The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

• L f t 1. e .0 a tt e - 11 a' )f d. re ; 7d of as 3r tie 3k 10 is at of of to of ad vn ti of.' ir le )14 Ise 10-11- 11- rl4l - rid of he as ies iis ty of a is an d .al ps is ti si- ot. ed re he he ye !d. he eh ed en ye he ie. b of ho ;es he of er 'as en of of DO of in y, re, of it a, g 1- )t. 3- a - ' - ' - - , c -- MON [SET. CITY, TWELVE CV CLOCK. Owing to the plentiful suppiy of money and the reducLd teims upon which accommodation can be obtained in the open market, the directors of the Bank of England, it is thought, may deem it expe dient to modify their discount regulations, and although the subjoct attracts but 'little attention, it would not create the slightest sraprise if, at their meeting to-morrow afternoon, they should adjust the minimum quotation at 2, instead of 21 percent. as at present. Even this concession, however, would probably fail to brin g them any great acces sion of business, because it would merely stimulate competition "out of doors" owing to the excessive supplies of unemployed money, and the moderate demand for commercial and other purposes. There is a steady influx of gold at the Bank of England, an additional s'atmly of £66,000 having been sent there yesterday. About £260,000 is known to be coming forward from Australia, which, together with remittances from the West Indies, America, arc., will ensure a large importation of specie during the next few weeks, but it is not improbt.ble that the reports will shortly exhibit at least a temporary augmentation, through the trans. mission of the proceeds of the Turkish and Egyptian loans. Later advices from New York, viz., to the 9th inst., report no change of importance in the money market there, the rates for " call loans," as they are termed, being 6 to 7 per cent., and for first class bills also 6 to 7, with occasional transactions in bankers' short acceptances at 5 per cent. The bar silver by the Arato, from the West Indies, has been disposed of at ss. lid. per ounce. The foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, in Most instances exhibited a slight advance. Gold is now about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 2-10ths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg. It has been ne,tified that, tenders for bills of exchange on India will be received at the Bank of England on the first Wednesday in each month. Notice has been given that 900 bonds of the second Russian 4,1- per Cent. Loan, amounting to £90,000, have been drawn for redemption. Only a small amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were firmly supported. The sales were abou' 6 ,000 bales. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market to-day has exhibited tather more firmness, a rise of g per cent. having taken place. Consols are 93; 94 for money, and 94 -I for the Bth pros. A few purchases on tspeculative account have created a buoyant tone. The New Threes and the Reduced are 941, ; Ex chequer Bills (June), 17s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stock is flat at 238, and India 5 per Cents. remain at 108-7; Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a tnoderMe extent, and prices are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81 ; ditto 1858, 701 71 1 ; ditto £lOO Bonds have improved to 721 ; Mexican to 311 1; Russian to 991 ; ditto 3 per Cents. are flat at 611 ; Spanish Deferred are firm at 431-7 7 ; ditto Passive, 191 1; ditto Certificates at 8 1, 1; and Italian are steady at 681 'Z. The New Turkish Scrip is 24- I prem., and the gyptian, 1 a prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market ?Ave been on the most limited scale, and in several Instances prices have shown a downward move kent. Eastern Counties and Lancashire and York thire have receded 55., Caledonians 10s., and North British £l. North Eastern (Berwick), however, Improved 55., and North Eastern (York) 10s. South Westerns and South Easterns remained at Previous rates. Th e Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinned in fair demand. Sambre and Meuse im proved to 11 and 11/ ; Great Luxembourg, to 15i f i ; Coburgs and Rotterdam. to 71 7,-; Bahia and San Francisco, to 171 --1; and South Austrian and Lom bardo-Venetian, to 211. Grand Trunk of Canada realised 241 ; Great Western of Canada, 12a s ; ast Indian, 104 to 1041; Great Indian Peninsula, 1011 102 ; and Madras 5 per Cents., 1011. Th e Imperial Bank shares are 1- prem. ; Nor thern Counties, 32 4 prem. ; and British Comm. ui lian 1 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and Oriental Steam improved to 691 ; Peel River Land to 66 ; and Crystal Palace Stock remains steady at 861. Joint-Stock Bank Shares continued dull, with out change to record in values. London and West- Minster realise 804 ; Ottoman Bank, 25f 26; London cud South African, lOf ; and Chartered of Indian, Australia, and China, 201 20t. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. R ank' Stock 1 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities tPer Cent. Consols Annuities '':ew 3 per Cent. Annuities.... ' l lanuities, 30 yrs, expire 9th Jan., 1880 — 1 Litto lc) . r 30 yrs, expire s th April, 1885 l5l "leda z=tuck Litto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9l 90/ Ditto 5 per Cent .. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 k Ow , Bonds 13,000 , • , crnsols for Account, May 8 chequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2l 17 Ditto £SOO Litto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent ' U llenos Ayres 6 per Cent — bitto Account Mexican, 3 per Cent b Ditto Acco ,nt ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 bittu Account *glissian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St — Ditto Account 4 491. 1, to 41 per Cent . .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 611 i %finish 3 per Cent — bitto New Deferred 431 Ditto Account , Ditto Passive ,Patish Cert. of Coup. not funded . eurkish 6 per Cent. Bo+ Ditto New Loan Ditto Account .. Ditto, £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money Ditto Account SERIOUS GIG ACCIDENT AT BRADFORD. On Saturday night, about eight o'clock, great conster nation was caused amongst hundreds of people in Westgate, tradlord, by a horse, yoked to a dog-cart, in which two gentlemen were riding, galloping ntadly through that Street in the direction of Ivegate and Sirkgate. The first named narrow thoroughfare, always thronged on Saturday evenings, was more than usually crowded at the time in question, in consequence of many people being there who had just left the scene of a fire. In the headlong course of t he affrighted and unmanageable horse two women were tUrt over near to Westgate. At the top of Ivegate the vehicle came in contact with the corner of the shop Of Mr. Blackburn, druggist. The two gentlemen were thrown upon the pavement with great violence, a n d th e Shafts of the dog-cart breaking, the horse got at liberty and galloped down Ivegate and into Bridge-street. One of the gentlemen who had been riding was Mr. John M'Kean, of spring Bank-place, Mannicgham, and the other was Mr. !elan C. Munn, traveller for the mercantile firm of Messrs. L. Pullar send Co., Queen-street, Glasgow, who was staying at the George Hotel, Bradford. Mr. Munn, in a state of in eensibility,was taken into Mr. Blackburn's shop, where Mr. 0 . H. Taylor, surgeon, saw him, and directed that he should be removed to the infirmary. A cab was procured and he was taken to that institute ri, Mr. Taylor and Police-constabl e hushforth going with him. He had received a deep cut on the left side of his face, and the wound h a d t o b e sewn up. but w e re other cuts and bruises about his face and head, in the opinion of the surgeons his iNjuri e s were not °augerous to lite. Mr. M'Kean sustained hurts of a some 'hat similar character, but less severe. He was able to proceed to his home in a cab. The two women who were 1•1 1 n over were Jane Duckworth, wife of John Duckworth, of Piper-street, O'ley, and Martha Cawood, a cousin of hers, also from Otley. Mrs. Duckworth had her left leg b rokers and Martha Cawood got her left ankle crushed. 11 oli• ce-constabie Jagger obtained a cab for them, had and t 6 37 were both removed to the Infirmary. They e,enre to Bradford on a visit to friends. Mrs. Duckworth had a basket with her in which sbe had placed £1 9s. in ra . ,►°racy ; the basket was crushed when she was knocked down, a crowd immediately surrounded her, and the m oney 'could not afterwards be found. Many persons had hair breadth escapes as the horse galloped down Westgate. At he bottom of that stree a boy and donkey were overthrown, a nd the point of the near shalt of the dog- cart was driven mite through a panel in the door of Mr. Blackburn's shop. The runaway horse belongs to Mr. Bairstow, livery stable ,eeper ; it is said to be very little if at all injured. — Leeds 'l74orcuty. SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 1 1 paid.( Closing Business Price. done. 13.14 Bir Col.. and Str. Val. all 74 8 10 Bost.,Sleaf.,and Mid.k:o. all 6,1 74 St Bristol and Exeter lOO 91 93 st Caledonian k lOO 109 110 109 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 6 64 10 Do A A gets no div ) all _.. 10 Do. B till 6pc.p an.has ; n been paid to B. .t 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc all 10 11 st East Anglian lOO 22 23 at Eastern Counties lOO 58 59 68 4 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 57 60 st Do Bdo do 100 37 40 st East Suflolk st Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 91 93 st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 304 514 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 102 104 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland all 140 145 st Great Northern lOO 11 5 4 116 4 st Do A stock st Do Bdo st Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 104 106 st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 68 st Lancpshire & Yorkshire 100 1061 1074 107 st London and Blackwall 100 57 58 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 121 123 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 45 46 at Lon. & North Western 100 94 943 94/ 4 at Lon. & South Western 100 991 1001 1004 25 E'derry & Enniskillen. all 8 11 at man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 43 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan all 9 94 at Midland ,4.0 Do New st Do Binning. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all ?5 Do. 4 shares '5 Mid Kent i 0 Do Cray Line 10 Newcastle and Carlisle all it Norfolk lOO 66 68 68 4 'North British 4 Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 10* It Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdR 100 t Do B stock lOO t Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 97 97 4 97a 5 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16 1 10 .13.4 I } d d t Do Leeds 0 55 55i 551 t Do York t North London ; 100 101 504 ) Do new - 5 p 4pm 1 6.4 North Staffordshire i N. and S. W. Junction all 101 114 b goottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 454 494 Do Scpt. Mid. stock.. 100 108 108 o Shrews. and Welchpool, all Shropshire Union ....I 100 46 47 South Devon lOO 34 38 S. Durham & Lanc.Un 1 all - South Eastern i 100 84 844 84 South Wales S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 Staines,Wok.,andWok 1 all 6; fa 64 Stockton & Darlington all 374 38/ Do l3 84 94 p Do New, 1860 6 6 64 p Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do 0 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 129 132 Waterford & Kilkenny' 100 West Cornwall all 64 4 West London { all Do Ist class 1 all Do 2d class W. Hartlepool llar.&R lOO —• West Midland Oxford 100 47 48 Ito Newpor '1 100 43 45 . Do Ilerefordf 100 88 90 9.16.4' LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh mq.E.re.. Chester & lloiyead.. 100 Do. 54 56 Do. 5f per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. lll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon llO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.CI E. Lincolnsh. fr Apr e. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 E.Tlnion,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cledon Gloster &Dean Forest' all Gt. West .. .. Hull and Selby I all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 • Do. halves , all Do. Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle! 100 Ln.&N.W 200 203 201 200} Lon. and Chat Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c. all D 0....... .. .. DD.New Sh 1861, 4 p.c.' all D 0......... 20 22 Do.IV. P. Ext. A, 4f pc. i all D 0........ 8 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 62 Do. Preferen .. 1 100 Do. Lon.,Tilb.& S._ ~*fiend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 1 100 Norfolk Do n per cent lOO Do. Mne.,Bxtn.,& Matlockl all LNW& M 1 3; 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer-I ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... Pn• Norqm.&Eastn. 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. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 92f 94 Preston and Wyre. f all L&. & L. yk. W } 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 ,Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford. 100 IT Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. ! 3 li 1 11) • • South Staffordshire lOO I Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset 100 (It. West. 93 05 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn ai 9i PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne +0 p.c pref. issued at £5 st Brie. & Exet. 4p. c. st.. 20 Do. shares 94 96 'aledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 (II 'Cork ct Bandon, 51 p. c. !O Cornwall. 5 per cc nt 6* ;Dun.Perth, & Aber Jun. LO Do. Ist Class Pref...... A E. Angn. Class ASD. C. ;t Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 20 21 6 6i 100 105 109 111 1108 110 126 12R 84 86 Do No. 3t Do. new 6p.c. et at Eastern Union, 4p. e— at Do. sp. c. guar at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares at Do. p. c. guar. S. & t Glas.& S. West. gu. 5 p.c. ;t Great Northern, sp. c at D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm it Do. 4i p. c. do at Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm , LO Gt. Nh. of scot. bat pref. it Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent ;0 Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 6 per cent ;t Do. redeem. I p. ct at Do. redeem. 4 p. at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct st Do. sp. C. redeem. pref ,t Do. firm. guar. stock at Do. firm. pref. stock it Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chesterf; p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs )0 Lan. & Carl. , q p.c. pref 3t Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 3t Do.Bfonsl.st£ s 28 10dce et Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. 3t Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. pur. et Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l ;t Do. 5 per cent. do. No 21 ;t Do. 6 per cent: d 0... ..' ;t Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 et Do. 7 per cent pref. stk, et Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p c. st.(div. def .111'65 3t Lon.Chat.&Dny. sp.c.pf. it Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. ;t Lon. & s.West. 7p. cent.' at., late 3d shares 2 Londony. & Ennis. shs t Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 .. ;t Do. 31 per cent. ........ [0 Do. redeem. 6 per cent... [2. Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. 124 Do. 4i per cent......... t Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. ;t Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c ;t Do. 4i p.c. pref. at. rdem, 3t Do. 43 p.c. irredeemable 6 Do. 44 per cent. . Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct ;t N.rfik. sp. c. Ex. et. 1846 ;t Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 at D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 3t Nort British, 5 per cent. 3t Do. New :ma. 5 percent [0 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. ;t N th. Dvn. R ail. & Dck. Co. 3 t N-East. Cons. pref. 1 p.c. 3t Do. 44pr. cV redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref L 7 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. !C/ Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 L. Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 15 Do. York, EL &S. Purch. : 0 North Staffordshire.... 3t Scoctish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... et Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c s " i DO . . 7p. c. pret. stock Os. South Devon, Asia, los. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent 0. 8 South Eastern (Iteadin,g 1.0.6) st Do. 41 per cent st Do, Fixed 4i per cent st South Wales, g - ua. 4p. c. st Do. 4i per cent 3t Do. do. 1859 3t Do. 5 per cent 3t S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua !O Do. 5 p. c. gua ' 5 Stock. Sr Dar. Asp. c :5 Do. B6p. c l 5 Do. C6p. c atrfd & Kilkny, (311 c it it W. Mid. -Oxf Ist guastk it Do. 2d do Do,Newport 5 p.c. ptre d it it Do. Perpet.6 C. of. 1866 rj o , - • - till 1869 110 112 90 92 116 118 112 114 104 106 1107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 94 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 - - 137 139 101 103 116 118 116 118 135 140 116 111 152 156 129 133 76 78 94 94i 14 14i 125 127 tinn 68 70 138 140 102 1% 94 96 110 112 ' 103 110 1 la3n3 100 102 96 98 1 }d i dis par 22 23 IRS 140 10 11 23} 24i 101 103 101 103 85 87 * 11p 28 29 33 34 33 34 42 45 [25 127 [2O 125 [O2 104 [23 125 [l9 123 127 1221 i RITIES. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECIT Can. Gov. 1877-82 .......... Do 6p. cent.lB . B3:i Do. p. e. Feb. & A u° Do. S p. a. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent....... D o . Inscribed stock Cape G.l -10 Pe• 6 n c. D , 73 DO.Ap 4koot. 1880 Do. 1890] Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N._ti.Go V. 6 p.e. J n.&J my Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. 6 ov. 5 p. C., 18,8 . Do. p. c../S7 l to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand p. cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 P• C. sterling-, • • • S. Aus,G(ip.c.lB7&& up.• Vic. Gov. 6 p.c, J a .jauly Do. do. °p.c. Ap.,W05.... 110 111 11C8 I'o 1108 110 1100/ 101 k 59 100 IC9 111 :109 111 'lO9 111 112 114 1107 - IQB 10 0 1 - 01 98 91 „If 10 ill 'lO9 Ito 108 110 rlOB 108 h106 3 / 4 1051 LAN , AY. Closing .- Share Railways. I aid Price. Business dont l-- - - --„,--,. /_6 100 I Atiantio &St Lawia nee - all 05 fmg _ Rom., Barod a , taCent Ind you 1014 1024 1 I Gu. 5 per cent 204 IButlalo and Laae Huron all 6 6 4 4 6 4 . 205 Do. New . ...... all 81 94 _.— 10 Do. Preference ,t, p et. f.ds. Aug 1, 1572 ,ulfalß Do. 100 f., _. 100 83 86 100 IDo. do. Jul) 1, 1872 100 82 85 100 I Do. .10. Jalie 1, 1-i7 , 100 81 84 5 ,Clautta.a,S.Easto.,;l:: all 5 ( 4 20 leapeTown & Dock Seri! 18 4 1 : - P 176 IDemerara.. ....... ....• all stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.. 100 1014 1024 stock East Ind:an, gu. sp. c. 100 10 ;4 104 1044 4 20 . Do. do. G Ext.. all 4 4 stock Grand Tru n k of Canada 100 24 25 241 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 70 74 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 63 63 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 90 45 40 1 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 45 48 100 Do, do, 1867.. all 37 10 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 37 10 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1014 1025 1021 11 2 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 pr 4 p stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 102 20 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 In 121 4 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. all 102 109 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 100 Do. 1878. all 93 95 stock Madra,s guar., sp.c. .. 100 1014 1025 1014 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 94 06 stock 1)o. 4t d 0........ 100 01 93 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 2 0 Newßrunswick ea Canda RyakLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share all 5 7 .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 4 6 Do. do. Land do. ...... stool lScinde .......... al , : i al 100 103 104 20 Do. Punjaub .... 4 .. 6,15 4 5 p 1 1 2 51 00 Do. Do. .. ... 5 all 201 204 { stock Do. Indus. St. Pb.o . ' g,:t. 100 09 100 991 9 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip... 1 4 4 u 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS - ( ( 20 Algerian 20 't sdennea.... ....... - —p 20 . l aliatS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c 164 1 14 175 4 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 415 t Carmeaux Mine do Rail 30 11 12 100 Copiapo ............... all r 10 Ditto Extension .... all 45 4 20 Dutch _Rhenish ....... la 4 14p 17 20 Eastern of F'rance .... all 23 24 a 20 Grand RIM guar. 6p, c. al' P 20 Gt. Luxern., Con. sh.s... all 144 154 151 115 2O Italian Junction ...... all c 20 Lyons it Geneva ...... all a 20 Narnur ..t Lierze ...., .... all 84 45 .11 , 20 Do. op. c. Pref......... all 20 21 16 Northern of Fra nce .... a ll 41 42 al 16 Do. New Shares ...... 15 — 5, 10 Norwegian Trunk Prei. all 8 10 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aid u ) 1 3 74 65 to 20 Parls,Lyons, .9L Mediter. all 444 45 19 bi 20 Paris tt Orleans.— .. all 50 r. 2 Al 20 Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) f ;, , ua. 7p. et. 1irn...... 19 44 34 I w 20 Riga k Dunaburg...... all T: 2 0 Royal Dani5h.......... a l l 13 15 5 Royal Swedish . 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all th 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 10 104 11 1 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 04 95 ye 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 8 5 #Pm tic 20 S.Aust ILomb Venetin 18 3 34p 21 1 26 S. East Portugal 7 p c t . 7 -- or 20 Southern of France all 314 324 or 8/ West Fiandern .. all 75 74 all 10 I Do. 54 pc. Preference., all 10 4 104 20 W. AL N.W. of Prance THE CASE OF SIR. F. W. WINDHAM. LORIT,S JUSTICES' COURT (THIS DAY). Their lordships this no)rning delivered judgment in the petition I resented by Mr. F. W. Windham, praying that the promoters of the mit of the late legal proceedings against him might be callei upon to pay the costs incurred. Lord Justice Knight 3ruce said the petition they now had to dispose of was ore presented by Mr. William Fre derickiWindhara, who had been alleged to be a person of un sound mind, but by a verdict of a jury he had been found not so. Mr. Windham vas the only child of a deceased gentleman formerly resident in Norfolk, and the mother of the petitioner it appeared had contracted a second marriage during Mr. Wm. Fredk. Windham's minority. The young gentleman appears to hare uncles and aunts maternally and paternally, and he appeam to have been a personof eccentric habits. With respect to tie early training of Mr. Windham the Court considered that ho had net been judiciously brought up. In the latte? part of the August of last year he went through the ceremony of marriage under circum stances which it was not necessary to describe. Imprudent would be too weak an expression; for a marriage so start ling appeared to be impossible or incredible. In the fol lowing November 15 persons, all connected with Mr. W. F. Windham, including three gentlemen who were the guardians of the young man, applied for a commission to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Windham. That application was opposed on his part, but at the same time it was prayed that if the commission was granted it might be tried before a jury. After considering the affidavit that had been placed before them, the Court thought it right to grant the prayer of the petition, and accordingly the in quiry was ordered. Previous to that step the Court had directed that a medical gentleman should see Mr. Wind ham on its behalf, one of whom the Court was in the habit of consulting and referring to in cases of such a character, and the report of the gentlemen was such as to render an interview between Mr. Windham and their lordships wholly superfluous. It would have been inconsistent to their lordship., and to society, if the inquiry had been refused. Inquiry having been decided, a long trial took place before a jury, during which 48 witnesses were ex amined on the part of the original petitioners, and 91 on the part of Mr. Windham. That number appeared to be ex cessive, but the Court could not say it was too small, and after Mr. Windham had eppeeLed in person before the Master in Lunacy and the jury for examination, the result arrived at was a verdict that he was not a person of th un sound mind. The verdict was signed by 16 of the jury men, more than a sufficient number to make it alEetsgatloveehradri::, but in accordance with a communication addressed to the Master by the Court, a statement was received by which it was found that seven of the jury dissented from the finding. the The omri original nel object petitioners,of the or present some opfr. them,ce e di tiwi the costs of g w that inquiry. The application was based, not only on the verdict, but on the ground that at that inquiry the peli. tioners had brought forward evidence documentary and oral, exaggerated and inaccurate, which they either knew or might have asserted to be so. The petitioner did not alledge malice or bad faith on the part of the original peti tioners, and it appeared to the Court that no such bad feel ing had been made out, neither did the Court see any reason to censure the original petitioners for that which took place during the long and painful inquiry, nor did the Court see any ground for blaming the original petitioners, that they did not bring forward more evidence. The facts then and now undis puted, in the opinion of the Court, were more than suffi• cient to render it their plain and inevitable duty to direct the inquiry; and if they had hesitated to do so, the Court would, in his opinion, have greatly erred. With regard to the verdict he would say nothing, but he was satisfied that if, upon the day of making the application for the commis sion, there had been before the Court the whole of the evi • dente adduced at the trial, he would not have been less strongly convinced than he was that it was the duty of the Court to make the order. Assuming, however, that the verdict of the jury was right, he was of opinion that in all the facts now before them, the presentation of the ori ginal petition and its prosecution here and before a jury were acts per fectly consistent with the petitioner's duty, legal and moral, towards Mr. W. F. Windham and also to society. As to General Windham not being called, he considered that circumstance quite immaterial, considering what the otber evidence was before the Court. His lord ship considered the present demand for costs without foun dation ; but it must be remembered that if Mr. Windham had incurred a heavy expense in resisting the pro ceedings, although the jury had found him to be a person of sound mind, it must be considered that his own acts and conduct were the cause of those proceedings which were painful to himself and also to others. He was convinced that every one of the 22 gentlemen that composed the jury were only animated with the desire to do their duty. He would conclude his remarks by saying that the whole conduct of the Master during the progression of the trial, cruelly painful and wearisome, was characterised by judgment and sound dis cretion. The petition of Mr. Windham was therefore dismissed, each party having to pay their own costs. Lord Justice Turner also gave his judgment which was the same in effect. Mr. Bacon said great expense had been incurred by:the notice that the evidence before the jury would be used be fore their lordships, and counter affidavits were therefore necessary, He asked for cc-t, v. -Part- C 4 L 4. PREFERENCE SHARES A'` D STOCKS. Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk f Cornwall 4i p.c. ga.perp l*E. Anglian, Clsß, ri p.c. i* Do. else, 7 p.c. Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c.,9 100 all 100 100 100 102 104 81 83 I per cent 1858 100 Apo. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 Do. do. 4; per ct 1861 100 'Do. do. 4. per ct 1861 3f Lon. &Chat'fn, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c ... . Lon. &S. - Western 4/- 4 p.c. 100 North British £lO Gua. all 103 105 92 95 103 105 Id par 102 103 Shares, 1861 * ScottisliCentral 44 p.c lOO irred. pref.... S.-Eastern 46. p.c. 1859 all iDo. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 IDo. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 3) allure of full dividends in any good out of the profits of any 9i 10 BRITISH 20 Pritish Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gatn.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus ;Wheal Aifci. (Philaek) G. Wheal Vor (flelston), Grenville ITerod's-Foot Fiingston Downs - Lady Bertha lhrgaret (Uny Lelant)l Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.)i North Downs North Fiances (Mogan) WIL liasset(lllo ;an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) :0 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridg.e Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan)..1 '.Wheal leran. (Moan) , Park Lead Min Croat t Basset (Illogan) `aradon (Liskeard) Seton tl Basset (Illogan) Illag - 116,19 a Kitty (U.Lelant) tl Mary Ann (Men.) Tretawney (Lis.)! 3.9.3 2.14. t 3.0.0 7.10.0 56i 17s 1115.6 8.12 4.14 1.14. 4.3.0 12.3 2.30 2.2.9 10:4.7 r l .5. 1 111.6 118.1 , z.t; 28.9. Lord Justice Turner thought the learned gentleman ought not to press the point. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. FORD V. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. Bovill said this was an action tried at Guildhall. It arose out of the accident on the South-Western Railway, near Merton, when, on account of the injuries sustained by the plaintiff, the jury gave him £1,500 damages. He had now, on the part of the railway company, to move for a new trail. The Court refused to disturb the verdict. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. LINDSAY V. LEA.THLEy.i Mr. Bovill said he had to move in a case which was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at Guildhall. The learned gentleman was informed that as his lordship had been called away to Italy by the illness of his sister, the application must stand over, with others, which had been tried before his lordship until next week. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) PARRY V. BLAND. This was an action to recover commission under the fol. lowing curious circumstances :—Plaintiff is an attorney, and in the course of his professional career had a client who had availed himself of the benefits to be derived from the jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy. The plaintiff and defendant, who is an accountant, then agreed together that if he (the plaintiff) obtained defendant the "job," to make out the bankrupt's accounts, he (the defendant) would allow the plaintiff ene-fourth of the amount. Accordingly the plaintiff did get defendant the job, and the bill, amount • ing to £22 10s., plaintiff sought to recover £5 12s, 6d. His Honour expressed considerable surprise at an attorney making such a bargain with an accountant, and Mr. Parry said it was a matter of every day occurrence. In fact, ae countants and auctioneers were now sending circulars to attorneys upon this very subject Mr. Abrahams (for defendant) protested against such a statement. The profession generally, and the great body of accountants of standing set their faces against such bargains. His Honour (to the plaintiff)—The bankrupt was your client. Plaintiff—Ho was. His Honour—And, of course, you would recommend that the bill should be paid. Plaintiff—•lt could be taxed. His Honour—lt will be a very nice thing for clients to know of such bargains. Plaintiff—l can only say they are of daily occurrence. Mr. Abrahams then urged that even if the defendant had agreed to such a bargain, plaintiff was not in a position to recover as it was against public policy. His Honour considered that in justice to the interests of Would give a ver duce authorities d cli ie e t n , t b s u h t e in di o d r n de o r t t t h h a in t k p a la n i y nt C iff ou m rt ig o h f l t a p w ro his Honour would enter a verdict. Plaintiff nonsuited, and defendant allowed costs. MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale here t o-day was very cl w aa e l r i e ti w eB el t l h r a e demand ruled maintained. ssteady,nl a l small. and For Mondayb ot h r e d , s aquotations e We were fairly supplied with foreign wheat, in which a steady business was transacted, at full currencies. Fleeting cargoes of grain wexa in steady request, at quite previous rates. Malting barley moved off feely, at extreme prices ; otherwise the barley trade ruled inactive, on former terms. Fine malt was firm in value but inferior parcels were neglected. Oats, the show of which was very moderate, ruled firm, at Monday's currency. Both beans and peas were in steady requ es t , and prices were well supported. Most kinds of flour were in steady re q u est, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. hut. Oats. Flour. 520 28 0 0 1,40 I 1,430 150 map. 1ri5h............5 Foreign-- •• •• 5 , 230 4,720 i 1,830 sacks. 8,560 brls. WHITECHAPBL. The supply of meat is somewhat extensive) and the trade rules heavy, at the annexed rate : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mdton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb 5s 8d to 7s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to is 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs. BOROUGH HOP. A fair business is passing in lops, for the tim e of year, and prices are well supported. MIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINGI-, APRIL 23, 1862 111, TMT ri err, r• rcr POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH- STREE T, THIS DAY. GAROTTINO A COMMERCIAL T RAVELLER.—WM. Lee, a tailor, of 6, Hanover-place, Hanover-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting, by garotting, Mr. George Heywood (commercial traveller to a City house), of 34, Upper Barnsbury-street, Islington. Mr. George Heywood said yesterday evening, about nine o'clock, I was passing along .Argyll-place, intending to make a call in Oxford•street and then take an omnibus home, when the prisoner, who had a companion with him, suddely put his arm round my neck and gripped me with a similar pressure to that used by horsedealers when trying the wind of a horse. The prisoner held me very tightly, causing me a deal of suffering. I got the prisoner's hand from my throat, and then the prisoner's companion pulled the prisoner away from me, and they walked off till they got to Oxford-street. I felt quite unnerved, and did not call for assistance till they got to Oxford-street, when, as they commenced running, I called " Police" and gave an alarm, and the prisoner was secured by two gentlemen. The Chief Clerk—Was any attempt made on your pockets ? Mr. Heywood—l cannot say. I was nearly suffocated, and cannot say whether the prisoner did anything with his other hand while he had his arm round ray throat. The grip the prisoner gave me was in the centre of my throat, The Chief Clerk—Did you miss anything p Mr. Heywood—l did not. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was it done suddenly? Mr. Heywood—Yes, momentarily. The prisoner came up to me unawares. Frederick Buckingham, 328 A, said about a quarter past nine last night I was in Oxford-street when the pro secutor came up to me out of breath, and said the prisoner, who was being held by two gentlemen, had attempted to garotte him in Argyll -place. I asked the prisoner why he had done it, and he said he knew nothing of the affair, and then abused the prosecutor, and said he only wanted to get up a charge. Prisoner—l was tipsy, and am very sorry. The constable—H e was not drunk. Barns, the gaoler--The prisoner is a drunken, idle tailor, and has been charged with assaults here. Mr. Tyrwhitt-- It is a most dangerous thing, and I shall send the case to the sessions. I shall mark these assaults with all the severity I can. Mr. Heywood—f feel it ray duty to press the case, as here have been so many of these cases lately. Mr. Tyrvelaitt—l quite agree with you, sir. The prisoner was then committed for trial. Stray 5 Tarn a] 10 Tin CI West W Cr. West 1 Mies] *kit - Wheal - Wheal - Wheal FOREIGN MI :0 1 Australian . 1 BonAccord Copper,Lirn. 5 Brazil Land & 1 Clarendon Cons.MiuCo 40 Cobre Copper 20 l'opiapo 2 Capula Silver 1 Dunsloun.Cep.Mine:.Co 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 2 Fortuna. 20 1 3eneral 2 qt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) I Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 11ariquira 1 N. RhineCopotS.Aus.L 10 Vontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining* and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 Santaßarbara UrldMine 1 'coats!' Austrin. (L.). St. John del Rey (L.)... 2.8/ United Mexican ....... 1 Worthing (Limited)... all all all DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock Haat and West India , 100 stock London .. , 1100 stock St. Katharine. lOO stock Southampton ' 100 jstack Vndori a .. ........ 20 ID ,, New .—— • 2 THAMES, THIS DAY. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.—John Finn, a very big man, about 40 years of age, who is better known by the soubri quet of Paddy Finn, was brought before Mr, Woolrych, charged with assaulting a young woman named Mary Ann Cunmings, the wife of Joseph Cummings, of Queen-street, Rotherhithe. It appeartd from the evidence of the complainant, who carried a fine child in her arms, that it was christened yes terday, and in the evening she was passing down Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliff-highway, on her way to the Thames Tunnel, and saw the prisoner, his wife, and others having a row there. Mrs. Finn " chucked her sister in her face," and said there goes one of your -, and the prisoner immediately seized her by the hair of her head, dragged her some distance, and then struck her a violent blow on her head with his fist and knocked her down, and, when she was down, kicked her and jumped upon her, and she was rendered insensible by this treat ment. In answer to a question by Mr. Woolrych, the witness said that her sister had been convicted of some offence, and Mrs. Finn "chucked her sister in her face." Police-sergeant Cox, No. 45 K, and other witnesses said they saw the prisoner rush out of his house, seize the woman Cummings by the hair of the head, kick her and jump upon her. Mr. Woorych sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. ARSENICAL PAPER- HANGINGS. Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for the county of Middlesex, received information yesterday from Mr. Coningham, summoning officer of the parish of St. Ann's, Limehouse, of the deaths of four children, from the effects of arsenic, under the most extraor dinary circumstances. It appears that the four children resided with their parents at Tomlin's terrace, Salmon's-lane, Ccmmercial - road,Limehoue e , and the. father (Richard Turner), who is a journey man bricklayer, occupied a small tenement, with his wife and four children, at the place above-named. The house was well drained, and the family were in perfect health until about six weeks since, when one of the younger children was found to be unwell. A surgeon of the district (Mr- Horton) was called in, and the child was placed under his care. He at first could not account for the prostration of the little sufferer, and he pronounced the child to be suffering from diphtheria, from which it dic-2., death was registered accordingly. A few days afterwards another child was seized with similar symptoms, and the same gentleman prescribed for it. This child also died, and death was registered in the same manner. A third child also fell a victim to the same complaint with a few weeks; and on Saturday last, Ann Amelia Turner, aged three years, also died. The features of the four cases were all of one character, and some alarm sprung up in the neighbourhood at the fearful mortality in the family, and on Saturday morning last the attention of Dr. Orton, the medical officer of health, White Horse-lane, was called to the serious character of the case, and he was directed by the Board of Works for Limehouse to make an inspection of the house where the four children died. Dr. Orton, who is one of the most experienced officers in the east end of London, repaired to the place, and found the house in capital condition, well drained, and venti lated. He could not find any local cause for the deaths of the four children in a sanitary view, but he subsequently went to the room where they had slept, and there he found that the walls of the apartment had been papered with a green-coloured paper. He examined the walls and found that large pieces of the paper had been torn off by the children while in bed. They had played with por tions and licked the green colour off the surface. He had tested the substance, which was easily te moved by the slightest moisture, and discovered by experiments that the paper contained immense quantities of arsenic, which, he believed, ha& been the cause of the four children's deaths. A reverend sportsman was once boasting of his infallible skill in finding a hare. " If," said a Quaker, Who was present, " 1 were a hare, I would take my seat in a place where I should be sure of not being disturbed by thee from the first of January to the last of December." "Why, were would you go ?" "Into thy study." EXPERIMENTAL PAVEMENT IN THE POULTRY.— Operations were commenced on Monday by a numerous party of workmen for the re-paving of this principal tho roughfare in the City. The work commences at the corner of Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and extends about 100 yards westward from that point. As an experiment the roadway is being laid with Knapp's patent pavement, which consists of hollow iron block, divided into small com partments, the latter being filled up with concrete level with the surface. Four of these blocks will make a square yard. On each side of the road, close to the edge of the footway, are being laid hollow cast-iron tram-plates, six feet in length and 18 inches broad, which are first filled with concrete, and then turned over, leaving the indented iron face upwards, thus forming solid tramways. To keep the paving level at each end iron girders 18 feet 9 inches in length will cross the roadway. As each of the blocks are cast in the same mould the whole of them will lock into each other, and form a solid mass of iron and concrete of great strength and durability, which will have a fair oppor tunity of being well tested by the extra traffic caused by the Exhibition. COMPENSATIONS AND SEPERANNITATIONS.—In the public offices in the year 1861 compensation annuities to the amount of £11,596 ceased, but new annuities were gran ted, amounting to £25,000; in the Inland Revenue depart ment alone to the amount of £10,528. On the other hand, ihe superannuation allowances which fell in amounted to £19,371, and the new grants were only £36,076. So that upon the whole the annual amount of compensations and superannuation allowances at the end of the year—iB74,6B4 —was almost exactly the same as at the beginning. A SCENE AT A VESTRY MEETlNG. — Yesterday, at noon, the select vestry of the parish of Plumstead as sembled at the central school-room, Plumsteacl-comm on , for the purpose of appointing churchwardens for the ensu ing year. At the commencement of the proceedings the Rev. IV.:Ackworth, vicar, who occupied the chair, observed that he saw present four ratepayers who were not members of the vestry, and therefore he must request them to leave. The gentlemen referred to, Messrs. l‘ftraon, Arnold, Whit e, and Price, positively refused to leave the room, and main tained that they had a perfect right as ratepayers to attend and vote. This view of the matter was also supported by Mr. Large, a vestryman, who contented that the election of churchwardens by a select vestry was illegal, The chair man then suggested that he should send for the assistance of the police to eject the parties from the room, but the matter was ultimately settled by an adjournment of the meeting to a private residence near, to which vestrymen only were admitted, and the churchwardens were then ap pointed. all 1 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 * F , made 29 81 415 425 13 45 38 39 12} 13i 2/ 3} 13 15 3 3} lf 21 44 (6 10 loi id par 4 4i 21 31 2i 31 5 6 40 42 325 35 2f 3+ 100 165 32 33 11 11 11 12 11 12 30 32 270 280 P 5 100 1 . 2 14 12 13 17 17 NES. 1 14 dia. 31 93 6 8 d ipm 1 lip 3 34 22 24 d P 7 8 d ipm ds, 2 4 1 1i !Pm 11 llpm 53 55 71 126 128 51 58 58 60 99 101 id par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 ' Agra&UnitedService Bic 60 86 88 188 40 }Australasia all 66 S 8 25 'Bank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Ba-ak of London ..... 50 British North American all 54 56 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 21 205 / 25 iCh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 13 S 5 100 !City 100 Colonial.... ..., ... 25 89 40 1 20•11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., A Aus. Ch.. all 181 195 14 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral al) 241 255 20 Do. new all 244 5 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr ipm lot 100 London t Westminster 20 79 81 805 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 5 d * p 100 Nat. Prov. of Englana 42 }-.} • 20 Do. new - 50 National Bank ..... .. 25 26 Nee} South Wales.-- all 39 40 25 Orient. B. Corporation I 20 Ottoman Bank all 155 264 26 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new. 25 South Australia ..,- all 36 37 25 Union of Australia 50 Unt , of London 100 Unit•, Mutual.. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-M e %dean Mint .. all 19 20 194 10 Atlantic 11. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 3 1000 A tlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 -- 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 55 50 British American Land 40 50 B.& I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7 n c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited)... ..... I all 9 11 32) Canada Land all 114 117 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 25 at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg. al i 25 Do. Prof. 75 per cent. st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st Do. C p ct. Perpet. Deh lOO 104 107 10 Illnclia & Lon. Ship A 75 —. _ 1. Do. B 74 15 05 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 p sprnar 1 1 at. Elect r i c Tel egra ph - 25 Do. New l5 _ 5 English &Aus. C o pp er a ll 21 25 25 15 Gen. Steam Navig a t t in 14 254 26; 1 1 Great Ship I,imited) all 4 1 - 1 Do 174 pct Preference all 4 * 2 }lndian Carrying (Lim.) 1 _ 2.. 5 Won. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 3/ 31 a 4 } L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all I n '- ii " 20 !Madras lrr. and Canal 1 25 31 4 pref.. 10 10 Do. 8 per cent. pr .. all i med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 lip 5I 20 Nerhu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 5 d ip 5 10 Netherlands Land all 5 1)o.8 p.c. Pret-iss.atl dis all i 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 8 1 13 16 1 N•B•Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Do. New Sh ares (Li m .). 1 Oriental G as (Limited). all 11 14 all 1 15 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 6 7 at. Pee l ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 57 66 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 694 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Seakln.Tel.g.4ip.c all 19 194 50 Rhymney Ir on a ll 17 19 15 Do. New ~. 25 Rio Janeiro ...... Inap ts. all 251 261 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Li m.) 100 Royal Mail Ste am 6O 53 55 . , ... ... all 45 54 Ist is. 100 135 140 25 }South Australian Land all 32 li 4 1 ;Submarine Tel. Scrip.. al , 1 1 . a o A( l li U m p ) r. Can . 5 1 5 1 1 1 Do.I do. Registered .... L.] 10 I Do. do. . . (E. .. all i l l 6: p 1 par iP 2 rrelegrypti to Ind a gency or 2 1 0 ° (Tru s t T A .Az u L s t n r a i . n a c d s o i 5 U.K'dom Tel. CO. (Urn.) 1 li 4 190 van D 1 men's L nd. 284 6} n 921} 23 I i 4 pm i pni given half -' subsequent .year not to be t half year. 38 i i SPORTING -THIS DAY. NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. :PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Living;' one Battery C by King Tom Eight ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. THE GAS EXPLOSION IN HOLBORIV: The investigation, by the coroner, Mr. St. Clair Bedford, into the circumstances attending the deaths of Edward Rowley and John Morrissey commenced this afternoon at King's College Hospital. The jury having viewed the bodies, proceeded to examine the witnesses, amongst whom were— Michael Neal, labourer, who said—l was working with deceased when the accident occurred, I met a plumber, who appeared very much confused. I said to him, " You've done this," and he said "Yes, I know I've done rt." I don't know the man's name. I went up to the spot when the ganger (Bashford) asked if any one could give him an ac count of hcw it was done, and I told him the plumber had done it. The plumber was at work at the water pipes. We had broken the water pipes in opening the ground, and he was making them good. There was one broken near the spot when the gas main burst. The plumber had a red hot iron in his hand when I saw him. He was about 40 or 50 yards from where the explosion occurred. I have known plumbers' work done while gas repairs have been going on. I don't think there's danger in it, but in this instance I suppose the bladder that was in the main got tapped. By a Juror -I eaw smoke ooming out of a-hole in the main the men were laying, and it appeared to me that the hole that was made in the bladder allowed the gas to escape up the main. Edward Lee—l am a plumber, and was engaged by Mr. Smith, who had a contract with the London Gas Company. I was engaged to repair the broken water pipes. I did not notice any escape of gas prior to the accident. I was working directly behind where the first explosion took place. I was using a hot iren soldering a joint. I might have caused the explosion. There was first a flash as if from a gun, and the next instant there was a report. I smelt nothing before the explosion. I looked up at my end of the pipe to see what damage was done, when I heard the rep3rt at the other end of the pipe. If the hot iron would cause the explosion then I might have occasioned the acci dent, but I can't say decidedly that I did. I know Neal. I met him after the accident. He said, pointing to the hot iron I had in my hand, " That's done it. Down on your knees and thank God you're safe." After the examination of the house surgeon of the hos pital and the consulting engineer of the Commercial Gas Company, The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of accidental death. i THE RAINBOW - OF THE COVENANT. I begin to wonder who was the first man to ana- Ly se the rainbow and arrive at a clear idea of the causes which combine in its production. The falling shower and the direct light of the sun or moon must, from the first :unfolding of this wondrous revelation, have been seen to be its primary ele ments. The allegory of the winds, in the twenty third book of the Iliad, indicates more than a super ficial knowledge of this grand phenomenon, and Virgil, in the Xneid, almost antedates the philoso phy of Descartes and Newton, and Martial was not far from a scientific definition. Aristotle believed himself to be the first who had seen a lunar rain bow, the loveliest of all aerial spectacles, except on those rare occasions, when the aurora borealis dis plays its darting flashes, ruby and emerald, and amethyst, in this climate. But Pliny knew almost as much as we do about it—certainly as to its primal causes—as he expresses it " Quod ergo iris sit refractio aspectus est ad solem manifestum est," and Plutarch cites it as an index of the knowledge of his time. Whatever may have been the thoughts of Adam, when the sunshine first resolved into prismatic colours, in an arch expanding over the region of the happy garden, those of Noah migni well be more profour.d, for the rainbow became a part of his life, and through him a pledge of divine mercy to the end of the world. "I do set my bow ;.. velio us utterance of a Path cr considerate of His children's feathers. Those words possess me, as I look out over the grey sky where the rainbow glowed a few minutes since, and they seem to me to have all the force of an authority for research into the mind of God, the mind of man, and the ways of nature. The cause of the awful devastation of the globe is for ever rendered beau tiful ; the descending shower, which for forty days continued to submerge the offenders against divine justice, seems to be woven into a robe of divers colours, and made pre-eminently beautiful, that they may henceforth cease to inspire dread. The fleecy clouds that held me in listless reverie half-an-hour since, and that are now dimming into ashy hues, seem to be impressed with similar evanescence and unsubstantiality, that man may look upon them henceforth as his friends, that once were the de stroyers of his race. And how deep a hold has that post-diluvian rainbow taken of the mind of man. It must be records of that fact we find cropping out in the old mythologies, as in the carrying of the rain bow-coloured fans in the procession of Alpis ; and the combination of the rainbow and the dove in hieroglyphics and mythological rites. Briant cites the names of the two attendants on Cleopatra. Eiras, and Charmion, as the Rainbow and the Dove, as indicating the priestly office, and bring ing down to a later epoch in Egyptian his tory a remembrance of the circumstances under which the earth was again peopled. The rainbow was certainly the most renowned of Arkite emblems, and I know not why Hesiod should designate it " The Great Oath," except through the prevailing power of a tradition, divine in its origin. As such, Homer knows it well, and, in accordance with established usage in the ancient world, he calls it, in a hymn to Selene, the sign and intimation (of divine promise) to mortals. The appeal to it by the deity as something superior to the secondary gods is characteristic of Hesiod, who describes Iris as the servant Jove, who fetches from afar, in a golden cup, the waters of many names, making her the representative of covenant and of purification. Osiris entering the ark, Deucalion reproving the lawlessness of the men of violence by whom he was surrounded, Nannacus sacrificing in the temple, are but versions of a history, of which the heavens bear the best secular memorial, after the special and divine record given for "our edification." But did Noah understand the purport of the rainbow, as a key to the mysteries of man's relations to the divine essence ? We know not, but it is a key for all that : and herein we see how the discoveries of science lend a help to theology, and indicate truths that lie at the foundation of all harmonies, both of matter and spirit.—.Elibberd's "Brambles and Bay Leaves." COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEBTERDAT. Amsterdam Ditto . . 3 Months. 11 181 11 181 Rotterdam . — 11 181 11 18/ Antwerp — 25 471 25 521 Brussels — 25 471 25 621 Hamburgh — 13 81 13 8/ Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119 119/ Vienna Trieste .. .. Peteraburgh 331 34 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon. Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz ...... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ............................ 0 5 Of Silver in Bars (Standard) ................ .... 0 5 1/ South American Don /oon s .................. 0 0 0 49R 49 25 50 25 471 25 b 0 391 119 119 52 521 49i 49k 25 60 25 62t 25 55 40i 120 120 53 53i INTERNATIONAL ExRIBITioN.--With reference to our article of yesterday on this subject we are informed that arrangements have been made for the whole of the Handel Festival Choir to be present at the opening cere mony. Voltella Sage 1 2 Five ran. DERBY TRIAL STAKES.—WiId Duck, Prince Plausible, Tuscarora, Clockmaker, Aurelian, Telegraph, Express, Struggler, Juno, Robin Hood, Zodiac, Star of the Wes`, Rouge Dragon, Marignan, and Knight of the Thistle have paid forfeit. COLUMN STAKEs.—Anxiety filly paid forfeit. 771.2 INTE.RNATIC.N.4L Only six working days and a-half now intervene before the date fixed on which the building will most positively be opened to the public. Comparing date with date, the articles of this great world's fair are further advanced towards final arrangement even now than they were in 1851, but still an enormous amount of work remains to be done to make the great contents of the building even roughly present able by the Ist of May. Some English classes, it is now I evident, m us t b e b e hi n dh and, though, as a general rule, our countrymen will be very far in advance of their foreign competitors. The Zollverein has lately made great progress, as have also Belgium, Sweden and Norway, and Russia. But Austria is in arrear, and France almost as much so. There is no pos sible excuse for the backwardness of the latter country, as every effort was made by Messrs. lielk and Lucas to get space ready for France by the 12th of February, the date on which the French Commissioners said they would be ready to send in their goods. From that period to the present time their Court has been ready, but not half the goods arc yet in it, much less unpacked or arranged. It is a pity that, as this Court is to be one of the gems of the building, it is not likely to be able to add its attractions to those so liberally put forward by the Commissioners for the opening day. The Russian Court will be an exceedingly fine one, though, as less varied, and crowded into a smaller space, it will, of course, be inferior to that of France, yet, on the whole, it will be most com plete and interesting of its ki nd. The frontage in the nave is already decorated with some noble works in green, jasper, and viol et porphyry. One of these is a magnificent vase five f eet in diameter, is a candela t. th ese fine with the handles richly ornamented w i th the most b d r e ti l i m c a t l e 7 l y i e s e cu t l h p i t g u h r . e d faces; The mater ano i a t h l s fo e r trophies, which bring to mind the laboriously mi nute carvings of the Mediaeval Ages, are found in Siberia, wh ere th e y are wroug ht t o p er f ect i on en _ tirely by hand labour ; the toil of years. The por phyry vase, for instance, has a Russian inscription upon it, stating that it was commenced in 1856, and only finished at the close of last year, though this, in comparison with other works of the same kind, was speedily accomplished ; for in the Hermitage, at St. Petersburg, is one magnificent vase of jasper which it took no less than 25 years of uninterrupted hand labour to carve and polish. Near these trophies in the nave is a vacant space which is soon to be occupied by another trophy candela brum, carved out of blocks of that handsomest of all minerals, lapis lazuli, which has lately been found in comparatively large quantities in. Eastern Siberia. There will also be a Siberian trophy consisting of large blocks of black lead and 'other mineral products of that little known regiosa. This time Russia will not show any of those grand ornaments in malachite which formed so great an attraction in 1851. There will only be a few large lumps of it in its natural state, but polished on the surface and sides. The exhibitors, most probably, dislike repeating themselves on this occasion, and they certainly make up in the richness and variety of their collection for the costly palace doors and malachite vases which they showed in '5l. There will be a very fine collection of works in silver in cups and statuetts representing episodes in Russian life, bronzes, including a colossal statue of Catha rine 11., ornamental china and glass work from Vile Imperial factory, Florentine and Roman moseies, including one o f l arge s i ze representingSt.Ni cholas, and nearly 20 feet in height. Altogether Russia will be represented by nearly 700 exhibitors from all parts of her great empire,and including branches of industry peculiar to her varied peoples. The show of raw materials will be very valuable and exten sive, and include some new staples of trade, The manufactured portions will not, of course, be so strong, though the articles de luxe will be equal, in costliness at least, to any in the Exhibition. In a word, Russia seems to have tried hard and most. successfully to make her exhibition a fair represen tation of her various thriving industries and im mense natural resources. Sweden and Norway have also their Courts well filled with interesting and most e beseseeristic coli esetees . In else latte r . Court is a series of figures showing the picturesque and rather gaudy costume of the Norwegians for different occasions and different ranks of life. Desi mark has also a most complete display, Which in clude," some highly ornamental art manufactures and some statues and terra-cotta works, which are equal to anything of their kind shown on the foreign side. The Hanse Towns and Mechlenburg also show largely and well, one of the most conspicuous objects in their Courts being a very fine statue of Arminius, which has been moulded in india rubber and tinted afterwards so as to resemble bronze. Belgium also, will have a most complete collection. Her exhibition of machinery in motion will be one of the best in the foreign class, while her show of laces and carpets will be almost un rivalled. The long.pending question of the right to photo graph the Exhibition was settled yesterdayevening, when the secretary announced that the tender of the London Stereoscopic Company had been ac. , ' cepted. Several of the most eminent photographic firms were eagerly competing for this privilege, and the keenness of the contest was enhanced by its being rumoured that Messrs. Day and. Sons were also striving for it, as the most valuable auxiliary they could obtain for the production of an illus trated work on the chief contents of the Exhibi tion. It is much better, however, that the choice has fallen on professional photographers, and from the high character of the London Stereoscopic Com pany they are likely to do the work admirably well. A very high price was paid to the Commissioners for the privilege, and a still higher sum must be expended by the firm to perform the contract well. No photographs are to be sold in the building ; no views to be taken after 10 a.m., and none at all without the consent of the exhibitors themselves. The latter, however, is a merely formal clause, as, of course, the main source of profit will arise from the desire of the exhibitors to have their stalls and cases represented in stereoscopic views. Several important additions have been made, since our last notice, to Class 26, which includes leather and lea ther manufactures; Mr. Hepburn is sending in gigantic butt hides of tanned leather, some of which are actually 10 feet square. Roberts and Co. will exhibit a fine collection of enamelled leathers. Swaine and Adeney send a case of whips which are valued at more than a thousand the Prince of which he has j us t com pl e t e d for pounds ; and M r . M erry ex hibit s a su it e of har ness Wales. There will also be a large show of all made from the skin of Cape sheep), and, Made to Cape leathers (th e so - ca lled dogskin gloves being among the furs, Lillicrap w ill send a collecti on of all kinds of s e alskins from the Falkland Isla n d s, gr eatest exertions h ave been to procure which the additions are bei ng the already crowded o bjects in the n ave, one of the made. Still further last being a statue of Lady Godiva, whi ch appa rently has very little claim to such a conspicuous position. The toy trophy has, w e are glad to say, been mitigated in its offensiveness, though no im provement will be satisfact ory Which stops short of removing it to some less prominent position. The Commissioners when they gave permission for the erection of these trophies, of course, could not tell what they would be. Had they seen drawings of them beforehand, there are many which are now stopping the way in the nave which most probably would never have been admitted into the building at all. As it is, however, the general manager ought to have a veto upon anything specially ugly and disagreeable, suc h, among others, as the light blue curtains with which some of the colonies are draping themselves, as if in defiance of the neutral green tints of the columns by which they are sur rounded. It will require a great deal of care to disarm the criticisms sure to be passed upon the effect of the interior, but attempts at decorations like these, and like the flags which it is proposed to put in the nave, will not only invite criticism, but provoke it in its most acrimonious form. The rush for season tickets is beginning, but it is hoped the public will not do on this occasion as they did in 'sl—put off their purchase till a day or two before the opening, when there was such a crowd of claimants that not half who came could be served, and infinite confusion and ann oyance were occasioned to every one. ti of' nd of he 'l3 si ot ed re- 1111 100/ 1 1131 1071 oil 106 i i