighths loyal, Stock London& South-Westn lOO 92 93 4 935 4 some of which are still at a discount, to a satisfac-sheer 25 L'derry & Coleraine all - - tory premium. While such opportunities are pre- 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 7, - wards Stock :lien., Shef. & Lincoln 100 at 38 Rented for the employment of capital with 5 10 Metropolitan ' - 3 - - d thing per cent. secured, no surprise can be felt at Stock Midland lOO . 991 100 100} tested Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 74 76 the disinclination shown by the public to give their 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - 4 ; but support to new projects which yield no immediate 25 DoA a Shares all - - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - there return, and, after all, may prove wholly unsuc- 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 11 1 12 Cort- cessful. lo Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 - - 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - - same Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 Further arrivals of gold are daily expected, and 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 S d adeed, although a large proportion of the remittance Stock North British lOO 584 59 59 5 9 tock D N o o . r A .D s e t v k .B_ai A l.&Dk Stk lOO - same brought by the Red Jacket has been taken for the Stocks , rec.no . div waree. continent, a further accumulation at the Bank is Stock DonnlXichasheenP dß 1000 -7- 7 other. fully expected. Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 911 HI 9 25 5 25 ng t o The se ttl emen t o f th e ac count in Consols has stock Do. po. do. Le G ed ist.E.Purchase 1613 4 2 1 1 d 15 100 46/ 47 475 7 west - been the chief business attended to to-day, but Do. York lOO 754 16} 77 64 71 a that prices have again exhibited indications of buoyancy, Stock stc North London Act N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 100 10° I°2 and City Junction £3 Is. idWaY - - owing to the favourable advices from the Conti - 20 North Staffordshire 174 141 d Theall 13 141 vent. There has been very little altera- 20 North-western W rn Junction all 7 8 „,„ n , by the tion, but the tendency seems upwards, the Stock Oxford,•Wor.,& Wolver. 100. .32 33 a 42 .), hward 10 Peebles all - - Punch being 1 per cent. higher than at 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d As the the close of.business yesterday. Consols are nowlo - - Stock I St ttil eY Central lOO 113 115 TP" e ' ' a bout 96 to 961 for money, and 961 to 961 for Stock Scoth.N.E., Aber. Stock 100 26 4 27 5 t rd to Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 85 April. A. very buoyant tone seems to pervade all Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 47 it. 00 departmenti of the Stock Exchange. The New sto lo ck s Sittingbounte & Sheer, all 31 21 d • 100 374 3 8/ ;lit bySouth Devon 100- 71 714 441421 14 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are steady at 96a1 Stock South-Eastern rig 294 ' Stock South wales Exchequer Bills remain firm at 365. to 395. prem. 20 Soutlrorks.&Riv.Dun all • .13 134 Ime up 20 Do. do lB - - India Stock has been dealt in at 220 and the Be- 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 muary bentures at 99. 25 Stockton & Darlington all 361 37/ was . . 25 Do. do. 1854 221 - - It ßusiness in Foreign Securities has been exceed- 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - ;and of - Stockton & Hartle 00l 164 - - ingly active, and prices show a general improve- Stock Taff Vale 13 - - I Site s Meat-Turkish 6 per Cents. being 921. to 93; Stock DO. Preference, No. 1 - - 'finery ditto, New Loan, 79 to 791 ; and the 4 p er Cents. st 2s ock V T h a laemoefa geaavtehn D k & R a i 1 12'002 - - - - b part- Stock Waerfrd & Kilkenny 100 - - have advanced to 103 . 1 3 ,- 1 ; Sardinian, to 817 1 and 50 Waterford ec : Limerick' all - - cutup 82 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., to 441 and 44: ; ditto 20 West Cornwall scaped Deferred, to 30/ ; Venezuelan Deferred, to 17; ; A .nodi Ain 10 W-end c Lon. r & Cry. v Paj, all - - o since Dutch 21 per Cents., to 64/ ; ditto 4 per Cents., to 5 D0 7 . p 8 .c. ha:been pd. to B all 2i 3 cave it 1001 and 100 ; and Equador Land Warrants, to 2 20 West London - ,•-• mar& 6a. Russian 41 per Cents. are steady, at 1001 ; 10 Do Ist Class all I- - 20 Do . ' 2d Class all - Peruvian 41 per Cents., at 92 ex div. ; and the 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. :C. • per Cents. are firm at 741 1 • The New Austrian • Closing 1 Business )tah on Share Railways. Paid. Loan is Ito 11 dis. A feature in the foreign mar- Price. I Done. TW O s I{o, is the rise of 1 per cent. in Chilian Scrip, which - 25 Blythe and Tyne It per; - Cl been c. pref. (issued at £50)! all 49 51 has advanced , from 2to 1 discount. Stk Brie. & Exet4p.ctStock 100 94 96 d their .0 Do. do do. Shares 9 - - In the Railway Share Market a rather large :" Stock Caledon' £lO, 4} per cent 100 103 105 I, froui amount of business has been transacted, and in 12.10 Do. Quin*. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc 100 125 127 most instances an improvement of about Ito 1 per Stock Do. do. sp. ct. ie pur' l Cori& Bandon, 51 p. c all - - cent. may be quoted. Caledonians and Eastern o 1 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 6 01 .ned to Counties advanced ss. ; North British, 10s.; South Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 98 101 Stock Do. do. CLUB B 6 pc lOO 110 116 Westerns and Midlands, 155.; and Great Westerns, Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... 100 108 112 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Blackwall, North =it E• o . lo un. Ex. 5 pct. N N o o :2 l 1 1 00 00 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 1 6 7 inst. us Eastern (Berwick), North Eastern (York), and Stock Do. New 6 per'ct: Stock 100 132 134 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 82 3urjora _ South Riistern, £l. North Western have improved Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - t Sing , £1 ss. 6 - E.& W. York..Tcn. fifths all - - ince 011 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - In the Foreign Market the transactions have Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 74 76 74 - did not been chiefly in Lombardo-Venetian, which have. Stock Furness, 5 per cent - , Stock Glas. &S West.‘_r a. spc lOO 113 115 tted his impr9Vpd' to 91 9Z for the Old Shares, and to 81 Great Northern, sp.et - 100. 118 120 0 Plac e Stock Do. 5 pcnedm.,lop.c.pm 100 110 112 110 St for - the New ; Great Luxembourg and Dutch steciroc...4.l.p. c. do. do. Robert Rhenish also show a slight improvement. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O 63 65 64 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf I all 11 114 ,ght o f The Colonial lines are buoyant. East Indian have stock I G t p .Si t ...k pr W e i . (lg o l c air c id . ) 4 1 :100 _ arty o f advanced about £1; Grand Trunk of Ca na d a, £ 1 ; so Great west. (Berke and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Ina and and Great Indian Peninsula, ss. to 10s. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pct lOO 94 96 941 leraand• Joint-Steck Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOO 85 n Stock Do. Irredeemable, do.. 100 86 88 0 a gang moderately active, and at improved rates. London Stock Do. s p . ot. Redeem. Pref. 100 99 101 10 0 Sl.llO 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 95 10} and Westminster show an improvement of 10 s. ; 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. Mallllall 16 17 Bank of Australasia, £1 ; City Bank, 10s. ; and shares Napier 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 94 10} Uaion of Australia, ss. Electric Telegraph, Pen- Stock Do Binning. guar. stock 100 72 74 !orce at 265 Do. Chester guar.shares all 181 191 insular and Oriental Steam, Red Sea Telegraph, 1 35 Do. do. do ye been an d S co t t i s h A us t ra li an Investment, brought fully 20 Do. do. do. all 14 14/ re Sing Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 former rates. Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - [led, on Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - l e 15th - Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO - - BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK , Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 4 Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nur.- frecti.Ve 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 3 nor Cent. Annuities 9 64 i Stock L on. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 160 165 ;011Pie d India Stock - - - plied to Ditto Debentures 99 124 Londondy. & Ennis 1 sh. all - Consols for Account 96 5 Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 122 124 a re to Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 15d.. 36 9 1 - 6 Do. £6 45 5 IP einnan t Ditto £5OO 1 `- Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ~.„ ( Do. 4 per cent... Brazilian 6 per Cent. - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. . - Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 100 102 Ditto Deferred 4 et since Chilian, 6 per Cent. Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 94 96 Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip 1 2 15 d ification Equador New Consolidated 0. rerdt,eAemb,eraitcp..per.epfm.s 1 ......„ oi 95 10 Do. P,erpet, 6p. c. with cry bill s Ditto Provisional Land Warrant 54 option ti 111866 all 115 114 ,h April Peruvian 45 per Cent lO Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares all 9 95 t. Loan/ Ditto Account - - art par Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account th April Stock North British, spercent 100 112 114 S g t t oc nek k Do.pn. 5. p. do. 1847 101 -- -- Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 p e r. Cent - Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - i o ngsida Ditto 41 per Cent. - - Sardinian, 5 per Cent - Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Govern' Ditto Account .82 15 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 98 trance of Spanish 3 per Cent 4 41 17 Do. do. do. 313.4. 4 4 d of from Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent . - 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 - - 25 80. York, H. &S. Punch. 10 1 d p ch there Ditto Account Ito 871' Turkis h 6 p er Cent - Stock. Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. I.Btg 100 122 124 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan - Stock Do. 4a p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 3rior ail 85 Scottish Central, new pr all - - Ditto Account - - . ortn i g itt Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - Stock Do. 35 per c. pref. stock 100 - - d han ds r Ditto Account - - yof the Venezuelan 5 p er Cent. - Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - Ditto Deferred 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - - Dividends on the above payable in London. ve rpool• 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading to the Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 645 Ann., 1.0.6.) all 241 25 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. nall 100 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c.lstis lOO 102 104 TWO O'CLOCK. Stock . Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - Consols, Money 96 5 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - x chang o Consols fo r Account - - ons ider- Ditto, April 961 } 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all 1 17 1 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c. all 28. 291 French 25 i Do. 6 per cent all .32 33g - - • Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, THIS DA is SHIPPING . 6 per cent . all 48 51 EN . ..._..._____ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. LoNDoN, March 8.-Wind this day at noon, N • • • fresh breeze, and fine weather. •W r . , Railways. I easing Closing Business Paid. ' . Co.'s. Price. Done. FALMOI;TII, March 7.-Wind W.-Sailed-Her Ma- • , • vesse l jesty's gunboat Hind, for Plymouth, with ordnance, saved I from the wreck of the Czar (screw steamer). Bedford and Bletchleyi all iLn & N.W - IstoWll, CLYDE, March 6.-Wind W.-Sailed-Mary and Ann, Buckinghamshire.... 100 IA & N.W 97 99 yiriosit for Rio Janeiro ; Hornby, for Bahia; Henry Currvin, for Clydesdale Junctlon 100 Caledonia 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 17 18 he 1 10 Surinam ; Emma, for Trinidad. E.Lincolnshlre n g.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 143 V 5 Gi l? ; : 013 .. aA W rre o t o N d Woodbr i d g e.., gper.c.t. 100100 Hum., March .-Wind W.S.W.-Arrived-Suzo, from E Union,HarwichShs. all E.Counts. 41 44 int Rio Grande. - 69 i ll PLYMOUTH, March 7.-Wind W.S.W.-Arrived- _ _. - 1 d in - . .C.. e on - 100 Do. Dover Castle, from London for Port Philip. Sailed . Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - priestsPhcebe, for the Cape of Good Hope. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Th• - - n3Ol O SwANSEA, March 7.-Wind W.N.W.-AiTiVed-Stain" Hun and Selby all Yk.N.Md. 109 111 Do. / Shares all Do. Airy Castle, from Cuba ; Daedalus, from Quebec. Dnod.onlGnwic Sharesree h . 100 all Do. PORTSMOUTH, March 7.-Wind W. to W.S.W.-Ar- Lo- S. East 64 66 w York Norfolk - rived-Earl of Hardwicke, from London for Madras. Do. Preference ... . . 100 Do. ll5 120 fleW i ll QUEENSTOWN, March B'.-Arrived-David Stuart, from Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 91 92 Cadiz for New York, with 66 Neapolitan refugees, who Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. compelled the master to land them here. LmoiNtivic.es,tßouftx,tgun.a.t4:l a . t e k t i .. 5 1 . a OO 5ll. 6. :T. c own:T. 2: :p Outsid e DO. 6 per cent no Do --- gre atlf (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) Midsh.& Redcr,g.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar --- . 17 i ii LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Mid.BradfordPrf. S x tk. 100 Midland .96 98" r , Wind W. ; strong breeze. Newmarkt.,BuryE m tat t .. " Arrived, March 7.-J. Baker, from Charleston. Northn.& Eastn. 6 p.c. all Do 57 66 TO Arrived, March 8.--Danube, screw steamer, from Alex- ' d 6 e xer cent.... all ;Do. . Ir. 4 , Do. 0 - - cent all Do. a f isv andria. guaranteed sp. c. Do. Fix 5 Per • _ ..._ L e col ll ' BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) . ... A. all Do. ma h is GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Do. 4 Shares ... Shep 100 Gt. North. 138 140 50 100 Wind W.; tide five hours' ebb; cloudy. 610 vstn,Hitch. , Preston and Wyre. all ; l e2 T . y w k. ) ..... _ Itof.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 6 Lan.& Yk - _ No arrivas. Shrowsbrv& "Hereford all T Brassoy 91 n d all, DEAL, Tuesday Mor n i n Dl ff South Stiffardshire • , all AP Clean .11 111 . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all IStk.& Dar - - , g oleo. Wind W. •, strong. Do. Passed-Mermaid, brig, of London, from the westward ; Wilts and Somerlet.. 1 00 Gt. West. \ 9O 92 do . - ?ired -"-- George, from Demerara; St. Croix, from Honduras -all Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.t4Ll3rgtn 89 84 all Do. 100 Gt. North 18118 Lan..t all T Bram) , all 111TIcan . all Stk.& Dar all i Do. 100 IGt. West all I L.&Brgto Son '° nd al l ' ,g ol eo. ?fired-" turn t° ,se Pr°- Wind W. ; strong. Passed—Mermaid, brig, of London, from the westward ; George, from Demerara; St. Croix, from Honduras—all for London. LONDON DIOCESAN HOME MISSION. — Last even ing the annual meeting was held at Exeter Hall; the Lord Bishop of London presided, and was supported by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, Lord Ebury, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Rev. D r . M'N e il, R e v. Dr. Moore, &c. The Secretary read the report, which stated this society was formed in 18 57, end its object was to reach the thousands of the poorer classes whom the regular clergymen could not reach; also to seek out and employ such men as were specially suited to the work of teaching the masses. These mission aries are employed under the approval of the Bishop. ERs of Reform ,turdLY. , Amp- - nan 5 ' 11.5 eng'aFe- Share' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Docks. DOCKS Commercial lOO Do4pereent.Pref.3lln lOO East and West India lOO London lOO St.. Katharine lOO Southampton lOO Victoria Do New lB ..•;.: I Paid Closing lu gine ' s Price. Done. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1R59. FOREIGN. Share' Railways. 1 Paid. P Closing I lim on iness rice. ' De. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam! all 41 51 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 d' 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 20 Beziers to Graissessaa all 5 Carrneaux Mine & Rail all 11 21 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 t 41d al 6 Eastern of France all 2 5 6} 26/ 20 Euphrates Valley 2s• p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 61 61 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 lc p9l 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 20 Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 20 Namut and Liege all 8a 8 5 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref . all 191 20 16 Northern of France .... all 361 361 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 9 1 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 321 33 34 20 Paris and Orleans all 51 53 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 1 9 1 dBl 1 gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 -- 10 Rome and Frascati all 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse. all 6 7 10 Do. 5/per cent. Pref. all 9 91 20 Southern of France all 10• 26} 81 West Flanders all 5 5 5 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sharol Railways. /Paid. Closing inoss Price. Done. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. l Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd' gu. 5 percent. all 133 all 78 80 4 id Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New all 16 100 100 100 1. 3.0. d' 6i 7i di 100 1 100 190 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrichl 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 18721 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara 85 90 82 88 80 84 par i p 2s. 6d. 2 all 5 100 all ~ $ PSI 17} 20 Stock Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e. East Indian, zu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext I d, 103 i 1014; ip Do. Jubbulpore p.c. I3ds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.gua. 5 p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. GtlndiaPenin.g,ua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do all all ) 100 19 19i Sto. 1 Stock 28 30 C 8 71 1089 91 101/11 I d IPI 20 1 2 100 I Gt. S. of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O 151 151 5} 5 d 100 105 100 105 100 105 96 98 17 18 191 20k 184 19 d d par Do. do. '/3 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., p. Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. g►ua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.SzLand(Lim.)g. pe Class ACapitl.S hare.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. li. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Northof India Tramroad -d .._ _ -d Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New fe l . ~. Do. Punjaub ~.,. Do. Indus. St. Flo t4," . St. Andrews Sz Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip P, 20 21 d ad, * d id pall 4/ 106 5/ 4 30i 701 1021 2 41( Si i 1031 10 9f LAW INTELLIGENCE- (THIS DA Y.) ROLLS' COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JUDGMENT. - IN ItE NANTLE VALE SLATE COMPANY. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said—ln this case I have considered the facts with great pains, and given them all the careful attention that I could, and I have come to the conclusion that Mr. Job was not in his office on the 13th of September last, and was not served with a notice of the order I made upon him. I pur posely abstain from stating the grounds on which I have come to that conclusion. The consequence will be that the execution will be set aside: He shall have the costs of this application ; and I shall make an order that he shall pay the money in my former order into court, within ten days from this time. Mr. R. Palmer—And on his undertaking that he shall not bring any action of damages on account of the distraint ? His Honour—Yes. Mr. R. Palmer—His obtaining costs will not affect the order that he shall pay the money into court within ten days ? His Honour—No. Likewise, the official manager shall have his costs out of the estate. Ordered accordingly. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley.) JUDGMENT.-LOMBURDE V. PEACH. This was a family suit between sister and brother. The plaintiff, Mrs. Lomburde, by her bill in the events which happened, claimed the devised estates in her father's will. The testator, by his will, devised the remainder of his estates to trustees, and declared that, in the event of Edmond Henry Tirtan Peach succeeding to his family estates and his devised estates, he shall not hold both together ; that the devised estates shall in that event go over to the next heir of tail in remainder. By the codicil to his will he directed the rest of the income of his estate to be applied to the education and maintenance of the heirs of tail and in remainder. The testator died Nov. 13, 1831. His Honour came to the conclusion that, in consequence of the shifting clause in the will, the defendant was not entitled to hold both estates—the family and devised estates —but only the family estates of the testator. But in respect of the devise to the trustees to hold the devised estates for the heirs in remainder, the defendant was entitled, as heir at-law, to succeed as heir in remainder to that estate, to the exclusion of his sister, Mrs, Lamburde. His Honour dismissed the plaintiff's bill, without costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) :N RE HILLS AND. HILLS—THE DARTFORD AND GRAVES- END BANK. These bankrupts, Jonathan Hills and Robert Hills, car ried on business as bankers at Gravesend and Dartford, and to-day was appointed for consideration of their certificates. Mr. Lawranco appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Bayley and Mr. Read for creditors to oppose. Mr. Lawrence said the case had been adjourned until the consideration of a proof tendered on behalf of the estate of H. Gibspn had beendecided. Since then, however, Jonathan Hills had died, and Robt. Hills had left the country, ostensibly to get a large sum of money for the benefit of the creditors ; at all events he was not present, and he (Mr. Lawrence) believed that they, the assignees, and the opposing credi tors had a right to insist upon an absolute and uncondi- tional refusal of the certificate, but, although there were very grave charges against the bankrupt, and it was not very probable he would return to England yet, to give him an opportunity of doing something for his creditors, it would perhaps be better to adjourn the certificate sine die, and he could then apply hereafter. His Honour said We was very decidedly in favour of that course, and doubted whether he could refuse it when the bankrupt did not appear. _ _ _ Mr. Lawrence said that it had been done in other cases, but an adjournment sine die would answer every practical purpose. Mr. Bayley and Mr. Read assented to the suggestion, and applied for costs of opposition, which were allowed. His Honour then adjourned. the case sine die. No ap pointment for another meeting to be made except on special order of the Court, and special notice to the opposing cre ditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. A dissipated-looking man, named John Murphy, was placed at the bar, charged with violently assaulting Mr. John Phillips. The complainant, landlord of th 2, Crown Coffee-house, High-street, Bloomsbury, said that about half-past three on that morning, a gentleman came to his house in a cab, accompanied by the prisoner. The gentleman knew Phillips, and wishing to stand a bottle of wine, threw down half-a-sovereign for the purpose. The prisoner tried three times to posses himself of the coin, but on each occasion was foiled, which evidently very much displeased him. The gentleman who wanted the wine was told he could not have it there, tea and coffee being the only articles sold. Immediately the prisoner found it was not intended to send for the drink he behaved in a very outrageous manner, challenged the complainant to fight, called him vile names, - arktmltilnattly struck hhit a violent blow, ' which broke his nose. The police were instantly sent for, and after some trouble the prisoner was locked up. _ _ John Webster, a cheesemonger's assistant, lodging at Mr. Phillips', said he was present when the disturbance took place, and saw Phillips give the gentleman the half sove reign back. The prisoner came in with the gentleman, and seemed to know him. He saw Murphy strike Phillips. Police-constable E 115, said he went to Phillips's shop. The complainant's face was bleeding, and the prisoner was sitting on one of the tables. He resisted very much, but eventually ho was conveyed to the station-house, and placed in a cell, where he created so much disturbance that he was threatened with having his boots taken off. He said he knew that was more than any peeler dare do, for if any one came into the cell he would give him a dose that would do for him. He had known the prisoner for eight or nine years, but during the whole of that period he had not known him do a day's work. He was the constant asso ciate of thieves and ticket-of-leav e men. On being asked what he had to say to the charge, the prisoner said more than half of what had been said against him were lies ; that he was drimk, and that he had no intention of stealing the half-sovereign from his friend. Mr. Jardine had some doubts about the truth of the pri soner's statement, but it was clear that he had violently assaulted Phillips, and he should therefore send him to prison for three weeks. THE NA VY, A letter from Malta announces the arrival from n Zante on the 20th of February of the Ariel steam corvette, and the departure for England on the 27t h of the Perseverance troopship, conveying Captai n Maekillop and such of the crew of the Recruit, - paid off at Malta on the 25th, as did not volunteor to enter on board of other vessels in port ; also the arrival on the 2d of March, from Sudak, of the Princess Royal. The Urgent steam transpo rt left for England on the Ist of March, conveying Mr. Taylor, late of the Vulture. The Caradoc, steam despatch vessel, left Malta for Alexandria on the 26th, to receive on board Lord Elgin, shortly ex pected to reach Suez on his return to England from his special mission to China and Japan. The Vul ture steam frigate arrived at Malta from Gibraltar on the 21st, escorted by the Perseverance, in conse quence 'of her leaky condition, from havint , got aground on the western coast of Barbary, near Cape Blanes, for which accident Capt a i n F re d er i c k A . Campbell, and Mr. Francis Taylor, the master, were put on their trial before a naval court-martial, of which Rear-Admiral Codrington, C. 8., the second in command in the Mediterranean, sat as his president, t a a n i cl 7, M o r ffi . TeihaotisdAalsejxuadngdee-radsTe-olcfealt*e R.N.,. The trial com menced at 8 a.m. on the 24th, and was not con. eluded until the afternoon of the 26th, when Capt. Campbell was fully acquitted of any blame, but against the master neglect was declared proved, and he was accordingly condemned to be.severely reprimanded and dismissed the ship. The defence of the master seems to have had in view the throw ing the responsibility on the first. lieutenant, Mr. Rae, who, like the master, was absent from the deck, the senior officer of the watch at the time being a midshipman. The Vulture has had to be docked. Her Majesty's ships in Valetta Harbour on the 3d March were the Marlborough, screw line of-battle ship (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8.) ; the Hibernia, receiving ship (flag-ship of Rear-Admiral H. J. dodrington,C.B.); the Conqueror, the Centurion, and the Princess Royal, screw line-of-battle ships; the Arid, screw corvette ; the Tartarus, Vulture, and Medi na , paddle steamers; and the Recruit and Boxer, steam gunboats. The screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, Captain Thompson, left Plymouthearly on Sunday morning for the eastward. The gunboat Biter, tender to the Blenheim, left Plymouth Sound on Sunday for Portland. The screw steamship James Watt, 91, in the first-class steam reserve at Devonport, is ordered to be commissioned immediately with a complement of 860 men. The head-quarters of the 58th Regiment were yesterday transhipped from the Mary Ann, hired troopship, at Spithead, to the Pigmy steam-vessel, Master Commander Johnstone, which vessel con veyed them into Portsmouth harbour, and disem barked them at the south jetty, her Majesty's dock yard. The troops were marched into Anglesey Barracks, Portsea, where they will remain until further orders are received concerning them, a tele gram having been reeeived yesterday by the mili tary authorities at Portsmouth, from the Horse Guards, to that effect. The Neptune (late 120, sailing ship) was yester day floated out of No. 3 dock at Portsmouth, where she has been converted into a 91 two•decked screw steamship, and placed alongside the North Quay, in the ship basin. No. 3 dock will be at once cleared out and prepared for the reception of the Nelson, 120, to undergo a like process. According to pre sent arrangements she will be• brought down the harbour, and placed in dock on the 10th inst. The Nelson was built at Woolwich, and .brought into Portsmouth harbour on the 31st of August, 1814, and her longest voyage during that time has been from her moorings up the harbour to the dockyard, and back to her moorings again, never having been outside the mouth of the harbour during the last 45 years. She is a fine old ship of her class. The Alfred, 50, sailing frigate, has been pumped out and raised from the ground of the ship basin at Portsmouth, and placed alongside the north jetty, preparatory to being berthed at moorings up the harbour. The Melpomene, 51, screw steam frigate (new), was yesterday placed under the shears at Ports mouth dockyard to be masted and brought forward on the first class steam reserve. The Royal Sovereign, 131, screw steamship, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, yesterday shifted her berth from under the shears to the West Quay, the Agamemnon taking her berth under the shears to receive her masts and lower rigging, &T. Yesterday a court-martial, composed of Rear- Admiral the Hon. G. Grey, president ; Captains A. Farquhar, of her Majesty's ship Victory, It. S. Hewlett, of the Excellent, and F. B. Wainwright, of the Leopard, assembled on board her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, to try Mr. James Foss Andrew, Acting Assistant Engineer of the Second Class, Supernumerary of the Hannibal, on the following charge :—" That he, the said Mr. Jaw* .Www4wlre444,44l.lm—ax4iimat.t.laspaitiaa, January last, desert from her. Majesty's ship Han nibal." The court found the charge proved, and adjudged the prisoner to be imprisoned for six months in Winchester gaol, and at the expiration of that term of imprisonment to be dismissed her Majesty's service. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. H. Clavering, Lieut. H. Davies, Lieut. R. M. Blomfield, and Lieut. J. T. Swann, to the Hero; C. Albert, master, additional, to the Hannibal; E. Wise, G. S. Alldrick, and J. T. C. Webb, masters, additional, to the Cressy ; W. A. K. Craven, mate, to the Mersey; E. C. Drummond, midshipman, to the Mersey ; P. began, M D., surgeon, to the Doris ; H. Harkan, assistant.surgeon, to the Mersey ; W. Anderson (b), acting assistant-surgeon, to the Mersey; J. Coogan, assistant-surgeon, to the Doris; D. Campbell, assistant-surgeon, to the Brunswick ; J. Ray, paymaster, additional, to the Blenheim ; G. Love, paymaster, additional, to the Algiers ; E. 0. Hayes, paymaster, additional, to the Fisgard ; H. S. Gibson, paymaster, to the James Watt ; W. V. Miller, paymaster, to the Hero; G. W. Underhill, assistant paymaster, to the James Watt ; W. O. Bignell, assistant paymaster, to the Hero ; H. E. Roy, clerk, to the James Watt ; A. J. Blair, clerk, to the Hero ; J. E. Stanton, clerk, to the St. Vin cent ; C. Royle, clerk, to the Termagant ; T. W. Snell, assistant clerk, to the James Watt; W. B. Allnutt, assistant clerk, to the Hero. BRITISH MINES. Mines. raid. Closing Business I Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack)l 2.11.10 7 8 ; 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 1 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 ,46.5 475 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 210 220 --- Great South Tolgus l7s 12 13 —G. Wheal Voralelston) 91 4 1 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11 . 18 . 8 3 / 4 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 6/ 7 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 4 6 N.Wli'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 9 10 Far Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 154 167 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 60 4 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 45 0 960 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 21 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 210 220 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 11 2 10 Tin Croft 9 31 4 UnitedMines(G wennap) 40 - - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 1 * West Basset (Illogan) ll 20 22 W. Caradon (Liske.,.rd) 2O 721 771 Wheal Basset (Iliogali) , -64 210 428 4 , = Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 54 31 4 Wheal K itty (U. Lelant 1.7.2 11 12 Wh '1 Mary Ann (Mcnhe 8 48 t 0 -- Wh'l Trelawney (List 44 31 1 . 3 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim los 4 g p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 101 114 5 Do. Land and Mimng,Co all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica — -- d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 39 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 g 2 Fortuna 20 General all 221 231 3 Linares all 94 94 04 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 4 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 4 p 14 20 Pontg,ibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 4 4 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. -- Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.& July 100 1134 1141 114 4 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 112 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 112 113 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. Sadly 100 1111 1124 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 101 103 NovaSootiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 112. S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 1101 111 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Miami Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiccßk 50 40 Australasia all 91 3 25 Bank of Egypt all 251 26} 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all B 0 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, Ste 10 11 1 d 100 City 5O 62 65 631 100 Colonial 20.11 Cora. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 161 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland rll 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 22} 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock •• • 10 32 100 London & Westminster. 20 48 49 49 100 Nat. l'rov. of England. 3.5 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman Bank all 211 22 Provincial of Ireland -- 10 Do. New all • 25 South Australia - -- 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 531 25 Do. New 2O -- 50 Union of London lO 100 Unity Mutual 55 - -- 100 Western Ilk of London 50 20 19 d MISCELLAN EOUS. Closing — uShare_ Miscellaneous. Paid. siness dona x - risce. 10 An,glo-Mexican Mint' all 121 13/ 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 220 250 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 34 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 1 10 Berlin Water Works . all 21 31 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 3 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 301 381 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land. 321 120 126 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) all 9 10 Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25 5 Crystal Palace 5 Do. Preference all 4 5 20 Eastern Steam, all Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 100 102 1011 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all }d } p 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. ' d 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 11 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 20 London Discount 5 d :4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all ,;44 51 25 National Discount Co:— 5 I I d 10 Netherlands Land 6 10 Do do all 1 2 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 1 11 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 N. B. Australasian (Lim.) all 20 North of Europe Steam all Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. } dis par .75 Peel River Land & Min all 24 3 " Pen. & Oriental Steam all 841 S 4 854 50 Do. Ne w lO 12 13 p 28* 7} 8} 20 Red Sea & I n d . T e l egr 8 P 84 50 Rhymney Iron 45 Do. New all 7 74 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 64 1 Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) all 1171 1271 125 25 South Australian Land all 361 374 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all I 1 1 Do. do Registered all 1 10 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 5 100 ,Vau Dismen'e Laud MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—William Duffell, a bootcloser, residing in Camomile-street, City, was charged with the following unprovoked assault on a female : Ellen Ford, of 3, Chart's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane, whose eye bore evident proof of the brutal manner in which sho had been assaulted, said that about 12 o'clock the pre vious night she was standing at the corner of Cranbourne street waiting for a friend, when the prisoner came up in a ruffianly way and made use of very vile language. Not wishing to have anything to say to him she told him to go away, when he made use of a disgusting expression and immediately struck her a violent blow in the face, causing her eye to be blackened as it then appeared. The prisoner, in a very impudent manner, asked the com plainant how she got her living ? The complainant said she lived with her mother, a laun dress. The prisoner had asked her to forgive him, but how could she with such an eye. Robert Harris, of Castle-street, said he had left the complainant but a few moments, and on coming up he heard the prisoner abuse the complainant in a disgraceful manner, and on her expostulating with him he struck her in the eye. After a struggle and a chase he was secured and given into custody. The prisoner, in reply, asked the last witness whether that was all that took place, but gained very little by his question, as the witness said he also struck him on the mouth. Mr. Beadon said if the last witness had given the prisoner a good thrashing he should have said he well deserved it for giving the female such an eye as sha then had.. It was a brutal assault. Fined a or two months. THAMES. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE.---John Clancy, a melancholy-looking young man, who said he was in the employ of the Trinity House Corporation on the river, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with com mitting a cowardly and violent assault on Henry Marsh, a police-constable, No. 269 K . . The policeman who had sustained considerable injury, said he was on duty in Collingwood-street, Rateliff, last night, and saw the prisoner and two other men approach ing. He suspected no harm, and was about passing the three men, when the prisoner suddenly and without provocation struck him 'a heavy blow with his clenched fist, and knocked him down. He seized the prisoner, and had a severe scuffle with him upon the ground. on which the other men attempted to rescue the prisoner, and tore the hair from his head. Several handsful of hair were dragged from his head. He called out " murder," and another policeman came to his assistance. The pri soner then ran away in the direction of the Commercial road, and his companions towards Brook-street. Another constable stopped the prisoner and took him into custody. In answer to Mr. Yardley, the complainant said the prisoner never spoke a word when he knocked him down. The prisoner said the charge against him was all false. He called no witness, and the charge being fully sustained, Mr Yardley said the assault was cowardly and un provoked. He sentenced the prisoner to fourteen days' imprisonment. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL—We have good authority for stating that, in the event of the present Go vernment surviving to introduce ?. Reform Bill for Scot land, that bill will propose the giving of a second member for Dundee. It is also contemplated to give the city of Aberdeen and county of Lanark each one additional mem ber.—Dundee Advertiser. THE ARMY. The 2d battalion of the 22d Regiment, which has been wholly raised at Preston, Lancashire, left the Fulwood barracks for the camp at Aldershot last Friday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon the new breech-loading can non, which has been invented by Mr. Warry, of the Royal Engineer barracks, Brompton, was again experimented with at Chatham, for the purpose of putting the gun to tests of a different character to those tried on the occasion of the former experi ments. Since the description of this cannon ap peared, the inventor has effected another great improvement in the method of firing it, by which nearly 20 rounds per minute—or nearly double those fired at former experiments—can now be dis charged from the gun. This improvement consists of a lever, of an exceedingly simple contrivance, placed on the left side of the breech, which by a single movement cuts the cartridge, primes the nipple, closes the breech, and fires the gun, the whole of the operations enumerated being effected instantaneously. The first of the experiments tried yesterday with the gun was that of firing a shell at a portion of canvass suspended at the end of the range. For this purpose one of Captain Norton's leaden shells was inserted in the gun and fired at the canvas, against which it exploded on striking, the object being to show that metal shells, charged with Capt. Norton's " liquid fire," may be made to fracture on striking canvas. Another shell of lead was then fired from the same gun into a mass of soft clay, the shell exploding striking and enter ing. In this shell of Capt. Norton's the percussion appliance is placed below the mouth of the missile, so that the ramrod cannot press on it in the act of ramming it home. The result of this experiment proved that such shells are sure to explode on strik ing and entering claymounds or earthworks, where the Boxer fuze and the Moorsom percussion shell fail to be effective. Mr. Worry's breech -loading invention can be applied to any metal guns, of whatever size, which can be rifled and rendered fit for service at an estimated cost of one-fourth the expense of turning out one of Sir W. Armstrong's rifled cannon. SUICIDE IN A FIT OF PASSION, —Yesterday an inquest was held at the Lord Wellington, University-street, on the body of Mr. Joseph Simmons, aged 38, who had committed suicide by hanging. The deceased was in busi ness in the New Royal Arcade, Oxford-street, and after a violent quarrel with his wife he threatened to hang himself, and then went into the coal cellar, where his wife shortly afterwards saw him suspended by the neck. She gave an alarm, and the deceased was cut down before life was extinct, but he died the next day at the hospital. The jury re turned a verdict of "suicide," leaving the state of deceased's mind an open question. ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday an attempt at suicide was committed by Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, aged 35, who resided in Pitts-street, Camberwell. The unfortunate woman has lately been in a very low desponding state of mind, owing to her husband charging her with infidelity ; and on Saturday night, owing to a quarrel with her hus band, sho left her home, and was found in the Borough by the police in a state of insensibility. She was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where it was found she had taken nearly two ounces of laudanum. The stomach pump was applied and other antidotes were administered, but she remains in a precarious state. Share' THE PORTLAND GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. The preliminary business for opening this gallery for the exhibition of pictures by living artists has commenced, and it is understood that the public ; will be admitted to view the various works of art intended for exhibition in it towards the end of the present month. We have had the opportunity of inspecting several of the pictures designed to form part of the forthcoming exhibition, and can bear testimony to the talent displayed in their works by several deservedly-rising artists who will be contributors. Among these may be named Mr. James Meadows, whose mirthful representations of Water and Cloud have obtained for him no ordinary reputation. Mr. Bell Smith's picture, " The Infant Samuel," is treated with originality ; and the paint ing, pure and masterly, evidences high promise. Mr. J. F. Herring and Mr. A. F. Rolfe will con tribute a picture entitled " The Farmer's Pet Team," displaying the former artist's peculiar genius. The background has been carefully and ably arranged, in harmony with the subject, by Mr. Rolfe. Mr. I. Adams, as a new contributor, will, we understand, forward some landscapes, singularly original in character. His large work, " The Otter Hunt," on the river Conway, is a truth ful representation of nature, and furnishes a striking contrast to the conventional mode of handling such subjects. Mr. J. Adams, jun., will furnish two cabinet pictures of Fruit, marked by genuine ex pression, and a thorough avoidance of the artificial style so commonly adopted in works of this class. This youthful artist is rapidly climbing the ladder after Lance. Mr. George Williams's charming re iiresentations of river scenery will ever commacd admiration ; and Mr. H. J. Rolfe's Finny Tribes are equally faithful, brilliant, and attractive. We fur ther learn that Mr. Bell will furnish some of his de lightful views taken during his recent continental tour. Mr. Godet's works will, we trust, find suit able positions on the walls of the institution, that their merits may be clearly seen. Mr. A. F. Rolfe's picture of " A Welsh River Scene" will, doubtless, claim no ordinary attention. The work depicts a party of anglers, who have been engaged in salmon fishing, weighing up the returns of the sport. To the lovers of the gentle craft this picture will have especial interest, reminding Piscator of joyous rambles by rivers, and " Golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silver lines and silver hooks." We are glad to find that the following artists will also contribute to the exhibition :—Messrs. Percy, Gilbert, Moore, the two Pettitts, Meadows, jun., Walter Williams, &c. Whilst referring to the Portland Gallery, it will not be out of place to direct the attention of the committee to the hanging of the pictures. This has been an unpleasant subject in more than one institution of this kind, and complaints have been made as to the mode heretofore adopted at the Portland Gallery. A long continuous line of pic t4res from the easel of a single artist is not only monotonous and unattractive, but partial and unfair in arrangement. Artists, if not a sensitive, arc naturally an anxious race, and perhaps in some instances they may look upon their works with overweening fondness; but when the picture of an artist is admitted into the exhibition, he is entitled, as a matter of business—having paid his money for displaying his productions to the visitors of the institution—to the kindest consideration and to impartial treatment. We throw out these remarks at an opportune period, as the pictures for the Portland Gallery are to be hung up within the present or next week ; and we trust it will be our pleasing duty to report, after the "opening day," that justice has been dealt out to all classes of artists, and that the show of pictures is worthy in every respect of a metropolitan exhibition. LITERA2'U.R.E. Wrongs which cry for _Redress. Letter I. By Thomas Hopley, F.S.S. Houlston and Wright. Mr. Hopley is well known as an earnest labourer iu the cause of human advancement. He has striven hard to diffuse a knowledge of the great truths of physiology through all classes, and we have no doubt he has been the means of instructing many in those laws of nature, which, if infringed, bring such a heavy punishment. The necessity of air and exercise have formed the subjects of several of his admirable lectures, which treat equally of the sufferings of the labouring classes he strives more especially to impress upon us. He appeals to the powerful and wealthy on behalf of those who cannot make their own voices heard. He speaks for those who have beyond all others a claim on the attention of society—the honest, labouring poor, whose highest ambition is " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work," and whose life-long struggle for an honest livelihood is sorely hindered by grievances beyond their reach. He does not solicit alms for those who can work for themselves —he does not ask for aid for any eleemosyna-:y institution—excellent as many of these undoubt edly are. He asks for justice, simple justice—that men should not be forced to labour beyond their strength for an unnatural time, on pain of offending their employers; but more especially that women and children should not be forced to labour for sixteen or eighteen hours a-day in a temperature of 130 deg. His revelations respecting the bleaching and dyeing works are especially painful, and it is with great regret we see that a motion brought forward the other night in the House of Commons to effect an improvement in this matter, was dis missed, on the ground that it had been decided a year or two back, when a committee of inquiry was held on the subject, that the time had not arrived for legislation, and that nothing had arisen to change that decision. It is almost incredible that, with such a mass of evidence before them, the noble lords and right honourable gentlemen who composed that committee should have arrived at that conclu sion. There are plenty of eager agitators for political questions; there is no lack of ready re formers on other points, of eloquent speakers to up hold the dignity of the constitution, and to descant on the danger of its overthrow. Diplomacy, cur rency, the reform of the representation, the im provement of our military and naval services, can find advocates, orators, logicians, but the plea of the women carried fainting to the " wasting shops," and the children falling asleep standing at their work, is no reason for interfering with the interests of the master manufacturers. A few extracts from the evidence will speak for themselves.. State to the committee what the usual hours were ? . • • The cases that I particularly noticed were those of young children and women, in which a set of young persons of the ages of from nine to nineteen, twenty, and twenty-two, worked, as an ordinary thing, from six in the morning to twelve at night (eighteen hours) ; that was varied on the Friday, in which, beginning on Friday morning, they worked all Friday night, and down to tea-time, which was about five or six on the Saturday evening (thirty-five or thirty-six hours). Did that frequently occur?—That was, with some sets, the constant work. . . . A young woman suffered from it, which caused me to investigate the case, and she, I know, had been working at that rate for three weeks constantly ; . . . her constitution suffered so much that she never recovered ; she died under my ministration. Do you recollect any other particular instance of over work ?—I asked her the longest time she ever worked at a stretch, and she said " three nights and two days being about sixty hours, in which she never left the works, and never paused, except a short time for meals. Can you tell the committee what ages girls generally begin to work at? —'Toy work as young as nine or ten; I think nine and ten, to eleven. Are you able to say whether girls of that very young age work the same num ber of hours ?—The y work the same hours ; a set must work together. Will you give your opinion as to the effect of these long hours upon the workers ?—lt struck me that it was injur ing their health very seriousolye;C none hat cold yprestnainatdurite.lympanrowy old, and, except t he strong n of them died. [Witness " did not single Mr. Ainsworth out for especial animadversion, but spoke against the system;" he gave Mr. Ainsworth credit for being " most anxious to improve the condition of his people."] Lord John Manners—Therefore you would, upon the whole, think that Mr. Ainsworth's works afforded rather a favourable than an unfavourable specimen of the manage ment of bleaching works in that part of the country ?—I should. Mr. Butt—Would you consider that if, under the do minion of a benev o l en t man , anx i ous t o promote the tem poral and spiritual welfare of his people, these excessive long hours prevailed it would be a very strong argument in favour of legislative interference ?—Decidedly. . . • In other words they doubtless suffered more. SAMUEL PRICE, examined— Mr. Butt—How did you awaken them (alluding to the little children of the above-mentioned establishment, when they fell asleep " standing at their work") ?—Many a time by shouting, and at other times getting a board and rap ping it on the table, making a loud report that used to startle them, and I could keep them awake then for an hour, or more than that, perhaps, by frightening them. I believe Mr. Ainsworth is considered a good employer ? —Yes, he is cor sidered a very honourable gentleman. Albert Bowley is an operative employed in the trade ; is well acquainted with its customs ; has known numbers of women and girls at work in a very high temperature " from six o'clock in the morning " till " two and three " the fol lowing morning; has "known them no t to go home for two or three nights ;" "they have laid down upon the pieces to rest themselves :" Mr. Davidson—Do you mean to say that if the work people did not work the extra hours, or if any one or two - - of them declined to work the extra hours, they would be discharged ?—Yes. Have you known more than one instance of persons being told that if they would not work the time they must be discharged ?—I have known it to be done repeatedly in our place. . . . I have known some of the girls to be so treated. Henry Waring has had forty-two years' experience of various bleaching establishments : Mr. Kirk—Has it appeared to you that the hours of work were too long ?—Yes ; much too long ; but if we did not d, it, they would turn us off. [Had known " many families" go on without undressing for snore than five days and nights in succession.) Thomas Blackled"e Garstsng„ Esq., M.D., has been en gaged in professional duties among bleach-works "fifteen or sixteen years," and during that time " had been fre quently in the habit of attending families of persons em ployed" in such works : Mr. Butt—Do you therm to say that there is, on the part of the working peopl e , an y re l uc t ance t o afford information on matters of this kind ?—A very great reluctance, and they are very suspicious if any person makes an inquiry, lest their information should come to the proprietors of the works, and thereby they might be dismissed. Do you think that any persons employed in bleaching works could refuse to work those long hours ?—They could, but it must be at the penalty of dismisAal. If thus dismissed, What are they to do ? Persons having been occupied from very childhood in the manner exempli fied by reports needs must be exceedingly ill-fitted, and many of them totally unfitted, to turn their hands to new employments, even though such were cpen. What then are they to do ? Parochial aid for those have been offered work but "refuse" because the hours are too long, is alto gether out of the question. JosEmt CROOK, Esq., M.P. for Bolton, examined : Mr. Clark—lf a man refused t o work long hours, is it your opinion that that man would be dismissed ?—Yes ; and he could not get work, if he made that a condition, any where, except at Mr. Sager 's and a few o th er p l aces ; there fore that man must starve. Of course women and children are more helpless than men. Do the employers oblige children to work in that man ner ?—Certainly ; they are indispensable to the process. Mr. Packs—lf a child were taken off the over-work, would that involve the discharge of the parent from the bleach -works ?—Yes ; the children must necessarily con - form to the customs and rules of the bleach-works, or else be immediately discharged. Terrible as these long hours of labour must be to the strongest men, when continued for many weeks, the sufferings of the women and children are far greater. The evidence of some of the young boys and girls plainly shows this. Mary Ann Smith.—" Last Saturday I was twelve years old. . . . I came here nearly three years ago. Six times in that time I have worked from six in the morning till half-past two the next" (twenty hours and a half). " Once I worked from six one morning till six the next morning" (twenty-four hours). " I have to rub my instep every night before I can get my clogs off. The skin cracks, and I cannot abide sometimes. One of my fingers is gathering from cut by the salvage, and the other is run ning." Amelia Wood (fifteen next July).—" I have been at this work about three years. We often begin at five or six in the morning, and oftenest leave off at eleven or twelve. . . . Sometimes we do not leave off till three or four in the morn ing. My fingers are often very bad; the cloth wears them through." Sore feet, likewise—the natural consequences of standing so many hours, and frequently upon very hot floors—are very general, especially among the little girls "My feet are almost always sore" (No. 226).—" Have had the aching legs' many a time " (No. 228).—" Ankle bone was growing out " (No. t73).—" The skin comes off, and they are very sore" (No. 274).—" I have often sore feet ; they bleed sometimes, and my ankle bone has been growing out" (No. 277). — "The skin is off very often, and the soles of my feet are blood -raw" (No. 279).—" My feet are often blood-raw"— [How can we comment upon facts like these ?] " are often blood-raw, and they pain me" (No. 281).—" My feet blister at bottom, and are very sore. Mother puts some stuff to them that makes the new skin come" (No. 285). " I have always sore feet in summer time" (No. 533). " My feet are often sore winter and summer" (No. 536). " Feet often so sore that the skin comes off with my stock ings" (No. 504).—" If you could have seen my feet last night" (No. 491).—" Worked when tke skin was off my feet very badly" (No. 492).—" I have often had the skin off my feet" (No. 232).—" Her feet very often get raw " (No. 448).—" My feet were always sore in summer; they were blood-raw at bottom, and my ankles are swelled with a deal of pain" (No. 463.) . Equally painful to contemplate is the " dead-beaten" state of the workers : "I have scores of times seen both men and children asleep at their work, and very dangerous work, too" (No. 10).—" Very often they go to sleep over their work" (No. 51).—" I have had almost every day to take e board and I eat it on the tible to waken them, as they were-.slumber ing at their work." (Observe the expressioit r iemkr—‘ at their yr:fie). "At that time they would lit hriblittl• cloth ; and while they should be doing it, I see them nodding and trying to catch the hook" (No. 83).—" As to the older ones, I have, often and often seen them down asleep, not being a'le to hold up for their work. If the manager had gone out, they would drop down in a minute in the packing- I and oto sleep" (No. 68)—" We have often gone to sleep on the tables, or with our heads on the wet cloth, or anywhere where we could sit still" (No. 378)—' The little ones very often fall asleep standing to their wort"— [Mothers of little ones, you will not, you cannot read and lay ibis letter by. You have a mission here. Say not that you can do but little in the matter. Oh ! woman, your power is as immense for good as it is immense for evil. Let but the maternal feeling of the country rouse itself, and not another session shall pass away without the rescue of these little ones 1 They "fall asleep standing to their work. They fall asleep standing before their hooks. I have to keep them awake ; and my heart is so sore for them that I cannot speak to them. I have worked at bleach-work, in the finishing-room, twenty years, and it has always been so in all the Works where have been" (No. 462).—" It falls very hard upon the weaker boys. I have often seen them sieeping on their legs, and I have done so often myself. 1 heir whole frame suffers. I have known at least eight in fallen into consumption and • f t Well may Mrs. Browning, in her pathetic " Cry o the Children," speak of these hapless little ones as " Martyrs by the pang without the palm." Surely it is a disgrace to our legislation that such a system shouldbepermitted. Without undue inter ference with private interests, or weak sentimen tality, such facts as are quoted from the parliamen tary " Minutes of Evidence," call loudly for imme diate attention. Let not those who labour in the good cause be discouraged, let them remember the strenuous opposition encountered by the Earl o Shaftesbury, when, as Lord Ashley, he won the enduring gratitude of the factory labourers. And let those legislators, who tell us that the time for interference has not come, remember that they are dooming hundreds of helpless women and children to years of suffering, and perhaps lifelong infirmity in consequence. We have no space to allude fur ther to the evidence of the dressmaker's appren tices, though that system also calls imperatively for a thorough reformation. We can only direct the attention of the public to the revelations of :Air. Hopley's pamphlet, and thank him for having brought forward the evidence and explanations in a condensed and comprehensible form. The Crescent and the Cross. By Eliot Warburton. Hurst and Black:ett. Mr. Warburton's delightful work forms the third volume of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett's new series. The 15th edition of a book scarcely calls for criti cism; we need only commend the cheap and hand some edition which now places it within the reach of a large class of readers. Its success has been unquestionable ; and, as no library would be com plete without it, every purchaser of moderate means who is desirous of possessing a compact and handsome volume should secure this opportunity of adding it to their book shelves. TIIIS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 10s ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 ss; and straw, £1 5s to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs; clover do., £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs por lead. A fair demand, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 10s ; clover do., £4 5s to Teo ss ; and straw, XI. 4s to £ 1 Os per load. A moderate inquiry. 2 s lA v L er . y . The market CO n L ti TEA co firm, although little business has been tran 131 d. to 131 d. p er lb. sacted. Common Congou is quoted tn IM.—Pew inquiries have been made, but in most previous rates are current. In the refined mar ket, however, a steady business has been done, chiefly for home consumption, and prices are steadily maintained. COFF EE— Plantation Ceylon continues in active demand, and a rather large business has been transacted at full rates. Stocks on board, compared with those at the same period of last year, show a eeficiency of 300 tons. RICE. — The inquiries continuo very limited, and little alteration can ke quoted in values. Rum.—The market is dull, no dealings of any importance having been reported. SALTPETRE.—At public sales only a portion of the quan tity offered found buyers, and prices were not quite so buoy ant. 8f per cent. refraction sold for 40s 9d, and 61 per cent. 41s 6d per cwt. WooL.—The public sales of foreign and colonial wool are proceeding with rather more animation, owing to the favour able character of the continental advices, and previous rates are fully supported. TALLOW.—There has been a very quiet market, and the demand for consumption has been very inactive. Prices, consequently, show a downward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot 52s to 52 ' s 3d, and April to June and last three months, 528 per cwt. RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES.--The works of the railway bridge over the Th ames at Chelsea, gi t -a u r e it t e e d d , the on l y railway bridge across the Thame s i n L on d on and station will be finished, and Belgrave - sq uare will be withi n the sound of the rail et are in rapid progress. By th e t i me it is thecon- Pimlico railway wa y whistle, giving its aristocratic inhabitants convenient railway conveyance to Brighton, Hastings, Portsmouth, the Crystal Palace, &c. MORE ANCIENT DISCOVERIES IN OLD FISH STREET, CITY.—As some workmen were pulling down a very old house in Old Fish -street, City, supposed to have been built in the reign of Charles the Second, they dis • covered a very ancient entrance of a doorway, which the general appearance of the carved work denotes to have been a very ancient inn. The carving consists of vine leaves and bunches of grapes cut out of solid oak. and in high state of preservation. The workmen have fours d alsoa several coins of the reign of Charles, which are also i n goo d preservation, but some of which they sold. Maitlas saY s that several houses near this spot were built of timber, in a very substantial and beautiful manner. No doubt othe r in'eresting relics may be found when they reach till 3 foun dation.