The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

3IONEY 111AREET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England Return, completed to the 13th inst., shows some rather important alterations, caused in a great measure by the payment of the April dividends. The bullion shows a diminution of over a quarter of a million sterling, the with drawal of specie by the public for general circula tion being increased at this period. In the reserve of notes there is a reduction of about three-quarters of a million; The "other securities" have been dimi nished, owing to the repayment of loans on stock during the shutting of the transfer books. The public deposits show a large decrease, caused by dividends ; and the private deposits, as usual, have increased to nearly a corresponding extent. In the Government securities there is also a rather large diminution. The other items of the balance -sheet exhibit little change of importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. . • .. £21,866,080 Increase .. • • • • .. 373,920 Bullion .. • • • • • • • . 18,596,534 Decrease .. 353,944 Rest • • • • • • • • • . 3,133,972 Increase .. 32,590 Public Deposits Decrease ~ • 5,026,939 •4,972,722 Other Deposits •• .. 15,981,833 Increase .. 3,061,101 Seven Day and other Bills . • 819,228 Increase .. 34,667 G overnment Securities • ::• 11,37118 Decrease 337,187 Other Securities •.. 16,938,400 Decrease .. • . • • • • 779,313 Notes Unemployed •10,531,010 Decrease .. 723,060 In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a slight decline was recorded in the rates on Vienna and Trieste. About £4,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. A call of £5 per share, or £250,000, becomes due to-day on the New East India Railway shares. In the general Discount Market the demand for money is well supported, and fully previous rates are charged for accommodation. The payment of railway calls and loan instalments havo no doubt stimulated the inquiry ; but, as the available sup plies are abundant, the market still retains an easy appearance. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed very quietly, and 7,000 bales , were disposed of at slightly reduced quotations. In the Railway Share Market a very moderate business was transacted, and prices were rather firmer. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £581,314, and the exports £791,923, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold coin Hambro' (hold coin .. .2porto 1,750 oz. Gold coin ' I sogne 4bo oz. , Gold coin .. . lam Silver coin 400 oz. Silver coin. Silver coin 400 oz. Silver bar% 887 oz. At the at ie Agra and United Service Bat ,- 7 favourable report was read, -. , --, pared that the net profits of f -, , • 1,056 ss. 3d., out of which the dirt - . ,k , ...red.two dividends tit .. the rate of 10 - p0... ' nnum each, and added to the last a bonus Jr share, the whole free of income tax. Tht as some discussion as to increasing the salaries of the directors, but it was agreed to be left over till the next meeting. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the directors. V - The market for English Securities to-day has been very quiet, but although the transactions have been limited, they have been of a favourable charac ter, and the recovery in prices reported yesterday afternoon has been well maintained. Consols have been about 95 to 951 for money and account. The- speculative operations are of a very limited description, but while political affairs con tinue so unsettled any alteration in this respect cannot be anticipated. Bank Stock has improved to 2241 ; the New 3 per Cents, are firm at 931 to 94; but the Reduced are flat at 931 y ; Exchequer Bills are marked 335. to 355. prem. ; and India Loan Debentures, 961 97. A moderate amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices remain without any material alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 861 to 87; ditto New Loan, 761 to 771 ; Venezuelan Deferred are steady, at 171 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. at 99 ; and Spanish Deferred, at 301. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are rather firmer, at 1001 1; and Russian 5 per Cents. at 111. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been of a very limited character, a slight im provement however has taken place in one or two of the more speculative undertakings. Great Northern, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick) improved 55., and North Eastern, Leeds, and South Eastern, 10s. ; Cale donian and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln declined 55.; North British, 10s., and Norfolk, £l. The Foreign lines are very quiet. Lombardo Venetian Old Shares realised 81, and the New 81 8,1. In the Colonial Market Great Western of Canada have improved 55., and East Tndia have declined 10s. ; Great Indian Peninsula are at previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show a downward tendency. London and County have receded 10s. ; Ottoman Bank, 55.; London and Westminster, ss. ; Red Sea Telegraph, 55., and Royal Mail Steam, ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es ' 93- 1 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Ann) cities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7i India Stec k Ditto Delwantures 96i 7 Ditto B gels tl,OOO Di tto '•ulder ' Ll,ooo Cons alaigr, Account (May 5) 95 it tsAt March. 1-e11e 5 4.41 8i11s £l,OOO, 2d. & 11(1.. 33 5 itto traall, IJ O 3 34 6 June, Ertailian 5 POREIG per Cent. UND S--CLO SING Peruvian 4i per Cent PRICES. 100/ / Ditto Account- . . ****************** -- Russian, 1822, £ St *, * 4 ***************** -‘.4 Eardinian, 5 per Cent ** Ditto Account ***** * ******************* 7.- Spanish 3 per Cent ******************** a Ditto Nit.NV Deferred, 3 per C'e;it: ****** Turkish 6 per Cent. a i Ditto Account ...................... Ditto New Loan .......... .... . 86 x d ..___ Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent .... 171 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Eselvange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... _ Ditto certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94i 5h Consols for Account (May 5) 764 7/ CLUITET MANUFACTURE.—There hasviro olctiejustbhe,eann Care pleted at Wilt on , for the mess-room at Axi in ninster carpet in a single piece, meas . g 70 feet len gth and 35 in .breath, and weighing mile . pounds per acir are yard. Th e l oom i n w hi c h it v" oven rec ently erected, and is the larg es t that hashas been evers a carpet existcclin this or any country. Its fir s t p ro duction vfa rain mfactured last year for her Majesty which is now in WI edger Castle.— Wiltshire Independent. 11 1INEs.--Very little chang e h as taken p l a ce _in the asp ec t o f th e Mining Share Market since our last, the u g h we h ave ne i ther had the violent fluctuat i ons nor the large amount of business reported upon for some weeks Pas t. The fortnightly settling of the account on Friday is I tntlerstood to have gone off quite as satisfactorily as ex tectted, but a l arge amoun t o f stoc k , especially in East It h ,las sell, ha s b een " carr i e d over " f or t h e next settl i ng. l :hese " account d ays, " and the gambling transactions ,the, y excite, seem to have become part a nd p arce l o f the mining market, as they have always been of the Stock xchang e ; and, consequently, the daily (or we might Say almost hourly) fluctuations in prices are the lattre perplexing to the brokers. I n th e even t o f war— though we sincerely trust such a calamity may be averted great increase in mining business would probably ensue. lletala would get up, and many persons would sell out of foreign stocks and railways, and invest in sound progres • foreign and dividend mines. Even now there is a scarcity of r.atock when any demand springs up ; but this, it is to be hoped, however much it may encourage promoters of new schemes, will not induce speculators to embark Pr any of them w ith out thoroughly' investigating their prospects, a 3 we have constantly advised by , having t hem inspected by responsible and independent agents. South Frances shares have been in more request, '195 to 205 . Basset also more dealt at 190 to 200. East Basset, 225 to 230, and a good business doing. South Bass e t, 131 to 144, and not quite so fitm. West Seton 395 to 405 ; at the meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed a profit of £2,818 2s. Id. for the'two months, and a dividend of £2.800 (P per sha re ) was declared, leaving £lO4 ls. 3d. i n h and The ore for the credit of next account is £8,214 17s. 10d., and the mine looking very well indeed ; the ends in the aggregate turning out 44 tons per fm., and tile etopea and "rime!! 6 4 tons,—Mi n i ng Journal of tis day. i 811 ARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Share', Railways. Paid. 12..0 Amber g., Notting. Bost., and Eastern Jupr•+ion Belfast and Ball- men a.. 1 Wol., and Str.Val. Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 4 61 13,11 Stock Junction. Blackburn . 71 Al Stock Stock Stock Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock ,& Passage Cornwall Do. A Do. B (A moves. no div. untilfip.c.per an. hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelf ast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent Stock Stock Stock Stock CO 62 11 11i 32 35 91 93 79} 80 Stock East Lancashire . Stock Stock 'East Suffolk . Stock Stock Do Edinburg and Glasgow. Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Stock Stock Stocks Stock, Stock Stock 1 181 61 3 4 Stock StoCk Stock Stock 14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.VI.R ail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S. Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 4 Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & llerefd Newry & Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Stock IStocif Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk, Do.A Stk.— Aree.no div, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Do un . 111036;:ichasbeenpd131 North-Eastn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London Stock Stock Stock Stock N. &S.Westn., Ilampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish 'Central . Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittinzbourne & Sheer 1 South Devon • South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks. Sr R iv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darling - ton Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 18.58 Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Raill Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecy.nodiy.till 7 p.c. ha% been pd. to B Do. B West. London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PREVEREN Share Railways. Stock 12.10 Stock Stock Stock € 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock) 50 Stock' ock Stock' St ock Stock all 100 3 4 100 100 100 100• 100 1613 9 £3 le. 174 all all 100 an 100 100 all all all Blythe and Tyne It per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. S West. a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm..s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Seotld, lat pf (Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 / p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 44 p et. Do. Reaeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c No. 4 Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shsJ Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh.' & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. .1 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent... Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stdck Stock' 12a 12i Stock, 6 Stock I all all all all all 5 51 Paid. 84 9 15 16 578 58} 44 46 29 31 13 15 91 92 72 73 26& 27 92 94 10 10i 1001 101 85 87 131 133 1041 j 1051 571 581 56 58 all }lOO 82 86 11 12 p 11 12 p' 921 931 1 id id 63 65 100 100 100 100 all 120 Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 I 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock ] Stock' Stock) Stock Stock Stock 10s. Do. - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 14 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. it. Newport,Aber,&c.p^et.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. r m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 5a p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, Leta. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Prof. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1816 (10. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire..,. Ox. Wr. & I Xol. 6 pc. lst g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 4a p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3a per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen.frua.6 pe. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed la percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed la p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 411 112 931 O 11 1d 90i 91i 8 38 38i 14 1001 101 t; 75 77 10 12 58 60 3!, 3 d 551 561 25) 25 Stock 89 DO 2 1/d 45 164 74 74 102 105 q 4} d 14 14i _ 62 66 5 1 61 31 3 + 7 7t ARES. Closing Price. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 60 791 5 1041 71 I 23 i i I 101 1001 90 d 45 6 74 96 i 101 100 1 9 141 I Closing \ Business Price. Business Done. 7 8' 32 33 7 6d 107 109 26 27 81 83 44 46 3i d 42 44 681 081 64 65 62 64 8 11 36 37 49 M 96 98 99 101 51 10 161 98 112 116 108 112 113 115 111 113 129 131 82 84 70 72 110 112 116 118 110 112 103 104 63 64 11 11i 95 97 86 N 87 89 99 101 9! 101 16 17 91 10} 72 74 184 194 ol 14 144 140 142 1118 120 1160 165 91 123 125 694 7 i r 140 142 101 103 93 95 91 10 114 114 9 94 07 109 96 97 1 1 i 411 d par 23 23i 122 124 118 120 99 101 lot 101 24 244 102 104 1102 104 28 29 32i 33 50 54 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Busines • Co.'s. Price. Done. nßedfordk ao.oodni&lisTbll:rl.le:tcoltherla:e:Ryitil Clydesdale c n t n e B uckinghamshire Colchester. Suti2V,;l: EGG111111:litosr.ns:1: at:Nrrllo&r:l;:eirlc:,llD.6Bnrhet.e.Bl Hull and Selby Do. Sharef ******* Do. + Shares .... :** Lonclon&G reenwieh Do. Preference .... Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& B edcr, g.6p.c Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Ne g wmarkt.,Bury Ex No u rt Do. do. 6 per cent. a h r n a . n & t e E e a d s t s n P . 5 . Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. ' Do. Shares ......A. Roystn.Hiteh.,& Shep Shrowsbrv& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6 p. o. Do. do Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Share Docks. Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent .Pret . M . 100 Stock East and West India 100 Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria po New lB Ln& Ln& N.W' Cal edon in EX. &E C Gt. North. E.Counts. ICaledonin Do. Gt. West.. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.3ld. Do. Do. S. East Do. ,Peto &Co Do. Norfolk. • . Do. LW .. Stk.&Dir Midland E.Counts.l Do ' Do. .. : D 0.... L&N & L.Yk. 5 Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtal 9t N 101 11 90 92 8 9 DOCKS Clos i ng Business Paid Price. Done. ]0" ~ 104 97 99 102 104 17 18 139 111 41 4i 109 110 C 4 65 115 120 92 94 2 li 97 98 56 58 - - 137 140 Stocl BRITISH POSSESSIONS• Share Railways. Closing Business I Paid. Price. Done. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence; all 83 8.5 834 Leased at 6 per tent 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 134 ; ; d gu. 5 percent 18 Do all 171 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 / d 18 Do. Do. B 44 f d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 55 6 20 Do. New 165 81 9 d 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 100 83 88 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 80 85 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 78 83 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim: 1. 3.0. par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2a. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 5 d 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 75 5 5 d 175 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.g,ll.sp.c 5 1 5 d Stock East Indian, gu..5 p. c lOO 1015 102 1011 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 par 5 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 1 00 5 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 18 20 sto. I Geelong Corporation 6 100 per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 33 35 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 79 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref..— . 100 91 93 92 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. all 995 (An 100 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 5d 1 d 20 Do. do 4 - 20 j (t.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 12 e _ ( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 151 15} 151 161 201 Do. New 100 I Do. Bonds Lay. '76,with t ept. till ' 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 102 104 all 102 104 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 102 104 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. 0 all 161 17 17 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 1 9 19 5 20 Do. 45 p. c. Extension l5 17 18 18 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.o l5 / d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 • Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 —d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO = d .. Do. do. Land do 20 Northoflndia Tramroad 28 , 1 Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde l5 1 d Tar 20 Do. 20 Do. New L' 4 ' 10 4 d 20 Do. Punjaub t.; 5 4 d 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bi 0,,," 10 / d 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 5(1 par t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4f 5 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 Idi 21 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 2 2 4 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 61 4) d 6 Eastern of France all 24 25 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. P 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. els all 61 61 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Salo all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 iP 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 195 20 16 Northern of France all 35 36 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman. gun. 6 per cent 7 -- - 20 Paris, T.yons, and Medit. all 321 33 20 Paris and Orleans all 49 51 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 1 9 it 14 d 1 gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 65 fit 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref all 9 91 91 20 Southern of France 85 West Flanders all 51 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 20 211 20 Western of. Austria .. 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. Sharel Mines. Paid, 'Alfred Consols (Phila.*, British Iron I 2.11.10 Closing Bloke Gs Price. Done. Condurrow (Camborne). Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(lfelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crafty_ N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). (S Wheal. Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead ni 7i 2i 4 17s 11.18.8 9k 18s 6d 81 7.9.4 nil. Mining CO Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towev (Carm.) West Basset (111of..Tan) W. Ca radon (Li ske rd) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Edward (Cale.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh '1 Mary Ann (31exhe) Trelawney (Lick. ; 18.18.91 4} 9 40 12s 6d ~1i 8' 1.71 8 4i 465 475 220 230 12 14 25 I i 8 4 8 9 85.95 13 14 I 1 „240 250 2i 3 195 205 2471 2 4} 2 4 1 i 214 2241 82 84 100 200 125 135 24 3 104 114 46 48 30 32. FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l I 1 800 AccordCopper,Lim. 10s par 1 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 12 12 5 Do. Land and 31iningeo. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 38 Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 91 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquit a all t 1 New Granada all • 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 fp 1 20 PontgibaudSilver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 31 41 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 It 28.2.8/ United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. paid. ' Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 1141 115% Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 114 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1104 1111 111 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 1001 1011 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 S.Aus.Gt.opc.Jan&July 100 111 1U Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing Price. Done. I Business 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 40 Australasia all 84 86 25 Bank of Egypt all 24 241 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - DO British North American all - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 It lid 10 0 City 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 1 0 0 Commercial of London. 20 18 19 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 151 15/ 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21/ 224 50 London and County . . 20 - •- 284 50 London Joint Stock - - 100 London & Westminster. 20 - - 48 100 Nat. l'rov. of England. 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 60 National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales - -- 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all -- - 401 20 Ottoman Bank all 18/ 19% 19 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New - 25 'South Australia 25 Do. New l7i - - 25 Union of Australia all --- --- 25 Do. New 2O - -- 50 Onion of London lO -.- 100 Unity Mutual 100 'Western Bk of London 50 22 21 d - . MISCELLANEOUS. Share Miscellaneous. I Paid. C los ing Zusiness dons I' ce. _ 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 15 14/ 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all ' 200 230 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Australian Royal Mail . all i i 10 Berlin Water Works ._.. all 21 3 4 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 3 __ - 50 British American Land 40 30 32 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 36 38 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 20 Do. C.. . ............... all 14 15 100 Canada Land ... . ...... 32i 120 124 10 Chan.lslands Tel*im.) all 9 10 Stock Cop.Min.otEng.& mltg all - - 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all all 24 1 1 25 1 1 li 5 Crystal Palace. ........ t 5 Do. Preference ........ all 4 6 541 20 Eastern 5team... ...... all - - Stock Electric Telegralt .. ... 100 102 104 103 5 Eng & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all 1 - - - 10 Eur Op. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. - - 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all - - 20 Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - 20 London Discount ... ... 5 11 1 1 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 1 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 5 6 25 National Discount C 0... 5 4 i d 10 Netherlands Land 6 - -- 10 Do do all - -- 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.atldis all 1 14 14 10 0 N.Br.&NovaScotiaL and 80 - - . 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. I N.B.Anstralasian (Lim.) , all i 1 z 20 North of Europe Steam all - - Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 1 Oriental Gas . 1 Do. New Shares lss. i die par all aloll 80 t 8, 1 2 . 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 24 2 4 50 Do. New 25 South Aust , u r r a e ll 20 10 121 134 p e a : .n: (i Land. ml 11 36 37 i Opp 10 01 50 Rhymney Iron . 15 Do. New 1 Do. do Registered Scrip, 100 Royal Mail Steam 1 Scot. Austrl .In 60 60 62 601 all 1121 125 1 Submarineall / 1 20 rrr.St Ln.Co.ot Up r. C all i 1 . an. 5 - - 100 (Van P ie M e n 's Laud .. tic 9 11 ~, LA Jr INTELLIGENCE?.-(TAWS • HOUSE OF LORDS—APEEAL. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lords Redesdale, St. Leonards, Cranworth, Wensleydale, Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, and other Peers. Judges present—Justices Wightman, Williams, Cromp ton, Byles, and Willis, and Barons Martin, Watson, and Bramwell. TIIELLUSSON V. THULLUSSON. In these appeal causes the learned law judges attended to deliver their opinions on the question of law propounded to them on the 14th of February last. The contention is what is the true meaning of the words "eldest lineal male descendant" in the construction of the will of the late Peter Thellusson. The opinion of the majority of the consulted 'judges appeared to favour the construction in favour of the heir male of the testator's eldest son. Their lordships were unanimously of opinion that the evise was not void of uncertainty. The minority of the learned Judges were in favour of the second son's male descendants. The Lord Chancellor said—l am sure your lordships will agree with me in being of opinion that 'our best thanks are due to the learned Judges for the great attention they have paid to this most important case, and for the learned opinions now delivered. I move, your lordships, that these opinions be printed, and the further consideration of the case be adjourned.—Agreed. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) DE CHATELAIN V. DE PONTIGNY. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiffs to obtain pro bate of the will of a Mrs. Marie de Pontigny, who died in 1847, which was disputed by the defendant, her son, on the grounds that the testatrix was a married woman at the time of executing the will, that she executed it without the consent of her husband, and that she had no testamentary authority whatever. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Thompson Chitty were counsel for the plaintiff; and Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr Dennison for the defendant. _ . From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the plaintiffs were man and wife, and that the latter was the daughter of the testatrix. The instrument in dispute was very explicit, and the testatrix having bequeathed the whole of her property to the female plaintiff, states, with reference to that dispcsition of her estate, that she loved both her children equally, but ~,that, as her son was already amply provided for, she was only acting justly to her daughter, who ~was not similarly situated. The testatrix became acquainted in this country with M. De Pontigny, her husband, whom she married in 1803, after which they resided in France for some years. Previous to the marriage, Mrs. Leuce, mother of the testa trix, gave her £l,OOO as a marriage portion, and M. De Pon tigny settled a small freehold estate on her. - Some diferences arising between them they separated, and the testatrix returned to this country, where she resided up to the period of her death, her husband allowing her £l2O a year in ad dition to the freehold property settled on her prior to the marriage. The female plaintiff preferred living with her mother to remaining with her father, which so displeased the latter, that he made a will some time before his death, leaving the whole of his property to the defendant. The learned counsel, on behalf of the plaintiff, cited the celebrated ease of Barnes v. Vincent. Sir C. Cresswell, at the conclusion of the arguments, said that he would read the papers before delivering judgment. vaLcocxe v. 7ii.cocti.s. This was a suit instituted on behalf of Mrs. Hannah Wilcocks for a decree of judicial separation from her hus band on the ground of adultery. The Queen's Advocate and. Dr. Swaley appeared for the plaintiff, and the suit was not defended. From the statements of the learned counsel and the evi dence, it appeared that the defendant *as a cabinetmaker and linendraper, carrying on an extensive business in Fore-street, Exeter, and that he was a member of the cor poration of that city. The parties had been separated for some years, dUring which time the plaintiff had been co habiting with a female whom he represented as his wife, and by whom he had some children. The decree was suspended, in order that the petition mightbe amended on some technical points. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(TILIS Dd. Y.) SARDINIA. The Opinione of Turin announces the arrival there on the 11th of five of the Neapolitan exiles, who, as already stated, lately passed through France from England. In the sitting of the 12th of the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, a bill for a grant of 803,115 fr. to be applied to the fortifications of Alessandria was voted without opposition, after which the Chamber proceeded to examine the budget of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Count Solaro della Margberita, of the extreme right, rose, and, after disclaiming all intention of embarrassing the Government in the present doubtful state of affairs, begged to remind Count de Cavour that for many ages Piedmont, small as she was, had always maintained a high position in the councils of greater Powers through her political sagacity and the blood bravely spilt in war by her soldiers. Hence the responsibility of the minister would be immense, should his political plans, by their failure, diminish the lustre of that high position. The hon. gentleman concluded with recommending Count Cavour to take proper measures for the maintenance of internal tranquillity. After this speech a pause ensued, and all eyes were turned towards Count de Cavour, who was in his usual place, but did not offer to reply. Tho Chamber then proceeded with the budget, and voted all the articles. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at twelve o'clock. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMORE, this bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. CAPTAIN NORTON AND GUNNERY PROJECTILES. Some efforts having been recently made to de prive Captain Norton of the credit of being the author of the improvements which have been lately made in gunnery projectiles, we think it due to the gallant gentleman to publish the enclosed letter addressed to him by the son of General Sir William Napier, the celebrated Historian of the Peninsular War, in his father's name : Seinde House, Clapham, April 3, 1859. Dear Sir,—My father has been for more than a year now unable to walk, entirely confined to two rooms. He is only able to be lifted from one bed to the other, and continually : suffering. In November and December he was seized with very dangerous illness, from which he only recovered so far as th immediate danger was concerned. For the last three weeks he hag again been very ill indeed, and he is 'unable to move even a limb without assist ance, and quite unable to write or attend to any business. But for this; he desires me' to tell you, he should have written to you long ago to congratulate you, as he now does through Me, on your merits being' at last acknowledged, and on - your being now generally allowed to be the real originator and inventor of the - great improvements in gan nery projectiles. My father says, had this been acknow ledged, and your inventions acted on years ago, much of the misfortunes in the Crimean War would have been avoided. It is with serious uneasiness he nevi considers that there arc no men to use these improvements. Often has my father spoken of you and your inventions to thern, and they have answered slightingly until now that the tide has turned in your favour ; - yet five years ago, he says, they were as valuable as they are now.—l remain,_ dear sir, N yours truly, C. J. AriErt. Captain Norton. .I ) .ECIAL REGULATIONS FOR POSTING LET2'ERS, NEWSPAPERS, 4-c. A most important regulation relative to the above practice has just been issued by command of her Majesty's Postmaster-Gencral. Subjoined we give an abstract of its terms, simplified as much as pos- GUILDHALL Tni OLD CLO' Dorim--Ja6ob Myers, whose case was reported in The Sun of yesterday, came up this morning for judgment. Mr. Mackay, from Mr. Buchanan's, again attended for the prisoner, and urged that there really was only a case of suspicion against the prisoner. A previous conviction was proved against the prisoner, who pleaded guilty. The Alderman, in .adverting to the nature of the case, said that nothing could be more specific than the evidence of the prosecutrix ; again, there was a previous conviction proved against the prisoner, and upon _the case as it stood he must go for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAVAGE USE OP THE TEETH.—Henri' Smith, a cab driver, badge 9,712, was charged as follows : William Ling, 210 C, said he ,was in Pall-mall on tho previous afternoon, When he saw the prisoner, who was driving a cab, being at the time very drunk, come in colli sion with a gentleman's carriage. He then took him into custody, Charles Hill, 84 C, said that on the previous afternoon he was acting as gaoler at the station-house, and while re moving him from the dock to the cell he became very vio lent, and struck him several times ; and he having fallen down in the struggle, the prisoner seized his leg and bit it very severely—in fact, biting a piece out. He was suffering very great pain, and did not think it would be well for some time. To show with what determination he bit him, he was obliged to squeeze his throat till he was nearly strangled before he would release his hold. In his defence the prisoner said the gentleman's carriage ran against him, and that he was ill-used at the station, his clothes being torn off. Hill denied the latter part of the prisoner's statement, and said it took several constables to get him to the cell. Mr. Bingham said he saw by his license that h had been fined 405., or a month. He should now give him a month, without the option of a fine. Committed, the prisoner in an impudent way thanking the magistrate. THAMES. , IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Ann Mace, aged 18, and de scribed as a fringe weaver, of No. 4, Hunt-street, Great Garden-street, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Yard ley, charted with stealing a pair of trousers, value 45., the property of Mr. William Byas, pawnbroker and salesman, of No. 147, St. George-street, Ratcliffe. Mr. William Cunningham, in the service of Mr. Byas, said the prisoner came into the shop yesterday afternoon and asked him if he could tell her where Mr. Arnold the pawnbroker lived. He turned his back to inquire, and when he returned and told her the proper direction she left the shop. Directly afterwards he missed a pair of trousers from the place near where she was standing. He went after her, and said "What have you underneath your shawl ?" to which she replied " Nothing." He opened the shawl, and took a pair of trousers from under it. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Yardley sentenced her to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. A MOST HORRID COUPLE.—INFAMOUS ROBBERY. Richard Willis, aged 51, the keeper of the most infamous house in the district, and situate in that sink of iniquity, Blue-gate-fields, Shadwell, lately re-named Victoria-street, and Mary Ann Mahoney, 20, a woman of the town of the lowest class, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being concerned, with two females of loose character, in assaulting Nicholas Covachwich, an Austro-Italian sailor, and stealing froii his person £l7 10s. in English gold, two gold American dollars; one gold ring, one silver ring, one gold shirt stud, three gold doubloons, a gold watch, and a dagger, his property. There have been more robberies and outrages committed in the den, No. 8, Blue gate-fields, than in any other place in the district. Willis has been often in custody for robbery, outrages on the police, and other offences, and one Sunday morning turned out the body of a prostitute who died in his house, and a fearful row ensued, which was suppressed I?ythe police. Willis was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for assaulting the police on that occasion. On Fri day night the prosecutor was inveigled into Willis's house by a girl, and when he went to bed he placed all his pro perty under his pillow, and his dagger, which he thought was a protection, on the top of the pillow. Soon afterwards the prisoners and others rushed into the room and forcibly dispossessed him of all his gold, his watch, and other pro perty. Ho hastened down stairs, and saw the prisoners rifling the pockets of his clothes. He saw the female pri soner with his gold watch in her hand. He attempred to gain possession of his money and property, and was ill-used and thrown into the street. Police-sergeant Stimpson, No. 21 li, went to the pri soner's house and took the prisoners into custody. Two keys belonging to the prosecutor's carpet bag were found in the house. Willis told the sergeant that the prosecutor's dagger was in the dust-bin, and that Covachwich had placed it there. The dagger was found in the dust-bin and identified. The foreigner had not placed it there. Mr. Yardley asked Covachwich how he came to go into such a horrid place—the worst •in London, and, conse quently the worst in the world, with so much money about him. The sailor replied, that he intended to lodge in the sailors' home in West-street, but it was quite full. He came from Trieste the night before last, with the intention of returning to Australia where his brother was staying. He came from Australia to England with £3OO in his pos session, on the 14th of December last, and deposited the greater portion in a London bank. Mr. Yardley was glad to hear that, for he quite despaired of the prosecutor ever obtaining restitution of a farthing of hie money, his watch, or anything else of which he was plundered last night. Stimpson would do all he could He remanded the prisoners until Wednesday. rllntio EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six 0' Clock. sible : INLAND, COLONIAL, AND FOREIGN EVENING MAILS. Receiving -heuses.—Letters, I 5.30 newspapers and book packets, 5 p.m. Pillar Letter-boxes.—Letters only, 5 p.m. District Offices.—Letters, 6 p.m. ; newspapers and book packets, 5.30 p.m. Lombard-street Branch Office.—Letters, 6 p.m. ; news pars and book packets, 5 . 30 p.m. ieneral Post-office.—Letters, 6 p.m. ; newspapers and book packets, 6 p.m. PRE-PAID BY STAMP AND BEARING ADDITIONAL STAMP. Receiving-houses.—Letters, 6 p.m. Pillar Letter-boxes—Letters only, 6 p.m. District Offices—Letters, 6.45 p.m. _ i - o — n7b;rd-street Br;mch 'Office:—Letters, 7 p.m. General Post-oilice.—Letters, 7 p.m ; if; 7.30 on pay ment of a fee of 6d. each, in stamps. Newspapers and book packets, 6 p.m, ; or on payment of one farthing till 7 ; one halfpenny till 7.15 ; or on payment of one penny till 7.30 p.m. It should be specially noted that letters for the colonial and foreign eve.ling mails can be pre-paid in money, if bearing a penny stamp for late fee, at the Branch Offi3e, Lombard-street, up to 6.50 ; and at the General Post-offi St. Martin's-le-Grand, till 7 p.m. ; and upon payn ent of 6d. in stamps, for late fee, till 7.30 p.m., at the General Post-office only. Letters and newspapers are received at the Railway Station Euston-square, to be despatched by the day and night mail trains to alCtowns, the correspondence of which is conveyed by the London and North-Western 'Railway, or by the lines branching from it. A fee of 6d. in addition •to the postage is charged upon each letter or newspaper. This fee, as well as the postage, must in all cases be paid in stamps. A bag for the receipt of letters and newspapers is suspended at the station every day (except Sunday), from 7.30 a.m. to 9.5 a.m. for the day mail, and from 7.30 p.m. to 8 25 p.m. for the night mail. General Post office, April, 1859. THIS DAY'S. SHIPPING. LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.W. ; fresh and squally, with snow and sunshine inter vening. Prxmounr, April 15.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mary Ann, from London for Havannah. CLYDE, April 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bessie, from Geelong. FALMOUTH, April 15.—Wild NW.—Arrived—James Armstrong, from London for Madras—the crew refusing duty. LEITH, April 15.—Sailed—Forth, steamer, for. Aus tralhi SHIELDS, April 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Nep tune's Bride, from Ceylon. (DY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Princess Charlotte, steamer, from Portsmouth; Danube, from Newport ; Bart holomew, Dios, and Sa,gres, Portuguese war steamers, from Lisbon, Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan; Ondine, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed—Windermere, steamer, for Newport ; La Poule, Georges, and Le Coq, for Cherbourg; Wonder, steamer, for Havre; Courier, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N., fresh. Arrived, April 15.—Sea, from Rio Hache ; Defthaven, from New Orleans ; Louisiana, from Savannah ; Flora, from Odessa ; Fordenskiold, from Smyrna, Fernand Raoul, from Nantes. Arrived, April 16—Eva, from Porto Rico ; Sebastian, from Cardenas ; Lady Sale, from New Orleans ; Mary, from Nantes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. ; tide four hour's flood; cloudy, with sleet snow. Arrived, April 15—Mary, from Aarhuus ; Christiana, from Gothenberg. Arrived, 16—Lippe Viser, and Mentor, from Worcum. Sailed, April 15—Sir Chas. Napier, for Kurracbee ; Zet• land, for Quebec ; Petrel, for Rio Janeiro ; Izamada, steamer, for Constantinople ; East Anglian, steamer, for Gothenberg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W., moderate. Passed, April 15—Eliza Corry, from Adelaide, for Lon don. Passed, April 16.—Tally-ho, brig, foom the north, for westward ; William, from Berbice ; Lisbonia, from Cape Coast, Africa; Vere, from Jamaica ; Ariel from Mauritius ; Margaret Campbell, from Rio Grande ; Florist, from St. Vincent ; Grecian barque, from Jamaica ; Plantagenet, from Demerara; Maria Soames, from St. John's—all for London. Off Dungeness.—Julie, from Pisaque for London. Passed.—Beaver, for Now York; City of Perth, for Glasgow—both for London. Anchored. —Spirit of the Age, from London, for Liver pool ; Medcric, from Dunkirk, for Brest. Passing.—Catherine Elizabeth, from St. Kitt's, for London. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday in No. 1 Commit tee-room, Guildhall. Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement showed a total balance of the current account of £56,639 19s. ld., and on the depoiit account of £285,000, making a grand total of £341636 19s. ld. The boatel proceeded further to consid er th e memorial from the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, dated 24th March. 1859, stating that they have had under their con sideration the improvement of Great Tower-street, by laying into the public way some of the ground in front of No. 61 in that street; that the cost is estimated at £6OO, and pray ing the board to contribute towards the same. Mr.*Lowm an Taylor moved that the matter be referred to the considera tion of the works committee, which, after some discussion, was carried. A report was received from the finance com mittee, stating their proceedings with reference to the claims for compensation by parties interested in the property re quired for the new streets in Southwark and near Covent garden, submitting a list of the claims dealt with up to the 25th March last. In respect to the Sou thwark and West minster communication, claims to the amount o f £143,116 -11 s. ipd. had been settled at £111,855 to 14s. Bd. 116 With rega 10d rd to Covent-ga r den, claims amounting £143, 11s. . had been settled at the sum of £111,85 414 :. Bd. After some further business had been disposed of the board Adjourned, 7- - ‘ WILLS. The will and six codicils of Abel Smith, Esq., banker, of Lombard -street, and of Woodhall, Herts., was proved in the principal registry of the Court of Probate, London, on the. 9th of April, by two of the executors—namely, Abel Smith and Robert Smith, Esqrs., the sons ; power reserved to Samuel George Smith and Henry Smith, Esqrs., the brothers. The personalty was sworn under £400,000. The will is dated the 28th of June, 1848, and the sixth and last codicil on the 14th of February, 1859. Mr. Smith died on the 23d of the same month. The documents are of considerable length. Mr. Smith has bequeathed to his wife her jewellery and other ornaments absolutely ; and the diamonds whi c h were his mother's he wishes to remain in the family with the estates. He leaves her the furniture, linen, books, china, and plate that she may select to the amount of £l,OOO, with an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, £2,000 a year, and residence, with carriage and horses. He has bequeathed to each son a legacy of £20,000. The entailed Hertfordshire estates descend to the eldest son, who has be- queathed to him all the other estates of his father in that county, and the estates in London and Mid dlesex. Mr. Smith bequeaths to his son Robert his estates in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, and leaves to him all his share aed interest in the bank. ing establishments. He has bequeathed to his son Philip his estates in Buckinghamshire ; and to his son Alfred his estates in the counties of Derby, Stafford, and Leicester, with a sum of £lO,OOO. Tp his - daughter Caroline, wife of Robert Han bury, jun., sq., M.P., and to his ether daughters, each £30,000, but to his daughter Elizabeth Frances £15,000 ; to each of his clerks a legacy of £10; a legacy to each of his household, includ ing his steward and the governess; and to each servant, male and female, gardeners, coachmen, and farming labourers, according to' length of ser vice. To the Hertfordshire Infirmary he leaves £lOO. The residue he leaves to his eldest son. The will of William Pritchard, Esq., of Doctors' Commons, and formerly of 22, Kensington-park gardens, but late of No. 5, The Cedars, Putney, High Bailiff of Southwark, was proved in the prin cipal registry in London, on the sth of April, by Ruth Ann Pritchard, widow, thc. relict and sole executrix.. The personal property is sworn under £7,000. The will is dated the sth August, 1853, and is in the testator's handwriting, commencing with an allusion to a deed of covenant entered into with his son and partner, William Tarn Pritchard, in the year 1848. He bequeaths two policies on his life in the Mutual and one in the Law Life Assurance Societies to trustees in trust to invest the proceeds and bonuses on good security, and the dividends or interest therefrom to be applied by his executrix for the benefit and support of herself and younger children; andupon her decease one moiety of such principal sum so invested to be given to his daughter Ellen, the wife of the Rev. W. Calvert, and the other moiety to his daughter Emily Sarah Pritchard, for their sole and separate use ; and, on their dying without children, their share to be divided equally among those of his ten children surviving or their issue. The residue of his estate, real and personal, he leaves to his wife, at her discretion, for the maintenance and support of herself and such of her children as may require it. The will of Francis Smedley, Esq., of 'Grove Lodge, Regent's-park, Iligh Bailiff of Westminstcr; .was proved in the principal T -registry. of London on the 24th of March, by Francis :Sarah Smedley, widow, the relict, and Francis Edward 'Smedley, Esq., the son, the personalty sworn under £120,000. He has bequeathed his residence, with the furni ture, plate, books, china, linen, carriages, horses, stabling, &c., to his wife for life, with £1,500a year a legacy of £lO,OOO, and £3OO for immediate use. Leaves his niece, Menclla Bute Smedley, £250 a year; his' niece, Mrs. 'Hart, £l5O a year'; his .Tiephew, Edward HUMC Smedley, - £1.50 . a year ; and Icgacies to his other nephews and nieces, and to his two sisters abd his ,sister-in-law and a god son. The real estate and residue of his personal estate he leaves to his son, Francis Edward Smed- - ley.—jllustrated Londo - n Netts. . SWINDLING ,IN PARIS. The Tribunal of Correctional Police, on Thursday tried the Vicomte Beaumont-VassY; who is of high family, and was formerly prefect of the de partment of the Aisne, on the charge of swindling. On account of the social position of the' defendant, the case excited great interest, but the facts of it were very few, being simply that be had obtained money and shares from a saltpetre c:,mpany on pretext of bribing some public functionaries to cause the War Department to purchase or use a patent for extracting pure saltpetre without re fining it, which, it was alleged, possesses numerous advantages over, and is cheaper than, the system at present employed; and had appropriatell the money and shares to his own use. One Sebille, Belgian (who is now in custody on a charge of forgery), who was interested in the patent, entered, it appeared, into communication with Beaumont- Vassy for the purpose of gettinr , the patent if possible accepted by the War Department, and after a while the latter wrote this letter to Se bille :—" My dear friend,—lt is indispensable that you should write me a letter. On this subject I think it useful to ask you, in the probable case in which it may appear to me necessary to bribe some functionaries, whether subaltern or other, in order that they may present the affair in a favourable light to their superiors, or promote its success — whether your company will authorise me to dispose of a small sum, the amount of which might be fixed in .advance, and that amount to be in no case ex ceeded, for it may be a pure loss, and after all the affair, instead of succeeding, as I hope it will, may fail. Would a maximum of from 3,0001. to 4,0001., or simply of 3,000 f., appear too much ? Bear in mind that it is possible the money may not be needed, or that a few hundred francs may suffice ; but we must provide for everything, and this sort of thing is, it appears, very piquant—as is also the giving of good dinners to the high functionaries of the Ministry." After this letter had been read in court,'" Do you admit that you wrote that letter ?" asked the President " Yes, sir, but it was in con sequence of conversations I had with Sebille; it was he who talked of bribery, and I could not do other wise." ." The letter does not appear to confirm what you say." " Observe, sir, that I say if it be necessary,' and I repeat that the letter was written in consequence of previous conversations." " Whe ther it was or not, it speaks of bribery. I will now have a second letter read." It runs thus :—" 14th October, 1857. I have just taken the air of the bureau, and my first impressions are very favour ' able to our enterprise. I fell in with an old sea-wolf, who not only told me what was to be done, but kindly offered to do what would be most disagreeable both to you and me—that is, act on certain personages, sub altern and high-placed, who it appears are indispen sable. He fixed a price for himself; and I consented to it, though it is rather high. Decidedly I was rather silly, but we learn as we get older. To-morrow and the day after I shall see all the people neces sary to the success of the affair. You will under stand that I shall not touch the sensible cord until I shall have some one to play the instrument. Two important and influential men of the establishment appeared .to me to toke into serious consideration the developments I gave. Decidedly I have great hopes, but I see that you are right, and that the manner.of proceeding is that which you indicate to me.. The sea wolf spoke to me of M. M. —, - of whom we conversed. , // g . to that man,' said he cynically, he is a big tooth to pull out." We have good tools,' said I with a laugh. (Keep all this to yourself.) To-morrow I give a good dinner to two aides de camp. In a word, everything seems to me to be going on well. Send me as quickly as, possible the 30,G00 arguments of which you spoke yesterday," After the letter had been read, the President said :—" You wrote that letter ?" " Yes, sir." " You ask in it for what you call 30,000 arguments ? " " Sebille had indicated to me a person whose support might be necessary, but who had nothing to do with the Ministry." " What was his name ?" "I cannot tell." " Everything should be public here. Did you receive the 30,000 arguments ?" " I did, but gave them back, because I believed that things sometimes took' place in the manner indicated by Sebille, that is to say, that certain liabilities were necessary. But [ was mistaken, and lam happy to say that no one was bribed in the Ministry of War. I gave small portions of the sum to persons who are not public functionaries, and restored the rest." The prisoner then in answer to other ques tions, said that he had become chairman of the Saltpetre Company, and ,in that capacity had sti pulated on having a " commission" o made a4Soo,tohoaot but he pretended that h e had onl y sti pulation because , some officers of ortillery having e expressed but a poor opinion ofmtighieitiralile,natniodn had feared that the company ' had been anxious to be able to indemnify petty capi talists who might make investments in it. He also a d m itted having received 50 paid up shares of 1,000 f., but denied that, as allege , d,they were given him because he had pretended they were to be employed in bribery ; they were, he said, a recom pense questioned aboutservices to sumsthe company, uf 500 0 He was the company had received as cau tionol. and p l ace s given to men n ame d D e l ort and ailos,ooooqfu . which f the latter a hairdresser from L aon , th e ld Albert, nioney for chief town of the Aisne; and he was obliged to a dmit that to the former 21,000 f. and to the latter the whole 10,000 f. were still owing, though the company had.come to nothing, He also confessed containing the expressions, that some other letters " I am going to my banker for money, and am about to begin to distribute it." " I have had - to advance 40,000 f. from my own pocket," and so on had been written by him, but that such state ments were not true. M. Sebille, 31. Ansiaux, M. Ghislain, and M. Lucas (the latter is in custody on a charge of forgery), and some other persons gave evidence proving that the prisoner had re ceived the 30,000 f. and the fifty I,ooof. shares on pretext of bribing, but had appropriated them to his own uses. After hearing pleadings in support of the prosecution, in the course of which it was stated that Beaumont-Vassy and. Sebille had. endeavoured to make the War Department give 3,500,000 f. for the saltpetre patent, though it had only cost 500,000 f., and after hearing counsel for the prisoner, the tribunal condemned him to two years' imprisonment, 3,000 f. fine, and ten years' interdiction of civil rights. Sebille, Ansiaux, and Ghislain, who had been concerned in the salt petre patent, prayed the tribunal to condemn Beaumont-Vassy to pay the damages, but the tri bunal refu se d. Not a word was said at the trial of the appearance of an individual, dressed in uniform, purporting to come from the Minister of War for the purpose of deceiving the shareholders, as was rumoured at first. NAVAL EXPENDITURZ (From the Times) The great dockyard mystery is gradually getting clearer. We begin to see daylight in the matter. The reports made on the subjeCt have been so cop!ous and so plain that we can now, at any rate, tell where and how the money goes, though whether it ought to go at such a rate is still a question for consideration. When Lord Clarence Paget brought the case to a definite issue the other day by comparing facts with figures, he averred that some 25 per cent. of the money voted for the . construction and maintenance of the fleet during the last ten years had vanished without leaving any result. He put the aggregate provision made by the votes at £19,000,000, and the money's worth actually discoverable at no more than £14,000,000,. so that a balance of £5,000,000 remained unac- - counted for. Sir Baldwin Walker, the Surveyor of the Navy, took up these figures, and now claims to , account without reserve for every sixpence of the - money. The committee appointed,by the Treasury to inquire into the Navy Estunales and their results have also produced their statements, and from these and other explanations together we can at length, we hope, put the public in the right way of unra velling this desperate enigma. It is strange enough to • observe on the very threshold of. the investigation that Lord Clarence • enormously understated his own case. Read by the only light he could find for the purpose; it was, in reality, infinitely stronger than he made it out to be. • The money actually voted was very much more, the - money's worth producible very much les, than he • thought. The aggregate sum voted for the purposes in question was not £19,000,000, but .£22,000,0b0S whereas the actual outlay upon new shiiis, instead of being £7,000,000, as he. estimated, was Only £5,000,000;• and though in another item he -had made a mistake in an opposite direction, and had also Itikett no account of 1'2;000,000 Worth of - ships .!: .and paid for by• contract, the._ gros de ficit, according to his principle of calculationlT2B really s nearer ten million: • than five. - .How,- then, is Mt , • • this • to be . squared Why, exactly as We. - pre-, dieted at the time. The balance Went in,anin4,4, of expenses for Which Lord Clarence had su4s no alloWance, and which,,irs very. nobadv could ever have imagined . . He had -allowed for the fair' wear and tear of Ships in eoinmissim a goody- sum' of some £0,000,000, and probably_ thought. tlifit: 1"!•.: in that item-he had covered mOst‘ . thci - .* ; gencies" very reasonably. It turns out, hov.-ever, that he was a round million short of the mark even '`. in the immediate- reckoning on this while besides this there arc items , • without Lad, for which he took no thought, but all of which • figure to terrible purpose among the incidental costs . of the-fleet. - -The mere expenses of moorings: and dockings, of Crane - a, capstan's, and lightersi .of re- - ceiTing and delivering stores, and. of dealing With ' the transport of stores generally; is barely cov,C.red for the ten. years' -period by an • allowance of '• • - .1:2,500,000; and there are further "incidentalsk 'oenses" amounting to 5C156,000 more. Then, there are foreign yards to be considered as well as those at home, and these -establishments. spend „ million of their own in " repairs, &e." As to stores, the outlets, ordinary and extraordinary, for these supplies are wonderful.. They are sent to. foreign yards or stations e they are purchased by naval commanders or British Consuls, and the bills sent home, or they are supplied to other depart ments of Government. Nearly two millions' worth was overlooked in this way. Finally, whereas Lord Clarence valued the stock in hand, over and above its amount in 1848, at only half a million, Sir Baldwin puts it at a million and a half. Alto gether, there- -is no doubt the expenditure of £22,000,000 is, in a general way, vouched for end - explaned. Lord Clarence had no Mc a of the amount of 'sundries;" in fact, nobody had, as the, clue itself • proVes ; for, unless the consternation had been uni versal, we should never' have got these inquiries. Well, but how does it happen, speaking roundly, that things have come to such a pass, and that they are so mach worse here than in France, where greater average results have been secured, at least in certain departments of the fleet, for a smaller aggregate outlay ? This riddle also we will endeavour to explain ; and in doing so we ' will borrow an illustration which will be tanailiar to most people. Let us suppose that two towns or parishes have each a public library supported by some species of fund, subscription, or endow ment ; that one establishment has 1,000 volumes, with a limited circulation ; and that the other has 2,500, with a brisk demand and a good deal of business. At the end of ten years let us suppose them to compare notes, and to find that the larger librar of the two, with a larger annual endow ment,-had bought fewer new books and had Made fewer acquisitions than the other. The explana tion would be this:--That what with. bind ing, mending, repairing bookcases, extending reading-rooms, transmitting and receiving books, and other such incidental charges, almost all the funds of the larger establishment had been consumed, whereas the smaller, having fewer volumes to deal with, fewer customers to consult, less business to transact, and less wear and tear to make good, found itself at last with a greater balance disposable for solid investment. That, in a feg words, is the story which the committee's report discloses. Ships are built, just as books would be bought, only with the margin of funds remaining after current expenses have been defrayed. The French navy is the smaller and more manageable establishment. France has not so many ships in commission, and conse quently not so many ships to fit out or repair, nor so much wear and tear to supply. This work of fitting, advancing, repairing, and so forth, constitutes the chief and most costly demand upon the resources of a dockyard ; • its amount is governed, of course, by the number of ships in commission, and therefore the number of ships in commission determines the proportion which Ihe visible product of a dockyard represented in new vessels will bear to its expenditure upon the cur rent tasks of the day. It is calculated that even in France the margin available for increase of force -would not much exceed one-fourth of the total supplies provided, hut in England the pro portion of the surplus to the aggregate would he much smaller, and this it is which explains the • otherwise incomprehensible fact, that France, though far behind us in expenditure, has come so near us in particular results. We are hot disposed to cavil at these rspre.§en• tations. So for as they go, they probably convey a 1o i .s elucidatione i: r r r p e i c e t xed e N.: bo d o y f the an d n puzzleone morewhich tliilaasa a lon g ssoi themselves. • liret there is, a grave point re the opening of our rema rks, as we observed . at maining for consideration still. Assuming that , really swallo w naware, wdea up nrte a: thisthat ma -t whole outlay, are we bound without also reason ? We largefittings proportion repairs , f & t e l , e d s ar e aid . • fully pens s t a, o n, assume eriep ant e t oeu t rr h d r eeo readers e e a as vouchers of 'some kind would be produced for all w here of malversation or f o ul pl a y. B u t th e money expend ed ; in deed , there was no sus is.cnioot the sus picion anYnecessit y for fittings and. repairs some times gratuitously created? One great complaint has a lways been, that ships in the -most perfect order are sent into a dockyard, to be pulled to pieces one week, and put together again 'the week after, : so that the labourers have work made for them twice over. Such a system would allow the autho rities, no doubt, to produce regular accounts of money expended, but it would not follow that the expenditure itself was reasonable. On one point we are bound to say that Sir Baldwin Wal ker advances a strong ease, for his statement certainly represents the outlay upon the architec tural transformation of ships as anything but con siderable. On the other hand, however, the cost of " fitting, repairs," &a., is vastly bey end even the popular conception of the charge, and this is the identical point on which the great weight of suspicion was invariably thrown. People alwa3-s fancied that a ship was made and remade too often, not only in construction, but in equipm ent for sea. The waste on the former head turns out to be small, but on the latter the outgoings are ve. tremendous beyond belief. Are they a t ! s o ca .a. us for able ? That is the 'question which s , THE SUN, LONDON,