The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

9 R. dated -t-mar• cers of niralty utes of riartial rraucla, to the Capt. aining ''s late he reef ?9th of a pas• h e ob- aster's )rrect; le ship which LI con a cap' f such st tho' r ot his .k the ed for terms TheY ) take 3 Com' f that wer of ailing )e aX- heby's mbero so far ?d.the Lords ordi- Lking d bY efs of d to ►attlO onsi- mble CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Russian Loan continues to occupy the prin cipal attention of the monetary and commercial community, and as it is quoted at a premium of 1/ per cent., and the features are generally attractive, there is reason to believe that the contractors will succeed in obtaining the unappropriated amount, namely £10,000,000, the other £5,000,000 having been previously supyllied. The discount of 4 per cent. allowed for the payment of the instalments in advance (otherwise spread over a period of 12 months), reduces the price of issue from 94 to about 92, and the subsQribers will, no doubt, generally avail themselverl of the privilege, Lists have been opened in Paris, Frankfort, Amsterdam, and Berlin, as well as in London, and the contractors announce that no applications will be received after next Friday evening. The Money Market exhibits greater firmness, although there is no perceptible increase in the supply of commercial bills. Owing to the intro duction of the Russian Loan, the impending pay ments on account of the Turkish and Egyptian operations, and other exceptional demands, the banks and discount houses are proceeding with more reserve, and the market, although money continues plentiful, exhibits rather less easiness than it did a few days ago, when first-class bills were freely negotiated at 23- per cent., or 3- per cent. under thc. minimum of the Bank of England. There were no bullion operations of public im portince at the Bank of England yesterday, the influx having temporarily ceased, pending the ar rival of fresh supplies. The following notice has been posted at the Ro ya .I.4 4 'xe.'nange :--As the next payment on the Imperial 01 ,,tocian Loan falls due on the 15th May, the Committee have ordered that all bargains done for that day be settled on Tuesday the 13th. Thn Tagna fnr the Peninsula has conveyed £lO,OOO in specie. The suspension has taken place of Messrs. Wil kins and De Brun, commission agents, but their liabilities are supposed to be small. During the last few days there has been a moderate amount of business in several descriptions of foreign and colonial produce. Tea, however, has been dull, owing to the near approach of the public sales. Sugars continued at steady prices, while good and sound descriptions of coffee and cocoa realised high rates. Saltpetre has advanced in value, and • tallow has also been in better request for both present and forward delivery. A fair amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were firm. The sales were 8,000 bales. There is an increase of £1,136 in the traffic re ceipts of the South Eastern Railway, and of X 7,057 on the Brighton for the past week. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. The report of the Bahia and San Francisco Rail way Company, presented at the meeting to-day, stated that, although the railway is not yet opened to the more populous and productive districts, the board have every reason to be satisfied with the traffic. Of passengers alone, 33,500, yielding £4,300, have been carried in the six months from September, 1861, to February, 1862. As intimated in the last half-yearly report, a call of 30s. per share Aill be made, payable on the 6th August, and the remaining £2 per share will be required early in next year, most likely £1 in January and £1 in April. At the meeting of the East Indian Railway Com pany jast held the directors' report was adopted. There has been no increase of business in the English Stock Market to-day, and continued indi cations of heaviness have been perceptible, chiefly in consequence of tho Russian Loan. Consols ar© 93,1 a for money and the Bth pros., and 931 -Z- for the June account. The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 91i 92s ; Exchequer Bills, 18s. to 21s. prem.; Bank Stock is steady at 2372 238 ; India ditto firm at 228 ; and the 5 per Cents. at 108 In the Foreign Market business continues rather dull, and prices show no important variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81; ditto 1858, 691 701 ; and the Scrip is firm at 2 pi em. ; Mexican, at 311 32 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are flat at 952 96 ; Sardinian, at 82 ; 1 ,-; ; Spanish, at 53f,-, but the Passive have improved to 191; and the Certificates remain at 87, 2. The Egyptian Loan is 1i f prem. ; and the New Russian, I- 1 prem. A firmer tone was apparent today in the Rail way Share Market, and prices tended upwards. Eastern Counties, Midlands, and South Easterns advanced ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; and Great Western, 155.; South Westerns and Norfolks, however, declined ss. The Foreign lines have remained in good demand. Dutch Rhenish, improved to 17-k 18k; San Paulo to 8.1 -,z, ; Great Luxembourg realise 15i 16k; and South Austrian and Lombardo-Vepetian have advanced to 211 21-Z. In the Colonial undertakings no unusual altera tion can be reported. East Indian realise 104 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1011, 1021 ; Bombay and Baroda, 1011; and Madras 5 per Cents., 102. Joint-stock Bank shares were dull at about pre vious prices. Chartered of India, London, and China, realise 341 ; London and County, 40 ; Ottoman Bank, 27 ; and Union of London improved to 321 The Alliance Bank shares are 41 I prem.; Im perial, d -4 prem.; Northern Counties, 2 7 1 -- 3 prem.; and British Columbian, 1 prem. In the Miscellaneous Share Market scarcely any business was recorded. Royal Mail Steam ex div. brought 572; London General Omnibus CO., 12. ; and Rio de Janeiro Improvement, 26k. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 :ver Cent. Reduced Annuitie s aper Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 li 24 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO3 Ditto 5: , per Cent lOBl Ditto Debentures, 2 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1004 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, May 8.....934 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2l 18 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 13uenos Ayres 6 per Cent . Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 34 Italian, .5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Ditto Scrip Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco ,nt tussian 5 per Cent 1822, St 954 6 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent BO4 Ditto 6 per Cent ,1858 694 70k Ditto Account .. Ditto 1862 (Scrip) Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account SIR NICHOLAS BACON.—" H age in person, gouty, asthmatic, high in flesh, Sir Nicholas could not walk from Whitehall to York House without sitting down to rest and blowing for his breath ; and this weakness in his legs and chest descended to both his sons by Lady Anne. Queen Elizabeth, laughing, used to say the soul of her Lord Keefer was well lodged—in fat; but the lusty old knight, Who had mother wit of his own, could have been as brightly s arcastic as the Queen. His was the shrewd saying, Let US take time that we may have sooner done. When Eliza beth, tripping into the hall at Redgrave, cried, ' My lord, What a little house you have gotten I' he adroitly answered, 61 ‘ladam, my house is well, but you have made me too great f or my house.' When an impudent thief named Hogg asked mercy from him, as judge, on the plea of kindred b etween the Hogs and Bacons, he replied, Ah ! you and cannot be of kin until you have been hanged."—Hip worth Dixon's Story of the Life of Lord Bacon. ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A FARMER, AGED 105. 4. , TRABANE, COUNTY OF TYILONE.—DanieI Bradly, a f armer, residing at Ballydonaghy, in this county, was ac cidentally drowned on the 22d inst., by falling into a river r unning close to his house. J. Hamilton, Esq., held an l aquest on the 24th inst., and a verdict was returned ac cordingly. MONEY MARKET. i SHARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuItS. Share Railways. 13.14 Bir Wol., and Str. Val. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A gets no div 'Do. B till6pc.pan.hag been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno East A nglim 'Eastern 'Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val g•na. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackmail, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast) Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Smith Western L'derry & %lan., Slid., & Lincoln. 111aryport and Carlisle. Do shares netropolifan nidland Do New . . 6.4.0 Do Birminz. & Derby, %lid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till s pc. has been pdß, Do B_stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire , N. and S. W. Junction ' •4cot tish Central [9.16.4 Scot. N. E., Aber. stock' Do Sc,t. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun, Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton Sy Darlington) Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornwall ' West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.dsß , West Midland Oxford, Do Newport, Do Hereford raid ) closing Business Price. done. 7} 8 6 7 91 03 109 109! 6 6; 41 43 10 11 22 23 57i ,c 8 57 60 33 40 90 92 30 51 102 101 140 145 114 115 1113 114 132 131 1044 1051 73} 731 55 58 107 1073 58 59 121 123 44 45 94i 944 993 1003 9 12 42 423 9 91 128 128 11 lip 98 100 67 69 61i G2i 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 964 97/ d 651. MI 841 85i 100 102 P fpm 61 4 d 105 11# 124 126 48 49 106 108 105 f 731 14} 1071 i i i 941 i 1,0 42i I 128 k £ 84} 3 41 i 46 48 43 45 87 83 46 47 36 38 831 84} 67 68 99 101 8 7 37i 38; P 6 i 6i p 145 150 551 56a 21 31 i t d l i p 93 95 I 130 135 61 GI LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&NT.W Birkenhead.. Buckingh ms.nre. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 54 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 ,Do ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 Ciedon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gspr c. 160 Gr.Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dr. 100 Cledon Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 199 2G2 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c. all Do. DD.New Sh 1861, 4 p.c.! all Do 2O 22 • Do.W , . Ext. A, 4A pc. all London & Greenwich' 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen Lon.,Tilb.& -fsiend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 111ne.,Bxtn.,& Matlock' all LNW& M 41 Mid. Bradford PreferH enee stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 gua. 5 per cent... 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p p Northn.&Eastn. sp. 0.1 all Do. Do. 6 per cent. ....1 all Do Do. Fived an. c... all Do. N. East n—H o Ber. artlepooi, North Western ... all Midlanct . Not. Gran. 111. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 91 93 Preston and Wyre. all L&N.W & L y k. } 44 46 Do. A shares A .I all Do. •• • • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep.l 'lOO Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford' 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn Croydon, all L.&Brgtn si 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Blythe and 'yneiO p.e Pref. issued at £5 Exet. 4 p. c. et. Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per c( nt.... Dun. Perth, & Aber Jun. I Do. Ist Class Pref...... E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 !Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. ' ()mar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. i p. c. guar. S. & ! Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c. R edm.lop.c. !Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of scot. lst pref. G. Sn. & W. (Ireland) Paid. Closing I Business Prices. Done. 94 96 20 21 6 6} 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Rants Ext) 6 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. cr Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref i Do. Birm. guar. stock 'do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chesterguar. shares Do. Chester s p.c. pf. she, Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pre! Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.llarntil.st.£s 2s lOdee Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. par Lon.&Brig - .sp.e.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cenf,do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st.(div.defill'6s Eon.Chat.&l3, - by. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. ,t- Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & s.West. 7p. cent. et., late 3d shares Londony. & Ennis. 1 she Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent... Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent..... Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do. Con. Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4i o.e. irredeemable Do. 41 per cent. .... . . Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51 o. c. Pref. st. 18171 D 0.5 Yiray.ValEx.st.lBl7, Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 percent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Nth. Dvn. Rail. & Dek. Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1818 Do. York, IL & Purch North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e, Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. ;Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1859 100 105 109 111 108 110 127 129 84 86 Do. 5 per cent..,.... S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. S P. C. gua.' Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... Do. B 6 p. c... Do. C 6 p. c... Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist g - ua stki Do. 2d o Do. Newport 5 r.c. pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866, Do. till 1869 i ;110 112 90 92 116 118 1 112 114 1104 106 107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 94 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 137 139 102 101 116 118 116 118 138 142 116 111 152 156 129 133 77 79 931 Hi 14 14# 124 126 i # )111 Os 70 .38 140 ,02 104 94 96 [lO 112 [OB 110 1 100 102 96 98 1} f d par 4p 22:1 23} I:is 140 10 11 10s. 10 10. 8 231 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 1 28 i 29 p 33 34 33 34 42 45 126 128 120 125 102 104 123 125 ;118 122 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,:;an.Gov. 6 p.e.Ja. &July 1877-82 ...... 115 111 112 Do 6p. cent.lBB . :l-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au2.l 100 1(8 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. Sept. 100 108 1 , 0 Do, 5 per cent .. .. 100 1101 1016 :ICoii --Do. Inscribed cent 100 89} 1006 CilpEG•FiePe. 01 ) C.1.73' 100 1 109 11l Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 'llO 112 Do. 1890 10 ') jllO 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1 89 1 _, 100 112 114 Ceylon, Nov.lBol, 6p c 100 0 p.c. Ja.&July l 100 1074 IcBi 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. 6ov. sp. c.,1866 100 100 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 984 994 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 974 98i 98 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 ' 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. 1875 lOO 109 110 IS.Aus,G6p.c.lB7'6.&up lOO :108 110 iVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 .107 109 - IDo. do. 0 p.c. Ap.400t., . 100 1105 1054 1051 BRITISH MINES. - Alfred Coniols (Philack) 3.9.3 British Iron Clifford nil 29 21 Devon G. Corn, (Tavist ) 1 420 430 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 13 45 East Caradon ?.14.6 38 39 39 East Cant Brea... 3.0.0 121 131 124 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 7.10.1 21 34 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 56) 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 34 G.Wheal Aifa.(Philack) - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 61 71 Grenville Herod's-Foot.-- Uingston Downs 4.14 11 21 Lady Bertha Niargaret (Uny Lelant) 04 44 16 Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 2k id par North Downs 24 4 44 North Frances (Mogan) 12.3 • N. '1 Baseet (1110 ;au) 2.3 0 21 35 :North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 5 6 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 330 140 S. Cam Brea (Illorran) 5.11.6 21 31 Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 , S 100 105 Stray Park 5 TamarSilv..b Lead Min l4 14 If 10 Tin Crott 9 11 12 West Basset (Mogan). 14 Flll 124 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 32 34 West Seton 474 270 280 Wheal Basset (Mogan)! 54 924 934 Wheal Buller(Redruth)j 5 60 65 Wheal Edward (Cals.)i 71 11 11 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 10 12 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 11 13 I Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 16 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Xustralian 1 Bon Accord Copper,Lim all 5 14 5 Brazil Land dz Min.Co all 1 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 4 die. 40 Cobre Copper all 29 11 20 Copi apo 2 Capula Silver. Vs. 4 d 4pm 1 DunMoun.Cep.Ming.Co ail f 3 East Del Ray (Limited) 1 ai 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ll 4 4 d If Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 tp 3 Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 I d fpm' 1 Hariquita all / 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 2 it ds 20 l'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 I 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 1 Sant aßarbara l,ldMine 4 41 pm 1 .cottish Austrin. (L.) los. 11 11pm 21) St.JOhn. del Key (L.).— 15 52 54 28.2.81 United Mexican ail 7 74 1 Worthing (Limited) , all DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Con t.Prefillin ' 100 stock East and West India f 120 126 128 stock London .... 100 51 58 stock St. Katharine. ' 100 57 59 stock Southampton lOO - stick Victoria ........ 20 Do New _ 2 id par Ps 100 id par I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 'Agra&UnitedServiceßK 50 '•88 90 • 40 Australasia all ''6s 47 611 25 Bank of Egypt all - 221 231 100 Baak of London 50 British North American all 54 56 , 20 IChtd.Bank of Ingia, arc. all 201 201 20 25 Ch. Mer. of 1n..L0n.& Ch. all 33 45 341 100 City ... 50 93 96 100 Colonial ` , 0•11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Nng.. Scot., 1 Aus. Ch.. all 181 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austrai all 25' 251 20 Do. new all 241 .?t,f 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO pr ipm, 10f 100 London & Westminster 20 79 81 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 f d 4 p 100 Nat. Prov. of England 12 20 Do. new l2 404 50 National Bunk ....... 25 25 Net' South Wales—. all 39 41 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 55 54 20 Ottoman Bank... 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new - 25 South Australia .. 25 Union of Australia 50 If of London 100 Unity 60 - MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic ii. MI. Stm (Id) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land BALMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7n.c.ti111552 (Lim.) Do. C. (limited) Canada Land China ,t 5 Japan doast &I River Steam Naviga. Cop.Min.ofEng.ScSrnitg Do. Pref. 74 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 pct. Perpet. Deb, E.lndla & Lon. Ship A, Do. B. E. India Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English Sr Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Ship Limited) Do 1711 p et, Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim Do. 8 per cent. pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lien ) Netherlands Land Dot dis N. lir.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). t_irintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Peellt.Ln (LA, Mi n.(Lim) ['en. & Oriental Steam 19 20 2 3 27 281 41 51 29 32 18 20 9 11 111 118 12 16 85 87 105 JO 105 109 Do. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4b.c Rhymney Iron li pa p ip ar m V 9 101 21 2& 251 261 i 1 i i 4i all all all 31 31 d 2g- 3 36 Id lip j Do. Ncw Rio Janeiro City Impts Scot. Roy a l :Bail Austin. e n a Inv. m .) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do Telegraph to India (L.) Trust and Agency or Austrlasia(lim)lst is. Tr.,t Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 11. li'dom Tel. Co. (Dm.) an DI men's A it 13 to I x la 11 6 7 55 57 68 70 10 12 19 194 17 19 44 54 25i 26 52 54 135 140 32 24 1 5 1 2Si 1 1 i 61 i I 4 6 id * p id fa) 1 04 9 9 100 100 100 all all * made 92 i 11521 LAW-THIS DAY. Closing Share Railways. id. Price. Business done 100 At lantiC4 St Lawrence all 65 70 68 stk Bom.,Barodat.Cent Imi 100 1011 1024 1014 Gu. 5 per cent. 201 Buflalo and Lake Huron all 04 61d 20/ Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... . all 84 9 f ißuffalo,Brant,&Godricii 100 100 83 86 t 16 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 iDo. do. July 1, 1873 100 82 85 100 Do do. Jun, 1 18;1 100 SO 83 5 Cleutta.& S.Eastn. (Li :, ) all 5 ri 20 'CapeTown & Dock Scrip 18 4 1 p 19 174 'Demerara ali stock Eastn. Bengal gu. Sp. c 100 1014 1024 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1014 104 104 20 Do. do. G Ext..— . all I 4 stock Grand trunk of Canada, 100 234 241 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 70 74 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all 61 63 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 90 45 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua..sp.c lOO 1014 1024 102 114 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 pr 4 p stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1014 102 i 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlt.h't opt. all 102 104 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 P 5 100 Do. 1878 all 92 95 stock Madras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. C. Extension 100 94 96 stock Do. 44 do lOO 01 93 stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 20 Newßr unswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 Do. do. B Capital do all 4 6 Do. do. Land do. stocklScinde ... 5 .... 1 4 ..„11 100 103 104 20 Do. Punjaub .... 1 15 1 0 p f ZO Do. Do. ........ Fi ~,g e, all 201 201 201 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ' r,f9,. 100 :9 100 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 1 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS • 20 Algerian S 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 71 74 714 20 Ardennes. all —p 20 ilah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 164 14 11 5 Belgian East. Junction ali 4 11 14 Carmeaux Hine & Rail 30 11 12 100 Coplapo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 16 14 11p 181 174 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 24 20 Grand Rua Guar. 6p. c. all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 151 154 1161 154 It3l 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lyona du G °nova ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all RI 9 81 20 Do. Bp. c. Pref......... all 20 21 ' 16 Northern of France.... all 41 42 16 Do. New Shares ....... 15 • 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 10 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 13 71 61 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 444 45 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 50 62 20 5 Recife & S. Fran. (Pero.) ua. 7p. ct. lim.. 19 43 d j 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... all 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 I 5 Royal Swedish 2 ...... all 1 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all ( 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 91 91 20 San Paulo, Inn, g. 7p. c 8 1 i Pm' 8 4 I / 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 18 3 3 4 p 214 1 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 7 --I 20 Southern of Prance— all 311 324 81 West Flanders .., all 71 74 $4 10 Do. 51 pc. Preference all 101 101 i g 20 W. & N.W. of France PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. st *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 160 102 104 20 iCornwall4l p.c. ga.perp all _ st *E. Anglian,asß, 6 p.c. 100 st * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 _ c at Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 80 82 t( at Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., 44 per cent.... .... . . 1858 100 103 105 o st Do. do. 4 per et. 1860 100 92 95 at Do. do. 43 per et. 1801 .100 103 105 5 Do. do. 4 per et. 1861 31 —f( 10 Lon. & Chat'in,Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c • • 71 1 Icl at Lon. &S.Wcstern 44 p.c. 100 102 103 10 North British £lO Gua. ail _ Y Shares, 1861 st *ScottishCentral4lp.c lOO _ r ( irred. pref 10 S.-Eastern 41 p.c 1859..1 all 91 10 10 .Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 4 ipm 10 ID°. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 34 1 /pm' 64 * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be h aadc good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. tl COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE STREVEN. This bankrupt was described as of 1, York-row, Ken•. nington-road, in the county of Sulrey, surveyor and land agent, and this was a first meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees. The preliminary statement, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, shows—Debtor to creditors, £628; ditto holding security, £14,647 ss. The assets are at present unascertained. ipm I iP III „liven half- , subsequen' Pear not to be half year. 111 E St7N,T 'LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, I8(2. Market-street, Edgware-road, Paddington, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with stealing 21bs. of tea. the property of the St. Katherine Dock Company. It appealed that the prisoner, who was a clerk in the dock house, was leaving the dock at the principal gate after business hours, and his bulky appearance on one side excit ing suspicion, he was stopped r.nd searched, and a handker chief containing 21bs. of tea were taken from under his coat. He admitted that he had taken the tea from a chest in a warehouse where many thousands of chests of tea are stored for home consumption. The prisoner, who appeared to feel acutely his disgraceful position, said he was sorry for what he had done. He gave way to sudden temptation. Mr. John Passmore Mumford, superintendent of the St. Katherine's Dock Company's police, said the prisoner was very respectably connected, and an apprenticed clerk to the dock company, receiving up to the time of his apprehension 2.55. per week. The prisoner had served five years of his time, and of course would be discharged from the company's service. Mr. Woolrych said this was a most lamentable case. The prisoner had destroyed all his hopes of advancement in a great commercial establishment by an act of gross dis honesty. He fined him 20s. for the unlawful possession of the tea found upon him. IN RE H_A.RRINGTON PARKER. This bankrupt was described as of 52, Pall-Mall, wino and spirit merchant, carrying on business in copartnership with Henry Dimsdale Parr, under the style of Harrington Parker and Co. The accounts, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, show—Debtor to creditors, unsecured, £5,887 ; ditto holding security, £700; creditors of the firm of Parker and Co., £G,380. The assets have not yet been ascertained, but are said to be large. Assignees were chosen. IN RE FRAIcRITAM. This bankrupt was described as of Meads-row,Westmin ster.road, builder, and this was a meeting for last examina tion and discharge. The debts are about £B,OOO, and the assets consists of house property in the hands of creditors. The case was rather peculiar, and was an adjudication on the first visitation of gaol;by the registrars under the pro visions of the New Act, The bankrupt protested, and Mr. Sorrell, Mark-lane, applied for an extension of time to sur render, to give the bankrupt an opportunity of appealing, as it was considered that by the bankruptcy certain pro perty would become forfeited under the terms of a contract, but after some delay the bankrupt surrendered, as he had been in prison several months. He now, therefore, came up to pass his last examination and discharge. Mr. Aldridge, the Crown solicitor, said that the bank rupt claimed large property, but he (Mr. Aldridge) had not had sufficient time to test the statements, but he ought to say that the bankrupt had been indefatigable —rendering every assistance to his creditors, and given all the informa tion he could. His Honour said the better way was to adjourn the case :o see what the estate would realise. Mr. Sorrell trusted his lionuur would not further ad journ the case, as the bankrupt had throughout evinced the greatest anxiety to prevent any creditor obtaining a prefe rence, and this had led to a long imprisonment, eight months, and he could be of equal assistance to his creditors after as before his discharge, His Honour said that no harm could be don( by the ad journment, and if the estate was as bankrupt stated, he should feel a pleasure in granting the discharge, and the bankrupt would not regret the delay, as he was not now in custody. Mr. Sorrell said he was prevented from going into busi ness, and had an allowance at all events ; he hoped the bankrupt would pass his last examination. His Honour—No, let it stand over generally, as also the question of allowance, when the funds fall in. POLICE-THIS DAY. BOW-STREET, THIS DAY. THE DOLLY SHOP.—Sarah Hall was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a quilt and other property, belonging to Mrs. King, the keeper of a lodging-house in Newcastle court, Strand. The prosecutrix has frequently been to this court to pre fer charges of robbery against her lodgers. Upon Mrs. King b e ing sworn, _ _ Mr. Burnaby (the chief clerk) said—Well, Mrs. King, you are here again charging another of your lodgers with robbing you. Mrs. King—Yes, sir, they're always at it. ____ Mr. Burnaby—Well, what is the present cha rge ? Mrs. King--The prisoner came to my house with her husband and engaged the lodging; there was not much in the room, it's true, but what little there was they sacked. (Laughter.; Mr. Corrie—But you have not charged her husband with robbing you. How do you know he had anything to do with it. Mrs. King—l can prove she "left" some of the things at the dolly shop. Ellen Hodson said—l was in the shop when the prisoner came in and brought the quilt I produce. Mr. Corrie—She says you lent her 6d. on it, is that true ? Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Corrie—Don't you know you have no business to do such a thing. It is very wrong, because you are acting like a pawnbroker without a license. Witness—lt is not my shop. I was serving for Mrs. Evans ; she asked me to mind the place while she went to the Middlesex Hospital to see her brother. The police-c3nstable said Mrs. Evans's shop was in Dudley-street, St. Giles's, Prisoner-1 admit taking the things. I got some money on them, and me and my husband spent the money. There he is (pointing to a man in the body of the court.) The husband—That ain't true. The man was then ordered into tho witno. o boa, and, in answer to questions from Mr. Corrie, he said—l did not have any of the money got on the quilt. I did have a part of some that was got on a pair of sheets, but then they were my own property. My wife's a regular pawner; she's got rid of 'everything I had, even to the shirt off my back. I know nothing about the quilt. Prisoner—You had some of the money. Mr. Corrie-1 can have no altercation here. I shall fine you la, and the value of the quilt, for illegally pawning the property, or I shall send you to prison for 14 days. The prisoner was then locked up. MARLBOROUGH 'STREET, TIIIS DAY. A GANG OF STREET NIGHT THIEVES.—Three rough lads named Sweeny, Stevens, and Smith, were charged with the following daring robbery, one of a description now very prevalent. James Winehouse, a gardener, living at Notting-hill, said that between 12 at night and one in the morning he was in Rose-street, Soho, on his way home, and when under an arch in the street, Sweeny came up to him and said, " Halloa, old fellow, what is the time ?" At the same time he caught hold of his guard and tried to trip him up. He (prosecutor) called "Police," and the prisoner made off, and on getting to the end of the street, he found the police had got the prisoner. The whole of the prisoners were toge ther when Sweeny first spoke to him. Sergeant Smith, 1 C, proved seeing the prisoners run ning down Greek-street. He saw the watch picked up from a grating in front of a house. At the station Sweeny said he did not take the watch, and that it must have been thG other two, or they would not have known where it was. George Castle, 69 C, said on taking the prisoners Stevens and Smith they said " Search us, and see if we have got the watch." Smith (the prisoner) then looked round and said " There's the watch, he has just dropped it," and he found it on the railings of the house. The magistrate, with the view of inquiries being made by the police, remanded the prisoners. COMMITTAL FOR SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES OF CHILDREN. —John Knight, charged with robbing a little boy named Thomas Parncutt, whose parents reside at 34, Foley-street, Marylebone, of a bundle of linen, in September last, and against whom it was said there would be numerous charges, was again brought up for final examination. Rogers, 87 E, said there had been numerous females to the court to see the prisoner, but none of the children who had been robbed of the bundles of linen were present. This being the case, the prisoner, who pleaded guilty, and was most desirous to have the case settled, was com mitted for six months with hard labour. THAMES, THIS DAY. A RUFFIAN. William Selby, a tall and powerful fellow, aged 23 years, a boiler maker and hammerman, of No. 50, Robert-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with creating a disturbance in the Green Dragon, public-house, in High-street, Poplar, and violently assault ing John Burgess, a police constable, No. 256 K, and Thos. Ashmore, No. 374 The prosecutor, Mr. Wickers, keeps a large and well. conducted tavern and licensed concert-room, where musical entertainments of a superior description are given nightly, and he has been much annoyed by some of the roughs of the district in his efforts to maintain good rule and order in his house. A few weeks since, he prosecuted a desperate fellow, who destroyed a splendid chandelier and other pro perty to the amount of £5O, and nearly set the house on fire, besides wasting a large quantity of gas. The offender was convicted by a jury under the new Act, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Last night the prisoner entered the Green Dragon in a state of intoxication and demanded liquor, with which Mr. Wickers refused to serve him. He threatened Mr. Wickers, and made a great disturbance, and also made re peated attempts to assault the landlord. The disturbance continued a long time, and the police were called in to eject the prisoner. Ashmore, 374 K, was the first to enter the house, and the prisoner instantly collared him, and struck him, and knocked him down. The prisoner fell with the constable, and a severe struggle took place. The prisoner attempted to force the policeman's thumb into his mouth, and bit it, and Ashmore had great difficulty in saving him self. Burgess, 256 K, went to his assistance, and the prisoner was secured by the two constables and forced into the street, where he struck Burgess a tremendous blow on the nose and caused it to bleed copiously. The prisoner also seized Burgess's thumb and twisted it, and he was put to great pain and inconvenience. Alter a long and despe rate struggle with the prisoner he was lodged in the sta tion house. The prisoner, who had not a mark upon him, said he was drunk, and the police took advantage of him and knocked him down four times in the Groen Dragon, and also on the way to the station-house, and then jumped upcn him. The police-constables said they used no more violence than was necessary to secure the prisoner, and did not beat him or jump upon him. Mr. Woolrych said tho priso aer had committed two vio • lent assaults, and sentenced him to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour. ROBBERY BY A Docx CLERK.--A gentlemanly-looking young man named karmor, WIWI 0 parents reside at 40, ME _EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND GEEERAL PR1.211. The Fpoca publishes the following letter from the Emperor Napoleon to General Prim, the Com mander-in-Chief of the Spanish forces in Mexico : Paris, Jan. 24, 1862. My dear General,—Your dream of Vichy is realised ; the Spanish and French troops are fighting side by side for the same cause. I have learned with pleasure your nomination to the com. mand of the expeditionary army. I recommend to you General Lorencez, whom I have appointed chief of my small force. If there should be any fighting, you will find him worthy to stand at your side. The views of your Go vernment being in accordance with my own, there will, I trust, be no difference of opinion between the commanders in-chief. General Lorencez is to command all my troops. Admiral Jurien de la Graviere remains charged with poli tical duties. I strongly desire, and I offer my earnest praters, that the campaign which you are commencing may produce the closest union between Spain and France, and I doubt not that your presence at the head of the Spanish troops will contribute to that result. I repeat, with plea sure, my sentiment of esteem and friendship. (Signed) NAPOLEON. ENGL4ND'S &ORAL SUPPORT OF ITALY. (From the Unita Ballow.) The Pattie pretends to laugh at the words of Lord Palmerston, Which seem to point to the danger of a European war in the overbearing occupation of Rome. It laughs but with a rire jaune (a yel low laugh), as the French say. In its ironical vein it ridicules the moral support of England, and contrasts with it the glorious positive support of Magenta and Solferino. From this point of view it seems to be right. But let us now look at the reverse of the medal. The moral support of England has enabled us to unite Tuscany and Emilia to the Sardinian State. When Napoleon wished to have a vicariate at Bologna, and a French King of Etruria, England forbade Napoleon from interfering against Garibaldi and Sicily. England caused the removal of the French fleet from Gaeta ; England was the first to acknowledge the Kingdom of Italy; England has put her veto on the cession of Sardinia. England will perhaps save us from Napo leonic intervention in Naples—an intervention that the moderate party is preparing with the system which perpetuates civil wars in the South of Italy. Is not there, then, something in the moral support of England? And for all this England asks of us neither a penny nor a span of land. She requires nothing from us but that we should make ourselves masters inour own home. "Be strong! Let Italy be for the Italians. Free yOurselves from overbearing guardianships. Affirm your lights by your deeds, and then to the moral support I shall add that of my land and se% forces, because then we shall be allies and equals." Thus speaks England to Italy. Forsooth, Solferino and Magenta represent a more positive support ! But what were the motives, the nature, and the consequences of that support ? The motive was Napoleon's ambition. The nature was interested egotism. The moral consequences were a depression of the Italian spirit, a voluntary servi tude, and two strangers instead of one in Italy. The material consequences were the cession of Savoy and ±'ice, the proclamation of Napoleonic sway in Rome against Italian right. The support of France turned out to be a mercenary service—a service bargained for, still unfulfilled, though paid for on the day in which the reward had been agreed upon. Indeed we prefer the moral support of Eng -a manly, disinterested, productive support—we prefer it by far to that positive support which re solves itself in a donation of Lombardy, not eman cipated, and in Savoy, Nice, and Rome, taken from us by Napoleon. Such support is too dear. SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—At a meeting of the central sub-committees, held in Edinburgh on Fri day, the Duke of Buccleuch sta'ed that he had received a communication from Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Charles Grey, intimating that, as far as the Queen has any voice in the matter, or as depends upon her, the Scottish National Me morial should be erected in Edinburgh or its immediate neighbourhood. The amount of contributions already inti mated to the committee was reported to be £5,910 16s. 31d., and it is anticipated that, as soon as the country meetings on the 30th of April have taken place, the amount will be greatly increased. . A Dorking correspondent writes, under Friday's date :—Dr. Bernard, the proscrit concerned in the Orsini plot, having displayed an aberration of mind, was last night lodged in the Dorking police station, and was this day taken before H. T. Hope, Esq., and I A. Gordon, Esq., two jus tices of the Dorking divison, and by them consigned to Wandsworth laneic asylum. Mr. Alsop (who has resided here for some time), a French gentleman, and Mr. Detmoler resident, to whose children the doctor has recently acted as French tutor, applied, it appears, to have the doctor con signed to their care, but the request was not acceded to. MONUMENT TO EDMUND BURKE.—There is talk of erecting a statue to the memory of the great, noble, and illustrious statesman and Irishman, Edmund Burka. We hope that this is something more than mere talk—that there is a real bona fide interest in carrying out such a de sign, which was once before attempted to be put in execu tion, but never realised. Why do not men like Lord Churlemont, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Sir Bernard Burke, and others of their position, take the leading parts in this movement ? There is shortly to be presented to the Dublin public a statue of Goldsmith—of the pure-minded, suffer ing, honest, learned Goldsmith—in enduring bronze. Let the same be done for Burke. Leading and influential men should guide the effort and ennoble the work, which ()thew would be glad to aid, not for the purpose of glittering and illusory display, but out of the profoundest reverence for the name, memory, wisdom, and eloquence of a true born Celt, who, by matchless honour and unequal genius, won his way to a glorious and undying fame.—Sligo Champion. CAUGHT IN A TRAP.—The quiet town of Manse (Charente) was enlivened by a rather comic incident two days ago, About eight in the morning an adventurous thief slipped unperceived into the house of M. Barraud, a bailiff, and got up to the garret. On entering a room he found a quantity of linen hung to dry, and immediately packed up what, best suited his purpose. He thought it would be as well to put on one of the clean shirts, and was in the act of doing so when Madame Barraud opened the door of the room. On seeing the thief she started back, shut the door, and locked it. Being thus taken in a trap, the fellow seized the linen. and endeavoured to escape by the window. The blinds of the window on the floor below happened to be par. tially open. He set his foot on the top, and was preparing to slip down between the blind and the window, when his trousers caught in a hook, and he remained suspended. The window happened to be that of the commissary of police, who hearing the noise of his unexpected visitor, jumped out of bed, and, to prevent him from escaping while ho dressed himself, tied his legs fast to the blind. A crowd of people soon collected to gaze at this strange sight, and among them were some gendarmes, whom the commissary ordered to take charge of the prisoner. GREAT IMPORTATION OF SUGAR.--The impor tation of sugar into Greenock since the commencement of this month has been by far the greatest known since its ex istence as a port. From the Ist up to the 22d instant, forty-five vessels have entered cur harbours with cargoes from British West Indies, Cuba, Manilla, Brazil, Mauritius, Belgium, Holland and France, end of these the greater por tion arrived during the last fortnight, twenty-onestill being in port. The larger proportion of vessels are British bet• toms, and the others hail from Denmark, Norway, Brazil, British North America, United States, Hanover, llolland, and Bremen. The diverse models of the craft, and the characteristic physique and costume of the crews, render a stroll round the quays more than usually interesting at present. The quantity of sugar landed in April may be estimated in round numbers at 10,000 bags, 8,000 boxes, cases, and baskets, upwards of 5,000 hogsheads, and 1,500 tierces and barrels. On a rough calculation, the weight is about 20,000 tons, and the value 4450,000, exclusive of duty. During the month, the payments of duties at the Customhouse have averaged £20,00 per week, and on one day they rose as high as £7,000, a most gratifying proof of the increase and flourishing condition of our staple trade.-- Greenock Advertiser: IMPERIAL PAR,LIAMENT HOUSE OF COAINIONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair n.t four o'clock. The house met this evening for the first time since the adjournment for tho Easter holidays, and the speaker took the chair at four o'clock. PRI VATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Dublin Cattle Market—Keighley and Worth Valley Rail. way—Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Bala and Dolgelly Railway—Carlisle and Sil loth Bay Railway and Dock—Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway—Eastern Union Railway—East Gloucestershirelßailway—East Grinstead, Groombridge,and Tunbridge Wells Railway—Great North of Scotland Rail way —Kettering and Thrapstoneßailway—Leadburn, Linton, and Dolphinton Railway—London, Brighton, South Coast Railway (New Lines)—London Railway Depot and Store heuses—Maryport and Carlisle Railway—North British Railway and Carlisle and Eilloth Bay Railway and Dock Companies—North British Railway and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Companies--North British Railway (Monktonhall and Orraiston and Dalkeith branches.) The following bills were read a second time :—Carmar then and Cardigan Railway, Dundee Water, and Leeds New Gas. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Paro chial Assessment Bill, against the Highway Bill, for an improvement of the present licencing system, for the con tinuance of the church rates ; from the Puke of Norfolk and the Duke of Buccleuch, and the other conservators of the Thames, against tho Thames Embankment Act ; from shipowners at Sunderland in favour of an alteration in the Merchant Shipping Act, &c. WINE. On the motion of Mr. CRAUFORD, the following re turn was ordered :—Account of the quantity of foreign wine cleared for consumption, and the number of tests made for ascertainment of the duty, between Jan. 1 and April 3, 1862, both days inclusive. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, writs were ordered to issue for the election of a burgess to serve in Parliament for the borough of Lambeth, in the room of Mr. Roupell, who has resigned, and for Oldham, which had been ren dered vacant by the retirement of Mr. Fox, PURCHASE OF COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY. Sir DE L. EVANS gave notice that he should move a resolution to the effect that it would be desirable to abolish the system of the purchase of commissions in the army. FORTIFICATIONS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND. Mr. BENTINCK asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was true that an artificial island was being con structed in Plymouth Sound, by sinking stones, for building on it a fort similar to those which are under con struction at ithead. Sir G. LEWIS said that it was intended to construct a fort behind the breakwater at Plymouth, and that the plan adopted was in accordance with the recommendations of the Defence Committee. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND THE MEETING OF THE HOUSE. In reply to Mr. SOTHERN ESTCOURT, and subsequently to Major EDWARDS, Sir G. GREY said that it was proposed by the Govern ment that the house should meet on Thursday next, the day of the opening of the Exhibition. If the Exhibition were oponed at 1 o'clock, the house could assemble at 5 o'clock, but the course which would be ultimately adopted would be stated on Wednesday next. As regarded the committees, he did not think that they would meet on Thursday, considering that hon. members would feel a desire to be present at the open ing of the Exhibition. CUSTOMS INLAND REVENUE BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he understood the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucks (Mr. Disraeli) was under the impression that the bill would not be proceeded with this evening, and that being the case the Government were not desirous of proceeding with the second reading that evening. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that his right hon. friend the member for Bucks did not intend to oppose the bill, but he certainly was under the impression that it would not be brought forward this evening. His right hon. friend intended to make some observations on the financial positionof the country on the second reading of the bill, and in reference to the remarks recently made at Man chester by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Laughter.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that under the circumstances he would postpone the second reading of the bill. MILITARY ORGANISATION. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Gen. PEEL asked the Secretary of State for War if any decision had been arrived at in regard to the " reserved fund," to which the attention of Parliament is especially oallod in tho =putt of the committee on militaij oiganioa tion The hon. and gallant member urged some objections to the crest on of the fund on constitutional grounds, but at the same time he did not go to the extent of wishing for an abolition of the system of purchase of commissions in the army. He wished to draw the attention of the house to the subject, but would not make any motion in reference to it. Sir G. LEWIS said that no doubt a great constitutional objection might be raised to the existence of a fund not voted by Parliament, and at the disposal of the War-office, arising out of the sale of commissions, lie believed however, that no one objected to the mode of its applica tion. A lull return in reference to the subject had been laid on the table last year, and another would be ready for presentation to the house, as he believed, on Thursday next. He believed that on investigation it would be found that this fund was generally advantageous to the public service, and it was established for the purpose of removing restrictions in the purchase of commissions in the army. Ile assured the hon. and gallant member (General Peel) that his observations should receive the attentive consideration of the Government, Sir DE LACY EVANS thanked the lion. and gallant member (General Peel) for bringing this subject forward, and expressed his concurrence in the opinions which he expressed. Lord HOTHAM considered that the explanation of the Secretary of War was unsatisfactory, and condemned the reticency displayed by War Ministers generally in affording information as to the application of this fund. The subject then dropped. OFFICERS OF LOCAL ARMIES IN INDIA. Colonel SYKES called the attention of the house to certain hardships connected with the position of officers Of the local armies of India who were liable to be re moved, against their consent, from the regiments to which they belong, and to be sent to any station for the performance of general duty. He wished to be in formed whether any compensation would be granted to officers so taken from their regiments and sent to general duty, for the loss of regimental, troop, or company command allowances : and, whether compensation would be given to officers who have subscribed to regi mental retiring funds, in the full confidence of their sub scriptions being returned to them on their own retirement; and, whether the East India Company's late European Ar tillery and Engineers had become integral portions of the Royal regiments of Artillery and Engineers respectively, with the advantages of seniority, succession, augmenta tion, &c. Sir C. WOOD said that it was necessary that the Indian army sh uld be reduced, and expressed substantially his previous statements on this question. Compensation would not be given to those officers who ceased to perform those duties for which allowances were made. Promotion would go on precisely upon the same footing as in the English army. The house then went into committee of supply. Amongst the votes proposed was £5,000 for Highlani roads and bridges. Mr. WILLIAMS moved that this vote should be rejected on the ground that the expense attending the repairs of these roads and bridges ought to be defrayed by the parti cular counties concerned, as was the practice in other parts of the United Kingdom. Last session, when an objection was raised to the principle of this vote, the Government gave an undertaking that the question should be looked into with a view to the removal of this vote from the estimates. Sir M, Peto, Mr. Cave, Mr. J. Locke, and other hon. members expressed opinions condemnatory of the vote. Mr. COWPER urged that the vote should be continued until 1865, when the commission under which the roads and bridges in question were managed would die out. On a division the vote was rejected, and the Government defeated by a majority of 48 to 24, On the vote £777,368 for the Irish constabulary, Col. DICKSON complained of the system of training the police of Ireland as a military force and of arming them with an Enfield rifle. He believed it was the general im pression 4 the magistrates of his country that that force had greatly deteriorated of late years in consequence of that sys tem. The hon. and gallant officer concluded by moving as an amendment that the vote be reduced by the sum of £80,421. _ _ _ Lord PALMERSTON could not understand the force of the hon. and gallant officer's objection. The question whe ther the police of Ireland should be armed wish firearms or not was, no doubt, one open to fair argument; but surely when the hon. and gallant officer admitted the propriety of giving the police firearms, it could not be reasonably dis puted that they should have the most effective weapons possible. Mr. M'MAHON thought it was a great evil to arm the police of Ireland as a military force and in a manner wholly different to the principle adopted towards the police of this country. The vote as originally proposed was ultimately agreed to without a division. On the vote £360,000 for convict prisons, Mr. WHALLEY objected to the item of £550 for Catho lic chaplains to those prisons, and strongly condemned the principle of voting money for the purpose of instructing the people in a religion which was believed by the State to be one of superstition and idolatry. He moved as an amend ment that the vote be reduced by the sum of £550. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the vote was agreed to. On the order of the day for the adjourned debate, on going into committee upon the Sionmary Jurisdiction (Ire land) Bill, Mr. M'MAHON moved as an amendment that the house should go into committee upon this bill on that day three months, on the ground that the measure was framed in entire opposition to the principle of the consolidation of the criminal law, and that it would establish a code in Ireland wholly different to that which existed in England. Sir R. PEEL thought the bill would prove most advan tageous to Ireland. On a division the amendment was negatived by a majo rity of 44 tc 4. The house then went into committee. On reaching the 4th clause, The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. The Red Sea and India Telegraph Company Bill was read a second time. The Hull South Bridge Bill passed through committee. The Charitable Uses Act (1801) Amendment Bill was` read a third time and passed. The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed. SPORTING 11V7ELLIG.ENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. The various changes that occurred during the past week's running, we imagine, somewhat equalised the accounts outstanding between the bookmakers and the backers, the attendance at the Corner this afternoon giving evidence of of such being the ease. The room was moderately attended ; but the principal object of those who visited the Corner was met with extreme promptitude, and, as far as we could gather from the babel of tongues, the settling passed off in a tno t satisfactory manner. After a brief interval, and shortly before the closing of the post, speculation upon the immediate events at New market and Chester was introduced, but from the character of the betting we should imagine that there was more "noise than wool." THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS was the first touched upon, Old Calabar receding from his taking price in the c'ty to 11 to 1 offered, at which price be fluctuated during the afternoon ; but at last the opposition cooled down, and his supporters readily accepted 8 to 1; but the layers appeared shy. Caterer was in great demand, as also The Marquis, 6 to 1 being taken to money about each, but we fancy the Malton representative had the greatest amount of patronage. Alvediston, from the form exhibited by the Woodyeatea stable this spring, and his 2-yr-013 performances, has a host of a3mirers, his quoted price being with diffieulty obtain able in good quarters at the finish. Nottingham appeared to have passed an indifferent night, all sorts of prices being freely offered at the opening of the room. From 6tol he rapidly receded to 20 to 1, without meeting with a friend, but during the afternoon a reaction set in, which brought him back to half those odds, with a scarcity of layers. Win grave, despite his defeat in the Derby Trial Plate, was backed with much spirit at 100 to 8, and bids fair to see a much shorter price. Of the outside division Buckenham was in most demand at 20 to 1, at which odds Laughing Stock found supporters. THE CHESTER Cup.—Zodiac was inquired alter, and subsequently backed at 7 to 1, but the layers appeared very careful in wagering. 11 t) 1 was taken to small amounts about Fairwater, 100 to 6 agst Simla, and 25 to 1 about Prince of Denmark. THE DERBY.—The transactions upon this important event will be fully explained from the return given below, the animals enumerated therein having been backed but for nominal amounts. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst The Marquis (taken) 6to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 7to 1 agst Old Calabar (offered, take Bto 1) 7to 1 agst Alvediston (taken) 10 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) 100 to 8 agst \V ingrave (taken) 20 to 1 agst Buckenham (taken) 20 to 1 agst Laughing Stock (taken) 25 to 1 agst Balder (offered) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Zodiac (taken) 11 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 100 to 6 agst Simla (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark (taken) 25 to 1 agat Dalesman (offered) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Buckstone (offered) 100 to 6 agst Caterer (offered) 20 to 1 agst The Marquis (taken) 20 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Nottingham (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Duke Rollo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Caractacus (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Argonlut (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Alvediston (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Dalesman (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Alchymist (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, MONDAY. For the Two Thousand Guineas Old Calabar was decid edly out of favour; for some time 11 to 2 was offered on the field ; but ultimately 10 to 1 was laid and offered against him, and sto 1 was taken about Ihe Marquis. At the close the highest offer against the latter was 9to 2. Not tingham, although subject to a little up and down work. finished at 8 to 1 (taken) ; and that price was readily taken about either Caterer or Alvediston. During the day the two latter were supported at 7to 1 each. The business on the Chester Cup was almost confined to Zodaic, Fairwater, and the Vest colt. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Zodiac (taken) 12 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 14 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Simla (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Sappho (offered) 33 to 1 agst Victrix (offered) 33 to 1 agst Dalesman (offered) 50 to 1 agst Victor (taken) 50 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst The Marquis (wanted) Bto 1 agst Caterer (taken) Bto 1 agst Alvediston (taken) Bto 1 agst Nottingham (taken) 10 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 16 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (offered) 25 to 1 agst Buckenham (offered) 40 to 1 agat Laughing Stock (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Buckstone (taken) 16 to 1 agst Ensign (offered) 20 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken) 25 to 1 agat Zetland (taken) 25 to 1 agst Old Calabar (offered) SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, April 29.—Wind this day at noon--North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather. ' On ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Hansa, steamer, from Bremen; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Reward, from Shields. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April 28—Florence Nightingale, from Ancona. Arrived, April 29—Queen of the Isles, from Brussels ; Perseverance, from Medemblik ; Albert Williams, from Stettin. Sailed—Priscilla, for Port Natal. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Bucephalus, from Rangoon, for London (in tow) ; Lee, from London, for Quebec; Arnold Broninger, from London, for Liverpool; Fame, screw steamer, from Lon don, for Shanghai ; Albion, of Guernsey, from the westward, for London. ANECDOTE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL in 1848. " The writer of these pages was sitting by the side of the late Mr. Hume when the tidings reached their bench. Sir Robert Peel was on the opposite front seat, alone, his powerful party having been broken and scattered by his great measure of Corn Law Repeal. ' I'll go and tell Sir Robert the news,' exclaimed Mr. Hume, and stepping across the floor, he seated himself by his side and communicated the startling intelligence. On returning to his place, he repeated, in the following words, the commentary of the ex-Minister This comes of trying to carry on a Govern ment by means of a mere majority of a chamber, without regard to the opinion out of doors. It is what these people (pointing with his thumb over his shoulder to the protec tionists behind him) wished me to do, but I refused."— Mr. Cobden's new pamphlet on "The Three Crises." HORSE POISONING.---A strange case of horse poisoning has been investigated by the magistrates sitting in petty sessions at Driffield. A Norfolk man named Robt. Foker, who had been engaged as waggoner to ➢ir. Richard Hornby, farmer, of Driffield \Vold, appears to have been influenced by a dangerous mania—too common amongst the agricultural labourers of some districts—for forcing the condition of horses placed under his charge. One result of his efforts in this direction was the sudden death a few days ago of two of his master's horses, and the narrow escape of a third, while engaged in their ordinary work in the field. The prisoner was suspected of poisoning the animals, and he was taken into custody. The evidence against him clearly established the fact that he had been in the regular habit of mixing arsenic with the food of the horses, and had thus caused the death of two of them ; but it also at the same time left no doubt that the deluded man had no malicious object, his intention having been simply, as he had expressed himself to another labourer, to " lig" some flesh on. This infatuation lost to Mr. Hornby £6O, the value of the deceased animals, and the magistrates inflicted upon Foker three months' imprisonment. —Birmingham Daily Post. ice. , ► the aies - es of tionS It of will pon ' his pear into that tion, yed, e.'-- Own own, Land laria d to with Ming ng 's )ody. ircb, ding 010- deb ally atil t y to )ro -5 to 3 of 117 nd