The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-26 00:00:00

I' MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. An extremely easy tone still pervades the Money Market, notwithstanding the expected negotiation of a heavy loan for Russia. The terms now ac cepted by the joint-stock banks and private estab lishments range as low as 2 per cent., and the con sequence is that very few applications are made to the Bank of England. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon the only movement of importance was an advance in the rate on St. Petersburg, owing to the impend- ing loan. About £87,000 in gold was purchased by the Bank authorities yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £300,500, and the exports £25,000. On Monday, the 28th inst., a call of £2 per share, amounting to £200,000, becomes due on the East Indian Railway H Extension shares. The traffic receipts of the Northern of France Railway for the past week amounted to £47,510, against £45,158 last year. In the Liverpool Cotton. Market yesterday a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices were very firm. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. The Massalia, sailing on Monday with tho Bom bay mails, will take out £130.680 in specie. A further decline of g per cent. has taken place in the English Stock Market to-day, owing to continued sales based upon the impending loan for Russia. Consols have receded to 93-a a for money and the Bth pros:, bat are now 93-1. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 92 a l; Exchequer Bills, at 17s. to 20s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents. are steady at 1088 2. The dealings in the Foreign Market have been of u moderate character, and prices have been depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 80 1; ditto 1858, 70 ; Mexican have receded to 311 ; Italian to 678 68 ; Spanish to 53 7 3 4 ; ditto Passive to 19 -L--; ditto Certificates to 8 11; and Venezuelan to 23,1 ; Moorishts per Cents. are 91. The Now Turkish Scrip is 1,1 -1 prem. ; and the Egyptian, 1-} prem. The preparations for the half-monthly liquida tion occupied the chief attention of the Railway Share Market to-day, and prices in some instances exhibited more &rates's. North Westerns, and Manchester, Sheffield, rand Lincoln improved 55.; and Caledonian and Lamcashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; Eastern Counties, however declined ss. ; and Great Northern, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. The Foreign Vines are a shade firmer, with the exception of Smith Austrian and Lombardo-Vene tian, which have declined to 208 21; Great Luxem bourg improved to 151; Sambre and Meuse to 11-} 114. The Co l ionial undertakings are fiat. Grand Trunk of Canr.da have receded to 231; Great Western of Canao.a to 14; East Indian are steady at 1031; and Great Indian Peninsula to 101 Z 102. Joint-Stock Bank Shares remain very dull. Lon diYa and South African realise lot ; London and County, 40 ; Bank of Egypt, 23 ; London and West 2ninster, 791; and Union of London, 32 . The Alliance Bank shares are 4 prem. ; Im perial, a 1 prem. ; Northern Counties, 3 a prem ; and British Columbian, 1 1 prem. In the Miscellaneous Share Market, Electric Telegraph shares improved to 100 and 1001 ; Lon don General Omnibus Company brought 1-7, 12; and Van Dieman's Land, 9i. BRITISH FUNDS- - -CIOSING PRICES. 3'per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 931 / New 3 per Cent. Annuities ~ 92 / Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 3-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. loBf 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent .. lOBl Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 1 Consols for Account, May 8 934 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2O 17 Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. — , Ditto, 5 per Cent., 1839 & 1859 99/ Italian, 5 per Cent (Marenimana Railway) Ditto Scrip .. - 2 a Mexican, 3 per Cent Imperial Moorish Scrip 9l 'Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent .1858 ... 70 / Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 3 per Cent .. 231 8., Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Excliange 12 Ga. .. -- ' Ditto Certificates, 4 Td er Cent. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 . _ TWO O'CLOCE. Consols, Money .. Ditto Account COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAI. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 185 Antwerp — 25 475 25 ' 525 Brussels — 25 475 25 525 Ramburgh — 13 8 13 85 Paris _ _ Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 50 25 62/ Milan — 25 50 25 55 Genoa — 25 b 0 25 55 INTaples Palermo — 1191 119/ Messina Lisbon — 52/ 63 Oporto — 52/ 53/ Rio Janeiro - Wow York Poreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz -£317 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Dou loons 25 50 25 50 119 k 13 65 13 65 35 GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday the Rajaf than, of 627 tons, belonging to Mr. T. Teighe, of London, for the conveyance of emigrants to Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Queensland, at the rate of £l4 7s. per statute adult. Tbis vessel to be ready to sail from Birkenhead any day the Commissioners may direct between the 12th and 23d of June next. IN TERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.--The sum received for the sale of season tickets already exceeds the sum re ceived for the corresponding period in 1851. The sale yes terday at Exeter-hall exceeded P 41,000. Meyerbeer arrived in London yesterday, and will be present at the opening. THE POLICE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI TIoN.—On the reassembling of the House of Commons on Monday the civil estimates will be moved. In the police estimate an additional sum of £21,521 is required to be voted to meet the expense of the police employed at the International Exhibition. LONGEVITY.—There died a few days ago, on the estate of Latheronwheell, Caithness, a man named Kenneth Murray, aged 110 years. He retained the use of all his 'faculties up to the time of his death unimpaired, being able to read the smallest print without the aid of spectacles. He had not a grey hair in his head at the time of his death. — Scotsman. People wonder how the fastish M.P. could get involved, in four years, with a quarter of a million at his command. The sum, in the case in point, was, we learn, 'originally not more than £100,000; but we rejoice to learn that a heavy rent property must come to the absentee ere long, and let us hope when he is a wiser man.—Dublin Freeman. MEYERBEER AND ATIBER.—Her Majesty's Corn • niissioners for the International Exhibition of 1862 having • sent special invitations to Meyerbeer and Auber to be pre sent at the opening ceremonial on the Ist of May, when the overture of the former and the march of the latter will be performed, under Mr. Costa's directions, Meyerbeer has ac cepted the invitation, and will arrive in London this day . (Saturday); Auber, who, 60 years ago, was a clerk at a 'vine merchant's in the metropolis, has never visited Eng land since that period, and being now in his 81st year, is linable to undertake the fatigues of the journey, and has k been compelled to decline the honour of the invitation. Ileyerbeer, who is in excellent health, will arrive from -Berlin in time to see his Prophete and Dinorah at the Royal Italian Opera. DOUBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL.—On Tuesday afternoon, the train 'which leaves Bristol about half-past 4 o'clock for Paddington, wag brought to a stand still near Shrivenham, in consequence of the crank. axle of he engine breaking. A fresh engine was telegraphed for from‘Didcot, and it proceeded with the train till it nearly reached the Twyford station, where, by a singular coinci dence, an accident of a precisely similar character occurred to the second engine. Great alarm now prevailed amongst the passengers, the 8 p.m. train being due, but the engine Was fortunately stopped in time to prevent a collision. Both train s were then attached to the engine, and arrived in roondon, about 12 o'clock. SHARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ~____. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOekS. Paid Closing Business Price. done. 7i 8 0 7 91 03 103 109 0 6 41 43 10 11 22 23 67i 681 67 60 37 40 90 92 30 11 102 101 140 145 114 k 1151 1136 114} 132 131 1046 1051 721 736 55 68 1061 107 58 59 122'123 441 15/ 93 03* 991 1003 8 11 42 421 9 9f 1 112744 128 I 9 Bi 100 p 67 69 61 G 2 961 97 4 d 55 551 841 85 101 104 P iPna' 51 4 d 10, 111 124 116 4S 49 106 108 46 47 36 36 83 831 67 68 100 102 6 7 371 384 Si 6 4 t 6 6 145 150 554 561 .26 34 * clip lOgi 22 58/ n 8 93 - 95 - 130 135 68 6i 48 48 43 45 88 90 144 15 113 i 1321 73 i goo 7 431 MI i i 991 42i 1 9i 128,E 8 11 Railways. Share 13. H `Vol., and Str. Val. Bost.,Sleaf.,andnid.k2o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A 1 . A gets no div till flp c.p an. has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,tt Ab. Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Snflolk Edinburgll & Glasgow Edin., Perth, Sr Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do l 3 do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western DO Str Val gum stock, Lancashire & Yorkshire, London and Blackwall Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sonth Western L'derry & Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birminz. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British N or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs 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 Stairordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Solt. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpool; Shropshire Union South Devon __ S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,an dWok Stockton & Darlington Do all 100 100 160 all all 13 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do 54 Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim lOO Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 West Cornwall ' all West London , all Do Ist class Do 2d class all W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO West Midland Oxford' 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford! 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co.s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh mslrire.. Chester & olyhead lOO Do 54 56 Do. 56 per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon 102.104 Colchester, Stour Val. 10 0 1 4 ;.U.&E.0 E. Lincolnsh. g. pr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 135 138 1371 E.Union,HarwichShs all E Counts. 4 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dra 100 Cledon . . Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 110 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 203 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per Milt Do. Bromley. 6 per c all D 0....... Do. New SlllB6l, 4 p.c all D 0........ 20 22 Do.W.). Ext. A, 46p c all D 0........ 8 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen o Lon.,Tilb.& - !fiend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 Lowestoft gua. I pc.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,&Matlock all LNW& M 44 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 4 p gua. 5 per cent...pm. Northn.&Eamtn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 peL cent .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. .. N. Eastn--Hartlepool leo N . E. Ber. North Western all Midland 16 Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 924 934 Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N.W s 5 L y k. 44 46 Do. 6 shares A. all Do. ••• • . Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 135 131 134 Shrcwsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. souttr - Stafrordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 P 5 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 81 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share) Railways. P a id . ' Closing Business Prices. Done. , Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. do Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares 94 96 Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per mut.— Dun. Perth, & Abu - ,Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref. E. Angn. Class A. 5 p. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do ....N0. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin. SZ Glas.s p.e. shares Do. I p. 0. guar. S. & Glos.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. o D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.e. 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. (Berko and Hants Ext) 6 per cent Do. redeem. 46 p. Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. o. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. q p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stool , Do.Barnal.st.£s 2s 10doe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. put Lon.&Brig.spAgu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent d 0... , Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. d0(W.11.&C.P.) Do. 4p c. st.(4llv.def.lll'6s Lon. Chat. &Dnv. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. Ft, late 3d shares 20 2t 6 61 100 105 109 111 108 110 127 129 84 86 110 112 90 02 116 118 112 114 104 106 1107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 84 102 104 78 98 76 78 170 180 103 105 Londony. & Ennis. I Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport dz Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 4 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p.c. pref. et. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent . . Do.Leic. andHit4per ct Norfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st 1817 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Nth.Dvn.Rail.tDck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4-4 pr. ct' redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, EL & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. 0. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 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. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c ' atrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. C. W. Mid. - Oxf Istgua stk Do. 2d coo. Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6p. C. pf. 1866 Tip. till 1869 1137 139 102 101 116 118 116 118 138 142 116 11C 152 156 129 133 76 78 94 944 14 Hi 125 127 I Jrn Oa 70 133 140 102 101 94 cg 110 112 108 110 1 113 m, 100 102 06 98 d i dis part 22 23 135 140 10 11 23i 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 P 28 25 . 33 34 33 34 42 45 125 1'27 120 12.5 102 101 123 125 119 123 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. • Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S2 ...... . 10f.i 111 112 112 Do 6p. Oent.lBB3-4 100 DC. 6p. c. & Am% 100 108 1 0 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 108 1 0 no. 5 per cent ..... • 100 100 1 1011 100 1 --Do. Inscribed stock 100 !Di 1006 --- Cape G. 11 one. o n 0.1873 100 109 111 Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 110 112 1)0. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 _ N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.J a.&J uly 100 1071 IcB6 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 _ N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 100 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 187 100 98i 99i Do. d0.,1858 &upwds 100 976 986 98 New Zealand 6p. cent 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1109 110 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. do. 6p.0.Ap.400 lOO 105} 1051 104 10. 6 100 100 100 all all SITN,7 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENI APRIL 26. 1832. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing, Share Railways. Paid I Price. Business don,- 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 65 f 8 stk c Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 1014 1024 102 11 24 ( Gu. 5 per cent.. .. 205 Buffalo an d Laze Huron all el 61.1 6 4 4 204 Do. New 10 Do. Preference 100 c Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich ( I 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 83 86 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 82 85 100 ;Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 81 84 5 , Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (1.1.• ' 5 r 20 I ICapeTown & Dock Scrii 18 1 5 1. 1 p 174 I Demerara.. ..... , all stock Eastn. Bengal bp. c 100 1014 1024 102 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 10±4 .1* 1034 20 Do. do. G Ext.. all 4 5 stock Grand Trunk of Can a da 100 234 241 214 34 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 70 74 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 61 63 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 90 45 40 1 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 45 43 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 37 10 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 35 40 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 1011 1024 1014 2 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 pr 4 p stock Gt. South.of In dia (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 102 204 Gt. W. of Canada ShareF all 121 12/ 124 204 Do. New . 18 84 74 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet op t. all 102 104 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 115 100 Do. 1878. all 93 95 stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1014 1024 stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 94 96 stock Do. 41 d 0......... 100 91 93 - stock Mclb.Corp. 6p. e. Bnds. 100 20 Newßrunswick & Candu Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc an 5 7 Class A. Capital Share .. Do. do. Land do.. .... 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 4 6 Do. do. Land do. ...... ^ s toes Scinde .......... i i,..; 100 103 104 20 Do. Punjaub .... L. 3 g . ' 15 4 I P ZO Do. Do. ....... a c all 204 201 1 stock Do. Indus:St Flo. gid 100 49 100 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 I li. FOREIGN RAILWAYS 20 Algerian 5 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 7 74 74 20 Ardennes.. ....... 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c 164 1 14 171 5 5 Belgian East. Junction alp 4 14 1 Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3C 11 12 100 Copiapo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France ..., all z 3 14 20 Grand Itus Guar. 6p. c. al! -- 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sirs—. all 144 154 15 415 4 . 20 Italian Junction 20 Lyons & Geneva 20 Samar & Liege 20 Do. 6p. o. Pref all 20 21 16 Northern of France all 41 42 16 Do. New Shares ...... 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 10 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 13 71 61 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 491 (5 20 Paris & 0r1ean5....... . all 50 62 20 I Recite & S. Fran. (F ern .) ' gua. 7p. et. lira .... 19 4 3 d 154 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... all 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish ...... . all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse . 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pre f all 91 92 1 20 San Paulo, lim, g•. 7 p.c 8 1 ;pmBl 5 II , 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 18 3 3 4p 21 20/ 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 7 -- 20 Southern of France all 314 324 1 8/ West Prandero 10 Do. 5/ pe. Preference all 104 104 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 21 22 PREFERENCE SHARES Dividends contingent on the Profits AND STOCKS. of each separate Year. st *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 160 20 Cornwallqp.c. ga.perp all st *E. Anglian, Clsß, a p.c. 100 st * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 st Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 st Lond'n, Brig'tn, er,c.,4i per cent. 1858 100 Do. do. 4 per ct. 1800 100 Do. do. 4i per ct. 1861 100 Do. do,. 4 per ct. 1861 31 10 Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c .. 74 st Lon. &S.Wcstern 44 p.c. 103 I 0 North British £lO Gua. s all Shares, 1861 st *ScottishCentral4l p.c lOO irred. pr0f........ 10 S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859 all 10 Do. 5 p.c. June ►B6l (rd.) 5 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug:. 1861 (rd.) 3) * Failure of lull dividends in any made good out of the profits of any 102 104 80 82 103 105 92 95 103 105 102 103 year not to be t half year. LAW-THIS DAY. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before tho Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) EMETHUINT V. TOMLINS AND BANKES.-THE 'WILL OF me, so I could form no opinion of her mental state. All she ever said to me was occasionally "Yes" or "No." I always obtained the nature of her symptoms from Smethurst, Antimony would most certainly be an improper medicine to administer to her for what I saw. I most certainly did not prescribe antimony. It has a very depressing effect on the constitution. Cross• examined by Dr. Phillimore—l often pres'.‘ribe antimony for patients under certain circumstances. I dont know anything about the great mistake that was made in the analysis of the evacuation I sent to Dr. Taylor. I was a witness at the former trial of Dr. Smethurst. Mr. Bird went to Australia - in November last. I don't know that Miss Louise Bankes cm in the house. The look of terror is no.; unusual in persons suffering as Miss Bankes was. • By the Judge —It was not a look of anxiety, it was a great deal more than that. Dr. Alfred Taylor said a portion cf an evacuation was put into my hands by Dr. Julius. There were two bottles. I analysed them. I found in one, arsenic, blood, and mucus, and in the other, bilious matter only. I afterwards received portions of the intestines from Mr. Barwell, who conducted the post mortem. I discovered antimony in them. Antimony has a very lowering effect. Cross-examined by Dr. Phillimore—Antimcny is occa sionally given to patients, but not in diarrhoea. It is given under certain circumstances in fevers and also in colds. I made no mistake in the analysis of the evacuation. I say to this hour I made no mistake in the first bottle I submitted to analysis. The mistake was made in a bottle which con tained medicine, numbered 133. A copper which I used being dipped into the medicine, a salt in the bottle set free the arsenic in the copper gauge. This was a new fact in chemistry up to that time. Mr. Robinson—l am the solicitor conducting the suit for Dr. Smethurst. I also conducted his case when he was indicted for bigamy. I have the brief I prepared in my hand. The, brief was here handed to his lordship. Mr. William Campbell Sleigh—l conducted the defence of Dr. Smethurst for bigamy. Beyond all doubt I received other instructions than those contained in my brief. After reading the brief I thought it would be desirable to plead guilty. A consultation on the night previous to the trial took place at my house, at which my junior, Mr. Salter, Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, and other persons were present. Dr. Sniethurst certainly was not there. I should not have had him in any house. It was from what was disclosed to me at the consultation that I altered my opinion, and that I was induced to raise the defence I did. With the respect to the allegation that Smethurst had written some notes to me during the trial as far as I can reeollect nothing of the kind took place had it been so I should have thought it would have been my duty as a counsel to have thrown up my brief. There was some attempt at applause in court, but it was instantly suppressed. This concluded the evidence. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine the proceeded to reply on the part of the defence. Dr. Phillimore adireasod the jury for the plaintiff. The summing up the evidence by the learned judge fol lowed. The jury had not returned their verdict when we went o press. POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH .STREET. SINGULAR APPLICATION.—SHOOTING A CAT.—A re spectable looking female applied to Mr. Knox for his advice under the following circumstances : The applicant said she asked to know whether a person could shoot cats ? Mr. Knox said it was clear if a cat was caught in a trap set to catch birds she could have no remedy. The applicant said the person had shot two cats before. She was aware that she could not claim anything as damage. Mr. Knox asked her where the pers n was standing, and the applicant said at a back window, and that the place was not a thoroughfare but a back yard. Mr. Knox told the applicant to call again and he would see what could be done, and this morning she did so, when Mr. Knox said he had considered the case since she was a the court on the former occasion, and he thought if the person shot the cat dead it would not came within the act for the prevention of cruelty to animals. The applicant said the person fired at the cat twice, and the second time the whole charge went into its body. Mr. Knox said he did not think it could be considered as an act of cruelty. The applicant said some glass was broken. Mr. Knox said if the person whose glass wag broken came forward he could interfere. The applicant would have a remedy if there was any commercial value in the cat, and she could then sue him. If it was a dog, she could put some value on it, but he did not think she could on a stray cat. The applicant said the person might have shot a child. Mr. Knox said there was such a place as Newgate for that. Tho Highway Act said—" Any person who shall wantonly fire a gun within fifty feet of the centre of the carriage way." Sergeant Franklin, G Division, said he measured the distance, but not to the coLtre of the carriage way. Mr. Knox said he was afraid, after what the Sergeant had stated, that it would not be within the fifty feet cf the centre of the carriaga_uoix---T--......LAy ^. 11, r 1 the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and if they would like to t Ike the case up and fight it, he would see what could be done. The Sergeant said he would communicate with the so ciety, and the applicant retired. THAMES. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A CHlLD.—Edward Brown, a clog maker, of No. 218, High-street, Shadwell, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting Annie Willis, a girl about 11 years of age. It appeared that the prisoner had been quarrelling with his wife in the street, and their brawls caused some boys to assemble, who commenced laughing and shouting. The wife followed her husband and commenced scolding him. The urchins followed, and one of them threw a stone. The prisoner then filled his pockets with stones and began pelt ing the boys. One of the stones thrown by the prisoner struck the girl Willis on the forehead and inflicted a severe wound, which was dressed by Dr. Rosa, of High-street, Shadwell. There was a deep indentation on her forehead, and she lost a good deal of blood. Mr. Woolrych commented on the absurdity of the pri soner's conduct in making public his domestic brawls, :and then indulging in the childish and mischievous practice of throwing stones. The prisoner said he had only a few Pieces of coke and charcoal in his pocket, and he was pelted by a mob of dis orderly boys. He denied wounding the child. Mr. Woolrych said several witnesses had sworn the pri soner had thrown the stone and wounded the girl. He re commended him to make compensation tc the parents of the child, and on his refusal to do so, fined him £2 and 20s costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. 9i 10 t iPm iPm given half subsequent BRITISH MINES. Altred Consols (Philack) 3.9.3 , .. .. 20 Etritish Iron Clifford nil 20 31 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 420 430 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 13 45 - East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea.. E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.10.( 21 34 '— GaM.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 561 13 15 Great South Tolgus - f. 3. Wheal Alici.(Philack) G. 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Co... all 1 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. I di9. 40 Cobre Copper all 20 Coplapo l6 6 8 2 Capula Silver lts. d /pm 1 DunMoun.Cep.Nlincf.Co ail 1 14p 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 4 6 2 Fortuna. . all 3 34 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr l/ / 4 d f 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1 p 8 Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 I d ipm 1 ffariquica all 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 2 ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 14 t Santaßarbara GldMine 4 apm 4 cottish Anstrin. (L.) los. 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(Lim Do. 8 per cent. pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis. N.Br.&NovaSCOtiaLand N.B.Australasian(Lim.) l Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim) Peelß.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea &1n.Te1.g.44p.e. i ßhymney Iron Do. New 2i all all 100 100 100 Rio Janeiro City Impts Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip_ Do. do. Registered Do. do ..... . Telegrß ph to Ind.a (L.) Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lira)lst is. TrA Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. li'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) an Ditmen's L lnd all all all all 100 all 100 all al. a-1 all 5 1 281 MISCELLANEOUS. 19 20 2 3 27 28 41 51 29 32 18 20 9 11 113 116 12 16 85 87 105 icg 105 109 li oi par ipm 98 10t 21 2* 25j 26i 31 3} d 27, 34 • 3) 4,1 lfp SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, April 2G.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; strong breeze, and fine weather. There was a heavy fall of rain in the night and this morning. P 0 RSTg.M OD TH, April 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrivcd—Her Majesty's ship Advice, from Queenstown. Sailed—Cadu ceus, for Bombay. FALMOUTH, April 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Frederic Aoca, for New York. NEWPORT, April 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John and Henry, from Garrucha. , HOLYHEAD, .April 26.—Vind from Liverpool for Rio Bento. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, April 25—Union, from Struer. Arrived, April 26—Volunteer, from Foo-chow-foo. DEAL, Saturday Morning. - - Passed—Mayflower, for Quebec; Agnes, for Jamaica ; Charlotte Ann, for Madras; Ceylon, for Point de Galle ; Leith, screw steamer, for Alexandria; Alipore, for Aden— all from London. Anchored—Mars, brig, from London, for Cardiff. THAMES EMBANKMENT.—A report, which has been made to the First Commissioner of Works shows that the estimated expenditure to carry into effect the provisicns of the Thames Embankment Bill, including compensation and all other expenses, is £1,500,000 The estimated cost of the street to the Mansion-house is £500,000 ; of the other approaches, £BO,OOO ; of the low level sewer within the em • ,bankment, £30,000. The length of the embankment will be 2,235 yards; of the stieet, from the rmbankment to the Mansion.-house, 1,007 yards; of the other approaches from the Strand and Whitehall, nine in number, 1,529 yards in all. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A COMPOSITOR IN FLEET•STREET.--Yesterday Mr. Payne, the coroner for the City of London, received information of the sudden death of Mr. John Jeffries, a compositor. The deceased worked in the Queen's Printing Office, and was lodging in St. Martin's-lane. The deceased was in his usual health, and went to Peel's Coffee-house, called for a glass of, brandy, which he drank, then staggered, and fell insensible. Mr. Kelly, surgeon, of Fetter-lane, was sent for, who advised his removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but he expired on the road. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT TO A. CHILD WITH OUT ILL EFFECTS.—M. Josat gives an account of the miraculous escape cf a child from the consequences of a frightful accident. This infant, aged 29 months, playing at a window of a house, No. 30, Rue de la Pais, Paris, lost its balance and fell out from a height of five stories, striking a hat from the hand of a hatter, who was carrying it home. He lifted the child gently from the pavement and carried it into the house, when after a few minutes the infant heaved a sigh, and then uttered a small doleful cry. All the func tions were gradually re-established, and it was found that there was neither fracture or dislocation, A week after, the child was found playing and merry, as well as ever; the only traces of any accident being three broken incisors of the upper jaw, and much ecchymosis of the eyelids.— Medical Zunes and Gazette. 116 k ICO} 100 4- 6 - Id *p par IP 1t 14 (2+ 9 94 ISABELLA BANKES. The plaintiff in this case, Thomas Smethurst, propounded the will of the late Isabella Bankes. The application for probate was opposed by the defendants, on the ground that the will was not made in acc3rdance with 1 Vic., cap. 26; that undue influence was exercised ; and that at the time the will was signed by Miss Isabella Bankes, she was a person of unsound mind. The property in dispute amounts to about £l,BOO. - Dr. Phillimore, Dr. Swabey, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. B. Webster appeared for the plaintifl ; Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Merryweather appeared for the defendants, trustees of the deceased. This case was resumed this morning. This first witness e flied was Miss Louisa Bankes, who was examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine. She said—l am the sister of the lady whose death has been mentioned. Some time after the death of our parent we resided together for about four or five years. My father died about 20 Sears ago. I remember my sister going to reside at Mrs. Smith's. I was in the habit of see ing her there. I recollect her going to Kildare-terrace. I visited her- there, I noticed an apparent intimacy between her and Dr. Smethurst. I spoke to her upon the subject. I told her I did not think it was correct of her to go on with him, as he was a married man. He said he was not married. Subsequently to that I heard she left Kildare-terrace, and in about a month after I re ceived a letter dated from " The Grubs." I received a lette r from her in A?ril. In consequence of that I went to Alma villas, Richmond, and there I found my sister apparently living with Dr. Smethurst. He opened the door to me He went up to my sister's bedroom befor e I did . H e came _ _ down in a few minutes, and then I accompanied him up stairs. I found my sister in bed, and she appeared very dangerously ill. She was very much changed indeed since I last saw her. I spoke to her first in. Smethurst's pre sence. I asked her how she did, and she said, very ill. She then spoke about her money, and said she did not think it was as much as it ought to have been. She referred to her dividend. She had made the observation of being all right soon before that. She said, if you wait a little it will bo all right, she turned round to the doctor and said " Won't it?'" and he replied "Yes." I remained in the house about three hours, and during that time I was not with my sister for more than a minute at a time. Smethurst told me to come out of the room, as she could not bear my society. I was p ot alone with her at all. She did not appear, affected by my presence, on the contrary I thought she was pleased. Mr. Lowe, an eminent surgeon, is a relative of ours. I mentioned his name to Smethurst. I proposed that he should sea my sister. He said he thought it was better that he should not. Smethurst mentioned the subject of the money, He said he thought it ought to have been more, and he could not understand why it was not. He did not mention the sum. I said it was the legacy duty that affected it. When I left, I asked to come again. The Judge—Who? Witness—l said to Smethurst in the presence of my sis ter, that I should like to come again, and he said I should do so. Examination continued—l left, and the next day I wrote to Smethurst. I received an answer ; in consequence of that communication I did not.go. I then received a letter from Smethurst, dated April 30. When I got down on the Sunday I found Smethurst there, and my sister in a state of prostration. She knew me. I was never alone with her. I only remained a few minutes, because Smethurst told me to come out of the room. I had no conversation with her at all. She could not speak to me. I arrived at Richmond between 12 and 1. I made a proposal to Smethurst to re main and sit up with my sister, but he refused. My sister was then in a very feeble state. She made an effort to speak to me, but could not. I did not see her again that day. I stayed in the room down stairs. Smethurst remained in the bed room. I did not give her any medicine. I slept that night at a lodging in the neighbourhood. I went again to Alma Terrace next morn ing about 9. I did not see my sister. Smethurst told me she was too ill, and that the room was not arranged. I saw her in the afternoon between 4 and 5. It was before Smethurst was taken into custody. I had been sent in the interval to London for medicine by Smethurst. He said he wished me to get some medicine made up in Bond-street. He said it would be better made up there. Dr. Julius was told of it, but he said he did not think it would do any good. I made an objection to go to town, and Dr. Julius said I had better not go. Smethurst wished me so much to go that I ultimately went. Smethurst was at home when I returned. I was with my sister all Monday night as nurse. Smethurst told me he had been taken into custody, but admitted to bail. My sister, on the Monday night, was in a very weak state. She thanked me for being with her, and wished me to re main all night. I did so. She slept during the night. I was with her - lust before she died. Excepting on the Mon day night, I never had any private communication with her. I did not know, until alter her death, that a will had been made. My sister was a very nervous excitable person; her health had been gcod. Cross-examined by Dr. Phillimore—My mother died previous to my father. There wera_sixjl7. the family when my father died—four sisters and one brotherrrof sisters is Mrs. Tomlins, another Mrs. Haffenden, myself, an elder sister, and and the deceased Isabella. My elder sister is dead. After the death of my father I resided at I Brighton. I cannot say positively how long my sister and I resided together. After we left the former place we went to Notting-hill to live. Two years elapsed before she went to live at the boarding-house. During that time she re sided with her brother. She assigned no reason for living apart from me. We never had any quarrel. I went to see her about three weeks after she went to live at Mrs. Smith's boarding-house. She was associating more particularly with Mrs. Firth. I did not find her associating greatly with Mr. and Mrs. Smethurst. She introduced me to Smethurst, but not to his wife. A very short time, elapsid previous to my going again to the boarding-house. I saw him on two or three occasions when I went. I think I went to the boarding. house within a week of her leaving, and then saw Smethurst. I then thought Smethurst was paying attention to my sister, but 1 did not.notice any great intimacy. It was about a week after she left Mrs. Smith's that I saw her at Kildare-terrace. I don't recollect any conversation taking place between us at that time other than telling her about going on with a married man. I think I mentioned the subject of my seeing her at Kildare terrace when I was examined at the cri minal trial of Smethurst. I never recollect speaking to her on the subject of her intimacy with Smethurst except at Kildare-terrace. I never knew they were living together as man and wife. Smethurst told me to ask for Mrs. Smethurst, but he did not tell me they were married. The first time I became aware of an improper intimacy existing between them was when I went to Alma terrace. When I wrote the letter dated the 30th of April I suppose I must have known of the improper intim icy. In that communication I said, " Rest assured I shallremain perfectly silent about everything that concerns you." That referred to the improper intimacy. My sister had the power of disposing of about £l,BOO. The money was left to us that on the death of one sister her money went to the other. I told her that the amount of her dividend was the same as mine, and that appeared to satisfy her. I don't recollect the remark I made•to my sister before she said, "it will be all right soon." When I mentioned the name of Dr. Lane, Mr. Bird and Dr. Julius were in attendance. My sister's business was generally arranged for her by relatives before she went to the boarding-house. My sister always paid her own bills and kept her own accounts. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—When I wrcte the letter of the 30th of April I thought my sister was very ill. Mr. Jennings Torolins--I am one of the plaintiffs in this cause. Previous to Miss Isabella Bankes going to live at the boarding house she resided with me. I then con ducted her business. I always looked upon her as a lady with a very weak mind. She knew very well if she had a bill to pay the amount she had to pay. In other matters relating to her property I have had the greatest difficulty to make her understand. Cross-examined—l don't think Isabella Bankes was at all capable of managing the whole of her business affairs. I don't think she had the power to make a will. She might have been able if she had a certain sum of money to dispose of by will to say A B or C is to have so and so, but, as to put ting those directions into the regular form, she certainly had not the power. Dr. Julius, examined by Sergeant Ballantine—l am a medical practitioner residing at Richmond. Mr. Bird, at the time of this particular transaction, was my partner. I was first called in to see Miss Bankes on the 3d of April. I found her suffering from diarrhoea and slight vomiting. I prescribed for her and saw her on the follow ing morning, and continued to do so every day till the 18th. I was unable to make any impression on her disease. She went to Alma Villas on the 15th. The disease was a very prostrating one. I desired that my partner Mr. Bird should see her. We consulted on the matter. After the 18th, I did not see her until, I think, the 21st. Dr. Todd saw her on the Thursday preceding her death. We were together at the consultation. She was then suffering from the same disease. I had a communication with Dr. Alfred Taylor, and after that an instruction was given to the ma gistrate. I only saw her on three occasions, bat only once at Alma Villas. Smethurst was always present. When 1 saw the lady alone at Alma Villas, 1 had seen Smethurst previously in the town, and then I went and procured an evacuation for analysis. I got to the house before he re turned. When I spoke to Miss Bankes, she turned her eyes to Smethurst, who then spoke for her. There was a look of intense suffering and agony about her countenance and a sort of wildness about her eyes.,There appeared to be a kind of terror about her. When I saw her in company with Dr. Todd I found her very e x h aus t e d. She looked very sallow, exceedingly prostrate, and with a very wild look. The look of terror was most peculiar that evening. Smethurst was present all the time we were there. I am unable to give any natural cause of her death. The 'medi cine I gave was principally of a soothing character. None of the medicines I ordered would account for the appear ances of the lady; lam certain of that. I saw her in the afternoon after she had made her will. She never spoke to THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. THE SAIETHURST CASE. THE VERDICT.-THIS EVENING. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff on all the issues :—That the will was duly ex(cutrd; that, at the time it was made Isabella Banker was a person of sound mind, and that it was not obtained by fraud. The verdict created the utmost surprise to every person in court. THE BALLOT IN FIZ.INCE. In reference to a recent letter of the Vice Chair man of the Ballot Society on the subject of the ballot in France, the following letter has been re ceived from a member of the English bar, officially connected with the city of York, and now resident in the south of France : I observed in the York herald of the 12th inst., a letter from you relating to a letter from the Hon. J. E. Dundas, in which he says that "in France tho existence of the ballet is merely nominal." You then observe, "if the ballot be (as I concur with Mr. Dundas in thinking) in France merely a name &c." This statement was so extraordinary and startling, that I made inquiries of French gentlemen of this place (Montpellier), and amongst others of an ancient Prefet ofa Department, how elections were conducted in Franca. They take place in every Commune before the Make of the Commune, `or each Commune has its Moire. On the day appointed the electors repair to the Maire's house or office, each elector writes upon a small piece of paper the name of the candidate he wishes to vote for, folds it up, that is, doubles it up so that no one can see the name thereon written, and presents it to the Maire, who in the presence of the elector drops it into a box like a letter box. The elector may write this piece of paper at his own house, or where ho likes, and puts it in his pocket and keeps it there till he arrives before the Maire. Very often a candidate has his name printed on a slip of paper, and distributes them to those he be lieves will support him, and there is often a tumult at the door, the friends or agents of each candidate persuading the electors to accept voting papers of such candidate. They may succeed or they may not, but if any electors, to escape importunity, ac cepts a paper with the name of Mr. A. upon it, that is no reason why he should not have another in his pocket, with the name of Mr. B. upon it, which latter he presents to the Maire. Nobody can know what he bas done, unless he is so unwise as to tell of himself. This state of things has only existed since the in troduction of the universal suffrage. Great abuses existed before, when electors were obliged to have a qualification. At present there are some eight million electors in France, and in each a conscrip tion (ordistriet), there may be some 30,000 or 40,000 voters. It is not to be expected that they all vote, but perhaps some 25,000 or 30,090 may vote, and it is absurd to suppose that such a body of men could be bought or intimidated either by the Government or any other men or body of men. It is generally in small constituencies such as Wakefield, Gloster, or Preston, that men are bought, intimidated, or cajoled as slaves. Ballot is a hopeless case in En,;- land, unless the people rise en masse and desire it, because as it is, any man who has from £5,000 to £lO,OOO to spare, may think it mighty genteel to buy into Parliament, and any Peer or great man having a stupid son or nephew may think it mighty aristocratic'to have a scion of his noble and ancient family in Parliament. A PIiOSPEKOUS COLONY. (From the.l(ielbourne Herald.) Not only were there in times past, but there are even now, as fine opportunities in this colony for a man bettering his condition in any walk of life, as were ever before pre. sented in a colony not numbering more than five or six hundred thousand souls, We shall not be guilty of the folly of comparing Melbourne with London, which now possesses a population in excess of that of the ancient king dom of Scotland. And for the same reason we abstain from any comparison between the merchants, the shopkeepers, or the tradesmen of the two clam. If persons of this, or of any other class, had been doing all they wished or ex pected in London, they would not, we presume, haw had themselves transferred hither. Or if, during their absence, they nave-a-mpoirea.so _ranch more capital or skill as to justify their removal to the world's g reat-mart of enterprise and industry, we have no right to suppose that they will long continue to favour us with the sunshine of their presence. There are exceptions of course. But we are now speaking of these classes as a whole. And we have no hesitation in again saying—a little more definitely now perhaps—that there is no other place in the world, with a population of little more than half a million of souls, in which there is a fairer field for the investment of capital at remunerative rates, than Victoria, or in which there is a wider scope for labour, whether educated and pro fessional, or mechanical and artistic, or unskilled only. That is our position in reference to Victoria. To that ex tent we are justified in entertaining hopes of success, which should cheer and not depress, in the midst of our struggles. And it would be an agreeable, if it were not a forbidden, task, to produce in the history of some of our more wealthy Victorians life-like pictures of what we have now been labouring to enforce. We need not go into any particular class for instances of success. The whole Colony is a success. And every class in it furnishes instances of almost unexampled success. We are not so squeamish as to think of excepting any, from the fact of their having been proscribed by envy or the want of better information. Who has placed the millions of sheep and hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses on our runs and stations ? By whose hands have millions of acres of land been fenced in, and hundreds of thousands of acres been cultivated ? Whose ate the houses, the stores, the shops, the warehouses, and other buildings, in Melbourne and its suburbs ? To whom do the gold fields, towns, and the property on the mines belong, with the vil lages, the homesteads, and the vineyards, scattered over the whole face of the country ? Are these no proofs of the prospects the colony holds out for success ? Where are the owners of these millions upon millions' worth of property Remember, we are little more than half a million ourselves in the gross, and this is a great deal of property to be divided among so few. But where are its principal possessors ? Some of them treading our halls of legislature, some occu pying seats in our courts of justice, some plodding in the counting-house, at their respective professions and trades, or in the workshop, and some still labouring on• their runs, in the vine)erd, or the field, under the hope of making much more. And is there no hope for us in this As the owners of these vast accumulations were only a few years ago what many who boast no share in it are now, what is there to hinder the latter from aspiring to the like position a few years hence ? What is to stand in the way of their becoming capitalists, as others have before them ? PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine pm , and the short exchange on London is 25.274 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. Wad. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-loths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4264 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.6: per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 4-10tha per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 111 to 112 per cent., and thepremium on golf about 14 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the im portation of gold from the United States. A LADY IN DIFFICIILTIES.—WhiIe a lady, " fat, fair, and forty," was rolling down the Morse-market, a few days ago, with an air majesty peculiar to herself, she suddenly felt as if becoming " Small by degrees, and beautifully less ;" and on casting an eye downwards, what was her conster nation on beholding that she had dropped—not anything very remarkable, gentle reader, but something which has been a standing joke for years, viz., a full-rigged crinoline, fully fifteen feet in circumference. A friendly door stood open, and the lady darted in—not to order a new dress, nor even to take a peep at the latest Parisian fashions —but simply to adjust the immense balloon which had fallen to the earth much sooner than the lady had anticipated. The little boys, however, did not witness the catastrophe, and no annoyance was experienced. —Kelso Clironiee. w `AUSTRIA AND LORD PALMERSTON, Letters from Vienna assert that the Austrian Government had thought it due to its own dignity, in consequence of the effect produced throughout Europe by Lord Palmerston's late speech, to instruct Count liarolyi, the representative of Austria in London, to ask for explanations as to the mean ing and bearing which the English Cabinet attaches to that speech, so far as relates to the retention of Venetia by Austria. INQUESTS.—From a Parliamentary return just issued, it appears that during the year 1861 no fewer than 1,104 inquests were held in the metropolis upon the bodies of infants under two years of age. The Coafederate States of Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, formed part of the original United States. Tennessee entered the Union in 1796, Mississippi in 1817, Arkansas in 1836, and Texas in 1846. Louisiana was purchased in 1802, and Florida in 1821. VA CA NCIES', APP OIN fillEN TS, AND PROMOTIONS IN 2'IIE CIVIL SERVICE. Home-office--Mr. Ralph Moore has been ap pointed an inspector of mines; Mr, Joseph Wilson has been appointed a clerk in .the Census-office, Dublin ; Mr. Charles Tyner has been appointed a clerk in tho Census-flffice, Dahlia. War-office —Mr. Augustus tlenry Gordon has been appointed a clerk in the Accountant-General's partment, ; Mr. George Irving Reid has been appointed a clerk in the Accountant-General's department, Pall m tll ; Mr. Frederick Boyd Brown has been appointed a clerk in the manufactory department. Law Department.—Mr. H. P. \Vyatt, of the Rome Circuit, has been elected. recorder of Seaford. Emigration-office.—Mr. George Henry Smith has been appointed a sorting clerk, London. Postmaster-General's office.—Mr. Arthur Cooper Read has been appointed a clerk in London. The Post - office.—Mr. John Barnes has hen ap pointed a clerk in the circulation-office, London ; Air. James 0. Beaks has been appointed a clerk in Cie circulation office, London; Mr. Robert Pretty has been appointed a clerk in the circulation office, London. Customs.—Mr. Francis E. 'Williams, supernu merary clerk, Controller - General's-office, London, has been promoted to be a clerk, fifth class, Con troller-General's-office ; Mr. William B. Caddel, supernumerary clerk, Controller-General's-office, Loudon, has been appointed to be a clerk, fifth class, Controller-Genera l's- office ; Mr. Henry Ben net t, out door officer, fifth class, London, has been promoted to be an out-:loor offic er , f our th class ; M r . J ohn Crabbe, examining officer, fourth class, London, has been promoted to be an examining officer, third class. inland Revenue Department (Stamps and Taxes Branch). —Mr. Thomas Brown has been promoted from the second to the first sectiion of the second class, accountant's department; Mr. James Birds eye has been promoted from the third class to second section, second class, accountant's department ; Mr. Lewis W. Levien has been promoted from the fourth to the third class, accountant's department ; Mr. James Tubb has been promoted from the fifth to th e fourth class, accountant's department ; Mr. Thomas Hobbs. has been promoted from the third to second class, Receiver-General's department; Messrs. Peter Vargas, D. O'Connor, and Thomas Thornton hav e been promoted from the fourth to third class, Receiver-General's department. Ireland.—Mr. George Browning has been ap pointed a clerk in the receiver of constabulary's office, Dublin. East Indies.—The Hon. J. D. Inverarity has been appointed a member of council at Bombay, in succession to the Hon. H. Reeves, retired ; Mr. L. B. Bowring, 'private secretary to Lord Canning, bar been appointed ,commissioner of Mysore and Coorg ; Mr. It. Temple, Bengal Civil Service, has beeen appointed to officiate as chief commissioner of the Central Provinces ; Mr. H. Strachy has been appointed judicial commissioner; the Hon. T. J. H. Thurlow has been appointed private secretary to Lord Elgin. Mr. W. Fisher has been appointed resident of Travancore and Cochin; Mr. W. Elliot has been appointed civil and sessions judge of the Zillah of Cuddapah ; Mr. J. Ratliff has been ap pointed civil and sessions judge of the Zillah of /Mlary. Ceylon.—Mr. G. W. Paterson has been appointed acting commissioner of requests and police magi strate of Point Pedro; Mr. T. Skinner has been appointed acting-assistant at Kornegalle to the Government agent for the North Western Province; Mr. G. W. Williams, writer, has been attached to the Government agent's office at Colombo.—Civil Service Gazette. MARKETS-THIS DAY. ARDEN. large—of fruit small. Most I' are in fair average request, ity supported. FRUIT. COVENT The supply of vegetables is descriptions of produce on offe and prices generally are steadi s. d. s. Pine apples, perlb 8 oto 14 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 1 ' Grapd‘,per lb 15 oto 25 0 1 Foreign do 2 6to 3 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0. Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 01 Apples, per hf-sv. 3 oto 5 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 otolo 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Apricots. per doz 0 oto 0 0 s. d. s cl. Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 4 oto 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 Damson ..0 0 too o Strawberries pr oz 2 6to 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6i Shallots, per lb .. 0 10 to 1 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 .0 to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 Q Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6 Brocoli, per bun. 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 200 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pun 1 oto 0 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Peas, per sieve 12 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 1 6to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 6 Artichokes, each 0 6 too 8 Carrots, pr do 3 6to 5 6) Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 1 6) Endive, per score 0 oto 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 I Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv.l2 oto 0 0' Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. I 6to 1 9) Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, ht. sv 16to 1 9 Capsicums, per do 00to 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 6to 0 9 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 6 French beans, tGO 2 oto 3 0 Asparagus, pr do. 3 oto 6 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per bun. 10 to 2 6 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. - Turkeys,' 5s Od to 10s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, Os Od to Os Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 10s Od ; ducklings 3s Od to 4s 6d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is Od; pigeons, Gd to 10d each; large Surrey fowls, 7s Odto 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; pt arm i gan, O s Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os; snipes, Os Od to Os; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Gd to Os Od ; plovers, Os (id to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to lOs Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Ild to is 2d; English, la Od to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s to 7s Gd; French do., 5s Od to 6s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 4d to 2s Od ; trout, OsOd to Os ; eels, 5d to Is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pez lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, is Od to 5s Od ; brills, is Od to 5s Od ; doreys, 1 s Od to 7s Od ; mullets, is Gd to Os Od ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od eaoh ; soles, Od to Os Od .per pair ; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 9s ; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Oa Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings, 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. - - Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6i 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 38 Sd to 4s 8d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 10d; mutton, Od to 4s 2d ; lamb 5s 8d to Gs 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 83 per Sibs.. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bjd to 9d , of household do., 6id to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 3id ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to ; 721 b to 801 b, 3;cl to 34d; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 41d to 4,1 d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s ; do. full 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; halthreds; 10s Od to 12s Od; Downs, 6s 9d to 8s 6d; lambs, 2s 8d to 4s Od; shearlings, is ld to is 2d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os clover, £3 108 to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s 2d per load. Trade slow; prices firm. CUMBERLAND..—MeaIow hay, £2 os to £5 Os; clover do., a lOs to f 6 Os; and straw, £1 18s to 12 2s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 2s to £5 Os; clover 3 10s to £6 Os ; and straw, to £1 183 £2 2s per load. Trade firm. ARK ET. t the close of the market Walls End. s. d. Cacsop Hartlepool.. ......... 17 0 Caradoc ..... ....16 6 South Hart1ep001......15 9 Hough Hall .... 16 0 Trimdon Hartlepool ..16 9 Hettbn ... .. l7 6 Trimdon Thoruley 14 6 South Keiloe. 16 6 Whitworth l5 3 Stewart's . 16 6 1-laswell l7 6 Santh Hetton l7 3 K elloe ......16 6 ....15 6 ITunstall2 b, 63 ; sold, 33. COAL M Writes of Coal per Ton s' s. d. Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Grey's West Hartley 14 9 Hastings Hartley l5 6 Tanfield Moor 12 6 Tanfield Moor Butes.6l2 6' Edon Main ...15 6 Wylam .16 0 Sleekburn West Hart ley l5 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Cowpen Hartley 15 6 Walker Primrose 12 6 Walls End. Riddell Ships at marks' THE LEGION OF HONOUR.—The A dminlstratiOn of the Legion of Honour has just published the following annual return of the state of the credit devoted since 1852 to giving life annuities to the old soldiers of the Republic and of th 3 Empire. " The concessions of annuities effected in 1852, in virtue of the decree of Dec. 14, 1851, and the amount of which varies from 175 f. to 300 f., form a first series, comprising 12,054 recipients, and the admissions 'declared under the law of June 10, 1853, which modified the abovenained decree, as far as regards the amount of the said annuities, reached on the Ist of March, 1862, to 30,76 3 , making a total of 42,817. Deducting from that total the deaths and different annulments, which amount to 19,958, there remained on the Ist of March, 1862, 22,859 persons receiving annuities, of whom 3,898 belong still to the first series of 1852, abovementioned. The Sur i nam TVeekblaad announces that the ha re:int question of the abolition of slavery has just been definitively settled. " The question of slavery in the American colonies of Holland," says that newspaper, " is at last arranged. All the slaves of these colonies will be free on the Ist of July, 1863, on the following conditions :-1. An indemnity of 300 guilders, or 1,825 francs, will be paid to the slave-owners for every slave, without distinction of age or sex ; 2. The slaves will undergo a system of appren ticeship upon the plantations during three years ;,3. They will receive wages in return for their labour, one half of which will be paid to the Government." ~~, , ssing great very hesi- ie re' 4 ana )e and sou boat P wa° Is or 1 from that dance ;rated Ls two ction. orked rrent• bow• ace to 2 tbe 7oul d her ed in night d BUB ;to t° truth ni the ilt tile :le at fljetBf that 0 1 1 4, ;mea nta of w ar, iablo us for e thely Ld de- gat , ere" 30 104 )rde r ' a ults, pria Pitts' Llldd th ird' ;$ es 6.4.0 19.15.4 12.10 96j / 55 41 83 1 a •••••,.. 1 I.IIIIMI