The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

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TWELVE O'CLOCK• Owing to the extreme abundance of money, it was imcgined in some qtraters that the directors of the Bank of England at their meeting to-day might relax their terms of diseount, but they have separated without announcing any change. The sub ject has not attracted much attention, and the mer cantile community being enabled to negotiate first class bills as low as 2s per cent., do not evince the least anxiety for a movement on the part of the authorities. A large supply`of gold, viz., £ll 5,000, was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Master of the Rolls will make a further call of £75 per share on the contributaries of the Orisca Coal and Iron Company on the 3d proximo. There WPS renewed activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market .yesterday, and 10,000 bales were disposed of at full rates. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:-- 1862. 1861. £51,842 Great Western North-Western South- Western 'Brighton Midland 84,183 18,493 16,331 39,108 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,876 6,320 North Eastern Eastern Counties Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North British 5,768 6,221 Edinburgh and Glasgow 7,169 7,411 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 12,300 11,383 These returns show a decided improvement in the receipts of most of the pleasure lines, but those in the manufacturing districts still continue unfavour able. On the Great Western there is an increase of £847, on the South Western of £2,559, on the Brighton of £4,837, on the South Eastern of X 2,173, on the Eastern Counties of £202, on the Grand Trunk of Canada of £1,344, and tie Great Western of Canada of £917. The North Western exhihitpt a decrease of £1,909, the Midland of £B4O, the Great Northern of £645, the Lancashire and York shire of £2,595, and the North Eastern of £2,334 CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. At the half-yearly meeting of the Globe Insur ance Company to-day, the usual dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared, free of income tax. Rather less buoyancy has been perceptible in the English Stock Market to-day, but the variation has not exceeded 1 per cent. Business is still extremely dull, and a comparatively small sale or purchase is sufficient to influence the tendency of quotations. Consols are now quoted 931 94 for money and the Bth pros. The New Threes and the Reduced re main at 921 ; Exchequer Bills are flat at 17s. to 20s. prem.; Bank Stock is steady at 238 and 2391 ; India ditto at 2281; and ditto 5 per Cente. at 1081 a. Very few dealings have been reported in the Foreign Market, and prices show no material chem. e. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81 ; ditto 1858, 701 71 ; Mexican are firmer at 311 4 ; Rtl9- 61311 4 per Cents. flat at 911 ; ditto 1860, •92 ; Ita:ian are steady at 681 ; Spanish Certificates at ; and Venezuelan at 24. The New Turkish Scrip is 11 2 prem., and the _Egyptian, 11 1 prem. Increased business has prevailed in the English ita;lway Share Market, the decline in some instances a mounting to about 1 to 1 per cent. Great Westerns, Lavcashire and Yorkshire, and Norfolks have de clined Ss•; Caledonians, North Westerns, and South Easterns, lOs ; and Midlands, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings, how ever, were in fair demand. Dutch Rhenish im proved to 171 !, and Sambre and Meuse to 11 and 111 ; Recife and San Francisco have declined to 151 2, East Indian to 1031 to 104, and Great Western of Canada to 121 !- Joint-Stock Bank Shares remained very inac tive. Ottoman Bank, however, improved to 26 and 261 ; Bank of Egypt, to 221 23 ; Oriental Bank realise 531 ; London and County, 391; and Union of Australia, 451. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool have receded to 4 1- prem The following remarks upon the progress of busi tress in American securities during the past week are from the circuiar of Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite : We have had a dull market in London for American securities since our last, stocks having come freely forward for sale. At the close quotations are lower nearly all round. Atlantic and Great Western Bonds have declined to 67. The Imperial Bank shares are 1 1 prem. ; Nor thern Counties, 31 41 pram. ; and British Colum bian 11 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market there was little change of importance. Crystal Palac Stock im proved to 351 361- ; Madras Irrigation brought 4, and National Discount Company, 51. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Fmk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92* i i t 1 India stuck Ditto 5 per Cent. LS/ i Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditt o ditto April, 1864 Mt 'Dial, Bonds £l,OO O i vitto under £l. OOO Consols for Accounts May 8 94 E x chequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t l7 20 Di tto £SOO Litt() Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING - PRICES. Buenos Ayreq 6 per Cent Dirt() 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 341 Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco nt Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. — Ditt, Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, and '6O 4sk Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £St Ditto 41 uer Cent . Ditto 1860 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded '1 urkisla 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan — Ditto Account V enezuela, 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6B/ 8 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money g3i 4 Ditto Account 311 i WHERE IS CORINTH ?—Corinth, at which place the grand army of the Confederates, under General Beau regard, has taken up a position to oppose the Southern march of the Union forces, is at the intersection of the Mobile and Ohio and Memphis and Charleston Railways, n Tishomingo county, 93 miles from Memphis, 43 miles rom Grand Junction, Ir;s miles from Columbus, lien ky ; 58 miles from Jackson, Tennessee; 80 miles from Decatur, Alabama ; and about2o miles in a direct line from Savannah, Tennessee. From Pittsburg the distance to Corinth is about 18 miles by a good turnpike road. Corinth is an important strategical point. It is situated in a hilly, semi-mountainous country, a branch of the Appalachian range, which diverges from the Alleghany mountains, and forms the mountains and gold-bearing regions of Georgia and Alabama. The village is nearly surrounded by an irregular circle of hills, rising on the north, about four miles distant, with the State line between Tennessee and Mississippi crossing their summit. The Mobile and Ohio Railway crosses this ridge through a cut 75 feet in depth. Similar cuts, of lesser depth, penetrate the hills on the east, west, and south, where the railways enter. Beyond these hills, in the direction of Pittsburg and Savannah, the ground becomes more level, and much of it is low and s‘;ranaPY. Progres of Lyons states that public curiosity has been greatly excited in that city within the last three days by the arrest of the woman Favre and her husband, who some thfee years ago came into possession of all the property, amounting to several millions of francs, left to her by the will of thG notorious miser Crep n. It appears that the fortunate legatee had at last succeeded in buying off the oppoAtion of the old man's natural heirs by offering annuities; but as she afterwards omitted to pay them, one of the parties lately sued her for a premised annuity of 10,000 E, and during the suit circumstances came to light which justify the suspicion that the old man was unfairly dealt with in order to prevent him from altering the will made in favour of the woman Favre. When arrested, the latter vainly attempted to bribe the commissary of police wth a roulesu of napoleons. Having failed to recover her liberty by that means, she took up a crucifix, an d, kissing it, exclaimed, " In the name of the cross, T accept this new trial." The property found in the house amounted to about 1,600,000 f. in gold, notes, and securities. It is ex pected that this affair will be brought before the next assizes of the jaw. The SHARE MARKET--- MIS DAY ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuA.S. Railways. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. 113ost.,Sleaf.,and Mids2o. !Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div ti 11 6.an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin-& Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc East Anglian E., stern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh At Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western GreatNrthn of Scotland 'Great Northern Do A stock I Do 13 do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western • • • Po StrDa] gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast I on., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Snnth Western L'clerre & 11 an. , Shet., & Lincoln. Ma ryport and Carlisle. Do I shaves Metropoli pan Midland , Do New Do Birmin9. - . & Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. A shares I IMM Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle NOri olk North British Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stock I Do A stk ; A recs no d till l pc. 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., Aher. stock Do Sc't. Mid. stock ' Shrews. and vv - elenpow Shropshire Union ... Sonth Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun' Staines, Wok.,an dWok. Stockton & Darlington Do _ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do 'Vale of Heath Victoria sta. and Waterford & Kilkenny', West Cornwall West London Do Ist class DO 2d clasa W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxiordl Do Newporrj Do Hereford! Paid. Closing i Business " Price. done. 71 8 ei 7 i 91 9' 108 i 1081 6 6i 41 48 10 11 22 23 58 59 67 80 37 40 91 93 30i 314 102 104 140 145 1151 1161 114 115 132 134 104 106 73a 74 55 58 106 f 107} 57 58 121 123 45 46 94 644 99i 1001 8 11 44 43 9 91 ,28A 129 11 Ilp 98 100 66 68 63i 641 97 97i } d 55 554 844 85 101 104 P 5} 4i d 101 11} 124 126 4S 494 106 108 46 47 36 38 83/ 84 67 68 100 102 6 7 37/ 38/ 8 4 94 P I 6 64 p, 145 150 I 551 561 21 3i _ ., 1 d ip 93 ed 129 132 6 1 6' 47 48 43 45 88 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead. Bucking]] ma r_re.. Chester & 110 yilead.. 100 Do. 54 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 ,Do. Clydesdale Junction 100;Cledon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 iE.15.&E.0 E. Lincolnsh. o, pr c. 100 , G , .Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E "Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.. 100 .. • • •• Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cledon .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and t•elby all Yk.N.Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 203 Lon. and Chat. Ext B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c. rr all Do. ...... • , _ DD.New Sh 1861, 4 p.c. all D 0........ 20 22 Do.W . Ext. A, 4 pc. all Do . 8 0 13i Loi,don & Greenwich'; 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& 8. • "lend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 871 Lowestoft gua. I pc.. 100 Norfolk Dos per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW‘t M 31- 4j Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,BuryEx 15.5.6. 18 Counts. j P gua. 5 per cent... - Pnl• Northn.&Ea.tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. 111. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 924 94 92} I Preston and Wyre. I all / 4 - 5 1 , N . if . 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrew sby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 4 gi PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. I . ; ,1 Closing Business F Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 0 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st 1 Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, \o. 2 1 l eork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per ant Dun. Perth, & Abel . Jun I Do. Ist Class Pref., „,1 E. Angn. Class A. 5 p. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 9 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.AzGlas.s p.c. shares Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & 0 Glas.AS.West gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm l Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. G. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Fxt) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. firm. guar. stock Do. INirm. pref. stock Do. Cheater guar. shares Do. Chester s p.c. pt. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 4t, p.c. pre . Lan. & York. 8 p.c. stool , Do. Barnsl.st.£ s 2s 10d c Do. 6 p. c. (Fast Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. pur. I,on.&Brig.sp. , leu. N o. Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per 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. 4 p c.st (dlv.def.lll'6s Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pt. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & s.West. 7p. cent. late 3d shares ....I i.ondony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. &. Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent M aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 46 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 46 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4i P.c. irredeemable Do. .1i per cent..... . • Do.Leic. and Ilit.lper ct N. rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 56 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx. 5t.1817 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New nta. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. N Dvn. ai I. & Dck . Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4i pr. ct redeemable 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, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 3 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 46 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4A per cent Do, Fixed 46 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 46 per cent Do. do. 1850 Do. 5 per cent ........ 1 S. Yorkshire, 4 p. e. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... Do. B 6 p. c... Do. C 6 p. 0., Watrld & Kilkny. 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Oxf Ist g,ua stk Do. 2d do. Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 1 - 08 iiii st st Os. 10 0. 6 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. IC"." "' 6 cJa .July 1 1877-S2 P. . . i 105 111 112 111 I Du 6 1 3 . cent.lBB3-4 100 - - 1 , 0.6 p. c. Pel). 4Au . 1 100 108 110 Do. 5 per ce n t .. . : . 100 1001 Do. 6 p.c. Mar. & Sept 100 108 lio 1 1011 - Do. Inscribed stock 100 E9l l 100' -,- ( alieG- 11 ^". " 0 c 0.73 100 109 iii IC9I _ Do.Ap & Oct, 18 80 100 110 112 1011 Do. ^ NI, 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, tool 100 112 114 _ c e ylon, Nov.lmol, 6p 0 ...... 100 —.— ..... N. ii.G Ov • 0 Px-J"."ulY lOU 1071 I°B6 _ O. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 : N. sw.(,ov. sp. C., 186 e 100 100 101 Do , o p. c.. 1871 to 1876 n o 98 994 Do. do., 1_ Puk• BJr upwds 100 97 986 981 8 11 7; : . New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 uoi sterling , 1 875 lOO log Ito c.1872,tup • 100 S. Aus,GtiP•llo 6 pc. Ja.&July 100 106 108 Vic. Go v, D. do. 6p.0- 1- 1 14 °"'" 100 105 i 1 1051 * i Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C. 103 i 116 i 1141 14 133 i 73 1 1 i 106/ 7 61 45 94 31 f 91 128 k * * P 961 7 d 83 1 1 iii 94 96 20 21 6 6i 100 105 [O9 111 108 110 126 12R 84 86 [lO 112 90 92 116 118 [l2 114 [O4 106 [O7 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 94 102 104 78 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 37 130 01 103 16 118 .16 118 L 35 140 116 11 152 156 129 133 78 78 94 94i 14 144 125 127 4 'iPm 68 70 i 11310 [3 , 3 140 X , 2 104 94 96 ,10 112 LOB 110 1 ',pro 100 102 96 98 1 t 1 cll i die pail 22 23 :115 140 10 11 23} 24i 101 103 101 103 85 87 28 29 33 34 33 31 4'Z 45 125 127 120 125 102 104 123 125 119 123 102& 3 1031 -- ~~„ SUM ' lONDON,7 RSD,-k Y 14.1VENING, APRIL 24, 1862, Business done 102} 11 6 i i 14 102 104 31 214 72 1 411 46 51 1021 11 2 12 in 4 1 103 f 15 20 FOREIGN RAIL "AYS 71 78 -U 1 1} 1* 11 12 411 4 AlPj YS z 4" 14 15} 8 it 20 21 41 42 8 10 7 68 44 45 50 52 44 341 7 i I 1711 • 171 i 15 1 141 15 15i I 13 15 10 10i 9f 9f I I pva 3 3tp 31a 324 7 7 1 10} 104 21 22 91 ii } to i 11 8 i I LAW-THIS DAY. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) CHAPLIN V. YOUNG. The Solicitor-General said on the Sth of March last the Court made an order appointing the plaintiff, the represen tative of the mortgagee, manager and receiver of The Sun newspaper and the property connected with it, and he (the Solicitor-General) now made the present motion for decree. There were other questions connected with the matter relative to the form of the accounts to be taken, and as there were other incumbrancers, Mr. Ridgway, who was one of them, had been made a defendant in order that the re mainder might be represented. SPORTING---THIS DAY. NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOUR-YEAR-OLD BIENNIAL. Five ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. The Lord Chancellor asked if it was competent for him to make the decree asked for without having the whole of the incumbrancers before the Court ? The Solicitor-General quoted authorities bearing upon the point to show that the Court had the power. The Lord Chancellor said, supposing some of those incum braneers had actions going on in other branches of the Court, if he made the decree asked for he had no power to restrain those parties from proceeding. The Solicitor-General said the bringing the other incum brancers before the court would be a matter of great diffi culty, owing to the numl er of persons concerned. The Lord Chancellor said they must be brought before the court. He could not make the decree asked without that being done. He should, therefore, order the matter to stand over in the meantime, the former order remaining in force. SWEEPSTAKES OF 60 SOVS. The Solicitor-General remarked that, as the matter would be attended with touch inconvenience, he wished for two months' time to enable him to comply with his lordship's directions. The Court assented to the time asked for. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. TRAIN. -THE KENNINGTON TRAMWAY. _ . _ This action, which was brought against the defendant for an alleged nuisance---viz., the tramway in the Kennington road, was tried at Kingston, and a verdict returned against the defendant. This morning Mr Bovill applied for leave to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside. The court refused the application. MATCH. Amy beat Ducat . SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. STEELE V. LOW. Two ran. This action was tried before Mr. Baron Martin last term, and a nonsuit was entered. Mr. Bovill this morning moved for a rule to show cause why the nonsuit should not be set aside and trial revived. The Court, after hearing the learned gentleman at consi derable length, refused the application. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 6to 1 agst Marquis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 12 agst Zodiac (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Caller Ou (eaken) 1000 to 10 agst Weasel (taken) "WHY SHOULD A MAN BE DEPRIVED OP HIS OWN TEETH." SINGULAR CASE.-DAVIS V. RIDLER. Tbis was an action to recover £l2 12s. for artificial teeth and work done, plaintiff being a dentist. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 25 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken) Mr. Buchanan for the plaintiff, called his client, when Mr, Langham for defendant, said that 315. 6d, had been paid into court, but plaintiff detained defendant's teeth. (Laughter.) They had been left with plaintiff to be eased, and, added Mr. Langham, "We have given you notice to produce our teeth." (Great laughter.) Mr. Buchanan—We have no objection, I am sure. Accordingly the plaintiff produced some artificial teeth from his coat pocket. CRAVEN HANDICAP. His Honour did not see how he could decide such a case as this ; it ought to be referred. Plaintiff—l have no objection to refer the matter to any respectable dentist. Seven ran. for - d e i a s s H in o g n t o h u e r t r e e e m th a . rked that plaintiff had charged £2 2s. Mr. Lngham—And we have paid money into court, therefore ought to have our teeth. (Laughter.) His Honour—They have a lien on the teeth. (Renewed laughter.) _ _ _ _ . Mr. Langham—But why should a man be deprived of his own teeth ? (Loud laughter.) _ Mr. Buchanan—And why should a man be deprived of his money? It was ultimately agreed to refer matters. Referred accordingly. SINGULAR CONDUCT OF AN A.GENT.---lIADLOW T. LEE. This was an application for a new trial, plaintiff being a surgeon, and defendant a member of the City police force. Mr. Buchanan, for. the plaintiff, stated upon the day of the trial defendant agreed with the plaintiff to pay the debt by instalments. The plaintiff remained at the door of the court looking for his agent, and when the case was called, Mr. Beard put in a letter written by the agent of the plaintiff to Lee. He (Mr. Beard) considered this as a most improper epistle. It was full of threats, including one to take defendant before the Police Commissioners. His Honour, upon reading the letter, handed it to Mr Buchanan, saying, " What do you think of that." Mr. Buchanan read the letter, and plaintiff denied all knowledge of it. His Honour—You cannot throw over your agent. This letter contains a threat to indict defendant for perjury, and is evidently written for the purpose of deterring defendant trom:attending to oppose your application, which I shall, in consequence,lrefuse. Plaintiff has a remedy against his agent. Rule refused with costs. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, THIS DAY. THE GROSS OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE IN HYDE-PART. William Hudson, 16, errand boy; Henry Hooks, 14, a shoeblaek ; and George Barnett, 16, labourer, were charged with being concerned with others in a gross outrage on Mrs. Catherine Storey, of 23, New-street, Brompton, an invalid, while in Hyde-park, and also with stealing her purse, con taining some silver. The prosecutrix, who was suffering from an injury to her leg, was passing through Hyde-park, near the Serpentine, when a gang of lads—the above named prisoners and two others under remand being amongst them—rushed from under a tree and most grossly assaulted and robbed her. Mrs. Storey identified the prisoners, and said that at the time she was on her way to the Edgeware-road. There were persons not a great way off. BOROUGH HANDICAP. Nine ran. THREE-YEAR-OLD TRIENNIAL. Four ran. :TRIENNIAL FOUR-YEAR OLDS. Charles Smith, 131 B, who took the whole of the pri soners in charge, said the spot was a very dark one at night. On taking the prisoners into custody they admitted being there, but that they had none of the money—Barnett fur ther remarking that there was only a shilling in the purse. At the station Mrs. Storey at once identified the prisoners. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners till the day when the others will be brought up, at the same time recommending Mrs. Storey not to go across the park at nine at nigh t again. BANK OF ENGLAND. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 631,193 439,722.972 M. April 24, 1862. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION IN HULL.— ANOTHER DEATR.—A short time ago we published the particulars of a terrific boiler explosion which had occurred at the steam saw-mills of Messrs. Barron and Co., Lime street, Hull. It will be remembered that the boiler of the engine-house exploded at six o'clock in the morning, killing on the spot a youth named Milner, and severely injuring several other men who were at work. Some of the debris was thrown into streets between two and three hundred yards off. On Saturday, another youth, named William Stephenson, fifteen years of age, died from the effects of in juries he received. The deceased, along with the other boy Milner, was sitting near the fire-hole when the boiler ex ploded, and he was buried up to the neck in the Mrs:, sustaining severe injuries, while Milner was killed at his feet. Some of the other men who were injured still remain in a precarious state.—Leeds Mereury. AFTER A BATTLE. —The correspond ent of the New York Tribune writes that he noticed in the hospitals at Winchester bullet wounds of every variety, from those made by the pea or squirrel rifle to the heaviest bore and buckshot, but the most terrible were those from the Enfield rifle ball, " which tears out holes large enough to put a sil ver dollar in, smashing bones like straws." There were very few injuries by bayonets. The " little rustling mobs" ' I of lady visitors at the hospit a l s , t h ough " t h e ma j or it y o f them extended their assistance to the Union heroes," were, or the most part, "bitter Secessionists," and occasionally gave vent to their sentiments in strong terms. In one in. stance a rebel" whose leg had been amputated, inter posed the remark that he had been misled as to the blood he was very grateful care with which they t t h o i t r h s e t i y n e a s n s k o e f e t s h f e o Ur thenio n g i e s n t s t e a n n e d s s t ha a he treated him directly the battle was over, adding that he had always been a headless devil, and had gone into this busi ness without lady by his side turned had unmanned him. " As a general thing, the natives shun t h e i nva d ers, t h ose away, m remarking tar t k h i o n u g gh that L his loss Y° young who do not it on principle, making it their policy." On rebel" right wing was stationed were found cut and gash e d, as if s t orms o f the field of battle the trees where the "rebel" grape and canister had been poured into th em . Th ere was a belt of scars and splinters ranging from 18 inches to 7 feet from the ground, but most of them about b reas t hi g h. I n one place a boot with a human leg in it was found upright in the ground where its owner had steod. A portion of a finger was also seen sticking to a tree, where it had been blown from a human hand. In this b att l e man y o f th e officers used muskets and rifles by the sid e o f th e i r men. IMPROVEMENT IN LIGHTIN I 3.IT h e di scoverer , who works without any regard to Exhibiti ons , an nihilate s the old way by introducing a substitute — a some thi n g quit e new, and infinitely superior. If there had been such an Exhibition a generation or two earlier, we might have owed to it a great improvement in the construction of street lamps—in the size and form of the wick, the application of the oil, and the construction of the glass case. But it was a higher order of achieve mentsaid publicly that when we could bring d own the moon to light our streets, we might use gas fo r th e pur pose ; and w hile he talked so, our fathers went On adding threads to to set us burning gas- Sir H ump h re y Davy th e ir wicks, and trying different shape s f or lamps; but the whole method was swept away when th e gas w as got well in hand, and conducted where it was wa n t e d. In the elec tric light we have again another principl e w hi c h m ay do as much good to another generation as gas-lighting has to ours,—Once a Week. MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. The Roe ____ 1 West End .. • Caller Ou Vinegar Hill Lord Albert Bedouin Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SON'S. The Knave Evelyn colt 2 SWEEPSTAKES OF 33 SOPS. Ellerton Hesper SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SON'S. Le Marechal 2 Sanita Farfalla Alerte SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. The Principal ............. 1 African ............................................ 2 ASKE PRODUCE. Buckenham ........................................ 1 Hurricane Piccador Xurullo CLARET STAKES. Fairwater Costa Lorelei CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES, THIS DAY. Longshot • Pilot 2 Maid of the Mist Eight ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD TRIENNIAL. Zapateado Trump Queen Ennerdale Whiffler Upperhand Interest Five ran. BEDALE HUNT STAKES. Ladybird 1 Mark Tapley Raby Patrick King of Kars 9 Birthday filly 3 Lady Louisa Lord Tees An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day of April, 1862: Government Debt £11,015,000 Other Securities .. 3.634,i-4M Gold Coin & Bullion 16,305,210 Silver Bullion .... £30,955,201 £30,955,210 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest - Public Deposits (in- unity) £11.210.755 eluding Exche- Other Securities . • 17.7 i 4 373 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 866,904 missioners of Na- Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5.531,973 Other Deposits 15,9 A 5,247 Seven Day and other Bills £39,722,972 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. 12.1? ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 678 9d . barley, 36s 8d ; oats, 21s ld ; rye, 34s 6d ; beans, 38s 6d and peas, 40s sd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 588 6d ; barley, 36s Id ; oats,i2lB 8d ; rye, 368 6d ; beans, 38s 10d ; peas, 398 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 61,280; barley, 25,447 ; oats, 16,054 ; rye, 36 ; beans, 3,749 ; peas, 491 quarters. Although the supply of beasts on sale in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. The show of sheep was rather limited, and the mutton trade was inactive, at unaltered currencies. Lambs came somewhat freely to hand ; nevertheless, the inquiry for them was steady, at from 6s to 7s 8d per 81bs. Prime calves sold readily at 2d per 81bs more money; but inferior calves were a dull in quiry. The top price was 5s 2d per Blbs. The pork trade was in a most inactive state, and mulch cows were very dull. Per Sib. to sink the offal. ' a. d. a. d. , s. d. a. d Crse. &inf. beasts 2 8 2 10 ;Primecrs-wool d 0.4 2 5 0 Second quality do. 3 0 3 4 I Pme.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 8 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 10 i Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 363 8 1 Large hogs 38 4 0 Second quality do. 3 10 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 8 Lambs, 6s Od to 7s Bd. Suckling calves, 108 to 255; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 6,780 Sheep Calves Pigs. 3OO Pigs .... — BRITISH POSSESSIONS. galiwaye. IA t iantic & St I,awrenc4 I Ildn.,Baroda,t.Cent Ind u. 5 per cent. Itiuiifilo and Laae Huron Do. New ....... ....• Do. Preference . • • Bulialo,Brant,ctGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ;Do. do. July 1, 1873 I Do. Ala. .7 une 1, 1679 CLut te.&,S.Eastn. iLi. 1 ICapeTov.'n t Dock Scrip Demerara.. ....... ..• . • Eastn. Bengal gu. 8 p. East Indian, gm 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext... • • Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1572 • • Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim)l guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. ot Canada Shares, Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 1878 Madras guar., 5 p. c. • Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 4.j d 0.... Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. Newßrunswick& Canda Ity.dcLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Shard Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. ...... Scinde ...... ~..1 4 ,31 Do. Punjaub .... ce 01 .., Do. Do. Do. indus.St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. all {lOO 15 all 100 ClosinL; Price. 68 70 1014 1021 6i 60 8 91. 83 86 82 85 81 84 5 lip 1011 102 k 103/ 1041 24 25 70 74 6) 63 40 45 45 48 37 10 37 40 1011 1021 pr p 101 102 121 12} 102 f 1041 93 95 92 95 1011 1021 94 96 91 93 5 7 4 6 103 104 * 1P 20,1 204 ‘9 100 I I , MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LMADENTIALL.—The supplies of meat are seasonably good, and trade rules inactive, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d , mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os 8d to is Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 23.—Fair average supplies of stock were on offer here to-day, and the trade generally ruled in active, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 38 to 5s 4d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Sibs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 23.—Lamb was in request at high quotations, but other kinds of stock were dull and droop ing. Beef, from 2s 10d to 48 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; lambs, Os 8d to 8s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to be Od ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b ; suckling calves, lOs to 17s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 28s each; and milch cows, £l4 Od to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s 2d per load. A steady trade. CIIMBERLAND.—MettioW hay, £2 5s to f 5 Os; clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 2.9 to £5 Os; clover 3 lOs to £6 Os ; sind straw, to £1 18s £2 2s per load. Supply tolerably good. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, April 24.—Wind this day at noon--South; moderato breeze, and very fine weather. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Euroclydon, from Sunderland ; Allian ce , steamer, from Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 23 —Lady Havelock, from Adelaide; Prince of Wales, from Cape of Good Hope; Celecia, Shanghae. from _ .... Arrived ' April 24—George Canning, from Alexandria ; Conrad, from New York. DRAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Sardinia, screw steamer, from the West, for Narlteß. Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail Cupiap0................ Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand Rua Guar. IS p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & I dege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. .. Northern of France.... Do. New Shares _..... Norwegian Trunk Prof. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aida) Parts,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish. Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lira, g. 7 P.C. S.Aust 36Lornb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of Prance.... West Fianderm Do. 5i p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. st *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 160 102 104 1033 20 Cornwall 43 p.c. ga.perp all at *E. Anglian, Clsß, ti p.c. 100 st * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 at Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 80 82 st Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., 43 per cent.... ...... 18'43 100 103 105 105 at Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 92 95 at Do. do. 44 per ct. 1861 100 103 105 5 Do. do. 4 , per et. 1861 31 10 Lon. &Chat'in,Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c 73 3d par at Lon. &S.Western 43 p.c 100 102 103 103 10 North British £lO Gua ail Shares, 1861 st *S2ottishCentral43 p.c lOO irred. prof 10 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859.. all 93 10 10 Do. 5 p.c. June tr 61 (rd.) 5 1 bpi! 10 ;D0.5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 3) 3pml * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to b I wide good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. rear not to b• half year. 13.1t1T1S MINES. A lfred Consols (Philack), 3.9.3 .. 2,1 (;ritish Iron Clifford nil 29 11 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 420 430 430 221 61 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 13 45 East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 38 39 38 1 East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 121 131 121 1 4 WI Russel (Tavistk.) l 7.10.0 21 34 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 563 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 31 I.Wheal A.fa.(Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 61 71 Grenville 6.15.6 21 3 Fierod's- Foot 1.12 36 38 Ilingston Downs 4.14 11 21 Lady Bertha itargaret (tiny Lelant) 1-4 44 16 Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 4d par North Downs 24 4 44 North Prances (Mogan) 12.3 WWI Bass.t(lllo4an) 2.3 0 21 31 `lorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 5 6 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 Sortridize Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer), 14 325 .35 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) ' 5.11.6 24 31 F.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1 , .6 100 105 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silvic Lead Min 44 14 14 10 Tin Croft 9 11 12 West Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 30 32 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 95 100 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 65 70 Whi,il Edward (Cals.) 71 11 11 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 12 14 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 13 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 16 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 kustralian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all 5 Brazil Land (IL Min.Co all 1 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo I dis. IC Cobre Copper all 31 23 20 Copiapo ... l6 6 8 2 Capula Silver les. 1 d jpm 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 Ijp 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 1 2 Fortuna... all 3 31 34 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ll 4 id; 11 Rapunda (Limited) I t 11, I Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 I d ipm 1 Vlariquita all 1 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 1 Ids 20 i'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 s('art Philip 1 1 11 1 Santaßarbara GldMine I Ipm 1 . ;cottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 11pm 2 1 20 it.. John del Rey (L.) l5 52 61 54 28.2.8) United Mexican ail 71 71 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1 1 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine.. 1 100 58 60 stock Southampton ' 100 iVietor la.. ........ 100 99 101 20 Inn New 1 2 id par I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 10U i A gra,s4UnitedService B 5O 87 89 1874 40 Australasia all 66 48 66 25 Bank of Egypt all 224 234 221 3 100 hack of London 50 British North American all 54 56 20 ('htd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. hon.& Ch. all 33 S 5 341 4 100 City 100 Colonial 25 39 40 NMI Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 181 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 I Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 241 251 254 20 Do. new all 244 iS 50 ;London and County 50 I London Joint Stock 20 !London and S.Alrican lO pr 4pm 100 Louden & Westminster 20 79 81 804 791 100 Metrop. Sr Provinl. Bnk. 10 f d * p 10 100 \ at. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 2C N ex. South Wales...—. all 39 41 25 ' Orient. B. Corporation 20 Otto nnn Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do new 25 South Australia all 36 37 25 Union of Australia 50 lint ,of London 100 Unity Mutual 60 M I SC ELL ANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mt xican Mint 10 I Atlantic B. Ml. Stm (Id) all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 28 10 'Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 12 20 Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited).—..... all 9 11 324 Canada Land all 114 117 10 China & Japan Coast & • River Steam Naviga. 24 et. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. et. Crystal Palace at Do. Preference et Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 109 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 Do. • 1 04 , 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 74 1 par ;pm 11 I at. Electric Telegraph 100 98 101 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 21 24 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 254 26' 1 Great Ship I,imit e d) all * 1 4 1 Do 175 pct Pref erence all 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 14 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2; 4 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lira ) all 36 44 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _ 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 , 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 10 Netherlands Land all " 1 5 Do.B p.c.PreLiss.at I dis. all 10101 Oriental r .. B B i e r . nA . & tua N sl t o Gr v aa a i sa S s lo a t inn a l i L Lt d.) 'alla 1.1 13: 1 1 1 1 6 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 1 1,1 as l to o . 0 1P, ee r R .t n. t . L I rd i S e& t n el a m i In s. ( ( I tie t i m amm . la a ol l ol l 6585 6 78077 50 Do. New ............ 30 10 12 41 20 R e d s ea m n. T e j,g.44p.c. all 19 194 50 Ithymney Iron ........ all 17 19 15 Do. New .. . ......... all 14 5 i 25 Rio Janeiro ..... IMpts. all 251 261 26 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 524 at. !Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 M 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. al' 1 1 Do k. do. Re istered .„, a.l 10 Do. do all 4 1 8 f 2 Telegryph to Ind a(L ) 1 4d 4 p 10 Trust and Age ncy or Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 par 11) 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of up r. Can. 5 14 1 1 I 6 U. K' dom Tel. Co. (km.) 1 14 100 Van Difnnen's Li ncl M Phi 9 * made IN7ELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors states that during the half ye tr an additional length of 721 miles was opened in Ben gal—n unely, an extension of the colliery line 31 miles, and from Rajmahal to Bhaugulpore 69 miles. There were also opened 120! miles in the North-West Provinces. Since the opening of those lines the railway has been completed to Mongbyr, 303 miles from Calcutta, so that the company has now at work 3591 miles in Bengal and 2432 m il es i n the North-West Provinces, making a total of 6031 miles. The Board have every reason to hope that the remainder of the main line will be finished by the end of the present year. The Board have determined to proceed with the works ou the Jubbulpore line, the first 27 miles out of Allahabad being already under construction. The average length of line at work during the halt-year in the North-West Pro vinces was 2181 miles. The permanent way and works have been maintained at a cost of 9d. per train mile. The work ing expenses have been 37.31 per cent. The gross traffic i receipts for the half-year ending Dec. 31st last have been I £79,324 against £32,063 in the corresponding half-year. The gross receipts for the year 1861 have been £143,008 against £90,424 in 1860. The average number of miles at work in Bengal and in the North-West Provinces during the year 1860 was 306, and the net receipts £170,067, or £lO 13s. 91. per mile per week; the average length of line at work during the year 1861 was 432 miles, and the amount of net receipts £263,025, or £ll 14s. 2d. per mile per week. The total amount of capital estimated to be necessary for completing the line to Delhi, with a single line of rails—Xl9,7oo,oo0—has now been issued in shares and debentures. The capital account to the 31st of December in England and the 31st of October in India shows that £17,158,530 had been expended, leaving a balance of £1.767,785 unexpended. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December last showed that £174,675 had been received in the Bengal district, and £94,475, or 51.09 per cent., leav ing a balance of £80,200. The revenue account for the line in the North-West Provinces for the half-year amounted to £79,323, and the expenses to £29,593, or 37.31 per cent., leaving a balance of £49 730. The interest account showed that the amount of interest paid and payable by the Govern ment of India to the 31st of Decen:ber last was £3,580,811, and that the amount repaid from revenue to the same date was £853,019, leaving a balance of £2,727,792. PERNAMBUCO. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterd,,y et the Lundell Tavern, Mr. It. Benson in the chair. The Secretary having read the notice of adjournment, which was for the purpose of awaiting the answer of the Brazilian Minister to the letter of the chairman of the company to his excellency, dated the Ist inst., and in the event of such answer being to the effect that the result of the examination of the company's capital expenditure was not satisfactory, that his excellency be requested by the directors to specify in what respect it was not so. The CHAIRMAN said. before he proceeded with the busi ness for which they had met, he would read a letter re ceived from their engineer, dated the 30th of March. It stated that they had prepared for opening the third section of the line on the 25th of March, but, owing to extensive floods, gaps were made in some of the embankments, but none of them very serious ; the largest carried away about 30 feet of subsoil and a 9-feet culvert, which had prevented the opening of the day appointed. It was, however, ex pected by the engineer that on the 3d of April the damage would be so far repaired as to allow of the opening of the third section for traffic, causing a delay of only nine or ten days. He had no doubt that the line was opened at the time expected, on the 3d inst. The estimated cost of the damage to the works was about £2OO. By the same mail it appeared the authorities were pressing for additional rolling stock, which would amount to £30,000 more than was specified in the conce-sion. They had already exceeded the amount guaranteed by the Brazilian Government, and it was therefore a question, under the circumstances, as to providing additional rolling stock. It certainly appeared an act of excessive folly to make a railway and not to make provision for sufficient working stock to carry on the traffic ; and this was an additional reason for pressing their claim to an extension of the guarantee over the requisite capital for completing the railway and providing sufficient working stock to develops the traffic, which, he was glad to say, was rapidly increasing. He had heard it said that the Government would wait till the railway was completed before they would inform the company as to whether or not they would extend the guarantee over the whole of the money which had been found necessary to complete the railway. If the Govern ment would only say they would extend the guarantee of 7 per cent. to the additional capital, the directors would at once borrow money to provide the additional working stock, now so much required for the traffic. They had told the proprietors at the last meeting that, unless they could get an extension of the guarantee, the directors would not be able to continue the payment of the 7 per cent. after the opening of the line throughout for traffic, which was fully expected to take place in July nett. The directors had done everything in their power up to the present time to obtain an extension of the guarantee from the Brazilian Government. He then read the correspondence that had taken place between himself and the Brazilian Minister in London, who was also ex-officio a director of the company. The object on the part of the company was to ascertain whether the answers and explanations of the directors were satisfactory to the commissioners, Messrs. Morgan and Lane, appointed by the Brazilian Government to investi gate the accounts of the company; and also to obtain an expression of opinion from his Excellency the Brazilian Minister as to whether the explanations were satisfactory, and if not, to state in what respect they were not sa.isfac tory, in order that any further information might be given so as to completely meet the inquiry in every point as to the expenditure on capital account. The Brazilian Minister declined to give any opinion on the subject, or to make known to the directors the result of the inquiry by the commissioners, stating that his duty was simply to transmit the report of the com missioners, when he received it, to his Government, and to await its instructions. He could not embarrass his Govern ment by the expression of any opinion on the subject, and must treat it as a confidential communication. He then ex plained that they had done everything in their power to ascertain whether anything remained unexplained, in order that the fullest and most complete answer should be given, so as to let the report of the commissioners on the affairs of the company go before the Brazilian Government in the most complete and satisfactory manner. They had pressed this matter as much as possible in the interests of the share-- holders, so that nothing should be left undone by the direc tors on a question which was of great importance to the proprietors. They were anxious to avoid any misapprehen sion, and desirous to place their case fully and fairly before the Government. They only asked that they might be treated in the same liberal and considerate manner as tne other railway companies had been treated by the Bra zilian Government. The amount of capital guaranteed for other Brazilian railways averaged between £22,000 and £24,000 per mile, while the guarantee to the Pernambuco Railway extended only to £16,000 per mile, which had proved quite inadequate to the construction of a railway in that country. The other railway companies had profited by their experience, had obtained far better terms, and it was only fair that they should be put upon the same footing. Mr. J. JONES thought the Brazilian Minister was right in refusing to give information on what he considered a confidential question. At the same time the Brazilian Minister was one of the directors of the company, and was to blame if anything was wrong at the Board. It was upon the faith of his appointment by the Brazilian Government to represent them at the Board that he and others had in vested their money to construct a railway in Brazil. He (Mr. Jones) presumed that the Brazilian Minister had sanc tioned the necessary expenditure of capital to make the railway and supply the requisite rolling stock. He wished to know whether the Brazilian Minister had ever made any protest against their proceedings or expenditure. (The Chairman—No.) Then, of course, the English proprietors had been misled by the appointment of an ex officio director on the Board, and in supposing that he in that capacity re • presented the Brazilian Government. Mr. MAUDE thought the Brazilian Minister wished to occupy a neutral position between them and the Govern ment. Mr. WHEELER always considered that the Brazilian Minister was placed on the Board to watch the interests of the Brazilian Government, and to see that the money was properly expended. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the Brazilian Minister was supplied with a com plete copy of the proceedings and minutes of the Board whether he attended the Board meetings or not. He had never expressed his dissent as to matters of expenditure, but had made verbal alterations in reports of the directors before they were issued. On the motion of Mr. Merin, seconded by Mr. WHEELER, a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect that after the declaration of his Excellency it was inexpedient to press the Brazilian Minister further, relying on his Excellency to report on the affairs of the company favourably to his Go v er nment. Dr. LONGSTA7F, as auditor, said he had seen vouchers for every sum in the accounts, and he was sure they would bear any investigation. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the shareholders fully approved the course adopted by the directors, and left the matter entirely in their hands as to whether they should send a deputation or not to represent the company at Rio. The motion was seconded, and carried unanimously. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. The large quantities of fish caught round the Channel Islands have always been attributed to vast sup plies of sand eels fo und close to the isl ands on which such fish f r th o e i s a e e s. eels p a n: e s :ppos e d to driven into thee Considerable time past a shallowsed, and e bypop colony of sharks have been living in the Channel which have driv en been away the porpois e tri b e, and there has ever since great scarcity o f the fish which live upon t h e sand 0 1 8 . Curiously enough the sharks have now left the Ch an nel, Porpoises have returned, and the fish which were j so scarce are as plentiful as ever. MURDEROUS A77ACK AND _ROBBERY BY A TICKET--OF-LEAVE MAN. On Tuesday a ticket-of lekve man, named john Rogers, was brought up before the Wolverhampton magistrates, charged with a daring highway rob bery, with violence, upon a tradesman of that town. It appeared that shortly before midnight on Satur day, Mr. John Norris, grocer, of the Old Church yard, in Wolverhampton, but whose place of busi ness is in the adjoining street (Lichfield-street), was passing along the 30 yards which separates his shop from his residence, carrying in his hand a basket, containing a cash-box, having in it between £7O and £BO, and also a bag with £2O in gold and silver, when he Wad attacked by the prisoner, who beat him unmercifully with a weapon which had formed the leg of a bench. Mr. Norris, who is up wards of 50 years of age, resisted for a length of time, but the prisoner ultimately secured possession of the bag and its contents, and then absconded, leaving Mr. Norris on the ground, bleeding pro fusely from wounds on the head and face. So severe are those injuries, that he lies in a precarious con dition, and was not able to give evidence yesterday. The prisoner is clearly identified by a woi.nan who saw him beating his victim, who was lying on the ground. The witness's attention was called to the circumstance by the repeated cries of murder. On passing her the fellow said, " You had bettur go to that gentleman, for five or six fellows are about him, and they will murder him." Witness replied, "It is only you." The weapon was found, with blood upon it, at daybreak on Sunday, near the spot where the offence was committed. It had been taken from a bench in a beerhouse in which he was drinking the same night. When he was arrested and charged, he said, " it's all right." His ticket of leave was dated only three weeks back, and about nine months of his sentence of four years had been remitted. He was sentenced to that period at Stafford, in January, 1859, for a simil ar offence in 'Wolverhampton, in which three other persons, all of whom were similarly punished, Were associated with him. For the convenience of the police, he was re manded for a week. 211 E TYNE SIIIPOWNERS. SHIELDS, TUESDAY. To-day a joint meeting of the shipovvners' societies of North Shields and Newcastle was held in the Examination-offices, Shipping-office, North Shields, to consider the clauses of the Merchant Shipping Acts Amendment Bill, brought into Parliament by the Board of Trade. Mr. George Stretton occup'.ed the chair. The various clauses were gone throu g h and very amply discussed. The meeting agreed with the Government on the impropriety of the menage ment of local pilotage remai n i ng i n t h e h atids of self elected todies, and it considered th a t the slaipowners should have the management of the 'meal pilotage entirely in their own hands. They,, Lowever, con sidered compulsory pilotage, unae'r any circum stances, objectionable, and that it ought to be abolished. The Board of Trade proposes in their bill to give the local magistrates control over sal vage cases when the value of the vessel and cargo was not worth more than £l,OOO, but the meeting was of opinion that they should be in a position to determine any salvage case, whatever the value of the ship, The meeting further resolved that, in re ference to clause 44 in the bill, the liability of the shipowners in cases of collision shall not exceed the value of the ship and freight, except in cases of loss• of life, when it should not be more than £l5 a tein and that, with regard to salvage proposed Va be levied on the owner of a wrecked vessel for the rescue of her crew, the charge, instead. of being thus levied, ehould be made on the Xle'rchant Ship ping Fund. An objection was taken to the Mer chant Shipping Act now in force, which gives the master or seamen the power of recovering their wages down to the time that a vessel is lost or abandoned. It was main'iained that as freight was the " mother of wages," and, in the opinion of the meeting, from their experience as shipowners, very serious losses were constantly occurring through masters and seamen abandoning vessels at sea without rut:king any due efforts to bring theta into port, the time had come to revert' back to the old law, which laid down the principle that, if no freight were carried no wages were due if a vessel were lost. Those resolutions were ordered to be embodied in a petition, and a deputation was appointed to lay the views of the shipowners before the President of the Board of Trade. ATTEMPTED 111URDER .1X LEICES2ER. On Sunday afternoon a most diabolical attempt to commit a murder was made by a man named El lington, a framework knitter, en his paramour, named Jane Bonsor, who lived at No. 6, 'Raiford square, Halford-street, Leicetter, it appears that the parties had been livir,Fr together as m an an d wife for the last tea mouths,e and in consequence of some quarrels Mrs. Bousor had told the prisoner he would get turned out on Monday if he did not go of his own accord. Prisoner had some drink on Saturday night, and he threatened to kill Mrs. Bon sor before he left her, and that he would die on the gallows like a man. On Sunday morning the pri soner, after having been again told that ne would have to leave on the following day, went out for a walk, in company with a neighbour named Nor than, and to him the prisoner declared he would murder this woman, and swing in the boots hestood, in. Prisoner returned to Mrs. Bonsor's house and. repeated his threat, and Mrs. Bonsor ran into a neighbour's house, the prisoner following her with a table-knife in his hand, which he kept concealed under his coat. He ultimately made a rush at his paramour, who jumped up and succeeded in war ing off with her hand the blows made by the pri soner at her throat. Her knuckles were very much cut in endeavouring thus to prevent the prisoner sticking her with the point of the knife. Mrs. Bonsor, however, after a violent struggle, got away from the prisoner, and ran into the street; but she was followed by the prisoner, who caught her, and again dragged her into the entry, where another struggle took place, prisoner all the while attempt ing to stab her, and accompanying the blow with the threat that he intended to do for her. Mrs. Bonsor, however, promised to return to her home if he would give her the knife, which he did, and she threw it to a girl who lived with her. Prisoner then released his hold, and she made her escape into a neighbour's house. Prisoner then took the knife from the girl, went into his (or Mrs, Bonsor's) house, and kept repeating his threats until taken in charge by police-constable Haines. On Monday morning prisoner was brought up at the Town-hall, Leicester, and committed to take his trial at the next assizes on the charge. THE RUMOURED DEATH OF THE FOUNDER OF THE AGAPEMONE.—A paragraph, copied from the Illus trated London News, is going the round of the press, stat eonetel ez i a e n d stat ing that the notorious Mr. Prince, of the Agapemone, died on the 24th of February, and that his will has been lately proved. The Mr. Philip Alexander Parker Prince, whose will is referred to, for many years conducted a school at Mitcham, in Surrey, and ex' ired at Lansdowne-circus, Stockwell, Surrey, as truly stated in the paragraph. The possessedp erson lt y t h w e a Deceased was the author of a by Mr. Rattle, bookseller. work, called " Prince's Parallel History," in three volumes, f s re s e w ho o l r d n h u ou n s d e er sifu l f inanßdathth n e ow g and also author of other books. This gentleman had nothing whatever to do with the Agapemone. Brother Prince is still alive, and the "Abode of Love," near Bridg water, is still in existence, though not so prosperous since the unfavourable result of Chancery suits brought by for mer inmates for the recovery of money they had deludedly handed over to the strange personage who claims the title of " The Beloved." Mr.P.A.P.Prince's will was curiously dated " The festival of St. Peter, Prince of Apostles," and this may have led to the notion that it was that of the Aga.. pemone originator.—Bath Chronicle. A WORD ON BEHALF F THE SEWING MACHINE. —We mak e an enormous waste of time and effort every day of our li ves i n going through details, if indeed it is the business of Nature's forces to do that kind of business for us. It is not long since nearly all the women of every nation, and a great number of the men, spent hours of every day i n plying the needle; in thread-. lug it, in pushi ng it through and pulling it out by an effort which engaged most of the muscles of the f rame, and wh i c h i s peculiarly wearing to certain set of nerves. A few years sim.:e a portion of this labour Was saved by machinery whioh shaped some of our garments, and which finished them at the edges. This was a boon, as far as it went; but now we hive the sewing machine, by which the human use of the needle is superseded, and all the injuriousness of the employment abolished. An easy treadle does it all, with the help of such ingenuity and care as all useful employment requires.—Onee a Week. CIIARING-CROSS RAILWAY,--Yesterday the can. tractors commenced fixing the massive iron work and girders intended to carry this railway over Blackfriars_ road, between Stamford.street and Surrey Chapel, the via duct from ITungerford-bridge and a considerable distance on towards Southwark and I d ondon-bridge being now nearly completed. "'MM the aad ate ver ort, 143 ing 9 912 ions , E 2l Shan, 13.14 6.4.0 9.16.4 1 6 i it Share 100 stk 204 204 10 100 100 100 204 204 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock g tocx stock