The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

ME, IP )1* El' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Although the demand for money on commercial account is very moderate, the available supplies of floating capital are smaller than they were a few days ago, which may be chiefly attributed to the revenue payments and the subscriptions to new joint stock undertakings. The general rate for first class bills in the open market is firmer—viz., 2.7- ; per cent., and at the Stock Exchange 2 per cent. is now asked for advances which might have been ob tained last week at 12 per cent. About £61,000 in gold was purchased by the Bank authorities yesterday. The steamer Aloultan, which leaves to-morrow, the 20th inst., with the East India and China mails, will take out £311,979, chiefly in silver. The Foreign Exchan ges yesterday afternoon, in most instances, exhibited a slight advance. Gold is now about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in 1 4 01 3 don than in Paris and Hamburg. At the adjourned meeting of the creditors of "Viessrs. Froom, Gregory, and Co., machine mer e . hants o f St. Petersburg and Moscow, it was resolved to accept the proposed composition of I ls. in the Pound. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester day was moderately active, and prices were steady. The sales were 5,000 bales, A special meeting of the proprietors of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company has been held to -day, when the directors were empowered to raise the sum of £27,000 in 6 per cent. debentures for 20 Years, the interest on which is guaranteed by the Colonial Government. At the annual meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph C ompany to-day, the report was unanimously adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected. The market f or P u bli c S ecur iti es o p ene d with a dull but steady appearance. A few sales, however, I vere afterwards effected, and a decline of I per Cent. has ensued. Consols, which closed yesterday at 93/ for money, and 931 94 for the account, being now 93d I, and 031 d respectively. The New Threes remain at 921 1 ; the Reduced are firmer at 92 8 .4; Exchequer Bills are steady at 19s. to 225. Prem. ; India Stock is flat at 222 and 223! ; but the 5 per Cent. has risen to 1081 oreign Securities have again been rather ac lively dealt in, particularly Turkish and Mexican. TlL:ktsh 6 per Cents. of 1854 are 86 1-; ditto, 1858, 71 1 72; Mexican have improved to 341 and 351 ; ~, " - clnador to 18a 4 ; Spanish Passive to 191 1; ditto Certificates to 7 1.; and Venezuelan to 251; Sar dinian are 811 ; and Italian, 67. s In the R a il wa y Share Market business has con tinued moderately active, but most of the principal nritish undertakings show a slight decline in prices. Great Western and North Eastern (Berwick) have receded s s . ; Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midlands, and South Wales, 10s.; and Great Northern A Stock, Brighton, and South Eastern, £1 ; Caledonians, however, have im- I n '"ed £l, • The Foreign and Colonial Markets have exhi bited increased firmness. Royal Danish, Bahia and an. Francisco, and Recife and San Francisco have 'rapro ve d ss. ; East Indian and Great Indian Penin 18111a 10s. ; Bombay and Baroda 55.; and Scindes 15 s. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main Without material alteration in values. Lon don and S ou th Af r i can rea li se 91 10 ; London and County, 41; Ottoman Bank, 221 ; Australian Agricultural, 261 ; Crystal Palace Stock, 361 37. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92k I ti Per Cent. Consols -Annuities , ev r 3 per Cent. Annuities 92i t 44Ln:unities, 30 yrs, expire gth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5/ India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 61 per Cent . Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April 1864 100 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO k ' e nsols for Account, April 10 . '94 931,. March. 1 Juno. 4 chequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 19 22 , Ditto £5OO "itto Small — I 22 33 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. razilian 5 per Cent t Ditto 41 p er C en t, 1860 quad° r New Consolidated Greek., .... Grenada Active Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares. 101 1 Pitt) Deferred '` l eXicatt, 3 per Cent p nitto Account .. 35 i 4 eruvian 41 per Cent .. ,_bitto 3 per Ceni , — wilitto Account B6 I s'llosia n b per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 621 N , rdini an 5 per Cent. ............. 81i S panish 3 per Cent -'-'ltto Account Ditto Passive Pini i sh Cert. of Coup. not fu n d e d Urksh 6 per Cent. B6i 1) 1 , 140 Account -uitto New Loan -Ditto Account ........................724 1 2 i 11 / Ve nezuela, £lOO 80nd5.... 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account ...................... 25 k b . ,. Dividends on the above payabl e i n L on don. w.o an, 5 per Cent., 1861 67 TWO O'CLOCK. te, M , "'g, Money ............ Ditto April Account.... THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. , I :resh up w this morning's marke t the arrivals of Eng eWheat were much restricted, and the condition of the : II) Ales being very unsatisfactory, the trade ruled heav y at 1 , 1 „3' Monday's fall in the currencies. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on the all ds• For all descriptions the demand Ras in a ver y singthtish state, and prices were is to 2s per quarter lower a ll on Friday last. Pleating cargoes of grain were a dull inquiry, and the quotations had a downward tendency. Good malting barley was firm, at quite previous rates; 'therwise, the barley trade was dull, on former terms. In malt sales progressed slowly, on former terms. Oats, the supply of which was moderately extensive, key e d off heavily, at barely stationary prices. Beans and peas were a dull inquiry, at about previous The flour trade was dull, and American qualities were 411 Y saleable at fully the late decline in their value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour. 4 i g"1i5h........ 440 ( 710, 2,030 1 800 : 380 sacks. "1i5h........ . ........ •• 1 360 ' Ore" 2 COO • 4,910 1 15,310 i 14,020 brls. ign,..... •• • WHITECHAPEL. lioderate supplies of meat are on sale, for which the de 'Mad rules steady, as follows 38d from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; veal, to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BOROUGH HOP. 4 t „, Inoderatusiness is oing in god and fine new hops, ' 44 1 prices. e b Otherwise d t o he trade is dull, at late rates. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. ktistralia and Mauritius, via Sonthampton Mar. 21 11 1 . via Marseilles Mar. 15. oazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. April 6. 15 , 13 Of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 1 . ' 4 ) Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 21. .'` B. l,_, via Marseilles Mar. 15. Gibraltar Islands ja'altar, via Southampton .... Mar. 21. la (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 21. I ndia via Marseilles Mar. 15. (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 28. 1 4b --- via Marseilles Mar. 22. 1 \141" Mar. 21. t ay Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 21. Ale via Marseilles M ar. 15 o n Wan n d land ti r K °rt° and Vigo h Mar. 21. • "-'• and Brit is N. America, by Brit. packet Alm . . 19. by U.S. packet 1 1 7 ',0 by Canadian packet. Mar. —. , 1 1 1 • °I . Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Mar. —. AI, a4 laqNew York.-, Va, April 10. .... Mar. 31. • A11 C0..................................... Parts .............................. of West Indies, includin Ca lifornia, and British Columbiag Chi u, 1 Mar. 13. C ' R 'UELTY BY A FATHER.—Yesterday, at the 1311rre Y Sessions William Mark Fry, a jobbing carpenter r t esidi ng at Woodbine Cottage, Camberwell, was indicted 1 1 7 5 nnlaw fully assaultinc , Edward Mark Fry, aged ten years, son, There were two counts in the indictment, charg 'llg h im with starving the child, fastening an iron chain fon,d.his b o d y with a - ring attached to one of his legs, atd f astened. winch was another chain with a heavy block of wood The jury returned a verdict of guilty on two counts—d o i ng grievous bodily harm and assault. They also recommended that the poor child should be taken care of by th e par i sh authorities. The Chairman said it was the worst case that had been before the court for many Years, and the sentence would be three years' penal servi tude. SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share ' R ailways. 8.r., Wol., and Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne .... Bost.,Sleat.,and 311d.k_o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian C ult and Baneon Cornwall A gets no div Do A Do. B till 6p c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock l Do Bdo do , _ DoNw A, late E U3ds, East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. G reatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do fi do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland, ;Great Western Do Str Val gnia. stock Irish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and BlackwaU 1,0 n., Bright,,& S. Coast T on., Chat.. and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British N or.Dev.R ail&Dk. stock i Do A stk ; A revs no d till 6 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 and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. El. & Canal Portsmouth Rhs mnev Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc )t. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sitting,bourne dz Sheer South Devon S. Durham Lanc. 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 'Thames H avenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny , Waterford & Limerick ' West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford, 4S 49 44 46 89 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. p a id. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. .. -- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.kN.W Birkenhead., Buckingh "asalre. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 54 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 139} E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.. 100 • • • • Gis. Barr.SiNeils:Dra . . 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Glos ter & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 197 202 199 Lon. and Chat Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do . ... .. .. London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen . Lon.,Tilb.& S. -thend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 3'i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. , E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do * • Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—llartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber .. North Western L&N.W Preston and Wyre. 1 all ~s, L 3 43 45 Do. 1 shares A. all IDo. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.llitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 13/ Shrewsby & Hereford 100 , T Brassey 121 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Pt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn Ir, Croydon all iL.&Brgtn n 9} 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 .... all at Brie. & Exet. 4p. c. at.. 100 93 95 20 Do. shares at lealerlon. qr. shra, No. 2 100 63 'Cork & Bandon, 53 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per mut__ all 20 21 61 Dun. Perth, & Abei Jun. all 6 63 10 Do. Ist Class Pref . at E. Augn. Class A Pref.. c lOO 100 105 et E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 105 110 st Do No. 2 100 108 110 st Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 126 126 st Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 82 84 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 110 112 st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &ii lOO 90 92 st Furness, 5 per cent at Glas.& &West. gu. 5 p.c lOO at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 112 114 st Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 104 106 at Do.sp.c.Redir .atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 10 Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. all st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 43 p. ct lOO 100 102 100 k st Do. redeem. 4p. et lOO 91 93 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 03 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref 100 103 105 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 93 103 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pt. shs all 176 183 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. sha all 101 11 at Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 75 77 2q Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 21 131 Do. do all le 105 20 Do. do all 15 3 15 3 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. prel 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 138 140 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10(Ine 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 46 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 at Lon.&Brig.sp.o.gu. No.l 100 114 116 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 114 116 st Do. 6 per cent. d 0... at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 114 116 at Do, 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 156 at Do. 6 p.c. dO(W.E.&C.P.) 100 129 133 at I Do. 4 p c.st(div.detlir 65 100 76 78 st Lon. Chat &Wm. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 at Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent 100 et Lon. & S.Weet. 7p. cent. st, late 3d shares .... 100 st Do. 44 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpl. anns- of 2s 6,1 I all 126 Londondy. & Cole. 4 shs all 125 Londony. & Ennis. 3 aha all 14 143 Et !Man. Sh. t't', Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 127 6 I Do. a at Do. 31 pe rcent, 10 Do. redeem. 6percent 5 5 tpm 126 Mary port & Carl. 4 pr. c all _ 125 Do. 43 per cent all .. .• at Midland Con. 6p. C. st. 100 .. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 138 140 a Do. 41 p.c. pref. st. rdem , 100 102 104 1021 at Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable 100 6 Do. 43 per cent .... . all at Do.Leic. andllit4per ct 100 Li g¢ at Norfik. sp. c. Ex. at. 1846 100 • • .. st Do. 56 p. c, Pref. at. 1847 100 .. .. at D 0.5 Viray.ValEx.et.lB47 100 .. .. at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at p Do. Ne r. uwgUn. g. p a.sperrfce. sits. 7 3 ip 100 109 111 10 m 10 Do. do. do. all _ • • at Nth,Dyn.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 .. • • at N-East, Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 . • • • at Do. 43pr. et. redeemable 100 .. • • st Do. G. N. E. 4p. et pref. 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c, pref. =.13.4 97 99 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 3 3 d d 126 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. .. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 . .. 20 North Staffordshire.... all 1 dis par 10 Rhy m ney Guaranteed.. all at Scoctish North , Eastern 33 p. c. pref. stock, „ . 100 .. • . at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .• st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 , • .. 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 135 140 10 Do. Fixed 43 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) , at Do. 46 per cent et Do, Fixed 43 per cent) 100 101 103 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 . • „ st Do. 43 per cent at Do. do. 1859 lOO • • • • st a S. D Y o o . r D s k s p o h . e i r re e , e 4 n s t p p .. c. c. g g ll u . tt a: s 100 1 1 0 1 84 P 20 25 Stock. & Dar, Asp. c , all 273 283 25 Do. B6p. c all 32 St 25 Do. C 6p. C, all 32 34 st Watrid & Kilkny. 6p. 0. 100 42 45 st 'W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk 10 0 0 0 , 126 130 1265 st Do. 2d do lOO 1120 125 a t Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 100 101 103 at Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 100 122 125 at Do. tilt 1869, 100 119 123 ----- DOCKS. stock \Commercial ..... •• • • • •.1 100 stock I Do. 4 per Cent.PreOlin.i 100 stock East and West India •• 100 126 128 stock Londati. ........ - ..... .WO 58 60 58 5 stock ,St. Katharine .......... 100 60 62 _ stock ,Southampton ......... . 100 i st,ck iVistoria ...,...........• 10° 99 101 9 gi 111 29 (Dog New ~...•aloi 2 3 - P MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Me eican Mint .. all 17 1 5 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (Id) all ' 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 261 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 54 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 12 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 324 Canada Land 4 1 all 116 118 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Litn ); all 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 24 at. Cop.Min.ofEng&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at Po. 8 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 7l -- 16 Do. B 74 11 04 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 pr }pm at. Electric Telegraph 26 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 2/ 31 16 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 -- 1 Great Slip Limited) all 1 1 1 Do: 174 pet Preference all 4 1 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 1; 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 1 1 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 4 I 100 N.Br.&NovaSootiaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 11 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 71 7f at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 53 55 53 60 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 69 681 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Seattln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 181 191 50 Rhymtey Iron all 164 171 15 Do. Now all 44 56 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 64 66 544 4 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all )6 1 I Telegraph to Ind 'a (L ) 1 par 4p 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia 'lim)lst is. 1 pr 1 p 20 Tr. 4 Ln. Co. ot Upr.Can, 5 it ii 5 U. li'dom Tel. Co. (lire.) 1 ii 04 10 Tan Dituien'e Land. 28e ti 101 Closin g Business Pa id * Price. done. 7} 8 el 7k 949,E 1101 111 5i 6 41 43 10 11 23 234 57i 68f 59 61 34 41 91 93 32 324 103 105 1171 1184 116 117 132 134 103 105 744 741 58 60 10q 109 58 60 124 126 46 47 94i 05 101 102 9 11 44 45 oi 128! 129 6 1 0P 99 101 68 70 671 G7l 99} 99f 1 I d 56 364 88 88i 102 103 4, 44 d l log ni 28 130 48 50 ,06 108 46 48 36i 374 84184 684 694 100 102 5 1 5 37 38 1 5 i 5 i 14-5 150 55} 56i 2 i 4 d i 1 34 p' 90 93 .29 132 33 35 921 111 101 11f 23 58} 7f 1161 151 74 2 I i i 10 % 1 I 46f 94f f 101 2 44} 128 11 I 671_ I gh 55/ 88k a 12; f 1061 80 6B Ik 6.4.0 19.18.4 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY "EVE NING, MARCH 19, 1862. BHA ISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Atlantic do ST Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. New Do. Preference Clcutta.,v,. .I,asin.(l,;; Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim ) Cape Town tt Dock Scrip Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, go. 5 p. c. Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 all 100 all all all all Do. 1865-1870 all Do. 1866-1871 all Do. do. G Ext all Grand Trunk of Canada 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 all Do. do. 1872 all G t.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e lOO Do. New gua. sp. c l2 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all Madras guar., 5 p. 100 Do. 4/ p. o. Extension 100 Do. 46 100 Melb.Corp. 6 p. e. Bnds. , 100 Newßrunswick.t Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .. Scinde .......... 4-4 Do. Punjaub • • r, Do. Do. .... •• • • g Do. Indus. St. Flo. .a.s' iTrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. all flOO 15 all 100 Closing I Price. 72 75 101 102 0j 621 8k 8 5 of I iP 100 101 1021 1021 100 102 1014 1024 102 103 10 0 34 1044 27 28 78 80 68 70 48 50 48 52 42 45 41 44 101 102 pr p 100 101 131 7 oi 101 103 95 97 100 101 94 95 91 93 5 7 4 6 1021 1034 11P 100 A }d RAILWAYS 101 131 II FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp et Rotterdam. Ardennes.... • • • • • • • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.o. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graisseseac.. Carmeaux Mine ‘tz aail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luzern., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. 0. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares _..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Akin) Paris,Lyons, & Medlter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) A - us. 7 p. ct. lim Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c., S.Aust &Lomb VeneLin Southern of France ', S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flanderri ...... Do. 5i N. p. o. Preference W. & W. of France West^rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRTTIS Alfred Consols (Philack) , British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist }' East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ..... East Cam Brea... . E. WI Russel (Tavistk. Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Niargaret (Cny Lelant' Mark e Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Mogan N. Wh 'I Base et (1110 2:an ) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (lJny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim i F_Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Croft .. Vale of Towey (Carm.. !West Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Lislreard; I West Soton Wheal Basset (Illogan' Wheal Buller (Redruth: 'Vaud Edward (Cals.; Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant; Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIG: Australian BonAccord Copper, L Brazil Land dr Min. Co... Clarendon Cons.MiaCo Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares ILusitantan IMariquita IN.RhineCopof S.Aus.L IPontglbaud Silver,Lead If Mining and Smelt... Port Philip [ Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United ➢iexican Worthing (Limited) Business done LAW IN TELLIG.ENGE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner ;Jazlitt.) IN RE MANSELL AND ELLIOTT. The bankrupts were auctioneers, in Cornhill, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge, but was adjourned by consent until April 15, a composition of 10s. in the pound having been accepted by the creditors at a meeting, but the deed has not been completed. IN RE RARTMAN. This bankrupt was a merchant in Martin's-lane, and this was a certificate meeting. Mr. Lawrence appeared, and said that bankrupt was supposed to be out of the country. The case was adjourned for the bankrupt to apply again, and pay costs of any future sitting. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE LAW OF MASTER AND SERVANT.-IMPORTANT CAM - BLRTLETT V. BOOTY. This was an action to recover damages for wrongful dis missal, plaintiff having been coachman to defendant, who is a gentleman of property, of Walthamstow. Mr. Vann, of Providence-row, Worship-street, for the plaintiff, said his client entered the service of the defendant with a most excellent character, but after two months' ser vice he was summarily discharged. _ _. Defendant said he dismissed the plaintiff for great mis conduct. Some money was entrusted to the plaintiff with which to pay a tradesman in the neighbourhood, and although he got a stamp from the tradesman he withheld the money for some time. This was not the only case of the kind, and while defendant would admit that he had a capital character with plaintiff, yet that had since been qualified, and defendant felt justified in discharging the plaintiff fur not paying the money in question, with many other acts of misconduct. Defendant had paid into Court £1 6s. 3d. His Honour—You need not have done that, but having done it, the plaintiff must have it. I hold that you were ng all the wages the plaintiff, and that justifiedplaintiff, hg forfeitedar accord ingly due. _ _ .. . Verdict for defendant, plaintiff to have the money in Court. THE NAVY. DEVONPORT, MARCH 18. The Hind, screw gunboat, tender to the Russell, left to- day for Falmouth, with a boat for the Russell in tow. A court-martial was held on board the Royal Adelaide to-day, to try Wm. Lawrence, A. 8., be. longing to the Revenge, for insulting Michael a private Royal prisoner left his M C r a o r n i i n n e , , s o h n i pt.' the e c o l r o p t o h r a i l n , s a t n a n d t s . t r i ki Th n e g ship without leave, which occasioned the scuffie. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to receive 48 lashes, two years' imprisonment, and then to be dis missed from the service. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18. The Chanticleer, 17, screw steam sloop, Com mander Stirling, got up steam this morning, and, after exchanging salutes with the Port Admiral, Sir H. W. Bruce, left Spithead for Plymouth. The Vigilant 4, screw steam sloop, Commander Pike, left Spithead this morning fer the westward, on a cruise. , Second Master The Cuckoo, paddlewheel steamer Long, went out of harbour this morning and pro ceeded to the eastward. Captain Lord Gilford took up his commission this morning, and hoisted his pendant on board the Tribune, 31, screw frigate. Several of the officers and men of the crew have already joined her. The Frederick William, 86, screw steamship, having had her valves examined and coppering completed, will be undocked from No. 2 to-morrow. CHATHAM, MARCH 18. The iron steam frigate Resistance, 18, left Chat ham to-day for Sheerness. She was attended in her passage down the river by the Adder steam tender, Mr. W. Blakey, master-commander , who acted as pilot, and the Fearless, steam tender to the Formi dable, flag ship at Sheerness, Mr. G. Parrick, master-commander. She will remain in Sheerness harbour to-night, and to-morrow proceed to the Maplin Sands, for the pupose of testing the work ing of her machinery; and on Thursday Mr. W. Hemsley, master of the Wellesley, 72, guard ship of ordinary at this port, will proceed to Sheerness for the purpose of taking charge of the vessel, and bringing her back to this harbour to be masted and brought forward for the first division of the steam reserve. The Resistance is much further advanced towards completion than her sister ship, the De fence, was when she was floated out of the same dock; and it is stated that, with ordinary energy, the vessel will be completely ready for hoisting the pendant in about two months. A large body of workmen have been to-day busily engaged in laying the blocks in No. .3 dock, in this yard, from which the Resistance was floated yes terday, and it is understood that, if found practica ble, the Racoon, 22, screw corvette, 400 horse power, will be taken in to-morrow, for the purpose of being overhauled to ascertain her condition, and to make good any defects which may be discovered. A further supply of armour plates for the Royal Oak, 50, 1,000 horse power, building in No. 7 slip, have been landed at the dockyard to-day, from the Thames Iron Ship-building Company. WOOLWICH, MARCH 18. Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Rattler, of 17 guns and 200-horse power, was launched in a most successful manner yesterday afternoon, from No. 3, building slip at Deptford dockyard, under the superintendence of Mr. Henry L. Peake, master shipwright, and in the presence of several hundreds of spectators, amongst whom were Captain Buckle, R.N., superintendent of the dock and victualling establishments, and several naval officers, and the public were admitted to the yard without restric tion at half-past one o'clock, and shortly after two the ceremony of christening was performed by Miss Bowley, the daughter of an officer connected with the transport department. When all was ready, at a given signal, the dog shcres were removed, and the vessel glided gracefully from the building slip into the basin amidst the cheers of the spectators. She is ordered to be towed to Sheerness dockyard to-morrow, to be fitted with her engines and machinery, which are manufactured by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. Her dimensions are—length be tween perpendicnlars, 210 feet; breadth extreme, 32 feet 6 inches ; depth in hold, 17 feet 8 inches; tonnage, 951. Major Elphinatone, R.E., visited the dockyard to-day, and communicated with Commodore-Super intendent Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, with a view to ascertain if any steam vessel now in commission at Woolwich vv ou! d be suitable for the accommodation of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, who, it is, stated, will shortly proceed on a continental tour. The Vivid and Princess Alice steam-vessels were inspected, but were not considered in every respect eligible for the service, and the Black Eagle,which is now under emxitgehntsiovte repairs.herwisehave been available, THE SHEFFIELD MURDER.—This ease was brought to a close at the York assizes yesterday. The pri soner Thompson was charged with the murder of a poor woman named O'Rourke, who lodged with an operative named Wastnidge, into whose fuse a kind of grenade was thrown by a person connected, it was alleged, with one of the notorious trades' unions of the town. Wastnidge was what is called a " knobstick," and the grenade was flung into his house as a punishment for his having dared to op pose the tyranny of the body which assumes to regulate the conditions under which the operatives conneeted with his department of the trade shall accept employment. The n a verdict of not d e adly missile was, no doubt, intended for Wastnidge, but he escaped, dreadfullyseaped,whi b le ur h n is ed. lodger Tk ew jury as ed mortally retnr injured, and his guilty; but we trust that the astounding disclosures which have been made in the course of the trial will pro duce some effect in checking a brutal system of intimidation which has rendered the name of Sheffield a byeword throughout the kingdom. A startling illustration of the violence of this reign of terror was furnished in the course of the hearing of the case. gr. Knight, the house surgeon of the Sheffield Infirmary, was called as a witness, but, on entering the box, he said, " I can't answer any question in this matter; I don't like the responsibility." As he per sisted in his determination not to answer the questions put to him, he was ordered into custody for contempt of court. Subsequently, however, he re-considered his decision ; and after giving his evidence—which was a simple statement that he was present when O'Rourke's deposition was taken, and that deceased died from the effects of burns—he de clared that " he was really afraid of prejudicing the pri soner's case," POLICE INTELLIGENCE;—.(This Day.) BOW-STREET, John Martin was placed before Mr. Henry charged with burglary. Anne Beer said—l reside at 37, Bedford-square, and am a domestic in the service of Dr. La'Mert. About 8 this morning I was alarmed by one of my fellow -servants tell ing me that she had discovered a hole bored in the door leading from the billiard-room into the house, the door of which was open. The whole of us got up, went down stairs, and opened the door of the billiard room, but nothing appeared to hays been disturbed. As I was leaving I lifted up the cover of the sofa and found the prisoner con cealed under it. 1 instantly sent up for Mr. Defries, the doctor's son-in-law, who came down into the billiard-room and secured him until the police-constable arrived. Police constable E 45, said—l was sent for this morning to the house :37, Bedford-square, and on going into the billiard-room I found the prisoner lying under the sofa. I pulled him out by the collar, and ho said, "I've nothing to say, take me off to prison." I searched him, and found a quantity of silent matches, a small file, a knife, a saw, a wax taper, a latch key, and other articles. On searching the room, on the opposite side to where I took the prisoner. I discovered a rope ladder 16 feet long, and to which were attached two iron hooky for the purpose of securing it to a window, or balcony, a stock and centre bit, and a small saw. On his feet I found a pair of thick worsted stockings, which were soiled from the prisoner walking across the leads on the top of the billiard-room to get to the skylight, through which he lowered himself on to the billiard•. table, on which there were marks of the socks on the white cover. The house backs on Tavistock-mews. I found a large silver-mounted snuff-mull underneath the sofa where the prisoner had hid himself. The prisoner said nothing while I was conveying him to the station. When I told him I had found his tools, he said " I see you have." The inner side of the door which led to the house was covered with sheet iron, which appeared to have effectively prevented an entry being made. Prisoner—l know nothing of the mull. I did not take it away. Mr. Defries—l am son-in-law of Dr. La'Mert. I was in the billiard room till about a quarter to one this morning. I saw the man put the white cover on the billiard table. I am certain there were no footmarks on it then. The door was properly secured when I left, and the skylight over the table was shut. Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he had to say. - Prisoner—All I've got to say is, that I intended to get some money or go to prison. I did not intend to leave the place without it. I had plenty of time to get away if I liked, as I had been lying on the sofa for two or three hours before the servants came down. I commenced getting into the house about half-past one. I got over the gate of the mews, from them on to the roof of the billiard-room, and then through the skylight. I could not get through the door that led to the dwelling. house. I had made up my mind to have some money. I have been in the house many times, and I know where it is kept. I had been fleeced out of £l9 by Dr. La'Mert, and I determined to have some of it back. That's all I've got to say. Mr. Defries said the statement might perhaps be injuri ous to Dr. La'Mert, and he should like him to have the opportunity of hearing the statement of the prisoner. In a short time Dr. La'Mert was in attendance. Mr. Henry addressing him said, the prisoner in his ab sence, had made a statement, and although it was not at all necessary for him (Dr. La'Mert) to say anything, his son in-law was anxious that he might have an opportunity of hearing it if he thought proper. Dr. La'Mert said he felt much obliged for the opportu nity. The prisoner was a former patient of his, though he (Dr. La'Mert) did not recognise him at the time he was taken into custody. The statement that he had been "fleeced" out of £l9 was entirely untrue. He had paid him that amount for medical attendance, and as he afterwards said he was in great distress, and wished to go back to his home in Newfoundland, he (Dr. La'Mert) had returned him, out of charity, £l7 out of the £l9 he had received. Besides that he had given other monies to the prisoner to relieve his distress. Dr. La'Mert then produced a letter aldressed to him by the prisoner expressing the warmest gratitude for the kindness he had exhibited in returning the money he had paid him as fees, and characterizing the doctor's conduct as more generous than could have been hoped for. The letter was signed "John Lilly." Prisoner—That is an assumed name. What the doctor says is perfectly true. Mr. Henry—Yon said he fleeced you. Prisoner—He gave me the money back. Mr. Henry—Why did you not say so before ? Dr. La'Mert—From what I have seen of the prisoner, I should think he was a person of unsound mind. Mr. Henry—l cannot decide upon that question. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. KEOCXER WRENCHING AT A SURGEON'S, &o.—Alfred Edwards, clerk, address refused, and Alfred Thomson, of 35, Percy-street, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stealing a knocker from the door of Mr. Theodosius Pur land, of 7, Mortimer street. Charles Walker, a constable of the E division, said that about two that morning he saw the two prisoners on the step of the door of No. 7, Mot timer-street, and suspecting their object he placed himself in a dark spot so as to watch them. He then saw them go up to the door again, and directly after heard a loud crash as of a knocker being wrenched from the door. The prisoners then made off, and having gone up to the door and seen that the knocker was gone, he went after them, and said, " What have you gentlemen been up to." They replied " Nothing," but on putting his hand under Thomson's coat he found a knocker under his arm. He told the prisoners they had been up to business, and with the assistance of another constable took them into custody, On being searched three other knockers were found on Edwards, a hammer was also found on Thompsoß, the hammer being made of iron, and bent it, requiring immense force to get the knocker of No. 7 off. On the way to the station the prisoner offered them £4 to let them go, as they said they were both respectable, and did not wish the matter to go any further. Police-constable, 55 E, proved finding three knockers on Edwards. Mr. Theodosius Purland, of 7, Mortimer-street, identified one of the knockers produced as his property. He had previously lost a knocker and bell handles. Mr. Tyrwhitt said—the prisoners merely stating they had been out drinking—he should fine them £5 each, or a month in default for the unlawful possession. PICKING POCKETS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE OXFORD. —John Turne, a desperate fellow, was charged by Lambert, 68 G, with stealing pocket-handkerchiefs from gentlemen entering the Oxford Music Hall, Oxford -street. Mr. Joseph Ball, 3, Foster-lane, Cheapside, identified one of the handkerchiefs. Lambert said the prisoner was connected with the Bloomsbury Post •office, and behaved so desperately that he was obliged to be handcuited. Prisoner said he was guilty. Committed for three months. THE BUSINESS OF THE COURT.—The business at the court did not commence till an hour after the usual time, several professional men being kept unnecessarily waiting, to say nothing of prosecutors and witnesses having their time thus wasted. THAMES. SCANDALOUS ROBBERY OF A SEAMAN.—Mary Hayes, a most infamous and desperate woman, aged 32 years, who has been repeatedly in custcdy for robberies and assaults, and whose husband is now under sentence of four years penal servitude for burglary, was brought before Mr. Woolrych on remand, charged with stealing a coat, a pair of boots, and a waistcoat, the property of Antonio Gomez, a seaman. - - A few nights since a police-constable named Donald M'Kay, 215 K, was passing along Ratcliff-highway and met the prosecutor, a foreigner, who was half naked, and who made known to him that he had been inveigled into a most infamous den, No. 4, Angel-court, Angel-gardens, Rateliff-highway, kept by the prisoner, where he had been robbed of everything but his shirt and trowsers. /Wiley kindly provided the poor fellow with shelter and a seat by a warm fireside at the station-house, and went to the den kept by the prisoner, who was taxed with the robbery. She audaciously admitted that Gomez was plundered in her house, that he came there without any money, and that lls. was raised on his coat and boots, and that she had re ceived 2s. of the money. She then handed two pawn broker's duplicates, one relating to the coat and the other to the boots, to the constable, and told him he might do his best or his worst. He immediately took her into custody and locked her up. Gomez said he was taken into the prisoner's house while ( he was intoxicated, and she took his whole kit away from him. Two pawnbroker's assistants produced the foreigner's coat and boots, which he identified. Ha gave 13s. for his jacket and 15s. for his boots on the very day ha was plun dered. The prisoner, who carried a baby which kept up a tre mendous squalling while she was making her defence, said the sailor came to her house without any money and gave the girl who accompanied him his coat and boots to pawn. Gomez said the prisoner had not told the truth. He was stripped of his clothes and boots while he was insen sible. His hat and waistcoat were also gone. Wliay said a great many sailors had been kidnapped and robbed in the prisoner's house. He knew that five mariners had been skinned there in one week. _ Mr. Woolrych asked Gomez when ho was going to sea, to which he replied "I am going to sea this week." Mr. Woolrych said he was very sorry for that. A severe example ought to be made of the prisoner. Nothing could exceed the audacity of the loose women and the keepers of the horrible dens to which they resort in the district of that court. He would have committed the prisoner for trial if the sailor had intended to stay here another week. To prevent a total failure of justice, he should convict the prisoner of illegally pawning, and sentence her, in default of paying a fine of £4, and 315., the value of the goods, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two calendar months. The coat and boots must be restored to the prosecutor. The prisoner, an Irishwoman, no sooner heard the sen tence than she invoked the bitterest maledictions on the magistrate, the prosecutor, and the constable, and she was removed by the gaoler swearing loudly, while her child shrieked, and her infamous companions at the back of the court were calling out 66 Cfood bye, Poll." 5 1 20 28.2.81 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. k Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent lOO 991 1001 914 Do. Inscribed stock 100 98 100 -- Cape G.Hope, 8 p 0,1880 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 Ceylon, N0Y.1861, 6p o 100 N. B.Gov. 6 p.e...1 a.dauly 100 105/ 1061 107 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. (-iOV. sp. c., 1868 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 971 981 Do. do., 1888 & upwds 100 in 98 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 103 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o. sterling, 1875. lOO ; 108 109 'S. 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Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank .. . . 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 844 85 10 Do. new .. 25 South Australia all 34 34 25 Union of Australia all 46 47 50 linto,, of London 106 Unity Mutual , 60 Of ag 71, 11 12 4* 4 i 4P 23 24 111 12 8i 4 20 21 1194 104 8 10 84 74 424 434 •b 4 66 31 21d 13 15 8 81 9A I 91 1 4 alma llp 29A 30} 71 71 10 10 22i 231 16} 15/ 15 i ES. 30 32 405 415 47 60 304 31 11* 11, 2i 12 14 } 4 4* 61 7 a 31 35 37 MINES. i d l im 1 . 32 34 6 8 1 11 21 21 22 24 pr p 1 p 8 9 d pr pr 2 4 1 11 11 lipm 61 63 71 8 i t 5.11.6 all 18.1 1 4.4 27 19. 11Se 6cll 2 .1 21 42 ii 10 104 f d } Al 4 1 i 31 4 7 11 21 8 40 42 31 t 5 3 25 24 3 95 105 29 51 1* 11 94 10* 124 134 40 (2 270 280 974 1025 65 70 11 11 11 12 15 16 17 18 12 11i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair soon after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Bridport Road, Folkestone to Barham Downs Road, North Devon and Okehampton Railway, Norwich Corporation, Ross Turnpike Trust, and Wycombe Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. O'FERRALL, from the county of Carlow, against the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill ; by Mr. WILLIAMS, from Lambeth Vestry, against the Parochial Assessment Bill; by Mr. ALcocri, Mr. TITE, and others, from various places, against the Revised Code on Education ; and by Mr. Alderman SALOMONS and Mr. LOCKE, from Woolwich and Chelsea, against certain clauses in the Metropolis Local Management Act Bill. ACCIDENT COMPENSATION BILL. Mr. AYRTON moved the second reading of this bill. After going over the practice observed in the earlier stages of legislation in questions relating to masters and work men, the hon. member referred to the first case on the subject, which came before the Courts, at Westminster, in 1837, whic was an action brought by a workman for com pensation for injuries received in his master's service; but which action, though the facts were all in favour of the workman, failed. Ever since that time the Judges in West minster Hall had been endeavouring to build up a code of laws for the regulation of questions between masters and workmen; but, in his opinion, they had as yet failed. At the present time, if a seaman brought an action for compensation for injuries inflicted upon him in conse quence of his having sent his vessel to sea in an unsea worthy state, he could get no redress, as the question came within the catagory of the Common Law; but if he sued for compensation because the vessel had not been supplied with medicines in terms of the statutary injunction, and that his health had suffered in consequence, then an action would hold. It was the same in regard to mines and fac tories. - Unless the statutary injunctions put upon the owners of these were proved to have been neglected and not complied with the action for compensation for injuries inflicted in consequence, would hold, and that he considered a most unsatisfactory state of the law. The object of his measure was to render the master responsible for everything which happened to his workmen while in his employment, arising through neglect, so that the distinction which had been set up by the courts of law between injuries arising from the default of observing the statutary injunction, and from those arising from the masters neglecting to something he was morally called upon to have performed. He held that as a matter of policy they were bound to take up this matter, and deal out to the workman that justice which he considered him entitled to, but which, under the present state of the law, he could not possibly obtain. Mr. POTTER having seconded the motion, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to move an amend ment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He had come to the conclusion that were the measure to be come law it would not only be injurious to the master against whom it was levelled, but it would be also also injurious to the workmen who it was intended to protect. At present the master was bound to see that due care and provision should be made for the protection of his workmen, and he could see no middle course which he could adopt between the law as it at present stood, and the measure before the house. Under the present state of the law the master was liable for accidents caused by his own aot, or arising from his neglect ofor breach of duty, that duty being that he should, in the conduct of hie business, use reasonable care with the view of providing good machinery and tackle and competent and efficient servants, and he could not see how, in that respect, his liability could be extended. The hon. and learned gentleman quoted a number of cases in support of this view of the case, which had been decided by the courts of law, and some of them by the House of Lords, on one of which a master was held liable for negligence on the part of his foreman. [LEFT SPEAKING]. TLIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 19.—Wind this day at noon--South Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMODTH, March 18.—Wind variable—Sailed — Her Majesty's ships Vigilant and Chanticleer, for the Eastward. GLoucEszEn, March 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Mary Jane, for Sydney. SCILLY March 17.—Wind calm.—Arrived—Premier, from Cuba for Bremen; Beautiful Star, from Cuba for Ho bart Town. TRALEE, March 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Otodini, from New York. LIMERICK, March 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Camilla, from New York. SE I ELD S, March 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Palmerston, for Shanghai ; Cewydon, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Aurora, for Demerara; Ellen, for Havannah ; Mont Blanc, for Boston. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRA VESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, March 18—Zephyr, steamer, from Amsterdam. Sailed—Belgium, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—No. 8 Transport Calcutta, from Halifax, for London. Sailed—Robert, for Alexandria; Carl Julius and Anna, with all the outward bound. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 175. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By adrices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, and the short exchange on Londo n is 13.61 per £1 sterlin g , Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, abo u t 2- 10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 114 per cent., and the premium on gold 3 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. The amount of specie engaged for transmission to the East by the Mooltan, on the 20th inst., is £311,959, showing an increase : £25,160 in gold, and the rest silver. Subjoined are the particulars, viz.—For Alexandria, £9,400 ; Ceylon, £3,092; Madras, £37,878; Calcutta, £50,000; Penang, £4,700; Singapore, £61,700; Hong Kong, £65,760; Foo-choo-foo, £9,170; and for Shanghae, £70,259. LOLA FERNANDEZ, alias MARGARET HUGHES.— This notorious individual was again in Manchester a few days ago, but whether she succeeded in swindling any one during this visit we have not ascertained. She told some acquaintances before leaving that she was going direct to Madras ; but it is not at all improbable she may turn up, under some fine name, much nearer home. She appears to have recently favoured Greenock with her presence, and succeeded, as usual, by her audacious pretensions, in im posing upon several persons, including, it would seem, a Roman Catholic clergyman. Dorangeon, who was last week convicted of the I murders in the Rue St. Placide, has made a full confession of his guilt, since his removal to the condemned cell in the prison of La Roquette. After he had signed his appeal to the Court of Cessation, he was again int erro g ated as to his improbable story of the pretended accomplice, whom ho accused of the two murders. After some hesitation he re plied--" I very much regret that I deceived my counsel by persisting in my system of defence in spite of all his solicitations; I feel certain that, if I had told him the truth, he would have found some arguments that might have modified the verdict of the jury. But it is too late now, and I must abide the consequences of the foolish defence which a false shame prevented me from abandoning, after I had once adopted it, and which I only imagined because the sum of money stolen, only about 180 L, had been grossly exaggerated." He then proceeded to state that on Nov. 26, being quite destitute, he resolved to enlist in the army, but happening that same day to enter the shop of Mme. Cabardos, he saw her husband take some money out of a cupboard. He instantly resolved to watch an opportunity of stealing the rest, and not long after Mme. Cabardos left the house, to accompany a neighbour to the Rue du Cherche-Midi. He followed them part of the way, and then returned to the shop, and asked the niece to , fetch him some sausages. As soon as she was gone, he took a large knife from the kitchen to force open the I cup board, and was engaged in the attempt when Mme. Ca bardos suddenly entered, and laid hold of him, crying out, " Thieves, thieves I" A struggle ensued, and finding that the woman held him fast, he cut her throat, and she died almost instantly. A moment after he saw the gi rl re turning, and fearing she would see her aunt's dead body, he took her in his arms, carried her into the kitchen, and killed her also. He then took the keys from the pocket of Mme. Cabardos, opened the cupboard, seized on the money 'and jewelry, and was go i n g to leave, when a man j opened the door to ask about led6,,ogn to let in the house. He, referred him to the next shop, and then fastened the street door to prevent immediate discovery, and went out the back-way. He threw away his cap, and bought another as he went along !Mont Parnasse: When he reached the Chaussee du Maine, he hired a room in a lodging house, and secreted his bloody clothes and booty. Such is the confes sion of the criminal, and there is every reason to believe it substantially true. PLYMOUTH, --The Co wes Wednesday Morning. pilot boat No. 4, landed the crews of two f oun d ered ships port last night. On z at this y mornin g , at h a lf-p as t 5, in thick weather, whe n 70 miles south of S c illy, th e s hip Negotiator, Captain Moon, with coal fr om S un d er land, f or Genoa, ran into the Russ i an brig Ah+i , Captain Grauber, with salt, from Liverpool for Revel, which sank shortly after all the crew got on board the ship, but the mate, Adrian Leim an, who was l os t i n h er . Th e N ego ti a t or , beinga sinking state, 'was shortly afterwards abandoned in b y both crews, who t oo k re f uge i n th e b arque T a l avera, . from St. for London, which transferred them yes terday morning to the pilot boat. 10%iigN0 w ,.... WYCOMBE ELECTION. CLOSE OF POLL-5 P.M. Mills .. Cameron Camden . 220 . 158 Majority for Mills F]W2J TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. DOWNING-STREET, MA.Rcx 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Horace Fitz G erald, Esq., to be Puisne Judge for the Island of Trinidad ; Edward Laborde, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Re gistrar of Deeds for the Island of St. Vincent; and James Mayer Giant, Esq., to be Colonial secretary for the Island of St. Lucia. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Mellon 18. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—William Samuel McMahon, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alleyne, who retires. 4th Dragoon Guards—John De Burgh Lynch, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Child, promoted. 6th Dragoon Guards—Captain Richard Coote, from 29th Foote, to be Captain, vice Br e v e t-M a j or Charles Potts Rosser, who exchanges, receiving former difference be tween Cavalry and Infantry. 3d Huss irs—Walter Henry Starkey, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchas e , v i ce W e bb, a p po i nte d to 45th Foot. sth Lancers—Edward Philippe Mackenzie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sadlier, promoted. 6th Dragoons—Capt,in John Evans, from 9th Lancers, to be Captain, vice John Hardy, who exchanges. 9th Lancers —Captain John Hardy, from 6th Dragoons, to be Captain, vice John Evans, who exchanges. 12th Lancers—Cornet Henry J. Russell Cruise has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission; John Edward Pearce Hooper, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry J. Russell Cruise, who has retired. 16th Lancers—Godfrey Clement Rynnereley Bald win;Gent., late Lieutenant South Cork Light Infantry Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Frederick Jeeves, who retires. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Wm. Macaulay Glasgow has been ya l Second n a h n i t s W commission.m! Simeon R Boileau to be Charles A. Rice, who retires upon oEn Engineers—Lieutenant permitted ianp etearisnt t o v Liice en resign half-pay ; Lieutenant Wm. Charles O'Connor has been removed from the Army, her Majesty having no further - - occasion for his services. Grenadier Guards—EnsignandLitatenant Charles Fludyer to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hugh Henry Cholmeley, who retires; George Charles Keppel Johnstone, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fludyer; William Ulick O'Connor, Viscount Castle-Cuffe, Page of Honour to her Majesty, to be Ensign arid ,Lieutenant, without purchase. Coldstream Guards—George Gordon Macpherson, Esq., Page of Honour to her Majesty, to be Ensign and Lieu tenant, without purchase. 3d Foot—Ensign Joseph James Boardman Haydock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Edward Rundle, who retires; Charles Edward Reeves, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Haydock. 12th Foot—John Albert Little, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boddam, appointed to the 73d Foot. 16th Foot—Edward William Carleton, Gant, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bridger, appointed to the 83d Foot. 29th Foot— Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Potts Rosser. from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Richard Coote, who exchanges. 38th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert De Burgh. Riordan to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henderson, who resigns. 39th root—Ensign Chauncy Arthur Taylor to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice William Henry Palmer, who retires ; Francis Shortt Arnott, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Taylor. 53d Foot—Lieutenant Samuel James Nicholls to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Pye, who resigns that appoint ment. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Y. Brooke, from the 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Frederick Edward Wilson, who exchanges ; Ensign Edward Joseph Jekyll, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Anderson, promoted. 71st Foot—John William Dickson, Gant., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Gleed Dods, who retires. 73d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas William Shore Miles to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard James Hereford, who retires; Ensign Henry Synge to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Miles; Ensign John Whetham Boddam, from. the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Synge. 81st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert Adams, M.D., to be Assistant. Surgeon, vice Corbett, appointed to the Staff. 83.1 Foot—Ensign Augustus Goring Bridger, from the 16th. Foot, to be Ensign, vice Frederick Ford, who retires. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Edward Wilson, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry V. Brooke, who exchanges. 100th Foot—Quartermaster William Hume, from half-pay 72d Foot, Garrison Quartermaster at Sibraltar (with_ local rank of Lieutenant), to be Quartermasters, vice George Grant, placed on half-pay. UNATTACHED. — Lieutenant John Briggs, from the Mili tary Train, to be Captain, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon Exham Long Hiffernan, from 19th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Snr • geon, vice Jean Valleton de Boissiere, M.D., who resigns; Assistant-Surgeon 'William Henry Corbett, M.D., front 81st Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Riordan, appointed to 38th Foot ; Assistant •Surgeon Hampden Healy Maclean, from 75th Foot, to be Staff Assistant- Surgeon, vice Adams. appointed to 81st Foot. The appointment of Assistant-Surgeon John Henry N. Bracken as Staff Assistant-Surgeon, on 28th January, 1862, to be on augmentation of establishment, and not vice Turner as then stated. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT—John Luke Augustine Poett, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary-Surgeon. BREVET. - - The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of General Sir James Douglas, G.C.8., Colonel of the 42d Foot, on the 6th March, 1862. Lieutenant-General Sir John M'Donald, K.C.8., Colo nel of 92d Foot, to be General. Major-General Thomas Gerrard Ball, Colonel of Bth Foot, to be 'Lieutenant-General. Brevet .Colonel Arthur Shirley, from Lieutenant -Colonel, half-pay Unattached, to be Major-General. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Cohn Campbell M'lntyre, C• ' Major 78th Foot, to be Colonel. Major Henry Warter Meredith, 41st Foot, to be Lieute nant-Colonel. Captain Edward Bowen Cooke, 83d Foot, to be Major. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant O'Neil Segrave, half-pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15. BANKRUPTS. George Ryland, farmer, Westbromwich Frederick Gee, draper, Coventry Job Franks, tailor, Willenhall James Page, builder, Moseley Henry Semmens, grocer, Helsten, Cornwall Benj, and J. Roberts, manufacturing chemists, Robert Town, Yorkshire Peter Hancock, innkeeper, Swinton, Yorkshire George Hearnshaw, publican, Wadshelf, Derbyshire Hen , y W. Ansdell, commission merchant, Liverpool John R. Handyside, bookseller, Todmorden Wm. Smith, publican, Northampton Henry A. Barker, Northampton Titus Higgin, cattle dealer, Stockton John Would, coal dealer, Tattershall Robert Stainton, shoemaker, Cleethorpe George Key, grocer, Grantham Thomas Jordan, corn dealer, .Elarefield, Middlesex Joseph Stammers, grocer, Great Braxstead, E ssex The Rev. Antoine Theophile Marzials, Bloomsbury William Henry Plummer, warehouseman, Islington John Harrison, builder, Old Kent road, Surrey James Rolfe and Thomas Rolfe, tailors, Slough, Bucks William Henry Symblett, shipowner, Great Yarmouth Gem ge Boughey, tea agent, Fenchurch-street Robert M. Claypole, cork merchant, Barnes, Surrey Charles Arnold, plait dealer, Dunstable, Herta John Stapley, potato salesman, Brighton Frances A. Ao ttle, w Lo i t n t d , sluVre-tsetbrruaryce-, Harrow-road George F. Hodson, sail maker, Bermondsey w a road nd boarding andlicensed f h - m en t-house keeper, Manchester B ba l ter, y, E , rith, Kent re res GEHedeoranrryguenKdOnFYa g err le lis yac,Y'blacking manufacturer, Manchester James Francis Allen, beereeller, Manchester Thomas Martin Brenton, mercer, Cornwall Benjamin Taylor, cabinetmaker, Peterborough John E. Bales, Broke-road, Dalston - Charles Mordaunt, outfitter, Bethel-place, Camberwell Richard Hickman, dealer in hops Camberwell Edward G. S. Rive s , mercantile clerk, Hoxton Robert Winn, gilder on glass and china, Birmingham Simeon Lilley, fog signal manufacturer, Birmingham George Chune, farmer, Shrewsbury John Whittington, coal dealer, Birmingham George R. Pe m b er t on , ma j or-gen. of her MajestY,ln dian forces, Chertsey, Surrey Jas. F. Stevens, brick dealer, Croydon p rs a , rt righton A w n i n n. l s i..ol s la te n a d r , m h a e n er an sh d o E p i te n ep T e e r rry , B7rns t b n? ll ak rr e Lancashire Henry Pollett, wine agent, cßturoaihx_lb_esartu.,7ie'gtilahipo:artls- Thomas Stutter, printer, Chure green manufa cturer, Lower Manchester James Wm. Brown, cheesemonger, Commercial -road East and spirt merchant, Manchester Richard Barnes, licensed John John N L V a . v H ery an . nwainu,eleather dealer, Birkenhead Lawrence Charriley, ccolmotmh tFassinonuma William S. Walker, grocer, Manchester Bradford George jWilliam Bullock, provision dealer, S a lf ord John Waddington, cabinet m a k er , M anchester Alfre d Curtis, newsvendor, - Union-str ee t , S pitalfields SCOTCH BANK T S. w m . M'lntosh, farmer, P ow illiment, _Kirkcudbright H a worth, Matthew Barr, toy L.erchant, Ay r . Wm. Macdonald, M.D., Glasgow Robert Pollock, nurseryman. Kilmarnock George Ross, draper, Hamilton Robert Edgar, grocer, Dunce John M'Minn, farmer, Trailfleet, Dumfries-shire COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YSSTERDA.T. Amsterdam Short. 11 161 11 161 Ditto 3 Months. 11 18} 11 18/ Rotterdam — 11 14 11 181 Antwerp„ 25 471 25 50 Brussels ---- 25 471 25 60 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort o n Maine — 1181 119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — —_ 481 48 2,5 60 2,5 55 25 65 40k 1204 120 k 62i 53 481 48 25 55 25 50 25 50 40 120 120 62f 52 Madrid: Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina .. Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars ( standard), per off ..... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons ................. . 0 0 0 Sharei 100 stk 1 stock 20 20 stock all all 1 . 64 alt all all all all• all all all Mli 3.9.3 '114.6 3.0.0 7.7.0 561 17s 6.15.6 8.12 4.14 1.12.6 91- 4.3.0 12:3 2.0.0 2.2.9 li 10.6.7 71 all all all 1 11 71 -- 102 Oi 100} 103 i N 32 17f i 12& i 3} I V