The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-25 00:00:00

if MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of Englrnd return, completed to the 23d inst. is of a very satisfactory character. There is a large increase in the stock of bullion, and also in the reserve of notes, while the other securities hare been considerably diminished. The public and private balances also show a large addition. The carious items, and the changes they present, are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £21,042,360 Decrease .. 396,615 Bullion .. .. • . 17,172,204 Increase .. .• 428,770 Rest .. .. • . .. 3,088,559 Increase .. • • • • • • 3,092 Public Deposits .. • . 5,534,973 Increase .. • . .. 309,841 Other Deposits.. • • .. 15,915,247 Increase .. • • .. 204,987 Seven Day and other Bills 631,193 Increase .. • • 3,705 Government Securities 11,210,755 No alteration. Other Securities ~ • • .. 17,714,273 Decrease „ 303,760 Notes unemployed .. • . .. 9,930,830 Increase .. . • • • • • 804,640 The supply of commmercial bills offered for nego tiation to-day has been very moderate, and good securities have been discounted with facility on terms ranging as low as 2} per cent. There is still a superabundance of money, ani the influx of gold into the Bank of England is steadily maintained. It has been notified that the letters of allotment of the Imperial Ottoman Loan will be exchanged for scrip after to e 25th inst. The Ctlmmittee of the Stock Exchange have anpointed W'ednesday, the 30th inst., a special settling day in this security. During the last few days business in the Foreign and Colonial Pr oduce markets has continued rather active. Sugars have slightly advanced, while a good demand hr,s been experienced for coffee, cocoa, and rice, at enhanced values. In saltpetre the deal ings have been numerous, holders demanding higher Prices. Tallow has also been in more request, at slightly his s ;her quotations for both present and for- Ward delivery. A fair' amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday, and prices were about id. per lb. higher. The sales were 8,000 bales. With regard to American Securities Messrs, D. Bell, Son, and Company state :—" During the past Week the business in American Securities has been exceedingly limited, and quotations for State and and Railroad Securities are generally lower." The amount of gold purchased by the Bank autho rities yesterday was £lB,OOO. The intererit on Louisiana State 5 per Cent. Bonds and on City of Melbourne Deb entures will be paid on and after the Ist proximo. Notice has been given that 238 spocial bonds of the Sardinian 5 per Cent. Loan of 1851, amounting together to the sum of £28,580, have been cancelled. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. There was a meeting to-day of th e Natal Colo nisation Company, Mr. J. Mackenzie in the chair. Th e report stated that legal possession had been obtained of 250,000 acres of the land originally Purchased, that £34,572 had been advanced on mort gages at Natal at 12 per cent. interest, and that .£lO,OOO was to be sent to be similarly invested. The railway, it is thought, will be extended from Durban to Pietersmauritzburg, intersecting a por tion of the company's lands, which of course would Prove highly advantageous to the undertaking. In the course of his remarks the chairman referred to the principal features of the report, and stated that they were receiving 12 per cent. on mortgages in th e colony which yielded a yearly income of £9, )00. The capital of the company was also let out at 12 per per cent. which gave an income of £9,000. It Was considered probable that the company would be in a position to pay a dividend of about 8 per cent. to their shareholders at future meetings. The directors had decided upon assisting emigrants to the colony where land was rapidly rising in value. The report was unanimously adopted. A very small amount of business has been nego tiated in the English Stock Market through the Continued inactivity of speculation. Consols were 93 4 Z- for money and the Bth pros., showing a de cline of per cent., through sales based upon the impending negotiation of the Russian Loan. The New Threes and the Reduced have receded to 92i. Exchequer Bills are 17s. to 20s. prem. Bank Stock is heavy at 238 ; India ditto at 227; and the 5 Per Cent. remains at 1081 !. _ . Business has been moderately active in the Foreign Market, but prices are heavy. Turkish 6 Per Cents. are 801 ; ditto 1858, 70i I; Mexican are fiat at 318 ; Italian have receded to 68 ; Ras- Elan to 981; and Brazilian to 1001 ; Portuguese are Steady at 46 ; Venezuelan at 24 ; Spanish firm at 63 & ; ditto Certificates at 81 d ; and Sardinian have improved 82i 83 ; the New Turkish Scrip is 1 Prem. ; and the Egyptian, 11 7, prem. The Imperial Bank shares are 1 1 prem. ; Northern Counties, 31 a ; and British Columbian, 1.1 ... In the Miscellaneous Market business continued very dull, without any change of importance in values. In the Railway Share Market business continued moderately active, but prices, in most instances, experienced a further slight decline. Eastern Counties, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, have receded 5 ; North Westerns, and South Easterns, 10s. ; Norfolk, North British, and North Staffords remained at about previous rates. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were In moderate request, at steady prices, South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are heavy at 21 ; Great Luxemberg realise 15; Sambre and Meuse 11 1,-; Dutch Rhenish 17-7- 2; and San Francisco 1 7-1 H ; Grand Trunk of Canada declined to 24 ; East Indian to 103! I, and Madras 5 per Cents. to 101*. Joint-Stock Bank Shares were very inactive, and exhibited to change of importance in values. onion of London realise 32 ; Ottoman Bank 26 to 2 4; London and County, 391 - . 1; and Oriental Bank 531. BRITISI FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. ank Stock ," Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 0 per Cent. Consols Annuities I% leviir 3 per Cent. Annuities 92k t 2 India 0 ioelc Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 t Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Consols for Account, May 8 . 93 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent lB 20 Dittj Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. trazilian .5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco . nt Imperial,,, Moorish Scrip 9 ll New Grenada, 2 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 46 Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St 9Bl Ditto 41 per Cent__ 9l 2 Ditto 3 - per Cent. 1859 .. 61 Sardinian 5 per Cent .. — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent , 1858 Ilitto Account ....Ditto, £lOO Bonds Venezuela, 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil — 'Atte C.ertificatcs. 4 per Cent. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6B TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money .. Ditto Account ANOTTIER WINKING PICTURE.—We read in the 3 1alta Times of the 17th :—" Considerable excitement has been created during the past week by the statement that a Picture of the Madonna, belonging to a person in this city, Was in the habit of moving its eyes. The house was daily b esieged by people of all classes, desirous of witnessing the miracle. Many persons affirmed that the eyes could be distinctly seen to move; others protested they could per ceive nothing extraordinary. At length the police inter fered, and with the assistance of the ecclesiastical authori ties the picture was removed." THE MEN FOR INDIA.—WO are glad to learn that the Baptist Missionary Society has sent out to Bengal t he Rev. Mr. Rouse, M.A., who took the highest honours 4t the London University. India wants more of this stamp naen, Mr. Rouse is to study with the view of devoting 4 ' B tuna to transiation.—.Friend of Zak, SHARCMARRET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SITARES AND STOOKS. .... I Closinc , ? Business Share Railways. 1 Paid l Price.' I done. . 13.14 1 13ir„ Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 8 10 tost„Sleal„ an dMid.Co. all 64 7/ st Bristol and Exeter .... 100 91 93 st Caledonian lOO 1084 1084 50 Cork and Bandon all all 6 61 20 Cornwall 10 Do 3 k ( A gets no div )an 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.ha s ,A• I .. been paid to 13. ) CO !Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 25 Dun„Pertla& /kb. June all 10 11 at East Angli' lOO 22 23 22 at Eastern Counties st Eastern Union, A stock 100 57 50 at Do Bdo do 100 37 40 at East Snfioik at Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 91 93 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 301 514 at G lrzsp•. and S. Western. 100 102 101 10 GreaiNrthn.of Scotland all 140 145 at Great Northern lOO 100 115 1 115 1151161 at Do A st ock at Do Bdo at Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 104 106 at Great Western at Do Str Val fTua. stock 100 55 58 581 at Lancashire & Yorkshire) 1 60 1064 107,1 10 64 I at London and Blackwall 100 57 58 581 st Lon„ Bright ,& S. Coast ) 100 121 123 1224 2 at Lon. Chat., ' a nd Dover 100 45 46 441 5 at Lon. '& North Western 1 00 94 94 4 93 4 i at Lon. & South Western 100 994 1001 99A 25 L 'derry & Enniskillen. all 811 st m an., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 424 43 421 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do; shares all 10 sTetropoli ran all 9 94 94 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do firming. & Derby 100 98 100 984 9 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 1 0 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all at Norfolk lOO 66 68 674 8 at Korth British at Nor.Dev.ltail&Dk.stock 1 0 0 at DO A stk ; A reca no d till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 at Do B stock lOO et Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 97 074 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16 . 13 . 4 41 d d at Po Leeds lOO 55 154 554 5 at Do York i 100 841 85 at North Londou 10 Do new 5 1 3 ilm 19.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 104 111 at Scottish Central • lOO 124 126 at Scot. N. E., Aber. stocks 100 45 4 491 at Do Se 4. Mid. stock lOO 106 108 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 34 35 2 5 S. Durham & Lane. Un all a; 4-, South Pastern a t South Wales at C. York. and River Dun t , O 100 102 20 st 2ines,Wok„anclWok. all 6 7 25 stooNon & Darlington I all 371 384 25 Do .. 25 Do Ne NV, 1860 6 6 61 p at Taff Vale. st Do Pref. /\"0. 1 50 Ulster 25 Do • ..... 20 24 35 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath .. 100 93 96 at Victoria sta. and Pim.. 1 100 129 132 at Waterford & Kilkenny! .1 00 ••'• 1 20 West Cornwall lao 6 1 6; ' 6 4 , 20 West London I all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class all at W. Hartlepool HarAIR lOO . at West Midland Oxford 100 47 48 47 at Do Newport 100 43 45 at Do Hereford 100 88 00 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railyrays. Paid. L eas ing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. ...---..! Bedford and Blei,lhley all Ln.&N.W —.— Birkenhead. „ „... 100 D‘ , .&G.W 87 89 Buckingh mg,r,re.. .. , 100 Do. Chester & ilolynead.. 1 00 Do 54 56 Do. 5/ per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 D o ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 !Ctedon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E. CT•E•C ,- E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 160 G ~, r th. 136 1 3 8 E.Union.HarwichShs all E.Coun ts• 4 4 1 Do. Woodbridge., 100 .. • • . • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct.l 100 Cledon . . d • • Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. • ... Hull and Selby 1 all Yk.N.Mid!ll o 112 Do. halves 1 all Do. Do. quarters 1 all Do. Lancaster & Carlislei 100 Ln.&N.W 200 203 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c all D 0... i .. • • Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all D0........... 1 20 22 Do.W ~ Ext. A, 4,i pc 1 all Do 8 9 London & Greenwich 1 100 S. Eastern, 62 64 Do. Preferen ' 100 Do. !115 120 Lon.,Tilb.& S.. - . ,`lend : 100 Peto &Co! 86 s 9 Lowestoft gua. I p c.. 100 Norfolk l.. .. Do 0 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock! all LNW& M 1 3i. 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkl, BuryEx i gua. 5 per cent... 5. 5 ' 6 ' E Counts. p / p 13m. Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent .... all Do . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. •. North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt North. 921 94 92.1 Preston and Wyre. i all kr i - v i r 1 44 46 . Do. 4 shares AI. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.llitch.& Shep. l 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsby & llereford 100 jT Brassey 125 130 Dn. Do. South Staffordshire ! 100 ILn.&N."W .. .. , Wilts and Sonic rset lOO 1G t. West. 93 95 Wimbledn •er Croydon, all .L.&Brg,tn 1 di 9/ FOREIGN RAIL Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Eran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine a flail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... G rand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. sirs... Italian Junction ...... Lyons dr Geneva ...... Namur Liege ........ Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aldn) I Par!. 3,Lyons, ez Medi ter. Paris Az 0r1ean5....... Recife rt S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. et. lira Riga At 'Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 par cent. Pref.... Sambre rt., Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Urn, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust.lLomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... West Frandern Do. 5 p c. Preterencs.. W. N.W. of France .. 71 7a --D 1 11 1 11 12 134 all 3C all all 4i 4 11 24 - 14 15} Ri 20 21 41 42 PREFERENCE Sji/ Dividends contingent on the N.RE S Profits 8 10 7# 64 44 45 50 G 2 4/ 3#l 13 15 10 10 91 9f 3 3ip 314 321 7 4 7 k 10i )01' 21 22 AN D S 1 of each s, rocKs. leparate Year. ..,. st *Caledon. £lO Gua Stk 100 102 104 20 Cornwall 45 p.c. ga perp all at j*E. Anglian, Clsl3, 6 p.c. 100 st I* Do. CisC, 7 p.c. 100 at ;Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4P.c. 100 80 82 at , Lond'n, Brigln, &c.,41 per cent 1858 100 103 105 st ;Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 92 95 st ;Do. do. 4; per ct 1861 100 103 105 5 iDo. do. 4 per et 1861 34 10 'Lon. & Chat'm, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c......... 71 id par 74 at Lon. &S.Western 44 p.c. 100 102 103 10 'North British £lO Gua. ail Shares, 1861 at ,*kkottisheentral4s p.c lOO I irred. pref 10 S.-Eastern 45 p.c. 1859 all 95 10 10 'Do. 5 p.e. June i 561 (rd.) 5 4 Inml 10 iDo. 5 p.c. Aug . . 1861 (rd.) 3,l 4f pm * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be made good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. BRITISH MINES. A Bred Consols (Philack) , 3.9.3 .. .. 20 British Iron - Clifford nil 29 31 Devon G. Cons. (Tavtst.) 1 420 430 East Bassett (Illogan) '3O 43 45 East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 121 134 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.10.0 24 34 tiraril.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 561, i 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 34 I'LWheal Aita. (Phil ack) ‘‘.3. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 61 74 Grenville 6.15 .5 24 3 aerod's-Foot 8.12 36 38 ffingston Downs 4.14 14 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut) 91 44 46 Mark e Valley 4 Myndy Iron:Ore (Lim )25 id par I .-- North Downs - North Frances (Mogan) 42.3 . r . N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) 2.3 0 04 34 North Wheal Crotty I 2.2.9 25 34 Par Consols (St. Maley)! 11 5 6 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 Sortridffe Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 4 South Caradon(St.Cleer), 14 325 35 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) ' 5.11.6 21 34 -'.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 13.1 ., .4 100 105 tray Park , 'L S 5 anarSilv.tt Lead ,din., 4. , ,, 15 14 10 l'iln Cron ! 9 11 12 •• West Basset (lilov,an) I 14 11 12 Vt' Caradon (I.lsheard); 5 30 52 West Seton ~.... ; 474 270 280 Wheal Basset (Illogan)I 54 95 100 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 65 70 Wht,..l Edward (Cala.)i 74 14 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 12 14 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 13 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! 7 16 17 FOREIGN MINES, .--- 20 Nustralian 1 BonAccordCopper,Llm.l all 5 i 5 Brazil Land & Min. Co... all 1 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MbiCo. 4 dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 31 13 20 ( opiapo 2 Capula Silver its. it d }pm 1 OunMoun.Ccp.Mintr.Co ail 1 Ifp 3 East Del May (Limited) 1 4 i 2 Fortuna. all 3 34 20 General all 22 24 2 3,' tN. Cop. of S. Austr. 11 4 } d 14 liapunda (Limited) 1 4 1 p 4 Linares all 7 8 761 6 Lusitanian 2 1 d fpm 1 Ilariquica all 1 N.KhineCopotS.Aus.L 4 4 4ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining' and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 1 Santaßarbara GldMine 1 1 4pm 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 11 It pm 20 St. John del Key (L.) l5 52 64 28.2.8. United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) , all 1 5 DOCKS. stock !Commercial lOO stock I Do. 4 per Cent. Pret.Min. 10 0 stock I East and West India stock London a....' 100 64 5S stock 'St. Katharine. stock Southampton lOO - stick ;Victoria .. ........ 20 info New ......., ........... 99 101 d par PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. { Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 0 p.c pref. issued at £5 all st Bris. & Exgt. 4p.c. st 100 94 96 20 Do. shares st raledon. qr. shrs, No. 2' 100 f 5 ! Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all 20 !Cornwall. 5 percent all 20 21 61 Dun. Perth, & Abez.Jun all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref.. st E. Angn, Class Asp. c lOO 100 105 st Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 st {Do No. 2 100 108 110 st Do.! new 6p.c. at 100 126 128 st Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 84 86 st Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 1 00 11 0 11 2 st Do. Ip. c. guar. S. &1) lOO 90 92 • st Glas.& S.West. gin. 5 p.c lOO st Great Northern, sp. e lOO 116 118 st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 112 114 st Do. 45 p. c. do lOO 104 106 st Do.sp.c.Redre.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 1125 10 Gt. Nh. of :-cot. lst pref. all st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 07 ‘99 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 st Do. redeem. 45 p. ct lOO 100 102 st Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 93 st Do. irredeem. 4p. et._ 100 92 94 st Do. sp. c, redeem. pref. 100 102 104 103 st Do. firm. guar. stock all 76 78 st Do. firm. pref. stock 100 st Do. Chester guar. shares 100 76 78 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pt. shs 100 170 180 Do. Chester 5.c. pf. shs all 103 105 100 Lan. & Carl. 4a p p.c. pref 80 st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 137 139 st Do.Barnsist£s 2s 10dpe 100 st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 4a p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 st Lon.&l3rig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 116 118 st Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 116 118 st Do. 6 per cent: d 0... st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 116 11{7 st Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk 100 ,152 156 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 129 133 st Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.lil'6s 100 76 78 st Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. 100 934 944 CI st Lon. &N. W., Cov. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. Ft_ late 3d shares .... 100 124 f.ondony. & Ennis. 5 shs all 14 144 Et Man. Sh. &. Lin. 6 per ct. 000 125 127 6 Do. £6 st Do. 31 per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 5 ipm 12; aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c all ' 124 Do. 44 per cent. an st Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 st Do.Con.fris.& fir. 6 p.c 100 138 140 st Do. 45 p.c. pref. st. rdem tOO 102 104 103 st Do. 41 n.'. irredeemable 10n 1 s 6t Do. T 4 ,ti p c. e a r n c (l e H nt it:ip • e • ;et l a o l o 94 06 st .rflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1840 100 .. • • st Do. 55 p. c. Pref. st. 1847' 100 .. • • st D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB47 100 • • st Dort British. 5 per cent. 100 110 112 st Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 .108 110 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. all 1 1. pm st N th.Dvn. R ail. & Dck.Co. 100 „. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 st Do. 4 5 ' pr. ct redeemable 100 100 102 st Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 96 98 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. • . 13.9 4 5 d 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 .. • • 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 fdis par 20 North Staffordshire.... all st Scottish North-Eastern 22 23 3} p. C. pref. stock.... 100 st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 :: • • st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 135 140 105. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 10 21 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all 10. 6 South Eastern(lieading A n n., 1.0.6) st Do. 45 per cent st Do, Fixed 4 4 pet cent 100 101 103 st South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. st Do. 4a per cent st Do. do. 1859 lOO . • • • st Do. 5 per cent lOO • • • • st S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.l 100 85 87 20 Do. sp. c. gua, 17 P 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 25 Do. B 6 P. c all 33 31 25 Do. C6p. c all 30 34 st ated & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 st W. Mid.-Oxf Set gua stk• 100 125 127 st Do. 2d ao lOO 120 125 st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.l 100 102 104 at Do. Ferpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866; 100 123 125 st Do. till 1809; 100 119 123 GOVERNME T SECURITIES. Cari•Ci or. 6 p. c .j a 1877-8 9 ...... Do 6 p. Do. 6p. c. Feb. A u , Do. d p. c.Mar.dc S e pt . Do. 5 per cent........ D O . Inscribed stock Cape G.llope. „ p c o hn , no.Ap Oct& 18801 Do. Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 Ceylon, Nov.-INil, 6 p c 1 6 a.&.luly , L.O. ti p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 P. C., 18661 Do. 5 p. c.. 1 571 to 18741, Do. d0.,18S 8 B:npwdl New Zealand 6 p. cent. Nova Sc.otia Gov. 6 p. C. sterling, 1875. S. Aus,G6p.c.iB7asr, up.. Vic.GCF: *p.c. Jo.&J uly Do. do, 6 p.d..4.p.g)0t.... 111 112 !ICB 110 1108 1 1 0 106/ 101 1 t9i 1004 1 !eg tl/ 110 112 jllO 112 ;112 114 1071 1081 100 101 9R 096 g 7 984 1 ° 111 1109 Ito tlOB 110 1106 108 ilosi 10,5 f JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 ' Agrai'szUnitedService Bi 60 87 89 40 Australasia all 66 48 25 Bank of Egypt all 224 23& 100 Ilaak of London 5O 50 British North American all 54 36 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 202 202 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.,t Ch. all 113 8.5 100 City 100 Colonial . n•ll Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., t Aus. Ch.. all 181 19% 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lou. Char.Bkof Austral all 24% 25% 20 Do. new all 244 lb 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atrican lO pr ipm 100 London ..t Westminster 20 79 si 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 id l ip 100 Nat. Prov. of Englanii 12 20 1)o. new l2 50 National Bank ....... 25 20 Ne k . South Wales all 39 41 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Otto•nan Bank .~ .. . 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new .. ... all -- 25 South Australia .., ~. all 36 37 36% 25 Union of Australia .... I all 145 46 50 Uni of London 1 12 131 32 32 100 Unit,, filutual ISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-111 exican Mint all ,9 20 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stra (1d)1 all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 !Australian Agricultural 19 27 28 10 ;Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) ail 41 54 50 British American Land 40 -- 50 B.ALMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 12 20 Do. 8,7n.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11. 324 !China Land all 114 117 10 & Japan Coast River Steam Noviga 25 st. Cop.lllin.ofEng.&Srnltg all 25 , Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 12 16 at. ICrystal Patace st. Do. Preference st Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 109 107 10 'E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 Do. B 75 15 05 20 E.lndia Irrign. A Canal 1 par /pm 1/ st. iclectric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Ans. Copper all 21 25 lb Gen. Steam Navigati in 14 254 264 254 1 Great Ship I,imited) all if 1 Do 174 Pct Preference all 6 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 34 3/ d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 35 10 Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim all 34 4 4 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Isis. Co. (Lim ) 5 3.2 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lren (Lim ) 5 d I.p 10 Netherlands Land all 5 D 8 p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis. all 1 100 N . ° Br & N L 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 all all 1 0 / 14 1 Oriental oGvaasS (Limited). allBl 13 16 .) 1114 7 10 1 10 1 l r n S , I a t r e e a s m ( m . at. !I'eelß.Lnd.&Mln.(Lim) 100 55 57 50 ;Pen. A Oriental Steam all 08 70 50 I Do. New 3O 10 12 41 20 ilted Sea&ln.Tehg.44p.c. all 19 19/ 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. Nem all 44 5A 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts. all 251 264 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. !scot, Attain. Inv.(Lim ) 100 136 140 25 ;South Australian Land all 32 24 1 !Submarine Tel. 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The application for probate was opposed by the defendants, on Vie ground that the will was not made in accsrdanee with 1 Vic., cap. 2G ; that undue influence was exercised ; and that at the time the will was signed by Miss Isabella Bathes, she was a person of unsound mind. The property in dispute amounts to about £l,BOO. Dr. Phillimorc, Dr. Swabey, Mr. Bruce, and Mr, B. Webster appeared for the plaintiff; Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Merryweather appeared for the defendants, trustees of the deceased. Dr. Phillimore said the probate of will of Miss Isabella Bankes was opposed on the ground above stated, but ho thought he should be able to show that the objections raised against it were unfounded. The will was very short, and bore date May Ist, 1859, after having bequeathed to her dear friend Miss Jenkins, her brooch set with diamonds, it proceeded, " And as to my real property, estate, and effects, I give and devise the same to my sincere and beloved friend, Thomas Smethurst, doctor of medicine, of 10, Alma Villas, Richmond, absolutely for his own use." Having given a short outline of the history of the case, The following witnesses were called : Mr. Frederick Senior said--I am a solicitor residing at Richmond. I recollect the year 1859. On the 30th of April the plaintiff, Dr. Smethurst, called upon me and pro duced a paper. On the following morning (Sunday), he called upon me again, and in consequence of what he said, I went to 10, Alma Villas. I arrived there about half-past 10, Dr. Smethurst let me in, and I proceeded to the parlour, from thence upstairs to the bedroom, where I saw a lady in bed. When we first went into the room Dr. Smethurst said, " My dear, this is the gentleman come to make your will." She merely bowed, and handed me a piece of paper, which I believe to be that which I now hold in my hand. I said nothing to her before she gave me the paper. I said, "Is this what you wish ? Perhaps you will allow me to read it to you." She nodded assent, so I read it over to her. When I had finished reading it I said, "Is that correct ?" and she said, "Yes, except that I wish to leave a brooch to a friend ; how can you des - zibe it ?" Dr. Smethurst said, " My dear, it contains the hair of your late father, does it not ?" and she said " Yes ; and it is set with brilliants and pearls. I said that would do ; I would de scribe it as such. Dr. Smethurst and I then went down to the parlour, and I wrote oat the will. The lady told me the name of the person to whom she wished to leave the brooch. The paper put into my hand is the will I drew out. After I had done I went upstairs and read it over to her. She said it was all right, and I said it would be necessary to have another witness, and Dr. Smethurst said he would call up Miss Wheatley. When she came in I said, "The lady and myself will see you sign the paper." Dr. Smethurst said, " You've not said the will.' " I turned round and said to the lady in bed, " This is your will, is it not, and you wish me and this lady (Miss Wheatley) to witness your signature?" She said, " Yes," and I then gave her the pen and she signed it in our presence. After the paper was signed by us as witnesses, I handed it back to her. I thought the lady was dying—she was very pros trate. As to the state of her mind, she seemed to under stand everything I read to her. Her voice was very feeble. She was perfectly placid and calm: Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—The lady signed the name of Isabella Bankes. The word spinster was in the will when I gave her the will. Dr. Smethurst told me told me they were living together as man and wife, but that they were not married. The lady was lyi ng back in the bed, and was deadly pale. She merely answered by nodding her head. Smethurst reminded her that the brooch had the hair of her late father in it. I asked who was attending the lady, and he said Dr. Julius and Mr. Bird. He said she's in first-rate hands—don't you think so? I said I had no doubt of it. I suggested, W h en Dr. Smethurst came to me on Sunday morning, that one of the medical men should be present at the signing the will. He said, " Oh, no, there's no occasion; she's perfectly right in her mind. On the contrary, I want you to come at ten to got it all over before the doctors come at half -past ten." I purposely went at half-past ten in order to meet the doctors there. I was in the house on. the Sunday morning not more than 25 minutes. The doctors did not come during that time. When Smethurst came to me with the paper, he told me it was what a barrister or friend of his in Lon don had written out, but the lady had wished to write it out herself, but he thought it would be better done by a profes sional man. Susannah Wheatley—ln Apiil, 1859, I was living at 10, Alma Villas, Richmond. It was my mother's house. I recollect a man and woman passing by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Smethurst coming to lodge there. I recollect the lady dying there. They had been stopping there about six weeks. The lady was very ill. Dr. Smethurst stayed there the whole time. The lady was confined to her bed room all the time she was there. I once saw Dr. Smethurst and the lady together. I remember the last witness being in the house. It was on a Sunday morning, I went up into the bed-room where the lady was ; it was about half past ten in the morning. Mrs. Smethurst, Dr. Smethurst, and Mr. Senior were there. :When I got into the room Dr. Smethurst asked me to sign a paper. Mr. Senior asked me if I would be a witness to the paper, and I said yes. I don't recollect that Mr. Senior said anything to the lady. I don't remember that the lady said anything while I was there, Mr. Senior:produced a paper, but I don't recollect that anything was said about it. I put my name to it, and Mr. Senior did the same. Mrs. Smethurst also put her name to it. I don't recollect who signed first. The lady was very SHERIFFS' COURT. WHIFFIN. Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—They occupied an upstairs bedroom and the parlour. The only time I ever iaw them together was when the will was signed. By the Judge—l was seventeen years of age in the June of that year. Dr. Thomas Smethurst said—l am about fifty years of age. I married in 1858. I have retired from practice for the last eight years. After I retired from practice I went to Mr. Smith's boarding-house, 4, Rifle-terrace, Bayswater, when I first went there to live with my wife. After I had been there about fifteen months Isabella Bankes came. She came there in September, 1858, and remained there until May. I was not acquainted with her previously. I became very intimately acquainted with her, but not im properly so until after the marriage which was performed between her and myself on the 9th of December. The ceremony was performed at Battersea Old Church. Miss Isabella Bankes was then perfectly aware that I was already a married man. On the 11th of December we left Rifle Terrace and went to Tonbridge Wells. We stayed there a month, afterwards we went to Dorking, then to Sur biton, and next to Richmond. We lived at 10, Old Palace Terrace for, 10 weeks, and finally we went to Alma Villas. We went there on 15th of April. Miss Bankes first became unwell about the 15th or 16th of March. Miss Bankes mentioned the subject of her will to mo about a fortnight before her death. She said, doctor, I wish you to do me a favour. I replied, " With pleasure, what is it ?" She said, I think I've got poor dear pa's complaint of which he died, and I should like to make my will, you will, therefore, write to your friend, the barrister, in London, and ask him to come and make my will. I kn-w whom she meant by "my friend." I said what ? I asked her, "What will do you wish to make ?" She said, "You are the only friend I have on earth, and I therefore wish to leave you all I have. Miss Jenkins is my next best friend." I said, you had better defer your will until you get better; but she said, "No, I'd rather not:" I said, if you don't it will leave an impression on your mind that you will not recover. She said, "No, it will not." I said, " I would not interfere at all in it. I don't require it. I've sufficient for my use, and probably your sisters will expect it." She said, "They are all now well provided for." I said, "Itis a matter which has caused you some trouble, the property being in Chancery. The will could only be disputed if you made it in my favour." She then said, " To obviate that I'll write it myself, and they cannot dispute my writing." I then wish( dto decline it. She said, " No, you must comply wilh my wishes." I said, " Then you must write it, for I will have nothing to do with it." She begged me to hand her her writing-desk, from which she took a sheet of paper and asked me to take down her instructions, which I did. She then requested me to send it to the barrister to put it in due form. lac cordingly did so. The paper was returned. I then showed it to her, and after it had been examined I burnt the in structions she had given me. I went for Mr. Senior on a Sunday morning, because she pressed me to do so very ranch. I urged her as she was getting worse to write for her sister Louisa Bankes (one of the co defendants) for her to come and see her. I wrote to her, and having informed Isabella that I had done so, she said, " Get the will settled before she comes" Miss Louisa arrived about half-past 12 or 1 on the morning after the will had been executed. I told her that her sister had made her will in my favour, although 1 had resisted it with all my power. The barrister I have mentioned is named Smethurst, Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—The barrister is no relation of mine. I have been very intimate with him. lam certain he is no relation. He has called me "Dear Coz " and I have done the same to him. He used to sign the letters "yours affectionately," I did the same. I first formed his acquaintance when he was a patient of mine at Moor Park. I obtained about £7l of Miss Bankcs' money before her death. The barrister did not assist me. It was the dividend under her uncle's will. I saw th e will at Do c t or ' s C ommons. before we were m arr i e d. It might be a fort n i g ht or th ree weeks. She w i s h e d me t o go and see the will, to satisfy myself that she had some property—for nothing else that I know. I went there entirely on her account I took down some notes, which affected her interest. I showed her the note. I was stopped in taking the notes by the attendants, who told me if I wanted a copy I must pay for it in the regular way. She wrote to the executors for further infor mation touching the will. The letter put into my hand is the ore she sent, The letter was read by the registrar. It was addressed to F. J. Tomlin®, and amongst other things it asked for the loan of the copy of her sister's will. Cross-examination continued--I Paw the letter lA. r fore it was sent. It was dated re&er;-?; 1859. It was dated from "The Grub s , Wit hvham." I had a friend there who received the letters, and forwarded them to us. She did not wish her friends to know where she was, and I did not wish my wii e to know w h ere I was. Mr. Trehern is the name of gentleman w h o forwarded the letters. Ile is in the se,rvice of Lord. Dela ivarr. The letters were always sent 0.0 The dividends under the will were sent through the; channel. She re ceived the money and gave it to r ile , i t vas the only money of her I ever had. IN her. left i :iayswater with me she did not have more tha:,, ss. I ne ... er represented to her that my first niarriar4e, was an invalid one. I never told Miss Bankes that the woman I was living with was a married woman. I never told her sc,, or anybcdy else. I was tried and convicted for bigamy. I never set up a defence to the effect that the woman called my wif, was already married. My counsel did, but I don't know who gave the instructions. I beard the defence with surprise, and I wrote on a slip of paper to Mr. Sleigh, my counsel, rot to expose my first wife's ante cedents. My brother managed my defence. The reason I did not tell Mr. Sleigh that it was not a true defence was that I was in his hands and he was in the midst of the cross-examination. They tried to set up that my wife had committed bigamy. 1 again say I had no thing to do in getting up that defence. My brother is a private gentleman—he formerly was a chemist and druggist. I am now living with my first wife, and have been ever since I left prison. I was formally convicted for murder. I afterwards received her Majesty's pardon. I then was convicted for bigamy, and, after undergoing a twelvemonth's imprisonment, I went back to live with my wife. She was a complete wreck, and I returned to live with her because she bad suffered so much on my behalf. When I first met Miss Bankes, we commenced mutually to make love together. She began first. I did not resist her attentions. By the Judge—l am certain she wished me trimarry her. Cross-examination continued—lt began by making ap pointments to go out together. I cannot say that I at all objected to her overtures. The ques tion of marriage arose aboLt a month before it took place. She began by saying that she had a cousin of the name, I believe, of Tomlins, who had been secretly married for three years. She also said she had another friend in tho same position. She asked me how I should like a secret marriage. I made no reply. This conversa tion took place at Kennington. It never occurred to me to say " I'm already married." She knew I was already married. Miss Banks has, before Mrs. Firth expressed a wish for a secret marriage, When the marriage proposed was made, I took out the license about a month afterwards. I had then neon her uncle's will. After Miss Bankes had received notice to quit the apartments in Mrs. Smith's house she came to me, and said she was very wretched, and asked me if I would consent to a secret marriage. I made no reply. She said it cannot injure you, doctor, as I'm sure your wife will not ap pear against you, and I cannot, for I know you are already a married man. After this I met her again. She then said, " I am very wretched; let's go and live in the country, and get away from our friends." Having then found that the love and attachment was so great I said to her, "Would you not, before that, pre fer the marriage you have spoken of." I knew I was going to commit bigamy, but I never thought. I should be punished for it, as it was perfectly mutual. I intended to watch over and comfort—(laughter) —my first wife as far as money and other things are con cerned. I wrote to my wife while I was at' ttichmond. In that letter I told her I should I hoped soon return to her, I wrote that letter on a Moiiday, and Isabella Banks died on the Tuesday following. I wrote to my brother James on the same day. I don't recollect seeing my bTother James while I was at Alma-villas. The letter to my brother in formed him that "J. B." was beyond all. hope. When we went to Alma-villas Miss Bankes was very ill. We went to the house in 4 cab. I treated her for bilious diarrhoea. During the time we were living at Mrs. Wheatley's she cleaned the things away and did everything, that was re quired. She could hay e entered the room at any time she pleased. She swore falsely when she said that I took the things from her when she brought them up to Miss Banker, and prevented her entering the room. She always had access to the apartment. In the letter I wrote to Miss Louisa I gave her directions as to how she could come to Richmond. When she arrived she was with her sister Isabella alone for half an hour. lam certain of that. After she returned to town I wrote to tell her that her sister was so much worse that the medical men had prohibited visitors. • I told her in the note I would inform her when she could again come to Richmond. The oaso was not concluded when we went to press. SERIOUS STREET ACCIDENT.-11AYWARD V. TROLMAN. This was an action to recover damages for an injury to a horse belonging to the plaintiff. Mr. Buchanan for the plaintiff said his client was a cab proprietor, and upon a certain day one of plaintiff's men was with a fare proceeding down Skinner. street. A cart belonging to the defendant came out of Farringdon-street, and rapidly crossed in front of plaintiff's cab. The horse was struck and one cart wheel passed over its foot, inflict ing a serious injury. So far from defendant expressing any regret he said that " his business was of more importance than twenty horses," and "plaintiff's driver ought to have seen him coming." Plaintiff only aoug . ht 45, though the actual damage would be nearer L:O. Witnesses were called, and Mr. Chamberlain, for de fendant, addressed the Court, calling evidence to controvert that produced for tho plaintiff, His Honour found for the plaintiff with costa. APPLICATION FOR NEW TRIALS.—IIIIMPHREYS V. Mr. Beard applied for a new trial on the ground that de fendant had mistaken her ground of defence, and was not duly represented on the first occasion. She had been sued under a certain deed, whereas be (Mr. Beard) should be able to show that defendant received no property under the instrument. Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, said that the case was fully tried, and defendant defended herself most ably. It would be a great hardship upon suitors if parties could come and obtain new trials simply upon the ground that on the first occasion they had neglected to provide themselves with professional assistance. His Honour saw some force in Mr Buchanan's remarks, but would grant a naw trial upon the usual terms. In a second case Mr. Whitehurst applied for a new fria on the ground that the jury had decided against evidence. Mr. Gibbons, who tried the case, being satisfied, His Honour did not like to interfere. Application refused. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LoNDos, April 25.—Wind this day at noon—West; light breeze, and fine ; weather close. There was a heavy storm early in the morning, with thunder and lightning. NEWPORT, April 24.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Borodino, from Garrucha. P 0 RSTS mot TH, April 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived--Her Majesty's ship Rhad .manthus, from Wooolwich. Sailed— Tier Majesty's ship Visage, for Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, April 24,—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Maria, from Havannah, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Leader and Edward, from; Sunderland. Sailed—Lord Riversdale, for Quebec ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey ; Ganymede, for Shields. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, April 24—Sussex, from Antigua; Ocean, from Sandesund; Tartar, from Guernsey; Rambler, from De merara; Sea Mew, from Alexandria ; Diana, from Trinidad and Cuba; Rucker, from Trinidad; Villa de Cardiff, from Nantes; Erromanga, from Matanzas. Sailed, April 25—Saturn, for Shields and Cagliari. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Flying Fish, for Babados; Seine and Tamise, for Paris—both for London. BRITISH MUSEUM.—The National Collection will be closed from Monday next, April 28, until Monday, May 7, when the whole of the galleries, including the library, will continue to be accessible to the public every day, ex cept Thursdays and Sundays, until the 16th August. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The usual Friday rehearsal will be omitted this evening, on account of the preparations necessary for the musical performances at the opening of the International Exhibition. The following Secessionist cities and towns have been taken by the Federals since the American war began, viz. :—Elizabeth, Edenton, Winton, Newbern, Beaufort, and Morehead, in North Carolina; Bowling-green, Paint villa, Nashville, Clarksville, Columbia, Paris, Dover, and Savannah, in Tennessee ; Fayetteville and Bentonville, in Arkansas; Martinsburg, Leetown, Lovettsville, Smithfield, Bolivar, Charlestown, Harper's Ferry, Big Bethel, H u t_ r( nsville, Leesburg, Manabsas, Cextreville, Winchester, Occuquan, and Windsor, in Virginia ; Florence, in Ala bama; Cedar Keys, Fernandina, San Augustin e , Jackson ville, in Florida ; Eastport, in Mississippi ; Springfield and New Madrid, and Point Pleasant, in Missouri. The fol lowing Secessionist forts, batteries, and fortifications have been captured by the Federals this year, viz. :—Forts Johnson, Beauregard, and Evans; and Pigs Point, Ship ping Point, Cockpit Point, and Acquia Creek batteries, in Virginia; Forts Clinch, St. Mark, and Warren, in Florida; Forts Henry and Donnelson, in Tennessee; Columbus, Bowling-green, and Mill Spring fortifications, in Kentucky; Fort Macon and Elizabeth City batteries, in North Caro lina ; St. Simon's fortifications, in Georgia ; also the bat. teries at Roanoak, and the fortifications at Manassas. THE INEVITABLE SKELETON. -- Some masons en gaged in rebuilding the house No. 42, Rue St. Louis au Marais, had occasion to make a hole for supporting their scaffolding in the roof of the adjoining house, which is oc cupied by a community of Franciscan monks, when they were surprised to discover through the opening a human skeleton, with a medal attached to the neck; it is supposed to be the remains of a young woman. The skeleton has been provisionally deposited at the police station in the Rue St. Anastase, and an inquiry opened into this mysterious di B c"OrYi—Galignatri's Messenger. 1032 a 211 4 ± 1011 2 1011 20} 9)1 171 i 171 I 23 1 i 11 i 9 i I 81 SPORTING---THIS DAY. NEWMARKET RiCEQ, THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. QUEEN'S PLATE. Harlequin CRrbil.eer ..................... Two ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Prophet .......................................... Twelve ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 25 to 1 agst Instructor (taken) BENNINGTON STAHES,—LorIei scratched. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. APRIL. Chester Spring Newmarket F S York SpSpringl3 5 20 Salisb Bath . HarpeAden 23 rNE. Jl7 Epsom Summer.. 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll Ascot .... JIT Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stoelibridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverpool Beverley .. 18 New castle Hampton Carlisle 'LI% Abingdon Pontefract Hun gerford Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough 25 G oodwood UST. Radcliffe 4 Brighton 5 Brighton Club Lewes 8 Wolverhampton Reading .... 14 Wenlock l5 York Stockton 26 Egham Lichfield 26 Bridgwater Ludlow Devon and Exeter 2 Derby Great Yarmouth Plymouth Oxford 4 Wat . Leicester ll ocTi Bedford Newmarket S 0 l3 NOVE: Worcester 1 4. Hereford 0 Liverpool Shrewsbury IRISH RACING FL: CTURES FOR 18G2. .Y. Cork 1 I Galway Hunt 2O Nenagh Howth and Baldoyle.... 14 Java, We4tmoath -31‘dUrragh Juno .. 24 JULY. -- - - B ellewstown - AUGE ST. Heath Wicklow .. SEPTEMBER. Ourragh Carlow Londonderry .. l2 , ?F OCTOBER. Limerick.... Curragh NOVE)IDER. Armagh POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH- STREET, THIS DAY. ROBBERIES AT THE ST. JAMES'S WASHHOUSES AND BATHS. — Harriett Knight, a respectably-dressed female, was charged with the following robbery:— It appears that numerous robberies have of late taken place at the St. James's Washhouses,'and no clue has been found to the thieves. Yesterday afternoon, however, the prisoner while leaving the place was taxed with having stolen a sheet, the property of Mrs. Hannah Clement, of Rupert-street, and on Grinham, 132 C, being sent for she said the sheet was her own property, and that she had washed it at the washhouses, but afterwards altered her story and said that she had washed it at home and brought it there to-day. It appeared, however, that it had never been washed at all. She was then taken into custody. A shawl, doubled up, was also found at the prisoner's feet, and it is believed that it belongs to a person who was en gaged at the place at the time. Mr. James Panton, superintendent of the St. James's Baths and Washhouses, said the prisoner had done no washing, and had no doubt drawn the sheet over the par tition of the compartment where it was hanging. As there had been numerous robberies at the place he wished when there was a clear case to make an example of the thief. Prisoner was remanded. MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The show of samples of English wheat here to-day was small, and the demand for all descriptions ruled steady, at fully Monday's currency. The eupply of foreign wheat was seasonably extensive; nevertheless, sales progressed steadily in most kinds, and prices ruled firm, Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, and the quotations were steadily supported. Malting barley was quite as dear as on Monday; but grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly, on formsr terms. Good and fine malt was in steady demand, at full quota tions ; otherwise, the malt trade ruled inactive, at late rates. Oats met a steady sale, and prices were well maintained. The supply both of English and foreign was very moderate. Beans and peas realised extreme rates, with a tolerably active inquiry. The flour trade was steady, at quite Monday's quota- tions. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flow'. Eng1i5h........ 580 i i 730 ) 1,410 ' 860 ' 500 sacks. 50 , Irish • ; Foreign—. 7,290 4,880 1 1,820 ; 1 ,710 sacks. 16,800 brls. NEWGATE .AND L.EADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale here are moderate, for which the demand was heavy, at fully the late reduct on in prices. Per Slb. by the carcase. susd' s d s d • • Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Mmalmgmutton 3 8 4 0 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 2 Prime do .. 4 2 4 4 Frime large do. 3 4 3 6 Veal Do. small d 0... 3 8 3 10 Small pork 4 4 4 8 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. Nearly all descriptions of hops command a steady sale, for the most port, for home consumption, and prices are well supported. Mid and East Dents.. 126 s to 168 s per cwt. Weald of Keats .. 120 s 135 s „ Sussex loss 130 s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, as the dealers have de fer/ ed their operations for the forthcoming public sales. SUGAR.—The demand has been active, and good grocery descriptions have slight y advanced. In the refined market fully late rates have been maintained. COFFEE.—There has been an active demand, and good and fine qualities of plantation Ceylon have advanced 6d to is i.er cwt. RICE.—The inquiries have been numerous for good me • dium qualities of East India, and late quotations have been generally well sustained. SALTPETRE.--Business Las been active, and prices have shown a decided upward movement, particularly for Bri tish refined. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited increased anima tion, and for both present and forward delivery, quotations have advanced. P.Y.C., the spot, 465. 6d., and last three months, 495. per cwt. BANE OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victorib, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day of April, 1862: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ...—.13-0,-k-5,2101 Government Debt £11,015,000 Other Securities .. 3.634.900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,305,210 Silver Bullion .... X 30,955,210 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis rnissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- X 30,955,201 :PARTMENT. Government Secu- rifles ((including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,210. 755 Other Securities 17,714 03 Notes Gold and Silver 8604 Coin counts) 5.531,973 Other Deposits 15,9. 5 ;247 Seven Day and other Billa 631,193 £39,722 972 M. £39,722,02 :ARSTIATAL' Chief Cashier. April 24, 1862. THE INTERNATIGNAL EXIIIBTIION AND LIFE BOATS.—We are glad to hear that the Commissioners of the International Exhibition have, at the eleventh hour, granted apace to the National Lifeboat Institution to exhibit one of its full-sized lifeboa ts, mounted on her transporting carriag e and fully equipped, precisely as such a vessel may be seen on our coast. Our national character was some what involved in the exhibition of such a vessel, which in importance would yield to none other in the building, the lifeboat being also an invention exclusively English. MAY. ;MBER, Doncaster Richmond Walsall Monmouth 25 MancheFter Newmarket F 0 unR. Gloucester Newmarket ,11 2IBER. KEPT: WILES AAD BEQUESrs. The will of the Rev. 3-erne:l Sherman, of the Pa ragon, Blacidaeath, was proved in the London. Cour, op ir,e 29i ki nit„ by his son, James -- estron L 1 81 " - rfc''n• Eel , era W. T. Mecl7reil : Esq. ; solicitor; ?, Ahi ,gdoe. e:eeeee 1. ,- : (,::, , ..;i , ;! - . Ttis tesetitee V. -- Z9 the respi cted pa stor of liewiaud Hill's Chapel, Bieckfriars-road, for a lengthened- period, and was L highly esteemed and most affectionately regarded by a numerous and influential congregation. A few years since Mr. Shernaan's health declined, so es to compel 11;.m to relinquish his ministerial labours et Surrey Chapel and accept more limited and circum scribed duties. The will, which bears date only the month preceding his death, disposes of some legacies and two charitable bequests, leaving the residue, real and personal, to his sun, James W. Sherman, Req. To Clic:shunt College he has be queathed £100; London Missionary Society, £5O legacies to the Rev. Henry Allen and Joseph Beaze ley, also to a few friends and to his servants. All legacies to be paid fee of legacy duty. The will of.Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Somer set, K.C.8., 1i.,H., of Roehampton Lodge, Surrey, was proved in the London Court by Lady Somerset, hie relict, sole executrix, the personalty in England being sworn under £6,000. The will was executed in 1851, and Sir Henry died at Gibraltar in Feb. last, aged 66. This distinguished General had served his country long, ably, and zea l ous l y , an d was one of the no w few rema i n i ng Waterloo heroes, and in the cours e of his military services received many marks of honoiir and distinction, The will, which is very brief, di sp „„ of h i s pro party amongst his family, bequeathing to his relict the whole of his personal estate of every descrip. unmarried daughters h r t e e s r e s rvi a ng li n f p e on in h t e e r re d s er a a r s i e sir f l o g r l ifr i soin a policy effected on his life, and after their dece ase to b e divided amongst his children generally. To Lady Somerset he leaves also for life his presenta tion-plate, &c., amongst which is a silver cup from the settlers in Albany, Cape of Good Hope, and a silver epergne by the inhabitants 1 of the frontiers ; also bequeaths to her the silver dirk, orders, and medals of distinction which upon her ladyship's decease are to be retained as heir ' looms, and which he leaves to his son, Col. Charles Henry Somerset, C. 8., for that purpose. The will of James Hutchinson, Esq., formerly of Woodbank, Bury, Lancaster, but late of Chelten ham, Gloucester, was proved in London under £140,000 personalty, the executors being his three sons, James, Edward, and Arthur. The will bears date 1859, and a codicil in October last. To his son James he has devised the estates of Woodbank and Wee:ibill, and also the estate of Gotherington—the latter being subject to a life-interest therein to his two younger sons of one-third to each, and annuities of £3OO to each of his daughters. There are other 'egacies also to his sons and daughters, and the l'esiduc, real and personal, he has bequeathed equally amongst his three sons.—lllustrated LondoN, News. fIILE ENGLISH VAN IV INDI Ab ! people at home little know the greatness of the blessings they enjoy! A few years' exile would make them see in a new light what they now re gard with the indifference produced by familiarity. Those v ho look on the Anglo-Indian as a being who has but few thoughts apart from the country in. which he is doomed to spend the greater part of his life, little imagine with what ardent yearning he looks towards home, and how precious is everything that reminds him of its pleasures. How often does one of those passages that crop out so frequently in our literature, breathing a rural sweetness and domestic tenderness, so peculiarly English, recall to mind happy days spent in our " ain countrie," when life seemed a bright vista, and we were sur rounded by all we loved. None but those who have experienced it can tell what delight a description of Nature in her most charming aspect, as beheld in some country parts at home, gives to those who never see her but in extremes, either endued with a brilliant gorgeousness that palls from its very spledour, or presenting a dreary monotony that inevitably saddens a mind at all susceptive of her influence. Tbose at home see the defects es well as the beauties of those scenes we recall so fondly; we have no such drawbacks, for memory tinged by imagina tion leaves in the background all that would detract from, ard brings into strong relief - ell that enhances, our enjoyment. Often has the writer of these pages sat in his tent in the midst of a jungle epre , a ing apparently illimitably around, with an Idyll of Tennyson's, a hawthorn breathing poem of Her rick's, an essay by Kingsley, or the " Country Par son," open before him, bringing before his mental vision the verdant fields and heather covered hills of his own green island, and recalling vividly to his mind the beauty of those summer days concerning which one of the above-mentioned authors discourses so charmingly—one of those days when there is an exquisite, ineffable happiness in the mere sense of existence, when the birds sing their blightest lays, and the skies look their brightest. Often has he been awakened from such a reverie by the howl of the jackal or the mournful boom of the monkey. Never did he realise so thm oughly the exquisite beauty of Marlowe's " Come live with me, and be my love," as when in the midst of forests whose hills were the habitation of bears, and in whose thickets lurked the snake and the wolf, the hyena and the tiger. Not that the poem and the works alluded to would not delight at any time, but in the position de scribed the sharp contrast between the ideal and actual scenery lent a new beauty to the former, whilst the reminiscences excited of " days that are no more" gave a pleasure with which pain was ' strangely intermingled. Just as the untravelled heart of the Indian exile is ever turning towards home, and even those who are supposed to be most devoted to the country and its pleasures, (such as they are) never cease to look forward with impa tient longing to the day when they may sit at the fondly remembered hearth with those whom ab sence has but made dearer.—Once a Week,. THE SPIRI7 MEDIUM MANIA. A once eminent painter remained a whole winter in bed, imagining that his bones were as soft and flexible as wax, and that if he attempted to stand upon them they would give way under his weight, and his body would sink down into a misshapen ere s i l n ammett mass. Others have fancied themselves made of butter, and have bean fearfully apprehensive of mei o additiontio mentions the wearing a case of a man thick flannel night-cap, alw a y s s l ept w ith hi s h e ad lta f w .letters, A , lr. w . in a tin saucepan, in order, as he said, to exclude the intrusion of the sprites. The feature in the human face which has occasioned most uneasiness in the minds of madmen has been the nose. One man believed that his nose had grown to suoh a size, that he was afraid of stirring out of doors, or of being seen in the streets, lest people should tread on it as they passed him by. Another imagined that his nasal organ dangled from his face like the pro boscis of an elephant, and that it was constantly so much in his way at dinner, that he could not prevent it from dipping into and floating in the dishes. We read of a man who not only saw b u t felt a pair of stag's antlers growing from his fore head; and of persons of both sexes who f anc i e d themselves grains of wheat, and were in constant apprehension of bein g gobbled up by fowls. In an Irish lunatic asylum there were, not long ago, three patients, whose insanity assumed a most whimsical form. One was persuaded he was an umbrella, and would remain for hours lying up against the wall in a corner of his apartment. Another fancied that he was a clock, and would repeat the tick and the motion of the pen dulum until nature was exhausted. The third patient believed he was a hen, was engaged in the process of incubation, and used to remain for hours squatting over imaginary eggs. The quiet perseverance of this poor lunatic had something so indescribably earnest about it as almost to neu tralise the ludicrous effect of the prolonged and barren process in which days and months were con sumed lt is certain that in America, and it is but too probable that in England, the lunatic asylums contain many unfortunate persons labouring under delusions produced by over wrought credulity, a nd the errant flights of an ill regulated fancy, mis guided by 'spirit media," pro fes, Jona ' an d am ateur, honest and dishonest. It may be worth consideration at this time, whether it is not quite as rational in a man to believe himself made of glass, or to be firmly convinced of his having assumed the shape and substance of a pipkin, or a tea po t s or a goose-pie, as to derive his convictions of the immortality of the soul from wretchedly in different juggling under a table and cover in a dark room ; or, to believe that the spirits of the departed and beloved who have passed through the awful change that wrung the hearts of us, the survivors, when We looked upon it in its terrible solemnity, can be recalled out of eternity, at so much a head, by showmen. —Dickens's « All the Year Round." est ich rt, >re of iIS 3h Ird Ac- Lnd ire )M. , on, tlf un- of )w- ida- s of of yor 02, 3 of Etly.. 3ies, and cor- rch- [OO Vlr. ;ea- rer rds by ets, of 100 100 100 100 1131 107/ Share 100 stk 204' 204 10 100 100 100 20i 20i 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stocr stock q*