The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

ffIONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoqic. The Bank of England return, completed to the 20th inst., shows some important changes. The bullion has been diminished to the extent of about half a million sterling, while the reserve of notes has been trenched upon to a similar amount, and the private deposits have been reduced by - over three-quarters of a million. These alterations are no doubt attributable to the export of gold to the Continent for the purchase of silver, and also to the preparations made for the payment of the deposits on the New Indian Loan. The active circulation and the public deposits show a slight augmentation. In the other items of the balance sheet there is little change of importance to notice; they will be seen in the subjoined table : • Active Circulation X 22,002,390 Increase .. .. 136,310 Bullion.. ; 1.8,051,375 Decrease .. 545,159 Rest 3,141,459 Increase .. .. 7,487 Public Deposits 5,1079,902 Increase .. 52,963 Other Deposits 15,121,305 Decrease 660,528 Seven Day and other Bills .. 807,957 Decrease .. ' . 11,271 Government Securities 11,371,118 No alteration. Other Securities .. 16,808,520 Decrease .. 129,880 Notes Unemployed 9,880,240 Decrease 650,770 Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £252,910, and the exports £709,284, exclu sive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold coin Boulogne l6O oz. Giold coin . Oporto 157 oz. __Gold bars Cadiz 9OO oz. Silver coin.... Boulogne 6,000 oz, Notwithstanding the committee of the Stock Exchange resolved on Thursday last that to-day should be observed as a holiday, the important character of the advices from the continent has induced them to open that establishment with the view of accommodating such members as might feel inclined to attend. Very little business has been reported, as the markets are not officially opened, but in each department considerable de preciation has taken place. Consols have been 931 93't t, and the latest quotation is 93194. In the Foreign Market Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 82 to 83, being 4 per cent. lower, and the New Issue 72 to 73. `ln English Railway Shares there has been an absence of business. Lombardo-Venetian, how eier, have been 7i -I for the old and 61 to 7 for the new. THE EASTER NOVELTIES. (From the Era.) Easter is still recognised at most of our theatres as a Period when some novelty of a light and pleasing character should be brought forward. The new productions this Easter are not numerous, but they are sufficient to maintain the histrionic traditions of the season, and burlesque, in vested with the sparkling robes of Spectacle, takes her wonted place, at least upon the boards of two of our princi pal theatres. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—ROSSiea opera of " La Gam', Ladra " will be performed on Monday for the first time these eight years, and Mdlle. Lotti will aPpear for the first time as Ninetta. 3funoliv-LANE commences its Italian Opera season on A ir TidaY with Bellini's popular opera of " Ls Somnambula." lle Victoire Balfe appears as Amina, Signor Badiali as ,Itopensodolfo, and the n ew t enor , Signor Mo r gini, as Elvino. The e opens will be followed by the National Anthem and a f i ldivertissement, entitled "Ariadne," inwhich Mdlles. Stefan ot Morlacchi, Mathet, Pasquali, Maraquita Rosa, osehetti, and a numerous corps de ballet, will appear. The interior of the theatre has undergone considerable alte rations a t,ions to increase the accommodation of the subscribers the public, and the embellishments received during the recess have greatly added to its appearance. Notwithstand ing the large expenditure involved the prices during the season will be only those of the old play-house period. The HAYMARKET produces a new classical extravaganza, h' out the polished nof Mr. Frank Talfourd, which, under the title of "Electra," tells anew the story of Orestes, and Places in a new electric light the impressive incidents at tending his return, as given by the old lireek dramatist. Mr. Compton is (Egisthus; Mrs. Wilkins, Clytemnestra; Miss 4. Ternan, Orestes., Miss Fanny Wright, Pylades; and Miss Eliza Weekes, Electra ; the extravaganza, ending with one allr. F. F en ton's grand "transformation scenes," represent ing a congress of the four great powers of Earth, Sea,Air, and Pire, through whose mediation it is hoped a lasting and not dishonourable piece may be happily concluded. Mr. Pal grave Simpson's successful and original comedy of " The 'World and the Stage," with Miss Amy Sedgwick as the heroine, will precede the novelty of the evening, and the fa rce of " A Daughter to Marry" will bring the entertain runts to a close. ROYAL PRINCESS'S.—With such a splendid and popular revival as "King Henry the Fifth," drawing all London to the Princess's, and furnishing a subject of universal c onversation—as yet, too, only in the first blush of its novelty —Mr. Kean has been spared the trouble and ex- Pense of an Easter spectacle. 1 , The ADELPHI revives the comedy of "The Serious a milY," in which Mr. Benjamin Webster sustains the principal part, and follows it up by the production of a new burlesque extravaganxa, founded on Le Sage's famous nov el of "Le Diable Boiteux," under the Anglicised ap pellation o f " The Devil on Two Sticks." Mr. J. L. Toole pl a ys Asmodeus, and the other parts are distributed among a lessra. Paul Bedford, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith, Mrs. Mellon,K Miss K a t e elly, Miss Eliza Arden, and Miss Keeley. " The Pretty Girls of Stillberg," with Mr. w ebster's celebrated embodiment of Napoleon, will be the afterpiece. The OLYMPIC preserves an unchanged bill, the new comedietta of " Ni ne Po i nts of the Law," and the favourite drama of "Th e P or t er ' s K no t," b e i ng considered sufficient to. meet th e d emands of -the period, whilst " Boots at the ran" is retained in his old situation. al ...The STRAND produces a new comedietta by Maddison don, in which Miss Maria Simpson makes her first ap pearance at this theatre ; and revives, with new scenery, th e Popular burlesque of " The M a id an d the Magpie," to , Which -M r . By ron , th e au th or, h as appen d e d some additional "rigs and speeches. " Vandyke Brown" concludes the A sr mance LEy'sproceeds with its dramatic illustrations of the verley Novels, and produces a grand spectacular adapta tion of Sir Walter Scott's historical romance of Ivanhoe, in 'w.hich tournaments and processions, and all " the pomp and pageantry of glorious war" are to be depicted with novel and The Scenes in the Circles will be also novel vari e d . The SURREY increases its attractiveness by the produc tion of a new drama called " Oceola," founded on Captain Mayne Reid's novel of that name. Mr. Creswick sustains e Principal character. A burlesque extravaganza, en- Thetitled " Th.e Tailors' Strike," will follow. CITY OF LONDON produces Mr. E. Falconer's ad- Mired play of "Extremes," with Mrs. Weston in her origi nal character. A new Hibernian drama, called "The Heart of Old Ireland," is also announced. The STANDARD THEATRE, where Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams have so thoroughly established themselves that they are re-engaged, and appear in three of their most popular pieces. The PAVILION will be opened by " Jim Myers" as an American Circus, with all the usual attributes of that par t4eular kind of entertainment—acrobats, equestrians, and gymnasts of all degrees of strength and flexibility contend ing for the honour of gaining the applause of the holiday makers. At the ADELAIDE GALLERY, re-christened the THEATRE OF VARIETY, a troupe of juvenile come di ans w ill a pp ea r, known as the Livermore Family, and including a child aged five years, that h as been endowed with the soubriquet of The Infant Keeley, The various Saloons of the metropolis are stimulated by competition to give an extension of their programmes and an increase of their vocal and instrumental forces. The public gardens will be opened, an d at the iooLoGt- CAL, KEW, ROSHERVILLE, and CAMBERWELL, a variety of attractions will be found. The CRYSTAL PALACE, where the numerous shrubs and spring flowers are now in full bloom, and upward of 100,000 tulips are in their highest floral perfection, will provide some out-door amusements specially arranged for the occasion. CREMORNE opens w ith all its old heightened by the introduction of many new producednewon ones Ainntehwe ballet, en titl e d " The Magic Star," will theatre; and the popular Marionettes will figr in a n ew apropos quizzicality called " Our Reform_ . A concert, music, and a display of fireworks, with minor amusements innumerable, will constitute a strong programme for the lovers of out-door recreation. ._ At the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, taking advantage of the absence of th e proprietor, Mr. W. S. Woodin, who is still on his triumphal march through the provinces the old fa- Voirite of the public, Wizard Jacobs, makes his first appear ance after a prolonged tour through C a lifornia and Austra iia. The varied attainments of this professor of the necromantic art, combined with the announc ement his approaching re ti remen t, will, doubtless, secure for him of an abundant show of patronage. ESCAPE OF A DARTMOOR CONVICT.—A cony].Ct 6ffected. his escape from the Dartmoor prison a few days 8 4'0, but was hotly pursued over the Moor by the authori ties. The fugitive was ultimately captured at Buckfast - leigh, a distance of 14 miles from the prison. ME MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT RAMSGATE.—AI though the evidence adduced at the inquest favours the im pression that the deceased committed suicide, much uncer tainty on the subject still prevails in the public mind at R amsgate, which might possibly be removed if the deceased could be identified, and the circumstances under which he came to England ascertained. With this view the following ''titular s are added to the accounts already published. The deceased, Heinrich Matterig, alias Maltinger, arrived at Southampton on the 31st March, and is believed to have ue ett a passenger from America by the steamship Bremen, Capt. Nessels. The German Bible thrown by him from an omnibus on the Dover and Deal road on Friday, the Bth P-Pril, was published in 1756. It i s M ar ti n L u th er ' s trans ation, containing the Old and New Testaments and Apo crYpha ;it measures s i x i nc h es l ong, t h ree and a-half i nc h es broad, and two inches thickcalf-bound, somewhat :worm-eaten in the covers, and has brass clasps and fasten -1,!:?gs. Inside it is a scrap of paper, on w hi c h f our or fi ve German letters and the date 1827 are written. The state of preservation in which the book appears leads to the belief that it is a family relic, and therefore the d ecease d , if h e wished' t o avoid identification, would necessarily be anxious to get rid of it: The condition of the deceased's clothing, as already stated, speaks of slender means, and it is evident that his account of himself as a gentleman travelling for pleasure, and his announcement of his intention to visit Paris before making the tour of Scotland ; were not correct. SHARE MARKET. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. Cloning \ Business Price. Ambei., Notting. and eastern Juptnilonl Belfast and Ball , mena ' Bir., Wol., and Str.Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth ant; Tvne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall A A roves. no div. Do. B until6p.c.per an. , I hasbeen pd.toß. I Dublin andßelf ast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc 'East AnGiian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock 121O:Tqw.A.(lte.E.Irds; East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk ta.• • Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin_Pe-th. & Dundee Forth & Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock El Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds : Lancashire & Yorkshire ' Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss. a t £slosp.sh Lon.,Brightnn &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry .k Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nelfcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def. Newry, Warpt., & Rol Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire. North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction, Oxford, Wor.,& 17olTer 1 Peebles 9 Portsmouth Rhymney ISeottiah Central Scoth.N.E!, Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales Sontlfforks.&Riy.Dun. Do. do Staines, Wok.. & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Prefe'ence, No. 1 Th am esilayenDk&Rail Vale of Neath • Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 7 p.c. hac been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 60 62 11 11,? 32 35 91 93 79 80 5 5} S} 9 15 16 571 SS! 41 46 29 31 12 14 CO 92 71-1 721 26 27 92 94 10 10i 1.00 101 85 87 131 133 101 105 571 581 55 57 83 86 11 12 p 11 12 p 92!-, 521 1 Ad 1 id 62 65 110 112 911 t/ I :l a eOl 01,1 f 3 3 14 8 4 84 4 1001 101 f 75 77 10 12 57 59 3. 3 d 54 se} to NI 21 11 d 454 RI 74f 14 LO2 105 4f 41 d 14 14i 7 8 32 33 [O7 109 26 27 81 83 44 46 3i 24 d 43 45 671 681 62 64 65 68 8 11 :36 37 62 66 54 64 j ll 7 71 901 90 12. i 0 13.14 Stork, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 Stock 25 25 Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stocks Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 100 100 100 100 all all all al 1 all all all all PRLfRENCE SHAT ES Closing Business Paid' Price. Done. Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4-1 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, si pc Do. do. 5 p. et. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Conn. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. spc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. (FAiarsn. s Furness, 5 per c ent 4, Wes t .'° 5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.prn pc Do. 4i p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. R edm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf clGt.Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock reat West. (Rerks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . Do. Redeemable, 4i pct. Do. Redeemable, 4 n. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do. . . 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 Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. '0. 4 Lon . & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock, I ate 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs Londondy.& Ennis sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref, at. Newport,Aber,&o. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. o.n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with _option till 1866 NO - rf olk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. sp. a. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way. Val. Ex. Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, ua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 1 - 40. York, 11". & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lst g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 4; p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new Tot Scottish N.-Eastern deb, Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock. south Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4} percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) • Do .4 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue ' South Wales, gua. 4 p.c ' Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford dz Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 1021 11 100 100 20.11 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing I Business Shari Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. A gra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt P auk of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. Gen. Lk. of Switzerland Lon. Ch ar. Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock ... London & Westminster. Nat. Pi ov. of England. Do. new National Bar. k New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 68 70 80 83 24 244 45 47 11 1 63 65 di 32 33 18 19 16 161 211 221 1S 191 70 72 70 82 11 21 2S f 481 211 20 d 5O i Share' 49 51 98 98 99 101 5,1 CI 98 101 [l2 116 [OB 112 [l3 115 [ll 113 29 131 82 84 70 72 110 112 116 118 110 112 103 104 63 a 11 11} all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all - :- 95 97 86 et 3 87 89 103 IC2 91 ICI 16 17 10 72 74 1 181 191 91 9' 14 14a 140 142 1118 120 140 142 101_ 103 an 100 100 100 100 100 160 165 8i 9 122 12 09 4 711 7 93 95 91 10 j 111 11; 9 9} 09 111 904 971 1 1d d par 23 23 L 22 124 118 120 99 101 101 101 231 211 102 103 102 103 28 29 321 33i 50 52 ,ED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Paid. Leasing 1 Closing BDoneusbies Co.'s. Price. I . Bedford and Bletchley B uckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E .Lincolnshire,g.Gp. c E tillioll,RarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Ba rr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New... Gloster& Dean Forest liartlpool.Dck.&R ail. FE till and Selby ...... Do. 3 Shares ....... Do. Shares ....... London&Greenwich Do. Preference ...... Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares.. Lo westoft, gua. 4 p. ct . 1 3 ) Nivii o eai Midsb.& Re( ~ f Stk. adfordPr . ier & 0. 3 . 1 6 a p t . k e .. arkt., u , cent E ryExl guaranteed p • c & Eastn. SP• • Northn. do. Do. 5 per cent. w el : P A.-emß. per ' r l l u ' dn . 5 . , Do. and WYre• Preston ... A. Do. 3 Shares ... She Ror ,tn liitch.,& p Fix6ecier cen South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. C. S s i h i r.oßwostbhr.y&stGZ.espfor. cd. Do. do. N w V i il m ts bi a ed nd on S sz oin c e r r o s y e.. dnt. Ln & N.W ILn & N.W ;Caledonia E.U.&E C Gt.Nerth. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. .. S. East Do. . Peto &Co. Do. NortVi: Do. Stir. & Da r Midland. . E.Counts. Do T.& N ST& L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. Lan. Yk T Brassy M'C'ean . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.dcßrgtn 90 92 8 9 DOCKS Share Docks. Stock Commercial lOO • -- Stock Do4perCent.Pret.Min lOO -- Stock East and Wevt India lOO Stock c l'.ondon lOO Stock St. Katharine 100 Stock outhampton lOO -- Stock ictoria 20 Do NOW .• a• ow ........ ' 18 .... - Closing I Business 1 raid Pride. Done. 97 99 102 104 17 18 135 110 4i 4} 109 111 64 65 115 120 92 94 2i 11 96 98 I , 56 58 135 140 91 3i 101 1. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 251 25 Stock all 100 31 100 100 100 100 100 '613 4 100 100 100 - 3 ls, 17i all all 100 all all 100 I. J. C. all all all all 100 18 11 6 all all all all 100 all Do. : Do. . Share' Railways. Closing Business 'Paid. Price. Done. 100 all 81 84 Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bona.. T3rxoda&Cent•lnd l 131 d gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all 171 172 18 Do. Add 't. Capital A 6 1- d 18 Do. Do. J 6 41 5 d 201 Buffalo and LalreHuron all 5 201 Do. New l6/ 8 9 d 100 t But'alo.l3rrrt.&Godrich 1 100 t o 85 / 6 p. ct. lids. 1 Au?., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 82 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Liin. 1. 3. 0. 1 par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. par 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. I 20 Ceylon Guaranteed Op.e 74 4 d 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 Id' Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1011 102 102} 211 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 I I p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 1001 20 ng GeelongGeelo&algu r e p l. ora a t . i s o p n . e. 6 a i l oo l _lB 20_ C i per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 . 33 35 34 00 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 79 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 03 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e, all 991 100 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 id d 20 Do. do 20 Gt.S.of Ind•Lim.—Scrip 1 2s ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 20/ Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 15} 151 154 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bon till ds pay. > '76,with a ll 103 105 D o t 0 100 Dodo. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 102 104 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 98 100 99 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. a all 17 171 20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 19 19 1 19 4 20 Do. 4/ p. c. Extension l5 17 18 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 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. eo. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do /10 — - d • •Do. do. Land do 20 Northof India Tramroad I 2s. Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde 443 15 1 d rar 20 Do. 20 Do. New r. 0 10 I d 20 Do. Puniaub 5.1 ti.l 5 1 d 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. a 10 adl 20 ISt. Andrews & Ovebec A 18 10 ITrinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 id pail FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 42 5 41 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.e 3 I 1 d 5 Belgian Erst. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all -- 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 25 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 24 25 25 20 Euphrates Valley 29. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 64 61 61 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout rll 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 4p 9 5 8 4 20 Lucca & Pistoia, 5 p.c.pc all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 81 8} 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 191 20} 16 Northern of France.. , all 251 36 20 Do. New Shares s * 12 p 10 Norwegian Truk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - 20 Paris,Ly9ns. and Medit. all 321 33 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (fern ) - 11 11 d gua. 7n. ct. (Lim.) .. j 20 Riga and Diniaburo' 4 10 Rome and Frascett 20 Royal Danish Lll 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 61 61 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 9 91 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders all 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 20 211 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. Sharei Mines. Paid. Closing I BUBIUCAS Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 6 7' 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 215 225 Great South To'°us l7s 131 141 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 2 3 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan ) 81 71 81 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 9 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 13 14 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 245 255 South C. Brea; Illogan). 2 21 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illogran) 18.18.9 195 205 2024 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 10 Tin Croft 9 41 41 UnitedMines(GwE:lapY 40 Vale of Towey (Cr—m.) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (tl'ogan) ll 224 231 W. Carp don (I, , ske - rd) 2O 84 88 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 195 205 Wheal Buller (Red. uth) 5 125 135 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 24 3 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7 .2 94 104 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 45 47 Trelawney (Lick.) 41 32 34 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian • 74 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOB par p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p ) 27 1 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 12 13 :5 Do. Land and AdininzCo all 1 Clarendon Consols Alin ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 36 38 38 7 Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 '25 3 Linares all 91 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all / 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Ans.L 10 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... all 34 4 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 iUnited Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. Sr July 100 114 115 11%14; 1 ; Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sen. 100 113 114 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 110 1111 1111 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 1001 1011 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 111 112 Viet Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLAN EOUS. ~iisccllancoue. Closing Paid. price I I Business dons Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at 25 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1.862 Do. C . Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng.StSmlig Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern 5team........ : Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. Europ. & Ind.J unct.T el. Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount C 0... Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p. c. Pref.,iss. at 1 dis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min' Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telco' Rhym ney Iron ' - • Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scat.Austrin.ln v .(Li South Australian La nd ' Submarine Teleg. Scrip . Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. C ,Van Laud Die men ., -an.; 4 15 10 230 2i 31 30 32 36 38 19 21 14 15 120 124 9 10 23 251 4 !02 104 - - I 14 11 (1 14 14- 5 6 i 1 1 dl --.-- 1 11 1 1 1 die par 21 50 24 82 121 134 p la 23 24 6 7 60 62 1074 1174 36; 37 1 9 11 SO 791 101 1001 111 i 61 21 f 3f 911 1011 i 1 POLICE INTE. .(TIIIB DAY.) MARLBOROUGH STREET. STEALING CIGARS—BAD CASE.—SaMud HOttoll, a porter in the employ of Mr. Wilhelm Rohl, a German tobacconist, of 22, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square, was charged with stealing a box containing 120 cigars, of the value of £1 4s. The prosecutor said he commenced business at 22, Cran bourn-street, about a week ago, and engaged the prisoner as a peter. At 12 on Thursday morning he had occasion to go out, and left the prisoner in care of the shop. The next morning he missed from the window the box of cigars, but did not say anything to him till he was more certain; and by way of testing his honesty, marked a 6d. and placed it under a drawer, and, having gone out for a short time, when he came back he missed it. He (prosecutor) then asked him if he had found any thing, and he said he had, and pulled out the 6d. Re then told the prisoner that he had missed a box of cigars, but he denied having taken them, but admitted taking the 6d. On examining some of the other boxes he found, to his annoyance, that one or two had been taken from each of several boxes, and which prisoner had secreted about his body. He then again asked what he had done with the box of cigars, telling him nobody else had been left alone. He had only had the shop a week, and had loot quite £4 worth in that time. 145 C said prisoner admitted taking the 6d. and some of the cigars. _ _ The prisoner said he would plead guilty to taking some, but hoped his worship did not think he took the box. Committed for three months, with hard labour. THAMES. FEROCIOUS DOINGS IN TIGER. BAT.—Ann Mead, a vulgar-looking and bloated woman, and Frances Butler, keeper of a house of bad repute, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged, the former with assaulting and beating Margaret Fleming, and the other with attempting to rescue Mead from the custody of the police. Tho parties are in habitants of Frederick-street and Brunswick-street, Back-• church-lane, St. George's-in-the-East, better known as Tigerb-ay, from the ferocious and abandoned disposition of the people located there. The woman Mead and the com plainant belong to a degraded class of females called unfor nates, and had been recently quarrelling night after night. On Thursday evening Mead, who was intoxicated, com menced abusing the complainant, and made use of very sanguinary threats, and followed this up by beating Fleming, tearing the hair from her head, and kicking her. A struggle took place, and the prisoner got one of the complainant's fingers into her mouth, and nearly bit the top of it off. A police constable named Boggis, 73 H, separated the parties, and took the prisoner Mead into custody. Mrs. Butler made an attempt at rescue, dragged the policeman and his prisoner into her house and closed the door upon them; and Butler's husband assisted in the affair, and tried to drag Mead away from the po!ice constable. A dreadful struggle ensued. The police-constable at length opened the street door, and took his prisoneraway. Mrs. Butler was taken by other police-constables, and an attempt was made by the infamous inhabitants of Tiger-bay to rescue her, which failed. The complainant was removed to the London Hospital, and her finger was dressed. The top of it was nearly severed. Mead said she was deeply in liquor, and that Fleming abused and threatened her, and also bit her arm. She then bared her right arm, which was fearfully swollen. _ Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner's arm appeared to have been bitten. - Boggis, the police-constable, said that was done in an other quarrel. He said the state of Tiger-bay, consisting of Brunswick-street, Frederick-street, and adjacent courts, was fearful, disturbances, outrages, and robberies were of hourly occurrence there Mr. Selfe said the prisoner Mead was a most incorrigible and disorderly woman, who had been at that court for some offence almost every week for some time past. He sen tenced her to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour for an aggravated assault. He discharged Butler, and recom mended her to abandon her nefarious trade. THIS LAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit is moderate ; of vegetables large Generally the trade is steady, at the following prices : FRC S. S. d. Pine apples, per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Co!onial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 iirapes, p2r /b.... 10 0 to 15 0 Foreign d 0....... 2 0 '.o 4 0 Melons, each .... 0 0 to 0 0 Peaches, perdoz.. 0 0 io 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per bush. 5 0 to 10 0 Pears, per d0z.... 2 0 to 8 0 Oranges, per 100.. 5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100.. 3 6 to 7 0 Apricots. per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s. d. Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 10 to 1 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per anz..... 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr oz 5 oto 8 0 Gooseberries, * sv. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. 00to 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES, Greens, dz bunch 1 9to 2 6 Cabbages, pr do. 0 9to 1 3 Savoy 40., pr do. 1 oto 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Brocoli, per bh 0 10 to 1 3 Old potf.toes.p tonBo oto 100 0 New ditto, pt.r pun() 9to 1 3 Peas, per 3 sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, uz bunch 4 oto 5 6 Carrots, pr . 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbei.s Garlic, per lb .... 0 6 to 0 8 Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, 0 6 to 1 0 Bus. sprouts, h.a. 1 3 to 1 6 Old onions, dz bun 1 0 to 1 6 New do., doz bun 0 9 to 1 6 French beans, h.i. 0 0 to 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2 to 0 3 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditZe 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per dii;to 0 9to 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p potl 0 9to 1 3 Artichokes, p. dz 3 oto 6 0 Cabbage letts,psc 0 Bto 0 10 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz bads 0 4to 0 6 Tomatoes, pr hsv 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chilies, per (Rao 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6to 6 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 1 6 BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os oa to Od ' • eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 4s Od to ss; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 58 Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, Is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Gd to 2s Od ; lobsters, Gd to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 30 Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s • natives, 42s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to ios Od; haddocks, 4s to 16s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen; mackerel, 50s; fresh 'herrings, 4s; bloaters, 6s to Os per 100; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 9s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to Os Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 38 6d to 4s 6d; rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons : 8d to is Od each; largo Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 9s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, 4s 6cl; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, is Od to Is6d ; woodcocks, 3s to4s Od ; snipes, is Od to is 3d ; teal, is Od to is 3d; wild ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; widgeons, is 6d to 2s Cd ; 11 1 .. overs, Os 9d to Os is 6cl each ; guinea fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is 2cl; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 6s Od to Os 6d ; French do., 6cl to 6s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 8s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 6s Od; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Blbs WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 48 8d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81S., by the carcase. BREAD The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household do., 41d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to Sid ; 881 b to 961 b, 51d to 6d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 6d to 61-d. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s ; ditto full, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, 8s 6d to lOs Od; Downs, Gs 6d to 8s Od; lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; shearlings, is 4d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 10s ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Both hay and straw were in steady request, at full prices. CraktnEßLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 lOs ; clove do., DI Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per load. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per load. supplies moderate. Trade steady. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. \lLorrporr, April 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 22.--Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived— Schah Jeham, from London for Cape and Madras, and pro ceeded for Southampton. PLYMOUTH, April 22.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Her Majesty's steamer Algiers, from Portsmouth. Sailed —Marley Hill, steamer, for. London. LEITH, April 21.—Sailed—Gertrude Sarans, for Rio Janeiro. CARDIFF, April 21.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Magathea, for Kurrachee. CLYDE, April 21.—Witcl screw steamer, from St. Nagaise. SWANSEA, April 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Devon Vale, for the Cape of Good Hope. QuEENSToWN,ApriI 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jesusa from Matanzas. POOLE ; April 21.—Wind N.—Sailed—Stadecona, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.E_ Arrived, April 22.—Nemesis, screw steamer, from An were.._ April 23.—The steamers Kangaroo and Alps, from New York, and the Nova Scotian, from Canada, are f u lly duo but are not yet reported. The Persia, from New York, is hourly expected. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind E.S.E. ; tide, five hours' ebb; fine. Arrived, April 22.—Pilot, from Frederickstadt; Marley Hill, from Lisbon. Arrived, April 23.—Charles Brooks, from St. "V intent ; Nathalie, from Dantsic ; Theodore, from Horsens Ag nes Maria, from Randers; Catherine, from Ditzum ; Christian, from Lauvig. Sailed, April 23.—Rhin e , steamer for Ostend; Schwan"' for Bremen ; Tritton, steamer, for Calais ; Excelsior, for Hobart Town ; Jenny, for Berbice ; Hannah, for Nance. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind E. by S., moderate. Passed, April 22 . —Priscilla, for London, for Bathurs Ann of Haatlepool, from north to west. Anchored—Edward, from St. John's, for London. On Monday an inquest was held at Narborough on the body of a child aged 11 years, named James Fowkes, son of Thomas Fowkes, a labourer, work ing for Mr. Richard Pratt, at the Flash Farm, near Narborough, who had died under the fallowing circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence of the deceased's father that on Sunday afternoon he loaded a single-barrel gun belonging to Mr. Pratt, for the purpose of sheeting some crows which in fested the Marley. He discharged the gun once, and then reloaded it, and Wt It on the bottom of a cart in the hovel at the baok of the farm, with the exploded cap upon it. There was no one about at the time. He did not put a fresh cap on it, lest any of Mr. Pratt's children or the deceased, who were about the yard, should happen to lay hold of it, He intended using the gun again when lw had finished milki ng . H e went to his work, and in a short time after, while he was talking to Miss Pratt, he heard the report of a gun across the yard, and they both ran to see what was the matter. They found the gun whit* hp had plaeed in the part leaning against the wall of the coal-house, and on going inside witness found the do eased lying there, The deceased said, " Father, Henry has shot me," meaning Mr. Pratt's son, who is also about eleven years old, Witness lifted him up, and finding him seriously wounded ran off for a surgeon, When he gat back he found his son had died. Witness' asked Mr, Pratt's son how he came to fetch the gun out of the cart, and he replied (f I knew you would not leave it there if it was charged, and so I put on a cap, and was gofug to shoot at the thatch, when it caught the door and went off." The deceased and Henry Pratt, were on the best of terms, and very f on d of each other. Mr. William Targett, surgeon, said he was sent for to M. Pratt's, and found the deceased lying on the pavement against the coal house ; he was complaining of pain in his bowels. Witness had him removed on a bed, and on examining him, found a gunshot wound over the region of the left kidney. The deceased only lived half-an-hour after he was re-; moved. The following voluntary statement was made by Mr. Pratt's son :--" I was in the staoluard last night, and saw the deceased come out from his supper, and he got upon a wall in the coal house, and between it and a pigstye, to look for some eggs. I saw the gun standing in the corner behind the coal house door which had been struck off, and I put another on to fire it at the thatch to frighten the birds out, not knowing the gun was loaded. The deceased turned round and said, Yes, I thought about doing so at the thatch,' and he then began to look among the straw again for eggs, and on raising the gun it went off, and I knew the report was louder than what a cap would make, and I dropped the gun and ran away. I did not know that he was hit till my sisters, who are younger than me, began ' to hoot out and call his father. I had let a gun off ' twice before, but only with a very small charge in to frighten the crows. I used to go about with ' Fowkes shooting, and so I carried a few caps. I never saw the gun in the cart." Verdict, accidental death.—Leicester Journal. SHOCKING GUN ACCID.ENT. A BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Mr. White, coroner, held an inquest at Irnham, on the 16th inst., on the body of John Searson, son of Mr. John Searson, farmer, of Bulby. Mr. Searson deposed as follows :—I was in Bulby Hall Wood with my son, the deceased, and another younger son, aged six, named Frederick, on Thursday last, the 14th inst., between three and four p.m.. and was holding a loaded double-barrelled gun in my right hand. I held it almost parallel with the ground, with the muzzle inclined towards the ground. All of a sudden I heard the report of a gun, but did not know it was from the gun I had in my hand, till I saw the deceased turn round, and say, " Oh, father," and then I saw he was shot. I exclaimed, " Oh, how could it have happened ?" and Frederick, who was a very little behind me to my right, said, " I turned the gun, father." At that time Frederick had some young rabbits on a stick. I was not aware that the gun had gone off, and had not felt any pressure on the gun. The discharge of the gun was all in the calf of deceased's leg ; and he fell down immediately. I called to Perkins, a gamekeeper, and he came to me, and we got a horse and cart, and I brought deceased home myself. I sent for medical aid. Deceased became very faint and weak. The medical men said the limb must be amputated, and that was the only chance of saving his life. An amputation took place accordingly, and deceased sunk and died soon after—about an hour—about a little before 10 p.m. Wiliam Perkins, of Irn ham, gamekeeper, said—l was in Bulby Hall Wood on Thursday afternoon. John Foot, a game keeper, gave Mr. John Searson his gun, and he and his two sons left me in the wood, and went homewards. I soon after heard the report of a gun and an unusual noise. I thereupon ran to the place the noise came from, and found deceased lying on the ground, shot through the left leg, and bleeding. The child seemed fainting, and I got some water for him. Mr. Searson said he did not know how it had happened. I sent for the doctor. The father tied up the wounded leg as well as he could. Mr. William Hart, Corby, surgeon, said— About four o'clock last Thursday Mr. Collingwood and I saw deceased at Mr. John Searson's, Bulby. His left leg was completely smashed to pieces by a gunshot wound. On observing the nature of the case, I sent for another medical man from Bourn. Mr. Byriie attended, and we all three agreed that amputation of the leg above the knee was the only chance to save deceased's life. It was accordingly done under chloroform, about 7 p.m., stimulants having been previously applied. At first after the operation he seemed to rally a little, but he soon began to sink, and at length died about half-past nine. I believe the shock from the injury from the gunshot and collapse were the cause of his death. The jury found that the " deceased was accidentally and by misfortune shot and killed by a gun whicl his father was carrying."—Nottenq ham Journal. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN FlNSBURY.—Yesterday, in addition to the fire at Deptford, which destroyed so much property, three others took place in different parts of the metropolis. The most serious of the whole was in Finsbury street, Finsbury-square, the property of Mr. W. Breadstreet, box manufacturer. The misfortune commenced in a range of manufacturing premises nearly 50 feet long, and which contained a costly stock in trade, some finished and some partially so. The moment the discovery was made an alarm was given, and messengers were dispatched in diffe rent directions to call the engines. In - a space of time almost incredibly brief sundry engines of the London Brigade attended, but the fire had previously obtained such a strong hold that it was attacking with full vigour the premises of Mr. Harman, and the houses numbered respectively 3,4, 5, and 6, in Finsbury street, which were all let out in tenements. So fearful an appearance did the scene present, that there appeared at one period not the least chance of saving any building near. The engines of the brigade, under Mr. Fogo, the chief officer of the A district, were set to work, but in spite of the exertions of the firemen, the conflagration could not be subdued until the workshops of Mr. Breadstreet were burned out, and the five other houses severely damaged by fire, water, and hasty removal. EASTER EXCURSIONS. —Espies trains of the South Eastern Railway, at cheap fares, economising the time and money of the excursionist, afford him the opportunity of spending a few hours on either Easter Sunday or Mon day, at the most attractive places on our sea-coast, as well as the ether accustomed haunts of the Lon doner. Dover, Ramsgate, Margate, Hastings, Canterbury, TunbridgeWells, Aldershot, Cam, Reading, Box Hill, and various places in these directions are rendered accesible for the day by cheap excursion trains, or for longer periods by the special arrangements in connection with return tickets. The South-Western Company afford every facility for the conveyance, at low fares, of the metropolitans to the various attractive spots along the banks of the Thames and to many inland picturesque places to which their system of railways extends. Not the least attractive of these trains are those which are advertised to run to Windsor, Twickenham, Richmond, Kew, and Hampton Court ; the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Winchester, and the Channel Islands. The Great Northern issue, for the holidays, day tickets at cheap rates to all importa nt on their line ; and the Great Western have issued a liberal programme, which offers every convenience for travelling to the many beautiful scenes traversed by their railway. The Eastern Counties and Brighton Companies also run excursion trains at cheap rates. UNITED SERVICE INSTITTJTION.—At the last meeting of the above institution a most instructive and in teresting lecture on " The Screw Fleets of England and France in 1858-59," was delivered by Charles L. Pickering, Esq., member of the Society of Arts. The subject was illustrated by a number of admirable diagrams, prepared by the lecturer from theoriginal models, and reduced to a quar ter-inch scale ; and from the peculiar opportunities he has enjoyed of obtaining authentic information upon this sub ject, which at present absorbs so large a share of public at tention, there was a numerous attendance of distinguished officers of both services—Captain Fishbourne, R.N., taking the chair. The lecturer first addressed himself to the argu ment that Sir Wm. Symonds' ships, though not perfect, were the forerunners of our present best models of each class, and gave numerous proofs that the screw steamers of our fleet, in beauty of construction, power, and general effi ciency, were unapproachable by the very best built abroad; and that our ships, when completed entirely upon the plan of Sir Baldwin Walker, were as near perfection as possible. These facts were proved by trials at which he had himself assisted. He demonstrated that, from the small number of our ships, our admirals were unable to carry out Sir H. Douglas's suggestions on the new combinations of tactics likely to come into practice, and which he foretold would be carried out in the French service. The lecture appeared to be designed as an answer to some anonymous letters Dist had appeared in the public j o u rna l s and to those of some ill-informed foreign writers. In adducing numerous in stances not hitherto made public in England, the lecturer expressed his opinion that whilst navalitrchitecture was on an equality, or nearly so, in both countries, our own was certainly not in a satisfactory state in respect of number as compared with that of France, and verified the statements • of Sir J. Pakington and Lord Hardwicke on this subject. In every other respect we had no reason to fear a compa rison with our gallant neighbours. At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Pickering was complimented upon the able manner in which he had treated the subject and the plea sure it had afforded. A short discussion ensued, and the proceedings were brought to a close. SUBMA.RINE TELEGRAPHS. Some interesting and valuable experiments have recently been made at Silvertown, the manufactory of Messrs. Silver and Co., the outfitters, with a view of displaying the advantages gained by substituting indiarubber fo r gu t ta percha as an insulator for submarine wires. The tests were principally con ducted to prove that, i n an electrical point of view, indiarubber was as g b o d a non-conducting medium as gutta percha, while in all the requisites of with standing great heat and the most dense pressure it was incomparably superior. When the first sub marine cables were commenced, in 1841, gutta percha was unknown in England, and indiarubber only was employed as a means in insulatinghothweecvoenr: ductor. The great variety of pu r p oses , for which indiarubber was then used made the de mand for it so great as to render not only its cost high, but the amount of its production uncertain. The properties of gutta percha soon afterwards be came known, and-on its first introduction to this country, at a comparatively low price, it was found to be a cheaper medium of insulation, and one ap parently equally efficacious with indiarubber. Its adoption as a covering for submarine cables, there fore, soon became general, and has continued with little interruption down to the present day. But during the time that has intervened since india rubber was first given up for the new material, the conditions of cost between the gutta percha and indiarubber have been entirely reversed, while im mense progress ha s b een made in the knowledge of all matters relating t o su b mar i ne telegraphy The The result of this increased experience - has Len to plane beyond a doubt that many better insulat ing mediums than gutta percha can be found, which at less than half the cost will work twice as well. No doubt, scientific research upon this matter has been keenly stimulated by observing how inju riously the Gutta Pereha Company's Virtual mono poly has acted upon the interests of all submarine telegraphs. To this company alone belongs the right of making and selling gutta percha in any way or form whatsoever. They raise or lower th e price of the material at will, and from their charges there is no appeal. It any enterprising member of the House of Commons wishes for the strongest illustration to be found in this country of the evils which result to enterprise from these patent mono polies, he has only to inquire into the privilege - 3 enjoyed by the Gutta Percha Company, and then see how these have acted upon the cause of tele graphy throughout the kingdom. The present price of gutta percha is 2s. 6d. per lb., and this immense cost, coupled with its now well-known deficiencies as an insulator, has roused the chemical world into efforts to discover some substitute which, while possessing all non-electrical and mechanical essen tials, will at the same time relieve telegraph com panies from the monstrous outlay now required for coating their wires with gutta percha. Several experiments have been made with this object, and some of them have resulted in the triumphant suc cess, as regards elasticity, cost, lightness, and rapidity of production, of the new materials. Messrs. Silver and Co. have been foremost among the experimentalists, but, instead of devising a new substance, have resolved to trust the well-known properties of indiarubber, and with this view have coated several miles of wire with a double layer of that material laid on in spiral folds or bands, with their edges closely joined so as to be perfectly impervious to water at any pressure. Even at the present high price of indiarubber wires can be thus coated at very little more than half the price charge for gutta percha. The cost, however, is one of the least advantages of the material. Every one knows how elastic indiarubber is, but every one does not know that it is almost as incompressible as water, and compared with gutta percha requires a very great heat to melt it, boiling water having no effect upon it whatever. Some lengths of the wire thus coated at Messrs. Silver's works have been subjected in a hydraulic machine, for a consider able time, to a pressure of 7A- tons on the circular inch, and when tested, while still exposed to this pressure, the most sensitive of Mr. Henley's gal vanometers showed the insulation perfect. An attempt to apply a higher rate of pressure than this terminated, as might have been expected, in the bursting of the hydraulic cylinder under the tremendous strain. When it is recollected that five tons pressure to the square inch crushes granite, it will be seen that a more complete test of the value of indiarubber as an insulator to resist pres sure could hardly have been devised. The import ance of its possessing this quality is far greater than would at first sight be supposed. A pressure of 71 tons to the inch is equal to the pressure caused by the weight of water at a depth of eight miles. The greatest depth at which the Atlantic cable was submerged was three miles, and the weight of this mass of water upon the rope at the bottom of the sea was about 21 tons. Gutta percha at such a pressure is reduced to less than half its bulk. To this apparently insignificant fact it is doubtless owing that the cable is now useless, for it follows as a matter of course, that when the core of the rope shrank to half its original diameter the outside wires stretched in proportion, while the gutta percha could not but tear under the strain, and leave the conductor exposed in many places. The advantage, therefore, of indiarubber over gutta percha in this respect is at once apparent, since it exactly reverses the unfavourable conditions of the latter, being incompressible and highly elastic. With regard to withstanding heat, its superiority is equally great. During the course of the experi ments a considerable length of wire insulated with two coats of indiarubber was immersed in a large boiler of boiling water. Though the external part of the covering was boiled almost white, the insula tion remained perfect. A similar length of wire coated with gully percha of the same thickness as the indiarubber was, of course, destroyed as a non-conductor immediately on its immersion, as gutta percha melts easily at 100 degrees. It is, of course, very true that submarine cables when laid are not required to encounter a beat of 212 degrees, but it is well known that while in process of manufacture, and especially when packed in ships' holds for the purpose of being sub merged, they are often exposed to an amount of heat to which gutta percha yields. This melting at a low temperature, together with the wire being badly centred at the Gutta Percha Company's works, was a source of incessant anxiety to those on board the Agamemnon and Niagara during the expedition of last summer. The deck coils, from being exposed to the sun, were more liable than others to danger, and some portions of them had to be cut out in consequence of the copper wire having pushedthrough the soft gutta percha. On both these important points, therefore, the introduction of indiarubber would be of immense benefit, and we believe if it was once clearly shown that the supply of material might be depended on, and the rate at which wires could be covered would be equal to the demand, it would soon entirely supersede gutta percha as a means of insulation. Experiments are also being carried out by another firm for the pur pose of devising an insulator from a combination of indiarubber and shellac. These tests, however, are not sufficiently advanced to be made public, though the results up to the present give promise of the most complete success. When such efforts are mak ing on all sides, it seems improbable that the use of a faulty and expensive insulator like gutta percha will be much longer continued. TILE NAVI'. The gunboat Procus, steamed out of Plymouth Sound on Wednesday morning to try her machinery. The officers of the Brazilian gunboats visited Del) onport dockyard on Wednesday, and on Friday morning they sailed for the Brazils. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Rhadamanthus, 4, Master- Commander Frederick R. Sturdee, from Pembroke, arrived on Wednesday night at Plymouth, where she embarked supernumeraries, and took in tow the brig Britomart for Faversham Creek. The steam store-ship Urgent, Commander M'Douald, arrived on Wednesday night at Plymouth, and having transferred supernumeraries to the screw steam-frigate Termagant, 25, Captain Robert Hall, proceeded to Ports mouth. The Turkish line-of-battle ship Fethia went outside Plymouth Sound on Thursday to try her speed at the measured mile. She will sail for the Mediterranean in about 10 days. The screw steamship Algiers, 91, Captain W. D. O'Callaghan, from Portland, arrived on Thursday at Plymouth and discharged her powder. She is going up harbour to be docked. _ _ The screw steamship London, 90, was taken to the first class moorings in Hamoaze on Thursday. The Wellington, 72, at Devonport, was brought down Hamoaze on Thursday to be fitted up for the crew of the screw steam guardship of ordinary Exmouth, 90, Captain Robert S. Robinson. Her crew will in the meantime be hulked on board the Albion. The French paddle-wheel steamer Galle, from the east ward, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday. SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE. —At the customary election of 16 representative Peers for Scotland, which will be held at Holyrood Palace shortly after Easter, there will be three vacancies to fill up, even if the other 13 should be all re-elected as a matter of course. Two vacan cies are occasioned by the bestowal of the English Barony of Strathspey on the Earl of Se,afield, and the intended grant of a similar honour to Lord Elphinstone, as already announced by Lord Derby, in his place in Parliament. The s third vacancy will arise from the retirement of Lord Sin clair, who has long been the senior representative Peer, and who has nearly complet ed the 91st y ear of his age, and the oldest member a the Upper House, with the single ex ception of Lord St. V incent. We unde rstand that the Earls of Haddington and Morton and Lord Saltoun have announced themselves, as candidates for the expected and actual vacancies. It is remarkable that the late Earl of Morton, and also the late Lord Saltoun were for some time represen t a tive Peers for Scotland, while the late Earl of Haddington held a seat in the House of Lords in virtue of his English Barony of Melrose' which did not d es c e ndwith seats in kinsman and and successor. The the th r e e S c n o e t w t i sh ecandidates arldom t o his in t for Legislature are all supporters of the present Gtovertunent. SUPERHEATED STEAM. A most important experimental impr ov ement in e river, m oe shipnn tt b i n al o e a a r yv d lsoeb t lfee h a tpet superheated ir Peninsular aThetusdescribed in few for ac tualafis nt:d Oriental s a t steam timea m u a r c ehoi downnf Company's thero machinery i v; hmae a pn s rys oo,n‘, Thursday last t r i e d f or th e working or m d a s i r ne co e n n - g is in ti e n s g by a m s e i a m n p s steam ; but it is not too much to say that in the success or failure of this experiment ai e involved results so important as to affect materially all ocean going steamers—and, indeed, steam machinery of all kinds. To be able to work machinery with super heated steam, means to command increased power with a 30 per cent, reduction in the consumption of fuel. A principle which can effect such important changes in the universal application of steam has not remained undiscovered to the present day. The want of superheated steam has long been felt, and t he engines enormous ea sa eh acomparativepl anhave advantages a of known. work i n A g simple and effective working of the principle, how ever, has been an engineering difficulty which various expedients—all, however, sufficiently suc cessful to show the valueof the improvement--have failed to obviate entirely. This obstacle has now, we believe, been effectually overcome by Mr. Penn, and the value of the improvement so clearly demon strated that the general application of the principle to steam machinery of every kind may now be re garded as certain. The idea of working engines by superheated steam, and the immense saving of fuel and increase of power it would effect, wa s , we be lieve, first started many years ago by Mr. oward, and subsequently by Dr. Haycraft. The difficulties however, in the way of its adoption at that time, and the undue estimate of the importance of the principle, prevented those gentlemen from realising very great practical results. At a later period the matter was again taken up by an American en gineer —Mr. Weatherhead—who, however, only superheated a portion of the steam and mixed it with common steam in its way to the cylinders. The success which attended even this partial application of the process again revived the idea and encouraged other engineers to turn their attention to the subject. The result of these renewed efforts is that several methods of securing the great eco nomy to be effected by superheating the steam are now under trial, and there is no doubt that a most important step in the progress of steam, especially as applied to ocean navigation, is now at least on the point of being successfully accomplished. The value of the improvement on the score of economy in working may be best illustrated by a single fact —namely, that the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's bill for coal annually amoants to the enor mous sum of £700,000, and that by working their vessels with superheated steam properly applied it is become almost certain that, without any detri ment to the machinery from 28 to 30 per cent. of this gigantic outlay may be saved. As to the various proposed methods of superheating steam, it may be briefly explained that the conditions required to be fulfilled are perfect simplicity of arrangement with ready control over the apparatus ; that it should be so placed as not to be liable to accidental inj ury in the engine-room; and that the heat employed for superheating the steam should be waste heat which has already done its duty in the boilers and is passing away. All these conditions have been most satisfactorily fulfilled by Mr. Penn in the new engines on board the Valetta, which were tried down the Thames for the first time on Thursday. The Valetta, as our readers may remember, was for many years the mail-boat between Marseilles, Malta, and Constantinople. While thus employed she had Penn's engines of 400 horse-power, and to work these up to an average speed of 15 miles an hour required a consumption of fuel of from 70 to 75 tons of coal per day. At no time was it less than from 45 to 55 tons. These engines have now been removed to a vessel nearly double the tonnage of the Valetta, and the latter fitted with engines by Mr. Penn on the superheating principle. We may men tion that, besides this alteration, the Valetta has been considerably improved. A poop and forecastle have been added, increased accom modation given to passengers, and the whole vessel fitted up in the richest style. The saloon is one of the simplest and handsomest things of the kind we have seen, sufficiently lofty, capacious, and, above all, admirably ventilated on the system which is now being adopted on all sea going steamers, and the merit of devising which belongs to Mr. Robinson, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. To return, however, to the engines. Mr. Penn, at the repeated request of Mr. Allen, the managing director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, undertook to apply to them the principle of superheating, to which his attention had many years before been seriously directed by Dr. Haycraft. His method of doing this is to place in the smoke-box of the boiler, through which the hot air from the furnace first passes, as large a num ber of small pipes as is consistent with allowing a free draught from the furnaces. Through these all the steam from the boilers passes in its way to the cylinders. By this plan an immense heating surface in the pipes is secured, the steam is in a subdivided form, so as to be readily ac t e d on , an d th e was t e heat from the furnace is utilised at the point where its intensity is greatest, and where the greatest conveniences exists for applying the apparatus. By the means of three ordinary stop-valves the whole contrivance can be shut in or off from the engines at pleasure. In ordinary engines steam leaves the boilers at about 250 deg., but declines from this temperature in its way to the engines to 230 deg., undergoing from condensation a still greater and more serious diminution of heat in the cylinders. From these causes, and also from the immense Quantity of waste heat which escapes through the smoke-box and up the funnels, there has always been a theoretical loss of steam power amounting to 40 per cent., as compared with the coal consumed. It is this loss of power and waste of heat which the superheating process is intended to prevent, and which will, of course, allow a reduction of from 28 to 30 per cent. on the fuel now consumed. By the superheating process the steam is raised in passing along the pipes in the steam-pipes (where the heat is about 650 deg.) from a temperature of 250 deg. to 350 deg., and so enters the cylinders at 100 deg. in excess of the temperature due to its his the metals,tra heat and is prevents ,ofcourse communicated ' to h con densation in the cylinders or other parts of the t ra he pidly engines, which would otherwise, of course, take place. Singtilarly enough, a smaller amount of cold water is required to condense the steam at this high temperature of 350 deg. than when at the ordi nary heat of common steam. The trial trip of the Valetta on Thursday was most satisfactory, not only as regards the engines, but still more so as to the application for the superheating process. At the measured mile at the Lower Hope, near the Nore, the result of repeated runs gave an average speed of nearly 14 knots per hour, thus realizing with engines of 260 horse-power, and a small consump tion of fuel, the same rate of speed as had been gained with her previous engines of 400 horse power, and a consumption of 75 tons of coal per day. The superheating apparatus evidently effected a most impo r tant saving in fuel, but until an average of many days' working can be obtained it would be difficult to estimate the exact amount economized. There seems, however, every reason to believe that an average of 14 knots an hour can be obtained with a consumption of only 24 to 26 tons per diem. The thermometer during the trial indi cated in the steam pipes an addition to the ordi nary temperature of 100 deg., which Mr. Penn be lieves to be enough for all practical purposes of superheating. Even when making from 33 to 34 revolutions per minute, and driving the vessel against a strong head wind and tide, it was imp' - sible to consume all the steam generated, whi c h was blowing off from both boilers all thetriP• Th e engines are remarkable for the extraordinary beaut y and simplicity of their proportions, and Sons , and q ualities well known in all engines from Penn which, combined with the strength of the mate make this f rials and perfection of the workmanship, firm the foremost in the world or machinery of this description. Both cylinders a stroke of 4 feet 6 62 inches diameter, laensd areN on the featheri n g inches. The paddles are on the feathering principle, and the boilers of Lamb and Co.'s cylinders ar e oscilla ting , of principle, and patent. Duri ng a t one time nearly 16 k no t s , there was no perceptible vibration, even at the the whole course of the trials, and when going end of the sal oon nearest to the e ngines . Wh en red t i t i s remembe hat the su p er h eat i ng process which can e ff ect s uch important results as capable, as we have said, of application to ste am mac hi ner y of every kind , including even locomotives, it eitinot be doubted that the trial of Thursday and its great success is one of the most important events for the progress of steam which we have had to chronicle tor many years. GREAT FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—Yesterday morn ing,between two and three o'clock, a fire, attended with great loss of property, happened in sew-street, Deptford. The discovery was made by a police-constable, who ob served smoke issuing from the premises belonging to Mr . C. Knowles, baker, No. 30, in that street. Tho inmates effected their escape with great difficulty, and in less than ten minutes afterwards the entire building presented a sheet of flame, and the house of Mr. Hughes, 'next door, quickly shared a similar fate. At that time there seemed no chance of saving any of the adjoining or even the oppo site houses, for the premises of Mr. Evans, No. 32, as well as Nos. 92 and 93, were already on fire. The engine from the Dockyard was soon on the spot, and set to work ; b ut an the flames continued to spread, and a mounted police ma n was was sent to London for additional assistance, wh en d body Henderson started to the spot with two enginetuErthe fire of firemen. All hands at once went to work, s un me t n il a N nd ea po . 311iceanwder3e2unwearbelebutorngedet dtoh,enfl. usly injured. Mr. damaged, and those opposite sericoe tri but the other auf- Knowles was insured in the Sun (7 ferers were not insured. ainesa. eigitinsgeuvreeli:3l; Share Stock Stock Stock ( 6 5 1 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock Stock Si okk Stoblx, Stook Stook Stock Stook' 100 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock l 264 __. 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