The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

- QUARTER TO THREE. The panic feeling in the City continues, and further intelligence from the Continent is awaited with the most intense anxiety. The underwriters at Lloyd's are now demanding War risks for premiums of insurance on vessels to and from the Mediterranean and elsewhere. The Funds, however, are a shade firmer, Consols being 92 to -I- for money and account. Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares are also less depressed, but after such an extensive fall symptoms of partial reaction must of course be anticipated. CITY, Two o'CLocic. In the general discount market there is still an active inquiry for accommodation, which, together with the efflux of gold from the Bank, supports the quotations charged for negotiating commercial bag, The tendency is evidently in an upward direction, and it is expected that the Bank directors Will soon announce an advance in the minimum to 3 per cent. The quantity of gold lately withdrawn has caused an important reduction in the bullion, although the last return gave the total at £18,051,375. Since then, however, a further diminution has taken P l ace. As the shipments of gold to the continent, and of silver to - the East, are still conducted on an extensive scale, it is concluded that the authorities will deem it prudent to modify the existing regu lations. The reactionary tendency in the money been has increased the depression which has 'eel' occasioned at the Stock Exchange by the alarrainiadvices from the continent. A further sum o f £40,000 was withdrawn from t he Bank of England yesterday for exportation to the continent, and about £140,000 of the £350,000 American gold has been taken for the same Purpose. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a further slight advance was recorded in the rates on Austria. The bar silver brought by the last Indian steamer has been disposed of at ss. lid. per oz., Sho wing a decline of 10, compared with the price realised by the preceding packet. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed very heavily, and prices eraained without any material alteration. The sales were only 3,000 bales. In Railway Shares a fair amount of business was recorded, and quota tions were firmer. A meeting of the Belgian Eastern Junction mi dway Company took place to-day. The report Was en the whole satisfactory, and showed a slight 4eprovement in the traffic of the year 1858 over that of , 1857. The net balance of revenue for the Year was £l,lBO 16s. The report was adopted. At the meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet C ompany held to-day, Capt. Mangles, M.P., in the Ch air, a rep or t was rea d , from which it appeared that an: increase had taken place on the year's °Aerati ons of £7,647,185. 3d. The balance avail able.n for di s t r ib ut i on for the- half-year was 436,683'185. 9d., out of.which the directors recom mend that th e or di nary d i vidend of £ 2 per share be declared free of income tax. Thee report was a dopt C th ere . was a meeting of the East India Coal P, anY to-day, M r . Hay me n in the chair, at In le n the - various resolutions passed at the previous 04 . ee ting for effecting improved clauses in the deed settlement were duly confirmed; after which tui) meeting adj ourne d . s t 4 , te nse excitement has been experienced at the h: e a Exchange to-d a y. Th e - alli ance between Illssia and France h as crea t e d ge n era l astonish met' and the mar k e t s f or a ll d escr i p ti ons o f s t oc k eti P a ralysed; S er i ous l osses h ave b een sustained, Pecia llY in Turkish Securities and Lombardo fart eti an Railway ShareS. No less than four in u ores c i have been already declared, and these d e nilreseetabeern hers who have hitherto held a highly ma P position in the ." house." It is Vi 1 17 n Years since a panic of the same to ° en e ' : ce „ was witnessed, and it is expected nue, as the position of affairs abroad is now temost critical. Consols, after being 941, closed yes- . 4.lllaaaY afternoo n a t 931 :; t h ey h ave b een d ea lt in W t ? a t 91 4 I, and frequent fluctuation has since ni " Place. Th e latest quo t a ti on i s 914 92 f or to o ney and account. The New Threes have declined 9 4, and th e R e d uce d A nnu iti es t o 904 914; 'eaequer Bills are flat at 30s. to 355. premium. i n dia New Loan Scrip is marked 901 to 911, show ag a discount of 41 to .31 per cent. very moderate business is recorded in Foreign securities, and prices in most instances show a fu rther cons id era bl e d ec li ne , Turkish 6 per Cents. Zing 70 to 75 ; ditto New, 60 to 65 ; Austrian 5 k'e t Cents, have receded 18 per cent., viz., to 45 ; *tallish Deferred to 26 and 27; Mexican, to 171 ! ! 3 , 1 1 - ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 94; and Sardinian t; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are rather firmer at 93; and Venezuelan Deferred at 16. 4 , further important decline has taken place in t he Railway Share Market to-day. The heaviness 111 the Consol Market; with the preparations for the settlement of the half-monthly account, having ea used a depreciation 'of about 2 to 3 per cent: on m ost of the principal linoi. Lon don.and Blackwali h ave receded ; Eastern Counties,.Lancashire and ,_York.shire, and N ort h E astern (Berwick), £l.los. ; North E astern (fork), £2 ; Great Western, North T2 Wes tern, and South E as t ern , £ 2 . 155 . ; C a l e d on i ans , ' a nd Midland an d NO r th :British, £3.105. ti ue and li nes were neglected, with the excep _ °ll of Lomb ar d o-Venet i an, which have receded bout 2to 3 per cent. The . Old Shares are dealt at 5 to 51 and 54, and the New at 44, 5, and 61. li me the Coloni a l M ar k e t th e d ea li ngs were dowitned, b ut b prices finally sympathised with the West:all:l movement in the English market: Great C aof Canada receded 10s. ; Grand Trunk of 10s. to 15 s . ; an d E as t I n di an, £2 t o £3. bee Lcal ad lt S tock Bank and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares have U reportatd almost nominal .rates ; the few bargains rates e , however, are ; . at . considerably reduced _ z London Ch ar t ere d of Australia brought 21; London Joint St oc k , 3 14 ; New South Wales; 474 ; and Atlantic Telegraph were dealt in at 200. 3 -.C RS OF.FOREIGN FUN DS AT ONE O ' CLOCK. 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annuities -944 1 90a ill 90 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities , . .... 90 1 1 901 111 90 1 Long Annuities, expire sth J;.n , 1860. Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April,. 188 i:: — l7 11-16 India Stock . ........ ............. i DDitto Loan Scrip ..._. itt o Bonds, £l,O OO - Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account (May 5) ..... . iNiarch. J une. E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d: &I . . 30 5 1 _ B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. B razilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per pent' 93 Grenad a New Active, 31 per Cent. D itto Deferred 4t t e xican 3 per Cent. lB, 17/ 181 n lB sian, 1822, £ St. .5 per Cent ) D itto 41 per Cent. . 94 671 " 4 c , rdinian, 5 per Cent Parish 3 per Cent 7 ,nDitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 4: urkish 6 p 57 61 er Cent 69 70 ... D itto Account . v ellezuelan 5 per Cent . Ditto Deferred • 16 4 Dividends on theabove payable in London. Wi tlian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent. 45 TWO OTLOCK. Consolp,'Money 9ll 2 Consols for Account (M a y 5) A —An theTHE CONFIRMATION AND PROBATE ~.CT. . wa s Passed - on the day of the Prorogation to amend . wa s and Piebate Act of last year. All per :La and corporations who, in reliance on any instrument h — P'erting to be a confirmation granted under the Con relation and Pxobate Act, 1858 ; and all persons and °or- P°r l ati °rili who, in reliance upon any such instrument, deal under the authority of the Act with the seal of the ,flucipal Court of Probate in England,'or'of the Court of .rrobate in Dublin, &c , have made payment, or make or permit letters any P. yment On such confirmation, probate, or admi a nikration, are to be indemnified and pro htected in so doing, notwithstanding any defect or circum onallee what soever affecting the validity of such confirms , probate. or:letters of administration, PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the s hortexehangeon London is 25.071 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng ish Mint price o f £3 1 7s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that_gold is nearly 4 -10 the per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburg the London of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 3 -10ths per cent. ll ,earer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex ?4auge at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight l s about 1091 10 per cent., which, when compared with the Il"lint par between the two countries, shows that the ex ange is slighly in favour of England ; and, after making all owance for charges of transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the itapor • tatlon of gold &Cul the United States. Bedford Stour jl le 7 te°lt•tl.l. all . Buckinghamshire hleY l 100 11 Clydesdale June tll3 • •• • 100. La & & N N : 97 99 11 Caledonia 102 104 Colchester, l E.U.SzE C 164 171 ' • E.Lincolnshire,g6 E Union,HarwichSPlic 1® ' Gt.Nerth. 135 140 .. Do. Woodbrld 8 all. E.Counts. 4f, 41 Gls.Barr.kNeilst:e • °Q. Caledonia•; Do. New ... •: t ' ino 100 Do. -- Gloster& Dean • Forest --* Hartlpool.Dck.SzTtaii, all' Gt. West. Hull and Selby ... all' Yk.N.&Br all. Yk.N Md. 109111 . Do. i Shares ... . .. • Do. i Shares all. D o. ... aU Do ... —' London&Greenwich . 100 ' • ... Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO • p o. .... 115 120 Do. Barking, Shares., all •'_ D eoto • kCo. 88 92 . • Lowestoft, gna• 4p. et. 100 • Norfolk . . . Do. 6 per cent • —• . 100 . Do Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all . LN W • il • ki 2 Midsb.Sz Redcr, g.6p.c. all Stk.& Da r 1 lir Mid.Bra df o rdPrf. Stk. 100: Midland , •-- . 96 98 Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5. au ia._"'J guaran teed sp.c. ) . ' uts. iI p PIR Northn.k, Eastn. sp. c. all •• Do. ...... 56 58 Do. do. 6 per cent all • Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per Cent. all . D 0... ..... Lk N W • • Preston and Wyre. 1 all • & L y k. 1 __ Do. 4 Shares ......A. all " Do. Rovstn,Hitch.,& Shep NO Gt. North 135 140 .. Shf. Roth. &G01.g.5p.c. 1811 6 Lan.* Ylt, _ hrowsbry& Hereford all . T Brassoy 9-I South Staffordshire .. all M'Clcan . 101 101 .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all . Stk.kDar —— Do. do, Wilts and Somerset 'loo ' Gt. ..... 90 8 92 9 Wimbledon& Croydn all L.Szßrgts DOCKS. Closing Business Price. Share Docks. Paid Done. -----... . . Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref .Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO fifi Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New lB MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE 78 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share:Railways. 'Paid. C p i r ° i 6 ce ltl s 1 2 ludness 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and EasternUut. ,, fion 10 54 6 54 50 Belßtst and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and•Str. Val all 74 84 Stoek Birk., Lanc., and Chesil • • Junction lOO CO 62 25 • Blackburn 25 ''' Blyth and Tyne all 32 35 • • ' Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian • lOO 764 771 76 4 Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all • 20 Cork, 13.11crockokPassage all 20 Cornwall all 5 6} raves. no di v i all ..... 10 . Do. A A 10 Do._ B . until6p.c per an. .11 hasbeen p d.toß. 50 Dublin an dßelfast Junc. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 84 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 14 15 • • , - Stock Eastern Counties lOO 55 56.. 644 4 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 43 45 Stock Do. • ' do. • B Stock 100 28 36 ' * 25 Do.nr.A.(lte.E.ll3ds) 8} --, ' 25 East Kent all 12 14 — " Stock 4ast Lancashire lOO 88 90 87 6 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 70 72 Stock Ediri.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 255 261 . . 10 Forth -& - Clyde Junction all Stock Furness • • • 100 Stock Glasgow.& South Westn l6O 92 91 • 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 14 Stock Great Northern lOO 98 100 Stock - Do: do. A StOck lOO 81 83 . , ' Stock - Do. do: B Stoek lOO 131 133 . Stock Gt. South.& Wstu.(lreld) 100 104 105 Stock Great Western • • lOO 544 551 • • 63 1 2 4 3 Stock Do•Str.Vl.Rall Gua.Stk lOO 54 56 • • • 12 Irish South Eastern all . 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 83 86 • • 161 Do. Third's 1613 4 Do. New Thirds' l6 11 12 p St. Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 894 901 88 4 16 Do. do. F £ l6 • 6 lid 9 Do. do.. £9 shares 7 lld • • - 3 Do. West. Riding Union 5 20 Do. Southport ~ all — •,,,„ Stock London and Blackwall all 60 . 63 pu .. DoNewias:at £slosp.sli — Stock Lon.,Brighton &S:Coast 'lOO 107 108 • Stock London & North •Westn 100 901 014 82 " 121 Do. Eighths Stock Ltmdon& South-Westn lOO 89 00 - 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all . f 8 Stock Man., Shef.; & Lincoln lOO 361 871 • 10 Metropolitan " ' 3 11 5 d Stock Midland ... • ' 100 98 081 151 61 5 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 75 77 • 60 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all • 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle. all 25 New., Aber.; & Herefd. • all 10 12 . 10 Newry :& Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 55 57 50 mirth. Counties Union, 31 31 3 d , Stock North British 100 52 , 54 511 Stock Nor.Dev.ll'ail.&Dk: Stk. 100 Stock Do.A Stk. Arec.no div. . . . until 6p.c:hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock • lOO Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 84 86 84 15 • • 25 • Do: do. G.N.B.Purchase 1613 4.2414 d • • A Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York * lOO 72 74 701 70 Stock North Louden lOO 102 1 74 10 N. &S. Wester., HaMpstd and City Junction 23 ls. 20 Notth Staffordshire l7l 41 41 d 12 5 20 North-Western 10 No: & Sou. W. jun,ction all -7 . 8 • • Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32 . 10 Peebles ' all . 20 Portsmouth • ' • .19 7 5 d 10 • Rhymney. • . • • lO lock Scottish:Central Ito ck South. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 26 26 lock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 80 82 lock Shropshire Union -100 44 46 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 21 d ' • lock South Devon .4. 100 43 45 Mock South-Eastern - 100 64 65 63 2/ 3.3 2 lock South Wales 20 SoutbYorks.& Riv.p un all 65 55 20 Do.. do • • 18 , . 20 Staines, - Wok., & Wok all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 351 861 • 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do._ 1858 Stockton. & ilartlepool 161 • • • • took Taff Yale lOO -.- took Do. Preferenhe, No. I 25 TharaesHavenDk&Rall 22 Mock Vale of Neath. • • 100 62 66 62 took Waterford dr.. Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & .Limerick all • • 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. &Cry. Pitl all —•—: . • 5 Do.k.—Arecv.hodiv:tlll 7 p.c. hail been pd. to B all 31 8 5 Do. B • s • all -64 7 20 West_ London all • • 10 Do. Ist Class . all • • • • 20 Do. 2d Class all :).: SHARDS, P i""' I Closing I Mildness Price. Done.. • • 49 51 95 97 99 101 51 9B 101 61 110 115 107 110 • 112 114 110 112 128 130 81 83 70 72 110 112 114 116 110 112 103 104 63 64 11 11} 94 96 85 E 7 86 88 100 102 91 144 16 17 72 9I 1 7401 1% 191 91 14 141 L 39 141 160 165 8 9 122 124 4 IP . 68 70 .39 141 100 102 P 93 95 Of 9i 11 11,1 8} O 107 109 94 90 " 1 id i d par 23 23} 119 121 117 119 99 101 101 10f 231 24 101 103 101 103 27i 28i 32 33 0 51 Stock Stock 121 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 - Stock 'Stock Stock Stock, Stock. Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock PRtYETCVNI Share! _ Railways. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 263 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8C Stock Stock Stock Stock 109. 1.0.6. Do. 3} per cent. • Afaryport & Car.; 4 p.c. IDo. 4 per cent... Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 251 25 Stock Blythe and Tyne IC per c. pref. (Issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet4p.etStock Do. do. do:'Shares Caledon £lO, 4,1. per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5 pc Do. do. 5 p. et. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jthi. E.Angn. Class•A 7 & spc Do. do. Class 8.6 Do. do. Class C 7 pc.... E. Coun. Ex. &pet. No.l Do. do: 'bto.2 Do. New dyer' et. StoCk Eastern Union; 4 per et. East Lane. - 6 per et • E.& W. York. Jon. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furneis, 5 per cent ..., Glas. &S West." , .; a. 5Pc. Great Northern; 5 p. et Do. 5 pc Redm.oop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. d 0...... Do.sp.c. Redm.,spc. pm. Gt. Nh. of Scotld, ist pf. (Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) . 4 1 p. et. pref. Stock ... Great West. (Becks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct..:. Do. Redeemable, 4i p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, d 0.,„ Do. 5 p:ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. 'Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares - • • • Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar.shares Do. do. ; do Do. do.do. " Lan. & York 6 p:c. stock Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. preL, 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6.p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 1 Lon. & N. W. Cov:& Nun eaten, 5 p. et. " Lon.&S. W, 7 Act: stock, late 3d shares • Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. & Lin., pp. et. Do. £6 all }lOO 8' 100 100 100 100 all Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. C. Stock Do. Con. Bris. &Bir. 6 p.ct. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&o. p ret .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.', m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c, with, option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. el ares Do. 5 p. c:Ext:Stock,lB46 Do. 51 p. C. Pref. do. 1847' Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent * Nth .Dev.R ail. & 11)$k. Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c.' Deb. ' Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. ' Do. do. do. • 1 Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pe: Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua: Do. 41 p.c.Db.stk.in perp ' Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3 per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen. gu a. 6 pc. Do. 7 p_ c. pcef. 'stock. South Deiron, "Ann: 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.p.6.) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 411).c. 1 st is. ' Do. New do., 2d lesue. South Witles, gua: 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c..gua. ,Stockton and Dar.,4 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford'& Kilkenny, 6 per cent. • ' LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Es a ja . l Leasing !Closing Busines Co.'s. Price. Done. q I ! n Shaiel Railways. Closing "Business lP" "••• Price. Done. Atlantic &St Lawreno6 a ll 60 84 100 Leased at 6 percent.. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd i I d gu. 4 percent 18 Do all 161 17i 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 15 18 Do. Do. B 45 11 d, 201 . Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 6 1 4 20/ Do. New • lB3 8 9 d 100 f 6 B p uff . c a t l . o, bd gr o sm . i t A .& u Godri ., iB c 72 h 3 1 no 80 85 100 Do. do. 1 Ju ly, 1873 100 77 82 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 20 - Clcutta:&S.Eattrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 4 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 25. 20 ' Cape Town & Dock Scrip 28. f 1' d • 20 Central Dude {Limited) 2s. 6d. , 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c, 71i Id p 171 . Demerara 20 - Eastern Bengalgu.sp.c 5 1 4 d Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 98 100 98 5.7 20 Do. C Shares • all 26 Do. E. Shares Ext l5 3 3 p 20 Do..Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bdp. pay.'s all 20 G eelong& Mel.gna.s p. e all 18 19 • sto f Geelong Corporation 6 i nn • I per cent. Bonds — Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 33 31 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 72 75 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref - lOO 90 92 ' 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. all 97 99 • 20 Do. NeW,*gua.s per cent. 4 1 fd 3 nd.Lina.—Scrip 20 q D t o. s d o o f 20 2s. 2 1 • guaranteed 5 per cen t. I 2% Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 14f 153 141 3 201 Do. New 100 I Do. Bondi pay.. 16, w 1 th all 102 105 opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till 'GI all 102 104 . • 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 102 104 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 98 100 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. e all 16 17 20 Do. . do, 5 per cent, all 18 191 20 Do. 44 p. c. Extension l5 16 174 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 1 1 d 20 Do. Fourth do. ' • 5 1 1 d Stock Melb. - Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 Newßrunewick&Canda. 20 ißy.&Land(Lire Cp 10 —d • Class ACapitl.Share Do. .do. Land, • d 0.... .. • • • • 20 Do. do.' B. Capital do. 10 d Dp. do. • 'Land' • d 0... 20 rerthoflndiaTramroad 2s. Scrip • • 20 Oude (Limited) 20 . Scinde „ 444 15 1 d Dar 131 20 Do. , 5 all 19 .20 20 Do. - NeW lO 1 6 d 20 Do. - Punjaub . • ;c 5 14 1 d • • 20 Do. Indus.-St. Flo. • be„;" 10 1 1 d • A 20 St. Andrews & Quebec lB • 10 iTrinidad(Limited) Scrip • 1 Id par • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Atitwerp di Rotteidam all 41 5 20 Ardennes - • ' ' all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim:7p.c. 3 11 1 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 genera to Graissessac. all -- 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail . all 11 21 20 Dutch Rhenish • 15 61 5/ d 6 Eastern of France „ • all 21 23 .. 20 Euphrates Valley " 2s. P 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. - Luxem, Con. she.. all 51 54 51 10 Italian Junction ....... 8 20 Lake Constance A. gale all • • • • 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all 20 , Lombardo Venetian.., . 8 1 1 11P 54 5 20' Lucca & Pistoja, 5 if.t.pf. all . 20 Lyons and Geneva- all 331 Mafia Antonia all • • 20 Do. do. New. all 4 " • ' • • 20 Namur and Liege .„... all 71 8 20 D0..d0. 6p. V. Pref..... all 19 20 16 Northern of France all 32 34 . . 20 Do. New Shares 10 • Norwegian Trunk Pref all 71 8 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per oent 7 -- - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 30 31 • • • 20 . Paris and 0r1ean5 . ...,.. : ' all 45 47 20 Recife& S. Fran. ( rern.) / 9 3 2 d . • gua. 7 p. et.'(Lim.)' 20 Riga and Dimaburg•.• - 4 10 Rome and Fsascati 20 Royal 'all 5 Royal SwediFli all • • 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.., all 20 Sambre and Meuse all 5/ 6 10 Do. 51 pet cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 18 19 • • • 20 Western of Austria 20 Western or Switzerland all -- 6 Wiesbaden • • ' • all 6 Do 8 per cent. • Pref.. all 20 Zealand all .• • • BRITISH MINKS. Mines. Paid. I closing I Business Price. Done. Shim! • _ , • Alfred Consols . (Philack 2.11.10 6 . . 20 British Iron • l5 21 31 - Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons:(Tavist.) 1 460 470 • East Bassett {Mogan). 30 210 220 Great South Tolgus l7s 131 141• G.WhealAlfd.lPhillack) 11.18.8 2 3 • • —. G. Wheal Vor( y elston) 91 . . • Lady Bertha ' lBs 6d # 1 North,Frances (Illogan) 81 8 9 North' Wheal Crofty::. 7.9.4 8 9 N.Whl Basset (Illogan) nil. 8 9 Par Consols (st. Blaxy) , 11 13 14 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 , Sortridge Cons. Mimeo. 6a 1 . . SouthCaradon"(St.Cleet) 21 240 250 - orth C. Brest Illogan). 2 21 3 S Wheal Pram (Illogan) 18.18.9195 205 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining C 0..,, 4l 2 21 10 Tin Croft 9 45 11 tTnitedMines(Givernip) 40 - Vale of niwey *(CariA.) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogate):: 11 221 235 W. Caradon (I.'sken.rdy. 20 84 88 Wheal Basset (IP.Ogi11). 51 195 205 200 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 , 125 135 Wheal Edward (Gals.) 5l 2 24 " heal Kitty (LT. Lelant 1.7.2 91 101 Wh'lMaryAntr(Menht 8 45 47 Trelawney , (Usk.) 41 32 34 . • - PO - REIGN MINES • • • • 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCo O er,Lini. 10s d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £SP.) 27 1 1 20 Do.St•Johndelltey,Lini. 15 12 13 :5 Do. Land and Mining• Co. all • • 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Janakilea •• • 1 d • • • 40 Cobra Copper , all 36 38 Coplap6 l6 10 12 . , 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Ch all 2 Fortuna. • • • all 11 2 20 General s all 23 25 . 3 Linares. all 91 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 5 / 1 New Gr9nada • • all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.AuI.L 10 1 4 p 20 Po ntgibaudSilver, Lead • Mining and Smelt—. a • all •31 4 5 Port Philip 1 • • 30 Santiago de Cuba, l6/ 1 1 28.2.8/ United Mexican all 25 2 . . COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share • • Paid. Prices. Business Securities. Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.li July 100 113/ 114/ 1121 Do. 6 p.c.Fb:&Aug. 'lOO 112 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr.4 Sep. 100 112 114 . N.B.Gov.ap.c. Ja.&July • 10C 110 111 Do. '6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. 100 100 101 NovaSeotiaGov.6 P.c. St. . . Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 110 111 S.Aus.Gt.6pe.Jan&July • 100 100 111 • • Vict*Gov.6p.c.Jan&July • 100 • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share• Joint-Stock Binks. Agra&UnitedSerViceßk Australasia • Bank of Egypt • • Pank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of In dia, &c • City Colonial - • . Corn. Bank of-Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., &.Aus..Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAiiitral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster 1 Nat. Prov. of England Paid. Closing Business Price. I Done. 68 70 80 83 23 24 45 47 20.11 100 1i Idl 63 65 1 32 33 rDo. new. ational Bank New South Wales" Orient .Bk . Corporation Ottoman Bank • • Provincial of Ireland o. New ' ..•••• 17 19 14 151 South Australia Do. New - Union of Australia • . Do. New • Union of London • • Unity Mutual Western Bk of-London 21i 22 21 2 31k 1(3 171 70 72 25 20 d, . . PLAISTOW ? WEDNESDAY. This morning, uppn making enquiries it was ascertained that Bridget ,Callaghan, known as " Old, Biddy," was very much better. Upon, being asked if she was ..Ware of the value of statements she had made, she replied, " Yes," and repeated :them, adding a d escr i p ti on o f the carpetbag, and the manner in which each portion of .the discovered body was wtapped up and in what kind of paper. To morrow a full and perfect statement is expected, proiridcd the state of the old woman permits the mental exertion. LAW INTELLIGENCE. --(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. - (Before tha Master- of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JUDGMENT.-IVICEIMAN V. LADE. - Plaintiff r by.his solicitors, in Canterbury, sold by private contract his estate, of Greaves, for £5,400, subjectio land tax. - • Defendant signed the contract and paid a deposit bf£64o. He now repudiates the contract and claims abatement on the ground that he was only informed that the land tax was £6.; whereas it turned out that the land-tax was £l3, being a land-tax at the.rate of 2s. Bd. per pound on the value of the estate. - . . Plaintiff filed.his bill for specific performance of the con tract, and alleged that his estate was sold by his solicitors, Messrs. Hurley.and Calloway, under the express condition that the estate.was subject to land tax ; and that Mr. Cal loway - expressly informed him that he did 'riot know the amount before the contract was signed. The Master of the Rolls was satisfied, upon looking at the evidence produced, that the defendant was informVd that the estate in question was sold to him subject to payment of the land tax, and that the plaintiff's agents gave him all the information . respecting the land tax that they had themselves. His Honour decreed specific • perforniance against the defendant,. with Costs. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Potter.) • INMAN V. GRIFFIN. This was an action to recover the sum of £l2 108. com mission,: on obtaining afarm for defendant, the ordinary way of business.. • Mr. Clark, of . Bedford-row, for the plaintiff; stated that the matter was of great importance to his client, and was as follows —Mr. Inman is a farm and estate 'agent, and advertises very largely. Some time ago defendant applied to him fora -farm of about 300 acres.. /tr. Inman wrote to defendant en,closing his terms, 5 per cent. upon the rental, and enclosing also a list of farms, amongst which was one known as Holliliush .Farm. Upon receiving this list, defendant hid, entirely ignoring the plaintiff ; personally negotiated with the owner of the farm, subsequently taking it. But upon the terms of the plaintiff thiswas guarded against, and one of the danses was, that any farm taken upon- in formation received from, plaintiff would be chargeable in reference to the faker in the same rates of commission. Plaintiff was called, and stated that defendant called upon him, and upon paying the correspondence fee, one guinea, asked if the landlord of -the farm would not pay half the commission, and :plaintiff said no. He was the tenant's agent. 7 . . Cross-ixamined:Plaintiff was not authorised by the owner of the farm to aayertise it "To be Let," It was customary to conduct business in this. way. Mr. Field, for the defendant, contended that the fee•paid by defendant was in fact 411 he - was to pay. It h ad b een given in evidence' that it teas usual to charge one guinea for correspondenCe fee i i.e. letters, &c., &c., but in reality that sum was quite sufficient payment for the information given by plaintiff, Defendant was called, and said that he told plaintiff the commission was very es,travagant, and hedid not agree to pay it. - Cross-examined by Mr. Clark—Plaintiff told me he was not employed by tly; owner of the farm. I might have read the particulars contained in the plaintiff's terms. evidence ce Mar was sh, in th f e aan d his ,MTiourcotturaeithieragpeanrtty, was, infaTt, lied he declared he never knew such a case. Mr. Field then submitted there was no contract to find for - defendant, and Mr.: Clark said it was really an undefended action. - The learned.Sec . piadary, stopped Mr. Clark, and • told the jury it was so._ _ The jury deliberated for a short time, and the learned Secondary-again explained the law. The jury intimated that they would be.glad to hear Mr. Clark, who then. ad dressed them, and they ultimately found for the plaintiff. POLICE INTLILLTOENCE;-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING • Goons By FRAUD, AND RBOEIvING.— Patra Savage, a .tailor,.was charged with obtaining,' by fraudulent ipretenc‘s, 107.1 yards of silk serge, valued at £l.B, the property of Messrs. Miley and Co., drapers &c., of 42, Warwick-street; and Sivanovital Bennett an d Eve Bennett, Polish Jews, of 11, West-street, Golden-sqVare, tritnming sellers, were charged with being 'unlawfully pos sessed of the same... • Mr. Edwd. Seris, .of Great Marlborough-street; appealed for theprisoners. '- Wm. Pickman, in the employ of the prosecutors; said'the prisoner Savage came on Monday and asked for a piece of ,ilk serge of above 100 yarde in length, stating that it was for Mr. Geogtegar, of Jermyn-street, and, knowing the pti soner had been.in his employ, he let him have a piece of 108 yards, of the value of LIS. • - Sergeant Glass, a C, said•he took Savage into custody in Warwick -street on the previous evening, and told 'him the charge. 'He said (sp.eitking to Mr. Miley) "I hope you will settle this without giving me into' the custody of the police, as I can tell you vivre I sold it." He (Glass) then took him to the station,. where be 'told him he had sold it in . West-street, to a man named Bennett, for £lO. He , gave his address in Carnaby-street, but on going there found he had left that morning. From what Savage told him he .went to West-street, .to the shop of Bennett, and asked if he had purchased any silk of a man, which he denied. He told him a roan was locked up, charged with obtaining some by fraud. Bennett then spoke to a female in _a language he did not undeistand, and ho (Sergeant Glass) heard the private door shut, and on going out saw the female with a parcel running away, and, just as he came up to hop,- he saw her place the parcel in a doorway. He afterwards admitted giving £lO for it, but said he had not entered it, as ho kept no books. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate (Mr. Beadon) at some lexgth, and in a very Able manner, on behalf of the Bennetts, and contended tit the-Bennetts had paid a fair price for the goods.. . • Remanded. MISCELLAZ4EOUS, Share Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantis Tel. (Limited) AustralianAgriculttral Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works . Do New, isiued -at R. 5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. C. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land " Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEnp&Smltg Do. Preference 71 pqr.ct Crystal Palace.. .... . Do. Preference Eastern Steam.:.. . . • • Electric Telegra ph • • Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel. Europ.&Am.Stm,(Lim.) Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Llin Gen. Steam NavigatiOn London Discount • • Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (L)w.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land 100 10 Stock Stock _ . . Dodo______ Do 8 p. e. Pref.,i s s. at kits. N.Br.&NoviSeotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) North of E urope_ S tc4ra Oriental Gai - Do. New Shares.. Peel River 4andi& Pen. & Oriehtal Steam. Do. New, ... . . .„. Red Sea & I n d . Telegr. Rhyrnney Iron .. Royal Mail team Seot.Aus trlir.lnv:(Lini ) South Australian,Land submarine Telex; scalp Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Cap Dimen's Lad all all all 15s. all all all• all. . -- .. p idd. Closing Price. Business done 14 15 )0 230 2 30 32 36 38 19 21 14 "15 115 120 8 9} 231 s 6 [O2 104 I 11 1 5 6 1k 1 I 1 1 dlO par 24 21 80 82 12i 13i p 1i ip 22 24 54 64 59 61 1074 1174 351 36 1 1 • ZEI 10 IVEDNESDAT APRIL ~..27", f 1851:1 TILE WATE CE 111Y4'21ERY. MARY LEBOYE ELECTION NOMINATION . (THIS DAY). This morning the general election was inaugurated in Marylebone by the nomination of two fit and proper persons to represent the borough in the Common s H ouse of .. Par liament. The only candidates for the honour, up to an early.- hOur . this Morning, were the two late mem - hers,- Sir B. Hall , and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C. ; but a few minutes before the commencement of the proceedings notice was given to Mr. Tamplin, the returning officer, that it was intended to propose the Right Hon. Lord Stanley as a third candidate. The fact of an opposition being offered to the return of the late members gave an excitement to the proceedings, which other wise would have passed off in the usually quiet way unopposed elections in the metropolis generally do. The hustings were erected, as usual, in Park-crescent, Regent's-park, and at eleven o'clock the writ commanding the election having been read, Mr. G; TANIMIN, the returning officer, came forward to open the proceedings. He said the electors of Marylebone were assembled that morning for the purpose of electing two members to a Parliament which would have to perform duties as great and important as ever devolved upon any of its predecessors. The English were always the lovers of fair play, and he called upon the assemblage to give a fair and impartial hearing to every gentleman who addressed them because if they did not hear them they could by no possibility answer them, and the consequence would be a loss of half the fun. (Laughter.) He then called forward the' proposer of'Sir B. Hall, Mr. DICKINSON, of Paddington, who said it afforded him much pleasure to propose so distinguished a gentleman as Sir B. Hall as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Marylebone in Parliament. Sir Benjamin had so long.represented the borough, and had become so iden tified with it, that to separate him from it would be like parting man and wife. (Laughter and cheers.) He was of the people. He was with the people, and any attempt to displace him could do no honour to any man however good he might be—(cheers)—and nothing but miserable defeat could folloW such an attempt. (Cheers.) It had been ob jected to Sir B. Hall that he was a place-hunter; but he knew well that when Sir B. Hall was so, he was always the right man in the right place ; and in his place, what ever it was, he had done his best for the interests of the borough. (Cheers.) , He considered Sir Benjamin any thing but a place hunter for his own interests ; and he -looked upon the circumstance of the right hon. baronet having filled office as an honour to the electors of Maryle bone that they had Chosen a representative with sufficient intellect to fit him - :to hold a place. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by proposing. Sir B.'llali as a fit and proper per sop to iepresent the borough of Marylebone in the Cora 7 mem House at' Parliament. (Cheers) ' • Mr. STOCKTON, in seconding the nomination, said it would be impossible to find a man more eminOutly calculated to discharge the important trust of representing Marylo-: bone in Parliament than Sir B. Hall. (Lend cheers.) Sir J. DUKE said he again had the honour of proposing to the electors of _Marylebone his friend Mr. Edwin James as a candidate for their suffrages. (Cheers.) He coml.: dered it a proud distinction that Marylebone 'would be the, first place to send two such eminent men to th e new R e f orm Parliament. (Cheers.) - They would not go there to sup port a, Government, but they would go there to say that the, people were determined to have a larger and more substan tial measure of Parliamentary reform than was prepated by her Majesty's Government: (Cheers.) The present Government had been objected to on many grounds, but there was one on which the Whig officials would do well to imitate, that was courtesy. (Cheers.) [Here a handsome bouquet was handed to - Mr. Edwin James from • some parties on the right 'hand side of the crowd, amidst loud cheers, which were repeated again and again as the leared gentleman took Off his hat a n d b owe d .] 'He' - thought it a great hardship that at the eleventh hour Sir B. Hall and Mr. James should be put to the expense and annoyance of a poll by parties proposing candidates without their sanction. (Cheers.) Mr. Ross said it afforded him much pleasure to. second the nomination of Mr. James. (Cheers.) He had seen in the newspaper, this morning, an advertisement asking ten gentlemen to come forward with £lOO each, for the purpose of nominating Lord Stanley. (Cries of " oh, oh.") He sup -posed that, as that nobloman was to be proposed, the money;, had been got—(laughter)—but it was only another exempli fication Of the old proverb, that fools and theirmoney soonpart. (Loud laughter.) He felt certain the electors -of Mat , ylebone were satisfied with their late representatives, and also that it was impossible to obtain better ones, for they were as good a pair as ever ran in a curricle. Whatever advan tage 'one might have in bulk—(laught er )—th e ot h er had in height. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Mr. HAIG then came forward amidst groat uproar to nominate Lord Stanley as. a fit and pnper person 'to reline= sent Marylebona in,'parliament. -Amidst much langhtet he proceeded to address the . electors, when- he was asked whether Lqrd Stanley had given his sanction to his name being used. Mr. Ilai g answere d i n t h e negative; and the response was load yells and hisses. Mr. ?RIDEAU x Eleeonded the nomination of Lord Stanley, although he had great admiration f or th e t a l ents of Mr. Edwin - James. TamPLIN then asked whether • any . other perhon had a candidate to propose. .Receiving no answer, he called upon Sir B: Hall toaddress. the assemblage. Sir. B. ; HALL said he camebefore them that day to ask for a renewal of the trust, which,. for nearly 25 years, had been confided to his care.. (Cheers.) He had during the whole of that period endeavoured to do his duty, and he felt that he had done nothing that should stand in the way of his re-election. He felt certain Lord. Stanley was unacquainted with the liberty that had been .taken with his name, and he thought it extremely hard that himself and his hon. colleague should be put - to the annoyance of a contest by persons ptoposibg candidates without even their knowledge and consent. He had no don* of re-election, and he could not but regret that their harmony i had .been. marred by two over jealous al .. mirers of 'Ler Stanley. (Cheers.) Mr. E. JAMEa said he appeared before the electors that morning to solicit the renewal of their confidence. The gentleman who had seconded the nomination of Lord &au ley said he had admired him (Mr. James) because he had done his duty in Parliament—(hear, hear)—and this was the way he rewarded, him. . (Cheers, and cries of "'Your all right.") He did not for a moment believe that Lord Stan ley was in an7y way connected with the movement that had been made in his favour, and he was sure that nbblemaii would as much regretthe circumstance as any amongst them. He, however; supposed the. gentlemen had got their £9OO advertised for, and it was their duty to - spend it ; but he was sure the result would be only mortification and' defeit: His (Mr. James) -opinions with respect to - domestic matters were so well known to.the electors that ha would not detain them with the slightest allusion to them ; but with respect to his opinions on foreign affairs, he thought it was his duty to make a few observations as to what he thought ought to be the policy.of England in the present crisis. The learned gentleman then at some ler gth repeated his views with respect to the position of foreign affairs, JIM ma' the safest and surest course England could take in the pre sent momentous crisis was theta non •interference. (Cheers.) The hon. and learned .gentleman concluded his spedch by expressing his full confidence that at the close of the poll to-morrow hd should.be again in the proud position of one of ,the representatives .of the borough of Marylebone in Parliament. . . Mr. TAMPLIN then.called for a show for a show of hands for each of the candidates, • For Sir B. Hall afia Mr:' James a forest of hands was held up, while for Lord Stanley only sire individual in the crowd, and his nomi nator and seconder,. held up' theirs. Mr. I'AmrLIN said that the show of hands were in favour of 54.13. Hall, and •Mr. James, upon which Mr. Haig demarided a poll for Lord Stanley. The poll will open to-morrow morning at tight o'clock, and finally clolie at four in the afternoon. A vote. of thanks to. the Returning Officer terminated the proceedings. • • • It is stated in .11inistei;ial circles that ' Lord Ossulston, late-M.P. for Northumberland, is shortly . to be summoned to the House of Lords. SUICIDE OF A CORONER'S OFTlCER.—Yesterday. considerable sensation was created in the parish of Edmon ton, in consequence of the suicide of Mr. Richard I3rand,. who was carrying on 'busines's as a carpenter, and also coroner's officer for the parish of Edmonton, in the Duchy 'of Lancaster. Tt appears that 'the deceased was very cheer ful, and never showed - the slightest tendency to suicide •On one of the workman entering his workshop, he found him hanging by a - sash line' to a beam in his workshop. He must have accomplished the act by getting upon his work-bench, and throwing hirinaelf off. No cause can be assigned for the rash' act, as his circumstances were very good, having several houses at Edmonton, and other pro-- perty in Hertfordshire. The deceased was highly respected in the neighbourhood, and the poor have lost a kind and 'benevolent benefacfor. "Infonhation has been sent to the coroner, but no day yet named for the inquest. 'FATAL ACCIDENT• ON . THE ORWELL.—A .few weeks since we recorded sadaccident on the river Orwell, by the capsizing of . . r ik Bailing skiff, and the loss of .three lives. We have now to record a similar accident, and the loss of two lives On Saturday James Girling, a Trinity pilot, with his son, was statianed on board the pilot cutter, lying just at the mouth of the Orwell, about a mile from Harwich pier; and during the morning a Welsh schooner entered the river. Oirlinz and ...p r -o-u+reoa-tu Era:ninetywent on board, and piloted. her up as far as the second pilot boat, which lies at Down ham Beach, three mileslrom Ipswich, where another pilot went on board, and Girli4 and his son started off for their station with their skiff, with sails set. The wind was very puffy, and squally. They were seen sailing past Tin Mill by another pilot on board a . yacht, who noticed that Girling was steering with an oar instead of a rudder, the latter, it is supposed, having becorne disabled: The Atlanta steam 'Packet was running clOWn to Harwich about one o'clock, and when near Poxhall•liottom„the mate, George Bacon, saw what he thought were the heads of two persons above water. • The steamer was at once stopped, the .boat launched, and two men Palled Oyer to the spot, where they picked up a pilot cloth jacket, a sou-wester, a rudder, a pair of oars, a boat scoop, and one or two other articles. These wore immediately identified as belonging to Girling andhis son. Nothing was seen of either the boat or the men, and on the steamer calling at the lower pilot boat, it was found' that nothing had been seen of the Girlings ; and the re i s no doubt the boat Was Capsized by a sudden squall when about two miles and a hilt from Harwich, and the unfor • tunate father and son were drowned.—Essex Herald. .. FATAL OCCURRENCE AT . A • PRIZE-FIGHT.-011 Monday afternoon the magistrates .at Rochester were occu pied a considerable time in investigating a charge preferred against John Robinson, a.shipwright, employed in Chatham Dockyard, of having IdJled another shipwright, named William Moore Bensley, in a .fight which took place- on Chathamrlines on the previous. Saturday evening. From the evidence of the witnesses examined in support of the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner and d eceased, to gether with a number of .ether shipwrights, were drinking at ,a public-house in Brampton during the whole of the after noon and evening of_ Saturday, all the parties being very mu ch intoxicated. An orderly of th e M e di cal Staff Corps, who was in the house,ehatlenged. the prisoner to fight•for ss. a -side, which he accepted, the.stakes being deposited in his hands. The parties then adjourned to Chatham-lines and commenced fighting the .trench es near the Sally port. After several rounds the. prisoner gave in, when deceased handed the stakes to the medical staff man. On this the prisoner became very, violent, and wanted to fight deceased, who _was. described by the witnesses as being very drunk, and acting " like a madman." Another fight then .commenced, prisoner and deceased closing, and both falling, heavily to the ground, the prisoner being under. In falling, decea se d s t ruc k hi s forehead with .great violence against the ,ground, on which his head was ' observed to fall forward,_and after. giving - three groans, he expired without utt er i ng a word... Mr. Weeks, a surgeon. who was promptly in atteridanceonlide an examination-of the deceased, and discovered that the neck had been dislo cated by GI? fall, which was sufficient to account for death. There were no marks of binises or violence on the body. The magistrates committe nutted him to Nil. - the prisoner for trial, but ad- THAMES. AN INVETERATE I)QT STEALER.—Thomas Spooner, an old man well known to the police as a person sneaking about inns and public-houses for some time past, and whose visits have been generally followed . by the loss of some article, was charged with stealing a pint pot from the Fir Tree pub lic-house in Church-lithe, Whitechapel. Abraham Stone, servant to Mr. Richard Dear, the land lord of the Fir Tree, stated that the prisoner came to the house yesterday afteinoon between three and four o'clock, and called fora pint orbeer, which he drank and left. Soon afterwards he missed *ti pint pewter pot, and suspecting the prisoner, went after him, and overtook him about 100 yards from the house. Ayothig maiitook the prisoner's hat off, and a pint pot fell from it •on to the ground. He said .to the prisoner, " You have taken that pot from our house," to which he made no reply. The pot in question was not the one in which the prisoner's beer was served, but was on the table beside him. • . . . The prisoner, in defence, said he was very drunk, and did not know what hi was skint when he took the pot. Stone said the prisoner was certainly the worse for liquor, and Gascoigne, a police-constable, 98 H, said the prisoner told him he did not know he had the pot in his hat when the hat was pulled off' his head. 'Roche, the gaoler Of the court, said the prisoner had passed through his hitilds More than once before, but he could not say he was ever convicted of felony. The prisoner then pleaded" guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. - • • Suspicious POSSESSION OF PROPERTY.—Henry Smith, a well-known-thief, . belonging to the Spitalfields gang, against whom there is more than one conviction recorded for felony, wa's brought before Mr. Selfe, charged • with being in unlawful possession of 14 cloth caps, which had been stolen or unlawfully proplired. Thomas Heath, a k9lice-co nstable, No. 171 K, stated that he passed_ the prisoner on Stepney-green yesterday afternoon, and observ4 he was very bulky, he stoppW him and asked *him what he had got about him, to which he replied " Nothing.'. He .detained the prisoner,' who said, " This is what you want," and took five caps from under his arm. On searching. the prisoner he discovered nine more caps-in his trousers. Tiekets were attached to them, and he believed they had: been stolen from a shop. The prisoner said- he :bought the , caps of a dealer, but where he lived or his name he could not tell. • • Mr. Selfe rethanded pripmer for a week. . THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 27.—Wind this day at noon, E.; strong breeze, and cloudy weather. • PLYm 0 u .A.pril O. - - Wiud Et " .—Arrivis4-43ttm mer Cloud, from liartlepool.for Aden. • • • ,POUTSMOUTII, April . 26 .-.Alrind E. S.E.--Arrived— St. Olaf, from Matanzas for Antwerp: OFF DARTMOUTIt, April 26.---Arrived--Star of Tas mania, from Launceston. • • SWANSEA, April - • - S.E Arrived —A iri s Branch, from Camillas. NEWPORT, April 24: 7 —Wila1 N.E.—Arrived—Tropee, from London for Jamaica. .. .7 •• OFF THE •LIZARD;Ap . 4.I E.—Arrived—Aus. trill, from Geelo . ug. . GREENWICH HosPiTAt.—The revenue of Green wich Hospital, from the.lst January to the 31st December, 1858, including £16,352 9s. .21d.., the balance brought for ward from 1857, amounted to £109,429 Ils, Old., and the expenditure to £91,910 15s. 30.. The balance in hand on the Ist January, 1859, amounted to £17,182 13s. 101 d. Advices from Auckland,. New Zealand, confirm the statements of the discovery of good coal in that *e vince. The Novara, , with the Austrian Scientific Expedi tion, having touched- at the islands, the Government 're quested Dr. Hockstetter, the geologist of the expedition, to make a formal survey of • the field. His report was Ob. lished in the New Zealand Gazette, and leads to the con clusion that " th6re exists no doubt that the province of Auckland is rich, in the possession of abundance of good workable coal, which will prove- of the greatest importance both for steam navigation and manufacturing purposes." BLIND TO THE GLORIES— OF SUNSET.—At the recent - anniversary of the . St. Martin's School of Art, as reported in the Atilder, the Hon'. Mr. Cowper, M.P., the chairman, remarked how very' few persons there were who looked much at those gorgeous sights which were constantly to be seen in the skies: even when the niOst glorious sunset was taking pinre, persons for the most part passed heedlessly along the crowded thorough fare; and the number.. .of those were but few who raised their eyes from the level of the pavement to notice what was going on above their heads. The late Mr. Rogers, whiS was remarkable for always indulging his sentiments of the .beautiful in this respect, was in the habit of walking up and down in the Green Park at evening when the sunset was taking place ; andhe enjoyed the sight so mi*hthimself, that he used to stop persons and invite them to kok up into the sky, and share with him the magnificence of; the sight. . .But he used to say that he could• not find one person in twenty who. took •the slightest inte rest in what he {was pointing out,.and that they only looked on him as a treublesorne,sstrange• old gentleman, -who was trying to point out something which was not in the least worth seeing. It Was astonishink the number ofbeauties which persons lest'by never. having trained their power of observation, • - • . • • ArETFIVAREET .RACES.-(THIS DAY.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] MATCHES. Twang beat Golden Rule. HarYEhiff beat Schoolfellow. COLUMN STARES. Chapelier Aneurin :£3O PLATE FOR TWO-YEAR -OLDS. Emily Rattlebone Thirteen ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OP 10 SOPS. Orianda Lord Berkley Four rau. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. .. 2 .. 2 CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of home-grown wheat was on sale , to-day. Owing to the prospect of a continental war, home grown wheats were is to 2s per quarter dearer, with a fair demand. Foreign wheat was held at 2s to 3s per quarter more money, and some parcels were taken on speculation. Floating cargoes of grain produced more money. Barley was in improved request, and rather dearer. In the value of malt no change took place. Oats were firm, and held for more money. The imports are on a fair average scale. Beans and peas were firm in price. The flour trade was active. Town made qualities sold at 40s to 43s per 280 lbs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK' Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,920 r 180 ; 2,130 ' 1,170 850 Irish Foreign 8,570 / 1,450 j 12,360 l 510 sblri.sm TIIE WA.R'QUESTION: - - (Opinions of the French Press) The Conititutionnel continues to denounce the conduct - of Austria : " The present position has at least the merit of being clear and well defined. But the light arrived so suddenly for certain partisans of Austria, for those who lied vaunted her pacific dispositions, that they no longer know how to explain passing. events. The journals representing the English Cabinet, for instance, cannot believe in such a crime' on 'the part of Austria. There is an error, they they said. The Cabinet of Vienna did n o t yet icnow of the adhesion "of Piedmont to the' 'prin ciple of a general disarmament when it Summoned that State to disarm:'• B u t • this • hyp o the s i s is no longer to be admitted. It is now clearly proved that Aus tria had received official notice of the adhesion of Sardinia at the moment - she had addressed her ultimatum. This ultimatum was already resolved on, its terms were drawn up, while the Cabinet of Vienna accepted the proposal of a Congress. The day when the Tory Ministry spoke so loftilyof Austria's h onour , Archduke Albert presented this document Of duplicity and violence at Berlin, and proposed to the. Prince Regent that he should be an accomplice to it. -The reply of the Regent was such as might have been ex pected; it does honour to Prussia and to the real German). which she now represents. Not only hasthe Cabinet of Ber lin rejected the proposal of Austria but it has protested against it in common with • all Europe. This great act, which condemns the last step of Austria, condemns for the same reason all her proceedings since the mission of Lord Cowley. It is now a matter of history that . the Vienna Cabinet has, in the present crisis, never been. sincere towards Europe. It was not sincere when it accepted the principle of a European Congress, nor when it demanded a general diS armament before the Congress. Austria has disavowed engagements and promises. be That . her int erest and ambition should push her to war may understood by her defenders, but that she should have descended to hypocritical denials, in order to arrive at a violent- settlement, cann o t b e par _ doned even by them. Austria tempted Europe with a last hope of peace at the very moment when she fixed the day for opening the war. On Good Friday issued from Milan the ultimatum which summoned Sardinia to-disarm within, three days ; it is thus that pious Austria celebrates her Easter Week." The Pays describes as a " diplomatic romance," the statement which represents Austria at the time she sent in her ultimatum as having been ignorant of the acceptance-by S ar di n i a o f the principle of disarmament :-- - " There_ has beenno mistake, and the Austrian Govern - - ment has taken its decision with•every circumstance before its eyes. Moreover, it is plsitive that the summons - le dis arm was drawn pp _by Count Btiol, and that the .Em peror ,did - not 'act consulting his Ministers. Finally what proves that Austria was aware of the pro posal of - a geneial disarniament, and nevertheless persisted in her desire to humiliate Piedmont, is the official. declaration in the Vi enna G azet t e that she was prepared to pursue her negotiations with the Powers, but that in no ease 'Would she renounce the right of acting sopa rately and individually-in - regard to Piedmont. Such a reso lution is evidently incompatible with any ulterior arrange ment, and if it be true that England and Prussia have taken ' new steps at Vienna, we believe that to hope in their success • would be a great illusion.. Austria has decided on pushing .- matters to the last extremity. 'lt - is to be presumed that imperious considerations must have pushed the Court of Vienna into this fatal path, Since she consents to brave the public opinien of Europe, .and to give an open denial to her - own words." The Gazette de France says : i " Should Austria-persisti n sending troops, in spite of the rulers of the small States of Italy, to points which she may - consider essentifil Lou her personal defence, she would place herself in the falsest position p oss ibl e . It appears that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has not alone protested against this pretension of Austria.' The Diichess of Parma, who has ~ always displayed the greateit strength of character in every -difficult position, has, it-would appear, also refuSed to allow - the Austrians to invade her-States: • • Should - Austria persist in her pretensions, she,will really prove that she considers the -territory of her allies as a portion of the Austrian Empire,"- . • - The Patrie - cenfailis the following remarks on the Prussian 'military preparations : " The Prussian 'Government has hastened 'to protest against the stippoSitithi that its late military measures are connected in the least with the presence of Archduke Al bertin ThAtie•measures, it declares, hav e a p ure l y defensive' haracter ; they were. rendered necessary by the general situation -of Europe, and were prepared long befoiehand: The partisans of Austria sought' to attribute , these measures . to the mission of Archduke - Albert. The Prussian Gazette, in giving a for mal denial to such an interpretation ' will doubtless contri bute to convince the Vienna cabinet of its isolation in the aggressive policy which it has just inaugurated so fatally." The Presse briefly observes:— " Events are preparing rapidly. It is too late ;' that last word, in decisive crises. appears to be that of the present moment. - It is already pronounced in Italy, where the ques tion is al;eady considered settled." RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The following correspondence -on the question _of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company has been forwarded for publication: It is satisfactory that the Treasury authorities do not believe there is any danger of the Legislature repudiating the obligation of the guarantee (copy.) " Red Sea and India Telegraph Company, 62, Moor gate-street, E.C., London, April 21, 1859. " Sir —I am instructed by the directors of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company to inform you that serious apprehensions have been raised in tbe minds of the share holders in consequence of the late proceedings in the House of Lords on the motion for the third reading of the com pany's bill. • . . . . " - The directors themselves entertain no doubt whatever of the good faith of the Government, or of their intention to abide by the terms of the contract into which they have entered, but, at the same time, after whathas occurred, they deem it imperative to request that steps may be taken to satisfy the natural anxiety of the shareholders, and to justify the confidence they have hitherto felt in the inviolable na ture of the agreement under which they are acting. In briefly recalling the circumstances under which the guarantee was granted I am directed to remind you that in the month of August last, when application was made by this company to the Treasury, the speedy establishment of telegraphic communication with India was, perhaps, of more vital importance to the Government than it happily is at the present moment. It was then distinctly and repeatedly stated by the directors and others that the undertaking par took far more of a public than of a private character ; that if the Government should decide upon adopting the ma chinery of a private company such terms must be granted as should virtually ensure the risk of the experiment being borne by the Government ; and that any arrangement to be entered into with the company must be entirely indepen dent of the commercial success or failure of the undertaking. s "The urgency of the necessity and the impossibility of raising the capital required upon other terms was so strongly felt that the offers of the company were accepted upon the express condition that the whole capital should be sub scribed at once; and that theconstruction and laying down of the line should be commenced forthwith, whilst entire control was secured to the Government by the appointment of two ex-officio directors whose sanction was required to every proceeding of the company. " As it was clearly impossible to olptain the immediate assent of Parliament to these arrangements, which wore completed during the recess, the company was required to apply_ for an act in the next session. " Upon the faith of the agreement thus concluded the capital was subscribed, and a contract entered into with Messrs. Newall and Co., which received the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, for the involving thereby of the line to India within 12 months, thereby a large and immediate outlay ; to meet which £400,000 was actually called up before the meeting of Par liament ena th bl i ed sco t t h no e ttrah co ec m t it p l an zdBoo y s t em o 4 p i r eb o sy c o e f ed whe wi aiebhl t e h ihat the ivs i e r h b alope ill red . adtoi communication between Alexandria and Aden in the ebsete :n m bUl dispa tched i o ns n hd t e h ar of May, whilst the manufacture of the remain , ing section is rapidly proceeding at home. "Under these circumstances it is with no small surprise that the shareholders have learnt that a question has been raised in Parliament as to the expediency of sanctioning the Government contract, and that the company's bill has been postponed without any protest on the part of her Majesty's Government against the impossibility of repudiating so solemn an obligation. "From the representations made to them from various quarters, the directors deem it indispensably necessary that the shareholders should receive an official assurance that the Government is determined to give full effect to the agreement, and that the directors are authorised to proceed in the work which they are endeavouring faithfully to per form, but which they do not hesitate to say will be most materially impeded if the slightest doubt shill be allowed to rest for a moment upon the validity of their., enitiBemem4- with her Majesty's Government=i - MATV 6 The honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) "C. L. PEEL, Secretary. " The Secretary of the Treasury, London." (corn.) "Treasury Chambers, April 25, 1859. "Sir,—l have laid before the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury your letter of 21st instant, and I am directed to state that although. their lordships have seen with regret that an unexpected obstacle was presented in the House of Lords to the passing of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company's Bill, under circumstances unfavour able to a full discussion of the measure, they entertain n o doubt of its doubt of being able to satisfy the next Parliament that t danger of the Legislature repudiating the obligation which h nl which under importance, aany y circumstances andth s t tl e b y ! feel th e confidentrightos slightest has faith be :f n 8 tW.II. STEPHENSON. large sums.—l am, , sir, your obed ient s ervant, solemnly e4thcoredmpanintyo bhyasthaelrCeardoywnpeannddeodnsutchhe " The Sec (S re ign tary ed) of theßedS,and India Telegraph Company known AND BOOR PACKETS. that by a recent order of • k pactetitoo late for the ey The regale. and also neivspape b; on payment of one farthing, 11, may mg Ge neral Post-office after the box in the hall posted at the 1 Grand is closed at 6 p.m. t7h eTlirdOilssp'itrt despatch facti fi h G o ce t Ln oo a oA ct u tT hl authorities e o n k N n e . country, r p e g v.S D . , Pko ° at St. Martin s- e f ; ollow :—Book packets and newspapers may be or on payment of one halfpenny till Me p . m . ; or on the payment of one penny till 7.30._ - • " Notice has been issued from the General Post .potinosnsttiedl 7 a. r afterei.. a n s . 1 . office that ship mails will be made up for St. Virieenti (Cart do Verds), Rio de Janeiro, and Valparaiso, to be forwarded by the steamer Lima, 'which . % appointed to leave Liverpool on the 14th proximo. THE EX- ROYAL FAMILY OP FRANCE.—Yester day was the fete day of the ex-Queen Marie Amelie, who completed her 78th year. On this occasion the Duke and Duchess D'Aiimale gave a dejeliner at Orleans-house, Twickenham to a lar g e f a mily c i rc l e . - His Royal High ness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, attended .by Col. Francis Seyniour, arrived shortly after 12 o'clock from Windsor Castle. The Duke d'Oporto also .joined- the circle. The Queen Marie Anielie, accompanied by the Duke de llemours and his youthful family,. the Prince and Princess de Join vile and children, the. Dtteheas Arigusta of Saxe Coburg, the COunt de Paris, &c.-, came .from Claremont. Covers were laid for upwards of 40. The Duke of Saxe Coburg and the Duke d'Oporto left at three o'clock. The illus tri-Ous.party separated shortly before four o'clock. need b y • Steam Navigation Company are about to be cern/7 51th tho Threeof the vessels required by the Royal_ Mai l Messrs. Palmer Brothers and, the largest paddle steamers in existence. . exception of the Great - Eastern, e° thge-yawijiarl,r°Zen built, ba WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally ruled inactive, ea follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mu tton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d;. lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; veal, 38 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3e .0d to 4s 2d per 815., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for new hops, at full prices. Other kinds are a slow inquiry. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16 11 17 Antwerp - 25 12f 20 20 Brussels — 25 121 20 20 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 25 2.5 30 Frankfort on Maine -117 k , Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 33 5 34 Madrid — 491 491 Cadiz — 4.91 50 Leghorn —3() 40 30 60 Genoa — • 25 35 25 40 Naples Palermo — 121 121 Messina — 1211 12 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro - New York — • • . • • E.T. Co's blc Houle big. Sod . Calcutta, Co.'s rupee - 26 - 24 Bombay ditto Madras ditto - r 261 24 26 ' 2 East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 26th nit. to the 9th inst. Bengal £433 6 8 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £433 6 8 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 Mexican Dollars .... Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 NOMINATIONS FIXED. THURSDAY, APRIL 28. Kendal Aberdeen Bedford (Borough) Beverley Birmingham Bristol Cambridge Carlisle Dudley Great Yarmouth Hertford Lambeth Leith Burghs Northampton Nottingham Perth Pontefract Portsmouth Sandwich Westminster Windsor FRIDAY, APRIL 29. Leominster Lichfield Lincoln - Liskeard Liverpool Ludlow Lymington Macclesfield Maidstone Melton Malmesbury Marlborough Manchester Montgomery Boroughs Montrose Morpeth Newark Newcastle-under• Lyn. Norwich Oldham Oxford University Oxford (City) Penrhyn and Falmouth Peterborough Plymouth Poole Preston Radnor Boroughs Reading Reigate Richmond Ripon Rochester Rochdale Rye Salford Salisbury Scarborough Sheffield Shoreham Shrewsbury South Shields Southampton Stafford Stamford Stoke -upon-Trent Stockport Stroud Sunderland Swansea Tamworth Taunton Tewkesbury Thetford Tiverton Totnes Tower Hamlets Tynemouth Wallingford Walsall Wakefield Wells Wenlock Westbury Weymouth Whitby Winchester Wigan Wolverhampton Worcester York .Abingdon Andover Arundel Ashburton Aghton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Banbury Barnstaple Bath Berwick Bewdley Blackburn . . Bodmin Bolton Boston Bradford Bridgenorth Brighton Bury, Lanaishire Caine • . Cambridge University Canterbury Cardiff Carnarvon District Chatham Chester Cheltenham Chichester Phippenham Christchurch Cirencester City of London Clitheroe Cockermouth Colchester Coventry Cricklade Dartmouth Devizes Devonport Dorchester Durham Dundee Edinburgh Evesham Exeter Eye Flint Gateshead Glasgow Glocester Grantham Greenock Greenwich Grimsby Halifax Hastings Hereford Honiton Horsham Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kidderminster King's Lynn Knaresborough Launceston Leeds Lewes Leicester SATURDAY, APRIL 30. Midhurst. Paisley. Radnor Burghs, Droitwich. Great Marlow. lladdington Burghs. - ittuNDAY, MAY 2. Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Lancashire (South) Northamptonshire (South Oxfordshire Perthshire Renfrewskire Shropshire (South) Staffordshire (North) Suffolk (West) Surrey (West) Westmoreland. Wigton Burghs Worcestershire (West) TUESDAY Berkshire Berwickshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire (South) Clackmannan and Kinross . shire Derbyshire (North) Dorsetshire Dumfries Burghs Durham County (North) Flintshire Forfarshire Gloceiterehire (West) Haddingtonshire • Cambridgeshire Cheshire (North) Denbigh Dumbar tonAhire Fifeshire Hants (North) Kent (West) 'Northamptonshire (North) Northumberland (South) •, MAT 3. Peebles (County) Rutlandshire Shropshire (North) Staffordshire (South) Surrey (East) Sussex (East) Wigtonshire Wilts (North) Worcestershire (East) WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. Aberdeenshire Kincardineshire Buteshire Lanarkshire Dumfriesshire Lincolnshire (North) Edinburgh (County) Lincolnshire (South) -Glamorganshire Roxburghshiro Hants (South) Yorkshire (East Riding) THURSDAY, MAY 6. Carnarvonshire Herefordshire Merionethshire Middlesex Northumberland (North) Yorkshire (North Riding) FRIDAY, MAY 6. Gloucestershire (East) SATURDAY, MAY 7. Yorkshire (West Riding) Radnorshiro The Chevalier Massimo -d'Azeglio, who came to this country on a special mission from the Court of Turin, is expected to leave the Sardinian Legation to-day on his return to Piedmont. EARTHQUAKES AT MALTA. —Shortly beforq mid night on the 18th of April a' slight shock of. c4thquak e was felt at Malta, and two more equally slight at about 1 'on the 19th. The weather at the time was very thick, with a dense fog, and the wind though light very hot and oppressive. The thermometer rose within th e space of a few hours from 60 to 70 deg., and on the 20th from 62 to 80 (reg., the wi4d shitting tho southward and out ward. 1001