The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no change to report in the appearance of the Money Market to-day, the requirements of the public being supplied on previous terms. The capi tal afloat continue abundant. About £2,000 in gold was purchased by the Bank authorities yesterday, but £30,000 was withdrawn for exportation. Gold is now 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 2-10ths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness was rather quiet, but prices were steady. The sales were 5,000 bales. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. At the half-yearly meeting of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, to -day, the report of the directors stated that the general balance sheet for the year exhibited a net profit of £40,654 18s. ld., which, after deductions of the half ye3rly interim dividend, declared on the 30th of October last, left a disposable balance of £22,967 6s. 6d. The directors heal always felt the necessity of gradually increasing the reserve fund; and fol lowing out that object, they considered it for the interests of the bank to recommend to the share holders a dividend ',Cr the past half-year, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and to ar'Ad £5,000 to the reserve Fund, which will thorn amount to £15,000. The ha,f-yf arly meeting of the Cape Town Rail way end Dock Company has also taken place to• day. The repc.rt stated that the first portion of the line from the Parade in Cape Town to Eerste River, twenty-one miles in length, was opened for trfaffic in February last, and that a further portion as far as Stellenbosh, 10 miles in length, will be ready for traffic about the middle of the present month. The Government guarantee commenced from the time the line was opened 'tor traffic, Considerable advances have been made against revenue for wages and stores, and the directors have, therefore, proposed to the Colonial Government that instead of deducting these charges from the first year's revenue they should be allowed to raise a sum, not exceeding £20,000, as working capital, and to charge the an nual interest thereon at 6 per cent. in the working expenses. The final call of £2 per share on the present share capital has been made payable on the 4th of May, and the warrants for the guaran teed interest for the six months ending March 31st, have been issued. The chairman, Mr. T. A. Mit chell, M.P., moved the adoption of the report. The dividend for the past year, he said, was about 1 per cent. less than previously, on account of the in crease of £5,000 to the reserve fund. This addition 'would give the bank greater security, and the public increased confidence. When the present balance sheet was compiled, the rates of exchanges in Australia and China were depressed, but since that period about £3,000 had been cleared off, which way very satisfactory. The directors would endea vour for the future to increase their deposit accounts which was considered one of the most profitable branches of banking. By the last mail, symptoms of improvement were discernible in China, and if tranquillity should be restored between the Taepings and the Imperialists a very large English trade would, no doubt, be created. At Singapore, the Bank could issue bank-notes, which measure was now in full operation. The report Was carried by acclamation, and the retiring elec tors re-elected. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion, for the three months ending the 31st March, have just been published. From these it appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom during that period has been £26,423,763, being a decrease of £1,245,486 com pared with the like period in 1861. The decrease is most perceptible in cotton, yarn, cotton manu factures, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares, and cutlery, linen manufactures, machinery, salt, QM,. mil la nfoni-nrcla, Tlrifich ap;r;ta, and larnbo' wool, and woollen manufactures. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards indigo, coffee, wheat, flax, hemp, palm oil, provisions and spices,but smaller for rum, cotton, rine, tallow, sugar, tobacco, wine, and sheep's and lambs' wool. The shipping accounts exhibit a decrease in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, for the three months, of 315,186 tons for the entries inwards, but an in crease of 202,926 tons for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the three months, 20,946 tons more were employed than on the cor responding period in 1861 ; for the entries inwards there was a decrease of 77,811 tons in the clear ances outwards. _ _ _ A remittance of £4,062 has been received by the mail from Guayaquil on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The English Stock Market bas presented a quiet appearance, the dealings both for investment and an speculation being conducted on a limited scale, and Consols are well maintained at 931 94 for money and the Bth proximo, and 944 for the 10th of June. The New Threes and the Reduced re main at 924- ; Exchequer Bills are flat at 17s. to 20s. prem. ; Bank Stock has receded to 2361 hnd 237, and India 5 per Cents. are 1087,- 8. The dealings in the Foreign market have been extremely limited, and prices show no change of importance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 80,1 ; ditto, 1858, 691 701; and the new Scrip is firmer at .21 8 'Rem. ; Russian 5 per Cents. are steady at 964; but Italian has receded to 681 ; Brazilian remain at 101. _ _ _ • In the Railway Share Market the operations lave been to an average extent, and a slight ad vance has been exhibited in prices. Eastern Counties, Great Western, South Westerns, and Midlands have advanced 6s. ; London, Chatham, and Dover, and South Eastern 10s.; and North Westerns and North British 15s. The Foreign lines were in fair demand, at about late rates. Great Luxembourg realise 151 1. ex div ; Dutch Rhenish, 18i ; Sambre and Meuse 131 b, and San Paulo to 81 In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada lave improved to 241 a ; Great Western of Canada 'to 12',2-; East Indian to 104i1 ; and Great Indian :Peninsula to 1021. The Egyptian Loan is 11 f, prem. ; and the New Russian, 2 prem. Th. Alliance Think shares are 44 5 prem.; Im perial, prem.; Northern Counties, 21 3 prem.; and British Columbian, 11 prem. Joint-stock Bank shares remained dull, without material change as regards prices. New South Wales realise 40 to 401; London and South Afric4n, 101; Chartered of India, London, and China, 341; and London Joint-stock have improved to 37. In the Miscellaneous Market business continued very dull. Rio de Janeiro Improvement brought 26 ; and General Steam Navigation, 26. BRITISI FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3:per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities :New 2-1 per Cent. Annuities 7B Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 3-16 5-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent loBk I ,Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 Ditto Bm. ds £l,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Ac,•ount, May 8..... 93/ :Exchequer Bills ,Cl,OOO, 3 per Cent 2O 18 Ditto £500 Litto Small .... FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. :Brtri.ilian 5 per Cent Italian, 5 per Cent (Marcnamana Railway) Ditto Scrip nssio.n 5 per Cent 182?, £ St 961 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent.... - Ditto 6 per Cent, 1853 — Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 1862 (Scrip) Dividends on the ab ove payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861. .... 6Bl i TWO O'CLOt li. Consols, Money . 93/ 4 Ditto Account :' . SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOoh.S. , Paid. ! Closing Business Share Railways. ( 1 I Price. I dons 13.1418ir., Vol., and Str. Val. all 71 8 10 Bost., Sleat,and Mid.k!o. all 6 7 at Bristol and Exeter lOO 91 93 at Caledonian lOO 109 1094 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 6 61 10 Do A gets no div ) all 10 Do. B j till 6p c.p an.ha s : all been paid to B. ) ** 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June all 10 11 at East Anglian lOO 22 23 at Eastern Counties lOO 58 59 584 4 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 53 60 st Do Bdo do 100 33 40 at East Suffolk at Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 90 92 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 301 311 at (;lash. and S. Western lOO j 102 101 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland all 1140 145 at Great Northern lOO 114 115 at Do A stock lOO 113 114 1154 16 at Do Bdo at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 1044 1051 at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 65 67 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1074 108 1074 4 at London and Blackwall COI 58 59 591 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 121 123 at 1 on., Chat.. and Dover 100 44 45 451 at Lon. & North Western 100 94/ 95 95 4 4 at Lon. & South Western 100 94 1001 11.04 100 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 9 12 at Nlan., Slid., & Lincoln. 100 411 424 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Doi shares all 10 Metropolitan all 9 91 94 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Lire 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all at Norfolk lOO 67 69 at North British at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 et Do A stk ; A revs no d till 6 pc. has been pdll 100 j st Do B stock lOO at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 97 971 974 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase,l6.l3.4 1 } d d at Po Lecds lOO 554 851 at Do York I 100 841 854 85} at North London 10 Do new 5 P. Om 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 104 115 121 4 st Scottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 48 49 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 106 108 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 36 38 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all - st South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun I'lo 99 101 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 7 64 25 Stockton & Darlington all 371 381 25 Do l3 84 91 i 25 Do New, 1860 6 6 64 p at Taff Vale. at Do Pref. No. 1 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 2 4 131 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta, apql, Pim lOO 130 135 st Waterford &Zalkenny 100 20 West Cornwall all 63 63 20 West London I a al l l l - - - - 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class I all at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO et West Midland Oxlordl 100 46 48 st Do Newport) 100 43 45 st Do Hereford; 100 87 83 12.10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , •,., Leasing Closing' Business Railways. r aiu. Co. s Price. Done. - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W Birkenhead. Buckingh mg.i., re... 100 :Do. . Chester & Holyhead.. 100 jDo . Do. 5i per cent 100 IDo 126 128 Do. 5 1100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.1:i.&141C E. Lincolnsh. g Apr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 E.l.Tnion,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct.. 100 .. .. 100 Cledon . . .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves i all Do. Do. quarters ' all Do. i Lancaster & Carlisle, 100 Ln.& N.W 199 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. Bi 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. ...... .. • . DD.New Sh 1861, 4 p.c. all Do ..... ... 20 22 Do.W . u. Ext. A, 4i pc. all Do. .. . . ... 8 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen 3 Lon.,Tilb.& h._ -}'lend 100 iPeto &Co B6 89 Lowestaft gua. t p c.. 100 JNorfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. l'ilnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 3k 44 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, Buryli.:x 5. 5. 6. , E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... 1 pm Northn.&Eastn.sp.c.i all i Do. Do. 6 per cent .... all IDo . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all I Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool P 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western .. all Midland 16 1(4 • Not. Gran. 111. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 92 93 1 Preston and Wyre. f I all i L& N.W I v ,, 44 46 Do. 4 shares A 1 all , Do. •••• .. i .. . , Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 !Gt.North. l l3s 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. 1 3 1/ lip .. South Staffordshire , 100 Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset 1 100 i Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon' all W.&Brgtn 8i 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. / raillc!9,sciensg Bfoinnee." n I- Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at.. Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per ant.... Dun. Perth, & Abey,Jun. I Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 1 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrt.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. G. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 94 06 20 21 6 61 100 105 109 111 1108 110 127 129 84 86 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. cr Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref'. Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. firm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. ltz Carl. 44 p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£S 2s 10cli , P Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.n.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent do. No Do. 6 per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.at.(div.def.lll'6s L on. Ch at. &Dew. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. 47 Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... Londony. & Ennis. 4 shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent. Midland Con. 6p. c. stk.' Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 46 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent . . 1 Do. Leic. and Hit.4per ct Norflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51 P. c. Pref. st. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gm 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Nth.Dvn. Rail. &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Dn. 4i pr. et' redeemable; Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e , Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock , South Devon, Ann, 10s.; Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. ,vw 'S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c atrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. lllid.-Oxf Ist gua stk __ _ Do. 2d do. Do. Newport Do. Perpet.6p. c. pf. 1866, Do. till 18691 ,110 112 90 0 116 118 112 114 104 106 107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 04 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 1137 139 'lO2 101 116 118 116 118 138 112 116 11C 152 156 129 133 77 79 931 941 14 144 124 126 fpm 66 70 Ipm 133 140 102 104 94 9,6 110 112 ' [OB 110 1 1; pm 100 102 96 98 1/ d Par i P 22} 23} 135 140 10 11 234 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 28 29 33 34 33 34 42 45 1 126 I'2B 120 125 1102 101 123 125 1.18 122 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ran.(;ov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July ' 1877-82 Do Bp. cent.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1(8 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 Do. s'per cent lOO 101 1014 101 1 Do. Inscribed stock ' 100 119 i 1004 -- Cape G.llope. op c. 1873, 100 109 111 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880, 100 110 112 Do. 18901 100 1110 112 ;Do. Jan. & July, 1891 , 100 1112 114 iCeylon, N0v. 1861 , 6p c 100 1 _ N.B.Gov. 6 p.e.Ja.&J uly 100 1074 1081 Mk 71 bo. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct.l 100 N. S.W. (,ov. sp. c., 1868 , 100 100 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 i 984 994 , Do. d0.,1888 &upwdsl 100 974 9811 New Zealand 6p. cent., 100 109 111 i Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. , sterling, 1875 l6O ,109 110 'S. Au5,G6p.c.1878..t up lOO 1108 110 IVic,.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.& y 100 107 109 IDo. do. 6p. c. Ap.&061.. 451 . 100 1105 1054 1054 10. 6 100 100 100 all ali THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY !EVENING, APRIL 30, 1862, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ' Share I I Railways. Pad i Price. Business done 100 1 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 6570 s i t c 'Bom.,Baroda.A.Centlnd ion 101} 102 i ( I Gu. 5 per cent 205 ;Buffalo and Lake Huron all 65 611 20.5 I Do. New - - 10 Do. Preference 100 1 Buffalo,BrantotGodrich 00 83 86 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ' 100 Do. do. Jut) , 1, 1873 100 82 85 100 Do. do. June 1, 1674 100 80 83 82 5 Clcutta.AS.Eastn. (Lin ', all 5 r 5 20 Cape Town A Dock Serif 18 5 1 p 19 175 Demerara - - stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. ( 100 1015 1025 stock lEast Indian, gu. sp. c. 10) 1016 1046 1045 5 20 Do. do. G Ext.. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 231 241 245 5 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 70 74 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 63 63 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 40 45 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 37 40 100 Do. do. 1872 all 35 40 stock Gt.lndfaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 1011 1025 102 5 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 pr 5 p stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1015 1024 205 Gt.W. of Canada Sharer. all 121 121 125 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 102 104 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 85 100 Do. 1878. all 93 95 stock Aladr&s guar., sp.c. .. 100 1015 1021 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 94 96 stock Do. 44 d 0........ 100 91 93 stock nelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100 - - 20 ISTewßrunsvock A Candi. Ry.ALand(Lim.)g.6pe all 5 7 Class A. Capital Sharc - .... Do. do. Land d 0..... ... 20 Do. do. B Capital. d 0... all 4 6 Do. do. Land do. ...... sloes Scinde ..........j ..:, 100 103 104 20 Do. Punjaub .... (ca 5 15 1 5 p 20 Do. Do. .. ...... t 44 ~ all 205 201 205 5 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,T,„.t. 100 5.9 100 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 a 5 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS 20 Algerian , . . I 5 - - 10 ' Antwerp At .Rotterdam. all 75 8 81 75 .20 Ardennes.... .... .. .. all - --1 2 0 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 1 165 1 15 5 Belgian East. Junction all 15 15 15 - 1 - Carmeaux Mine A Rail 30 11 12 115 " 100 Oopiapo ................ , all - - 10 Ditto Extension .... all 45 4 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 16 2 Zip 185 5 5 20 Eastern of Franco .... all 43 21 20 Grand Ear 'Jim, Ap. c. all - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 16 165 151 16 155 20 Italian Junction ...... all - - 20 Lyons ez Geneva ...... all - - 20 Vamur A liege ........ all 85 9 9 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21 16 Northern of France.... all 41 42 16 Do. New Shares ...... 15 - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 10 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 13 75 65 20 Paris,Lyons, A Mediter. all 45 46 20 Paris A 0r1ean5........ all 51 63 20 i Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) C ;ma. 7p. et. lira.- 19 4 75 20 Riga A Dunaburg...... all - - 20 Royal _Dani5h.......... all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish ....... all - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - 20 Sambre A Meuse ...... all 13 135 135 135 110 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 95 10 95 20 ISan Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 8 5 5 pm, 85 5 20 'S.Aust.ALomb Venetin 18 35 : - .lp! 20 'S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 7 - - I 20 Southern of France.... all 325 335 85 'West Fianciera .. .. all 81 85 155 10 Do. 55 pc. Preference.. all 105 li 1. 20 IW. A N.W. of France .. all 21 22 I PREFERENCE SHARES Dividends contingent on the Profits AND STOCKS. of each separate Year. *Caledon. LIO Gua. Stk Cornwall 4/ p.c. ga.p erp l*E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. Iltldin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. I Lond'n, Brig'tn, 4. per cent. 1858 IDo. do. 4 per ct. 1860 I Do. do. fl per ct. 1811 iDo. do. 4 , per et. 1861 Lon. Sz Chat'yn, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 7/ Lon. &S.Wcstern 4/ p.c. 100 North British £lO Gua. ail 100 all 100 100 100 Shares, 1861 l *ScottisliCentral4lp.c lOO irred. pref... 'S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859 all 5 p.c. June ►B6l (rd.) 5 Do. 5 p.c. Aug . . 1861 (rd.) 3) allure of full dividends in any good out of the profits of any * F made BRITIS Mired Consols (PhHack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cone, (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon (East Cam Brea... F. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen4 Great South Tolgus .Wheal Alfd. (Phil sok) , G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston), (Grenville Elerod's-Foot tlingston Downs Lady Bertha 'Nfargaret (Uny Lelant)l Hark e Valley.. i Nor n ynth dy Downs Iron Oro (Lim ) ' North Frances (Illogai)i N.Wh'i Basset (ll'Nan) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.)l Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l S. Carn Brea (Illogan) ! S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan); Stray Park Tamar Sily.& Lead 11Iin 1 Tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard?! West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan)! Wheal Buller (Kedruth), , Whicid Edward (Cals.)[ Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) l Wheal Mar yAnn (Men.) 1 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 102 104 80 82 103 105 92 95 103 105 1 id 102 103 9} 10 iPm iPm 10 1i given half-: subsequen/ •year not to b e t half year. MINES. 3.9.3 21 420 430 42 44 PB.l 12 121 2' 2 1 4 13 15 4 31 ?.14.6 3.0.0 7.10.1 561 17s (1.15. n 8.12 4.14 1.14 4.3.0 5 1 1 20 28.2.8; 1 6I 71 31 31 37 39 lf 44 46 10 104 id par 3 44 , 12.3 2.3 0 2.2.9 li 10.6.7 3/ 2/ 2/ 5 6 40 42 ~31 5.1L6! 28.9. 2/ 34 974 1024 32 33 14 It 11 12 124 134 32 34 265 275 924 934 60 65 11. 111 12 13 11 13 16 17 i lit i i 1 dis. 11 29 Si 6 8 i d ipm i “P i 3 31 22 24 i !a i ,p 61 71 I d Ipm idi 1 1 1 lf f 2 4 1 11 I Pml I,ipm 52 51 7 7i i i 71i i DOCKS. stock 'Commercial 1100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min 100 , stock East and West India I 100 126 128 . stock London .. i 100 54 58 stock I St. Katharine. . 100 57 59 stock Southampton lOO stick Victoria .. ....... 100 I 98 100 20 IDo New. 2 4d par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bt I 50 1 88 90 , 40 Australasia all 65 67 25 Bank of Egypt all 224 234 100 Ba•ak of London 5O 50 British North American all 54 56 , 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all zoi 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 85 341 100 City ... 50 93 96 100 Colonial . . 25 39 40 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 191 20 20 Eng., Scot., A Aus. Ch.. all 181 191 19* 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 254 20 Do. new all 241 255 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atrican lO pr 4pm 104 100 London & Westminster 20 79 81 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 i d 4.p 100 Vat. Prov. of England 42 —.-. 20 Do. new 50 I National Bank ..... .. 25 25 I Neve South Wa1e5...... ail 39 11 40} 40 25 I Orient. B. Corporation 20 I Ottoman Bank 100 1 Provincial of Ireland 1 25 87 E 9 10 I Do. new.. all all 25 South Australia . I all 36 37 25 Union of Australia I all 44 46 50 Lino, of London 100 Unity Mutual.. ...... MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 10 Atlantic It. Ml. Stm (1d)I all 1 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 , Australian Agricultural 19 276 284 10 !Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 !Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 5} 50 I British American Land 40 50 B.&I.Mag. Tel. A_ (Lim.) all 29 32 20 I Do. 8,7n.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited)... 321 Canada Land all 114 116 10 'China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 24 st. Cop.Min.ofEng - .&Sinitg all _ 25 I Do. Pref. 76 per cent all 12 16 st. Crystal Palace st. , Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 105 109 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. 74 _ _ 10 Do. B. 74 11 06 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 par }poi st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. Newls 5 English & Aus. Copper. all 24 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 254 264 26 1 Great Ship 1 ,imited) all * 1 1 Do 174 pct Preference all i i 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 _ 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 34 3} d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) al 14 14 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2; 3 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 34 44 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _ 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 4 4 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 4d lip 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis all a 1 4, 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 la 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all i is 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 Ie" 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 6 7 at. reelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 57 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 150 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.46p.c 1 all 19 7 19 4 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. Now all 46 54 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts all 254 26 26 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 60 52 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 I Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 1 1 Do. do. Registered 10 D o . do ... 2 Telegraph to India (L ) 1 4d 4 p 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (11m)Ist is. I 4d 4p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 1 1 5 U. IV dom Tel. Co. (11m.) 1 14 Of 100 Van Diemen's I, lad 2.04 9 9i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT FIOUSE OF COMMONS--This DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair soon after twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Edinburgh Roads and Streets Bill was read a third time and passed. The Falmouth Water Bill wasread a second time. The Great Northof Scotland Railway Bill was considered, and ordered to be read a third tims. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. COBDEN from several places in Lancashire in favour of the Industrial and Pro vident.societies Bill; by Mr. SLANEY, from Glasgow, South Wales, and various parts of ,;he country, to the same effect ; by Mr. LOCKE, from St. George-the-Martyr, South wark, praying for au alteration of the law for the election of Guardians of the Poor; by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, from Ashton-under• Line, in favour of the Provident Societies Bill. He told the prisoner that shutting up the shop at that tim of day and getting intoxicated certainly was injuring him. In answer to a question, Mr. Bradford said the corks bore his name on them, and ought not to have drawn, as he sold wine only in bottle and not to drank on the premises, not being licensed. The bottles were here produced. Mr. Bradford said on asking the prisoner why he had acted as he had he said he could not sit in the place all day without taking something, and treating people who came in. The prisoner had also, he uncle] stood, broken open a packet of materials to make himself some seltzer water, and also injured a gazogene used in making it. The prisoner said the bottles were opened so that the customer might taste the wines, and by order of Mr. Brad- Mr. Bradford denied this. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case should be adjourned for the attendance of the boy. 7ERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION OF THE ABBEY MILLS, WEST ITAIII.-THIS DAY. The well-known Abbey Mills at West Ham, which were associated with so much intere-t, some of the structure forming part of the old monastery or abbey, were totally destroyed by fire this morning. They stood on the banks of a s tream running into the river Lee adjacent to the North Woolwich lino of the Eastern Counties Railway. The property was of considerable extent, and the mills were worked by steam, wafer, and wind. They form a con spicuous object on the broad West Ham Marsh, and the great metropolitan sewer which is now in progress passes Close to them. They belonged to the trustees of Christ Hospital, and were in the occupation of Mr. K. Miller. It appears that the mills were closed at the usual time last eveening, when the several departments were gone over and all secured safe. About a quarter to two o'clock this morning, a police-constable noticed a glare of light in a building used as a workshop. Suspecting a fire was kindling he gave a general alarm, but before anything could be done to check the flames at that early stage, they spread with astonishing rapidity to the main building, com prising the mills, and owing to the extreme dryness of the structure, the whole property Was soon in one huge general blaze. As quickly as 110.; hlo fh. 1"..1 a— ~,..,;.„.... A...., i West-Ham and Bow were despatched to the scene, and mounted messengers were sent on to London for the aid of the brigade. The conflagration brilliantly lighting up the eastern suburbs of London and the shipping in the Victoria and East India Docks soon called out the brigade force; and Captain Shaw, the superintendent, with three or four of the engines, proceeded with all speed to the spot.. By the time they had arrived, the whole of the mills had ignited, and were burning fiercely. The engines were got to from the mill stream, and prevented the fire extending to some other valuable works near. The flames continued to rage furiously, and in another direction communicated to the private dwell ing of a Mr. Deevale and some stabling; but by the timely and vigorous exertions of the firemen, the fire was got under before the latter buildings were destroyed. The appearance of the conflagration over the large expanse of marsh land is described to have been exceedingly grand. Nothing satisfactorily is known as to the origin. The property was insured in the Royal Exchange, Liverpool and other offices. THE PRINCR ol WALES IN THE HOLY LAND. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 17. By the French steamer from Syria we have re ceived some further intelligence of the journey of the Prince of Wales in the Holy Land. His Royal Highness arrives at Jerusalem on the 31st ultimo, shortly after mid-day. On receiving tidings of the Prince's approach, the Pasha of Jerusalem went forth to meet him on the Jaffa road, and in his company the little English party performed the last stage of its journey, preceded and followed by a numerous and picturesque escort of Turkish horsemen. As they approached the walls of the sacred city, the scene was both novel and animating in the extreme. The irregulars in front careered wildly to and fro, according to the fashion in which the Bashi-bazouks delight when welcom ing and paying honour to a guest of unusual rank, brandishing their lances, and engaging in mock combats with each other. The arrival of the Prince was announced by a salute of 21 guns from Mount Gihor, presently taken up and repeated from the Tower of David or of Hippicus, which as Josephus informs us, was spared by Titus " in order to demon strate to posterity what kind of a city it was, and how well fortified, which Roman valour had sub dued." The Pasha offered the Prince of Wales the hospitality of his house, but his Royal Highness decided in favour of tent life, and the party accord ingly Pnennip.,l nn tl,n tilt; city near the Damascus gate. The two following days were devoted to the business of exploring the numerous points of in terest in and about the city, The site of the Temple was the first to claim the attention of the Prince and his party.' They spent several hours within the enclosure of the Haram, visiting and examining every part in its minutest details. On the following day admission was obtained into the chamber adjoining the tomb of David, into which, with the exception of the Duke of Brabant, no Christian had for centuries been permitted to enter. In the afternoon the Prince left for Bethlehem and the Dead Sea, and returned to Jerusalem on the afternoon of Saturday, the sth inst. On the follow ing day his Royal Highness attended Divine ser vice at the English Church. Last, though not least, came the excursion to Hebron, which will undoubtedly be long regarded as the memorable event of the Prince's pilgrimage. The Pasha of Jerusalem, when acquainted with the desire of his Royal Highness to visit the caves of Machpelah, at once acceded. But the spot has always been guarded by Moslem fanaticism with a degree of jealousy hardly less than that which sur rounds the entrance to the tomb of Mahomed, and the Pasha seems not to have been without some misgiving on the subject. A guard of soldiers was sent to the place for fear of disturbance; but the precaution turned out altogether unnecessary. The inhabitants of the town displayed no other feeling but that of curiosity to get a sight of the English Prince, and the Sheikh made him a most polite speech, assuring him that he was not ignorant of the true friendship borne by the English nation to the Sultan of Islam, and that be considered it a privilege to be allowed to conduct the son of their Queen into the Masjed Ehalleel Allah., the "Mosque of the Friend of God." The tombs were found in perfect order and re pair. The graves of the Patriarchs and of their wives are pointed out in two separate and dis tinct groups. The Moslems, it appears, show also, among others, the resting - place of the Pa triarch Joseph—a tradition which will certainly be questioned ; but with respect to the principal tombs—of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and of Sarah, Rebekah, and Leah—the identity of the spot, and the fact that the graves have continued undisturbed since the patriarchal ages, reverenced alike by Jews, Christians, and Mahomedans, have, I believe, never been doubted. The Prince of Wales has been the first European to visit the caves since the days of the Crusaders. Hitherto no Christian or Jew has been allowed even to look in at the gate Gf the Mosque. But the barrier that closed the entrance against them, it may be anticipated, will now before long wholly disappear. A visit to the Mosque of Omar has already become simply a matter of course, and it is more than likely that the entrance to the caves of Machpelah will very shortly be equally free to both Jew and Christian. From Hebron the Prince again returned to Jerusalem, and on the 10th his Royal Highness and suite finally . left to proceed on their journey towards the north. EAST INDIAN RAILWAY.—The annual meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at the London Tavern. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the re port, said the whole of the works were in a very forward state, and he trusted when next he had the honour of ad dressing them he should be able to inform them that the works on the Jubbulpore line were in active progress. The report was adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected. The new line of rail way from Milan to P4via will be inaugurated on the 10th May. The committee appointed to collect metal for cannon for Gen. Beauregard's army, applied to a planter of Adams County, Miss., a few days since for his bell. Not having such an article, he mentioned it to his wife, when she very patriotically offered her brass kettle. The little ones rather demurred to the sacrifice, and one of them, with a sweet tooth, said :—" La, Pa, what will we do for pre serves f" "My daughter," said the wag of a father, "our whole duty now is to preserve our country." The kettle was sent.—. Richmond paper. SHIP ON FIRE.—VALPARAISO, 17th March.— The King of Italy (British ship, from Melbourne to Eng land) put is here this morning, having had her cargo on fire for 30 days. Hopes are entertained of saving the vessel, but the cargo will be much damaged from the heat and quantity of water poured upon it.: ;IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by co/omission to the Pro tection of Inventions and Designs (1862), and the Flum stead, Woolwich, and Charlton Gas bills. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl St. Germans, and Lord Mouteagle. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at rive o'clock. OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION. Sir G. GREY moved that the house, at its rising, adjourn till to-morrow at six o'clock, to suit the convenience of hon. members. He might state al the same time, in reply to a question put to him yesterday that public committees might, if they considered it necesswy, adjourn over to Fri day. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES BILL, Mr. S. ESTCOURT moved the second reading of this bill. In doing so he traced the origin of those societies in Rochdale and other manufacturing towns, and pointed out the benefits they had conferred in a moral and economical point of view. These societies were established some twenty yews ago. There were now 160 of them in connection with which there were 48,184 members, with a capital of £333,291, and doing a business which last year amounted to the incredible sum of £1,612,117. That, therefore, was the splendid re sult of a system originated by working men for their own benefit, and he thought it was sufficient to justify the ap plying to Parliament for its sanction and protection in con ferring upon them additional powers. At present these societies could not hold more than one acre of land. The measure asked power to hold a larger portion of land than one acre, and also to empower them to hold, lease, purchase, or sell house property, and to adopt the principle of limited liability. He would not, however, go into detail, as it was one of those measures which would be best discussed in com mittee, when he 'could be glad to receive any suggestions which might be offered respecting the details of it. no would, therefore, move that the bill be read a i4mo. ine ouLruxion-ormn ExcAL, said he did not intend to offer any objection to the second reading, and he thought the parties for whose benefit it was sought were deserving of every credit for the manner in which they had hitherto conducted these societies. As therefore he had the assur ance that the clauses of the measure would in committee be rendered in harmony with the general act on the sub ject, he would allow the bill to be read a second time. Mr. SLANEY supported the measure. These societies had now grown into such magnitude, both as to numbers and capital, that they required additional powers to extend their exertions to other districts, as well as to other places within their own respective districts. One particular re quirement was the application of the Law of Liability to them, and he was sure the house would at once concede them that, as it would enable them materially to extend their advantages, and improve the comfort of their mem bers. _ _ The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day three months. INNS OF COURT GOVERNMENT BILL. On the order of the day being read for the second reading of this bill, _ _ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved that the second reading of this bill be postponed till to-morrow, but on the suggestion of Mr. Roebuck, it was agreed to put it down for a second reading on Tuesday next. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. The consideration of this bill in committee was theu re sumed. On clause 90, which has reference to the naming of streets, Mr, CRAWFORD objected to power being left in the hands of the Metropolitan Board of Works to name or alter the names of streets, houses, or buildings in the City, as they might call them the most ridiculous names. They might adopt the watering places system, where streets and houses were characterised Ly most singular names, In some places he had seen houses called the " Rooke's Ne,t," the " Bird's Nest," and so forth, but the Metropolitan Board might call the Mansion-house the " Mare's Nest." It was well known that the Metro politan Board had no access to the city except as regarded the sewers; and he would therefore move the addition of the words—" But this section shall not extend to the City of London and the Liberties thereof." Mr. BRISTOW objected to the amendment, as the courts of law had already decided that the Metropolitan Local Management Act did extend to the City of London. Mr. CRAWFORD contended that the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London had the power to name and number the streets ; and he must insist on his amendment, as, if the clause was passed, they would have conflicting authority. Mr. H. LEWIS said if the Corporation of the City had the s le power of numbering and naming the streets, they exercised it in a somewhat bungling manner; for in Can non-street, one best streets in the City, it was almost im possible for a cabman to find the house he was ordered to drive to At one end of it, on one side, there was " Can non-street West," on the other side " Cannon-street ;" and the numbers at the same time being confused and irregular, people were put to the greatest inconvenience in finding the house they wanted. After some further discussion, Mr. CRAWFORD withdrew his amendment. The clause was then agreed to, as was clauses 91 to 110 inclusive. On clause 111, which renders +h. so Tar as new Mr-eta are concerned, Mr. AYRTON proposed to take away that retrospective effect by moving as an amendment, that the measure have only reference to new streets to be formed a ter the passing of this Act. Mr. BRISTOW having consented to the amendment, ihe clause was agreed to as amendment on terms of it, [LEFT SITTING.] POLICE---THIS DAY. BOW-STREET, THIS DAY. OBTAINING POULTRY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—George Osborne, who stands committed for trial on a charge of ob taining by false representations a quantity of hams and bacon, from Mr. Potter of Bath, was brought up on a se cond charge. Mr. Osborn of Ludgate-hill, said he knew nothing of the prisoner. Mr. Cripps, a poulterer, residing at Bampton, in Oxford shire, said—l received a number of letters from a " Wil liam Osborn," of 20, Gray's-inn-lane, requesting to be supplied with a quantity of poultry. It was sent, but in a short time after it was discovered the whole transaction was a fraud. William Butler, assistant to Mr. Cripps, poulter, Bamp ton, Oxford. I received a letter from Mr. Cripps which ordered a quantity of poultery to be sent to Mr. W. Cooper, 20, Gray's-inn-lane, London. It was sent to that address, the value being about £2. I put no invoice or bill stating the price to be paid. Another letter was also received from "W. Cooper" approving of the sample sent, and at the same time ordering a further supply. No price was sent with that parcel. Mr. Henry—That appears to be a very loose way of conducting business. Witness—Another parcel was sent on the 4th of Novem ber. It contained 22 couple of fowls, at ss. a couple, and two pairs of ducks, at 6s. 6d. A parcel was also sent on the following day. Mr. Henry—Did you make any inquiry about payment P Witness—No, sir. The parcel sent on the 6th contained about 14 or 15 couple of fowls. We sent off altogether four hampers, and the property contained in them was valued at £l9 13s. 9d. Mr. Henry—Did you receive a Post-office order kr the amount. Witness—Not a penny. We sent up to London to some friends, and found there was no such person keeping a shop in Gray's-inn-lane. Mr. Henry—That ought to have been done before the goods were sent in the first instance. Prisoner—l admit waiting and sending the letters pro duced ordering the goods. William Small, a carman in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company, proved the delivery of the goods according to direction. It was labelled, "W. Cooper, checsemonger and poulterer, 20, Gray's-inn-road." It was a little confectioner's shop. The person in the shop, Mrs. Membrey, signed the book and paid the money. A short time after I saw a larger hamper at the Great Western station, and I was delivering goods afterwards in Holborn the prisoner came up to me and asked if I had a hamper directed to Gray's Inn-lane containing poultry. " I've been waiting all day for one." I said, " Then you are Mr. Cooper." He replied, "Yes." I then told him there was a hamper with that address at Paddington, and he then said he would go and complain about its non-delivery. Prisoner declined putting any questions to the witness. Mrs. Membury said—l keep a small shop in Grey's Inn lane. A short time previous to this transaction the prisoner came in and made some inquiry about acme person. After a short conversation, he asked if there would be any objec tion to take in a letter for him. He then wrote his address on a pie3e of paper, "William Asbom, checsemonger, Woolwich." A letter came, and a few days after a parcel arrived. He left some money to pay for the carriage. I think altogether he received about four parcels from the Soutn-Western Railway. The prisoner bad no authority to print our address on his bill heads. He never stopped in our place more than five minutes at a time. The prisoner was fully committed on this charge. Another case was then gone into. In this instance the prisoner obtained loans to the value of £27 10s., from a tranesman, named Johnson, of Sheffield. He represented himself as George Osborne, cheesemonger, 51, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. The prisoner was also committed for trial on this charge MARLBOROUGILSTREET, THIS DAY. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A SHOPMAN.—WiIIiam Workman, assistant to Mr. Edward Herbert Bradford, wino merchant, &c., cf 16, North Aadley-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing some wine. Mr. Bradford said that at half -past five the previous evening he went to his shop, 16, North Audley-street, in his trap, his female servant being there at the time, having been sent for by his boy. He found the prisoner behind the counter in a state of intoxication, two or three open bottles of port and sherry being on the counter. The boy had put the shutters up, and was then engaged taking them down. On examining the bottles he found that each of them sr as only about half full, and there was a tumbler on the counter which had contained wine. He got the pri soner from behind the counter as well as he could, when the prisoner said, " Do you think I have done you any injury." FOREIGN MINES. Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. brazil Land & Clarendon Cons.MinCo ' Cobre Copper Cop i apo .. Capula Silver Dun Noun. Cop. l4linz. Co East Del Ray (Limited) Fortuna. General (it N. Cop. of S. Austr fiapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Hariquica N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L Vontgibaud Silver,Lead all all all Alining and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara lildMinel cottish Auerin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) 101fi FIRST READINGS. The Exchequer Bonds Bill and the Bills of Exchange (Ireland) Amendment Bill were read a first time. THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION. On the motion of the Earl GRANVILLE, it was agreed that the house at its rising should not assemble for public business until Friday next, Thursday being the day for the opening of the International Exhibition. CROWN SUITS (ISLE OF MAN) BILL. . . On the motion of Earl 4RAN VILLE this bill was read a third time and passed. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Earl ST. GERMANS this bill was read a third time and passed. NET LEY HOSPITAL ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Earl DE GREY, this bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned till Friday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION, Colonel CLIFFORD, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the Speaker and members to the Upper House to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to several bills, for which see Lords' report. THE INCOME TAX, Scc. Several petitions were presented from different parts of the country complaining of the pressure and in quisitorialcha rector of the income tax, and praying that it should be re moved from all incomes not exceeding £l5O a-3 ear. A. petition was also presented by Mr. C. Forster, from Wal sail, in favour of an amendment of the law relating to pro vident societies. BARRACK MASTERS. Colonel FRENCH gave notice that, on the motion for going into Committee of Supply on Friday evening Lomt, h. Would ask the 6ecreLary of State for some information re -1.“-‘,0 to the pensions received by retiring barrack masters. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Major E I )WARDS, leave of absence for a week was granted to Mr. Hunt, on the ground of ill health. PUBLIC WORKS. Mr. DILLIVYN postponed his motion on this subject,— " That, in the opinion of this house, it is desirable that, in all cases in which her Majesty's Government propose to construct works or to erect fortifications or public buildings distinct and separate from those already existing or sanctioned by Parliament, the estimates for such new works or erections should be sub mitted for the consideration of the house in a separate form, and at a separate time, from the annual estimates for current expenditure." HIGHWAYS BILL. Sir. G. GREY said that he would postpone until Thursday week the further progress of the bill, which had been referred to a select committee. THE CENSUS TN IRELAND. Sir F. HEYGATE asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land if the result of the late census of Ireland, e (tending, as in the years 1841 and 1851, to the population of each townland, would be published during the present session Sir R. Peel was not present, and there was consequently no reply to the question. HIGHWAY DISTRICTS IN GLAMORGAN. Mr. FREELAND asked the hon. member for Merthyr whether he would send copies of the returns from the sur veyors of Welsh highway districts in Glamorgan, which he had sent to the hon. member for Leominster, to the Home-office, in order that they might be moved for As a return ; and whether he would also send copies of the questions addressed to the surveyors; also, if he would state whether the Welsh surveyors included footpaths and mountain tracks in their returns of highways, on the mi'eage of which an average expense of £6 per mile for annual repairs was calculated. Mr. BRUCE said that the returns sent to the hon. member for Leominster were still in that gentleman's pos session, and he had no objection to their production. With regard to the last question he did not thiuk that footpaths and mountain tracks were ever included in the returns of the Welsh surveyors. PROHIBITION OF PROTESTANT WORSHIP IN SPAIN Mr. KINNATRD asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether any information had been received respecting the alleged prohibition of Protes tant worship, conducted by a clergyman of the Church of Ehgland, in the British Vice Consul's house at Seville; and, whether any and what measures had been taken to secure for British subjects in Spain the free exercise of their religion ? Mr. LAYARD said he regretted to state that informa tion had been received by her Majesty's Government from the English Consul at Seville, that Protestant worship had been prohibited in that city at the consular residence. The British Consul at Madrid communicated with the authorities there, and, by the instruction of her Ma jesty's Government, made representations to the Spanish Executive on the subject. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mr. B. COCHRANE moved that tm humble address be presented to her Majesty praying that she would be graciously pleased to issue a commission to inquire into the state of the public buildings erected by par liamentary grants within the last twenty yourg, and. GIL° of Fence(' rue cue public service; and to in quire whether, by adopting more comprehensive plans of building, greater public : convenience, greater economy, and unity of design, may not be attained. The hon. mem ber said he did not make any complaint against the gentlemen who had filled the office of Chief Com missioner of Works for some years past, because he believed they were all actuated only by a desire to improve the metropolis and promote public con venience. His objection was to the existing system, which he contended was not only injurious to the interests of the metropolis, but the most expensive that could be adopted. He illustrated the position by reference to the Foreign Office, Inland Revenue Office, and Public Record Office. In reference to the last, he said that the public re cords of the country were placed in a small and inconve nient room, and might at any time be destroyed by fire. He adverted to the evidence before a comrnittecof the late Sir C. Barry in favour of a concentration!of all the public buildings, end he said that since 1828 the country had paid more than double the value of the house property which they had purchased. He alluded also to the opinion expressed by Earl Russell and other authorities to the same effect, as a proof of the expense that had been incurred. He mentioned that no less than £82,000 a year had been paid for some time for the hire of offices for transaction of the public busi ness. He did not object to a large expenditure on our pub lie buildings if an adequate value were secured, and he thought the best course that could be adopted would be for the Government to obtain the opinion of competent judges as to the amount that would be required for the construction of the public offices on an ap propriate scale, which in reality would be an economical proceeding in the end. Ho contrasted the in feriority of London in regard to public buildings with Paris and other continental cities, and he called on the house to adopt a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the metropolis, in accordance with its importance and the fad Mies of site which it afforded. Mr. COWPER sympathised with the hon. member (NTT.. Cochrane) in his desire for the improvement of the metro polis. At the same time he thought that any such com mission as the hon. member proposed would supersede the authority of the Executive on the subject to which that commission would devote itself. He believed that would be most injurious, as it would take from the Government the responsibility which was at present imposed on them, of securing economy in the construction of public buildings. He could not understand what that com- I mission would have to inquire into, because, in reality, there was only one public building erected by Government for same years. That was the Record Office, and as re garded other offices, they had merely been improved or altered. Ho contended that the plans for the new publicoffices which had been made were of a comprehensive character,and originated from the inquiries which had been going on for 20 or 30 years. He said that when the public works which had been decided on were being prcceeded with, it would not be desirable to have a commission appointed, and he strongly deprecated the adoption of any proposal that would necessitate a large expenditure at the present time. The right hon. gentleman then defended in detail the plans which had been adopted by the executive, and he said that the plan pursued in his office was to construct the new buildings close to the old buildings. He contended that the present Record-office was an admirable build ing, and was erected according to a design which proposed the erection of a larger building, which could be carried out as soon as the house was prepared to vote the money requisite for the purpose. In the meantime the public documents could be received by the Master of the Rolls, or could be placed in the rooms in the Victoria Tower which were intended for their temporary reception, and numbered 64. With regard to the hire of houses for the purposes of the public service, he reminded hon. members that some offices such as the Seamens' Registry and the Stationery Offices were necessarily limited to a certain locality. He denied that there was any extravagance or mismanagement on the part of the Government in regard to public works, and defended the designs which he had adopted for the new buildings proposed t o be erected for the public service, which, he maintained would be worthy of a Igreat metropolis like this, b o th i n re f erence t o b eau ty an d utility. Lord J, MANNERS regarded the motion not as neces. sarily involving either economical considerations or the reverse, but as simply a proposal for inquiry, for which he held there were sufficient reasons, Sir M. PETO also supported the motion.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER warned the house that concurrence in the motion might lead here after to serious inconvenience. The question was beyond the scope of any commission to deal with, and he believed that by appointing such a commission they would only tempt its members to endeavour to attract favour and strength by holding out magnificent prospects and contem plating an enormous public expenditure, and that their re commendations would only remain a dead letter. Obstaclo3 would also be interposed to many practical plans of great importance which were now in progress, and upon which the house would be shortly called upon to pronounce a judgment. Upon a division the motion was negatived by 116 to 49. INLAND REVENUE. Mr. HORSFALL obtained the appointment of a select committee to inquire whether it would bo practicable and advantageous to consolidate any of the establishments now governed by the Boards of Inland Revenue and Customs reopectively ; or to unite any portion of the duties per formed by their officers, with a view to economy in the col lection of the public revenue and to simplicity of arrange went. FOREIGN TRADE. Mr. MOFFATT moved for a select committee to con- Fider the best mode of obtaining statistical information re specting the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, and the bearing thereon of the charges imposed on the entry of goods inwards and bills of lading outwards by the Custom Act of 1860, as well as the operation of certain charges on trade. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assenting, the motion was agreed to. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. CRAWFORD moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the operation of the present scale of sugar duties, with especial reference to their assessment upon a classification according to the quality of the sugar. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in ac ceding to the proposal, stated that he did so upon the un- derstanding that the committee were not to consider the question of the reduction of the sugar duties. The motion was agreed to. SUPPLY. The report of the committee of supply having been brought up; on the question of agreeing- to the vote for convict and prison establishments, Mr. SELWYN moved to reduco the amount by the sum of £550 for providing religious instruction to Roman Catholic convicts in Great Britain. The hon. and learned gentleman reminded the house that eight years ago a simi lar vote was disallowed, and argued that they could not consistently make such a special grant to Catholic priests without extending it to other denominations. Sir G. GREY defended the vote, which he said was ren dered necessary by the large proportion of Roman Catholio prisoners in the convict estab ishtnents of this country, who were left entirely deprived of the ministrations of the clergy of their own communion. Mr. NE WDEGATE argued that there was no ground whatever for overturning the previous decision of the house. He scouted the plea of poverty as a reason for agreeing to the vote, and urged that the Roman Catholics of this coun try were a wealthy community, and that the real object was to give the priests a right to intrude themselves, armed with the authority and sanction of this house, into every prison in the land. After some remarks from Lord E. HOWARD and Mr. KINNAIRD, Mr. DISRAELI remarked. Upon the fact that Mr. Sel wyn had been in his place when the vote was agreed to in committee, and had not objected to it. After what had taken place, however, he would suggest as a matter of expediency that the Government should postpone the vote. It was an unusual circumstance to challenge a vote after it had been passed through committee. Lord PALMERSTON supported the vote upon the prin ciple of justice. . . On a division the amendment was negatived by 38 to 16, and the vote was agreed to. The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. MARKETS---THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. Only moderate supplies of English wheat were received fresh up to this morning's market, yet the trade was in a slugglish state, both for red and white qualities, and mires veArn haroly pnrharl In foreign wheat—the show of which was moderately extensive—sales progressed slowly. The quotations, how ever, exhibited no material change when compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at late rates. Barley moved off steadily, and the currencies ruled firm. Good and fine malt was firm in value, but other kinda were a dull inquiry. The oat trade was firm, and late rates were fully main tained. Beans and peas changed hands at extreme currencies, the supply on offer being small, Flour moved off heavily. The top price of town-made is now 51s per 2801 b. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt Oath. Flour. Enc.o:llsh ........ 890 ( 260 ; 3,!60 ' 980 250 sack Irish — , ! Foreign ........ 7,330 • 4,930 I 5,3 W BOROUGH HOP. Owing to the uncertainty which prevails as to the amount of drawback to be allowed, the business doing in nearly all kinds of hops is confined to actual wants ; nevertheless prices rule firm. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is tolerably extensive, and the trade rules heavy, at the annexed rates : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8.1; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; lamb .58 8d to 6s 61; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 61 per 81bs by the carcase. CAPTAIN ROBERTSON'S CASE. The following order, consequent upon the decision in this osse, has been issued Captain Robertson will join his troop at the Curragh Camp immediately, and take command of it.—By order, " E. lIARRAN, Lieutenant and Adjutant, 4th Dragoon Guards. "Dublin, April 28, 1"2.8 6 THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From, the Gazette of last evening.) WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 29. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces, whose claims to the same have been submitted to her Ma jesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them in India, as recorded against th e i r names, v i z. : Lieutenant Thomas Cadell, late 2d European Bengal Fusiliers—For having, on the 12th of June, 1857, at the Flag-staff Picquet at Delhi, when the whole of the Pic que t of her Majesty' s 75th Regiment and 2d European. Befigal Fusiliers were driven in by a large body of the enemy, brought in from amongst the enemy a wounded bugler of his own regiment, under a most severe fire, who would otherwise have been cut up by the rebels. Also, on the same day, when the Fusiliers wero retiring, by order, on Metcalfe's house, on it, being reported that theuv. -.v.s a wounded man heft behind, Lieutenant Cadell went back of his own accord towards tho enemy, accom panied by three men, and brought in a man of the 75th Regiment, who was severely wound id, under a most heavy fire from the advancing enemy. Lieutenant Edward Talbot Thackeray, Bengal Engi neers—For cool intrepidity and characteristic daring in extinguishing a fire in the Delhi Magazine enclosure, on the 16th of September, 1857, under a close and heavy mus ketry fire from the enemy, at the imminent risk of his life from the explosion of combustible stores in the shed in which the fire occurred. FllOll THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. INDIAN BREVET PROMOTIONS. The Gazette of this evening contains a long list of Brevet promotions in the Indian army of no interest to the general reader. . FOREIGN OFFICE, Arlin 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Albert Eugen Denso as Consul at Kurrachee for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Georges Gerard as Consul at St. Helena for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander Wat son, Esq., to be Treasurer for the island of Vancouver. WHITEHALL, APRIL 26. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has appointed Ralph Moore, Esq., to be an Inspector of Coal Mines and Ironstone Mines, under the Act 23 and 24 Yid., cap. 151. APRIL 19. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto John Henry Charles Erridge King, of Cambridge House, in the borough of Portsmouth, i n th e county of Southampton, Doctor in Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, Mem ber of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and a Licentiate of Dental Surgery in the same College, her royal license and authority that he and his issue may take, use, and bear the surname of Martin only, i n lieu of that of King : And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to be void and of none effect. BANKRUPTS. John T. Fisher, auctioneer, Plaistow James Davis, builder, Wood-green, Middlesex Thomas J. Cross, grocer, Minories Henry Newman, builder, Hackney Wick Benjamin Kettle, sewing machine manufacturer, Leeds George Burton, engraver, Bradford George Munro and Allen Munro, drapers, Newcastle.. upon-Tyne Charles Knowles, hosier, Sheffield . SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. J. Dow, sen., Alloway Mills, near Ayr D. Robb, wine merchant, Glasgow D. Staig, mill master, Edinburgh W. Stark, grocer, Stirling G. Denholm and D. D. Duff, bleachers, Glasgow COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 185 Antwerp ... 25 475 25 525 Brussels — 25 475 2.5 625 Hamburgh — 13 8 13 85 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119 1195 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn ...— Milan — Genoa — Naples Palermo Messina — Lisbon — Oporto — Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz .. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Dou loons 491 484. 25 55 25 50 25 50 391 119 f 1191 52 52 49i 49} 25 62} 25 60 25 55 39} 1)91 120 53 63b THE FINANCIAL YEAR.--The public income of the financial year 1861-2 was made up thus :—Customs and Excise, £42,006,000; property-tax, land and assessed taxes, and stamps, £22,115,245; Post-office, £3,510,000 ; miscella neous, a. 042,534 —making a total of £69,674,479. This was was only £BOO,OOO less than the receipt of the previous year, though we had parted with one penny income-tax for threa-quarters of the latter year, the paper duty for six months, and the special receipt from the malt credit. The expenditure of 1861-62 consisted of £26,142,606 for the in terest of the debt ; £28,168,911 for the army and navy ; £9,930,0 3 6 for civil charges ; and 5,591,501 for charges of collection and Post-office packet service—making together £69,833,054. But to this must be added a special demand for £1,230,000 for naval and military operations in China, and £53,431 for extraordinary expenses of the late Russian war, bringing the whole expenditure up to £71,116,485,and leaving a deficiency of £1,442,006. In addition to this a sum of £970,000 was raised in order to be expended on fortifica tions. The mode adopted for raising this sum was by the creation of terminable annuities to the amount of £61,845, which will be payable until 1885. The balance in the Ex chequer at the end of the year was £5,288,675, which WAS £1,383,457 less than at the beginning. 1 J. rain sha, ted, eces and con- Bred and t up filar blies re a of last coil- ordi elec- )lace )ever onli- - COll - nises try. Lions ance 9. dies nun- rmer ience ik to lets) of ruing Dths this and ) in- 3 ex will The Me ,k is for new shall it to ange ror'o scree the con alto- 30111' m 10 2. ad- 13a. 31a80 93; nts.• rEz.) 1. )d. ; : t. to d-o* D. this iils, late! at. ket ice o Lief le at