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

1 t ---- , .1110.N.EY lIIAREET AND CITY NEWS. • CITY, Two o'CLocit. MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. ( Paid, Closing Business Share BßAßE Price. t The Bank of England Return, completed to the 12. ,0 Amber ., Notting. Bost. 13th inst., shows some rather important alterations, and Eastern Juw-tion 10 51. 61 caused in a great measure by the payment of the 11 0 14 i ttr if : ,loT d a ß n a d li t m r Va a l . . au 7 7 l 8- 1 April dividends. The bullion shows a diminution Stock Birk ., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO CO 62 of over a quarter of a million sterling, the with- 25 Blackburn all 11 111 drawal of specie by the public for general circula- 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 55 Stock Bristol and Exeter tion being increased at this period. In the reserve Stock Caledonian of notes there is a reduction of about three-quarters Stock e g r e i s c t a e n r c lin i ll ai li d o o l i n Holyhead 100 all - - of a milli o n. Th e " o th er secur iti es " h ave b een di m i- 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 5 , all6l 20 Cornwall fished, owing to the repayment of loans on stock the shutting 10 Do A rcves. no div all 1 all during of the transfer books. The to Do. 'A B until6p. n c.p d e . r an. hasbe p to . public d e p os it s s h ow a lar g e decrease, caused 5B Dublin andßjfastJunc. all by 25 Dun. Perth,& Abr.Junc all 81 9 dividends ; and the private deposits, as usual, have Stock East 'Anglian lOO 15 16 100 57/ 581 58 tock Eastern Counties .. 46 increased to nearly a corresponding extent. In the s Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 II 29 31 30 Stock Do do. B Stock 100 Government securities there is also a rather larg e s 25 Do . Nw A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 i diminution. The other items of the balance-sheet 25 East . Kent all 13 15 100 91 92 exhibit little change of importance; they will be Sto ck 20 East Lancashire all seen in the subjoined table : 10 Do 100 73 Stock Edinburg; and Glasgow 72 Active Circulation .. • • .. 121,866,080 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 261 27 Increase .. .. .. 373,920 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Bullion .. .. .. • • • 100 • • .. 18,596,534 Stock Furness Westn ld) 92 94 Decrease .. • • • • .. 353,944 Stock Glasgow & South 10 101 Rest .. .. . 10 Great North of Scotland all • • • .. 3,133,972 100 1004 wit 101 Increase Stock Great Northern • • • . 32,590 100 85 87 Public Deposits Stock Do. do. A Stock • • .. ... 5,026,939 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 131 133 __ Decrease . South.& Wstn. Ireld) 100 1 04 1 1051 loi.t. • • .. .. 4,972,722 Stock Gt. ( 100 57 58 67fr I Other Deposits • • .. .. 15,981,833 Stock Great Western Increase Seven D ay 12 Irish South Eastern all ‘,.. 86 — 844 and other Bills • • 819,228 00 00 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all uz Increase .. 144 11 12 p G 34 667 161 Do. Thirds overnment Securitie; • : : : : 11,371,118 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Decrease . 337,187 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 2 1 034 93 Other Securities • . • • • • . .. 16,938,400 16 Do. do. F 216 6 lid i Decrease .. : : 779,313 9 Do. do. £ 9 shares 7 lid A Notes 'Unemployed .. :: :: 10,531,010 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 all 20 Do. Southport Decrease .. .. 723,060 Stock London and Blackwall all 6 3 65 •• • • In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a on B ighto t n 2 ;g7olBt 100 Stock— E )o.Newiss•lt 111 112 Westn 100 9 3 i 04 93 1 1 1 slight decline was recorded in the rates on Vienna Stock Lon d on r Nor th & 1 1 d and Trieste. Stock London& South-Westn. 100 901 911 91 1 124 Do. Eighths About £4,000 in gold was withdrawn from the 25 2 L'derry e & Coleraine nnsien aall I -- 8 Bank of England yesterday. Stock Man. r , r lhet., & Lincoln lOO 38 384 38 A call of £5 per share, or £250,000, becomes due s :100ck =Wit= 3 1/ 4 100 1004 104 101 1004 to-day on the New East India Railwa shar Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 75 77 y es • 60 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all • In the general Discount Market the demand for 25 Do. 4 Shares all stl and Carlisle all money is well supp or t e d, an d f u lly p rev i ous rates 15 3.5 0 New., l:ewea e Aber., & Herefd. all 10 12 are charged fo r accommo d a ti on . Th e payment of g I , l ;e ivrv w r y & w A ar rni tio a g . h a e L ) a ll L . 1 - - railway calls and loan instalments have no doubt Stock Norfolk - lOO 63 6 0 58 3 d 0 North. Counties Union. 31 6, 4 stimulated the inquiry ; but, as the available sup- stta North British lOO 66 1 55 1 Rtk 100 plies are abundant, the market still retains an easy Stock oo breage.arecp.nkO ' city: appearance. until6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 89 PO 9 0 G N.E.Purchase 613 4 2 it d d very quietly, and 7,000 bales were disposed of at 25 Do . d 0.,.; Stock k Do. ix etis 100 45 161 ! . 4. 6 slightly reduced quotations. In the Railway Share 'Stock Do. York lOO 74 741 /41 Stock North London lOO 102 1 0 5 Market a very moderate business was transacted, 10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd • and prices were rather firmer. and City , Junction 23 Is. ~,t 20 North Staffordshire l7l 41 44 d ti Since Monday last the imports of specie have 20 North - Western a been about £581,314, and the exports £791,923, Oxford,Stock i& ol W i. o r W . , .BL j I N To e ' t y i e o r n . 1 001 l 7 32 33 -- exclusive of the following shipments . direct from 10 Peebles all utk 19 7 5 d London to the Continent during the week ending to Rhyrn o ey lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 107 109 Thursday last :—Stock Scoth. N.E.NE, Aber. Stock 100 26 27 Gold coin Hambro' Gold coin Oporto 1,750 oz. Stock Shropsh ire Union lOO 44 46 Gold coin Boulogne 450 oz. 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 42 44 34 24 d Gold coin Rotterdam Stock South-Eastern 100 68 1 68 1 68 1 Silver coin Hambro' Silver coin.. Boulogne 5,300 oz. 20 SoutbYorks.&Riv.Dun. all 62 61 Silver coin Rotterdam . 400 oz. 2 0 Do. do lB Silver bars 11 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 36 3 At the annual meeting of the Agra and United 25 Do. do. 1855 7 Service Bank, held to-day, a very favourable report D do. 1858 7 25 StOc & Hartlepool 161 —..... was read, from which it appeared that the net Stock T va l e Stock D a o ff Preference, No. 1 . 100 profits of th e y ear were £131,056 s s . 3d., out of 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 1( 7 ) - 6 - 6 which the di rec t ors h a d d ec l are d t wo dividends at Stock Va Waterford a & Kilkenny 100 the rate of 10 per cent. per annum each, and added t) Waterford eorn Cornwall to the last a bonus of £1 per share, the whole free to W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all of income tax. There was some discussion as to 5 Do.A.—Arsev .noai . v.tig an 34 34 7p.c. h as bee n lad to increasing the salari es o f th e di rec t ors , b u t it was 5 Do. B all 7 71 all 20 West London agreed to be left over till th e nex t mee ti ng . The to Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed PRE BENCE SHARES• to the directors. I I Olnaincr i ibIrIiTIPSH The market for English Securities to-day has been very quiet, but although the transactions have been limited, they have been of a favourable charac• ter, and the recovery in prices reported yesterday afternoon has been well maintained. Consols have been about 95 to 958 for money and , account. The speculative operations are of a very limited description, but while political affairs con tinue so unsettled any alteration in this respect cannot be anticipated. Bank Stock has improved to 2241 ; the New 3 per Cents, are firm at 93.1. to 94 ; but the Reduced are flat at 931 s ; Exchequer Bills are marked 335. to 355. prem. ; and India Loan Debentures, 964 97. A moderato amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices remain without any material alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 861 to 87; ditto New Loan, 761 to 771 ; Venezuelan Deferred are steady, at 171 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. at 99 ; and Spanish Deferred, at 30Z. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are rather firmer, at 1001 a ; and Russian 5 per Cents. at 111. _ _ _ The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been of a very limited character, a slight im provement however has taken place in one or two of the more speculative undertakings. Great Northern, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick) improved 55., and North Eastern, Leeds, and South Eastern, 10s. ; Cale donian and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln declined 55.; North British, 10s., and Norfolk, £l. The Foreign lines are very quiet. Lombardo Venetian Old Shares realised 81 Bi, and the New In the Colonial Market Great Western of Canada have improved 55., and East India have declined 10s. ; Great Indian Peninsula are at previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show a downward tendency. London and County have receded 10s. ; Ottoman Bank, 55.; London and Westminster, ss. ; Red Sea Telegraph, 55., and Royal Mail Steam, ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 I 3 per Cent. Cons o l s A nn y4ties New 3 per C en t. A nnu iti es Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l India Stock Ditto Debentures 96/ 7 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account (May 5) 95 1 March. June. 7xcile g u er Bina, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 33 5 I Ditto Small, lid. B raz uf a r_lGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. l peruv. n 0 43/4 per Cent. Ditto Accounve Russian, 1822, I i ******* :: • ' •••• • • • • • 89 1 Sardinian, 5 per Cent • . 5 Per Cent lll Ditto Account ...... ........ Spanish 3 per C e nt. Ditto New Deferred ,'3 p — e i..6 e • t v t: Turkish 6 per Cent ....... Ditto Account Ditto New Loan ..................... 862 I x d Ditto Account ............................ — 7R , , 1 Venezuelan 5 per ...... ............... ' -.4 ' 8 f i ondon Ditto Deferred 2 per deni. ....... ... Dividends on the above payable i n . Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... ....._ • Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK, Consols, Money 94i ok Consols for Account (May 5) .... 95 it CARPET MANUFACTURE : here has just be en - T completed at Wilton, for the mess-room at Woolwich, an Axminster carpet in a single piece, measuring_ 70 feet i n length and 35 in breath, and weighing nine pounds per square yard. The loom in which A was woven has been recently erected, and is the largest that has ever existed in this or any country. Its first production w_ is asancow in manufactured last year for her Majesty which Windsor Castle.—Wiltshire Independent. MINES.—Very little change has taken place in the aspect of the Mining Share Market since our last, though we have neither had the violent fluctuations nor th'i large amount of business reported upon for some s weeks. past. The fortnightly settling of the account on Friday is 'understood to have gone off quite as satisfactorily as ex pected, but a large amount of stock, especially in East Russell, has been " carried over" for the next settling. These " account days," and the gambling transactions they excite, seem to have become part and parcel of the mining market, as they have always been of the Stock Exchange ; and, consequently 2 the daily cor we might say almost hourly) fluctuations in prices are the more perplexing to the brokers. In the event of war— though we sincerely trust such a calamity may be averted ----a great increase in mining business would probably ensue. Metals would get up, and many persons would sell out of foreign stocks and r a il wa y s , an d i nves t i n soun d p r ogres • sive and dividend mines. Even now there is a scarcity of stock when any demand springs up; but this, it is to be hoped, however much it may encourage promoters of new schemes, will not induce speculators to embark in any of them without thoroughly investigating their prospects, as we have constantly advised by having them inspected by responsible and independent agents. South Frances shares have been in more request, 195 to 205. Basset also more dealt at 190 to 200. East Basset, 225 to 230, and a good business doing. South Basset, 132 to 142, and not quite so firm. West Seton, 395 to 405 ; at the meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed a profit of £2,818 2s. id. for the two months, and a dividend of £2.800 (£7 per share) was declared, leaving £lO4 is. 3d. in hand. The ore for the credit of next account is £8,214 17s. 10d , and the mi ne l ook i ng very well indeed ; the e n d s i n th e aggregate turning out 44 tons per fm., and the dopes and winzes 64 tons,--.2llining Journal of this clay. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, LSS9. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share I Railways. !Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. N o Atlantic d & a t S 6 t Lp per ce e n n t e c . l a u 83 85 834 18 Bora.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 10 , d gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all 171 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 5 5 d 18 Do. Do. B 4 1 1 f d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 61 2 01 Do. New l6/ 8f 9 d no ( 5 6 B p uff . et alo, b ß d r s a . n i tt u G g odri ., 1872c11 1 100 83 88 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 80 85 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 78 83 20 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. . 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 5 d 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7l 1 I d 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 5 d Stook East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1014 102 1011 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 par 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 100 4 I 20 u Ge ee e l l o o n ng g & C M orp el. o gu rati s o p n . c. 6 a l ll OO 18 20 per cent. Bonds — Stock k Grand Trunk of Canada 100 33 35 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 79 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 93 92 20 GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 991 1001 d 100 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 id 5 20 Do. do 4 - 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip Z 2 a ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 155 15} 155 16/ 201 Do. New 100 r Do. Bonds opt. till ' 4'o ' 76, w ith all 102 104 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 102 104 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 102 104 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 98 100 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 161 17 17 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 19): 19/ 20 Do. 4, p. c. Extension l5 17f 18 18 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 5 f d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 {Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 —d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO —d •• Do. do. Land do 20 NorthoflndiaTramroad 1 2s. Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde +.4.; 15 4 d Tar 20 Do. all 191 201 20 Do. New lO 5 5 d 20 Do. Punjaub a 5 d 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bn,g 4 10 5 d 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par FOREIGN RAILWAYS. • 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 5 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 d 24 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all -- 5 Carmeaux Mine & Ran all 2 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 24 25 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. P 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs- all Of el 10 Italian Junction ..”.. , 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all -r 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 5 5p 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 33' Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 85 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 191 201 16 Northern of France all 351 36 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per ceit 7 20 Paria,Lyons, and Medit. all 321 33 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Pere )l 9 11 15 d gua. 7 v. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunabur: - ; 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 65 6/ 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 9 91 91 20 Southern of France all 19 20 8/ West Flanders all 5 1 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 20 211 20 Western of Austria .. 20 Western of Switze7land all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. Paid. 11.1 i vo. 1. b 4 - 'moo 20 Do . I 2d Class Business I ;di i - - I . Closing PRE BENCE SHARES. Sharel Mines. Price. i Done. Closing Business . Sharel Railways , Paid. Price. Done. - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 61 7/ - 2 - 5 Blythe and Tyne it per 20 British Iron c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 - Condurrow (Camborne) 2O - - Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ctStock 100 96 98 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 M 0 Do. do. do. Shares - - - East Bassett ( Illogan). 30 220 230 ock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 99 101 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 12 14 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2 . 7 . 10 - - • - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 24 34 Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 4 4 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. - - - Lady Bertha lBs 6d 1 1 a Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - - North Frances (Mogan) 84 71 81 • 64 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 54 61 - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 Stook E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 98 101 - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 81 91 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 112 116 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 1/ 13 14 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc.... - lOO 108 112 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p at. N o .l 100 113, 115 - Sortridg,e Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 1 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 111 113 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 240 250 2471 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 - South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 3 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 82 84 - S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.13.9 195 205 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths all - - Mining Co 4l 2 24 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - 10 Tin Croft 9 44 41 Stock Edin.Perth,&Dun. 4 100 70 72 .- UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Stock Furness, 5 per cent . pc. . 100 - - - Vale of Towey (Ca rm.) 12s 6cl 4 4 Stock Glas. &S West.- a. 5 . pc . . 100 110 112 - West Basset (Illoc. ; an) l4 214 22.1 Stock Great Northern. sp. ct. 100 116 118 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 82 84 Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 110 112 1114 - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 190 200 Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 125 • 135 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O 63 64 Wheal Edwark, (Cals.). 54 2 4 3 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all 11 114 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelal 1.7.2 10 4 114 - vvlelMaryAnn(3lenhe 8 46 48 1 Stock GtSn.& w (Ireland) 4 1 100 p. ct. pref. Stock - - - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk. 44 30 32 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct... . FOREIGN MINES St ock Do. Redeemable, 4 1 p ct. 100 95 97 9 6 i Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 E 8 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 87 89 20 Australian 74 108 4 Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 99 101 101 100 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim.par 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 94 104 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ s p.) 2 7 1 Ipl 1 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 12 12 shares all 16 17 5 Do. Lard and Mining Co. all - - 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 94 104 1 Clarendon Consols Min- Stock Do Binning. guar. stock 100 72 74 ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 -- d 264 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18/ 191 40 Cobre Coppe - al l 36 38 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. - 1 Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 2 Fortuna Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 20 General all 23 25 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - 3 Linares all 94 10 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 - - 5 Lusitan' - u. Stook Do. do. sp. c No. 4 100 - - 1 Marictai; - ,a all 4 Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.& - Nur - 1 New Grar ada all - - eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 20 PontgibaudSilver, Lead late 3d shares lOO 160 165 Mining and Smelt.... all 34 1. 124 Londondy & Cole, 4 she all - - 5 Port Philip 1 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all 85 95 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 i Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 123 125 28.2 . 84 United Mexican all 24 2 24 4 6 Do. £6 44 4 IP COLONIAL GOVERNMpaEINITI Closing B us i ness Stock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - ( Do. 4 per cent .. - - 124 ) Do. - - Share Securities. Prices. Done. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . .100 - - St oc k Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6P.ct. 100 140 142 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 114/ 1151 8 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 4 p - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 114 Stock Do. Leic. & Hitpref. at. 100 93 95 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 114 10 Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s ) a ll p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.r m 1 vi 10 - N. 8.0 0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1101 111/ 111 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with • - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 1004 1014 option till 1866 all 111 114 - NovaScotir Gov. 6 p.c. St. 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares all 9 95 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 - - - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 111 112 Stock Do. 54- p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 107 109 106 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing price. Business Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dak.Co. 100 - - Stock N-East. Irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - _ Share' Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 97 97 Done. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. C. No. 1 l3 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 1)o. York, H. &S. Purch lO 4 d par 40 Australasia all 84 86 20 North Staffordshire . . all 23 231 25 Bank of Egypt all 24 241 Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Is . t . g 100 122 124 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 118 120 40 Brit. Col. Bk. Ar Loan Co. all - - Stock p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 00 British North American all - - 8k Scottish Central, new pt all - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 14d Stoat Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 100 City 5O 63 65 Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - - 100 Colonial Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - 100 Commercial of London 2O 18 .19 • 10s. South Devon, Ann. 105. all 104 101 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch all 154 154 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - .... 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 214 224 Ann., 10 6 ) all 24 244 24 50 London and County - -- 284 100 102 104 Stock Do .41 per cent 5O London Joint Stock ... 10 - - Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is l OO 102 1 04 100 • London & Westminster. 20 - - 484 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - 20 Do. new lO - - Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 50 National Bank 25 - - Stock Do. 41 per tent lOO - - 20 New South Wales - - 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gutt. all - - 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all -- - 404 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.a. all 28 29 20 Ottoman Bank all 184 194 19 25 i Do. 6 per cent all 325 334 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 70 71 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 10 Do. New all - 6 percent. 25 Do. New l7l - - 25 Union of Australia all - - LINES LEASED AT FIRED RENTALS. 25 Do. New 2O - - Leasing Closing Busines 50 Union of London lO - - Railways. Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. 100 Un i ty Mutual 6O 100 Western Bk of London 50 22 21 d Bedford and Bletehley Buckinghamshire ... • I Clydesdale Junction I Colchester, Stour Val E.Lineolnshire,g,.6p.e E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridp:e Gls .Barr.&Neils,Dret. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rsdl. Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares .... . Loudon &Greenwich Do. Preference . ... Lon..Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowes t o ft, gua. 4p. et. r ez , tr 3 . l 6 a p tk e. . • RuryEx " n teed 5 p. c. gru _ s • , .c. )31VCal d Bd.l.l6eßb.Pitilietrdnndet. Pr f . Stk. Northn.& E a stn. p . do Do. 5 per cent. Do. Fix Preston and pyre. I .. A. Do. Shares ...... • & Sin 6 ec f er cent.... • • • Rovstn,Tlitch. , Salloth.&Gol.g.sp.c• Shrcwsbry& Herefo r d Wilts and Somerset.. atlordshire .. Wi m bledon& Croydn. WBdSo. Va lley, Do. oeautrht & N.W Ln & N.W ,Caledonin 1E.1.7.&E C IGt.North. lE.Counts. Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&llr Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do Peto &Co Do. Noriollc Do. LN w&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. D 0..., Do L&N w .... & L.Yk. all Do. ..... 100 Gt. North 18 1 6 Lan.& Yk all T Brassey all M`Clean all Stk.& Dar all Do. 100 Gt. West 11 I L.&Brgtn 91 0. 10 1 11 90 92 8 9 DOCKS• Closing I Business Share Docks. I Paid price. Done. 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Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss. at ldis Ds South t New N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Submarine Teleg listr •liianv.(LLainmd ). Do. do Registered Red Sea & Ind. Telegr RhYmney Iron Do. N ew Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin In . Can. Vall Dieluen'a e.i. eg e . dr Serip. iTr.& Ln. Laid all all all 15s. all all Closing Paidl Business done Price. 14 15 200 230 30 32 ft I 2i 3i 30 32 36 38 19 21 14 15 [2O 124 9 10 21 .4 21t 4 102 104 1 11 1 1 1 1/ 5 6 i it 1 5 4/ 10 91 I 1 I 1 die par 2 80 82 1- 124 Dip 23 24 p 60 74 62 1124 125 36 37 111 9 11 LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS-APPEAL• Peers'present—The Lord Chancellor, Lords Redesdale, St. Leonards, Cranworth, Wensleydale, Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, and other Peers. Judges present—Justices Wightman, Williams, Cromp ton, Byles, and Willis, and Barons Martin, Watson, and Bramwell. THELLUSSON V. THULLUSSON. In these appeal causes the learned law judges attended to deliver their opinions on the question of law propounded to them on the 14th of February last. The contention is what is the true meaning of the words "eldest lineal male descendant" in the construction of the will of the late Peter Thellusson. The opinion of the majority of the consulted judges appeared to favour the construction in favour of the heir male of the testator's eldest son. Their lordships were unanimously of opinion that the devise was not void of uncertainty. The minority of the learned Judges were in favour of the second son's male descendants. The Lord Chancellor said—l am sure your lordships will agree with me in being of opinion that our best thanks are due to the learned Judges for the great attention they have paid to this most important case, and for the learned opinions now delivered. I move, your lordships, that these opinions be printed, and the further consideration of the case be adjourned.—Agreed. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) DE CHATELAIN V. DE PONTIGNY. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiffs to obtain pro bate of the will of a Mrs. Marie de Pontigny, who died in 1847, which was disputed by the defendant, her son, on the grounds that the testatrix was a married woman at the time of executing the will, that she executed it without the consent of her husband, and that she had no testamentary authority whatever. Dr. lhillimore, .Q.Cc, and Mr. Thompson Chitty were counsel for the plaintiff; and Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr Dennison for the defendant. From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the plaintiffs were man and wife, and that the latter was the daughter of aie testatrix. The instrument in dispute was very explicit, and the testatrix having bequeathed the whole of her property to the female plaintiff, states, with reference to thf4t disposition of her estate, that she loved both her children equally, but that, as her son was already amply provided for, she was only acting justly to her daughter, who was.. not similarly situated. T'he testatrix became acquainted in this country with M. Be Pontigny, her husband, whom she married in 1803, after 'which they resided in France for some years. Previous to the marriage, Mrs. Leuce, mother of the testa trix, gave her £l,OOO as a marriage portion, and M. De Pon tigny settled a small freehold estate on her. Some diferences arising between them they separated, and the testatrix returned to this country, where she resided up to the period of her death, her husband allowing her £l2O a year in ad dition to the freehold property settled on her prior to the marriage. The female plaintiff preferred living with her mother to remaining with her father, which so displeased the latter, that he made a will some time before his death, leaving the whole of his property to the defendant. The learned counsel, on behalf of the plaintiff, cited the celebrated case of Barnes v. Vincent. Sir C. Cresswell, at the conclusion of the arguments, said that he would read the papers before delivering judgment. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tres Day)._ The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at twelve o'clock. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMORE, this bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. CAPTAIN NORTON AND GUNNERY PROJECTILES. Some efforts having been recently made to de prive Captain Norton of the credit of being the author of the improvements which have been lately made in gunnery projectiles, we think it due to the gallant gentleman to publish the enclosed letter addressed to him by the son of General Sir William Napier, the celebrated Historian of the Peninsular War, in his father's name : Scinde House, Clapham, April 3, 1859. Dear Sir, My father has been for more than a year now unable to walk, entirely confined to two rooms. He is only able to be lifted from one bed to the other, and continually suffering. In November and December he was seized with very dangerous illness, from which he only recovered so far as the immediate danger was concerned. For the last three weeks he has again been very ill indeed, and he is unable to move even a limb without assist ance, and quite unable to write or attend to any business. But for this, he desires me to tell you, he should have written to you long ago to congratulate you, as he now does through me, on your merits being at last acknowledged, and on your being now generally allowed to be the real originator and inventor of the great improvements in gun nery projectiles. My father says, had this been acknow ledged, and your inventions acted on years ago, much of the misfortunes in the Crimean war would have been avoided. It is with serious uneasiness he now considers that there are no men to use these improvements. Often has my father spoken of you and your inventions to them, and they have answered slightingly.until now that the tide has turned in your favour ; yet five years ago, he says, they were as valuable as they are now.—l remain, dear sir, yours truly, C. J. NAPIER. Captain Norton. SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR POSTING LETTERS, NEWSPAPERS, 4.c. A most important regulation relative to the above practice has just been issued by command of her Majesty's Postmaster-General. Subjoined we give an abstract of its terms, simplified as much as pos sible : INLAND, COLONIAL, AND FOREIGN EVENING MAILS. Receiving-houses.—Letters, 5.30 ; newspapers and book packets, 5 p.m. Pillar Letter-boxes.—Letters only, 5 p.m. District Offices.—Letters, 6 p.m. ; newspapers and book packets, 5.30 p.m. • Lombard-street Branch Office.—Letters, 6 p.m. ; news papers and book packets, 5.30 p.m. General Post-office.—Letters, 6 p.m. ; newspapers and book packets, 6 p.m. PRE-PAID BY STAMP AND BEARING ADDITIONAL STAMP. Receiving-houses.—Letters, 6 p.m. Pillar Letter-boxes—Letters only, 6 p.m. District Offices—Letters, 6.45 p.m. Lombard-street Branch Office.—Letters, 7 p.m. General Post-office.—Letters, 7 p.m. ; to 7.30 on pay ment of a fee of 6d. each, in stamps. Newspapers and book packets, 6 p.m. ; or on payment of one farthing till 7 ; one halfpenny till 7.15 ; or on payment of one penny till 7.30 p.m. It should be specially noted that letters for the colonial and foreign evening mails can be pre-paid in money, if bearing a penny stamp for late fee, at the Branch Office, Lombard-street, up to 6.50 ; and at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, till 7 p.m. ' • and upon payment of 6d. in stamps, for late fee, till 7.30 p.m., at the General Post-office only. Letters and newspapers are received at the Railway Station Euston-square, to be despatched by the day and night mail trains to all towns, the correspondence of which is conveyed by the London and North-Western Railway, or by the lines branching from it. A fee of 6d. in addition to the postage is charged upon each letter or newspaper. This fee, as well as the postage, must in all cases be paid in stamps. A bag for the receipt of letters and newspapers is suspended at the station every day (except Sunday), from 7.30 a.m. to 9.5 a.m. for the day mail, and from 7.30 p.m. to 8 25 p.m. for the night mail. General Post- office, April, 1859. IVILCOCKS V. WILCOCK& This was a suit instituted on behalf of Mrs. Hannah Wilcocks for a decree of judicial separation from her hus band on the ground of adultery. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Swaley appeared for the plaintiff, and the suit was not defended. From the statements of the learned counsel and the evi dence, it appeared that the defendant was a cabinetmaker and linendraper, carrying on an extensive business in Fore-street, Exeter, and that he was a member of the cor poration of that city. The parties had been separated for some years, during which time the plaintiff had been co habiting with a female whom he represented as his wife, and by whom he had some children. The decree was suspended, in order that the petition might be amended on some technical points. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. THE OLD CLO' DODGE.—Jacob Myers, whose case was reported in The Sun of yesterday, came up this morning for judgment. Mr. Mackay, from Mr. Buchanan's, again attended for the prisoner, and urged that there really was only a case of suspicion against the prisoner. A previous conviction was proved against the prisoner, who pleaded guilty. The Alderman, in adverting to the nature of the case, said that nothing could be more specific than the evidence of the prosecutrix ; again, there was a previous conviction proved against the prisoner, and upon the case as it stood he must go for trial. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. SAVAGE USE OF THE TEETH.—Henry Smith, a cab driver, badge 9,712, was charged as follows : William Ling, 210 C, said he was in Pall-mall on the previous afternoon, when he saw the prisoner, who was driving a cab, being at the time very drunk, come in colli sion with a gentleman's carriage. He then took him into custody. Charles Hill, 84 C, said that on the previous afternoon ho was acting as gaoler at the station-house, and while re moving him from the dock to the cell he became very vio lent, and struck him several times ; and he having fallen down in the struggle, the prisoner seized his leg and bit it very severely—in fact, biting a piece out. He was suffering very great pain, and did not think it would be well for some time. To show with what determination he bit him, he was obliged to squeeze his throat till he was nearly strangled before he would release his hold. In his defence the prisoner said the gentleman's carriage ran against him, and that he was ill-used at the station, his clothes being torn off. . . . . Hill denied the latter part of the prisoner's statement, and said it took several constables to get him to the cell. Mr. Bingham said he saw by his license that h had been fined 405., or a month. He should now give him a month, without the option of a fine. Committed, the prisoner in an impudent way thanking the magistrate, THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.--Ann Mace, aged 18, and de scribed as a fringe weaver, of No. 4, Hunt-street, Great Garden-street, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Yard ley, charged with stealing a pair of trousers, value 45., the property of Mr. William Byas, pawnbroker and salesman, of No. 147, St. George-street, Ratcliffe. Mr. William Cunningham, in the service of Mr. Byas, said the prisoner came into the shop yesterday afternoon and asked him if he could tell her where Mr. Arnold the pawnbroker lived. He turned his back to inquire, and when he returned and told her the proper direction she left the shop. Directly afterwards he missed a pair of trousers from the place near where she was standing. He went after her, and said " What have you underneath your shawl ?" to which she replied " Nothing." He opened the shawl, and took a pair of trousers from under it. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Yardley sentenced her to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. A MOST HORRID COUPLE.-INFANIOUS ROBBERY. Richard Willis, aged 51, the keeper of the most infamous house in the district, and situate in that sink of iniquity, Blue-gate-fields, Shadwell, lately re-named Victoria-street, and Mary Ann Mahoney, 20, a woman of the town of the lowest class, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being concerned, with two females of loose character, in assaulting Nicholas Covachwich, an Austro-Italian sailor, and stealing from his person £l7 10s. in English gold, two gold American dollars, one gold ring, one silver ring, one gold shirt stud, three gold doubloons, a gold watch, and a dagger, his property. There have been more robberies and outrages committed in the den, No. 8, Blue gate-fields, than in any other place in the district. Willis has been often in custody for robbery, outrages on the police, and other offences, and one Sunday morning turned out the body of a prostitute who died in his house, and a fearful row ensued, which was suppressed by the police. Willis was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for assaulting the police on that occasion. On Fri day night the prosecutor was inveigled into Willis's house by a girl, and when he went to bed he placed all his pro perty under his pillow, and his dagger, which he thought was a protection, on the top of the pillow. Soon afterwards the prisoners and others rushed into the room and forcibly dispossessed him of all his gold, his watch, and other pro perty. He hastened down stairs, and saw the prisoners rifling the pockets of his clothes. He saw the female pri soner with his gold watch in her hand. He attempred to gain possession of his money and property, and was ill-used and thrown into the street. Police-sergeant Stirnpson, No. 21 K, went to the pri soner's house and took the prisoners into custody. Two keys belonging to the prosecutor's carpet bag were found in the house. Willis told the sergeant that the prosecutor's dagger was in the dust-bin, and that Covachwich had placed it there. The dagger was found in the dust-bin and identified. The foreigner had not placed it there. Mr. Yardley asked Covachwich how he came to go into such a horrid place—the worst in London, and, conse quently the worst in the world, with so much money about him. The sailor replied, that he intended to lodge in the sailors' home in West-str ee t, b u t it was qu ite full. He came from Trieste the night b e f ore l as t, w ith the intention of returning to Australia w h ere hi s b ro ther was staying. He came from Australia to E ng l an d w ith £3OO in his pos session, on the 14th of December last, and deposited the greater portion in a L on d on b an k. Mr. Yardley was glad t o h ear th a t, f o r he qu it e despaired of the prosecutor ever obtaining restitution of a farthing of his money, his watch, or anything else of which he was plundered last night. Stimpson would do all he could. ile remanded the prisoner§ nntil Wednesday. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.W. ; fresh and squally, with snow and sunshine inter vening. PLYMOUTH, Aprills.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mary Ann, from London for Havannah. CLYDE, April 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bessie, from Geelong. FALMOUTH, April 15.—Wind NW.—Arrived—James Armstrong, from London for Madras—the crew refusing duty. LEITH, April 16.—Sailed—Forth, steamer, for Aus tralia. SHIELDS, April 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Nep tune's Bride, from Ceylon. SUNDERLAND, April 15.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lotus, for Mauritius. TORBAY, April 14.—Wind. N.W., blowing hard.—Ar rived—Witch of the Sea, from London for Cape Town ; her Majesty's ship Termagant. LIMERICK, April 14.—Sailed—Earl of Selkirk, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON ; Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Princess Charlotte, steamer, from Portsmouth; Danube, from Newport ; Bartholomew, Dios, and Sagres, Portuguese war steamers, from Lisbon, Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan; Ondine, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed—Windermere, steamer, for Newport; La Poule, Georges, and Le Coq, for Cherbourg; Wonder, steamer, fur Havre; Courier, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N., fresh. Arrived, April 15.—Sea, from Rio Hache ; Defthaven, from New Orleans ; Louisiana, from Savannah ; Flora, from Odessa ; Fordenskiold, from Smyrna, Fernand Raoul, from Nantes. Arrived, April 16—Eva, from Porto Rico; Sebastian, from Cardenas; Lady Sale, from New Orleans; Mary, from Nantes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. ; tide four hour's flood; cloudy, with sleet snow. Arrived, April 15—Mary, from Aarhuus ; Christiana, from Gothenberg. Arrived, 16—Lippe 'Vise; and Mentor, from Worcum. Sailed, April 15—Sir Chas. Napier, for Kurrachee ; Zet land, for Quebec • Petrel, for Rio Janeiro ; Izamada, steamer, for Constantinople; East Anglian, steamer, for Gothenberg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W., moderate. Passed, April ls—Eliza Corry, from Adelaide, for Lon don. Passed, April 16.—Tally-ho, brig, foom the north, for westward ; William, from Berbice ; Lisbonia, from Cape Coast, Africa; Vere, from Jamaica ; Ariel from Mauritius ; Margaret Campbell, from Rio Grande ; Florist, from St. Vincent; Grecian barque, from Jamaica; Plantagenet, from Demerara; Maria Soames, from St. John's—all for London. Off Dungeness.—Julie, from Pisaque for London. Passed.—Beaver, for New York; City of Perth, for Glasgow—both for London. Anchored.—Spirit of the Age, from London, for Liver pool ; Mederic, from Dunkirk, for Brest. Passing.—Catherine Elizabeth, from St. Kitt's, for London. The accounts from St. Petersburg yesterdayindicato that the success of the new loan is deemed very problema tical, the quotation of exchange having experienced a fur ther decline. - - METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The weekly meeting of the board was held yesterday in No. 1 Commit tee-room, Guildhall. Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement showed a total balance of the current account of £56,639 19s. ld., and on the deposit account of £285,000, making a grand total of £341,636 19s. Id. The board proceeded further to consider the memorial from the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, dated 24th March, 1859, stating that they have had under their con sideration the improvement of Great Tower-street, by laying into the public way some of the ground in front of No. 61 in that street; that the cost is estimated at £6OO, and pray ing the board to contribute towards the same. Mr. Lowman Taylor moved that the matter be referred to the considera tion of the works committee, which, after some discussion, was carried. A report was received from the finance com mittee, stating their proceedings with reference to the claims for compensation by parties interested in the property re quired for the new streets in Southwark and near Covent garden, submitting a list of the claims dealt with up to the 25th March last. In respect to the Southwark and West minster communication, claims to the amount of £143,116 lls. 10d. had been settled at £111,855 14s. Bd. With regard to Covent-garden, claims amounting to £143,116 118. 10d. had been settled at the sum of £111,854 14s. Bd. After some further business had been disposed of the board adjourned. THE NEW COINAGE FOR CANADA.—The coinage of bronze one cent pieces for Canada, ;ow nearly if not quite completed at her Majesty's Mint, has not, we think, obtained sufficient notice either in the scientific world or among the general public. It is in many respects remark able, and might form a model upon which to base a new issue of money for home circulation. The artistic character of this coinage was described in our pages (and then trans ferred to the daily newspapers) a few weeks since, as was the composition of the metal used in it. But, as we have said, there are other points about it which call for remark. The new Canadian one cent is not only a representation of value but of measure and weight. In value it is precisely the 100th part of the American dollar, or 1-24th of the English shilling. Its weight is the 100th of a pound avoir dupois, and its diameter is exactly, mathematically, one inch, or 1-12th of a foot. It is easy to see the value of these arrangements. On many occasions the coins might be used in heu of avoirdupois weights, or as substitutes for the carpenters' rule and compasses, as well as for the circu lating medium. It is, perhaps, the most scientifically con trived coinage, therefore, in existence. It is chaste in ap pearance, well engraved, and being much harder than cop , per will wear well. More praise than this could scarcely be given, but the one cent decimal piece for Canada deserves it all. Twenty tons of these unique coins have been, we believe, despatched to our flourishing colonies, Upper and Lower Canada, and it is to be wished that some arrange ment might be come to for circulating in England as light, graceful, and convenient ametallic currency. Our inferior coinage of copper is heavy, ungraceful, and inconvenient ; the reverse of that we have described. But we are slow in making improvements ; and Lord Overstone, by objecting with all the might of his authority to the introduction of the decimal system, as he has done very recently, may be said to have delayed improvement in this particular direction sine die. The Decimal Coinage Commission has done much to enlighten the public as to the practicability of the decimal system of weights,. me a sures, and notation, but apparently much moro reraama to be done,—//techatave garl4i"' WILLS. The will and six codicils of Abel Smith, Esq., banker, of Lombard-street, and of Woodhall, Herts., was proved in the principal registry of the Court of Probate, London, on the 9th of April, by two of the executors—namely, Abel Smith and Robert Smith, Esqrs., the sons ; power reserved to Samuel George Smith and Henry Smith, Esqrs., the brothers. The personalty was sworn under £400,000. The will is dated the 28th of June, 1848, and the sixth and last codicil on the 14th of, February, 1859. Mr. Smith died on the 23d of the same month. The documents are of considerable length. Mr. Smith has bequeathed to his wife her jewellery and other ornaments absolutely ; and the diamonds whi c h were his mother's he wishes to remain in the family with the estates. He leaves her the furniture, linen, books, china, and plate that she may select to the amount of £l,OOO,- with an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, £2,000 a year, and residence, with carriage and horses. He has bequeathed to each son a legacy of £20,000. The entailed Hertfordshire estates descend to the eldest son, who has be queathed to him all the other estates of his father in that county, and the estates in London and Mid dlesex. Mr. Smith bequeaths to his son Robert his estates in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, and leaves to him all his share aed interest in the bank ing establishments. He has bequeathed to his son Philip his estates in Buckinghamshire ; and to his son Alfred his estates in the counties of Derby, Stafford, and Leicester, with a sum of £lO,OOO. To his daughter Caroline, wife of Robert Han bury, jun., Esq., M.P., and to his other daughters, each £30,000, but to his daughter Elizabeth Frances £15,000 ; to each of his clerks a legacy of £10; a legacy to each of his household, includ ing his steward and the governess; and to each servant, male and female, gardeners, coachmen, and farming labourers, according to length of ser vice. To the Hertfordshire Infirmary he leaves £lOO. The residue he leaves to his eldest son. The will of William Pritchard, Esq., of Doctors' _ _ commons, and formerly of 22, Kensington-park gardens, but late of No. 5, The Cedars, Putney, High Bailiff of Southwark, was proved in the prin cipal registry in London, on the sth of April, by Ruth Ann Pritchard, widow, the relict and sole executrix. The personal property is sworn under £7,000. The will is dated the sth August, 1856, and is in the testator's handwriting, commencing with an allusion to a deed of covenant entered into with his son and partner, William Tarn Pritchard, in the year 1848. He bequeaths two policies on his life in the Mutual and one in the Law Life Assurance Societies to trustees in trust to invest the proceeds and bonuses on good security, and the dividends or interest therefrom to be applied by his executrix for the benefit and support of herself and younger children; andupon her decease one moiety of such principal sum so invested to be given to his daughter Ellen, the vife of the Rev. W. Calvert, and the other moiety to his daughter Emily Sarah Pritchard, for their sole and separate use ; and, on their dying without children, their share to be divided equally among those of his ten children surviving or their issue. The residue of his estate, real and personal, he leaves to his wife, at her discretion, for the maintenance and support of herself and such of her children as may require The will of Francis Smedley, Esq., of Grove Lodge, Regent's-park, High Bailiff of Westminster, was proved in the principal registry of London on the 24th of March, by Francis Sarah Smedley, widow, the relict, and Francis Edward Smedley, Esq., the son, the personalty sworn under £120,000. He has bequeathed his residence, with the furni ture, plate, books, china, linen, carriages, horses, stabling, &c., to his wife for life, with £1,500 a year a legacy of £lO,OOO, and £3OO for immediate use. Leaves his niece, Menella Bute Smedley, £250 a year ; his niece, Mrs. Hart, £l5O a year ; his nephew, Edward Hume Smedley, £l5O a year ; and legacies to his other nephews and nieces, and to his two sisters and his sister-in-law and a god son. The real estate and residue of his personal estate he leaves to his son, Francis Edward Smed ley.--Illustrated London fews. SWINDLING IN PARIS. The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Thursday tried the Vicomte de Beaumont-Vassy, who is of high family, and was formerly prefect of the de partment of the Aisne, on the charge of swindling. On account of the social position of the defendant, the case excited great interest, but the facts of it were very few, being simply that he had obtained money and shares from a saltpetre company on pretext of bribing some public functionaries to cause the War Department to purchase or use a patent for extracting pure saltpetre without re fining it, which, it was alleged, possesses numerous advantages over, and is cheaper than, the system at present employed ; and had appropriated the money and' shares to his own use. One Sebille , Belgian (who is now in custody on a charge of forgery), who was interested in the patent, entered, it appeared, into communication with Beaumont- Vassy for the purpose of getting the patent if possible accepted by the War Department, and after a while the latter wrote this letter to Se bille :—" My dear friend,—lt is indispensable that you should write me a letter. On this subject I think it useful to ask you, in the probable case in which it may appear to me necessary to bribe some functionaries, whether subaltern or other, in order that they may present the affair in a favourable light to their superiors, or promote its success — whether your company will authorise me to dispose of a small sum, the amount of which might be fixed in advance, and that amount to be in no case ex ceeded, for it may be a pure loss, and after all the affair, instead of succeeding, as I hope it will, may fail. Would a maximum of from 3,000 f. to 4,000 f., or simply of 3,000 f., appear too much ? Bear in mind that it is possible the money may not be needed, or that a few hundred francs may suffice; but we must provide for everything, and this sort of thing is, it appears, very piquant—as is also the giving of good dinners to the high functionaries of the Ministry." After this letter had been read in court, " Do you admit that you wrote that letter ?" asked the President. " Yes, sir, but it was in con sequence of conversations I had with Sebille; it was he who talked of bribery, and I could not do other wise." " The letter does not appear to confirm what you say." " Observe, sir, that I say if it be necessary,' and I repeat that the letter was written in consequence of previous conversations." " Whd ther it was or not, it speaks of bribery. I will now have a second letter read." It runs thus :—" 14th October, 1857. I have just taken the air of the bureau, and my first impressions are very favour able to our enterprise. I fell in with an old sea-wolf, who not only told me what was to be done, but kindly offered to do what would be most disagreeable both to you and me—that is, act on certain personages, sub , altern and high-placed, who it appears are indispen sable. He fixed a price for himself, and I consented to it, though it is rather high. Decidedly I was rather silly, but we learn as we get older. To-marrow and the day after I shall see all the people neces sary to the success of the affair. You will under stand that I shall not touch the sensible cord until I shall have some one to play the instrument. Two important and influential men of the establishment appeared to me to take into serious consideration the developments I gave. Decidedly I have great hopes, but I see that you are right, and that the manner of proceeding is that which you indicate to me. The sea wolf spoke to me of M. M. —, of whom we conversed. As to that man,' said he cynically, he is a big tooth to pull out." We have good tools,' said I with a laugh. (Keep all this to yourself.) To-morrow I give a good dinner to two aides de camp. In a word, everything seems to me to be going on well. Send me as quickly as possible the 30,000 arguments of which you spoke yesterday," After the letter had been read, the President said :—" You wrote that letter ?" " Yes, sir." " You ask in it for what you call 30,000 arguments ? " "Sebille had indicated to me a person whose support might be necessary, but who had nothing to do with the Ministry." "'What was his name ?" "I cannot tell." " Everything should be public here. Did you receive the 30,000 arguments ?" " I did, but gave them back, because I believed that things sometimes took place in the manner indicated by Sebille, that is to say, that certain liabilities were necessary. But was mistaken, and lam happy to say that no one was bribed in the Ministry of War. I gave small portions of the sum to persons who are not public functionaries, and restored the rest." The prisoner then in a ns w er to other ques tions, said that he had become chairman of the Saltpetre Company, and in that capacity had sti pulated on having a " commission" of 450,000 fr.; but he pretended that he had o nl y made that sti pulation because, some officers o f artillery having expressed but a poor opinion of the invention, he had feared that the company might fail, and had been anxious to be able to indemnify petty capi talists who might make investments in it. He also admitted having received 50 paid up shares of 1,000 f., but denied that, as alleged,they were given him because he had pretended they were to be employed in bribery ; they were, he said, a recom pense for his services to the company. He was also questioned about sums of 50,000 f. and 10,000 f. which the company had received as cau tion money for places given to men named Delort and Albert, the latter a hairdresser from Laon, the chief town of the Aisne ; and he was obliged to admit that to the former 21,000 f. and to the latter the whole 10,000 f, were still owing, though the company had come to nothing. He also confessed that some other letters containing the expressions, " I am going to my banker for money, and am about to begin to distribute it." " I have had to advance 40,000 f. from my own p oc k e t," an d so o n had been written by him, but that such state ments were not true. M. Sebille, M. Ansiaux, M. Ghislain, and M. Lucas (the latter is in custody on a charge of forgery), and some other persons gave evidence proving that the prisoner had re ceived the 30,000 f. and the fifty I,ooof. shares on pretext of bribing, but had appropriated them to his own uses. After hearing pleadings- in support of the prosecution, in the course of which it was stated that Beaumcnt-Vassy and Sebille had endeavoured to make the War Department give 3,500,000 f. for the saltpetre patent, though it had only cost 500,000 f., and after hearing co unsel for the prisoner, the tribunal condemned him to two years' imprisonment, 3,000 f. fine, and ten years' interdiction of civil rights. Sebille, Ansiaux, and Ghislain, who had been concerned in the salt petre patent, prayed the tribunal to condemn . Beaumont-Vassy to pay the damages, but the tri bunal refused. Not a word was said at the trial of the appearance of an individual, dressed in uniform, purporting to come from the Minister of War for the purpose of deceiving the shareholders, as was rumoured at first. NAVAL EXPENDITURE. (From the Times) The great dockyard mystery is gradually getting clearer. We begin to see daylight in the matter. The reports made on the subject have been so copious and so plain that we can now, at any rate, tell where and how the money goes, though whether it ought to go at such a rate is still a question for consideration. When Lord Clarence Paget brought the case to a definite issue the other day by comparing facts' with figures, he averred that some 25 per cent. of the money voted for the construction and maintenance of the fleet during the last ten years had vanished without leaving any result. He put the aggregate provision made by the votes at £19,000,000, and the money's worth actually discoverable at no more than £14,000,000, so that a balance of £5,000,000 remained unac counted for. Sir Baldwin Walker, the Surveyor of the Navy, took up these figures, and now claims to account without reserve for every sixpence of the money. The committee appointed by the Treasury to inquire into the Navy Estimates and their results have also produced their statements, and from these and other explanations together we can at length, we hope, put the public in the right way of unra velling this desperate enigma. It is strange enough to observe on the very threshold of the investigation that Lord Clarence enormously understated his own case. Read by the only light he could find for the purpose, it was, in reality, infinitely stronger than he made it out to be. The money actually voted was very much more, the money's worth producible very much less, than he thought. The aggregate sum voted for the purposes in question was not £19,000,000, but £22,000,000, whereas the actual outlay upon new ships, instead of being £7,000,000, as he estimated, was only £5,000,000; and though in another item he had made a mistake in an opposite direction, and had also taken no account of £2,000,000 worth of ships built and paid for by contract, the gross deficit, according to his principle of calculation, was really nearer ten millions than five. How, then, is all this to be squared ? Why, exactly as we pre dicted at the time. The balance went in an infinity of expenses for which Lord Clarence had made no allowance, and which, in very truth, nobody could ever have imagined. He had allowed for the fair wear and tear of ships in commission a goodly sum of some £6,000,000, and probably thought' that in that item he had covered most of the " contin gencies" very reasonably. It turns out, however, that he was a round million short of the mark even in the immediate reckoning on this head, while besides this there are items without end, for which he took no thought, but all of which figure to terrible purpose among the incidental costs of the fleet. The mere expenses of moorings and dockings, of cranes, capstans, and lighters, of re ceiving and delivering stores, and of dealing with the transport of stores generally, is barely covered for the ten years' period by an allowance of £2,500,000 ; and there are further "incidental ex penses" amounting to £150,000 more. Then, there are foreign yards to be considered as well as those at home, and these establishments spend half-a million of their own in " repairs, &c." As to stores, the outlets, ordinary and extraordinary, for these supplies are wonderful. They are sent to foreign yards or stations ; they are purchased by naval commanders or British Consols, and the bills sent home, or they are supplied to other depart ments of Government. Nearly two millions' worth was overlooked in this way. Finally, whereas Lord Clarence valued the stock in hand, over and above its amount in 1848, at only half a million, Sir Baldwin puts it at a million and a half. Alto gether, there is no doubt the expenditure of £22,000,000 is, in a general way, vouched for and explained. Lord Clarence had no idea of the amount of `sundries;" in fact, nobody had, as the case itself proves ; for, unless the consternation had been uni versal, we should never have got these inquiries. Well, but how does it happen, speaking roundly, that things have come to such a pass, and that they are so much worse here than in France, where greater average results have been secured, at least in certain departments of the fleet, for a smaller aggregate outlay ? This riddle also we will endeavour to explain ; and in doing so we will borrow an illustration which will be tamiliar to most people. Let us suppose that two towns or parishes have each a public library supported by some species of fund, subscription, or endow ment ; that one establishment has 1,000 volumes, with a limited circulation ; and that the other has 2,500, with a brisk demand and a good deal of business. At the end of ten years let us suppose them to compare notes, and to find that the larger library of the two, with a larger annual endow ment, had bought fewer new books and had made fewer acquisitions than the other. The explana tion would be this :--That what with bind ing, mending, repairing bookcases , extendin g reading-rooms, transmitting and receiving books, and other such incidental charges, almost all the funds of the larger establishment had been consumed, whereas the smaller, having fewer volumes to deal with, fewer customers to consult, less business to transact, and less wear and tear to make good, found itself at last with a greater balance disposable for solid investment. That, in a few words, is the story which the committee's report discloses. Ships are built, just as books would be bought, only with the margin of funds remaining after current expenses have been defrayed. The French navy is the smaller and more manageable establishment. France has not so many ships in commission, and conse quently not so many ships to fit out or repair, nor so much wear and tear to supply. This work of fitting, advancing, repairing, and so forth, constitutes the chief and most costly demand upon the resources of a dockyard ; its amount is governed, of course, by the number of ships in commission, and therefore the number of ships in commission determines the proportion which the visible product of a dockyard represented in new vessels will bear to its expenditure upon the cur rent. tasks of the day : It is calculated that even in France the margin available for increase of force would not much exceed one-fourth of the total supplies provided, but in England the pro portion of the surplus to the aggregate would be much smaller, and this it is which explains the otherwise incomprehensible fact, that France, ' though far behind us in expenditure, has come so near us in particular results. We are not disposed to cavil at these represen tations. So far as they go, they probably convey a correct elucidation of the puzzle which has so long as w rave oint re perplexed everybody, and none moereothbsaenrvsaediloarst themselves. Yet there i s, ssumm t the opening of our remarks, il a l g p A r fittings, repairs , &c.,maining for co nsiderati d o o n re s a t lly . s h l a a i r s o g e to assume proportion theotfha theset whole s o a u i t d lay ,, , in ar c e ia w en e tal bou e n x d . never incurred without reason ? We f p u e l n ly ses' an ' anticipated , pated, as our readers are aware, that vouchers of some kind w in o d u e l e cl a, b t e h p o r r c e d w uc a e s d u f o or su a s l! e h x er p e en o d f ed malversation ; or foul play. But o t an h ne e yyw necessity for fittings and repairs some trtsihimeenieoosnitngratuitously created ? One great complaint has always been, that ships in the most perfect order are sent into a dockyard, to be pulled to pieces one week, and put together again the week akr, so that the labourers have work made for thelia twice over. Such a system would allow the autho rities, no doubt, to produce regular accounts of money expended, but it would not follow that the expenditure itself was reasonable. On one point we are bound to say that Sir Baldwin Wal ker advances a strong case, for his statement certainly represents the outlay upon the architec tural transformation of ships as anything but con siderable. On the other hand, however, the cost of " fitting, repairs," &c., is vastly beyond even the popular conception of the charge, and this isf the identical point on which the great weight o f s suspicion was invariably thrown. People al awtoYo fancied that a ship was made and remad • e ment often, not only in construction, but in ecluiP for sea. The waste on the former head outgoings are to be small, but on the latter the lso unavoid tremendous beyond belief. Are they y ot a Lll calls for able ? That is the question turn s old reply. Bharel 100 10 Stock' Stock'