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

MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the extreme abundance of m oney, it was imagined in some quarters 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 anxiaty for a movement on the part of the authorities. A large supply'of gold, viz., £115,000, 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 was 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:-- Great Western North-Western. 1862. £54,689 82,274 1861. £6 1 ,842 84,133 , South- West ern 1 - : ri ghton 2',168 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,876 North Eastern . 36,071 Eastern Counties Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North British 5,768 Edinburgh and Glasgow Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 12,300 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. Ou 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 £2,173, on the Eastern Counties of £202, on the Grand Trunk of Canada of £1,344, and the Great Western of Canada of £917. The North Western exhibits a decrease of £1,909, the Midland of £B4O, the Great Northern of £645, the Lancashire and York shir© of .00,595, anti Oho coati, Butstcrn of £9,901 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 exceededl 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 93,1 94 for money and the Bth p r os. The New Threes and the Reduced re main at 92 ; 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 Cents. at 1081 d . - Very few dealings have been reported in the Foreign Market, and prices show no material chant. e. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81 ; ditto 1858, 702 71 ; Mexican are firmer at 311 4 ; Rus sian 4 per Cents. flat at 911 ; ditto 1860, 92 Italian are steady at 681 ; Spanish Certificates at 81 H ; and Venezuelan at 24. The New Turkish Scrip is 11 2 prem., and the Egyptian, 11 2 prem. Increased business has prevailed in the English Railway Share Market, the decline in some instances amounting to about 1 tot per cent. Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Norfolks have de clined 55.; Caledonians, North Westerns, and South Easterns, lOs ; and Midlands, 15s. _ _ The Foreign and Colonial undertakings, how ,ever, were in fair demand. Dutch Rt.enish im woved to 17-1 b, and Sambre and Meuse to 11 and fl a t ; Recife and San Francisco have declined to 15.7-, 1, East Indian to 1031 to 104, and Great - Western of Canada to 121 S. Joint-Stock Bank Shares remained very inac tive. Ottoman Bank, however, improved to 26 and 26-.1 ; Bank of Egypt, to 224 23 ; Oriental Bank realise 53fr- ; London and County, 394; and Union of Australia, 45.1. The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool have receded to 4 Z- prem. The follo*ing remarks upon the progress of busi_ Deso in American securities during the past week are from the Circular of Mr. E. F. Sattcrth waite 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 s hares are 1 prem. ; Nor thern Counties, 31 41 prem.; and British Colum bian 11 1 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market there was little change of importance. Crystal Palace Stock im proved to 351 361 ; Madras Irrigation brought 4, and National Discount Company, 5,1. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924 I i t 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 f i 1 India otock ............ Ditto .5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto .5 per Cent IU3 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 :Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 i Di ti o P. ond s £l,OOO ,itto under £l,OO O Con. , ols for Accounts May 8 94 Exchequer Bills £l, OOO , 3 per Cent l7 20 Di tto £5OO ...... Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayreg 6 per Cent Dirty 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 34i Mexican, ;i per Cent Ditto Acco nt Portuguese 3 per Cent., 18b3 — Dit t, Account 451 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, and '6O 45/ Russian .5 per Cent 1822, £ St .. I:at° 4k per Cent . .. Ditto 1860 .. Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account .. Venezuela, 3 per Cent .. 24 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 18 61 TWO O'C LOC K Coniu3ls, Money . Ditto Account 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, 155 miles from Columbus, Ken ky ; 53 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 I 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 hilts, 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 dept, penetrate the hills on the east, west, and sou'h, 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 swampy. The 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 three years ago came into possession of all the property, amounting to several millions of francs, left to her by the will of the notorious miser Crep n. It appears that the fortunate legatee had at last succeeded in buying off the opposition 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 f., and during the suit circumstances came to light which justify the suspicion that the old man was unfairly dealt with in order to prevant him from altering the will made in Savour of the woman Favre. When arrested, the latter vainly attempted to bribe the commissary of police w.th a rouleau of napoleons. Having failed to recover her liberty by that means, she took up a crucifix, and, kissing it, exclaimed, " In the name of the cross, I 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 Rhone. SHARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharei Railways. I Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Bost.,Sleat,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A gets no div Do ti II Ilp c.p an.has • B been paid to 8.1 Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc East A nfflian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock) Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrihn of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do Ii do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western • • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire. Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brig, ht ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Enniskillen. Sian., Shef.. & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Metropolif an Midland Do New . . Do Birming. & Derby ITid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British IN or. Dev. Rail&Dk. stock 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 N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lano. Un 1 South Eastern gnm.th Wales D S. York. ana /flyer unl Staines,Virok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington , Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do - 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO West Midland Oxford 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford 100 47 48 43 45 88 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Done Business Co. s Price. . Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead . Buckingh ms .r.re.. Chester &11 o •yhead.. 100 Do. 54 56 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 ,Cledon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 1 0 0 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. g.ipr e. 100 Gr.Nerth. 136 138 E.tinion,HarwichShs all E Counts. 4 4i Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dret. 100 Cledon . . .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby 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 all Do. ...... .. .. Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all D 0......• 20 22 Do.W . Ext. A, 4i p c all D......... 8 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& b.. • "lend 100 Peto &Coi 86 89 87.1 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do n per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M, n 4i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx } 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... PIM Northn.&EaNtn. 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. El. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 924 94 94 Preston and Wyre. I all L&N.W, L. y k. 1 44 46 Do. i shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 131 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn 1 Croydon, all ,L.S&Brgtn Bi. 94 13.14 1 ttErl fI.D: OE 011A.RE6. Business Share! Railways. raid.' Closing I Prices. Done, Blythe and Tyne 0 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5a p. c. Cornwall. 5 per ant Dun. Perth, & Abel' Jun Do. Ist Class Pref.. E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union. 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. f p. c. guar. S. & G S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 46 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. G. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 1 p. Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. C. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester s p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pro Lan. & York. 6 p.c. 9toclz Do. Barnsl.st£ 2s 10d, e Do. 6 p, c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.ctßrig.sp.o.gu. No.) 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. atk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E. &C. P.) Do. 4p c st (div.detliP6s 1. on. Ch a t. &Dov. sp.c. pt. Lon. & N. W., Coy. fi Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... Lon dony. & Ennis. 4 sh Man. Sh. & Lin. fi per ct. Do. £6 44 100 5 all all Do. 31 per cent .... Do. redeem. 6 per . 11 aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent ........ Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 43 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent..... . • Do.LeiC. andHit.4per c 1 N rfik. sp. c. Ex. 5t.1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st. lBl7 Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. N th.Dvn.Rail.&Dcic•Co. N-Fast. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4i pr. et' redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. 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-Es stern 34 p. C. pref. stock.. Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4a per cent ISouth Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 43 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. C. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. C. gut Do. sp. c. guy. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. C Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrfd & Kilkny. 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stt Do. 2d no_ Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet6p. c. pf. 1866 Do. W 118691 st st 10s. 10 10.6 94 96 20 21 6 6i 100 105 109 111 108 110 126 126 84 86 102 i 3 103 i 100 100 100 100 100 100 Closing) Business Paid. Price. - done. I 7i 8 I 61 71 91 03 1 109 110 6 0 41 43 10 11 22 23 58 59 57 6 0 37 40 91 93 30i 511 102 104 140 145 115 i 1161 114 115 132 134 104 106 73; 74 55 58 106/ 1071 57 58 121 123 45 46 94 94 99i 1001 8 11 44 43 9 91. 128 h 129 1 1 lAA 98 100 '66 68 63i d4i 97 974 1 d 55 554 844 85 101 104 P fpm d 101 11# 124 126 4S 494 106 108 46 47 36 38 R - R4l 67 dB 100 102 6: ft 37i 1S 8 9 i 1) 6 6 4 r;. 145 150 554 564 24 34 d ip, 93" 96 129 132 61 61 108 e 9 8 6:4.0 st st 25 st st st 10 .9.16.4 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 5 17i all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1 _ - C 'an t' • cv • 6 P.c.Ja. &July D 1877-82 Do 6 o A -P• cent.l6B3-4 10 0 —• * ' u ` • Liar. i Sept., 100 108 1 ,0 l i • e• Feb t 1 0. 100 ICB 110 Do. 6 p. e Do. 5 per cent ; 100 1001 1011 1011 1 Do. Inscribed stook' 10 0 119 100 & ... Cape G.ll ope, F, 0 c . 1,73 100 109 111 Do.Ap Oct Do. , irojo , 100 'lO9 111 _ Do. Jan. & July, IR 1 1880, 100 ;109 111 ~,o. 0 p. c.Ap. & __ o. o e l. t. ; 100 1100 ;12 ..... I_ll .... ;Ceylon, Nov.lkol, 6p c t 00 , ..... , N, K.Gov. t) p.c...) a. at, Illy 100 , 1 07 108 = N . s. W. Gov- sp. c* , 1864 100 100 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876, 100 9st 991 ...... . 108 110 Do. d0.,1858 ciL upwdi 100 971 986 981 8 '.L•TeNv Zealand 6p. mai leo 109 111 'Nova Scotia Gov. 0 p. e., 1 steriingo B7s I 10 „„ 0 109 110 IS. Aus, IVIc.Gov. 6 P.C. Ja.&July i 100 to e los Do. do. 6PA Al l Wet ""l 100 I° 4 1 log i Giip.u.1872,..5z up lui., 1031 115 i 1141 14 133 731 1 106/ 7 45 94'3j 9} 1281 I Algerian Antwerp Sic Rotterdam. Ardennes.— ......... BahAS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine it Rail U0piap0................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand RUP Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege .. Do. 6 p. c. Pret. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) earis,Lyons, Mcditer. Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) gua. 7p. et. lira Riga At Dunaburg Royal Danish loyal Swedish Do. 7 ►ier cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse 13 15 Do. 54 per cent. sum Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p et. Southern of France.... West Fiandern ..,..... Do. 55 p o. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. 10 10/ 9i 9* Pm' 3 3tp l 11 I 9f f 31i 324 7i 7; 104 104 21 22 PREFERENCE SHARES AT\ D STOCKS. Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 102 104 Cornwall 4i p.c. ga.perp all *E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. 100 * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 Lond'n, Brig'tn, 4} per cent.... 1858 100 Do, do. 4 per ct 1860 100 Do. do. 4t per ct 1861 100 IDo. do. 4 per ct 1861 31 'Lon. & Chann, Metrop. Ext. 13, 6 p.c.... .... 7i Lon &S.W'cstern 44 p.c. 100 G 80 82 103 105 92 95 103 105 ;d par 102 103 ' North British £lO Shares, 1861 i*S:ottisheentral 4i p.c lOO irred. pref... 'S.-Eastern 4) P.C. 1859 all Do. 5 p.c. June i!..61 (rd.) 5 I Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 3 Inure of full dividends in any good out of the profits of any rua. ail 94 10 Ii iPml i iPmi given half-; subsequent .year not to be t half year. BRITISH MINES. - A 1 :red Consols (Phi/ack) 3.9.3 2 , , British Iron Chß ord nil 29 31 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 415 425 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 43 45 East Caradon 2.14.0 38 39 East Carn Brea W'l Russel (Tavistk ); 7.10.0 21 31 Gram.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 561 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 3* (;.Wheal Ada. (Philacla . Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 61 75 Grenville 6.15.6 25 3 Elerod's- Foot s.l2 16 38 iiingston Downs 4.14 11 25 Lady Bertha Margaret (Bny Lelant) 20 44 46 Mark e Valley 4.3.0 10 104 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 id par North Downs 95 4 45 North Frances (Mogan) 12.3 Itasse , t (1110 4an) 2.3 0 21 31 'Forth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 5 6 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.)' 10.0.7 40 42 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 325 35 3. Carn Brea (Illogan) , 5.11.6 21 31 -'.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)'18.1'4.0 100 165 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 14 11 10 Tin Crott 9 11 12 West Basset (Illozan) l4 11 12 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 30 32 West Seton .. „. Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 95 100 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 65 70 um, - I Edward (pals.) 71 11 1 wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 12 1 _ Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 13 wheal Trelawney (Lds.)) 7 , 17 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Nustralian 1 GonAccordCopper,Lim all 4 I 1 5 cirazil Land & Min.Co all 1 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo b dis. 4 n Cobre Copper all 31 13 20 !opiapo. l6 6 8 2 Capula Silver les. d spm 1 DunMoun.Cep.Ming.Co ail 1 15p 3 East Del Ito , (Limited) 1 2 b'ortuna. 20 '; eneral all 22 24 2 'lt N. Cop. of S. Austr l5 it d LI Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 t p Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 d *pm 1 Mariquita all 1 '.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 1 *ds 20 l'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 15 1 Santaßarbara GldMine 1 -;cott ish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 11pm 20 St.dolin del Rey (L.) l5 53 55 28.2.8! United Mexican .. 1 Worthing (Limited) all I DOCKS. stock (Commercial lOO stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min. 100 stock East and West India ; 100 126 128 stock London. . 100 54 58 stock ;St. Katharine stook (Southampton lOO ,Vietoria ........ 100 99 101 1 20 iDo New 99 101 id par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra&UnitedService Bk (Australasia (Bank of Egypt IBa'alr of London 1 British North American ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. ,CILMer. of In. i.on.& Ch. City Colonial ... ~... ... Corn. Bank of Canada.. Eng - - Scot., t Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austrai ' Do. new ( London and County 'London Joint Stock (London and S.Airican London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. Prov. of England Do. new . . National Bank ..... .. Nei, South Wa1e5...... Orient. B. Corporation . Ottoman Bank ... .. Provincial of Ireland .. Do. new . ... South Australia .. ... Union of Australia .... Um • of London Units Mutual. ... 86 88 66 68 22 23 54 56 20 21 33 25 92 94 39 40 181 191 241 251 24i 1 38k 39i 35 46i 79 81 pr ipBlm d *p 39 10 534 544 0 54 28i 87 89 36 37 45 46 31 32 962 7 d FM 4 Z 4 * F; made 110 112 90 92 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 04 [O2 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 37 139 01 103 16 118 16 118 35 140 16 11C 52 156 29 133 76 78 93i 94i 14 141 125 127 68 70 4 Ipm i , i Ipm' 38 146 :02 104 94 96 [lO 112 I [OB 110 1 1 lt,pm 166 102 96 98 t id idis par 22 23 L 35 140 10 11 234 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 1 1 28 29 33 31 33 34 42 45 125 127 120 125 102 104 123 125 119 123 MISCELLANEOUS. 1 1, Anglo-M( xican Mint., a.ll 19 20 10 \ Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d)) all 2 3 000 (Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 I Australi an Agricultural 19 27 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all q 54 ; 50 British American Land 40 —.- 50 1 1 B.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 22 32 20 i Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. all 9 11 325 Canada Land all 114 117 10 IChina It Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 24 at. Cop.Min.ol Eng.&Stialtg all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 12 15 at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at Do. 0 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 I 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 It Do. B 74 14 04 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 par 4pm 14 at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper, all 21 24 15 (3 en. Steam Navigati to 14 255 26i 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do 174 pet Preference all 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 I Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 38 34 d 4 I L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all it 16 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2; 31 4 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 34 4 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _ 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 p5l 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 dfp 10 Netherlands Land all 1 4 1 13 16 1005 D s.. o n B r p .i e N .l o 'r v e a l s ..i c s o s t . ja at L l a d n is d . a B l l l 1 N . B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 1 Do. New Shares (Lim. ) . a ll 1 1 4 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 6 at. PeelltLnd.&; e l i ii . : . . : ( 4 L .i.p i . m c. ) . 7 3101 11 5 90 5 5 12 7 94 5 52 0 00 ill'e(prido.s.:NzOtwirni.ental Steam all 68 70 50 Rhymnev Iron ........ all 17 19 1 5 Do. New ... . ......... all 45 5i 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts. all 251 264 100 Royal M a il S team ...... 60 53 55 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. al , 1 Do. do. Registered • ai I 10 Do, d o all 461 2 Telegrvph to I nd a (L ) 1 id P 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia(lin)l s t is. 1 pax *P 20 Tr.tzLn.Co.otUpt(;ao. 5 14 5 U. lUdom Tel. Co. ()irn.) 1 100 Van Dl hen's 1.. nd 284 9 4 r '~~► . THE SUN LONDON, - TRU RSD -klr EVENING, APRIL 24, 1862. Business don, 1021 6 1 i 102 104 31 1021 11 2 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS 151 71 - -, 1 li i 1i 11 12 46 4 .10 128 i 7 i it 171 23 24. 14 15} RI if 20 21 41 42 8 10 7i 64 441 45 co ,z, 44 34i 174 I 15 i 141 15j f i6M a all all all all all 3ii 4 LAW---THIS DAY. COURT OF CHANCERY (Before the Lord (lamella.: CHAPLIN v. YOUNG. The Solicitor-General said on the Bth cf March last the Court made an order appointing the plaintiff, the represen tative of the mortgagee, manager and re;eiyer of The Sun newspaper and the property connected wfh it, and he (the Solicitor-General) now made the present notion for decree. There were other questi ons conn ected with the matter relative to the form of the accounts to be taken, and as there were other incumbrancers, Mr. Ridgwa:, who was one of them, had been made a defendant in order that the re mainder might be represented, The Lord Chancellor asked if it was competent for him to make the decree asked for without haTing the whole of the incumbrancers before the Court ? The Solicitor-General quoted authorites bearing upon the point to show that the Court bad the rower. The Lord Chancellor said, supposing sone of those ineum brancers had actions going on in °the! branohes of the Court, if he made the decree asked for hi had no power to restrain those parties from proceeding. The Solicitor-General said the bringing the other ineum brancers before the court would be a matter of great diffi culty, owing to the numler of persons ecneerned. The Lurd Chancellor said they must be brought before the court. He could not make the decree asked without that being done. He should, therefore, irder the matter to stand over in the meantime, the forme: order remaining in force. The Solicitor-General remarked that, 83 the matter would be attended with much 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. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. STEELE V. LOW. 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 --t aa.id trial The Court, after hearing the learned gentleman at consi derable length, refused the application. SHERIFFS' COURT, (Before Mr. Kerr.) " WHY SHOULD A MAN BE DEPRIVED OP HIS OWN TEETH." SINGULAR CASE.-DAVIS Y. MIDLER. This was an action to recover £l2 l2s. for artificial teeth and work done, plaintiff being a dentist. Mr. Buchanan for the plaintiff, called his client, when Mr. Langham for defendant, said that 31s. 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. 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. His Honour remarked that plaintiff had charged £2 2s. for easing the teeth. SPORTING—TnIS DAY. NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY. Mr. Langham—And wo have paid money into court, therefore ought to have our teeth, (Laughter.) His Honour—They have a lien on the teeth. (Renev3ed Laughter.) Mr. Langham—But why should a man be deprived of his own teeth P (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 AGENT.--lIADLOW ♦. LEE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOUR-YEAR-OLD BIENNIAL. Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 26 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken) MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. 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, the agent of the ered this as a most pia M in r t . iff ße to ar L d e p e u . t H in e a o l i e r t . te ß r ear wr d i ) tt eo en ns b id y 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 Buchinan, 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 from:attending to oppose your application, which I shall, in consequence,lrefu.se. Plaintiff has a remedy against his agent. Rule refused with costs. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, THIS DAY. Per Slb. to sink the offal. THE GROSS OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE IN HYDE-PARI. 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, c,cn taining same silver. 8. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 2 10 Second quality do. 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 0 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. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 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—Batnett 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 night again. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION IN HULL.— ANOTHER DEATH.—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 en 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 debris, 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 mercury. AFTER A BATTLE.—The correspondent of the a New York Tribune writes that he n o tic e d in t he hospitals 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" of lady visitors at the hospitals, though " the majority of 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 thirstiness of the Unionists, and that he was very grateful to the Yankees for the gentleness and care with which they adding n i n this busi ness without gto that he had treatedaiways him been a directly devil,bat 1e and a s over, g lady by his side turnedaway, m a r k i thought. h that his unmanned him. much re t cc As a general thing, the natives shun th e i nva d ers, t h ose who do not it on principle, making it th e ir policy." On hL the field of battle the trees where .he's rebel" right wing was stationed were found cut and gashed, as if storms of grape and canister had been poured . into th em . Th ere was a belt of scars and splinters rangm; from 18 inches to 7 feet from the ground, but most of them about breast high. In one place a boot with a human leg in it w as f oun d upright in the ground where its owner hat stood. A portion of a finger was also seen sticking to a ;met where it had been blown from a human hand. In this battle many of the officers used muskets and rifles by he side of their men. IMPROVEMENT IN LIGHTIIG,—...The discoverer, who works without any regard to Exhibitions, annihilates the old way by introducing a subs itute— a something quite 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 'orra of the wick, the application of the oil, and tie const r uction of the g lass case. But it was a higler order of achieve ment to set us burning gas- Sir Humphrey Davy said publicly that when we could lring d own the moon t o light our streets, we might use gig for the purpose; and while he talked so, our fathers west on adding threads to their wicks, and trying different shapes for lamps; but the whole method was swept away when the gas w as got well i in hand, and conducted where t wis wanted. In the elec tric light we have again another Finciple which may do as much good to another generator as gas-lighting has to ours,—Once a Week. 2 3 6 ti t 6 The Roo West End .... Caller Ou Five ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Vinegar Hill Lord Albert Bedoui n ...... IMIERIAL WF.EKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 57s 9d ; barley, 36s 8d ; oats, 21s ld ; rye, 34s Gd ; beans, 38s 6d and peas, 40s bd. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 58s 6d ; barley, 36s ld ; oats,j2ls 8d ; rye, 36s 6d ; beans, 38s 10(1 ; peas, 39s 10d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 61,280; barley, 25,447 ; oats, 16,054 ; rye, 36 ; beans, 3,749 ; peas, 491 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL 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 'is 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 81bs. The pork trade was in a most inactive state, and mulch cows were very dull. s. d. s. d Priraecrs-wool d 0.4 2 5 0 Pme. S'thdowndo.s 4 5 8 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 8 Lambs, 6s Od to 7s Bd. Suckling calves, 10s to 265; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 5,780 i Sheep Calves Pigs 3OOl Pigs BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Kai►wayt Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bonk,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. ...... Budalo and Lake Hurof , Do. Nt vs? Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 18721 :Do. do. July 1, 1873' IDo. do. .Lune? ISA 'Cleutt% Eastn. Cape Town. & Dock Scrip 'Demerara Eastn. Bengal go. 6 p. c East Indian, go. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..— • Grand Trunk of Canada Do. d per cent. Pref Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do, do. 1867 • • Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndlaPenin.gua. 6 P. o Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do, '77 d 0... Do: 1878 Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4 p. o. Extension Do. 4 , do. Mclb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick a Canda Hy.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share! l Do. do. Land Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .- .... !Scinde ..........1 Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. - ...... 4, Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5 c ,R., Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..l all {lOO 15 all 100 Price. 68 70 1011 102, 6 6i,1 81 61 83 86 82 85 81 84 5 r i i I_p 101 f 102 f 10i4 104; 24 26 70 74 6) 63 40 45 45 18 37 10 37 40 101 f 102,E pr p 101 102 12f I2f 71. 7f 102 104 93 95 93 95 101 f 1021 94 96 91 93 5 7 4 6 103 104 * P 20k 20i 9 100 1 MEAT MARKETS. NEWCIATE AND LzADENHALL.—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 49 4d ; lamb, 6s 8d to 78 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, 3s 6 to 5s 4d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Ms. 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 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; lambs, Gs 8d to 8s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b ; suckling calves, 10s to 17s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 28s each; and milch cows, Ll 4 Od to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £✓ Os , clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s 2d per load. A steady trade. CUMBERLAND..—Metviow hay, £2 bs to £6 Os; clove: no., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 2s to £5 08; clovet £3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, to 18s £2 2c per load. Supply tolerably good. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, April 24.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and very fine weather. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Eurocly don, from Sunderland ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. (BT SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 23—Lady Havelock, from Adelaide; Prince of Wales, from Cape of Good Hope; Celecia, from Shanghae. Arrived, April 24—George Canning, from Alexandria; Conrad, from New York. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Sardinia, scrow steamer, from the West, for Nantes. BREACH OP CONTRACT. The Imperial Court of Colmar (Haut Rhin) last week heard an appeal from a judgment of the Strasburg Tribunal of Commerce in an action for breach of contract, brought by M. Gillemot, a singer, ag-atos, ninge, tne .L.- Theatre, under the following circumstances :—ln December, 1861, one of the principal performers of the Strasburg theatre fell ill, and the director applied to a theatrical agency in Paris for a peribrmer to re place him. M. Guillemot was recommended, and an agreement was signed that he should receive a salary of 400 fr. a month for playing the first parts in every description of comedy, and certain parts in opera if found competent after the usual three debuts. Guillemot accordingly joined the company in January last, and as the season was then at its height, the director excused him from making the customary debuts, but, according to his own state ment, reserved to himself the right of annulling the agreement at the end of the first month. Guillemot was well received by the public as an actor, but failed as a singer. The director then proposed that Guillemot should relinquish the singing parts, and continue to perform as a comedian 250 f. a month. This was refused, and the director declared that the engagement was at an end. Guillemot then brought an action against the director to compel him to fulfil the conditions of .their contract, and also demanded I,ooof. as damages for the injury done to his reputation by the director's con duct. The Tribunal, after hearing counsel for both pnrties, rejected the demand for damages, but decided that the contract was valid, and that the director was bound to assign to Guillemot parts to appear in. Against that decision the director appealed, and his counsel argued that according to the usages of the Strasburg theatre, the director had the right of exercising his own judgment on the merits of a performer, and of applying a sus pensive veto, even when the ordeal of the debuts had been satisfactorily passed. Guillemot's counsel, on the other hand, argued that such a theory would leave the performers absolutely at the mercy of the director, and concluded with demanding 2,000 fr. damages, instead of I,ooofr. as before. The Tri bunal, in conformity with the opinion expressed by the advocate-general, declared that the judgment must be confirmed, but that there was no ground for awarding damages. The director was con demned to pay all costs. The Court of Assizes of the Cotes-du-Nord, three days since, tried to o men, named Ribaut and Delavigne, for a criminal assault and violence, resulting in death, committed on the person of a woman named Lorrei fifty years of age, in a publichouse at Dinan, where all three were lodgers for the night. It was proved by the evidence that the men went into the woman's bedroom, that stifled cries were heard, and that in the morning the woman was found dead on the floor with marks of violence on her per son. The jury found the prisoners guilty of a criminal assault on the deceased, but with extenuating circumstances in favour of Delavigne ; the Court condemned Ribaut to hard labour for life, and Delavigne to 15 years' imprison ment with hard labour. A case of suicide by the vapours of charcoal occurred at Neuilly yesterday. The inhabitants of the house, hearing a continued knocking inside an apartment occuped by a young woman and her little girl, about six years old, inquired what was the matter, when the child replied, " Mamma is gone to sleep, and I cannot waken her.' The door was then forced open, and the young woman was found quite dead on the bed near three small stoves con taining the remnants of charcoal fires. How it happened that the poor child escaped the effect of the deleterious gas could not be ascertained. It appears that the unhappy woman destroyed herself because she had been deserted by the man who had cohabited with her for six years, after seducing her under promise of marriage. FIRE IN BRIDGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER.—Yes tarday morning, between four and five o'clock, as a police constable, 35 L, was passing along his beat, he discovered that the premises belonging to Mr. Tivertham, hat maker, 97, Bridge-street, Westminster, were on fire. The officer immediately raised an alarm, and sent off fur proper assis tance. In the course of a few minutes the conductor of the Royal Society from the Lambeth station arrived, and Fell entered every room, but found that the inmates had all effected a safe retreat. The fire was then raging furiously in the ground-floor warehouse. The engine of the brigade from the Waterloo-road station was soon in attendance, quickly followed by Hodges's brigade, and another of the London establishment from Southwark• bridge-road, under the direction of Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district. A plentiful supply of water having been procured, the firemen went to work in their usual intrepid manner, but they were unable to get the flames extinguished until the whole of the stock was nearly destroyed, and the build ing severely damaged. The origin of the fire was unknown. The sufferer was fortunately insured in the Phoenix Fire °face. -RAILWAY IN7RLLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The report of th directors states that during the half year an addit.onal length of 724 miles was opened m Ben gal—namely, an extension of the colliery line 31 miles, and from Rajmahal to Bhaugulpore 69 miles. There were also opened 1201 miles in the North-West Provinces. Since the opening of those lines the railway has been completed to Monghyr, 303 miles from Calcutta, so that the company has now at work 3591 miles in Bengal and 2434 miles in the North-West Provinces, making a total of 603/ 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 on the Jubbulpore line, the first 27 miles out of Allahaba being already under construction. The average length of line at work during the half-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 receipts for the half-year ending Dec. 31st last have been £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 ill 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—£l9,7oo,ooo—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 December 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 yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. R. Benson in the char. 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 viith 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, bat nope of them very serious ; the largest carried away about 30 feet of subsoil and a 9-feet culvert, which had prevented the opening oa 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 develope 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 next. 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 anti also to ntlttain 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 comr 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. Ho 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. Ho 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 disoussi,n ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the Brazilian Minister was surplied 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. MAUDE, 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 vernment. Dr. LON G STAFF, as auditor, said he had seen vouchers for every sum in the accounts, and he was sure they would hear any investigation. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the shareholders fully approved the course adopted by th e di rec t ors , and loft the mat ter entirely in their hands as t o w h e th er th e y 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 t o vast sup plies of sand eels foun d close to the Islands on which such fish feed, and these eels are supposed to driven into the shallows by porpoises. For some considerable time past a colony of sharks have been living in the Ch anne l w hich have driven away the porpoise tribe, and there has ever s i nce b een a g reat scarcity of the f i sh which live upon th e sand eels. Curiously enough the sharks have now left the Channel, porpoises have returned, and the fish which were so s carce are as ploutiful as ever. MURDEROUS A77ACK AND _ROBBERY BY A TICKET-OF-LEA VE MAN Or) Tuesday a ticket-of-leave man, named John Rogers, was brought up before the Wolverhampton magistrates, charged with a daring highway rub 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 was 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, re,isted 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 woman 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 better 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 wee k s 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 similar offence in Wolverhampton, in which three other persons, all of whom were similarly punished, were associated with him. Icor the convenience of the police, ho was re manded for a week. 2HE TYNE SHIPOWNERS. SHIELDS, TUESDAY. Today a joint meeting of the shipowners' 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 occupied the chair. The various clauses were gone through and very amply discussed. The meeting agreed with the Government on the impropriety of the manage ment of local pilotage remaining in the hands of sel f elected Lodies, and it considered that the shipowners should have the management of the local pilotage entirely in their own hands. They, however, con sidered compulsory pilotage, under 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 vege 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 exceerithe value of the ship and freight, except in cases of loss of life, when it should not be more than .£1,5 a ton ; and that, with regard to salvage proposied to be levied on the owner of a wrecked vessel for the rescue of her crew, the charge, instedad of bein thus levied, chould b e ma d e on the l ltlerchant 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 maintained 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 making any due efforts to bring the'.* 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 wire 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 MURDER 1.2 V LEICES7 F, P. On Sunday afternoon a most diabolical attlmpt to commit a murder was made by a man named El lington, a framework knitter, on his paramour, named Jane Bonsor, who lived at No. 6, Halford square, Halford-street, Leicester. it appears that the parties had been living together as man and. wife for the last ten months, and in consequence of some quarrels Mrs. Bonsor 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 be 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 cost. He ultimately made a rush at his paramour, who jumped up and succeeded in ward ing off with her hand the blows made by the pfi soner at her throat. Her knuckles were very mrich cut in endeavouring thus to prevent the prlsener sticking her with the point of the knife. Mrs. Bonsor, however, after a violent struggle, got away from the prisoner, and ran into the stref,t ; but she was followed by the prisoner, who eaurght her, and again dragged her into the entry, 'where another struggle took place, prisoner all thy.; 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 knilie, which he did, and ihe 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 en 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 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 oawutZenl.ll.:>f a 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. True personalty was sworn under £l,OOO, and the gentlero .an occupi e d b by possessed lu r. Rattle,t he bookseller. freehold H ist History," in w ß a”s a i t n li t h r e i work, called " Prince's Parallel 17,. three volumes, near Bridg eth"oAllgbhodneootfBl,oove,,, and also author of other books. This gentleman. had nothing whatever to do with the Agapetrione. personage Brother prosperous since favourable result of Chancery suits brought by t\liareitneuCria:3 is s s s s t t i i ll l l i alive, s te an n d c t o h , for mer inmates for the recovery o f „ s _ y uue they had deludedly strange.A.P.Prince's will was curiously who claims the title d "The festival of St. Peter,p • A WORD ON BEHALF ii prince of Apostles," and this ma y have led to the notion that it was that of the Aga doaf handed t,e,T li 0 o ß v e e l r o t v o ed the ., , i‘ ir.p pe mone originator.—Baila Citrontele. day of our lives in —We make an enormous waste of time end effort every F TILE SEWING MACHINE.. 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 d ay i n ply i ng the needle; in thread . i s peculiarly wearing t o certain set of ing it, i n pushing it t h rou gh and p u lli ng i t out by an effort w hi ch engage d most of the muscles of the f rame, and which nerves. A few years since a portion of this labour was saved by machinery which shaped some of our garments, and which finished them at the edges. This was a boon, as far as it went; but now we have the sewing machine, by which the human use of the needle is superseded, and all treadle does it all , employment. abolished. An easy the injuriousness owf with e th e e help of such ingenuity and care i as all useful employment req u i res .—O nce a Week. (;HARING-CROSS RAILWAY.---Yesterday the con 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 Bungerford-bridge and a considerable distance on towards Southwark and London-bridge beh ag now neulY completed. MI the he tys ere in my ota are vit- me hl tou ) is !nt. hat eck we dry een mg •ch. lost was and the on mid 1, is %Ye- t,harej 100 etk 1 20i 20i 10 100 100 100 stocic stock 100 100 )0.11 4 , 4 _ 34 •