The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The City, to-day, presents the appearance of a partial holiday. The transfer offices at the Bank of England being closed, as usual on the Ist of May, for the purpose of adjusting the half-yearly accounts, the Stock Exchange is shut, and the opening of the International Exhibition has induced the authorities in Mincing-lane to close their respective markets, while in the other departments of business opera tions are reduced to a minimum. Gold, to the extent of £40,000, was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for expor tation. The Money Market today is easy and quiet, not withstanding the large amount paid yesterday on account of the Turkish Loan. Holders of the security availed themselves to a considerable extent of the privilege to pay up in full, in order to secure the 6 per c( , nt. discount allowed, and the total amount thus subscribed has already reached X 2,700,000. Wednesday next has been fixed for a special settle ment in the New Egyptian Scrip, which is to be marked in the official lists. Notice has been given that £1,495 6s. 3d. has been received on account of the New Granadian Dividends. The amount of the New Turkish Stock paid up in full yesterday was £2,700,000. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday pre sented a quiet appearLnce, and 5,000 bales were sold, of which 500 were for export and speculation, at rather irregular prices. The first annual meeting of the London and South African Bank took place to-day. Mr. J. R. Thompson in the chair. The report stated that business began at Cape Town on the 11th of June, and at Port Elizabeth on the 19th September. Since that time a branch has been opened at Graham's Town, under the management of Mr. Henry Ander son ; and arrangements are being made for others at Natal. In placing before the proprietors the audited accounts to 31st December last, the direc tors have the satisfaction to state that there are no bad or doubtful debts to provide for, and that the net profits of the bank to that date amount to £10,541 14s. 7d. The directors propose to write off to credit of preliminary expense account the sum of £1,608 65., being one-fifth of the balance of that account ; and to set apart, as the basis of a reserve fund, £1,096 lls. 3d. They also recommend the declaration of a dividend of two and a half per cent. on the paid-up capital, free of income tax, carrying forward to new account, the balance, £2,836 17s. 4d., less income tax on the dividend now proposed. The chairman stated that the seal of the Royal Charter wan obtained on the 17th November last, and arrangements were previously made for the staff of officials to leave England on the 6th May, 1861. The bank only commenced business at Port Elizabeth in September, so that the full time of its operations did not embrace six months, and during that short period the manager continued to report that the establishment was making satisfactory progress. The circulation of the bank on the 31st of De cember last amounted to £lO,OOO, the deposits to £52,000, and the discounts to £200,000. These sums had subsequently increased, and the manager stated that not a single bad account had been en tered in the books. A branch had been opened at 4Graham's Town, and negotiations were in progress for an establishment at Natal. The manager had evinced the greatest activity in the interests of the bank, and the directors had the greatest confidence in his ability and zeal, and they now solicited the shareholders to accord their thanks to that gentle man for his services. The report was adopted uvanimously, and the dividend ordered to be paid on the Bth inst. A shareholder considered the ex penseo of the establishment too large for so small an undertaking, and endeavoured to reduce the number of directors by opposing the re-appointment of those gentlemen who retired by rotation. The amendment was, however, negatived by an over whelming .majority, arld the retiring directors re-elected. MONEY MARKET. f SHARE MARKET-YESTERDAY. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :-- 1862. 1861. North-Western £84,471 .£83,139 South-Western Brighton 22,467 15,410 South-Eastern Great Northern Slanchestpr, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,231 16,703 North British 6,513 6,510 Great Western of Canada 10,614 11,167 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YISTERDA.Y. Bank stock 3:per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92k 2 k New 2 1 E 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 '3 . 1 per Cent lOBl i Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 I Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account s May 8 93i Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2O 18 17 Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 93} Italian, 6 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Ditto Scrip Imperial Moorish Scrip 9ll .Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Ditto Account• 46 itusmian 6 per Cent 1822, X St 961 51 7 intro per Gent. 1859 .. 60i Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account -/- Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent sot / Ditto 6 per Cent, 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 2l i 1 Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 24 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account CALLS. TO THE BAR, LINCOLN'-INN.—The under mentioned were yesterday called to the degree of barrister.. t-law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz.:—Her bert Hardy Cozens-Hardy, Esq., 8.A., London (holder of he Studertship of Hilary Term, 1862) ; Charles Henry Prance, Esq., M.A., Oxford; Edward Alfred Hadley, Esq., M.A., Cambridge; Frederick Tomkins, Esq:, M.A., Lon don, and D.C.L., Heidelberg; Alan Cameron Bruce, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; Charles Oliver Frederick Cator, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge; Robert Dobie Wilson, Esq , MA., Oxford ; Walter Baily, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; Edwa r d C amp b e ll Browning, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; Francis Phipps Onslow, Esq., 8.A., Oxford • and Robert Wilmot Bradshaw, Esq., 8.A., Oxford. . _ INNER TEMPLE.—The undermentioned gentle. men were yesterday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—John Harrison, Esq., M.A., George Follett, Esq., M.A., George Emerson, Esq., M.A., Wm. Waldron Ravenhill, Esq., M.A., John Charles Bethune, Esq., LL.B., Horace. Smith, Esq., 8.A., Charles Evans Newbon, Esq., 8.A., Marmaduke Wm. Whitaker, Esq., 8.A., Charles Simpson Samuell, Esq., Richard Lewis, Esq., Wm. Robert M'Connell, Esq., 8.A., John Edmund Wentworth Addison, Esq., 8.A., Thos. William Fletcher, Esq., M.A., and Montagu Stephen Williams, EFq. CAPTAIN ROBERTSON'S RETURN TO THE CUR RAGR.—Captain Robertson arrived at the Curragh on Monday and resumed the command of his troop. His re ception by the men was most enthusiastic. On making his appearance to take the command three hearty cheers evinced the estimation in which he is held by the men of his regi ment. It is said that they would have drawn his carriage from the Newbridge station had they known of his arrival. THE CORONERSHIP FOR MIDDLESEX.—The Bench of Middlesex. magistrates having resolved that a petition be presented to her Majesty in Council, praying that the Western division of the county may be divided .into two districts as to the office of coroner,Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for the Eastern division, has protested against such division, and claims the right in the event of the death or resignation of Mr. Wakley, to be coroner for the Western division, as he is elected a coroner for the county, and can act as such, either in the Eastern division or the Western division, as he has done on many occasions. Mr, Wakley's fixed salary is £l,BOO a-year, Mr. Humphreys', £1,500. Mr. Humphreys' protest was to be put in writing, and referred to the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes. gENTRE I BUT WITTY. —A barrister who was re markable 47 coming into court with dirty hands, observed that he had bon turning oyez , . Coke. " C o k e I" exc l a i me d a w aggi s h L rot Nr, "I shou,d have th oug ht i t was coa l I" oimINARY SHARES AND STOuKS. Closing , Business Share Railways. , Paid. 1 Price. I done. 13.14 ,Bir., `Vol., and Str. Val, all 74 8 10 IBost.,Sleaf.,andMid. l / 4 :o. all I 6 7 st ,Bristol and Exeter lOO 91 93 92 15 st Caledonian lOO 1094 1091; 1095 4 50 Cork and Bandon all —— I 20 Cornwall all 6 64 1 0 Do AI A gets no rliv ) all .._ 10 Do. B till opc.p an.has ; all .. been paid to 13. ) 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all 41 43 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 10 11 st East Anglian at Eastern Counties lOO 58 59 58 2:4 4 4 at Eastern Union, A stock 100 I 58 60 at Do Bdo do 100 33 40 st !East Suffolk at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow, 100 90 92 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 305 814 I at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 lO2 101 10 , GreatNrthn.of Scotland all ' 140 145 st 'Great Northern lOO 'll5 116 115 4 16 at Do A stock at Do 13 do at Gr. S. and W. of Ireland 300 1044 1055 st 'Great Western at Do Str Val ;.r,ua. stock 100 55 57 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1074 108 10 74 4 4 at London and Blackwell 100 58 59 59 4 4 at Lon. Bright.,& S. Coasti 100 121 123 1224 at Lon., , Chat., and Dover 100 44 45 454 at Lon. & North Western 100 945 95 95 4 4 4 at Lon. & South Western 100 991 1005 1.01 100 25 L'clerry & Enniskillen. all 9 12 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 424 43 43 5 0 Maryport and Carlisle. all 125 Do 4 shares.. all 10 Metropolitan all 9 91 91 9 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do firming. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all et Norfolk lOO 67 69, . at North British at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 at Do A stk ; A recs nod till 6 pc. has been pdf I 100 et Do B stock llOO at Nth. Eastern—Berwickl 100 97 01 97 4 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 1 1 d d at Do Lecds lOO . 55% 154 at Do York at North London 10 Do new 5 p 4P 113 .16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all , 10/ 111 12 . 11 4 at Scottish Central J 100 124 126 at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 48 49 at Do Sc•ft. Mid. stoek lOO 106 108 1 0 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union I 100 46 47 at South Devon lOO 36 38 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all - at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all ' 8 7 64 25 Stockton & Darlingtoni all 374 38/ 25 Do l3 84 94 p 25 Do New, 1860 6 6 64 p at 'Taff Vale. at Do Pref. No. 1 50 Ulster 25 Do 2.10 Do at Vale of Neath llOO 93 95 at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 130 135 st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 West Cornwall ' all 61 64. 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class all st W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO st West Midland Oxford 100 46 48 st Do Newport, 100 43 45 at Do Hereford 100 87 89 1 9.16.4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Leasing Closing! Business Paid. Co. s Price. I Done. Bedford and Bletchleyi all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh Chester & Hoiyhead.. 100 'Do. Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt.Ncrth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 10 0 • • •• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct.i 100 Cledon Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. Wes . t Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle' 100 Ln.&N.W 199 202 Lon. and Chat Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c. all D 0....... Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c.' all D 0........ 20 22 Do.Wv. Ext. A, 41p c. j all Do 9 Loudon & Greenwich; 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.& Fiend' 100 Peto &Co BB 09 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 )Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 3k 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 stock ; 100 Midland 95 97 Newmarkt, BuryEx 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p p gua. 5 per cent... pm pm Northn.&Eastn. sp. c.l all Do. Do. 6 per cent .... all Do Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn---Elartlepool l 1( 0 N. E. Ber North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 91 93 921 L& :v .W Preston and Wyre. all i & LAk. 344 46 Do. l shares A. all Do. ••• • .. Roystn.Hitoh.,loShep. 100 Gr.North. , l3s 137 Shrewsby & Hereford l 100 T Brassey i 125 130 Dn. Do. 1 3 1 2P South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W Wilts and Somerset 100 Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon, all , L.&Brgrtn 8 91 CE SHARES. Paid' Closing Business Prices. Done. 94 96 20 21 6 6i 100 105 109 111 108 110 127 129 84 80 110 112 90 92 'llO 118 112 114 1 104 106 107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 M 102 104 78 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 PREFERE Share 1 Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne o p.c pref. issued at £5 et Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 20 Do. shares st Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per ant—. 61 Dun. Perth, & Abez.Jun. 10 Do. Ist Class Pref st E. A_ngn. Class Asp. c st E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1, st Do No. 2 st Do. new 6p.c. st st Eastern Union, 4p. st Do. sp. c. guar st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares st Do. p. c. altar. S. & st Glas,& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. st Great Northern, sp. c st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm st Do. 41 p. c. do st Do.sp. Redir atsp.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. st G*. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) S per cent Do. redeem. 41 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. a redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.ffarnsl.stXs 2s lodpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. per Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. No.I Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent' d 0... , Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.R&C.P.) Do. 4 p c. st. (di v. def.IIP 65 Lon.Chat&Dnv.sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. pt., late 3d shares Londony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. S per ct. Do. .E 6 Do. 3f per cent, Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. C Do. 4f per cent. Midland Con. 6 p. c stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable Do. 41 per cent . . Do. Leic. and Hit 4per et Nnrflit. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5} p. c. Pref. st. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.stlBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New cua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf, shs. Nth Dvn. It ail. & Dck. Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct' redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. C. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, R. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 er cent Sou Annth E ute rn( eadm• g st Do. 44 per cent . St Do, Fixed 4} per * ' t st South Wales, g um 4 n st Do. 4 4 per cent . c " st Do. dcl• gua. . st Dcf. 5 per cent. et S. Y or kshire, 4P. C. 20 Do. S P. c- glza. 25 Stock. D Bs o D . al.. A B 6 5 p i) ; m e• •• 25 25 Do. C6p. c et atrfd & KilknY. 6 P. c st W. Mid.-Oxf lst gua stk st Do. 2d do st Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. st Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 st Do. till 1869 137 139 1102 lot 116 118 1116 118 'l3B 142 ,116 11c 1152 156 129 133 77 79 94 94j 14 144 124 126 iPm, 68 70 fpm' 138 140 ,102 101 94 96 1 110 112 108 110 1 1; pm , 100 102 96 98 / par fp -22i 231 100 100 100 all all 10. 6 135 140 10 11 23i 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 t l p 28 29 1 33 33 34 42 45 126 128 120 1 102 104 123 125 118 122 111 I ima I et COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1 --- _........... to P Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja, &July 1877-S2 Do 6p. cent.ll3B3-4 100 108 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 108 110 • 1 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 ii Do. 5 per cent lOO 101 1014 1 0 . 1 1 4 1 5 Do. Inscribed stock 100 1911 1004 5 -- Cape G.Hope, a p c. 1873 100 109 111 2 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 5 Do. 1890 100 110 112 1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 112 114 2 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 10 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&July 100 1074 ICBi 10817# 01 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 2 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 100 101 Do. i; p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 984 994 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 974 981 984 1 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. 11 sterling, 1875 lOO 109 110 S. Atts,G6p.c.lB7B.& up lOO 108 110 I Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 I - Do. do. 6p.o..ApothOot—. 100 105.; 1054 105} 1 i 1 THE SUN,' LONDON, MCMSDAY LIVENING, MAY 1, 1862. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways. Pal Price. Business done 100 — Atlantic &St Lawrence all 67 72 , IBom.,Baroda&.Centlud HO 102 1021 1024 1 Ph '' t , Gu. 5 per cent. 201 IBuffalo and Lime Huron all 64 64d 201 I Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... . all 84 84 ( ;Buflalo,Brant,&Godricl l 100 i 0 v. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18;7 10u 83 86 100 , Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 81 84 100 I Do. do. June 1, lb; .1 100 80 83 82 5 !elnutta..v S.Eastn. (Li,. ' all 5 5 4 20 :CapeTown & Deck Seri] 18 4 I .P 19 174 ;Demerara. all Stock l Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 1023 1024 102 4 1 stock 1 East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1034 1011 104 4 4 20 Do. do. G Ext..... all I stock Grand Trunk of Cauad s 100 24 25 244 44 4 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 70 74 71 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. all 61 63 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 39 42 39 4 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 45 48 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 37 10 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 35 40 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 102 1024 102 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 pr 4 p stock Gt. South.of In di a (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1014 1021 1024 201 Gt. W. olCanada Shared all 124 124 124 4 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 102 lui 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 93 15 100 Do. 1878. all 93 05 stock nadras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 94 96 95/ stock Do. 4 do.. stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 20 Newßrunswick &Candi( Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Shar e " .. Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. sloe's 1 iSeinde .. .... 4,4 100 103 104 20 Do. Punjaub .... Le 9 15 4 1 p 20 Do. Do. acl all 201 201 204 4 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. go. 100 19 100 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 4 ' 1 6 1 0 FOREIGN RAILWAYS , 20 Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 74 8 81 74 874 20 Nrdennes .... ....... 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.o l6/ 1 1} 174 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 14 14 34 1 4 1 Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3C 11 12 100 Copiapo . .............. all 1 10 Ditto Extension .... all 41 4 i 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 16 21 24p 184 1 4 1 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 24 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. al , F 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 154 154 154 16 154 4 ~ 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all i 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 11 9 984 4 a 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21 16 Northern of France.... a ll 41 42 s 16 Do. New Shares _.... 15 r 10 Norwegian Trunk Pre( all 810 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aid n ) 13 74 61 : 1 20 Parls,Lyons, & Medi ter. all 45 16 o 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 51 63 20 I Recife & S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7p. ct. Rm.._ 19 4 311 ii 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... all 0 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 6 Royal Swedish ...... all t] 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 11 i 9 n 20 Sambre & Meuse . .... all 13 134 134 13 4134 lO Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... a ll 91 10 ,94 N , Q 20 San Paulo, lim,g. 7p. c. 8 1 4 pm' 8/ i .-- 17; 20 IS.Aust,lLomb Venetin 18 31 31p 1 21 ti 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 7 20 Southern of France— all 321 331 re 84 IWest Flanders ..... ... all 74 81 81 a 1 10 i Do. 51 pc. Preference.. all 10} 1041 20 IW. & N.W. of France .. all 21 22 I Pi PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. st '*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 102 104 20 Cornwall4i p.c. ga.perp all st *E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. 100 st i* Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 st ,Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 80 82 at Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c.,44 per cent.. )858 100 103 105 st 'Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 92 95 at Do, do. fl per ct 1861 100 103 105 5 Do, do. 4 , per et 1861 31 10 Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c......... 74 4 d pr 74 st iLon. &S.Western 44 p.c. 100 102 103 10 !North British £lO Gua. ail I Shares, 1861 at ;*Seottisheentral44 p.c lOO irred. pref 10 J S. -Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 ! all 94 10 104 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 A ipm. 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug,. 1861 (rd.)', 31 4 Ipm , * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be lade good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. * Fa made any If any ,even half- . subsequent -ear not to be half year. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH 'STREET, THIS DAY. A THIEF AT THE HANOVER. SQUIRE Rooms—AT TEMPT TO Ro►l A LADY.—Wm. Mortimer, a stylishly dressed 3 oung man, was charged with attempting to rob Mrs. Emily James, the wife of Mr. Edward James, the proprietor of Morley's Hotel, and residing at 11, New Finchley-road, St. John's-wood, while at Mr. Henry Leslie's concert at the Hanover-square Rooms. Mre. James said she was at the concert of Mr. Henry Leslie at the Hanover-square Rooms the previous night; while leaving the concert-room the prisoner and two other men pushed rudely against her, and she then felt the pri soner's hand in her pocket, Feeling frightened she screamed out, and prisoner then said it was a mistake, and was given into custody. Mr. James cmfirmed a portion of Mrs. James's evidence, and said that on another lady complaining that a man had put his hand in her pockat, and a gentleman stating that he had been robbed of £7 at a former concert, Mr. Leslie said he should feel personally obliged if ho would pro secute. Sergeant Dodswortb, 24 C, said the prisoner told him that he was waiting for Mr. Johnson, and that he had bought a half. crown ticket at the table in the hall, but Mr. Leslie denied this, stating that no half-crown tickets were sold there that night. He found three sovereigns and a cameo pin on the prisoner, who also gave a false address. Mr. Knox said he had no doubt there would be a fertile crop of such fellows as the prisoner just now, and committed him for three months. SPORTING IN7ELLIG.ENCE. TIIIRSK SPRING MEETING-WEDNESDAY, The Tyro Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for two-yr olds ; colts Bst 7th, fillies and geldings Bst 31b, selling al lowances. T.Y,C. Mr. G. S. Thompson's Sorceress, Gst 101 b (X2O) (Heslop) 1 Mr. Eastwood's Swift, Est 101 b (E2O) (Doyle) 2 Mr. Grimehaw's Scissors, 7st (fa) (Hardcastle) 3 Mr.G.Whittaker's Gasconade, 6st 101 b (L:10) (Whiteley) 4 Mr. F. Bell's Catchouca, 7st 31b (.£10) (Medd) 5 Betting--2 to 1 each agst Gasconade and Swift, sto 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths, same between second and third. The winner was bought by Capt. Fife for 77 guineas. The Silver Cup, value 50 sovs, for half-bred horses only; five-yr-olds list 71b, six 12st 41b, aged 12st 91b, winners extra, gentlemen riders. About one mile and three quarters. Mr. J. C. Pickering's Raby, aged, 12st 91b (Mr. Wood) 1 Mr.C.Hopkin son na Emily, 5 yrs, Ist 71b (Copt.Haworth) 2 Capt. Tait na Rarey, aged, 12st 41b .... (Mr. Anderson) 3 Mr. Ewbank's Village Girl, aged, list 71b (Mr. D. Smith) 4 The following also ran :—First Whip, Skyrocket, Can didate, Clara Keighley, Harry, Miss Barker, and Mark Tapley. Betting-2 to 1 agst Mark Tapley, 4to 1 each agst Emily and Rarey. Mark Tapley, Skyrocket, and Village Girl, lay in front to the distance, where they were passed by Raby, Emily, and Rarey, the three carrying on the run ning to the Stand, where Raby got his head in front and won cleverly by a length, the same between second and third, bad fourth. The Thirsk Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards, winners extra. About one mile and three-quarters. 36 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Rapparee, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (in. 51b extra) - - (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Gill's Patrick, 3 yrs, sst 81b , (Noble) 2 Mr. Fobert's Upperhand, 5 yrs, Bst (Doyle) 3 Mr. Jackson's Tim Whiffler, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Blackburn) 4 The following also ran :—Joey Jones, Volatile, Sacer dos, Pilot, Fairy King, and Earl of Westmoreland. Betting-7 to 4 agst Rapparee, 3to 1 agst Patrick, sto 1 each agst Pilot and Tim Whiffler, 6 to 1 agst Upperhand, Bto 1 agst Sacerdos. Joey Jones cut out the work at a good pace, the Earl of Westmoreland and Patrick lying next. At the far side Fairy King ran up to Joey Jones, and the Earl of Westmoreland dropped into the rear, Rapparee at the same time improving his position and looking for midable. On entering the straight Patrick Ossed Joey Jones, and was challenged by Upperhand at the distance, where Rapparee swerved, but Johnny Osborne was enabled to steady his horse, and coining away on the whip hand, won in a canter by two lengths ; a head between second and third; bad fourth; Joey Jones was fifth. Mr. Jackson declared to win with Pilot. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; the winner to be sold for 20 80V3. T.Y.C. Mr. Metcalfe's Castaway, 4 yrs, Bst 91b .. (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. W. Sharpe's Barbara Allen, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Edwards) 2 Mr. Grimshaw's Scissors, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Richards) 3 IThe following also ran :—Tullochgoram, Lucinda, Hood wink, and Gasconade. Betting-7 to 4 agst Barbara Allen, 4to 1 agst Tulloch gatutn, sto 1 agst Scissors. Won easily by a length; the same between second and third. The winner was bought by Mr. Gregory for 72 guineas. The Hurdle Race Plate, of 25 sovs, for half-bred horses only; four-yr-olds, lOst 71b; five, list 71b; six and aged, 12st 31b. Gentlemen riders. About one mile and a half, over four flights of hurdles. Mr. S. Whiting's Emily, 5 yrs, list 71b.. (Mr. Harland) 1 Mr. Walker's Flateatcher, aged, l2st 31b (Mr. G. Nelson) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Emily, who won by two lengths. No betting on future events. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY. The doings on the Two Thousand Guineas created a little excitement to-day. A commission on Alvediston had to be executed at 6 to 1. No higher price was offered against Caterer, and it was laid against The Marquis. Old Calabar's position was of a fluctuating character; and 50 to 1 was laid against him for the Derby. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst The Marquis (taken) 6to 1 agst Alvediston (taken) 6to 1 agst Caterer (offered) 100 to 7 agst Wingrave (wanted) 12 to 1 agst Nottingham (offered) 20 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ace of Clubs (taken) 2CO to 7 agst Carisbrook (taken) THE DERBY. 50 to 1 agat Old Calabar (taken) CHESTER CUP. 6to 1 agst Zodiac (offered) 11 to 1 agat Fairwater (taken) 15 to 1 agst Simla (taken) 25 to 1 agst Brighton (taken) 25 to 1 agat Sappho ((offered) 33 to 1 agat Daleaman (offered) 33 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark (offered) 2EE BRIGII2 ON REVIEW. MEMORANDUM. War Office, April 30, 18G2. The accompanying report from Gen. Lord Clyde on the Volunteer Review et Brighton, on Easter Monday, has been forwarded by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, to the Secretary of State for W ar , w h o h as rece i ve d w i th pleasure this testimony to the efficiency of the different corps who took part in the movements on that day. Secretary Sir G. Lewis has much satisfaction .in communicating Lord Clyde's report to the officers commanding the volunteer corps who were present at the review, and requests them to express to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and members of the corps under their command, his gratification at learning that they obtained on that occasion the marked approval of the distinguished general by whom they were commanded. DE GREY AND RIPON. The Officer Commanding - Volunteer ~ (Copy.) London, April 24, 1862. Sir,-1 have the honour to report to you, for the information of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, and the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War, that, according to his Royal Highness's commands, I proceeded to the Brighton Race-course on Monday, the 21st inst., to superintend the review of volunteers which took place at that station. The accompanying statement gives a detail of the force, amounting to 20,000 men. By the excellent arrangements made by Colonel M'Murdo with the railway companies, aided by the punctuality and order of the volunteers them selves, the whole of this large force, portions of which came from distant districts, arrived at the times appointed, and immediately proceeded with perfect regularity to their several places of rendez vous, where the companies were told off, and the battalions formed for drill and manoeuvre. They then marched to a part of the Down near he Race-course, called White Hawk Down, where ,hey formed in a line of contiguous quarter-distance columns at about half-past one o'clock, the artillery and cavalry forming a second line. As it was very desirable that the various corps of volunteers should be enabled to get home at as early an hour as possible my inspection of them in review order was necessarily very short, and after riding down the front of the lines the marching past in open column at once commenced ; and, on the whole, was admirably performed ; showing what pains must have been taken by the officers, non-commis sioned officers, and men to arrive at the high degree of efficiency which they had attained. The marching past was followed by some simple maneauvres adapted to the formation of the ground, and intentionally within view of the Race-stand, around which the spectators were assembled. The few movements that were executed had no other object than to practise the volunteer brigades and battalions in charging position and working together in a large body. About half-past 5 o'clock I put an end to these movements in order that the troops might be in good time at the railway station, to which they marched at once, in admirable order, and I under stand that all were forwarded to their destinations without accident or serious impediment. I must again observe how much credit is due in this respect, and in everything else belonging to the day's proceedings, to Col. M'Murdo and his staff; but even these exertions must have failed had not the volunteers of all ranks been animated by the fine spirit which must have been so gratifying to every one to witness ; and the able manner in which, generally speaking, they were commanded, and the intelligent ready .way in which they obeyed the orders they received from their commanders suffi ciently proved how zealously and successfully com manding officers, as well as the officers, non-com sioned officers, and men, have applied themselves to the patriotic object they all have in view —I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful and obedient servant, (Signed) CLYDE, General. Lieut.-General Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.B. Adjutant-General Horse Guards. A Dorking correspondent writes, under Friday's date :—Dr. Bernard, the proscrit concerned in the Orsini plot, buying displayed an aberration of mind, was last night lodged in the Dorking police station, and was this day taken before H. T. Hope, Esq., and I. A. Gordon, Esq., two jus tices of the Dorking divison, and by them consigned to Wandsworth lunatic asylum, Mr. Alsop (who has resided here for some time), a French gentleman, and Mr. Detmole, resident, to whose children the doctor has recently acted as French tutor, applied, it appears, to have the doctor con signed to their care, but the request was not acceded to. ANECDOTE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL in 1848. " The writer of these pages was sitting by the side of the late Mr. Hume when the tidings reached their bench. Sir Robert Peel was on the opposite front seat, alone, his powerful party having been broken and scattered by his great measure of Corn Law Repeal. 'l'll go and tell Sir Robert the news,' exclaimed Mr. Hume, and stepping across the floor, he seated himself by his side and communicated the startling intelligence. On returning to his place, he repeated, in the following words, the commentary of the ex-Minister This comes of trying to carry on a Govern ment by means of a mere majcrity of a chamber, without regard to the opinion out of doors. It is what these people (pointing with his thumb over his shoulder to the protec tionists behind him) wished me to do, but I refused."— Mr. Cobden's new pamphlet on "The Three Crises." HORSE POISONING.--A strange case of horse poisoning has been investigated by the magistrates sitting in petty sessions at Driffield. A Norfolk man named Robt. Foker, who had been engaged as waggoner to Mr. Richard Hornby, farmer, of Driffield \Vold, appears to have been influenced by a dangerous mania—too common amongst the agricultural labourers of some districts—for forcing the condition of horses placed under his charge. One result of his efforts in this direction was the sudden death a few days ago of two of his master's horses, and the narrow escape of a third, while engaged in their ordinary work in the field. The prisoner was suspected of poisoning the animals, and he was taken into custody. The evidence against him clearly established the fact that he had been in the regular habit of mixing arsenic with the food of the horses, and had thus caused the death of two of them; but it also at the same time left no doubt that the deluded man had no malicious object, his intention having been simply, as he had expressed himself to another labourer, to " hg" some flesh on. This infatuation lost to Mr. Hornby £6O, the value of the deceased animals, and the magistrate s i n fli cte d upon Foker three months' imprisonment.—Bi rining h am Daily .Post. THE FINANCIAL YEAR.—The public income of the financial year 1861-2 was made up thus :—Customs and E xc ise, £42,006,000; property-tax, land and assessed taxes, and stamps, £22,115,245; Post-office, £3,510,000; miscella neous, £2.042,534 —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 ,930,036 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. A STRANGE CONVERSION.—St.John's Episcopal Chapel, London-road, Southwark, which for some years was under the direction of the Rev. William Cadman, now rector of Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, and more re cently under the care of the Rev. Dr. Hugh Allen, rector of St. George the Martyr, has entirely lost its ecclesiastical character. It has within the last few weeks been turned into " The South London ironmongery warehouses and show-rooms." The history of the Shoe-Black Brigade encou rages us to anticipate a great success. Since it was este.. blidled, the London shoe-blacks have earned X 11,955 ; and the united earnings for the last financial year amounted to £4,548, a sum which represents the polishing of no less than 1,119,320 pairs of boots. In the collection of rags and other refuse there is a wide and valuable field of industry, and both paper-makers and philanthropists have the deepest int eres t in the prosperity of this new ragman's roll.: —Once a Week. _Without bein g sens i t i ve tothenewly discov ere d pr i mordial manifestations of therN G power, Od (i f th e discovery be made), with ou t pretending to see in utter d arkness, to perceive that our friend's hands and heads are phosphorescent, to distinguish the north from the south pole of a magnet by the touch only, to behold luminous clouds emanate f rom a b e ll as l ong as it is kept ringing, with th e rest o f the catalogue of odic impressions—many persons are able to divine the state of things ar oun d t h em by their feelings. The im pression of season and of weather is particularly lasting. A bright Spring day never comes to greet you without being accompanied by a tail of memories of the spring days of other times and localities; how you looked over the preci pice on the Island of Capri, whence Tiberius tossed his dis honoured victims; how you gathered bouquets of vernal squills in the chesnut groves of Tuscany; how you awoke to the sounds of curious chimes as the sun rose over Bel gian cities ; how the salmon in highland streams refused your ill-thrown fly, and what an electric shock it gave you to feel you had hooked a fish at last. On no stronger thread than an April breeze, may hundreds of such pearlsLbe strung.—Dickens "Add the Year Round." THE LAST THING IN THE WAY OF PETTICOATS. A rumour got abroad that the virtual creator of crinoline, remorseful when she thought of the ugli ness and inconvenience which her creature had, through lack of looking after, inflicted on the world, was about to cut its claws, or rather contract its hoops. No such benevolent motive, we are sorry to say, appears to have prompted the invention of the Jupon _Eugenie, of which great work of art a con temporary gives a minute description. A superci lious feeling towards Parisian "saucy eits," not a wish to set a graceful fashion to the world, seems to have led the Empress to give orders for the ma nufacture of this new petticoat. " She detests," we are told, " everything that is common." Eas she no liking for flowers and sunlight ? She " begged her tirewoman to invent something in the shape of a petticoat that could not be worn by every bourgeoise. We must not preach a sermon on such a text as a petticoat—whatever its texture ; but we connot help saying that it is bad policy for a lady, who is what she is because her husband is the elect of the French people, to indulge, even in reference to dress, in sneers at the "vul garity" of a very important section of the Emperor's constituents. The "peculiar virtue," it is said, of the new petticoat is that it will cost as much as eight of those which until lately were worn by the Em press, whilst eight francs must be paid to have it washed. Can the Empress really believe that cost will prevent the bourgeoises from copying her jupon? It will be the poor bourgeoise that will have to suffer, unless for their benefit and her own gratification she can get a sumptuary law enacted, forbidding the wives of all men who do not possess a certain rank to wear the expensive garment. Surely our autho • rity must have done the Empress an injustice. She may wish to give working women increased em ployment in the manufacture and washing of new petticoats, just as her husband enables working men to obtain remunerative wages in the construction of new Boulevards. This must be the case, since we are informed that the embroidered and hem-stitched ' vestment was " purposely so designed to prevent an immense number of seamstresses being suddenly thrown out of work by the increased demand for machine sewing, which is not yet capable of affect ing hem-stitch or embroidery." Such a design im plies a belief that an " immense number" of the petticoats wo ald be ordered. Yes, to pinch hus bands' and fathers' pockets, not to shrivel up wives' and daughters' skirts, must have been the Empress's purpose—benevolent towards her own sex, but most malicious towards ours. Of course, the ,Tuperi Eugenie will soon cross the Channel—perchance it has already crossed. The new petticoat, therefore, is a matter of masculine interest in Britain. As far as we can make out the description to which we have referred, it appears that in return for his greatly increased expenditure on feminine "infernal" toggery (we use the adjec tive, of course, only in its corporeal sense), Pater familias will escape excoriated shins, and obtain the sight of rather more graceful balloons than those which at present expand from the waists of his wife and daughters. A skirt 18 feet round, and overlaid with nine flounces of an indefinitely "greater circumference," does not seem, however, a retrenchment of the present style of ladies' dress by any means compensating in convenience for the swollen expense of the incoming mode.—&otsman. COUNTY COURT FEES.—From to-day (May 1) the payable on the e n t ry o f a county court p N e v fee hich is now 10d. fo r every pound and inpt (and a g frac tional part of a pound) i 5 to he increased to 18., and if the claim or demand exceeds 40s. the plaintiff is to pay an ad ditional ls., which is not to be treated as costs in the action. The affidavit fee has been abolished, but the fees upon the judgment summonses have been increased. AMERICAN "SDITORTALS."—An exchange—says another exchange —comes to us with the notice that " Truth is crowded out of this issue." This is almost as bad as the up-country editor who said, "For the evil effects of intoxi cating drink, see our inside." A DECIDED FACT.—The less a man knows, the wider his mouth opens. It is as impossible fora fool to keep his jaws shut, as it is for a sick oyster to keep his shell closed, BRITISH MINES. &grad Consols (Philack) 3.9.3 .. 20 British Iron I 16 Clifford ' nil 29 81 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 420 430 430 21 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 12 44 East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 281 391 391 East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 121 124 124 r— E. WlRussel (Tavistk.), 7.10.4 24 31 GamicSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 561 13 15 Great South Tolgus 1 17a 35 35 G.Wheal Aiid.(Philack), G. "Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 64 7 Grenville 16.15.5 34 31 I - farad's-Foot. ' 8.12 37 39 Uingston Downs 4 . 14 14 24 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelant)l 9; 41 (6 Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim.), 25 id par ' North Downs 24 34 45 North Frances (Mogan) 12.3 - N.Wh'i Basset (11104 - an) 2.3 0 24 35 35 1 North Wheal Crotty •. 2.2.9 25 21 Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 5 6 20 Providence(UnyLelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 335 '45 3371 S. Cam Brea (Illovan). , i 3 .1 1 .6 24 35 Fran. (Illogan),[lB.l , A 975 1025 Stray Park ' 28.9. 32 23 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min i 45 15 14 10 Tin Crort ; 9 11 12 105 West Basset (Illoiran) l5 124 135 W Caradon (Liskeard); 5 n 34 !West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan'l 55 95 100 974 , Wheal Buller(Redrutl)l 5 60 65 'Wheal Edward (Cals.)" 74 14 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 12 13 125 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); 8 11 13 IWheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 16 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Nustralian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 1 14 1 Clarendon Cons.3linCo — dis. 40 Cobra Copper all 29 81 20 Copiapo l6 6 8 2 Capula Silver lCs. 5 d spm 1 Dun3loun.Cep.Ming.Co! ail ; lfp 1 3 East Del Ray (Limited) l 1 4 > 14 2 Fortuna 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr; 11 4 d 11 lCapunda (Limited) 1 4 t p 1; 3 Linares all 61 74 5 Lusitanian 2 4 d fpm: 1 Wariquita all 1 Nl.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 4 4 e ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 15 1 Santaßarbara (11d3Iine 4 54pm ; 1 •icottish Austrin. (L.) los. 11 11pm 2 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 52 54 28.2.8; United Mexican ; ail 64 74 75 1 Worthing (Limited) 1 all a 4 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock !East and West India , 100 126 128 I stock ,London stock St. Katharine. stock Southampton lOO , stack 'Victoria ........ 100 ; 98 100 20 inn New.— 2 I 4d par A 8 100 id par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgradfUnitedService 131, 50 88 90 i 8985 - 40 Australasia. 25 Bank of Egypt. all 22/ 23/ 1 100 Bank of London ....... 50 50 British North American all 54 56 i 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.a Ch. all 84 85 341 100 City 100 Colonial 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 194 211 20 Eng., Scot., A Aus. Ch.. all 184 191 194 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all _ g Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 251 251 Do. new all 241 255 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO 4 fpm 10; 100 London & Westminster 20 79 80 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 4 d pr 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 -.. 20 Do. new 50 Natio nalßank ..... .. 25 2C Ne w South Wa1e5...... all 39 11 101 40 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 51 52 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. ... all ‘l6/ 271 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 87 89 10 Do. new 25 South Australia ..,... all 36 37 26 Union of Australia .... all 44 46 50 Claw. of London . l2 32 13 32 100 Unity Mutua1.......... 60 M ISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 19 20 10 Atlantic 11.1111. Stm (Id) all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 21 251 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 51 50 British American Land 40 60 BALMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 82 20 Do. 8,70.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 325 Canada Land all 114 116 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 21 at. Cop.Min.ofEng.StSmlig all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 12 15 at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at Do. 6 p ct. Perpet Deb lOO 105 100 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 16 Do. B• 75 If Of 20 alndia Irrign. & Canal 1 par 4pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper all 25 27, 15 Gen. Steam Navigate )n 14 255 265 26 1 Great Ship Limited) all 4 4 1 Do 174 pct Preference all 4 4 2 Indian Carrying. (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 3} 35 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 11 1 4 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2; 35 10 Med. Exten. TeL (Lim all 34 41 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 5 4 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 Id 11p 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis, all 4 11 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). a ll 11 14 1 Do: New Shares (Lim.). all 14 14 •10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 6 7 at. Peeln.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 67 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 19 191 50 RbYmney Iron all 17 19 13 Do. New all 44 54 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts all 251 26 26 10 0 R,., oval Mail Stm -60 50 52 at. Scot. Austin. In v .(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South A ustralian Land all 32 81 1 Submari ne Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. R egistered Agency of Da, 10 ' 44 d 0... all 46 . 2 Telegraph to India (L ): 1 id 4 p ra)lst is I id ip 20 Mr.& Di. Co. 01 Uptca n 5 1 14 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. Mr % A 1 le 100 Van Dilmen'4 L . 24 . ego 9 4 io Tr A u u st str a i n a d sia of THAMES, THIS DAY. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Edward J. Richetts, a well-dressed man, described as a tailor, and 20 years of age, of No. 1, St. Andrew's-terrace, Limehouse, was brought up on zemand before Mr. Woolrych, charged with committing a very daring highway robbery. The prisoner is a determined-looking man, and looks three or four years older than what he represented himself to be, and, from his appearance, is strongly suspected to have recently been a convict. An attempt was made to show that he was labouring under insanity, at which the pri soner himself expressed some surprise, but the "friend" who set up this plea took nothing by his motion, for he was informed that a jury, acting on the advice and direction of a learned judge must decide the question of whether he was sane or not, and that if he had committed a highway robbery in a state of insanity, and it was so proved by the jury, he would be detained in a lunatic asylum for the res of kis life. Mr. Edward Humphreys, a book-keeper, of No. 2 Fair field-place, Stepney, stated that in the morning of the 22d of April, about half-post one o'clock, he was passing along the Whitechap 1-road, when the prisoner started out of a narrow court, near the Earl of Effingham Theatre, and without saying a word struck him a violent blow on the - month with his fist, and took his pin out of his scarf. At the time he received the blow his cigar -holder fell from his mouth. He followed the prisoner, who struck him again and knocked him down. He called for the police, and the prisoner was given into custody. Mr. Albert James, a photographic artist, of No. 33, Dempsey-street, Stepney, stated that he was with the last witness when the prisoner came out of the court and struck him and then ran into the court again. Police-constable Lawrence J. Mandus stated that the prisoner was given into his custody, and he found the pro secutor's scarf pin upon him. The prisoner had previously denied having possession of the pin, and when arrested, threw himself on the ground, kicked at every one within his reach, and resisted with great violence. After the prisoner was secured, he offered witness ss. as a bribe to release him, and said, " Take the money and let me run away." When this offer was made he held him very tightly indeed. The prisoner said he would reserve his defence, and Mr Woolrych committed him to Newgate for trial. MARKETS --- THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 58s 2d ; barley, 37s Od ; oats, 21s 8d ; rye, 38s Id ; beans, 388 . 11 d; and peas, 38s Od. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 58s 4d; barley, 36s 4d ; oats, 21s 7d ; rye, 368 5d ; beans, 38s 8d ; peas, 39s 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 58,430; barley, 17,991; oats, 12,689 ; rye, 29 ; beans, 3,401 ; peas, 255 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL To •day's market was rather scantily supplied with beasts, and all breeds were in fair request, at fully Monday's cur rency. There was a steady inquiry for sheep, at full prices. The best old Downs, in the wool, realised 5s 6d per 81bs. Although the supply of lambs was rather extensive, the lamb trade ruled active, at an advance in the quotations of 4d per 81bs. Prime calves moved off readily, at an improve ment in value of 4d per 81bs ; but inferior calves were a dull inquiry, at late rates. Pigs were heavy, but not ohoapor. I. maell cows very little was doing. Per Sib, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 2 10 Second quality do. 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 3 10, s. d. s. d. Priraecrs-wool d 0.4 0 4 10 Piro. S' thd own d 0.5 2 5 6 Large erse. calve* 4 2 4 8 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 6 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Small porkers ... 4 2 4 8 Lambs, 6s 8d to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 108 to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. i Beasts Sheep and lambs.... s,79o!Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs. 312 f Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are only moderate, and trade generally rules inactive, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 68 Sd to 7s 4d ; veal, 48 Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3a 10d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 30.—Beasts, sheep, and pigs sold slowly, at barely late rates ; but lambs and calves were firm in price, es follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 61 to 58 4d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Blbs. to sink the offal. RomFORD, April 30.—The demand was inactive, except for lambs, which were in request, at the annexed quota tions :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 23 ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; lambs, 6s 8d to 7s 6d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81b; suckling calves, lOs to 18s; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 28 s eac h ; and ndlch cows, £l4 Od to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meagow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. WRITECHAPIM.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover £3 108 to £6 Os ; and straw, to £1 18s £2 2s per load. Supply tolerably good. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, May I.—Wind this day at noon—Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. It rained in the morning. CLYDE, April 30.—Wind S.—Arrived—Melina, from Pernambuco. FALMOUTH, May I .—Arrived—Princess Royal, from Charente for Hull, with bowsprit and cutwater carried away, and loss of bulwarks and stancheons, having been in collision. CHATHAM, April 30.—Wind E.—Arrived--Hunters, From Moulmein. NEWPORT, April 30.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Anna Mag.• dalena, for St. Thomas. PLYMOUTH', April 30.—Wind E.—Arrived—City of the Sultan, from Middlesborough for Cuba. SWANSEA, April 30.—Sailed—Florence Nightingale, for Valparaiso, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre. steamer, from Havre; Sultan, steamer, from Marseilles ' • Ceres, steamer, from London. Sailed—Sarah Park, for Newport. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 30—Abba from Hjeiting. Arrived, May I—Prompt , from Stettin; Westley, from Gallipoli. Sailed—Schwan, for Bremen. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, April 30—Ranger, for Barbadoes ; Secret, for Antigua ; Alwynton, for Adelaide ; Louisa, for Calcutta ; Cadiz, screw steamer, for Gibraltar—all from London ; Tees dale of Stockton, from the northward, for the westward. DOUBLE MURDER IN FRANCE.—A double murder was committed a few days ago in the bagne of Toulon, with a cool premeditation of no ordinary kind. A soldier named Huet, who had been condemned to death in 1848 for at tempting to kill one of hie officers, but whose punishment had been commuted, first to hard labour for life, and after wards for 20 years, was suspected by two of his fellow pri soners of acting as a spy of the police of the bagne, and they did not conceal their suspicions from him. This roused Huet's indignation, and he decided to revenge himself on them. He accordingly armed himself with an axe, used for chopping wood, and went in search of those whom he called his traducers. He found one of them fast asleep on a camp bed, and with one blow on his head terminated his existence, and the act being unperceived by any one, he went to look for the other. He found him in his sleeping room, but not in bed, and in spite of his cries and vigorous resistance, inflicted three such severe cuts on his head that no hopos are entertained for his life. After having accom plished this act of butchery, he quietly gave his weapon to the guard, who hastened to the spot, saying he had no further use for it. As the lex talionis forms one of the articles of the code of the bagne in cases of murder, every man killing another intentionally being put to death, Huet will doubtless be brought to the scaffold in a few days.— Gaiignani. LITERATUR P. HARRISON AINSWORTH'S NEW STORY. As the May instalment of Mr. Ainsworth's brit liant romance of a hundred years ago, now appearing from month to month in Bentley's Miscellany, and entitled "The Lord Mayor of London"—there appears the whole of the " Second Book" complete. From this second book, which is headed " The City Mall," we at once extract, for the amusement of our readers, the Noveli,t's graphic sketch of the principal scene there depicted, namely, his descrip tion of— THE CITY MALL. This extensive piece of ground, which would new-a-days be termed a " park," was very charmingly laid out in four large grass-plots, or quarters," as they were called, inter sected by broad gravel-walks, and was much frequented by the citizens for purposes of exercise and recreation. The mid-walk, which was of considerable length, with a row of well-grown elm trees on tither side, and seats for the con venience of promenaders, was designated—owing to its being the resort of all persons of fashion to be met with at the eastern end of the metropolis—the City Mall. And if the smartness of the company who frequented it was to count for anything, it might be fairly said to rival the Mall in St. James's Park. On Sundays and holidays the City Mall was thronged—but even on ordinary occasions it was greatly frequented, and exhibited much more variety of character than could be found at the West-end. Here might be seen the citizens' wives and daughters flaunting in all their finery, and displaying their charms to the Moor fields maccaronis, whose hats were cocked diagonally over the right or left eye, and who gave themselves quite as many airs as the coxcombs of St. James's. But the City Mall was really very lively and amusing, and had some thing of a continental air. Booths and small shops, where fans, toys, trinkets, confectionary, and other light matters, could be purchased, were arranged under the trees, and there was generally some show or mountebank diversion to be witnessed on the " quarters." The central walk could be lighted up at dusk by lamps swung from ropes attached to the trees on either side, A grand termination to the vista on the south was offered by Bethlehem Hospital, which, with its noble facade upwards of 500 feet in length, its three pavilions, high roof, and handsome stone balu strades, looked like a palace, and indeed had been built on the model of the Tuileries, to the infinite annoyance of Louis XIV. As a companion quotation, we now give Mr. Ainsworth's brightly-coloured little vignettelimning of an interior : showing us— THE ROOM OF A BEAU OF 1762. Tradescant's chamber was spacious, luxuriously fitted up, and so arranged as to serve the purposes both of bedroom and morning room. At the farther end, on a ssperb French bed, with a rose coloured canopy and curtains, and sup ported by large downy pillows edge d with lace, lay the young prodigal. Near the couch stood a large Japan screen. But notwithstanding the richness of the furniture and de corations, great disorder reigned within the room. Thus a pink silk domino and mask, tossed upon a sofa by their wearer on his return from a masquerade, had not been since removed. Articles of attire in velvet and silk of the gayest colours were lying scattered about near the open wardrobes, and so were rich Mechlin shirts and cravats. Half a dozen perukes appeared to have been tried, and for some fault or other cast aside. In one corner was a collection of gold. headed canes and walking-sticks ; in another a pile of swords, several of them with handsome handles. Here there was a dressing-table, with all its appliances in crystal and chased silver. Beside it was a large cheval-glass, wherein our young beau could survey his fine figure from head to foot. On the chimney-piece was a magnificent Louis Quinze clock, and on the other side of it some exqui site specimens of Sevres china, while on the right and left of the hearth were two great green porcelain jars. The walls were covered with portraits of popular actresses— Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Clive, Mrs. Bellamy, Mrs. Abegg, and Miss Macklin—intermingled with pictures of opera figu rantes, prize-fighters, cock••fights, and famous race-horses. THE DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN IN THE REGENT'S CANAL:—Yesterday morning an inquiry was held at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland-road, by Mr. John Hum phreys, the Middlesex coroner, touching the death of a male person, name unknown, who was found in the waters of the Regent's Canal. William Richardson said that on Tuesday morning he and two other boys were engaged dragging the canal. When near the Haggerstone 'bridge the hooks of the drags fastened in some soft substance, and there was brought on shore the body of a gentleman, with out either hat, boots, or stockings. None of those articles could be found at the bottom of the canal. A police-con. stable described the appearance of the body. It was that of a stout, well-built man, somewhat under the middle height, and of gentlemanly appearance. The clothes con sisted of a blue pilot coat, dark tweed trousers, black alpaca vest, and satin stock. The linen was unmarked. He could not account for the absence of the boots and stock ings. There was no clue whatever to lead to identification, and the pockets were altogether empty. A description of the deceased had been forwarded to all the police-stations, but nothing was known about him. Dr. Clarke, divisional surgeon, said that the body had apparently been ten days in the water. There were no marks of violence to account for death. The marks on the body had no doubt been caused by injuries from barges and other craft. Death had resulted from suffocation by drowning. The jury returned the following verdict :—" Death from suffocation by drown. ing in the Regent's Canal , but under what circu mstances there was no evidence to THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING-THIS I)AY. TATTERSALL'S, THIS EVENING. TWO TII6USAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Alvediston (taken) sto 1 agst Marquis (taken) 6to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 9to 1 agst Nottingham (offered) 10 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 100 to 8 agst Old Calabar (offered) THE DERRY. 20 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 50 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Hubert (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Brazenose (taken) I AIPERIA L PA RLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at six o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Bala and Dolgelly Railway—Oathslo and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock—Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway—Eastern Union Rail way—East Grinstead, Groombridge, and Tun bridge Wells Railwa y — Leadburn, Linton, and Dol phinton Railway—London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (New Lines) —London Railway Depot and Storehouses—Maryport and Carlisle Railway —North Bri tish Railway and Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Companies—North British Railway and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Companies—North British Railway (Monktonhall and Ormiston and Dalkeith Branches). [LEFT SITTING.] BAND OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending of April, 1862: he Act 7th and Bth Victorip, on Wednesday, the 30th day _ . ISSUE DEP Notes issued ..—..X30,891,680, 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,000 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,241,680 Silver Bullion .._ £30,891,680' £30,831,650 BANKING D : Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Comnus missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- ;PARTMNNT. Government Secu- DeadWeightAn nuity) £1 1,210,755 Other Securities 17,856,320 Notes Gold and Silver 817,766 Coin counts) 6,817,375 Other Deposits 14,357,007 Seven Day and other Bills 687,307 439,546.831 31. £3?,546,831 .RSRA.LL, Chief Cashier. May 1, 1862. 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 progr ess. ': he report was adopted, and the retiring directors reelected. 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.'; 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 fur 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 ?" "My daughter," said the wag of a father, "our whole duty now is to preserve our country." The kettle was sent.—Richtnond paper. ... S . ;on 1£32 ngi a. me, fter MSS 1M- i if ?an ted. Sin )1- at P- 100 all 100 44 100 V II 1 , i , t I